After Chen Bangyan resigned, he did not dare to delay along the road, and he set off every day as soon as dawn. He stopped after sunset and rushed to the road, passing through Deqingzhou, Wuzhou, and Pingyuefu along the road. In less than six days, he arrived at Guilin, the capital of Guangxi Province. Three thousand Fubiao Central Army took a boat along the river and followed closely behind.???

Guilin City was first built in 621 AD. When Li Jing, a general of the Tang Dynasty, was appointed as the chief supervisor of Guilin, the Lingnan Road ambassador, he believed that Guilin was located "south of the Hunan River and west of Yueyin... remotely controlled the seaside, controlled the streams and caves next to it, and was appointed as commander." His status was very important, so he began to build Guilin City.

At the beginning of the city's construction, the city was only three miles around and the gates were only four. It could only be regarded as a small fortress, small stronghold, residents, and most of the soldiers guarding the border.

After thousands of years of changes, the Tang, Song, Mongolia, and Guilin gradually expanded. In the eighth year of Hongwu, the imperial court built a southern city and the city was greatly expanded. The Jingjiang Palace, the inner city alone, exceeded this range.

During the Ming Dynasty, Guilin was the governor of Guangxi, not only the political center of the southwest, but also a place where merchants gathered, and transportation stations were also very high. The transportation and sales of grain and salt were the largest commercial activities. The vassal treasury store specially stored hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to purchase grain, and the government transported the purchased grain to Guangdong to make great profits. At that time, Shuidong Street was also called Salt Street, and the merchants who operated salt one by one. A poem described it as: "Guangnan vendors arrived, and the salt factory was filled with snow." In addition, various handicraft workshops also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the southern city was built, forming a rectangular town with narrow east and west, narrow east and south. "It was like a carriage and horse gate, and it was like a man who surrounded the water on the water." It was a portrayal of the dense population of Guilin and its economic prosperity back then.

However, the Guilin City that Chen Bangyan saw at this time was not like this. Due to the influence of wars in Huguang and Guangdong, business was sluggish and the market was unrest, and the number of refugees in the city surged. Guilin, which was once prosperous and beautiful, was like a beggar who begged for food, with refugees everywhere, and was dirty.

Outside the city of Guilin, flags are waving and the ceremonial guards are prosperous.

Guilin magistrate Yu Chao and retired officials and gentry. Former Minister of Revenue Guan Shouzhen arrived in advance and led the gentry in the city to welcome Chen Bangyan and his party ten miles away from the south gate.

Chen Bangyan leaned over the horse's reins and looked up at the word Guilin on the city tower, as if he had many feelings.

With the reception of everyone, Chen Bangyan rode his horse into the city. He followed lightly all the way, without a guard of honor to clear the road.

After entering the city, Chen Bangyan saw many refugee beggars lying in the corners of the street, wearing woven clothes and knots, and children crying hungryly. Some were sad or weak, and the miserable situation was unbearable to witness it.

Chen Bangyan frowned and said to Yu Chaoxiang, the prefect of Guilin beside him: "Mr. Chen remembers that there are no Yangjiyuan and canteens in all the prefectures in the Ming Dynasty? Why are there so many refugees and beggars?"

Yu Chao bowed and explained in a low voice: "The Futai Master doesn't know that most of these refugees are victims of Huguang. In recent years, the Tartars have ravaged Huguang, and many people have gone into Guangxi. There are also many victims who have flowed into Guilin. The state government has limited money and food, insufficient relief capacity, and some relief is just a drop in the bucket."

"Hey, the national affairs are so decayed, who is the fault of anyone?" Chen Bangyan sighed softly. From the bell and drum tower to the governor's yamen, all streets were filled with refugees and beggars. Because no one was in shelter, they could only sleep under the eaves on both sides. It seemed that many people were already stiff and starved to death.

"Okay, okay, just stutter."

"Give my granddaughter a bite. When the year is over, I will set up a tablet of immortality for you and burn incense every day!"

"Uncle, I have the strength to give you a lot of effort, so I want to have a full meal."

The strong one was still kneeling begging and shouting hard.

Compared with the miserable refugees and beggars on both sides of the street, there were all the well-dressed gentry and powerful men waiting beside him. They were surrounded by their arms, and their clothes were all luxurious and luxurious.

Looking at the gentry and powerful people, some of the refugees and beggars on the street were numb, some were envious, and some were serious were full of hatred. This situation fell in Chen Bangyan's eyes, and he sighed again in his heart, which was truly true that the saying was that the rich family had a smell of wine and meat, and the road was frozen to death.

On the one hand, the rich have a lot of land and vast houses, but on the other hand, the poor have no place to stand. They are not worried about the lack of worries and unevenness, and even the provincial governments that have not suffered from military disasters are like this. No wonder Li Chuang was able to make such a big fuss in the north back then. He had to admit that by this time the Ming Dynasty was indeed full of troubles and was sick. Only by being in it can you feel that helplessness and pain!

Before they knew it, Chen Bangyan and his group approached the vicinity of Xida City. There were many Taoist temples nearby, with shops everywhere, and the ditches on the edge of the street were filled with garbage and dirty things, blocking the ditches and stinking them.

The houses on both sides are mostly two-story or single-story wooden houses, and there are also many unique bamboo houses in Guangxi. The ground floor is mostly paved, but most of them have door panels, which shows that the business is not prosperous.

There were endless cars and horses on the road, full of feces, and many streets collapsed and potholes, perhaps because of disrepair.

When we arrived at the front of the yamen, a new screen wall was built in front of the office. The stone lion stood majestic, and the left and right gates were arranged. Three archways were called "Fusuiquangui" from east to west, "The Admiral's Three Passes", and "The Wenwu Weixian". The main gate, the second gate, the Guandi Temple and the Qinghou Temple were set up in the west, and the scholar's room was arranged on the east and west. The north was five chandeliers' halls, and the rear halls were built, the second halls and the internal offices. Chen Bangyan entered the Governor's Yamen with a heavy mood.

On the second day, in the west of Guilin City, the resigned official in the main hall of the Guan Shouzhen Mansion.

There were various gift boxes piled up on a table like a hill outside the screen, with the names of the gentry and powerful people posted on it. The gentry kept bringing the servants to put down the gift boxes.

The sound of strings, bamboo orchestras and toasts in the screen.

In the huge hall, the banquet opened several tables, and on the stage with the back view, the actors were performing hard.

On the main table, Guan Shouzhen, the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was toasting Chen Bangyan with several officials, gentry and local tyrants.

Because it was a private banquet, Chen Bangyan did not wear official clothes, but was wearing casual clothes. He wore a pure sun scarf on his head, a straight green silk shirt, and a piece of beautiful jade, and was wrapped with silk ribbons, which was pure and elegant.

"Today is the first day that the new official of Futai University took office. I and my nephews dare to hold a private banquet to welcome the adults. Almost all of the people present at this meeting. I will introduce it to you."

Guan Shouzhen pointed to a short, fat, bloated and fat middle-aged gentleman beside him and said, "This nephew is the manager of the Jingjiang Palace."
Chapter completed!