Chapter 341 – Guns and Rolling Yellow Sands (VII)

It was once said that the busy post roads of the present Liyang Dynasty were paved out following the iron hooves of a certain cripple’s warhorse.

A vast fleet of caravans in the territory of Youzhou small beard slope post house landing, post house is not big, just compared to the Central Plains post house, to be more clean, in fact the caravan all the way to the west, in the Jizhou Hezhou into the Northern Liang Road jurisdiction of Youzhou, it is found that along the way post house is especially as many as the fish scales, often there are feather diabolical post rider galloped past. The caravan also made a joke before, heard more than the Northern Liang border army is full of proud soldiers, the cavalry is one of the best, the caravan of those big shots more or less heard of some of the border military affairs, as if there is a stagecoach ride on the road to hit the crime of the dead in the brutal rules, so when the caravan vanguard riding more than sixty people, into the territory of Youzhou for the first time encountered a from the north to the south of the Northern Liang stagecoach riding, found that that the stagecoach appeared in the north at the fork in the road, the horse continued south. If the stagecoach rider continues to run south, it is very likely that he will cut off the whole team of horses, knowing that the three or four carriages in the center are each sitting on a red python with a white jade waist of the palace nobles, if they clash with the Northern Liang stagecoach rider, what should they do? Sixty riders of the capital’s elite retinue immediately panicked, although the westbound Northern Liang, the local officials are eager to worship them as ancestors, but in the face of a few Northern Liang stagecoach riders, that group of pioneers without saying a word on the head of the horse to stop the rear convoy, rather than congested in the blockade, but also to let the stagecoach rider unimpeded, the original stagecoach rider has already been ready for a slight stopping of the horse, apparently did not understand this powerful What is the caravan thinking, along the north-south stagecoach road to continue, at the fork in the road could not help but turn his head to look at a few more eyes, eyes strange, probably think that those who look still military neat and tidy foreigners, not too polite some. Afterwards, through a lieutenant from the Ministry of War, the whole caravan realized that through the feathers inserted on the back of the stagecoach rider, it indicated that this person was an ordinary stagecoach rider in Youzhou, and the spies he passed on were only of the most ordinary kind.

But the vanguard of the vanguard riding lieutenant was not reprimanded, an old eunuch wearing a big red python robe of the seal ribbon supervisor, said the caravan of all the people’s heart.

“In this part of Northern Liang, we can never be too careful.”

Nowadays, the vast majority of Liyang generals understood the truth that there are three types of soldiers and horses in the world, the weak brigade, the strong army, and the last type is called the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry.

Last time, the new Liang King just led less than a thousand riders of white horse righteousness into the capital city, the result is as nobody’s business, this pile of let Tai’an City face loss of the storm, directly leading to a clan generals by the clan government accountability resignation, the Ministry of War is not intervened, but the capital city officialdom who do not know the Yamen in charge of the world’s military power of the Yamen up and down, this half a year for the capital city department of the origin of the generals can be not a good face, every time to do things, just like owed several million The work, with owed tens of thousands of taels of silver did not pay on almost.

After the end of the war in Guangling Road, 10,000 big snow dragon cavalry suddenly and blatantly out of the pass, from the two Liao returned to the Ministry of War Minister Xu Gong personally led the Jinggi elite to intercept, as well as Jizhou Qingzhou cavalry north and south to echo, but also the local garrison of the various ways to fight to the death to serve, but not the same as touch a nose? Now Tai’an city are rumored, the reason why the war in Guangling has had Lu Shengxiang carp jump Dragon Gate, rather than the two Liao side of the Xu Gong stand out, it is precisely because of the thunder and rain of the woeful interception of the Emperor’s Majesty, the Jiangnan Road origin of Confucian generals is too disappointing.

For these ambassadors of the Son of Heaven, the attitude of the Bearded Slope Post Office is neither cold nor warm, neither attentive nor fawning, nor cold-eyed. The eunuch in charge of the seal ribbon supervisor is not surprised, and did not blow the whistle on this kind of thing, for one thing, the eunuchs of Liyang rarely go out of the capital to move around, at most with the Central Plains of the several weaving bureaus and the local government salt and iron some secret dealings, and will not openly appear outside the capital in the vision of the government, and secondly, since the old emperor of Liyang sheltered the world’s fallen eunuchs, these eunuchs are grateful to the Zhao room, whether it is the old man who had gone through the wars in the Spring and Autumn Period or the old man who had gone through the wars of the spring and autumn, or the old man who had gone through the wars of the spring and autumn. the later generation eunuchs they brought up, in the past twenty years there have never been any rumors of trouble in the inner court, and the matter of eunuchs interfering in politics has become extinct. Strong as the last generation of the Secretary of the seal of the cat Han Sheng Xuan, only in the jianghu is known as one of the three great devils of the Spring and Autumn, the world’s first eunuch loyalty in the room of the Zhao of the Liyang is not half a question, and then the young Sung Tanglu took over the Secretary of the Secretary of the Secretary of the military and civilian officials in the also has a good reputation.

Small beard slope post house is not enough to accommodate the eunuchs, palace guards and Jinggi elite horsemen, including a total of more than 1,000 people in the battle, if elsewhere, the state and county government offices have a proper placement, full of promises will never disturb the people, as for the really never disturbed the people, seal ribbon supervisor a few python eunuchs naturally turn a blind eye to it, and to the territory of the state of Youzhou, the post house is not big, most of the team of the delivery of the decree to hide food and sleep in the open air is a common occurrence. Instead, it is the Yinshou supervisor side took the initiative to discuss with the Youzhou post house, how to try to avoid disturbing the recuperation of the people of Beiliang, and the fleet of vehicles along the way to purchase additional objects, all will never open up to the side of Youzhou.

Three eunuchs in big red python suits entered the post house, gathered in the hall to discuss as usual, but did not rush to open their mouths, but drank a pot of tea that the post minister of Xiaobeipo let his subordinates prepare, and patiently waited for the news of one of the eunuchs in his inner circle. Soon the young eunuch will respectfully lead a young scholar-like figure, quickly walked into the hall, the young eunuch low-brow obediently out of the hall, cover the door, waiting outside the door. Upon seeing this young man in a scribe’s green shirt, the three Seal Ribbon Supervisor bigwigs immediately rose to greet him, slightly lowering their voices as they smiled and said, “Greetings, Minister Chen!”

The minister said, originally is the old Li Yang a kind of respect speech, specifically used to honor the military big brother or hold the dynasty handle of the Secretary, a dynasty up and down, won the name of the person, counting, estimated that there are probably only seven or eight people. Only at that time and away from the sun alongside the East Vietnam South Tang several dynasties, the country still exists, there is also the saying of the male, but extremely indecent, is to say that those who have a clear face of the man actor, the voice of the voice of the delicate not to lose the warbler swallows and swallows, Jiangnan has a child child actor of the style of the storage, the reputation of the celebrities style, which is more or less also have a few points of ridicule away from the meaning of the sun. After the annexation of the Central Plains in the Yong Hui years, the city of Tai’an Xianggong gradually disappeared, Xiangfu years later, re-emerged, especially in the inner court, very respected, the palace eunuchs encountered some can walk in the Palace of the Secretary of the Liyang, like to honor the name of a Xianggong. This time, of course, no one dares to Jiangbei Jiangnan two Sanggong confusion, and in the eyes of the eunuchs in the eyes of the eye of the high, among the civil ministers, even a six ministers can not be honored, the only order of the Central Book of Qi Yanglong, the Chinese book of the ministers of the Zhao right age and the door to the province of the left servant Huan Wen, the left scattered riding standing service Chen Wang, a handful of four, you can make them even the last name shouted on a Sanggong.

The identity of the one in front of him came to light.

Chen Shao Bao Chen Wang, the next Leiyang chief minister’s unquestionable choice.

The seal ribbon supervisor in charge of the seal eunuch is a kind eyebrow and good-looking thin old man, if the eye-catching red python robe replaced with a Taoist robe, perhaps it is the immortal style of the Taoist bones, he sat down after Chen Wang, did not hide the worry between his own expression, his voice is thin, but not piercing the ear, and slowly said: “Prime Minister Chen is really going to go to the north of the Youzhou? Without Minister Chen as our backbone, our hearts are shaking with panic.”

Chen Wang belongs to the private visit this time out of the capital, the capital only a handful of characters are qualified to know, a hand on the number over, he smiled and said: “Liu Gonggong don’t worry, this time to Qingliang Mountain to send the imperial decree, can’t make a mistake.”

If someone else were to be so perfunctory and comforting, no matter how good the Seal Ribbon Supervisor’s seal-keeper eunuch was at cultivating his qi, he would have to be secretly annoyed, but since it was Chen Shaobao who said so, the old eunuch was really relieved for a few minutes.

Officialdom in the public practice, it is the smart people can do on the official, so speak and do things are often permeated with mystery, both sides of the conversation are inevitably to the depths of thought, can not wait for a sentence to break into eight petals to ponder, the beautiful name of the enlightenment to no to. Especially the old Ministry of Justice Zhao right age, Yong Hui storage minister Yin Maochun stream, with them these extremely intelligent temple pillar chat, who dare to take it lightly? I’m afraid that their casual sentence in the exit of the court “today’s weather is good”, can be heard in the ears of the officials chewed for a long time, catching the wind, carefully scrutinize, how tired. Of course, this kind of tiredness, is still let many officials enjoy it. But a temple hall away from the sun, in the end, there are still a few people are not the same, even in the world’s talent into the enough of that Tai’an City, “Zhaojiajun”, some people still appear to stand out, such as the old Prime Minister Zhang Julu, Tan Tan Weng Huan Wen, now Xiangfu year finally another Chen Wang. Speak with these three people, regardless of the size of the official hat, official rank high and low, do not have to dig into the mind to cope with, in short, it is a very worrying thing, the reason is very simple, these real celebrities big alcohol ministers, you rely on the words flattered not, but also will not be on them because of the words of the crime, the three of them may not necessarily be a desire for officialdom saints, but even if they are seeking, it must be that not anyone is able to understand that they are located in the so-called gain and loss of the realm! The first thing I’d like to talk about is how I’m going to be able to get the job done.

Tai’an City officialdom over the years, seemingly on the level of Jin Lanting doubly respected, but how the truth, perhaps Tantan Weng early in the year that a slap in the face has long since broken the mystery of the heavens.

A mountain is higher than a mountain, smart people will always meet smarter people, relying on smart, easy to be an official, do the big official but not easy, to do really control a side of the dynasty handle of the Shangshu has been difficult, do the leader of the world’s ministers of the first minister is even more difficult to get to the top of the sky.

Now the capital officialdom are convinced, no matter how high this Chen Shaobao is not too much.

Than once let Tai’an city trembling Zhang Julu, Chen Wang’s disadvantage lies in the teacher’s reputation is close to nothing, and no both the teacher and the old man left behind the temple legacy, Chen Wang, after all, from a humble background, although the old man is also a relative of the emperor, but in fact, the arm of the small, but the advantage lies in Chen Wang is the current minister of the world, the first minister of the world is more difficult to do.

The advantage lies in the fact that Chen Wang is a deservedly close minister of the Son of Heaven, and is the beloved of the present Emperor, and most importantly, whether Chen Wang is helping Yin Maochun to preside over the local assessment of the Beijing Review, or serving as the “Emperor’s Teacher” in the Diligence Room, or finally rising high in the Central Library of the Province, Chen Wang’s conduct in the world and temperament are in the eyes of the entire Tai’an City, which is more important than the fact that after making a big splash, Chen Wang is the “Imperial Teacher”. Compared to Zhang Julu, the old chief minister, who had been a great success, Chen Wang always gave people the impression that he was as gentle as a jade, and was not an aggressive character at heart, which was a great good news for the courtiers in the temple, because it meant that once Chen Wang became the head of Shangshu Province in the future, the entire officialdom in Liyang would usher in a period of relative peace and stability, and even though there would be still this and that kind of official conflict, each would only be promoted and demoted, while the other would only be promoted and demoted. Even though there would still be official tiffs, there would only be promotion and demotion, not life and death, and there wouldn’t even be the bleak scenario of a lifetime of forbidden career paths due to the hatred of one person.

Strange to say, now the entire Liyang officialdom almost everyone, all do not understand step by step high rise Chen Wang do official desire for, Chen Wang from no personally said, also from no such emotional flow.

This time Chen Wang appeared in the caravan, the sealing ribbon supervisor in charge of the seal eunuch Liu eunuch is also in the see this left loose riding standing minister himself only after the realization, as for Chen Shaobao why will secretly join the caravan, Liu eunuchs and so on a cadre of people are secretive, even dare not presumptuous speculation.

So when at this moment Chen Wang opened his mouth to propose that he would immediately leave the caravan and part ways to the north, the three eunuchs in python suits looked at each other in dismay.

Chen Wang’s complexion revealed a touch of trance, and after quickly retrieving his thoughts, he laughed softly, “The three eunuchs may have forgotten that my hometown is in Northern Liang Youzhou.”

Returning home in clothes?

Eunuch Liu asked cautiously and tentatively, “Prime Minister Chen needs a few thousand Jinggi cavalry to escort him?”

Chen Wang waved his hand and said, “Not even a single rider is needed to follow, I wouldn’t dare to utilize the public weapon for private purposes.”

Without waiting for Eunuch Liu to speak, another old eunuch of the Seal Ribbon Supervisor said in a fury, “Prime Minister Chen, you can’t do that! Minister Chen and rest assured, if all the imperial guards and the capital riding army are handed over to Minister Chen, the three of us do not have the guts, after all, the court’s decency can not be lost, but Minister Chen took away half of the men and horses, I believe that no one will not say half a word, if there is really anyone who dares to …… we will pull out his tongue! Minister Chen is the mainstay of today’s Liyang, must not have half a bit of risk in the Northern Liang, otherwise we three have no face to live back to the capital!”

Eunuch Liu, the eunuch in charge of the seal, also nodded vigorously with deep conviction.

Chen Wang smiled, “Three eunuchs, His Majesty has already personally implored one person to escort me back to my hometown.”

The three old eunuchs who had spent most of their lives in Tai’an City’s palace and were most adept at biting off more than they could chew, were instantly creeped out.

Pleading!

In today’s world, who would be able to make His Majesty “plead” with the Emperor to escort Chen Wang back to his hometown?

Chai Qingshan of the East Vietnam Sword Pond obviously didn’t have the weight to do so, and I’m afraid the old ancestor of the Wu Family’s Sword Mound was also a bit short of the mark.

Chen wang point to the end, and the three seal ribbon supervisor eunuchs to explain some send the decree related matters, then get up and leave.

The three python-robed eunuchs personally sent Chen Wang outside the hall, saw a young-looking unfamiliar eunuch standing at the bottom of the steps, and after a closer look, still could not remember when the Seal Ribbon Supervisor had such a junior.

But after seeing him, Chen Wang slightly nodded his head in greeting, the latter was actually indifferent, and when the two of them turned to leave, it was vaguely the young eunuch’s figure that leaned forward a bit more.

Not long after, a carriage quietly left the Bearded Slope Stage House and headed north.

Before Chen Wang boarded the carriage, he bowed to the horseman and thanked him, “Thank you, sir.”

The young official, who only wore a tunic over his ordinary eunuch attire, had a cold face.

The carriage slowly, not more than half a mile away, there were two riders stopped beside the stage road, an old man with a sword box on his back and a woman with a sword who looked as beautiful as a flower.

It was the young feudal king who had personally absorbed the Finger Xuan realm expert Mi Fengjie into the Water Flushing Room, and Fan Xiaochai, who was now a rising star in the Water Flushing Room.

These two riders acted as escorts, following the carriage not far behind.

At the next post house, another young Northern Liang official carrying a jug of green ant wine boarded the carriage and sat opposite Chen Wang.

As he looked at this Left Scattered Riding Standing Counselor, who was roughly the same age as himself, and at Chen Shao Bao, who was the highest ranking official in the Liyang court of this Northern Liang clan, he raised the jug in his hand and asked with a smile, “Would you like to have a drink, Lord Chen?”

Chen Wang’s face was flat as he shook his head, “No drink.”

He sighed in his heart.

Those who are good do not come, those who come are not good, it is estimated that our king is going to suffer this time, no wonder he does not dare to come over and touch the wall in person.