Someone once said that the dense post roads of the current Liyang Dynasty were laid out following the iron hooves of a certain lame man.
A mighty convoy settled down at the Xiaoranpo post in Youzhou. The post was not big, but it was cleaner than the Central Plains post. In fact, the convoy traveled all the way west and entered Hezhou After Youzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Beiliang Road, it was found that there were many post houses along the way, like fish scales, and there were often Yuxi post horses galloping past. There was a joke in the convoy before. I heard too much that the Beiliang frontier army is rich in arrogant soldiers, and the cavalry army is even more outstanding. Those big men in the convoy have more or less heard of border military affairs. Human crime lies in the cruel rules of the dead, so when the vanguard of the convoy with more than 60 riders entered Youzhou for the first time, he met a Beiliang post rider riding from north to south, and found that the rider appeared at the fork in the north. If the post cavalry continue to run south, it is very likely that the entire cavalry will be cut off at the waist. You must know that the three or four carriages in the middle are all sitting on palace dignitaries dressed in red, python waist and white jade. There was a conflict in the post, what should I do? The elite followers of the sixty Jingji cavalry suddenly panicked. Although the officials from all over the country wished to enshrine them as their ancestors when they traveled westward to Beiliang, but facing the few Beiliang post cavalry, the vanguard cavalry called out without saying a word. Turning the horse's head to stop the convoy behind, he would rather be crowded together than let the post rider unimpeded. The post rider who had already prepared to stop the horse obviously didn't understand what this mighty convoy was thinking. What, when continuing along the north-south post road, I couldn't help turning my head to look a few more times at the fork, with weird eyes, probably thinking that those foreigners who look at the military look are too polite some. Afterwards, a school lieutenant who was born in the Ministry of Military Affairs explained that the whole convoy knew that the feathers inserted on the back of the post cavalry showed that this person was an ordinary post cavalry in Youzhou, and the information he conveyed was only the most ordinary. kind of.
However, the self-proclaimed vanguard captain was not reprimanded, and an old eunuch of Yinshoujian wearing a red python robe expressed the aspirations of everyone in the convoy.
"Here in Beiliang, let's sail with care."
Now most of Liyang's soldiers understand the truth that there are three types of soldiers and horses in the world, the weak army, the strong army, and the last one is called Beiliang cavalry.
The last time Xinliang King only led Bai Mayi, who was less than a thousand riders, into the important area of Gyeonggi, but the result turned out to be like entering no one's land. This turmoil that lost the face of Tai'an City directly led to the death of a clan general. The government blamed and resigned, and the Ministry of War did not intervene, but who in the officialdom of the capital does not know that this yamen, which controls the world's military power, has not looked good at the military generals from the Gyeonggi family for the past six months. Tens of thousands of taels of silver have not been repaid.
Later, at the end of the battle on Guangling Road, the cavalry army of 10,000 snow dragons suddenly left the customs. Xu Gong, the servant of the military department who returned from the Liangliao, led the Jingji elite to intercept, and the cavalry troops from Jizhou and Qingzhou echoed from the north to the south. The garrisons from all walks of life tried their best to serve their lives, but didn't they get frustrated? Now there are rumors in Tai'an City that the reason why Lu Shengxiang, who had been involved in the Guangling War, stood out this time, rather than Xu Gong, who had made great contributions to the affairs of the Liao and Liao, stood out. His Majesty the Emperor was too disappointed with this Confucian general who was born in Jiangnan Road.
The attitude of the Xiaoranpo Post House towards these envoys from the emperor who came to visit them was lukewarm, neither courteous and flattering nor cold-eyed. The eunuch in charge of Yinshoujian was not surprised by this, and did not find fault with such matters. For one thing, the eunuchs in Liyang seldom went out of Beijing. They will not openly appear in the eyes of official circles outside Beijing. Second, since the old emperor of Liyang took in the eunuchs who died in the world, these eunuchs are grateful to the Zhao family. There have never been rumors of troubles in the inner court for many years, and eunuchs intervening in politics have disappeared. As powerful as the previous generation of Lijian, Han Shengxuan, the human cat, is only known as one of the three major demons in the Spring and Autumn Period. He has no doubts about the loyalty of the world's chief official to the Liyang Zhao family. After that, at a young age The famous Song Tanglu took over the supervisor of ceremonies, and he is also well-known among civil and military officials.
The Xiaoranpo post house is not enough to accommodate the battle of more than a thousand people, including Xuanzhi eunuchs, imperial guards and Jingji Jingqi. They really never disturbed the people, and the eunuchs in python clothes of the Yinshou Prison naturally turned a blind eye. After arriving in Youzhou, there are many posthouses but not big. However, the Yinshou Supervisor took the initiative to discuss with the Youzhou post office how to avoid disturbing the recuperation of the people in Beiliang as much as possible, and the team would never ask Youzhou to buy extra items along the way.
After entering the post house, the three eunuchs in red python suits gathered in the hall to discuss matters as usual, but they did not rush to speak. Instead, they drank a pot of tea prepared by the servants of Xiaoranpo post office, and patiently waited for a confidant eunuch news. Soon the young eunuch respectfully led a figure who looked like a young scholar, and walked quickly into the hall. The young eunuch exited the hall with a low eyebrow, closed the door, and waited outside. When they saw this young man in the green shirt of a scribe, the three big bosses of the Yinshoujian immediately stood up to greet him, and said with a slightly lowered voice, "I've met Chen Xianggong!"
When Xianggong said, it was originally a kind of respectful speech of Lao Liyang, which was specially used to pay respects to the big men in the army or the officials who held the handle of the court. Once the emperor went up and down, the person who received this title was full of calculations, probably only seven or eight people. It's just that at that time, the Eastern Vietnam and Tang dynasties that stood side by side with Liyang still had national strength, and there were also sayings about their husbands, but it was extremely indecent. There is a style of raising child actors, and he is known as a celebrity, which is more or less ironic about Li Yang. In the Yonghui period after Liyang annexed the Central Plains, the theory of the prince of Tai'an City gradually disappeared. After the Xiangfu year, it revived, especially in the inner court, and it was highly respected. The eunuchs in the palace met some Liyang ministers who were able to walk in the forbidden palace. , I like to call him a gentleman. This time, of course, no one dared to confuse Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and in the eyes of eunuchs with extremely high vision, among civil servants, not even a six ministers could win this honor, only Zhongshu Ling Qi Yang Long, Zhongshu servant Zhao Youling, Menxia province Zuo servant She Huanwen, Zuo Sanqi's regular servant Chen Wang, there are only four people, and they can even be called by their surnames.
The identity of the person in front of him was revealed.
Chen Shaobao and Chen Wang are the best candidates for the next Chief Assistant of Liyang.
The eunuch Yinshoujian is a thin old man with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. If he replaces the eye-catching big red python robe with a Taoist robe, he may be a fairy. He sat down after Chen Wang sat down, and he did not hide his confusion Worried, with a high-pitched but not harsh voice, he said slowly: "Chen Xianggong is really going to the north of Youzhou? Without Chen Xianggong as our backbone, our family is in a panic."
Chen Wang, who was on Weifu's private visit, came out of Beijing this time. Only a handful of people in the capital are qualified to know, and he can count them on two hands. He smiled and said: "Eunuch Liu, don't worry, this time I will send the imperial decree to Qingliang Mountain, and there will be no mistakes. .”
If it were someone else's perfunctory consolation, no matter how good the eunuch in charge of Yinshou was at nourishing his energy, he would secretly become angry from embarrassment, but since Chen Shaobao said so, the old eunuch really felt relieved.
In the officialdom, only smart people are able to become superior officials, so the words and actions are often full of mysteries. Both parties in the conversation will inevitably think deeply, wishing to break a sentence into eight pieces to ponder, which is called "savvy understanding" not here. In particular, Zhao Youling, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Yin Maochun, Minister of Yonghui, who dare to take it lightly when chatting with these extremely intelligent pillars of the temple? I'm afraid that when they retreated from the court, they casually said "today's weather is good", which can make the officials in their ears chew for a long time, catch wind and shadow, and carefully scrutinize it, how tiring it is. Of course, this kind of exhaustion still makes many officials enjoy it. But how many people are different in a Liyang temple? Even in the "Zhaojiaweng" in Tai'an City, where all the talents in the world are gathered, some people still stand out from the crowd, such as the old chief assistant Zhang Julu, and the frank Weng Huanwen. , now Xiangfu Nian finally has another Chen Wang. Talking to these three people, no matter how big or small the official hat is, you don’t have to rack your brains to deal with it. In short, it is a very worry-free thing. The reason is very simple. They were convicted because of their words. The three of them may not necessarily be official saints who have no desires and desires, but even if they have desires, presumably not everyone can understand what their so-called gains and losses in that realm are.
In the past few years, the officialdom in Tai'an City seems to have given a lot of respect to Jin Lanting, who has been on the rise, but the truth is, perhaps Tan Tanweng's slap in the early years has already revealed the truth.
A mountain is higher than another, and smart people will always meet smarter people. It is easy to be an official, but it is not easy to be a high-ranking official. It is even more difficult to lead the world's ministers and ministers.
Now the official circles in the capital are convinced of it, no matter what, it is not an exaggeration to think highly of this Chen Shaobao.
Compared with Zhang Julu who once made Tai'an City tremble, Chen Wang's disadvantage is that his teacher's prestige is almost non-existent, and there is no temple legacy left by him as both a teacher and his father-in-law. Relatives of the state, but in fact the help is very small,
The advantage lies in that Chen Wang is a well-deserved close minister of the emperor and a confidant supported by the current emperor. The most important thing is that whether Chen Wang is helping Yin Maochun to preside over the Beijing Review and local reviews, or serving as the "Emperor Teacher" in Qinxianfang, Or in the end when he was promoted to Zhongshu Province, Chen Wang's behavior and temperament fell in the eyes of the whole city of Tai'an. Compared with Zhang Julu, the old chief assistant who showed his sharpness after a blockbuster, Chen Wang's impression was always gentle and gentle. He is not an aggressive character in his heart, which is tantamount to great news for the civil servants in the temple, because it means that once Chen Wang becomes the head of Shangshu Province in the future, the entire Liyang officialdom will usher in a period of relative stability. In the peaceful period of the Qing Dynasty, even if there will still be various official strife, but there will only be promotion and demotion, regardless of life and death, and there will not even be the bleak scene of being banned from official careers for a lifetime because of being hated by one person.
It's strange to say that almost everyone in the Liyang officialdom now doesn't understand what the rising Chen Wang wants to do as an official. Chen Wang has never said it himself, nor has he ever shown such emotion.
This time when Chen Wang appeared in the convoy, Eunuch Liu, the eunuch in charge of the Yinshou Supervisor, was shocked when he saw the Zuo Sanqi’s regular attendant himself. As for why Chen Shaobao secretly joined the convoy, Eunuch Liu and others kept secrets, and even dared not speculate.
So when Chen Wang proposed that he would leave the convoy immediately and go north, the three python-clothed eunuchs looked at each other.
Chen Wang looked dazed, and after quickly withdrawing his thoughts, he said with a soft smile: "The three father-in-laws may have forgotten that my hometown is in Youzhou, Beiliang."
Homecoming
Eunuch Liu cautiously and tentatively asked: "How many thousand cavalry troops from Jingji do you need escorted by Mr. Chen?"
Chen Wang waved his hand and said, "I don't need to follow even a single ride, how dare I use public weapons for private use."
Before Eunuch Liu could speak, another old eunuch from Yinshoujian said in a hurry: "Mr. Chen, absolutely not! Don't worry, Mr. Chen, if you hand over all the imperial guards and the Jingji cavalry to Mr. Xiang, the three of us will not die." That courage, after all, the dignity of the court cannot be lost, but Xianggong took away half of the people, I believe no one would say a word, if anyone dared... our family pulled out his tongue! Chen Xianggong is the mainstay of Liyang today , we must not have the slightest risk in Beiliang, otherwise the three of us will not have the shame to return to the capital alive!"
Eunuch Liu, the palm print eunuch, also nodded vigorously in agreement.
Chen Wang smiled and said: "Three father-in-laws, His Majesty has personally begged someone to escort me back to my hometown."
Having spent most of their lives in the imperial palace of Tai'an City, the three old eunuchs who were the best at elaborating words were suddenly startled.
Please!
In today's world, who can ask His Majesty the Emperor to "beg" to escort Chen Wang back to his hometown
Chai Qingshan from Dongyue Jianchi obviously doesn't have such weight, and the ancestors of the Wu Family's Sword Tomb are probably not as good.
Chen Wang finished the order, and after explaining some matters related to the delivery of the decree with the three eunuchs, he got up and left.
After the three boa-robed eunuchs personally sent Chen Wang out of the hall, they saw a young-looking eunuch standing under the steps. After looking closely, they still couldn't remember when Yinshoujian had such a junior.
But when Chen Wang saw him, he nodded his head slightly, but the latter was indifferent. When the two turned to leave, the figure of the young eunuch was vaguely moving forward.
Not long after, a carriage quietly left the Xiaoranpo post house and headed north.
Before boarding the carriage, Chen Wang bowed to the groom and said, "Excuse me, sir."
The young official who only wore a coat over the ordinary eunuch's clothing had a cold expression on his face.
The carriage was slow, and within half a mile, two riders stopped beside the post road, an old man with a sword box on his back, and a beautiful woman with a sword.
It was the young feudal lord who personally absorbed Mi Fengjie, a master of the Profound Realm into Fushuifang, and Fan Xiaochai, who is now flourishing in Fushuifang.
These two riders acted as retinues and followed the carriage not far or near.
At the next posthouse, another young Beiliang official carrying a jug of green ant wine boarded the carriage and sat opposite Chen Wang.
He looked at Zuo Sanqi, who was about the same age as himself, and at Chen Shaobao, the highest official in the Liyang court from Beiliang. He raised the wine pot in his hand and asked with a smile: "Master Chen, would you like Don't want a drink?"
Chen Wang looked flat, shook his head, "Don't drink."
He sighed inwardly.
Those who are kind don't come and those who come are not kind. It is estimated that our lord will not be able to eat this time, so it is no wonder that he dare not come and run into the wall in person.