Qin Fang quickly stopped and said, "Doctor Li, what are you doing?"
Doctor Li discussed this behavior with his daughter. So when Qin Fang asked, Doctor Li said directly: "General Qin, I want to ask General Qin to take me in. My daughter has such a thing. If she continues to stay in the county, it will inevitably attract rumors. What will she do then? So I want to take her away. But I am unfamiliar with other places, so... Didn't General Qin want a doctor to accompany him? What do you think of me and my daughter?" Of course, following Qin Fang is not the only way out. He can also take his daughter to other places to make a living.
But it's a fresh start wherever he goes. It's better to follow General Qin whom he knows. At least through these few days of getting along, he can see that General Qin and his wife are good people. Following such people is more or less safe. Otherwise, if he goes to another place, he is old. If something happens to him, what will happen to his daughter? If he follows General Qin, he hopes that General Qin will protect his daughter in the future because he has done his best during this period of time.
Qin Fang didn't think too much about it. If Doctor Li was willing to follow him, he would definitely be willing, even if it was only for this journey. Moreover, those sick people still needed Doctor Li. So he said, "Of course, I'd love to have you."
Doctor Li and his daughter were relieved to hear Qin Fang agree so readily. They were worried that General Qin might feel embarrassed and unwilling to keep them in Miss Li's situation, but it seemed that they were overthinking.
In fact, they did think too much. Qin Fang had never thought about Miss Li at all. To put it bluntly, what relationship did Miss Li have with him, Qin Fang? Did he want to do this
"General." Captain Lu was looking for Qin Fang, but he didn't expect to see him when he went out. "General, the testimony of the bandits is here. I didn't expect these beasts to do so many evil things. And that county magistrate should be beheaded."
Qin Fang read the testimony of the robbers, and the more he read, the tighter his brows frowned. These people really gave them a good deal by removing their hands and feet.
Captain Yang said, "General, the bandits are colluding with the county magistrate. Now that we have captured the bandits, if the county magistrate sends someone over and finds something fishy, it might alert the enemy."
Qin Fang nodded: "Immediately send someone to guard Wulipu. If anyone comes here, if it's an ordinary citizen, it's fine, but if it's the county magistrate's men, arrest them directly."
Captain Yang: “Yes.”
Qin Fang said to Captain Lu: "Go find someone, I will write a letter right away, you ask someone to deliver it to... to Lord Du Ke in the office of the Minister of War. Forget it, you call Tao Shan and ask him to deliver the letter." Qin Fang thought that he didn't know anyone in the capital, and the only person he could be considered a "friend" with was probably Du Ke. After all, his transfer was brought about by Du Ke, so he could barely be related to Du Ke.
In addition, during the conversation at the border, when he recommended Han Zhen and Du Ke proposed Wei Wu, Du Ke also listened to his opinion, which made him feel that Du Ke was not the kind of unreasonable person. So when there was no one in the capital, Qin Fang decided to write a letter to Du Ke.
Captain Lu: "Yes, I will go find Tao Shan right away."
This was the first time Qin Fang wrote a letter to his superior. He was a military commander, and Du Ke was the Minister of War, so he was his immediate superior.
Of course, this letter was not just about the county magistrate. He had to describe the medical situation of the brigade, the military pay, and the bandit suppression. However, Qin Fang was also careful. He did not write about the money from the bandit suppression. He only wrote that 30% of the money from the bandit suppression would be used as their military pay, and 70% would be left for the people.
Three days later, Qin Fang's letter was sent to the capital at full speed.
It was Tao Shan’s first time to enter the capital, and after much asking around, he finally found the Du Mansion.
The Du Mansion is heavily guarded. As the Minister of War, Du Ke's study naturally contains many military secrets, so the guards at the Du Mansion are extremely strict.
Tao Shan was still a little nervous when he arrived at the gate of the Du Mansion. He patted the letter hidden in his arms and got off the horse. "My dear brother, I am the private guard of General Qin Fang of Wude. General Qin was ordered to take the surrendered barbarians to Yunxiang County for resettlement. When passing through Wulipo in Huanshui County, a big thing happened. I have a letter from General Qin to Lord Du. Please inform Lord Du."
The guards of the Du Mansion were obviously very well behaved. When they heard what Tao Shan said, they said, "The master has not returned from his duty at the Ministry of War. Please wait a moment. I will report to the housekeeper."
Tao Shan: "Thank you, big brother."
Not long after the guard went in, a middle-aged man came out. He looked at Tao Shan and saw that Tao Shan looked exhausted, so he invited Tao Shan in and asked the guard to go to the Ministry of War to invite Du Ke.
This year is the first year of the emperor's accession to the throne. The country is named Changping. Since Changping is the first year, there are a lot of things to do in the court. Especially last year, the emperor won the throne by seizing the throne, and the purge of the court was not so fast. Therefore, Du Ke, the Minister of War, is really busy.
At this moment, Du Ke was reading the information when he heard someone at the door reporting: "Sir, your guard is here to see you. He said he has something important to tell you."
Du Ke still trusted the housekeeper of the Du Mansion very much. If it wasn't for something that couldn't be solved, or something really important, the housekeeper wouldn't send someone to the Ministry of War to find him, so it must be an important matter. "Let him in."
"yes."
The guard followed in, saluted Du Ke and said, "Sir, a guest just came to the mansion, claiming to be the private guard of General Qin Fang of Wude. He brought a letter from Sir Qin and said he wanted to see you for something important. He also said that General Qin took the surrendered barbarians to Yunxiang County for resettlement, and when they passed through Wulipo in Huanshui County, a big thing happened."
Du Ke was stunned at first. For a moment, he did not have a deep enough impression of Qin Fang, the general of martial virtue. The guard's words filtered through his mind before he remembered Qin Fang.
What happened when Qin Fang passed through Yunxiang County must be related to Yunxiang County. Although Qin Fang was a fifth-rank general, he had no authority to interfere in Yunxiang County's affairs. But if it was an ordinary matter, he was a fifth-rank general, and the county magistrate was only a seventh-rank general, so he would not give him face. Therefore, the fact that Qin Fang sent a private guard to deliver the letter showed that this matter was not simple.
Du Ke left the house immediately.
As soon as Du Ke arrived at the mansion, he asked, "Where is General Qin's private guard? Bring him to the study to see me."
Tao Shan was immediately taken to the study.
To be honest, Tao Shan was very nervous when he entered Du Ke's study. When he saw Du Ke, his legs were shaking. There was nothing he could do. Du Ke's authority was too great. This kind of natural momentum, the momentum of a big celebrity in front of the current emperor, was better than anyone Tao Shan had ever seen in his life. Even when he met Yonghe Hou in the military camp, he was not so scared.
Tao Shan knelt down and said, "I, Tao Shan, greet you, sir."
Du Ke did not put on airs with Tao Shan. How could he put on airs in front of a private guard? "Where is General Qin's letter?"
Tao Shan immediately took out the letter from his arms.
Du Ke took the letter and first looked at the beeswax on which it was wrapped. It was intact and had Qin Fang's private seal on it. Then he opened the letter, and when he finished reading the contents, his face turned dark.
Du Ke had seen many big things in his life, and no matter how big the thing was, it was not as big as following the emperor to fight for the throne. However, when he saw Qin Fang's letter, he was really angry. The county magistrate colluded with the bandits to bully the people. No matter where this happened, it was chilling.
The county magistrate represents the imperial court and the emperor's face. If the county magistrate colludes with bandits, isn't that a slap in the face of the emperor
In anger, Du Ke couldn't help laughing. This Qin Fang is quite interesting. The army had no money, so he thought of banditry, but he didn't expect it to involve such a big thing.
Speaking of which, Qin Fang's behavior reminded him of someone. In the early years, Yonghe Hou had suppressed all the bandits in Yongzhou, and all the stolen money was used as military pay. Some of them knew about this, but they didn't expect Qin Fang to appear now.
In fact, using the stolen money of bandits as military pay is equivalent to giving the stolen money to the court. After all, the military pay is owed by the court.
However, Qin Fang was better than Yonghe Hou, as he only took 30%. If it was the treacherous old man Yonghe Hou, he would have taken it all.
Du Ke was a little curious. Why did Qin Fang give him this letter? Logically, Qin Fang could have directly submitted the letter
Du Ke said to Tao Shan, "Go with the housekeeper and have a rest. When I have made all the arrangements, you can take the letter I sent to General Qin back with you."
Tao Shan: "Yes, I will listen to you, sir."
Du Ke naturally could not hide such a major event in Yunxiang County, so he went to the palace immediately.
Imperial Study
It rained for several days in a row in some parts of Qi State. The outbreak of influenza among the surrendered barbarians led by Qin Fang was not a big deal. The big deal was that floods collapsed dams and caused water disasters in other places.
These past two days, the Emperor has been very upset because of these things.
There were even some rumors in the capital that the emperor had won the throne in an illegal way and that God could no longer tolerate this, so it sent rain to punish him.
Of course, these words were spread by someone, but as the emperor, after hearing these words, even though he knew that they were spread by someone, he couldn't help but wonder, is it really true that he came to the throne in an illegitimate way
"Report, Your Majesty, the Minister of War, Lord Du Kedu, wants to see you regarding an important matter."
The emperor stopped reading the memorial, patted the table lightly, and said, "Let him in."
Du Ke entered the imperial study and said, "Your Majesty, I am here to see you. Your Majesty, this time..."
The emperor interrupted Du Ke and said, "Stop, let me guess. Your coming here this time is definitely not a good thing, right?"