The Red Mansions

Chapter 142 Emperor Chongping: Xuan

Chapter 142 Emperor Chongping: Xuan

Qiu Liang's face was gloomy, and he was originally looking at the young man opposite, not to be outdone, but when he heard the young man's words of "suppressing the bandits successfully", he couldn't help but cast his eyes on the prison cars behind him, his heart was shocked.

"This is……"

Didn't he only bring eight hundred soldiers?Why now?

Qiu Liang's face was full of surprise, but the cold shout came again immediately, "Lord Qiu, don't give way!"

Qiu Liang's heart sank, looking at the people of Shenjing surrounded by several layers in the distance, his hands and feet were cold.

He's about to give up, his face will be ruined!

If you want to hang out in Beijing in the future, you will be pointed out if you can't say it.

Jia Heng stared at Qiu Liang coldly, noticing the entangled emotions on Qiu Liang's face, and sneered in his heart.

All of this is what he did on purpose!

Qiu Liang is the commander of the Wucheng army and horse division, and he is in charge of the one-acre three-point land in the capital. If he gives up now, he will be so domineering in the future, and he will be scolded as a pug with "beautiful before and respectful later".

But he had to let it go!

Taking advantage of the momentum of defeating bandits and intimidating Qiu Liang, who is domineering and domineering, he can't even talk about being proud of his achievements.

"Zi Liao and She Zhen are working hand in hand, like dogs of a feather, let him lose face first, and then make other calculations!" Thinking of this, he gave Cai Quan a wink.

Cai Quan understood, and with a wave of his hand, the cavalry behind him raised their whips and beat the horses, as if they wanted to charge towards Qiu Liang and others, and drove them away with whips.

Qiu Liang's face was as gloomy as steel, he waved his hands, and said in a low voice, "Get out of the way for the Jingying brothers."

If the soldiers of the Beijing camp were to scatter his soldiers with a whip, his face would be trampled to pieces.

However, even so, the people who were watching originally burst into laughter.

Some scholars were staring at the handsome young man, thinking, so he is Jia Heng?

Qiu Liang's face was gloomy, and he was directing the soldiers to retreat, when suddenly a few horses rode fast from a distance, swept from Zhuque Street, the head of the inner prison, dressed in fine clothes, and the inner guards behind him.

"By the sage's orders, quickly summon Jia Heng to the Daming Palace for an audience! Don't neglect!" Dai Quan's high-pitched voice passed through the crowded streets and fell on everyone's ears.

It also caused an uproar among the surrounding people.

"Is this the emperor who wants to summon you?" The young man in fancy clothes carrying the birdcage murmured with a slight expression on his face.

"That's not true. After suppressing the thieves, he should be conferred a knighthood." A scholar wearing a green jacket said enviously.

Why don't you take the Wu hook with you, and collect the fifty states in Guanshan, please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, as if you are a scholar with thousands of households.

Don't look at Chen Han's emphasis on literature and restraint on martial arts, but if he is a Confucian general who was born as a scholar, he still attracts the attention of scholars.

Of course, what the scholar said was not a duke or marquis, not even a prince of a son, and a prince of a general is even a little bit reluctant, otherwise the royal rank of the country would be too much.

Chen Handing's title is Duke and Bozi's men, all of whom are in the third class.

There are generals, the same as the third class, the title of the general is not fixed, but in fact it also follows the titles of military officers in the Tang and Song Dynasties and some unspoken rules that are not clearly written. There are initial titles and hereditary titles, and the selection of titles is also slightly different.

For example, the third-class general belongs to the third rank, and hereditary third-class generals often change their titles to prestige, such as the third-class Weizhen general Chen Ruiwen, the grandson of Chen Yi, the grandson of Qi Guogong, and the hereditary Weiyuan general Ma Shang, the grandson of Ma Kui, the ruler of the country... and Willie General Jia Zhen.

Below the generals are Captain Qingche, Captain Yunqi, and Captain Feiqi, all of whom are third-ranked. Except for the third rank of Gonghoubo, there are eighteen ranks from the first rank to the ninth rank. The ranks correspond to each other. chaos.

Dai Quan was riding on the horse, and when he saw the soldiers of Qiu Liang's army blocking the intersection in front of him, he scolded: "Qiu Liang, don't let the road go! You have delayed the order of the Holy Majesty, how many heads do you have!"

Well, after being reprimanded by the inner eunuch through oral instructions, Qiu Liang's face became more and more ugly, and he felt that the last trace of decency had been stripped away.

Shen shouted, "What are you dawdling in, get out of the way!"

Following Qiu Liang's shout, the soldiers of the Wucheng Bingma Division retreated towards the intersection on the side, making way for a passage like the tide was ebbing.

"Eunuch Dai." Jia Heng drove forward, bowed his hands to Dai Quan, and was about to get off the horse, but the eunuch on the opposite side said with a smile, "Zi Yu, don't perform such vain rituals, Your Majesty is waiting to summon you. It's important to ride a horse and enter the palace with the miscellaneous family."

Dai Quan's face was full of smiles, and there was a surge of shock in the depths of the eyes of the young man opposite him.

It's really amazing, this young man was leading the army for the first time, he was willing to take strange risks, and went straight to the bandit's nest, as the emperor said, this son has shown the appearance of Wei Huo, which can be called the appearance of a famous general.

Thinking of His Majesty Long Yan Joy after hearing the good news in the Daming Palace, Dai Quan dared not underestimate the young man even more.

This is no longer Jane in the heart of the emperor, this will immediately become the servant of His Majesty.

Your Majesty is dignified and dignified, why was he as happy as before?

Jia Heng nodded, turned around and explained a few words to Cai Quan, then looked at Dai Quan, and said, "Eunuch Dai, please."

Dai Quan smiled and said, "Let's go together."

A group of teenagers surrounded by brocade clothes rushed towards the imperial palace.

In Daming Palace——

After the arched case, Emperor Chongping had already stood up, holding the military newspaper in his hand, his cold and resolute face still showed joy, and he looked up at Zhao Yi in the distance again, and asked: "Zhao Yi, what about that?" Bandit leader Zhang Wu has been sent to the capital?"

Zhao Yi thought: "Your Majesty, this is the third time you have asked."

But the Holy One was happy, so he just said it again.

Zhao Yi respectfully said: "Zhang Wu and several other bandit leaders were taken to the capital and handed over to be judged for crimes. There was also Chang'an Jiedu envoy Yun Guang who was also taken down by Mr. Jia for colluding with bandits and intending to rebel. It's urgent, I'm worried about leaking the news, so it's not easy to ask for an order..."

Emperor Chongping waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Jinyiwei has a hundred officials who are inspectors, and they have the power to deal with adversity. He wants to rebel against you? Jia Ziyu is not inappropriate to deal with it expediently in order to prevent him from taking risks."

Although Jia Heng was accused by Zhao Yi of Luo Zhi's crime at the beginning, in fact, what he did was not groundless. In the eyes of the emperor and other ninety-five supreme beings, Chang'an Jiedu, as the military chief of six counties, colluded with a group of nearly a thousand people. Thieves and bandits, in the important area of ​​Gyeonggi, do not say that they are rebellious, but they are also suspected of treason.

Seeing that Emperor Chongping did not "deeply investigate" this matter, Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and thought, Mr. Jia, my old Zhao didn't take your thousands of taels of silver for nothing.

Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice: "Yunguang is responsible for the crime of treason. In addition, you go and pass on my oral order to let Qiu Liang raid Yunguang's house! At the same time, let Prince Zhongshun's House of Internal Affairs send someone to check it out. General, there is no way to suppress the bandits, but the remnant people have skills, it is really hateful and can be killed!"

Qiu Liang, the envoy of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi Town Fusi, has a strict temperament, and now he has quickly emerged in the Jinyiwei Mansion because of his vigorous and resolute actions, and he has not been greedy or profane. .

And Qiu Liang also got relatively close to Prince Zhongshun because most of the money from the house raids went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Zhao Yi took the order and retreated.

Emperor Chongping looked down at the military newspaper again, his gaze aggressive, and he murmured: "With an army of [-] capital battalions, we went deep into the mountains alone, and in just a few days, we went straight to the bandit's nest, and at the same time took down Yunguang, who was holding us back. He really is a handsome young man with a heroic appearance."

When we set off earlier, although we had high hopes for Jia Heng because of the incident of "breaking the bandit's nest", no one dared to 100% guarantee victory in military affairs, let alone such a hearty victory.

"It may be a little bit reluctant to be named a third-class general for this credit, but in addition to the previous resignation, there should be... little resistance." Emperor Chongping looked at the military newspaper and thought, with a gleam of coldness in his eyes.

Although the army of the Beijing camp is so capable of fighting, they were repeatedly defeated by the bandits in the previous round, which just shows that Niu Jizong and others will be incompetent and exhaust the entire army to death!

"Niu Jizong's battalion commander needs to be removed first, and this matter needs to be arranged." Emperor Chongping put down the military report and thought to himself.

Jia Heng didn't know, because he led the army of the Beijing camp to a clean victory, and gave Emperor Chongping the illusion that "the Beijing camp may still be saved".

After all, this is all human psychology. It takes too much courage to start a new stove, overthrow it and start over, smashing some bottles and cans.

A long time ago, Emperor Kuang Chongping had already laid out such chess pieces as Wang Ziteng. How could an emperor swing left and right and give up halfway when playing chess, he always had to take two steps to try.

"Come here, call Yang Guochang, a scholar of the Huagai Palace, Han Huang, a scholar of the Jinshen Palace, Li Zan, a scholar of the Wuying Palace, and He Juncheng, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, to enter the palace for an audience. In addition, Zhao Qing, who is staying at the Wenyuan Pavilion, is also here. Come to the palace."

Emperor Chongping paused slightly, and ordered the inner eunuch in a deep voice.

No matter how Jia Heng is used in the future, the knighthood can be settled first.

In the Sanfu area of ​​Gyeonggi Province, there are not only bandits in Cuihua Mountain, but also bandits in Weinan, Huayin, and Wugong. Jia Heng has the talent to lead the army to arrest bandits, so he can use them.

Immediately, the inner prisoner took the order to leave.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, came first, bowed and saluted, and was also a little surprised when Emperor Chongping finished speaking the military report, so he waited beside him.

After waiting for a while, when it was time to light the lamps, the guard outside the hall called out: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Dai is leading Master Jia to seek an audience outside the palace."

"Xuan." Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice after plastic surgery, regaining his majesty and solemnity.

After a while, Dai Quan led Jia Heng into the hall.

The green shirt of the past, the brocade robe of today, the young man still has a dusty look on his face.

Jia Heng rushed to Emperor Chongping to see the ceremony, and met the eyes of Emperor Chongping and Zhao Yi, Minister of Industry, with a calm face and eyes full of tranquility.

Zhao Yi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, also nodded slightly, no matter how good the young man's morals and talents are, his appearance and demeanor at least have the demeanor of a general's son.

"I already know what Jia Qing reported, but I just read the report. Jia Qing seems to have something to say? Like Fan Yi, you said that he has other secrets, which seems to be involved in a big case?" Chong Emperor Ping's bright gaze fell on the face of the brocade-clothed boy opposite him without moving for a moment.

Apart from Fan Yi, there is also the captured silver taels, um, let’s forget about that, although it’s a pity that the kid in front of him is so extravagant, the reward for the casualties is so high?

I remember that this time when the Eastern captives invaded the country, the Ministry of War paid 50 taels or more for the soldiers who died in battle?

But the pension money has been distributed, can it be recovered?

To mention this matter again would be disrespectful, stingy and mean.

Jia Heng arched his hands and said: "Return to the Holy Lord, although Fan Yi is a traitor, but his feelings are sympathetic, and death should not be considered. I have the feelings to report back."

Just as he was about to narrate, the inner eunuch outside the palace came lightly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Elder He Ge is seeking an audience outside the palace, and several elders have already entered the palace to be announced."

Emperor Chongping nodded and said, "Xuan."

Then, Minister of Rites He Juncheng first entered the hall, greeted Emperor Chongping, and then turned around, smiling at Jia Heng who was at the side, obviously he had a good impression of this "ancient wise man" who respected courtesy.

Emperor Chongping turned to look at Jia Heng, pondered for a while, and said loudly: "Since it is about rushing to take the exam, I will talk about it in front of He Qing later."

While speaking, Yang Guochang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Han Huang, the second assistant, and Li Zan, the minister of the Ministry of war, came to the hall one after another, and they greeted Emperor Chongping and stopped.

Li Zan glanced at Jia Heng, and nodded gently at his gaze, which surprised Jia Heng.

The cabinet minister gave him the impression that he seemed to be serious and dignified. Even when he resigned from the knighthood last time, he didn't seem to make the cabinet minister look up to him.

Now it seems to be releasing good intentions, but I don't know why.

What Jia Heng didn't know was that Li Zan's face was as calm as a lake, but his heart was like thunder. He had already observed him secretly, otherwise he wouldn't have been impatient when he saw Jia Heng's seal on the book his son Li Yi was holding. And as.

In the eyes of this man who knows how to change power, if he is only a talent of filial piety and integrity like that of the Han Dynasty, but is slightly useless in state affairs, then he will only look a little sideways.

Emperor Chongping said: "Dai Quan, pass this army report to Elder Yang Ge and the others for circulation."

Dai Quan took the order, took the military newspaper, and handed it to a cabinet minister.

Yang Guochang was getting older and his eyesight was failing, he took a closer look with the military newspaper, Dai Quan at the side saw this, he winked at the inner eunuch at the side, and handed over the candlestick to illuminate it.

After Yang Guochang finished reading, his eyes lingered on the seizure, his wrinkled face moved slightly, and he handed it to Han Huang who was beside him.

Han Huang also read it, and his pupils just shrank. Even though he had heard the inner prisoner briefly narrate the results on the way, but looking at the detailed text of the military newspaper, the feeling of planning and strategizing came to his face.

Afterwards, Li Zan finished reading the military newspaper, twirled his beard under his chin with his hands, and the light in his eyes flowed.

"Break the bandit's lair, divide the enemy soldiers, go into the deep mountains, take the cloud light... get the magic of Yue Wumu's use of troops, and keep the samadhi of one mind."

As the minister of the Ministry of War, he can naturally see something different from the other elders.

"This son is skilled in military strategy and good at military aircraft... In time, he will be a good general." Li Zan put down the military newspaper, glanced at Jia Heng, and thought.

Emperor Chongping saw the varied looks of the several great scholars, and felt a little pleased, and said: "Yunguang colluded with the bandits, exchanged letters with the bandits, and his confidants Chen, Jiang, and the bandits confessed, Jin Yiwei It has been sent, and after the testimony of the assistant officials of the government office, the letter is indeed written by Yun Guang, and Chen and Jiang also have testimonies. , Among the thieves, there is a move, and there are other sympathetic feelings, please listen to it first."

When all the cabinet ministers heard the words, they turned their attention to Jia Heng in unison.

Jia Heng sorted out his thoughts, and when he opened his mouth, he talked about how Fan Yi was beaten and maimed by green-skinned scoundrels.

Then he said angrily: "The imperial examination is a grand ceremony for the country to use talents, but the candidates who took the exam were beaten and maimed by the green skin rogues ordered by the soldiers and horses of the five cities. Fan Yi reported to the officials many times but couldn't complain. There is no one to uphold justice in Ma Si, you elders, you are young and do nothing, and your nature is simple and straightforward. Although you are a martial artist, you often admire the sages and enlightenment, and you want to use the imperial examination to become an official. Disciple, the Master said, which one is tolerable and which one is unbearable? With a heart full of resentment, I almost want to wield a sword and kill that generation!"

The clear and clear words of the young man resounded in the hall, and every word was like a knife, which made all the cabinet ministers feel awe-inspiring.

Things... got bigger.

After a martial artist, admiring the teachings of the sages, he wanted to take the imperial examination to become an official, but the examinee was beaten and maimed by the white officials and green skins, and there was no way for him to appeal... This temple is full of lords, where can we put our faces? ?

When it was passed on to Shilin, it can be predicted that Shilin will definitely be boiling. I waited hard to study hard, passed the exam and achieved fame, but when I took the exam, I was beaten in the best place in the capital.

There are some things that are really not on the scale. Once on the scale, they really can't hold it!

After hearing this, He Juncheng's face turned pale, and the cold sweat on his back had seeped into his underwear.

What happened?

Why doesn't he know?

No, he is a cabinet minister, and the two ministers of the Ministry of Rites usually preside over the affairs of the Ministry, and he is busy with the cabinet affairs, so he didn't know it.

A must-have skill for bureaucrats - throwing the pot away.

Just before all the cabinet ministers turned their attention to questioning, the minister of the Ministry of Rites angrily said: "The Ministry of Rites has stood by and watched this matter. It is really shocking. The old minister has been in the cabinet for a long time, but he didn't know about it. Please forgive me!"

(End of this chapter)