Chapter 119 Entering Beijing
“Sit down and drink tea.”
“Yes, Lord Marquis.”
Zheng Fan sat down on the chair, but did not pick up the tea cup.
“The Longjing produced in Qian Country is top quality.”
Zheng Fan shook his head and said:
"Master Hou, drinking tea right after eating can easily hurt your stomach."
"Oh, really?"
Jingnan Hou Putting down the tea cup in his hand,
said:
"Since you have joined the army, you still care about maintaining your health?"
"Returning to the Marquis, I joined the army so that I, Dayan, can expand the territory and maintain health, so that I can see more after expanding the territory. The prosperous times of my Dayan.”
"Printing ink for me."
"I humbly obey my orders."
"I want to write a letter to Wei Zhonghe, and the Chief of Ceremonies lacks talents like you."
"..." Zheng Fan.
Looking at Zheng Fan's embarrassment, Marquis Jingnan waved his hand and said:
"Sit down, it's no big deal. Being able to speak nice words is also a skill. Besides, let's discuss it immediately. In terms of kung fu and ability to lead troops, you, Zheng Shoubei, are no worse than others.”
"Master Marquis, you are so complimentary. I still have a lot to learn from you, Master Marquis."
"Daxia Chen, a knight-errant swordsman in the Qian Kingdom. It is rumored in the world that he is a born swordsman. He teaches himself to practice swordsmanship. When I became an adult, I visited the Sword Pavilion of Jin State and visited the Daze Sword Tomb of Chu State.
His own cultivation level is probably above the sixth level. After this person took you hostage, he went straight to Cuiliu Fort, but was repulsed by the barbarian cavalry in your fort.
I am very curious, why does he want to go to Cuiliu Castle with you? "
"Master Hou, my subordinates have investigated this matter clearly and reported it to the Secret Intelligence Department yesterday. "
"I have seen it. What I don't understand is that he actually didn't kill you and accompanied you to Cuiliu Castle. ”
Zheng Fan hesitated for a moment,
He replied:
"If I say it to the Marquis, he is stupid."
"What's the explanation?"
Zheng Fan pointed at his forehead,
< br>Tao:
"That hero, there is a problem here."
"You don't understand the world, are you naive?"
"The Marquis hit the nail on the head."
Every day, I talk to the blind man and the others from practice Zheng Fan, who learned the art of flattery in middle school, is often so familiar with it when he really needs to use it.
"It seems that he is really a sword fanatic."
"Yes, Lord Marquis, otherwise I would not be able to see Lord Marquis today."
"I guess you also know the identities of the other two groups of assassins?"
"I know, The Sixth Prince arranged a contact person in Beizhibao Village. "
Jingnan Hou was not very sensitive about this. Zheng Fan said it openly, and Jingnan Hou listened as if it was nothing. .
“Isn’t the relationship between you and Xu Wenzu the same in Hutou City?”
"We are strangers in a foreign land. When someone comes from my hometown, I want to greet them."
"We are strangers in a foreign land. This sounds good, but I don't believe it."< br>
"The Marquis is wise. When I heard that Mr. Xu became the top of my humble position, I After taking over the boss, I was so frightened that I hurried to the inn to apologize."
"Haha, okay, I will go to Beijing with you in three days, and you can go back and recuperate."
< br>“I humble my duty and obey my orders!”
"By the way, give Xu Wenzu another message. Three days later, on the day I enter the capital, the Jingnan Army will withdraw from Nanwang City."
"I understand, I know."
Zheng Fan walked out In the house, Du Juan followed and said to Zheng Fan:
"Master Zheng, just come at noon in three days."
"Thank you, Sister Du Juan, for reminding me."
Dujuan returned to the house,
“He left?”
“Gone, Lord Marquis.”
“Yes.”
“ Mr. Hou, this Lord Zheng Shoubei is really interesting and thoughtful. ”
"Are you giving him eye drops?"
"Master, although the slave family has followed you, the slave family cannot be a female celebrity. The slave family can do it, and this is what the Secret Service learned. "
Jingnanhou picked up the tea cup,
took a sip of tea,
said slowly:
"A pool of stagnant water is naturally pure and clear; a large river does not reject sediment."
...
After leaving the house where Marquis Jingnan lived, Zheng Fan and A Ming went together. Walk towards the General Military Mansion.
The General Military Mansion is still the same General Military Mansion. Many people died just over a month ago, but Xu Wenzu still checked in by name.
Perhaps, what Xu Wenzu wants is to convey his attitude in this way, but obviously, it can be clearly seen from the deserted entrance of the General Military Mansion,
The real talker in this city now is the Marquis.
Xu Wenzu had been waiting for Zheng Fan for a long time, and also learned from Liang Cheng that Zheng Fan had gone to see him today at the request of the Marquis of Jingnan.
After Zheng Fan arrived, Xu Wenzu immediately invited Zheng Fan into his study.
The study seemed a little empty, and the desk seemed a little messy.
Xu Wenzu did not call for tea, but slammed the door shut, then lifted the inkstone and other objects on the table and smashed it on the ground,
He roared three times in a row:
"This is unreasonable! This is not possible! This is not possible!"
Zheng Fan stood aside silently, watching Xu Wenzu act.
After smashing things, Xu Wenzu went to the bookshelf and took out a box. After opening it, he took a piece of persimmon cake from it and handed it to Zheng Fan.
“Eat, I brought this from the north.”
The persimmon cake is also spread with honey.
Zheng Fan reached out to take it, took a bite, and said while chewing:
"The Marquis of Jingnan asked me to bring you a message, Your Excellency."
"Say it. "What orders does Mr. Jingnan have?"
"Ahem..."
Zheng Fan coughed a few times, and without being polite, he found a chair and sat down. Xu Wenzu knew that he was injured, so he took the initiative to pull a chair over and sat down next to Zheng Fan.
"The Marquis of Jingnan said that he will enter Beijing in three days, and on that day, the Jingnan army will also withdraw from Nanwang City."
"Huh..." Xu Wenzu Changshu Yi tone.
Obviously, this sentence relieved him of a lot of pressure.
The previous one died inexplicably, and there was an assassination incident at the funeral. He was also robbed and killed on the way to his post. After entering Nanwang City, everything in the city was decided by Jingnan Marquis. He, the general manager, Soldiers are just a decoration.
Now, after the Jingnan Army withdraws from Nanwang City, he can finally take back part of his own authority.
"In addition, the Marquis said he would take me to Beijing with him."
"Take you with me to Beijing?"
"Yes."
"Right now, the capital is a place of disputes. Above the court, there is war and peace, and there is a lot of trouble. You are just a guard, but you have caused so many troubles. After entering the capital, someone will definitely make trouble for you."
Zaifu's alma mater was destroyed by him. Is this not a big trouble?
"It's okay. Since the Marquis of Jingnan wants to take me to Beijing with him, there's no way he can watch me get killed by them."
"You kid."
< br>Xu Wenzu reached out and patted Zheng Fan on the shoulder.
Yesterday, after Xu Wenzu learned about Zheng Fan's awakening, he went to Cuiliu Fort and knelt down to Zheng Fan. After kneeling down, the two agreed to call each other "brothers" from now on.
Therefore, Zheng Fan can now relax a little in front of Comrade Shenhai.
This is Nanwang City, not Hutou City after all.
To put it nicely, my revolutionary friendship with Comrade Shenhai has been further deepened. To put it more realistically, Xu Wenzu is no longer the one who can defeat the county magistrate in Hutou City with one word. Although the official position is greater, the right to speak is much smaller.
Furthermore, he, Zheng Fan, also boarded Jingnan Hou's ship.
“Because the Marquis of Jingnan is not hereditary, his background is indeed much different from that of our Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. However, this generation of Jingnan Marquis is the biological brother of the Queen and the biological uncle of the future prince. , I am more appreciated by His Majesty, and the favor you can receive from him now will be limitless in the future.”
"Brother, are you testing me?"
"Hey, this is no test. I have nothing to hide from you. Come and see these."
Xu Wenzu took the initiative to pull Zheng Fan up to his desk,
“Look at these, these, and these.”
“Are they all official documents from Xiubao Village?”< br>
"Yes, the Ministry of Industry sent it to me, and the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War are below."
"Oh."
"It seems that I already knew this?"
Zheng Fan wanted to ask what he knew, but he still responded thoughtfully.
"That's right. You must have waited for me at the inn early that day just to tell me this."
Zheng Fan continued to ponder and nodded slightly.
Comrade Deep Sea, please continue your imagination.
"Brother, I came and went in a hurry yesterday. I saw that you had just woken up, and I was too embarrassed to talk to you about official matters. In fact, I was originally wondering about the sudden transfer to the south as the chief military officer. I thought it was the imperial court. Seeing through my disguise, I was transferred out of Beifeng County on purpose.
But it wasn’t until I saw these official documents that I realized that this battle would probably not be fought.”
Because the imperial court was not preparing to go to war with the Zhenbei Army, but instead started to use supplies and energy. Losing your own reason for starting to build a new city in Xinbaozhai in southern Xinjiang.
Even if it is said that they are worried that the Qian people will make another northern expedition after the outbreak of the civil war in Yan, and they want to be cautious in advance, it is completely unreasonable, because the fortresses and cities of the Yan people are not used for defense.
The theme of the Yan army has always been offensive, relying on the iron cavalry that the Yan people are most proud of to defeat the enemy on the battlefield, instead of huddled in the fort and playing a war of attrition with the Qian people.
To be more realistic, Yan State really can't afford this kind of war of attrition.
“The construction of these fortresses and cities is preparation.” Zheng Fan said.
“Yes, this is to prepare for more armies and to reserve more food, grass, weapons and other supplies.”
In fact, when Qin Shihuang first built something like the Great Wall, he intended to use it as an outpost to actively attack the Xiongnu. However, later generations were a bit useless and slowly turned the Great Wall into a turtle shell. .
“In the official documents of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, I have been promised ten garrison positions. The funds and civilians from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household will also come over after the beginning of spring.
These, It can't be fake, nor is it really perfunctory. The only thing What's wrong is that these official documents are not issued by the Ministry of War. "
The lack of official documents means that these official documents seem to be issued by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Accounts and other ministries, but in fact they are issued by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Accounts and other ministries. , these ministries and yamen may not know about this at all.
However, the official documents are signed with the official seal of the Director of Ceremonies, Pi Hong, and the seal of the Emperor of Yan. In addition, the channel through which they were delivered was also the secret agent's route. This proves that these official documents and instructions came from the Emperor of Yan, and not from the Emperor of Yan. It is not the result of consultation with the court ministers.
This is no sign of a civil war,
This guy is clearly preparing to go south!
Zheng Fan took a deep breath. Blind Beihe's guess was finally verified.
Zhenbei Hou and Yanhuang are indeed acting.
Zheng Fan turned to look at Xu Wenzu and said:
"Brother, you make preparations first, and then you can get down to business after spring begins."
"Do you need to teach me? Although I, Xu Wenzu, am interested in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, I am also a Yan person. . ”
Xu Wenzu was obviously dissatisfied with Zheng Fan’s reminder.
Internally, he must be on the side of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
But externally,
He must be on Yan Guo's side.
This is the difference between political stance and national stance, and the former should inherently be subordinate to the latter.
“Actually, to tell you the truth, I was a little confused when the princess sent me to the south.”
“Yes, I thought it was the county at first. The Lord wants to leave a way for the Hou Mansion to run it first."
"Oh, I didn't expect it." Zheng Fan shook his head and sighed, "Our Lord Hou is really broad-minded."< br>
"That's natural. By the way, is that why you approached Marquis Jingnan?"
"It was our Lord Marquis who said hello to Marquis Jingnan."
"No wonder, No wonder. ”
Zheng Fan really feels that chatting with Xu Pangpang is so easy. Xu Pangpang’s brainstorming ability completely eliminates the need for him to think about anything and make up excuses. He can take the initiative to give it to you.
"Then you took the initiative to go to Qian Country a month ago, too?"
"It's to explore the road." Zheng Fan said seriously, "It's also to feel out the reality of Qian Country. Just like what you are doing, brother, we are also preparing for going south.
We are both. People from the north are now being deployed to the south. This is a signal that it may not be necessary. How long will it take, at least half a year, our Zhenbei Army will probably be here?"
"Haha, that will be an extra boost."
< br>Xu Wenzu seemed very excited after being beaten with the blood of his family and country's nationalism.
No matter how mature a bureaucrat or politician is, they cannot avoid the temptation to expand their territories.
Everyone wants to leave a mark in history, and everyone wants to be born in a pioneering era.
If given the choice, who would be willing to play office politics with a sullen face all day long?
"By the way, that day when I was assassinated...oh no, you know some details about the assassination of you, right?"
"I know, but I still can't figure it out. Who wants to kill me?"
"It's very likely that you are just a pawn, or just a target."
"I don't like this metaphor very much."
"I can't guess who wants to target you. I can be sure that those assassins really don't want to kill me."
“Yeah.”
"However, I still cooperated with the Marquis of Jingnan to act out our feelings of disharmony. After entering Nanwang City, I have not yet seen the Marquis."
"Marquis of Jingnan I should know it in my heart.”
"I hope so, but many times, people's minds will actually change, and Marquis Jingnan's position is naturally different from ours."
"Why?"
"Jingnan Houtian has no mirror, his body is As for the Tian family, although the Tian family is not among the top families in our country, it can still be regarded as the leader among the second-rate families. Ranked among the five top families, it is estimated that the Tian family is not in the position, but if it is ranked among the ten, the Tian family will definitely be able to stabilize the family. Sit firmly, and now the emperor The queen is originally a daughter of the Tian family, and the future prince also has half of the Tian family blood. It can be said that in terms of nobility, the Tian family is undoubtedly the first.
The population of our Zhenbei Hou Mansion is not prosperous. Our Marquis only has one son and one daughter, but the Tian family is great. He is a powerful family and a real powerful man.
You said that His Majesty and our Marquis have engaged in such a big battle, but it seems that they will not really fight. Then what is their goal? , who is it? ”
Xu Pangpang's political sense shocked Zheng Fan.
On the one hand, there are advance spoilers about the Sixth Prince, and on the other hand, there is a blind man who is analyzing the bug, so that he can come to this conclusion, but Xu Wenzu has already begun to see clearly the future development trend.
At this time, the wind seemed to pick up outside, and the study door began to make a slight friction sound.
Xu Wenzu sighed and said:
“The door of my study is too broken. The first day I moved in, I wanted to tear it down.”
< br>
"Sir, I don't think these are things we need to think about."
I called you brother before, but now you call me sir.
“Brother, I don’t need to worry about anything. Anyway, I’m in the south, and my family has cut ties with our sect for three generations.
But you are different,
Jingnan When Hou comes to Beijing this time, he really has to..."
Zheng Fan suddenly felt that the weather had cooled down a bit again, probably because he was too weak after being injured.
“Not long ago, the Tian family’s old man celebrated his seventieth birthday, and the Marquis of Jingnan didn’t even return to the capital to celebrate his birthday with him. This time it was the Queen’s birthday, but the imperial court issued a decree allowing the Marquis of Jingnan to come to the capital to celebrate his birthday.< br>
Although the empress has a noble status, according to the rules of human relations, how could she not congratulate her own father on her birthday but instead congratulate her own sister on her birthday? Sister's birthday wishes?"
"Well...yes."
"But it's okay, our Lord Marquis is also in the capital. No matter what happens, our Lord Marquis will do it. No matter how hard the Marquis of Jingnan and the Tian family try to protect their own family, it has nothing to do with our Marquis of Zhenbei. We, the Marquis, are the ones who protect our shortcomings the most."
"That is, that is."
The Marquis of Zhenbei has never seen me, how can he protect me?
"But the Marquis of Jingnan is really good at managing the army. I checked the files and found no record of the Jingnan army harassing the people in the city after entering the city."
"Maybe it has been erased. ?”
“The words can be erased, but the military discipline of the Jingnan Army is undoubtedly the best among the military disciplines I have seen in my lifetime.”
“Can’t even compare to our Zhenbei Army?”
“Our Zhenbei Army ranks first in the discipline of fighting in battle formations. As for the others, it’s not like you haven’t seen our Zhenbei Army fight against the desert barbarians. How ruthless the tribes plundered
This Jingnan. Jun, after all, there was less blood.”
“Yes.”
After talking to Xu Wenzu, Zheng Fan walked out of his study with a box of persimmon cakes and met him in the backyard. After Siniang and the others met, they got on the carriage and left the General Military Mansion.
On the way back, Zheng Fan told Siniang and the others that he was going to the capital with Marquis Jingnan.
Different from the reaction Zheng Fan expected,
Siniang didn’t seem to care about the risks of entering Beijing at all,
Women’s interests are always so strange,
Siniang actually asked directly:
"So, my lord, I will soon be able to see the little Liuzi you miss so much." (End of Chapter)