A knife in love

Chapter 55

Yan Dufei was taken aback. It should be known that after Ming Taizu killed the prime minister Hu Weiyong, the prime minister system was abolished, and the power originally belonged to the left and right prime ministers was replaced by six departments.Ming Chengzu also set up a Grand Master of Guange, who has great power. In fact, he is the prime minister who has lost the title of prime minister.Yan Dufei didn't expect that this small old shop of the Gu family would have a bachelor's visit.

I saw that Liu Kang, an old man, was still walking tremblingly with the support of two maidservants, as if he would fall down every step he took.His eyes were slightly open, his eyes were cloudy, and dark yellow eye dropsy accumulated in the corners of his eyes. A maid held a silk handkerchief and kept wiping it for him. Every time she wiped it, she had to change a silk handkerchief.

Two maidservants supported Liu Kang to sit on the grand teacher's chair, and two young boys in Tsing Yi brought tea and snacks early.The man in black said with a smile: "Master Ge, there is no good place to live in Yong'an City, so I have to wrong you to rest in this inn for a while, and we will go on the road after noon."

A maid picked up the teacup, opened the lid, and gently swept the surface of the tea twice, and immediately the room was filled with the fragrance of tea.Both Tang He and Yu Changyuan were wealthy men in the Jianghu. As soon as they smelled the fragrance of this tea, they immediately knew that it was the top quality tea from Fujian. This cup of tea might be worth half a year's salary of a fifth-rank official.

Liu Kang tremblingly took a sip of his tea, and another maid serving beside him hastily wiped the corners of his mouth twice with a silk handkerchief.Only then did Liu Kang sigh comfortably, leaning back on the grand master's chair, and said in a slow voice: "Xiao Feng, you don't have to accompany me, go back as soon as possible. There are many things in the barracks, you have to be careful." Doing errands. If you do well in errands, you will discredit the old man like me. Mr. Zhang is not a good person to deal with, you have to deal with it carefully, and you must not make mistakes. "

Feng Zongbing took a step forward and nodded respectfully.Liu Kang ordered a few more words, he talked too much, and suddenly coughed.The two maidservants hurriedly rubbed his chest and knocked his back, and the man in black also rushed forward, carefully accompanying him.

Although Tang He and the others were martial arts giants, they stood timidly against the wall at this moment, not even daring to speak loudly.

After a long time, Liu Kang finally stopped coughing.Then Feng Zongbing said: "Teacher, you can rest assured that although we are rough people, we were also born in the imperial examination, and we will definitely not do anything disrespectful. Besides, teacher, you always remind us, we will keep it in mind Mr. Zhang has Mr. Zhang’s difficulties, we will naturally take care of this. I just hope that the teacher will take care of your body, and the students will have a good thought. Last time Zhang Gui came back from Liaodong, and chatted with the students about the time when he accompanied the teacher on a tour of Monan Zhuhai. The past of the guardhouse, I think back to the teacher's demeanor back then, the students were both happy and sad..."

Speaking of this, this majestic general soldier actually wiped his tears.

Liu Kang sighed and said: "It's rare that you have this kind of heart, and the old man can enjoy a few more years of happiness with peace of mind. Zhang Gui is even more difficult than you. It is not easy for him to survive in such a place where no shit His mother and I have written to me several times, and they want to call him back. But they can't leave him outside the customs. Besides, if Zhang Gui becomes a Beijing official, he will offend all the officials in a few days. , on the contrary, it would be better to be his commander-in-chief outside the pass with peace of mind, and he can keep his life safe."

Several military officers even claimed it was true, and the man in black smiled and said, "Old Zhang just has a bad tongue. He scolded the governor outside the customs and no one paid any attention to him. If he sat in the lobby of the Ministry of War and scolded him, these pen holders would return the words behind his back." Don't kill him?"

Feng Zongbing said: "Zhang Gui also knows the painstaking efforts of the teacher. Last time, he asked the students to bring the mountain ginseng produced in Liaodong to the teacher. He asked the students to bring a message to the teacher. As long as he is in Liaoyang for one day, he will not teach. The Tartar soldiers are acting out of control."

Liu Kang shook his head and said: "Zhang Gui is now considered a great official in the frontiers. Remember not to act arrogantly, and think twice before doing anything. Fighting and killing are the things of the defense and the general manager. As a general, you are planning the overall situation. To deal with the governor and the head of the ministry, you have to learn the knowledge in between."

Every time Liu Kang said something, the military officers nodded in agreement.Finally, Liu Kang said: "Although the population outside the pass is sparsely populated, apart from the frequent harassment by the Tartars, several barbarians should not be underestimated. The main policy of the imperial court is to caress, but remember not to raise tigers to cause trouble. I heard that Zhang Gui It is absolutely impossible to use the barbarians as the vanguard to attack the Tartars!"

Feng Zongbing said with a smile: "Old Zhang is helpless. He has more than 2000 men at his disposal, and he has to send some soldiers to defend the city. There are not enough troops in the field, so he came up with the method of 'using the barbarians to control the barbarians'..."

Liu Kang's complexion changed, and his whole person immediately changed. He only heard him say in a deep voice: "Using the power of the barbarians to quell the chaos is not unprecedented in the previous dynasty. Back then, the Marquis of Shen contacted the Rong people to kill the King of Zhou. Perish, Tang Xuanzong used the strength of the barbarians to defend the frontier, which led to the Anshi Rebellion. The Song Dynasty united Jin to attack Liao and Mongolia to attack Jin, but the result was that the two Songs perished. Are these lessons not severe enough?!"

When Liu Kang said this, he slapped the table hard with his right hand.Everyone in the hall was startled, and the expressions of those military officers changed drastically.Feng Zongbing knelt on one knee and said: "The teacher's lesson is that after the students go back, they will write to Zhang Gui, telling him to be careful. The teacher must not be angry."

Liu Kang sighed and said, "I'm getting old, and the important affairs of the court depend on you. Outsiders look at being an official, but they don't know that every step must be extremely careful. You have to take care of Zhang Gui. As one. If there is a change outside the pass, the soldiers and horses on the front line of Shanhaiguan must not act rashly."

Feng Zongbing said: "Tarzi soldiers have suffered a lot of losses several times, and now they rarely appear on the line from Shanhaiguan to Liaoyang. Although Zhang Gui's troops are not many, they are enough to protect themselves. As long as Liaoyang lights the beacon fire, the cavalry in Shanhaiguan will be defeated for a day. You will cross the Daling River overnight..."

Liu Kangdao: "Not only do we need to prevent the Tartars from causing trouble, but we must also be careful of Japanese pirates. Right now, pirates are rampant along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the imperial court has ordered the ruler of the Kingdom of Japan to strictly control it. I just heard that the ruler of the Kingdom of Japan has become a puppet, and a few powerful ministers are in power. , The fight was very fierce, and they had no intention of destroying the Japanese pirates. A few days ago, two groups of Japanese tribute envoys were fighting in Ningbo. One of the Japanese named Zongshe killed the other tribute envoy. Hu Zhangtong and others were also killed. Zong She led a dozen Japanese people out of the Shibo envoy's office and plundered the counties along the coast of Ningbo. More than [-] soldiers and horses of the imperial court were helpless. It was heard that Zong She had fled to Liaodong and wanted to enter the sea from Liaodong Flee back to the country of Wa. If you want to tell Zhang Gui, you must be careful, and you must not be negligent."

Speaking of this, Liu Kang took a sip of tea and turned into that dying old man again.He said lazily: "I'm just a bad old man, it's best if you can understand these words, otherwise it's just an old man farting."

Several military officers didn't even dare to say anything.Liu Kang turned his head to look at Tang He and the others, and said, "Isn't that Mr. Tang from Xingyuan Escort Bureau?"

Tang He took a few steps forward, knelt down on both knees and said: "Ge Lao still remembers the villain, it is really the villain's ancestral grave that smokes."

Liu Kang chuckled a few times and said: "Mr. Tang has also contributed a lot to the safety of the water transportation these years. The Ministry of Household Affairs has said a lot of good things for Mr. Tang, and the other yamen are not good enough to say anything more. "

Tang He's heart was shocked, and he said: "We still have to deal with the elders in the pavilion, and the villain should never forget it."

Liu Kangdao: "Old Mr. Tang has contributed to the imperial court, and he should be commended by himself. It's just that this reputation is not easy to earn. I hope that the old man will start well and end well, leaving a blessing to his children and grandchildren."

Tang He was sweating coldly behind his back, and said: "The old man taught you the right thing, and the villain will keep it in mind."

Liu Kangdao: "Fan Zhongyan from the Song Dynasty said: 'If you live in a high temple, you will worry about your people; if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about your lord. Then you will be able to meet the source and turn the bad into good fortune. If you try your best to do something outside your duty, you will inevitably violate the law of nature, and you will end up wrathful and resentful, and bring disaster to your children and grandchildren."

Tang He didn't dare to speak, so he just bowed his head in silence.Liu Kang said: "The old man is just talking casually, Mr. Tang doesn't need to care, just get up."

Tang He kowtowed, and then got up, not even daring to lift his head, and slowly returned to his original position.Liu Kang squinted his eyes and said: "The rest of you must be heroes of the rivers and lakes, and it is fate to meet here today. The old man might as well send a sentence to everyone: Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land is the king's minister. Hello, everyone Know it for yourself.”

At this moment, someone outside the door said: "Ding Yu, a small citizen from Tai'an Prefecture, Shandong Province, is asking to see Elder Liu Ge."

Yu Changyuan and the others were shocked and thought to themselves, "Why are the five elders of Mount Tai also here? I'm afraid something is wrong!"

(End of this chapter)