Step on a branch

Chapter 328
When Taishi Huang returned to the Yamen, it was almost sunset.

He glanced at the sky and rubbed his swollen head again.

After the victory at Mingsha Pass, the emperor expressed his dissatisfaction with Feng Zhong and others for several days.

The excerpts of Yongning Hou's self-proclaimed innocence have also arrived in Beijing.

Inside and outside the words, every word and every word is his sincerity to Da Zhou.

Even Taishi Huang read it and couldn't help admiring, the article written by this rough and rough old Hou Ye is actually quite good.

But can the emperor be happy after watching it?

Not only Marquis Yongning and Lin Fan, but even Feng Zhong and Mao Gu'an were talked about by the emperor.

Should people be detained or not, will they really be outside, and even the imperial decree can be ignored?

Taishi Huang thought of ways to persuade him, but he couldn't persuade him, so he had to remind him three times and four times.

Seeing him come back, Fan Taibao knew that he was not courting him in the imperial study after seeing his expression, so he laughed.

Taishi Huang was full of helplessness, and when Fan Taibao smiled like this, he couldn't laugh or cry for a while: "You are half a catty, I am eight taels, why do you bother to bury me?"

Fan Taibao picked up the teacup and took a sip, "I laugh at you for asking for trouble."

Taishi Huang sat down and looked at Fan Taibao: "Stand up straight and talk without back pain, so I won't try to persuade you tomorrow, you can try."

"There's no need to persuade him," Fan Taibao said in a low voice, "Since we all know where the problem is, it's useless even if we try to persuade you. In my opinion, it's better to just send a few more documents to Feimenguan."

Master Huang raised his eyebrows.

Fan Taibao didn't need to say anything about the latter, he had already thought about it.

Instruments have no feet.

Those with feet are post officials or pedestrians, how long they walk on the road depends on what the person thinks.

Even if it was sent to Feimenguan, Feng Zhong and the others ignored the imperial decree before, so now they will honestly detain him according to the emperor's idea?

In a word, put the appearance first.

Master Huang snorted softly.

How else can I say, Fan Taibao is an old fox?

This matter of fishing in troubled waters is really clear.

That being the case, Grand Master Huang didn't insist anymore, he called a clerk and asked him to write a urging document, and then sent someone to the pedestrian department.

The secretary of the pedestrian department will arrive soon.

This man is not a fool. He saw the clerk drafting and finalizing the draft with his own eyes. Grand Master Huang just nodded, and he understood the meaning.

Huang Taishi did not agree with the emperor's urging intention, but had to do it.

Starting with the clerk also expresses the "casual" and "not important" of the old master.

Taishi Huang doesn't work hard here, and when he sees the signature at the border, he won't actively detain people.

Then their pedestrian department...

"Old Master," Si Zhenggong said cautiously, "Can I take a step to speak?"

Grand Master Huang got up, went out with him, walked to a deserted place, and said: "Speak directly if you have something to say."

"The lower officials have noticed that you don't want to detain people. You always feel that there may be inside information about the rebellion," Si Zheng said, "It's not that the lower officials can't cooperate, but, if this continues, is it really okay?"

After all, the emperor is the emperor.

If those few people were all wronged, it would be easier to say.

The emperor was in a fit of anger for a while, so he was naturally anxious because he was separated by two places.

When the army returned to the capital, the two of them met the saint in person, and discussed all the issues with the emperor to resolve the misunderstanding, and the matter was over.

However, if Marquis Yongning and Duke Dingguo really had the intention of rebelling, one of them would be considered a sinner of Da Zhou.

Grand Master Huang looked at Si Zheng and said, "This old man knows what to do. As for what you want to do, you have to think about it yourself."

The truth and inside information that are still hidden can only be understood by oneself.

Huang Ye realized it.

Wu understands, thinks through, and chooses his own path.

He couldn't mention others.

Si Zheng looked serious and remained silent for a long time.

After he became an official, his journey was not smooth.

It is said that entering the Department of Pedestrians is a hard job, and it is also a good job. After a few years of hard work, you can wait for a promotion.

He was indeed promoted, to Sizheng.

Seeing batch after batch of Jinshi go to different yamen after being plated with a layer of gold, he is still standing still.

In all fairness, it was hard for him not to be in a hurry.

As for the reasons, one is that his ability is not high enough to manage a pedestrian department, but he is not so good that staying here is tantamount to being buried; the other is that he has no background, and if there is a good place to go, it will not be his turn.

He wanted to change this situation, not to say that it was a requirement, but how much he wanted to sell to Grand Master Huang.

"I understand," he said, "I also want to wait for the old Hou Ye and the others to come back to Beijing. There is no old Hou Ye's loud voice here in Qianbulang. It's strange that people are not used to it."

Master Huang nodded with a smile.

After the two of them finished talking, they were about to go back to the house when the outside suddenly became lively.

After all, the Thousand Steps Corridor is an important place for the yamen, no matter how big the matter is on weekdays, when there is noise, it has never been so noisy.

Not only Huang Taishi was surprised, Fan Taibao also came out.

Soon, the noise surrounded them, and several people rushed in together.

Dong Shilang was at the head, with Shi Shangshu next to him, and the person sandwiched between the two was obviously a postman, with a flag indicating the military intelligence bulletin on his back.

"Bosses!" Shi Shangshu shouted, "It's been beaten!"

"Where did it come down?" Fan Taibao asked.

Taishi Huang's heart beat a beat slower.

It's only been a few days since Mingsha Pass was captured, could it be, could it have entered Xizhou City?
"Wrong, wrong, it wasn't fought down," Dong Shilang explained from the side, "It was a surrender, Xizhou surrendered! The city gate was opened without bloodshed!"

If it is said that the first half of the sentence made Grand Master Huang feel agitated, the second half of the sentence made him cry.

Xizhou, that is Xizhou City!

After Lin Xuan died of illness, seeing the emperor's attitude of defending and not attacking, Grand Master Huang gave up his desire to regain Xizhou.

It is not unacceptable to stabilize the situation, rely on the control of Feimenguan, and fight with Xiliang.

After all, nothing is more important than Dazhou's own prosperity.

But, does he really not want to regain it?

Grand Master Huang wiped his face: "Show me the copy of the military newspaper."

The post officer presented the booklet.

Grand Master Huang opened it, and next to it, Fan Taibao and Si Zheng, one on the left and one on the right, pressed their heads tightly together.

On the booklet, it is clearly written.

Lin Fan persuaded Li Jie and wrote a letter to persuade Yu Bai to surrender.

Yu Bai saw that the Xiliang court had no intention of rescue, and the soldiers stationed in his city gradually lost confidence. On the morning of the fourth day after the soldiers approached the city, they opened the city gate and surrendered to Da Zhou.

Win without fighting.

Uncontrollably, Grand Master Huang's hands trembled slightly.

No wonder the Thousand Steps Corridor is so exciting.

Don't care about rebellion or not, the left and right have not yet reached a conclusion, but the change of owner of Xizhou City is the most real.

When this news spreads throughout the capital, how lively the common people will be.

(End of this chapter)