The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

In the early years of the new emperor, it is natural to pardon the world.This year, [-]% of taxes have been exempted in various places, and there have been no major natural disasters.Although there were Tartars harassing in the north at the end of the year, fortunately they were annihilated by the imperial army without causing large-scale damage, and the relief food distributed by the imperial court arrived in time, and the people still happily prepared for the new year.

Zhang Fan followed Liu Jinquan and their [-] troops on the way back to Shaanxi, and the prefectures and counties they passed along the way were all welcomed by the people.From time to time, some common people brought special products from their homes to give them, and some older girls and daughters-in-law looked at the young soldiers with great enthusiasm.Fortunately, the discipline in the army is fairly strict, so there were no major disturbances.

Zhang Fan followed the army to go back to Ningxia Wei to report to Wang Chonggu.Now that the border troubles have been eliminated, and the defensive soldiers and horses in various places are in place, so there is nothing important to do in this march. It took five or six days to return to Ningxia Wei with 2 people stop and go.If the new year is not approaching, both generals and soldiers are waiting to go home to celebrate the new year, and there may be some delays.

This morning, the army had arrived at Ningxia Wei.From afar, Zhang Fan saw many people standing outside the city gate. It seemed that the army and civilians in the city had all come out to greet him. The official leader was Wang Chonggu.Wang Chonggu is now in charge of the military affairs of the three provinces, he is so busy, but he still has to leave the city to greet him, which shows how significant this operation is.

When the army arrived at the city, the five leading soldiers immediately got off their horses and saluted Wang Chonggu, and so did Zhang Fan.

"Please hurry up, everyone!" Wang Chonggu held up a few people and said happily, "This time I went to rescue Datong and exhausted everyone, I, Wang Chonggu, thank you again!" As he said, he gave a big gift to them.

How could the generals dare to be applauded by their immediate superiors, they hurriedly said in unison: "My lord, hurry up and kill the villain!"

Wang Chonggu then said to the 2 people who came back: "All the soldiers have worked hard. You are willing to go this time. I really have to admire you. I thank you on behalf of the people. The emperor has decreed that the soldiers who exterminated the Tartars this time Everyone has a reward, and those who have meritorious deeds should be rewarded! Now everyone and your family can have a good New Year!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Sir!" Everyone shouted in unison when they heard that there was a reward.

"However, we must not forget that the soldiers who died at the hands of the Tartars in the past few days were all good sons of my Ming Dynasty. I hope everyone will think about the past and cherish today's peaceful and prosperous world." Wang Chonggu said here, with a voice It is still loud, but the sadness revealed in the words is indeed self-evident.

"Remember your lord's instruction." Everyone returned, their voices seem to be louder than when they heard the reward just now!

After Wang Chonggu finished his short speech, his own general ordered these soldiers to go to rest.Wang Chonggu led several generals and Zhang Fan back to his mansion.

They just came to sit down in the lobby, and before they had time to drink, Liu Jinquan hurriedly asked, "My lord, I don't know what happened to Zhou Biao?" It seemed that he still cared about his brother-in-law very much.

"Zhou Biao was seriously injured, but at least it was traumatic, and he didn't hurt his bones. Although he can't move now, he is fine and recuperating at home." Knowing the relationship between Liu Jinquan and Zhou Biao, Wang Chonggu immediately told over him.

"Then I'm relieved." Liu Jinquan let out a long breath, and the big stone in his heart finally fell.

"Zhou Biao is fine, but you have!" Wang Chonggu's tone suddenly became very serious.

"My... my lord, what's going on at this time?" Liu Jinquan said in surprise.

"That day I ordered you to lead an army to raid the tartar tooth tent. You did a good job and cut off the head of Bals." Wang Chonggu said, "But I asked Qian Yang to send an order to let you come back. Why didn't you listen? order?"

"This... I... my lord..." Liu Jinquan was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer when he heard Wang Chonggu mention this matter, so he scratched the back of his head and cast a look of pleading for help to several colleagues and even Zhang Fan.

"Hmph..." Seeing Liu Jinquan's behavior, the people on the side suppressed their laughter and hummed, but they had no intention of helping him.

"Hahaha..." Seeing Liu Jinquan's behavior, Wang Chonggu himself laughed, and the others laughed too.

"My lord...what are you laughing at?" Liu Jinquan looked at the laughing crowd with a puzzled look on his face.

Seeing Liu Jinquan like this, everyone laughed even louder.Wang Chonggu and Zhang Fanbijin were also scholars, so they stopped laughing first.Wang Chonggu said to Liu Jinquan: "Do you know why Qian Yang brought more than 1 people, but I only asked Zhang Rui to be his deputy?"

"Ah..." Although Liu Jinquan hadn't read any books, he was not a fool. With Wang Chonggu's point, he understood, "It turns out that my lord has planned to let me go too!"

"That's right, I know your temper, if you don't let you go, why don't you quarrel with me every day!" Wang Chonggu said with a smile, "Originally, I planned to let Zhou Biao go with you, and the two of you are almost the same Temper. Unexpectedly, Zhou Biao was seriously injured. Now that you have made great achievements, I recommend you to the imperial court to be promoted to the post of deputy commander-in-chief!"

"So...you all know too?" Liu Jinquan looked at several other people.

Several people nodded one after another, even Zhang Fan did the same.

"Master Zhang also knows?" Liu Jinquan was a little surprised that Zhang Fan also knew.

"That day, I was worried that you would cause trouble if you disobeyed orders, so I went to General Qian to ask for clarification." Zhang Fan said, "Unexpectedly, all the generals except you gathered together and were talking about this matter. I came, so I told me. And told me not to tell you about it. "

"You...you..." Liu Jinquan said bitterly, "You guys are playing me like this! I don't dare to do anything wrong with my lord, but how many of you!"

"What do you want to do?" Several people said with concern when they saw Liu Jinquan's behavior.

"Hmph, let me drink today. If I don't drink until I am satisfied, I don't want to leave!" Liu Jinquan said confidently.

"What's wrong! You're going to be promoted to deputy commander, but you're here to ask our generals to beg for drinks!" Although the words of the few people revealed dissatisfaction, their tone was full of joy.

Zhang Fan was also very happy to see several people touching their appearance happily. Seeing that Wang Chonggu was not talking to him, he came to sit next to Wang Chonggu, and said to him, "Aren't you going, my lord?"

"I'm so busy now, the military affairs of the three provinces are not easy to deal with!" Although Wang Chonggu said so, it made people feel very happy, "I also need to give them some days to rest."

"My lord, what happened to that incident?" Zhang Fan suddenly thought of the incident about the traitor.

"I guess that man may not have much to do with Tatar, he just has some connection with Bals." Wang Chonggu became serious when he heard this, "Since the news of Bals' death came, that man stopped moving, There were already some clues that were broken.”

"Then, how does your lord plan to deal with it?" Zhang Fan frowned when he heard this.

"Now we can only give up." Wang Chonggu also sighed, and said, "If that person continues like this from now on, I will let him go. If there is any movement, I will definitely make him look good." Speaking of this, Wang Chonggu's expression was already extremely terrifying.

After a while, the two of them calmed down, and the generals joking and laughing at the side didn't notice anything unusual here.

"What are Mr. Zhang's plans?" Wang Chonggu asked.

"General Liu Shen insisted on taking me to drink just now." Zhang Fan said with a wry smile when he thought of this, "But I will go back to Anhua tomorrow, and my mother will definitely be at home eagerly looking forward to my return."

"Well, if that's the case, there will be a later date!" Wang Chonggu said.

"So do adults."

In the evening, several unemployed generals took Zhang Fan to a restaurant and started drinking.Zhang Fan didn't care about his identity and drank with these soldiers, so that people could see if there was any trouble. After all, they lived and died together.Zhang Fan found that his body was much better than that of his previous life.It's a pity that no matter how good the drinking capacity is, it can't compare with these people sitting next to them. When drinking, it's not their turn to get a cup, and they don't even need a bowl, just use the altar!This made Zhang Fan, who had drunk high-grade liquor after 500 years, unbearable.The last few people fell asleep directly on the table.

Early the next morning, Zhang Fan, who was still a little hungover, set off for home accompanied by Wang Degui!