The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 406
Information from Liaoyang continued to spread back to Jinzhou, and the officials of the Jiedu Mansion in Jinzhou were all very busy.

When the news came that Shenyang was besieged by our own army, people couldn't help but smile on their busy faces.

There was news from Pingliaohou's Mansion that the general had a new son, which can be described as ecstasy.

As the base camp of Jinjiang Town.

The population of Jinzhou can be said to be the earliest group of Liao people who were collected. They suffered the most and received the most rewards.

For example, this year's distribution of fields, the people of Jinzhou, most of them, have obtained the allocated acres.

The battle of the army outside not only affected the hearts of the officials, but also made the common people look forward to it, hoping that the children at home would return victorious.

So there is good news in the military.

There was an air of tolerance all over Golden State.

Neighbors no longer quarreled over trivial matters. After everyone met, even enemies who had quarreled, they showed generous smiles.

Qin Zhong returned from leave.

Qin Keqing was pregnant, mother and daughter were safe, and gave birth to a daughter. As a biological brother, he went to visit specially.

During such a critical period, he didn't dare to delay his official business, so he only asked for half a day's leave.

"congratulations."

In the public house.

When the colleagues saw Qin Zhong, they rushed forward to congratulate him. Xue Biao was also in the crowd, with the same expression as everyone else.

Although Mrs. Qin is not the first wife, she has had a deep relationship with the general for many years and already has two sons.

Although the daughter was reborn this time, it did not affect her status.

Moreover, the Eldest Young Master entered the court and gained quite a reputation. Everyone knew that the General loved the Eldest Young Master very much.

It is said.

The seven-year-old eldest son is very smart, and he has the style of being a father. The children of the honored officials of North Korea are all around him.

Xue Biao looked at the excited Qin Zhong with the same expression on his face, but secretly pondered in his heart.

The friendship between the Xue family and the general for many years, the relationship between the two parties is complicated, and my cousin and the general have known each other since they were young, so it can be said that they are childhood sweethearts.

Although Mrs. Qin and the general have been husband and wife for many years, she has the advantage of Mrs. Qin, not weaker than the third daughter of Jia's wife.

But the cousin also has the advantages of the cousin.

pity.

Before the general left Jinzhou, the cousin didn't move.

But there is no news about the three girls of the Jia family, so this is the best news.

Although Qin Zhong was young, he was a good-looking talent. He was humble in doing things, without any stubbornness, and easily won the favor of others.

I politely thanked my colleagues, and faced their concerned inquiries, I was cautious and reticent, and said a few words about my niece Ankang, without showing the slightest pride.

After dealing with it, the crowd slowly dispersed.

"Hey, Qin Wenshu is back, congratulations."

As soon as the crowd dispersed, Qin Zhong took his seat. Just as he was about to tidy up the official documents left on the desk, another person came in.

Seeing Qin Zhong, he immediately stepped forward to congratulate him.

Qin Zhong got up quickly, and responded patiently. The two exchanged pleasantries, and the man found Xue Biao again.

"Xue Wenshu, our Cai Siwu, is planning to go to Denglai in person, please arrange a boat, the sooner the better."

Xue Biao thought that the man was here to have a relationship with Qin Zhong, but he didn't expect to find him.

"Okay, I'll get in touch right away."

Not daring to delay Cai Siwu's business, Xue Biao got up to reply, walked out with the man, and then rushed to Lushun Wharf alone.

The four departments of the Jiedu Mansion are managed by four secretaries, and Cai Wen is in charge of the engineering department.

Not only that.

When the general was still a hundred households in Donghai Fort, Cai Wen established a gunpowder workshop in Donghai Fort according to the arrangement of Liaodong Capital, and the two had a close relationship.

Later, the general went to sea and recovered Jinzhou. This person was in Pingdao and was in charge of the ordnance department.

They are the oldest group of people in Jinjiang Town.

With such an identity, why should he be alarmed to go there in person?

Xue Biao couldn't figure it out. In order not to delay the business, he went to the stable to ask for a horse, and chose to ride the horse to Lushun Wharf.

The officials at Lushun Wharf learned that it was Cai Siwu's business, and soon found a cargo ship bound for Denglai.

The two parties agreed on a time, and Xue Biao rushed back to report the matter.

After Cai Wen finished dealing with the matter at hand, he got into the four-wheeled carriage to Lushun, and Xue Biao was also on the carriage.

People's pain will not disappear, but people's hearts will become stronger.

With the fall of Liaoyang, Cai Wen's family has disappeared without a trace. After years of inquiring, there is no news.

Liaoyang recovered last year.

He went to look for it himself, and Li Daoxin, the Liaoyang guard, even sent someone to help inquire, but in the end there was still no news.

If his family is still alive, they will definitely look for him. With his status in Jinjiang Town, he has already easily found him.

It's just that I don't give up, I always have illusions in my heart.

Cai Siwu went to Liaoyang last year. Xue Biao knew what Cai Siwu was going to do, and also knew that Cai Siwu took two days off after he came back.

There is a big gap between the positions of the two. Although he has a special status, he has no chance to be alone with Cai Siwu.

Now there are only two people in the carriage, and the opportunity is rare, but he will not mention such a thing, and pretends to be clever to comfort the other party, so as to get closer.

Report honestly, inform in detail, and even inquire about what is loaded on the cargo ship.

"There are not enough boats at the wharf in Lushun, so we can't arrange special boats. There are two fast boats, but the routes are wrong. One is sent to Jeju Island, and the other is sent to Zhenjiang.

Only tomorrow will the clipper ship return to Denglai, and the fastest ship to Denglai is this cargo ship.

Two clean and spacious cabins have been vacated on the cargo ship, which will not affect the steward's rest. "

Cai Wen was not very interested.

People always have to look forward. He already has a new family and has a new son. Having a son in old age relieves his pain.

With hope comes motivation.

He got acquainted with the general in his early forties, and now he has reached the age of knowing his destiny, and his son is not yet three years old.

In order to accumulate enough qualifications, he devoted himself to official affairs and was not influenced by the outside world.

The prestige of the general is getting higher and higher.

More and more people defected to the general.

In the Jiedu mansion, there are many relatives of the general, Wu family, Xue family, Qin family, as well as Xungui's children, Liu Xianglian and so on.

These things.

None of this affected Cai Wen, who kept his head down in his work, didn't get close to them, and didn't deliberately alienate them, with a business-like attitude.

Xue Biao, Qin Zhong and others are currently clerks, and these matters are their official business, but it is a coincidence that the two have the opportunity to get along with each other.

Xue Biao, Qin Zhong.

One has a shrewd personality and is sharp in doing things, and the other has a gentle personality and is steady in doing things.

The two have special identities and are well-known. Everyone praises the two for their talents and bright future.

Cai Wen had heard about it, and now he heard Qin Zhong's report, which was meticulous and thoughtful, as expected as rumors.

"Do not affect the cargo ship."

Hearing this, Xue Biao shook his head again and again, explaining that it is not the peak season and there are still many empty spaces on the cargo ship.

see.

Cai Wen didn't say much anymore.

Xue scorpion does not have a wooden stick to beat the snake. The snake follows the stick and talks with each other to make friends with each other.

When they arrived at the wharf in Lushun, officials came to greet them. Before leaving, Cai Wen patted Xue Biao on the shoulder and finally praised him.

"You're good, keep it up."

After leaving this sentence, Cai Wen boarded the cargo ship with two officials.

Xue Biao's identity is different.

He is sharp in his work, but his personality is not impatient. Cai Wen is indeed optimistic about this young man. People with this kind of background are the most taboo to be impatient.

If he can hold his breath at a young age, then ten years later, there will definitely be his place.

Xue Biao was not proud of being praised. He had the same expression as usual. After seeing the cargo ship leave, he declined the official's treat and went back to Jinzhou alone.

His cousin Xue Pan came to look for him.

He also brought a message from Wang Ziteng, asking him to do a good job in Jinjiang Town, not to miss the opportunity, and to fight for his cousin, not for others.

If there is any need for help, Wangfu will do its best to help.

Xue Biao understood the meaning of the words.

"Ugh."

Xue scorpion sighed.

People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. The general once said that human relations cannot be avoided, and neither can the general, but there must be a limit to everything.

Xue scorpion understands that there is no rule without rules.

All affairs must be within the rules, and the rules must not be broken.

The current national conditions of Dazhou are that favors are more important than anything else, leading to the corruption of rules, the collapse of the system, and the loosening of discipline.

People are not afraid of laws and regulations, but only value human feelings.

All affairs are not controlled by laws, but only by human feelings.

For example, the mutiny in Shaanxi was rooted in Ziqian's family.

For Ziqian's family, Dazhou has strict laws to control it, and it is illegal to go out of the ninety-nine and return to the thirteenth.

But favors trump laws.

The Ziqian family teamed up with the officers to wantonly exploit the soldiers, which broke the rules and led to the worst thing.

It is also like the annexation of land.

Fan Hao, the old man who has become an official, his family is in his hometown, covering an area of ​​up to 24 mu. In addition to his children and domestic slaves who committed crimes, the people's lawsuits piled up like a mountain.

Faced with such a situation, no one came forward to accept the petition, because this is human favor.

Even Liu Yiru, Fan Hao's political enemy, did not use this to deal with Fan Hao, but calmed down the matter.

A good reputation is a good reputation.

If there are officials who receive the pleadings, even if they do not arrest Fan Hao's family members who broke the law and taboo, but only order his family to return the people's land, they will become public enemies of officials.

Not only will it cause public outrage, but it will also ruin your reputation.

The young Xue Biao is talented, so of course he also has ambitions, and he has the opportunity, so the ambitions are not small.

Being a descendant of the Xue family, he has a clear understanding of the domestic atmosphere, which is more sober than most officials in Jinjiang Town.

There is not much difference between Jinjiang Town and Da Zhou's domestic system.

But Jinjiang town can do such a business, and the people's livelihood is developing rapidly, and Liaodong can supply [-] troops in one place.

The only difference between the two is the atmosphere.

Human relations are not greater than the law.

when the day.

Jinjiang Town's favor is greater than the law, breaking the general's words and breaking the rules, that is the beginning of Jinjiang Town's decadence.

From Lushun to Jinzhou, there are official carriages between the two places.

There were seven or eight people sitting in the spacious compartment, which was a bit crowded, and Xue Biao happened to be sitting near the window.

Looking out the window.

Xue Tada's eyes were dazed, as if in a daze.

It was a big mistake for the Wangfu to use favors. If he followed Wang Ziteng's request, there would be no good results.

At least the general will definitely make a move.

The huge Jinjiang Town has a huge foundation.

Xue Biao hopes that her cousin will have a good future, and that her nephew, who is still missing, will be more loved by the general.

Although Xue Baochai's stomach hasn't moved yet, Xue Biao has confidence in her cousin.

The Xue family wants to take root in Jinjiang Town.

Not only rely on the cousin, but also help the cousin.

The competitor is Qin Zhong.

Although the Jiedu Mansion is big, there is a radish and a pit. As long as he can surpass Qin Zhong by one step, he can overwhelm him for the rest of his life.

Cai Wen saw Xue Biao's appearance, but did not see Xue Biao's essence.

Xue Pan's advantage was countless times that of Xue Biao's, but he could only be known as a fool Xue in the capital, and finally left the capital in despair.

The four major families suffered a huge loss.

In the original text, there were very few people who got a good end, but Xue Biao not only had a happy result, but also kept a good reputation.

It can be seen that he is not only talented, but also a person with means.

And the means are superb, moistening things silently, making it impossible for people to discover.

Cai Wen didn't pay too much attention, he had already put aside the matter of Xue Biao, and came to Denglai with a heavy heart, begging to see the governor of Denglai.

Jinjiang Town's engineering director came in person, and the governor of Denglai was much higher in rank than Cai Wen, so he also sent someone to welcome him, showing enough affection.

Governor Han Hao guessed the intention of the other party's visit, and he hesitated in his heart whether to meet or not.

He has a very close relationship with Ping Liaohou, and he met Yu Weimo. At that time, he had not been admitted to the imperial examination, and Ping Liaohou was only a member of a hundred households.

In terms of private affairs, he should help Marquis Ping Liao, but in terms of public affairs, he dared not violate them.

If it caused dissatisfaction with the imperial court, Su Guan, the Right Chief of Shandong Province, has already retired, and no one can help him share the burden. I am afraid that his end will be very dangerous.

After Cai Wen was shut down, not only did he not feel embarrassed, but he ate and slept as usual, and went to the governor's yamen every morning to wait.

The supplies of Jinzhou have always been supplied by Denglai.

After the rise of Jinjiang Town, before last year, countless supplies were sent from Denglai to Jinzhou every year, which led to the importance of Denglai, and both sides benefited.

So although the governor ignored Cai Wen, the officials in the governor's office warmly entertained him. At least the hot tea in Cai Wen's cup was not broken.

Cai Wen was very polite to every official who greeted him.

He has a high status in the Jiedu Mansion, but here he is respectful, because he knows that he is here to ask for help, and he has this self-consciousness.

On the third day, if you don't see the other party, you will offend someone.

Han Hao had already made enough gestures and didn't give anyone a reason to talk, so Han Hao sent someone to take Cai Wenlai to his private room.

"Governor Han."

Cai Wen was full of enthusiasm, and there was no resentment on his face after waiting for three days.

"Please sit down and have more tea."

Although Han Hao is much younger than Cai Wen, he was a Jinshi in high school in the imperial examination and served as a censor, so his qualifications are much stronger than Cai Wen.

However, Cai Wen was old, so Han Hao didn't show his attitude, and the heat was just right.

After the two sat down, there was a moment of silence.

Han Hao knew the intention of the other party's visit, it was very difficult, and he was unwilling to take the initiative to mention it, while Cai Wen felt emotional in his heart.

I am from a Juren background, and the other party is from a Jinshi background, and has a high ranking.

There is an invisible huge gap in the official career between the two parties.

under normal circumstances.

The end point of the opponent is to join the cabinet, or the six ministers, or the minister, or the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or become the left and right political envoys of the local government.

Can climb to the second, third, or even first-rank official positions.

And yourself.

Even if one can become an official of the fifth or sixth rank, it is already a rare existence among Juren.

Withdrawing his emotion, Cai Wencai took the initiative to mention his purpose.

Ask Denley to send supplies to the Golden State.

There is a shortage of funds for all kinds of materials, and only Dazhou can supply them.

For example cattle.

Beef tendons and horns needed to make bows.

Because of the well-developed fishing industry in Jinjiang Town, there is no shortage of isinglass, but there is a lack of materials for making bowstrings, such as silkworm cocoons that eat yellow mulberry leaves.

There are also buffalo hides, war drums, horns, etc. needed to make armor.

There are not enough farm cattle in Jinjiang Town, how dare they kill prime-aged cattle to provide military supplies, and the old cattle are far from enough.

Dazhou also attaches great importance to cattle in China.

However, Dazhou has a large base of domestic cattle, and the old and dead cattle every year can provide immeasurable raw materials.

This is the advantage brought by the huge volume.

As far as cattle are concerned, Golden State cannot do without domestic supplies, not to mention other supplies.

One hundred thousand troops are available, but the supplies to supply one hundred thousand troops are hard to come by.

The annual consumption is even more incalculable.

Many material reserves in Jinzhou have bottomed out, and the gap that has emerged can only be supplied by Dazhou, and even North Korea cannot make up for it.

Cai Wen is in charge of the engineering department, and knows that the supplies for the army to fight this year will still be available, but what about next year.

He has to prepare in advance, just in case.

At least.

Whenever the Jinjiang army launches an attack, the military supplies cannot hold back.

And if you want to be able to supply the military supplies of the army at any time, you need to reserve sufficient raw materials.

Han Hao had already expected Cai Wen's intentions, and his face showed embarrassment.

"The materials sent by Denglai to Jinzhou need an official document issued by the court. I have already sent it to the notice, but there is no reply yet."

Han Hao is no longer the young censor at the time, he has restrained his sharpness, he is no different from a veteran official for many years, speaks softly, and does not easily offend others.

"but."

Changing the subject, Han Hao smiled.

"Cai Siwu personally came to urge me, and I will not stand idly by. I will re-submit tomorrow to urge the official document of the Ministry of War.

Cai Siwu returned to Jinzhou first, and believed that the imperial court would have official documents soon.

As long as the imperial court's official documents arrive in Denglai, I will definitely arrange to send them out immediately, so as not to delay Cai Siwu. "

Although Cai Wen's rank is not high, he has also been an official for decades, so how could he not know the tricks of dragging words, and of course he would not be easily fooled.

If you really listened to Han Hao's words and turned around and went back, I'm afraid you won't get a reply until next year, and you will end up running empty-handed.

"Ugh."

Cai Wen showed a troubled expression and let out a long sigh.

"Governor Han is interested, since I said so, I should go back and wait, but the fact is that Jinjiang Town is short of supplies, and everyone is looking forward to it.

Before the general went to Shenyang, he revealed to me that the general and Governor Han were close friends, and if he had any difficulties, he would directly ask Governor Han for help.

It was the general's order that the subordinate officials dared to come here. "

Hearing that Cai Wen mentioned Tang Qing'an's name, Han Hao began to ponder, thinking about the gains and losses of this matter.

If it's just Cai Wen, a small secretary, Han Hao will definitely dismiss him.

But since it is Marquis Ping Liao, Han Hao has to take it seriously.

Although Cai Wen's words were expected to be watery, the relationship between the two was beyond reproach. They were close and secret allies.

"How is the battle in Shenyang?"

Han Hao changed the subject, showing concern.

Jinjiang town's military newspapers were sent to the court again and again.

Many people know that the Jinjiang army has surrounded Shenyang, but no one is sure whether they can capture Shenyang.

Cai Wen is an official of Jinjiang Town, so he must know more details.

"The general believes that Shenyang must be captured within three months, the entire Liaodong region will be recovered, and the country's suffering will be pacified."

"That's good."

Han Hao's expression was uncertain.

As far as he knows, the civil unrest in Shaanxi has been calmed down. Except for a few diehards, most of the rebellious people have been settled in various places.

The imperial court ordered the local governments to take care of the rioters and exempt them from taxation.

Once the civil chaos is eliminated, the barbarians are eliminated.

In the whole week, only the Jinjiang Town matter remained.

There are a lot of remarks about Marquis Ping Liao, and the more so, when the country is at peace, Marquis Ping Liao will definitely be summoned to return to Beijing for his duties.

Just like Beizhen at the beginning of the country.

If Tang Qing'an was summoned, then according to his merits, the imperial court would definitely bestow the duke.But will Tang Qing'an be called?

Han Hao couldn't predict it.

If Tang Qing'an is called, Han Hao is willing to open a back door to maintain the friendship between the two parties, fearing that the other party will not be called.

If Tang Qing'an didn't accept the summons and drove to the rear by himself, he would be implicated when the court checked it out.

The matter was of great importance, and Han Hao didn't want to offend Ping Liaohou and affect the relationship between the two parties, but he was also worried, so he couldn't make a decision for a long time.

"Let me consider this beforehand."

Han Hao no longer asked Cai Wen to return to Jinzhou.

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The gates and walls of Shenyang are not in a straight line.

The city gate is an important defensive point on the city wall. It is solid besides being strong. A semicircular urn city was built outside the city gate.

There is a door on each side of the Wengcheng.

Then there is the moat surrounding the city, thirty steps away from the city wall, with suspension bridges and moat bridges at the east, west, north, south, and north gates.

Thanks to the efforts of tens of thousands of barbarians, the moats in front of the four urns were finally filled up, providing the convenience for the Jinjiang army and the Korean army to reach the city smoothly.

But on the inner bank of the moat, there are still sheep and horse walls.

It is only ten steps away from the city wall, eight to ten feet high, and a gate is opened directly opposite the moat bridge, which is convenient for people and horses to pass.

"Whoosh whoosh."

Although the moat is flat, the barbarians behind the sheep and horse wall still shoot at the attacking enemy, delaying the opponent's occupation of the sheep and horse wall.

The firecrackers can shoot directly, but they can't be projected, so they can't pose a threat to the barbarians behind the horse raising wall.

The artillery of the Jinjiang army, which can pose a threat, is not powerful enough to shake the determination of the barbarian army to guard the capital.

The barbarians are rising forces, and there is no such thing as a declining situation with long-standing evils.

The soldiers dared to fight, not afraid of sacrifice, and the barbarians were brave and full of enthusiasm.

Although they fell into a disadvantage in the confrontation with Jin Jiangzhen, it did not mean that the barbarians had no power to resist.

Li Shenghu was in charge of attacking the east gate. After some testing, he couldn't take advantage of it, so he immediately asked Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Even the sheep and horse wall is so difficult to get down, not to mention its taller city wall.

Although the brain poster was vengeful, Li Shenghu did not take the casualties of the soldiers into consideration and made a dizzy move.

"Continue to send the barbarians."

Li Shenghu wanted to control the rhythm of the attack, instead of rushing for success, he was going to use his flesh and blood to exhaust the fortifications outside the city wall first.

As the Jinjiang army regained more territory, the more barbarian troops were captured, and there were still a lot of barbarian populations.

The general forbids the massacre of civilians.

As long as they are innocent and have no lives in their hands, they can all be resettled and treated.

However, the soldiers and barbarians who participated in the massacre cannot be let go, and they need to be punished as they should be.

The military commander made an arrangement to let these people fight for the Jinjiang army and make meritorious deeds.

and so.

In the current Jinjiang Army, there are nearly [-] barbarians, and many, many have died in the battle.

Helped level the moat, and now continue to assist the Jinjiang army to level the wall of sheep and horses.

Food is precious.

The Jinjiang army helped many barbarian people, and placed women, children and children to the rear, so that the barbarians had no worries in fighting and did not dare to violate military orders.

The general will be ordered.

The generals quickly led the barbarians to the battlefield, urged all the ministries to advance, endured the bows and arrows of the barbarians, and suffered casualties, and some people fell at every step.

(End of this chapter)