serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 263 Sun Shaozu

outside the Meridian Gate

Because of the Confucian Southern sect, Mei Changwen not only was not implicated in the incidents of Yizhong County King and Zhongshun King, but also gained the trust of Emperor Jianwu.

Mei Changwen and Mei Dang can be regarded as a knife in the hands of the emperor.

In the distance, Mei Changwen came holding a memorial.

Last night he received a letter from Dai Quan impeaching Uncle Wu Qing for trespassing on the harem during the Shangyuan Festival!
Suddenly, he stopped, and saw four officers standing in the open space in front of the Meridian Gate. He recognized them at a glance. These four were frontier soldiers, and they were frontier soldiers from Northwest Army Town.

There is another rebellion in the Northwest?
While thinking, Mei Changwen walked quickly towards the Meridian Gate. When he passed in front of the four officers, he couldn't help but cast a glance at the leading officer, and was slightly taken aback, how ugly!
The officer standing at the top caught Mei Changwen's eyes!
Mei Changwen hurriedly turned his head to one side, and walked quickly to the left door.

Thinking of the officer's appearance, Mei Changwen shook his head, lamenting in his heart the ingenious workmanship of nature. His facial features are a mess, making it impossible to look directly at him.

He has a melon face, covered with pimples and scars, it looks like a pockmarked field, his eyes are small and narrow, but he has a wide mouth and a garlic head Big rosacea, ugly at first glance, but even uglier if you think about it carefully!By the way, he still has a beard.

As soon as he entered the Zuoye Gate, Mei Changwen was stunned.

A middle-aged man wearing a general's uniform came across, Mei Changwen frowned, so unruly?
A trace of displeasure flashed across Mei Changwen's eyes, and he walked straight forward.

The general came out of the palace, Mei Changwen entered the palace, the two passed each other, the general smiled at Mei Changwen, but Mei Changwen went in without looking.

The general was slightly surprised, then walked out of the left gate and walked towards the four officers.

As soon as he came out, four officers rushed to meet him.

An officer asked anxiously, "General, have you seen the emperor?"

Another officer: "We have completely wiped out all the rioters in Gansu, and now Gansu can be said to be unprecedentedly peaceful. This is a great contribution!"

Another officer: "Exactly. We have captured the heads of more than [-] rebels, not refugees from the Central Plains."

The ugly-faced officer said: "Okay, I will listen to the general."

The three officers quickly shut their mouths and looked at the general together.

The general cleared his throat and said: "It just so happens that Niu Shangshu of the Ministry of War is in the cabinet. After the discussion between the cabinet and the Ministry of War, the guerrilla general and above will be awarded once, and a third level will be added to the record. Other rewards will be based on the military merit book. .”

The ugly-faced officer was surprised: "The general didn't see the emperor?"

The general pondered for a moment, then sighed helplessly, and said: "The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, so how can he have time to see me! Even the cabinet bosses are busy with military and state affairs. The rioters we wiped out... Hey, really Not on stage."

After a pause, "We are remote in the northwest, and the news is blocked. I really don't know the outside world. I just heard from Niu Shangshu that in the final battle to put down the Anhui rebellion, the imperial court assembled more than 10 elite troops. Sons, defeated the frontier army of the Ningguo Ministry of Mongolia. Tens of thousands of people were fighting in Hefei. In every battle here, tens of thousands of people were fighting. In comparison, we are like children playing house, And complacent."

An officer blushed: "The conditions over there are difficult."

The general said: "So the cabinet and the Ministry of War gave us an extra credit! In addition, Niu Shangshu agreed with you guys to stay in the capital, and promised to give you priority to fill the vacancies."

The ugly-faced officer and the other three were overjoyed upon hearing this.

The general thought for a while, and said: "As the old saying goes, there are people in the court who are good at handling things. We still have to go to see the relationship." Then, he turned his eyes to the ugly-faced officer, "Sun Shaozu, you often say that your Datong Sun family ancestor He was a student of Ningrong's mansion back then, why not go to Jia's house for a walk? Now the head of Jia's family, Mr. Ning Guo, is the biggest mountain in the military. As long as he speaks, maybe the three of them will also benefit."

After hearing this, the three of them immediately stared at Sun Shaozu.

Sun Shaozu was silent. Their Sun family is from the Datong Prefecture. Their ancestors were military officers. They were indeed the disciples of Ning and Rong. After the abolition of the crown prince, the Sun family no longer interacted with the Jia family.

With the decline of the Jia family's power, the Sun family no longer paid attention to the Jia family's affairs until he saw the news of the Yongwei Camp from the newspaper of the Ministry of War the year before last.After many inquiries, he finally got confirmation from the merchant that the leader of the Yongwei Battalion is the son of the Jia family in the capital.

In the past two years, he has been collecting information about Jia Hu and the Yongwei Battalion, and he also got the opportunity to climb to the position of guerrilla general through the name of Jia's disciple.

During this period, it's not that he never thought of writing a letter to the Jia family to renew their friendship, but he was afraid that the Jia family would implicate him because of his father's affairs, so he didn't dare to write this letter.

But he was not reconciled, he was obviously skilled in bowing horses, strong in physique, and a natural general, but because he had nothing to do, he couldn't be reused by the superiors.

As if he had seen through Sun Shaozu's thoughts, the general said: "People like Ning Guogong are very generous people, and they will not blame others because of the misunderstanding of the previous generation. Don't forget, Ning Guogong once said last year. Served as Minister of the Ministry of War."

Sun Shaozu was reminded that last year he led his troops to break through the fortress of the rebels, captured more than a thousand heads, and was reported to the imperial court by the General Soldier of Gansu. Jia Hu, who is the Minister of the Ministry of War, could not have known about this, and he would definitely look through his files !

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozu became excited, and immediately said: "I'm going to write a greeting card now!"

Hearing this, the general quickly waved his hands: "Hey! How can anyone come to the door empty-handed in the first month? Let's go to the West Market together and buy some gifts before going."

"Brothers are good. Four happiness, three stars, eight horses, five bosses, seven coincidences"

The clamor of punching and ordering came from the front hall of Ningguo Mansion.

Lai Sheng, the chief steward of Ningguo Mansion, walked in through the second door holding a greeting card, stopped at the hall door, and looked inside.

Jia Hu, Yang Dayong, Zhang Cheng, Lin San, Li Si and others were enjoying themselves, talking and laughing loudly while drinking.

The rest of the people were either in the midst of drinking, or in the midst of a fight, and it was extremely lively.

Jia Hu had seen it and waved to Lai Sheng.

Lai Sheng understood, walked over quickly holding the greeting card, leaned over to Jia Hu and said, "Second Master, Datong Sun Family's grandson Shaozu is here to pay respects with the card!"

Jia Hu didn't hear clearly for a while: "Sun's family? Which Sun's family?" Then he took the greeting card and showed it.

Lai Sheng quickly explained: "The grandson of the Sun family was a student of the former Duke's army, and he cut off contact with him later. It seems that our family is getting better now, and he wants to build relationships and seek benefits again!"

Jia Hu's eyes flashed: "His name is Sun Shaozu?"

Lai Sheng: "Yes. I heard that he followed the Shangguan to Beijing to report victory, and now he is an alternate in the Ministry of War."

A trace of sternness appeared on the corner of Jia Hu's mouth: "Damn it, he delivered it to the door by himself! Let him in!"

Lai Sheng: "Yes." After answering, he walked out quickly.

Outside the gate of Ningguo Mansion
Looking at the soldiers carrying swords in front of the mansion gate, Sun Shaozu kept pinching his fingers and sprinting back and forth in the open space in front of the gate, stopping from time to time to look at the open side gate.

After an unknown amount of time, Lai Sheng finally walked out of the door and said to Sun Shaozu, "Please."

Sun Shaozu was ecstatic in his heart, but he couldn't believe it, and asked timidly: "See, see me? You, you mean that Duke Ning would like to see me?!"

Lai Sheng turned sideways, reached out his hand and made a gesture of concession: "Please come in." After speaking, he walked in first.

Sun Shaozu quickly followed in.

Looking at Sun Shaozu who walked in, the general and the three officers sitting at the street tea stand opened their eyes wide, full of surprise.

(End of this chapter)