Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 79
Zhang Jinyu thought about it in her heart, before leaving, she had to make all the arrangements outside the pass, otherwise she wouldn't feel at ease.

The outside of the pass is my base camp, where those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish, there will never be any kindness left.

The first thing is to restore the city guards of each city and arrange for the city guards to guard the city. Leave the government affairs to him. It is natural to know whether it is a mule or a horse.

"Sir, can you be the Minister of the Marquis of Luoyun's mansion and lead the government affairs of the four cities?"

"A false name is like floating clouds, one master is enough, and the four cities still need Lord Hou to arrange the master general. The main thing is that Pingyang and Pingyao need suitable city guards to complete the commercial and tax reform."

"Sir, can you arrange for a suitable candidate?"

"Returning to the Marquis, you don't shy away from your relatives. There are two people under my sect who can serve as city guards. One is the eldest disciple Liu Changwen who can serve as the city guard of Pingyang County, and the second disciple Lu Zixian can serve as the city guard of Pingyao."

"Shan, come in Ning Bian, write a warrant to Mr. Xiao, and you can arrange the two disciples of Mr. Xiao to take office."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Zhang Jinyu wrote three appointment documents on the spot, and handed over the big seal to Xiao Zien, who took the warrant and thanked him again.

Very well-behaved person, very tolerant and talented, it's a pity for Dawu, talented people are all in the folk.

Dawu Capital,

It's approaching evening.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the mighty city wall of Dawu Capital, emitting a pale yellow light, like a sleeping giant dragon lying on its side on the land of Zhongzhou.

Beijing Prince's Mansion, the main hall, Beijing King Shui Rong had arranged the banquet a long time ago, and was waiting for all the nobles to come. The reason why the banquet was delayed was because of the previous Taiping Sect robbery case, which had already been arranged. The banquet that can be held has been postponed until now.

Now that the martial law was lifted in the capital, he was able to breathe a sigh of relief. Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong also sent someone to notify all noble families that they could come.

Since Jia Lian took office in Rongguo Mansion, Lian's second grandma hadn't thought about food and drink for several days, and the mansion also seemed deserted. Jia Amnesty in the old courtyard was even worse. He just bought two more maidservants, and now he is on the rise. On, especially the one named Qiutong, that is a taste, I am infatuated with it.

Jia She didn't think of this until he heard that Lai Da had sent the invitation from the Beijing Palace. If it wasn't for the invitation in his hand, Jia She would have forgotten all about it.

The same is true for Ningguo Mansion, only Jia Zhen is doing mischief in the mansion, and she doesn't care about foreign affairs. If she hadn't received the invitation from Beijing Prince's Mansion, she wouldn't have gone out at all. Seeing the invitation, Jia Zhen suddenly thought, the key seems to have forgotten one thing , Inner intersecting to tell oneself what to come.

It’s broken, I forgot to ask the Second Uncle Zheng to help repair Zhang Jinyu’s mansion, and thought that this was just dressing up indiscriminately, so I ran to the Rongguo Mansion, panicking along the way, attracting the attention of the maids and servants .

When we arrived at Rongguo Mansion, we went straight to Rongxitang, Jia Zheng's residence, passed through the Sanyi Gate, and arrived at the second uncle's study after passing through the Sanyi Gate. Jia Zhen knocked on the door,

"Second Uncle Zheng, nephew Jia Zhen, I have something important to tell you."

"come in,"

Today happened to be Jia Zheng's rest, and he was at home practicing calligraphy with no interest.

Hearing Jia Zhen's voice, I thought there was something urgent, so I hurriedly let him in, and asked when I came in;

"What's the matter, flustered."

Jia Zhen gasped at the door and said;

"Second Uncle, my nephew made a mistake. The Minister of Internal Affairs asked me to tell you to repair Luo Yunhou's mansion before he comes back. The materials and money needed will come from the Internal Affairs Office. I forgot to inform Second Uncle about this. for several days."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he also pointed at Jia Zhen, too angry to speak. When Jia Zhen saw this, she apologized again and again. Jia Zheng waved his hand and sighed,

"Forget it, it's not too late, you, I'll go to the Ministry of Industry to ask how to repair the mansion so that it is safe."

Jia Zheng went out to the Ministry of Industry before he finished speaking, and asked Qin Ye, the director of the Ministry of Industry, how to repair it.

After Jia Zheng left, Jia Zhen touched the sweat on her forehead. The second uncle was fine with everything, but he was too rigid.

By the way, after thinking about this matter during the banquet at the Prince's Mansion in Beijing, he hurried out of the Rongxi Hall and ran to Jia She's Mansion, the old courtyard of the Rong Guo Mansion. I don't know what happened to Uncle She now.

As soon as she ran to the courtyard of the old courtyard, she saw Mrs. Xing watering the flowers accompanied by her maid. Jia Zhen saluted immediately,
"Nephew Jia Zhen has seen aunt, is Uncle She in there?"

"So it's Brother Zhen, the elder is in the study, you go."

"Thank you, auntie, I'll go then."

Jia Zhen didn't finish her sentence, so she rushed inside. Before reaching the door, she heard obscene voices coming from inside the study. Jia Zhen's footsteps were stopped abruptly, my Uncle Xi, it's nothing It's time to still be in the mood to do this, my God.

"Cough cough!"

Jia Zhen deliberately coughed at the door to remind the people in the room that someone was coming. After waiting for a long time, only the voice of a woman teasing came.
"Uncle She, it's getting late, and I have to go to the banquet."

It wasn't until this time that the sound of people getting dressed came from inside, and Jia Zhen finally realized that her aunt's face was not right just now, and she was letting herself into muddy water.

Just complaining a few words in the bottom of my heart, Jia Amnesty waited for a long time before opening the door, Jia Zhen took a look inside, only to see a beautiful woman, half naked lying on the bed in the house, and even rushed at her. With a wink, Jia Zhen praised from the bottom of her heart, she is a goblin.

Business, business almost forgot.

"Uncle She, hurry up, the banquet at the palace is going to be late."

Only then did Jia Amnesty think of this matter, and in a panic, he and Jia Zhen rode in a carriage to the Beijing Palace. They met many horses and horses along the way, all of which had the same purpose. What did the uncle and nephew communicate in the carriage? It's a big thing, but the beauty of a woman, it's just like the smell.

Arriving at the Beijing Prince's Mansion, the two of them entered the palace after handing over the invitation, and walked towards the main hall. The inside was already full, and the uncle and nephew were not interested, so they found a corner and sat down.

Wang Ziteng thought about it for a long time at the mansion, but this time he unexpectedly did not go to the banquet. The four kings and eight males are one, but Wang Ziteng has his own purpose, heroes from all walks of life are going to Beijing soon.

Xiangyang Hou's Mansion also went to the banquet this time, after all, remind these old relatives, don't just stare at other people's bowls, your own bowl is about to burst, then there is no bowl to eat.

The other princes participated with the younger generation. Zhongshun Wang Zhou Shi'an had already returned to Beijing and was locked up in the mansion. The other young generals also stayed at home for the time being, waiting for their frontier troops to enter Beijing to command the headquarters, hoping to win in the competition. The ranking is shameful.

Beijing Wang Shuirong greeted people when he saw that they were almost here;

"Old princes, old relatives and nobles, this king is polite, come and do it first as a respect."

Shui Rong took the lead to drink a glass, and of course everyone raised their wine glasses, made a toast to each other, and then drank together.
"My lord, you are too polite, they are all from your own family."

"Yeah yeah."

Water Soluble's face was flushed, and he pressed it with his hand, indicating to be quiet,

"Everyone, don't gossip now, there are many difficult things, so there is a regulation to be resolved, please talk to the old man of the town."

Zhenguo Gong Niuqing was also unambiguous. He sat up straight and said loudly,

"I'm not talking nonsense. The old guy from the Ministry of Finance said that he would transfer 2000 elites, and you didn't object. I saw that the salary was increased to 5000 people. I wanted to save some money for you. Why did you follow up with me later?" It looks like a dead person, why are you holding your face?"

The people below are all ashamed, especially the juniors of the governments of various countries. They all know the current situation of the frontier army.

Finally, General Shenwei Feng Tang said,
"Old Duke, you can ask your grandson, we haven't been in the army for a long time and we don't know the situation."

"Yes."

"Yes, let him speak."

Zhen Guogong was a little tricky when he heard it, but he couldn't care less about this, so he asked Niu Jizong to stand up and speak. Niu Jizong lowered his head just now and almost got under the table. Unexpectedly, he couldn't hide, so he stood up tremblingly and explained over again.

It turned out that the border towns stationed by the frontier troops of the nine provinces were cut in half due to insufficient response, and half cut in half for half the salary. The frontier army in the county is less than 4%.

The one million frontier army quota has been corroded long ago, especially the previous reinforcements were squandered outside the customs. The frontier army, which was not considered wealthy at the time, is now even worse. The nine province frontier army quota of one million is now 2%, and each county The city is a little more than [-], and its elite troops are only [-]. If they are transferred back to Beijing, the border will be empty.

After Niu Jizong finished speaking, the entire banquet hall was silent and dead silent. Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong never expected that the frontier army was so empty-handed. Back then, there were actually 50 elite troops. It has only been so many years. Come back to lead the army.

Then the people in the hands of the generals under my father's command are not much better.

Zhen Guogong wanted to speak several times, but he didn't say a word. He stayed silent for a long time. Is it because he is dead or the court is bad. The frontier army is already very dangerous. If something happens inside or outside the pass The Corps couldn't get it out.

It will be dangerous at that time!

(End of this chapter)