Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 94
The man in black laughed a few times, and everyone around looked at the old man in puzzlement.

The old man said in a bewitching tone;
"Hou Ye's words are wrong. In the past, it was really not possible. Most of us were a little desperate, but after seeing Hou Ye and seeing so many Jiedu envoys, I think it is possible. Does Hou Ye think so? .”

The old man in black laughed out loud again, and everyone around him was thoughtful.

The old man waved his sleeves, looked at the people in the hall, and continued in a firm tone;
"Master Hou, and everyone, there are so many Jiedu envoys in the world today who are still serving as honorable frontier soldiers, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger, while the royal family is still in vain, and the government is out of the two palaces, and they don't want to make progress. This is God's will!"

"Haha, it's interesting, it's so interesting, I didn't expect that those who are capable and capable will run away from the court anyway."

Zhang Jinyu didn't answer, but just laughed and said something.

"Master Hou, are you laughing at us, or at the court?"

The old man in black stared at Zhang Jinyu choked up and said,
"It's important to laugh at who. A person does or doesn't do something in his life. No matter when and where, in times of crisis, what he pays is responsibility. The court is now accumulating evils, and even hard to get back, but he still firmly holds righteousness. You can't do anything now."

"It's a good person to do something and not to do it. I didn't expect that Master Hou is also a man of temperament. To be honest, Master Hou may have stayed outside the pass for a long time, and he still doesn't know much about the situation in Dawu Pass. The people in the court only know how to whitewash Taiping, try to maintain the situation, but it is an indisputable fact that the local area is bigger, whether the Lord Hou agrees."

"Of course, but why do you say that I don't understand the situation in the pass?"

The old man in black coughed for a while, and Zhang Jinyu asked someone to move a stool for him to sit on. After thanking the old man, he slowly introduced the situation in the pass.

In the pass, the Jiedu envoys from all over the country are getting bigger day by day, their power is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more soldiers. Basically, it is difficult for the imperial court to replace those sitting households. This is one of them.

Furthermore, there is the frontier army system. The nobles are desperately controlling the frontier army, and the dripping water is endless. It is very difficult for the royal family to intervene. Except for the Beijing camp and the imperial army in the capital, it is difficult to change others. The current situation in the pass Fortunately, if the situation in the pass becomes chaotic in the future, it may be impossible.

After Zhang Jinyu heard this, it was Shen Baichuan who said it. One thing is that no one wants to be the one who stands out.

"It's all right, but whoever is going to be the first bird, the pioneer of the king, is not that stupid."

"Excellent, Lord Hou, the idea has come up. Dawu has no shortage of rebellious officials and thieves. The Taiping Sect is about to move in the south of Dawu, the White Lotus Sect is hidden underwater in the Central Plains, and the Fire Worship Sect is flourishing in the northwest. Do you think there are any pioneers?"

Zhang Jinyu was stunned when he heard this. The White Lotus Sect is quite familiar, and it has a lot of history. The Taiping Sect is not very clear. It should be the mastermind of the previous robbery case in the capital. The Fire Worship Sect in the Northwest is the Ming Sect.

Glancing at the old man in black, he felt that it was a bit pleasing to the eye. Those who can find work for Dawu are good, and those who can make Dawu feel pain are talents, and this candidate just likes talents.

"It's my advantage to let you go."

Zhang Jinyu didn't say anything else and asked directly. The old man in black choked for a moment, saying so much that he shouldn't be talking about cooperation or something.

"Master Hou is really a cheerful person, so I won't hide it anymore. This is a hidden palace of the former prince. There are a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, as well as 3000 sets of armor and crossbows. You can give it to Lord Hou."

"where is it?"

"It's just under the seat behind Master Hou, just unscrew the armrest on the main seat."

After Zhang Jinyu heard this, he immediately stepped down from the main seat. Duan Hong stepped forward and unscrewed the seat with a "click", and the seat sank behind, revealing a comrade at the gate of the underground palace. Duan Hong asked several soldiers to go down to investigate first. After going down now, Zhang Jinyu was not in a hurry, safety first, and he couldn't run anyway.

After a while, Duan Hong came up and reported the situation.
"Master Hou, the place below is really huge. There are 500 million taels of silver, 100 million taels of gold, [-] pieces of armor, long-armed crossbows, and countless arrows."

"So many, you can be sure."

"Go back to Lord Hou, confirm that it is correct, they are all high-quality armor-piercing arrows."

Zhang Jinyu turned around and looked over. The old man is not young anymore, and now his face is obviously tired. Zhang Jinyu doesn't want to keep these people here either. Either kill them all, or leave quickly, or add some obstacles to Dawu. .

"The armor can be given to you, but the bow and crossbow will not work. Now I will ask your people to carry it and leave. I will stay here. If there is any information."

"If there is any information, I will directly inform Lord Hou, and I will send it to Lord Hou's house. Lord Hou is happy to cooperate."

Zhang Jinyu nodded, and ordered Duan Hong to let him go, but he must be under strict supervision, and he will be killed if he intends to do so.

Only then did the old man nod his head in relief, and when he left the door, he began to ask people to come in to carry the armor. The carriage and coir raincoats had already been prepared, and the move was finished in a short while, and he withdrew from the back door of Zhuangzi, his movements were extremely fast and refined.

After walking a long distance, the leader of the man in black breathed a sigh of relief and asked the old man in the carriage,
"Commander, this Marquis Luo Yun really lives up to his reputation, he's too ruthless."

"Can't you be ruthless? With so many troops under his command, he can handle it. He's smart."

"What do you mean?"

"It seems that it is better to sell us and return the important armor to us. He is afraid of accidents, which can be seen from the identification of the armor, so he simply does not keep any of them. Hey, the little prince's chances are slim."

All the men in black in the convoy were silent when they heard this, the rain intensified on a rainy night, and the convoy gradually disappeared in the twilight.

In Zhuangzi's main hall, Zhang Jinyu hurriedly ordered the whole army to enter the village, keep the security guards, and all find the palace to light a fire to avoid the rain, and wait for the rain to stop.

Beijing,

Hall of Nourishing Heart in the Ouchi Imperial Palace,
Soon after nightfall, there were also thunder and lightning, and a strong wind.

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong stood behind the window of the palace, watching the strong wind blowing outside, but also remained silent for a long time.

Dai Quan behind him is also persuading;
"Your Majesty, it's getting cold at night, and it's going to rain today, so I'd better rest earlier."

"Yeah, it's going to rain soon, look how strong the wind is blowing, it's about to rain, and the building is full of wind."

Dai Quan was also silent after hearing this, and stopped talking.

"Have all the frontier troops arrived?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, except for the Luo Yunhou troops outside the pass, the frontier troops have already arrived."

"Well, it's good, it's good to be here. In this weather, Luo Yunhou is probably going to be a few days late. How is the frontier army of the Anhu camp doing?"

Dai Quan took out the pamphlet from his arms as usual and began to read it.
"Returning to Your Majesty, the frontier soldiers are still making noise, saying that they don't have enough to eat, fighting is a common occurrence, and then they just want to go to the capital for a stroll. Most of the frontier soldiers want to go to the city to have a look."

The corner of Wu Emperor Zhou Shihong's mouth turned up slightly when he heard this, he would eat enough if he didn't fish, and he wanted to add fuel to the flames.

"You go back and notify the Ministry of Accounts, and you will be paid in advance immediately. You can rest and bathe those frontier soldiers, and you can also enter the city, but weapons cannot be taken out of the camp. The daily quota is limited. You can apply for a quota of 3000 people per day, and you can enter and leave the capital. "

"Yes, Your Majesty, there is one thing your Majesty's slaves don't know. Although the 3000 people are not many, what if there is trouble in the capital?"

Emperor Wu smiled strangely there,
"Then it depends on what the cabinet boss will do."

Mr. Gu Ge, Minister of the Ministry of Finance of the Cabinet, had already prepared the salary of the frontier army, but it has not been distributed for a long time. The department directly issued it, but there was a lot involved in it.

Gu Yichen also talked about this matter with Mr. Zhao Ge, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, but this old Mr. Zhao firmly disagreed that the subordinates should pay the salary. It must be handed over to the general who led the army. The two also quarreled over this matter, and it was very late. Only then returned to their respective mansions.

Gu Yichen, Minister of the Household Department, returned to his mansion, went into the study and cursed angrily there, while his wife, Anshi, continued to comfort him;

"Master, what caused such a big fire, don't be so angry."

When Gu Yichen heard the voice, he knew it was his first wife, Mrs. An Shi'an, and sat there with a sigh;

"It's better, madam, I'm just angry with that old man Zhao Jingwu, who is getting farther and farther away from the civil servants, and now he speaks for those Qiu Ba, and doesn't think about his background as a Jinshi, can those nobles accept him. Set up obstacles for me everywhere."

"My lord, calm down,"

An's handed tea again, wiped it with a towel, and said;
"Master, will it be too dangerous because of this matter?"

"Where is the danger, isn't it just empty pay, this,"

Gu Yichen suddenly felt extremely inappropriate, this matter is really dangerous.

(End of this chapter)