Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1096 Kneeling
Ten miles outside Qingyuan City, the administrative area of ​​Baoding Prefecture, is Jieguan Pavilion.

The ten-mile official road from Jieguan Pavilion to the west gate of Qingyuan has been sprinkled with clear water. On both sides of the road, officers and soldiers have long stood there, driving away the people who intend to enter the city from the west gate.

In the official receiving pavilion, surrounded by the crowd, two people sat upright, both wearing golden pheasant patchwork uniforms. It was the governor Li Weijun who was in charge of the Zhili civil affairs, and the Shaanxi governor Fan Shijie who returned to Beijing to report his duties.

While drinking tea, the two chatted a few words, and looked west along the official road from time to time.

Inside and outside the reception hall, there are hundreds of local civil and military officials, most of them are local officials from Zhili, and there are about a dozen officials from Shaanxi.In front of the two immediate bosses, no one dared to whisper, and could only stand honestly.

Although it is not yet October, the weather is getting colder at the end of September, the autumn wind is bleak, and the big guys leave the city early, and the wind is blowing their stomachs, which is really uncomfortable.

Two elderly officials couldn't stand up anymore, their bodies were shaking, they quietly retreated to the back, leaning against the pavilion to borrow strength, so as not to lose their composure.

Speaking of which, both Li Weijun and Fan Shijie were considered to be Nian Gengyao's direct descendants. Both of them were officials under Nian Gengyao's rule, and they were promoted to the governorship only after being recommended by him.

Moreover, the two have a personal relationship.

Li Weijun's wife worshiped Fan Shijie's wife as his mother, and the two were sons-in-law.

Although the age difference between the two is only ten or so years old, and they are of the same rank now, one is from a poor family, and the other is the grandson of Duke Fan Wensu, the founder of the country.

Although Li Weijun didn't call himself "Uncle Fan", every time he returned to Beijing, he never forgot to pay his respects to Fan's mansion. During the holidays, he gave rich gifts, and he was very close to the "brother-in-laws" of the Fan family.

In the officialdom, the sedan chair is always carried by everyone.

Li Weijun was respectful, Fan Shijie also asked to let go of the airs of the aristocratic family, the two families had many contacts.

After all, it is decent to have a "Governor Uncle", and his son-in-law is only a third-class guard now.And he himself, born as a lord, has been in the officialdom for all these years, but he is just a governor.

The imperial court had already made an order that General Nian Gengyao led the ministers of meritorious service who flattened Qinghai to the capital to meet His Majesty.

For this, Li Weijun led hundreds of officials out of the city with great fanfare.

Fan Shijie arrived in Beijing first, got the news that Nian Gengyao was coming in the next few days, and rushed from the capital to Baoding with the Shaanxi officials in Beijing to meet his chief official.

Long before he became the governor of Shaanxi, he was an official in Shaanxi and served as the admiral of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Nian Gengyao turned the officialdom in Shaanxi upside down by himself.Fan Shijie was a military officer at the time, so he was not affected by it, but he watched with cold eyes and saw Nian Gengyao's arrogance and sharpness.

After becoming governor, he had more contact with Nian Gengyao.

Even though Nian Gengyao didn't scold him freely in front of him like he did to his subordinates, Fan Shijie also knew that it was just because he was a child of the Fan family.

In the Eight Banners Han Army, no one dared or would neglect the Fan family.

Although the Fan family was inlaid with the Yellow Banner, without Fan Wensu’s proposal to Emperor Taizong, there would be no Han Army Eight Banners system; without Fan Wensu’s proposal to Emperor Shizu, there would be no court situation where Manchu and Han ruled together.

Fan Shijie's contact with Nian Gengyao has always been respectful and polite.

As a child of an aristocratic family, he sees people more transparently.Nian Gengyao's arrogant temperament was not unique to General Nian, he also met similar people in his early years.

The children of the aristocratic family, without the help of the family, were promoted in the imperial examination, and achieved fame. This is the similarity of those people.

Nian Gengyao was no exception. Although he was raised under the name of his aunt, he was a concubine.The first wife he married was also a concubine raised by the aunt in the Nalan Mansion.

Such a person is the most taboo of being disrespectful to him.

Although Fan Shijie didn't flatter and offer a lot of money like other officials, but because he never forgot the word "respect" and liked Nian Gengyao's appetite, he was quite supportive in the past two years.

This time he went out of Beijing to greet him with hundreds of ceremonies, and he made a special trip to add honor to the general.

Fan Shijie was like this, and Li Weijun, whom Nian Gengyao seemed to be his confidant, refused to lag behind, so he greeted him with great fanfare.

Dust was raised in the distance, and the sound of horseshoes was heard, and many people cheered.

As an official, how many of them can bear hardships if they raise their superiors and respect them?After standing for a whole morning, everyone felt trembling in their thighs. If they continued to stand, they would not care about losing their composure in front of the Shangguan.

Li Weijun also stood up with joy, and said to Fan Shijie who followed him, "Father-in-law, please first."

This is the ground of Zhili, in front of the local officials of Zhili, Fan Shijie would not unwittingly overwhelm the host, stretched out his hand and said, "Hengshi should go first."

Li Weijun refused, the two of them gave in twice, and a figure had already appeared in the distance, so they walked out of the reception pavilion side by side, and led the crowd out to welcome them.

The sound of "da da" horseshoes fell on the ears, making the originally quiet scene a little more solemn.

In front of all the officers and soldiers, the one who rode forward was none other than General Fuyuan, Governor of Sichuan, Shanxi and Gansu provinces, first-class Nian Gengyao, who was ordered to return to Beijing to meet with His Majesty.

Behind him are a dozen military generals who have made great contributions in suppressing the Qinghai rebellion, and behind the generals are six hundred soldiers under the command of the general.

He was riding on a horse, looking at the dark men making clothes in the distance, and his eyes fell on Li Weijun standing in front of the crowd. Instead of the pride and joy of "returning home", his face was full of depression and anger.

If his eyes were like knives, there would already be a few holes in Li Weijun's body.

Just when Li Weijun watched the horse team approaching, with a smile on his face, he stepped forward and wanted to go up to greet him, but Nian Gengyao reined in the horse and stopped six or seven feet away.

As soon as he stopped, the soldiers behind him also stopped.

Li Weijun was taken aback for a moment, and turned his head to look at Fan Shijie, feeling surprised.According to Nian Gengyao's current rank, he rode up to him, accepted their salute first, and then dismounted to return the salute.

Stopped at ten feet, is this going to dismount early?
General Nian, when was he ever so humble and polite?

Li Weijun thought that Nian Gengyao did this because of Fan Shijie's face; Fan Shijie wondered if Nian Gengyao was doing this to show respect to his confidants in front of Zhili officials.

It seems that both of them were wrong.

Nian Gengyao reined in the horse's reins, but he didn't intend to dismount.

He turned his head to give some instructions to the people around him, and a young military officer galloped up to him and asked, "Is Li Weijun, Governor of Zhili, here?"

Li Weijun was Nian Gengyao's subordinate in the early years, and he relied heavily on Nian Gengyao, and most of the people close to Nian Gengyao were acquaintances.

The person in front of him, Li Weijun also knew, was Nian Gengyao's son of the same year, who defected to Nian Gengyao's tent.

Seeing him riding forward in a big way, in front of him, as if he didn't know him, calling him both his official position and his name, Li Weijun's heart trembled, knowing that something was wrong.

When the receptionist received such a scene, the civil and military officials behind him were also puzzled and looked at Li Weijun in unison.

Li Weijun felt cold sweat dripping from his back, his mind was in a mess, not knowing that he had made a mistake, so he raised his head and said: "This is Fu, dare to ask this lord..."

The young military officer glanced at him, and said coldly: "The general asked, the purple bridle and the yellow belt are here, why don't you kneel down to greet him, and despise the grace of heaven?"

Hearing this, Li Weijun felt his head buzzing, and felt a lot of resentment at once. Even if Nian Gengyao wanted to show off after "returning home", he shouldn't use himself as a raft. Under the eyes of everyone, he was too merciless to himself .

But what Nian Gengyao was holding in his hand and tied around his waist were indeed the two royal bestowals, the "purple rein" and the "yellow belt".

Li Weijun squeezed out a bit of a smile, and said: "This Fu is rude, I should kneel down to greet the general."

The young military officer didn't leave immediately, and said again: "The general has an order, don't block the official way."

When Li Weijun heard this, the smile on his face froze immediately, and it took him a while to answer.

With Fan Shijie beside him, he felt something was wrong.

Even if Nian Gengyao had something bestowed on him by the imperial court, he shouldn't be so entrusted with asking the governor of a province to kneel down to greet him.In front of a provincial official again, Li Weijun was commanded in public.Rather than saying that he was ostentatious, it was more like deliberately trying to save Li Weijun's face.

After all, everyone thought that Li Weijun was Nian Gengyao's direct descendant.

Now, Nian Gengyao's behavior doesn't look like he treats his own people.

The officials behind, seeing this change, have already whispered to each other and talked about it.

Li Weijun turned around stiffly, his face was so heavy that water dripped out, and his eyes looked coldly like two officials with loud voices.

The two men shivered, and immediately stopped talking.

Regardless of whether the immediate boss is the direct descendant of General Nian, it is still a piece of cake to deal with them.

"Give up the official way..." Li Weijun said slowly: "Left and right, kneeling to meet the general..."

Before everyone woke up, Li Weijun had already stepped forward, walked to the left of the official road, and knelt down on both knees.

At this time, his mind was numb, and he had already forgotten to let Fan Shijie go.Even if he was sane, he couldn't make Fan Shijie kneel first.

Nian Gengyao was on the ground in Zhili, and he wanted him, the governor of Zhili, to lead Zhili officials to greet him on his knees.

Seeing the governor of the province kneeling, the accompanying officials understood the meaning of the order just now, and knelt on both sides of the official road in a daze.

On the field, only Fan Shijie and the dozen or so Shaanxi officials were left standing.

The officials were also confused by the scene, and looked at Fan Shijie.

Looking at the hundreds of cavalry in front of him, and the more than 100 officials kneeling in front of him, Fan Shijie couldn't help feeling a little anxious, feeling that something was wrong.Immediately, he felt a chill all over his body.

Without raising his head, he knew who was looking at him.

No matter what the reason was that General Nian was so high-profile, since he ordered people to kneel down to greet him, and if someone stood still, it would be disobedience to him.

Fan Shijie felt panicked in his heart, lowered his head, moved to the open space on the left side of the official road and knelt down.

Seeing him like this, other Shaanxi officials huffed and followed him, kneeling behind him.

There was no one in front of Nian Gengyao.

He raised his chin, snorted coldly, shook the rein in his hand, and rode forward.

Under his control, the horse under his crotch walked extremely steadily.

"Da da……"

"Da da……"

It took a quarter of an hour before the sound of horseshoes approached from far away, and gradually faded away...

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Household Department, Yamen.

Cao Yong's brows were wrinkled into a ball, unlucky, how could he have his own name among the civil and military ministers of Gengyao Yingnian in the suburbs...

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The aura of General Nian made Xiao Jiu blush and thick neck, and changed several ways of appearance, which made her feel gloomy.

Fainting, second to sixth in the historical classification, with a difference of less than thirty votes.One ticket to heaven, one ticket to hell, Xiao Cao is now in ups and downs, and it is time for everyone to help.Pinch the monthly pass, pinch the monthly pass.

(End of this chapter)