Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 310 Three Years Hexi

The army went all the way, and wherever it passed, it attracted a curious audience.

At the end of June, the army came to Taiyuan City. With the honor of Governor Huang Laifu, especially the first-rank Crown Prince, Taibao, and Doctor Ronglu, even the officials of the three local divisions had to follow the etiquette system and greet them outside the city. They are unwilling and have no choice.

For these people, ten years ago when Huang Laifu was first in the guard, they were still unattainable, but now they all have to look up to themselves. This contrast in status naturally made Huang Laifu secretly happy.

After entering the city, the people of Taiyuan City gathered on both sides of the street to watch, quite like an empty alley.

For Huang Laifu and his army, everyone is already famous far and wide.Even King Jin in the city sent family members to send greetings and invitations to Huang Laifu for a dinner.After only a few days in Taiyuan, Huang Laifu's shogunate received a large stack of greeting cards.

A few days later, the army came to Wuguan, Ningcheng, Shanxi. The governor Yang Fanglue, the soldier Liu Tangsheng, and the army supervisor Ma Jiuying father-in-law led Yang Xiaolu, Liu Quanli and other generals to meet outside the city.The welcome guard of honor is grand.

While waiting in front of the city gate, both Yang Fanglue and Liu Tangsheng looked a little unsightly. In the past, Yang Fanglue and Huang Laifu were at the same level, Liu Tangsheng of the fourth rank. Because of his status as a civil servant, he felt somewhat superior in front of Huang Laifu.

Just two years later, Huang Laifu came back, and now his rank is higher than theirs. The governor is the second rank, the crown prince is the Taibao, and Dr. Ronglu is the first rank. When they meet, both of them have to respect Huang Laifu!
The official rank crushes people to death!If it was another warrior, perhaps Yang Fanglue and the others would not take it seriously. In Daming right now, it is normal for a second-rank general soldier to be respectful to a fourth-rank or fifth-rank soldier.

But who is Huang Laifu? He is famous for his arrogance and domineering. If he insists on this etiquette, it will really cause trouble, and he must not be the one who suffers.

If this is still good, it's just a matter of etiquette, and it's over.But now Governor Huang Laifu and the military affairs of the two towns have become their de facto superiors. This is a real thing.

After Huang Laifu took office, all military affairs decisions in the town will need to be reported to him.In the future, governor Yang Fanglue and others should stop thinking about the beautiful things of planning a strategy and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

In the past, these were the rights of civil servants. No matter how low their strategy was, military commanders had to obediently obey and kill the enemy according to their strategy.Now all this has changed. Except for the early Ming Dynasty, this is the first step in the change of using martial arts in Shanxi town.

If this is considered good, but now Huang Laifu is not only the governor of military affairs, but also the governor of the food and pay in the town, which is very bad.

In the future, all matters related to money and food in Shanxi Town will be handed over to Huang Laifu, who will handle and make decisions. In the future, the collection of money and food in the town, and the distribution of food and salaries for soldiers brought from Beijing will all need to be controlled by Huang Laifu.

In this way, the gold medal method used by the civil servants in the town to control the generals in the past - making things difficult for food and salary no longer exists.

In other words, from now on, all the generals in the town will respect the civil officials, and the good days when they can abuse the generals as they like are gone forever.

For all kinds of reasons, how could Yang Fanglue and the others change their minds all of a sudden?

In fact, when the news that Huang Laifu was appointed as the governor and the military rations in the town was returned to the prime minister, the whole town of Shanxi was shaken. Many soldiers and judges in the road sent letters to ask Governor Yang Fanglue. How should we deal with this Huang Laifu in the future?

Not only Shanxi Township, but also the civil officials in Datong Town, and many officials in central Beijing also sent letters one after another. In their words, they all asked the civil officials of the two towns to work together to show Huang Laifu, a martial artist, a little bit of color have a look.

Seeing the anger of the crowd, Yang Fanglue could only smile wryly. Maybe others don't know Huang Laifu's temperament, but he does know that if these people want to play tricks on Huang Laifu, they will be the ones who will suffer.

But now is the time when the civil servants are passionate, Yang Fanglue can only vaguely pass.

The big deal is that I will quit at that time. Anyway, I have made a lot of money by cooperating with Huang Laifu for several years. Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. With this money, it is enough for the whole family to live a very comfortable life. Fall to the point where the fish is dead and the net is broken.

Of course, these are just the thoughts of the civil servants, and when the news of the military rations of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, Governor Huang Laifu came, the military officers of Shanxi Town cheered. They have been discriminated against and abused by the civil servants for decades, and now they have some success It's time.Even the generals of the nearby Datong Town are full of expectations for this.

At this time, Yang Xiaolu and Liu Quanli, who were standing among the welcoming crowd, were also smiling happily and in high spirits.

As one of Huang Laifu's most valued confidants along with Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu, every time Huang Laifu gets promoted, he is not proud of it.This time Huang Laifu left Shanxi Town for two years. He was in command of the Laifu Battalion at Ningwuguan, and in fact controlled the military affairs of the town.

With two thousand powerful servants in hand, no one dares to underestimate him.Although he was a guerrilla, even Governor Yang Fanglue did not dare to shout at him casually.

Standing beside him, General Liu Quanli has already regarded himself as Huang Laifu's direct descendant. Over the years, he led the Ningwu Camp, had sufficient money and food, and guarded the coal mines inside and outside the town. He has made countless achievements. In addition, his Ningwu Battalion can be regarded as one of the elite soldiers in Shanxi Town.

Now that Huang Laifu has been promoted, his status has also risen accordingly.Although he is a general and Yang Xiaolu is a guerrilla, Liu Quanli is quite self-aware, because he deliberately curry favor with Yang Xiaolu, so the relationship between the two is very good.

As for Ma Jiuying’s father-in-law, standing next to Governor Yang Fanglue, he also had a smile on his face. Huang Laifu was promoted. A little eunuch with a low status in the family, how could he think that he would have such an achievement?

Not long after, a quick horse came to report: "The prince and Taibao are less than two miles away from the city gate."

Immediately, the crowd became commotion, and the drums on both sides sounded together. Soon, Huang Laifu's honor guard with the governor's flag rolled over, and when the blue flag passed by, the armored Huang Laifu appeared in the eyes of everyone. After two years away from home, Huang Laifu He has become more mature and stable, with a high position and authority, showing even more majesty.

Headed by Governor Yang, the crowd rushed to meet him.

Huang Laifu glanced at the crowd in front of him, slowly got off the horse, and casually threw the whip in his hand to a soldier beside him.

The Great Ming Festival is very solemn, and each has its own order of superiority and inferiority. All officials bow to each other. When the second-rank officials meet the first-rank officials, the second-rank officials need to stand on the right and bow for two times, while the first-rank officials only need to sit on the left and bow.

However, this is generally only for literati, and Huang Laifu is a warrior, and a large group of people here are mostly civil servants.After the news of Huang Laifu's governor's military rations and rations in the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, many people had already agreed to adopt a strategy of non-violence and non-resistance against Huang Laifu, so as to jointly deal with this kind of chaos that was controlled by force.

First of all, this ritual resistance to meeting for the first time is the first step many people take.
Liu Tangsheng Bingbei and the others watched Governor Yang Fanglue helplessly to see what he would do.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Governor Yang cursed secretly in his heart, but his face was full of spring breeze. After he went up to him, he solemnly bowed to Huang Laifu for two weeks, and then said with a smile: "The prince and Taibao have been out of the army for two years and returned with honor. It is the glory of Jin Town. Knowing that the lord has returned, the subordinate officials are waiting here, and the lord is exhausted, and the journey has been hard!"

When he saluted, his expression was calm, and the change of his status from the upper official to the lower official was very natural, which made the people behind him dumbfounded.

Huang Laifu accepted his two salutes proudly, and only after hearing the words did he reply with a smile: "Killing thieves for the country, I dare not talk about hard work. Governor Lao Yang and others will welcome you!"

His gaze was as sharp as an eagle of prey, and then he glanced at Liu Tangsheng Bingbei and the others behind him. They were all shocked when they saw it, thinking of Huang Laifu's domineering past, and what he had obtained from Huang Laifu over the years. benefit.

Although his bones could be tougher now, with Huang Laifu's temper, he didn't know what kind of trouble he would suffer later.And those benefits from Huang Laifu will be lost in the blink of an eye, can he really bear such a high price?

Forget it, the imperial court can even appoint Huang Laifu as the governor of the two towns, and the military rations and salaries. The big figures in the high hall don't care about the distinction between civil and military, so why are you insisting here?
Under Huang Laifu's sharp eyes, Liu Tangsheng Bingbei couldn't help bowing down, and said: "Your official... I am waiting to welcome you, the Crown Prince Taibao has worked hard all the way!"

The rest of the officials saw Liu Bingbei and bowed down, they were like deflated balls, they were all spineless, they immediately knelt down and bowed down.Although some people were ashamed, they couldn't control their knees.

Only then did Huang Laifu smile with satisfaction.

The chunky father-in-law Ma Jiuying came up at this time and said, "Huang Junmen, you have worked hard all the way, our family is here to congratulate you on your promotion!"

Huang Laifu hurriedly laughed and said, "I'm happy with you. I heard that Eunuch Ma will soon be appointed as the Supervisor of Rituals. Laifu will also be here to congratulate Eunuch Ma on his progress!"

Eunuch Ma Jiuying grinned from ear to ear, and said, "Hey hey hey hey hey hey, it's all thanks to Huang Junmen's blessing, our family has such a day!"

The two have known each other for these years, and they have a deep friendship, and they are both happy to be promoted to each other.After the ceremony was finished, Yang Xiaolu went up to see Huang Laifu, Huang Laifu looked at him and said, "Little donkey, during the time I leave Jin Town, there will be nothing going on in the town, right?"

Yang Xiaolu said with a low smile: "Master, don't worry, with Xiaolu leading the army to guard the city, who would dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head?"

Huang Laifu scolded him with a smile: "How old is the father of the child, and he still speaks so glibly!"

Yang Xiaolu touched his head in embarrassment, and then talked to Jiang Dazhong who came up.The two were both members of Huang Laifu's family at the time, but now their identities have changed a bit. Jiang Dazhong is a lieutenant general, but he is still a guerrilla. Naturally, he has some thoughts in his heart.

In the end, General Liu Quanli squeezed forward. He saluted Huang Laifu, stood up, his fat body was shaking non-stop, he nodded and smiled and said, "Congratulations to my lord for your promotion, the crown prince and his lord Taibao all the way." Hard work coming back!"

Huang Laifu looked at his slick face, after seeing him for two years, his face became smoother, as if it had been covered with a layer of oil, it was obvious that he had lived a comfortable life these years.

In the past few years, Huang Laifu used Liu Quanli to deal with the local affairs of Ningwu Pass smoothly. This is the person Huang Laifu needs. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'm sorry Liu Shen has you in my arms!"

Immediately, Liu Quanli's expression was agitated, and he choked with emotion and said: "This is what the general should do. The general only hopes to follow the adult all his life, to be smashed to pieces, to repay the kindness of the adult!"

Hearing Liu Quanli's words, the civil servants next to him all showed contempt on their faces, thinking that a martial artist is a martial artist, and they don't know any shame in their speech.

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The flag guard of honor opened the way, and Huang Laifu led the Eastern Expedition Army into the city of Ningwu Town in a mighty manner. After two years of absence, the city became more prosperous, with more shops of all kinds, densely packed with merchants, soldiers and civilians from all over the place.

At this time, both sides of the street were full of soldiers and civilians who lined the road to welcome Ningwuguan. Everyone looked excited and kept shouting for the prince and Taibao.

Huang Laifu sat on the horse, with the respectful eyes of the soldiers and civilians on both sides. They pointed at the banners on the procession of ceremonies, such as "Health to Dr. Ronglu, Commander of the Chinese Army and Right Commander, Governor of Shanxi Datong Two Towns Military Affairs" and other flags. point, from time to time there were exclamations of exclamation in his mouth.

Huang Laifu heard many people say, "Look at the commander-in-chief, he only led the army out for a trip, and he got so many rewards and honors when he came back, which is really rare since the founding of the Ming Dynasty."

And humane, what's so strange about it, our commander-in-chief, no, he should be called Prince Taibao now, and led an army of 3000 to invade the Japanese country, forcing the Japanese to pay [-] million taels of silver!
Many people nearby took a deep breath when they heard this, 3000 million taels of silver, how much is this, it's quite a mountain of silver.

A series of incidents of Huang Laifu's court battle had already been widely circulated in the capital and other places, but it is not easy to spread the news in this era. , The various deeds of the Eastern Expeditionary Army are also becoming more and more prosperous in various places in Shanxi Town.

Hearing the excited discussions and admiring gazes of the people on the street, and seeing Governor Yang and other senior officials following closely behind, Huang Laifu couldn't help but smile. This kind of happy situation may be the legendary return home.

After entering the former commander-in-chief's mansion in Ningwu Pass, they let them in. When they arrived in the hall, all the officials had finished their court visits. At this time, it was much more natural for those civil officials to pay homage to Huang Laifu. Sure enough, it was the first time, and there was the second time.

Governor Yang, Liu Bingbei and the others have already decided, no matter how they offend Huang Laifu, there will be no good end. They know Huang Laifu's temper, and they have cooperated with Huang Laifu for a lot of money and food these years. Destroy those benefits of yourself.

Anyway, according to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Laifu is now the governor of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, and they are their real bosses.

This is the plan of Governor Yang and Ningwu Dao soldiers to prepare Liu Tangsheng. As for the governor of Datong Town and the rest of the two towns and other soldiers from different fields, let them do what they want in front of Huang Laifu. When you suffer, you know it is uncomfortable.

In fact, Governor Yang didn't realize how strong his colleagues were. In the Year of the Apocalypse, hundreds of officials scrambled to worship Wei Zhongxian as godfather, and established life rites for him everywhere, which proved the so-called backbone and integrity of these civil servants.

Huang Laifu entered the inner hall, and soon he took off his clothes and came out. He sat on the head seat, Eunuch Ma Jiuying sat on the guest seat, and all the officials sat on both sides.

Several Huang Laifu's personal soldiers held the governor's seal in their hands, and stood beside him with the Shangfang sword and Jin Lingjian bestowed by the emperor, and Jiang Dazhong, Gu Dadao, Yang Xiaolu and others stood beside him with their swords.

Governor Yang first cupped his hands and said: "Your Excellency has worked hard on the expedition, and the saddle horse is exhausted. It's really hard work. I have ordered someone to prepare a dinner on the Drum Tower, thinking that Your Excellency will clean up the dust!"

Huang Laifu said with a smile: "All colleagues are sincere and full of hospitality, and the governor is more respectful than obedient!"

Everyone laughed along, and General Liu Quanli laughed the loudest.

Huang Laifu said again: "Of course, before the feast, we need to discuss business matters first!"

He straightened his face and said: "This governor is ordered by the Holy Majesty, the governor of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, to pay for the military affairs. Since I was ordered, I have been thinking about it day and night, fearing that I will be hired by the emperor by mistake! During these times, worry Under the circumstances, I have never had a peaceful night's sleep."

Everyone sighed, Governor Yang sneered in his heart, and at the same time, he was jealous of Huang Laifu being so favored by the emperor, but on his face he said: "Your Excellency Governor is dedicated to his duties, with a heart of loyalty and loyalty to the country, I admire you!"

I prayed and bowed, and my old face was pulled. Governor Yang didn't mind flattering Huang Laifu again.

All the officials agreed, the voices of the generals present were the loudest, and the voice of the general Liu Quanli was the loudest.At the same time, seeing that civil servants like Governor Yang had no choice but to flatter Mr. Huang, the generals felt secretly refreshed.

Huang Laifu swept his eyes, and said to Governor Yang Fanglue: "Master Yang, this governor is newly appointed, and he is in charge of the military affairs of the two towns, such as money and food. The post office and the engineering office will each extract an excerpt from the war merits and mistakes, water conservancy and farmland, etc., and send it to the governor to learn!"

He issued instructions on government affairs in the tone of an official order, and Governor Yang felt very uncomfortable in his heart. When Huang Laifu wanted to plan Shanxi Town, he still needed to use the method of negotiation and temptation to motivate himself, but now it is... ah, 30 years in Hedong , Hexi for 30 years, I didn't expect that among these warriors, there would be a day when he would be the governor of the town.

On the surface, he had to stand up, pay homage to Huang Laifu, and said, "I will accept the order, and within a month, the document will be sent to the adults!"

Huang Laifu nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Very good!"

His eyes turned to Liu Bingbei Office again: "Master Liu, in 23 years, the governor proposed to manage and plan Shanxi Town with Governor Yang and you, and first implement it in Ningwu Dao. In the past few years, Ningwu Dao has developed rapidly That's right, among them, Master Liu can be said to have contributed a lot."

In the 23rd year of Wanli, Huang Laifu, Yang Fanglue and Liu Tangsheng planned the construction of Shanxi Town. At that time, Huang Laifu had a huge plan, including agriculture, industry, commerce, mining and other aspects. However, due to various reasons, such a plan could only be implemented in Ningxia. Budo begins.

Over the past few years, various parts of Ningwu Road have vigorously built water conservancy projects, and promoted the waterwheel, seed and farm tools in Wuzhaibao. , The local guard garrison is also basically self-sufficient.Moreover, many coal mines, factories, shops, etc. in the road have also been opened, and a large amount of business taxes have been collected.

In Shanxi Town, the current Ningwu Road is already a rich place second only to Wuzhai Fort and other places. Liu Bingbei also has a large part of the credit for this.Regardless of whether Liu Bingbei's starting point at the time was for his own political achievements, but because of his construction, the local area has become prosperous, and his credit is also real.

(End of this chapter)