Chastity Layman

  Chapter 574 Taunt

  When Cheng Yaojin saw Qin Lang rushing to the border to meet him in person, he felt a little uncomfortable. Although he watched Qin Lang grow up, but after all, what he boasted did not come true. He jumped off the horse, threw off his cloak, and stepped forward to hug Qin Lang.

  It's cold outside, but Shanzhou is much better than Qinghai Lakeside.

  Qin Lang said that the dumplings had been made and he came to greet them in triumph.

When he entered Suirong Castle, Lao Cheng discovered that besides Longyou Xuanfu envoy Qin Lang who came to greet him, there were Duan Zhixuan, governor of Shanzhou, Xue Wanche, governor of Taozhou, Xi Junmai, governor of Minzhou, and Zhang Shigui, governor of Hezhou. , there is another unexpected person.

  Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Chen Guogong Hou Junji, who participated in political affairs, was also there, and Qinzhou Governor Chai Shao and others were with him.

  The two old brothers Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Shigui from Xuanjiaqi in Tiance Mansion back then smiled slightly at him, while Chai Shao, son-in-law of the Supreme Emperor, had a serious face, and from Hou Junji's face, Lao Cheng could see that his expression was not good.

   "What's the matter? Please welcome everyone, I don't dare to be old Cheng." Cheng Yaojin asked with a smile.

Qin Lang handed him a piece of yellow-flower silk paper, which was a very exquisite confession paper, which was specially used by the court officials to appoint officials, and Lao Cheng had taken countless such confessions, What is familiar cannot be more familiar. "This is your majesty's report to you, the governor of Lanzhou, the commander of the military forces in the four prefectures of Lanshankuohe."

  Lao Cheng was the governor of Kuozhou before he went to the expedition. This time he was away on the expedition and moved to eight hundred miles.

  The governor of Lanzhou is naturally much stronger than the governor of Kuozhou.

   "Could it be that my record has already been passed on to Luoyang, isn't it possible?" Old Cheng laughed and said, he looked at Hou Junji, "Isn't Lao Hou here specially to send me this confession?"

  Hou Junji was very dissatisfied with his old Hou, and deliberately coughed twice.

  Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes, "Old Hou, you have been Minister of the Ministry of War for two years, and participated in politics for half a year, but you are no longer used to the wind and snow in the frontier. Your body is so delicate, and you cough after some wind and snow?"

Back then in Tiance Mansion, Cheng Yaojin was one of the Six Guards, tied with Qin Qiong, and even Yu Chigong was only the deputy guard. As for Hou Junji, he was just a chariot general, inferior to Cheng Nai Those who have passed several grades can't even compare with Zhang Shigui, let alone be on the same level as his old Cheng.

  Before the change of Xuanwu Gate, Cheng Yaojin had already conferred the title of Su Guogong for his meritorious service. Although he did not get the honor of Shangzhu Kingdom like Qin Qiong, he was still hundreds of times stronger than Hou Junji from Quanjiao County.

  In Tiance Mansion, Lao Cheng, Qin Qiong, Duan Zhixuan and others are all generals in command, while Hou Junji is just Li Shimin's personal captain, the difference is too great. However, during the Xuanwumen Incident, most of the generals of the Prince Qin's Palace were transferred out at that time, while Hou Junji stayed in the Palace because of his low rank.

On the day of the incident, he was shouldering a heavy responsibility. He took the lead in entering the Palace of Eternal Life and hacked to death the emperor's guards, and forced the emperor to be imprisoned on a dragon boat in Haichi. Age and so on are listed in parallel.

   Afterwards, 1,100 households will be sealed, and they will be directly promoted to the post of Duke and General.

  In the past few years, Laohou, as the emperor's confidant, commanded the forbidden army for the emperor, and won the emperor's trust. After Qin Qiong and Li Jing paid homage to the prime minister, he was able to enter the center.

  However, although the prime ministers of Zhengshitang used to respect Qin Qiong and Li Jing, they didn't treat Hou Junji so well.

   But in the army, generals like Lao Cheng also look down on Hou Junji one by one.

  Old Cheng even looked down on Yu Chigong, the old black who took the opportunity to become popular in the Xuanwu Gate, let alone Hou Junji.

  A bodyguard has become the minister of the Ministry of War and even worshiped the prime minister. Why, has he fought any tough battles or commanded any great battles?

   "Isn't the governor of Lanzhou Li Daozong?" Cheng Yaojin ignored Hou Junji and turned to ask Qin Lang.

"King Jiangxia has been appointed as the long history of Liangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and Liangzhou Inspector. Due to the needs of the situation in Longyou, His Majesty has adjusted the deployment of Longyou. You will be promoted to Lanzhou Governor, and Liu Lancheng, the leading general on the right, will take over as Kuozhou Inspector. "

   "I have been promoted, why?"

  Old Cheng thought it was impossible because he attacked Tuyuhun, because he had just returned, and the court did not know the situation so quickly.

  As a matter of fact, the imperial court did not know that he had breached Tuyuhun's 'Royal Capital', but Hou Junji came here because of it. But it's not a good thing, he came to ask for guilt.

After Zheng Yuanxuan and Tang Jian left Longyou, they rushed back to Luoyang non-stop, submitted a report to the emperor, and impeached Qin Lang for thirteen major crimes, falsely reporting military merits, killing surrenders, and even killing good men and pretending to be meritorious. Show mercy.

  One of them is that the Longyou war has stopped, but Qin Lang still connives Cheng Yaojin to lead 5,000 soldiers, regardless of the cold winter, to provoke a border war again to invite military merit...

  Qin Lang was impeached miserably, and Cheng Yaojin, who had just arrived in Longyou, was also impeached for several crimes.

  The emperor faced the ten-thousand-word impeachment letter from the second minister of Tang and Zheng, but kept it silent.

  But on the second day, the prime minister, Hou Junji, who was sent to participate in political affairs by the Minister of the Ministry of War, was ordered to come to Longyou to comfort and reward the troops.

  Come here in the name of rewarding the soldiers, but I will definitely come to investigate the impeachment in secret.

Although the emperor may not fully believe what Tang and Zheng said, but there is no storm without waves, and Qin Lang has a criminal record, so Li Shimin also feels that Qin Lang still has to beat him. Given Qin Lang's current pride in his achievements, ordinary envoys may not be able to compare After Tang Jian and Zheng Yuanxuan, the emperor simply dispatched Hou Junji as his confidant.

  Hou Jun, Minister of the Ministry of War, was in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Liang, the governor, was in the dark.

  The two left Luoyang one by one and came to Longyou.

As soon as Hou Junji arrived in Longyou, he summoned all the governors and governors of the Longyou prefectures to come to Shanzhou, trying to take advantage of the situation to beat Qin Lang, but Qin Lang was not a vegetarian, although he was ten years younger than Hou Junji. How old is he, but in terms of seniority in the Zhenguan Dynasty, he is much stronger than Hou Junji, not to mention that Qin Lang's prestige in the army is also increasing day by day. In front of Qin Lang, there was no prestige to shake.

  Qin Lang didn't give Tang Jian and Zheng Yuanxuan any face, so naturally he didn't give Hou Jun any face either.

Hou Junji was furious, so he used Cheng Yaojin to send troops as a fuss, saying that it was a big mistake Qin Lang made, which cost the lives of five thousand soldiers, especially since Cheng Yaojin had been away for a long time and there was no news, the old Hou felt more and more that Cheng Yaojin Jin went deep alone this time, and it was hanging again and again.

   As a result, when he was jumping fiercely, the 500 soldiers sent by Cheng Yaojin from Niuxindui, guarding the wounded soldiers, escorting the prisoners, came back with a large amount of captured.

  More than 3,000 captives, more than a thousand beheaded, and more than 30,000 cattle, horses and livestock, as well as felt, tents and fur.

  The results of this battle must be said to be rich.

   What's more, a famous king was also captured. Xuan Wang Liang Qucong was known by many officials in Shanzhou, and his identity was quickly confirmed.

  Old Hou was annoyed.

   Didn’t understand the situation, pointed at the team of less than 1,000 people, angrily scolded Qin Lang for losing the country, saying that 5,000 people went out and only a few hundred people came back, so what credit is it to capture a famous king?

  Before he finished speaking, the injured captain who led the troops corrected Hou Junji, saying that General Cheng and General Liu with four thousand brothers were still chasing westward, and they were about to go all the way into Fucheng City.

After a long time, the team of less than 1,000 people came back. In fact, it was not the whole of the expedition. After all, Cheng Liu fought two beautiful battles, and the casualties were less than 500 people. Compared with the results of the battle, it is undoubtedly not worth mentioning. of.

   In front of the generals, Hou Junji was dumbfounded, but he was even more annoyed.

   After waiting for a few more days, Hou Junji finally couldn't hold back anymore. He thought that Cheng Yaojin must be in danger this time, so he fired at Qin Lang again on New Year's Eve.

   It's just that Qin Lang has already contacted Cheng Yaojin at this time, knowing that Cheng and Liu Er will fight all the way into Fucheng City. Although they only occupied an empty city and retreated back, there is no loss after all.

  Qin Lang, who holds the trump card, would not condone Hou Junji's arrogance.

After the change of Xuanwumen, Qin Lang and Hou Junji were in the same rank of credit, both of them sealed 1,100 households, and he was still ahead of Hou Junji, not to mention that the old Hou only paid homage to the prime minister this year. Langdu has paid homage to the prime minister for the third time, why are you so arrogant?

Lao Hou's Minister of War, Qin Lang had previously been the Minister of Officials, what's more, Qin Lang had quelled several chaos and fought several battles, especially the two battles in Longyou, Qin Lang's prestige, That is well known in the world, Laohou is considered a bird.

   Want to grow up in front of him, how is it possible.

  The two confronted each other, and the relationship became more and more tense.

   On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Hou Junji summoned all the generals, saying that Qin Lang was arrogant and domineering, acted perversely, and deployed troops without authorization, so that Longyou may be reborn in the war, and put Cheng Liu's five thousand soldiers into a desperate situation. The problem is very serious.

  He wants to dismiss Qin Lang directly.

But Qin Lang himself was the Xuanfu envoy of Longyou, the governor of Diezhou, the deputy commander of the Xikaidao march, the commander of the Taoshuidao march, and the prime minister of Tong Zhongshu's family. In terms of position, he was no lower than Hou Junji. Rank, even he is the top martial rank hussars general, not one or two ranks higher than the champion general Hou Junji.

The two prime ministers faced each other tit-for-tat and refused to give way to each other. The Longyou generals caught in the middle were not easy to stand in line, but the generals Xi Junmai, Gao Kan, and Gao Zhensheng were brought out from the East Palace by Qin Lang earlier, and they stood firm. On Qin Lang's side.

  Hou Jun was extremely angry, and when the two refused to give in to each other, Lao Cheng came back.

   It is also claimed to be a triumphant return after capturing the capital of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, Fuqi City. Isn't this another slap in the face of Laohou?

  Old Hou always said that Qin Lang lost his country by mistake, but in the end, Lao Cheng exchanged hundreds of casualties for a very rich victory.

  Hou Junji didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin and the others could actually attack Fucheng City, let alone that his mere 4,000 troops were able to retreat with their entire army.

  Why would Fu Yun allow this kind of thing to happen? This is unreasonable.

  According to his speculation, Cheng Yaojin dared to go deep into eight hundred miles alone, all the way to the capital of Tuyuhun. Fu Yun had no reason to let him go. If they really wanted to fight, Cheng Yaojin obviously wanted to die.

   But the result turned out to be exactly the same as what Qin Lang boasted before.

"Hou Xianggong, as I said, General Cheng has returned triumphantly, and the four thousand brothers have also returned, right?" Qin Lang smiled and said to Hou Junji, "Although Hou Xianggong is the Minister of the Ministry of War, he hasn't been on the battlefield for a long time. It seems that I can't keep up with the situation."

Hou Junji became angry with embarrassment, "Don't be too happy, take advantage of the emptiness and occupy an empty city, what is there to be happy about? But your actions this time, without the Ministry of War, without the court, acted privately, and brought serious consequences Immeasurable, Tuyuhun's fire of revenge, can you bear it?"

"The fire of Tuyuhun's revenge? We provoked the border without authorization? A joke!" Qin Lang snorted a few times, "Don't forget, Mr. Hou, I am still the deputy chief of the Xikaidao march, and I am also the Xuanfu envoy of Longyou Dao. The Tuyuhun people provoked me." The war that started is not over yet!"

"During the war, the general is away, and the king's orders are not accepted. He has the power to make decisions on the fly and act cheaply. Here, it is not the time for the Prime Minister to dictate!" Qin Lang was not polite, and did not show any affection to Hou Junji Keep.

   In front of all the governors, governors, and generals, Hou Junji's face was livid, he just tossed his sleeves and turned away.

Cheng Yaojin, Liu Lancheng and other triumphant generals stood there, but they were eager to eat this big melon, especially for many middle and low-level military academies, the prime minister was very high-ranking, and it was difficult to see each other in ordinary times. You can see the prime ministers fighting like this with your own eyes.

   It was wonderful.

   Chai Shao said a few words of congratulations to Cheng Yaojin Chashou, and left.

Xue Wanche, Duan Zhixuan and the others stayed behind, and Lao Cheng, in front of everyone, directly scolded Hou Junji in a very unceremonious manner, "Bah, Sanshui warrior, just a mere bodyguard, he didn't even command a battle with more than 10,000 people But, dare to tell me what to do? Damn, in his life, Hou Junji, apart from leading a team of hundreds of people and serving as bodyguards, has he ever fought any decent battles?"

   "Which of you has ever heard of Hou Junji fighting a decent battle? Or when did Hou Junji understand Sun Tzu's art of war and become a master of art of war overnight?"

  Xue Wanche and others smiled, feeling contempt for Hou Junji in their hearts.

  If you want to become Minister of the Ministry of War, you don't have a few hard brushes, that's absolutely impossible.

  Since the Zhenguan Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of War was originally appointed by Du Ruhui, a civil servant. Although he was a civil servant, he was a confidant of the emperor after all.

   Later, Qin Qiong and Li Jing took over. Needless to say, these two have high prestige in the army and are famous generals. They are deeply admired by everyone, and no one dares to attack.

   But the next Hou Junji, what virtue and ability is he, who is he?

  Even if the emperor asked Changsun Wuji to be Minister of the Ministry of War, it is far stronger than this Hou Junji. A guard who has no qualifications and prestige dares to be the chief minister?

  Even if Yuchi Jingde, the emperor's closest confidant bodyguard, was to be the minister of the Ministry of War, everyone could at least reluctantly accept it. After all, Yuchi Gong's record was still good, much better than Hou Junji.

   "After all, Mr. Hou is also the minister of Bai Maxuan, and he also serves as a soldier. Now he is ordered by the imperial court to come to comfort him. We don't want to be too offended." Duan Zhixuan said softly.

  (end of this chapter)