Devil’s Advent

The post station in Yingdu was converted from the original Xiangguo Temple of Dacheng Kingdom, covering a spacious area.

The yard is inside the house,

Uncle Zheng leaned back on the chair, his gaze slightly lowered.

Below, sat two people.

On one side, is blind;

On one side is the Savage King.

There was originally a teacher from Xuehaiguan who had just finished asking questions, but now he has withdrawn.

Many dignitaries in Yingdu city knew that Uncle Hirano entered the city tonight, and after entering the city, he went to rest at the post station, and they were waiting for the next day to post a name card before visiting.

Knowing that he will definitely be summoned, he is already preparing the ceremony;

Those who don't know whether they can be summoned are looking forward to tomorrow with a little anxiety in their hearts.

Right now, as long as the eyes are not blind, they all know the future of this uncle, which is naturally limitless.

There is a person who is white, but thinks that he has no talent, thinking that he can get into Hirano Bofa's eyes in this way, and use it to show his grand plans;

There are people who have an official position, but they don't want to continue to do nothing in this capital, and they want to escape this cage and fish into the river.

In their view, Uncle Zheng was born in the head of Guizhou, and his rapid rise must mean that he has insufficient background and does not have enough clan relatives to enrich him, which naturally gave them a chance.

Of course,

If they see this scene before them,

Maybe you won't think so.

Maybe the blind man, the "Mr. Bei" who has been hiding behind Zheng Fan, is not known to many outsiders except the people in Xuehaiguan, but there is also a wild man king who is also sitting below as an aide at this time. It is enough to scare people to death.

Uncle Zheng was playing with two walnuts in his hand,

Opened the mouth and said:

"Tell me."

The blind man said: "My lord, I think this matter should be true, not only the scholars who came to participate in the local examination in Xueguan, but also the scholars who came to participate in other places outside Yingdu, they all failed Qualifications to enter the examination institute.

In this rural examination, the winners can be officials, and even if they fail the rankings, there is a high probability that they will be officials. It is almost as long as one foot can enter the examination institute, and when they come out, they will basically lose their jobs.

Money touches people's hearts, but this imperial rice bowl is no worse than money;

A bucket of water and a spring that can continuously emit water, even if the spring is very small, the value of the latter is still greater than the former, and most people can still understand this truth. "

Governing the local area and the development of the administrative system require the filling of officials. In the past, in Dayan, the family and the emperor ruled the world together. Most of the officials in the world came from the family. In the remaining part, there are still many who are still flirting with the family. of.

Therefore, Emperor Yan entered the capital with two strong troops, and directly rode iron horses to step on the door. It was not because he was born to like to gamble, but because he had the highest winning rate in doing so. If he wanted to carry out reforms in a top-down manner To centralize power in a gentle way, do you really think that those who have been in the family for more than a hundred years are all fools?

But after Ma stepped into the family, Dayan also had a problem. For example, Zuo Jiqian, a guerrilla general in Xuehaiguan, who was a child of a family, was directly made a prisoner, like this, There are many more, many children of the powerful family were directly sent to the prison army in the previous years of war, and were sent to the front line to serve as auxiliary soldiers or to be consumed.

Moreover, even if they can rely on their own hard work to rise again, such family background and political taboos will easily suffer subsequent suppression from above.

Therefore, there was a shortage of officials in the country of Yan. Although Yanhuang had made some reserves in the early years, it was still not enough. Fill the ruling and opposition parties with poor families in the way of imperial examinations.

Jindi is also in a similar situation.

Originally, the Helian family, the Wenren family, and the Situ family were divided into Jin Dynasty. In fact, each had a bureaucratic system with different styles that had been in operation for several generations. However, after the war broke out, the Helian family and the Wenren family were directly exterminated. There are countless people involved.

When Situ Lei was at Situ's house, he planned to declare himself a vassal state to Dayan. In this way, the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty should be preserved, but who knew that the two brothers Situ Yi and Situ Jiong would set up a separate court, and with the entry of wild people into the customs, the two sides had a fight The heat was in full swing, and then the Yan State went to the east twice, and the Cheng State was also beaten to pieces.

At the same time, if it was originally a vassal state, then it should be given enough dignity to allow it to retain its own soldiers and horses and its own bureaucratic system, but now that it is a savage expelled by the Yan army and has occupied Cheng State, it is foolish to preserve its system , that is, the Yan people dug a hole for themselves.

Therefore, there is now a shortage of "officials" in both Dayan and Jin, and the rapid deployment of the imperial examination system is to make up for this quickly.

And because of the large demand, the admission rate is high, and at the same time, it basically includes assignment work.

It's no wonder that the teachers in Xuehaiguan were tempted by this.

According to the meaning of the blind man, it probably refers to these indicators, because the temptation is too great, so he was "hacked" by manipulation. The original quota issued by the imperial court should be in accordance with the regional planning formulated by the imperial court. "The rain and the dew are all accounted for", and as a result, there are too many people who want to become an official, even if they are "officials", it can make people's heads smashed.

There are a lot of porridge this time, but there are still more monks, and it is still not enough. People in Yingdu can say that they have a lot of connections, and some people outside Yingdu, who belonged to their quota, were replaced like this.

Uncle Zheng continued to plate the walnuts and said at the same time:

"Is it aimed at us?"

This was Uncle Zheng's first reaction.

Did he get hurt by Chi Yu or was he taken care of?

The blind man opened his mouth and said, "Master, this subordinate feels that the probability of deliberately targeting us is not high.

There are three reasons for this:

One, the crown prince has always been in charge of the selection of officials through the imperial examination. Yes, the sixth prince is now in the limelight, and the crown prince can't breathe.

And the relationship between you and the sixth prince, my lord, is also well known to passers-by.

However, if the crown prince wants to achieve the goal of attacking the sixth prince by attacking you, the lord, to this extent, it is simply nowhere near the scratches.

The prince would not be so unwise.

Second, because of the war, many aristocratic nobles who originally formed the country actually lived in and around Yingdu early. In terms of the division of the imperial court, although there are counties, townships and cities, many places are actually not even populated. Not much. There are many places, and it is actually difficult not to be replaced.

Perhaps, in the eyes of outsiders, our Snow Customs is really just a border gate adjacent to the snow field. It is a group of Qiuba. Besides the military, where are there any scholars?

This is the third one,

The real dignitaries in Yingdu, or the famous Dawangmen in Jindi, they want to arrange for the children of their own clan to become officials, or arrange for the children of relatives and friends or a certain scholar they fancy. It is actually very simple. It's just a matter of notes.

The imperial court was in Jin, and besides the imperial examination, there was already an option of nomination to become an official. The purpose was to win over those rich families in Jin so that they could sit on Dayan's side and share the profits together.

And people or families who need to do something in the imperial examinations to meet the needs of the imperial examination quota, to put it bluntly, that is, some "small households" with only a little power, there is a high probability that they are the local officials of Yingdu or Yingdu Some small families nearby.

They are not qualified to 'pass the note' and can only make a living on the imperial examination.

If it is those big families in Jindi or powerful forces, they may have their own needs, and they will act as guns and stand up for others, and come to disgust our Xuehaiguan, which can barely make sense.

But these local snakes, small officials and small households, they suddenly pointed their finger at us?

Are they crazy?

Therefore, because of these three points, the subordinates feel that this time our Xueguan scholars failed to enter the examination institute and were replaced. It should be affected, rather than deliberately targeting us. "

Zheng Fan nodded slightly after hearing the blind man's words.

immediately,

Slowly set his gaze on Gou Moli, who was sitting over there very well-behaved,

road:

"Tell me."

Gou Moli leaned down first, then sat up straight, and said:

"Uncle, dog, I don't think there is any need to analyze whether it is against us or not."

Compared with the long-form analysis of the blind man, the words of the Savage King are obviously more direct and "sensational".

Zheng Fan continued to spin the walnuts,

Looking at Gou Moli's gaze towards him,

road:

"oh?"

Gou Moli seemed to have received great encouragement,

road:

"It depends on whether Uncle wants them to target us, or whether he doesn't want them to target us.

Uncle needs them to target us, so they must target us! "

Zheng Fan sat up slightly, but still leaned his back on the chair, looked down, and said:

"Then tell me, do I need it, or don't I need it?"

Gou Moli immediately said:

"Uncle needs it!"

A smile appeared on the corner of the blind man's mouth,

Zheng Fan nodded,

road:

"Tell me in detail."

Gou Moli picked up the tea in front of him, took a sip, smashed his lips,

road:

"Uncle, if you say five years ago, what was Dayan's real confidant trouble?"

Zheng Fan didn't need to answer, Gou Moli was asking and answering himself.

His way of speaking has always been extremely provocative,

"It's the Zhenbeihou Mansion."

Gou Moli raised his hand,

Start to continue telling:

"The Marquis of Zhenbei suppressed the desert for a hundred years. If it was the mainstay at the beginning because the barbarians still had a strong threat to Dayan, in the last two generations, with the decline of the barbarian royal family, the threat of the barbarians has become less. up.

When the knife that originally needed to face the beast suddenly had no opponent, this knife could easily injure himself.

What's more, the previous Marquis of Zhenbei also participated in the prince's seizure of the throne! "

When the first emperor was still a prince, he lost his position in the struggle and led the royal family to flee to the Beihou Mansion in Beifeng County. He was seriously injured in that battle, his roots became disabled, and he became a eunuch.

"Since then, the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion has actually become too big to lose. The 300,000 Zhenbei army cavalry not only made the barbarians in the desert extremely tormented, but also gnawed at the throat of the Dayan royal family and the Ji family.

I am very grateful that you helped me win the throne;

But when I sit on the dragon chair and recall the past, I will feel very uncomfortable. You actually have the strength to help the prince win the throne!

Therefore, five years ago, the people of Dayan and the public all felt that one day the Zhenbeihou Mansion would divide the entire western part of Dayan, almost self-governing, and even 300,000 cavalry marched eastward, overthrowing the Ji family and replacing it.

As for His Majesty Dayan today, in my opinion, the brotherhood he grew up with and the righteousness of his family and country to open up to the outside world have resolved this confrontation.

People in the world have always thought that Gouzi, I am good at using a three-inch tongue to integrate a large number of savage tribes in just ten years, and finally went south to enter the customs, but Xiaogouzi knows in his heart that Gouzi, I am better than His Majesty the Emperor Yan, but Not far.

Zhenbeihou stood beside Emperor Yan. For the sake of his family and country, he voluntarily gave up the dragon chair he might have won.

after that,

With the demolition of the Zhenbei Army, half of the Zhenbei Army left Beifeng County, and Beifeng County was filled by the original forbidden army.

Coupled with the fact that the princess is coming to Beijing to be married, it is equivalent to Zhenbeihou having taken the initiative to tear down his home and the knife in his hand.

Even the group of arrogant soldiers under the Zhenbei Army, they knew in their hearts that their Lord Marquis had no intention of looking at that dragon chair again.

this was five years ago,

That started three years ago,

Who will replace him and become Dayan's confidant?

It's the Marquis of Jingnan!

Originally, the Jingnan Army had only 50,000 main troops and 50,000 rear troops.

Under the leadership of the Marquis of Jingnan, the Helian family of Wenren was wiped out. From this, the Jingnan Army began to replace the Zhenbei Army and became the new leader of the Dayan Army.

Dayan's first Eastern Expedition, why did the eldest prince Ji Wujiang take the position of commander?

Isn't it just to suppress the development of the Jingnan Army, to suppress the Marquis of Jingnan, and to support a prince surnamed Ji to come out and hold the line?

Unfortunately,

The eldest prince is talented as well as handsome, but he met Gouzi me, and... Qu Tiannan. "

Qu Tiannan, as the Great Chu Pillar Kingdom, certainly earned his name in vain.

In fact, Qu Tiannan's final defeat was really a crime of non-war. If Da Chu hadn't been in civil strife at that time, if he could have supported him with tens of thousands of troops, if he had not marched alone but with food and grass supply lines... …

It can only be said that Qu Tiannan's ending was a kind of sadness for the state of Chu at that time.

As for the Savage King, there is no need to say much about his level.

The eldest prince's loss to the two of them was not injustice, and since the first prince himself led the army into success, he has been taking every step of the way, fighting steadily and steadily. In fact, there is nothing wrong with the strategy.

"The eldest prince was defeated. Then, the imperial court had to ask Jingnan Hou to come out of the mountain again. Jingnan Hou is really good at using troops. Our uncle also beat the dog so hard that I am convinced.

But precisely because of this, the Jingnan Army was completely out of control.

Coupled with Chu State's covetousness in Zhennan Pass, it is even more possible for Jingnanhou to integrate the entire Jin army in a legitimate way.

And this is what the court does not want to see.

Then, the imperial court is now starting to collect local governance power, which is the power in the army. As long as an army is choked off its supplies, it will be paralyzed by half. Qu Tiannan is a lesson from the past.

What the imperial court is doing now is a replica of what it did to the Zhenbeihou Mansion back then.

At the same time, Lord Jingnan would not oppose Yan, he acquiesced to the court's progress.

But, we can't.

All the arrangements made by Uncle in Xuehaiguan must not be handed over.

The uncle's posture during the military parade before was actually to express your will to the court through the mouth of the two imperial envoys. "

Zheng Fan crushed a walnut, stretched out his hand to take the walnut meat and put it into his mouth, chewing slowly,

road:

"The Marquis of Jingnan has acquiesced, what can Ben Bo do?"

"Jingnanhou will not oppose Yan, because Jingnanhou has dedicated his entire clan to Dayan.

But the uncle should be clear that no one would like to spit out the food after eating it.

The leaders of the various armies in the Jin region are not only the Jingnan Army itself, but also other soldiers and horses. They used to occupy large cities or small cities, and the military power and local governance were all in the hands of the various army leaders. How could he be willing to spit it out now?

It's just that they are being suppressed by the Marquis of Jingnan, so no one in the army dares to be presumptuous, so they can only acquiesce to the court's actions.

However,

In the entire Jingnan army, no, in the entire Jin army,

Only you, Uncle,

Will not be suppressed by the Marquis of Jingnan! "

Zheng Fan crushed the second walnut and said nothing.

"So, at this time, Uncle, you actually represent the attitude of all the military sects in Jin, and at the same time, represent the attitude of Jingnanhou.

If Uncle, like those military sects, obeyed the imperial court in an orderly manner, then the Marquis of Jingnan would not say anything or do anything, and would acquiesce in the division of military power and locality;

But if Uncle, you show a gesture of resistance, first, you can keep Xueguan from being touched by the court; second, you can become half of the leaders of the military chiefs in Jin, and gain their support and response;

three,

Gouzi boldly guessed the bottom line of the Hou Ye of Jingnan, the bottom line of the Hou Ye is that he will not rebel against Yan, but he will protect you, Uncle!

Like Mr. Bei,

Gouzi, I also have these three points.

In order for you to keep Xuehai Customs, the "Land of Prosperity of Dragons\

,"In order that you can continue to expand your wings based on Xueguan,

In order for you to be able to live in the Northeast and watch all directions,

Uncle Gouzi, please,

Taking this opportunity,

In Yingdu,

Let's kill! "

In many cases, things are not complicated.

The group of teachers in Xuehai Customs, in Uncle Zheng's original plan, never thought of using them.

On this point, he and the blind man had discussed this point. There is the influence of the little six sons in the officialdom, and he started a new one. First, there is no need for this, and it is difficult to see the effect in a short time. Civil officials form enough attraction and centripetal force;

The second is that if you do this by yourself, it will easily irritate Xiaoliuzi.

But "discussing the matter as it stands" is only taken for granted.

Especially when the court is involved,

An ordinary thing, can play countless tricks.

can't rebel,

But you have to express your attitude,

Use your own posture to kidnap the posture of the Marquis of Jingnan, and then merge with the posture of various military sects in Jin to put pressure on the imperial court, so as to make the imperial court cast a mouse;

In short, as long as the imperial court continues to acquiesce to the independence of Xueguan, even if the local governance rights of other military sects are taken away, Uncle Zheng will still make money.

the most important is,

In this matter,

Whether you do it on purpose or not,

I,

This is a loss,

I,

Ben was bullied!

"Pass my order."

"The subordinates are here!"

After eating two walnuts,

Uncle Zheng clapped his hands,

He blew a few more breaths into his palm,

raised his head slightly,

look at the blind man,

road:

"Sharpen the knife."

...

the next morning,

Outside the post station, many cars were parked.

the first,

It was indeed the carriage of Prince Cheng Situ Yu, and behind it were the carriages of various famous families and various forces in Yingdu;

After that, there was a mixed bag of good and bad people. After all, there were too many people who wanted to recommend themselves to Uncle Zheng for a chance.

At this time, the gate of the station was slowly opened.

What came out of it was not the Yi Cheng of the post station and his subordinates, but a group of soldiers.

The so-called "knife sharpening" does not refer to looking for a quick whetstone to sharpen the knife before the battle. For the old soldiers, weapons and arrows cannot be slack in daily maintenance.

Passing this order actually means to take a good rest tonight, recharge your spirits, adjust your condition, and see blood tomorrow.

so,

When this personal guard came out with a knife, immediately, a chilling air filled the air.

The town led by Gao Yi has the smallest population and only one battalion, but as the personal guards to protect Uncle Zheng's safety, he naturally selected the first-class elite of the whole army.

Three hundred tigers immediately made the whole street outside the post station quiet.

immediately,

Uncle Zheng in a golden armor rode a Pixiu and slowly came out from the gate.

Si Niang once reminded Uncle Zheng that this set of golden armor should never be worn when actually going to the battlefield, Uncle Zheng certainly remembered, but this kind of imperial gift is the most suitable for the current situation .

And at this time,

The curtain of the carriage in the front was lifted from the inside, revealing the figure of Prince Situ Yu. When his father died in battle, he was just a child. Now, he is already a young man.

However, his face did not inherit the majestic edges and corners of his father, but instead revealed a weak and weak atmosphere of a scholar.

This should have something to do with the environment. After all, although Prince Cheng's Mansion was able to remain in Yingdu and was not moved to Yanjing like the Jinhuang lineage, Situ Yu is now living like a clay statue.

"Xiao Wang, I met Uncle Hirano."

Situ Yu greeted Zheng Fan.

One is the prince and the other is the earl. There is a big gap, but the former has lowered his posture to the latter, and not a little bit.

This is the lack of confidence of the subjugated people. Perhaps, in front of the Jin people inside and outside Yingdu, he can still maintain a little dignity that belongs to him, but in front of the real nobles of the Yan Kingdom, he dare not make any compromises.

Uncle Zheng, sitting on the Pixiu, clasped his fists at Situ Yu,

road:

"I've met Prince Cheng, Prince Cheng Fukang."

What he said in his mouth was greetings, but in his attitude, he didn't have the slightest sincerity.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Uncle Zheng doesn't care about this kind of empty ceremony. In normal times, he is willing to give a gift to Prince Xiaocheng in a down-to-earth manner. It's not about finding fault with people.

But today, he can't lose half of his posture.

"Uncle Hirano came to Yingdu, Xiao Wang has ordered people to prepare drinks and delicacies in the mansion, to clean up the dust for Uncle Hirano, and let Xiao Wang also do his best as a landlord."

Uncle Zheng smiled,

In his impression,

It seems that what this Prince Xiao Cheng did was to invite him to dinner all the time.

At first,

When the eldest prince led the Eastern Expeditionary Army over, he hosted a banquet for the eldest prince;

When Jingnanhou came, he hosted a banquet for Jingnanhou;

When Mao Mingcai, the prefect of Yingdu, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, came, he hosted a banquet for Mao Mingcai.

Every nobleman who came from Yandi arrived at Yingdu, he would come forward to invite them into the residence for hospitality.

but,

Everyone said no.

Uncle Zheng even thought that maybe this married prince didn't prepare any food and drink at home, but thought that he would refuse it too.

Hosting a banquet to welcome the wind and wash away the dust has almost become a form that he, a prince, must follow.

"The Prince of Marriage has a heart, but it's really inconvenient for Mr. Zheng to have something to do now."

"What... what is Uncle Hirano doing? If Xiao Wang is needed, Xiao Wang can..."

"Private matter."

Zheng Fan looked around,

Loudly:

"Benbo defended the borders for the country, fought wild people, and fought bloody battles with the Chu people, but when Benbo led his soldiers to fight for the country, there were people who dared to plot against Benbo behind his back.

Benb would like to ask,

Is it really bullying me that the tens of thousands of soldiers in Xueguan have no temper?

Is it really bullying that Uncle has no temper! "

No matter what, first raise your own style, and at the same time, put the hat on the head of the person who will be killed later.

Surprised expression appeared on Situ Yu's face, and he immediately asked: "May I ask Uncle Hirano, who dares to do such a thing that harms the loyal and good? It really is the anger of man and god, the abandonment of heaven and earth, and death will not be punished!"

Um?

Zheng Fan took a serious look at Situ Yu this time,

I just started myself,

In the end, Prince Xiaocheng took the initiative to help pick it up.

This Situ Yu,

After all, it is Situ Lei's species.

Inside the gate of the post station, the blind man and the savage king stood side by side.

The blind man said, "The tiger father has no dogs."

The Savage King snorted disdainfully,

road:

"It's nothing more than borrowing our uncle's knife to assert our prestige."

...

"Dare to ask Uncle, who dares to be so bold?"

Situ Yu continued to ask.

If someone is willing to help you set up a stage, Uncle Zheng naturally has no reason not to cooperate, and said:

"The soldiers and civilians of our Snow Customs threw their lives and blood in order to protect the territory of Dayan from the invasion of savages and slaves. Fortunately, the emperor's great grace gave him a quota, so that scholars can participate in the rural examinations, hoping to get a chance to show their ambitions.

However, there are treacherous craftsmen who have made people replace me with the customs quota!

Selecting scholars through the imperial examination is a national policy established by His Majesty Emperor Dayan in the first year of Yongping, hoping to break through the barriers of the family and open up a new atmosphere for the children of poor families.

How dare someone play with such a sacred strategy,

It's okay for the snow customs to ignore me,

It's okay to be unaware,

But it's actually true,

There is no king! "

Imperial examination? Quota?

Prince Cheng immediately thought of something, and immediately said:

"Xiao Wang will send someone to call for the Secretary of Education and Political Affairs. The reason for this will definitely be an answer to Uncle Hirano."

Zheng Fan raised his hand,

road:

"Don't bother your lord, since the matter has fallen on Benbo, according to Benbo's temper, you have to deal with it yourself, let them use their necks to test whether Benbo's blade is still sharp!"

Gao Yi raised his knife,

shouted:

"open circuit!"

The guards began to open the way, and all the carriages on the street and the crowd behind were blocked. In fact, there was no need to open the way at all. No one dared to stop in front of this group of murderous tigers.

Seeing this, Situ Yu was about to signal his team to follow, but was stopped by the old eunuch who had served Situ Lei by his side,

"Master, this is Yan people's own business, we can't get involved."

"I...I..." Situ Yu was a little flustered.

"Master, you have done a good job just now. If another family offends this popular Uncle Hirano, let's make a favor, and let Uncle Hirano help our palace to build a reputation, but it involves imperial examinations. The involvement is serious, and this is beyond our control.

And look at the menacing look of this uncle right now, it's clearly... clearly a gesture of wanting to see blood. "

Situ Yu looked at the old eunuch, and said: "But we can't let it go, if everything is in chaos, our palace..."

The matter of the examination institute is actually not a secret.

Since the township examination, several waves of scholars from outside Yingdu have gone to various yamen in the city to beat drums and express their grievances. Even the scholars from Prince Cheng's residence have come to kneel, begging Prince Cheng to come forward and uphold justice.

But in this matter, the involvement is too wide. Although it is all done by middle-level families and officials, they have already compiled a net from family to family. I am willing to take this muddy water trip.

And right now, looking at the attitude of this Uncle Hirano, who intends to make a big mess of this matter, Situ Yu instinctively began to panic.

Because the only decency left in Prince Cheng's Mansion is supported by these middle-level families and officials.

The big families in the Jin region can completely bypass the Prince Cheng's Mansion to hold the thighs of the Yan Kingdom's court, but these people in the middle and lower classes can only rely on the Prince Cheng's Mansion to come forward. This is also the greatest value of the Prince Cheng's Mansion now.

If this matter becomes serious and attracts the attention of the imperial court and thoroughly investigates the imperial examination case, then the imperial court will have a justifiable excuse to eliminate the remaining family forces in Yingdu that still have the old imprint of the Situ family.

Of course, this was what Situ Yu was thinking from his position.

The old eunuch said:

"Master, don't worry, the people of Yan are actually more afraid of chaos in Yingdu than we are."

Yan people need to maintain stability.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes." Situ Yu calmed down, and immediately said, "Hurry up and send someone to inform Prefect Mao."

Originally, Situ Yu just thought that Uncle Zheng wanted to find someone who had offended him to vent his anger, so he was willing to help.

But when he saw that Uncle Zheng was planning to cut him sharply, his attitude changed immediately.

...

When Uncle Zheng's team reached the water street, a group of soldiers appeared in front of them, blocking the way.

Behind the water street is the Yamen of Xuezhengsi.

Gao Yi raised his hand,

The surrounding guards stopped.

Uncle Zheng, who was sitting on the Pixiu, turned his face slightly and looked forward.

One of the opposing soldiers stepped out,

He knelt down and saluted Zheng Fan:

"The last general, Ran Min, see Uncle Hirano!"

Zheng Fan narrowed his eyes,

road:

"Bember remembers you."

"It's an honor for the last general to be remembered by my uncle!"

Zheng Fan pointed at the group of soldiers in front, and said, "You want to block Uncle Ben's way?"

"Uncle, the last general has the guts to lead your bodyguards into the city. You have already broken the rules. According to Dayan's law, foreign troops entering the city must not exceed 50 steps, and the rest must stay in the military camp outside the city."

"Oh, you're here to teach Ben the rules?"

"The final general dare not."

"Get out of the way for Bember!"

"Uncle, the prefect is on his way here. The last general has heard about why the uncle got angry, but please calm down. When the prefect comes over, he will definitely give him a satisfactory answer."

"Use Mao Mingcai to suppress me?"

"The last general dare not!"

"The one on the left dare not dare to the one on the right, but in fact you have done everything."

"Uncle, everything is governed by the court's laws and justice, and there will inevitably be. Uncle must not get angry."

Zheng Fan smiled "hehe\

,"road:

"Okay, then Uncle Ben wants to see if you can stop Uncle Ben today."

"The last general's duty is, please forgive me, Uncle Hirano!"

talking,

Ran Min stood up and straightened up.

At the same time, with a wave of his hand, another group of soldiers appeared on both sides of the road, completely blocking the way of Zheng Fan's troops.

Zheng Fan's gaze swept over these soldiers of the city guards in Yingdu. Naturally, these soldiers knew who the man sitting on the Pixiu was. When Zheng Fan glanced over, the soldiers all lowered their heads subconsciously, closed squinted.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree.

Although Uncle Zheng's direct descendants are in Xuehaiguan, his prestige in the entire Dayan army is actually very high.

It can be said that every soldier who has a dream, in their dreams, often dreams of becoming the second uncle of Hirano.

Zheng Fan reached out and touched the mane of Pixiu under his crotch,

road:

"March."

Gao Yi draws his sword forward,

Shout:

"Uncle has an order to advance, and anyone who dares to block him will be shot to death!"

"Here!"

All the personal guards, those who drew their knives and those who raised their crossbows, were completely in the formation of dismounting and fighting in wartime, and began to move forward at a neat pace.

Ran Min was standing there, he didn't retreat.

But it's useless if he doesn't retreat,

As he brought a significantly larger number of soldiers, they began to back off.

Even though Ran Min didn't give the order, these soldiers were, on the one hand, frightened by Uncle Zheng's guard's awe-inspiring killing intent, and on the other hand, they simply didn't have the courage and were unwilling to swing their swords at Uncle Hirano.

Retreat, retreat, the defenders began to get out of the way unconsciously.

Ran Min still stood there,

his gaze,

Staring at Bo Hirano.

Zheng Fan was also looking at him, with a kind of calmness in his eyes that made Ran Min feel serene.

he is struggling

But when the frontmost guard was only two feet away from him, Ran Min turned to the left, stepped back a few steps, and made way.

This man who has traveled across the rivers and lakes, drank wine with the sixth prince in front of the Yamen hall, and participated in the expeditionary army's battle of looking at the river, after his subordinates retreated, one of them really couldn't bear the pressure from Uncle Hirano .

Zheng Fan rode a Pixiu and slowly passed in front of Ran Min.

Ran Min plucked up his courage and raised his head again, only to find that Uncle Hirano never turned his head to look at him again.

To be exact, when I stood in the front and thought that Uncle Hirano was looking at me, it was actually my own wishful thinking. I was not taken seriously by Uncle Hirano at all.

Sometimes, he would also think back, if he hadn't been conscripted into the Eastern Expedition Army by chance, but had gone to Shengle City according to the original assignment;

If I followed this Uncle Hirano, what would happen now?

Did he already die in battle, or did he become a school lieutenant under him?

I don't know why, even though Mao Mingcai thinks highly of him now, and it is a great fortune to sit in this position as a prisoner, but he still can't help thinking about this possibility at night.

There are a lot of bureaucrats, big and small, especially in the provincial examination just a while ago. Scholars from the whole country had to come to Yingdu to enter the examination institute under their arrangement. They are nominally the county-level secretary of education , but in fact, it is the highest academic and political office in Chengguo.

When Zheng Fan, surrounded by his personal guards, came to the gate of the Secretary of Education,

It can be seen that inside the wall, many heads have poked out.

Uncle Hirano was furious at the gate of the post station because of the fact that the number of scholars in Xuehai Customs had been replaced, and he wanted to come over in person to ask for an explanation.

This was done on purpose by Zheng Fan. His team moved slowly on purpose to allow enough time for the news to spread. Otherwise, how could more people know about Uncle Zheng's anger?

but,

Perhaps it was because of the ferocious aura of Uncle Zheng's personal guards that the Secretary of Education had already closed the door, and even no one dared to come out to answer, let alone entertain.

In this kind of situation, even if they were justified, they would be short of breath, not to mention that many people in the political department knew in their hearts that they did what they did, and they didn't reason.

"Uncle Zheng, Uncle Zheng!"

And at this time,

The prefect Mao Mingcai came on horseback, and he started shouting from a long distance away.

Lao Mao had been in the center and served as Minister of the Ministry of War. Now in Yingdu, he is actually the real person in charge.

He keenly sensed something bad from the reports from the people below.

politically,

Everyone is a master,

He already had a premonition that Uncle Zheng's sudden attack was about to do something.

Especially last night, after Zhang Yuanshan entered the city, he also entered his prefect's mansion, and had a detailed chat with him about the military parade in the snow field.

"Uncle Zheng, long time no see, you still have the same demeanor, I am really envious, I am envious!"

Mao Mingcai was smiling all over his face, as if he had reunited with an old friend who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Uncle Zheng also greeted Mao Mingcai with a smile on his face and said with great enthusiasm:

"Lord Mao, long time no see, you are still in high spirits."

"Oh, I'm old, I'm old, I really feel I'm getting old, I can't compare you to Uncle, you are young and strong, and you are in full bloom."

Seeing Uncle Zheng talking to him with a smile on his face, Mao Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Uncle, I already know the matter, please rest assured, Uncle, I will definitely find out what happened and seek justice for you, Uncle."

"Master Mao is busy with official duties, and the affairs of this county are all on Mr. Mao. Alas, Mr. Zheng really can't bear to let Mr. Mao worry about Mr. Zheng's affairs."

"Why does Uncle Zheng say this? The imperial examination is an important policy of the country. Your Majesty attaches great importance to it. As ministers, we should pay attention to it. Besides, this is also a mistake in the land under my rule. I should be responsible for it." make up.

Please invite Uncle Zheng to sit down in the official residence and have a cup of tea. I will immediately order a scout to inspect it. Uncle Zheng can sit by my side and listen. "

Uncle Zheng nodded, and said: "With Lord Mao's words, Uncle Ben can rest assured. Our border guards guarding the border in bitter cold have suffered a lot, and we can no longer stab a knife in the heart."

"The truth is, Uncle Zheng said so."

"Come to think of it, it's been a year since the last time Ben Bo saw Lord Mao? Alas, this time flies so fast."

"you do not say."

"I vaguely remember the last time I saw Lord Mao, Lord Mao was still an imperial envoy, and he came to Yupan City to organize peace talks with the Chu people. He argued with the Chu envoy at the negotiating table, and his demeanor was amazing."

"Hehe, yes, I didn't expect it to be a year."

"Hey, what was I doing then?"

"Uncle just came from Xuehai Customs."

"Oh, that's right, look at my memory. At a young age, I tend to forget things all the time. At that time, I just hurried over from Xuehai Pass, and then passed a military order for Lord Hou. What is the military order? coming?

Hiss, it seems to be the ultimate punishment..."

As soon as the voice fell,

Gao Yi shouted directly:

"Uncle has an order, punish him!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"..." Mao Mingcai.

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It was originally said to be released in the morning, but it took a lot longer than expected to write, and it was already noon when I finished writing and checking.

Go to bed later, don’t wait tonight, everyone, it’s too painful to set the alarm clock to get up before midnight and update before midnight, let me sleep until I wake up naturally before typing.

Hold on everyone!