Chapter 609 Old West
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After hearing Chen Futai's words, he smiled silently and said, "You can't just look at the surface of everything." He said, "Although we have been in contact for a short time, you should also know, what kind of person I am, right?"
Everyone immediately flattered and said, "My dear, kind, wise and brave." The words were silent and the corners of their mouths were slightly raised, but they shook their heads and said, "You didn't tell the truth. I think your evaluation of me should not be too high."
"What sir said." Everyone shook their heads like rattles and said, "Our admiration for you is like the water of the Yellow River and there is no trace of resentment."
"Don't you realize it?" said silently and smilingly: "I am a little too dark and ruthless, so I'm merciless?"
"Where is there, no, no," everyone quickly denied, but nodded in their hearts. They came to Xuanfu this time and turned around and made a decision. They took down Governor Xuan Da at the beginning, and then turned around to show their faces, the two imperial envoys Zhou Tu, and finally locked more than 8,000 Ming troops outside the city gate, and had to take enough levels before they could let them enter the city.
Through this, the officials of Xuanfucheng have reached a consensus that the imperial envoy Shen is a kind of poisonous and spicy garlic mixed with arsenic! I just dare not admit it.
"I know if you don't say it." Chen Si smiled and said, "You have complaints about me." He raised his hand to stop everyone from arguing. He smiled and said, "But you can inquire about it. When I was in Beijing and Suzhou, I had a famous good temper. I never blushed with any colleagues, nor did I stop any official career." As he said, touched his chin, he recalled: "Everyone gave me a nickname called "Fu Qi" that means whoever becomes an official with me will have a good life, and promotion and wealth are just around the corner."
Everyone couldn't help but feel moved when they heard this. They could vaguely hear that Silence was saying, "Follow me, have meat to eat. Ah, but they even heard the warning in his words. But they couldn't be sure whether there was a warning or a win over. No one dared to speak casually, looking at the wisest Chen Futai, hoping that he could find out the whim again.
Chen Bude took the initiative and asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you mean, the situation this time is very special?" He was undoubtedly smart, starting from this perspective, leaving enough room for advance and retreat.
"Yes," Chen Si looked at him with approval, nodded and said softly: "Don't look at me silent and powerful, I seem to be very capable, but in fact I am just doing my job on orders. The reason why adults chose me to do this is because I can understand the intention and will not let the errands go."
"Sir," Chen Bude asked softly again: "Is this adult going to change people?" Such a straightforward question made everyone stare at me, wanting to hear how An Mo answered
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Silently smiled and said mysteriously: "Don't say that the clouds will eventually cover the sun. Spring buds bloom after the severe winter. The seasonal changes cannot be controlled by us little people." As the official became stronger and stronger, his tone became tighter and tighter. Every word he said seemed to imply something, but it was impossible to use his words to make a fuss.
Not letting everyone think more about whether it is a severe winter or a spring bud, silently then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the border general does not need to ask the cabinet. But I can tell you clearly that as the court sets a victory in the southeast battlefield, the overall strategic focus must be in the north. The court has accumulated experience and confidence in the southeast. Seeing that the southern provinces that were originally far inferior to the north in military terms have built powerful troops that can win battles. It has been completely determined that the north should not be bad, and it should not be even comparable to the south." As he said that, he waved his hand vigorously, and slightly raised his tone: "So from the emperor, the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War, everyone reached a consensus and made great efforts to rectify the nine borders!"
Compared to the fighting in the cabinet, it was still something that was personal to attract the minds of everyone present. After hearing the silent words, they all fell into deep thought.
"Yang Shun, Lu Kai, and even a larger figure have been dealt with, just to change the plan to sacrifice flags for the Nine-Border Army." Silently said loudly: "From now on, any fear of the enemy, fear of the enemy, prosper, neglect to practice, and collapse at any touch will be dealt with the most severely." As he said that, his eyes swept over everyone majestic, saying word by word: "If you don't change your mind from now on and still learn from Yang Lu and the other two, then I may not say that I will go there again."
Everyone quickly swears, and promises not to let down Lord Shen’s expectations, remember and practice well, fight hard,
After all, this was a celebration banquet, and finally turned back to the relaxed and pleasant tone. Sinister smiled at everyone and said, "But you don't have to be too nervous. After all, we have fought together, and the deep friendship is here. I will try my best to take care of you."
"Thank you, sir," everyone didn't know what to do. They stood up and bowed, "We will live up to our expectations."
"It's easy to say." said silently, "Drinking a celebration wine together today will show off your skills in the future!"
Everyone knew that the leader had finished his speech, and went up to drink. They were silent and knew that if they wanted to convince the northerners, they would not admit defeat at the table. Fortunately, he had no choice but to accept his alcoholic battlefield, and no matter how many tricks they were, they would refuse. This greatly changed the impression of the civil and military officials of the Xuanfu family. They said that wine tastes like character. It seems that although Lord Chen is a person who is too much to accept and is cruel to the next year, in the final analysis, Huai is a real person and has a very lively face.
At this time, a minor official came into the outside and hid in Chen Bude's ear and muttered softly. Chen Bude nodded and asked him to retreat first. Then he reported to him quietly and said in silence: "Sir, Mr. Cui led Zhu Zhongzhe in the city to come and congratulate him."
Chen Bude smiled and said, "Welcome, welcome." He said, "Hurry up and add the table." Chen Bude nodded and responded, "You will make arrangements now." But he was stopped by Chen Bude:
"Let others go, we have to go out and welcome."
"Ah, I will greet you and worship you," Chen Bude said hurriedly.
"I'd better go there myself.
Silent shook his head.
Sure enough, he was very surprised by his outing. Mr. Cui and others, and even felt a little flattered. He repeatedly said, "You are the imperial envoy, who can afford to welcome you?"
Silently bowed, "Grandpa Cui is so heavy, can't I afford to be a member of the sacred person?"
"The etiquette is not perfect, but the etiquette is not perfect." Mr. Cui quickly returned the etiquette.
"Respecting the elderly is etiquette." Silently, he held Mr. Cui and said, "What's more, I have to thank you very much."
Mr. Cui stopped refusing. He kept saying "panic" and was helped into Hua'er by silence and sat down next to him.
"Sit down." Shi Zhong, the other officials, silently said: "Today is not the Hongmen Banquet. It is the celebration banquet for our Xuanfu. Everyone should not be restrained." Everyone who walked to attend the night banquet was always worried that the leader would smile, thank the imperial envoy's wife, and sat in their respective seats.
After everyone sat down, Mr. Cui smiled and said to the silent, "Today, under the wise leadership of the Lord, our army sang a great song and attacked Huangtaiji, Mongolia outside the city, and then pursued them all the way, broke the enemy camp, killed and seized countless victories. He created a great victory that had not been seen in several years!" He said, "Although we old guys cannot get into the formation, they have the same heart as the soldiers. We were so happy that we won the battle, so we prepared some small gifts and took the liberty to congratulate the Lord and the generals! Please don't dislike me."
The middle-aged man who had been following him gave a beautiful gift list and his hands silently
forward.
Silence opened it and saw that in addition to a large sum of silver, there were also a large amount of wine, meat, grain, oil, cotton coats, quilts, which were the things that ordinary soldiers needed the most. They couldn't help but say happily: "Old Cui has good intentions, and the lower officials are thankful for your old age." If the gifts prepared by Mr Cui, except gold, silver, treasures, silk, and satin, they would inevitably be divided by civil and military officials, and the lower soldiers would not get anything. But now, in addition to the money given to the officials, they have made some ordinary wine, meat, quilts, so that those officials cannot embezzle them, so that as many as possible to be distributed to the people below.
This move that did not show off the mountain and did not show off the attack made Chen Si's impression of this old guy greatly change. He thought to himself that this old Xier was not blindly selfish. The banquet continued and when he drank to a certain level, it was time to have fun.
Zhusun brought a troupe to perform some opera outside the flower hall, with drums and drums, silk and bamboos hanging in the air, and the watery female actors occasionally threw a charming look inside, causing a group of lustful people to speak and feel restless.
Since they were working hard, the heroes would not only enjoy the pleasure. Zhushen also took out his wallets to pour wine for the adults and chatted with them. Of course, if there was a hurricane, they would not refuse to use the wine to hold them and laugh and play.
The social atmosphere at that time was like this. It was not embarrassing to gather people to visit prostitutes and have fun. Instead, because the scholars and officials were happy, they were painted as "romantic and elegant things" whether in the south or the north, the frontier or the capital. When you see that even Cui Lao, who is in his seventies and eighties, was having fun with a young woman who was so tender, you should know that in the eyes of people at that time, this was just a social activity. There was no need to exaggerate it.
The best is naturally left to the biggest, two tall and hot women with a delicate face. They leaned up on the left and right and were silent, saying that they wanted to pour wine for him. Such a young and handsome man, but also had a high and powerful man, was simply the nemesis of women in the world. The two prostitutes who were usually very arrogant, said nothing to Shen Mo, and couldn't help but eat his tofu. This made him feel a little disgusted with the coquettish silence of the coquettish woman. He pushed away the small hands of the two women without expressing his expression and said, "I will change my clothes." As he said that, he glanced at Mr. Cui, who smiled and nodded at him.
"I serve you." The two women wanted to stay away from each other, but were stopped by Sanchi and said:
"My adults didn't give an order, so no one was allowed to get close." The two women had to return to the table and wait.
I swear silently and comfortably, and went to the lounge next to the flower hall. There were lights and charcoal basins inside, and an old man named Que sat.
Silently waved his hand and signaled the old man not to get up. He walked over and sat beside him, smiling apologetically: "I let the Mongolians disturb you, and I didn't visit you, so I can only talk to you here. Please forgive me." "I will give you a guest on behalf of you." Mr. Cui laughed! "You can take the time to avoid being able to see you, but I can only let the old man look out."
At this time, Sanqi came in to serve tea. Then he went out and closed the door, leaving nothing for the two of them to talk.
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There was no one else in the house. Mr. Cui also lost his old look. Old man pretended to be for the fools. It was better not to pretend to be a smart person. He smiled and said, "Wang Xuefu and Zhang Ziwei have a very high opinion of the adults. He said that he was destined to be the top ten ministers in the history of the Ming Dynasty." Xuefu was the name Wang Chonggu, and Ziwei was the name Zhang Siwei.
This evaluation was too high. I picked up the tea cup in silence and sipped the tea ceremony: "The two guys just happened to work with me, so I just said a few nice things."
"Haha, you don't believe their words," Cui Lao shook his head and said, "But you should believe Yang Yupo's words." Yupo is Yang Bo's name, Yang Bo and Wang Chonggu are relatives, Zhang Siwei is Wang Chonggu's nephew, and Cui Xiushan, who is surnamed Cui, is also Yang Bo's cousin. Although this is just the tip of the iceberg of the Jin Party, it can fully illustrate how these old Xi used various kinship relationships to establish an unbreakable political group. Although this is not as rapid as other cliques, it is better to have a strong relationship and tacit understanding. Like the Shanxi merchants who crossed the two Huai Rivers and Xuanda, they are taking the conservative route of "not showing the mountains and not showing off, and listening to thunder in silence.
The reason why Chen Si was able to connect with these people was based on Xu Jie's contact. He wrote a letter to Yang Bo directly, and the general idea was that if you still act as a turtle, your disciples and grandchildren would have to follow Yang Shun this time. "Yang Shun judged the situation and wrote a letter to Bei Xiushan of Xuanfu, asking him to cooperate with Chen Si.
Youdao is a benefit that is worse than the time, and a place that is not as good as the people. Without the cooperation of the Jin Party, Chen Mo would not have been able to take down Yang Lu and the two of them so smoothly, and force Zhou Tu Er to take away the imperial envoy so strongly. But all this was a secret plot, and nothing could be seen on the surface, because Chen Mo had no cooperation with the Jin Party, and even had conflicts.
Only those who understand the inside story and those who understand the Jin Party understand that although these old Xi have always been low-key, they have needles hidden in cotton. This time, there is only cotton but no needles, which is the greatest cooperation with silence.
The burning charcoal sounded slightly, and he whispered silently: "Why can Mr. Yang?" Xu Jie told him that Yang Bo, whom he had never met before, was the core of the Jin Party, the soul figure and commander, and must be treated with caution.
Cui Xiushan nodded and smiled, "Don't look at him being sixty years old next year, he still has three stone hard bows and swings a hundred kilograms of iron spear. The young man's physical strength is still good."
Chen Mo knew that he was laying the groundwork for the words that followed, so he asked first: "Mr. Yang is going to accept the situation quickly?"
"Haha, please worry about it." Cui Xiushan said: "By February next year, it will not be considered a leap month, but it will be twenty-seven months."
"So, it's coming in a blink of an eye." Chen Silent pondered softly.
"Yes." Cui Xiushan saw that he was speechless, so he had to pretend to be a joke, "Then he will have to help him and say a few good things to Gaobutang." Just as Shen Mo left the capital, Feng Tianyu was impeached and stepped down because of his "vulgarity". However, Jiajing did not return the position of the throne to them as Yan Party wished, but did not give it to Xu Jie's people. Instead, he directly raised Gao Gong up and asked him to be the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel to be the Secretary of the Minister. The leader was a temporary agency, and it did not need to be recommended by the court. As for how long the agent was, it depends on Jiajing's mood. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that the emperor was determined to not allow both parties to seize the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel again. It was said that Gao Gong had taken advantage of it.
"Hehe" said silently and laughed: "Old Cui was joking. He was a serious official like Yang Gong who was in the heart of the emperor. Now it is the time when the court hires people. I guess the emperor has already been waiting for the seat."
"Where is it?" Cui Xiushan pondered for a moment, and then said clearly: "I heard that the emperor has discussed the arrangements for him with Mr. Xu?"
It seems that I heard that it was either the three-sided governor or the Minister of War: "The Master of the Pavilion also asked me to ask Mr. Yang what he meant."
"His meaning is very clear." Cui Xiushan said bluntly: "Be the governor of the three sides, if you don't go to the Minister of War." The Ming Dynasty originally had nine border towns, and then two towns were established, with a total of eleven towns. Each of the eleven towns had a governor. There were three governors above the governor, and they were the governors, the governors of the northwest, the governors of Ji Liao, the governors of Ji and Liao in the northeast, and the governors of Xuanda here. These three border governors held the military and political power of the border towns and jointly guarded the long border line of the Ming Dynasty.
The Governor of Xuanda is in charge of Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi Province. These three places are simply the old nests of Shanxi people. Naturally, they can’t let an old Xier be the leader anymore, otherwise they will listen to Beijing or Taiyuan at that time? Moreover, with Yang Bo’s understanding of Jiajing’s temper, even if he is letting him be the Governor of Xuanda, he would not do it. “What a terrible thing that would be remembered by the emperor all day long.”…A parting” one by one…
Chapter completed!