Sending greetings in person rather than at home contains a flavor that cannot be refused.
If it had been anyone else, Zhang Lun might have been furious. He was already a general, not a nobody that the nobles in the capital could call around.
But if this person was Pei Shiqing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhang Lun readily agreed.
Pei Shiqing worked with him in Shangdang for a period of time, and he admired Pei Shiqing's talents and conduct. Shangdang has been plagued by bandits since ancient times, and the local families are also intertwined and difficult to organize.
Zhang Lun led his troops into Shangdang twice, but failed to eliminate the Shangdang rebellion.
When he followed Li Yuan south, he led his army into the Shangdang area and pacified Shangdang. In fact, he occupied the main city. People in other places mostly followed Li Yuan.
Later, he voted for Li Po and went to Shangdang as an official. In fact, he was still behind the protection of the army. He waited until Pei Shiqing took office, won over the Shangdang family, and eradicated the indigenous forces who did not obey the instructions. Only then did the situation really open up. Over the years,
Shangdang counties have never been repeated again, which is largely due to Pei Shiqing's contribution.
Of course, this is not surprising. The Hedong Pei family is famous. In the Jin region, apart from the Jinyang Wang family, the Hedong Pei family is the only one. It is only right that the leader of the Pei family should have such appeal.
Both of them were descended from Li Yuan, and there was nothing to argue about in the military and political affairs, so they formed some friendships in Shangdang and got along very happily.
Zhang Lun had no reason to refuse. At this moment, he was thinking about what Pei Shiqing meant by inviting him to go, and what it meant for the Minister of Personnel to interact with the generals from outside.
After thinking a lot, he had already walked a long way before he knew it. Zhang Lun scratched his beard and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Chang'an is a difficult place to treat. He couldn't blame Xu Shiji for insisting on going out to lead the troops. Maybe he was annoyed by the people in the capital.
Relationships.
The few of them returned to Beijing without making much publicity, but they still received many invitations. Except for Xu Shiji's appointment, he declined the others on the grounds that he had not met them yet.
He carefully recalled every word the emperor had just said, and he couldn't help but feel a little more worried. The thoughts he had before about making friends with the powerful in the capital immediately faded away.
Pei Shiqing had to go there, and the others... We will invite Luo Shixin, Zhao Shixun and others to gather together in two days. They all served in the emperor's personal army.
Now Luo Shixin is still the emperor's personal guard, the sworn brother. The friendship was still forged when he was down and out. He treats each other differently from others.
These people want to make friends when they have free time, but they can no longer suffer the disadvantage of no one talking to them in the court. Others, such as Wei Chixin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Dou Cong, the general of Youtunwei, are not the same people at all.
When Zhang Lun returned home, his wife's brother Wu Tong was already waiting outside the house. Seeing Zhang Lun's drunken appearance, he asked the guards briefly and said with envy: "Brother is so lucky to be treated by the Supreme Being.
I have accomplished a lot, I wonder when I can have a drink?"
Zhang Lun's wife Wu died early, so she raised her brother-in-law as a son and kept him with him from the beginning of the army. Later, he surrendered Li Po and when he was stationed in Shangdang, he married the daughter of the Qi family of Shangdang as his second wife.
Later, he told Wu Tong that the daughter of the Xu family in Jinyang was his wife. They both had wives and children now, but they were away from home all year round and their home was relatively deserted.
The two of them started working on Li Po's side when they were stationed at Longmen. Li Shimin quietly led his army across the river to raid Longmen. The two fought hard, causing Li Shimin to flee in panic. They also captured the leader of Li Shimin's army, Murong Luohu.
The Jin army gained a firm foothold.
Listening to his brother-in-law's words at this time, Zhang Lun drunkenly hugged his brother-in-law's shoulders and said with a smile: "The Supreme Being treats us well, and we have not failed the Supreme Being. With my contribution, sooner or later one day we will be able to
You have been summoned by the Supreme Being, haha, I will take you to open your eyes when the time comes."
Wu Tong nodded with a smile on his face, and while helping Zhang Lun into the mansion, he asked: "When will we go back? There are so many soldiers and horses stationed in Hongnong, and they are not the soldiers and horses we brought out, so we have to make some time."
Let’s get acquainted.”
Zhang Lun thought for a while and said, "I'll wait until I get the confirmation tomorrow. If you can't get away by then, you can go to Hongnong first."
Wu Tong nodded and said: "What we are leading this time are parallel cavalry, truly elite troops. Those people's nostrils are pointing upwards. Can they easily obey our orders?"
It's no wonder that he was worried. Back then, Li Po set up two cavalry guard offices in Jinyang, plus two infantry guard offices, which were different from the military headquarters.
Later, he occupied the east of Hedong and set up four more guards. In accordance with the previous practice, there were two cavalry guards and two infantry guards. Zhang Lun led the infantry.
At that time, the generals of the Cavalry Guard were all full of military merit. Not only had they competed with Li Yuan, most of them had also been to the grassland. Think about who these people can look up to?
Later, as the army expanded, attacking cities, crossing rivers, etc. all required the efforts of the infantry guards, and this situation changed.
However, large groups of cavalry were still the most elite force in the army. They traveled across Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places, and easily forced Qiu He to surrender and defeated Dou Jiande.
Now Zhang Lun is commanding such an army of cavalry. It would be a shame not to worry.
After hearing what his wife and brother said, Zhang Lun shook his head and said, "What are you afraid of? It's not our first day leading the army. We haven't seen anyone before. Don't embarrass me when you get to the army. I'm afraid of this."
Those who are afraid of that will not be able to suppress those arrogant and powerful generals."
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In the evening, the lights were flickering in the mansion of Shi Fangxuanling, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture.
Fang Xuanling, who was beaten by his wife and was "reflecting on himself behind closed doors" at home, was also entertaining guests.
Xu Jingzong from Fufeng County has returned to Beijing to report on his work and will pay a visit tonight.
Xu Jingzong is an authentic Southerner. He is not tall, has a round forehead, and a pair of big eyes. He looks dignified when he stares at people, but like other Southerners, he has an air of elegance.
The origin of Xu Jingzong is very interesting. He is a native of Hangzhou, the son of Xu Shanxin, the former Minister of Rites of the Sui Dynasty. He is from a serious Jiangdong family. He himself did not join the officialdom like others. He was a scholar who passed the high school entrance examination in Daye with his talents and family background.
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During the Jiangdu Incident, he was with his father. Xu Shanxin was a literary scholar and a man of great integrity. When he saw Yu Wenhua and others killing the king, he also claimed to be the prime minister. Hundreds of officials paid their respects to Xu Shanxin in turn.
He was kind-hearted and could not bear the anger, so he was killed by Yu Wenhuaji.
But Xu Jingzong had a strong desire to survive, and he survived despite begging...
After being taken to Henan, he took the time to run to Li Mi and persuaded Li Mi to attack Yu Wenhuaji, hoping to avenge his father.
Later, he followed Li Mi to join Li Yuan. King Li Shimin of Qin saw that he was good-looking, well-versed in arts and sciences, and was the son of Xu Shanxin, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Sui Dynasty, so he was called to the palace of the King of Qin as a bachelor.
Later he came out as a farewell driver in Fufeng County...