Su Hao, Deng Kui and others rode their horses to the gate of the city. An official in a fifth-grade uniform led several followers and walked up quickly. He saluted Su Hao and asked happily. Su Hao
His title is the Bachelor of Attendants of Hanlin Academy. According to the experience of the Imperial Academy, the former title is of higher rank than the latter title, so when others call him, they always refer to him by the title of Bachelor of Attendants.
Su Hao quickly rolled off his saddle and dismounted, and returned the greeting with his hands raised: "I am Su Hao, may I ask..."
"I have Du Weiming, the co-prefect of Runing Prefecture, who was appointed by Prefect Liu and is here to await the arrival of Xueshi Su," the official replied.
"It turns out it's Du Tongzhi, so disrespectful." Su Hao said politely.
Next, it was time to introduce their respective entourages to each other. The people Du Weiming brought were nothing more than their experience, governors, and supervisors. Each of them was more than twice as old as Su Hao, and they were still the same in front of Su Hao.
They had to meet each other with the etiquette of lower officials. Su Hao held each other's hands and returned the greeting. Everyone felt envious, jealous and hateful in their hearts, needless to say.
After the etiquette, it was time to arrange accommodation for Su Hao and Kanyu Camp. Kanyu Camp had 2,000 troops, so it was unrealistic and inconsistent with regulations for all of them to live in the city. The Runing Mansion had received notice from the Ministry of War in advance and was looking for a place outside the city.
A confiscated farm was used as a camp for the survey camp.
There were originally some houses in the farm, and after Kanyu Camp settled in, some new buildings would be enough to accommodate these people. Before the new buildings were built, some soldiers in Kanyu Camp still needed to live in tents. Du Weiming said this
Shi repeatedly apologized to Su Hao. Su Hao knew that it was very hasty to send the survey camp to Runing this time. It was reasonable that they had no time to prepare, so naturally he would not care about it.
When Du Weiming saw that Su Hao agreed to the plan, he assigned an experienced officer to lead the survey camp to the farm to camp. As a lieutenant general, Deng Kui was naturally responsible for leading the team, while Su Hao and his own soldiers and
The staff team stayed on.
"Xueshi Su, your residence has been arranged. It is the house of a former official. After this official retired, the house has been unoccupied and has been deserted for seven or eight years. But don't worry, a few days ago
Magistrate Liu has sent people to repair it and clean it. It is very clean. You go and have a look first. If you don't like it, I will help you find another place." Du Weiming said.
"Don't bother, just have a house to live in. How dare you let Magistrate Liu and Du Tongzhi bother more." Su Hao said. When he was in Huai'an, he also lived in an old house. It can be seen that the officials everywhere have some control over them.
Such an old house is prepared for emergencies.
Du Weiming led the way, and Su Hao walked side by side with him. A group of people rushed into Runing City and walked towards the official residence Du Weiming mentioned. Along the way, Du Weiming and Su Hao just talked about it.
These gossips do not involve the government affairs of Su Hao's trip.
Following Su Hao were Li Zhi who had changed his appearance, the singer who accompanied Li Zhi, Xu Guangzu, Chen Guanyu, Zhou Ruyuan and others, and then dozens of personal guards led by the guard captain Xiong Minfan. Bookkeeper
Cheng Yi was also taken with him by Su Hao. His reason was that the singer was a girl and needed someone to accompany her. Boss Cheng Yi reluctantly agreed to this request and followed the team with a very ugly look on his face.
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After walking for about a quarter of an hour, everyone came to the door of a mansion. The house looked quite big from the outside, the white walls were obviously newly painted, the door was also newly painted, and there was a big "" on the door.
With the word "Su Mansion", it seems that the Runing Mansion is quite concerned about Su Hao coming to take up the post, at least it has not given him any authority.
There were already two government officials waiting in front of the house. Seeing Du Weiming and others arriving, the government officials quickly opened the door and welcomed Su Hao and his entourage. Su Hao and Du Weiming said polite words to each other, and then walked in together holding hands.
, the others followed them, filed into the house, and entered the house.
After entering the house, Su Hao naturally couldn't be busy looking at his bedroom or anything like that. Instead, he sat in the lobby drinking tea and chatting with Du Weiming. Du Weiming was served by the Yamen servants sent by Du Weiming temporarily from Tongzhi Yamen.
Wei Ming told Su Hao that there was a dental shop in Runing city where he could buy some good servants, maids, etc. If Su Hao wanted to live in Runing permanently, the servants in the mansion would need to be equipped.
Chen Guanyu also acted as Su Hao's housekeeper. After entering the house, he began to arrange the accommodation for everyone. The two girls, Song Ling and Cheng Yi, were arranged in a corner of the inner house, which was said to be the place where the official's daughter originally lived.
Li Zhi, Xu Guangzu and others unceremoniously occupied the master's bedroom, study and other places, leaving only one room for Su Hao.
After seeing that everything was arranged, Du Weiming said to Su Hao: "Did you have a hard journey, Master Su? If not, you can go with me to the Runing Mansion Office. Magistrate Liu held a banquet and said that he wanted to cleanse Master Su's dust."
"How dare you? I should have gone to pay homage to the magistrate. It would be rude to go now." Su Hao said.
Du Weiming smiled and said: "Prefect Liu is a very informal person. It was he who ordered me to take Scholar Su to the mansion to have a rest before going to the government office."
"Then thank you Magistrate Liu for your hard work." Su Hao said.
When going to the Runing Prefecture to meet the prefect Liu Qichang, it was natural that he did not need to bring too many followers. Su Hao only asked Chen Guanyu to go with him, and Xiong Minfan brought a few soldiers to accompany him for protection. That was another matter.
Liu Qichang, the prefect of Runing, is an old man in his mid-50s. He is not tall and has an unattractive appearance. He is the type that is difficult to find in a crowd. Before Su Hao set off from Huai'an, he had asked someone to collect information about Liu Qichang.
According to the data, the result is that this person acts extremely low-key, and his philosophy in governing is not to seek merit, but to seek no faults. It has been three years since he became the prefect of Runing, and he has hardly done anything innovative.
It can be said that people's livelihood is deteriorating, which is inseparable from his incompetence in governance.
Under the guidance of Du Weiming, Su Hao came to the lobby of the government office and met Liu Qichang with courtesy. Liu Qichang asked Su Hao a few cursory questions about the mission of his trip, and then said in a haha, "Scholar Su is young and talented.
Because, having received the holy mandate and coming to Runing Mansion, I will certainly be able to make some great achievements. Come on, come on, my manor has arranged a banquet to cleanse Scholar Su, let's drink and chat."
"Thank you, Magistrate Liu." Su Hao responded.
The banquet was arranged in the back hall of the government office. There were two tables in total, one as the main table and one as the secondary table. Su Hao naturally sat at the main table. As Su Hao's entourage, Chen Guanyu could only sit at the main table.
At the next table.
There were two main seats at the main table. As the prefect, Liu Qichang naturally had to occupy one of the main seats. As for the other main seat, Su Hao was a little hesitant and didn't know if he would give it to him. In terms of rank, Du Weiming, as a colleague,
You know, it is the fifth rank, and Su Hao is from the fifth rank. Du Weiming is considered a Shangguan, and his position should be higher than Su Hao. But from the unspoken rules, Su Hao is an official sent from the capital, and Wanli is standing behind him.
and Wang Xijue, so it was reasonable for him to sit at the top. Su Hao thought, if Liu Qichang asked him to sit in another chair later, how would he pretend to decline in order to appear neither humble nor overbearing, as if he often attended such occasions.
Unexpectedly, just when Su Hao was struggling, Liu Qichang invited a young man in his 20s out of nowhere and gave him another seat. The young man didn't seem to feel uncomfortable with this arrangement.
Why not? He sat down calmly, then raised his hand and gestured to everyone: "You don't have to be polite, please take a seat quickly."
Su Hao sat down suspiciously in the seat assigned to him. This was the top position besides the main seat. He happened to be face to face with Du Weiming, which saved him the trouble of rejecting each other. He looked at Su Hao with a confused look on his face.
Liu Qichang smiled and said, "Xueshi Su is here for the first time, so I would like to introduce it to you first. This is the Crown Prince Chong. I must have heard of his name before Xueshi Su, right?"
Dear Crown Prince!
Su Hao suddenly understood. No wonder this guy was able to sit next to the magistrate at such a young age. He turned out to be a relative of the emperor.
King Chong was a vassal king who was enfeoffed during the Yingzong era of the Ming Dynasty. The vassal territory was Runing Mansion. The first generation of King Chong was Zhu Jianze, the sixth son of Yingzong. The current King Chong is the fifth generation grandson of Zhu Jianze, named Zhu Yijue, who is the same as Wanli.
In the same generation, Zhu Yijue had no legitimate son. In the 6th year of Wanli, he made his first concubine son the crown prince. As a result, the crown prince died before he could be granted the title. So in the 14th year of Wanli, he made his second concubine Zhu Changjin the crown prince.
This is the prince that Su Hao sees now.
(Explanation: The names of King Chong and Crown Prince are all in variant characters. They cannot be typed or pronounced, so they have been modified. History lovers please do not criticize)
Seeing Zhu Changjin appear at the prefect's banquet, Su Hao had mixed feelings in his heart, and he had a few different views on Liu Qichang.
The regulations of the Ming Dynasty placed very strict restrictions on the rights of vassal kings. vassal kings were not allowed to make friends with local officials, especially military generals. The purpose of this rule was very clear, which was to prevent vassal kings from cultivating their own power.
Threatening the imperial power. According to regulations, except for birthdays, the vassal prince is not allowed to have wine with his ministers, nor is he allowed to participate in various local celebrations. It is a very taboo thing for the prince to appear at this banquet at this time. If he is inspected by the capital
Officials of the court reported that both King Chong and Liu Qichang would be severely punished, and the crown prince might even be demoted to a commoner.
However, such a thing happened, and it happened in front of Su Hao. Su Hao's current identity is the experience of the inspection institute, and it was the first time he met Liu Qichang, so he was really not afraid that Su Hao would expose this matter to the clan.
Do you want to go to the palace? Liu Qichang dared to do this, which shows that he is confident, and it is obviously for Su Hao to see. So, what does he want to hint to Su Hao in this way?
At this moment, Su Hao thought a lot quickly, and hesitated for a moment whether he should walk away and avoid sitting at the same table drinking with the Crown Prince. But in the end, he did not do so, since all the officials at this table dared to stay. After coming down, the crown prince dared to attend in a grand manner, which meant that they had assessed the risks. If he left immediately, his relationship with the local officials and Prince Chong's Mansion would be completely severed, and his mission in Runing Mansion would also come to nothing.
Maybe Liu Qichang just wanted to use this method to squeeze himself out?
If this is the case, then I will stay even more and see what other tricks you have to play. Su Hao quickly made a decision. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)