When Zhong Jinwei heard that an army was coming, he was startled. The first thing that came to his mind was that there were still bandits?
Then he immediately remembered that all the famous bandits were captured by him. It was unlikely that there would be an army of bandits, so the only ones left would be officers and soldiers.
Sure enough, before he could ask, the second messenger ran in and reported: "Reporting to the Marquis, the troops coming from the southwest are under the banner of Governor Yansui."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, it turned out that it was Hong Chengchou who had arrived. This man was talented, but unfortunately he had become a great traitor in history and would not be able to survive in his later years.
When I recommended him in the first place, I only took a fancy to his talent, which is what Cao Cao meant by meritocracy.
What's more, in the current history, it is estimated that Hong Chengchou will not be defeated and join the Jianqi, so this man's major stain has been washed away by himself.
Zhong Jinwei thought of this and said to the guards in the tent: "Let's go out and see what the army led by Hong Chengchou looks like."
After all, Hong Chengchou is a historical celebrity. Although Zhong Jinwei has met many historical celebrities, he still has a certain degree of curiosity.
Whether it is Gu Baichuan or Xie Dong, as long as there is no danger, they will naturally not object to what Zhong Jinwei says.
When Zhong Jinwei and others rode to the camp gate, they could already see Hong Chengchou's army.
I saw that the army in the distance had begun to slow down, and the dust it brought enveloped them all, but there was no trace of confusion.
A dozen knights separated from the front of the group, left the main group, and galloped towards this side.
Ma Xianglin was patrolling the camp. At this time, he also rushed out of the camp and sent several white-pole cavalry to meet them.
Gu Baichuan and Xie Dong led their men to form an "eight" shape on both sides with Zhong Jinwei as the center.
When Zhong Jinwei saw the dozen or so cavalry encountering the white-poled cavalry, he said something and then continued to gallop this way.
After getting closer, Zhong Jinwei saw that most of the dozen riders were generals, surrounded by a civil servant in his forties.
When the dozen or so horsemen were still a hundred steps away from Zhong Jinwei, the leading civil servants and the generals stopped, then dismounted and walked quickly towards Zhong Jinwei. The dust kicked up by their horses
It dissipated after drifting for a certain distance, without affecting Zhong Jinwei at all.
Seeing this detail, Zhong Jinwei couldn't help but nodded secretly. This Hong Chengchou was much more careful than ordinary officials.
As he got closer, Zhong Jinwei saw clearly the appearance of the leading civil servant. He had a thin cheek, a goatee, thick eyebrows, and bright eyes, but his whole expression was slightly frightened.
When he was still about ten steps away from Zhong Jinwei, although Hong Chengchou did not know Zhong Jinwei, he had already received the guidance from the White Guard Cavalry and knew that the man under the guard of Dongchang Fanfu and Jinyi Guard must be Zhongxing Hou.
He led his men and immediately knelt down to pay homage: "The governor of Yansui, Hong Chengchou, and his subordinate generals paid homage to the imperial envoy."
"Get up and come over to talk." Zhong Jinwei ordered.
Hong Chengchou obeyed the order and stood up and approached Zhong Jinwei. When he reached Zhong Jinwei's horse, he knelt down again, then clasped his fists and cupped his hands and said: "I am recommended by the Marquis. I am very grateful, but I have never been able to meet him. I thanked the Marquis."
The grace of recommendation.”
After saying this, he bowed again.
Zhong Jinwei looked a little speechless, and Hong Chengchou's knees seemed to be a little weak. However, by doing this, he told others that his relationship with Zhong Jinwei was unusual, and at the same time, he also drew closer to himself and Zhongxing Hou. It could be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
Zhong Jinwei admired Hong Chengchou quite a bit and thought that historical celebrities were indeed not ordinary people. He said to Hong Chengchou again: "Get up and speak."
Hong Chengchou stopped kneeling and stood up, standing sideways in front of Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei raised his head and looked at the army led by Hong Chengchou. It had stopped not far away. He wanted to see the appearance of the army and ordered Hong Chengchou to take him there.
Hong Chengchou knew that Marquis Zhongxing wanted to review his army and see his leadership ability. However, he was confident and did not panic, and calmly led Zhong Jinwei over.
The army brought by Hong Chengchou included 1,500 horsemen and 3,400 infantry. The equipment and military appearance were much better than those he had seen in Xuanfu before Zhong Jinwei. There was one big difference, and that was that Hong Chengchou
The soldiers are all mature men.
Zhong Jinwei looked at it, and a question arose in his mind. Aren't the border troops in Yulin Town also in arrears with pay for several months? How come there are no signs of lack of food, clothing, or weapons from this army?
He did not ask questions immediately. After the inspection, he returned to his camp, leaving only his entourage and the Dongchang squadron. Then he began to greet Hong Chengchou: "Hong Chengchou, what is your name or nickname?"
When Hong Chengchou heard this, he felt a little strange. Marquis Zhongxing had recommended him to the high position of governor, but he didn't even know his most basic name. Was it too hasty for Marquis Zhongxing to recommend people like this?
Hong Chengchou's idea is not unreasonable. At that time, the recommender had the responsibility of guarantee. If something happened to the recommended person and committed a crime, the recommender would also be impeached and usually punished.
However, Hong Chengchou wanted to think about it, but he did not hesitate and quickly replied: "Xiaguan's courtesy name is Yanyan and his nickname is Hengjiu. The Marquis is Xiaguan's benefactor, so there is no harm in calling Xiaguan by his first name."
Naturally, Zhong Jinwei would not call him by his first name just because of his status. After all, this would be impolite behavior.
"Hengjiu, are you here chasing the bandit?" Zhong Jinwei asked.
"I am ashamed of myself. I was one day late and failed to catch up with the traitor." Facing Zhong Jinwei, Hong Chengchou said he was ashamed, but a look of shame appeared on his face, as if he meant what he said.
What he did was to station troops in strategic locations and pursue the bandits in a network, so his speed was much slower than that of the bandits. But the advantage of his oppression was that the bandits would either be wiped out by him or escape.
His jurisdiction, neither will have a serious adverse impact on his jurisdiction.
After Hong Chengchou said this, he clasped his hands into fists, his face changed again, and he said with joy: "Congratulations, Lord Marquis, for wiping out the bandits in Qin with just a raise of your hands."
"Oh, I have wiped out all the bandits in Qin?" Zhong Jinwei asked in disbelief.
Hong Chengchou didn't expect that his slightly exaggerated flattery would be taken seriously by Zhongxing Hou, and he replied with a little embarrassment: "There is still a bandit in the west of Qin."
After he finished his answer, he immediately added: "It's just a small scale, far from being comparable to the thieves that the Marquis destroyed."
"I just killed more than five thousand celebrity thieves. You should have killed many others before?" Zhong Jinwei asked with a smile. He still knew this.
"Thanks to the Marquis, I have indeed killed tens of thousands of thieves." Hong Chengchou replied respectfully, acting very pleasing to the eye in front of Zhong Jinwei.
"Don't talk about TOEFL or not. I'm still taking IELTS! You can kill most of the thieves. This is your ability."
Hong Chengchou looked stunned. What did Zhongxing Hou mean by IELTS? But he knew that this was not the point, so he stopped thinking about it and was about to say something modest.
At this time, Zhong Jinwei said again: "The frontier troops in Yulin Town have been in arrears of pay for several months. I just checked, but it doesn't look like they are in arrears of pay at all. What's going on?"
Zhong Jinwei finally asked the question, but he also believed that the payment arrears could not be false, because the records from the Ministry of War showed that no payment had been made.
When Hong Chengchou heard that Marquis Zhongxing asked this question, he immediately knelt down to Zhong Jinwei, as if asking for forgiveness, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Marquis, I don't know that it was the Marquis who escorted the army's pay, so he did something, and he may have to ask for help."
The Marquis is in trouble!"
Zhong Jinwei was a little surprised when he heard this. Just when he was about to ask, Gu Baichuan shouted: "How dare you implicate the Marquis?"
When the civil servants are in power, senior civil servants do not need to act like factory guards. When the factory guards are in power, they also have a condescending attitude towards civil servants.
Therefore, it is not particularly strange for Gu Baichuan to scold a feudal official.
Zhong Jinwei waved his hand to Gu Baichuan. Hong Chengchou had just said that he didn't mean it. And he didn't know anything yet, so it wouldn't make sense to reprimand him like that. If someone is being polite to you and you take it seriously, it's a joke.
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"I'm very curious about what you did. Let me tell you. If I were to destroy Jianlu with just a few clicks, I would be really embarrassed. As for the other things, just tell me and see if you can embarrass me.
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Zhong Jinwei guessed that it was an official matter, so he spoke with a strong sense of confidence, which Hong Chengchou secretly admired.
Hong Chengchou immediately turned his head and said to Gu Baichuan first: "Please calm down your anger, Lord Marquis is the benefactor of the lower official, and the lower official would not do this intentionally."
Then he turned to Zhong Jinwei, stood up straight, and was ready to tell the reason.