When three thousand troops arrived in Tokyo, there were naturally countless rules to abide by. A reviewer came from the Privy Council, a minister from the Ministry of Rites, a director from the Ministry of War, and a clerk from Kaifeng Prefecture came to join the army and three heads of government.
, Yun Er took Qin Guo, Bacon, Lao Liao, and the clerks, and the dock was crowded.
Yun Zheng was impatient to meet official people. Soon after Yun Er boarded the ship, Yun Zheng ordered Peng Jiu and Hou Hou to take them to go through the formalities for entering the capital. Han Niu and Liang Ji began to collect crossbows and gunpowder shells. There were no military orders.
In the capital, those who possess this thing must be beheaded, and this time it is particularly strict. Three-foot-long weapons are also confiscated, and the soldiers can only keep their own armor and swords.
Yun Zheng could not get off the ship because the army had not arranged it properly. He saw Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo sitting in the pavilion from a distance and could only apologize from a distance.
Pang Ji put down his cupped hands and watched groups of soldiers getting off the ship like ants. In front of the officials of the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the Kaifeng Prefecture, he put the weapons he was equipped with into different carriages one by one, and said with a smile: "
I'm afraid this is the only one in the army of the country and the DPRK who can really enforce orders and prohibitions, right?"
Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "That's true. Even if I don't like him anymore, I have nothing to say to the army he commands. It's just that Yun Zheng doesn't agree to carve gold seals on the soldiers' faces, so he doesn't hesitate to fall out with me for this.
This makes me feel unhappy again."
Pang Ji said with a smile: "What's wrong with this? You and I are both civil servants, and our attitude towards military personnel is to protect our country and our country. Whether it is force or coercion, as long as we can achieve our goal, we will be considered successful."
Yun Zheng is different. He is a military commander. In his eyes, his subordinates are all living people, no different from us. Maybe he also thinks that warriors are nobler than literati, so he will naturally be furious at such an insulting move.
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We stand from different angles, so our views will naturally vary."
Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "I am now serving as the Minister of Huangmen and not serving as a political advisor. Since Wang Jiefu wants to implement his "The Art of War", he must pass the Yunzheng test. Haha, when you encounter a soldier,
Pi, let’s see how they respond.”
Pang Ji smiled and said: "Sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight is not what you, Wen Kuanfu, should do. It would be better for the court to have fewer fights at this time."
Wen Yanbo looked around and asked in confusion: "Why are only the two of us here to greet Yun Zheng when he returns to Beijing? It stands to reason that Yun Zheng has many friends in Beijing."
Pang Ji smiled and said: "Those who can come will not come, and those who cannot come will not come. We are the only two people with no reputation, so we come."
Wen Yanbo smiled and said: "That's true. Only after Yun Zheng has met His Majesty, will those who can come come, and those who can't come will also come."
Pang Ji smiled softly, stroking his beard and said: "Human relationships are cold and warm, and the world is hot and cold. We should ignore it when we are at this point."
Wen Yanbo nodded, but stopped talking.
Except for the eighty-one soldiers left behind, the rest of the three thousand soldiers followed the people from the Privy Council directly to the barracks. After arriving at the barracks for inspection, those who had homes would go home, and those who did not have homes would gather in groups.
Go to Tokyo to have fun.
In a short period of time, the pier was mostly empty.
"Welcome to the general, the general, to return to the capital!" The Minister of Rites danced and then began to perform the ceremony for the general to return to the capital.
Twelve musicians played ancient music on the pier. Yun Zheng, dressed in Tsing Yi, holding a folding fan and smiling at the corner of his mouth, stepped off the boat.
Ignoring the white rice thrown by the Minister of Rites on his head, he took two quick steps and cupped his hands and said, "Yun Zheng is rude, I have been waiting for a long time, Mr. Pang."
Pang Ji laughed and said: "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, wait until these white rice drive away the murderous aura from your body, then I can get close to you. I am getting older and cannot bear the murderous aura of those swordsmen."
Yun Zheng smiled and returned the courtesy to Wen Yanbo, jokingly saying: "Xiaguan has not mounted a horse for three years, and his spleen has grown. Where does the murderous aura come from in his body? Pang Xiang laughed at him."
Pang Ji stepped forward and took Yun Zheng's hand and said: "The general returns to Beijing, and I don't dare to neglect him. I specially prepared some thin wine to wash away the dust of the general."
"Sorry to bother you." Yun Zheng did not refuse and allowed Pang Ji and him to do whatever they wanted.
The restaurant is not far away. Although it is not as luxurious as Fan Tower, it is more elegant than it is because it is built in a river bend with weeping willows.
Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo came to greet him. Yun Zheng had already known about it before he entered the capital, so he was not surprised. However, he did not know what Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo had to say and insisted on asking him as soon as he entered the capital.
explain.
It’s called Bojiu, but it’s really Bojiu. I don’t know since when, stir-fry has become popular in Kaifeng Mansion. In front of Yun Zheng, there was a plate of beef, a chicken and several plates of seasonal vegetables. They were all placed on large plates without separate meals.
,From this point of view, Pang Ji’s good intentions are very ,obvious.
Under Pang Ji's diligent persuasion, Yun Zheng ate some food and had a few drinks with Pang Ji Wenyanbo. Then he put down his chopsticks and said, "I haven't been back to the capital for several years. I never expected that the capital was so prosperous and superior in the past.
It’s all the result of Prime Minister Pang.”
Pang Ji waved his hand magnanimously and said: "I don't dare to plunder the beauty of others. This is actually Wang Jiefu's handiwork. Once the "Green Miao Law" and "Market Change Law" came out, there will be no more evil traders in Tokyo, and the market will naturally become more prosperous.
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Yun Zheng said with emotion: "The reason why Xia Guan is fighting abroad is that the country is peaceful and the people are safe. Now that we have no foreign enemies in the Song Dynasty, it is the time to vigorously rectify internal affairs. I understand the political affairs and the grand plan, and Xia Guan admires it."
Wen Yanbo frowned and said: "The general is also a wizard in internal affairs. As soon as the variant "Green Seed Law" came out, the loan sharks of the Song Dynasty fell into disgrace one after another. I think about it now, and I find it wonderful. Haven't you discovered that what is being implemented now?
Is there anything wrong with these state affairs?”
Yun Zheng laughed and said: "Wen Gong is ridiculous. Yun Zheng is just a rough man. How can He De dare to talk about the government's affairs? Besides, there is a big prime minister in the court. With Wen Gong here, there is nothing wrong. Come on, Wen Gong wins!"
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Pang Ji drank a glass of wine and put down the glass in his hand and sighed: "Ten years, ten years of official career has tortured a brilliant genius into a timid guy. If you want to be calmer than you are now, I prefer the one who beat the emperor."
Shi Yunzheng.
Hehe, hide in the small building and become one, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter! Yunzheng, are you really not going to participate in this big era?"
"Rules, this is very important. If ten years of career as an official has given Yun Zheng anything, the first thing I would say is rules.
Rules are made to ensure the interests of everyone, so he will not be particularly merciful to someone who does not adapt, otherwise the rules will be a piece of waste paper. Yun is not talented, and he used to think that he could transcend the rules.
I was coerced, so I did a lot of unbelievable things, and now I regret it.
This time, His Majesty showed mercy and recalled Yun Zheng to Tokyo from the barren land. How dare Yun Zheng act so unbridled again? It is better to be more disciplined and follow Prime Minister Pang and Wen Gong to learn more about being an official, so as not to be demoted again."
Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo saw that Yun Zheng was unwilling to talk to them no matter what, so they changed the subject from the court affairs to poetry.
The three of them are all people of a certain standard. Whether it is Pang Ji's sophisticated poems, Wen Yanbo's meaningful poems, or Yun Zheng's novels, they are all good topics of conversation. The three of them chatted and laughed happily. When they looked up, it was already daytime.
It fell to the west.
Pang Ji shook his body and stood up, cupping his hands and saying, "It's so nice. I haven't been as happy as I am today for a long time. I'm already drunk, so I'm leaving..."
After saying that, he was helped by the old servant and walked away crookedly.
Wen Yanbo looked at Yun Zheng with regret in his eyes. He just waved his hand and was helped by his servants to leave the restaurant.
Yun Zheng ate all the remaining beef on the plate with great taste, drank the remaining wine in the flask, and then stood up and walked out of the restaurant.
Kaifeng City is the most beautiful in the evening. The day is hanging on the eaves of the Bell and Drum Towers, the earth is golden, the weeping willows in front of you are pushed aside, the river is sparkling, and the breeze blows away the heat.
Yun Zheng walked among the weeping willows, smelling the dark fragrance of powder, and smiled as he watched the luxurious carriages sending one after another stunning beauties to the homes of powerful people to spend the night. Pang Ji was already very old, and he should still be able to control a little of his integrity, like Wen Yan
A pervert like Bo must have these ladies from the brothel in his family, especially since he was feeling unhappy today and might need more.
I don’t know whose lotus pond is in front of me. The lotus flowers are in full bloom. A woman as beautiful as the fairy in the painting is standing there, looking at Yunzheng with tears in her eyes. In the evening breeze, her clothes are fluttering.
Ring and jingle bell.
Yun Zheng happily showed his eight-toothed smile, opened his arms and hugged him, his arms were full of warm and fragrant soft jade, but there was a bone-chilling pain under his feet.
"After drinking so much, I still can't change my bad habits."
"I'm happy just to see you. I'm really happy."
"I'm happy to see you too."
"I can't say it anymore, or Xiaolin will kill me. Where has he gone?"
"He went to western Yunnan to find Hanlin."
Hua Niang's words completely awakened Yun Zheng from his drunken state. He looked at Hua Niang and said, "Xiao Lin is following the emperor. Han Lin has already started to flee. I didn't hear that Xiao Lin had any intention of leaving the emperor. Could it be that he went to Yunnan?"
Xi is planning to kill Han Lin?"
Hua Niang shuddered and shook her head hastily: "No, it is the Queen's intention to get rid of the Boy's Army, and the one who dispatched it was Nai Gong Nu Zhi. Xiao Lin planned to find Han Lin and drag him back to Tokyo to serve the emperor."
Yun Zheng said a little irritably: "Can't he let Han Lin live a life like a human being for a few days?"
Hua Niang shook her head and said: "It seems that they, Laoya Guan, have some kind of oath, and the emperor still believes in them very much. The emperor heard that Nu Zhi was chasing Han Lin and the others, and forced Chen Lin to kill all Nu Zhi.
I heard it was very tragic, the whole room was filled with corpses bleeding to death."
Yun Zheng sighed and said, "Don't Xiaolin want to go into seclusion? I remember that he always wanted to take you back to your hometown in Laoyaguan."
Hua Niang shook her head and said: "If the emperor is in good health, he will definitely choose to go into seclusion. Now that the emperor's life is in danger, he will definitely not leave because of his personality."
Yun Zheng scratched his head, looked at the last ray of sunset on the horizon and said: "Countless good men died without a burial place for this reason!" (To be continued)