Hearing what Han Qian said, Feng Yi and Kong Xirong agreed. Xuzhou has high mountains and far away rivers, fierce folk customs, and is a place where Wuxi barbarians live. Miasma is everywhere. If you want to get promoted and make a fortune, no one would think of being so remote.
They thought that maybe this was Han Daoxun's helpless choice after he made a big fuss in the court to remonstrate with the hungry people and became infamous.
"Are you going to Xuzhou this time too?" Feng Yi asked again.
At this time, Han Qian was working in the Marquis Mansion, which was only a semi-formal official position. Since Han Qian had not yet married or established a career, it was very possible that he would go to Xuzhou with his father, Han Daoxun, to take up his post.
"I need His Highness to let me go," Han Qian said helplessly.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong thought of the "reason" they were caught on, but they sympathized with Han Qian's situation.
"Has His Highness returned home?" Han Qian asked again.
"I heard that he just came out of the Ancestral Temple. If he doesn't stay in the palace for a banquet, he should be back soon." Feng Yi said.
Today is the third day of the wedding, and the third prince Yili will bring his bride to the Ancestral Temple to pay homage to the Yang family’s ancestors.
Han Qian also secretly felt that these matters were all handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On the one hand, Guo Rong, who was affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, could not escape easily. On the other hand, these complicated etiquette matters had nothing to do with low-level assistants like Han Qian.
What's more important is that the third prince and the high-ranking generals in the court have been hanging around in front of Emperor Tianyou in the past few days. This makes the people in An Ning Palace even more afraid, and they dare not take action on his father's appointment as governor of Xuzhou.
What hands and feet.
Han Qian, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong waited in the Hou Mansion until noon before the third prince returned with his bride.
This was the first time Han Qian met Mrs. Hou, Li Yao, the youngest daughter of Xinchang Hou Li Pu.
She is only thirteen years old this year. Against the backdrop of the gorgeous Song Xin, Li Yao looks like a delicate little girl who has not yet grown up and has a thin figure.
After these days of complicated and lengthy rituals, Mrs. Xinhou also looked tired. When she saw Han Qian and others coming over to salute like stars holding the moon, she felt a little uneasy and subconsciously shrank behind the third prince Yang Yuanpu.
Avoid everything in front of you.
Han Qian saw Mrs. Xinhou standing in front of Song Xin so uneasy, and he smiled inwardly. He secretly thought that the Marquis of Xinchang, Li Pu, had probably warned his daughter repeatedly that the Linjiang Marquis Mansion, which was as deep as the sea, was full of murderous intentions and full of murderous intent.
Bar?
However, facing Guo Rong's feminine eyes, which were like nails being driven into him, Han Qian dealt with them calmly.
On the one hand, after Han Qian integrated his dream memories, he no longer had the uncontrollable chaos and powerlessness that he had at the beginning. On the other hand, the current situation has improved a lot, and Han Qian has personally participated in all of this, turning it around step by step.
Based on this strong self-confidence, people like Guo Rong could no longer put any pressure on Han Qian.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong were still afraid of Guo Rong, and more people in the surging Linjiang Marquis Mansion, including Li Chong, Chai Jian and others, also looked wary and nervous. Only Han Qian stood calmly and gracefully.
Among the crowd, he stands out like a chicken.
Guo Rong still remembered the first time he met Han Qian at Hanzhai. At that time, Han Qian had just been dragged by Feng Yi and Kong Xirong to visit Wanhong Mansion. Han Daoxun had a furious look on his face, hating him for indulging in wine and sex without repentance.
Later, he went to study with the Marquis Mansion, and Han Qian was favored by the third prince. Han Qian explained clearly what lessons Shen Yang taught.
At that time, Guo Rong paid special attention to Han Qian for a period of time, but after Han Daoxun made a big fuss at the court meeting to exorcise the hungry people, Han Qian did not come to the Marquis Mansion for almost a month because of illness. After the new year, he even asked for leave every now and then. He was not even as good as Feng Yi and Kong Xirong were two dandy boys who worked hard, but Guo Rong ignored them.
Han Qian made a scene like that at the wedding banquet the day before yesterday, which made him even more frivolous and violent. Everyone felt that even if his engagement was canceled by the Wang family, he was completely unworthy of sympathy.
However, after last night, Guo Rong suddenly realized that things might not be as simple as imagined.
Today, Han Daoxun's appointment to be sent to Xuzhou was officially announced. Guo Rong couldn't help but wonder if the scene he saw during his night visit to Han's house years ago was a play deliberately performed for him by the Han family and his son?
Thinking of this, Guo Rong and the third prince Yang Yuanpu took leave and said: "Your Majesty asked about the preparations for the Longque Army yesterday. I was shocked that I have been too neglectful in the past six months and failed to fulfill the great trust of the Holy Emperor and His Highness. Today I made a special appointment with Mr. Shen Yang." , let’s go to the camp military mansion to inspect the generals together. There is nothing else going on in the Marquis’ Mansion today. Your Highness has been working hard for many days and needs a rest. Your humble position just takes the time to go out of the city."
"After His Highness gets married, it's time to officially take over the military aircraft affairs. It's better to go with Mr. Guo." Han Qian suggested.
Yang Yuanpu had long wanted to see with his own eyes how far the Dragon Bird Army had prepared. As soon as Han Qian finished speaking, he stood up excitedly and told Chen De and the others to hurry up and prepare their carriages and horses.
Chen De still hesitated, not wanting to get into trouble by going to an epidemic-infected place. When he was about to dissuade him, Chai Jian pushed him behind him and kept him silent.
Song Xin, the Secretary of the Hou Mansion, looked over with bewildered eyes. She had been busy accompanying the bride these days and had no time to contact Guo Rong. She had no idea what was going on.
Guo Rong was so angry that Han Qian had no concern about the spread of the disease and directly suggested that the third prince go to camp. All this only shows that Li Zhigao and Han Qian's pretentiousness last night successfully frightened them.
After having dinner at the Linjiang Marquis Mansion, he notified Gao Chengyuan, the Marquis of Du Yu, who had been resting in the city for the past two days, to come to the Marquis Mansion to meet him. Then, surrounded by more than two hundred horsemen from the guard camp, they galloped out of the city. .
After recruiting veterans of the Longque Army, the Guard Battalion has grown to 500 people and is usually divided into two shifts for duty and training. Chai Jian serves as the deputy commander of the Guard Battalion and actually controls the command of the Guard Battalion.
The official memorial had been issued, and Han Qian no longer kept secrets. He and Chai Jian openly gathered around the third prince Yang Yuanpu, and told the third prince exactly what had happened in the past few days; some of it was strange. Han Qian did not hesitate to explain it in detail.
This is also a different kind of learning for the third prince Yang Yuanpu.
At this time, various villages in the camp were organizing manpower to harvest wheat and sow soybeans. More than 7,000 soldiers in the camp were also undergoing rotation training. Half of them trained as usual and were on guard duty. The other half organized to dig rivers and drainage ditches, build villages, and strengthen embankments. Everything in the camp seemed orderly and full of vitality.
Guo Rong sat on the horse with an ugly face. How could he have imagined that the scene in front of him was so different from what he saw yesterday.
Thinking again that all this was done by Xinchang Hou Li Pu and others under his eyes, Guo Rong felt like he was sitting on a nail board. He really didn't know how An Ning Palace would punish him when he knew all this!
Yang Yuanpu was extremely excited. These days, he only listened to Li Zhigao and Li Chong talking about the situation in the camp, but nothing was as real as seeing it with his own eyes.
Regardless of the intentions of the people in the Xinchang Hou Mansion, Shen Yang presided over the camp military mansion and insisted on preaching the emperor's grace to the hungry people.
For ordinary people, seeing the third prince Yang Yuanpu personally visiting the camp, his gratitude is beyond words.
This also made Yang Yuanpu truly feel like his fate was in his hands at this moment.
When we left the camp and returned to the city, it started to rain. We were worried that the third prince would fall ill due to the rain, so everyone insisted that he take a carriage instead.
Although Yang Yuanpu wanted to show that he shared the joys and sorrows with his troops, he couldn't resist everyone's persuasion and got into the carriage. Later, he asked Han Qian to get into the carriage and talk to him.
Li Chong watched this scene and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly.
Everyone had tried so hard to arrange for him to accompany the third prince as a student, hoping that he would become the third prince's absolutely trusted confidant. Who could have imagined the situation today?
What's more, the eldest brother Li Zhigao just approached Chai Jian to discuss with him, advocating that all military spying, training of scouts and spies, and dispatching should be handed over to Secret Cao Zuo Si, under the control of Han Qian; while You Si is responsible for the deepest level. penetration work.
This actually allowed Han Qian to gain a status and power similar to that of Zhao Mingting to Anning Palace or Wang Wenqian to Chuzhou.
"Master Han's appointment has been announced and he will take office soon. I have discussed with my mother-in-law and plan to recommend you as the deputy commander of the guard battalion, so that you can officially stay with me and serve." Yang Yuanpu pulled Han Qian into the carriage and He couldn't wait to say that he hoped that Han Qian would take charge of the affairs of Secret Cao Zuosi as the deputy commander of the guard battalion.
"Thank you for your Highness's appreciation, but Han Qian would like to take two to three months, or maybe three to five months of leave, and I would also like to ask His Highness for your permission. We will discuss other matters after Han Qian returns to Jinling." Han Qian said.
"Why? Where are you going? You have to leave Jinling for so long. Didn't you say that the current situation has made it urgent?" Yang Yuanpu asked puzzledly.
Raindrops were falling outside the carriage. Han Qian leaned against the wall of the carriage and looked at Yang Yuanpu, whose pupils were full of eagerness. He said: "After my father's appointment, Guo Rong can't wait to enter the camp to check the reality of Taowuji." , I'm afraid that my father will encounter danger on his way to his appointment."
"How dare they be so presumptuous?!" Yang Yuanpu thought that after the official memorial was issued, the overall situation had been decided. Unexpectedly, Han Qian was still worried that the Anning Palace would send assassins to his father in the future.
"If my father was killed by bandits on the way to his appointment, His Majesty would not be able to blame An Ning Palace," Han Qian said, "and I went to Xuzhou with my father to take up my post. Just in case something happens.”
"..." Yang Yuanpu nodded, and at the same time, he remembered that there were always people in the palace who died for some insignificant reasons, and no one cared about them after their deaths. His face was a little pale, he opened the car window and looked at the raindrops outside, and rode his horse in the dusk rain. The escort who was leaving asked with some reluctance, "It will take three to five months for you to leave, so what should I do if I stay in Jinling?"
"As the saying goes, what you learn on paper is always shallow, but you know that you have to practice it," Han Qian said, "No matter how much knowledge we impart to Your Highness, if His Highness cannot be realistic, it will be difficult to grasp its essence, and you will not know how to do it." Underneath what seems reasonable, there are many twists and turns that ordinary people cannot imagine. Your Highness should go to the camp military mansion more often to participate in practical work, have more contact with those seemingly insignificant soldiers and families, and understand the situation from top to bottom. Real needs; and everyone, including me, is loyal to His Highness on this basis. After Your Highness knows the suffering of the people, Mr. Shen Yang will not hide anything from His Highness... Here at the Villa, I will keep Fan Dahei and Lin Haizheng in Jinling, and if your Highness has any additional errands, you can leave them to them."
