"Master, if you want to be transferred, where will you go? What will be the next official position?" Zhang Rui asked again. She didn't care who the next commander would be or whether he looked unfamiliar. She just wanted to know if Qin Song would be transferred.
He has an official position and is not in the capital, so what kind of errands can he do?
"Probably the commander of the capital of other provinces. Although the commander of Jinyiwei is only a third-grade commander in name, he is not even comparable to the second-grade military general. The official position in other provinces is only the commander of the capital." Qin Song said.
After saying this, he suddenly thought of another possibility. But after thinking about it, he felt that he would not be appointed to such an official position, so he did not say it.
"I just hope that the master will not be sent to a place that is too remote. But it would be good if he could be sent to Hebei as the commander-in-chief." Zhang Rui said. His father originally served as the commander-in-chief in Xuanfu, and her hometown is also in Xuanfu. Although Xuanfu
There are general soldiers who are not under the jurisdiction of the Hebei Capital Division, but it is always better to be closer to her hometown. There may be a chance to return to her hometown to visit relatives in the future. Since marrying Qin Song, she has not left the capital for a step. She misses her hometown very much.
"I hope so." Qin Song said with a smile. But even though he answered like this, he had a hunch: Although Yun would not send him to a place with too harsh mountains and rivers, it would not be a place that has always been stable like Hebei.
After a while, the couple finished their meal. Qin Song said goodbye to his wife and went to the Jinyiwei Yamen to tell his subordinates that he was going to Suzhou and who would handle the errands during his absence in Beijing. He also ordered Wood: "Let He Miao and Tang Sai
My son will write a letter home and send it to Tang Jingyu; Mo Li’s wife and children will also write a letter home to Mo Li.”
In the afternoon of Shen Shizheng, Qi Tai selected the successors to the Suzhou magistrate, Suzhou Prefecture officials, and general judges for these three official positions. He then called these three people to the Ministry of Personnel, told them what happened in Suzhou, and asked them to set off for the trip immediately.
Suzhou. The three people were very surprised when they heard about the rebellion, but they were a little lucky: "With our qualifications, if His Majesty hadn't required that we must be young and able to ride a horse, and if we were selected today, I would not have been able to get such a good job in Suzhou Prefecture."
On our heads.'
The three of them were thinking while listening to Qi Tai's instructions. After he finished his instructions, he sent someone home to send a message that he would go to Suzhou Mansion immediately to take up his post. Then they rode on the fast horse that the Ministry of Civil Affairs had just come from the Governor's Mansion, and the Lian family
There was no time to return, so he rushed to Suzhou.
In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Qin Song also rushed to Suzhou with more than a dozen imperial guards.
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"The guilty minister, Tang Jingyu, has met the Commander-in-Chief!" Tang Jingyu immediately knelt down and said after seeing Qin Song, who was wearing the official uniform of a third-grade military attache.
"No courtesy." Qin Song stood in front of him, glanced at the back of his head, and said.
"Thank you, Commander." Tang Jingyu kowtowed again before standing up and standing in front of Qin Song with his body shrunken.
Qin Song reached out and took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Tang Jingyu; Tang Jingyu raised his head and glanced at Qin Song doubtfully, took the letter, opened it and glanced at it a few times. His expression immediately became very excited.
He opened the letter and read it carefully.
Qin Song waited until he had almost finished reading the letter and said: "The Holy One has also heard about what you did in Suzhou. The Holy One said: 'Tang Jingyu, as a White Lotus believer, has been lurking beside His Royal Highness the King of Runan for eight years.
For conveying news to the White Lotus Sect, this crime should be punished by execution. However, considering that he has been educated in the capital for a long time and has acted righteously, I will exempt him from the crime of execution and allow him to continue to perform meritorious services. If he can
By performing meritorious deeds, I can completely absolve him of his sins."
"Thank you, Holy God, for your grace." Tang Jingyu said immediately, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to the west.
"After I came to Suzhou Prefecture, I also heard from Lieutenant Li that you had told everything you knew in the past few days and actively cooperated with the police from the Suzhou Police Department in interrogating Dan Mo and other White Lotus cult bandits who were captured alive.
He has made great contributions again and done well." Qin Song added.
"Thank you for the compliment, sir. I'm just trying my best to make up for my sin." Tang Jingyu said.
"However, these are not enough to make up for the mistakes you made. If you want to fully make up for your mistakes, you need to make more contributions."
"But please give me your orders, and the guilty minister will definitely obey."
"The White Lotus Cult rebelled in Suzhou and almost caused an unexpected disaster to His Majesty Prince An. After hearing this, His Majesty was very angry and determined to wipe out the White Lotus Cult throughout the Central Plains. According to the confessions of many prisoners, the Shandong Altar of the White Lotus Cult is one of the altars
The altar with the largest number of believers and the richest in China, His Majesty has decided to wipe out the Shandong altar, at least nine out of ten, so that it cannot be restored for decades. And you happen to be from the Shandong altar, so I have decided to send you back to Shandong to assist the local people.
The Yamen destroyed Shandong Altar." Qin Song stared at Tang Jingyu and said.
After hearing Qin Song's words, the expression on Tang Jingyu's face kept changing. He really wanted to be punished and meritorious service, but he was also unwilling to stand on the court's side to destroy the White Lotus Sect, especially the Shandong Altar of the White Lotus Sect. He was from the Shandong Altar.
, he is the incense master again. He has traveled through almost the entire Shandong. Every hall and every incense has almost someone he knows and has a good relationship with. Now he is going to lead the people of the court to kill all these acquaintances. He knows very well that other people
Even if a person wanted to rectify his crime, it would be impossible for him to perform meritorious deeds like he did, and he would be killed without even a chance to rectify his crime. His hands were trembling, and he could not say the words "the guilty minister obeys his orders" for a long time.
But at this moment, he remembered the letter from home he was holding in his left hand. In the letter, He Miao said that although he and his daughter were taken into the Jinyi Guards, they were not tortured, and no guards came to molest them; the cell was still
It was considered clean, and the mother and daughter occupied a separate cell; her clothes were not taken away, but she was worried that they would be dirty, so she changed into the prison uniform given by the guard, but the inside was still made of cotton; although she had three meals a day
There is no oil or water, just brown rice and vegetables, but no meal is missing. He Miao said in the letter: "Compared with back home in Shandong, life is not much different. It's just that I can't go out."
Although Tang Jingyu is not very smart, he can still imagine that if he refuses Qin Song's order, he will immediately become a prisoner like those who were interrogated a few days ago, and his wife and daughter will no longer be able to enjoy the present.
Such a tolerable life would be worse than death in prison. Thinking of his wife and daughter, Tang Jingyu's trembling hands gradually calmed down, and he said in a deep voice: "Yes, sir, I will obey my orders."
"Okay." Qin Song said with a smile: "The guards of the Tang Dynasty really understood the righteousness and knew that the White Lotus Sect was not good for the country and the people. They were loyal and patriotic and were willing to destroy the Shandong Altar of the White Lotus Sect."
Qin Song praised him repeatedly and then ordered: "I just noticed why there are iron chains on the ankles of the guards of Tang Dynasty? Untie them quickly."
"Sir," a jailer beside him said just two words. After noticing Qin Song's expression, he hurriedly bent down and untied the iron chain around Tang Jingyu's ankles.
"Thank you, sir." Tang Jingyu said.
Qin Song said a few more words to him, then took out a letter from his body and handed it to him and said: "This is a letter home from Mo Li's wife and children. You give it to Mo Li and persuade him to return it with you."
Shandong assisted the local yamen in annihilating the Shandong altar."
Tang Jingyu's hands began to tremble again. Not only did he agree to go to Shandong to wield a butcher's knife against his former friends, but he was also asked to persuade others to slaughter his former comrades. At this moment, he wanted to kill Qin Song in front of him.
. He knew that Qin Song had attended a martial arts school and practiced martial arts, but he was confident in his martial arts and would be able to kill Qin Song.
But he didn't dare to make a move. If he did, his wife and daughter would not survive. Tang Jingyu could only slowly stop his anger and promised in a low voice: "Yes, sir."
"Good." Qin Song praised him again and said to him: "Since Tang Guards is willing to continue to commit crimes and perform meritorious services, how can he still live here? Choose one, no, two houses in Jinyiwei Yamen for Tang Guards and Mo Guards to live.
.Assign two more young men to serve Guard Tang and Guard Mo." He also ordered his followers: "Prepare two clean suits of royal guards' uniforms for Guard Tang and Guard Mo, and have them delivered to them within an hour.
In the room prepared by the guards."
"Thank you, sir." Tang Jingyu saluted again.
Qin Song nodded finally, turned and left. Tang Jingyu looked at his back, clenched his fists, but after a while he still loosened his fists, and asked the jailer: "Where does Mo Li live? Take me there."
"Guard Tang, please come with me." the jailer said kindly.
"Sir, you were too polite to Tang Jingyu just now." One of Qin Song's followers said angrily: "He is also a White Lotus cultist, and he once concealed his identity and lurked beside His Highness King Runan, but he turned around in the end. How worth it?
Your Excellency is so polite."
"What do you know?" Qin Song said with a smile. But even though he said this, he didn't think Tang Jingyu could do anything. After all, he is a close confidant of His Majesty. Even if he goes to serve as an official in another place, he doesn't have to be afraid of a White Lotus cultist anyway. He just
I was just being polite to Tang Jingyu out of the habit of being cautious.
"Except for Tang Jingyu and Mo Li, the rest of the White Lotus believers who defected were also asked to change into the uniforms of the Imperial Guards and were sent to various provinces." Qin Song started talking about business again. He set off from the capital early on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.
I arrived in Suzhou City in the early morning of the next day. After sleeping for two hours, I first met with the Suzhou magistrate and the general magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture (Zhu Ying had already left Suzhou and returned to the capital). Then he and his entourage met one by one with the White Lotus cultists who had turned against them.
, and selected Tang Jingyu who he could trust and who at least would not dare to rebel again, whom he met last.
"Yes, sir." The attendant hurriedly agreed.
Qin Song ordered a few more things and returned to his residence. After thinking about it, he decided to summon all the imperial guards in Suzhou who were still able to move. He encouraged them in public and announced rewards. He was about to order someone to summon them.
But suddenly a servant walked in and saluted: "Sir, Mr. Xiao from Kuaiji would like to see you."
"Please come quickly." Qin Song said hurriedly. Xiao Zhuo has made meritorious service this time, and his title will be upgraded to a level higher than his own (Qin Song has the title of baron). He is also the father of the consort, so he cannot be neglected.
"I've met Commander Qin." Xiao Zhuo walked in and saluted with a smile.
"I've met Lord Xiao." Qin Song returned the greeting.
The two of them exchanged some pleasantries, and Qin Song said: "Master Xiao, today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year will be tomorrow. You are not like me because you have errands and cannot celebrate the New Year with your family. Why haven't you returned to Beijing yet?"
"I will return to Beijing in a while." Xiao Zhuo never called Qin Song a brother because he was the commander of the Jinyi Guards. "There is just one thing I really can't help but ask Commander Qin: How does your majesty arrange the Li family?" Will there be a reward?"
"His Majesty has made his own decision in this matter. How can the ministers comment on it?" Others revealed that the information that His Majesty ordered to be kept secret may not be dealt with severely, but if he forgets Yun's instructions, he will definitely be punished overtly and covertly. Seriously, he would never dare to say it. He even glanced at Xiao Zhuo suspiciously: Asking such a question to the spy leader, and when there are other people in the room, did you receive the emperor's secret order to test me?
"Hey, I really can't worry about this." Xiao Zhuo sighed: "The so-called golden words, if they have been drafted and issued as an imperial edict, your Majesty will never take them back, and there is no rule of rewarding the same merit twice. If it is given to the Li family The reward is low, and I feel uneasy."
Qin Song thought about the rewards that His Majesty gave to the Li family and his son, "Choose Li Taiyuan as a baron, hereditary and indiscriminate; and also confer Li Xiaoxing with the title of five nobles, grant the rank of Hussar General, be promoted to General Jinwu, be granted the title of General Longhu, and more." "Appoint him to an official position." He felt that it was already a high position for a person without any fame, so he said: "Don't worry, Lord Xiao. Your Majesty will reward those who have made meritorious service impartially."
Normally, Xiao Zhuo should have understood Qin Song's subtext, but today for some reason, Xiao Zhuo said again: "Hey, your Majesty is of course wise, but the thrill of fighting the rebels at that time, the memorial written on the paper It may not be fully reflected.”
"And the situation has changed in the past two days." Xiao Zhuo continued: "Li Xiaoxing didn't seem to be injured at first, but he suddenly fainted and fell to the ground the day before yesterday. I hurriedly asked the doctor to check and found that he had a kidney on one side. Got hurt."
"This is a very serious injury." Qin Song said.
"Who says otherwise? Fortunately, people have two kidneys, and this kidney is only damaged. It is not completely unusable, but the body will be worse than before. When I borrowed someone from the Li family, I promised that Li Xiaoxing must be returned to Li Taiyuan intact. But although his hands and feet were not broken, he was still seriously injured. I can't even see Li Taiyuan."
"In order to make up for it, I can't restore the kidney to its original state, so I can only ask your Majesty to give the Li family a larger reward."
Xiao Zhuo continued to talk a lot. Qin Song was a little confused at first as to why he came to say these words to him, but later he figured it out. He comforted Xiao Zhuo with a few words of gentle words, and after he left, he told his entourage: "Did you hear what Lord Xiao said just now?"
"Sir, I heard you."
"Write this conversation down word for word and report it to His Majesty as a secret report."
"This," the entourage immediately understood what Qin Song meant, and also understood the purpose of Xiao Zhuo coming to Qin Song to say all these things, and couldn't help but hesitate: "Sir, this, why did you want to follow Lord Xiao's wishes? "
"Just write it." Qin Song ordered, and then explained: "Xiao Zhuo came to talk to me specifically, so I have to report it. It would be against the rules if he didn't report it." The minister met privately with the commander of the Jinyiwei, and the commander of the Jinyiwei. If the envoy did not report the matter, it would be strange that the emperor was not suspicious.
Of course, in addition to this, there are other reasons why Qin Song decided to report the incident without changing a word. He was about to leave Jin Yiwei and become a local military commander. Xiao Zhuo was not only the father of the consort, but also traveled all over the country when he was young.
Wherever there are people, it matters. I might be able to get Xiao Zhuo, so I just treat it as a good relationship.
'However, it would be best not to use this good fortune.'
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