The journey from the capital to Kaipingwei, which also passed through Xuanfu Town, was more than 1,000 miles in total. This journey made Jia Ke and others exhausted. So Jia Ke decided to let the soldiers rest for a few days, while he himself
Also have a good rest. Then we will deal with the affairs of Qianhu Mansion.
In this way, three days passed peacefully after the Pingwei was launched. Everyone thought that everything was fine from now on. From now on, Mr. Qianhu will be in charge of the infantry and Mr. Wang will be in charge of the cavalry. Everyone is in peace and quiet. They all feel relaxed.
Even Chief Wang thought that Jia Ke was a baby who was only here to be gilded and would be transferred after a while, so he did not compete with himself for control of the cavalry. He relaxed his vigilance.
But everyone never expected that on the third day, the sound of drum beating came from Qianhu Mansion. If you heard it carefully, it was the drum sound of gathering generals. There is a rule in the army that those who fail to drum three times will be executed.
Hundreds of households heard the sound of drums and gathered from different places on war horses. Even civil officials such as the king's chief clerk also drove their carriages quickly and gathered towards Qianhufu.
Before the two drums were finished, all the people were standing in the lobby of Qianhu Mansion according to their rank. Outside the lobby, Jia Ke's soldiers, each holding a weapon, stood in line, motionless.
After beating the three-way drum, Jia Ke walked out of the inner house. He saw a golden helmet on his head, wearing golden armor, a sword hanging from his waist, and all dressed in velvet.
Jia Ke was serious during the interview, sitting on the main seat in the middle. When everyone below saw Jia Ke sitting down, they all bowed and saluted: "I have met Mr. Qianhu."
Jia Ke had no expression on his face and said slowly: "Everyone, please excuse me."
Everyone in the hall returned to their classes and stood in awe, waiting for Jia Ke's instructions.
Jia Ke sat on it and looked down, with different expressions. The fourteen infantrymen Baihu looked calm because they had taken refuge with Jia Ke. The six cavalrymen Baihu looked a little panicked.
Jia Ke and the others acted as if they hadn't seen anything, and just said seriously: "From today on, I will officially take over the Kaiping Guard Qianhu. From now on, no one is allowed to mobilize any soldiers without orders from this Qianhu. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."
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The hundreds of households below raised their hands together and said: I will obey your orders."
The king's chief clerk below was completely confused. With just one sentence, he had been deprived of his right to move people and horses. He couldn't help but feel anxious and quickly winked at the six cavalrymen Baihu, asking them to express their objections.
But the six cavalrymen Baihu seemed to have seen the situation clearly now and ignored his eyes. After all, the cavalry had always been led by Qianhu personally. They did not dare to resist Qianhu's orders, otherwise they would be disobeying military orders. Qianhu
The user can push them out and behead them at any time.
Seeing that no one below raised any objection, Jia Ke continued: "I just came to Kaipingwei and I am not familiar with many things. In the next few days, I will check all the accounts of Kaipingwei. Zheng Kai?" Jia Ke shouted.
Zheng Kai has been standing under the hall since Jia Ke was promoted to the hall. Now he hears Jia Ke calling his name.
He immediately came into the lobby, knelt down on one knee, and replied loudly: "This little man, Zheng Kai, has seen the master Qianhu, and I don't know what your orders are."
Jia Ke said to him: "You will lead my soldiers and follow the king's chief accountant back in a while, and bring all the account books of Kaiping Wei in the past few years to Qianhu Mansion. There must be no mistakes."
Zheng Kai replied loudly: "I obey, little man." After finishing, he retreated to the hall and waited.
Chief Wang was a little panicked at this time. There has always been an unspoken rule in the officialdom, that is, the accounts left by the replaced officials are directly recognized and never checked. However, it has been a few months since Kaipingwei, and there have been no more than a thousand households.
The financial power of Kaipingwei in Yue Dynasty is controlled by the Wang Registrar. There is a lot of trouble in this. If Jia Ke does not approve, he will be in big trouble.
At this time, Master Wang no longer thinks about fighting for power, but only thinks about how to get through this difficulty? He will never let Jia Ke get the account book from him today.
Thinking of this, Master Wang quickly stepped forward and handed over his hands, and said to Jia Ke: "Master Qianhu, the accounts are still in chaos now. I will sort out the account books after a few days and then send them to you."
Jia Ke looked at him with a smile, but thought in his heart that if he gave it a few more days, those accounts would either be burned or completely changed.
The main purpose of Jia Ke's promotion to court today was for the king's chief secretary. How could he retreat now and let him escape this disaster?
So Jia Ke in the lobby said without any doubt: "The military order is like a mountain, how can it be changed overnight? I have made up my mind and there is no need to fight anymore. Let's stop here today and retreat." After saying that, he didn't care about the king's book, just like
Go to the back hall.
Seeing that Jia Ke was gone, all the hundreds of households in the same group left. The six cavalrymen Baihu who had previously been obedient to the king's chief clerk also wanted to leave. The king's chief clerk quickly went up to grab one of them and said: "Li Bai
Husband, you can't ignore this matter. Didn't we agree to work together in the future?"
Li Baihu said to him with a serious face: "How dare I disobey Jun Jin under the military order of Lord Qianhu? I think the king's bookkeeper should follow the military order of Lord and hand over the account books." He said and shook it off.
He headed towards the King's Registry and left without looking back.
Master Wang was completely stunned by such a situation. This is when Zheng Kai stepped forward and said to Master Wang: "Mr. Wang, we'd better leave quickly, otherwise we'll miss Mr. Qianhu's business, and who of us will
I can’t afford to suffer.”
Chief Wang stood there and ignored Zheng Kai. He turned his eyes around, gritted his teeth, and said to Zheng Kai with his whole body trembling: "Since Mr. Zheng is so anxious, let's go now."
Zheng Kai said: "I don't dare to address you as an adult. I'm humble, so I'll go with you as an adult."
After saying this, Chief Wang took Zheng Kai and a few soldiers to his house.
Not to mention that Zheng Kai went to get the account books, but that Jia Ke returned to the back house, called Liu Yu, and asked him to send his own soldiers to watch at the gate of the city. If he found the king's bookkeeper leaving the city, he would come back immediately to report it.
After about two sticks of incense, Zheng Kai came back with all the account books. When Jia Ke saw the account books, he asked Zheng Kai, "It's all here. Is there anything missing?"
Zheng Kai hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, Sir, I have brought all the account books. I have roughly gone through them and there will be nothing missing."
Jia Ke nodded and sat there silently.
Zheng Kai asked in confusion below: "Sir, don't we check with the accounting office now?"
Jia Ke glanced at him and said casually: "Don't worry, these accounts are of no use to me."
Zheng Kai below was even more puzzled, but he couldn't ask any more questions. Seeing that Jia Ke had nothing to do, he decided to leave.
But Jia Ke stopped him and said, "I have something else for you to do later. You go outside and wait for a while."
At noon, Jia Ke just ate something casually and waited in the back hall of Qianhu Mansion.
In the afternoon around Shenshichu (around three o'clock in the afternoon) Liu Yu entered the back hall and reported to Jia Ke: "Uncle, the soldiers came back to report that the king's master set up several cars and took his family out of the south gate.
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Jia Ke said with a smile: "I'm just waiting for his move."
So he immediately called Zheng Kai in and immediately asked him: "I left the fortress without permission from the general and my whereabouts are unknown. What crime should I do?"
Zheng Kai hurried back to Jia Ke and said, "I left the fort without permission from the general. I should be punished as a spy."
Jia Ke asked again: "What should we do if we are captured?"
Zheng Kai replied: "If he is captured, there is no need to report him to the police and be executed on the spot."
Jia Ke said loudly: "Okay, since you know, I'll let you do something."
Zheng Kai raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty's words are military orders, and I will fulfill my humble duty even to the death."