Chapter 1162: Believe it or not
With such a shout, Zhang Fan and Wang Meng were stunned for a moment, speaking of this voice, for the two of them, they are definitely familiar and can't be more familiar, that is their "old friend", who has helped them a lot, and has also done a lot of right people with them, the current eunuch of the celebrant and the current director of the East Factory, Feng Bao is also.
Speaking of which, Zhang Fan and the others haven't seen Feng Bao for a long time, not only since Zhang Fan and the others left the capital, but also before, because of some things, Feng Bao steals chickens and rice by himself, and now he almost doesn't ask anything, only when Empress Dowager Li tells him, he will do it, and he looks indifferent on weekdays.
If it weren't for Feng Bao's identity being there, it was really impossible for people to ignore him, I'm afraid that both of them would have forgotten him, and now, Feng Bao's voice reached the ears of Zhang Fan and Wang Meng, how could they not be surprised.
Speaking of which, even if you don't say anything else, this is Chengdu, Sichuan, thousands of miles away from the capital, where you can hear the voice of an old acquaintance, even if you have a bad relationship with each other, you will have a feeling of nostalgia, not to mention, although there are some contradictions with Feng Bao and Zhang Fan, but now they have been resolved, and there is no long-term conflict of interest.
Therefore, Feng Bao's arrival now also made Zhang Fan feel a little happy.
Immediately, Zhang Fan and Wang Meng walked out, and the people waiting outside were the faces that they were familiar with, always with a hint of femininity, but at this time, in Zhang Fan's view, even Feng Bao's face was not so annoying, not to mention that he still had a smile on his face, very peaceful, which also made Zhang Fan happy.
"Father-in-law Feng, this is really, where do you not meet for thousands of miles," Zhang Fan happily walked in front of Feng Bao and said with a smile.
"Lord Zhang too," Feng Bao, who saw Zhang Fan, also seemed extremely happy, "When Lord Zhang left the capital before, our family didn't send Lord Zhang because of some things to do, it's a pity, now, the Queen Mother happens to have a holy decree to be awarded to Lord Zhang, so our family has a self-recommendation and came here,"
"This road is a long way, Father-in-law Feng has traveled thousands of miles, and he is really grateful to come here to issue an edict for Zhang Fan," Zhang Fan said politely, but with a smile on his face, but it also showed that the words were not all polite, but also had some sincerity in them, indeed, seeing Feng Bao made Zhang Fan feel a little happy.
"Master Zhang doesn't need to mention this matter again," Feng Bao waved his hand and said, "Although our family came to ask the Queen Mother for help this time, but speaking of which, no matter what, our family is also doing things for the Queen Mother,"
At this time, Zhang Fan found that Feng Bao's eyes were looking behind him, he looked back and saw Zhu Xuanqi standing behind him, a little curious, looking at Feng Bao with some amusement in his eyes.
"The slave and maid visit the prince," Feng Bao hurriedly bowed down and said to Zhu Xuanqi, although it was the first time he saw Zhu Xuanqi, but the clothes he wore already explained his identity, except for the prince, don't think about it as a second person, "Please also ask the prince later, after taking the slave and maid to read the holy decree for Lord Zhang, I will pay a good visit to the prince,"
"Father-in-law Feng doesn't have to be polite," Zhu Xuanqi said to Feng Bao with a smile, "This time, Father-in-law came thousands of miles away, after all, to issue a holy decree to Lord Zhang, this is a big matter, since you should go first, meet or something, it's not too late to discuss it later,"
"Since that's the case......" Feng Bao saw Zhu Xuanqi nodding, so he changed his expression, stood on Zhang Fan's side, took the holy decree from the little eunuch behind him, and said to Zhang Fan solemnly, "Jinyi Wei is in command, Zhang Fan is in charge," his action made Zhu Xuanqi very happy.
Speaking of which, since it is a holy decree, it is the biggest, when Feng Bao reads out the holy decree, if he, the prince, is also in front of him, then he has to kneel, although the first line of the king of Shu is the largest vassal king in the Ming court, but there is no courtesy of not kneeling, and Feng Bao put him behind him, so he does not have to kneel, which makes Zhu Xuanqi's favor for Feng Bao rise.
Yes, it's just that it has risen, and in fact, Zhu Xuanqi is not very optimistic about Feng Bao, after all, he came to issue the holy decree, and he is the person sent by the Empress Dowager Li, and now, what the Empress Dowager Li wants to do to him, even if he doesn't know the result, he understands, so he doesn't have any good feelings about Feng Bao's arrival.
What Zhu Xuanqi was thinking, others didn't know, but Zhang Fan focused all his attention on the holy decree, he just gave the court a twist some time ago, and what he said was naturally what happened in Yongning now, and now that the holy decree has arrived, if he doesn't think about it, what he said must be this matter.
Sure enough, removing those cookie-cutter things, the content of the holy decree is actually so small a little thing, first of all, it is said that the imperial court is very concerned about this matter, this is naturally a blameless thing, after all, this is a rebellion, and it is still two people who followed Wei Yinbao back then, the imperial court may also understand that Daniel Zhang and Wang Xin are not comparable to Wei Yinbao at all, but they still have to consider how huge the chaos caused by Wei Yinbao at that time was, so worried, Naturally, I will pay close attention to this matter.
And then, it is a little different, although the DPRK attaches great importance to this matter, but after all, there are only 20,000 people, although the number is indeed not small, but Zhang Fan wrote clearly on the fold that he handed over, they have already learned the news, and Liu Xian's 50,000 army has also begun to take precautions, so that is, there are already means to deal with it here.
Therefore, the holy decree did not say what additional reinforcements would be sent, that is, the imperial court was completely convinced that Liu Xian's army would be able to deal with this situation.
Although it is a little strange, after all, in the past, once this kind of thing was encountered, the people in the court were definitely very worried, but it was not particularly strange, there were already twice as many troops as the enemy in preparation, and if they wanted to deal with it, they should be able to deal with it with ease.
And these are not the point, the point is that it seems that Empress Dowager Li and the imperial court have reached an agreement this time, and let Zhang Fan persuade and take charge of this time.
That's right, it's Zhang Fan, Liu Xian is a military general who commands the army, so all the things like going to war are handed over to him, but Zhang Fan is going to exist like Liu Xian's official.
In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon, the Ming Dynasty thought that it was heavy on literature and light on military force, so when fighting, it was not only necessary for the generals to lead the troops on the field, but more importantly, to have a "overseer" around the mess, which was actually for fear of those military generals with a large army to do something else, although this kind of prevention, it is somewhat correct, but the key lies in the person of the "overseer".
You must know that the "overseers" sent by the Ming court have always been eunuchs, and these eunuchs, using their identities to curry favor with the emperor, get the identity of this "overseer", if they win, then these benefits, honors and whatevers are theirs, those desperate generals and soldiers below just listened to their opinions correctly.
But if it fails, the bearers will become those generals, because they do not listen to the teachings of the "Overseers" and command indiscriminately, which will cause this kind of failure.
It sounds like nothing to do, these people just go to earn some qualifications, as long as they calmly follow those generals and wait until they are victorious, it will be fine, after all, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, even if those generals are high and low, but compared to the rebels who rebelled, they are also more talented, and in addition, the rebels will never be as powerful as the imperial court, the army is numerous, and it has been systematically trained, not to mention the well-equipped and well-stocked, In addition, the imperial court has always attached great importance to rebellion, that is to say, as long as these generals are allowed to play freely, nine out of ten can win.
However, things will not always go so smoothly, these "Overseers" are always unable to quietly wait until the victory arrives to share the fruits of victory, perhaps it is their nature as eunuchs, they usually feel inferior, and at this time, they do not seem to be satisfied with standing still, and then to share the victory of others, as if they are afraid that someone will poke their backbone, therefore, these people always have to command randomly, if they win, they can only say with pride, This victory is due to their contributions, but whenever they come to make trouble, they are almost all defeated.
However, here, it is not to denounce these eunuchs, but to say that now Zhang Fan seems to be "promoted" to the role of this overseer, although the name is a little different, let him take over the power, but in fact, there are also factors that let him supervise Liu Xian.
Come to think of it, this is also because the people in the court are not familiar with Liu Xian, thinking that he will come indiscriminately, let Zhang Fan take over the power, I am afraid it is because of this reason.
However, what Zhang Fan saw was not just this reason, the situation in the court is much better now than before, that is to say, today's court will not let those eunuchs come like before, but why would they rest assured that Zhang Fan would take on such a role.
Is it a kind of trust in Zhang Fan who will not come nonsense, or is it a kind of trust in him, or is it that they really don't worry about Zhang Fan, and they don't take him seriously at all.
It's Zhang Fan, he just thought about this problem and put it down, for him, it doesn't matter what it is, it is true to solve the problem in front of him first.
Moreover, Feng Bao's arrival does not seem to be as simple as issuing a holy decree.