This time, the Ming court once again showed its very efficient side, but in two days, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War and other relevant yamen went through all the procedures for Lu Jin's transfer from Ulzhou Zhizhou to the military department, and he was already in the capital and could take office immediately.

However, in this regard, the courtiers who know the inside story are the protagonists who do not envy us at all. Because everyone knows that Wang Zhen must be fueling the flames behind this, in order to prevent any more accidents from happening at night, he will implement all this as soon as possible. And more people know that the position of this foreign officer of the Ministry of War is very difficult to sit on, and thinking of Lu Jin's performance at the court meeting not long ago, everyone believes that he will not have a good time in the future.

Fortunately, he had obtained the letter from Hu Hu before, so he was mentally prepared, so when the relevant people of the Ministry of Officials sent this order to him, Lu Zhen seemed very calm, without any panic or gaffe. This made some of the people who came after him want to see his jokes feel a sense of loss.

And for Lu Jin, this may not be all bad, at least with his "promotion", this great victory is completely recognized by the imperial court, so the border soldiers in Datong will naturally be able to get the rewards they deserve.

The truth was just as he thought, and in the next few days, everything was settled in the imperial court. The Datong border army has merit from the general soldier Hu Sui down, and soon the imperial court will allocate a large amount of silver, silk, wine and meat to the north to reward the three armies. As for the promotions of those military attachés or something, it is naturally inevitable.

When all this was implemented, it was time for Wang Bing and other soldiers who had stayed in the capital for more than 20 days to leave.

It was February 27th, the spring breeze was getting stronger, and a little new green had bloomed on the willow branches on the side of the road, and the real spring had come to the northern city of Beijing.

Lu Jin, who has not really taken up his post yet, naturally wants to give these border soldiers who came with him but cannot return together. After accompanying the group of people and horses for nearly five or six miles, he stopped, and then bowed to Wang Bing and the others: "Everyone, please go all the way." In the future, whether it is Ulzhou or Datong, it will depend on you. ”

"This is my equal duty, and I should do it with all my heart." Wang Bing hurriedly agreed on behalf of everyone, and at the same time, everyone also returned the salute with their fists: "During this period of time, I have also received a lot of guidance and help from Lord Lu, I have waited for thanks." ”

"It's easy to say......" Lu Zhen hesitated for a moment, and finally didn't say anything to let them be careful in a year, but quickly moved on to another topic: "My family members who stayed in Ulzhou, I hope you can take care of them when the time comes, so that they can come to Beijing safely." This is obviously the place that caught Lu Jin off guard, I thought that I would return to Ulzhou soon, but it turned out that I had to stay in the capital, so Chu Yunrong and the other daughters naturally had to come to Beijing from there.

But when you think about it, maybe that's a good thing. If Lu Jin didn't leave Ulzhou or Datong Frontier in this year, the defeat related to the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty would inevitably involve him and his family after that year.

Wang Bing and the others immediately agreed: "Lord Lu, please rest assured, as long as I wait in Datong, I will definitely be able to send the two ladies to the capital safely." ”

"Thank you very much. Also, I would like to ask General Wang to bring a message to General Hu and them, and I hope that you can keep the promise you made to me last year. After a slight hesitation, Lu Zhen still said this vaguely.

Wang Bing glanced at Lu Jin with some puzzlement, not knowing what he was referring to, but seeing that he didn't want to elaborate, he didn't ask, so he quickly nodded and agreed.

In fact, what Lu Zhen was referring to was what he got from Hu Sui and Miao Guangtai at the beginning, and asked his people to exchange grain for salt. Originally, with him himself taking care of him in Datong, naturally everything was not a problem. But who would have expected that Lu Renjia and Chu Xiangyu hadn't shipped the grain yet, but they had already left Datong, so they could only rely on the integrity of the two local adults in the future.

Of course, Lu Zhen is not too worried about this, after all, this kind of transaction has just appeared, and no one can calculate how much benefit he can get from it, so there will not be too many disputes. Therefore, as long as Lu Renjia and the others can send grain to Datong in a short period of time, they will definitely be able to reap something.

After another exchange of cherishment, Lu Zhen finally watched the more than 1,000 border soldiers ride away.

And with their departure, the brocade guards who were previously locked in the Fifth Army Camp were finally freed. After this incident, Lu Zhen was completely on the opposite side of Jinyiwei, but he was already a member of the fifth rank of the court, and he didn't take this matter too seriously.

Now the only thing he has to worry about is how to sit firmly in the position of the staff secretary......

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After sending off Wang Bing and other border soldiers, Lu Zhen did not take office immediately, but first found a two-entry mansion in the capital and rented it.

A few years ago, when he was appointed as the county magistrate of Daxing County in the capital, he naturally did not have this need, because the county government mansion was originally set up for the county magistrate. But now that he is a member of the military department, although this grade has been raised, it is obvious that the treatment is far worse than at the beginning.

This is not only reflected in the power - even if the county order is only six or seven grades, but in the entire county office, he has the final say, and the staff wailang can only be regarded as a middle-level official in the yamen of the military department, not only does the ministry have no power, but in the department of the department, there is also a top boss Lang Zhong - but also reflected in various benefits, at least in the capital of the residence still has to be found by Lu Jin.

This time, of course, he can't borrow Hu Hu's mansion like before, and he can't live in the pavilion for free anymore. Because he was not an official in the capital before, he could only be regarded as a guest, so it was not a problem to stay for a few days temporarily, but now that he is an official in Beijing, he can only rely on himself.

The Ming court has always regarded Jingguan as the most promising background, after all, it is the closest to the Son of Heaven, and there are more opportunities to perform and stand out. But in fact, Beijing officials also have many inconveniences, such as the need to participate in the court meeting, and for example, the cost of clothing, food, housing and transportation is obviously much greater than elsewhere.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that it was not easy to live in peace. The North Drift in later generations is also quite a bitter existence, and living in the basement has become a must for more than half of the North Drifters. And the situation of the Beijing officials in the Ming Dynasty is not much better, because the housing prices here are high, and the income of the Ming officials is extremely low, plus there is little oil and water to fish, so these five or six petty officials can only rent a hut to chat.

Lu Jin's situation is also average. Fortunately, this time, in addition to being promoted, he also received a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, which finally temporarily relieved his urgent need. Otherwise, he had invested all the hard-earned silver in Lu Renjia before, and now Lu Yuanwai could only go to the house of an acquaintance to fight the autumn breeze.

By the time everything is settled, February is over completely.

So on the first day of the first month of March, Lu Zhen changed into a brand-new official uniform and hurried from his residence to report to the yamen of the military department.

Although his residence was quite far from the yamen, he didn't think about buying a carriage like Yu Qian and raising a coachman or something. After all, this cost is really not small, and there is no need to put this score now. In fact, today's officials below the fourth rank in the capital, unless they are already wealthy in the family, will not have a sedan car, and this simple style did not completely change until a few decades later.

When Lu Zhen came to the door of the military department, before he revealed his identity, several soldiers guarding there had already smiled and saluted: "Presumably you are the new Lu Yuanwai, several adults have already ordered that as long as you take office, you can go directly to see them inside." ”

Hearing this title, Lu Zhen was still a little unaccustomed to it. No matter how the name of this person sounds, it looks like it is called a wealthy merchant landlord, not like an official. But soon, he put this strange thought aside again, and after thanking the people, he crossed the high threshold and entered the yamen of the military department.

Although he had just been here more than half a month earlier, the identity of the two times he entered was different, and his mood and vision of the environment were completely different.

This military department yamen doesn't look much different from other yamen, but it occupies a larger area. Bypassing the lobby in front of you, there is a second hall composed of rows of small signing rooms.

He knew very well that one of them was his own office space, so he quickly pulled over a scribe who had just passed by and asked him about the office and Lang Zhong's office.

When the scribe heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Lu Zhen with some admiration: "Dare to ask if the lord is the new Lu Yuanwai?" ”

"It's the official."

"The little ones have seen the adults." The man hurriedly bowed, and did not show the way, so he directly took Lu Zhen to the left-hand side, and while walking, he also helped him to make an introduction, telling him the positions of all the important functions and officials in the yamen of the military department.

Under his introduction, Lu Jincai had a general understanding of everything here, and at the same time, he had already come to a room that looked no more than three feet square: "Lord Lu, this is the signing room where you usually handle official business." ”

Lu Zhen glanced at the bookcases that were still stacked with a lot of official documents, nodded, but did not go in, but let the other party continue to lead him forward, and came to a slightly larger signing room, before stopping: "The staff secretary Ji Langzhong is handling official business here." ”

When Lu Zhen heard this, he smiled at the other party, and then stepped forward, knocked lightly on the half-hidden door and said: "Lu Jin, the new member of the Xiaguan Division, asks to see Ji Langzhong!" ”