Hao Shaoqi threw away the half-eaten duck leg and wiped the crumbs left in the bush with his hand before he said slowly: "Junmen's words are inevitably too humble. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info military gate Jiuzhen Huguang, exhausted thoughts, Jingbian people, to keep a side of peace, enough to call me a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, Huguang military and civilian sense of five, I Lao Hao is also deeply gracious, others don't care, I am the only order of the military gate anyway. ”

Hao Shaoqi is not tall, only five feet away, but he is very stout, and his waist looks like more than three feet. This face is not good-looking, with a wide mouth, a big nose, small eyes, a face full of horizontal flesh and short beards like needles, a rude and ugly appearance, but his mind is extremely delicate.

He Tengjiao is nostalgic for the position of the governor of Huguang, and does not want to enter Beijing to be a cabinet minister, which is in line with his thoughts, the reason why he can be favored and valued by He Tengjiao is because He Tengjiao can rely on him to contain the loyalty camp, it can be said that his political future and He Tengjiao are both prosperous and lossy, once He Tengjiao enters the capital, the imperial court will definitely send a new Huguang governor to govern the towns of Huguang, he will definitely not be able to enter Beijing with He Tengjiao as a town general, and when the time comes, without the protection of the minister's boss, his situation in Huguang will be suspended.

And from He Tengjiao's words, Hao Shaoqi also captured another piece of information that was very important to him. That is, the imperial court has appointed Plug Yinxi as the new Governor of Huguang, the loyal battalion under the jurisdiction of Plug Yinxi is a high merit, Li Guo and other leaders and he quickly do not deal with it, there have been many filthy things over the years, once Plug Yinxi is made the Governor of Huguang, in order to ensure the interests of the loyal battalion, he will inevitably be suppressed, if this is the case, there will be no political future in the future. So he is very supportive of He Tengjiao's decision.

Like Wang Jincai, who was disliked by the loyalty camp, his thoughts were similar to Hao Shaoqi's, and he also said that he only listened to He Junmen's words.

Seeing this, the other generals did not hesitate to praise Inspector He on their faces, regardless of whether they supported it in their hearts or not.

Everyone's performance made He Tengjiao's heart feel a lot more steady, he sighed, pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Recovering Hubei, and even the north and south of the Ming Dynasty are He Mou's wish in his life, but the holy life is difficult to do!" ”

The generals at the banquet also felt very puzzled when they heard this, and kept drinking stuffy wine.

Suddenly, Hao Shaoqi got up and patted the table and said: "The military gate is bright and bright, everyone knows that my old Hao is willing to petition the imperial court and ask the military gate to stay in office." ”

"That's a good idea." Wang Jincai chuckled and said: "The Lord of the Military Gate is willing to stay in Huguang, which is a blessing for us. ”

Zhao Yinxuan, the commander of the Yunnan camp, followed closely and said: "The military gate is for the country and the people, regardless of fame and fortune, my old Zhao has nothing to say, and he supports the military gate." ”

"The last general is also willing to petition for the military gate."

"I'm willing to support the army."

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If He Tengjiao can continue to stay in Huguang, although they may not be able to increase their official position much, but at least their interests are guaranteed.

He Tengjiao pretended to ponder deeply for a moment, stroked his gray long beard, and sighed for a long time, Fang said: "You have received the will of the monarchs, but now that the holy decree has been issued, I am afraid that there is no room for maneuver." ”

Hao Shaoqi grinned and said, "What's so difficult about this? It's a big deal that our thirteen towns in Huguang and the gentry and Haoqiang petition the imperial court together, asking the military to stay in Huguang and benefit the people, and I believe that the imperial court will be able to understand the people's feelings and follow the people's will. ”

These words were in He Tengjiao's arms, although he was happy in his heart, he still maintained his composure on his face, he bowed his head slightly, and bowed his hand and said: "In this way, there is Lao Zhujun." ”

The generals hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted: "It is a blessing for us to be able to follow the military gate!" ”

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When the petition of the joint gentry of the thirteen towns of Huguang was sent to Zhu Youlang's imperial case, Zhu Youlang's brows were deeply locked, and he didn't open it for a long time, he didn't expect He Tengjiao to refuse to enter Beijing in this way, although it was a petition, it was actually the same coercion, relying on the military strength of the thirteen towns, putting pressure on the imperial court, trying to force him to compromise!

If he is a weak king, in order to stabilize the vast situation of Huguang, it is very likely that he will compromise on this, but unfortunately he is not, he Zhu Youlang is by no means a puppet who can be threatened and manipulated!

He also knew what terrible consequences might be produced once he compromised, and now that the hardcore thieves of King Sanshun had gone south with an army of 100,000, if he compromised at this moment, his entire plan for the future would be disrupted.

If the situation in Huguang cannot be improved, those warlords will be allowed to act arbitrarily in the local area, corrupt the morale of the army and public opinion, and when the king of Sanshun invades Huguang, it will collapse at the first touch. This is what Zhu Youlang never wants to see.

Unexpectedly, He Tengjiao dared to disobey his will, and a fierce light flashed in Zhu Youlang's eyes: "Do you think that if you play some tricks, I won't be able to control you?" ”

The magic is one foot high and one foot high, He Tengjiao has thirteen towns of soldiers and horses in Huguang as a reliance, if you want to deal with this kind of powerful minister with heavy troops, you must not act rashly, force or tear the skin and send people to arrest it, Huguang will definitely be in turmoil, and may even cause the thirteen towns to merge, or rebel and surrender to Tartar, it is the next policy, fortunately, He Tengjiao is a civil minister in the end, not a vulgar warrior warlord, face and reputation are still wanted, as long as there is a weakness, Zhu Youlang has a way to govern him.

Considering that the title of an ordinary cabinet minister was not attractive enough to He Tengjiao, Zhu Youlang once again increased his temptation, and on the basis of the Dongge University Scholar, he was promoted to Wenyuan Pavilion Scholar, and the Marquis of Dingxing was added, ranking as the second assistant of the cabinet, and his status was only below the scholar of Wuyingdian University and the first assistant of the cabinet.

In the holy decree, the Son of Heaven is even more earnest, relying on it as the pillar of the country, and a thirsty heart for talents, hoping that he can overcome all dangers and obstacles, enter the cabinet to coordinate the overall situation for the imperial court, and so on.

Not only that, but with the holy decree into Huguang, there is also He Tengjiao's Donglin friend Shangshu Fang Yizhi, Zhu Youlang moved Fang Yizhi with the country's righteousness, and asked him to be a lobbyist in the name of the decree.

This is a set on the surface, secretly, Zhu Youlang secretly ordered the newly joined the Ministry of Rites Langzhong Jinbao to secretly spread rumors, saying that He Tengjiao refused to enter Beijing, had bad intentions, and clearly had the heart of self-reliance and so on.

He also specially instructed Jin Bao that it was best to stir up the storm in the city, so that Huguang and the civil and military gentry in the center knew about it. Jin Bao received this important responsibility, and he was overjoyed, knowing that he had finally become the emperor's confidant, and he no longer had to worry about his future and fate. After showing his loyalty, he excitedly took the order.

Since ancient times, there is no clear boundary between loyalty and treachery, villains also have the use of villains, as long as it is beneficial to the country, they can be used, a court can not lack ministers, and villains are indispensable, the emperor needs them to do some dark things that direct ministers and loyal ministers can't do. The combat effectiveness of Jinbao Zhu Youlang has been taught in advance, and he will definitely be able to drink a pot of He Tengjiao when the time comes.

ps: Reply to the book review for book friends: The word Junmen first came from the honorific title of the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and later gradually became the governor and the exalted title of the admiral, but it was not a specialty of the Qing Dynasty. (To be continued.) )