"Brother Zheng, what kind of official do you say the court can give you this time?"

On the way, Dong Youyin asked excitedly.

Wang Zheng shook his head and didn't reply, Guan Qingtian rolled his eyes and said, "There is Brother Yin, this is the sixth time you have asked, when you mention this kind of thing, why are you more anxious than adults." ”

Dong Youyin frowned, broke his fingers and calculated: "Damn, Master Guan, you are wrong this time, obviously it is eight times, why is it six times." ”

Guan Qingtian looked back at Dong Youyin for a while, then looked at the calm Wang Zheng, shook his head and hated iron and steel:

"You, alas, are hopeless, hopeless"

"Hey, wait, Master, what are you doing as a literati riding a horse so fast, and you're not afraid of falling down."

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zheng stroked his mount, and he could already see a corner of the watchtower in the county seat, and he had finally arrived.

Horses are spiritual creatures, and they seem to know that this is the destination of this trip, and they slowly slow down.

Ye County is the seat of Laizhou, which has been the center of this area since ancient times, and the governor of Denglai, Yang Wenyue, is not far from here.

Ye County, which should be the most prosperous place in Denglai Second Prefecture, gave Wang Zheng the first impression this time, and it was that Ninghai Prefecture, which was not remote, was lively.

In fact, the capital city of Dengzhou Mansion is relatively dilapidated in the current capital city in various places, and the military rebellion has been in turmoil for many years, especially the largest Dengzhou Kong Youde military rebellion, and almost all successive governors have taken this place as a transit place for promotion.

After the successive governors of Denglai came here, the most they thought about was not how to govern, but how to operate so that they could be transferred out of this ghost place where birds don't as soon as possible, and no one would spend money like a fool to repair it, that is, it would become more and more dilapidated.

The same is true for Yang Wenyue, after succeeding to the throne, he initially wanted to do something big, but the situation is like this, people will change.

Now what he thinks about all day long is how to return to Beizhili with Wang Zheng's amazing military exploits, and if he wants to achieve this goal, he needs to build a good relationship.

So gradually, Yang Wenyue became more and more relaxed about the affairs of Denglai Second Mansion.

The street gate of the county town was deserted, and no one even came to interrogate Wang Zheng when he entered the city, but there were two guards lying on the women's wall, and they didn't bother to glance at it.

The Ming Xuanniao flag has not been replaced for a long time, and it looks like a colored wooden pole from a distance wrapped around the flagpole.

There are few pedestrians and shops on the streets of Ye County, most of the houses are yellow, and the only decent place Wang Zheng saw along the way was a two-story restaurant, a dilapidated and withered scene.

Walking on the road, Wang Zheng frowned, smelled the fishy smell in the air, and didn't say much.

"Please say goodbye, Lord Ninghai has arrived."

After Guan Qingtian finished speaking, the porter stood at the gate of the prefect's yamen with a smile, rubbing his hands and not going in, Dong Youyin also scratched his head.

"What are you waiting for, don't go in yet."

Wang Zheng raised his hand and gestured with his eyes, Guan Qingtian took out a few taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the porter, and after the porter took it, a chrysanthemum-like smile suddenly bloomed on his face, and he returned the salute again and again:

"It turns out that the king of Ninghai Prefecture has arrived, and the adults have been waiting for a long time, please wait."

Wang Zheng nodded, saw the porter running in, and said:

"There is silver, and the people I saw after entering are all high-ranking officials in the second mansion of Denglai, not as good as our own territory, and some things are still said after asking Master Guan."

Dong Youyin nodded, indicating that he understood.

All the way into the lobby, it was already full.

Sitting in the north and facing south, it was naturally Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, and when he saw Wang Zheng and the three of them coming in, Yang Wenyue also kept looking at it and signaled to sit aside.

In addition, sitting beside him is the current Laizhou governor Sun Zhiqi, Sun Zhiqi is fat and fat, wearing a cyan official uniform, and his eyes are narrowed into a slit.

At the top of the left side, a military general with a helmet and armor was frowning and looking at Wang Zheng and the three of them.

After the servant's introduction, Wang Zheng learned that this person was Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, that is, the 'second-in-command' of the current 'Denglai Two Mansions', and the number one leader was naturally Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai.

Han Dahu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Denglai, sat on the right side, his jurisdiction was not far from Ye County, and it was not long before he arrived, and Wang Zheng was also very cordial when he saw his acquaintances.

Speaking of which, Liu Zeqing is a mediocre talent in history, and he is best at tending to be inflammatory, rather than leading troops to fight, and the position of the chief soldier is also obtained by him everywhere.

This has to start with the military rebellion in the past few years, when Kong Youde's rebels grabbed wherever they went, and the Laizhou government and army were unprepared for war for a long time, and they were constantly killed by the Liaodong border army led by Kong Youde, and they scattered and fled.

At that time, the Jimo battalion in the south and the Dengzhou battalion in the north were all in ruins, and the actual number of soldiers was seriously inconsistent.

Emperor Chongzhen was terrified, and issued an edict to enter Shandong to quell the rebellion, but the squad army trapped Kong Youde's troops in Dengzhou for a long time by virtue of their numbers, and finally was defeated by Kong Youde at sea, so that he fled back to Liaodong in a dignified manner.

It was at that time that Liu Zeqing came to prominence.

However, he only followed behind to pick up ready-made, and later defeated Kong Youde to rob others of the credit, and finally went to Nanjing to find someone to entrust the relationship, and even recognized the Nanjing Sili eunuch as his godfather, so he became the chief soldier of Shandong.

Why is it said that Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong appointed by the imperial court, is only the second-in-command of the two prefectures of Denglai, under normal circumstances, he should be the number one in the army of Shandong Province.

Shandong is close to the sea, and all kinds of general troops are also the most in each province, it turns out that Wu Weizhong had been a year of "coastal defense and Japanese chief military officer", Han Dahu also has the title of deputy chief soldier, before moving to Changyi, Han Dahu was still stationed in Zhaoyuan City, Dengzhou Prefecture, deputy chief military officer.

In this way, at most, there will be two generals with the title of chief soldier in Dengzhou Mansion, not to mention that Wu Weizhong will be stationed in Penglai after succeeding as the chief soldier of Denglai, so it will become three.

After each 'general army' went out, they were all commensurate with each other, and in addition, there must be a general army in charge of regional coastal defense, which was stationed in Qingzhou Prefecture.

Jinan Mansion also has to have a general military officer, all of whom are local snakes who hold military power, Liu Zeqing bullies the soft and fears evil, is timid and afraid of things, and does not have the ability to be the leader of the entire Shandong army at all.

To put it bluntly, he only nominally holds the title of Shandong General Soldier, and what he actually controls is the land of Denglai and Denglai.

It is in this realm that there is still Han Dahu, the deputy commander-in-chief who relied on Wang Zheng's military exploits, and Wu Weizhong, who is about to succeed the Denglai commander-in-chief, to compete with him, and Liu Zeqing, the Shandong commander-in-chief, is also aggrieved enough.

"Come on, come on, Brother Wang, sit down."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Han Dahu got up and beckoned Wang Zheng to sit down beside him, and Changyou, the official of his family's team, also hurriedly brought a chair for Wang Zheng.

After Wang Zheng sat down, the others did not change much, and Sun Zhiqi still sat there with a smile and watched like Maitreya Buddha.

Liu Zeqing clenched his fists, but his face was a little dissatisfied.