Chapter 296: A New Official Takes Office (Part II)
The second room on the left has been locked, and no one has given him the key, Li Yanqing's "Click!" With a bang, he broke the lock, pushed the door and walked into the house, and a damp and moldy smell came to his face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The room was very dark, there was a set of tables and chairs in the middle, the table was messy, a bowl of overturned ink had solidified, there were messy papers on the table and on the floor, one of them also rolled to the ground, and the chair was also crooked, it could be seen that the original owner was forcibly taken away while writing, and it was always the same as the moment when the master was taken away.
Next to the wall, there is a row of bookshelves full of various documents and drawings, and there is an incense burner and a brazier in the corner, as well as a wooden box.
The room has not been windowed for at least a month, green mildew is growing everywhere, the roof on the left is a little leaky, there are large water stains distributed, and the wall skin is also peeling off in large areas, revealing the mortar and green bricks inside.
Li Yanqing pushed open the back window, and a fresh and fragrant breath rushed to his face, and a pear tree was planted outside, and snow-white pear blossoms were blooming on the tree.
Li Yanqing turned around and picked up a few pieces of paper on the ground, he was writing the New Year's fortification plan, he sorted out the paper on the table and on the ground, there were about a dozen pages of report, it was almost finished, the writing was very ordinary, and it could only be called upright, from this person's calligraphy level, Li Yanqing deduced that the original owner was at most a lifting person, and in Xiangzhou, such calligraphy definitely can't pass the test, maybe the northwest is a little easier.
Li Yanqing rummaged through the bookshelves again, they were all reports sent by the following divisions, Li Yanqing didn't look at it for the time being, he walked to the box, only to see that there was also a copper lock on the box, he groaned a little, and then directly unscrewed the lock, which was full of personal belongings, several sets of clothes, a pile of copper coins, about 20 times, and a stack of family letters tied with wire.
At this time, Li Yanqing picked up a bronze medal from the box, and the front was in charge of the four characters for joining the army, and the words 'Ma Shun' were engraved on the back.
"He's a Western Xia spy!"
A low voice came from behind, and as soon as Li Yanqing turned around, he saw the coach appear at the door, his eyes flashing with anger,
Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Dashuai!" ”
Seed Master Dao walked into the room and snorted and said to Li Yanqing: "We all say to the outside world that this Ma Shun is a stolen person, but in fact, he is a spy of the Western Xia, and he leaked a lot of important information to the Western Xia people, and even provided the defense drawings to the Western Xia people, forcing me to expand the fortifications in various places." ”
"In that case, why use him in such an important position?"
"He was recommended by Tong Taiwei, he was originally the county lieutenant of Gongshui County, and he was coarse and well-written, so Tong Taiwei recommended him to me, I had to reuse him, but last autumn he was bought by the Xixia people with a thousand taels of gold, and became a spy of the Western Xia, last month we caught a Xixia spy and confessed him, a good talent recommended by Tong Taiwei!"
The tone of the seed master was full of dissatisfaction with Tong Guan, Li Yanqing also heard that the relationship between the seed master and Tong Guan was not harmonious, Tong Guan had always wanted to seize the position of commander of the Northwest Army, and repeatedly slandered in front of Zhao Ji, but Zhao Ji trusted the seed master dao more and refused to change the commander.
Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said: "Dashuai, the favor I said yesterday does not refer to Tong Guan!" ”
Seed Master Dao smiled and nodded, "I know, it was arranged by Taifu Liang, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince values you, it is also your blessing." ”
Li Yanqing knew that the seed master had misunderstood, and thought that he was the prince's person, but he was just ..... Now is not the time to explain.
"This room is too damp, I'll let them change it!" Seed Master Dao caught a glimpse of the peeling large piece of wall skin, and his brows couldn't help frowning.
"I don't have to change the room, if it's possible, I want to be able to go to the barracks to work, I don't know if the marshal will allow it?"
The seed master laughed, "Actually, I have been asking everyone to go to the barracks to work, but everyone has all kinds of reasons, what children are still young, what old mothers are old, no one to take care of, so I have nothing to say, you are the first to take the initiative to go to the barracks, Yang Dutou also told me, you want to have a big account." ”
"Actually, I hope to have two, one for office and one for accommodation, I wonder if this requirement is too much?"
"It's not a big problem how many big tents there are, it's just that if you enter the barracks, you're not free, you can't start early, you're still sleeping, I guess they just can't stand this, so they don't want to go to the barracks."
Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I started to get up at five o'clock in the morning to run every day since I was six years old, and I have persisted for ten years, and I think it should be no problem to get up early with the soldiers." ”
"That's good, it's just that a few people have to work a little harder."
Seed Master Dao looked at the room again, turned back to Zhao Yuan, who came in a hurry, and said, "This room is still left to Envoy Li, let the people below clean it up." ”
"Obey the order!"
Zhao Yuan respectfully agreed, and immediately went down to find someone to arrange.
At this time, Yang Zaixing appeared at the door and saluted: "Dashuai, Yang Transit Envoy has arrived!" ”
"Good! I'll go over it. ”
The seed master said to Li Yanqing with a smile: "You understand the situation first, and I will take you to the barracks in the afternoon." ”
Seed Master Dao hurriedly went to the front lobby, at this time, there was a messy footsteps outside, and more than a dozen officials ran in, all with smiles on their faces, "We don't know that Envoy Li has taken office, and we are not welcome!" ”
These officials were all in charge of the three divisions under Li Yanqing's jurisdiction, and they had just heard that the new chief of Zuo had taken up his post in the army, so they came to greet him one after another.
Li Yanqing hugged his fists and smiled: "Please take care of you in the future!" ”
"It should be Li Zhi's envoy who takes care of us a lot."
Everyone started to clean the room together, and an official went to find two bricklayers to repair the wall, and in less than half an hour, a spacious and bright room appeared in front of Li Yanqing's eyes, and everyone left one after another.
But a young official did not leave, only to see that he was about twenty-four or five years old, with a delicate appearance, he saluted Li Yanqing, "Below is Zhang Qu, the chief soldier of the division, see Li Zhi's envoy!" ”
Li Yanqing also wanted to know his terms of reference and what he needed to do every day, so when he saw that there were two more chairs in the room, he waved his hand and smiled: "Director Zhang, please take a seat!" ”
Zhang Qu sat down and said with a smile: "I have also heard of the name of Li Zhi's envoy for a long time, who won the first place in the bow and horse competition the year before last, and it is this year's imperial examination to explore flowers, a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs!" ”
"The past, there is no need to mention it, this time I joined the army as the director, and today is the first day in office, I still don't know what I need to do? To whom do you report to, can you please tell me Director Zhang? ”
Zhang Qu laughed, "After all, it is an army of 100,000 people on seven roads, and all kinds of miscellaneous things are extremely complicated, we are busy from morning to afternoon every day, but although there are many things, it is also very simple and relatively boring, that is, to sort out various reports and applications, as for what Li Zhizhi has to do, it is to review the applications we submit, and then write a report to the commander every month." ”
Li Yanqing hesitated slightly, and then asked, "Am I not related to Zhao Yuan, who joined the army?" ”
Zhang Qu shook his head, "Nominally, Envoy Li and he have a subordinate relationship, but in fact, Envoy Li is not responsible for him, but reports directly to the commander, but the report written by Envoy Li every month should be copied to him, which can be handed over to the people below to copy, and there is no need for Envoy Li to bother." ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Qu looked back at the door, lowered his voice and said: "Li Zhizhi must be careful of this Zhao Yuan, it was originally his person who came to sit in this position, and the handsome man agreed, but he was snatched away by Li Zhizhi, two days ago, he let out his words, whoever dares to sit in this position, he will let this person get out of three days!" ”
Li Yanqing was silent, why did he encounter this kind of bad thing when he first came, and he was not familiar with this Zhang Qu, the two of them were relieved when they met for the first time, is it a bit too abrupt. ”
After a while, Li Yanqing smiled, "Thank you Director Zhang for telling me in time." ”
Zhang Qu saw that Li Yanqing didn't believe him, and hurriedly said: "I know it's a bit abrupt, but if I don't remind Li Zhizhi earlier, I'm afraid that Li Zhizhi will fall into his trap." ”
"I'm just a little puzzled, isn't Director Zhang afraid of offending his boss?" Li Yanqing asked lightly.
Zhang Qu sighed, "If his people join the army as the left chief, we will have to be replaced, and I have no choice but to protect myself, and we sincerely hope that Li Zhizhi can continue to do it steadily." ”
Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and then asked, "Then where is Cao Qing sitting?" ”
"He's a handsome henchman, detached from the outside, just watching the excitement in the clouds."
As he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Cao Qing, who had just talked about it, appeared at the door of the room.