"Huaikang army mutiny?"

Hearing Lotte speak like this, Ye Mengde almost lost his official prestige and jumped up from his chair. Ignoring the sarcasm in Lotte's tone, he asked, "Is this serious?" ”

"Does Elder Ye think that the lower officials will joke about this?" Lotte was a little thirsty after drinking, so he took two sips from his teacup.

After experiencing the initial panic, Ye Zhizhou calmed down, and his expression was still a little unconvinced: "Is the news of the mutiny of the soldiers you said accurate?" ”

"According to the news that the lower officials have gotten, it has been in the last two days!" Lotte replied. In fact, Lotte only guessed that as long as the soldiers in the Huaikang army were supplied with inferior rice and grain for one day, the contradictions would accumulate over time, even if they did not break out in these days, the mutiny would still break out one day.

Originally, he took a fancy to Lotte and recruited him to prepare to cultivate him as a cronie, but he didn't expect Lotte to be a subordinate of the Imperial City Division, Ye Mengde was shocked in his heart, but also a little difficult to accept. Ye Zhizhou has been an official in Beijing, and since he knows the responsibilities of the Imperial City Division, he can be sure that the news that Lotte said will not be false.

What shocked Ye Zhizhou even more was that the soldiers of Huaikang in Caizhou mutinied, and the state government must be the primary target of the impact of the mutinous soldiers. It was a fluke to escape a life, and afterwards the court blamed it, and it was difficult for him to escape the blame, although this dynasty had an ancestral system of not killing scholars, but it was inevitable that he would not end up being degraded elsewhere.

Looking at Ye Zhizhou, whose eyes were a little dull, Lotte asked again: "Do you know why the sergeant of the Huaikang Army mutinied?" ”

"Why?" Ye Zhizhou tried his best to maintain the prestige of Shangguan in front of Lotte, but he also wanted to know why the Huaikang Army mutinied.

"According to the information obtained by the lower officials, the military rations allocated by the Caizhou Prefecture to the Huaikang Army are all inferior and moldy grains, so how can the soldiers not be resentful?" Lotte said, and there was a little more ridicule in his voice, "Lord Ye controls the whole state, and he is so unaware of it, in fact, he is ashamed of the trust of the official family!" ”

The ridicule and sarcasm in Lotte's voice made Ye Zhizhou's face a little angry, and he reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, the grains in the army supplied according to the system are all excellent military rations, and how can there be inferior moldy grains flooded with them." ”

"The boss has been an official for many years, don't you know the secret?" In Lotte's voice, the irony is even stronger.

Ye Zhizhou also knows the virtue of the treasury officials in the yamen, and it is definitely not groundless for Lotte to speak like this.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhizhou suddenly stood up: "This official will ask for help from the Yingchang Marshal Mansion and mobilize troops and horses to suppress the Huaikang army." ”

Lotte just smiled and sat peacefully in his chair, like an outsider.

At this time, Lotte is still leisurely and leisurely, Ye Zhizhou's eyes were a little angry, and he reprimanded with his head and face: "Seeing that Caizhou has suffered a great change, you eat the court but don't think about repaying the country's kindness, how can you be worthy of Jun'en and Li Min's life?" ”

Hearing Ye Zhizhou reprimand himself like this, Lotte said in his heart, since the master became the official of the Imperial City Division, he has not taken it next time, how can he call the food court to repay the country.

In Ye Zhizhou's view, Lotte's reporting of the matter to himself is equivalent to putting a heavy burden on his shoulders, even if he has an explanation for the court, he is even more withdrawn from it, staying out of the matter, how can he not be angry in his heart.

"Don't be angry, so that you don't get angry!" After being reprimanded twice, Lotte still looked complacent, and then said: "Boss, although the mutiny of the Huaikang soldiers is a big deal, it has never been a good thing for the boss?" ”

At the moment of the great change, listening to Lotte speak so lightly, Ye Mengde forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?" ”

"First, the state treasury and the Huaikang army grain and grass officials are hooked up and greedy for ink, if the root cause is investigated, the boss will not escape the responsibility of negligence, and now he can take the opportunity to take down these two people, and the boss can be regarded as a remedy; Second, if the boss can quell the mutiny on his own without mobilizing the power of the Shuaifu, how do the current officials and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials view the boss? Lotte was still sitting in his seat, holding a tea cup and saying indifferently.

Ye Mengde began to think about it.

Lotte is right, the first one will make up for the merits, it's nothing, if you don't use the power of the Shuaifu, and suppress the mutiny of the soldiers alone, how do the officials and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military view themselves, and the meritorious service will not be said for the time being, but at least the image of a capable minister cannot run away in the eyes of the officials.

After figuring out the tricks, Ye Mengde couldn't help but look at Lotte with admiration, no wonder this person was able to rise in the wind at a young age, and even won the eyes of the three people in Chen Zhixian, and he really had a unique side in analyzing things.

Looking at Lotte, Ye Zhizhou lowered his posture: "Sir, do you have a plan?" ”

"The boss has tormented the lower officials, and the lower officials can't bear the boss's compliment!" Lotte was busy getting up and giving gifts, he was just an idle amber official of the ninth grade, Ye Mengde was a fourth-grade Zhizhou, and this dynasty was even more important to literature and light on martial arts, and the difference in status between the two was even more conceivable.

Seeing that Lotte's expression was indifferent, Ye Zhizhou knew that Lottete must have made a plan, and sat back in the chair: "If Mr. has a plan, you might as well say it and listen to it with this official!" ”

"According to the news obtained by the lower officials, the grain merchants who do business with the state government officials are nothing more than the three families of the city king, Chu and Shen, and the boss can arrest the three merchants, and under some coercion, these three families dare not confess the collusion with the grain officials of the warehouse!" Lotte said.

"The state yakura is all in charge of Wang Hucao's participation in the army, and it will be inseparable." Ye Zhizhou nodded, and said: "This official will send someone to detain those three merchants tomorrow, and under severe torture, dare not tell the truth!" ”

"Don't, sir!" Lotte said busily.

Ye Zhizhou was puzzled: "Why?" ”

"The errands in the state are all recommended by local heroes, or they are inextricably linked with local merchants, I am afraid that the boss has just issued a business order here, and the Wang, Chu, and Shen families over there have gotten the news!" Lotte replied.

has been in the officialdom for many years, how can Ye Zhizhou not know all kinds of shady scenes in the officialdom, and he was a little sad for a while.

"Don't sigh, sir!" Lotte smiled again: "The state officials can't be transferred, so you might as well call the messengers from the counties under your rule." ”

Ye Zhizhou shook his head and said, "Far water can't quench your thirst!" ”

Lotte replied in a low voice: "Pingyu is only thirty miles away from Caizhou, and Xiaguan went out of the city overnight, and it only takes three hours to come and go, and Chen Xianzun is the old proprietor of Xiaguan, so it is naturally convenient to do things!" ”

Listening to what Lotte said, Ye Zhizhou suddenly opened: "Yes, it's a way!" ”

The officials of Pingyu County and the officials of Caizhou Prefecture have their own line, and Pingyu Cha Ling naturally has nothing to do with Caizhou merchants, and they are former colleagues of Lotte, so they are naturally handy to use.

Seeing Ye Zhizhou nodding, Lotte hurriedly said: "Please also ask the boss to issue a batch of tickets to catch cards, and the next official will arrest these three people tomorrow!" ”

The matter was urgent, Ye Zhizhou hurriedly walked into the signing room, wrote down three tickets for the arrest, stamped the Zhizhou seal and handed it over to Lotte, and then wrote the order of Chen Zhixian to dispatch the county government and the inspection soldiers to enter Caizhou. Of course, this order must also be stamped with Lotte's official seal.

Although Ye Zhizhou is the respect of a state, this dynasty has always emphasized moderation, and if there is no official seal of the judge, he has no power to dispatch soldiers at all. Although there is no responsibility to judge under the rule of the Imperial City Division, the above has given instructions to act cheaply, and to a certain extent, the power of Lotte, the small Jiupin military attache of the Imperial City Division, is sometimes even more effective than Ye Zhizhou.

After discussing with Ye Zhizhou again, Lotte got up and said goodbye and rushed to Pingyu.

Ye Zhizhou nodded in agreement, and took out another piece of paper and handed it to Lotte, "This is the time to go out of the city at night." ”

"Then the next official will go out of the city!" Lotte took it and said.

"Wait!" Ye Zhizhou called Lotte, summoned the steward of Zhuang, and instructed: "Put the carriage of the state government and ride with Le Kongmu." ”

Lost the place to raise horses, the Northern Song Dynasty especially lacked war horses, even the rammed horses that pulled the cart were also very few, that is, the Beijing officials went to the court, most of them either sat in a sedan chair, or took an ox cart or donkey cart to travel. Ye Zhizhou rode the carriage he rode in with Lotte, which was a very high treatment.

The speed of the horse-drawn carriage was much faster than that of the ox-cart, and just after the end of the hour, Lotte arrived at the county seat of Pingyu.

When he arrived at the county office, Lotte called open the door of the county office, and when he saw that it was Lotte, he was surprised to know that Lotte came to the county office at this time, and he must have something important, so he said with a smile: "I've seen Mr. Le, I don't know what happened to Mr. Le?" ”

Lotte didn't explain, and ordered: "Hurry up and call the three adults in the yazhong, just say that Le was ordered by Uncle Ye, the governor of Caizhou, to find the three adults!" ”

Now that Lotte also has an official body, naturally he can no longer call the three people of Chen Zhixian the eldest master.

After receiving Lotte's orders, Menzi didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly went to the inner hall to report.

The flower hall was brightly lit, and the three old men of Pingyu County were sitting dangerously, and they were called up from their sleep, with a little displeasure on their faces.

Lotte didn't give a salute when he entered the flower hall, but just said a few polite words, and presented the warrant signed by Ye Zhizhou to the three masters of Pingyu and the county government.

Chen Zhixian and the three of them read the letter handed by Lotte, their expressions were very solemn, and a layer of fine cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, flickering with a layer of flickering light under the jump of the fire candle.

There was a change in the Huaikang army, and Ye Zhizhou dispatched the three of himself and a group of Pingyu officials at this time to take the officers and soldiers of the inspection department to Caizhou, which was no different from sending them to death.

The three of them were even more surprised that under this order, there was an official seal with Lotte's name, especially the words Captain Si Renyong of the Imperial City on the official seal, and the three of them were even more stunned.

I only heard that last time Lotte was put in prison by the Imperial City Division in Caizhou, and then someone came to investigate Lotte's low details, why did he suddenly become a subordinate of the Imperial City Division, and the three of them were at a loss in their eyes.

Even the three masters in the county government had a strange feeling in their hearts, whether the three of them criticized Lotte too much in the past, and the Huaikang Army mutiny was imminent, whether Lotte intended to send the three of them to death.

Now Lotte is the official body of the ninth grade, and Yan Zhushu and Huo County Lieutenant are all in the same rank, Yan Zhushu and Huo County Lieutenant got up and bowed to Lotte, and Lotte also returned the salute. In a nutshell, he told what happened in Caizhou City as it was.

Just when Lotte's mouth was hanging in the river, only to hear the sound of "pop", Chen Zhixian took the case: "What has my generation of scholars learned?" The ancient sages taught us to wait for the Qi family to govern the country and level the world, the subsections may be arbitrary, but the righteousness can not pretend to be confused, there are big rats in the state government to swallow the warehouse, so that the army sergeant is close to change, if the soldier changes, it will poison the people of Caizhou, although we are weak scholars, but we are willing to shoulder the iron burden to risk themselves, when we help the old man of Zhizhou to pull out the silverfish, quell the mutiny in the army, so that my generation will read the sage book, and get the grace of the bath. ”

Chen Zhixian's words were impassioned, and Lotte was almost moved to tears, and secretly said that this is the real pillar of the country.

This book was first published in Reading Books