After coming and going, Yu Zhigao still didn't know what was going on, Shen Yourong had already seen that something was wrong, and on this day, he pulled his friend out of the former military governor's mansion: "Brother Yu, let's go to the military department first, find the old man who knows each other to talk about the reason, and ask them to work hard, anyway, you have to go to the military department to go through the formalities for the hereditary position you inherited." ”

Yu Zhigao thought about it, and the two prepared envelopes and greetings, so they went to the military department to explore the style.

The Yamen of the Military Department is not far away, just east of Qipan Street, between the Hanlin Courtyard and the Ministry of Officials, and you can reach it by walking through the street.

At that time, Tan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, appreciated Yu Dayou very much, and Yu Zhigao had also come to the Yamen of the Ministry of War with his father before, but that was three years ago, since Tan Lun died in office in the fifth year of Wanli, the father and son of the Yu family have never stepped on the threshold of the Ministry of War - today, the secretary of the Ministry of War is close to the Jiangling Party at the right time, and he values Qi Jiguang, who worships under Zhang Juzheng.

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar gate of the military department, Yu Zhigao remembered that he came here with his father more than three years ago and was warmly received by the old Shangshu Tan Lun, and then thought that Tan Lun and his father had passed away one after another, and there was a little sigh as if they were in another world.

After a pause, Yu Zhigao raised his feet and stepped on the stone steps in front of the military department.

"Hey, what does that guy do?" A janitor came over with the soldiers and stretched out his hand to stop him: "You think this is your backyard, can you enter if you want?" This is the Yamen of the Ministry of War! ”

The leading sentry among the soldiers nodded and smiled: "These newly tested martial artists don't understand the rules too much, so they think they are martial arts stars?" Hahaha! ”

Yu Zhigao was stunned, he had never received this kind of treatment back then, his face turned red with anger, and he clenched his fists.

However, Shen Yourong knew how to bend and stretch the current affairs, and knew that it was the words that came, so he hurriedly handed over the two small envelopes: "We are not martial artists who are looking for jobs in the camp, this Brother Yu is the son of General Yu, the general of the car battalion, and go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to go through the formalities of taking up the post, and please make it convenient for the two of you." ”

The little official weighed the silver in the envelope, and his hand was accurate, and he immediately weighed out a maximum of two or three dollars of flat silver, and immediately turned his face into a blank face: "Hmph, this bit of silver, what about sending it to Huazi?" ”

The sentry officer pulled the little official and said in a low voice: "Gou Shuban, Yu has an excellent reputation for governing the army, I heard that he has nothing to do except for the military book and map, for his sake, let's be so-so." ”

Gou Shuban was stunned, "Brother Fei, it's a bit of a shame if you say that, let's do this, eat this bowl of rice, not only for a day or two, but also a lot of money for us......"

Shen Yourong couldn't help it, so he had to add two taels of silver to him, and it was the sentry officer surnamed Fei who was beside him to help, Gou Shuban finally nodded, and waved his hand to put Yu Zhigao and Shen Yourong in like a fly, as if he had given them a lot of grace.

Yu Zhigao held his stomach and walked in, and heard Gou Shuban say without hesitation in the back: "Brother Fei, you said that the car battalion is so good, the cannon sounded 10,000 taels of gold, a few more pieces of artillery were scrapped, and the gunpowder was reimbursed for tens of thousands of catties, and then some food and salary were deducted, and I was afraid that I wouldn't get 20,000 or 30,000 silver all year round?" That Yu is a fool who sits on fat and doesn't know how to make money, what a fool, and leaving his son is also a treasure of the world......"

It's really too deceitful, Yu Zhigao clenched his fists and was about to turn around, and couldn't help Shen Yourong to persuade from the side, and finally took a long breath and forcibly suppressed the fire in his heart.

You can find Tan Lun three years ago, who to go to at this time? The secretary of the military department reported his illness at the right time, and Zuo Shilang was in charge of the affairs of the ministry on his behalf, but these two had no friendship with the Yu family.

After thinking about it, I still went directly to the Wuxuan Clearance Division, which has four Clearance Divisions under the Ministry of War, including Martial Selection, Staff, Car Driver, and Arsenal, among which the Martial Election Clearance Division is in charge of the selection and awarding of officials in the guard, promotion, replacement, and meritorious rewards.

Shen Yourong will come to the matter, and stuffed a piece of broken silver into the soldiers who swept the floor in the courtyard of the military department, and found out that there are two Lang Zhong and three directors in the Wuxuan Qing Officials Division, and the Lang Zhong who is on duty today is called Hu Bangqi, and he is in charge of the affairs inherited by the military attaché.

Soon they saw Hu Bangqi Hu Langzhong, this official wore a five-grade official uniform, yellow skin, goatee, about forty years old, although the official position is not high, the shelf can be very big, Yu Shigao and Shen Yourong slammed him to the ground, he didn't raise his eyelids, and he mumbled in his mouth, even if he returned the salute.

No way, at this time, the noble and martial arts are cheap, and the marshal of the border court of the first grade has to kneel down and bow to see the second-grade Shangshu and the third-grade waiter when he arrives at the military department. ,

Yu Zhigao handed over the document that wrote the life deeds of his father Yu Dayou and recorded the great and small exploits of the Southern and Northern Wars, Hu Bangqi flipped through it absentmindedly, and threw it on the table casually: "Yu Gongzi, you want to attack your father's official position, this official can't be the master, it depends on the meaning of the court, I asked Zeng Shilang to say." ”

"Then when can you find Zeng Shilang?" Yu Zhigao asked with his eyes open.

Hu Bangqi had a joke in his eyes: "Oh, that's not accurate, Boss Zeng has been very busy recently, and he was recruited by the Prime Minister to discuss the major affairs of the military aircraft, and he was in charge of the affairs of the ministry, and he had to be the counselor of the DPRK...... I'll try my best to fight for you, but it's hard to say whether this is a month or two months. ”

Yu Zhigao was so worn out that he lost his temper, so he had to ask again: "Then what about the pawn, can you go over by the military department and urge the governor's mansion?" ”

"The official seems to be a little embarrassed," Hu Bangqi reached out with a little disdain at the corner of his mouth, and reached out to pat the stack of papers: "The old general Ling Zun Yu was once impeached by the patrol as a general for rape and greed, although this matter was not resolved later, after all, the original participation still left a foundation, a person who was consulted and criminalized, hehe......"

The ruthless words are like a knife engraved on Yu Zhigao's heart, could it be that his father has been loyal and honest all his life, and in the end he has to bear the stigma that cannot be cleared? He tried his best to calm his mind and try to keep his tone as calm as possible: "Hu Langzhong Mingjian, this case has been smoothed out during Tan Laoshangshu's tenure, so Xianjun was able to succeed him as the general of the Che Battalion, and this matter should have a foundation to stay in the Yamen of the Ministry of War." ”

Shen Yourong also handed over the fifty taels of silver in a timely manner.

"Bold!" Hu Bangqi suddenly became angry and slapped the table hard: "I see that your father and son are as treacherous and greedy, and your official is as clear as water and as clear as a mirror, how can you be fooled!" Come on, drive out these two villagers who dare to openly bribe, and they will not be allowed to enter the yamen of the military department in the future! ”

Yu Zhigao and Shen Yourong were caught off guard, stunned by the sudden change, and a group of soldiers from the military department rushed up, couldn't help but say, and drove them out of the yamen of the military department.

Behind him, Hu Bangqi said angrily: "Who do you think of this official?" Outrageous! This official will expose your shameless crimes of bribing officials and drilling camps, and remove you from your office! ”

Yu Zhigao and Shen Yourong were like falling into a dream, and the two were driven to the chessboard street, and the officials who walked around all pointed and poked, and the laughter came into their ears, making them die of shame and indignation.

"Nephew Yu Xian, what are you doing here?"

The two friends turned around and saw that Qin Lin was smiling gently, with a warmth in his eyes that they had rarely seen in recent times.