Chen Suowen still met Feng Jian in the back hall, and when he saw Feng Jian, he walked to Chen Suowen's chair and kowtowed: "Little nephew knocks to see uncle." Then he lowered his eyebrows and waited for Chen to speak.

The ridiculous words that Chen heard in his ears came: "Oh, I haven't seen you for a few days, you kid has become honest!" Is it a void in your heart, afraid that the old man will not agree to ask for marriage? ”

Seeing that Feng Jian still looked low and pleasing to the eyes, Chen was in a good mood: "Get up, the old man sees that you are also self-motivated, so he has to be wronged by Lilan to marry her to you as his wife, and after accepting the reward, he will arrange for someone to come and propose marriage!" ”

Feng Jian's heart suddenly wanted to fly with joy, and he kowtowed: "Uncle Xie is complete." ”

Chen Suowen laughed and reprimanded: "What are you doing on the ground, do you want the old man to support you!" ”

"Don't dare!"

When Chen heard that he had agreed to the marriage, Feng Jian suddenly felt a little restrained, and after standing up, he didn't know how to phrase it for a while.

Chen Suowen changed the topic and said: "Don't you think it's strange that the virtuous nephew attaches so much importance to you, the leader of the bandits, that he actually sent a special person to deliver the decree?" ”

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the turmoil that occurred in the Wenhua Hall of the Imperial Palace had already spread quickly throughout the officialdom of all sizes like a bird with wings. Pingdu Prefecture is the target of the turmoil this time, so Chen Suowen has a detailed understanding of the whole process of the matter.

The main and auxiliary assistants of the imperial cabinet played with each other, and even he became a pawn in the hands of the other party, and the main and auxiliary Zhou Yanru won the game in this round.

Because he is also a member of Zhou Yanru's lineage, he was able to benefit and became the beneficiary of this game.

Although he was reduced to a pawn and was at the mercy of others, he was one of the biggest beneficiaries in this incident. Even the current emperor thinks that it is an anomaly to comment on his own recital in front of important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Not to mention the reward he received for this song, just being remembered by the saint as the name of Pingdu Zhizhou is a great opportunity. Since then, my career path has been a smooth road! Since receiving this good news this morning, Chen has been in an excited mood since he heard it.

looked at Feng Jian who looked slightly puzzled in front of him. It can be said that all this is because of this young man in front of him! Since Feng Jian appeared beside him, there have been good things one after another, first his daughter suddenly appeared, and then the bandit leader announced that he would return to the imperial court, and took the initiative to dredge the South Jiaolai River to restore the sea transportation channel of the Jiaolai River, the most unexpected thing is that his own music has attracted the attention of the emperor, and he is in the emperor's heart because of this music, Chen Suowen secretly sighed.

He coughed and said, "Do you know why you, a little bandit and a rogue, returned to the imperial court, why did a special envoy come to deliver a decree to reward you!" ”

Seeing that Feng Jian scratched his head and didn't speak, he laughed and said, "In the final analysis, what you did just caters to the meaning of today's saints." And thus he was rewarded with an exception! ”

Feng Jian was even more confused when he heard what Chen heard, what he did was in line with the holy will? Could it be that his surrender to the court is in line with the holy will? It's unlikely to think about it. Or is it in line with the holy will to dredge the South Jiaolai River at his own expense? It seems that the emperor will not care about the governance of a small local river.

I couldn't understand the inquiring gaze that changed to Chen Suowen, and said in his mouth: "The little nephew is stupid, I can't figure out what kind of action is in line with the holy will!" ”

Chen Suowen said approvingly: "It seems that you don't think that it is in line with the holy will just because you led the people to join the court, hey, this matter involves a contest between important officials of the imperial court, you just need to know that you have gained great benefits in this contest." The old man really can't explain it to you clearly for a while."

Feng Jian is not serious, he now wants to know what benefits he has gotten!

Chen Suowen stroked his beard and continued: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the saint took the old man's recital and read it in public. Because the old man emphasized in the recital that you are sincere in submitting to the imperial court, and you are willing to pay out of your own pocket to dredge the Nanjiaolai River, the saint now praises you a lot. Shoufu Zhou Yanru and Zhou Ge Lao proposed to directly reward you for the five-grade garrison of the flood camp in Pingdu Prefecture. With 500 soldiers, the main responsibilities are to manage the waterway of the Jiaolai River and the inspection of goods on the water, so it can be said that in the future, the affairs of the Jiaolai River will be under the jurisdiction of your state flood camp! ”

Speaking of which, he looked at Feng Jian. The meaning is obvious, you Feng Jian can get a heavy reward from the saint, and there is the credit of the first assistant Zhou Yanru. From the side, it is pointed out that he is inextricably linked with Zhou Yanru's family.

Feng Jian is a smart person, and he understood the meaning of Chen's words as soon as he heard it. understood that he was unconsciously classified into Zhou Yanru's family.

Feng Jian remembered that in another two or three years, Zhou Yanru would be framed by Wen Tiren and resign and return to his hometown, becoming the loser of the struggle between the two lines of Zhou Wen.

An important reason for Zhou Yanru's defeat in the struggle between the two sides was, of course, the loss of Chongzhen's favor, and a more important reason was that Kong Youde, a subordinate of his confidant Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, led his troops to launch a rebellion, and in three years, the land of Shandong was deeply harmed.

Wen Tiren's family seized this opportunity to criticize and write, making Zhou Yanru's family very passive, and was finally expelled from the center.

Feng Jian was surprised and delighted, just being rewarded as an official didn't make him much excited, but it was not easy to give him a quota of 500 soldiers at once, and he would completely hand over the management of the Jiaolai River to himself.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that once the Jiaolai River is dredged and restored to maritime shipping, the number of businesses traveling to and from Pingdu and the surrounding areas will inevitably soar, and the Jiaolai River will inevitably become a golden waterway, which is a huge income compared to simply collecting tolls for ships coming and going.

The quota of 500 soldiers in the state flood camp can make the barracks garrison eat a lot of empty salaries in the eyes of outsiders. However, in Feng Jian's opinion, this is a good opportunity to expand his strength, and with a quota of 500 soldiers, he can openly and honestly request the imperial court to issue a batch of weapons and blades.

Feng Jian knelt down again and said: "Without the care and support of my uncle, how can I Feng Jian have today's benefits, please accept the little nephew!" ”

Chen Suowen helped Feng Jian up and said: "The virtuous nephew will soon be the garrison military attache of the fifth grade, and the old man is the official position of the fifth grade, I am afraid that I will not dare to accept your gift in the future!" ”

Feng Jian was really excited at this time, and said: "No matter how big the official position is, the little nephew will bow down when he sees you in the future, father-in-law!" ”

"Hahaha"

The two of them looked at each other and let out a cheerful and hearty laugh at the same time. Chen Fu, as Chen Sowen's confidant butler, heard Chen Sowen's little conversation with Feng Jian clearly from beginning to end.

He was very envious of Feng Jian's good fortune, and at the same time he was happy for Feng Jian, because his master had agreed to marry Miss Lilan to Feng Jian as his wife.

The higher the official position Feng Jian gets, the more rewards he receives from the imperial court, and the greater the benefits to the old man Chen, there is the support of a five-grade military son-in-law in this Pingdu realm, and the one who dares to cause trouble without opening his eyes.

Thinking of this, he said: "The villain went to the kitchen to set up a banquet, invited the master and Feng Gongzi to the table, how about drinking and talking?" ”

"Well, you can drink a small amount of alcohol tonight, and when the official will comes tomorrow and everything is settled, it's not too late to come and celebrate."

Feng Jian said with a smile: "The little nephew now knows, why did my uncle place my guards in the state flood camp, it turns out that he has long known the inside story. The barracks in this state are dilapidated, so it is very difficult for my subordinates to live in peace! ”

"I have long known that your kid will not suffer, rest assured, this official has ordered the craftsmen of the state city to overhaul the state flood barracks in the near future, so as to ensure that you and your subordinates will live in peace and comfort. But you remember the promise you made to this official to exterminate all the bandits in Daze Mountain within a year! ”

Feng Jian rolled his eyes and said: "The weapon and blade you promised to allocate haven't been seen yet, so you urged the little nephew to go and suppress the thief, you are too embarrassed for the little nephew!" ”

"The weapon and blade officer promised you will definitely honor it!" Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "When the internal envoy who sent off the decree is gone, let Chen Fu go to the arsenal with his official letter card, as long as the arsenal has weapons and blades for you to choose, there is only one condition, that is, to exterminate all the thieves in Daze Mountain, and eradicate these thieves who are in trouble." ”

Feng Jian said solemnly: "Please wait patiently for a while, and wait for my Huluyan to guard the good news." ”

After a few drinks with Chen in the back hall of the official office, Feng Jian took his leave. It is possible that the envoy who will announce the decree tomorrow will go directly to the state flood camp to announce the decree, or it may be possible to announce the decree in the lobby of the state government.

It was also the first time that Chen had heard of the angel receiving the decree, so it was not certain where the angel would go.

After noon the next day, Feng Jian, who had been staying in the state barracks waiting for news, suddenly received a message from Pingdu Prefecture, asking him to rush to the back hall of the state government to meet the envoy who announced the decree and accept the reward from the imperial court.

Feng Jian had already made preparations, kicked two thousand taels of silver tickets in his arms, and ordered Zhao Shougang to gather the Zhenshan Battalion to be on guard, ready to be reviewed by the people who announced the decree at any time.

Then he led Cheng Yousheng and Shen Xiaoshan and other people to hunt enemies, and crossed their horses and went straight to the official office in the north of the city.

From a distance, I saw that the official door was wide open, and all kinds of honor guards were displayed on the left and right of the official office, and there were two Han generals on both sides of the door with their chests and stomachs on each side.

Feng Jian and other more than 20 war horses rushed from far and near, immediately attracting the attention of everyone waiting on the side of the Yimen, Zhou Tongzhi Fang Zengwei immediately walked out of the crowd, stopped Feng Jian and others, and said with envy: "Feng Xiaoyou quickly dismounted, the angel who issued the decree has entered, and is greeting Lord Zhizhou, please hurry inside to meet the angel and accept the reward!" ”

Feng Jian jumped off the war horse, threw the reins to Cheng Yousheng, bowed to Fang Zengwei and thanked him, and then Fang Zengwei led the people from the Yimen into the official office, all the way to the back hall.

As soon as I walked into the back hall, I saw that the furnishings of the back hall had changed, and a table was set up in the north, on which incense was lit, and a brocade box wrapped in yellow satin was enshrined in the middle.

On the right side of the table, there are two Taishi chairs, on which sat Chen Suowen, and a middle-aged man wearing a four-grade official uniform, the two were talking in a whisper, and two Taishi chairs were placed on the left side, and the two were also talking in a low voice.

Feng Jian naturally noticed the two people on the left, and saw the official wearing a Zhongjing crown and a red python robe sitting at the bottom of the left side, seeing that this person was forty-five or sixteen years old, his eyes were calm and soft, and he inadvertently brought out a trace of elegance.

On the left side of the upper position sitting, a young man with a delicate face, lips and chin beard sitting in the center of the hall, this person wears a crown of loyalty, wearing a round neck and narrow sleeves of the plain blue unicorn suit, revealing a red silk lineing, plain cyan and bright red commensurate to show the person's beauty. (To be continued......)