Chapter 380: Arriving at Wei Hui Mansion
Just when Lu Weiqi was still pondering, the voice of the guerrilla Cheng Kai of the fifth battalion came from the front.
"Soldiers, everyone work harder, this place is not far from Weihui Mansion, and we can rest when we arrive in Weihui City!"
"Drink!"
The sergeants responded in unison, their voices still loud, coming from all around one after another.
"The morale of the soldiers is not bad!" Pang Gang nodded with satisfaction, looked back at Lu Weiqi beside him, a smile appeared on the corner of Pang Gang's mouth, and said to Lu Weiqi: "Master Lu, the last general suggests that you go back to the car to rest, otherwise your body will be unbearable if you go on like this." β
Lu Weiqi said stubbornly: "No, no matter what the old man says, he is also the secretary of my Ming Dynasty's military department, and he wants to walk with the army, how can he sit in the car?" β
Pang Gang could only shake his head secretly: "This old man is really stubborn!" β
Originally, they went out with the army, and Lu Weiqi and the others still wanted to ride a horse with the army, but within a day, Li Xianfeng couldn't bear it, got into their car and never came out again, but Lu Weiqi was still holding on, but after seven or eight days, Lu Weiqi's repulsion had already been worn out several layers of skin, and now he even walked on his feet, but this stubborn old man still insisted on riding on horseback and refused to get down, preferring to let his delicate thighs and saddle rub to death, but this made Pang Gang look at him highly, This old man has a very stubborn temper, no wonder the rogue in history has let him go, but he still found a dead end.
After walking for another half an hour, there was a burst of cheers from the front, and a man who did not stop riding his horse at night came to Pang Gang and said, "My lord, the prefect of Weihui Mansion in front is leading officials at all levels of Weihui Mansion to greet us outside the city and wait for the arrival of the army!" β
"And this?" Pang Gang was in good spirits at first, and then he was a little puzzled, and finally he stopped at Lu Weiqi and the big car behind him and turned around a few times, and then realized that it was fake for people to welcome him, and it was true that the two people around him were welcomed.
Looking at Lu Weiqi, who was still sitting firmly on the horse although his inner thighs had been ground out of three layers of skin, Pang Gang secretly smiled bitterly, it seems that the savior is not as good as their top boss after all.
Soon, Pang Gang saw a group of hundreds of people standing in front of him, led by a middle-aged man wearing a red official uniform and a Chinese face, and saw the army coming and hurriedly greeted him, at this time Li Xianfeng also got off the cart and rode a horse, and walked to the front of the team with Pang Gang and Lu Weiqi.
"Xiaguan Weihui prefect Fang Shoudi has seen Lord Lu, Lord Li, and General Pang!" After speaking, Fang Shoudi took the lead and fell to the ground.
At this time, Pang Gang and Lu Weiqi also dismounted, and Lu Weiqi walked to Fang Shoudi and helped him up, "Lord Fang doesn't have to be like this, the old man has been a master for many years, so you can't be called, you still call the old man Confucian." β
"Yes, the subordinate obeys the order!" Fang Shoudi stood up as he spoke, and then he saluted Li Xianfeng again, and finally smiled at Pang Gang: "Huge man, I heard that the army of servants came from Qingzhou to solve my difficulties in Luoyang and even Henan, and the lower officials are very happy, now that the army is coming, please set up camp outside the city." β
"Hmm!" The smile on Pang Gang's face froze a little.
At first glance, there was nothing wrong with this, but when Pang Gang tasted it carefully, there was something wrong. This prefect of Weihui bowed to Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng, but he only bowed his hand to himself, he was the right governor of Nanjing from the second grade, although he was not as noble as Lu Weiqi who had been the secretary of the military department, but it was also the same level as Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan from the second grade, but this Fang Shoudi was treated differently. Although he keeps calling himself a subordinate official, he looks like he has the consciousness of being a subordinate! And with the arrival of his own army, how could he, the prefect of Weihui, take out food, wine and meat to reward the army, but he didn't even mention it, what does this mean?
Thinking of this, Pang Gang's face slowly sank, and the invisible evil qi sharpened on the battlefield suddenly permeated the scene.
At this time, no matter how stupid a person is, he can see that something is wrong, Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng are no exception, and the joy of seeing the city just now has long been left behind.
"It's broken." Lu Weiqi and the others couldn't help but secretly complain in their hearts, if Fang Shoudi's behavior was put thirty years ago, it would not be inappropriate, at that time, the status of the military general was still relatively low, and it was not inappropriate for him to speak like this to a military general from the second rank with the respect of his fourth-grade prefect, but now is an extraordinary period, these Qiu Ba's market and temper are also good, Fang Shoudi is looking for death if he walks like this, if he really annoys this group of Qiu Ba, he will beat you up and you will not be reasonable.
"Hehe......" Pang Gangpi smiled and said: "Governor Lu, you also know that you are an official now, what etiquette do you change when the official sees a senior official who is three levels higher than him, and still use this official to teach you?" β
As soon as Pang Gang said this, everyone's faces changed slightly, and Fang Shoudi's face also turned purple sauce. The imperial court clearly stipulates that officials must bow when they see a Shangguan who is three levels higher than themselves, otherwise the Shangguan can impeach him for the crime of Tuoba, but that is said to the civil officials and military attaches respectively, as for the relationship between civil officials and military attachΓ©s, it was originally like this when Zhu Di was in power, but in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the Battle of Tumubao, the civil official group had the upper hand in the court, and not many people abided by this rule. But then again, in the thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, during the Chongzhen period, because the status of the military generals was gradually rising, this etiquette gradually began to recover, which shows that some things are also improving with the change of the situation.
At this time, Pang Gang singled out this matter on the spot, even Lu Weiqi and He Li Xianfeng couldn't defend him, if they dared to pick it out to intercede for Fang Shou, it would not be that they couldn't get along with Pang Gang, but that they would challenge the rules of the Ming officialdom, and they couldn't afford this price.
At this time, Fang Shoudi's face changed several colors in an instant like a chameleon, and finally he took a deep breath, bowed down to Pang Gang, and said: "Xiaguan Weihui Prefect Fang Shoudi meets General Dingguo!" As he spoke, his body bowed deeply towards Pang Gang.
After Pang Gang saw that the other party's waist was almost folded to ninety degrees, he slowly waved his hand and said, "Governor Fang doesn't have to be polite, get up!" β
"Thank you, sir!"
Fang Shoudi slowly straightened his waist, looking at Pang Gang who was sneering at him in front of him and the group of personal soldiers behind him, his heart was full of humiliation and a feeling of powerlessness at this moment.
Looking at Fang Shoudi's unhappy appearance, Lu Weiqi and the others also shook their heads secretly, this Fang Shoudi is too eyeless, people come to defend Henan desperately, but you put on this stinky face, do you think you don't die fast enough?
(To be continued)