I heard that there was an angel from the imperial court to the Shangyuan Gate, and the big officials in the political hall beat the drum in their hearts again, and there were rumors that the emperor had ordered to transfer the town to the north, in fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was to seize Li Xin's military power. The Three Guards are leaderless, and it is a ready-made bargain in anyone's hands.

Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, came to Zheng Sanjun to get an idea, "Brother Zhang, the angel who delivered the decree has arrived at Shangyuanmen Wharf, what kind of charter should we come up with to receive it?" ”

"Brother Ziyou, why are you confused? Reception angels, the court table has its own customization, why ask me! ”

Zheng Sanjun's answer seemed ambiguous, but Gao Hongtu, who had the same thoughts as him, immediately understood, and after he had the bottom in his heart, he immediately summoned hundreds of officials and prepared to welcome the angels into the city.

After Zheng and Gao discussed for a while, they went to the political hall to meet with several other scholars, and hurried to the Shangyuan Gate with the honor guard. According to common sense, if there is an angel who is coming, someone must go to the front station in advance and notify the local officials so that they can prepare as soon as possible.

But now the situation is special, Shandong is controlled by thieves, and the traffic of the Grand Canal has also been interrupted because of this, no one thought that the angel who delivered the decree would dare to take the sea boat to come, how much risk it would take. Therefore, the preparations were hurried, but the angels who delivered the decree could not wait on the dock for a long time, in case these eunuchs were impatient, and put on a few pairs of small shoes for the ministers in Nanjing, who were idle and far away from the center of the imperial court, no one could afford to be offended.

However, when the group of people hurried to the pier outside Shangyuan Gate, they had already disappeared from the angel. The current pier outside the Shangyuan Gate is the military port of the Three Guards, all of which are guarded by the men and horses of the Three Guards. The guards were very cold-faced, and stopped all the honor guards led by these scholars outside, saying only that no one was allowed to enter without permission without official documents.

Gao Hongtu moved out of the official body of the military department, and was still blocked outside, at this time he was worried, but he knew that he couldn't have a seizure, so he had to say gently: "Angels can be in the docks?" This official is here to greet ......"

"Do you mean the guy who just got off the ship? It was an old acquaintance of our generals, and the senior supervisor army had worked all the way and had gone to the barracks in Nancheng to rest and drink. ”

I heard that the angel who came to Nanjing by sea ship turned out to be Li Xin's old man, and he openly went to the barracks of the Three Guards without waiting for the official greeting of Nanjing. Zheng Sanjun and Gao Hongtu glanced at each other, and they clearly saw a trace of disappointment in each other's eyes.

Although this high angel went directly to the barracks of the Three Guards Army after arriving in Nanjing, they, the big bureaucrats of the political hall, could not just return in such a gloomy manner, so they had to go to the barracks in the south of the city with a guard of honor.

But after arriving at the military camp in the south of the city, he was still stopped outside by the soldiers of the Three Guards.

"No one is allowed to enter the camp without official documents and a warrant from the general!"

The current Three Guards Army is not the Three Guards Army when they first came to Nanjing, even if Zheng Sanjun and Gao Hongtu and others are Shangshu, they don't dare to reprimand lightly, because this little pawn did the right thing, Emperor Wen of Han was stopped outside when he went to the Xiliu Camp, not to mention them as courtiers.

Still can only be kind to discuss: "We are here to greet the angel of the herald, please say goodbye!" ”

The goalkeeper was also very talkative after being consulted, so he only let them stay outside the barracks for a while, and then went straight into the camp by himself, and did not move for a long time, and did not see him return. Just when everyone lost patience and was discouraged, their faces were already a little unbearable. No matter how bad they are, they are also the officials of the second grade of the imperial court, and now they let a eunuch and a warrior make their faces a little unbearable after all, if this is spread out, it may not be passed on in the future.

Do you want a decent official voice?

When he was hesitating whether to leave, he heard the roar of the cannon in the camp, and then a group of people came to Yuanmen from the depths of the barracks. At a glance, the sharp-eyed one recognized that it was Li Xin who walked in the front.

To tell the truth, Li Xin's enthusiasm for the crowd greatly surprised everyone, which made them feel flattered.

The middle-aged man who followed Li Xin was dressed in cloth, thin and beardless, with deep-set eye sockets and a dusty face, and it could be seen at a glance that he had gone through the suffering of bumps in the road. It's just that this person's eyes are blazing, and he scans all the big officials unscrupulously.

For a while, several Shangshu were very uncomfortable being looked at by this middle-aged person. In the end, it was Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, who spoke: "I heard that the angel of the decree is coming, Zheng and the hundred officials of Nanjing are late, and they ask the angel to forgive their sins, forgive their sins!" ”

The middle-aged bearded man is Gao Shiming, the eunuch of the former prison army in Shanxi. Gao Shiming's tone was quite polite, and he hurriedly took a few steps forward to support Zheng Sanjun, who wanted to salute.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't be polite! Our family did go south under the holy order, but it was not to Nanjing to preach the decree! Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and then said: "Let's tell you the truth, our family's southward journey this time is to supervise the army of Shengming in Huguangjiangxi, but it has nothing to do with Nanzhili. That's why I came to this barracks to meet old friends, but I don't want to alarm your labor! I don't want to be alarmed! ”

Sure enough, the relationship between Gao Shiming and Li Xin is very good, if the two join forces, who else in this Jiangnan can cure them? However, Gao Shiming's errand did not overlap with Li Xin, he was the supervisor of Huguang and Jiangxi, and the two provinces did not have an official in charge of military affairs except for him, the supervising army, in other words, Gao Shiming was in charge of the military affairs of the two provinces as a supervising army. In this way, Gao and Li are divided into courts, and they may ......

Zheng Sanjun and Gao Hongtu couldn't help but glance at each other again, neither of them spoke, but both understood the meaning of the other party's eyes. Although on the surface these people were all deferential to the Marquis of Zhenyu, none of them minded that someone would challenge Li Xin's authority, and not only did they not mind, but there were even some of them who were looking forward to it.

"This is not the place to speak, since you are here, if you don't dislike it, you can come into the camp, drink a few glasses of water and wine, and wash the dust together for Gao Gong, how about it?"

The marquis of Zhenyu asked for it, who can say that he dislikes the water and wine in the barracks? Can't ask for it? So officials at all levels were invited into the camp one after another, and even the dependents they brought were properly arranged, and all the wine and meat were served, and the food was enough.

In an instant, the unhappiness caused by a group of people waiting for the air to rush into the air and being blocked again and again was swept away in the staggered manner.

Wine is the best way to bring people closer to each other, and after a few glasses of wine, some unruly officials also toast each other with the generals in the battalion. The generals of the Three Guards had a bad impression of the civilian officials, but when they saw that someone took the initiative to call them brothers, they couldn't help but change their minds about it, so they simply let go of drinking with them.

The people below can drink unscrupulously, but Zheng Sanjun and several other scholars cannot. The reason why he entered the barracks was to eat and drink, but to find out the intentions of this senior supervisor, although this person kept a low profile, but who could guarantee that he did not have a secret purpose?

How do you know that when several senior officials were thinking about it and hesitating and speculating, Gao Shiming took the initiative to say his intention.

"Our family originally went south this time with the soldiers recruited from Changping, but they were blocked by thieves in Shandong, and Lu Butang was in a tight war, so he handed it over to Lu Butang to be dispatched by him, hoping to open the canal as soon as possible and restore north-south traffic."

Gao Shiming's voice suddenly turned from high to low, sighed heavily, raised his eyelids and glanced at everyone in the tent, and said slowly: "However, our family is in the holy life, and it is difficult to sleep and eat every day in Shandong, and I feel deeply ungrateful to the Holy Grace. Only then did I make up my mind, and I took a sea boat from Jiaozhou to Huguang to take up my post. ”

Everyone listened to Gao Shiming talk about his energy along the way, but they were anxious to listen, and they just hoped that he would hurry up and tell the goods.

"Our family is alone in the south of the Yangtze River, will the historian also write a few words for our family in the future?" Gao Shiming's words seemed to be talking to himself, but no one in the account could answer him. Gao Shiming didn't care either, and still said to himself: "If the pen is not bent, our family does not have extravagant expectations." But this time our family went south, but it was a twelve-point spirit to defend Huguang and Jiangxi for long live. Alas! However, I have no soldiers in my hands, so I can only rely on you to help you......"

At the same time, Gao Shiming got up and bowed his hand, and he was deeply moved. This is what everyone didn't expect, and when the words were eloquent, the sharp turn of the words turned out to be righteous and strict, and they were extremely solemn. It only made all the officials present feel extremely strange in their hearts, these words came from the mouth of a eunuch, but they made them saint disciples a little embarrassed.

What does Gao Shiming mean by this, are they scholars and doctors not as good as a eunuch? Let a eunuch beg to serve the court with his heart?

Jiang Yueguang, the director of the Hanlin Academy, lost his face at that time and wanted to reprimand, but he was pulled by the corner of his clothes by the students around him, and shook his head to signal him not to be confused, and he couldn't offend the eunuch if he offended anyone. Jiang Yueguang angrily put the wine bowl in his hand on the case and didn't say a word.

But these words fell on Zheng Sanjun's ears but there was another understanding, Gao Shiming was getting rid of the care of Nanjing officials, and he was clearly warning them in an extremely tactful way that he and Li Xin were on one side, and you were embarrassed for Li Xin to be difficult for Gao Shiming, and helping Li Xin was helping Gao Shiming.

Xiong Ming was the fastest to meet the opportunity, and immediately replied: "Gao Gong's words are serious, and as an official of the imperial court, I am duty-bound. Gao Gong has orders, just speak out! ”

Gao Shiming laughed, took the wine bowl and drank it all, and continued: "Our family wants to borrow troops from the Marquis of Zhenyu, and we want to borrow grain and grass from you, otherwise there will be no way to talk about the matter of pacifying Huguang and Jiangxi!" ”

After hearing this, Zheng Sanjun and Gao Hongtu glanced at each other again, and they both found a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.