There are some days that you can't forget no matter how busy you are, such as festivals such as Qingming, Chongyang, New Year, etc., the birthday of an important person around you, or the birthday banquet of your boss.

Sichuan commanded Han Wendeng's birthday banquet, which is a sign that he is his own person, no matter how busy he is, Lu Haoshan has to bring carefully prepared gifts to celebrate his birthday, especially this year, this gift can not be less, because in the tea and horse trade, Han Wendeng secretly took care of a lot, although Zhao Yuqing, who is well aware of human feelings, has already sent a large amount of generous gifts, but Lu Haoshan has to show something.

Riding on a galloping horse, Lu Haoshan couldn't help but think of an earlier scene in his mind:

The seventh day of November is Han Wendeng's birthday, on this day his henchmen, protégés and colleagues gathered together, Lu Haoshan did not dare to slack off, prepared a pearl and a pair of opals as a congratulatory gift, and went to Hanfu to celebrate his birthday.

"Lu Qianhu, you're here." When Lu Haoshan delivered the congratulatory gift to the Han housekeeper who was in charge of registration, the Han housekeeper greeted him warmly.

Lu Haoshan smiled and said: "Adult's birthday banquet, how can Lu not come, Steward Han, I haven't seen you for a few days, how are you doing lately?" ”

This Han housekeeper is Han Wendeng's own family, his own people can be trusted, with the identity of his own family, Han Steward's status in the Han Mansion is very high, that is, many officials are polite when they see him, Lu Haoshan gave him a piece of valuable jade when he participated in the birthday banquet for the first time, and he also brought him some special products when he sent someone to send a letter to Han Wendeng, and the relationship between the two was not bad.

"Okay, there are thousands of households to worry about" Steward Han said with a smile: "Come, Lord Qianhu here, please." ”

Lu Haoshan thought that this Han housekeeper would take him to pay homage to Han Wendeng, but he didn't expect that Han Steward took Lu Haoshan to a study and asked him to wait here for a while, and his master would come to see him soon.

is so mysterious and secretive, Lu Haoshan also has some accidents, but this is not his own territory, so he has to wait while drinking tea in the study. A pot of good Tieguanyin was about to be drunk, and Han Wendeng appeared in the study with a red face.

"Xiaguan has seen Lord Han, I wish you good fortune like the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan, every year has today, and every year has today." As soon as he saw the main lord coming, Lu Haoshan hurriedly saluted.

Han Wendeng waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, Haoshan, sit down." ”

"Master Xie"

After sitting down, Lu Haoshan said cautiously: "My lord, let the lower officials come here this time." I don't know what to command? ”

The mystery of this big birthday was mysterious, and he gave a congratulatory gift, but he didn't even step into the main hall, Lu Haoshan also wanted to take the opportunity to have a good chat with those powerful figures, win over the relationship, and be able to eat more in Sichuan in the future, but he didn't expect to be brought here, and for a while he really couldn't think of what kind of medicine was sold in Han Wendeng's gourd.

Han Wendeng nodded and said directly: "Haoshan." Now that Lord Zhao of the Left Governor has made a move, the situation of Lord Tian of the Right Governor is not very good. ”

It was another battle for power, and Lu Haoshan suddenly understood.

The military and political power of the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of the left, right, center, front and rear five prefectures, of which Sichuan and Shaanxi were under the jurisdiction of the right military governorates. Lu Haoshan heard Han Wendeng say that Lord Tian, the right capital governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion, favored him and intended to let him enter the Governor's Mansion to take his place, so Lu Haoshan set up a military expedition to suppress bandits and earn military merits. Now that I hear that Lord Tian is not good, nine times out of ten it is a struggle involving power at the top.

"Then what can the lower officials do?" Lu Haoshan took the initiative to ask very interestingly.

I haven't even entered the lobby, so I'm called here alone. There must be something, if you want to discuss, the status of the two is too different, Lu Haoshan is not qualified yet, there is a chance that there are some "bones" for him to gnaw, I hope it is not a bad thing.

The power struggle at the upper level, the worst thing is the people at the lower level, they are forced to stand in line, and if they stand right, they will naturally rise step by step, if they stand wrong, maybe they won't be able to turn over all of a sudden, which is the cruelty of officialdom, but Lu Haoshan has no choice, because he has been labeled as Han Wendeng early.

"Lead the troops into Shanxi," Han Wendeng replied simply and forcefully.

Lu Haoshan felt a thrill in his heart, and said in surprise: "My lord, when?" ”

"Now, immediately, immediately," Han Wenden said without hesitation.

"Why is it so sudden? What's going on? ”

Han Wendeng nodded and said: "That's right, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao have made heavy progress in Shaanxi, Hao Lin'an, Ke Tianfei, Xue Hongqi, Yizi Wang, Lone Wolf and other traitors have been accused of being beheaded one by one, in a word, Shaanxi's bandits have been basically wiped out, Lord Tian received a secret order, and the imperial court ordered the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou to guard Shaanxi, and Cao Wenzhao, the general of Lintao, and his subordinates Ma Ke, Cao Bianjiao and others officially entered Shanxi to help suppress the bandits. Cao Wenzhao is the person of Lord Zhao, the governor of the left capital, if he takes the lead in everything and takes away all the colored heads, then the right governor of Tian is even more difficult to move an inch, so Lord Tian asked the imperial court for advice, and Sichuan also sent troops to help, combining the strength of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Shanxi provinces to eliminate those thieves in Shanxi. ”

Sending troops to Shanxi?

Lu Haoshan was excited all of a sudden, he had been training in Guangyuan for almost a year, and he had long wanted to see the results of the training, and a few days ago he was thinking about where to find some bandits or something, to test the combat effectiveness of his subordinates.

If you want to make them stronger, you have to let them grow up in battle, like the peasant rebel army, which is the best training object, if you face the Houjin Iron Cavalry galloping the world at the beginning, it is estimated that you will have to "die" before you grow.

Happy is happy, but Lu Haoshan didn't show it on his face, but pretended to be curious and asked: "My lord, there are many talents in the capital, and the fierce generals are like clouds, and it is not the turn of the lower officials to rank in terms of seniority, so such an important task is handed over to the lower officials, I am afraid that I am only afraid that I will be disappointed." ”

Leave a line in everything, and see each other in the future, the most taboo is to talk too much, Lu Haoshan knew that Han Wendeng had the intention to win him over, but he didn't expect that he would send this errand to himself, it is not an exaggeration to say that now people like Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others are not opponents of officers and soldiers, not that their courage is not good, but that they are not strong enough.

Otherwise, he would not have been forced into exile in Shanxi.

Han Wendeng was not surprised by Lu Haoshan's question, he was also thirsty after saying so much just now, and poured a cup of tea for himself and tasted it slowly, then he said: "It's very simple, there are three reasons, one is that the official has promised to send troops out of Sichuan, and there will be your share, this time it is considered to fulfill the promise, and the second is that there is no suitable person, you also know that Kong Youde rebelled, the imperial court sent troops to suppress it, and the official sent Deng Er, in fact, he is the most suitable, but no one expected this, recently there are a lot of people in Zuo Dudu, and they also need to beware of them, Of course, the last reason is also your strength. ”

After a pause, Han Wendeng said with a smile: "Haoshan, you have a long-term vision, a careful plan, advance and retreat have their own set, and also trained a lot of carrier pigeons to deliver news, last time in the eradication of the mud has already put your kind of talent table xiàn out, at that time the mud people are strong and strong, and equipped with muskets, you only brought a few hundred township warriors to achieve a big victory, which shows that you are born a general, this time there is this official to support you, and the soldiers under your command have also been trained for so long, the official is very optimistic about you, just you, don't push again." ”

"Yes, sir." Lu Haoshan didn't dare to fabricate it, and immediately said with a straight face: "If you can afford it, the lower officials must work hard not to embarrass the adults." ”

"Good! I like that. Han Wendeng said with an appreciative face.

Lu Haoshan hesitated for a moment and whispered, "My lord, I don't know what I need to pay attention to on this trip?" ”

Han Wendeng stood up, patted Lu Haoshan on the shoulder and said: "Of course, this time to enter the Jin, although we have the heart, but the officials of Shanxi are not left behind, they refuse to enter Shanxi on a large scale on the grounds of the severe disaster in Shanxi and the insufficient supply of grain and grass, and the number of people is limited, the number of people led by Cao Wenzhao is about 3,500 people, and our soldiers in Sichuan cannot exceed three thousand, This time, Dong Jian was commanded by Lizhou Wei as the main general, you are the auxiliary, the official has considered it, your Wenchong Qianhu has drawn 800 troops, no problem, right? ”

Kiss or not, my own family, I am still a deputy after a long time, and the position of the main general is still left to my brother-in-law.

Lu Haoshan was a little speechless.

Although Dong Jian is said to be a commander, after a year of dealing, Lu Haoshan already knows what kind of person he is, a useless scholar, a bombastic gentleman, and a useless general, which can be described in four words: embroidered pillow.

With this kind of person, can you fight a good battle?

"My lord, the subordinate and the commander of Dong have always rarely cooperated, but I am afraid, I am afraid that the cooperation will not be good." Lu Haoshan said tactfully.

"Don't worry, my brother-in-law is still very easy to get along with, this expedition, all the elites in the army are picked, forgive those mud legs can't play any tricks, as long as the two of you cooperate sincerely, you will definitely be able to succeed, fight for our Sichuan Metropolitan Mansion, Haoshan, what are the grievances, for the sake of the old man, you can bear with it first, and I will find a comment for you one by one when I come back."

All the commanding envoys in the hall have said this, what can Lu Haoshan say, so he had to give up his hand and said: "Yes, my lord, the lower officials must assist Lord Dong well, this trip out of Sichuan, do not make a name for yourself, and swear not to return it." ”

"Good! Without further ado, the official won't keep you, you go now, this time the birthday wine will be kept first, and when you return triumphantly, the old man will accompany you to have a good drink."

"Yes, sir."

Lu Haoshan embarked on the journey home in this way. (To be continued......)