When Huang Sankui, the leader of the Beijing camp, saw the man, he also seemed to be startled, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to collect their weapons and stand in line. And Sun Lie and the others saw that the other party had collected the troops, and they also collected the merits and stood opposite. Yan Hong looked at it fixedly, and saw this person who came, about fifty years old, with a slender figure, white skin, good facial features, extraordinary appearance, and five locks of long hair fluttering on his chest, a pair of slender eyes that were bright and powerful.

And the person next to him, with a burly figure and a bare face, was none other than Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard. As soon as Lu Bing saw Yan Hong, he said loudly: "Yan Hong, why don't you come and meet Yang Da Sima!" ”

Only then did Yan Hong realize that the official with extraordinary bearing who had just come was Yang Bo, who had just been the secretary of the military department of the dynasty, and had just whipped away Kuteng Khan with a real sword and a real gun at the border not long ago. Although he didn't know Yang Boqi too well, he heard his father say that this was the dragon and phoenix among the three wise men of the country and the dynasty alongside Yan Shifan himself and Lu Bing. Moreover, they have the actual credit for the defeat of Mongolia, including the relief of the Jinan border army this time, which was also sent by Yang Bo. In front of him, how dare Yan Hong pretend to be big? Hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed.

Yang Bo was very polite, and said with both hands: "No courtesy, no courtesy." The son of the weak crown age, the governor of Jinan, the trouble of the white lotus in the inside, the refusal of the Tartar iron to ride outside, the heavenly family gave the word pure minister, since the founding of the dynasty, has not been heard. is really a young hero, and the old man also admires it very much. He turned his head to Xin Fen and said: "As a member of the military department, you are not a director in the ya, what kind of system do you have when you call the soldiers to take swords and move their staffs?" ”

Xin Fen lost his arrogance in front of his own head official, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "If you go back to the old department, this matter is not in the lower ranks." These people have been stirring up trouble in the military headquarters for several days. We insisted that we delayed their confession. Today, he insulted his colleagues even more. Fellow Fei was angry for a while. After a few words in reply, they were beaten and kicked and seriously injured. Then I ordered the sergeants to be summoned and come and arrest the murderers. According to the lower officials, these people are obviously unchangeable, embarrassed and empowered, and they are not worthy of being officials at all. He should be thoroughly investigated and punished heavily. ”

The middle-aged man listened to Xin Fen. He scolded loudly: "Phew! You official, who do you say has not changed? I am a hereditary military attache of the dynasty, a general, and a meritorious member. I think you are the bandits, just because I am shy in my pocket, I can't take out the silver taels to stuff the dog hole, so I was made difficult by you in every way, and I was still not allowed to take up my post after entering Beijing for a few months. I've been working in Tielingwei since I was fifteen years old, and I've fought with Tartars with real swords and guns. has suffered countless knife and arrow wounds on his body, how do you know that you will have to suffer from the bird's spirit of villains when you attack your job! ”

Yang Bowen heard this person scolding. His face became more and more gloomy, and he stared at Xin Fen and said, "Is this serious?" ”

Xin Fen knew the temper of his own official, and hurriedly distinguished: "The old ministry has clearly investigated, and it is clear that this thief has framed him out of thin air, how dare the lower officials blackmail the officials?" This person is indeed unclear and unruly, so he has not been sent a complaint for a long time. ”

Yang Bo ignored him anymore, only called the man in front of him and asked, "Who is your surname, and what position do you want to attack?" ”

The man kowtowed and said: "The villain's name is Li Chengliang, his father's name is Li Jing, and the hereditary Tielingwei is in command." Now that my father has died, I should take this post as a rule, but the military department has not issued documents and told me for a long time, as long as I use silver money. Because my family is poor and has no money to dredge, I can't complete the formalities of taking up my job. Da Sima, please tell me today how much money is worth for this job, and I will return to the Liaodong pawnbroking business to raise enough money and come back. ”

Yan Hong listened to the other party's registration on the side, and his heart was also moved. He seems to have heard the fat man say that this Li Chengliang seems to be a big bull and is also very capable of fighting. But how good it is, he really doesn't remember, but vaguely remembers, it seems that this person has something to do with Nurhachi? But shouldn't it be the end of the Ming Dynasty, is there now Nurhachi, the Eight Banners, and the Emperor Taiji? Of course, with Yan Hong's knowledge, he doesn't even have a concept of how many years the Ming Dynasty can last, so he naturally doesn't know that Nurhachi did work as a house slave for Li Chengliang, but at that time Li was a big tyrant, and now Li is still a turtle hanger, and there are still many years in between. Moreover, there were decades between Nurha's rebellion and the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Hong was stunned and recalled Li Chengliang's qualifications without mentioning it, but Yang Bo's face also changed slightly, and he suddenly asked: "When the former old man fought with Kuten Khan, he heard that there are Li family soldiers in Liaodong, and they are the most brave and capable of fighting, is that your Li family?" ”

Li Chengliang nodded and said, "Not bad." Boss, more than half of my Li family's wealth is to support these families. When the Tartars entered the Kou, they went into battle to work hard, and one could top ten, but this weekday expenditure was also worth ten, so I didn't have any extra money to take to the capital to help. ”

When Yang Bo heard this, he felt that this person was interesting, and couldn't help but say: "Why, these families are so expensive and food-consuming?" I don't think you're dressed up rich, how much can you spend? ”

Li Chengliang replied: "Old Sima doesn't know. My family's food, drink, and clothing are better than mine. My Li family has a mouthful of meat, and I also give it to the family to eat and drink first. It is precisely because of this that these families practice martial arts with peace of mind on weekdays. When he was in battle, he dared to fight, was not afraid of death, and faced the Jurchens or Mongolian Tatars, with a knife and a shot, and never flinched. ”

Yan Hong also roughly knew that the family in the mouths of the two of them was two concepts with the slaves of a wealthy family like Yan Feng and Yan Fu. This kind of family is actually a private soldier raised by military generals, and it belongs to the nature of soldiers. Wherever the generals are transferred, their families will follow, and the court will not transfer the generals' families, but it will not solve the problem of money and food for these generals to support their families. In other words, the family is the personalized configuration of the general, and how many families a military general raises and how well equipped it depends entirely on the general's own financial resources. On the other hand, it is precisely because these generals are the fixed meal tickets of the family members, if the main general is finished, the family members will also lose their source of livelihood, so these family members train weekdays, and sacrifice their lives to charge into battle for the main generals when they are in battle, which belongs to the most effective units in the Ming army at that time.

Yang Bo nodded and said: "Li Chengliang, the old man will ask you, what is the reason for today's incident, and you will explain it to the old man." ”

Li Chengliang also knew that most of his future was here, and he was based on the truth at the moment: "Back to Lao Sima's words, the villain's father died, and it has been more than two months since he entered Beijing to handle the attack. However, this plagued bird, pushing and pushing, just refused to handle it for me. It's not that my talent and fame are fake, that is, my identity in this long house is not true, and it is also said that my military achievements are unknown, and I am dragging my feet to death. The bookstore in the yamen, inside and outside the words, knocked on me to give gifts. ”

He pointed at Sun Lie and the others with his hand: "These heroes have also been waiting with me for the past few days, and they listened to me express their merits and said a few fair words for me from the side. I didn't know that those bastards even scolded them, and their words were full of guns and sticks, which was extremely filthy. What do you say about the thief's nature, and what do you say, what is the use of military merit now, and it is not as good as giving birth to a good girl. These heroes are also good at self-cultivation and don't care about them. But they have intensified and become more and more unscrupulous. Even today, the grandson surnamed Fei became more and more rude, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, and his mouth was not inferior, and he even said that as long as the thighs were separated, there would be hairpins falling from the sky. The bigger the noko, the bigger the official hat. The old man was angry but a few words stronger than him, so he said that the old man roared at the military department, ordered the soldiers to come and get people, and also put the old man in the military department to show the public. A certain family really couldn't look past it, so they overturned the public case and punched the surnamed Fei a few times. It's just that the guy can't help fighting, and he won't wake up after a few punches. ”

Yan Hong had heard the foul language of these people from the military department, and his face was already blue with anger. Yang Bo didn't seem to care, and turned to Xin Fen unhurriedly and asked, "Xin Shucao, what Li Chengliang said is the truth?" Officers of the military department should verify their integrity and handle their duties, which is where their duties lie. If you use this to bully the generals, it is very inappropriate. You must know that all the people in Feihu Mountain fought against the White Lotus Sect and the Mongolian Tartars in Jinan City, and the Mengtian family personally awarded the officials. Since this matter involves the meritorious man of the case of Shandong's pacification of the White Lotus, it is the side of the White Lotus Demon Sect. If you have a half-word lie, the old man will have no choice but to hand over this matter to Lu Dajinwu to investigate. ”

Xin Fen also knew what the result would be if this matter was really handed over to Lu Bing. Not long ago, the eunuch Li Bin was handed over to Lu Bing for investigation, and now all those who have been investigated have been beheaded. If he offends Feihu Mountain at this time, that is, he offends Yan Hong, and it is no better to fall into the hands of Jinyiwei.

He hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The old ministry is gracious, the old ministry is gracious!" The officials make a few jokes on weekdays, and there are indeed some of them. It's just that there's no such thing as blackmail. The documents of the people in Feihushan were not prepared for a while, so they were not distributed. As for Li Chengliang, he was far away in Liaodong, and the situation was unknown, so he did not dare to allow him to take up his post at will. ”

Yan Hong arched his hand at this time and said, "Sima Yang, the lower official has a word." I don't know if to talk about it or not. ”

Yang Bo waved his hand and said, "It's okay for Prime Minister Yan to speak." ”

Yan Hong said: "This matter is related to the reward of the state, and it is not a trivial matter, and it must be handled carefully." It's just that if you are on the street, everyone will make a big fuss, no matter who is right or wrong, you will lose the face of our officials. It's better to ask Da Sima and Governor Lu to take me and others to the yamen to investigate slowly. I think whether the documents are complete or not, and where it is difficult for Li to carry out the ministry, I can know it by checking it. ”

Yang Bo nodded in agreement, everyone entered the yamen, and Yang Bo came directly to the government office of the Wuxuan Qing Officials Division. I saw that this yamen had been beaten into a mess, the tables, chairs and benches were crooked, and a downed gauze hat was found on the ground. The injured Fei Wu had already been carried to another room, and someone went to the Tai Hospital next to him to ask Lang Zhong to treat his injuries.

Seeing that the master of his own ministry had arrived, the officials did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly cleaned up the tables, chairs, benches, etc. Yang Bo has been in battle for a long time, and the ruthless man who came out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain is not a dirty master. In front of Yan Hong, he instructed a group of secretaries and experiences to take the meritorious officials of Jinan. (To be continued......)