Wang Dan set up a banquet in the Weiyamen of Ulzhou, and warmly entertained the guests of the military department, although this governor is not the governor of the other side, the word "examination" added in front of it shows that his authority lies in the daily behavior and meritorious performance of the military attache in the border town, for a local military officer like Wang Dan, the examination and selection of the military department still needs to be nodded by the emperor, but after all, the military department has the right to speak in the examination and selection of governors, and it is better to be polite to these people, at least on the surface.

Qian Wanda was tired from the boat and car, and was not in a hurry to do things, and after the banquet, he was led to the post house to live and rest, and at the end of each year, the military attachés of all sizes needed to go through it, at least it took more than a month, and they were not in a hurry at this time.

Of course, Wang Dan will not be in a hurry to bring up Jiang Bin's matter, according to the rules, he always has to start with his own report, and then go down one level at a time, Tongzhi, Zhishi, thousands of households, hundreds of households, when it is Jiang Bin's turn, Qian Wanda will naturally come to ask for his own evaluation, and then report the defeat of the Black Mountain Fort to the Ministry of War can be naturally raised at that time.

Wang Dan has already thought of a rhetoric, he must first praise Jiang Bin's talent, and the most regretful thing is to say that although he cherishes Jiang Bin's talent very much, he will never cover up Jiang Bin's dereliction of duty, and will raise his hands to support the decision of the military department.

In the afternoon, Wang Dan slept beautifully, got up and practiced a hot bath, after changing clothes, ordered someone to make a pot of good tea and tasted it, and suddenly saw the housekeeper come to report that Fang Datong from the hundred households of Jinyiwei in Ulzhou came to visit, Wang Dan was stunned, he and Fang Datong were not close, and he had always kept a proper distance from Jinyiwei's people, because it was a bunch of mad dogs, no matter how good the relationship was, they didn't care about any friendship when they turned their faces.

One of the most famous things in the officialdom is the case of Liu Xunzhi, the political secretary of Zhejiang, Liu Xunzhi and Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, are fellow villagers, and it is said that there is any relation, but Liu Xunzhi is just drunk and sent a few words of complaint to today's saint, scolded a few words of mother, and was reported to Mu Bin after Jinyiwei learned about it, and Mu Bin actually led people from the capital to Zhejiang to investigate the matter.

Liu Xunzhi thought that he was not only a fellow villager, but also a relative, and things would not be so bad, but he didn't expect Mu Bin to make a big move, forcing him to admit the crime of disrespect and slander, Liu Xunzhi realized that something was wrong, and used the relationship between the upper and lower levels to intercede, and even knelt down to Mou Bin to beg for mercy, and finally failed to keep his black gauze hat, Mu Bin returned to Beijing or reported the matter, and asked for the holy decree to arrest Mu Bin into the prison of Fusi in Beizhen, and was exiled to southern Fujian by the whole family after the last time, Liu Xunzhi died in southern Fujian when he was only fifty years old.

Although it was a very dramatic fight between Jinyiwei and Dongchang at that time, Mu Bin probably did this because he hoped to suppress Dongchang with a big case, but it was enough to see that Jinyiwei's mad dogs had no humanity at all, which also reminded officials of all sizes that it was right to cherish life and stay away from Jinyiwei.

Wang Dan's impression of Fang Datong is also very vague, and he deliberately keeps a distance from the hundred households of Jinyi Wei Ulzhou, that Fang Datong is of a low level, and it is rare to meet on weekdays; In the city of Ulzhou, the Jinyiwei Hundred Households Office is almost an idle yamen, for a long time, Wang Dan even forgot that there are still Jinyiwei's hands and feet here in Ulzhou, today this party is asking to see, I don't know what is going on?

Although he was reluctant, he still had to see him, Wang Dan ordered Fang Datong to wait for him in the flower hall, changed his clothes and sat for a while before Shi Shiran went to the flower hall to meet the guests.

Fang Da was equally bored, he was carefully studying the furnishings in Wang Dan's flower hall, and secretly smacked his tongue, not to mention anything else, the two blue and white porcelain vases on the case were valuable antiques, not to mention the old jade candlestick incense burner and the huge pure gold Buddha statue on the incense case; Fang Datong couldn't help but pick up a vase and play with it, and suddenly heard someone coughing behind him, so frightened that his hand shook and almost threw the vase to the ground.

"Does Fang Baihu like this pair of vases? If you like it, the old man will give it to you. Wang Dan was dressed in a silk robe with black cloth and dark flowers, not like a town army member, but like a rich man.

Fang Datong hurriedly put the vase in his hand on the table, and said again and again: "How dare you, how dare you, this is the favorite thing of the king's commander, how can I take love from my humble position, I just saw that this vase was delicate and cute, and I picked it up and took a look at it for a while." ”

Wang Dan returned the salute, and said with a smile: "What is love, but an ordinary pair of blue and white porcelain vases of the Yuan Dynasty are not worth a hundred taels of silver, so Fang Baihu likes to take them." ”

Fang Datong smacked his tongue secretly, a pair of ordinary vases were worth a hundred taels, and they were placed on the table in the flower hall like this, and the conductor seemed to have a lot of money and nowhere to spend it.

"My lord said that I laughed, and I took the liberty to come and disturb me, so don't be surprised."

"Yes, I also wonder, Fang Baihu rarely comes to the old man's door, what kind of wind blew you here today?" Wang Dan said with a smile, stretched out his hand to signal Fang Datong to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, while he stabbed himself on the mahogany Taishi.

Fang Datong bowed down and said: "The commander is busy with official business, how dare you come to bother if you have nothing to do on weekdays, today I did have something to come to ask for advice, no, I didn't report in advance, so I came in a hurry, it stands to reason that I should bring some gifts, it is too urgent." ”

Wang Dan sighed and said curiously: "Urgent? What's the matter? ”

Fang Datong looked left and right and stopped, Wang Dan frowned, looking at this Fang Datong's sneaky look, he really didn't know what he was going to say, after thinking about it, he waved his hand and withdrew from the maid standing in the hall.

Fang Datong waited for the idle people to exit the hall, quickly closed the hall door, came to Wang Dan's side and arched his hand: "My lord, I am not to blame me for being cautious, just because what I want to say today is related to the name of the adult, so I have to be cautious, and it is not good to teach other ears to listen." ”

Wang Dan frowned and said, "What does it matter to the old man's name?" Fang Baihu, if you have something to say, why bother talking so much. ”

Fang Datong blinked and said, "Yes, yes, this matter...... How to say it, if you really want to say it, it's really hard to say, this ...... That ......"

Wang Dan became a little impatient, and said unhappily: "What is this, that's it, let's talk about it, the old man will go to the post house to meet the officials selected by the Ministry of War later, hurry up." ”

Fang Datong laughed dryly, scratched his ears and cheeks, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, after all, I have to say it, here's the thing, Fang is a hundred households in Ulzhou Jinyiwei, and his duties on weekdays are intoibly in accordance with the requirements above. ”

Wang Dan said: "That's natural, the old man of your Jinyi Wei Yamen has never pointed fingers." ”

Fang Datong said with a smile: "This lowly position knows the truth, the lowly position means that this time the lowly position accidentally learned a piece of news, which is about the adult, the lowly position feels that this matter is too important, and wants to report it immediately, but he feels that it is necessary to come to the adult to verify it, so as not to make a mistake, and the lowly position can not afford it." ”

Wang Dan was puzzled and asked, "Fang Baihu, what is the matter?" Don't you say how the old man can confirm it for you? ”

Fang Datong bowed his waist and said: "Ask your lordship, do you have a manor in the north of the city, and there are nearly 10,000 acres of fertile land in the manor?" ”

Wang Dan's face changed, and he squinted and said, "What?" When did Fang Baihu change to the household department? This is the old man's private property, so what? ”

Fang Datong waved his hand and said: "Don't misunderstand, my lordship has no other intention, I just want to ask, has your manor ever been harassed by Tartar soldiers?" As far as the lowly knows, the Tartar rangers have become more and more arrogant, and the villages and fields thirty miles north of the city have been harassed, but it is said that the manor of the lord has not been disturbed by the Tartars once, which is a little strange. ”

Wang Dan suddenly stood up and said angrily: "So what? The old man just transferred a thousand households to guard the soldiers and horses, is it your turn to intervene in this matter? The old man's field is also my Ming estate, shouldn't I send troops to guard it? ”

Fang Datong hurriedly smiled and said: "That's not what you mean, my lord is saying that you transferred soldiers and horses to guard the manor?" So he didn't suffer from the harassment of the Tartars? ”

Wang Dan said proudly: "Ming people don't do dark things, that's right, I transferred nearly 1,000 guards around Shili Fort and Yangshan Fort, that is my power." ”

Fang Datong tilted his head and thought for a while, "But that's not what the lowly post heard. ”

Wang Dan snorted and did not answer, this guy is a night owl who comes into the house and has nothing to do, he was already wary of him looking for trouble, but it turned out to be for his own transfer of troops to protect private property, this time he is not unreasonable, where the soldiers and horses are stationed is not at the mercy of Jinyiwei, on the contrary, Jinyiwei is suspected of overstepping his authority when he talks about this matter.

"The news that the lowly has heard is that it says...... The Tartar soldiers deliberately bypassed the adult's manor and did not disturb it, and the fields and villages on the left and right were all plagued by the Tartar soldiers, but they just let go of the adult's manor, this matter ...... Hmmm......"

Fang Datong seemed to be talking to himself, listening to Wang Dan's ears was tantamount to a thunderbolt, which made him stunned, the meaning of the words was that even a fool could hear it, a wave of anger rose from Wang Dan's heart, he reached out and slapped the table, and the pair of vases worth a hundred taels on the table rolled down the table with a bang, clanging, and shattering.

"Fang Baihu, you can be careful when you speak, some words are not something that people like you can bear, I said what are you doing today, it turned out that you came to find the old man's stubble, it's just that, the old man will play what you said today to the court, I think even Commander Mu doesn't dare to say such things at will, come here, send off guests!" Wang Dan flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.

Fang Datong sneered and said, "Commander Wang, why do you react so violently, don't you want to explain?" The humble post has already told you, what I Jinyi Wei Yamen is doing is to spy on pickets, not to mention that there is no evidence, how dare I open my mouth, I don't need you to play the court, so I went back to write an official document. ”

Wang Dan stopped for a moment, slowly turned around and said, "Evidence? Jokes, do you still have proof? The old man is lonely, but I want to see what evidence you have. ”