Chapter 61

Thousands of miles away, there is an inconspicuous courtyard on the east side of Nanxunfang, outside the Chang'an Gate in the east of Beijing, and the whole courtyard is composed of several courtyard houses, and there is no connection with the surrounding houses.

Dense green vines climb all over the courtyard wall, and the antique gatehouse and courtyard gate look a little dilapidated, but the two majestic oily stone lions at the gate of the courtyard expose the unusualness of this ordinary courtyard; On the six-foot-high bluestone platform, two stone lions sit on it with their teeth and claws; The people in the alley were in a hurry, and they didn't even dare to look at the gate guarded by these two stone lions.

In a large room due north of the courtyard Sanjin, a large mahogany shiny case table was placed in the center, and behind the case, a burly and dark-skinned official was sitting upright on the Taishi chair, his brows twisted into a pimple, and he held a secret report in his hand to read it carefully.

"Bang" The official's big hand slapped on the table fiercely, shaking the teacup, pen holder, and inkstone on the table.

"Idiot! Such a big credit is not half the credit of our Jinyiwei, what is this idiot doing in Ulzhou all day long? ”

Several officials standing in front of the case were silent and did not dare to speak.

"It's all a bunch of rubbish, how can I raise my eyebrows? Do you know the way? Fan Heng's bastard has been very beautiful recently, he Dongchang has recently solved several big cases, yesterday in front of the emperor Lao Tzu was humiliated by him not lightly, although the emperor didn't say anything, but I know that the emperor is quite dissatisfied with our Jinyiwei's recent inaction, in this way, everyone, we are going to be pissed on the head by Dongchang. ”

Seeing that the few officials below were silent, the official became even more angry, pointing to a white-faced, short, fat official with three strands of beautiful hair and asked: "Lord Xiao, you have been in charge of Nanzhen Fusi for more than a year, and you haven't even detected a decent case, is it true that the world of my Ming Dynasty is already a peaceful world?" Those officials inside and outside Beijing are all law-abiding, and there is no fault? I really don't know how you became the head of this Nanzhen Fusi, and the thousands of horsemen under your command are all fucking wine bags and rice bags! ”

The short and fat official sweated like rain, and lowered his head and said: "Dereliction of duty, Lord Mu must not be angry, there is no way to be lowly, in view of the officialdom and the people have a lot of grievances against my Jinyiwei, in order not to add too much trouble to the adults, some rumors have not been investigated, and the lowly post will definitely change his thinking in the future, and he will not dare to slack off." ”

The black-faced official sighed, his anger subsided slightly, and he waved his hand and said: "Speaking of which, I am also responsible for this matter, since I was appointed as the commander of this Jinyi Guard, I wanted to change the notoriety of my Jinyi Guard's yamen in the eyes of others, and asked you to investigate the case with conclusive evidence, but now it seems that I am too simple; Some people can't tolerate us, and the more they tolerate it, the less status we will have, and the less we will survive. You see, Fan Heng may not know how to be domineering in the future, Lao Tzu will probably dismount and kneel down and shout to the factory when he sees him in the future, just thinking about it, Lao Tzu will vomit blood. ”

Xiao Lang, the pacification officer, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice: "My lord, I think that today's incident may have a way to make our Jinyi Wei raise his eyebrows. ”

Mu Bin chirped: "Raise your eyebrows and exhale a bird!" That Fang Datong has no achievements in the victory of Ulzhou, and he has not even made a little credit, and in a few days the victory of Ulzhou Wei will be sent to the Ministry of War, and none of the meritorious personnel are the people of my Jinyi Guard, how to raise their eyebrows? ”

Xiao Lang, the magistrate, hurriedly said: "My lord, Fang Datong is indeed a wreck, but fortunately, he reported the news in time, Ulzhou Wei is now counting the spoils of war and counting the meritorious personnel, and their twists and turns will not arrive at the military headquarters until at least three days, within these three days, we can think of a way to get a piece of the pie." ”

Mu Bin was stunned, looked at Xiao Lang suspiciously, and said, "So, you seem to have an idea?" ”

Xiao Lang turned his head to several Jinyi Guard officials behind him and said, "You wait to retreat first, and I will have a few words with Master Mu." ”

Several officials hurriedly said goodbye and withdrew, Xiao Lang waited for them to be counted out of the house, and then stepped forward and said in Mu Bin's ear: "Lord Mu, the humble investigation is clear, the most critical role in this Ulzhou victory is a hundred households named Song Nan promoted by Ulzhou Weixin, who led more than 100 people to drag down the team of 700 Tartar cavalry, and it was only when reinforcements arrived that there was this big victory." ”

Mu Bin frowned and said, "So what? They are the 100 households of Ulzhou Wei, what does it have to do with us. ”

Xiao Lang said: "Don't worry, my lord, I checked the details of this Song Nan, this person was originally a fallen talent, but for some reason he turned into a soldier in Ulzhou Wei, then Jiang Bin seems to have an unusual relationship with him, and he has to be carried by Jiang Bin all the way to become this hundred households." ”

Mu Bin was surprised: "Xiucai ran to join the army? It's also a novelty. ”

Xiao Lang said: "Yes, Fang Datong once reported this person's matter, and he and Fang Datong are also very familiar; Although this Song Nan is not our Jinyiwei's person, we can turn him into a Jinyiwei's person, isn't this a hundred? ”

Mu Bin frowned, and asked in a low voice, "How do you become a Jinyi Guard?" How could the Ministry of War agree? ”

Xiao Lang said: "My lord, don't forget, this person suddenly joined the army, and after joining the army, he became the general banner, and he was promoted to a hundred households in just a few months, all of which were promoted by Jiang Bin. As far as the humble knows, Jiang Bin is a good fighter, but his temperament is poor, and the former commander of the Ulzhou Wei made Wang Dan have a bad relationship with him, but for some reason he suddenly fell ill and was transferred elsewhere; There must be a reason for this. Now that Ulzhou Wei is Jiang Bin's main business, why don't we start with him, transfer flowers and trees, and assign this Song Nan to Ulzhou Wei Jinyiwei, then all the credit of this Song Nan is not the credit of our Jinyi Wei Yamen? ”

Mu Bin patted his thigh and said, "Good way, Lao Xiao, I really have yours." But...... It seems that this is not an easy thing to do. Then how could Jiang Bin give the credit to others, Song Nan's credit is his credit, will he be so obedient? ”

Xiao Lang said: "What my lord is worried about is that he plans to go to Ulzhou in person to talk to this Jiang Bin, thinking that Jiang Bin has been in the army for nearly 20 years, and 100 households are hereditary, and it took 20 years to get mixed up with the position of a servant, what is the reason?" Isn't this guy unpromoted and has a bad temper? It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't reach the big people on top at all; Imagine if he had a backer like Master Mu, would you guess he would climb up the pole? ”

Mu Bin nodded and smiled: "That's right, Lao Xiao, and you really have you; In this way, if you go, you have to give both grace and might, one of which is that this Song Nan inexplicably became a hundred households in Ulzhou, Fang Datong is in Ulzhou, it is impossible not to know, you have to ask him lively, if he wants to continue to mix in Jinyiwei, he must find out the reason. I estimate that nine times out of ten, there will be violations, so that Jiang Bin can be blackmailed. Second, I can write a handwritten letter for you to bring and have a good chat with that Jiang Bin, if he is not a stunned young man, he will understand that this matter is beneficial to him. ”

Xiao Lang was overjoyed and said: "With the adult's handwritten letter, this matter is ready to be captured, and I will prepare to leave immediately, I will make a set of waist brand clothes and weapons for this Song Nan, and then arrange for him to be the identity of Jinyiwei, um...... Let's just say that he is the identity of the 100 households of the Jinyi Wei Yamen in Ulzhou, what do you think? ”

Mu Bin patted Xiao Lang on the shoulder and said, "You think about it very carefully, do it according to your ideas, the time is urgent, you can't let this Jiang Bin send out the excerpt of the victory." ”

Xiao Lang nodded yes, said goodbye and hurriedly went out.

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In the city of Ulju, after a great victory, morale was boosted, and the people's voices were boiling.

Jiang Bin stepped up his inventory of the results of the battle and prepared to report to the Ministry of War; There is no need to exaggerate the record, just plain and straightforward is a big victory, but Jiang Bin knows that he still needs to exaggerate it, otherwise those old antiques above are likely to fade away and not give him a promotion, although the position of commanding the affairs has just been hot, but he is not nostalgic at all, because he longs for a higher position.

Twenty years have passed, and it is finally time to run, Song Nan is like a big savior falling from the sky, saving himself from the quagmire, and sending himself to a high position step by step, Jiang Bin's gratitude to Song Nan is speechless; However, in terms of credit, although Song Nan is the first credit, he can't just be a supporting role, and it must be written in the newspaper: Under his own careful arrangement, the Tartar was lured into prison, and Song Nan executed effectively, fought bravely, and successfully dragged the Tartar cavalry.

Originally, the excerpt of the report could be sent out in two or three days, but because some guys from the Ulju Prefecture and other departments had to come to get a piece of the pie, for several days in a row, all the officials of the yamen came to Jiang Bin to show their contribution to the battle, obviously hoping that Jiang Bin would write a note for them in the newspaper.

Jiang Bin has not experienced the way of being an official until today, he used to be more ambitious, no wonder he was isolated, it is like now, with credit, to add a sum to everyone, this is what makes everyone happy; As long as the first merit does not fall to others, why not give others a bowl of soup to drink.

On April 28, after the excerpt was finally completed, Jiang Bin immediately selected a fast horse and prepared to send the excerpt to the military headquarters early the next morning.

At the second watch of the same night, more than a dozen horsemen entered the city from the east gate of Ulzhou and went straight to the yamen of the hundred households of Jinyi Wei in the east city.

After two days and one night, Xiao Lang and his entourage finally arrived in Ulzhou City.