Chapter 50 The Wine Stops and Asks the King
Boyan slowly unwrapped the fire paint, took out a piece of letterhead, and saw that it was written:
"Boyan, I drank with your father, slightly drunk, returned to you, and asked you three things after drinking: First, the Northwest Army fought with the 40,000 allied troops led by the black robe, and lost 8,000 of my soldiers, what crime should you be guilty of? Second, Wang Yangming actually fought with the life of the black robe under the attention of the ten thousand troops, and several losses of life, what should you be guilty of? Third, the last time you asked Wang Yangming to be promoted to lieutenant, I approved it, I heard that you asked him to build a branch of the Eagle Yang Army to go out of the customs to fight Hu Man, and you did not personally guard him, what crime should you be? Within a month, return to Beijing and explain to me. It will be burned immediately after reading. ”
Boyan felt a slight chill on his back, and reached out to touch it, but found that he was already soaked in cold sweat. The emperor wrote a letter to himself, which was already extraordinary, and he did not say anything else in the letter, but he listed three charges against himself, what was this for? At the beginning, he deliberately pointed to the emperor to invite his father to drink, what did that mean?
Boyan's father, who was also an important minister in the army, later got older, he resigned from his official position, and retired in Beijing, the emperor is known as a virtuous name, and has always treated his father very well, and when he has time, he invites the old gentleman to drink, which is not a big deal, but now the emperor comes to ask him to ask for his master, and the first sentence is to invite his father to drink, is it to warn himself that the whole family is in his control at any time?
He clenched his fists tightly, gasping heavily, and after a while, he slowly released his palm, but became relaxed, and said to himself: "If you want me to go back to Beijing, I'll go back to Beijing." I also want to take Wang Yangming back to Beijing to see how you count me down in front of San Yisheng. ”
He lit the letter on an oil lamp, burned it to ashes, and opened the second one, this one was much simpler, this was an official document from the Criminal Department, which wrote: "The official letter of the Criminal Department was sent to General Boyan of the Northwest Army under the Ministry of Labor: I received a report from the army, and accused Wang Yangming, the captain of the Northwest Army, of being suspected of embezzlement. It has been reported that Wang took advantage of his position as deputy commander of the service battalion to change the channels for purchasing military vegetables without authorization, making shoddy profits and embezzling more than 10,000 yuan. The Northwest Army will investigate and report as soon as possible, and if the situation is true, military law will be conducted. This article has been approved by the Ministry of War. "The payment is the official seal of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Crime.
Boyan was furious when he saw it, slapped the letter on the table, and scolded: "Nonsense!"
His own soldiers were waiting outside the door, and when they heard Boyan's voice, they hurriedly came in and said, "What is the matter with the general?"
Boyan suppressed his emotions for a moment and asked his own soldiers, "Who has always been in charge of the service camp?"
The soldiers replied: "General, the post of commander of the service battalion has been held by Captain Zhuang Juxian, and since Captain Wang Yangming left the service battalion, no one has yet taken up the deputy position. ”
Boyan said: "You immediately give an order to Zhuang Juxian to come to me immediately, I have something to ask him." ”
The soldiers flew away. After a while, Zhuang Juxian hurried over and said respectfully: "Why is the big handsome looking for me?"
Boyan threw the official letter from the Criminal Department in his face, and said hatefully: "But you came to ask me, when I don't know what good things you did?"
Zhuang Juxian glanced at the official document, but he was not very nervous, and said plainly: "The lower official doesn't know what the general means. ”
Boyan sneered and said, "Lao Zhuang, you are also an old man in my Northwest Army, how can you play these mysteries behind my back." When I didn't know that it was your hand to report Wang Yangming's corruption?"
Zhuang Juxian replied: "I really don't know who reported it. Captain Wang has only served in my service camp for a month or two, and he has not made any enemies. ”
Seeing that he didn't admit it, Boyan didn't want to get angry, so he said coldly: "In your service camp, there has always been a miasma. I look at your face and think that as long as there is no major incident, you can supply the military supplies of my Northwest Army, and I will not care about you. ”
Speaking of this, his voice suddenly turned fierce, glaring at Zhuang Juxian: "But right now, it seems that there are already people in your camp who are ready to move, I advise you to go back and make it clear to those people who have evil intentions: If Wang Yangming is greedy for that money, he will not be used to serve in my Northwest Army, he is in Chang'an City, just by virtue of the name of Sanyisheng, can he still be poor in food and clothing? Dali Temple, confront this matter and understand that if it is found to be a false accusation, whoever does the tricks and feet will be subject to my military law or be dealt with by the Criminal Department. My military law here is very simple, and I was beheaded. The criminal law of the Criminal Department is also simple, with a prison sentence of ten years and a military commission. Let those people choose for themselves!"
Zhuang Juxian silently said goodbye to Boyan, walked out of the door, and went out for a long time before scolding fiercely: "Old thing! Eccentricity is so far! Lao Tzu has sufficient evidence in his hands, see how you bring me down!" He went to Wang Zhi at night to discuss the matter.
On the second day, Wang Yangming led the Yingyang sergeant back to Jiayu Pass, and the rest went back to settle down. He packed up and went to Boyan.
Boyan was still asleep and didn't get up, Wang Yangming felt strange in his heart, thinking that Boyan had always gotten up early, why did he sleep so late today. He asked his soldiers to go in and make a report, and after a while, he heard a sound inside, and Boyan said inside: "Let Captain Wang come in." ”
Wang Yangming stepped in and saw that Boyan was sitting up on the bed, not wearing his coat yet. Boyan beckoned to Wang Yangming and said, "Help me bring my clothes." ”
Wang Yangming picked up Boyan's coat from the shelf, helped him put it on again, and said, "Dashuai has always gotten up early, why did he get up so late today? Could it be that he was greedy for joy last night?"
Boyan smacked him angrily and said, "You kid, I thought you had been training outside for a month, and you should have made great progress, but I don't want to be like this." ”
Wang Yangming smiled and served Boyan. Boyan washed his face and said, "Tell me, how many transactions have you done in the past month?"
Wang Yangming reported truthfully: "After 29 days of marching, 15 battles, 1,000 and 20 enemy soldiers were killed, and our army suffered no casualties. But armor, weapons, and horses need to be replenished. ”
Boyan raised his eyebrows: "There were no casualties?
Wang Yangming said with a smile: "Our army is well equipped, has high martial arts, and has tacit understanding, and the enemy is a rabble, so there have been no casualties." ”
Boyan nodded in satisfaction, but admonished him: "Don't be complacent. The strong have their own strong players, don't despise the Hu people's division of a hundred battles because of these small victories, they have multiplied on this desert for thousands of years, we have only been here for a few decades, and the gap is not something that can be made up by training. ”
Wang Yangming nodded yes, and Boyan asked again: "What about the enemy prisoners, how many have they captured?"
Wang Yangming shook his head and said, "There are no prisoners, all of them are killed." ”
Boyan frowned: "Kill them all? Not good. ”