Yang Bofu is this person, Xiao Yu has heard of his name for a long time. Strictly speaking, he is a veteran of Zhang Qing's generation, half a generation higher than Xu Lin and Murenqi and others, unlike Xu Lin and others who are good at cavalry warfare, Yang Bofu is long in water warfare, once served as the governor of Jiangdu Zuodu, and single-handedly compiled the current Jiangdu water division, which can be called the first military general under the rank of the governor of the capital, but unfortunately he was unlucky, and his career stopped at the position of the governor of the left capital, and failed to enter the governor's mansion, but his successor Lu Qian went further and became the first governor of Jiangdu.

Now Yang Bofu has been in seclusion for nearly 14 years, speaking of which this old man did not resign from the official position and told the old man, but because he was upright, he wrote a letter to the head of the prince in the case of rebellion, which caused Emperor Zheng to be angry and directly dismissed from office, and even almost killed.

Yang Bo Fu is also a person of temperament, after hearing Emperor Zheng's will to dismiss him, before the holy decree came to Jiangdu, he had already hung up his crown and left, in order to show his contempt for the emperor, Emperor Zheng was furious and ordered the secret guard and Tianji Pavilion to find the whereabouts of Yang Bo Fu, to make it clear and canonical, but unfortunately it took several years of hard work, Yang Bo Fu this person disappeared as if out of thin air, completely missing. People in the world say that Yang Bofu hid in the Linxian Mansion of the Daomen, some people say that Yang Bofu crossed the ocean to defend the country, and some people say that he took refuge in the door of several old friends of Shepherd Qi and Xu Lin, and became an old pawn of the border army. In short, there are always differences.

Xiao Yu remembered this section and asked with a smile: "Is it really as the rumors say, Yang Bofu took refuge under his old friend and became an old pawn of the border army?"

Xu Lin shook his head and said: "Zhongdu and Jiangdu are so far apart, the foundation of Yang Bofu is on the water, under the layers of secret guards, he does not have the ability to go to the northwest by land, even if the minister wants to help him, it is beyond the reach of the whip." ”

Xiao Yu asked, "Where is Yang Bofu now?"

Xu Lin said softly: "I have arrived outside the house." ”

Xiao Yu said in a deep voice: "Xuan." ”

Not long after, an old man dressed as a rich man came to Houhu under the guidance of two brocade-robed secret guards.

After the old man saw Xiao Yu, he didn't have too much hypocrisy called arrogance, and bowed down directly: "Cloth sheep Bofu, see the regent." ”

Xiao Yu picked up the old man with both hands and said with a smile: "Old General Yang, don't dare to be it." ”

After Yang Bofu got up, he smiled and said, "Your Highness is in the world, why don't you dare to be?"

Xiao Yu laughed at it, and asked instead: "Gu is very curious, where has the old general been hiding for so many years? ”

Yang Bofu seemed to have expected Xiao Yu to ask this question, and said with a light smile: "The situation in Jiangdu was complicated back then, far from being able to be controlled by one person, if you go to sea to escape, it is inevitable to leave traces, there is no old saying called black under the lamp, so when the old decay did the opposite, he did not flee to Linxian Mansion or Weiguo as the world said, but arranged the illusion of the old decay going to sea, and went directly along the Dongjiang Grand Canal all the way north, and even staggered with the angel boat that went south to Jiangdu to announce the decree, and when the holy decree arrived in Jiangdu, the old decay was already in the eastern capital. In the future, no matter how the secret guards detect the world, they can't imagine that the old man is right under their noses, and they don't hide it from His Royal Highness, the mansion that the old man bought in the eastern capital is only one street away from the White Tiger Hall of the dark guard mansion, and even if he walks, he can't use a cup of tea. ”

Everyone was silent for a moment, Xu Lin already knew the reason, but it was calm, but Wei Ban couldn't help but praise: "Looking at the big from the small, the old general's soldiers do not follow common sense, which can be seen, and it is definitely beyond the reach of extraordinary people." ”

Yang Bofu looked at Wei Ban and laughed heartily, "This is Wei Ban Wei Wenze, right? ”

Wei Ban smiled faintly, "I don't dare to be an old general, the old general followed Mr. Shouren up the river, entered the lake and entered Shu, and successively pacified the rebellion of Nanban and King Ning, which made the younger generation fascinated for a long time." ”

Xiao Yu didn't rush to speak, from the bottom of his heart, he had a good impression of this Yang Bofu, and he also attached great importance to it, one of them was because Yang Bofu was dismissed from office when he spoke for his grandfather, which is enough to see that the two had a good relationship back then, and with this incense, Xiao Yu must take a high look at him. The second is that this old man's temperament is very good for Xiao Yu's appetite, he can be a man, he is good at observing words and feelings, and he is by no means a pedantic and old-fashioned person. Another point is the prestige qualifications of Yang Bofu.

The army is a place of prestige, so Xiao Yu is afraid of Xu Lin, who has a very high prestige, and only lets him be a nominal governor, but refuses to let him really hold the power of the army. There are two ways to earn prestige, merit and seniority. Wei Ban is a typical meritorious general, and veterans such as Yang Bofu are a cut above Wei Banshang, the reason is that they have both meritorious deeds and profound qualifications that are difficult for Wei Ban to achieve, which is why Yang Bofu is just a cloth cloth, but he can talk eloquently in front of a group of powerful generals of the Northwest Army, if it were a young man who acted like this, I am afraid that he would have been reprimanded for his arrogance.

Xiao Yu opened his mouth and smiled: "Okay, you old and young don't praise each other, let's get down to business, presumably the old general also knows what the intention of the old general Yang Xuan is to summon you, the old general also knows what the intention of the old general is to come, and the old general Yang still wants to rebuild the water division, and there is still a lack of candidates for the governor of the water division, the governor recommended you to Lone, and the one is very satisfied, and it can even be called an unexpected joy, but since ancient times, the king chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the king, so the old general still has to ask, I don't know what the old general Yang wants?"

Yang Bofu said softly: "If it is unintentional, the old man will not come to Wanshou Garden to meet His Highness today, but the old man still has a reluctant request, and he wants to explain it to His Highness now." ”

Xiao Yu smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Yang Bofu said bluntly: "Jiangdu Water Master, it is the hard work of my Yang Bofu for most of his life, and now it has been stolen by Lu Qian, it would be a lie to say that he is not distressed." In my opinion, letting Lu Qian take charge of the water division, to use an inappropriate analogy, it is like a woman who has entrusted a person to a lover in her life, it is simply blind, so the old man wants to implore His Royal Highness that after going south to Jiangnan, he can leave a line of incense for the Jiangdu water master back then. ”

Xiao Yu smiled, "This is nature. ”

Yang Bofu shook it to the end and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness Xie." ”

Xiao Yu smiled and picked up Yang Bofu again, and said: "In terms of the qualifications of the old general Yang, not to mention a water governor, even the governor of the capital can also do it, but now that the system is restructured, all the military power belongs to the governor's mansion, and only one person is the governor, and the rest are all governors, and now that Xu Lin is the governor of the capital, he can only be wronged by the old general Yang to continue to be the governor." ”

Xu Lin, who was standing on the side, joked: "If Brother Yang is willing, Xu will resign as the governor of the capital now, and wait for the vacant position!"

Yang Bofu laughed when he heard this: "What a big governor, a governor, it's all a passing cloud, we old military leaders are not like those literati, not rare these bells and whistles, only the real elite soldiers and good generals are right in their hands, you don't have a single soldier, I don't want it!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Xu Lin smiled and said: "Since Brother Yang doesn't want it, then I have to wronged Brother Yang, and if I go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to report on my work in the future, I will inevitably give an official salute to Xu." ”

Yang Bofu blew his beard and glared, "Kneel and kneel, when I went to the Five Metropolitan Governors' Mansion, I was a head short of you everywhere, and I performed the official ceremony at that time, and now it is not bad." ”

Xiao Yu had a calm smile on his face, and seemed to be very satisfied with the picture of the harmony of the generals, and said slowly: "Then this matter is decided, Yang Bofu will serve as the governor of the water division, and after the emperor's wedding in September, the official position of the governor of the first water division will be officially awarded by the metropolitan governor's mansion, and the seal of the general of the thief will be hung." ”

Yang Bofu is accustomed to kneeling on one knee in the army, clenching his fists and saying in a deep voice: "The last general Yang Bofu will receive the order." ”

Under the gaze of a group of generals of the Northwest Army, Xiao Yu suddenly asked, "Old Yang Bofu, can you still eat?"

Yang Bofu was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a laugh: "Shangshan rice, you can drink a big river, you can eat the whole Jiangnan!"