Chapter 1607: Military Department
The so-called prosperity of the capital does not need to be described, there are many super cities in Luo Chong's small universe that are thousands of times larger than this.
Meng Danzhong and several royal forest guards, as well as a dozen of the princess's guards, opened the way in front, five carriages were in the middle, Yue Hu and other fifty cavalrymen followed, all on horseback.
It is true that some ragged refugees can be seen in the city, but they do not reach the exaggerated Cheng dΓΉ that Duan Hongliang said is overcrowded.
The people on the street didn't know that this was the princess's convoy, and as people from the capital, they would not be surprised by a few luxurious carriages, and at this moment, their extremely shocked expressions were of course the eight hundred heads behind them.
Fifty horses, fifty knights, and a string of bloody and hideous human heads hanging from the back of the horse, everyone will be shocked when they see it.
The exclamations of the women and the cries of the children rang out in patches, gradually spreading as the whole team slowly moved.
Luo Chong did this on purpose, not to scare the people, on the contrary, to reassure them.
Next, they will know that these heads are all from the Qingyuan Army, and they will be quite excited, and they will not be so worried and afraid of the rumors that the Qingyuan army is besieging the capital that is circulating in the market.
What's so terrible about the Qingyuan Army, it hasn't come yet, isn't this our harvesting of so many heads......
That's pretty much what it means, and words like that will soon spread all over the streets.
The Jin Dynasty was weak, and many people were a little hopeless about the current situation, and it was just like such a victory to cheer them up.
Traditionally speaking, being able to kill 800 people of the Qingyun Army should be a big battle of tens of thousands of people, and the Jin Dynasty army can only do it with absolute superiority, and the people will definitely not expect that it is a feat completed by the 500 cavalry of our local military region of the Jin Dynasty.
Therefore, judging only by 800 heads, it can be called a big victory.
This is the Jin Dynasty, which is already so weak that ten Qingyuan Army heads can boast everywhere.
The reaction of the people will not say much, at the intersection of Chang'an Avenue, Luo Chong's team will be temporarily separated from Princess Yongning, because Yongning must return to the palace as soon as possible, and Luo Chong has nothing else to do, so he should send the decomposed head military merit to the military department.
"Let's go get busy with you first. β
The princess opened the window of the car and said softly to Luo Chong: "I have another house on Yuhua Street, there is no problem with accommodating dozens of you, this is my token, just show it to the housekeeper." You settle down first, take care of the wounded and take care of them, and I will help you arrange the affairs of the court. β
Seeing that Luo Chong just nodded and didn't speak, she said again: "I won't say thank you, in short, I am willing to do my best to help you realize the ideal of galloping the world......"
"Good!"
Luo Chong still nodded, with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.
Help me achieve my dreams?
Well, it's good to have this heart, so wave goodbye.
As soon as the princess closed the car window, Meng Danzhong came over and looked at Luo Chong, as if he had a lot to say, but finally shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, it's useless to say it, it's impossible to change your temperament." β
Luo Chong knew that he wanted to advise himself to restrain his personality and not to provoke others to offend others at every turn, but the problem was that it was simply impossible.
If you encounter the kind of nostrils facing the sky and the head is long, I'm sorry, we will never get used to him.
This trip to the capital will inevitably offend many people, but so what.
Bingbu!
Luo Chong came over with the team, even if it is said that 800 heads are in hand, this is a lot of credit, but those dirty things in the officialdom, there will still be people who will jump out to embarrass you for one reason or another.
Luo Chong caught a person wearing the official uniform of the principal, who was almost a six-rank official, quietly stuffed him with a silver ingot, and entrusted him to go to the military department, Lord Wang, and said that Guangling Luo Dong came to the military department to report his merits.
Lord Wang, the third in command of the military department, although the grade of the third grade is not high in the capital, but as one of the six departments, he can be called the real power in his hands, and he is very good in the officialdom.
But he, his real identity is a member of the Taiping Holy Sect, last time he sent someone to say a few good words for himself in front of Xiahou Mu, the chief soldier of Guangning, and today he came to the military department, and there is such a relationship, so naturally there is no need to use it in vain.
After a while, Wang Zhuoqing, the right attendant of the military department, personally came out to greet him, and as the head of the superior department, he actually took the initiative to salute Luo Chong, and said enthusiastically: "General Luo, I didn't expect to see you in the capital so soon." β
"Lord Wang is polite. β
Luo Chong, such an unpopular general, didn't even have a military salute, and generously accepted the leader's salute, and his expression was natural.
In the courtyard where the military department entered first, many passing officials were extremely surprised: Who is this kid, so **?
Luo Chong didn't talk nonsense, pointed to the street outside and said directly: "There are eight hundred heads of Qingyuan cavalry outside, which I harvested on the way to escort Princess Yongning back to Beijing. β
Needless to say, although Wang Shilang is only in his early forties, he is an old fritter in the officialdom, so he naturally knows how to operate this credit, which is the most beneficial to Luo Chong himself.
"Eight hundred heads, and they are all Qingyuan cavalry!"
Wang Shilang deliberately said in an exaggerated tone, shocked: "Plus the credit of escorting Her Royal Highness the eldest princess back to Beijing safely...... All I can say is that I must congratulate General Luo in advance. β
"Polite, polite. β
Luo Chong waved his hand modestly: "That's it." β
"Eight hundred Qingyuan cavalry?"
Some of the surrounding officials were just quietly paying attention to this side, and they couldn't help but exclaim at the moment, of course, they were not very loud.
It is believed that this news will soon spread throughout the court, especially at this juncture where the 20,000 Qingyuan Iron Horsemen may threaten the capital, it will definitely cause a greater sensation and more attention.
These officials, the first is afraid of death, the second is to care about their official position, to be honest, no matter how corrupt they are, no matter how treacherous they are, they don't want to change the dynasty and become ministers of the country.
If the current imperial court is destroyed, and there is a new master in the future, even if you can still be an official and serve the new master, the original official position may not be able to be kept.
Once a son of heaven and a courtier, this has been the case since ancient times.
Therefore, if someone can deal with the Qingyuan Army, they will also be happy, but the premise is that Luo Chong's rise must not offend their personal interests.
With the help of Wang Shilang, the verification process for the merit of eight hundred heads has become quite fast, and basically there is no difficulty, after all, Luo Chong has not offended the secretary of the military department who is bigger than Wang Shilang, except for the number one of the Shangshu, no one in the entire military department dares to lose the face of the right squire.
In addition to Shangshu, the left waiter is the second-in-command, and the right waiter is the third-in-command, but in fact, the left and right waiters are completely equal, but the Jin Dynasty respects the left, and the name is a little higher.
After finishing the business, Luo Chong could leave, but Wang Shilang still sent him out of the gate in person, and finally sent out an invitation: "General Luo is tired, and there must be a lot of things to do when he just arrived in the capital." Today, I won't do the same thing, find a day, I'll introduce a few friends, let's find a place to get together?"
"Okay!"
Luo Chong agreed: "I can be the first to see you in the capital for the next few nights, and for the time being, I have no other arrangements." β
"Good, good, good. β
Wang Shilang smiled and nodded again and again.
Luo Chong knew that what he said about 'introducing a few friends to get together' was referring to some of the officials of the Taiping Holy Sect who were secretly lurking in the court, and it was even possible that they could meet their sect leader Holy Venerable when they met this time.
The Lady Master......
Luo Chong smiled secretly in her heart, she must have wanted to sit down with her and have a good chat about the general trend, but she didn't dare to.
Their Great Venerable Second Venerable was almost clicked by himself, anyway, the Taiping Holy Sect must have been terribly afraid of himself.
After leaving the military department, she soon found Yuhua Street, another mansion of Princess Yongning, which covers a lot of land, and I don't know which minister gave it to her.
As soon as Uncle Liu, the housekeeper in the mansion, saw the princess token presented by Luo Chong, his face was full of laughter, and he was quite attentive and happy, and even beckoned more than a dozen servants out, and let Luo Chong and them, the sergeants who exuded the breath of death all over their bodies (the death qi of eight hundred heads had not yet dissipated), give orders at will.
Obviously, Yongning not only gave the token, but also sent someone to come in advance to order Uncle Liu, which is nothing more than that: the distinguished guest is staying temporarily, and he must not be neglected.
"Stayed, this place is nice. β
Luo Chong greeted Yue Hu and the other fifty personal soldiers: "Bathe me and change my clothes one by one, you all have the smell of rotten meat." β
"Whoa!"
The soldiers responded excitedly, and they all felt that they were fortunate enough to stay in the princess's mansion, and such a high-end residence might not be enjoyed a few times in a lifetime, and they would have something to brag about with the villagers and children and grandchildren in the future. With this alone, this trip to the capital was not in vain.
"Clean yourself, work in shifts of ten. β
Luo Chong instructed again: "The rest of the people are free to move, they can sleep in the room if they want, and they are willing to go out to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble at will, but it is best to be in groups, and if you get into trouble, you won't be alone and suffer a big loss." β
The implication: It's okay to cause trouble, but you must not suffer losses and shame!
"Whoa!"
The excitement of the soldiers was even more ignited, and they were cheering in their hearts: after other generals entered Beijing, they would definitely carefully tell their subordinates not to cause trouble for themselves, and no matter how aggrieved they were, they had to endure it...... Look at our general, that means, it's okay to cause any big trouble, if you want to do it, you have to completely kill the other party, and we ourselves must not suffer.
What is it called?
Even if we die, no matter what, we won't have the slightest grievance in our hearts.