Chapter Ninety-Three: A Thousand Hatreds of the Qin Cha Duan
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"Sincerity! The court's sincerity in abolishing the sea ban, and the sincerity of not investigating the past for a group of people like them!"
Yang Heng groaned: "In your opinion, how can I express my sincerity?"
"The emperor personally went to Dengzhou Mansion to see him!" Duan Qianqiu said. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Presumptuous! How could the emperor deign to meet a pirate?!" Li Cunxu said angrily.
Yang Heng said with a smile: "If I can borrow grain and grass to let the Northern Xinjiang army temporarily survive this difficulty, what does it matter if I go to see him in person." It's just that I don't even know where the others are now, so I can't stay in Dengzhou Mansion all the time waiting for him to show up. οΌβ
Duan Qianqiu said: "The emperor is broad-minded and magnificent, which is admirable. If you look for Cui Chengxiu, leave it to the criminals, and when you find him, you can ask the emperor to come to the Dengzhou Mansion and meet with him. β
"That's very good. Yang Heng laughed. "I've been in this prison for a few days, and I've been humiliated by you, so it's time to go to Dengzhou Mansion to do some activities. β
"It's not difficult to go to Dengzhou Mansion, but I also ask the emperor to promise the minister two things, and the minister dares to go. Duan Qianqiu said.
"Say it. β
"First, please ask the emperor to grant the ministers the power of the Qincha, so that the ministers can control the officials of Dengzhou Mansion, Laizhou Mansion, and Qingzhou Mansion, as well as soldiers, horses, money and food. Cui Chengxiu has been operating in these three places for many years and has a deep foundation, and if the minister wants to negotiate with him, he needs to have the right to deal with it on the spot and act cheaply. β
"This one is in order. Since you have negotiated with him on my behalf, the identity of the Chin Cha is certain. And what about this second one?"
"Second, please send the emperor to send Lord Zhengyang Wang to accompany me, a micro-minister has not long been involved in officialdom, and there are many local officialdom personnel who are not familiar with it, and I need a person with prestige and qualifications to accompany me and give me some advice at any time. Second, Lord Zheng is famous for advocating the abolition of the sea ban, and it is easy to win the favor of Cui Chengxiu and others. β
"What's so difficult about this, I will order King Zhengyang to go with you on the day of my life, although he has no official position now, but he has been in the officialdom for a long time, and there are many protΓ©gΓ©s in the area of Henan Province, so it is most convenient for him to be your assistant. β
"Thank you, Lord Ron. β
"Going to Dengzhou Mansion here, the risk is unpredictable, what are your requirements in terms of guards?" Yang Heng asked.
Duan Qianqiu has always been a loner in his daily work, and his martial arts are extremely high, he has always been the only one who protects others, how can he ever need others to protect him, so he didn't think about it at all, and now Yang Heng suddenly asked, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Li Cun continued: "Let's take charge of our Southern Guards, first, the Southern Guards have branches in various places, which is convenient for support and command; second, the Southern Guards have been active in the area of Dengzhou Mansion recently, and they have a relatively thorough understanding of the situation, and they are the guards of Duan Qianqiu, and they are much faster. β
"Yes, yes. Duan Qingjia, what do you see?"
But with the emperor's arrangement, Weichen has no objection. β
Yang Heng smiled and said: "You only made two requests, both of which are related to state affairs, not family affairs, and I am very relieved to see you so dedicated to the country." But I am not a cool person, and I can't let the courtiers worry about their family affairs when they are working hard outside. Duan Qianqiu, do you still have unfinished family affairs at home?"
"Family matters?"
"I know that you have a fiancΓ©e named Ye Chulong in Jiangning Mansion, who is suffering from illness and has not been cured for a long time, so I will issue an order to assassinate Jiangning Mansion on the same day, and ask him to send someone to take Ye Chulong to Yehuang City to meet you. I know that you believe in Mei Fang's medical skills, so give Mei Fang as Ye Chulong's on-call doctor, so you can rest assured!"
"Thank you, Lord Long. Duan Qianqiu saw that Yang Heng had arranged it so thoughtfully, and he was extremely relieved in his heart.
After Duan Qianqiu followed Yang Heng out of the prison, he went to the official office to find Lu Bangyan and handed over the affairs of the Yulin Army within his duties, because he would not stay in Yehuang City for a long time.
During the conversation, the two talked about the arrangement of the people in Meizhuang, although Duan Qianqiu is now a middle-level general of Zuo Yulin's army, but the monthly income is only one stone of rice, one stone of millet, ten taels of silver, and a number of charcoal firewood, it is almost impossible to support such a large group of people.
Seeing Duan Qianqiu's helpless appearance, Lu Bangyan smiled and said, "Brother, you know how difficult it is to be an official now, right?"
"If you are in Jiangning Mansion, this is easy to do, the people in Meizhuang can work in my medicine factory, grain village and cloth workshop to earn money to support their families, but now I am in Yehuang City, there is no industry and no industry, just to settle the livelihood of these dozens of people is a headache. What's more, there is a servant ring given by the emperor in the house, alas!"
"Haha," Lu Bangyan laughed and said, "Brother, in fact, the emperor has already given you a way to make money, but you didn't realize it yourself." β
"I will never do anything to be greedy for ink, big brother. β
"Who told you to do those things, I just asked you to run a business that can make the people in Meizhuang make a living, so that you can not only make money, but also solve the problem of placing them?"
"What kind of business, big brother, say it quickly. β
"You are the person concerned, why don't you know, in fact, some of the people in this batch of Meizhuang are flower farmers who escaped from the Love Flower Villa, and they are good at the art of planting love flowers, and now the emperor has allocated this group of people to your house, and naturally acquiesce to you planting love flowers. What's more, now the army is in need of a large number of love flowers as an anesthetic for the treatment of wounds, you use the wealth given by the emperor to buy some land in the suburbs and come back, let the people of Meizhuang plant love flowers, and then sell them to the army, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
Duan Qianqiu patted his head and said with a smile: "Yes, it's still the eldest brother who is smart, why didn't I think of it." Big brother, look at your family's big business, is it also running like this?"
"My Lu family is quite wealthy, and there are many grange properties in Yehuang City, mainly making money by collecting rent and selling seasonal mountain goods. Otherwise, what will the personal guards in my house and the servants and maids rely on?"
Hearing Lu Bangyan mention the personal guard, Duan Qianqiu remembered that during this period of time walking in the capital, almost every official above the fourth rank would bring his own personal bodyguard, so he asked: "Does the imperial court also allow private soldiers?"
Lu Bangyan smiled: "There is no explicit prohibition. Because for a period of time, the killers of the Peach Blossom Land in the capital were haunted and committed assassinations everywhere, and the forbidden army of the imperial court could not protect them, and many officials died. As a result, most officials will add personal guards to their homes to protect their lives. Over time, every official who could afford to support the guard would organize his own private army, which became an unwritten rule of the imperial court. β
"With such troops, does the court care?"
"The martial arts style of this dynasty is extremely strong, and even a martial arts gym has thousands of disciples, not to mention some central ministers and local dignitaries who hold great power. However, there is also a special need to raise a private guard, and it is not a taboo to make a mistake, even the emperor himself only brings 5,000 soldiers and horses when he goes out on patrol, no matter how bold anyone is, he will not dare to let the number of guards in the palace exceed this limit. β
"Then what number of personal guards can the official position of the eldest brother have?"
"I'm a martial artist, and the number will be a little larger, about five hundred. β