Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 668 Jiang Jiong takes office
"Father, that's Nanxiang?"

Snow covered both sides of the road. Jiang Wei pointed to the distance, where he saw various buildings of Nanxiang built against the mountain, including cave dwellings.

Even if the black bears are in Lantian this winter and in Wangchuan last winter, it still cannot change the positioning of Nanxiang.

This place has become the living area for the families of officials from various departments and ministries of the shogunate.

"Yes, that is Ganquan Mountain, and the highest point on the mountain is Chongyang Tower."

Jiang Jiong was riding a horse, and his wife and two children were in the carriage beside him. Jiang Wei was leaning out of the palm-sized window to observe the outside.

Unlike his wife's joy and his son's excitement, Jiang Jiong only felt uneasy.

Ever since Grand Marshal Gao Jun was sent to Hanzhong as the commander, the choice of successor has become a big problem.

Gao Jun holds the dual identities of Dongzhou and Yizhou, and the native place identity of his successor... may not be very important to the Grand Marshal, but it is very important to the scholars from all sides, and it has a great influence.

But Jiang Jiong never thought that this opportunity would fall on his head.

He was dizzy from the blow, and only now did he realize that this was an attempt to split up the Right Wise King's team.

Jiang Jiong had complicated feelings towards Ma Chao.

When Ma Chao was the Protector of the Qiang, he was recommended by Yang Fu to be the Protector of the Qiang Sima.

Later, Ma Chao was separated and took his troops to take up the post of Right Wise King, while Yu Fan, the Chief Protector of the Qiang, resigned and followed him.

And he, the Sima Zheng, was recruited into the shogunate as a military officer, and Pang De took over as the Protector of the Qiang.

During the performance evaluation in the spring of that year, Jiang Jiong was rated as superior and was sent to be the commander of the southern part of Longxi, with an official rank equivalent to two thousand stones and a military rank of colonel.

Less than a year later, he was recruited to be the director of the Grand Marshal's Office, although his official rank was reduced to Qianshi... but this Qianshi was too heavy a weight.

Taking advantage of this job change, he brought his wife along on his way to take up his new post.

It was different before. At that time, there was no difference between family members living in Tianshui and living in Guanzhong.

Given the special nature of the scholars in Tianshui, basically anyone who dared to conspire in rebellion would make no difference whether their family members lived in Tianshui or Guanzhong; no one could escape.

But now he is an important official in the shogunate, and a primary school is to be established in Guanzhong. His son just meets the age requirement, so he simply brings him over.

Going to primary school in Nanxiang is much better than in Tianshui.

I just don’t know if I will be selected into the Qinghua Camp after finishing primary school in Nanxiang.

Thinking about his son's future development, Jiang Jiong took several riders and escorted two carriages into the Nanxiang Gate Pavilion.

As road pavilions, capital pavilions and barrier barriers in Guanzhong were converted into police booths, the gate pavilions in the five townships of Ganquan were also renovated.

After the rectification, the security system of Ganquan Five Townships was divided into layers: one layer was the police booth, and the other layer was the gate lieutenant and gate supervisor.

The police booth belongs to the police department, and the gatekeeper is under the management of the Gate Supervisor, that is, Jiang Jiong; but it is managed by the Zei Cao on a daily basis.

Even if the various departments of the shogunate moved their offices to other places, each department still had adjutants or subordinates at the shogunate headquarters in Nakago to be responsible for daily operations.

If someone else comes, the newly reorganized Nanxiang Gate Pavilion will have to conduct a careful inspection and questioning.

But the one who came was Jiang Jiong, the former Vice-Minister of Military Affairs and now the Governor of the Palace.

So after checking the postal documents of the male and female attendants, as well as the registration documents of the horses and vehicles, they were allowed to pass smoothly.

Jiang Jiong moved into the house vacated by Gao Jun. Gao Jun went to Hanzhong alone, and his wife and children moved to Dongxiang.

Although Gao Jun seldom lived here, he put a lot of care into building the house.

Jiang Jiong checked inside and outside and found that the kang was very warm, so he asked the Nanxiang Gate Captain: "Why is it still warm here after Governor Gao was promoted?"

"Reporting to Governor Jiang, the shogunate sent a letter seven days ago, ordering us to clean the house so that Governor Jiang can move in." The gate officer followed Jiang Jiong to check the small armory in the house. Next to the house was the guard dormitory, and on the other side was another guard dormitory.

It was just a reorganization of the guards. The guards on one side continued to be under the control of Jiang Jiong, while the guards on the other side were directly under the jurisdiction of the police department, but the armory was still shared.

Jiang Jiong did not dare to be careless, and he carefully checked the armor, bows and crossbows and various equipment in the armory with the gate captain.

He didn't expect Gao Jun to be so bold as to build a guard arsenal directly in his own home.

There is also a possibility that Gao Jun does not live there permanently, but lives in the armory.

Later, when workers were mobilized to repair and renovate the library building, they were merged together.

After confirming that the armory was correct, Jiang Jiong gave the signature to Men Wei, who also breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s not a big deal if a few arrows are missing, as arrows are normally damaged during daily training; it’s not a big deal if other swords, spears, and halberds are broken or damaged.

What he feared most was the loss of powerful crossbows, crossbow arrows, and armor. If he lost just one crossbow arrow, his job as a gate captain would basically be over.

Jiang Jiong then asked the servants he brought with him to guard the armory while he went to the Nakago Shogunate headquarters to formally report.

Only after obtaining the official documents could he mobilize his guards to accompany him to Lantian to take up his post.

With the official documents, he could change horses along the way and quickly reach Lantian with a dozen knights.

Without this document, he would not be able to change the public horses along the way, let alone mobilize the stationed knights. He could not even mobilize the patrolling knights at the post stations along the way.

Most of the people left behind in the various offices of the shogunate are strangers, and even if they are familiar faces, they are still juniors to Jiang Jiong.

He was previously a member of the Military Commission, the second-in-command of the Military Commission, second only to the Military Commissioner.

The officials in charge of each Cao were extremely respectful. For Jiang Jiong, this unfamiliar shogunate made him feel very uncomfortable. He preferred the previous shogunate.

When he returned to Nanxiang with a dozen knights before curfew at night, he saw many officials' wives coming to his house.

There were also twenty or so children of similar age surrounding Jiang Wei and his sister, most of them were boys.

Seeing armored knights leading their horses into the courtyard and heading towards the armory area, the children gathered together and watched eagerly.

After these guards were settled, the women who had come to visit also took their children and said goodbye.

Jiang Jiong showed signs of fatigue: "What were my cousin's wife and the others talking about just now?"

"We were talking about elementary school, praising the master for his quick response."

His wife brought tea and sat by the stove, looking around at the furniture in the room: "Gao Du and his wife are also loving people. I see that the furniture in the house is in good order."

"He is loved by the king and does not live here all year round; his wife is a lady from Dongxiang and was born as a court lady, and she does not live in Nanxiang on weekdays."

Jiang Jiong said lazily, "This couple doesn't even have servants. One of them eats with the Lord, and the other is with the Lady. Tomorrow morning, I will arrange a carriage, and the Lady will take them to pay a visit to Lady Xixiang."

"Sai Go?"

His wife was shocked and stared at him in a low voice, "How dare your husband go out with Xi Xiang?"

"Your Majesty is not a heartless person, so why should I be a mean person who is fickle?"

Jiang Jiong said in a normal tone: "The Right Wise King has been very kind to me. My husband and I came here without asking about Xixiang. Although we will not offend Madam Dongxiang, how will the world view you and me? Don't worry about this matter, do it with all your heart."

His wife still felt something was wrong, and there was even fear in her eyes, fearing that the Ma family would be implicated and the entire family would be wiped out.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Jiong shouted, "If you don't go, do you want me to go?"

"Yes, I understand."

(End of this chapter)