Song Yi

Chapter 313 The Boss Visits His Subordinates
After Du Wenhao told Pang Yuqin and the others that he was going to become an official in Yazhou, Fulu, Chengdu, all the girls were very happy. Although it was a bit unsatisfactory to leave the prosperous capital and move to a remote frontier, for them, the husband's Safety is the most important thing. Companion to a king is like a tiger, and they have had enough of the days of constant fear.They were all happily packing up their things and buying daily necessities in a big way, as if they were going to an isolated island with nothing, buying whatever they saw, and the house was quickly filled with all kinds of things.

Du Wenhao didn't care about these, they could buy whatever they liked, at most, they would just need to add a few more carriages for transporting goods.

There are still a few things he needs to do now, all of which are related to his coming to Yazhou to govern.The most urgent task is to find a high-ranking officer who understands the military, because his responsibilities include Baojia and volunteers, that is, the militia organization. Deep in his heart, he has a desire to build an elite Song army. start.

So, he came to the Ministry of War and found General Gao.

Last time, through General Gao Jinwei Gao, he sold a large amount of disinfectant powder and gas masks for the prevention and treatment of plague plague, and made a lot of money. General Gao also made the Western Xia army triumphant all the way because of the supply of these medicines, invincible. Hit all the way to the capital of Xixia.Although the Yongle City battle was defeated, that battle had nothing to do with the equipment provided by General Gao, so General Gao was not implicated by this battle.Although he was defeated in the end, his early achievements in the battle still allowed him to be promoted.

During the period of providing military supplies in the capital, Du Wenhao also gave gifts to General Gao.When I came to visit this time, I naturally brought a lot of gifts, so General Gao was of course very happy. He personally greeted Du Wenhao out of the door, smiled and welcomed Du Wenhao to the living room, and divided the guests and hosts into their seats.

Many people in the government and the public knew about Du Wenhao's appointment as the coordinating officer of Chengdu Fulu Yazhou. After all, Du Wenhao was a double celebrity in front of the empress dowager and the emperor. The transfer of such a person was definitely very eye-catching.No one thought that Du Wenhao was being demoted. They all agreed that the emperor personally appointed the imperial doctor around him as a small official in a small frontier state. Wen Hao is about to embark on an official career, because the emperor asked him to go to the frontier to hone his skills.When he returns in the future, he will come wearing a golden armor and holy clothes and stepping on clouds of seven colors.

General Gao naturally knew about it, and he said a few words about the horse, even saying that Du Wenhao won the emperor's favor, and that he will have a prosperous official career in the future, which is just around the corner.

Du Wenhao said a few words humbly, "The emperor asked the humble official to take charge of the Changping warehouse in Yazhou, and also to take charge of Baojia and Yiyong. But the humble official doesn't know anything about military affairs, so I really don't know how to proceed, so I came here to ask the general for advice."

When General Gao heard this, he was immediately happy: "Our own brothers, you are welcome. Since brother Du mentioned this matter, brother, I will recommend someone to be your assistant. These will not be a problem."

"Oh, who is it?"

General Gao stood up and said, "Brother Du, wait for a moment, I will introduce you after my brother invites the person out." After finishing speaking, he ordered his attendants to go to the back hall to invite the person out.

When Du Wenhao saw it, he was a burly man in his forties. Although he was burly, his complexion was very haggard and his expression was quite depressed. He came to the front hall and bowed to salute.

General Gao said: "My lord Du, this is Li Pu, the general who conquered Xixia last year and made great achievements repeatedly! —— Li Pu, this is the most popular person by the emperor's side, the imperial doctor Du Wenhao, Mr. Du."

Upon hearing this, Li Pu hurried forward and bowed to salute: "Li Pu pays homage to Master Du."

General Gao said: "Li Pu was appointed as General Flying Tiger of the Western Expeditionary Army back then. He was the vanguard of the Western Expeditionary Army. He was the one who led the troops to fight all the way to the capital of Xixia."

Li Pu looked ashamed, and said in a low voice, "A defeated general is not brave enough to speak."

Du Wenhao was very surprised, seeing how poor he was now, he didn't look like an all-powerful general in the past.

General Gao saw his doubts, sighed, and said: "Before the first battle in Yongle City, Li Pu also made correct suggestions to the coach Xu Xi many times, but this Xu Xi was originally a civil servant, not familiar with military affairs, He was also self-willed, repeatedly rejected the correct suggestions of Li Pu and other generals, insisted on going his own way, made mistakes again and again, and often missed the opportunity of the war, resulting in a disastrous defeat for the Song army. Not only did he die on the battlefield, but also implicated Li Pu and others. Li Pu, Qu Zhen and other generals fought to the death and escaped from the siege. But they had to bear the responsibility of the defeated army. The veteran Qu Zhen was reduced to a mere imperial envoy, and Li Pu was even worse. Take a call."

General Feihu is at the level of a senior colonel and division commander, and Chaba is a cell leader in the Guanya Detention Center, no wonder he looks depressed.

General Gao said: "Master Du, General Li Pu studied military books freely, and joined the army with military science. This topic, therefore, I would like to recommend Li Pu to assist you. Hehe." Turning to Li Pu, he said, "General Li, you know, Mr. Du. He is a famous person in front of the emperor and the empress dowager. This time, he is in charge of Chengdu under the imperial decree. Fulu Yazhou Changping Warehouse, also in charge of Baojia and Yiyong, I want to hire an aide who understands military affairs, I think you are the most suitable, I don’t know what to do?"

Li Pu was full of surprises. He has been in the army for more than [-] years and has accumulated meritorious service to be promoted to General Flying Tiger. I heard that if you follow Du Wenhao on the saddle and get his appreciation, it will not be a dream to make a comeback in the future, so you immediately lifted your robe and knelt down: "Li Pu, the last general, is willing to swear to follow Master Du!"

Du Wenhao heard that Li Pu was the striker who led the army all the way to Xixia capital, and he admired it very much. Hearing what he said, he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised.The emperor has already said that in the three-acre land in Yazhou, he can devote himself to reforms. The emperor has not restricted his military reforms, so the military reforms are naturally included.And I don't have an army in my hands, and the emperor didn't appoint me. If there is such a general who understands the military to help, it will be much easier to carry out military reforms.

Du Wenhao hurriedly took a step forward and helped him up: "General Li, please get up! It's great that Du has General Li's help."

General Gao laughed loudly, and ordered his subordinates to set up a banquet, and the three toasted and drank to their heart's content.

After the banquet, Li Pu went back and resigned from his position as the head of the yamen cell, went home and told his wife to pack up, and followed Du Wenhao to the frontier Yazhou.

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On the outskirts of Beijing.

A magnificent carriage came from west to east.Under a row of towering and neat cypress trees, a carriage had already parked. There was no one in the carriage, and the horses were eating grass leisurely under the trees.

A woman got out of the car, and saw her long hair pulled up, combed into a flowing cloud bun, and then wearing a crown of water and smoke, with a begonia bead flower embedded in the middle, long purple jade necklaces hanging down to her shoulders on both sides, her forehead still Wearing the curved jade moon, hanging the Cangshan jasper pendant on the ear, wearing a golden red dress, wearing a nine-hole exquisite jade belt around the waist, thin pearl tassels hang down on both sides of the jade belt waist, holding the cloud green rain belt with both arms , with a length of one foot, and a long skirt that drags behind, adding a touch of elegance to the richness and magnificence!
"Xiao Qi, didn't you say that Brother Du and Sister Qingdai are waiting for me here? Why are there only carriages and horses but no people? Go and look for them." It was Yu Ge'er who spoke.

Yu Ge'er stood under the tree, Xiao Qi ordered the two eunuchs who got off the car to set up cattail fans to shade Yu Ge'er from the sun, then he looked around and saw that there seemed to be someone under a gazebo not far away, so he ran away past.

Sure enough, it was Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai.

"Lord Du, my mother is here." Xiao Qi said while standing under the gazebo panting.

Du Wenhao said with a smile: "Madam, please come here, Qingdai and I prepared some delicious dishes, and invite her to drink."

Xiao Qi responded, turned around and left, the little pigtail flicked behind his head following the footsteps, and a pink ribbon on the pigtail was swaying in the wind.

Soon Yu Ge'er and Xiao Qi walked towards the gazebo.

Yu Ge'er still didn't dare to look at Du Wenhao's face, her eyes dodged, and she walked to Lin Qingdai's side with a forced smile. Lin Qingdai was about to salute, but Yu Ge'er reproached in a low voice, holding Lin Qingdai's hand, He called his sister affectionately, then turned around and called Master Du timidly.

Lin Qingdai looked at Du Wenhao, seeing that Du Wenhao was also a little unnatural, so she smiled and pulled Yu Geer to sit beside Du Wenhao, while she herself sat next to Yu Geer, pouring wine for Yu Geer Man, raised his glass and said: "Come on, empress, we are leaving, let's have a toast for our acquaintance, Wen Hao, you also raise your glass, let's drink this farewell wine with empress together."

Du Wenhao raised his wine glass, Yu Geer looked at the two of them in surprise, and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? Who wants to leave, do you want to leave, and where are you going?"

Lin Qingdai motioned for Du Wenhao to speak, and then she drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Yes...it's like this. I thought the emperor had already told you that the emperor appointed me as the governor of Yazhou, Sichuan. I will go to Sichuan with my family in three days. Qingdai wants to talk to the empress before leaving. Speaking, we thought it would be inconvenient for each other to enter the palace, so we rashly invited the empress out of the palace."

"Why, how could this be the case? Why didn't you tell me yesterday? Did my hatred cause you to deliberately go away from home, to a place where the mountains are high and the road is far away? I will go and tell the emperor, I don't want revenge, don't think about it As long as you don't leave!" Yu Ge'er seemed a little excited, and spilled some of the wine in his hand on the table.

"It's not you, it's really not." As Du Wenhao said, he told Yu Ge'er the emperor's real intention to let him go to Sichuan.

Yu Ge'er shook his head in disappointment, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, then threw the wine glass heavily on the table, and said to Lin Qingdai: "Sister, pour me wine, I will not return home today. "

Seeing that Yu Ge'er was very emotional, Lin Qingdai comforted her and said, "We can still meet in the future. You can come to Sichuan to see us, and we will also come to Beijing to see you."

"Sister, don't comfort me. I don't know when we will meet again. If Yu Ge'er can live well, maybe there is still a possibility. I'm afraid..." Yu Ge'er raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp. Waiting for Lin Qingdai to pour the wine, she took the jug and filled it up.

Du Wenhao frowned slightly: "You must live well, even if not for others, but also for your father."

Yu Ge'er was startled, then grinned: "Master Du is right."

"If the empress doesn't mind... I am willing to be your brother."

After hearing this, Yu Ge'er nearly knocked down her wine glass. She stood up and said, "Really?"

Du Wenhao nodded and smiled: "Yes, it's just that I'm far away from you and can't take care of you."

Yu Ge'er smiled brightly: "As long as you are willing to be my elder brother, I am also willing to be my elder brother." As he spoke, he excitedly held Du Wenhao's hand.

"But you have to agree to my request first." Du Wenhao said.

Yu Ge'er hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Brother, tell me."

Du Wenhao signaled Yu Ge'er to sit down, and then said with a serious look: "It's not because I'm far away from you that I made an excuse for myself. I always believe that you are not a narrow-minded person. Sometimes , people can sacrifice something for some things, and fight for what they want. You are so smart, you should understand a truth, that is, it is not always equal to give and get. I want you to take care of yourself Live, don't dwell on something that has passed."

Yu Ge'er bit her lips: "I know what you want to say, and I don't want to, because I know I can't fight, but I am not reconciled."

"Then what is reconciliation? Cut the weeds and get rid of the roots quickly, or let your children and their children continue to fight for the unresolved grievances of the previous generation like you all your life?" Du Wenhao said in a deep voice.

Yu Ge'er was a little afraid of Du Wenhao's stern look, so Yu Ge'er didn't dare to look directly at Du Wenhao who was beside him, so he could only lower his head and whispered, "Then my brother died in vain?"

"Then you go to die, so that your brother under the nine springs can smile?" Du Wenhao almost wanted to complain.

"Then... that brother, what do you think I should do, can you bear it?"

"I tell you to let go!"

"Impossible!" Yu Ge'er said loudly.

Seeing that the two of them were about to get angry, Lin Qingdai quickly held down Yu Ge'er and gave Du Wenhao a wink, and said softly: "Wen Hao is doing it for your own good, no matter how tough you are, you are favored by the emperor, I think That may not be the best policy, although I don't understand the affairs of the harem, but it is extremely difficult for a woman to want the emperor's love for the rest of her life in the harem, besides, when will the injustice be repaid?"

"You guys let me think about it, really, it was too sudden, you left, there is no one I can talk to in this huge capital city, I don't want you on my thief boat, I just want someone who can solve my problems Brother, God is so unfair, really, why am I, Yu Geer, so pitiful, my elder brother is gone, and my brother is gone, you let me live well, but what is the meaning of my life?" Speaking of which, Yu Ge'er's eyes turned red and her voice choked up.

"The meaning of your life is that your elder brother wants you to live well, instead of living in pain with a heart of hatred. There is no fairness in the world, and the fairness you want is just your own fairness. You are fair. What about the others?"

Yu Ge'er didn't speak anymore, just sat there drinking stuffy wine, Lin Qingdai took Xiao Qi to the lake not far away, leaving Du Wenhao and Yu Ge'er alone.

After a long time, Yu Ge'er was so drunk that her face was flushed, and she was in a trance.

"Okay, it's time for us to go back. I have to say goodbye to the Empress Dowager and the others one by one. Let's go." Du Wenhao got up and said.

Yu Ge'er stood up staggeringly, Du Wenhao quickly supported him, Yu Ge'er looked up at Du Wenhao with drunken eyes, the corners of his mouth twitched, and the two walked out of the gazebo without saying anything.

Du Wenhao called Lin Qingdai and Xiao Qi over and asked them to support Yu Ge'er. The group got into the car when they got to the side of the road, and Lin Qingdai went back to Wuweitang by herself in the carriage.

Sitting opposite Yu Ge'er, Du Wenhao saw her leaning in the corner with her eyes slightly closed, her face full of concern, she was speechless all the way until the gate of the palace.

"Okay, Xiao Qi, help your mother back and make some hangover tea for her. I have to go back so that my family won't worry."

Yu Ge'er heard Du Wenhao's words and opened his eyes: "Brother, can I see you again before you leave?"

Du Wenhao let out a long sigh, and sat next to Yu Ge'er: "There are still many things that I need to be busy with. I probably won't see you again. Take good care of yourself."

Yu Ge'er nodded obediently: "Well, don't worry, I have thought about it. If my eldest brother is gone, I can't let my brother be sad and disappointed. I will listen to you. People will not offend me, I will not offend, and I will not take the initiative. Go and provoke them, I will bear it."

Du Wenhao took a deep look at Yu Ge'er, but said nothing.

When the car was about to reach the door of their house, Du Wenhao and the others got out of the car and stood on the side of the road watching Yu Ge'er's car go away. Then, with Lin Qingdai's support, they shook the door and walked away.

Du Wenhao came home drunk, and as soon as the sedan chair arrived at the door, Wu Cong hurried up to greet him: "Sir, Master Han has been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Master Han?" Du Wenhao staggered down from the sedan chair, and gave Pang Yuqin a sideways glance with drunken eyes.

"Oh, it's Master Han Jianghan, the great general who conquered Tubo this time."

Du Wenhao suddenly sobered up more than half of the wine, and Han Jiang went to the west to march to the generals. Before that, he was a political adviser, that is, "deputy prime minister" (same as "Zai Zhi" with several other officials)!It is equivalent to the current ****!A high-ranking official of the second rank!Logically, I should have gone to visit, but why did they come to the door first, and I was still drinking outside, and came back after getting drunk, it was really rude.

With Lin Qingdai's support, Du Wenhao staggered into the house, came to the living room, and saw an old man with gray hair and wrinkled face sitting on the guest seat in the living room, and he was thinking about something with his head down.

Wu Cong hurriedly introduced: "Master Han, this is our young master."

Du Wenhao had never seen Han Jiang before, and was about to come forward to pay respects, but Han Jiang was old, but still agile, got up first, and fell to the ground with a bow: "Old Han Jiang, I have seen Doctor Du!"

Du Wenhao was taken aback, and hastily slammed to the ground: "Master Han, you..., you can kill the lowly official! Don't dare to be the lowly official. I didn't know that the adult was here, and it's only now that I'm socializing outside. It's really rude. What’s more, please forgive me, my lord.”

Han Jiang chuckled, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Brother Yunfan, you are being polite. I know that I will be able to work with Brother Yunfan in the future, so I take the liberty of visiting."

When the ancients reached a weak crown, they could start writing.Du Wenhao couldn't afford to cross over, so Lin Jieyu helped him come up with the word "Yunfan", which means "hanging a cloud sail directly to help the sea".It has been reported to the Ministry of Officials, so everyone in the court knows about it.The ancients respected each other by address. Since they are ministers in the same hall, they are all colleagues. Of course, they cannot be called uncles or nephews. They are all honored by the other party's name plus brother, which is equivalent to the collective name of "comrade" in the revolutionary camp. .

(Actually, the title of "adult" was popular in the Qing Dynasty. There was no such title in the Song Dynasty. In formal occasions, most people called each other's official titles. For example, Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, went from official to General Youjun, so he was called Wang Youjun, which has been passed down to this day; Du Fu once served as Zuo Shiyi, known as Du Shiyi, and was also called Du Gongbu because he served as a member of the Procuratorate and Industry Department; Su Shi was once a scholar of the Duanming Palace, known as Su Xueshi.)
Han Jiang's word is Zihua, Du Wenhao knows this, since Lin Jieyu said the importance of words, Du Wenhao has been very concerned about this matter, especially when people call themselves by words, but he doesn't know the other party's name. It is very embarrassing, so I asked the basic situation of the court officials from the Ministry of Officials, and memorized the names and names of some important people.Han Jiang is already in his sixties, with gray hair and an old man. He really can't call him brother Zihua, so he simply calls him an official.

Du Wenhao hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Han Zaizhi is polite, you can always come to the humble house, it really makes the humble house flourish. I don't know if Zaizhi is here, what can I teach you?"

Han Jiang bowed and said, "Brother Yunfan is out of touch. If you don't give up, please call him Zihua."

Du Wenhao was overjoyed, cupped his hands and said, "Okay, brother Zihua."

Han Jiang stood up with a smile, and bowed deeply: "The old man came here this time to thank Brother Yunfan for his kindness!"

Du Wenhao was taken aback. Seeing that he hit the ground but couldn't get up, he hurriedly stood up and supported him with both hands: "Zaizhi..., ah no, brother Zihua is serious, how can brother Wen Haoyu have any kindness?" ?”

Han Jiang took advantage of the situation to get up, with tears in her old eyes, she said: "Brother Yunfan, you are in charge of the post. He was dismissed ten years ago. He knew about Dengzhou affairs and moved to Xuzhou and Daming Mansion. Yuan Fengyuan Knowing the affairs of Dingzhou for a long time. Shame, if Brother Yunfan hadn’t given kind words and support in front of the Holy Master, how could this old man make a comeback!”

It was only then that Du Wenhao realized that this old guy's official career had been bad for ten years, and he was demoted from the deputy prime minister to the prefecture-level mayor.But why does he always say that he is grateful for his support, why doesn't he know when he has supported him?Helping him to sit down on the seat, he said with a smile: "Brother Zihua, did you make a mistake? Wen Hao can't talk about supporting you, and dare not plunder the beauty of others..."

(End of this chapter)