Mingshi

Chapter 248 The news is confirmed
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Luo Xin then shook his head and said, "Father, Mongolia is not a bandit. If Alatan Khan's army attacks, Yanglin County will probably not be able to defend it. So foster father left Yanglin County to go to Jinyang Mansion, but he lost a share. Danger."

Zhou Tingyu nodded slightly. From this point of view, he did escape a catastrophe because of this promotion.It's just that the look on his face is still ugly when he thinks that he might become a scapegoat.

"As for the matter of the scapegoat, the foster father doesn't need to be too pessimistic. You have been an official in Yanglin County for many years, and you are no stranger to those officials in Jinyang Prefecture, so you are not a newcomer in Jinyang."

"That's true." A smile appeared on Zhou Tingyu's face: "I still have some contacts in Jinyang Mansion."

"As long as your foster father shows your ability in your position, coupled with your connections, as long as the Jinyang Mansion is not destroyed, you should be able to survive this crisis safely."

"My ability? How to do it?"

"Father, the magistrate should know about the border affairs, right?"

"Yeah!" Zhou Tingyu nodded and said, "If something really happens at the border, as the prefect of Jinyang Prefecture, he will definitely know about it."

"Then I think foster father should visit the magistrate as soon as possible. One is to thank the magistrate for his promotion. Even if he doesn't become the magistrate's confidant, don't let him treat you as a political enemy. On the other hand, you can tell him that during your private visit, The people who came back from outside the pass learned that there was a change in Mongolia, and reminded the prefect to prepare early. This will make the prefect feel that you are a capable, hardworking, and considerate person, and he will reciprocate."

Sitting there, Zhou Tingyu's face kept changing, and finally nodded and said: "That's it, I will go to Jinyang Mansion tomorrow to see the magistrate."

"Bring more yamen servants to guard against Mongolian spies." Luo Xin said in a calm voice.

Zhou Tingyu's expression changed, and he nodded solemnly.Luo Xin said again: "Father, don't mention me in front of the magistrate, just say that I was the person who came back from outside the customs that you discovered during your private visit."

"Father knows, you don't want to show your ability." Zhou Tingyu paused and said: "However, I still want to thank you."

After returning home from the Zhou Mansion, as soon as they entered the house, they saw Lu Yuan leading Lu Zhonglian, Liang Dazhu and other servants, and Die Er and other servant girls standing there, saluting Luo Xin neatly, all with smiling faces Yingying shouted:
"Congratulations, young master, for winning the first place in the county examination!"

Luo Xin laughed "haha", waved his hand at Lu Yuan and said, "Reward!"

"Thank you, son!"

Everyone saluted again, but Luo Xin strode away. He didn't say how much the reward would be, Lu Yuan would take care of everything.Instead of going back to his room, he walked towards the main room.He knew that today was the release of the list, and his parents must have gone to see it. They must be waiting for him in the main room at this time.When he entered the main room, he found that Lu Tingfang and his brother, and Dai'er were also there.As soon as she saw Luo Xin coming in, Dai'er jumped up from her chair, ran to Luo Xin with small steps and knelt down and said:

"Little brother, congratulations on winning the first place in the county trial!"

Luo Xin touched his body, and finally took out a small silver ingot of one tael, stuffed it into Dai'er's little hand, and said boldly:
"reward!"

Dai'er looked at the small silver ingot in her hand, pouted and said, "That's all?"

"Pfft..." Zhang Yuniang, the sister-in-law in the main room, laughed uncontrollably.

"Hahaha……"

Everyone in the main room laughed, and Lu Tingfang also laughed uncontrollably. He knew that his daughter was not a money-grubbing person, but because she was close to Luo Xin, she was running on Luo Xin.So he shook his head while laughing, but he didn't blame Dai'er.

Looking at Dai'er's sly eyes, Luo Xin spread his hands and said, "This is the only silver that my brother has, and I'll give it to you all at once, how about it? Brother, isn't it generous?"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone even laughed heartily.Luo Xin just stepped forward to greet each other, but at this time, Dai'er had already returned to her seat, sitting there dignifiedly.

"Xin'er, not bad."

Lu Tingfang's face was flushed, as if he was as excited as he was in the Jinshi exam, but he was still suppressing his emotions and reserved a lot.But Lu Tingjiang was much more straightforward, walked up to Luo Xin, patted Luo Xin on the shoulder and said excitedly:
"Xin'er, you did well in the exam, you did well in the exam!"

At this time, his parents and sister-in-law also congratulated him one after another. For the congratulations from his parents, teacher and sister-in-law, Luo Xin was not at all modest and accepted them all.As for my own family, there is no need to be so polite.And Luo Xinfei's parents, sister-in-law, and Lu Tingfang brothers also enjoyed this non-alienated atmosphere, and Lu Tingjiang even clamored for a good drink.Naturally, Luo Ping ordered a banquet. Luo Xin had just finished eating at the Zhou Mansion, but he still had another meal with his family, and finally returned to his yard shaking with a bulging belly.

"My lord, are you drunk?" Chunhua heard footsteps in the room, and ran out hastily. Seeing Luo Xin staggering there, she trotted over to support Luo Xin.Die'er, who was following Chunhua, hurriedly turned around and ran to the kitchen.

"My lord, I'll make you hangover soup."

"I'm not drunk!" Luo Xin gasped and said, "I'm full!"

"Pfft..."

Die'er's foot slipped, and she lay on the ground, while Chunhua, who was supporting Luo Xin, had already bent over laughing...

In the evening of the next day, Zhou Tingyu hurried back.The news brought back was that Alatan Khan had indeed taken action, but he hadn't assembled an army yet, but there was news from the grassland that Alatan Khan was going to invade Daming again.

Alatan Khan didn't hide the news of the invasion of Daming at all. In his view, Daming was a group of chickens. They could come to burn, kill and loot freely at any time. There was no difference between whether Da Ming was prepared or not.In fact, this is exactly the case. Ever since Alatan Khan rose up, he has been using troops against Daming non-stop, and Ming's armaments are simply appalling. When Alatan Khan invaded Gubeikou, the Ming Dynasty's Beijing army was out of battle for a long time. It collapsed at the touch of a finger.

When Alatan Khan soldiers besieged Beijing, there were Ming troops in the surrounding area who were afraid to fight, and they "wailed and shook the sky".The Beijing army is so corrupt, and the border guards are equally bad. The soldiers in the border towns of the Ming Dynasty fled seriously due to land annexation and other reasons. Since then, the Mongols came, the Ming army ran, the Mongols killed, the Ming army hid, the Mongolian army plundered, and the Ming army watched the excitement. This is a fixed script that has been staged every year on the border of the Ming Dynasty. Defeat has become a habit.

Therefore, Alatan Khan was not worried at all that his plan to attack Ming Dynasty would be leaked out, but instead made a big publicity, causing pressure and panic to the frontier army of Ming Dynasty.

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