The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 214 Chuanlu interception ([-])

After Liu Rui mentioned this point, he stopped talking.

All the people here are smart people, he believes that Ma Qiming will understand.He has been the deputy governor of the Beijing camp, if he can't even understand this sentence, then he is a fool.

This is also his consistent style of doing things.Those who are willing to give advice to others, most of them speak vaguely to show their sense of mystery.

Besides, although the several families have always been in close contact, but this time it was for Ma Shangde alone, Liu Rui felt that giving an idea was enough.

Ma Qiming naturally understood, so he remained calm and continued to invite everyone to drink.

It is enough for each other to know such things well, even at home, it is not suitable for public discussion.

After drinking for a while, everyone left one after another, except Chen Jiayin, the defender of Changping Prefecture.

Chen Jiayin was Ma Qiming's old subordinate, and he was recommended by Ma Qiming to serve as the guard of Changping Prefecture.

The two sat in the living room, drinking tea slowly.Occasionally speaking a few words, it seems to be chatting about something unimportant.

"The gang of thieves in Wulong Mountain, what's going on now?"

Ma Qiming asked casually.

"Recently, they haven't come to the city to make trouble. However, I heard that they are mainly operating in the Zhili area. Last month, they even committed a big case, robbing the tax money of the Zhuozhou government."

The banditry in Wulong Mountain has lasted for more than ten years.It already existed when Ma Qiming was the garrison of Changping Prefecture.Later, because of his meritorious service in suppressing bandits, Ma Qiming was promoted to an official.

This group of bandits, known as a thousand men, based on Wulong Mountain and led by Lu Bawang, often looted everywhere.Killing and stealing, rape and robbery, they do everything.

At its most rampant, it even attacked the Changping Prefecture Yamen.In normal times, they often divide into small groups, sneak into the imperial capital, and plunder the rich and powerful.

Almost any dynasty would have some bandits, but in Changping Prefecture, which is not far from the emperor, there is such a group of bandits, and it has not been wiped out for many years, which is a bit strange.

Although the government and army have encircled and suppressed this group of bandits many times, sometimes they even announced that they have been wiped out.However, every so often, this group of bandits reappeared.It seems that there are not many people.

So some people wondered whether there were bandits inside the army.Otherwise, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it would be incomprehensible that a large army could not even deal with a bandit.

It is not surprising that people have such doubts.Collusion between officials and bandits, and a family of soldiers and bandits, both in history and in reality, are frequent phenomena.

Many officials even support the bandits.Even if they are capable of suppressing bandits, they will not wipe them out completely, in order to show the necessity of their own existence, and even use this to ask for soldiers and money, and to accumulate military merits.

"You have to pay attention to monitoring them. Now is the last time for the martial arts. Recently, the vassals have to come to Beijing to pay tribute. If the thieves enter the city and kill any new scholars or tribute envoys, it will be bad."

"The subordinate understands, so I take my leave."

When Chen Jiayin came out of the government office, he couldn't help feeling a burst of sadness in his heart.

When he first took over as the garrison of Changping Prefecture, he had dealt with that gang of bandits.

At that time, he took office as a new official and was eager to make contributions. So, under careful preparation, he started the campaign against bandits.

The operation was indeed successful. Not only did most of the bandits be wiped out, but even the leader of the bandits, King Lu, was captured alive.

However, just as he was about to behead King Lu, he received a letter from Ma Qiming.The letter said that Bawang Lu had friendship with some people in the court, and they asked him to let Bawang Lu go.

After Chen Jiayin took office, he heard some rumors that Ma Qiming had friendship with Lu Bawang.Seeing Ma Qiming's pleading letter now, it's embarrassing.

However, after all, he couldn't get in the way of Ma Qiming's affection, so he deliberately found an opportunity to let King Lu escape.

Later, Chen Jiayin finally understood that Bawang Lu was a thief raised by Ma Qiming.Even many of Ma Qiming's military achievements in the past were built by Lu Bawang who betrayed his colleagues and helped him build them up.

That's all, but now he is asked to go to Lu Bawang to use bandits to deal with Jia Min, which makes Chen Jiayin a little embarrassed.

Chen Jiayin believes that King Lu will listen to him, but once King Lu does this, Chen Jiayin will be completely tied to King Lu.

It's okay if things are not exposed, but once things are revealed, the consequences will be disastrous.

First of all, I have the handle in the hands of Lu Bawang, so it is hard to guarantee that Lu Bawang will not threaten him because of this in the future.

Secondly, Jia Min is a Wu Jinshi of Xinke, if he is assassinated, it will definitely attract widespread attention.The court will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, and by then, it may not be able to get away with it.Once Lu Bawang is captured, not only this time, but also the previous incidents are likely to be found out.It is really a luxury to expect a bandit to be loyal.

Also, Jia Min is a child of the Jia family after all, and if something happens, the Jia family will not let it go.

And his uncle Wang Ziteng, although he is out on patrol now, he will be back sooner or later, he is not an easy character to deal with.

Besides, even Jia Min himself is not easy to deal with.

Ma Shangde still had some real skills, so he defeated him so easily, what if Bawang Lu couldn't deal with him?Without any real skills, can you train 1300 soldiers?
This is really a tricky job.

In fact, Ji Mingluan was able to serve as the academician of Jinke Martial Arts Examinations, in fact, it was completely by chance.Even he himself is still kept in the dark.

This time the emperor summoned him out of the mountain, originally he just wanted to make a gesture, to show his magnanimity to the officials, and to forget about Ji Mingluan's past.

If he really wanted to use Ji Mingluan again, he could directly order him to do something.However, this time, he changed his routine and sent a consultation to Ji Mingluan, asking him if he would like to be this year's martial arts student.

Ji Mingluan had presided over the civil examination before, and in this era when martial arts were underestimated, asking him to serve as a student of martial arts would undoubtedly lower his status.

The emperor reckoned that with Ji Mingluan's bad temper, he would not accept this job. In this way, he could tell others that I gave him a chance, but he doesn't know how to flatter him?

Unexpectedly, Ji Mingluan has been away from the officialdom for a long time, and he has long wanted to return.In addition, my mother is in good health, and the family has nothing to worry about, so I agreed.

Ji Mingluan was also dissatisfied with this errand at first, but he was afraid of thinking the other way around.Thinking about it the other way around, he figured it out.

He has presided over the civil examination before, and this time he will preside over the martial arts again. He will become the only person in this dynasty who has presided over both civil and military subjects.

Most of the time, being a scientific and political officer is a good job.This is not only a harvest of honor and a symbol of one's own status, but also has huge practical benefits.

This benefit is not necessarily economic, but personal connections.

As a student of politics, the Jinshi of one subject belonged to his own students.These students are a huge asset in the future.

In the past, I presided over the literary examination and harvested a group of liberal arts Jinshi. Now I preside over a martial arts examination, and I can harvest a group of military officer students.

why not?

It's just that Jia Min did not expect that Jia Min also participated in the examination of Jinke.

Ji Mingluan still has a good impression of Jia Min.

However, this good impression used to come more from the fact that Jia Min was a child of the Jia family.Later, Jia Min bought his Yedu residence, and asked Zhao Bancheng to provide him with free drinks in Jinling, which further deepened this impression.

It wasn't until I heard the title of Jia Min's poem that I had the idea of ​​asking Jia Min to come and read with him.With Jia Min's talent in poetry, as long as he puts some effort into the scriptures, it is not difficult to get a reputation in the literary examination in the future.

Therefore, Jia Min didn't go to his place, and he felt a little regretful.

It was after he met Nan'er that he really got to know Jia Min more comprehensively.

Hearing that Ji Mingluan was back, Nan'er went to visit him, so Ji Mingluan met a completely different Nan'er.

In just half a year, Nan'er has changed from his book boy to a person who alone manages such a big business as a bus and carriage. This can't but surprise Ji Mingluan.

What is the reason that a child can be called an earth-shaking change in just half a year?
At first, Ji Mingluan didn't take Jia Min's Chinese pinyin scheme seriously.It wasn't until Nan'er told him the experience of the past six months in detail that he re-examined Hanyu Pinyin.

This review made him discover the great value and significance of the Chinese Pinyin: this is simply a feat that has merit in the present age and benefits in the future.

Knowing what Jia Min has done in the past six months from Nan'er, and adding this Chinese pinyin plan, Ji Mingluan concludes that Jia Min is a person with extraordinary talent, so he wants to help Jia Min to pass the martial arts exam. farther.

When deciding the admission list of Wu Jinshi, because Jia Min humiliated Ma Shangde in the ring, someone once proposed not to admit Jia Min, but Ji Mingluan still decided to admit Jia Min.

Of course, his reason is also very good, that is, someone plotted against Jia Min.It was precisely because of this that those who opposed the admission of Jia Min stopped insisting.

However, Jia Min's humiliation of Ma Shangde was ultimately a blemish.Even in the future rankings in the palace examination, it will be the same.

From Ji Mingluan's point of view, it is impossible for Jia Min to get the No. [-] Scholar, but if he works hard, it is still possible for Jia Min to win the second place, or at least the No. [-] pick.

Ji Mingluan was not worried about Jia Min's martial arts and writing tests.However, it is not enough to have these alone if you want to enter the first class.

Jia Min also needs to have other things to shine.

In the case of good results in martial arts and literature tests, if there are other outstanding performances, it is possible to dilute and offset the negative impact of Jia Min teasing Ma Shangde.

After repeated thinking, Ji Mingluan finally came up with a plan.

(End of this chapter)