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Chapter 595 Isn't it good to be straightforward?
In the official hall of Chicheng General's Office, Zhang Cheng politely asked Yan Qingrong, the new commander of Yongning Guard, "I heard that you have a nephew named Yan Kuan, and now Sha Zhongwang is serving as the general?"

When Yan Qingrong heard Zhang Cheng mention his nephew, he knew what he meant, but he still replied calmly: "As the commander-in-chief said, it was my nephew Yan Kuan who was sent to Sha for garrison. Training in the camp."

"Oh!"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "This commander heard that Yan Kuan is brave and good at fighting, so he immediately dismounted. Why is it that Yan Kuan is a rare weapon in the population?"

Without waiting for Yan Qingrong to say something, he turned his head and said to Wu Zhizhong: "Old Wu, you issue a transfer order to transfer Yan Kuan to Yongning to help you train a new army to fill the vacancy transferred from Song Shanquan's department."

Wu Zhizhong said with a serious face: "The last general takes orders."

Zhang Cheng said to him again: "There is one more thing. I have issued an appeal to call Labayu Liu Quan to lead Ma Huijun and other [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to Yongning. You can organize him into a separate army. When going out to battle, it will be called by your command temporarily."

Wu Zhizhong clasped his fists again and said, "The last general will take orders."

Then he said with a little hesitation: "It's just that the commander-in-chief has transferred all of Liu Quan's offices, and the security guards may be weaker."

Zhang Cheng said indifferently: "It's okay, I have ordered Sun Dashan to take charge of the affairs of the Labayu side, and he can select young and strong to supplement the troops from the hungry people."

He continued: "Also, Zhao Shihu's troops in Muzhajian will also be called by you when I go out to fight, and you can make your own decisions for any military needs."

"Here!"

At this time, a servant came in to ask Zhang Cheng if he would go back to the inner house for dinner, and Zhang Cheng ordered to share a portion of the meal, and ate and chatted with Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong, Wu Zhizhong, Jin Yong and others in the side hall next to him. Some specific affairs on North Road and East Road.

Zhang Cheng had just finished dinner, when a servant came in and reported: "Master Bingxian He, please come to the house for a briefing."

After Zhang Cheng heard this, a smile curled up on the corner of his mouth, and he thought: I think that's what happened!
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At dusk and dusk, the sun shines at night, and the new shoots on the tree trunks beside the street exude vitality under the slanting sun.

In the side hall of the back hall of the Chicheng Armed Forces Office, Zhang Cheng, Bingxian He Chongwu, and Liang Juan Qin Shizheng sat facing each other, sipping fragrant tea. The tea color was excellent in the candlelight, and the tea fragrance was even stronger.

He Chongwu invited Zhang Cheng to the house this time because of his transfer.

It turned out that He Chongwu had served as a soldier of the North Road for three years, and he was actually promoted to a higher level according to the evaluation, but Zhang Cheng secretly helped him operate it, and in addition to the outstanding achievements of the North Road in the past two years, the imperial court agreed to his real promotion. Two levels, intending to promote him as the magistrate of the daimyo.

He used to be the fifth-rank Shanxi procurator Si Qianshi who served as the military guard of Xuanzhen North Road, but now he can be promoted to the fourth-rank magistrate. How unhappy he is, he is naturally very grateful to Zhang Cheng.

But after Zhang Cheng learned of this letter, he immediately wrote a letter to He Chongwu, and introduced to him in detail the situation of the epidemic in Daming Mansion. As early as the summer of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Daming Mansion first had a major epidemic, which was extremely violent and spread quickly. .

According to records, "in the 13th year of Chongzhen, Daming Mansion... There was no rain in summer, locusts ate all the wheat, the plague was rampant, people died five or six out of ten, and the age was fierce."

This plague was called "pimple disease" at that time. "Summer and autumn plague, dolls have a lump of fat, and die immediately. It is called pimple plague, and everyone suffers from it. In spring, there is vomiting blood. or a family of several people died together."

In fact, it was a rat plague on an unprecedented scale. "pimple" is a name for swollen lymph nodes in patients with bubonic plague. At that time, people did not recognize this disease and did not know how to prevent and treat it, so it caused such a large scale. s damage.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng suggested that He Chongwu should not go to the Daming Mansion to take up the post, but try to transfer him to another place through his relationship. After getting He Chongwu's consent, he spent some money in the court and successfully transferred He Chongwu to the prefect of Huaiqing Mansion in Henan Province.

He Chongwu invited Zhang Cheng to the house today to thank him for his timely help, so he also specially invited Qin Shizheng, the grain judge, to come over, and the three giants of the North Road gathered together.

It's a pity that Zhang Cheng's family is now the only one!
Faced with He Chongwu's gratitude, Zhang Cheng didn't take it seriously. He stopped He Chongwu from continuing, saying: "Your Excellency, there is no need to rush to Yu Province to take up the post. It is not too late to leave after drinking our family's wedding wine. I will arrange A troop of cavalry will escort you to Huaiqing."

He Chongwu knocked on the table with his hands, and said: "It's really unexpected, I left the Xuanfu, but I still couldn't leave your territory of Marshal Zhang."

"Hahaha……"

The three of them looked at each other and laughed. Now He Chongwu is grateful to Zhang Cheng, and Qin Shizheng seems to have been appointed. It is no longer the case when Zhang Cheng first came, he looked down on him and was hostile to him, so that he targeted him everywhere.

In fact, when Zhang Cheng first came to North Road to take office, he still respected them very much, but one was wary of him every step of the way, and the other always ignored him.

It really made him feel powerless, so he simply stopped interacting with them too much, and just buried himself in his own business. Anyway, even if they looked unhappy, they were powerless to stop them.

Who would have thought that Zhang Cheng would be so prosperous in the North Road, not only Xue Liangqing could not stop his rise, even Zhang Guowei, the deputy commander in chief, was uprooted by Zhang Cheng.

It wasn't until this time that they clearly realized their previous mistakes. However, due to the face of the civil servants, although they no longer pointed fingers at Zhang Cheng, judged Zhang Cheng, and no longer raised eyebrows or stared at faults, but they have never taken the initiative Approach Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng still has the style of an ancient general. Before sending troops to Yu Province to help suppress the intruders, he took the initiative to visit the two of them. Attitudes have indeed changed dramatically.

According to the current situation, they are actually dispensable to Zhang Cheng. That is to say, the addition of the two of them may not be of great benefit to Zhang Cheng, but they have Zhang Cheng's sincere help. Among them may become the only reliance for them to protect their lives and protect their families.

In this troubled world, how can there be a fool who can be an official to such a position?

At this time, Zhang Cheng said to Qin Shizheng again: "My lord Qin, Zhang has been taken care of on the North Road, and I really feel grateful in my heart. Now that my lord has served as a grain judge for a long time, have you thought about changing positions?"

Qin Shizheng is like He Chongwu. Although he is still respected by the officials in Beilu, he has become a mere decoration. It is only superficial respect, but he has no real power. How can ambitious civil servants like them bear it.

He only heard him say: "Zhang Shuai said with a smile, the official position is bestowed by heaven, how can we be the ones to decide on our own!"

Zhang Cheng saw that he was still a little embarrassed, and his words were insincere, so he said bluntly: "Go back to the Ministry of Household Affairs, or go to the magistrate of the government, or go to the yamen of the Fantai, Mr. Qin should choose a place!"

"This...this...this..."

(End of this chapter)