Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 72

Today is Feng Yibo's second time participating in the court meeting.

A small Beijing official of his level wants to participate in the court meeting.

In addition to having something to play, you need to register with the Ministry of Rites in advance and wait for approval.

There is another situation.

That is, some of the topics of the court meeting that day may involve him.

At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rites will notify in advance.

If Xia Bingzhong's news is correct.

One of the topics of today's court meeting is to discuss sending him to patrol the south of the Yangtze River and train soldiers.

This is the benefit of having someone in the palace.

Feng Yibo has already made sufficient preparations for this.

In the Taiji Hall, the princes lined up.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Feng Yibo stood at the end with his hands down, unable to even see the emperor's face.

At this time, most of the court meeting has been going on, but it has nothing to do with him.

He listened with relish at first, but now he's a little groggy.

Just as his eyelids were starting to twitch, he finally heard someone call his name.

It turned out to be the end of the previous topic.

Zhang Songyue, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came out to start the next topic.

"Inspired by the sage, Mu Kun, the commander of the Nanjing Jingying, recommended Feng Yuan, the editor of the Imperial Academy, to patrol the south of the Yangtze River and conduct military training."

Finally it's his turn!

Feng Yibo was shocked when he heard the words, and at the same time he was secretly surprised.

Although he knew someone recommended him, he didn't know who it was.

Unexpectedly, this recommendation came from Jiangnan.

"Feng Yuan again?"

Emperor Jingshun naturally knew about it a long time ago, otherwise how would Xia Bingzhong know?
But at this moment, he just pretended to know, and deliberately asked:

"Mu Kun is the queen of Dongping County and the commander of the Nanjing Jingying. If he recommends this person, there must be some reasons."

Feng Yuan was even more shocked when he heard this.

This matter is getting more and more confusing.

Even if the Supreme Emperor wants to deal with him,
It's not even used by four kings and eight males, right?
If it wasn't the Supreme Emperor, why did Mu Kun recommend him?
At this time, Emperor Jingshun said: "Since that's the case, the teacher might as well talk about it first."

"Qizuo Shengshang, Feng Yuan, the editor of the Imperial Academy, before going to Beijing for the test, led two hundred Zhuang Ding under him in the southern suburbs of Jinling in January to assist the Beijing camp and killed hundreds of Japanese pirates."

When Zhang Songyue said this, he looked around, as if he was looking for Feng Yibo.

He added: "This is so far the most battle against Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"Right now, Editor Feng still has a reputation comparable to Jiaxuan in Jiangnan."

What happened to Zhao Wensong last time made Zhang Song even more anxious.

Who should be sent to settle the matter has remained undecided.

Now that someone is taking over the offer, he naturally wants it.

So when he learned about this matter, he immediately discussed with Jingshun.

Since it was recommended by someone in Jiangnan, why not let Feng Yuan try it.

"That's why Commander Mu believes that the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River are seriously ill at this time. Only by letting editor Feng take responsibility can they hope to solve it as soon as possible."

Emperor Jingshun waited for Zhang Songyue to finish speaking, and asked according to the procedure:
"Did Editor Feng attend the court meeting today?"

The monarch and his ministers sang together, as if they had been rehearsed.

"The minister Feng Yuan is here!"

When Feng Yibo heard him being called, he hurried out of the queue and bowed in front of Majesty Dan.

Zhang Songyue asked with a smile: "Editor Feng, what do you want to say about the performance of Commander Mu?"

Feng Yibo couldn't wait a long time ago, he heard the words and said loudly:
"I am willing to go to the south of the Yangtze River, serve the Holy One, wipe out the Japanese pirates for the people along the coast, and bring back a clean day in the south of the Yangtze River!"

As soon as Feng Yibo came out, there were seven or eight people gearing up.

Ready to throw him into trouble.

But now that he said he was willing to go, everyone froze in place.

For a while I didn't know how to continue.

There was only one person who didn't listen to what Feng Yibo said at all.

Go straight up and pay homage to Majesty Dan.

"Invitation to the Holy Majesty, I have something to say, this tour of the pirates in the south of the Yangtze River is none other than Feng's editor!"

"If Editor Feng refuses to go, there will be no hope of suppressing the Japanese in the south of the Yangtze River!"

This person was the censor of Lantai Temple who fired at Li Shouzhong at the court meeting last time.

A person of Zhao Shunjun, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

Talk and go.

Including Mu Kun, these are all the people of the Supreme Emperor.

This made people in the ruling and opposition circles all have some inexplicable associations.

"Ok?"

Feng Yibo looked puzzled.

I wonder if this person is a fool?
After the censor finished speaking, he also felt that something was wrong.

He got up and looked around, and found that all the officials looked at him like an idiot.

Feng Yibo even moved two steps, and reminded softly:
"My lord, what I just said is..."

After a pause, he moved forward again.

Just one word, it exploded in that person's ears!

"I'm going! I said I want to go!"

The censor was shocked and blurted out:
"Ah... you said you were going?"

Feng Yuan nodded, taking it for granted:
"That's right! Why don't I go if I can be loyal to the Holy One, serve the country, and do something for the elders of my hometown?"

Then he looked at the censor and said:

"Oh! I got it! My lord is treating my stomach with the heart of a scorpion, thinking that if you don't want to go, you don't want to go, so you are in a hurry to make trouble?"

"no no!"

The censor shook his head and argued again:

"I just think that Editor Feng is very suitable for this job, so I want to persuade him."

"Oh, I see!"

Feng Yuan nodded, and said again: "So you want to go too, my lord!"

"No, no, no! I..."

The censor was so frightened that he waved his hands again and again, wanting to explain something.

But was interrupted by Zhang Songyue's dissatisfaction.

"Okay! This is the court meeting, don't talk about irrelevant things!"

The censor immediately retreated as if he had received an amnesty.

Feng Yibo would not bother, but bowed to Bi Dan.

"I am willing to take over this job, but I hope that the Holy One will give me some support."

Whether it is ancient or modern.

After accepting such a difficult task, it is natural to ask for as much support as possible.

"What support do you want?"

What support?
Naturally, it is the start-up capital.

It was Zhang Songyue who responded to Feng Yibo.

It seems that he also knows what he wants, and he is afraid that he will speak loudly, so he preemptively said:

"Now the treasury has no more money to squander, so you can only find a way in Jiangnan."

Feng Yibo was speechless immediately.

Do I have to pay for doing things for the court?

Fortunately, Zhang Songyue also knew that this was too embarrassing.

He pretended to ponder for a while, and then followed the agreed path:

"Well, the cabinet can approve a statement for you."

"With this, you can withdraw 2 taels of silver at once from the Jiangnan household department, and you can't give any more."

This is called saying no before saying yes.

Squeeze a little bit so that you can no longer open your mouth.

But some start-up capital is better than nothing!
In the future, we can still rely on seizures, or engage in small businesses.

Feng Yibo believes that as long as he can go to sea, he is not afraid of not being able to make money!
But the training in the initial stage is pure consumption.

Without the investment of real money, no matter how powerful a general is, he will not be able to train elite soldiers.

This is called a clever woman can't cook without rice.

After the initial funds were settled, Feng Yibo asked again:
"For training the new army, the imperial court must pay for the army's food and salaries, right?"

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