A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 748 Thank you on behalf of the people of Xuanzhen Town
On October 15, the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Yongning Hou Wangdou led the civil and military officials of the shogunate, together with Datong Town Chief Soldier, Dingxingbo Wang Pu, Xuanda Governor Ji Shiwei, Xuanfu Governor Zhu Zhifeng, Datong Governor Wei Jingyuan, Xuanfu Governor Du Xun, the town supervisor.

At this time, Ermubu and others who were in the town welcomed the imperial envoy Li Banghua and his party.

Li Banghua imagined various situations, how would Wang Dou treat him when they meet each other?Get off your horse?Sword plus neck?The ax is here?But what I didn't expect was that the welcoming etiquette was very grand, which gave the imperial envoy enough face.

I saw that at the first reception site, the Hongzi Nuanpu in the east of the city had already set up a high colored shed, and then went all the way to the Andingmen in the east of the town, and the road from Dongdajie to Zhenshuo General's Mansion. After clearing the field, all the personnel made a detour, leaving room for the imperial envoy's guard of honor.

Li Banghua and his party can finally walk in the middle of the avenue.

He was satisfied in his heart, but he didn't know that all the townspeople in Xuanfu cursed behind their backs. You must know that Wang Dou's guard of honor is out now, and there is no clearing the field, and they consciously walk to the right, not delaying pedestrians. group.

I didn't expect that as soon as the capital's demoted officials arrived, it would be a mess, and how many things would be delayed by the big guys, it really disturbed the people.

And if it is still the same, on the road that must be several miles or tens of miles to welcome the imperial envoy, all the colorful sheds will be tied up, and red gauze will be pasted on the sheds, as a place for the imperial envoys to stand, and high-quality The red silk, the shed must also be tied up finely, using high-quality wood.

This is unavoidably wasteful, and it does not conform to Li Banghua's frugal Confucianism. It seems that Wang Dou also thinks so, so he only set up a colorful shed in Hongzinuan, and then a gong and drum team lined the road to welcome him. grand.

In short, a series of bright sides are presented, full of dignified atmosphere, and there are no small roads such as stumbling blocks, just like his behavior, disdain for conspiracy and tricks, and always use dignified power to overwhelm others.

Li Banghua stroked his beard and nodded, quite satisfied with Wang Dou's arrangement, and at the same time felt awe-inspiring, the more people like Wang Dou, the harder it is to deal with.

All the officials met each other and exchanged greetings, everyone set off, and along the way, they heard the sound of gongs and drums, and countless men, women, old and young crowded around the roadside to watch the excitement.

Let’s not talk about disturbing the people, everyone still likes to watch the excitement.

And now the people in Xuanfu Town are used to raising small sun and moon flags whenever they have something to do. When the guard of honor came over, they saw countless small flags flying.

Li Banghua almost burst into tears, he didn't expect the people in the town to be so devoted to the imperial court, after all, they are from big places, and their qualities are different from those in small places.

Only the flag bearers holding the "Quiet" and "Avoid" flags in the guard of honor were a little embarrassed. The situation before them was quite different from the content of the signs they held.The gong and drum players in the team also stopped their hands. The sound of gongs and drums around them had already made their ears dizzy.

However, it is better to be warmly welcomed than to be ignored, and they also have a feeling, which is more novel and comfortable than Xiaomin kneeling in fear, surrounded by silence.

Before entering the town, Li Banghua was also amazed by the majestic city. "Nine borders must be counted as the Xuanfu", "The Key of the Capital", and "Shenjing Pinghan" are not just talking about.

Originally, Xuanfu town was six li and thirteen steps long on each side, with a circumference of 24 li, and seven gates and one gate.Now the town is more lively, besides the inside of the city, there are more and more towns gathered outside the city, and there is always a sense of hustle and bustle.

The three gates of Xuande, Cheng'an and Gaoyuan, which were blocked by defense in the past, were also opened. In this way, Andingmen in the east, Taixingmen in the west, Changpingmen, Xuandemen and Chenganmen in the south, Guanglingmen and Gaoyuanmen in the north are all unblocked. , making the flow of people more and more.

However, looking at the rows of shops on the street, the wide and tidy streets, especially the row upon row of houses, and the gathering of people, Li Banghua sighed again for no reason.

Li Banghua couldn't find fault with Wang Dou's welcoming etiquette. His every move was full of respect for the court. Except for paving the road with loess and cleaning the street with clear water, Wang Dou did everything he could do, which gave Li Banghua and others the face of the court. Nor did he neglect himself because of the affairs of the court.

Li Banghua's heart warmed, and he guessed in his heart that maybe he came here by himself, and his subordinates did something without telling him, or maybe the warriors have a small structure and narrow vision, they only pay attention to the things around the town, and neglect to discipline the outside world.

After all, in the past, the commanders of the towns only paid attention to things around the town, so how could they care about the rest of the road?
Looking at the cleanliness of the streets in Zhencheng, maybe Wang Dou was worried about the loess paving the road, which would be dirty instead, or what to do if the clear water cleans the street and it is icy and slippery.

Li Banghua thought in this way.

He walked all the way, in addition to observing the surroundings, he also paid great attention to observing Wang Douren and others, spying on their attitude towards him.

When he was in the capital, it was not that Li Banghua had never met Wang Dou. Now he was wearing a python robe, and his demeanor became more and more unpredictable. He rode on the horse, with a faint smile on his face, sometimes talking to himself, sometimes waving to the people, I can't see what's on my mind at all.

As an earl, Wang Pu has an honorable status. He rides his horse and walks beside Wang Dou, but he ignores himself and smiles. He just waved like Wang Dou, sometimes whispering something to Wang Dou, and the two showed understanding on their faces. smile.

Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanda, was indifferent to himself, Du Xun, the eunuch of the army, looked indifferent, he looked up at the sky from time to time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Only Zhu Zhifeng, governor of the Xuanfu, and Wei Jingyuan, governor of Datong, had smiles on their faces, as if they were genuinely happy for their arrival, and at the same time, they were really pleased with the courteous treatment the imperial envoys received.

I said that Feihan Omubu, in addition to being respectful to Wang Dou and others, also respected his angels and his party very much, which also satisfied Li Banghua.

He looked at the officers and generals under Wang Dou's command again, and he could clearly see that these people were indifferent to him, and they mostly dealt with him. Even with a smile on their face, the smile was fake. It seemed that what he said in the court hall Already offended them.

Li Banghua actually pays attention to these people, especially their elegant clothes. Looking at the clothes they wear, they are the so-called Jingbian clothes.

At this time, among them were warriors, wearing the winter clothes gifts of the Jingbian Army, Yisa-style right lapel gowns with fine wool at the lapels, three-mountain warm hats on their heads, and felt boots on their feet. Many of them even wore cloaks. , and without a sword, there is a cruel beauty in the flying.

Li Banghua was in a trance for a while, as if a large group of Jin Yiwei stood in front of him.

The literati among them, however, wore soft friezes, tight-fitting gowns, short-sleeved cloaks, and swords around their waists. All of them were elegant and heroic. Li Banghua murmured in his heart: "The ancient style of the Han and Tang Dynasties... ..."

He had to admit that compared with the literati uniforms alone, the literati costumes in the Jingbian army were more attractive, making people have the urge to abandon their pens and join the army.

Even their little soldiers have thick long body armor with shiny copper nails on the outside, fine iron arms on their arms, and blue coats with fur skirts to keep them warm without affecting combat. The bright red of the inner armor is exposed in the middle, which is heroic and pleasing to the eye.

The color sense of the Ming Dynasty costumes has reached its peak, and the Jingbian army has inherited and developed it. It is indeed a unique army.

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With all kinds of complicated thoughts, Li Banghua followed Wang Dou and others into the Zhenshuo General's Mansion. When he arrived at the lobby, he saw that the incense table and offerings had been set up above. , Xuanfu Town Chief Military Officer, Zhenshuo General Wang Dou accepts the order!"

He paid close attention to Wang Dou's expression, and saw Wang Dou knelt down and said loudly: "My lord, Wang Dou accepts the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Li Banghua's heart relaxed, and he slowly read the imperial decree. Everyone in the hall listened, and heard that Wang Dou was named the General of the Conqueror, served as the Chief Protector of the Anbei Protectorate, and was added back to the Crown Prince and Protector. The people in the hall were full of expressions different.

All the members of the shogunate and the generals of the Jingbian Army looked at each other happily. Although they respected Wang Dou as a general in the past, in fact Wang Dou was not an authentic general. Now he is worthy of the name, especially at this time he has reached the highest status of a warrior.

Governor of Xuanda Ji Shiwei smiled while touching his beard, Governor of Xuanfu Zhu Zhifeng and Governor of Datong Wei Jingyuan looked at each other, and they both saw the wry smile on each other's faces.

Du Xun, the supervisor of Xuanfu Town, rolled his eyes and muttered something.

Wang Pu, who was standing next to him, showed a very envious look on his face.

Wang Dou accepted the imperial decree, Li Banghua continued to read, and called Ji Junjiao up, but saw Ji Junjiao coming, her eyes were fixed, her face was full of awe-inspiring righteousness, it was quite different from the usual image, but she was naturally charming, and her every move still carried An indescribably charming taste.

Everyone didn't dare to look at it, Li Banghua also thought to himself: "Beautiful women are a disaster, the Tian family does not accept charming women into the palace, this is a good policy."

He read with a straight face: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Today there is Wang Ji's virtuous and virtuous, chaste, graceful and intelligent, and I specially enshrine Mrs. Shude, a first-class lady, hereby."

Ji Junjiao's face was neither happy nor angry, and she said softly: "I thank the emperor, long live long live."

She took the imperial decree and left, Ji Shiwei looked at her back with surprise and joy, Zhong Zhengxian and Xie Yike looked unhappy, and the rest had different thoughts, only Wang Dou stood beside him, still with a faint smile on his face.

Zhu Zhifeng and Wei Jingyuan have serious faces, the court is making trouble like that, although the Marquis of Yongning regards Ji Jun as a wife, but in the eyes of these literati and bureaucrats, Ji is still a concubine, for thousands of years in China, there is no way to entrust her Concubine?Where did the lords of the Ministry of Rites go?What nonsense!

Li Banghua also shook his head secretly, quickly skipped this section, and read out the imperial decree to Han Chao. He also paid attention to Han Chao's expression. Can't help but be disappointed.

He carried quite a lot of edicts this time, and he read out the rewards one by one. After the announcement arrived at Wang Pu, he saw the earl smiling and saying, "Thank you, Long Live."

He accepted his 100 taels of silver reward, and when he got down, he said loudly to the people beside him: "100 taels of silver is really a lot of money, look, it's still the best gold flower silver."

Wei Jingyuan and the others looked embarrassed, and Li Banghua's face became even tighter. The court really did not behave properly in this matter.

Finally, the edicts were read out one by one, and when his hands were empty, Li Banghua was a little dazed, as if nothing had changed.

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There are many ceremonies for the imperial envoys, how to greet them, how to stand, what to pay attention to when receiving the order, how to entertain the imperial envoys, etc., all have a set of rituals, but Li Banghua is just an imperial envoy incidentally. After Dou and the others received the order, he became the Deputy Protector of the Anbei Protectorate.

In addition to getting close to the entourage, accompanied by those escort eunuchs, Jin Yiwei, etc. who represent the imperial court, they should return to the capital after a few days of rest. Wang Dou specially asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to approve some money for these people to eat and drink well. Some instrument gold.

According to their status, they were 66 silver coins, 88 silver coins, and 180 eight silver coins. These people were both surprised and happy.

It was only late in the afternoon after the imperial envoy announced the decree. It stands to reason that Li Banghua should go to take a bath and change clothes, waiting for the evening banquet, but he didn't care about rest. Yu Wei, the imperial envoy, seemed to be lecturing in the lobby now.

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Snowflakes drifted down from the outside, it seemed that the entire town of Xuanfu was shrouded in confusion, and the chill was quite strong. However, Li Banghua's heart was hot, and he didn't feel the cold at all. He only scanned the hall with his sharp eyes. everyone.

Wang Dou sits high on the big tiger-skin chair, alone, watching the surroundings. Li Banghua himself sits at the side of the main seat and takes the first place. The deputy governor is second only to Wang Dou in the governor's mansion, and ranks first in the shogunate. All officials will go before.

Then the first guest seat was Dingxing Bo Wang Pu, he is an earl, his status is more expensive than Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu, and he is considered a guest, so he sits first in the guest seat.

Below are Ji Shiwei, governor of Xuanda, Zhu Zhifeng, governor of Xuanfu, Wei Jingyuan, governor of Datong, and Du Xunren, governor of Xuanfu Town, and others. , now does not live in the hall.

Now that the Anbei Duhufu is divided, the military and government defense of Xuanfu Town is regarded as belonging to the Duhufu, and then the rest of the parties belong to the Xuanfu Governor, Xuanfu Supervising Army, Xuanda Governor, etc., which are similar to the civil and military duties of the original Daming Border Town almost.

It's just that Wang Dou's military and political affairs are too powerful, and he tore away the civil affairs of the original officials.

But in theory, the governor of Xuanfu and the military supervisor are not under Wang Dou's jurisdiction.

The generals of the Jingbian army and the members of the shogunate also sat in their seats. Li Banghua looked at these people very carefully.

They feel good overall, especially when paired with Jingbian clothes.However, after careful analysis, these people are actually not outstanding, and many of them are just mediocre talents. Compared with the gathering of great sages in the imperial court, they are far behind, so why?
He has a newspaper, and now under Wang Dou's rule, there are four divisions: the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Supervision, and the Central Military Department under Wang Dou's direct control.

Among several films, Han Chao and Wen Fangliang give people a good impression, and Zhong Xiancai also looks quite quiet, wearing a three-mountain cap, felt boots, cloak and loose clothes, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, compared to Gao Shiyinzhi Seniors, it is pleasing to the eye.

The rest...

For the time being, I will not mention the people in the army, but looking at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, does Zhang Gui seem to be able to accumulate food in the fields?

Zhong Rong was originally a small official, Zhong Zhengxian and Tian Changguo were all wretched people, and Ye Xizhi was also a small official.Perhaps among the literati under Wang Dou's command, only the original Confucianist Zhengfu Mingqi has a higher status, but he is also not popular.

It's just that when these people gather together, even Governor Zhu Zhifeng Zhugong can't beat them. What's the reason?

Also, these people's status in Ming Dynasty was still Zan Dian and Si Li, but now they are on an equal footing with me, what rank are they, and what rank are I?

Suppressing his displeasure, Li Banghua slowly stood up.

Wang Dou looked at him interestingly.

Zhu Zhifeng and Wei Jingyuan cheered up, Li Gong was about to make a move.

Everyone in the Jingbian army looked at each other to see what the old man was going to do.

But I saw Li Banghua salute Wang Dou first, his upright face was full of upright expression, he said loudly: "I have come all the way, but I see that the people in Xuanzhen live and work in peace and contentment, there are no thieves, no hunger and cold, this is Yongning Hou Zhigong also, I am here to thank the people of Xuanzhen Town!"

Wang Dou smiled: "Deputy Li is being polite!"

Gao Shiyin stared at Zhong Xian beside him dumbfoundedly. What did the old man just say?
A sneer sneered, but it was from Wang Pu, who was on the guest seat.

Seeing him holding a teacup, he said with a smile: "I don't know the face, you thanked Xuanzhen Wanmin on behalf of Xuanzhen Wanmin? Xuanzhen Wanmin, would you like to let you do it?"

(End of this chapter)