The imperial envoys brought 602,000 silver, and all the unpaid salaries have been paid out. Since the money was returned to the local government, it was paid to the soldiers. Because it was paid by the local officials, it was paid to the leaders. How much was paid to the officials? The monthly salary of the soldiers was divided into two parts per day, and the official department was divided into three parts per day.
These public opinions spread in the barracks, and Cenmeng has become more sinister than before since he came back from Guangzhou. He has also seriously grasped the training and discipline of wolf soldiers, and the training intensity is not low every day. Every day, wolf soldiers are beaten in violation of discipline, and they are bloody. They have to practice and can’t get paid. The dissatisfaction of the soldiers quietly breeds.
Shen Xiyi came to visit twice, mainly to calm down the mood of a wolf soldier. At the same time, he said that he would try his best to fight for the same treatment as Yang Chengzu. On the contrary, Cenmeng was very open-minded. "Thank you for your kindness, but I don’t have any opinions about it. Naturally, it will be beneficial to return to the stream. I won’t be jealous. If an imperial envoy and Lianmei really become husband and wife, we will be brothers-in-law. You Han people say that I am not a concubine, but I heard that an imperial envoy loves her very much, so maybe
On the whole, his attitude was absolutely deferential and he didn’t make any excessive demands on the court. But the more so, the more Shen Xiyi felt that something was wrong. On the contrary, he could guarantee to control the situation when he went to Cenmeng’s nonsense or made various rational demands.
He controlled QinBing almost all sent out to spy on CenMeng secretly. He had limited resources to mobilize, but he still tried his best to find CenMeng’s hidden surface. There might be some clues. Before he received any results, another message came over and surrendered to CenZhang, the state of Zhizhou, and brought two thousand wolves to escort the trench to support him.
Chapter one hundred and fifty-one Marry ()
Cenzhang’s transfer is not so much for military reasons as for political balance. If Cenmeng has left such a lean man in the state of surrender for a long time, then the wolf soldiers in Tianzhou even dare not live abroad for a long time to avoid stabbing the troops in the back. After a while, the troops in Tianzhou were transferred to Guangzhou for support.
Cenmeng took more than a dozen men in brand-new clothes to meet his father-in-law, but after waiting for a long time, no one was seen. A Qinbing sent out to find out the news came from a distance. "Don’t wait for the leader. Cenzhang has been taken into the city by an imperial envoy."
"Abba, I’m already a Chengzu elder brother, maybe even a cub has it. It depends on how you marry me to someone else." An imperial Cenlian didn’t have the kind of wriggle of Han women, but boldly took Yang Chengzu’s arm to demonstrate to his father.
CenZhang looks unremarkable, short and thin, and his face is full of wrinkles, as if it were air-dried walnut skin with a copper pipe in his hand, but he didn’t dare to really light the pipe and light his daughter’s head in front of an imperial envoy. "Shameless girl, I asked you to read those and forgot how to do such a thing, which simply ruined my Cenjiamen’s style. If it is Abba Zhaili, I must soak you in the pigsty. Now I’m shameless and dare to be presumptuous here! Go back to your room. I want to talk it over. "
Cenlian hummed a post on Yang Chengzu’s ear and said, "Abba is most afraid of court officials. The more fierce you are to him, the more afraid he is of you. Don’t be afraid of him. I’ll cook for you."
When his daughter walked away, Yang Chengzu smiled and wanted to salute Cenzhang, but Cenzhang pulled him and wanted to give Cenzhang some tobacco bags, but the other party rushed to pin the tobacco bags in his waist like an old man who had never seen the world before.
"An imperial envoy, you’re welcome, little old man. However, an old village has been granted a magistrate’s office by the imperial court, but it’s just a sesame and mung bean official. It can’t take root before an imperial envoy. My daughter is a mountain girl. She has never seen a noble, ugly and poor manners. She deserves a mountain girl to have children and is not worthy to serve such a big man as you. You can flatter her. When you return to Beijing, the old man will take her home and take care of her. You will never let her remarry. If she is lucky enough to be pregnant with your bones and blood,
"Yue Zhang, you’ve gone too far. It’s wronged for such a beautiful aunt as Bailing to be a concubine to the official. Doesn’t her father-in-law want to recognize me as a son-in-law?"
CenZhang busy shook his head, "fellow villagers can’t talk. I don’t think it’s normal. I don’t mean to worry that she doesn’t know the rules and makes an imperial official angry. The old man is everything that a great courtier owns, whether it’s land, money, food, soldiers or … daughters belong to the imperial court. Don’t think about uncooked rice to make mature rice. It’s just a silly girl’s own idea. It’s common for men to play fresh game. The old man dare not really slap an imperial bamboo door to a bamboo door to a wooden door. I am
As he spoke, he picked the pipe and then realized that it was wrong to put it back. Yang Chengzu laughed and took the initiative to take out the flint and sickle. He lit the fire.
"Father-in-law, I have long known that you’ve joined the wisdom of many stars, and today you’re worthy of the name. Do you want to fight with me at this time? Don’t you just worry that I’m not sincere about Lianmei? If someone comes to Beijing in the future, just find a way to kill you, and there’s no need to go around so many corners. "
Cenzhang smoked a cigarette but didn’t answer the phone. Looking at Yang Chengzu, he neither admitted nor denied that Cenlian was nervous outside the door. He leaned his head against the bottom of the bowl and pressed it tightly against the door. The feeling of nervousness was even stronger than that after finding himself failing to apply for a job in Qin.
Hold the bowl tightly with one hand and make a fist with the other hand, and bite the teeth tightly for fear of hearing the horrible answer from the other person’s mouth. What should I do if Abba suspects that it is true? Can I live without Chengzu’s brother? God bless him, even if Chengzu’s brother wants to lie to himself, he should lie to himself for a few years. After a few years, it is better for you to send Xiao Bailing to the sky than to make him hate himself.
"Father-in-law, I can understand your concern. To be honest, I am also a father. I also have a daughter. If my daughter grows up, I will definitely think so. I can say that I am really sincere to Lianmei, but if you don’t believe me, I can bet on it."
"That can’t let an imperial oath worthless old man is to fold the longevity. This can’t blame the old man for being oversensitive. My flowers are known as three States and one phoenix, and their martial arts are better than Lianer’s. Cenmeng’s appearance is not as good as that of an imperial identity, but so what? Now my daughter, Tian Zhou, is under house arrest, and she is very bitter. The beauty around her is like a cloud. Lianer is just a wild girl in the mountains. How can I rest assured that you have known each other before and after? "
"Father-in-law, you think too much. I’m not CenMeng. I won’t treat my woman badly. I’m married to Lianmei. I’ve prepared 500 fast muskets, 6,000 kilograms of medicine, 10 pairs of real armor, 20,000 kilograms of fine salt, 300 pieces of yak satin and 2,000 pieces of cotton cloth. Do you think this is a sincerity?"
Outside Cenlian, listening to these betrothal gifts, he was in tears. Brother Cheng Zu really likes himself and rushed at these things. He must love himself. It is enough to know this, even if he really fights or scolds himself in the future.
Even the poor people in Guangxi are no better than the wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. These betrothal gifts are simply astronomical figures. Cenmeng took out the betrothal gifts in the first place, but they were just the first thing. Now she is only worried about one thing. What if Abba continues to refuse in case Chengzu’s brother is annoyed and really doesn’t marry herself?
These days, she has found that the beauty in Yang’s house is like a cloud, but she is just a humble little girl. How can he leave himself?
Chapter one hundred and fifty-two Marry ()
The room fell into a temporary silence. I don’t know if CenZhang was shocked by these dowry figures or if he had any other plans. It took a long time before CenZhang laughed out of the room. This kind of laughter lasted for a long time. It was quite arrogant and always used to being cautious in front of court officials. CenZhang could not do this easily, and CenLian was a little confused when he listened to the corner outside.
"Ha ha, an imperial, an imperial and worthless old man. You like women. Now it seems that I misjudged your appetite. So many betrothal gifts, even a small lotus son, are not worth so much. You even count our lives in the Cen clan of Huazhou. Once these things are collected, we can work hard for you in the future."
Yang Chengzu’s stereo can’t get up in the past, but Cenlian heard tenderness and warmth before it was different. The chill inside gave Cenlian a slight shiver outside.
"It’s not that I work hard, it’s that the court works hard. My father-in-law should know who you should be loyal to and who should die, right? Cenhua married Cenmeng and ended up under house arrest. Instead of defending her daughter, you want to marry another daughter to be a concubine, hoping that one day you can help the righteous. It’s just Tianzhou’s help. Am I right? How much can Tianzhou aid? In other words, what is his aid compared with the official? Don’t submit to the emperor Tiangao in the state, and the imperial court is far away. You should know the forces of the Lord of Guizhou at the junction of Guangxi and Yunnan. "
Defending the Duke of Guizhou in Yunnan seems to be a local tyrant in Yunnan. On the prestige, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou are all more or less affected than the Duke of Wei in Nanjing. Cenzhang naturally knows that Mu’s family name did not speak, and Yang Chengzu wrote.
"My wife is Wu Ding Hou Qianjin Xun. Your family is married to each other. The contemporary Guizhou country is chitose in the AD. That’s my elder who asked me for a letter. In the past, he gave you some help. What strength did you waste? You don’t want the imperial court to contribute too much and want to preserve your vitality. I can understand this, sir. If you leave me three States and one phoenix, I will protect you as a Guangxi company commander. It’s not a problem. Now, the three States of submission, Zhen’ an and Tianzhou can still give you your Zhen’ anfu feud. Everyone can You don’t want these things today, and I don’t have to give them to you. To tell the truth, two days ago, there were messengers from Zhen’ an House, saying that some of their local magistrates also wanted to send them to marry me. They would be happy if they sent them to Zhen’ an. "
A severe cough suddenly sounded as if she had been choked by smoke. It took a while before she heard Cenzhang sigh. "Although Cenmeng is a vicious tiger, old people are confident that they can stop him in their own lives. Lotus, a fool, actually found you a poisonous insect. Not only did she chew herself clean, but even our possessions in the submissive state could not escape your calculation."
Cenlian took the bowl and crept back step by step, leaving her sleeve and wiping tears from her eyes … Is Chengzu brother still thinking about her sister? But even if my sister replaces him, I wish I liked myself. There are so many beautiful sisters in the house that I have to behave better. Brother Chengzu will like me more. What’s the big deal about body double and body double? My dowry is much more than my sister’s.
Thinking about this, she went all the way into the kitchen and studied hard. Being a housewife and husband preparing meals in the room, Cenzhang Yang Chengzu’s transaction was just right.
Cenzhang certainly knows that the value of these betrothal gifts is serious, even if his family has been guarding the submissive state for generations, he can’t come up with such a huge sum of materials, but the more valuable it is, the higher the requirements will be. According to the information he got all the way, he didn’t try to figure out what an imperial envoy wanted, but whether he agreed with him or not hasn’t decided yet.
Yang Chengzu Cenzhang poured a cup of tea. "I know that you are a householder, and you must want more, but I’ll send you a sentence. There are some people behind you, and I can think of it. But I tell you that Xie Zun, the king of Southeast Rice, is a Confucian poet, and he almost became a friend of royalty, country and family, or is there a lot of good people in the literary world? The men in the family are either dead or women are banished from the army, and those people behind you can compare with Xie’s in terms of money or details. I can kill Xie’s family, can’t I kill them? You are a wise man, and you should know when and with whom it is very important. I believe your eyes will not be wrong. Drink your tea, and everyone will be considerate. I promise to honor you and be good to Lianer. "
"I don’t need you to be filial to Lianer, that silly girl is not much better. I hope you don’t treat her too badly." Cenzhang sighed and drank the tea, then chewed it in his mouth for a long time and then vomited it out.
"Tea is good. Add some tea to the fresh dowry, right? You haven’t been to Guangxi. I don’t know how poor it is. It’s a real hinterland. Even a dowry can’t produce good things. Everyone has a life. Some small things dare to take the lead. Humanity can’t be too soft, otherwise the whole village will be bullied. If you can’t fight for things in the village, the head can’t sit firmly. Cenmeng is not a willing person. Lianer is his daughter-in-law. This fact has also been settled. He can’t swallow this tone by
"If he can’t swallow, I’ll help him swallow. If he goes back to Tianzhou, his father-in-law can also help him swallow. Today, I will set a banquet for him. The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Guangdong Buzheng and the famous general Shen Xiyi and Shen will all come to accompany him. You are the most distinguished guest in the whole banquet because you are an elder. Are you worried that Guangxi will not be able to fight in the future after this meal?"
CenZhang didn’t say anything, but closed his eyes and thought for a while and finally put out a slap. "I want my flowers to be the head of Tianzhou, even if it is to change the soil and return to the stream in the future, I can’t move Tianzhou until she dies. I want to protect my three generations from Zhen’ anfu …"
"Old Mount Tai can rest assured that there will be no Zhen ‘anfu."
"It’s a deal"
Hit one place with both hands and make a crisp sound.
Chapter one hundred and fifty-three And wait for the wind to come ()
"We are a poor place in Guangxi. It is really necessary to hold a court and be loyal there. There is no oil and water in the mountains and there is no benefit to the epidemic. Maybe being bitten by mosquitoes will give up the people’s stupidity. Most of them don’t know what it means to believe that when a fist and a knife fight, people will die. Sometimes a fight will involve thousands of people. Zijiang is clear about this. Let him tell him what it is like to be an official in Guangxi?"
The banquet atmosphere of the imperial palace was very warm. Yang Chengzu brought money and food to reward the wolf soldiers and paid all the arrears to the robot soldiers. This single-handedly made the Guangdong government unable to say anything bad. Moreover, since he went to Cenmeng camp, although he and a female leader of the wolf soldiers were somewhat confused, the evil momentum of the wolf soldiers was indeed beaten to Guangzhou, and the public security improved. With these factors, everyone still had a good impression on him as a whole.
In addition, it is too uneconomical for him to be offended by this kind of invitation-not-to-dinner. It is the attendance of the leading figures among the local gentry in the Guangdong officialdom shopping mall that made this invitation-only banquet a social activity for officials and gentry. Cenzhang did say that he promised his daughter Cenlian to Yang Chengzu’s concubine, and Yang Chengzu also called the old fox several father-in-law in front of everyone.
Concubine is better than the wedding ceremony. It’s good to have it, but there’s nothing like Cenzhang’s announcement on this occasion. Even after passing the door, Cenlian will be sure to come to see Yang Chengzu’s respect for this father-in-law. It seems that it’s really polite for Guangdong officialdom to treat him as an elder.
Cenzhang can’t be regarded as a real important role in Guangxi officialdom, but his hand does have strength, but his position is very general. After the change of soil to the flow, those chieftains regard him as a traitor, and it is impossible for the officialdom to really accept him. Compared with the official who was born in the right direction in the imperial examination, he is a local magistrate, which is also the case.
But after Yang Chengzu’s father-in-law, even the Guangdong envoy took the initiative to propose a toast to him and asked him if he had any difficulties and could help him. Before this attitude, several great gentry also came over to warmly greet Cenzhang to discuss whether they could do some business together.