Poor Family Chapter 581

  Chapter 581 Wang Gui Arrives

   "Brother Sun, please speak, Yanqing is all ears!"

Sun Daya bowed slightly, pretending to be mysterious, and said: "This morning, the emperor issued an edict, the first to defeat the Liao army with more than 3,000 soldiers will be promoted to two ranks, and will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of gold. Those who are in the capital, the master general can be crowned king."

  Li Yanqing smiled and said: "The former one has something to do with me, but the latter one should have nothing to do with me."

"That being said, the right to explain is in the hands of the emperor. Didn't Yanqing find out? The one who regained Yanjing, the general can be crowned king. He is the general, not the commander! Emperor Shenzong probably meant the commander, but the emperor interpreted it as The main general, Du Tongzhi is the main general, if you take Yanjing, you will either be crowned king by the Taoist way, or Xin Xingzong will be crowned king, it has nothing to do with Tong Guan."

Li Yanqing couldn't help thinking to himself, in history, Tong Guan bought an empty city from a golden man at the expense of millions of dollars in order to become a king. If it were changed to become a king, Tong Guan would spend a lot of money to make wedding dresses for others, so he still has the enthusiasm ? There is no such edict of Zhao Ji in history. Could it be that history has changed in these subtleties?

Leaving Zhukukulou Teahouse, it was still early, Li Yanqing went to Yushitai to visit his former colleagues, everyone congratulated Li Yanqing on his reinstatement, Deng Yong personally poured three glasses of wine to congratulate Li Yan, chatted for half an hour before he left Yushitai returned to the mansion.

Two days later, Li Yanqing has settled down in the new house. For these two days, Li Yanqing has not gone out, and has been organizing books for Cao Yun in her new study. Cao Yun has moved all his books from her natal home. It takes two full rooms to put down these thousands of books.

  Cao Yun walked into the room with a bowl of iced sour plum soup. Seeing that her husband was about to put all his books on the bookshelf, she was both happy and moved.

Li Yanqing was sweating profusely from the heat, and his clothes were soaked. He took the sour plum soup and drank it in one gulp, screaming happily. He handed the empty bowl to Cao Yun and said with a smile: "There is the last box of books left. After it is put on the shelf, it will be ready." You're done!"

   "My husband has worked hard these two days."

  Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hands, "If I don't do this kind of thing, whoever will do it, it's my business, and the lady should rest well to be serious."

  Cao Yun rubbed his stomach and laughed: "The baby has been restless these two days, and it's kicking my stomach!"

   "Let me listen again!"

  Seeing that there was no one around, Cao Yun pulled up her little coat, revealing her white and round belly. Li Yanqing knelt down and put her ear on it, listening carefully to the baby's movement, "Ma'am, I heard it."

   "Yes!" Cao Yun agreed, and gently stroked her husband's head.

   Right at this moment, hurried footsteps came from outside, Cao Yun quickly put down his coat, Li Yanqing stood up and asked, "Who is it?"

   "Officer, it's me!"

  It was the voice of Li Yanqing's close maid, Mrs. Xu Wu. Li Yanqing walked out of the study and asked, "What's the matter?"

  Miss Xu Wu made a salute, "Report to the officials, Uncle Tai said that two court officials came outside the door, please come over."

  Li Yanqing was overjoyed. This must be someone from the Ministry of War. He turned to Cao Yun and said, "Lady, I'll go over and organize the books for you later."

   "Officials, hurry up! I can ask Qing'er to tidy up the last box of books."

Li Yanqing walked quickly to the front yard. There were two court officials sitting in the living room of the front yard, drinking the sour plum soup served by the maid. At this moment, Li Yanqing walked into the living room. The two officials quickly got up and saluted. The chief official said: "We It was sent by the Ministry of War, and I will serve as the head of the Ministry of War under Liu Yi."

   "It's such a hot day, I'm bothering you two to come here in person. Thank you for your hard work. Please sit down!"

   "We won't sit down anymore. This is the official appointment letter of Inspector Li for the Northern Expedition."

  The principal handed over a formal letter of appointment to Li Yanqing, who opened it, and it read: 'I hereby appoint Li Yanqing, the governor of Quanxiong Prefecture, as the commander of the right army of the Northern Expedition East Route Army, and the commander of the capital. ' Below is the big seal of the Ministry of War.

Tongzhi belongs to middle and senior generals, who must be appointed by the imperial court. For example, lower-level partial generals and reserve generals are appointed by the capital commander and reported to the Ministry of War for approval. Just report to the Ministry of War for the record.

   "Has the Thirty Thousand East Army come?"

   "He arrived yesterday and is stationed in Beidaying. Zhong Shidao accepted the appointment of the emperor today and will officially take up his post tomorrow. I also invite Inspector Li to report to Beidaying tomorrow morning."

   "Thank you two, then I won't keep two."

  Li Yanqing gave the butler Uncle Tai a wink, and Uncle Tai prepared ten pennies to give them when they went out.

   Just as the two military officials left, Tie Zhu hurried over, found Li Yanqing and said, "Officer, Master, please go to Hongqiao Baoyan Zhai immediately."

  Li Yanqing was startled, "What happened?"

   "Nothing happened, it's because a lot of people came from Tang Yin's hometown, and Brother Gui also came."

  Li Yanqing was overjoyed when he heard that Wang Gui was coming, and hurriedly asked Miss Xu Wu to tell his wife, and he rode to Hongqiao.

Hongqiao Baoyan Zhai was full of guests, all of them were Wang Gui's family, led by Wang Gui's grandfather Wang Wanhao, including his three sons, grandson, daughter-in-law, grandson-in-law, etc., there were more than 20 people, big and small. The small luggage was loaded on more than a dozen ships, all of which were docked at the wharf of Baoyanzhai.

This is also a common practice. Tangyin County gentry or officials who come to the capital by boat have to borrow Baoyanzhai's wharf to stop the boat, and Li Daqi will receive them and arrange board and lodging for them. They all live in the Hongqiao Inn. It was bought by Baoyanzhai, and it was specially used for welcoming and sending off.

   When Li Yanqing arrived at Baoyanzhai, he happened to meet Wang Gui's grandfather, Wang Wanhao. Li Yanqing hurried forward to salute, "Azu, long time no see."

Wang Wanhao patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I also saw the morning paper. Brother Qing is more promising now. He became the governor at a young age. When you won the leader of the Child Prodigy Association when you were young, I gave Your clan ancestor said that the Li family will rely on you to make a comeback in the future, so you are right!"

   "Thank you, Azu, for your praise. Where is Agui?"

  Wang Wanhao hurriedly pulled Wang Gui over and said with a smile: "You young people go first! I will treat guests tonight, and I will also call Tang Dalang, so we can get together."

  Li Yanqing found that Wang Gui had a long scar on his face. He was secretly surprised, and hurriedly pulled Wang Gui outside Baoyanzhai, and asked, "What's going on with your face?"

  Wang Gui said angrily: "Thanks to that idiot Tong Guan, he was shot by an arrow from a Liao army soldier, and the point of the arrow passed by my face, leaving a **** hole, which almost killed me."

   "Did you participate in the Northern Expedition last month?"

  Wang Gui nodded, "The Xiangzhou 3,000 Xiang Army and 1,000 Township Soldiers have been recruited, and I will lead 500 Township Soldiers."

   "What exactly is going on?"

   "It's hard to say, find a place to sit down and talk!"

  Li Yanqing took Wang Gui to a nearby snack shop and sat down. He ordered two large bowls of iced sour plum soup and two baskets of buns.

Wang Gui sighed and said: "The court said that there were two defeats in total. Liu Yanqing was defeated in the north of Pingying Valley, and Xin Xingzong was defeated in Zhuo County, but in fact there was a third defeat. At that time, our army of thirty thousand troops in Hebei Just as we were transporting grain to Pingying Valley, Liu Yanqing's defeated army fled there, causing our 30,000-chamber army to resist the pursuers. As a result, the Liao army attacked and our entire army was defeated. The scar on my face was left at that time, 30,000-chamber army The army and the township soldiers suffered heavy casualties! Of the 500 people under my command, there were only a hundred or so left, and the rest were all killed. They became the stepping stones for the imperial army to flee. The army fled first, messing up the position of the imperial army, and the Song army was defeated. If Laozi sees this bastard, he will definitely kill this eunuch!"

   "And then?" Li Yanqing asked calmly.

   "Then all the regiments above were dismissed from their posts, and I was no exception. Now I have no official and a light body, and I am happy at ease."

   "It seems that your whole family has come to the capital this time?"

Wang Gui nodded, "The Northern Expedition and the Song Army were defeated. Panic has already occurred along the border of Hebei. Many people from Zhending Mansion and Xiongzhou fled to Xiangzhou. My grandfather felt that the situation was not good, so he decided to take the whole family to Ezhou Manor. You advise, the Wang family bought a 3,000-acre manor in Jiangxia, and built a house, this time our family will move there, and we will have a place to live."

   "Where's Lao Tang?"

  Wang Gui said lightly: "He's doing well, following Tong Guan's side, and now he's been promoted to commander."

The commander is the deputy general of the control, usually a sixth-rank officer or a sixth-rank official. Li Yanqing could see that Wang Gui had an opinion on Tang Huai, so he stopped mentioning him. At this time, Wang Gui remembered something and said with a smile: "Maybe Niu Gao is coming to join you!"

  Li Yanqing quickly asked, "Where is he now?"

"He originally followed Tang Huai and was promoted to a partial general. Last month, his men were killed and injured in the Northern Expedition. Tong Guan beat him with fifty army sticks and wanted to remove him from his official position. He resigned in a rage , I met him in Tangyin, and he said he would go back to his hometown first, and then come to join you."

"how about you?"

  Li Yanqing stared at Wang Guidao: "Could it be that you really don't care about anything and go to Ezhou for refuge with a flick of your hand?"

  (end of this chapter)

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