Chapter 101 Return to Hometown
"Please rest assured, if a certain family is here, there will be no trouble!" Li Bao said in a deep voice. Zhou Ping nodded: "The fourth son of the Xue family just happened to go home to visit his relatives, so I'll let him go back with you, so you can take care of him. If you choose twenty more trustworthy military men, it should be fine!"
Looking at Li Bao's departure, Zhou Ping's face gradually became solemn. In his opinion, when Tong Guan's army crossed the river, Fang La would not be the grassroots in the autumn for a few days. Although Tong Guan was well criticized in later history books, he had fought with Xixia for more than ten years. He had never eaten pork and had never seen pigs run away. He could not beat the Khitans and Jurchens, and he had no problem fighting the vegetable thief who had not even had a few pairs of leather armor. He was a miscellaneous army like himself, which was not covered by anyone, was thrown into Xiuzhou as an abandoned son, and he made great contributions. He then picked up the stools.
It wasn't my turn to do it. I guess I was put aside and shouted. But this was pretty good. I didn't want to redure my official robe with the blood of those poor people. The problem was that Yan Yun, the next Northern Expedition, would have been beaten by the Liao army in that battle and lost all his face. At that time, if I had a boss like Wang Ziwu who was dedicated to worshiping Lu Zu and humbly accepted advice, it would be fine. If I had a stubborn big turban, it would probably be one of the tens of thousands of corpses on both sides of Baigou.
"Are you going or not?" Zhou Ping said to himself. He asked Li Bao to send the money back not as afraid of extortion from the Xuanfusi Department as he said, but to find a way out for himself. In the past two years, he personally experienced the command system of Song Jun that was building a bed and stacking beams. Under this command system, no matter how great you have, you can't do it. It's really unwilling to follow such a boss to fight against the Khitans.
"Prison!" A voice interrupted Zhou Ping's thoughts. He looked up and saw Luo Sheer standing in front of him, his face slightly red: "Fang La burned the museum in Hangzhou city and crossed the river to the east."
"What?" Zhou Ping was stunned: "Take it seriously!"
"Take it seriously!" Luo Sheer said, "It was said by a few fellow Li Xu's fellow villagers. They heard that the prisoners released all the captured Manichaeists. They saw that Fang La had no prospects and ran to us. According to them, since Fang Qifei fled back to Hangzhou, his morale was depressed and more and more people fled. They also heard that the official army had passed Songling Pass. The vanguard was only one day away from Hangzhou. Fang La had to bring the central army and the baggage to cross the river from Liupu. Before leaving, they burned the yamen and the hall!"
"Send someone to investigate carefully, and report it back after confirming it!" Zhou Ping said sternly.
"Here!"
Looking at Luo Sheer's back, Zhou Ping rubbed his cold hands. Back in the study, grinded ink and wrote two lines on the letter paper, then kneaded it into a ball, and sighed in a low voice: "It's still the happiest thing to know nothing!"
In February of the third year of Xuanhe, Liupu, Hangzhou.
For Tong Guan, February of the third year of Xuanhe was a wonderful day. Although the first month of Jiangnan was still biting cold, Tong Guan did not take it seriously at this time. He was close to his old age and rode his horse, rode his horse and whipped it. The commander army crossed the Qiantang River to pursue Fang La, as if he had suddenly become thirty years younger. When he thought of the saint's imperial pen that he received a few days ago, Tong Guan's mouth couldn't help but curl up.
"The thief rebelled, and the southeast was in Bandang. You led your troops south, but for only a few days, the thief fled far away. If you don't have the power of yours, how can I have peace of mind? I hope you take care of your health. Yan Yun's affairs must be inseparable!"
"This is a letter written by a saint. He has already entrusted the great affairs of Yanyun to our family. What kind of honor is this?" At this time, Tong Guan's heart was filled with happiness. As a eunuch, he naturally could not govern the country as peaceful as a scholar-official, but how many scholar-officials could get such a trust from the emperor? Not to mention that the emperor had entrusted the important task of restoring Yanyun, it was a great cause that the second ancestor of this dynasty could not accomplish. If it could be done in his own hands, a hundred years later, it would be a rewrite in history.
"My husband!" A voice woke Tong Guan up from his ambitious reverie. He calmed down his emotions a little, put on the appearance of the important minister who was holding on to Zhizhu on weekdays, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"
"Jeju Army Supervisor Zhou Ping asked for a meeting and said he had something important to report!"
"Oh? Is it the one who guards Xiuzhou?" Tong Guan's face showed a smile. He was still willing to show his humility and corporal for those who are truly capable and "sensible".
"Tell him here, see what good news this blessing general brings to me!" Tong Guan smiled and dismounted. A servant on the side opened Hu bed and waited Tong Guan. A member of the Xuanfu Department smiled and said, "Look at it, it's not that Zhou Ping is a blessing general, but that this guy has the blessing of Da Zheng. The coach is planning and has already put the thief in the jar, no matter who can make great contributions in Xiuzhou City, but Zhou Ping happened to meet him and made his name. It's a pity!" When the man said this, he clenched his right fist and gently hit the palm of his left hand, his face full of sighs, as if he sighed that he didn't have the good luck to make great contributions in Xiuzhou.
"You can't say that. If Zhou Ping was useless, how could Tong Xiang put this person in Xiuzhou? Isn't it like this to say that General Tong Xiang is a joke?" At this time, a sneered and responded with a sneer than that.
"Where are you saying that Tong Xiang is randomly using people? Brother, don't swear!" The man before was panicked and quickly retorted, but his eyes drifted to Tong Guan on the side, for fear that the four powerful comforters would annoy him. That was not fun.
"It wasn't you just saying that Zhou Ping was just lucky? From the perspective below, it was obvious that the boy's eyes were keen to recognize people and pulled out the powerful generals in the army, but you said that anyone could defend Xiuzhou if they were changed!" Later, the man was sharp-tongued and bit the man in front of him. It turned out that these two lords were mortal enemies in the court. After finally seizing the opportunity, they would definitely not let it go.
"Haha!" Tong Guan just twisted his beard under his chin and smiled without saying a word. It turned out that although he had seventy or eighty members of the Xuanfu Division, only three or four of them were used to doing practical things. The rest were disciples and nephews of the big bosses in the court who were accepted by human favors, and they came to get promoted. Anyway, Wang Bing, who served as the commander-in-chief, was promoted by him. Tong Guan felt very at ease when doing things, and the Xuanfu Division did not need to pull the back. Naturally, Tong Guan would not make any statement in front of the big bosses in the court behind this, and they would just watch the fun if they broke their heads.
While they were talking, the central army had already led Zhou Ping up. The two of them naturally did not want to argue in front of a warrior and were embarrassed. They snorted coldly and returned to the hatchback.
"I will meet Tong Shuai!" Zhou Ping bowed and bowed.
"Please get up!" Tong Guan's face had a smile: "Zhou Jian was guarding Xiuzhou for more than 20 days, and defeated tens of thousands of Mani thieves with eight hundred alone troops. Even famous generals in ancient times are worse than those of ancient times!"
"Tong Shuai praised it, the villain was ashamed of it!" Zhou Ping's forehead was already sweating. He was ready before he came to see this famous treacherous minister in history, but he didn't expect that the other party was so humble and friendly. Could it be the effect of his generous gift?
"You don't have to be too humble in the custody. If you have made such a great contribution, I have submitted a report to the court. Maybe you will be able to accept Zhu on the day you return to the army!"
As soon as Tong Guan finished speaking, a breath of breath came from his two sides. It turned out that according to the official system of the Song Dynasty, the sixth rank and above were robes with a scarlet color. Zhou Pingyuan was only a lower-rank from the eighth rank. In order to prevent mediocre talents from reaching a high position by relying on qualifications, the Song Dynasty deliberately classified the rank very finely. From the first rank to the ninth rank, Chengxinlang, who was from the first rank, was 53. Zhou Ping jumped from the eighth rank to the sixth rank, which was not a helicopter, but was simply a rocket. Moreover, the official positions of the third rank and above were awarded the titles of those important officials. The sixth rank could already serve as the central important positions such as the deputy head of the Privy Council and the deputy head of the Privy Council. Although this martial artist must be ineligible, it was also shocking enough.
At this time, Zhou Ping had already felt dozens of eyes on his back. If his eyes could kill people, he would have had dozens of holes of different sizes. He now understood why Cao Cao was not called emperor back then. Tong Guan just verbally promised a sixth-rank official to be so difficult, let alone being alone. Wood is so beautiful that it will be destroyed by the wind of the forest!
"Tong Shuai has ruined the villain. What an important thing in the court's famous artifacts? How can you teach me so lightly? I can't afford to be a villain!" Zhou Ping hurriedly pretended to be a fearful look and replied loudly. Tong Guan also regretted that he had just spoken a little bit, and just took advantage of the donkey to go down and smiled: "According to your contribution, it's reasonable to be more talented, but it's rare to be able to practice at a low level. It's better to practice for a while!"
When everyone saw Tong Guan say this, they sighed relieved and praised Tong Guan for his painstaking efforts in employed people. In the eyes of these talented men from Fengchi who were famous outside the East Gate, Zhou Ping, who was standing there, was just a vulgar martial artist, who could be promoted to him all at once. This was simply unreasonable. Tong Guan did not take the court's famous weapon seriously, and was indeed a villain of the eunuch party.
Zhou Ping took out a document from his arms and presented it with both hands: "I will be sent by the commander-in-chief of the king and send it to Tongshuai!"
Tong Guan took the letter from a follower, opened it and immediately stretched his eyebrows. He looked at Zhou Ping, who was standing on the lower head with his hands hanging down, and said in a deep voice: "Chief Zhou, come to the inner room!" After that, he stood up and walked to a small open space surrounded by a cloth curtain, leaving only the surprised eyes of everyone.
Chapter completed!