In ordinary prefectures and counties, the promotion official is an official of the seventh rank, but the officials in Jingzhao Prefecture are one level higher than those in other states and counties, so the promotion official here is the sixth rank.
If he were an ordinary sixth-grade official, Qin Hui could use a hundred ways to make him obedient.
But this person is Cai Jing's younger brother, so that's a different matter.
"Is it really Cai Jing?"
Wang Feng was startled, but then he seemed to think of something: "Ms. sir, didn't you say that Cai Bian and Cai Jing were at odds?"
"Oh! You stupid girl, no matter how hard you get along with me, you are still a brother!"
Wang Zhongke said helplessly: "Your third uncle and I don't see Lao Wu very often, but if Lao Wu is in trouble, do you think we can help?"
"But this..."
Wang Feng wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Qin Hui, who looked ugly: "Song Min just returned to Beijing today, and tomorrow he will be jointly interrogated by the three law departments!"
"Cai Jing is warning me not to do anything inside."
Wang Zhongke's expression froze, and Wang Feng also frowned tightly.
"Ms. sir, the Longxi County Sheriff is a position you have been eyeing for a long time. If you can't get it this time, in the future..."
"I'm afraid I won't have another chance in the future."
Qin Hui sat on the chair, picked up the gold wire cup on the table and took a sip of tea: "This time Yan Song left the capital, and he suddenly caught Song Min's tail. In the future, when Cai Jing becomes vigilant, it will not be so easy."
"But……"
Wang Zhongke hesitated: "Your second aunt only has such a son, if you don't care about him..."
Wang Feng also frowned and looked at Qin Hui: "Is there a way to get the best of both worlds? Sir?"
"Anyway, you and Cai Jing have been at odds for a long time. Why don't you dismiss Cai Bian first and replace him with someone who is obedient?"
Qin Hui also fell into deep thought. He was thinking about how likely it would be to win if he fought Cai Jing now, and what the final result would be...
Now that most of the generals have left Beijing, and Yan Song and He Shen are not here, there is no need to worry too much about being taken advantage of.
Qin Hui had long thought of getting rid of Cai Jing. If he missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he didn't know when the next time would be.
However, the only thing that worries him is Cai Jing's huge network of contacts.
Not only are they spread throughout the country, but there are also many close friends in many vassal states. At critical moments, these people may exert unimaginable power.
Qin Hui thought for a moment and finally said: "I will try to contact Cai Bian first. It would be best if he can release him, but if not, I will have to demote him."
"good."
Wang Feng nodded: "I will discuss this matter with Mr. Xi."
Wang Zhongke looked at his daughter and son-in-law, didn't know what he thought of, and sighed softly.
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Daqian Palace.
In recent days, he has been busy with various memorial matters. He has not finished criticizing it once, but also has to revise his own Zhubian.
Li Qian seemed to have another illusion, that he had returned to the senior year of high school in his previous life, which was even more difficult than the senior year of high school.
In his senior year of high school, he didn't even have to take physical education, but Li Qian had to practice the Ba Duan Jin, which was so difficult that his scalp was numb, every day.
Fortunately, when he returned to the palace after working hard every day, there were two little secretaries who comforted his tired soul with their gentle hearts.
But what makes Li Qian regretful is that so far, he has not been able to successfully sleep with three people together...
"Your Majesty, is there something fishy here?"
In the political hall, Lu Pheasant took a memorial and pointed it out to Li Qian: "Didn't Wu Sangui's troops just come out of seclusion and have a big defeat a while ago? Why did they suddenly annihilate a small army of the Jin Kingdom today?
Where are the cavalry?”
In these days, Li Qian felt that he had made great progress in criticizing memorials.
Unexpectedly, Lu Pheasant and Wu Meiniang made greater progress than him, so he had to sigh that this might be talent.
"It shouldn't be about killing good people and taking credit..."
Li Qian gently rubbed his brows: "They annihilated the cavalry, but they could capture the horses. It is also written in the memorial, but they couldn't get the horses when they massacred the villagers."
"But the Jin people are good at riding and shooting. Their cavalry will run away if they are not defeated. It will be difficult for Wu Sangui's cavalry to catch up..."
Wu Meiniang frowned and discovered many loopholes.
"Maybe the Jin soldiers were surrounded by them."
Li Qian thought for a moment and finally wrote a reward based on merit.
Every time he saw Wu Sangui's memorial, he would always be inexplicably nervous, fearing that this guy would suddenly open the border and let the prairie people in...
The area controlled by the Daqian court lies to the northwest and west of the Qin State, to the north is the Han State, and to the north-northeast is the Ming State.
These three vassal states do not border each other, leaving a gap in between.
It was enough for the Qin and Han Dynasties to fight against the grasslands on their own, and they would not help the Daqian court defend these two gaps.
Therefore, Daqian also has two border passes in the northeast and northwest, guarding these two gaps to prevent the invasion of grassland countries.
When the late emperor was in power, he gave the important task of guarding the border to two tiger generals who were trusted by him: Wu Sangui and Shi Jingtang.
Wu Sangui was responsible for guarding the northeastern frontier fortress group between the Han and Ming Dynasties.
"In any case, since there is nothing wrong with the report, we must reward according to merit, so as not to chill the hearts of the soldiers."
After Li Qian approved this memorial, he took the next one: "Junyi County requested to allocate more grain and grass..."
This is already the first of several memorials requesting for the allocation of food and fodder that have been sent back from the disaster-stricken areas in recent days.
"I wonder if Yan Song, He Qing's family and others brought food and grass to Xingyang..." Li Qian held the pen barrel and fell into deep thought.
These two imperial envoys were traveling not just for themselves.
They also had to bring the officers and soldiers who were accompanying them, as well as the grain and grass allocated from Taicang. It took three days to prepare in the capital, which was really fast.
However, with so many people going on the road together and carrying provisions, it is impossible to go too fast...
Just as Li Qian thought, Yan Song and He Shen were indeed still on the road.
Originally, they could go all the way east from Guangtong Canal, enter the Yellow River from Tongguan, and then take a boat down the Yellow River to reach Xingyang in a short time.
However, the Imperial Guards of the Ten Guards who set off for the expedition also thought so.
The Imperial Guards who had set out three days earlier than them had already requisitioned all the large ships in the capital area and nearby areas. When Yan Song and He Shen arrived at the river with the peasants transporting food, they could only stare.
They had no choice but to take the land route first, while waiting for the ships transporting the Imperial Army to return quickly.
Because the Imperial Guards of the Ten Guards could only get to Xingyang by boat, and the canals behind them were blocked, they had to rely on two legs all the way south.
Marching from Xingyang to the State of Wu, we marched more than sixty miles in one day, which took about two months anyway.
Of course, there is one thing that travels much faster than the soldiers, and that is news.
Since the day when the Forbidden Army took the oath, the spies in the capital quickly sent the news to the Kingdom of Wu.
Now, the news that the Ten Guards Forbidden Army have come out has already arrived in the land of Wuyue a few days ago.
Today's Wu Kingdom is at a time when people are in panic.
First, King Wu Fu Chai killed Wu Zixu, a famous doctor who was a veteran of the three dynasties, and buried him in the middle of a river. He was intercepted and killed.
Although the person who snatched the body failed, it also made Fu Chai furious, and he went on a large-scale search throughout the country. The various disturbing actions during the search made the people complain even more.
The second thing not only made the people panic, but also the soldiers of Wu State began to panic.
Because Wu Zixu was killed, General Sun Wu resigned from his post and left the country of Wu!!
About half a month had passed since Sun Wu left the Kingdom of Wu, when another news spread.
The imperial court has sent out ten imperial guards, totaling 300,000 troops, to attack Wu!
As soon as this rumor appeared, it spread quickly and caused great panic in Wu State.
The person who brought the news spoke vividly, how the imperial army swore an oath, and how majestic the army was... There was even a slogan for the imperial army to swear oath, which seemed to be "fuck you"...
Although the Wu State Court has been preaching that it is impossible for the imperial troops to reach Wu State, the people do not believe it.
A layer of haze gradually enveloped the huge city of Gusu.
A few days after Wu State learned the news, Yue State also learned the news.
Kuaiji, the capital of the Yue Kingdom, had long been captured by the Wu Kingdom, and now the main force of the Vietnamese army is gathered near Zhuji City, south of Kuaiji.
In a simply decorated mansion in the center of Zhuji City, shouts came one after another: "Our country, Yue, is saved!"
"Your Majesty! Our country, Yue, is saved..."
In the past, all the dignified doctors and ministers could no longer care about anything else and came cheering with forgetfulness.
Three or two people hugged each other fiercely to celebrate, and some even burst into tears.
"Our country is saved..."
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was wearing a brown-gray leather armor full of scratches, his hair was messy, and his face was dirty. Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down on the throne.
"The country of Yue is saved..."
He covered his face and let out a whimper of relief from his throat.
"Kings!"
Doctor Wenzhong ran to Gou Jian's side excitedly: "The first contribution to today's situation is Doctor Fan Li and Fan!!"
"Fan Li...yes, Fan Li!"
Gou Jian wiped away his tears and raised his head suddenly. The dirt on his face was washed away by his tears, just like the painted face on the stage.
However, none of the ministers present laughed at him. Everyone looked at Gou Jian with sincere admiration.
In this battle between Wu and Yue, Gou Jian, as the king of Yue, must come to every battle to boost morale and fight with the Wu soldiers.
Some time ago, the Wu army suddenly retreated, leaving only a small group of soldiers and horses constantly harassing near Zhuji City.
Gou Jian took the lead and stationed himself at the top of the city day and night to prevent the Wu army from suddenly coming back.
Without him, Yue might have perished long ago.
"Where's Doctor Fan?"
Gou Jian's dark gaze swept across the crowd, with a look of emotion on his face: "It was he who persuaded the orphan to go to the court for help, and it was he who narrowly escaped death and invited reinforcements from the court..."
"I want to reward Doctor Fan generously!"
"Doctor Fan's home is in the west of the city, and he is probably still on the road at this time..." Wen Zhong reminded him halfway when there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside the door.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The reinforcements from the imperial court are coming!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Gou Jian immediately showed a smile: "It must be Dr. Fan!"
The simple wooden door opened with a creak. Fan Li was overjoyed, but he stopped when he saw Gou Jian and the ministers present.
"Haha! Doctor Fan, Guhe, all the adults just knew it!"
"Yes! Doctor Fan's information is really ill-informed..."
Facing the man who was the first to restore the country, the ministers were kind-hearted even if they laughed at him.
Two lines of tears slowly left Fan Li's eyes, and he quickly wiped them away with his sleeves.
Gou Jian walked forward quickly, grabbed Fan Li's arm, and said with suppressed excitement: "Doctor Fan!"
"On that day, Bo Chu was rejected when bribing Taizai Wu. It was Doctor Fan who came up with the plan and took the risk to go to the court to ask for reinforcements!"
"When the Yue Kingdom is restored, I will ask Doctor Fan to serve as the Prime Minister of the Yue Kingdom and take over the position of general!!"
At that time, Fu Cha announced that as long as he got Xi Shi, Gou Jian would be spared.
Gou Jian was indeed moved.
He sent people with gold, silver, jewels and beauties to bribe Bo Chu, the great strategist of Wu State, hoping to ask Bo Chu to help him say something good in front of Fu Chai.
At the same time, let's find out again whether Fu Chai wants to give him free gifts, or whether he really intends to let Gou Jian go.
After the envoy from the Yue Kingdom met Bo Chu, he was originally friendly and kind, but he was even more happy to see the treasure and beauty.
However, only two days later, Bo Chu suddenly turned against him and returned all the things he had accepted.
When the Yue envoy came back, he only brought a cold word from Bo Pi.
"Gou Jian has a grudge against my king for killing his father, so how can I dare to accept his things?"
After hearing this sentence, Gou Jian's heart was half cold!
He found that he still underestimated the moral standard of Fucha. It turned out that he was not addicted to women, but that he had not forgotten the revenge of killing his father!
Of course, if we look at it from another perspective.
Gou Jian originally thought that Fu Cha would not break his promise, but the news he brought back said that Fu Cha would break his promise and planned to kill Gou Jian.
Isn't this an overestimation of Fu Chai's moral standard?
Whether it is an underestimation or an overestimation is a philosophical question...
After hearing the news that the envoy was waiting for a meeting, Gou Jian was very depressed and frightened.
Even if he gave Xi Shi as a gift now, it would be in vain. Could it be that the achievements of the previous kings of the Yue Kingdom would end with him?
Just when he was about to lose all hope, Fan Li stood up like a ray of light and provided him with a strategy to ask for help from the court, and said that he could go there in person!
It can be said that without Fan Li, there would be no hope of Yue's restoration!
Fan Li wiped his tears with his sleeves and replied hurriedly: "I have only done some minor work, how dare I take up the position of prime minister?"
"Doctor Wen Zhong has been staying in the country of Yue to serve the king, arranging food and grass, and has made great achievements. I dare not be above him."
But Wen Zhong came out from the side and said to Fan Li with a smile: "You are the one who deserves the most credit, Dr. Fan."
"If there are no reinforcements from the imperial court, what's the use of allocating food and grass?"
Just as Fan Li was about to continue speaking, he was interrupted by Gou Jian.
"Don't say any more."
He held Wen Zhong's arm with his other hand and said with a hint of sobs in his voice: "It is enough for Gou Jian to have the two of you helping him in times of crisis and to have all the Qing family members to never leave him!"
"I will move back to Kuaiji in the future, and I will be rich and powerful together with other ministers' families!!"
All the ministers were so moved that they burst into tears. The painful days are finally over!
The good days of sharing wealth are coming!
"Come on! Let's have a banquet quickly! I want to reward the soldiers of the three armies and the families of the ministers!" Gou Jian said loudly.
Fan Li was startled and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, the imperial troops will not arrive in two months. We must prevent the Wu State from jumping over the wall in a hurry!"
Many ministers in the field also came to their senses and advised one after another:
"Yes! Your Majesty, after guarding for so many days, we can't fall short in the end!"
"Your Majesty! We must fight back to the Kingdom of Wu to avenge our shame..."
Gou Jian was startled, then smiled bitterly: "The soldiers and the ministers have done their best, I just want you to relax."
He took a breath and said in a loud voice: "But since you all have such fighting spirit, let's reorganize our troops!"
"As soon as the imperial army arrives, we will fight back to the Kingdom of Wu!!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Many ministers shouted in unison...
Although there was no big banquet today, the ministers still had a small banquet with Gou Jian.
After drinking and eating, people left the place one after another, but Gou Jian called Fan Li alone and talked with him in the room about the wonderful scene of the future war with Wu.
As he was talking, Gou Jian suddenly asked casually: "By the way, Doctor Fan."
"Didn't the imperial court originally only plan to send out two imperial guards? Why did it suddenly change?"
"For the extra eight guards, will our country still provide food and grass for them?"