The assistant minister of the cabinet and the Minister of War, Wang, were in the residence of Jin Dynasty.
In the middle of the night, an unexpected guest came.
This person is none other than Yang Hong's personal guard. He was ordered by Yang Hong to come here specifically to make connections.
After going through all kinds of hardships, this man finally met Wang Zaijin as he wished.
"The villain, Yang Erhu, pays homage to Mr. Ge. My general asked the villain to pay his respects to Mr. Ge on his behalf."
Logically speaking, the relationship between him and Yang Hong is not very good, they just met during the last expedition.
But even if he is confused, Wang Zaijin will not reveal his thoughts. Let's see what he wants to do.
"Get up."
"Thank you, Mr. Ge."
I have to say that Yang Erhu knows a little bit about the officialdom.
As soon as he came in, he knelt on the ground, introduced himself to his home and said hello to Wang Zaijin. Wang Zaijin felt really comfortable when he saw him.
After getting up, Yang Erhu began to talk to Wang Zaijin about the last northern expedition and reminisce about old times.
As a general military officer with hundreds of servants, Yang Erhu had naturally met Wang Zaijin last time, but Wang Zaijin had no impression of this little man.
"My general said, thanks to Mr. Ge for entrusting me with such an important task last time, I was able to have the opportunity to go into battle and kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds."
"The soldiers of Datong miss Mr. Ge day and night, and look forward to Mr. Ge taking us out to kill the enemy again."
No one would believe this, let alone Wang Zaijin, a brilliant person.
But it does sound very useful. After all, the feeling of being flattered by others is very wonderful.
Yang Erhu then said:
"Because of the war last time, I always came and went in a hurry. My general has carefully prepared a small gift this time. I hope you will accept it without any objections."
Soon several of his followers came in carrying two small wooden boxes. When they opened them, they saw some gold and silver jewelry inside.
The other box was filled with some items and medicinal materials. Although they didn't look very good, they were still valuable items.
Yang Erhu still explained and manipulated Wang Zaijin with a smile, but he didn't know that Wang Zaijin's anger had already reached his throat.
Seeing him chattering endlessly, Wang Zaijin immediately said angrily:
"Nonsense, who do you think I am?"
"As the chief military officer of a town, Yang Hong doesn't want to manage the army and train troops well."
"To share your Majesty's worries for the imperial court, stabilize the border defense, and protect the border residents, what are your intentions in forming cliques and bribing imperial officials all day long?"
"You actually dare to blatantly bribe me. Are you trying to harm me?"
"Come here, beat him out with a stick and hand him over to Dali Temple for interrogation to see what the purpose of his coming to the capital is."
Under Wang Zaijin's fury, the servants in the house reacted very quickly and quickly ran in with long sticks.
Seeing this scene, Yang Erhu was very surprised and immediately became confused.
He quickly said:
"Mr. Ge has misunderstood. This is just the wish of our general and the Datong soldiers. There is no intention of bribery, and there is no intention to harm Mr. Ge."
"If Mr. Ge doesn't like it, I can take it back later."
He pointed to the box without gold and silver and said:
"It's just that these local products are produced and dug by our soldiers in the military town. I hope Mr. Ge will accept them without hesitation."
How could a person in Wang Zaijin's position like these things? Besides, he doesn't like money very much.
So he said categorically:
"No matter what it is, I don't want it. You take it back and tell Yang Hong. If the next time it happens, I will report to His Majesty and fire his chief military officer."
"From my point of view, Yang Hong probably asked you to come because he asked for something."
The king in Jin was not a fool. He did not write a memorial or submit a military report on the border town affairs, but sent a special person to see him. There was probably something wrong with him.
Yang Hong is now willing to spend such a large amount of money, it must be for his own private affairs.
"The wise man has a keen eye. I have a personal letter from my general here. Please check it out."
Yang Erhu didn't shy away from it, since he had already reached this point, there was nothing to hide.
He directly took out Yang Hong's letter from his arms and handed it to him to convey, and handed it to Wang Zaijin's book boy.
After Wang Zaijin saw it, he quickly asked questions, and he was slightly angry and said:
"You will move Yang Jun to Datong, and you will need to accompany him with troops? What does Yang Hong want to do?"
Yang Erhu's ability to observe words and emotions is not bad. Seeing Wang Zaijin's mood change, he immediately lowered his posture.
"Elder Ge doesn't know. My eldest son has some personal grudges with General Mangui. General Mangui has made things difficult for our eldest son many times since he took office as the chief military officer of Xuanfu."
"My general couldn't bear the eldest son to be wronged like this, so he became selfish and thought that the elder could help him and transferred my son to Datong."
Wang Zaijin had never heard of the quarrel between Man Gui and Yang Jun.
But after thinking about it carefully, he thought it was possible.
In today's Ming Dynasty, civil servants look down on military officers and generals, and there is also contempt and infighting among military generals.
Just like those general families, they look down on those who climb up from the bottom. In their eyes, they are just low-status people. How can they be compared with them.
Not to mention the Mongolians who surrendered like Mangui, they were the targets of xenophobia by most generals.
"In that case, just transfer Yang Jun back to Datong. Why do you want to take away the troops stationed in Mayingcheng and Dushikou as well?"
"The armies in Dushikou and Mayingcheng have more than 7,000 troops and horses, and most of them are cavalry. They are the main force of the Xuanfu."
"If we just transfer Yang Jun away, I can still consider it, but don't think about it anymore. It's absolutely impossible."
"Go back and tell Yang Hong, I won't allow it."
Wang Zaijin refused without hesitation. He would not help with this matter.
When Yang Erhu saw Wang Zaijin's decisive refusal, he was also in trouble.
If Wang Zaijin accepts the gift, even if he does not do this favor, he can still deliver the goods when he returns.
But now he doesn't accept gifts or help, so he won't lose any skin when he goes back?
"I hope that Mr. Ge will take some care of General Yang Hong and help him. Man Gui has made trouble for no reason many times, just to harm my young master. I hope that Mr. Ge will learn from it."
"At this point, I don't want to hide it anymore. The reason why I made the request to mobilize troops is because there are many Yang family servants guarding Maying City and Dushikou."
"These guards are all recruited and trained by my general at his own expense. They are not part of the imperial establishment. I hope Mr. Ge will show his respect."
It was known to everyone in the Ming Dynasty that military generals raised domestic servants and private soldiers, but there was no open secret.
Everyone knew about this, but only Yang Erhu dared to say it blatantly, and in front of the Minister of War.
Yang Erhu is now willing to risk everything. Anyway, his master is going to rebel, so he is very afraid.
The most important thing is to get the troop deployment order from the Ministry of War, so that Yang Jun can lead the army to leave the Great Wall Pass station. This is the first priority.