Han Xu felt a little irritable.
He didn't want to recruit people, he just wanted to kill all the rebellious bandits. Especially the proposal to recruit people was made by Wei Yi, which made him feel even more disgusted with the matter.
Ye Xianggao reached out and patted Han Xu's arm, and said: "I know you don't want to show peace to the tiger-character flag, and I don't want to, but the Wenxiang Sect in Shandong has caused too much trouble. The pseudo-Zhongxing Fulie Emperor Xu Hongru is a thorn in His Majesty’s heart that has to be removed, and since there are no more troops to be sent to Datong from the northwest, we naturally have to put down the Tiger Flag issue first.”
"Wei Wei once had contact with this tiger-character flag. Now that Wei Wei wants to recruit the tiger-character flag, he may have other thoughts, so he has to be on guard!" Han Xu said worriedly.
Ye Xianggao smiled and said: "Yu Chen, you are too honest. If you want to clean up the Tiger Flag, why bother to rush for a while? After the Wenxiang Sect in Shandong is calmed down, there will be plenty of opportunities to clean up them in the future."
Han Xu's face brightened when he heard that Ye Xianggao did not really support Wei Yu's recruitment of Anhu Ziqi.
"Okay, let's go back to the cabinet first. We still need to discuss how to resolve the Wenxiang Sect matter." Ye Xianggao said to Han Xu, and then stepped forward.
Han Xu took two steps and followed.
The two people quickly walked away from the Huangji Palace and disappeared.
Wei Zhongxian did not delay in recruiting the Tiger Flag. As soon as he left the palace of Emperor Tianqi, he immediately arranged for his servants to go to Datong.
Accompanied by Jin Yiwei on the way, they did not encounter any banditry along the way and arrived at Datong Fucheng smoothly.
After the Tiger Character Banner defeated the official army, it returned to Lingqiu. The war did not burn through the entire Datong, so Datong was relatively safe. Only the city gates in various states and counties opened later and closed earlier than before. They were only open for a maximum of two or three hours a day. .
The chamberlain from the palace went straight to the gate of Datong Governor's Yamen.
"Come in and report that someone is coming from the palace and ask your Lord Governor to come out and receive the order." The Jin Yiwei who came with the palace servants stood in front of the Yamen servants outside the Governor's Yamen and said with a proud look on his face.
The yamen guard standing outside the governor's yamen recognized the flying fish suit on the person and knew that he was a guard in royal robes. He hurriedly said respectfully: "Sir, wait a moment. I'll go in and report."
After saying that, he ran into the governor's Yamen.
In the back office of the governor's office, Governor Liu and the commander-in-chief Zhang Huai looked sad.
With the tiger-character flag incident happening in Datong, both of them knew that sooner or later they would be liquidated by the court. Whether it was governor or commander-in-chief, it would be difficult for them to continue serving as officials, and they would most likely be escorted back to Beijing.
Kick! Kick! Kick!
The sound of footsteps came from outside the house. A yamen servant trotted into the back yamen and said breathlessly: "Sir, sir, a team of royal guards came outside. They said that someone from the palace came and brought an imperial edict. I’ll leave it to you, my lord, to receive the order!”
Hearing this, Governor Liu's face darkened.
Ever since the Xuanfu army was defeated, he knew that this day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
"Sir, the people from the palace have even brought the Jin Yiwei. They are afraid that we will be escorted to Beijing and imprisoned." Zhang Huai said with a sad face.
"Alas!" Governor Liu sighed, stood up from his seat, dusted his sleeves, picked up the black gauze hat and brought it to his head, and then said, "Let's go, follow me to meet the imperial edict."
Zhang Huai grabbed his black gauze hat, put it on, and followed Governor Liu out.
When he was about to walk out of the back office, Governor Liu stopped, turned sideways and said to Du Wanyuan who was following him: "Tell the people below to prepare the incense table."
"Don't worry, sir, the student will take care of the arrangements." Du Wanyuan bowed.
Governor Liu nodded and then continued walking to the yamen gate.
The Jin Yiwei suddenly appeared at the door of the governor's office, attracting many idle people to watch.
However, due to the power of Jin Yiwei, no one dared to get too close and could only stand and watch from a distance.
Not long after, two court officials wearing scarlet robes walked out of the governor's office.
As soon as the Jin Yiwei at the Yamen Gate saw the two Fei Pao officers coming out, they guessed that these two people should be the governor and the commander-in-chief of Datong.
He returned to a carriage, stood beside the carriage, and whispered to the people inside: "Father-in-law, the governor of Datong has come out."
"Come, help our family out." A lazy voice came from the carriage.
The Jinyi guard hurriedly opened the curtain of the carriage and stretched out an arm to hold a white and tender hand stretched out from the carriage.
An internal prison officer with a three-hat on his head and soap boots with foundation on his feet came out.
Standing on the stone steps, Governor Liu saw the eunuch coming down from the carriage and immediately knew that this was the real owner. He hurriedly walked down the steps and stood in front of the eunuch. He cupped his hands and said, "See you, sir." Live as an envoy."
The rank of the eunuch in front of him was not as high as that of the first-grade governor like him, but he represented the emperor. As the governor of Datong, he needed to bow first.
Zhang Huai, who was following him, also bowed to the eunuch in front of him.
The Jin Yiwei on the side said: "This is Eunuch Li from the palace. You two adults are not planning to receive the imperial edict here, are you?"
"Eunuch Li, please come inside. Your subordinate has already set up the incense table inside." Governor Liu turned sideways and made an inviting gesture toward the governor's office.
The eunuch walked in front with a proud look on his face and walked into the governor's Yamen with small steps.
The team of Jin Yiwei who came to Datong with him followed him and walked in together.
The group of people came to the incense table in the back office, and Eunuch Li read out the imperial edict.
When the imperial edict was read out, Governor Liu and Zhang Huai looked at each other, somewhat at a loss.
The imperial edict did not say how to deal with the two of them. Instead, it talked about how to recruit the tiger-character flag.
"Governor Liu, hurry up and accept the order." Eunuch Li couldn't help but urge him when he saw Governor Liu standing there stunned after reading out the imperial edict.
"I accept the edict and express my gratitude." Governor Liu took the edict with both hands, stood up from the ground, and handed the edict to Du Wanyuan who was standing aside for safekeeping.
Eunuch Li clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Governor Liu, don't delay any longer. Please arrange for someone to accompany our family to Lingqiu. Our family also needs to recruit people from the Tiger Flag."
"Don't worry, father-in-law. I'll make arrangements as soon as possible." Governor Liu nodded in agreement. At the same time, he took out a page of paper and handed it over. He said with a smile, "I hope my father-in-law will accept it."
Eunuch Li lowered his eyes and saw that it was a five-hundred-tael meeting ticket. He slipped it into his sleeve and said with a smile on his face, "It cost Governor Liu a lot of money."
"It should, it should." When Governor Liu saw that the other party had accepted the ticket, his face became even more joyful, and he asked in a low voice, "May I ask my father-in-law, does Wei have anything to say to his subordinates?"
Eunuch Li looked around and then whispered: "My godfather is extremely dissatisfied with your affairs in Datong. If the recruitment process goes well, you may still be able to keep your position as governor. Once the recruitment fails, your godfather will not be able to keep it either." You, just wait to be caught and thrown into jail!”
"I understand." Governor Liu nodded vigorously.
