As soon as Pei Hong came out of the governor's Yamen, he got into the carriage that had been waiting outside the Yamen and left straight away.
Not long after he left, Du Wanyuan, who was walking towards the governor's Yamen, suddenly stopped.
"Let's go back to the General Military Mansion." He told the people around him, turned his horse's head, and led the people away from the governor's office.
The General Military Mansion and the Governor's Yamen are on the same street, not too far apart.
Returning to the General Military Mansion, Du Wanyuan handed the reins to the person next to him and walked in quickly.
After Liu Hong returned home, he, as a staff member, stayed in Datong. Now he is a staff member of General Ma, and he can come and go at will in the General Military Mansion.
"Where is the Commander-in-Chief?" Du Wanyuan asked a servant in the backyard of the Commander-in-Chief Mansion.
The servant said respectfully: "The master is having dinner in the side hall."
Du Wanyuan left the servant in front of him and walked towards the side hall that the servant mentioned.
When he arrived outside the side hall, Du Wanyuan stopped outside the door and said to the soldiers guarding the door: "Can you please go in and tell me that I have something urgent to see the commander-in-chief."
The soldier turned around and pushed the door open and entered the side hall.
"Since Mr. Du is here, please come in quickly." General Ma's voice came from the side hall.
At this time, the side hall quickly walked outside and said to Du Wanyuan: "Mr. Du, please go in quickly. The general is already anxious."
Du Wanyuan nodded and walked in.
As soon as he came in, he saw Mr. Ma sitting at the table eating, holding chopsticks in one hand and a wine glass in the other. He hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "I've seen Dong Weng."
"We are all our own people. There is no need to salute. Come, sit down and eat with me." General Ma pointed to an empty seat at the table.
Du Wanyuan walked to the empty seat and sat down with their buttocks half touching each other.
"Mr. Du, you came just in time. I am about to send someone to find you." General Ma picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, threw it into his mouth to chew, and said, "Mr. Du, your idea is very good. I The officials approached Governor Li, and he agreed. Not only that, even Pei Hong, the censor, also agreed to report to the court and ask for salary for the official."
After hearing this, Du Wanyuan frowned slightly, looking thoughtful, and then said: "What did Dong Weng promise them?"
"I didn't agree to anything. I just said that the new camp was short of food and salary, so Pei Hong took the initiative to submit a report to the court for payment for me. He was even more proactive than Li Xunfu." General Ma said with a smile.
Du Wanyuan shook his head slightly and said: "It shouldn't be! It would make sense to say that Li Xunfu agreed to help Dong Weng ask for food and salary from the court in order to win over Dong Weng. However, after Pei Hong came to Datong, he was suppressed by Dong Weng and Governor Liu. It’s so uncharacteristic of him to do that.”
Now that he is General Ma's staff, he can no longer call Liu Hongdong Weng. As a staff member, he still knows this point if he wants to stay with General Ma.
"Haha, Mr. Du didn't know this. As soon as he heard that the new camp was to deal with the Tiger Flag, he agreed to help me and the court get money and food. Isn't this a good thing!" General Ma was proud! said.
Du Wanyuan said: "It's impossible for Pei Hong not to know about the relationship between Dong Weng and Tiger Flag, but he knew this and helped Dong Weng. The students think this is unusual."
"Sir, you are overthinking." General Ma said disapprovingly, "Even if he knows, what can he do? As the general of Datong, I, as the general of Datong, all the troops and horses in Datong can only be under my command."
Du Wanyuan frowned.
He always felt that things were too strange, but he couldn't figure out why Pei Hong did this. After all, helping General Ma would not do Pei Hong any good.
You can't really think that General Ma will deal with the Tiger Flag just because of General Ma's words.
If you really think so, Pei Hong, the patrol censor, is too incompetent. Such a person cannot go far in the officialdom, and he will be eaten even to the bones after leaving.
"Sir, don't be stunned. Eat the food and eat the food." General Ma greeted Du Wanyuan, then he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine in the glass.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Du Wanyuan decided not to think about it for the time being. He picked up a chopstick and picked up a handful of green vegetables from the plate closest to him and ate it.
Putting down his wine glass, General Ma continued, "Mr. Du has been with Governor Liu for many years and has seen a lot. How do you think I should get along with Tiger Flag in the future?"
"Everything is as usual." Du Wanyuan put down his chopsticks.
Hearing this, General Ma frowned and said: "What is the attitude of the imperial court towards the tiger-character flag now? I must be able to feel it. If I continue to have contact with the tiger-character flag at this time, I am afraid that I will be angry." The imperial court.”
"It may make the court angry, but Dong Weng, you will be fine," Du Wanyuan said.
Commander Ma looked puzzled and said, "Sir, what do you mean by this? Could it be that I have offended the imperial court and can I still stay in Datong as the commander-in-chief unharmed?"
"It's hard to say whether Dong Weng will be the commander-in-chief of Datong in the future, but the imperial court will definitely not do anything to you. Of course, this premise is that nothing happens to the tiger-character flag." Du Wanyuan said.
General Ma frowned and said, "The more you talk about it, sir, the more confused I become."
"It's actually very simple." Du Wanyuan smiled and said, "If the imperial court had the ability to deal with the tiger-character flag, it would have taken action long ago, and only asked Governor Liu to retire and return home."
General Ma said: "Are you saying that the imperial court has no plans to deal with the Tiger Flag?"
"No, the imperial court will definitely deal with the tiger-character flag, but it has not yet freed up its hands. Otherwise, it would not have asked the Ministry of War to issue an official document asking Dong Weng to add a battalion of troops." Du Wanyuan said.
General Ma scratched his head with his hand and said, "I am even more confused. Do you want to deal with the tiger-character flag, or do you not want to deal with the tiger-character flag?"
"The imperial court naturally wants to deal with the Tiger-Charactered Banner, but now the Tiger-Charactered Banner is so powerful that the entire Tumut tribe has been conquered by the Tiger-Charactered Banner. The imperial court is also afraid that if it takes action, it will not be able to deal with the Tiger-Charactered Banner, but will instead cause border towns in the north to appear. The turmoil is undoubtedly a disaster for the imperial court." Du Wanyuan explained.
Commander Ma suddenly realized: "I understand it this way, but it is not easy for the court to deal with the Tiger Flag, so there is no need to be so cautious."
"Now that the imperial court has no troops and no food, I'm afraid it's too weak to deal with the Tiger Flag." Du Wanyuan smiled softly.
General Ma curled his lips and said, "How could the imperial court have no troops and no food? Sir, what you said is a bit exaggerated."
"Dong Weng understood after listening to the students' analysis." Du Wanyuan said, "The slaves and thieves in Liaodong are powerful. All the elite soldiers, horses and food of the imperial court were sent to Liaodong. Now another tiger-character flag has appeared in Datong, and the imperial court is determined to destroy it. , and the Tiger-Character Banner conquered the Tumote tribe, which made the imperial court use the rat weapon."
General Ma nodded and said, "That's true. Even I didn't think of the fact that the Tiger Character Banner conquered the Tumote tribe."
