Chapter 471: Yingtian’s Wine and the Knife with Nine Edges

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No matter what the prison students thought, today in the Imperial College at the foot of Jilong Mountain, the building was empty in the blink of an eye, leaving only fallen leaves on the ground, feebly floating down from the branches, with a bit of loneliness falling on the green. Brick and green tile room.

Looking at the prison yard which was already empty as soon as I took a breath. An Imperial Academy instructor slapped his thigh fiercely: "Oops! It's over!" As soon as this person spoke, the expressions of the instructors around him suddenly changed.

"These bastards have to disturb the court again!"

"Quickly go to Yingtian Mansion and call for help!" The Imperial College tutors who had not had time, or who were already willing to watch what was going on, all ran away, chasing after the disappeared supervisors who had already disappeared in a flash of smoke. They left the Imperial College.

Some chased the supervisors as they were parading through the streets, while others went to Shangyuan County and Yingtianfu Yamen to report the news.

Thousands of Imperial College students came out in full force, and the movement and impact they brought caused the entire Beicheng area to turn their attention.

People thought of the gathering of students from the Imperial College in front of the Xihua Gate many years ago. That time, the imperial court severely punished the Imperial College officials and officials.

But this time everyone in the Imperial Academy rushed out, how would the court react, and how furious it would be.

But very quickly, the people of Yingtian discovered that something seemed not right.

"The sun rises in the west today?" Above the restaurant, a drunken man said: "Are these people praising the great grandson?"

"Did I read that correctly?"

"Am I really reading that right?"

"This gang..."

"This gang..."

"Why do these cynical prison students look so flattering now..." The crowd of onlookers all exclaimed in surprise.

But today's Imperial College not only surprised these people. Peng. In the back room of the back court of Yingtianfu Yamen, the prefect Zou Xueyu had an angry look on his face and pressed his palms on the table.

In front of him were several other subordinate officials of the prefect's Yamen. As the highest local government office in charge of Yingtian, Yingtian government office has its own news channels and sources.

When the instructors of the Imperial College reacted, the news of the government office itself had already been sent back before they even rushed to Yingtian Mansion to report the news.

Zou Xueyu's face was rather ugly. He frowned and looked at the officer who was reporting back to the government office, and waved his hand: "Go down." After the officer left, Zou Xueyu looked at the government officials present.

Tongzhi looked at the general magistrates and officials on the left and right, and said in a low voice: "In view of the previous situation, do you want the soldiers and horsemen from all over the place to go? The three squadrons of government officials have to go, and the officers from the two counties also need to adjust their manners. past."

"Why are the students of the Imperial College parading in the streets today? How does the Imperial College manage the students?" Ying Tianfu's general magistrate asked in a deep voice.

There was another disturbance in the Imperial College today. The government always needs to know the cause before it can put an end to the disturbance. The Yamen of Guo in the capital are far less relaxed than the Yamen of the local government.

The entire Gyeonggi Province is under the eyes of the imperial court. Whenever there is any trouble in the Gyeonggi Province, the imperial court will immediately know about it.

It is precisely because of this that one prefecture and two counties in Gyeonggi Province used to do things faster than the local government.

If you are too slow and fall into the eyes of the court, you will be accused of dereliction of duty and neglect. Ying Tianfu's official immediately said: "It's better to do it sooner rather than later. Lord Fu, we'd better take the people over there first, and don't cause a collision with the imperial city." Zou Xueyu's face was solemn, and he sighed: "Come here, I will change my boots." Just now, everyone in Yingtian Mansion was preparing to go to Xuanwu Lake to inspect and review the construction of new ditches and docks. They were wearing boots that were easy to walk on muddy ground.

Now that things have happened in the Imperial College, it's natural that he can't go there. Peace in the capital is the top priority.

When everyone in the Yingtian Mansion was panicking and angry, and the chief officials led the Yamen officers to rush to where the supervisors were parading in the street, there was a different situation in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr. In the public rooms of the cabinet ministers, under the open window sill, a charcoal stove boiled water, and the water boiled three times.

He sat upright on a stool with a straight face and a calm face. After the water boiled, he poured it into the teapot beside him.

On the tea table were several kinds of pastries and preserves that were delivered every day by the palace ministers for the cabinet ministers to rest.

Ren Hengtai, Xie Jin, and Xu Yungong sat on the other side of the tea table. Gao Yangzhi made the tea very gently. After several rinses, three teacups filled with golden tea soup were pushed in front of Ren Hengtai and the others.

On the teacup, tea leaves swayed upwards, curling up with a few wisps of tea fragrance, and the room was elegant. Ren Hengtai held the tea cup, put it between his nose and sniffed it, and then took a sip.

The tea soup is rolled up in the mouthpiece and flows between the lips and teeth. The tea is astringent and sweet, from top to bottom, and then back again.

"I am making tea in the spring breeze. My skills are getting better and better every day. I can take some elegant rest from time to time."

"The first assistant is so kind and generous, but the student's tea can only be kept in the cabinet and cannot be left." Gao Yangzhi responded implicitly, stretched out his hand and leaned over, and poured another cup of tea for the first assistant.

Xu Yungong stood aside and wanted to take a sip like Ren Hengtai, but as soon as the tea soup entered his mouth, he sucked it all into his stomach.

Dropped the tea cup. Xu Yungong said: "The news has been spread to the army. His Highness Huagai Palace's words, the governor's office will issue a letter to all the armies in the near future, which will be the first one for the Ming army." Ren Hengtai sipped the tea soup, and also tasted Xu Yungong in his heart. and Gao Yangzhi.

There is no doubt that the Governor's Mansion is delighted with the four bad words in the Huagai Palace today. If the Ming Dynasty wants to always do that, it must always rely on the millions of Ming army officers and soldiers under the great governor's office.

And in this way, the Metropolitan Governor's weight and voice in the court will also be heavier. It's just that although the court has no intention at the moment, Ren Hengtai knows very well that the Ming Dynasty's civil and military affairs are indifferent to priority. As the power of the Ministry of War is stripped away time and time again, in the future, civilian officials can only intervene in military affairs, and they can only supervise military discipline and recruit soldiers. It's time to recruit new soldiers, build local troops, and so on.

For no reason, Ren Hengtai, the chief civil servant of the Ming Dynasty, thought of Jin Yiwei. I thought of this yamen, which in the past was least liked by civil servants.

Perhaps, Jin Yiwei should also be allowed to perform the duties of supervision over the Governor's Mansion. Mr. Shoufeng was thinking deeply, but his eyes turned to Gao Chunfeng who continued to make tea.

Although the current cabinet has not made it clear. But as the chief minister, in addition to being in charge of cabinet affairs, he was also in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment.

Xie Jin is responsible for the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry. The power of the Ministry of War is now weakened, and because Gao Yangzhi is younger, he has just taken charge of it to facilitate contact with the Governor's Office.

It's just that the Duke of Wei, Xu Yungong, is in the cabinet, and Gao Yangzhi is in charge of all affairs in the Ministry of War, which is dispensable.

This spring breeze wants to do something. I can't talk about Jin Yiwei's affairs, but I can talk about Chunfeng. Ren Hengtai said: "Recently, the King of Qin has supervised the affairs of the capital and inspected the local area, and has cleared out a lot of beetles in the country. I am very tired now, and I am too busy to supervise various projects. Now, I have to go to Sanfasi more often. , watch this group of people assist His Highness the King of Qin to complete the Beijing inspection matter assigned by the Holy One." This means assigning the powers of the Three Laws Division of the Ming Dynasty to Gao Yangzhi.

After three brews, Gao Yangzhi, who was changing into new tea, paused for a moment, and then smiled softly: "I am young and weak, and it is the time to do some errands. If there are any mistakes, please let me know. Righteous." Ren Hengtai waved his hand calmly and looked sideways at Xie Jin: "A famous teacher and a great disciple, a great gentry is blessed." Xie Jin nodded with a slight smile on his lips: "The country is stable and the ruler is wise, only then can talented people gather together. Here. Today, the Imperial College has changed its past, and paraded in the streets to praise its achievements and make a name for itself. It can also show the heart of a great scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and it is sincere and loyal to the emperor. Let the cabinet plan, be cautious, upright, and think carefully, and the country and the country that we hope for will be restored. Let Ren Pavilion take the lead." Ren Hengtai smiled slightly, the world is changing every moment, and Wenyuan Pavilion is also changing, but what remains unchanged is the human heart.

"Three cups are enough, if you don't want to drink anymore." Ren Hengtai spoke slowly, stopping Gao Yangzhi who looked confused after being dissuaded from continuing to pour tea.

Under the gaze of the three people, Ren Hengtai walked lightly to the rows of bookshelves. After bypassing the document rack in the front row, Ren Hengtai went to the second row and took out a bundle of wrapped books from the piles of books and documents.

Under the puzzled looks of the three people, Ren Hengtai held up the cloth strip on the cover and opened the book cover.

"I really didn't expect that Ren Ge would be so elegant." Xie Jin chuckled and looked at the empty small space under the book case. There was no book in it, but a wine bottle with a tight seal.

Gao Yangzhi raised his eyebrows. This was not something Ren Hengtai, the chief assistant, would do on a daily basis. The chief minister actually hid wine in the cabinet.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yangzhi had already started taking out four new cups and rinsing them. Ren Hengtai took the cup and lifted the lid. The clear and slightly yellow wine fell down, creating circles of wine bubbles in the cup.

"It's not a famous wine, it's just that I got it by chance at an old wine shop outside the city in my spare time. After drinking it for a long time, I got used to it." Ren Hengtai filled the cup with wine and slowly raised it: "Everyone, drink up!"

"Drink!" The wine swayed, and the aroma of wine filled the area. Xu Yungong drank heavily, opened his mouth to spit out the smell of wine, and patted the tea table with his hand: "The aroma of the wine is lingering, and it is extremely honest, good wine!" Ren Hengtai drank a glass of wine, and looked at Ren Hengtai with a rosy face: "If you have the gift of Wei Guogong in the future, When the army goes out to fight, I would like to use this wine to support the Duke of our country on his march, and when the Duke returns home in triumph, I will also use this wine to repay his merits!"

"Okay!" Xu Yungong's eyes shone. The matter of Chang Sheng and Li Jinglong being crowned kings has been discussed in the court, but everyone knew that this was a matter of process.

Only when the news reaches the Eastern Expedition and Southern Expedition armies, Duke Founding and Duke Cao will submit their resignations, and the court seals them again, can the matter be considered completed.

And as the eldest son of King Wuning of Zhongshan and the current person in charge of the Prince's Palace of Zhongshan, how could he not look forward to that prince.

"Drink again!" Ren Hengtai, the first assistant, was also proud and slapped the three of them with wine again. ... There are no cattle or sheep in the wind-swept grassland. The grassy slope is leeward and on the edge of the sparse evergreen coniferous forest. Two soldiers wearing Ming army uniforms, long knives and firecrackers lie down on the slope, looking at the endless scenery in the distance. Desert grassland.

"Oh! This wine is getting worse and worse!" Tang Keke frowned and handed a small copper pot to Zhang Zhiyuan's eyes with disgust on his face.

Tang Keke, who had joined the army for many years, had gradually lost the temperament of a Confucian student. Now that he had been out of isolation with the army for several months, he had grown a full beard, and the skin on his body had been deepened several degrees by the sun.

The rough ones look like they have been in the military for many years. Zhang Zhiyuan took the copper pot that exuded a strong smell of wine. He didn't drink like Tang Keke did. He just took a small sip of wine in his mouth and let the rich wine slide down the esophagus into the abdominal cavity bit by bit. Feeling It warms up the internal organs little by little.

After all the wine in his mouth was gone, Zhang Zhiyuan let out a sigh of relief, shook his head and looked at Tang Keke who was rolling his eyes: "The purpose of Taiyuan Hospital is to prevent people like you, the disinfectant wine in the general I drank it all, so it became worse and worse." Tang Keke curled his lips: "In the past, I still felt that burning knives was enjoyable, but now that I drink this, isn't burning knives just for gargling?" Zhang Zhiyuan still shook his head, Looking back at the less dense forest behind him: "Give me the order to attack the Tatars at night. Now each person can drink three sips of wine to ward off the cold." Tang Keke's face immediately became serious, he nodded and pressed the saber on his waist, and carefully touched it. Woodland behind.

After a while, there were several sounds from the forest that sounded like mountain birds returning to the forest. After a while, Tang Keke had already returned with several military commanders.

"The Tatars have become increasingly difficult to kill. The Tatar tribe in front is the last group we can deal with alone now." Zhang Zhiyuan spoke, took out the saber from his waist, and took out another piece from his arms. Dried pork jerky.

The edge of the knife was very bright, and the bloodthirsty blade was wiped clean. Zhang Zhiyuan cut the dried meat into several pieces with a knife and distributed them to Tang Keke and others.

No one dislikes it either. The sword in the hands of the Jiubian soldiers is another life. Besides going into battle to kill the enemy, it can also do more things.

Cutting meat to fill one's stomach is just the most common thing. After dividing the meat, Zhang Zhiyuan took a bite, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

There is still a lot of time before the entire army mounts a charge. After facing the Ming army's annual conquests, especially after Zhang Zhiyuan joined the Peiping Dusi and used Tatar heads to make a living name for himself as a little murderer, the Tatars on the grassland The Tatar people had already begun to speed up their annexation, and small tribes gathered together to jointly resist the Ming army's conquest.

Tang Keke took out his knife, put the piece of meat Zhang Zhiyuan gave him on the scabbard, and then carefully cut it into thin slices little by little.

"Would you like scallions?" After cutting the meat, Tang Keke took out a few small scallions from his arms and handed them to everyone.

I continued to pick two pieces and cut them on the handle of the knife. Then I rolled the meat slices with scallions and put them into my mouth. My eyes were slightly fascinated and I chewed them with great enjoyment.

Time passes bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye on the seemingly endless desert grassland. The bright, cloudless starry sky seems to be right in front of people's eyes.

The wolves roared in the dark night. At night, everything is silent, but another group of animals begins the most important activity in life.

clatter. The sound of horse hooves sounded on the meadow. Zhang Zhiyuan, who had already mounted his horse and put down his visor, silently pulled out the long knife from his waist, and looked through the visor at the endless and silent Tatar tribe in the distance.

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