Great victory in Jianchuan!
Annihilated more than 20,000 enemies! The siege of Jianchuan was completely solved and the situation in the south was suddenly improved.
This good news was naturally first received by the Ministry of War, and it was personally written by Cheng Jinhou, the commander of the upper Jianchuan military camp, and then co-signed by Shen Wanlin, the commander of the Jianchuan defense zone.
Xuan Qingwei also received the good news almost at the same time. Nowadays, due to the relationship between the supervisory envoy and the establishment of intelligence channels, Xuanqingwei's intelligence transmission speed is actually faster than that of the Ministry of War. It's just that many details are far less clear than the intelligence from the Ministry of War.
"It looks like the Ministry of War fought a good battle. Now the situation in the south will be much better." Pang Ban rarely set up a simple table at home, with three meats, three vegetables, one soup, and two jars of wine. .
"Yes, this news is spreading in the streets and alleys now, and the people are very happy. The wealthy households have even contacted Yahang to inquire about the subsequent purchase price of the barbarian slaves."
Pang Ban only invited one person to the banquet, Jiang Cheng, the envoy of Jingxi Town. This made Jiang Cheng a little flattered. As far as he knew, this was the first time Pang Ban invited someone to his home for dinner.
Jiang Cheng didn't dare to be empty-handed, and he didn't dare to take the heavy gift, so he brought two jars of Wuliangye that was said to have been brewed for two years. They were the two jars currently on the table.
After eating a few mouthfuls of food and drinking two bowls of wine, Pang Ban naturally started talking about the most lively topic in the imperial city recently: the victory of Jianchuan.
"Haha, the people are just happy to hear it. It's still early to get benefits. According to my estimation, although the victory of Jianchuan is very important, it only pushes the war in the south a step forward. It is not decisive. victory. So everything is still early.
By the way, I looked at the prize list reported by Jianchuan this time, and Shen Hao ranked very high. Didn't embarrass our Xuan Qingwei. Are you preparing a special reward? "
Jiang Cheng didn't know what Pang Ban was thinking, so he didn't dare to accept it easily. He just said: "That is a reward from the Ministry of War, and the credit for the merits is also directly issued by the Ministry of War. The subordinates only received a pension note about the fallen soldiers, and there was no I’m asking for merit, so I haven’t prepared any special rewards for the time being.”
Pang Ban shook his head and said with a smile: "Great achievements should be rewarded. You can plan a special reward, and let others know the attitude of our Xuanqing Guard."
This is what Jiang Cheng should do.
After chatting for a while, Pang Ban praised the wine as delicious. At the same time, he smiled and said: "I heard the day before yesterday that your old boss came to you to ask for a drink? It seemed that he didn't have enough fun and finally walked away?"
"My lord, do you also know about this?"
"Haha, after Liao Chengfeng went out, he said that you are ungrateful and your eyes are high. Although I rarely go out, I have heard about it. Logically speaking, you Jiang Cheng are not stingy. I am afraid Shen Hao has brought you this kind of good wine. Right? Are you willing to give it to Liao Chengfeng to try?"
There was a joke inside and outside the words, and Jiang Cheng knew that this was Pang Ban's opportunity to explain to him.
"Back to your lord. If Lord Liao only wants to drink, it will be easier. I still have a lot of good wine like Wuliangye, but what Lord Liao wants is not a little drink, but something else. It is difficult for my subordinates to agree, so I attracted Mr. Liao is so dissatisfied that he feels that his subordinates are ungrateful and have an eye above their heads. This is really unfair."
Pang Ban took a bite of the vegetable and ate it, then didn't rush him and just waited for Jiang Cheng to continue.
"This matter should not have been mentioned in front of you, sir, but if you ask, I will report it to you." After a pause, Jiang Cheng continued: "Master Liao came to see me a few days ago. The purpose was to ask his subordinates to arrange a few people in the southern frontier army. The subordinates excused themselves on the grounds that Shen Hao was now in charge of the affairs of the supervisory envoy in the southern frontier army. After several disagreements, Mr. Liao got angry and walked away. go."
Pang Ban naturally knew the whole story, so he wanted to listen to Jiang Cheng's words.
After Jiang Cheng finished speaking, he saw Pang Ban pick up the wine bowl and quickly knocked it down with him, then took the initiative to pour the wine.
"Liao Chengfeng was originally the governor of Jingnan Town, and the supervisory envoy in the southern frontier army was one of his subordinates. But now it has been assigned to your Jingxi. What's the matter? He wanted to put someone in, but he didn't do it long ago, but now he wants to Get up? Do you have anything to say?"
"My subordinates only found out later that the people Lord Liao mentioned were all guests in the third prince's residence. You have told me before that you must not have anything to do with the princes recently, so your subordinates dare not talk to Lord Liao about this. "
Jiang Cheng indeed worked under Liao Chengfeng for a long time. But this does not mean that he is a hardcore member of Liao Chengfeng's group. Jiang Chengfeng and Liao Chengfeng had deep differences before on the issue of Black Flag Camp. Later, Jiang Cheng relied on his arbitrary actions to support Shen Hao in handling several major cases. After showing his face, he took advantage of the internal purge of Xuanqing Guard and replaced Liao Chengfeng as the leader. Jingxi Zhenfu envoy, while Liao Chengfeng arrived in Jingnan. After that, the relationship between the two became even stranger.
But Liao Chengfeng suddenly came to the door and asked for help. How could Jiang Cheng be so easy to talk to? Besides, when he heard that he was the third prince's guest, he refused directly.
Liao Chengfeng probably didn't expect that Jiang Cheng, who was once a pawn under his command, would dare to disrespect him so much, so he was very angry. It was only after he returned that he made remarks about Jiang Cheng being "ungrateful".
From Liao Chengfeng's point of view, Jiang Cheng is indeed not generous enough. But Jiang Cheng is not a fool, he can handle anything?
Sure enough, Pang Ban put down the chopsticks in his hand after hearing what Jiang Cheng said. The smile disappeared from his face, replaced by an expression of disgust.
"Liao Chengfeng is becoming more and more unrestrained."
Jiang Cheng didn't answer. But he heard it too. Liao Chengfeng has been following the path of the third prince, and is even rumored to be friends with Ye Lansheng. But the Liao family was a large family in the Jingjiu Dynasty, and there were several marriage relationships between the cultivators behind it, which were intricately linked and affected the entire family. Coupled with the power of the third prince, Pang Ban kept turning a blind eye to Liao Chengfeng.
"Now the Ministry of Revenue's tightening strategy has been announced. It has been reported to the court, but there is no follow-up. However, it did not fall on Bai Changqing of the Ministry of Revenue as per the normal scope of authority, but was left unaddressed by His Majesty. Among them The purpose is nothing more than to choose one of several princes to take over this responsibility."
"Do you still think the Seventh Prince will be reused?"
"This is inevitable. And it's not just me who sees it this way, others will definitely see it this way too. Your Majesty will definitely push the Seventh Prince to the front in the end. Otherwise, it would not be fair if the strength of the weak is unevenly fought.
But as a result, the remaining princes became a little passive, and there was no result in trying hard, so they had to find another way. This is why the third prince wanted to insert his guests into the southern frontier army.
Shen Hao is rootless and has only you as his teacher as his backer, and now others are on the front line, so not many people will follow his path. And it’s much easier to find you. The third prince is just the beginning. Later, you, the governor of Jingxi, will become a fragrant steamed bun. "
