Chapter 79
Chapter 78: Secretary
In fact, Lei Xianchu was not willing to come to Luoding to deal with a group of bandits, but the governor Zhang Xiaoqi insisted on sending him here, saying that there might be a big change in the court, and the King of Xining had already taken the Gaozhou garrison. This Gaozhou has become an empty city. He also said that Hu Quan of Daqiao Mountain was not a bandit either. He used to be the personal soldier of the King of Ningxia, and he was quite loyal. He even earned Luo Dingzhou City. Such a person should be under his command. One is strong and the other is powerful.
What has changed in the court?
It’s not that Lei Xianchu never asked Zhang Xiaoqi, but Zhang Xiaoqi didn’t tell him much. During a banquet, Lei Xianchu listened to Zhang Xiaoqi’s aide Dong Yunyao, who had a lot of alcohol, and said a few words, but the words were ominous and only concealed. He pointed out that the king of Qin seemed to be disrespectful to the emperor and meant to be disrespectful, while the king of Xining was dedicated to serving the Ming and criticized the king of Qin a lot, but the rest did not say a word.
When it comes to King Sun Kewang of Qin and King Li Dingguo of Xining, Lei Xianchu is full of disdain. In his opinion, Sun and Li, like Zhang Xianzhong back then, are big thieves and big thieves of the country! If it wasn’t for Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, why would the Daming Kingdom collapse!
After the hateful Zhang Thief died, the Daxi Thief, who was already at the end of the road, suddenly heard of the Wuding Tusi Rebellion in Yunnan. The Tusi Rebellion caused the Mu family in Shizhen, Yunnan, to be unable to control the situation. Occupied Yunnan, and then controlled Guizhou, and regarded Yunnan and Guizhou as a place for his troops to support the thieves of the West. Now this Daxi thief has entered the customs through the Qing army, and the official army is powerless to resist, and proposed some alliance with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and then together with the Dashun thief from Li Zicheng’s remaining divisions, they turned into a Ming army and horse!
It’s really ridiculous, obviously they are all thieves, but now they have been crowned kings, promoted to dukes, and made marquis. On the other hand, these warriors, who have been loyal to Daming for generations, have become bereaved dogs. Seeing those thieves actually want to kowtow Nabai, what an injustice in the world, how can people be reconciled!
However, the Daxi thieves are strong and strong, and the imperial court wants to count on them to fight against the Qing army. This is even if there are 10,000 unwilling people, they can only bear it.
At this time, only soldiers can speak, and soldiers can have status. How can Daxi thieves be crowned kings? Isn’t it just because there are soldiers!
Although Luo Ding’s bandits are unbearable, but they can occupy Xiazhou City, and if you think about it, they can be considered to be able to fight. An officer who leads troops, if he does not know the appearance, he will be killed. Hey, what the **** is Luo Ding’s general, isn’t it just a broken seal, that Cheng Bangjun has already returned to Anlong Mansion, and with the support of the governor, what can I do as a general, is it possible that the court will help? The bandits told me to wait for the chill!
Thinking that Zhang An had gone back to Luoding to report the news, and the people in the city would not be able to welcome him for a while, Lei Xianchu simply dismounted and asked his personal soldiers to carry a stone, and there was an interesting chessboard. He took it over, and after the pieces were placed, Lei Xianchu did not sit down, and summoned people to play the next game, but bowed to an official who was riding on a horse and wearing a robe of the seventh rank. , said with a smile: “Wait left and right, the huge man might as well dismount and kill a few rounds.”
“It’s rare for Lord Lei to have such elegance, so Xiaguan will accompany you to kill a few rounds.”
Immediately the official got off the horse with a smile, but got off the horse on the back of an entourage. This person is not an official. He is the magistrate of Dianbai County under the jurisdiction of Gaozhou Prefecture. His surname is Pang and his name is Tianci. In the Ming Dynasty, although they were noble and lowly military, when the rogues made troubles in the Central Plains more than ten years ago, the military generals had long ignored the civil officials. He was very polite. If something went wrong, there would be a ghost. Obviously, the surname Pang had a lot of background, which made Lei Xianchu put down his arms and befriend him.
Pang Tianci’s background is indeed not small, he himself is nothing, but his uncle brother is a big man who is invisible to Lei Xianchu. Eunuch Pang Tianshou.
Pang Tianshou was a royal **** as early as the Chongzhen Dynasty. Shortly before Li Zicheng captured Beijing, he was sent to Nanjing by edict. Hongguang ordered him to go to Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi to collect taxes, but on the way he heard that Nanjing had fallen, so he changed his affairs to Emperor Longwu. Because Emperor Longwu did not have many trusted eunuchs around him when he ascended the throne, Pang Tianshou took the initiative to vote, and he was also qualified as a royal **** of the Chongzhen Dynasty.
In the second year of Longwu, Emperor Longwu sent Pang Tianshou to Macau for help, hoping to use Portuguese firearms and artillery to help Daming fight against the Qing Dynasty. As a result, Pang Tianshou had just purchased firearms after arriving in Macau, but heard that Fujing had fallen and Emperor Longwu died.
Unlike Lei Xianchu, who went to Guangzhou Shaowu after hearing that Emperor Longwu died, Pang Tianshou was an old man in the palace after all. Zhaoqing served Emperor Yongli, and then moved to Guangdong, Guangxi, Dian, and Guizhou with Emperor Yongli. He was loyal and trusted by Emperor Yongli. Now he is the **** of the Si Lijian, in charge of the Indian eunuch, and the admiral of the Yumajian Yongwei Camp. First-class clothing, full of high status and authority, and a first-class celebrity in front of Emperor Yongli.
Speaking of which, although Pang Tianci and Pang Tianshou are the same uncles, the relationship is a little far away. When Pang Tianshou went to Nanjing, Pang Tianci was only taken by him and listened to by the people. Just now I remembered Pang Tianci, the uncle and brother who had been with him for more than ten years, so he asked the emperor Yongli for grace and appointed him a county magistrate of Dianbai. If it is a direct relative or a brother within the five clothes, I am afraid that a Dianbai county magistrate cannot send Pang Tianci far, and it has to be obtained by a prefect.
Pang Tianci is also indifferent. Unlike the **** relatives that ordinary people think of as fox and tiger, he does not rely on Pang Tianshou to make a fortune. On the contrary, he is very low-key, so that he has been the magistrate of Dianbai for almost a year. Except for the first time that the Gaozhou government noticed that this person was a relative of Silijian, no one cared about it after that.
Lei Xianchu didn’t need Pang Tianci to follow him when he went to Luo Ding. He was an official close to the people, not a staff member of the governor’s yamen. He couldn’t get along with Luo Ding, but it just so happened that he happened to be working in Gaozhou these days. It doesn’t matter if you keep a low profile on weekdays, but when someone really appears in front of everyone, no one else has to think of the big **** standing behind him.
Out of the idea of making good friends with Pang Tianshou, Zhang Xiaoqi specially arranged for Pang Tianci to go to Luoding with Lei Xianchu, thinking that he would also give Pang Tianci a credit for this matter. In this case, how could Pang Tianshou remember him Zhang Xiaoqi? Affection. There is no need for Pang Tianshou to arrange it, as long as he casually says such a good word when something happens in the future. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
Although Pang Tianci kept a low profile, he knew the arrangement of the governor, and he did not break it, so he followed Lei Xianchu all the way. On the way, Lei Xianchu was very enthusiastic towards him. Because he was a warrior and did not understand the scholar club, Lei Xianchu always played chess with Pang Tianshou. If you turn a corner and climb up the line of Pang Tianshou, you will be able to get a good seat in the future, unlike the empty name of guerrilla now, you want nothing. What he didn’t know was that this Pang Tianci was not actually a scholar, and his knowledge was very limited. Lei Xian and Chuzhen had some nonsense with him. Pang Tianci was embarrassed. Instead, this game of chess was in his arms. On the road, I had a great time killing with Lei Xianchu.
This chess is not Go, but chess. Lei Xianchu, a military attache, has no interest or energy to learn Go, but chess is easy to learn and play. Pang Tianci was also impatient to play that Go, just like this chess soldier came to block it, and after a while, the two of them were in full swing.
The 200 Gaozhou soldiers who came with Lei Xianchu were sitting on the road in groups of three or five, chatting lazily with their swords and guns in their hands. There wasn’t even a guard on guard, and they didn’t even look like an army. The daring ones even shouted loudly, and they were not afraid of the guerrilla-sama getting angry at all. The reason for this was because they knew that Mr. Lei was the most beloved soldier, and he liked the most fun. As long as it was not too outrageous, Mr. Lei would not be with them. Comparable.
About half an hour later, the sound of horseshoes came from the front. Hearing a horse approaching, the Gaozhou soldiers still didn’t care, only the first few stood up and looked forward. Lei Xianchu took the chess and ignored it, just thinking about whether to take the first army first, but Pang Tianci got a little nervous and turned his head to look over.