The Red Mansions

Chapter 346

Chapter 346

After listening to what Jia Heng said, Li Zan nodded and agreed: "This cabinet has exactly the intention to test the effectiveness of the army's rectification by suppressing bandits. The soldiers and horses trained are not for putting on airs."

Seeing that Li Zan agreed, Jia Heng felt relieved.

The biggest experience these days is that with the help of civil servants, things are obviously much smoother.

Li Zan turned to look at Jia Heng, and said, "Zi Yu, spring is coming soon, and I also need to prepare various matters for the Economic and Strategic Appeasement Department, and the rectification of the Beijing camp requires you to take care of it."

Jia Heng frowned, his heart was slightly different, and he asked: "What does Mr. Ge mean by this?"

Li Zan said: "It is impossible for this cabinet to stay in the Beijing camp for a long time. Recently, the side will return to Beijing to report on his duties. The cabinet will discuss defense with the side general to prepare for the coming year and rectify affairs in the Beijing camp. Fortunately, a good start has been made. , the rest is step by step, steady and steady.”

Because Li Zan will leave the town of Beiping in the next year, Yu Jingying will be inseparable from the rectification affairs.

Hearing this, Jia Heng's heart was stunned, and he said solemnly: "Don't worry, Mr. Ge, I will do my best to live up to the expectations of my sage and Mr. Ge."

Li Zan nodded, with recognition and affirmation on his face, and said, "Zi Yu works diligently, this pavilion will play the role of the Holy Master, and you will hold the Emperor's Sword and act as an agent for the rectification and training of the Beijing camp."

As for Jia Heng being young?Suspicious and so on.

On the contrary, it is precisely because Jia Heng is young, with little meritorious service and shallow foundation, at most he admires his ability and respects his prestige rather than appreciates his kindness and hopes for his virtue.

No one is looking forward to, who will follow?

This is also the reason why Emperor Chongping used Jia Heng a lot, and cabinet ministers like Li Zan were not suspicious.

Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ge, for your attention."

A faint smile appeared on Li Zan's face, and said: "However, we still need to see the effect of martial arts, otherwise, even if this pavilion strongly recommends it to the Holy One, it is inevitable that there will be widespread criticism from the government and the public."

After all, Jia Heng is still a little too young, and now he is only assisting in military affairs, which can be said to be a staff officer, but after Li Zan left, he acted in charge of military affairs in the Beijing camp. As a Jiedu envoy, there will always be people who will question whether he has no hair on his mouth and cannot do things well.

Jia Heng looked solemn, and said, "Don't worry, Elder Ge."

Afterwards, after discussing the affairs of the regiment camp, Jia Heng stayed in the Jieshuai camp for a while, and then led his followers back to the Guoyong camp to handle military affairs.

Entering the camp in the south of the city, dismounted from the horse, handed the reins to the soldiers, and led the people into the camp. Looking up, they saw a general banner officer leading dozens of soldiers, holding knives for vigilance.

Seeing Jia Heng and a large number of cavalry coming with flag banners, Fan Yangli's young face showed excitement, he walked a few steps quickly, stepped forward to salute and said: "I have seen the commander in chief."

The black cloak behind Jia Heng fluttered with the wind, holding the sword at his waist, his cold eyes flickered, he looked up and down the fifteen or sixteen-year-old young general with a heroic look in his eyes, and asked: "Jia Fang? "

It was none other than Jia Fang, one of the descendants of the Jia family that Jia Heng sent to the Beijing camp for training.

Back then, there were Jia Fan, Jia Chen, Jia Qiong, and Jia Lin of the jade generation, and Jia Chang, Jia Ling, Jia Yun, Jia Fang, Jia Qin and others of the cursive generation, who followed the new barracks of Guoyong Camp for intensive training. .

Later, except for Jia Juan and Jia Chen who were too weak to fight with swords and were unable to continue training, they were transferred to military positions such as Yingqian Shu. Others such as Jia Qiong, Jia Lin, Jiachang, Jia Ling, Jia Yun, Jia Fang, and Jia Qin all persevered.

It is impossible for the children of the Jia family to start as big soldiers. When the incident of the day before yesterday was initially determined, the Guoyong battalion awarded officers on a large scale, and the worst was mixed with a small banner officer in the new barracks, and Jia Fang was one of the best. , When chasing the rebels in the Liwei camp, he killed the second level on horseback, and was promoted to the general banner at the age of 16.

It can be regarded as a good cavalry seedling that Jia Heng asked Xie Zaiyi to pay attention to.

In fact, once you become an official, even if you only order a dozen people and taste the taste of power, you will never go back to the ordinary days before.

Therefore, with the passage of time, the Jia clan and the common people no longer feel afraid about joining the army, but instead enjoy it.

Seeing that Jia Heng recognized her at a glance, Jia Fang was overjoyed, with eager eyes in her eyes, she cupped her fists and said, "Commander-in-chief, it's a humble Jia Fang."

Jia Heng's expression was warm, his tone became much more relaxed, and he asked, "Are you on duty today?"

Jia Fang hurriedly said: "Today the guards are transferred to the new barracks, which coincides with the low-level duty."

Jia Heng's guard is Xie Zaiyi, who has just been transferred from Dongcheng to the Beijing camp. He is a fifth-rank guerrilla general and temporarily leads 2000 people to suppress the entire army and correct morals.

Jia Heng looked at Jia Fang, patted the young man on the shoulder, and encouraged him: "There is a shortage of brave young generals in the army, please hone your martial arts."

Jia Fang's cheeks were flushed with excitement, and under the agitation of her heart, she showed clues in her address, and said, "Thank you... Uncle Heng for cultivation."

Hearing Uncle Heng's name, Jia Heng couldn't help but think of Uncle Dong, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything else, got off the horse, handed the reins of the horse to the soldiers at the side, and walked towards the barracks of the Chinese army.

The minds of young people still need to be honed.

Seeing Jia Heng's calm expression, Jia Fang's heart skipped a beat, secretly regretting that she had said something wrong in a moment of passion, and the army should be commensurate with her official position.

Jia Heng entered the barracks of the Chinese army. At this time, several generals who were discussing affairs and Song Yuan, the chief of the army, hurried out to greet him.

After Jia Heng took his seat, he looked at the generals and said, "Sit down."

Hulala sat on the chairs on both sides.

Jia Heng said: "Which step has the training of all departments reached?"

Song Yuan said: "Commander, this is the training syllabus for this month, please review it."

As he spoke, he took the kraft paper from a scribe and handed it over.

Jia Heng took it and looked at it carefully, the training regulations were recorded on it.

This is also the habit of doing things that Jia Heng brought to Guoyongying and even Jingying.

Jia Heng put down the paper in his hand, looked at Shan Ming, who was standing aside, and asked in a deep voice: "Has there been any riding and archery exercises in the Shenshu camps recently?"

Shan Ming said: "I have carried out riding and archery drills according to the drill method taught by Xie Gueran, but the method of riding and shooting cannot be accomplished in a day."

Jia Heng frowned, and said in a deep voice: "During Taizu and Taizong's time, our Han army was still able to chase death and chase north, but for more than [-] years, we are not as good as our predecessors, and the snow has melted for many days. For the cavalry generals, there will be half a month of training in Chang'an County, and Chen Chengwen will give you the specific marching route, and I will submit it to the Ministry of War."

Shan Ming respectfully said: "The final general obeys orders."

The Guoyong Battalion is divided into three battalions: the Fifth Army (infantry), the Shenji (firecrackers), and the Shenshu (cavalry), and the four new battalions of the [-] temporary battalions trained by Jia Heng. The four major battalions of the new army also occupy the strength of the three major battalions, so as to ask the court for payment.

Jia Heng turned to look at Cai Quan who was on the side, and said: "Select five hundred elite soldiers from the guards, inspect illegal activities along the way, and judge drills."

Cai Quan cupped his hands and said, "The last general will obey."

Jia Heng looked at General Xiao Lin and General Du Feng again, assigning tasks one by one.

Unknowingly, at noon, Jia Heng asked several generals to go to work on military affairs, and Jia Heng also planned to have some lunch in the barracks, and went to the barracks below to condolences to the soldiers.

"Superior Commander, Qi Jianhui, the commander-in-chief of the Fenwu Camp, and Xie Jing, the guerrilla general, are here to visit the Commander-in-Chief." At this moment, a young general came in from the outside, it was Jia Fang, and clasped his fists to report.

Jia Heng looked indifferent, and said: "Let the two generals come in."

Not long after, Qi Jianhui, the commander of the Fenwu Camp, and the guerrilla general Xie Jing, led by the soldiers, entered the barracks.

"The last general, Qi Jianhui, and the guerrilla general Xie Jing, have met General Yunhui." The two generals clasped their fists and saluted as soon as they entered the barracks.

Jia Heng said: "The two generals please get up quickly, how did you think of this general?"

Qi Jianhui said with a smile: "General Yunhui, it's almost noon, and the general will prepare a light banquet at the Jixiang Restaurant in the south of the city. General Yunhui has some free time, so why not go to the city for a few drinks, and some colleagues from the Fenwu Camp are also there. "

When Jia Heng heard this, his heart moved slightly.

Secretly, the two of them invited him a few days ago, but of course he shirked it because of the Liwei camp incident. speech in .

Xu was worried that Jia Heng would decline again, Xie Jing quickly smiled and said: "Everyone in the Fenwu Camp admires Yunhui's prestige, and is about to see Yunhui's demeanor up close, please teach me how to fight."

Qi Jianhui said: "In the past few days, I know that Yunhui is busy with military affairs and has not interfered with each other. Today, taking advantage of noon, I happened to have a small gathering with Yunhui."

Jia Heng glanced at Qi and Xie, thought for a while, but it was hard to say no again.

Moreover, the Fenwu camp has been rectified, so there is no need to worry about encountering any embarrassing things such as offering bribes for convenience, so he agreed.

Qi Jianhui and Xie Jing were delighted when they heard the words.

Qi Jianhui asked: "It's getting late, is Yunhui leaving now?"

"Be safe and don't be impatient." Jia Heng said, looking at Cai Quan and the guerrilla general Xie Zaiyi who had just moved to the Beijing camp, and said: "General Cai, General Xie, let's go meet the brothers from the Fenwu Camp together."

Although the emperor does not doubt it, he must always be self-aware to show his integrity, even if this kind of drinking with his colleagues does not actually have much substantive significance.

Cai Quan said with a smile: "The last general is worried that the next meal will not be available."

Cai Quan, Xie Zaiyi and other two generals responded.

As they spoke, they led their followers and rode to the nearest auspicious restaurant in the south of the city.

Lucky Restaurant

Jia Heng led the soldiers, and under the guidance of Qi Jianhui and Xie Jing, entered the box on the second floor.

As Qi Jianhui said, there were four generals sitting in the box, and when they saw Jia Heng coming in, they all got up to salute.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jia Heng also got a general understanding of the identities of several people.

Shi Yuanzhong, the governor of the Fenwu Camp, Dang Yi, Ge Jingfu, a guerrilla general, Geng Jian, a senior general of the Fenwu Battalion, and half of them came.

Jia Heng looked at the few people and secretly thought that Qi Jianhui had a solid foundation in the Fenwu Camp. As far as he knew, Cao Xin, the current governor of the Fenwu Camp, a veteran over fifty years old, was a general of the Marquis of Xiangyang back then.

In fact, meritorious children such as the Qi family of Xiangyang Marquis, but with meritorious service, can be promoted quickly under the blessing of martial arts aura, and at the same time, many old ministries of their fathers and grandparents came to serve.

As for the Jia family in the Rongning Second Mansion, they did not make too much of a difference. In the past few days of Jia Heng, many of Jia Daihua's old ministries have contacted him, some of them are working, some are clinging, and some are here to beg Jia Heng to recover. The vacancy owes the bank's net to open one side.

Jia Heng said: "All the generals are sitting here. Except in Jieshuai's barracks, I have never had the chance to meet the generals before. Today, General Qi invited me here to have a drink and talk with the generals. It is an honor for me." , since it's a private banquet, you might as well be more casual."

Although Jia Heng may not have the highest title here, he is the one with the highest official position and the most powerful authority. When he enters the house, he seems to be anti-customer.

All the generals did not dare to speak.

Qi Jianhui complimented with a smile: "General Yunhui runs the army vigorously and resolutely. He has the style of Sun Wu and the appearance of Huo Wei. Now he is training the Beijing camp to make the appearance of the [-]th Regiment Battalion look new. The last general and General Shi, General Dang and the others are looking forward to it." It's been a long time since I talked with Yun Hui."

Shi Yuanzhong smiled and said: "General Yunhui's disciples are very comparable."

The other generals expressed their compliments one after another.

Jia Heng smiled lightly, and said: "To serve the imperial court together, it's all about helping each other in the same boat."

Everyone exchanged greetings, and the atmosphere gradually became lively with wine and food.

Shi Yuanzhong, the governor of the Fenwu Camp, raised his wine cup, looked at the young man opposite him, and said: "For ten years, the military discipline of the Beijing camp has been lax, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the generals are timid to fight. The accumulated evils, General Yunhui ran around in the process, and the last general respected General Yunhui."

Jia Heng drank a glass of wine, then looked at Shi Yuanzhong, smiled and said: "General Shi's words just now are absurd, if it weren't for the fact that the Holy Majesty has a strong heart to organize the army, the support of the cabinet and the Ministry of War, and the generals of the battalion and battalion are knowledgeable. It's hard to do anything with the power of one person alone."

Qi Jianhui said: "Yunhui is high-spirited and bright, and the general will admire him."

All the generals praised him one after another.

Several people were eating and talking, and this kind of entertainment was originally about form over content, and when it was nearing the end, everyone would drink until they were slightly tipsy before going to the restaurant.

Just as they went downstairs, suddenly, there was a quarrel.

Jia Heng was talking with Qi Jianhui in the corridor at the moment, when he heard the voice, he looked around.

I saw Geng Jian, the guerrilla general of the Fenwu Camp, arguing with a young gentleman on the first floor. The young gentleman was wearing a plain round-neck brocade robe. , covering his cheek, yelling at the guerrilla general Geng Jian.

Hearing the sound of the quarrel, it seemed that the guerrilla general Geng Jian bumped into this staggering young man.

Qi Jianhui's face darkened, feeling shameless, and said: "Yun Hui wait a moment, I will take a look at it later."

While talking, he went down the stairs, looked up at the young gentleman, and was about to give a deep shout when he recognized him, "Chen Xiandi, why are you here?"

The person who came was none other than Chen Yejun, a son of the clan, but he was the grandson of Emperor Longzhi's younger brother, who is now serving as the general of Zhen Guo.

Prince-junwang-zhenguo general, Chen Yejun's father is Renhejunwang.

Chen Yejun opened his sleepy and drunken eyes, saw Qi Jianhui, and said, "Brother Qi Shi, you came just in time, your man bumped into me."

Qi Jianhui didn't know whether to laugh or cry, looked at Chen Yejun, who was drunk and had a bruise on his face, and said: "Brother Chen Xian, I will apologize to you on behalf of this brother."

While several people were talking, several people walked out from the wing room on the first floor.

"Brother Chen." The young man in red arrow-sleeved samurai outfit with a sword hanging from his waist asked, "What's the matter? Why are you arguing?"

Jia Heng frowned. Hearing the familiar voice, he couldn't help but look around, but saw several young masters and servants, four or five people.

Among them, Feng Ziying was the head, and there were three people beside him, one was seventeen or eighteen years old, one was fifteen or sixteen years old, and the other was eleven or twelve years old.

Seeing the face of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia Heng couldn't help but frowned, "Baoyu?"

Seeing Feng Ziying approaching, Chen Yejun waved his hands and said, "Brother Feng Xian, I was bumped just now, nothing happened."

"Is it serious?" Feng Ziying asked hastily.

Chen Yejun signaled that he was fine.

Because of Qi Jianhui's appearance, Chen Yejun obviously lost his temper.

Feng Ziying only had time to look at Qi Jianhui and the others at this time, and was about to start a conversation when she suddenly looked surprised and said in surprise, "Brother, why are you here?"

As he spoke, he walked towards the stairs, intending to approach him and salute.

In fact, in terms of age, Feng Ziying is actually older than Jia Heng, but Feng Ziying considers herself a younger brother and calls Jia Heng his elder brother. Even Feng Tang, the general of martial arts, does not think there is anything wrong.

Jia Heng listened to the call, nodded to Feng Ziying, came down the stairs, and said, "Let's have a meal here, how did Ziying come to Nancheng?"

Feng Ziying's father, Feng Tang, a general of martial arts, is now serving as the general of the army in the camp of the Chinese army presided over by Li Zan.

"The Liyuan in Nancheng has a good team. Let's have a look with some friends. It's not noon, so let's have dinner here." Feng Ziying smiled and explained, then turned to look at Baoyu, and said with a smile: "Brother , Baoyu is here too."

It turns out that Baoyu's uncle's family members went out for the funeral yesterday after the first seven days.

It happened that Feng Ziying was also going to the funeral. Seeing that Baoyu was in a gloomy mood, he made an appointment to relax in the city today. Baoyu came to Nancheng accompanied by his servant Mingyan.

Qi Guan'er, who had a good relationship with Feng Ziying, from Zhongshun Palace, suggested to Feng Ziying that there was a good team in Nancheng Liyuan, so they could go and listen to music. Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, Chen Yejun and others happily went there. eat.

Baoyu raised his eyes and saw the young man with a calm demeanor, his heart skipped a beat, he stepped forward bravely, bowed in salute and said, "I've seen Big Brother Heng."

Jia Heng took a look at Baoyu, said "Mmm" in a calm tone, and asked, "Did you tell the old lady before you came out?"

Baoyu said in a low voice: "I went back to the old lady. I heard that I was with the elder brother Feng. The old lady told me to go back early, but didn't say anything."

Jia Heng didn't say anything anymore, he was just asking casually, but his attitude unconsciously had a sense of the eyes of an elder.

Then, he turned his eyes to the young man in red robe, only to see that young man was also looking at him with a pair of curious eyes.

Feng Ziying invited with a smile, "Brother, why don't you have a few drinks."

"I have something to do later, you guys drink, don't get too drunk." Jia Heng said.

Feng Ziying didn't want to force an invitation, and said with a smile: "It's cold and cold, so I just drank two cups, brother, don't tell father."

Jia Heng nodded, glanced at Chen Yejun, and then said to Qi Jianhui: "Since it was a misunderstanding, then General Qi led General Geng back to the camp first."

"Yes." Qi Jianhui responded, and greeted Shi Yuanzhong and other generals.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yejun squinted his drunken eyes, carefully sized up the handsome young man opposite him, and when he caught a glimpse of the python official robe he was wearing under his cloak, his heart skipped a beat, and even the alcohol dissipated a little.

Even he is not qualified to wear this kind of python suit.

Jia Heng looked at Feng Ziying, smiled and said: "Ziying, I still have something to do, let's take a step first, and drink together some other day."

Feng Ziying smiled and said, "I'll send my brother off."

Said, surrounded by a group of generals, went out.

Jiang Yuhan looked at the backs of several people who disappeared, with a smile on his face, and asked curiously: "Brother Wei, who is this?"

In fact, he guessed some, but he was still a little uncertain.

Wei Ruolan's eyes were dim, and she said in a complicated tone: "Who else is it, the head of the Jia family, General Yunhui."

Wei Ruolan's father, Marquis Weiqi of Runan, was the governor of the Xiaoyong Camp, and he worked in the Beijing Camp. After returning, he frequently mentioned Jia Heng to Wei Ruolan.

"It turned out to be him, no wonder..." Jiang Yuhan murmured.

Baoyu listened to the astonishment of the head of the Jia family and Qi Guan'er, Man Yue's face paused, and a feeling of irritability surged in her heart.

At this moment, Chen Yejun's alcohol dissipated a little, his eyes were inexplicable, and he said: "This man is not easy to mess with. Not long ago, brother Chen Rui, who took Uncle Zhongshun, is now helping the soldiers and horses of the five cities to patrol and sweep the streets. "

Jiang Yuhan answered, "There are two more days, and it's time for the young prince to go back."

After a while, Feng Ziying went back and forth, smiling at the people with different thoughts: "The brothers have been waiting for a long time, let's go, let's continue drinking."

It's just that after this incident, the interest of several people obviously dropped a lot for some reason.

(End of this chapter)