Peach and plum spring breeze and a glass of wine

Yang Ge didn't know that he had misunderstood the word "Buri".

Or maybe Shen Fa has a misunderstanding about the efficiency of those eunuchs...

Anyway, he waited and waited until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month had passed, but he didn't even wait for the imperial envoy to arrive.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the grain market, which had been closed for more than a month, suddenly opened.

Not only the three major grain stores, but also the small grain shops that had been closed for a long time due to lack of grain have reopened for business, and the prices they sell are still the same as in August and September last year!

The people of Luting County were overjoyed. They crowded into the grain market with carts and wheelbarrows in droves to buy grain, and carts and carts were pushed to their homes...

The grain stores also accepted all comers, neither restricting purchases nor raising prices, and opened their doors to the people of Luting.

For a moment, it seemed like the sky had cleared up after the rain.

It seems that the blue sky in the road pavilion is there again.

At first, Yang Ge thought that these grain merchants were frightened by the news in the capital, and that the grain shortage might end here.

Until, the next day, he received an official document that the imperial envoy was about to arrive at Luting.

He suddenly realized that he had some hopes that he shouldn't have.

…

On the twentieth night of the first lunar month, the embroidered clothes guard of Luogu Lane was stationed in the main hall.

Yang Ge was sitting in the hall, flipping through the recent work daily reports.

Fang Ke and Gu Tonghou were in the hall, always ready to report on their work.

Speaking of which, Fang Ke is now the serious person in charge of the Luting Xiuyiwei stronghold.

As for Yang Ge, a newly promoted trial household, his authority has exceeded the level of the Luting Xiuyiwei stronghold.

It's just that the Beizhen Office has not assigned him a new work direction, so he is still working at the Luting Xiuyiwei stronghold.

With him here, Luting's embroidered clothing guards will naturally still be headed by him.

As for Gu Tong, Yang Ge had ordered him to act as the general flag officer, but he kept withholding his promotion documents and did not submit them. Instead, he sent the official appointment documents of the five subordinate flag officers to the Beizhen Prefecture.

Prior to this, only Yang Ge and Fang Ke had the status of captains in the Luting Xiuyi Guard stronghold, and they were officially appointed by the Beizhen Prefecture.

The rest of the small flag officers are all appointed by Yang Ge. They are nominally the small flag officers of the Luting Xiuyi Guard stronghold, but their official status is actually that of a strongman, and there is no small flag officer. Waist badges, embroidered clothes, and swords.

Now that Yang Ge has submitted their formal appointment documents, they have officially become officials!

The Xiuyi Guard is the head of the emperor's twelve guards, and they are all of high rank.

Starting from the lowest level, the Xiaoqi officer, the school captain, officials have formally filed suit.

Xiaoqi, from the seventh grade.

The general flag is the seventh rank.

Try a hundred households, starting from the sixth grade.

Hundred households, sixth grade...

You know, a county magistrate is only a seventh-grade official.

Not to mention that Xiu Yiwei has a low level of authority, so arresting people is a common occurrence.

Youdao means a new year and a new atmosphere.

All the small flags who had received the title of Xiaoqi Officer were all gearing up and eager to give it a try. They all hoped to make great achievements again and live up to the life-saving support of the adults in their own families.

Only Gu Tong was caught in the middle, and it was very uncomfortable to be neither up nor down.

When he became a small flag officer, all the small flag officers had not filed for legal status, and everyone was a temporary small flag officer.

He is now acting as the commander-in-chief temporarily, and the little flag who has reported himself to the police will naturally lose his role.

But the surrender of his commander-in-chief was still in the hands of Yang Ge and was not reported to the police...

In other words, he is temporarily serving as the general flag as a powerful warrior.

What does this make him think?

What do the flag officers below think?

Now Gu Tong was standing in the hall, but he felt like he was still in the yard. Behind him, there were always several pairs of lustful eyes staring at his butt... lower part!

He couldn't wait for some big case to happen immediately, so that he could rush forward with his knife and chop a few thieves to death, and stabilize his position under his butt!

But unfortunately, the flag officials below also think so...

Although Yang Ge doesn't want to waste too much time playing political tricks and intrigues.

But the big cakes we ate and the big sticks we received while working in the workplace were not free of charge!

At least he was more than capable of handling these group of killers who used their knives more than their brains.

In Yang Ge's opinion, people like Gu Tong are generally reliable, they obey orders, are strong in action, and are willing to risk their lives at critical moments.

It’s just that the bad habits developed in the border army are so deep-rooted that they can’t be corrected no matter how hard they are corrected!

For example, drinking the blood of soldiers, accepting bribes, and paying filial piety...

The key is that we still don’t know the importance, and we don’t know what money should be taken and what money shouldn’t be taken.

For example, Gu Tong knew that he was dealing with the Li family, but he still dared to secretly collect money from the Li family and make small fortunes for the Li family in the prison, and he thought he could hide it from him!

Can this kind of person do it without knocking?

Yang Ge turned to a regular newspaper and asked without raising his head: "Isn't that Pei Yu from Nanzhen Fusi gone?"

Fang Ke cupped his hands and said, "Sir, Pei Yu is still in the city!"

Yang Ge: "Hang around with people from the Li family every day?"

Fang Ke: "Sir, that's true!"

Yang Ge shook his head, threw aside the regular report in his hand, took out another one and asked: "What happened to Kaifeng's soldiers crossing the border? Is there any official document from the county government?"

Just as Fang Ke was about to speak, Gu Tong said first, "My lord, the Kaifeng government troops are crossing the border to chase down a group of thieves. The county government handed over a notification document two days ago."

He stepped forward, pulled out an article from the paperwork on his desk, and presented it to Yang Ge with both hands.

Yang Ge took it and glanced at it, then threw it into Gu Tong's face with his backhand: "It will take a month to hunt down the thieves? And they happen to be blocked on the main traffic road going south and north? I think they are spreading it on the grave. Zanthoxylum bungeanum—hemp ghost!”

Gu Tong's body trembled, he lowered his head and didn't dare to fart.

He didn't know if it was his own illusion, but he always felt that the power of his immediate boss... was getting stronger and stronger!

Fang Ke glanced at Gu Tongyi, stepped forward and said, "Sir, those county soldiers in Kaifeng should have come in advance to stop the hungry people who came to our road pavilion to redress their grievances and complain."

"If they want to block you, just let them block it?"

Yang Ge raised his head and replied to Fang Ke's words, but looked at Gu Tong: "The clothes you are wearing were given to you by them?"

Gu Tong did not dare to answer, so Fang Ke continued: "Perhaps Mr. Pei asked Mr. Gu to do it. After all, he is the opponent, and Mr. Gu has to give him this face."

Yang Ge: "You are so afraid of Nanzhen Fusi? Could it be that you have done something shady? Why didn't I know? You hide it from your own people but not from outsiders, right?"

Fang Ke: "Sir, you can't say that. As the old saying goes, more friends lead to more paths. Who knows if we will be able to seek the leadership of President Pei in the future?"

Yang Ge: "Oh, you may beg Pei Yu in the future, but will you beg me in the future?"

Gu Tong didn't want to answer, but he really couldn't stand the singing and singing, so he could only bite the bullet and clasp his fists and said: "Sir, I'm here to bring people over to disperse the Kaifeng County soldiers!"

Yang Ge straightened his sitting posture, crossed his hands in front of his lower abdomen, and said softly: "If you know you made a mistake, change it and forget about it. If you know you made a mistake and still don't change it... let's meet somewhere else in the future!"

Gu Tong's heart sank, he clasped his fists and responded, "Here!"

After saying that, he turned around and hurried out.

Not long after, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the hall.

Yang Ge shook his head: "This guy is very capable, but he also has a lot of flaws!"

Gu Tong once served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jizhou Army. He was indeed good at leading troops, especially in setting up battle formations and commanding operations. He can be said to be the number one person in the Luting Xiuyi Guard stronghold.

If not, Yang Ge would not have kept him in the position of the general flag despite repeated admonitions.

Fang Ke smiled and said: "Compared to before, things have changed a bit... Sir, will it be too obvious if we do this?"

Yang Ge: "How do you think the imperial envoy came here? We are from the Beizhen Prefecture. We are of the same mind as the Beizhen Prefecture. Isn't it natural?"

Fang Ke whispered: "They can't do anything to Master Shen, but they may not be able to do anything to us. Once the imperial envoy comes, we will be in trouble!"

Yang Ge pondered for a moment and said softly: "Come on, I'll follow any suggestions. You can't want to do things again and don't want to take the slightest risk, right?"

Fang Ke glanced at him secretly and saw that his face was calm and there was no wave in his eyes, so he knew that this matter was not negotiable.

He also felt that something was different about his immediate boss... He was stubborn before, but he seems to be even more stubborn now!

He turned to say: "The new appointment for you has not been announced yet. I estimate that you should be asked to take charge of Kaifeng Mansion and lead the road pavilion."

Luting County is located between Kaifeng Prefecture and Luoyang, and the distance between the two sides is no more than three hundred miles.

Yang Ge shook his head: "My home is in Luting, I'm not going anywhere!"

Fang Ke persuaded: "With your talent, Wong Wei is overqualified at Luting. Kaifeng has more room to display, and you can be promoted faster after you go there..."

Yang Ge: "Are you sure you're not mocking me?"

Fang Ke smiled and cupped his hands: "My lord, why should you belittle yourself? You have countless important cases that you have handled during your term of office, but you have seen them and kept them in your heart despite your humble position... Let's not talk about anything else. , if you had no talent, how could Master Shen promote you to serve as a trial 100 households so quickly?"

"otherwise……"

Yang Ge held his chin and looked at this guy: "If the family really wants me to take charge of Kaifeng, will you go over and take charge of it for me?"

"Don't go!"

Fang Ke didn't want to refuse outright, and even skipped the polite words: "I'm in a humble position, but I still want to stay with you and listen to your teachings!"

Going to Kaifeng?

How could he be promoted so quickly if he stayed with Yang Ge?

How much the governor values ​​Yang Ge, others don't know, doesn't he know?

Have you ever seen any superior officer take the initiative to send New Year’s gifts to his subordinates?

"Then come up with something for me and don't let me arrange Kaifeng at home!"

Yang Ge crossed his arms and said, "I won't go anyway, and I don't feel comfortable letting Gu Tong and the others go. If we really want to be appointed, you can only go!"

Fang Ke smiled helplessly and said: "How can you be such an official..."

Yang Ge was even more helpless than him: "If Mr. Shen hadn't shouldered such a big thunder for me, I would have been embarrassed to give up my job. I wouldn't even want to do this trial of hundreds of households!"

If anyone else had said this, Fang Ke would have secretly spit and cursed, "Being a bitch and building a memorial arch again."

But when Yang Ge said this, he really had nothing to say.

When most people become officials, they only want power and responsibility.

Yang Ge is in trouble, but he only pretends to be invisible to the power before his eyes, and tries his best to shoulder the clearly invisible responsibilities on himself...

I'm afraid that if he works as a waiter in a shop, he will be more comfortable than if he works as an embroidery guard.

Fang Ke didn't know how to answer, so he had to change the topic: "How about we talk about the imperial envoy? We are asked to assist the imperial envoy in investigating the case. This is a big responsibility!"

Yang Ge: "What do you think?"

Fang Ke whispered: "Look at what's going on over there at the grain market. This imperial envoy is probably just going through the motions. If you ask me, let's not give up on that idea. How do we pick up this great god and send him back?" , as long as he doesn’t cause trouble on our land, then hello to you, me to everyone!”

Yang Ge sighed lightly and said calmly: "Just do as you say."

Fang Ke stared at him closely: "Don't make any more trouble, this is no joke!"

Yang Ge was confused: "What can I do?"

He really wasn't willing to let him and Shen Fa join forces to cause such a big scene, only to get a cut-off.

But he has already done everything he should and could do.

He has a clear conscience.

no matter what the result is……

He can accept it!

Fang Ke shook his head: "That's what I said... I remember that something happened when the imperial envoy went to Beijing during the Jianning period. Emperor Zhongzong sent the imperial envoy south to inspect the weaving in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know what the imperial envoy found. The man died in Yangzhou inexplicably, and even the four famous arrests from the six sects at that time were unable to find out the reason. What do you think the final result will be?"

Yang Ge was attracted by his topic: "What's the result?"

Fang Ke said one sentence at a time: "Officials of Yangzhou's fifth rank and above were exiled to Lingnan, and all officials below fifth rank were exterminated. The three tribes of Yi were named in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau... More than 10,000 people were implicated!"

He said solemnly.

But Yang Ge suddenly became happy: "Only kill officials?"

Fang Ke:? ? ?

Yang Ge: "Isn't it?"

Fang Ke: "Sir, you are the official!"

Yang Ge: "I'm just a shitty official!"

Fang Ke felt numb all of a sudden and said quickly: "Sir, this is not a joke. We have the responsibility of protecting the imperial envoy. Even if the imperial envoy loses a hair on our land, we men will not be able to escape the responsibility. !”

Yang Ge: "Don't worry, I didn't say what I was going to do!"

Fang Ke: "I am offended by my humble position. Please look into my humble eyes!"

Yang Ge: "What?"

Fang Ke stared closely into his eyes. Seeing that his eyes were clear and his expression was calm, and there was no hint of anger in his brows, he slowly let go of his nervousness: "You are so scared of your humble position!"

Yang Ge was not happy anymore: "Why, in your eyes, I am that kind of impulsive, reckless fool who cares about his head but not his body?"

Fang Ke quickly replied: "No, no, sir, you are prudent, courageous and resourceful. The three major grain merchants have never doubted you until now. How can this be called reckless? It's just..."

Yang Ge: "Just what?"

Fang Ke glanced at him and said cautiously: "It's just that you are too... upright and don't know how to avoid the sharp edges and compromise."

Yang Ge sneered, waved his hand and said: "Go away, get ready and set off tomorrow morning to meet the imperial envoy!"

Fang Ke cupped his fists and handed over his hands, bowed and exited the lobby.