Chapter 237 236 Return to Beijing

Nie Bao inspected the various flags and other spoils of Altan's Ministry seized by Xuanfu in the Ministry of War, and hurried to the cabinet's duty room with the war report and these spoils.

These days, the ups and downs inside and outside the capital are nothing to the scheming Yan Song and Xu Jie. The common people don’t know, can they still not know the situation on the front line?

Altan Khan did invade Xuanfu, but in recent times he has been quite quiet in Xuanfu. He did not continue to cause trouble, nor did he attack Yanqing, Juyongguan and other important places.

The Ming Dynasty cabinet is now waiting for news that Altan's troops have taken enough of it and have been tricked, so it is time to go home.

After reading the report from Weng Pu, Yan Song's white brows trembled slightly, and then he smiled at Nie Bao: "I didn't expect that our little fellow villager is really good at fighting the war like this. No wonder he is valued by now."

"Yes, Lord Wei made such a wonderful contribution. I think His Majesty would be very satisfied. It's a pity that he didn't catch Altan Khan, the thief chief, and let him run away."

Nie Bao smiled.

"hehe."

Upon hearing this, Yan Song just smiled and turned to Xu Jie, saying, "With this good news, we should hurry to Xiyuan immediately to tell His Majesty. He should be very happy."

“Yes, yes, that’s what it should be.”

Xu Jie smiled and agreed.

When the cabinet members rushed to Xiyuan, news from the Xuanfu Military Newspaper was spreading rapidly in major yamen in the capital.

The news in various yamen has always spread very quickly, and most of them will not be distorted in a serious way. However, in the afternoon, after the news spread to the wells in Beijing, the taste completely changed.

Wei Guangde is portrayed as a character like Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu in the story, resourceful, feather fan and scarpment, and while chatting and laughing, the masts and oars are destroyed.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was already widely circulated among the market at this time. After hearing the news of the victory of the border town, the people habitually trapped the characters of the Three Kingdoms, and directly described Wei Guangde as Zhou Yu's appearance + Zhuge Liang's intelligence.

The decree of Xiyuan has also been issued, summoning Wei Guangde back to Beijing to report his work, and Weng Pu will continue to preside over the final work on the front line of Xuanfu.

Although Altan Khan led his troops to return north, he should have reached the border at this time and will leave soon.

They left, but the matter on Mingguo is not finished yet.

The credit book was prepared. Wei Guangde had already prepared the lost population and property. The broken passes had to be registered and ordered to be guarded by the guards, and the damaged city gates had to be levied for repair. A lot of things fell on Weng Pu. Wei Guangde took advantage and left first.

It was only a few days later that Wei Guangde received the imperial decree recalled him, and at this time he was worried about the huge amount of trouble.

Although they are just giving orders, there are too many things and they are very involved. It is not the solution that the leader can just open his mouth and his subordinates can break their legs.

Liu Dazhang has been sent to his mansion. The letters sent by Weng Pu have already stated that the impeachment memorial has been raised. He has to stay behind closed doors. As for whether there are any small moves, it is unknown. At least now, he, the general of the Xuanfu, is in the end. What will happen next? He has to wait for the imperial court's will.

But now he can finally get rid of the complicated government affairs here and push the matter to Tian Shiwei and Li Zhen who had just arrived. Wei Guangde left Baoanzhou under Dong Yiyuan's escort, and went directly to Yanqingzhou through Huailai County.

Here, he met Lord Weng Pu. Now the war has stopped, and the rest is the final work. He is going to visit the front line to guide the work.

After enjoying a dinner under the arrangement of the Yanqing Prefecture Magistrate, Weng Pu called him alone to speak, resting here for a night, and the next day he set off on the road and rushed back to the capital.

There was nothing to say along the way. Although officials along the way wanted to curry favor with him, the new emperor, Wei Guangde should not want to get involved so early, so he could only run back to the capital.

When their horse team saw the towering towering capital city tower in the distance, Wei Guangde felt a feeling of being separated for many years.

At the gate of the city, Wei Guangde and Dong Yiyuan separated. They were going to report to the Beijing camp. They took Weng Pu's handwriting to escort Wei Guangde to the capital and completed the task.

The Ming army in the border town could not enter the capital without an imperial edict, and even more so, they would not allow it to enter the city.

Wei Guangde brought Zhang Ji and the guard Li San to the city. After entering the city gate, Zhang Ji asked behind him: "Master, should we go back to the guild hall first?"

Wei Guangde shook his head when he heard this, "Let's go to the Ministry of War first."

This tour was an order from the Ministry of War, so he still wanted to hand over the errands first.

The three of them rode on horseback, and soon they arrived and were not outside.

Wei Guangde changed into the official uniforms of a seventh-rank official early this morning, but no one dared to stop him when he arrived outside the Ministry of War.

He handed the reins to Li San, and he just took Zhang Ji and walked into the Ministry of War. The clerk at the door hurried over.

By the time Wei Guangde walked out of the Ministry of War, it was already noon.

After leaving the Ministry of War, Zhang Ji asked behind him: "Master, what do the adults inside say? Are we going back to the guild hall now or where?"

"Let's go back to the guild hall first, rest these two days, and wait for the summons."

Although Wei Guangde had brought Zhang Ji to the Ministry of War before, he could only wait in the outside yard after entering, and he was taken into the inner hall. After the handover procedures, the Minister of War Nie Bao summoned him alone, and the question was whether he, the Hanlin Academy, wanted to work part-time as a member of the Ministry of War.

Only fools do this.

Wei Guangde knew that he had a photo in Baoanzhou this time. It was probably because the Ministry of War wanted to take him towards the direction of a military civil servant, so he naturally didn't want to.

If you have a bright future, who would think about becoming a civil servant who commands the army?

As long as he really goes, he may be like a rocket in a short time, but at the top, he will be the Minister of War. If he wants to continue rushing forward, he will find that there is no way out.

At that time, other colleagues in the court will exclude him and will not let him enter the cabinet, even if he has experience in the Hanlin Academy, it will not work.

"Sir, should we go to Nanxunfang house first to check it out? It's almost two months since we've been out."

At this time, the guard Li San had already brought his horse over and said to Wei Guangde in a low voice.

"Let's talk about it later."

Wei Guangde is not in the mood to care about the house now. Now he is still thinking about the person from Xiyuan. If that person also wants to push him into a military civil servant, there is no way to refuse.

According to the intention of Shangshu Nie, the emperor should have summoned him to learn about the war in Xuanfu, so he cannot run around these two days, and he must wait for Emperor Jiajing to summon him at any time.

It's annoying to say that, I bought a house and never moved in. The Hanlin Academy is leisurely, but just entering the officialdom, Wei Guangde had not had time to find a monk and Taoist priest to calculate the time. When moving in would be beneficial to his career.

The three of them got on the horse and drove out of the inner city and returned to the Jiujiang Guild Hall.

Wei Guangde had just arrived at the door and was warmly welcomed by the shopkeeper of the guild.

"It's time for Lord Wei to arrive in Beijing these two days, so the young ones have kept preparing hot water. Should the adults eat something first or go to take a shower and change clothes first."

Wei Guangde has lived here for quite some time, so the shopkeeper naturally knows that he loves cleanliness. Not to mention now, even in the middle of winter, he still has to take a shower every one or two days.

"Eat something first to keep your stomach full."

Wei Guangde smiled and said to the shopkeeper, "I have been leaving for two months. I really miss the taste of your chef."

"Okay, OK, Mr. Wei, sit down quickly. Let's go and give him some specialties."

The shopkeeper smiled flatteringly.

"You guys sit down and have a meal too. They have been running around for a long time and are exhausted."

After Wei Guangde sat down at Zhang Kong's table, he smiled and said to Zhang Ji and Li San.

Seeing that Zhang Ji seemed to refuse, Wei Guangde shook his head and said, "You can sit down, so there are so many rules."

"I'll be resting in the guild hall in the afternoon. You and Li San go to the house to take a look. Take time out to find someone these days and see when will you move there."

After buying the house for so long, Wei Guangde felt that he should move in, otherwise it would be a waste. He never thought about speculating on the housing prices in the capital in the Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Wei, you are here now. Our fellow villagers from Jiujiang Prefecture made an appointment before. When you return to the capital, you will hold a welcome banquet for you. Look."

At this moment, the shopkeeper of Jiujiang Guild Hall returned from the kitchen and stood beside Wei Guangde and whispered.

Wei Guangde knew in his heart that he was afraid that he would become a popular person in the eyes of these Jiujiang merchants. He agreed to their banquet and thought that he would be ruthless when receiving gifts.

Wei Guangde didn't mind collecting their benefits. Nowadays, the officials in Beijing are like this. The salary is pitifully low. If they don't collect some filial piety, they will really not be able to live.

"good."

Wei Guangde would not break this rule, so he naturally nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, Wei Guangde took a nap in the guild hall. Zhang Ji and the others came back and said that everything was fine in the house and could be moved there at any time.

Tonight, the Jiujiang Guild Hall was very lively. Not only did a dozen Jiujiang businessmen in the capital all attended, but even many new Jinshi who had a good relationship with him came.

News of Wei Guangde returning to Beijing spread in the afternoon in various yamen.

Whether it is a new Jinshi or a previous Jinshi, many people are envious and jealous of Wei Guangde.

The dinner was also very sumptuous. Wei Guangde left the capital for a long time and was bombarded with the latest information from the capital last night. However, what he was most interested in was Zhu Dashou, Tao Dalin and other colleagues from the Hanlin Academy, which surprised him.

Living in bed at night, Wei Guangde was still suspicious of this matter.

This matter has nothing to do with him, but it just happened to break out at this time.

Speaking of which, Wei Guangde, the protagonist of the incident, is still very familiar with it. He drank many times together. He is Chen Jin, the top scholar in the Guichou Department in the 32nd year of Jiajing.

I heard before that Chen Jin was sent to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the vassal kings because he had passed the exam for three years. According to the customs of the court, this was to promote Chen Jin.

But I just heard Zhu Dashou mention that Chen Jin was not lucky this time and had a bad time.

Perhaps it is because the scholar is weak in his body. On the way to Shanghe to enthrone the King of Kangshun, he contracted a disease and could not arrive on schedule.

If it weren't until now, would people still be able to suffer from three diseases and two pains?

It's all done if you take a leave.

However, this was the ceremony of the enthronement of the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. His deputy envoy represented the court, and his official envoy Liu Yunzhong represented the royal family. His absence as a deputy envoy was naturally a serious dereliction of duty.

Now Chen Jin has lost his official position as an editor of the Hanlin Academy because of this matter and has been demoted to Huizhou Prefecture as a rector.

Wei Guangde was shocked that such a small thing was that Chen Jin could make such a big mistake, so he was naturally happy that the Hanlin Academy had a vacant official position for editors, and the empty space reserved for Chen Jin by the imperial court.

The official positions in the court are one carrot and one pit, and there are not many.

On the way back to Beijing, Wei Guangde was still thinking about what kind of reward the court would give him after the war. It seemed that Chen Jin was so generous to him.
To be continued...