Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 11 There Are Too Few Such Civil Officials

In December of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the weather in Hebei was extremely cold, there was no snow, and there seemed to be only the whistling sound of the cold wind between the sky and the earth.

However, in such weather, there was a sudden "cracking" sound, and in the distance of the official road, three fast horses were galloping in the cold wind.

"Hey, who has the guts to not be afraid of being hit by Jianlu's scouting horse?" In the leeward field, someone said unexpectedly, "Go, go and have a look, maybe there is something urgent!"

As soon as the words fell, the Ming army drove their horses to meet them without stopping at night, and shouted loudly: "Who is it?"

The cold wind hits the face, so that the person who is leading the call is concise and to the point, wishing he could say the least.

When the three knights saw the Ming army Yebushou approaching, they didn't slow down at all. They stopped their horses hastily when they got close to them. "I am the head of the military department under Lu Shilang's command. Where is the senior director?"

This man was Yang Tinglin who came out under the order of Lu Xiangsheng. When he spoke, white air gushed out, and even his long beard was covered with white, which was obviously caused by the rapid freezing of the exhaled air hanging on it.

Looking at the clothes and listening to the introduction, they knew that there was a sixth-rank civil servant in front of them. Ye Bushou who greeted them immediately glanced at each other.In any case, these warriors admired from the bottom of their hearts the civil servants who were ordered to do business in such a ghostly weather, at the risk of bumping into Man Qing's scouting horses.

The leader Yebu accepted immediately clasped his fists and saluted respectfully: "Returning to your lord, the senior director is now stationed in Jize, ten miles away from here!"

Without any nonsense, without any hesitation, when Yang Tinglin heard this, he clamped the horse's belly, lowered his upper body again, and urged the horse to move forward.His two servants immediately followed, escorted the master, and left without a trace.

The nighters watched them go away until they were out of sight, and one of them sighed: "It's really rare to see civil servants like this who don't talk empty words and are willing to endure hardships and adventures!"

"That's right, there are very few civil servants like this in the imperial court, otherwise our Ming Dynasty wouldn't have made such a ghostly appearance, letting the Jianlu army come and leave whenever they want, it's really useless!"

"..."

Yang Tinglin couldn't hear these compliments anymore, he was only thinking about the military order in his heart, and only knew that Lu Shilang urgently needed him to bring food, grass and soldiers.After galloping, we soon arrived at Jize.

Looking up, with Jize City as the center, densely packed military camps come into view.From time to time, I heard the neighing of war horses, obviously there are many cavalry here.

Yang Tinglin was anxious and didn't want to watch, so he hurried into the city to the county government.Turning off his horse, he didn't bother with the horse at all. He took out his seal before he could stand still, and said to the guard at the door: "Under Lu Shilang, Yang Tinglin, the head of the Ministry of War, has been ordered to see Director Gao for an urgent military situation."

When the captain at the gate heard it, he didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately stepped forward to check the seal and hurried in.

At this time, Yang Tinglin was relieved. He felt that there was no delay on his way here. Lu Shilang should be able to wait.It was only at this time that he felt so cold, he couldn't help rubbing his hands together quickly, and then rubbed his face vigorously, wiping off the frost hanging on his beard.

But after waiting for a while, I felt that the time was almost up, and I was a little anxious when I didn't see the captain return.But he is only a sixth-rank civil servant, and this is the director Xingyuan, so he doesn't have the qualifications to break into it, so he can only stretch his neck from time to time to have a look.After a while, I walked back and forth impatiently, trying to ease the anxiety in my heart.

Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't say it clearly, Yang Tinglin could already sense that there would soon be a war on Lu Xiangsheng's side.What's more, the Manchu Qing army was eyeing them, and they might take the initiative to start a war with Lu Xiangsheng's army at any time.In this way, the food and grass in the army must be in place as soon as possible, and the reinforcements should also arrive as soon as possible, so that they can be regarded as having the strength to fight against the Manchu army.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but touch Lu Xiangsheng's letter again, thinking to himself, he wonders what clever plan Lu Shilang has to fight with the Manchu army?
Just as he was thinking, Yang Tinglin heard the sound of footsteps coming from the yamen, so he quickly stood up and looked up, only to see that the school captain who passed the pass had returned.Immediately, in his impatience, he raised his legs and walked inside.

Unexpectedly, the captain stopped him at once, and said coldly: "The director is not free, if there is anything, the general will convey it on his behalf."

When Yang Tinglin heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, thinking that he had already said that there was an urgent military situation and asked to see him, but he was still not free. What was the director doing, and he didn't have time to take care of the urgent military situation?
Immediately in his mind, the tall, white and beardless face with the always gloomy expression flashed, and he knew that he was afraid that he would not wait to see Lu Shilang.

Thinking of this, Yang Tinglin suddenly became furious. At this moment, with military and national affairs, is it possible that Gao Qiqian still wants to take advantage of Lu Shilang?If things go on like this, delaying the military plane doesn't count, Lu Shilang is very likely to be in danger!

Staring at the captain's face and seeing his cold expression, Yang Tinglin suddenly woke up again.I came here to beg others, not to impeach Gao Qiqian, the dead eunuch.

Thinking of this, Yang Tinglin immediately took out the letter from Lu Xiangsheng, handed it over with both hands, and at the same time forced a smile, and said in a slightly humble voice: "This general, please pass it on to the director. Just say that the food and grass in Lu Shilang's army has been exhausted." It is urgent to supplement. And Lu Shilang has a plan to destroy the Qing army, and please make a quick decision after reading the letter, and the next official will wait at the door for a response."

It is quite rare in this era for a civil official, who was born as a Jinshi, to humble himself to the gatekeepers.When the captain heard this, his expression changed a lot, and he immediately told the person at the door: "Hurry up and ask Sir to go to the gatehouse to avoid the wind and cold!"

After he finished speaking, his complexion recovered, and he said to Yang Tinglin with a little respect: "My lord, wait a moment, Rong Mo will go to pass on it again."

Afterwards, the captain quickly stepped inside and went straight to the courtyard of the back hall. When he heard the sound of silk and bamboo coming from the room, he remembered the anxiety of the civil servant at the door, and suddenly sighed in his heart. An urgent letter from Lu Shilang, and submit it to the Director!"

After the words were finished, the sound of silk and bamboo in the room remained the same, and faintly, there were also the sound of women's charming laughter, the sound of rough voices, and the sound of pushing cups and changing glasses.

The captain looked at the two soldiers guarding the gate, gritted his teeth, raised his voice, repeated it again, and even added a sentence, "The army has cut off food, and Lu Shilang has a plan to destroy the army."

Inside the lobby, an official with a white face and a beardless red robe sat on the main seat, and on both sides were big men dressed as generals, surrounded by maids serving wine, and several women were dancing in the middle of the lobby.Near the door are several musicians playing and singing.

When the announcement was repeated several times outside the door, each time getting louder, it was finally heard inside the room.The musician at the door stopped first, the dancer also stopped, and the generals who were drinking also stopped, looking at the host.

This person, of course, is Gao Qiqian, the director who commanded the main force of the Ming army.In fact, he had heard it a long time ago. Seeing that everyone in the lobby had stopped at this time, and there was another sound of announcing outside, this made him frown, as if he was very annoyed.

Judging by his appearance, it seems that he doesn't want to pay attention to the sky falling outside.But at this time, everyone in the hall was looking at him, and it seemed that it was not good to do too much, so they had to ask someone to get the letter with a gloomy face.

After a while, Gao Qiqian took Lu Xiangsheng's letter in his hand, and without any scruples, he just watched the important military affairs in this drinking place.As for the generals in the lobby, they were all silent, waiting for the director to speak.

They all heard it just now, saying that Lu Xiangsheng had a plan to defeat the Qing army. If this is true, they all have a doubt in their hearts, wondering if Director Gao will stand still?

(End of this chapter)