Fenghou

"If she is worried about this, it's not a big problem. The officials asked me to send people to Qinzhou to arrange for them. I can arrange for them to stay in Bashu, so there is no need to return to Lin'an."

"That's the best, even if I do her a big favor."

Qin Hui hurriedly said: "This is a trivial matter, and there is another important matter. You must go to see the queen mother immediately. Zhang Jun suggested that Zhu Shengfei be appointed as the Lingnan Xuanfu envoy. This afternoon, the Zhizheng Hall has passed the vote. Once the official approves, an order must be issued, and it will be too late to redeem it at that time."

Wang frowned, "Your husband is the right minister, can't you just veto it?"

"I can directly veto the plan proposed by the officials below, but this is the plan proposed by Zhang Jun. I can't veto the plan proposed by Xiangguo. I can only vote in the Zhizheng Hall. You know that Zhao Ding supports him, and Li Hui is a good man. , As a result, the Zhizheng Hall passed, what should I do?"

Although Qin Hui doesn't like Zhu Shengfei either, but he is too passive in the Zhizheng Hall. Zhu Shengfei is Zhang Jun's political opponent. If he can enter the Political Hall, the vote will be [-] to [-]. At this time, the emperor is needed. To decide, presumably the emperor also likes this ending very much.

"Hurry up and go to the Queen Mother, you must let the Queen Mother stop the official approval!"

Wang Shi nodded, "I'll go back now!"

……

In fact, Qin Hui was too worried. Zhu Shengfei was the confidant of the Empress Dowager Wei. Once Zhu Shengfei became the prime minister, the Empress Dowager Party was formed.

Of course, this is also the arrangement of the emperor Zhao Gou. As the emperor, his emperor's art is to control various factions, provoke struggles between factions, support one faction to attack another faction, and finally come out to be a good person.

He didn't care at all about the appearance of another queen mother party, he even promoted its formation, and as long as the queen mother formed a faction of her own, she didn't have to oppress herself every time and make herself passive.

In other words, it is not impossible for the Empress Dowager to participate in the power game, but it must be included in the rules, so that her party members can realize her will to power for her, so that she can get rid of her oppression.

Therefore, when Zhang Jun proposed to transfer Zhu Shengfei to Lingnan as a Xuan Fu envoy, Zhao Gou would definitely not agree. He crossed out this item with a red pen, and he could consider other items.

In fact, Zhao Gou didn't care much about the appointment of Chen Qing as the Jiedushi of Xihe Road. The river road festival makes the jurisdiction much smaller than that of Guangnan West Road.

What's more, Xihe Road is still in the hands of Jin Bing. This kind of appointment is actually a kind of favor. If Chen Qing can regain Xihe Road, he is of course qualified to be the Jiedu Envoy.

Zhao Gou drew a circle behind the column where Chen Qing served as Jiedu envoy of Xihe Road and also knew Qinzhou's mansion, expressing his agreement.

Then Wu Jie served as Lizhou Road Jiedu Envoy and also knew Xingyuan Mansion. This appointment was to allow Wu Jie to gain real military power and was no longer restrained by the Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu Envoy like Zhu Shengfei was in office. This is of great significance to defending Hanzhong. Zhao Gou also recognized this, and he drew a circle behind.

After a pause, Zhao Gou added another sentence after Wu Jie's appointment, appointing the supervising army.

Zhao Gou's eyes were on Chen Qing's appointment again, hesitating whether to appoint the supervisor as well, that's all, let's talk about it after he seized Xihe Road!It is not yet time to appoint a supervisor.

Then Lu Fasheng, the deputy envoy of the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was appointed as the envoy. Lu Fasheng was promoted by Zhang Jun. Zhao Gou also knew this. Sichuan and Shaanxi are Zhang Jun's sphere of influence, and it is only natural that someone recommended by Zhang Jun should be appointed as the envoy. , Zhao Gou thought for a moment, drew a circle behind this line, and agreed.

The following is the appointment of Liu Ziyu, the magistrate of Xingyuan. Liu Ziyu was appointed as the envoy of Jingxiang Jiedu and the governor of Xiangyang Prefecture, with jurisdiction over Jinzhou, Fangzhou, Dengzhou, Xiangyang Prefecture, Tangzhou, Suizhou, Yingzhou, Guizhou, Xiazhou, and Fuzhou. Waiting for the place, in fact, let Liu Ziyu come to guard Jingxiang.

This appointment somewhat conflicted with Li Gang's Huguang Xuanfu envoy.

Moreover, Liu Ziyu is also a member of Zhang Jun, and he has already agreed with Lu Fasheng to be the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shanxi.

Zhao Gou pondered for a long time, and crossed out Liu Ziyu's Jiedu envoy and changed it to the military envoy of the capital. In this way, Liu Ziyu was in charge of the army and Li Gang was in charge of the government.

At the same time, Zhao Gou added that Zhe Yanzhi was appointed as the governor of Dengtang Fang Sanzhou and also knew about Dengzhou affairs.

Zhe Yanzhi is Li Gang's confidant, and Zhe Yanzhi can balance Liu Ziyu, and the military and political balance in Jingxiang area has been realized.

Zhao Gou heaved a sigh of relief, and put down the ink pen. At this moment, a little eunuch said at the door, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager welcomes you!"

It was expected that the Queen Mother would find him, Zhao Gou sighed softly, got up and said, "Show me back to the palace!"

"The emperor returns to the palace!"

A eunuch shouted, Zhao Gou sat on the dragon chariot, and returned to the inner palace surrounded by a large group of guards.

……

Empress Dowager Wei was still sitting behind the bamboo curtain, her voice was very soft, "The Ai family heard that Zhu Shengfei committed a crime, and the officials are going to send him to Lingnan to serve as the envoy. Is there such a thing?"

Zhao Gou pondered for a while and said: "After returning to my mother, the golden soldiers captured Hanzhong this time, which seriously threatened the safety of Bashu. As the coach, Zhu Shengfei really needs to take responsibility, so I decided to transfer him away from Sichuan and Shaanxi, but going to Lingnan is not degrading. , people are needed there too.”

"But you promised the Ai family and agreed with Zhu Shengfei to enter the court as prime minister. Why did you change your mind? Your Majesty, at the beginning you made Chen Qing the Duke of Jing because of the emperor's golden words. Backtracking again?"

Zhao Gou was silent for a long time, and Empress Dowager Wei asked again: "What official position are the officials planning to confer on Chen Qing?"

"The minister appointed him as the Jiedu envoy of Xihe Road and also knew about Qinzhou affairs. His official rank was promoted to the fifth level as a doctor, and his civil position remained the same.

"Is it appropriate for the officials to become a Jiedu envoy when you are only in your twenties?"

"My mother doesn't know that Xihe Road is still in the hands of Jin Bing. This Jiedu Envoy is actually an empty post."

"Forget it, I don't care about Chen Qing's affairs, but Zhu Shengfei must return to Beijing, official, you know how important he is to me."

Zhao Gou was waiting for his mother's words. If the mother didn't let go of Chen Qing's matter, he wouldn't let go of Zhu Shengfei's matter either.

"Since the son has promised his mother, he will not lose his word."

Empress Wei stared at her son for a long while before she realized that she had been beaten by him.

"Aijia is tired, let's kneel down!"

"Mother, rest well!"

Zhao Gou knelt down and saluted, got up and left.

At this time, Empress Wei hesitated, whether to mention the matter of those concubines, but she still held back, let's see how Qin Hui handles the situation first!

Chapter 377

After more than half a month of trekking, the first batch of thousands of family members and [-] troops arrived at Ganquan Fort, along with [-] shi of grain and a lot of money from the army. Other supplies will arrive in the second batch.

Ganquan Castle suddenly became lively, and even Chen Qing couldn't be idle, participating in the distribution of houses and settling his family members.

Ganquan Fort was once renamed Xining County by the Kingdom of Jin. Its area is actually a county seat. There are no large mansions in the city, and there are no large businesses and Chenghuang Temples that consume land. There are only two vertical and horizontal roads. very high.

The houses in the county are mainly in the form of courtyards, basically a courtyard for each household.

Chen Qing's yard is opposite the barracks, next to the homes of Zheng Ping and Yang Yuanqing. Chen Qing led his wife Lu Xiu and two young ladies to his yard.

"This will be our home from now on, but it's a bit smaller, and it's nothing compared to the house in Lin'an!"

Chen Qing pointed to the yard and said with a smile: "It's a very ordinary yard, but mine is actually the biggest. I hope my wife won't dislike it."

Lu Xiu is still young and just wants to be with her husband, no matter how difficult the conditions are, she still feels sweet.

She turned around and said with a smile: "The conditions are much better than I thought. It's still a red brick house. I thought there were only three thatched houses!"

"That's not true!"

Chen Qing introduced them: "The three rooms on the front are the main room, a living room, a study and a bedroom, the two rooms on the east side are for Yu Lian and Yu Ying, the south side is the kitchen, and the west side is two rooms. Just put away the mess."

Lu Xiu hurriedly said, "Give me the two rooms on the west side, Master!"

Chen Qing was taken aback, "Didn't your master say that you will live in Chengdu forever?"

Lu Xiu shook her head, "She refuses, she must come to Ganquan Castle with us, husband, she is lonely and lonely, it's poor, let's keep her!"

Chen Qing is a bit embarrassed, it's not convenient to live together like this!And Li Qingzhao is not alone, she also has two personal maids who have followed her for many years.

He thought for a while and then said: "Let's do this! There is a small courtyard next door. I will exercise my privilege once and let your master live in the small courtyard next door. She and the two personal maids are just right."

"This is the best, A-Lian, go and find Master!"

"Hey!"

Yu Lian agreed and ran away.

Lu Xiu blushed slightly, and asked Chen Qing in a low voice, "Why is it convenient here?"

Chen Qing said apologetically: "We can only use clean buckets here, one for each person, and it's behind the screen in the dormitory!"

Lu Xiu quickly slipped into the room...

After being busy until dark, everyone settled down. Chen Qing and Lu Xiu were newly married, and the young couple was very affectionate this night.

Before dawn the next day, 'Dingling!' came from the street outside.jingle! ’, Yu Ying knocked on the door outside, “Ma’am, the toilet collector’s cart is here!”

Lu Xiu was naked, so she was not willing to get up from the warm quilt, Chen Qing got up and said with a smile: "I'll go!"

Lu Xiu blushed and said coquettishly: "It's all your fault, it's like a starving ghost reincarnated, it's not allowed to do this in the future, and you won't let him go in the middle of the night!"

Chen Qing put on his robe and said with a smile, "I'll talk about it later."

"Husband, will the net barrel be mistaken? Ours is mixed with someone else's. How can we tell the difference?"

"There is a nameplate on it, which corresponds to our house's house number. If you are careful, you won't make a mistake. At most, it is my mistake and yours."

"Who's going to do that, soldier?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "They are death row prisoners. I found more than [-] death row prisoners from various counties in Qinzhou, and they were responsible for all kinds of dirty chores, such as cleaning up garbage, making shifts, dumping and cleaning toilets, etc., for ten hours. They can be released within one year, and they are willing to, and they can still earn three strings of money every month."

Chen Qing opened the door, Yu Ying took away the bucket, and Yu Lian came in to wait for them to get up.

"Madam, let us live in the East Wing! Otherwise, it will be inconvenient."

Lu Xiu also felt that it was inconvenient, she had to get up early in the morning to open the door in such a cold day, Lin'an and the others were sleeping in the outer room, not to mention there was a living room in the middle.

"Well! I'll make arrangements later."

After Lu Xiu put on her dress and went out, she saw her husband teaching Yu Ying how to make a stove!

Lu Xiu stepped forward and said with a smile: "This stove is a bit strange, doesn't it use firewood?"

"There is no firewood here, but there is coal, so we all use coal, briquettes, and straw can be used to ignite."

At this moment, Li Qingzhao, who lived next door, brought two maids to learn how to light the stove. Chen Qing demonstrated it to them, and said with a smile, "Isn't it very simple?"

It's really simple, Li Qingzhao and the maid hurriedly went back to practice.

"Husband, there is no well here!" Lu Xiu walked around the yard, but couldn't find any well.

"There are only four wells in the city, called war wells. They are not used in normal times, but are used during wars. They usually fetch water from the river outside, and every household has water tanks, both at the door and in the kitchen."

Lu Xiu found a water tank in the kitchen, filled a pot of water herself, and burned it on the stove.

At this moment, Hu Yanyun hurried over and whispered a few words to Chen Qing, and Chen Qing's face suddenly turned livid, "How many died?"

"Four dead!"

When Lu Xiu heard that someone had died, she was startled, "Husband, what happened?"

"A soldier burned a stove in the big tent last night, and all the people in the tent were poisoned."

Chen Qing was annoyed, and told Lu Xiu: "Go and tell your master that the briquette stove must not be placed in the room. If she is afraid of the cold, there will be charcoal for her later."

He followed Hu Yanyun in a hurry.

Last night Chen Qing was busy arranging for his family, but neglected the barracks. As a result, some new soldiers lit the stove by themselves, put the stove in the big tent to keep warm, and forgot to take it out, and all ten people in one tent were poisoned by gas.

Four people died, and the other six people are being rescued, but the brain is severely hypoxic, and the hope of rescue is very slim.

Chen Qing immediately summoned all commanders and generals to give lectures.

"I led [-] cavalry to fight in Fengxiang Mansion, and only eight of them were killed. This is good, ten of them were killed without seeing the enemy. I won't allow this kind of low-level mistake to happen again. Who is the commander of these ten people?"

"It's a humble job!"

A general raised his hand in frustration. His name was Wang Sheng, and he was also a veteran who participated in the Battle of Jiandao Pass.

"The humble officer told all the soldiers specifically, but they didn't take it to heart."

"But you didn't go to check the account at night!"

Wang Sheng lowered his head. He was indeed careless. In fact, he arranged for the heads to check the accounts, but anyway, he is the general, and he has to bear the responsibility for the accident.

"Ten people died, you can't shirk your responsibility, push them out, hit them with thirty army sticks, and demote them by one rank!"

Wang Sheng was taken down by the execution soldiers. At this time, the news came that the six comatose people could not be revived and all died.

This news really made Chen Qing sad. He said to the generals: "I repeat, the same situation is not allowed to happen again. If it happens again, everyone from the commander to the capital will be dismissed!"

In fact, gas poisoning is not the first time. A court lady was also poisoned by gas before, but fortunately she was found in time and was rescued. So this time when the family members came, Chen Qing did not allow the professor to use honeycomb briquettes that day, and he had to start teaching the next day. Prevent inadvertent poisoning.

The common people were on guard, but something happened to the barracks.

It was already early spring and late February, and Jiangnan had already warmed up, but Ganquanbao was still very cold, and it would not warm up until March, a full month later than Jiangnan.

Today, every family has started a new life, but the conditions are still very difficult. There is no well, and they need to go to the river to fetch water by themselves. You can also ask soldiers to help you fetch water, but you can only do other things by yourself.

The vast majority of households do not have maids and maids. The housewives have to raise the stove and cook by themselves, and they don't even have any other seasonings except oil and salt.

Lu Xiu brought two maidservants to the river to fetch water. Although Chen Qing's soldiers could help fetch water, Lu Xiu knew in her heart that other people's family members fetched water by themselves, but they asked soldiers to fetch water. It will make others uncomfortable and have a bad influence on your husband.

Lu Xiu and two young ladies drove a little donkey and carried two empty buckets down the long slope. The ice and snow on the slope had melted and the ground was covered with mud. The three of them walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. .

There were many people fetching water by the river, mostly women, driving their donkeys and walking slowly up the slope.

The three of them fetched two buckets of water, and the little donkey had a shelf on its back, which happened to put a bucket on one side, and hurried back.

At this time, Lu Xiu saw a slender young woman struggling to carry a bucket of water, her hands were very small and extremely fair.