The Founding of the Red Chamber

Chapter 239

Since Lin Jing gave the Kong and Xie families a reassurance that "it's better with your family than his family", the political situation in Quanzhou Prefecture has finally stabilized.Of course, there was also a round of fighting between the Kong and Xie families, and no one was able to take advantage of it.

When the imperial court's decree of reward arrived, the whole city of Quanzhou was full of prosperity.

Tu Xiaosan's official position was promoted again, and he was directly promoted to the third-rank general, the same rank as Governor Kong.Congratulations from up and down were continuous, but Lin Jing felt a little regretful, Lin Jing said, "Three thousand enemies were killed, and only half rank was promoted, so it can be seen that no one in the court speaks for us."

Tu Xiaosan smiled, "The governor is only the second rank, if I am promoted to the second rank, it will not be very good."

What Lin Jing cared about was not the official position, Lin Jing snorted softly, played with a pot of yellow and green desk chrysanthemums on the desk, and glanced at Tu Xiaosan, "I'm not for the sake of high officials and small ones, it's just that at the moment Kong Xie and I are both idiots, your official rank cannot be higher than that of old man Kong, the general affairs of Quanzhou City must be controlled by the governor's office after all."

Tu Xiaosan said, "It's not just this battle, it's just the beginning."

Lin Jing smiled, "It makes sense."

Quanzhou City won this time, Governor Zhang also sent Mr. He to personally deliver the award.Mr. He is Governor Zhang's first confidant. Although his official position is not obvious, both Kong Xie and Mr. He are very polite to Mr. He.What is rare is that although Mr. He is Governor Zhang's confidant, he treats the prefect Xie just as kindly, and there is no obvious difference.Moreover, in the face of Kong Xie's invitation, Mr. He did not live in the governor's mansion, nor in the magistrate's yamen, he lived in Lin Jing's place, saying that he had not seen Lin Jing for a long time and wanted to talk by candlelight at night.

Mr. He is an old acquaintance to the two of Tu Lin.

The two set up a drink in the evening, because they are not outsiders, they didn't get those fat chickens and big ducks, a few dishes of exquisite side dishes, and a jar of good Shaoxing Huang.Tu Xiaosan warmed the wine himself, only gave Lin Jing a cup, and talked about Quanzhou.Mr. He said with a smile, "Your Excellency was overjoyed when he heard that Quanzhou had won a great victory." As he spoke, his eyes were filled with relief, "You have lived up to the expectations of your Excellency the Governor."

Tu Xiaosan said, "Thank you, sir. We also fought Japanese bandits in Haiyan, and it's the same in Quanzhou. We all know how Japanese bandits fight, and it's not difficult to fight."

Mr. He smiled, "General Lin is born with talent, so he naturally finds it not difficult."

Lin Jing and Mr. He inquired, "We are far from Haiyan, and the Japanese bandits are well-informed. I wonder if Haiyan is good?"

Speaking of Haiyan, Mr. He took a sip of the wine and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I really don't know if these Japanese bandits have made a deal. In the few days when Quanzhou was attacked by Japanese bandits, some Japanese bandits came ashore in Haiyan, saying Come on, that Chen Qianhu is really a brave man. He went out of the city himself and got two or three wounds on his body, but he led his troops to kill hundreds of Japanese bandits. It is estimated that Chen Qianhu's reward is only a few It's day."

Tu Xiaosan felt relieved, and said, "Er Qing used to be a man who was not afraid of death, but he used to follow me, but now he leads the troops himself. Although I know he is not incompetent, I will always be concerned about it. Fighting, you can rest assured in the future." After refilling Mr. He's wine, Mr. He hurriedly took the wine jug, and said humbly, "How dare you ask the general to hold the jug for me."

Lin Jing smirked, "Oh, let's drink wine in private, sir, don't pay attention to this, the general often holds the pot for me."

Tu Xiaosan also said, "Yes, in the past when we were humble, the master didn't look down on us, could it be that people are different now that the officials are bigger?"

Mr. He smiled, and stopped being polite, "Then forgive me for being presumptuous."

After everyone was eating and drinking, Mr. He asked about Quanzhou City and how everything was going well with the apprentice.Lin Jing said, "Except that Governor Kong and Zhifu Xie will have a verbal fight from time to time, there is nothing wrong with it."

Mr. He was overjoyed, "Looking at the two of them today, they seem to be a bit different. Why, it's all like this?"

"Don't mention it." Lin Jing then explained the dispute between the two to Mr. He in detail. Lin Jing said, "These things are not directly related to us. We came to Quanzhou early, and when the two adults come, because Quanzhou recruits soldiers It was not easy, so I went to Fujian Province to recruit soldiers. I didn't want them to misunderstand that we had to take charge of the general affairs of Quanzhou. After all, we came early, and the city of Quanzhou was very ugly at first, so Fang Tongzhi and I appeased the people first. When the state recruited soldiers back, they caught up with the Japanese bandits besieging the city, and they were all wiped out. The two of them had to compete in everything. It stands to reason that Governor Kong was born in the Kong family in the capital. I heard from Mr. Kong that the governor is similar to Grandpa Kong. Let's get closer to Governor Kong. But those things that Governor Kong did, my general was used as a spear to offend the prefect." Then he told the stupid things that Governor Kong did, Lin Jing said, "It's not that I speak badly, we It is also the person who was entrusted by the governor, and he is not a slave of his Kong family. Fortunately, my general is clever, otherwise, he will really be tricked. Then Xie Zhifu, he can't clean up himself, but uses my general as a gunman, and he can beat him Good idea, tell us to offend people. I heard that the magistrate Xie was born in Xiegong's mansion in the capital, and he is not a good master."

As Lin Jing spoke, he felt a little annoyed.

Tu Xiaosan hurriedly picked up a small cucumber with chopsticks for him, and advised him, "Calm down, calm down, I'm not even angry, look at your temper."

Lin Jing said, "This matter, as long as I think about it, I will be full of anger."

When Mr. He listened to Lin Jing's words, the son of the Kong family actually implied that the Kong family was Governor Zhang's backer, and he was quite displeased.Although Governor Zhang is closer to the Kong family, in recent years, Governor Zhang has been promoted based on his own ability.Although Governor Zhang wanted to use the Confucian family for help, why didn't the Kong family rely on Governor Zhang?Seeing that Lin Jing was quite displeased, Mr. He persuaded him first, "Why don't you let the governor let you come here? We all know that you two are meticulous people. Otherwise, if you really send a reckless person here, this official matter will be out of control. It's hard to say."

Lin Jing sighed, "Sometimes when I think about it, where I am an official, I am afraid that these things will be unavoidable. That is, in Haiyan, we are all soldiers from Zhejiang Province, not to mention General Xu, General Ji, and the Governor. It's all comfortable, without these twists and turns in Quanzhou."

Mr. He said, "It will be fine if this Jiangnan is Jingping."

"I'm also looking forward to getting rid of the Japanese bandits as soon as possible. Mr. Jieshi told the governor that we are still willing to go back to Zhejiang and live a comfortable life." Lin Jingbi looked frail and spoke very brightly.As soon as he said this, Tu Xiaosan tacitly showed a look of longing, and Mr. He smiled, "Sure, that will have to wait until after the Japanese bandits in Fujian have been calmed down."

"Okay, sir, I remember what you said." Lin Jing said to Tu Xiaosan, "General, you heard it too, ah."

Tu Xiaosan nodded his head twice, serious, "I heard it, and I remembered it."

Mr. He saw that the two of them talked and acted as before, and did not have any other thoughts just because they arrived in Quanzhou. What is even more rare is that both Kong Xie and Xie actually have quite a background, but judging by their appearance, neither of them Look!Mr. He thought in his heart that he really did the right thing about these two people coming to Fujian.

It's not that Mr. He is careless, but that the person behind the scenes is naturally more careful.

At the beginning, if Quanzhou hadn't suffered two major defeats, Governor Zhang might not have brought Haiyan soldiers to Quanzhou.Even though Tu Xiaosan is a peerless general, his time to rise is too short, too fast!Then there is Lin Jing's background, who has been shadowy all the time, making it difficult for people to see clearly.Governor Zhang trusted more, of course, the two generals Xu Ji in Hangzhou.However, because of the defeat in Quanzhou at that time, Governor Zhang was reprimanded twice by the court. Governor Zhang was also anxious, so he sent Haiyan soldiers who were very experienced in dealing with Japanese bandits to Quanzhou to fight against Japanese bandits.

And Tu Xiaosan's performance definitely did not disappoint Governor Zhang's vision.

Mr. He came here, one is to reward Governor Zhang, and the other is to have a look at these two people.

With Tu Xiaosan's skills, even Governor Kong was very interested in wooing him. Of course, Mr. He couldn't say much about Governor Kong's employing methods.Anyway, in Mr. He's opinion, Lin Jing is not to be blamed for being so angry. Tu Xiaosan was a general of the third rank at first, and was no more than half a rank lower than Governor Kong. It is said that people are used as guns to make people offend others.

Fortunately, Tu and Lin are both very shrewd people, Mr. He's visit this time made them feel at ease.

Mr. He said in his heart, that Tu Xiaosan is like this, it is really worthy of the governor's support to him all these years.

Mr. He acted neatly, and he was about to finish the reward, but he rested in the army for one night, had a drink with Tu Lin and two people that night, and set off for Zhejiang the next day.Kong and Xie's two mansions naturally had ceremonial gifts, and Tu Xiaosan also prepared some Fujian local ceremonies here. At the same time, he also wrote a letter to Governor Zhang, asking Mr. He to take it with him.

Mr. He returned to Zhejiang in five or six days. After reporting the reward, he inevitably talked about the political situation in Quanzhou City.Mr. He said, "Now that the two governments are fighting each other, Ah Qing feels troubled."

Governor Zhang had expected that there would be a dispute between the two governments, but now in Beijing, the two Dukes of Kong and Xie also love other signs.Governor Zhang said, "The two governments are fighting each other. Today, the most important thing is military affairs. General Lin's rank is not low, so he shouldn't be bothered by it."

Mr. He smiled and told Governor Zhang what Governor Kong had done. Mr. He said, "I really don't know what to say. This Governor is really smart but he was misunderstood by his cleverness. Although he was born in the Kong family, Lin The general is not familiar with him. I went today, and Ah Qing mentioned this to me on purpose, and I was very upset."

Governor Zhang said, "I'm afraid he doesn't know that we have always had some friendship with the Kong family."

"It's not that they don't know this. I think that's what makes them angry. Ah Qing always speaks more straightforwardly, and also said that General Lin was brought up by adults, and he is not a slave of his Kong family. Hey, these words, It's not very pleasant." Mr. He said, "Although I want to reassure me, I'm afraid I'm really dissatisfied with Governor Kong."

What Mr. He said, these words naturally have the intention of Governor Lin Jinglai Anzhang, but at this moment, Governor Zhang heard the sentence "General Lin is supported by adults, not his slave of the Confucian family", how can he not? iron post.Even though he is a little close to the Kong family, but the people he made out, how could the two of Tu Lin really become servants of the Kong family, then Governor Zhang would not be happy no matter what!

Governor Zhang said with gentle eyes, "It's still too young, General Lin is more stable, and Ah Qing's words are a bit harsh."

"He has that temperament. I think it's better outside." After speaking, Mr. He took out the letter box from his arms, offered it with both hands, and said, "General Lin also wrote a letter to my lord, my lord, please read it."

Governor Zhang took the letter box, took out the letter, and read it slowly.

The author has something to say: Lin Jing: They are all old fritters~