Chapter 614 Do You Want to Rebel?

The King of Daliang has decided to retreat to Hanzhong Prefecture, while the Governor Du Hesheng sent by the court has come to Yijun Prefecture.

In Yijun Prefecture, Du Hesheng's Governor's procession arrived in front of the government office in a mighty procession.

Zhou Lan and his generals stood in front of the gate of the government office to greet him.

The procession stopped, and Du Hesheng stepped down from the eight-man sedan chair.

Zhou Lan frowned.

Damn, at this time, this Du Hesheng is still doing this.

With such a grand trip, Du Hesheng is not afraid of encountering bandits on the way.

The most hateful thing is that such a trip requires a large number of civilians and servants. The eight-man sedan chair, the slaves and servants who are surrounded by people, all cost a lot of money and food.

Just at the first meeting, Zhou Lan had a very bad impression of this governor who had not yet met.

"Greetings, Governor!"

But he is the Governor after all, so Zhou Lan and others naturally have to show respect when they see him.

Du Hesheng is tall and looks a bit majestic. He is about fifty years old this year, and his gray hair is combed meticulously.

He wears a black gauze hat and a scarlet official robe, with an extraordinary aura.

Behind him, there are two followers holding trump card flags, with the emperor's order, which further demonstrates his power.

"General Zhou, the cabinet asked me to ask, why are you afraid of the enemy and not moving forward?"

Du Hesheng came to Zhou Lan and asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

Zhou Lan stood up and looked at Du Hesheng, "When did this general fear the enemy and not move forward?"

"It's been more than four months, and General Zhou has only wiped out the bandits in the two prefectures, and they were just small bandits. Isn't it fear of the enemy and not moving forward?"

"Hehe, General Zhou, don't think I'm a fool. If the troops of Beiyuan Town had attacked with all their strength, they should have reached Longnan Province long ago. General Zhou has been staying here. Isn't it fear of the enemy and not moving forward?"

Du Hesheng sneered and kept repeating fear of the enemy and not moving forward.

He just wanted to put the crime of fear of the enemy on Zhou Lan, so that he could suppress Zhou Lan and control the military power of Beiyuan Town.

Before coming again, he had already thought of the next plan, which was to control the military power of Beiyuan Town first, and then lead the army of Beiyuan Town to the south as soon as possible, wipe out the bandits in Longyuan, and go to Longnan to encircle and suppress the King of Daliang!

To be honest, he didn't want to take this job, because this job is now at the forefront of the storm. If he doesn't handle it well, he will be ruined as the governor.

In order to protect himself and to give an explanation to the emperor and the court, he must wipe out the bandits of King Daliang as soon as possible.

Therefore, he planned everything before coming. He first ordered Suzhou Town and Longbei Town to go to Longnan as soon as possible, and then he came to Yijun Mansion to take charge of the military power of Beiyuan Town.

As for whether this would offend Zhou Lan and Ningguo Mansion, he didn't care at all.

Today's Ningguo Mansion is no longer the Ningguo Mansion of the past. Ningguo Duke Zhou Mao has not asked about government affairs for more than ten years, and the prince Zhou Xu doesn't care about common affairs. The entire Ningguo Mansion is only supported by Zhou Lan.

He is not afraid of offending Ningguo Mansion, and he can't take care of these now.

"How to advance without money and food?" Zhou Lan frowned and asked.

"Longbei Town and Suzhou Town can do it, why can't you, General Zhou?" Du Hesheng said coldly.

Zhou Lan stared at Du Hesheng with her eyes, her eyes were full of sharpness.

Now Zhou Lan is over 60 years old, and the whole person looks much older than before. Now she is just an old lady.

But who is Zhou Lan?

A female general who has led troops for more than 30 years!

Her body is still straight, her eyes are still sharp, and her momentum can still make people shudder.

Being stared at by her, Du Hesheng felt a little frightened.

"Xu Yuan and Zhao Fu are not working well, are your brains not working well too?" Zhou Lan said coldly.

Du Hesheng wondered if he had heard it wrong, and he looked at Zhou Lan with a look of astonishment.

Is this scolding me?

Really scolding me?

He was a little overwhelmed and didn't understand why Zhou Lan dared to speak ill of him!

Xu Yuan, Marquis of Yongkang, was the general of Suzhou Town, and Zhao Fu, Marquis of Wujing, was the general of Longbei Town.

Zhou Lan even scolded the two marquises!

"You, General Zhou, do you know what you are doing? You are committing a crime of insubordination!" Du Hesheng shouted angrily.

Zhou Lan was so angry.

She really couldn't suppress her anger.

What is the court doing?

They don't do their job, they just yell all day long.

They don't give them money or food, and they just ask them to suppress the bandits.

Isn't this nonsense?

As for why Longbei Town and Suzhou Town can continue to suppress the bandits, haha, it's naturally because they are robbing money and food.

The thieves are like combs, and the soldiers are like combs.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of Longbei Town and Suzhou Town are probably more hateful than the bandits.

Zhou Lan's temper is really unbearable.

It's okay that the court can't help, but they actually sent such an idiot to make trouble.

Do you really think I'm a vegetarian!

"Shut up, if you dare to make a noise again, do you really think I dare not do anything?" Zhou Lan said coldly.

Du Hesheng was even more angry, "The royal flag is here, do you dare to disobey the emperor's order?"

The royal flag is divided into flags and cards. The emperor gave the governors and generals great power. Acting with this flag is like following the king's order.

It is a bit similar to the Shangfang Sword, but not as overbearing as the Shangfang Sword. Basically, each town governor and general will have a set of royal flags to mobilize the army, which is why the border town governor and general have the right to temporarily mobilize troops.

In the past, the court rarely set up governors, and there were only governors and generals in the border towns. Under normal circumstances, only the governor would hold the royal flag, and the general could also hold the royal flag in special periods.

When Yang Zhengshan went out from Tenglongwei to attack King Qing and Ji Feiyu, he was in charge of the royal flag, while Governor Pang Tang did not have a royal flag, so at that time Yang Zhengshan was the main general, and Pang Tang could only be responsible for logistics.

Now Zhou Lan also has a royal flag, but Du Hesheng is the governor of three provinces and three towns appointed by the court. The royal flag in his hand is much more powerful than the royal flag in Zhou Lan's hand.

But who is Zhou Lan? He was born in the Ningguo Mansion and has led troops for more than 30 years. How could he be scared by a set of royal flags?

"Get lost!" Zhou Lan shouted angrily, showing no mercy to Du Hesheng.

Du Hesheng pointed at Zhou Lan, shaking with anger.

He looked at the generals behind Zhou Lan and said angrily, "Do you want to rebel?"

Song Hao raised his head and looked at the white cloud floating in the blue sky. Hey, when will it rain?

The other generals either lowered their heads to look for ants or raised their heads to look at the sky, as if they had hair in their ears and could not hear any sound.

Even a fool could see that Du Hesheng was not a good person.

The generals of Beiyuan Town were not stupid, so how could they not see this clearly.

If they were asked to choose between Du Hesheng and Zhou Lan, they would know which one to choose without thinking.

It's not that they really want to rebel, but they all have to receive Zhou Lan's food and military pay now.

The court does not give money and food, and now the entire Beiyuan Town is supported by Zhou Lan. With Zhou Lan, the soldiers of Beiyuan Town can be suppressed. Once Zhou Lan is gone, the soldiers of Beiyuan Town will make trouble within three months.

Because the food and grass in their hands are only enough for more than two months.

Zhou Lan really doesn't want to waste time with this idiot, "Come on, drive these idiots out of the city!"

Wang Yunqiao received the order, and without saying a word, he raised the long spear in his hand and slammed it on the ground.

"Get out!"

Hundreds of female soldiers in the Royal Guard Camp also slammed their long spears in their hands, looking at Du Hesheng coldly.

The followers and servants behind Du Hesheng trembled with fear, and even Du Hesheng was frightened.

"You, you~~"

Du Hesheng was furious, pointing at Zhou Lan, and finally left in disgrace after saying a harsh word.

"Very good, very good, let's wait and see!"

A moment later, the mighty honor guard ran out of the city in disgrace.

Wang Yunqiao looked at their backs and said in a low voice beside Zhou Lan: "General, will this cause trouble?"

Zhou Lan rubbed his eyebrows, "What else can we do? We finally managed to stabilize the two prefectures. Are we going to give up the two prefectures again?"

"Don't worry, I will report this to His Majesty!"

No mistake, one sentence, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

She had no other way, so she could only comfort the soldiers under her command.

The problem now is not Du Hesheng, just Du Hesheng, Zhou Lan really doesn't care about him. If she is willing to give him face, Du Hesheng is the governor. If she is not willing to give him face, what is Du Hesheng.

Do you really think that the king's command flag is useful?

Twenty years ago, no one dared to disobey the king's command represented by the king's command flag, but now everything has changed.

The court has no prestige, and the king's command flag has almost become a decoration.

So what really gives Zhou Lan a headache is not Du Hesheng, but the court.

After driving Du Hesheng away, Zhou Lan immediately wrote a memorial and sent it to Kyoto.

At this time, Lu Wenyuan in Liaoyuan Provincial Administration Office also received a transfer order from the court.

In the study, Lu Wenyuan, who was over 50 years old, sat behind the desk, frowning as he looked at the transfer order sent from Kyoto.

His eldest son Lu Miaoshu stood behind him, looking a little excited.

"Dad, when will we set off for Beijing?"

From the governor to the Minister of War, this is not just a simple promotion, but also means that Lu Wenyuan has entered the court from the local area, and the next step is the cabinet elder.

Lu Miaoshu thought this was a good thing, and couldn't wait to accompany Lu Wenyuan to Kyoto.

Lu Wenyuan has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son Lu Miaoshu has always been with him, the second son Lu Miaowen is studying in Anning County and preparing for the provincial examination, and the youngest daughter Lu Miaotong married Yang Chengzhen and now lives on Xingyue Island.

Calculating his age, Lu Miaoshu is now 33 years old.

"We can't go to Kyoto!" Lu Wenyuan put down the transfer order in his hand and said while stroking his beard.

"We can't go? Why?" Lu Miaoshu was puzzled.

Lu Wenyuan explained: "You know the situation in the court. If we go now, we will only be stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate ourselves!"

If Yang Zhengshan is in Kyoto, then Lu Wenyuan will definitely be willing to return to Kyoto.

Even if Yang Zhengshan is not in Kyoto, the Yang family can be in Kyoto, but now the Yang family only has an empty mansion in Kyoto, and he can't borrow the power of the Yang family in Kyoto.

Although he also has some connections in Kyoto, these connections can't help much.

He knows very well that once he goes to Kyoto, he will only fall into endless struggles, and it will be extremely difficult to do something practical.

It may even cause many disasters because of the struggles in the court.

Emperor Yanping used Lu Wenyuan as a trump card. Emperor Jianxing thought Lu Wenyuan could change the situation in the court, but Lu Wenyuan knew very well that he could do nothing.

If it was ten years ago, Lu Wenyuan still had some confidence in changing the situation in the court, but now it was too late.

"Dad can't disobey the order of the court!" Lu Miaoshu still hoped that Lu Wenyuan would go to Kyoto to take up his post, which was the Minister of War, the absolute core of power.

"Resign on the grounds of illness!" Lu Wenyuan said in a deep voice.

"You go and draft a resignation letter and send it to Kyoto!"

What a joke, going to wade into muddy water at this time, isn't that asking for trouble?

Lu Wenyuan saw it more clearly than Zhou Lan. Zhou Lan only thought that the court was messing around, but Lu Wenyuan understood that the situation in the court was on the verge of collapse.

It's not that he can't turn the tide, but that he can't do it.

There is only one person in the world who can turn the tide, and that is His Majesty the Emperor!

If Emperor Jianxing had the determination to burn his boats and completely break the chaos in the court, and then rebuild the court, then Lu Wenyuan would still be willing to go to Kyoto to take a gamble.

But it is obvious that Emperor Jianxing does not have this determination. He still wants to patch up and continue to support the court.

There is only one result of doing this, that is, the situation in the court will only get worse and worse.

Lu Wenyuan has seen through all this a long time ago, and he has long lost confidence in the court, so he has been willing to stay in Liaodong all these years.

Lu Miaoshu wanted to persuade him again, but he didn't say it in the end.

…

In Jiujiang Prefecture City.

Chen Hengchang and Lin Fuan played chess.

On the chessboard, the black and white pieces were fighting hard.

A cool breeze blew into the tea room from the window, stirring the white gauze.

"When do we start?" Chen Hengchang asked, holding a chess piece and looking at the chess pieces on the chessboard.

Lin Fuan stroked his three-inch long beard and said calmly, "Are you anxious?"

"Well, I have been waiting for more than 20 years, how can I not be anxious?" Chen Hengchang said.

Lin Fuan laughed, "I have been waiting for a hundred years!"

Chen Hengchang put down the chess piece in his hand, "But I can't wait for a hundred years!"

Lin Fuan nodded. He could wait for a hundred years because he was a congenital warrior. Chen Hengchang was not a congenital warrior, so he certainly couldn't wait for a hundred years.

It is extremely difficult to be patient and wait for more than 20 years.

"Be patient when doing things, otherwise you will lose everything if you are not careful!"

He put down a black piece, and then took away more than a dozen white pieces belonging to Chen Hengchang.

Chen Hengchang frowned slightly, looking at the four games with no way out, he couldn't help but give up.

"Is the time not ripe yet?"

"It's ripe!"

"Then what are you waiting for?"

"Waiting for someone!"

"Who is so important?" Chen Hengchang asked.

Lin Fuan slowly picked up the chess pieces on the chessboard and put them into the chess pot.

"Someone is coming!"