Chapter 34: Bazhou Youth
Chapter 34: Bazhou Youth
The Zhenxie Thousand Households were under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Jinyiwei, and the Nanjing Jinyiwei's sphere of influence now basically only had the area of Nanzhili.
In theory, the official titles of the six ministries of Nanjing were provided for the retirement of officials at all levels.
However, as a functional department, Jinyiwei is still different.
This resulted in a consequence that the Beijing Jinyiwei, who were in charge of the court's confidential information, could not intervene directly when encountering affairs in Nanzhili, but had to ask the Nanjing Jinyiwei to assist.
This made the Beijing Jinyiwei very uncomfortable.
Theoretically, the status of the two is completely equal, and in terms of seniority, the Nanjing Jinyiwei is even older.
Although the Nanjing Jinyiwei no longer had any influence outside of Southern Zhili, they could not be united, and it always felt like something was missing.
This feeling of obviously disliking someone but being unable to get rid of them is really fucking frustrating.
As for the Nanjing Jinyiwei.
Basically, they are all health-conscious players. As long as they can hold on to the territory of Nanzhili, they are too lazy to engage in intrigue with others.
And judging from the ranking, the Nanzhili region may be the most prosperous area in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Its area is roughly equivalent to Jiangsu, Anhui and Shanghai, and its population accounts for one-fifth of the country's total.
As for the economy, you only need to know that the major tax-collecting prefectures such as Yingtian Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, and Zhenjiang Prefecture are all under the name of Nanzhili.
If we look at the three employee indicators of high pay, little work and close to home, it's simply perfect. Who would be willing to go to Beijing and engage in intrigue?
How many of the Jinyiwei commanders in Beijing can have a good ending?
Moreover, the captains and centurions of the Beijing Jinyiwei had to work as dogs for the East and West Factories. Wouldn't it be nice to sneak out to listen to music in brothels during work hours?
then.
The pain points of the system fell on Pei Yuan.
When Pei Yuan took the official document from the Northern Pacification Office to the Nanjing Jinyiwei, the general flag guarding the gate said to Pei Yuan righteously, "The affairs of Nanzhili do not need people from the north to interfere."
Pei Yuan was also unhappy. You guys asked me to come here.
So Pei Yuan said very firmly, "Does Yuan Lang know about this? He is Yuan Lang from the Evil Suppression Unit. I am here to help him."
The general flag was surprised and confused when he heard this, and at this time the small flag next to him came up and whispered twice.
The general's expression was slightly condensed, and he said coldly, "Oh, then I don't know. Yuan Lang died in Linqing. It is said that he was killed by Liu Qizhen. You should go back."
Pei Yuan was stunned, finding it unbelievable.
If Han Qianhu is compared to the leader of the hidden forces in the court, then Yuan Lang is at least one of the five protectors.
Just gone?
Then, I thought it was Liu Qizhenzhan who did it...
Well, that seems reasonable.
Pei Yuan felt his back weaken, and asked again, "I came to Nanzhili to do my work with the approval of Han Qianhu, the commander of the Zhenxie Qianhu Division. Isn't there a military officer from the Zhenxie Qianhu Division on duty in the Zhenfu Division?"
Those who can guard the gates of the Jinyiwei are all people with sharp vision, and many of them have passed down their jobs for generations.
When they heard that it was the commander of the Evil Suppression Thousand Households Office who spoke, naturally no one dared to neglect it.
The general flag looked Pei Yuan up and down and said, "Wait."
As he said this, he took Pei Yuan's documents and went in.
After half a cup of tea, the general came out cursing and threw the document to Pei Yuan.
"The captain of Dantai said that he had never heard Captain Han mention this matter. Let me say it again, we in Nanzhili do not need you people in the north to interfere in our affairs."
After saying that, the general flag added, "The latter sentence was also said by the captain of Dantai himself." Pei Yuan was speechless.
I went through so much trouble to come to Nanzhili to do my job, and this is what happens in the end?
The last time you followed Dongchang here, weren’t you guys trying to curry favor with them?
Pei Yuan came out of the Nanjing Jinyiwei in a daze and was greeted by two younger brothers.
Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie saw that Pei Yuan looked unhappy, so they came up to ask, "Sir, what's going on?"
Pei Yuan came back to his senses and looked at Cheng Leixiang and asked, "Who is the Dantai Hundred Household?"
Cheng Leixiang already knew the big bosses of the Qianhu Division very well, and he immediately said, "Oh, the Dantai Baihu, his name is Dantai Fangtu, he is always unruly, sometimes he doesn't even give the Qianhu face."
Pei Yuan heard the name and asked in confusion, "Female?"
Cheng Leixiang said as a matter of course, "It's a man."
"Damn, what a pervert." Pei Yuan vented his personal emotions.
Cheng Leixiang whispered, "I dare not say that. In the past, the Dantai Hundred Households relied on a pair of iron fists to intimidate the Nanzhi people. Now he is a little older, and basically stays in the Thousand Households Office to retire."
Pei Yuan's face was gloomy, but at this moment he was not worried that Cheng Leixiang would turn against him.
As Cheng Leixiang's merits may be revealed at any time, there is almost no possibility for Cheng Leixiang to stay in the Qianhu Suo except to follow Pei Yuanbo.
If one fails to handle it properly, he may very likely become a wandering ghost without a real job like Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan looked at the two of them and said first, "Yuan Lang died in Linqing."
Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie couldn't help but open their eyes wide, "How could it be?"
Pei Yuan said, "Liu Qi personally killed him in battle."
Speaking of this, Pei Yuan suddenly felt strange. Could it be that the knife was used?
Thinking in his mind, he untied the long package on his back, revealing a heavy object wrapped in layers of linen.
Pei Yuan glanced at the two of them and saw that they had recovered from the news of Yuan Lang's death.
Perhaps he was thinking of the same thing, and he stared at the knife with a strange look.
Pei Yuan found the rope buckle and untied the sackcloth bit by bit.
Before the knife revealed its true appearance, a strong bloody and murderous aura was already overwhelming.
Pei Yuan originally thought that he would see a hideous weapon stained with the blood of powerful men, but who would have thought that the handle of the knife was unexpectedly clean, as if it had been tied up with new hemp rope; the scabbard was also an ordinary cowhide scabbard, without even a decent pattern or accessories on it.
Pei Yuan pulled the knife out of the scabbard with force. When the sharp and cold blade appeared, even Cheng Leixiang, a gangster, couldn't help but shiver.
On one side of the precious sword, two words were engraved like silver hooks and iron paintings, "Bazhou"!
On the other side, a few scribbled strokes depicted a blurry smiling face.
It was as if he was a young man from Bazhou who had just entered the world of martial arts, facing everything with high spirits and fearlessness.
Pei Yuan thought of Liu Qi's words when he gave him the sword, "My fate with the martial arts world ends here," and he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
No wonder the song "Swordsman" made Liu Qi, a heroic man, cry.
His passion remains, but his fate with this world is over.
Although he felt endless reluctance and even though he sang until he cried, he had already understood the truth.
To resist the tyranny of the Ming Dynasty, it is not enough for the former young man from Bazhou to just keep swinging his sword.
(End of this chapter)