Chapter 636 Alarm Bell

Great victory in Jianchuan!

Annihilated more than 20,000 enemies! The siege of Jianchuan was completely solved, and the situation in the south was changed at once.

Naturally, the Ministry of War received this good news first, and it was written by Cheng Jinhou, the chief general of the upper Jianchuan military camp, and then jointly signed by Shen Wanlin, the coach of the Jianchuan defense area.

Xuan Qingwei also received the good news almost at the same time. Nowadays, because of the relationship between the supervisory envoy and the establishment of intelligence channels, Xuan Qingwei's information transmission speed is actually faster than that of the Ministry of War. It's just that many details are far less clear than the intelligence of the Ministry of War.

"It seems that the Ministry of War fought a good battle. Now the situation in the south will be much better." Pang Ban rarely set up a simple table at home, three meat, three vegetables, one soup, and two jars of wine .

"Yes, the news is spreading in the streets and alleys, and the people are very happy. The rich have even contacted the dentist to ask the price of the follow-up barbarian slaves."

Pang Ban invited only one person, Jiang Cheng, the Governor of Jingxi. This made Jiang Cheng a little flattered, as far as he knew, it was the first time Pang Ban had invited someone to his home for dinner.

Jiang Cheng didn't dare to empty his hands, and he didn't dare to take the heavy gift, so he took two jars of Wuliangye that was said to have been brewed for two years, which were the two jars on the table at this time.

After a few mouthfuls of food and two bowls of wine, Pang Ban naturally talked about the hottest topic in the imperial city recently: the great victory of Jianchuan.

"Hehe, the common people just listen to it. It's too early to really want to get benefits. According to my estimation, although the Jianchuan victory is very important, it only pushes the war in the south one step forward, and it is not decisive. victory. So everything is still early.

By the way, I read the list of rewards reported by Jianchuan this time, and Shen Hao's ranking is very high. You didn't embarrass us Xuan Qingwei. Are you preparing extra rewards here? "

Jiang Cheng didn't know what Pang Ban was thinking, so he didn't dare to answer it lightly, he just said: "That's a reward from the Ministry of War, and the credit is also issued directly by the Ministry of War. The subordinates here only received a note about the compensation for the soldiers who died in battle, and did not Thank you for your merits, so I have not prepared any special rewards for the time being."

Pang Ban shook his head, and said with a smile: "Great achievements should be rewarded. You propose a special reward, go east and west through the commander's office, and let others understand our Xuan Qingwei's attitude."

This is what Jiang Cheng should be.

After chatting for a while, Pang Ban boasted that the wine was delicious. At the same time, he smiled and said: "I heard that your old Shangfeng asked you to beg for a drink the day before yesterday? It seems that he didn't drink enough and left in a huff?"

"Your Excellency, you also know about this?"

"Hehe, after Liao Chengfeng went out, he said that your ungrateful eyes are above the top. Although I seldom go out, I have heard about it. It stands to reason that you, Jiang Cheng, are not a stingy person. I am afraid Shen Hao sent you this kind of good wine. Are you? You are not willing to give Liao Chengfeng a taste?"

There was actually a joke inside and outside the words, and Jiang Cheng knew that this was Pang Ban's chance to explain to him.

"Back to my lord. If you only want to drink, Mr. Liao, it's easy to do. I still don't lack such good wine as Wuliangye, but what Mr. Liao asks for is not a little drink, but something else. It's difficult for my subordinates to agree, so I attracted Master Liao is so dissatisfied that he feels that his subordinates are ungrateful and above the top. This is really a bit wronged."

Pang Ban took a bite of the food and ate it into his mouth, then waited for Jiang Cheng to continue without urging him.

"This matter shouldn't have been brought up in front of you, my lord, but if you ask, my subordinate will report it to you." After a pause, Jiang Cheng continued: "A few days ago, Master Liao came to see what my subordinate said. The matter was to let his subordinate arrange a few people in the southern frontier army. The subordinate said that Shen Hao was now in charge of the affairs of the supervisor in the southern frontier army. He shirked it. After several disagreements, Mr. Liao got angry and walked away. go."

Pang Ban naturally knew what was going on, so he wanted to listen to Jiang Cheng's remarks.

After Jiang Cheng finished speaking, seeing Pang Ban pick up the wine bowl, he quickly touched the other party to kill him, and then offered to pour the wine.

"Liao Chengfeng was the governor of Jingnan, and the inspectors in the southern frontier army were under his command before. It's just that now it's assigned to your Jingxi. Get up? Do you have anything to say?"

"My subordinates only found out later that the people mentioned by Mr. Liao were all guests of the third prince's residence. You told me before that you must not have anything to do with the princes recently, so this subordinate dare not talk to Mr. Liao. "

Jiang Cheng had indeed worked under Liao Chengfeng for a long time. But this does not mean that he is a diehard of Liao Chengfeng's line. Jiang Chengcheng and Liao Chengfeng had a deep disagreement on the issue of the Black Flag Camp before. Later, relying on arbitrariness, Jiang Cheng supported Shen Hao in several major cases. After showing his face, he replaced Liao Chengfeng as the Jingxi Zhenfu envoy, while Liao Chengfeng arrived in Jingnan. After that, the relationship between the two became even stranger.

But Liao Chengfeng came to the door suddenly and asked for a manpower. How could Jiang Cheng be so easy to talk to, besides, he refused directly when he heard that it was the third prince's guest.

Liao Chengfeng probably didn't expect that Jiang Cheng, a pawn under his command, would dare to disrespect him so much now, so he was very angry, and only after he went back came the remarks about Jiang Cheng's "ungratefulness".

From Liao Chengfeng's point of view, Jiang Cheng is indeed not righteous enough. But Jiang Cheng is not a fool, he can take care of anything?

Sure enough, Pang Ban put down the chopsticks in his hand when he heard Jiang Cheng finished speaking. The smile disappeared, replaced by a disgusted expression.

"Liao Chengfeng is getting more and more presumptuous."

Jiang Cheng didn't answer. But he also heard. Liao Chengfeng has been following the footsteps of the third prince, and it is even rumored that he has friendship with Ye Lansheng. But the Liao family is a big family in the Jingjiu Dynasty, and there are several marriage relationships of the Xiu clan behind it, and the whole body is involved. Coupled with the power of the third prince, Pang Ban kept turning a blind eye to Liao Chengfeng.

"Now the household department's tightening strategy has come down, and it has been notified at the meeting, but the follow-up has not been followed up. However, it did not fall on the household department Bai Changqing as in the normal scope of authority, but was kept by His Majesty. Among them The intention is nothing more than to choose one of several princes to take up this burden."

"Do you still think that the Seventh Prince will be reused?"

"This is inevitable. And it's not just me who see it that way, other people will definitely see it that way. Your Majesty will definitely push the Seventh Prince to the front in the end. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair if the strength is uneven.

But in this way, the rest of the princes became a little passive, and there was no result if they insisted on it, so they had to find another way. This is why the third prince wanted to insert his guest Qing into the southern frontier army.

Shen Hao has no roots and no family, only you as a teacher can be regarded as a backer, and now others are on the front line, so there will not be many people who follow his path. And it's much easier to find you. The third prince is just the beginning, and you, the governor of Jingxi, will become a fragrant bun in the future. "