Chapter 468: Hot Good News

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, heavy snow fell on the sky, and the joy in Bianjing City was a little depressed. Thick snow was piled on the tiles of the streets and alleys and roofs.

On this day, Chun'er came back from Hangzhou.

I had sent a letter from my family earlier, saying that I had returned before the New Year, but later the rebellion of Jingji North Road, and the grain transportation was blocked. I blocked all the docks along the way, which were exclusively for grain ships. Chen Ao immediately sent a letter to Jiang Bing, who rescheduled a grain ship and sent Chun'er and others back.

The journey along the way was exhausted, Chen Ao welcomed her into the mansion, threw away the snow on the shawl for her, and sent her to take a shower and change clothes first. The family sat down in the small hall, with charcoal fire burning in the charcoal basin, and the small hall was warm. Chun'er talked about what he saw in Hangzhou, and then talked about the business in Hangzhou. Although he was a little tired, he had more opinions.

In the past two years, spring in Hangzhou, he has made great efforts. Not only did he start the business of Suiya Tea House, but he also set up several workshops, tea and raw silk business. This is not counting. The most important thing is to expand the business of Suiya Weekly. Her idea is very novel. She also set up a printing workshop in Hangzhou, and then asked someone to send the most issue of Suiya Weekly with a fast horse. This was delayed by only three or four days along the way, and then printed it according to the weekly magazine of Bianjing. Hangzhou is a business of trade, with many scholars and literati, and weekly magazines are very popular. Moreover, Hangzhou is not far from Suzhou and Jiangning. After printing, she immediately entrusts a car dealer to send these two densely populated cities. The business of Hangzhou's printing workshop alone can reach more than 50,000 per week. This is because Suiya Weekly is selling at a high price and ordinary scholars are reluctant to buy it.

Chun'er took out the account book and said, "Last year, the net profit of the business in Hangzhou had reached more than 40,000 yuan a year. The business is stable. In the future, I will ask someone who can trust to manage it. There should be no trouble."

Zhou Ruo said enviously: "If I had known that I would have gone to Hangzhou with Chun'er, I would have not seen him for a year. Chun'er has changed a lot."

Everyone was joking for a while, Chen Ao asked Chun'er to rest first, thinking that when Chun'er woke up, he would chat with her; on the other side, Liu Sheng came over happily: "Young Master...Young Master...A big happy event."

"What kind of happy event?"

Liu Sheng said happily: "Our imperial guards won a great victory on Jingji North Road, and Huqiu Town annihilated 6,000 thieves."

Chen Ao asked quickly: "When is the news? It's not a rumor among the people, right?"

Liu Sheng scratched his head and said, "It's true that the people who received the victory have arrived. They are still shouting along the way, saying that Mr. Gao is attacking quickly and conquering the three towns in a row. The bandit army is so angry that it can't avoid it. It's still impossible to say that it can arrive in Huazhou in three days and defeat the enemy."

Chen Ao has a lot of doubts about the so-called victory. If he loses a battle, he can brag about a small victory. If he doesn't lose or win, he can achieve a great victory. If he really wins, it would be amazing. Those with thin skin can make a great contribution. If Gao Qiu is a thicker-skinned person, his excitement will be comparable to those of the Battle of Changping and the Battle of Chibi.

He only wiped out six thousand thieves, but he only conquered a market town. In this way, the imperial guards should not have taken much advantage.

Chen Ao couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I hope Gao's surname is thinner."

When the good news came, the palace was filled with joy. After hearing the good news, Zhao Ji immediately summoned officials from the three provinces and six ministries to ask. Everyone was silent and could not say anything. When Zhao Ji asked about it, he only focused on saying the blessings of the Song Dynasty and the blessings of the people.

Zhao Ji's face looked a little ugly: "Ban Feng, you are the Minister of War. Is there any hidden secret to this good news?"

Ban Fei was startled and immediately bowed down, saying, "Master Gao is a pillar of the country, so there should be no hidden information!" If it were someone else, Ban Fei had nothing to do with raising doubts. He had already seen that how could he annihilate 6,000 enemies by conquering a market town? Could it be that all the thieves lined up and waited for the imperial guards to chop their heads? Besides, the trick was obvious in the news of the good news that people would never mention the merits of the people. This was definitely not simple behind it.

Besides, the number of people in the Ma Junsi was reported to be 30,000, but Ban Fei knew in his heart that after deducting the empty salary, the Ma Junsi was only about 15,000 people, which was still a large number. The Ma Junsi had a serious vacancy in recent years. More than 10,000 people wanted to protect the wings of the palace. Even if they won a battle, they would be empty talk.

But he couldn't say these words, who is Gao Taiwei? Although he is the Minister of War, if he really wants to fight with Gao Taiwei, who can win or lose? If someone dares to take the blame, can he expose him? He offended people and made him feel slutty.

However, Ban Feng is also smart and will not have any hidden information. He added the word "OK" in front of it. It is ambiguous. If something really happens, he can also say that he is just right and believe it.

Zhao Ji's face calmed down a little, and he said, "It is not easy for the soldiers to fight in front of the New Year, and they have made such contributions. The Ministry of War immediately drafted a charter and rewarded what should be rewarded. As for the good news, it should be promoted to calm people's hearts."

As soon as Zhao Ji's words of calming people fell, Ban Fei was so scared that his face turned pale, and his neck was really cold. He knew in his heart that this was a promising effort and a false news that would not be hidden one day. The more widely this matter spreads, the more people knew about it. When it was exposed, the decency of the royal family would be gone. What would it be?

Gao Qiu finished, and his squad was the next sucker, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War. Although he didn't care about anything, he could not control the imperial guards or the three yamen, which was optional, but when it comes to crimes, the Ministry of War was the first to be the brunt of it.

Ban Fei fell to the ground in dejection and could no longer hear what was behind him. Finally, he left the palace in a daze. Seeing Cai Jing about to get into his red-roofed sedan, he ran over as if he had grabbed a straw and said, "Mr. Cai."

"Oh, it's Yanhe, what? I'm not in a hurry to go home after the court. Didn't you give birth to a grandson? Haha, I will go to your house in a few days to see what name you have. Remember to take this name."

Ban Feng's heart sank, sighed, and said, "The nickname is Hutou."

"Tiger head?" Cai Jing stroked his beard and shook his head: "No, no, I will go over the chef and replace the sacrificial table. Let's give your grandson a good name. What about Sen Yan? Well, the ginseng soup in the mansion is about to be cold. Yan He, come and sit down when you have time." After that, he bent into the sedan chair and put down the curtain.

When Cai Jing's sedan slowly left, Ban Fei said with a very ugly expression: "Sen Yan... Be careful of words, hum, I'll say what I shouldn't say now, why are you still careful of words?" As he said that, he couldn't help but think of his grandson, and how could he bear the thunderous anger? If he becomes an offender, he will affect his whole family. What should he do?

Ban Fei shook his head and said fiercely: "You Cai Jing doesn't care. I'll go find Shen Lengzi, and I want the horse to run, and the horse to not eat grass. What's the point of treating my class? "

After saying that, he stomped his feet and called the sedan chair. Ban Xian said to the sedan chairman: "Go to Chen Mansion, call someone who is quick first, and send him a name to the imperial edict."

Ban Feng was really wronged about this matter. Gao Qiu was originally Cai Jing's person. Now that he had such a big mess, Ban Feng didn't dare to offend Gao Qiu, and he was even more afraid of provoking Cai Jing. In this way, the matter really reached an irreversible point, and it was when the head of others fell.

Before Ban Feng arrived, Ming Chuang had already been sent to Chen Mansion. Chen Ao received Ming Chuang and felt quite strange. The Minister of War Ban Feng wanted to take a detour when he saw him, so why did he suddenly come to pay a visit? Logically, Chen Ao, a temple minister, is even one rank worse than Shangshu. Why did he be so low-key?

It was when Chen Ao was puzzled that the gatekeeper had already arrived and said that it was the Minister of War who asked for a visit.

See or not?

Chen Ao knew in his heart that when he saw that sarcasm, there must be nothing good. When contacting Gao Qiu, he probably came for this.

Chen Ao sighed and said, "Arrange to go to the small hall."

The group of sarcastic men entered the hall, took a sip of the tea they brought uneasy, waited anxiously, and waited for two incense sticks, but no one came. They thought to themselves: "That Chen Lengzi is so cunning, maybe he doesn't dare to see himself like Cai Jing." He sighed in his heart, stood up, and wanted to leave.

At this time, Chen Ao walked in with a smile and saluted to the class, saying, "Master Ban is busy with all kinds of things, but he still has to condescend to see the officials. The officials are ashamed, very ashamed."

Ban Feng stood up, refused to accept Chen Ao's courtesy, and exchanged warm greetings with Shen Ao, but never mentioned the matter of Jingji North Road. He just asked Chen Ao Wubei Academy that was about to start school, and the Ministry of War tried to give some convenience as much as possible. He also talked about the arrangements of the future captain, and finally said: "Mr. Shen, Wubei Academy is the hope of my revival of the Song Dynasty. What should I want in the school in the future? Even if I come to the Ministry of War, as long as I can do it, I will try to provide convenience as much as possible."

Chen Ao had a stern face and said with a faint look: "This is wrong with my words. What does it mean to be the revival of the Song Dynasty? Now, under the leadership of His Majesty, my Song Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous, which is comparable to the Zhenguan and Wenjing rule. What else can I revival? My jokingly, but there are quite a few places in the martial arts school that will bother you in the future. Today, I am so full that I can't regret it in the future."

Ban Feng smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Shen is right, right." Ban Feng showed his attitude of being taught, and then sighed and said, "It's hard to say whether the prosperous era is not a prosperous era, hey... Something happened on the other side of Jingji North Road."

"What happened?" Chen Ao smiled and asked quietly: "What can be done? As soon as my Song Dynasty heavenly soldiers arrived, the bandits could not avoid it. Now several good news have been sent back one after another. The bandits are about to settle. What else is there? The Lord is worried about it."

Ban Fei said embarrassedly: "The problem lies in the good news. Gao Qiu's good news memorial...is fake!"

Chen Ao said in a state of great emotion: "Please explain it clearly, Mr. Ban."

Ban sarcastically said: "There are actually things like this that can be used everywhere. The good news sent today is too tricky..." As he said that, he revealed his analysis. He has been in the Ministry of War for a long time, and the twists and turns here are clearer than anyone else's. Finally, he analyzed: "In my opinion, this time is not only not a great victory, but it is very likely to be a big defeat. In order to cover up people's eyes, Gao Qiu would simply report a victory first. If the bandits are flattened in the future, no one dares to take his fault. But what kind of background is Gao Qiu, Lord Shen, should know? The Cavalry Department is not a matter of one day or two. Now that he is defeated, it is difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky. When the matter of the east window is revealed, Gao Qiu is His Majesty's playmate and is deeply favored by the holy family. At most, he will lose his official position and become his rich man. But as the Minister of War, I...ah..."

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Chapter completed!