Chapter 45 The story of the capital
"Official Xu, I didn't expect to see you here!"
Just as Xu Ping and Duan Yunjie were in awkward silence, a lantern came over and a greeting came.●⌒
Xu Ping looked back and found that it was a small yellow gate in the palace. He vaguely recognized him, as if he was following Shi Quanbin. He stood up and said, "Today, it's late, so I can just use some food here."
Xiaohuangmen came up to salute and said, "The official has a good attitude. Although this small shop is small, its food utensils are clean and the vegetables are delicious. Even in the palace, there are many noble people who like it! Moreover, many of the dishes here are Lingnan flavors. The official has been in Yongzhou for many years, so I think he should like it."
Xu Ping then noticed that most of the side dishes served in the store were dishes that he was familiar with in Yongzhou, and there were many varieties that he made according to his memories of his previous life, with his own obvious mark.
However, Xu Ping's rough approach to making things difficult for Duan Yunjie. Although the side dishes in this store are simple, they are extremely exquisite, making them feel comfortable at first glance.
Xu Ping sighed in his heart and glanced at Duan Yunjie.
Duan Yunjie stood up as if nothing had happened and said to Xiao Huangmen: "President Yan, what do you want to order today?"
Xiaohuangmen took out a piece of paper and said, "I have a list here. Miss Duan said it according to the list, and the money will be calculated later."
Duan Yunjie took the order, turned around and entered the store, preparing dishes for Xiaohuangmen.
This place is not far from the back door of the palace, and people from the palace often come here to buy gadgets and snacks. From the empress and concubines to the palace maids and eunuchs, they are all interested in things in the market, and the business of the shops in this area is quite prosperous.
Shi Quanbin was also working as an errand in the palace to raise the Queen's Palace. This little yellow gate was his subordinate and should also serve Empress Guo. He just didn't know whether to buy it for the Queen or for himself and the little palace maid.
Xu Ping was not easy to find out about the matter in the palace. Seeing that it was getting late and the public officials there were almost eating and drinking, they greeted Duan Yunjie who came out of the store and whispered: "I have time to see you again." Then they took their subordinates to say goodbye. Turning around the street, Li Tian separated from everyone with the people who were walking in the cattle and horses.
Not far away, I saw a few big men walking towards me, and two other men with a fierce face followed behind them, cursing as they walked: "Zhou Chui'an, you are a big official, you dare to take chicken feathers as an arrow! Grandpa just returned from Guangji Army for less than two months, so you dare to transfer me to Bozhou again! Who doesn't know that there will be rewards for offering prisoners in Yongzhou? Do you dare to swear me?"
The few people in front just walked forward and ignored the two.
But the two of them refused to give up and kept following behind and scolding them. The more they scolded, the more they became, the more they became unbearable.
Wang Ke pulled Xu Ping: "These are like imperial guards in the Imperial City Division, let's avoid it."
The two of them took the public officials to the side of the road. Xu Ping whispered to Wang Ke: "Since it is an imperial guard, why are you making noise in the street? Or beside the imperial city, don't be afraid of patrolling people bringing them into Kaifeng Prefecture!"
Wang Ke sighed: "Forget it, who is angry with them? Those two people are afraid that they are arrogant and hard to control. If they don't see their boss, they just pretend that they don't see them. Listening to them scolding, they just want to send people out before the ceremony of offering prisoners."
"The mission is out? The ceremony is imminent now, and the imperial guards are rewarded. Is it unreasonable to send people away?"
Wang Ke smiled and said, "Officials have always been officials in other places, and they don't know these stories in the capital. Any major ceremony in the imperial court must be rewarded. But how can everyone be satisfied with hundreds of thousands of imperial guards? Even if they are rewarded the same, some people dislike their own character and take the opportunity to cause trouble. Therefore, according to the convention, every time the imperial guards are at the imperial guards, the arrogant and unruly people in the imperial guards have to drive out of the capital. The man said that he had just returned for two months, and thought that the emperor personally cultivated the ceremony this spring, so he transferred him out once. This time he had to transfer him out again, so he came to the superior to make trouble."
Xu Ping was also from Kaifeng and had long seen the military discipline of the imperial guards. He couldn't help but feel disappointed after hearing this.
Hundreds of thousands of imperial guards stationed inside and outside Kaifeng City, which was a major disaster for the capital. Over the years, there were many people who joined the army and served as generals for generations. They were isolated from normal society and were the most despairing. From the practice left over from the Five Dynasties, the court used heavy rewards to buy the morale of the army, but the morale of the army was so easy to buy? The more money they used, the more chaotic the military discipline became. Every time the imperial guards ceremonies came, it became a routine for the soldiers of the imperial guards to cause trouble, and every time Kaifeng Prefecture was like facing a great enemy.
Given the many drawbacks, some ministers wrote to cancel the rewards for the imperial court ceremony. Even if it was changed to the military salary, it would be better than making trouble every few years. However, when the memorial came to the emperor, there was never a reply. This was when the emperor gave the army favor. The rewards were given in the name of the emperor himself. Will these soldiers still remember the emperor's salary?
Two injustice soldiers walked past Xu Ping and others, glared fiercely, and continued to shout at the people in front of them: "Zhou Chui'an, don't be deaf! This time, if you dare to send your grandfather out, you must demolish the small shop you missed when you come back! You are a little sesame official who climbed up with your father's popularity, you dare to take care of your grandfather!"
Speaking of this, the leader who had been silent in front suddenly turned around and said to the person who was scolding: "Wu Er, if you dare to do anything randomly, I will tear off your bones first!"
"Come on! Come on! I can't cut off my grandfather's head, I raised you!"
Wu Er made a tantrum, jumped into the road, shouted at Zhou Chai'an, and patted his chest with "dong, dong".
Xu Ping had already seen that these people went to Duan Yunjie's store, and Tan Erniang stood at the door of the store and kept looking at it. Thinking of the experience of Tan Erniang that Duan Yunjie mentioned, Zhou Chui'an thought he was a little official who was good at her childhood.
Seeing that Wu Er was still scolding the sky and screaming, Xu Ping raised his foot and walked forward.
Wu Er looked up and down at Xu Ping who was walking up and said, "Where are you from? Don't worry about our imperial guards!"
Xu Ping said: "In the lower Xu Ping, now he serves as the judge in the third department."
"Xu Ping, who broke Jiaozhi in Yongzhou?"
"good!"
The second general Wu was skeptical, but Xu Ping's reputation spread throughout the city at this time, so he did not dare to act rashly. He stopped his posture and said to Xu Ping: "What are you doing? Now you are an official in the Sansi, but you don't care about the army!"
Xu Ping said coldly: "I'm just here to ask your names."
Wu Er looked at his companion beside him, patted his chest and said loudly: "Sha family Wu Er is known as the tiger down the mountain. This is my brother Zheng Dahai, known as the mountain leopard, and a famous figure in Kaifeng City!"
Xu Ping nodded: "I remember it when I went down the mountain tiger Wu Er, and the mountain leopard Zheng Dahai."
After saying that, he turned around and left, leading a group of officials to show off his strength.
Wu Er watched Xu Ping and his party leave, and the monk Zhang Er was confused and didn't know what Xu Ping was doing when he asked his name.
The imperial guards belonged to the three yamen, and there were many relatives and nobles in it. Xu Ping could not do anything else, but it was not difficult to ask Li Zhang to find someone to beat the two imperial guards to death. I felt unhappy when I met Duan Yunjie, and the two of them were going to the store to cause trouble.
Chapter completed!