Chapter 188: The height of the temple (16)

At the Zui Baxian Restaurant, Yang Tong, the North Wei of the City and Wang Jue, the Military Arts Supervisor, quarreled in public. Both of them were Daliang people, with smooth mouths and swear words blurted out like heavy rain in June.

The two quarreled for several sentences, and Hou Dayong had already understood the reason.

Chengbeiwei is the "public security bureau chief" in the northern part of Daliang City. He is responsible for local social security and directly dealing with the people. He has great punishment power. He is a role with little official position and is in the north of the city. Jiubaxian Restaurant is in the north of the city, which is just under the jurisdiction of Chengbeiwei, so Chengbeiwei is one and one evil to these shopkeepers. When Hou Dayong was the captain of the special forces, there were many restaurants and hotels near the station. When these bosses met the police station director, they were as respectful as mice and cats.

Du Gangjiu was in Daliang and was very familiar with the situation of Daliang. He explained: "As the saying goes, county officials are worse than to be in charge. All walks of life in the north of the city are under the jurisdiction of Chengbeiwei. Although the shopkeepers who can gain a foothold in Daliang City have close ties with the officials in the court, Yang Tong, the Chengbeiwei, is arrogant and often acts recklessly after breaking up. The shopkeepers have to give him three points of shame. Even ordinary court officials dare not provoke him easily."

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the county system has been implemented. The county magistrate is called the county magistrate, the second in command is called the county magistrate, the third in charge is the county magistrate, and the fourth in charge is the county magistrate. These four officials are not of high rank, but are permanent positions for those who are from the imperial examinations when they first entered the official career, and they were all appointed by the court.

In history, there have been endless celebrities who were born as county magistrates.

Two of the founders of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu were county magistrates. Cao Cao was the Beichengwei of Luoyang. When he was the Beichengwei, he was quite majestic and made five-color big sticks. Those who violated the ban will be served by big sticks. The uncle of the powerful minister Qian Shuo was beaten to death by Cao Cao because he violated the ban on not allowed to travel at night.

Liu Bei was appointed as the county magistrate of Anxi for his contribution to suppressing the Yellow Turban Army. He beat the Supervisor with Ma Liu. This story was used by Luo Guanzhong to move the universe and add it to Zhang Fei, which took away the style of Liu Huangshu.

Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been many famous people who have served as county lieutenants. After Bai Juyi became his younger brother, he served as county lieutenants, Liu Zongyuan served as county lieutenants in Lantian, and Wen Tingyun served as county lieutenants in Suizhou.

Daliang City is the imperial capital, with four city magistrates in the east, west, south and north. Because they are in the capital, the city magistrates are far from comparable to ordinary county magistrates. The four city magistrates in the east, west, south and north are all brave men, and each has its own background.

After Yang Tong, the Weiwei of Chengbei, and Wang Jue, he gradually fell into a disadvantage on his lips and could no longer hold back. He stepped forward and grabbed Wang Jue's collar and prepared to hug him. Wang Jue hugged his head with his hand and shouted: "Yang Er, you are so brave, be careful to burn your butt."

When Hou Dayong saw Yang Tong and Wang Jue entangled with each other in the north of the city, he said to Luo Qingsong: "Luo Lang. Go and try Yang Tong's weight."

Luo Qingsong was very skilled in martial arts. When he fought with the Tubo people of the Hunmo tribe, he was besieged by five extremely brave Tubo soldiers. Luo Qingsong fought fiercely and smashed all five people to the ground. After this battle, Luo Qingsong was famous for his bravery in the Black Eagle Army. After Chen Meng became the commander, Luo Qingsong became Hou Dayong's third confidant guard.

After Yang Tong slapped Wang Jue twice, he heard Wang Jue’s scolding and remembered the embarrassing things in the past, and the new and old hatreds surged in his heart. He raised his fist and slapped Wang Jue’s straight nose.

Yang Tong and Wang Jue are both from Daliang. The fathers of both families are eighth-rank officials in the court. They are quite close friends and often interact with each other. Yang Tong has never liked to read and plays sticks every day. Although Wang Jue likes to read, he only likes to read miscellaneous books. He has no interest in the Four Books and Five Classics. Since his youth, Yang Tong and Wang Jue often meet frequently. However, as if they had a grudge in their previous life, they have hatred each other since they were young and have fought countless fights. Each time it ends with Yang Tong's great victory. However, after the age of thirteen or fourteen, Wang Jue often gets some strange weapons to plot against Yang Tong. After Yang Tong suffered several losses, he did not dare to provoke Wang Jue.

Both fathers were from Jinshi. Seeing this, they always beat their chests and stamped their feet, but they were helpless. However, things in the world are often unpredictable. After Yang Tong and Wang Jue grew up, Yang Tong joined the army and made many military achievements. Wang Jue also got a Ming Jing and came to the military weapon prison as he wished. The two became officials of the court respectively, which gave some comfort to the two fathers who wanted their son to be successful.

Before Yang Tong's fist hit Wang Jue's face, he suddenly felt his wrist tightening, and a man in green held Yang Tong's wrist. Yang Tong turned his wrist and wanted to grab the other party's wrist. The man in green forced Yang Tong's wrist to his side, and punched Yang Tong's nose with a heavy straight punch with his right hand.

The man in green clothes was Luo Qingsong. Like Hou Dayong, he changed into a round-necked blue shirt.

Yang Tong had been fighting on Huatou Street since he was a child. After joining the army, he learned martial arts for several years and had a lot of experience in fighting. Seeing that the situation was wrong, he raised his leg and kicked the man in Qing's lower body with the pulling force of the man in Qing's clothes. This move was called lifting the vagina. If Yang Tong used the vagina to win over Huatou Street, he used the vagina to win over. It was precisely because of this leg that Yang Tong was forced to join the army.

Seeing that Yang Tong was quick to react, Luo Qingsong made a vicious move and wanted to teach him a lesson. He put Yang Tong's wrist and dodged to the left. While avoiding the vaginal leg, his right hand suddenly sank, and grabbed Yang Tong's ankle. Then he took a step forward and hit Yang Tong with all his strength. Yang Tong had only one leg to support him. Under the impact of gravity, he suddenly lost his balance. Yang Tong took several steps in his legs and knocked over a table full of wine and vegetables. His clean clothes were covered with soup.

Yang Tong was furious and pulled out his waist knife and said, "Boy, I'm tired of living." Yang Tong's followers pulled out his waist knife and forced Luo Qingsong, Du Gang, Lin Zhonghu and others to fight in and out of the battlefield. When they saw Yang Tong and others taking the sword, they picked up their chairs and rushed over without caring about the rules of the world.

Seeing that the diners on the first floor saw that the matter was getting big, they hurriedly retreated to the side of the hall, hugged in the corner, stretched their necks, and watched the rare and wonderful show happily.

The brief confrontation ended quickly with everyone's cheers. The yamen runners who usually roam the north of the city were no match for Du Gang and others. Except for Yang Tong, several others lay down on the ground and moaned, and broken chairs were scattered on the ground. Du Gang, Lin Zhonghu, held the yamen's waist knife in his hand. Yang Tong's waist knife slashed on the legs of the chair. When he was drawing the knife, his wrist was kicked by Luo Qingsong, and his waist knife and chair legs flew into the air. Yang Tong, with bare hands, was surrounded by Du Gang, Lin Zhonghu and Luo Qingsong.

Hou Dayong was very confident in the three personal guards. Du Gang, Lin Zhonghu and Luo Qingsong were equivalent to special forces in the Great Zhou Dynasty, while Yang Tong and others were equivalent to police stations in the police station. They were not the same level at all. When the diners retreated aside in public, Hou Dayong was still having fun eating and drinking.

Yang Tong said in a singular and vocal manner: "You thieves in the ocean actually attacked my official in Daliang City. The net of heaven is vast and uninterrupted, so you will definitely not escape the law."

When Hou Dayong heard the last few words, he almost squirted out a sip of wine. He thought to himself: Yang Tong is worthy of being the North Wei of the City. He is indeed a bit professional and speaks with great righteousness. Those who don’t know must have thought Du Gang and the others were really big thieves.

Seeing that things suddenly became uncontrollable, Wang Jue looked at the yamen officials who were falling to the ground and moaning. Some timid diners heard Yang Tong's words and looked panicked. A diner shouted in the crowd: "Go and report to the yamen. There are robbers here."

Hou Dayong stood up slowly, smiled at the diners shouting in the crowd and said, "Don't make noise." He pointed at Yang Tong with his finger and said, "That one is Chengbeiwei."

When Yang Tong saw Hou Dayong walking beside him, he couldn't believe it. He rubbed his eyes with his hands. Convinced that he was not dazzled, he hurriedly knelt in front of Hou Dayong and said, "I don't know if it's Hou Prime Minister, so I offended him a lot. Please forgive me."

There were many diners on the first floor, and after hearing this, they realized that the man in green was the new prime minister Hou Dayong. They kept nodding, and a middle-aged man shook his head and said, "It turned out to be the Marquis who was the most powerful Marquis. His personal guards were all warriors crawling out of the dead. How could these domineering yamen officials withstand the iron fists of the warriors? A long-bearded man beside him said, "Are you very familiar with Marquis?"

When Hou Dayong saw Yang Tong recognize him, he asked strangely: "Yang Tong, the Wei Wei of Chengbei. Stand up and talk, how do you know who I am?"

Yang Tong stood up and said respectfully: "I had the honor to have drunk wine with the Hou Xiang in Cangzhou. The lower official was General Cao Han's personal guard."

Hou Dayong looked at Yang Tong carefully for a while, and still had some impression, and said, "So that's the case, General Cao is okay?" When Hou Dayong heard Yang Tong's name report, he immediately understood that the backstage of the Chengbeiwei must be Cao Han.

On that day, Liu Cunxiao, Cangzhou, wanted to rebel. Hou Dayong fled from Cangzhou City in a hurry and defected to Chai Rong. Chai Rong sent his confidant general Cao Han to lead his army to suppress the rebellion. Hou Dayong became a general of Cao Han and established the Black Diao Army, which was also promoted by Cao Han. However, Cao Han never expected that the Black Diao Army would become a famous strong army in the world.

"General Cao presided over the northern room in the Privy Council and specialized in combat preparations against the Khitan. He went to Zhengyang a few days ago and probably would be back soon." Yang Tong replied respectfully.

Cao Han was kind to support Hou Dayong, and Hou Dayong was always grateful to him. Because he was an old Chai Rong, Feiyingtang also paid great attention to his whereabouts. Therefore, Hou Dayong was still very familiar with Cao Han's situation.

Hou Dayong didn't want to talk about Cao Han's affairs and said, "Let all your subordinates get up. Chengbeiwei's subordinates can't help but fight. You have to train them well, otherwise you may not be able to deal with the thief if you really encounter a big thief."

Yang Tong smiled awkwardly and said, "How dare these yamen officials fight against the army? They can only show off their might in front of the common people. If they go to the battlefield, they will be scared to death."

Hou Dayong waved his hand and said, "Don't be too arrogant in the future. After all, you are an official who has been listed on the Ministry of Personnel."

While Hou Dayong was talking to Yang Tong, the military weapon supervisor Wang Jue stood aside at a loss. After Yang Tong retreated with the limping people, Hou Dayong turned around and looked at Wang Jue and asked, "Are you a military weapon supervisor? What are you responsible for? You dare to fight with a rough man like Chengbeiwei, you are not too brave."

Seeing the prime minister's kindness, Wang Jue felt a little relieved. After giving the big gift, he said respectfully: "The lower official is Wang Jue, the little ruling of the Military Weapon Supervisor Jiafang." Hou Dayong heard that Wang Jue was a man from the Military Weapon Supervisor Jiafang, and his heart moved and asked: "Is there a craftsman in Jiafang who is good at making gunpowder?"

Because gunpowder is not the most valued weapon of the Great Zhou army, few important officials would ask about gunpowder. Wang Jue did not expect that Hou would suddenly ask about gunpowder, and said, "The military weapon supervisor is responsible for supervising the construction of gunpowder. You know a little about gunpowder."

"What weapons are there in the military weapon surveillance that are fired with gunpowder?"

Wang Jue only remembered that when Hou Xiang led his troops, he was quite good at using gunpowder to win. He used gunpowder to explode the city gate twice, and once buried gunpowder on the ground. The enemy's corpse was not left alive. Because these battle examples involved the application of gunpowder in war, Wang Jue was particularly concerned. As soon as he met today, Hou Xiang asked about gunpowder. Wang Jue suddenly felt that he met his soulmate and said in a constant stream: "The types of gunpowder weapons of military weapons are quite considerable, including Thunderbolt shells, gunpowder whip arrows, Thunderbolt flaming, Smoke, Poison flaming, Treasure flaming, Iron-mouthed Fire Harrier, Bamboo Fire Harrier, Rocket and other types. These nine types have been partially equipped in the army."

"However, most generals in the army do not understand the damage to gunpowder, and most of these equipment are idle in the army. In addition, these equipment are scattered to various armies and cannot concentrate firepower, which will inevitably make the power of gunpowder weapons lose their power. If the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty are as good as those of the Marquis, the Great Zhou army will definitely be invincible."

Hou Dayong comes from modern society, and of course he knows that gunpowder weapons will eventually dominate the battlefield. In this era, the military weapon supervisor Xiao Ling Wang Jue can have such knowledge and be considered a genius. Hou Dayong praised: "Wang Lang has extraordinary knowledge and is really a young talent. His future is limitless. When I have time, I will go to the military weapon supervisor to take a look."

Wang Jue thought to himself: Even if there is a thousand-mile horse, what's the use without Bo Le? It seems that this Jiedushi has a special liking for gunpowder. If he can use gunpowder weapons to equip the Great Zhou army, it would be better to endure the military weapon supervision for six years. Wang Jue felt the opportunity to make a name for himself, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly. He tried his best to control his emotions and said, "These nine gunpowder weapons have their own merits. After Hou Xiang arrived at the military weapon supervision, the lower official personally demonstrated it to Hou Xiang."

While the two were talking, they kept coming down from the upper floor. Seeing that the first floor was in a mess, they both took a detour. Finally, an official recognized that the man in green was actually the new prime minister and hurried over to pay homage. Hou Dayong was happy to be ordered. At this time, he achieved the purpose of "Hou Dayong came here". After a few perfunctory words, he left.

On the way back to the mansion, Hou Dayong thought secretly: After returning to Daliang, I only saw Qiuju and Chunlan. Should I go to Qiuju or Chunlan tonight? Or to Qiuju? Xiaolu was over three years old without knowing it, and she grew up before she had been hugged several times. My father is too incompetent.

Before he arrived at the Hou Mansion, he saw a dozen people hurried over on horseback. When he walked to Hou Dayong, one of them shouted: "Stop." It was the voice of the Privy Councilor Wang Pu.

Wang Pu immediately bowed and said, "Mr. Hou is so leisurely, but I'm so anxious. I have something urgent to report. Not far ahead is Kaifeng Yamen, so let's go to the Yamen." Wang Pu is not only the Privy Councilor, but also the prefect of Kaifeng. Now he is a left-behind Tokyo, and his office is still in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Hou Dayong held back the "wind" of the war horse. Seeing that Wang Pu's face looked a little ugly, but his expression was not panicked. It was not an emergency military situation. He said, "What should we make the Privy Councilor embarrassed? Why don't we have a drink and then talk about the main things."

Wang Pu smiled bitterly and said, "Let's talk about it when you go to the yamen. This matter is big and small, and I hope the Lord will help you."

A group of people soon arrived at Kaifeng Yamen.

It was Hou Dayong's first time to enter the Kaifeng Prefecture Office. Kaifeng's yamen became famous in the world because of a clean official in later generations. Hou Dayong looked around curiously and said, "This is Bao Longtu's official residence, which is much better than I thought?"

Then he hummed another old song: "There is a Bao Qingtian in Kaifeng who kills Yan Luo with an iron face."

At this time, there were only Hou Dayong and Wang Pu. Wang Pu smiled bitterly again and said, "What is Baolongtu?" Seeing Hou Dayong laughing but not answering, he said with a bitter face: "This time, I was in big trouble. The northern room of the Privy Council ordered Cao Han to go to Zhengyang to transport armor and swords back to Daliang. There were thousands of weapons. Due to the lack of labor, 800 surrendered soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty were arranged to transport this batch of weapons. Cao Han arrived in Zhengyang and for some reason, he ordered all the 800 surrendered soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty to be killed."

When Hou Dayong heard that it was a prisoner killing incident, he felt even more relaxed. Looking at Wang Pu’s bitter face, he deliberately said: “Since the Battle of Gaoping, Your Majesty has repeatedly ordered that the surrendered soldiers be not allowed to be killed. General Cao killed 800 surrendered soldiers without permission, and it is too fierce to take action. If Your Majesty pursues them, it can be considered a serious crime.”

Seeing Wang Pu's tense face begin to wrinkle again, Hou Dayong changed the subject and said, "However, General Cao has always been good at managing the army. Why did he do this? It must be reasonable. It is not appropriate to make a conclusion on this matter now. You can only wait until Your descendant makes a decision."

Wang Pu said sadly: "As the Privy Councilor, I will be blamed for this kind of incident, as the Privy Councilor."

Hou Dayong knew that Wang Pu was highly valued by His Majesty, otherwise he would not have been appointed as a Tokyo stay. He said: "The Envoy Wang Shumi is the Envoy who is personally appointed by His Majesty. He has a great responsibility and stability is an overwhelming event at this time. The killing of prisoners can only be considered a small matter compared to the stability of the imperial capital. The Envoy does not have to be too hasty. After His Majesty returns to Daliang, he will naturally deal with this matter."

Wang Pu pretended to be enlightened, "The Prime Minister Hou means not to deal with this matter for the time being, let it go and talk about it again and again."

Wang Pu was Chai Rong's Privy Councilor and was able to write "Pingbian Ceremony", so he was naturally not an incompetent person. Wang Pu hurriedly asked Hou Dayong for advice. The drunkard's plan was not about drinking, but more importantly, he had to form a consensus with Hou Dayong and reach some understanding.

Hou Dayong is a wise man, and he can understand naturally when he has a good understanding. He watched Wang Pu perform seriously and said in a very cooperative manner: "That's exactly what it means."

Hou Dayong's ideas were basically the same as Wang Pu. Wang Pu felt relieved and said sincerely: "If the Prime Minister was in Daliang when His Majesty personally fought, the Prime Minister would definitely be the one who stayed in Tokyo. Now that His Majesty has issued an order, he can only do it for his own sake. I hope the Prime Minister will support him more."
Chapter completed!