Chapter 281: The Central Guards Fall into a Trap
In the capital, some officials with a keen political sense discovered that the atmosphere in the court was not right after the New Year.
The emperor also issued an edict to recall a young official who had been sent to a coastal county to serve as a county magistrate at the beginning of last year.
At the morning court today, the Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue were asked to discuss and send another batch of food and soldiers' pay to the Jibei border as soon as possible.
The Minister of Revenue would cry poor every time at this time, but the Emperor would usually let him show off for a while and then tell him to go back and distribute the Ministry's silver and materials as appropriate.
After the morning court session, two officials, Shan Jinzhe and Chi Huanong, who liked each other, were whispering to each other.
"The emperor didn't pamper that old man in the Ministry of Revenue today. It looks like there will be big moves in Jibei."
Shan Jinzhe rolled his eyes at Chi Huanong and said in a very low voice, "Didn't you hear the kid who went to pay New Year's greetings to An Jijiu some time ago say that he went to Jibei."
"Oh, yes." Chi Huanong realized it belatedly and reacted.
Leng Xiangbai and Jiang Zhou walked out of the morning court hall in silence, and no one spoke a word.
It was beyond their expectation that the emperor summoned Zhu Shijing back, but what they were more worried about was An Xin who was now in northern Hebei.
The eldest senior brother Li Ziyu is still outside the capital on patrol for the emperor and has not returned yet. An Rui is a peaceful person with little ambition. The junior brother Liu Boxing is more honest than smart.
Leng Xiangbai and Jiang Zhou looked at each other and frowned. They were both civil servants, and the two martial arts skills they had were not as good as Da Zhuang's.
If I go to the border, I will probably only be a drag on my own little mountain chief.
In Jibei, An Xin has not yet caused trouble for Ma Boteng.
Ma Boteng, however, came here with a team of people to seek trouble.
They were carrying Gu Fei's body, and beside him was a beautiful woman crying in grief.
When An Xin heard the report and walked out of the barracks where he lived, he saw a woman rushing towards him, swearing obscene words and making sweet noises.
"Wuwuwu, you bitch, give my brother back his life."
An Xin had no habit of suffering innocent losses, so everyone heard a "bang" and a woman in white flew out.
"Yun Niang!" Ma Boteng originally wanted to bring his mistress to make trouble and embarrass An Xin, but he didn't expect her to start fighting without even saying hello.
"Master Jijiu, how could you be so harsh on a woman who can barely tie a chicken with her hands?"
"Wrong." An Xin rolled up his sleeves, raised his head with a faint smile on his face, and said, "I didn't do it."
"You..." Ma Boteng wanted to curse, you didn't hit me, but you did use your feet.
Ma Boteng took a deep breath. Ever since General Yuchi and his men were recalled to Beijing, he became the garrison commander of northern Hebei. It had been many years since he had felt suppressed.
Pointing at the captain Gu Fei, who was lying on the wooden board with a miserable look of death, he said righteously: "Although you have been ordered by the emperor to come to Jibei to supervise the army, you treat the lives of the soldiers at the border as worthless. This general cannot tolerate you."
The generals who had just discussed with An Xin about attacking Beiming Cangcheng in the house followed her out. None of them knew Ma Boteng’s real intention.
It was just that he saw that his prestige in the army had been declining during this period and he felt a crisis, so he wanted to attack An Xin.
Ma Boteng saw that An Xin just looked at him calmly, without a trace of fear on her face. He knew that An Xin was different from other women, and that scaring her would not work on her.
Then he said with a righteous look: "What do you, a female officer, know about military affairs? During your time at the border of northern Hebei,
As long as you stay well fed and well-drinked, when we return to the capital in a while, this general will definitely not let you return empty-handed. "
Everyone: “…” Ma Zhongjun, are you serious?
Such a blatant threat and inducement, even if you dare to offer it, An Xin would not dare to accept it unless her head was caught in the door.
"That's right, you are a female official, eating, drinking and having fun here," echoed several trusted generals who followed Ma Boteng.
"Report to the emperor when you return after a while. Everything is fine here. Our General Ma will definitely give you benefits."
An Xin looked at them with a speechless look, and finally understood why Emperor Sheng An allowed Ma Boteng to be the garrison general even though he knew that he was so incompetent at the border.
Given that he and his younger brothers have such impressive IQs, even if he were left at this frontier for a hundred years, he would not be able to become a great general who would become a threat to the emperor.
If it weren't for that idiot Ma Boteng who ruined his own future and wanted to marry into the Prime Minister's Mansion, Emperor Sheng An would have tolerated him for a few more years if there was no war at the border.
An Xin looked at Ma Boteng with a half-smile, knowing that he was not here to punish him today, but really wanted to suppress and bribe him.
But he never expected that he would run into the muzzle of a gun. An Xin had originally planned to deal with him before the war to prevent him from causing trouble.
Now that he has come to the door himself, there is no reason for An Xin to be polite to him.
When Ma Boteng noticed the strange smile on An Xin's lips, he felt a chill on his back.
Sure enough, I saw An Xin take out a bright yellow envelope from his sleeve pocket.
No matter whether it was the generals in front or the soldiers watching from afar, when they saw the imperial edict that An Xin took out, they all knelt down.
Ma Boteng knelt down with panic in his eyes, and his bad premonition became more obvious.
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"The Emperor proclaims, by the Will of Heaven.
It has now been found that Central Guard General Ma Boteng was suspected of colluding with certain ministers in the court to embezzle military pay, and was also suspected of having secret communications with the enemy's garrison.
We will make a decision after he is brought back to Beijing and interrogated by the Ministry of Justice."
After hearing the imperial edict, Ma Boteng collapsed to the ground, and the other generals who followed him also began to panic.
The woman who had just been crying for her brother and pretended to be dead after being kicked by An Xin, giving Ma Boteng a reason to attack her, quietly slipped away after hearing that her brother was in trouble.
Just when everyone thought An Xin had finished reading the imperial edict.
An Xin took a breath and began to read the following paragraph: "The troops guarding the border cannot be without a general for a day.
Yuchi Yi, the son of General Yuchi, was specially appointed as the third-rank General Zhaoyong, to temporarily take over the post of the general guarding the border.
General Gao's son Gao Tai was conferred the title of General Guangwei, a fourth-rank official.
Fifth-rank Huaiyuan General Ke Yu was promoted to..."
Needless to say, the several generals promoted in the imperial edicts later were all military generals arranged by the old emperor himself.
The imperial edict finally stated that An Xin was in full charge of the border affairs in northern Hebei during this period.
An Xin really wanted to say to Emperor Sheng'an Si Yexiao: "..." Thank you.
Ma Boteng brought his men to cause trouble, but not only did he fail to subdue An Xin, he also sent himself to a prison cell in the military camp.
Next, An Xin took on the role of military advisor, assisting his students in attacking Cangcheng, a border town in the Northern Ming Dynasty.
With the assistance of An Xin, Yuchi Yi conquered those who should be conquered. For example, whoever had killed the enemies bravely was promoted to the rank of captain.
Keeping his word, Yan Zhengkuan, Yu Datou, Zhu Dashan, and two other soldiers who killed the most enemy soldiers outside the city last time were promoted to centurions by Yuchi Yi this time.
When the other soldiers heard that they could be promoted by killing the enemies bravely, they were eager to try and wait for the opportunity to make meritorious service.
(End of this chapter)