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Chapter 187: Who's Getting Off the Horse


On November 23rd of the first year of Chongzhen, Zhao Lie received a notice from the Jinghai Guard Office at the Shidao Office.

Three days later, the commander Chang Runing arrived, and the chief officers of the Qianhu Offices from each Thousand Household Office went to the Jinghai Guard Office.

City welcomes.

Zhao Lie was very interested in Chang Runing's moves against Shi Dao after taking office, and he was also looking forward to the first infighting in the officialdom that he had experienced since coming to the Ming Dynasty.

Two days later, Zhao Lie, Li Mingyu, Zhao Da, Yu Dabao and more than a hundred escorts set out from Shidao to Jinghaiwei.

From Shidao to Jinghaiwei Acropolis, which is equivalent to going from east to west within the territory of Jinghaiwei, Zhao Lie and others were fully clothed and riding horses.

What they saw along the way were dots of gray and yellow exposed after the melting of ice and snow.

The fields were scattered with dirty remnants of ice and snow, showing the roughness and desolation of the northern fields.

The cavalry trotted forward, and the scattered military households they met on the road avoided the roadside in awe.

The bright armor of Zhao Lie and others contrasted sharply with the ragged clothes of the military households.

Take a look at the main beggar military household soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Lie also complained that the situation of military households in the Ming Dynasty was not the worst, only worse.

At midnight on the same day, the cavalry arrived at the dilapidated Jinghai Acropolis, fully armored.

The cavalry with more than two hundred war horses entered the North City under the dumbfounded gaze of the beggar soldiers guarding the gate, and rested at Fan Ji Inn in the north of the city.

For Fan Ji, who now relied heavily on Shidao, this was a big deal.

Fan Ji's chief shopkeeper in Jinghai Acropolis personally entertained them and moved the crowd to the backyard without any hesitation.

Zhao Lie and others cleaned up, washed away the dust, and waited to go to the official office tomorrow.

Li Mingyu quietly went to the residence of Wu Hai, the commanding officer, under the escort of more than ten people.

I presented a hundred taels of silver and hope to support you more in the future.

Li Mingyu never fails to honor Zhao Lie every New Year, and spends a thousand taels of silver on Wu Hai every year.

Wu Hai, who was in charge of farmland and official treasury affairs, also never interfered in Shidao's affairs and got along well with him.

This time, Wu Hai accepted it as usual.

Li Mingyu made an agreement with him.

Wu Hai must be notified in advance of matters related to Zuo Qianhu Office.

Li Mingyu then went to the outgoing commander Liao Cheng's mansion and presented a hundred taels of silver.

Liao Cheng, who had recently felt that there were few cars and horses in front of the door, felt emotional.

Compared with other people who tend to follow the trend, this young Zhao Lie Dang is really particular about people.

So Liao Cheng said something meaningful, and the storm was about to come.

With his many years of official career, Liao Cheng had a premonition that this transfer would not be easy.

His efforts to transfer to other wealthy places almost failed.

Suddenly, things took a turn for the worse, and he heard that someone wanted his position.

So who would care so much about the dilapidated Jinghaiwei, or even help him transfer?

They must be eyeing something, so the only one is Shidao.

Nothing about Shidao caught his attention at first.

However, as Shidao spread out more and more, he of course got the news.

After sending people to inquire, he was quite jealous.

Zhao Lie was just a young boy who had not yet taken it into his eyes, but behind Zhao Lie Zhao Haiming was indeed deeply afraid of him.

In his eyes, the generals who could go into battle to kill Jiannu were all fierce generals.

Zhao Haiming did it twice.

If he had not been trapped by the navy, he would have been promoted to Denglai Commander-in-Chief or Denglai Dusi Commander-in-Chief.

Such a general must have accumulated a large number of soldiers who are capable of fighting.

It would be unwise to offend a fierce servant.

However, this time Liao Cheng saw that someone couldn't help it.

The grievances between the Yang family and the Zhao family were now well known in Denglai, but he couldn't afford to offend the people in Dusi, so he played Li Mingyu on demand.

As for whether they woke up, it was not him.

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He thought he was worthy of Zhao Lie.

Zhao Lie received Li Mingyu's support, and of course he understood the meaning.

However, now he could only respond to changes by remaining unchanged, waiting for the new commander Chang Runing to take action.

At early noon on the second day, Liao Cheng, Wu Hai and other Acropolis generals, as well as Qianhu from the five Qianhu Divisions, waited at the Acropolis Commander's Office for the arrival of the new commander Chang Runing.

Chang Runing, accompanied by Wang Guan, the commander of the capital, and more than fifty servants came down to the official office of the Acropolis.

For a while, except Liao Cheng, who maintained his identity, all the generals knelt down to greet the general.

If it weren't for Liao Cheng's face, everyone would have been out for miles.

Zhao Lie was also in the queue of more than ten generals who were kneeling in obeisance.

When Chang Runing excused himself from the salute, Zhao Lie stood up with everyone after the salute.

He took a closer look at the new boss, who was in his fifties.

He was tall and thin, with gray hair, dignified appearance, and quite majestic.

At this time, Chang Runing felt someone looking at him.

Looking around, he saw a tall, dark-skinned young Qianhu dressed in official uniform.

Looking at him with a smile.

This should be Zhao Lie.

Chang Runing, who had heard a little about Zhao Lie, of course recognized him.

There was only one general with such appearance.

Chang Runing gathered his mood, smiled and greeted Liao Cheng who came forward.

The two veterans of the officialdom smiled and greeted each other for a moment, and then entered the official office together.

Other generals were waiting outside the official hall for the two big bosses to pass on each other.

During the meal, the guards announced that all the troops were about to enter.

Chang Runing was sitting in the center behind the case, and Liao Cheng was standing beside him, symbolizing the completion of the transfer of power.

Of course, there would be warehouses, account books, and fields in the next few days.

The handover of troops and other matters, but from now on, the master of Jinghaiwei is Chang Runing.

Commander-in-Chief Wu Hai, Commander-in-Chief Liu Biao, Commander-in-Chief Huo Gushan, Commander-in-Chief Wang Dong, and Town Governor Tang Liang came forward to meet them one by one.

Next, the heads of each thousand households met one by one.

Finally, Well, he is the tallest, strongest and youngest Zhao Lie.

"Zuo Qianhu Suo Qianhu Zhao Lie pays homage to your lord."

Zhao Lie knelt down and bowed.

For a moment, Chang Runing didn't respond, and the hall became strangely quiet.

Everyone had just greeted each other, and Chang Runing returned the greetings with a smile on his face, showing his demeanor as an elder.

But at this time, he was silent for a moment.

Everyone was surprised, but No one was peeking, they were all looking in front of them with their eyes, nose, nose and heart, carefully studying the square inches of their own house.

"Get up, Mr.

Zhao," Chang Runing's voice finally came.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the atmosphere relaxed.

Zhao Lie stood up, patted the dust on his knees, turned around and backed away.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

They knelt down and stood up in officialdom.

Who dared to dust themselves off on the spot.

They are always slapped after they retreat, otherwise it is a crime of disrespect.

However, this was not explicitly stipulated, but it was an official convention.

Zhao Lie's behavior was equivalent to a slap in the face in public.

Chang Runing's always cheerful face suddenly twitched.

However, this is a matter of convention, and you can't have an attack in public because of this.

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It seems that you are narrow-minded.

He could only make up for it later, but Chang Runing's face was filled with frost for a while.

Several thousand households next to Zhao Lie hurriedly dodge to the side, fearing that they would get too close and anger Chang Runing.

They thought to themselves, one is a yamen and the other is a Shangguan, you two are fighting, but don't hurt Chiyu.

Zhao Lie stood there, staring directly, as if he wanted to see through the opposite wall.

The problem is that his gaze is completely opposite to that of Chang Runing.

To outsiders, it looks like he is completely ignoring Shangguan and is unruly.

Chang Runing felt for a moment that his head was suffering from splitting headaches, but he did not expect that he would give Zhao Lie a blow.

The first was to put pressure on Zhao Lie, and the second was to make the people in the guardhouse who were close to Zhao Lie move away and isolate Zhao Lie.

Unexpectedly, the yamen had a fit on the spot, showing his playboy nature, and slapped him in the face on the spot, which made Zhao Lie Chang Runing couldn't get off stage by himself.

It was extremely embarrassing for a moment.

Liao Cheng also secretly smacked his tongue.

Fortunately, he was not obsessed with money and took action against the Zhao family.

Otherwise, Chang Runing's current embarrassment and humiliation would have happened to him long ago.

"Lord Chang, all the colleagues of Jinghaiwei have already met.

I and you will have a reception banquet at Wanghai Restaurant in the city to express our feelings.

Please don't refuse, Lord Liao."

Liao Cheng spoke up to break the relationship between indoor and outdoor.

A tough winter.

"Yes, Mr.

Chang and Mr.

Liao, today's banquet is firstly to welcome Mr.

Chang and wash away the dust, and secondly, to see Mr.

Liao off.

I hope that the two adults will go there with honor."

Wu Hai, a seasoned man, continued, and everyone agreed at once.

"Well, since all my colleagues have invited me, I will go there shamelessly."

Chang Runing relaxed his tense skin and squeezed out a smile, no longer as proud as he was when he was chatting and laughing.

"We're going together, we're going together."

Liao Cheng smiled professionally.

The group of people went out under the leadership of the two adults and walked towards Wanghai Restaurant, surrounded by their own servants and guards.

Wu Hai, as the highest ranking among the left-behind generals, led the way, while Zhao Lie was at the end surrounded by more than a hundred guards.

At this time, everyone looked at Zhao Lie's guards up close and were stunned.

Zhao Lie's guards were all covered in iron armor, their movements were neat and energetic, and their eyes were scanning around, very alert.

Looking at everyone's servants, it can only be said that the red fat coats are very neat, with few patches.

After all, they are all the trusted servants of the generals.

However, the armors are all kinds of, most of them are leather armors, cotton armors, only A few armors.

Everyone looked at it with eager eyes, but thinking about the money that Yanai sprinkled in Shidao Bay, these armors were not so dazzling.

Chang Runing was also shocked when he saw Zhao Lie's bodyguard.

He hadn't seen such a well-armed elite servant for many years.

He had only seen this kind of energy and spirit among the subordinates of Lord Qi in the past.

This shows the status of this Yameni in Zhao Haiming's heart. , by arranging such elites around the second son, it seems that he is regarded as the heir of the family.

Chang Runing heard that his eldest son was ill and could not work as a errand.

If he touches Zhao Lie in the future, the commander-in-chief may have to fight for his life.

However, now Chang Runing is already riding a tiger and can only run to the dark side.

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A group of people arrived at Wanghai Tower.

The restaurant had already been cleared, and it was specially used to receive military generals.

There were many people, so everyone took their seats in the restaurant hall and set up a few tables.

For a while, various dishes were served in the sky, on the ground, and in the sea.

Bring it to the table.

Liao Cheng first made a speech to welcome Chang Runing.

Chang Runing thanked him in return and wished Liao Cheng a safe journey.

Then everyone began to toast the two officers.

This was a common practice in official circles.

The two of them also touched each other's lips slightly, meaning, The subordinates drank too much and did not dare to slack off.

When Zhao Lie came forward at the end, Liao Cheng excused himself as a poor drinker and made it clear that he didn't want to give face.

Zhao Lie didn't take it seriously.

He put the wine glass in his hand aside, poured another glass of wine, and said, "Master Liao, here we go.

I don’t know when we will meet in Linqing.

Zhao Lie would like to wish you a smooth journey and good progress.”

The noise in the banquet suddenly disappeared, and the hall was silent.

Damn it, I put the wine presented to Chang Runing aside.

Even if Mr.

Chang doesn't drink it, as a subordinate, I still have to drink it.

This is a shame for Mr.

Chang on the spot. ah.

Liao Cheng also smiled bitterly, but since he was about to take over the new post, he didn't care much about Chang Runing's face, so he took the glass and took a sip, giving Zhao Lie some face.

Zhao Lie turned around and returned to his seat.

At this time, the reception banquet had completely changed its flavor.

The lively atmosphere was gone and the atmosphere became deserted.

Chang Runing's face was ashen.

Everyone was eating and drinking carefully.

The banquet was just stumbling like this. ended in an atmosphere

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