Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Cheng Wanli told Ximen Qing that he only had such a jewel in his palm, and he had to marry into Ximen's family in a glorious manner, without letting her suffer any grievances.

Although Cheng Momei took the initiative to send herself into Ximenqing's tiger's mouth and cooked raw rice into cooked rice, but she is the daughter of the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture after all, so naturally she dare not be careless about marriage.Ximenqing believed that the conditions proposed by Cheng Wanli were reasonable, so he agreed.In order to save face for Cheng Wanli's family, Ximenqing also decided to invite Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao, who are very well-known among the scholars, to come and hire him as a mediator, and marry Cheng Wanli's daughter Cheng Momei gracefully.

Ximen Qing said in his heart, the little lady Cheng Momei loves poetry and has long admired Li Qingzhao, a famous poet in this dynasty.Cheng Momei would be overjoyed if Li Qingzhao could be invited to come here!

The magistrate Cheng Wanli heard that Ximen Qing attached great importance to his daughter's marriage, and he wanted to invite the magistrate Zhao Mingcheng and his wife from Laizhou, a famous couple of scholars, to make arrangements for this marriage. It was really unexpected, and naturally he was also delighted I am amazed.

Although Cheng Wanli and Zhao Mingcheng are both prefects of the same prefecture, their backgrounds are quite different.

Cheng Wanli was born as Mr. Menguan of Taiwei Tongguan. Although he earned his fame through his hard study of poetry and books, he was inevitably criticized and looked down upon by scholars. He was believed to be able to do this. Wei Tongguan helps.Because of this, Cheng Wanli had a strong desire to make contributions in conquering Liangshan Po bandits, so that he could truly feel proud in front of his colleagues and scholars.

But Zhao Mingcheng is different. He is the son of the prime minister, a noble scholar from Bianliang Taixue in Tokyo, and has a high reputation among scholars.In particular, Zhao Mingcheng married Li Qingzhao, a poetess with outstanding literary talents, which made him more prestigious in the eyes of scholars.No matter where Zhao Mingcheng and his wife went in the Song Dynasty, they could be sought after and warmly received by the local scholars.Compared with their husband and wife, Cheng Wanli is really different.

If Ximen Qing can really invite Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao to preside over the wedding, it will be of great benefit to the reputation of Cheng Wanli and his daughter Cheng Momei.

Cheng Wanli was both surprised and delighted to ask Ximen Qing for confirmation, confirming that he heard correctly. This son-in-law Ximen Qing is really good friends with Zhao Mingcheng and his wife, the prefect of Laizhou. You read that right, this Ximen Qing is really not an ordinary person!

Although it was hard to hide his joy and excitement, Cheng Wanli still had his own sense of proportion.He told Ximenqing that the war between Dongping Mansion and Liangshanbo bandits is currently at a stalemate, and he has no intention of organizing a wedding for his daughter for the time being.Therefore, he wanted to discuss with his virtuous son-in-law that he would hold a grand wedding ceremony for his daughter and virtuous son-in-law in Dongping Mansion after Liangshan was leveled and the Liangshanpo bandits headed by Chao Gai were wiped out.

Yo!My father-in-law, after going through the life-and-death tests of robbers breaking the city and Dong Ping's rebellion, seems to have grown out of a cocoon and become a butterfly, becoming a lot more treacherous and cunning!Didn't he mean to imply that the officials will go all out to help him put down the thieves in Liangshanpo as soon as possible?

Father-in-law, have you ever thought about it, the later date of the marriage will not have much impact on my son-in-law!Now your family lives in my virtuous son-in-law's mansion, where there is a secret door, where the courtyard wall can be jumped over, my virtuous son-in-law, I know everything.I want to meet your good daughter privately, so why don't you just come and leave when you want?I'm afraid it will be you, my father-in-law, who will be anxious in the end!hehehe~

Ximen Qing understood the meaning of Cheng Wanli's words, and in order to reassure Cheng Wanli, he simply revealed to him his broad acquaintance.

Ximenqing told Cheng Wanli that as long as Taiwei Tongguan of the capital received Cheng Wanli's secret letter and asked the court to issue an order to allow the states on Hebei Road and Jingdong Road to send troops to suppress bandits, he could invite a few friends to send troops as soon as possible.

Among Ximenqing's friends are Du Chong, the prefect of Cangzhou, Hebei, Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui, the "General of Divine Fire" and "General of Holy Water" from Lingzhou, Hebei, and Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou on East Jingdong Road. Zhao Mingcheng, the magistrate of Laizhou, Xin Zan, the training envoy of the Qizhou regiment, and others.

As long as Ximenqing's personal letter arrives, I believe that officers and soldiers from the five prefectures of Cangzhou, Lingzhou, Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Qizhou will soon gather in Dongping Prefecture to participate in the battle to wipe out the Liangshanpo bandits.

If Taiwei Tong Guan forms an alliance with Taishi Cai Jing again, Hebei Daming Mansion will also send elite troops to strengthen the future, and Cheng Wanli can gather the troops from several states, which will be enough to wipe out the bandits entrenched in Liangshanpo.

Ximenqing talked to Cheng Wanli confidently, full of the lofty ambition of the big brother of the rivers and lakes "one arrow piercing the clouds, thousands of troops and horses come to meet each other".

After hearing Ximen Qing's words, Cheng Wanli finally gained confidence.At this time, he looked at Ximen Qing, and the more he looked at it, the more pleasing he was, and he felt that the person in front of him was a rare and good son-in-law.

Unexpectedly, although my virtuous son-in-law does not want to be an official, he shows himself as a commoner, but he has such a wide range of contacts in Hebei and Shandong, and he can borrow the power of so many local officials!

Chen Wenzhao, the former governor of Dongping Mansion, recommended Ximen Qing to me when he handed over to me.

Fortunately, Chen Wenzhao has no daughter, otherwise he would have recruited such a good son-in-law long ago!

Cheng Wanli rejoiced secretly, as if he had picked up a rare treasure, he talked happily with Ximen Qing for a long time, and left Ximen Qing to have lunch at the mansion.

During the meal, Cheng Wanli's wife and daughter came out to sit with the two of them, as if it was a family feast, everything was self-explanatory.

When she was at the same table with her parents, Cheng Momei still showed the attitude of a little lady after all, she only dared to peek at Ximen Qing who was talking and laughing happily with her parents with a red face.

After Ximenqing and Cheng Wanli's family had a happy lunch, they got up to say goodbye and wanted to go back to Ximen Fort to distribute "hero posts" and invite people from all walks of life to come and meet.

After Cheng Wanli and Ximen Qing finished discussing the important matters, they also set off to return to Dongping Mansion.Now the imperial court has not yet appointed the new magistrate of Jeju City, let him take charge of Jeju, and Cheng Wanli manages the two prefectures all by himself, and also guards against bandits in Liangshanpo. This burden is really not light.

Before going out, Cheng Momei followed and quietly handed Ximen Qing a piece of letter paper.Then he blushed and hid in the inner courtyard.

Ximen Qing rode out of Yanggu County on horseback, took out the letter paper from his bosom and looked at it carefully, and saw that it read: "A moment in a spring night is worth a thousand gold, flowers have fragrance and moon has shade.

The sound of singing pipes on the building and the platform is thin, and the swing courtyard is dark at night. "

Chapter 558 The Alliance of Tong Cai

Senior official Ximen Qing rode on a horse and read the poem written by Cheng Momei. Isn't this "Spring Night" written by that old guy Su Dongpo?

That guy Su Dongpo is really a prostitute!He not only wrote the famous sentence "a moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold", which has influenced many men and women in later generations, but also wrote the behavior of an old cow eating tender grass as "a pear blossom pressing a begonia". !

It's a pity that Su Dongpo passed away more than ten years before Ximen Qing crossed over. Let Ximen Qing pass by him and not get to know this ancient poet. It is really a little regretful.

Ximen Qing put the prostitute Su Dongpo behind him, looked at the little poem in his hand again, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said in his heart: "The young lady of the Cheng family is complaining that my mansion is too big and the courtyard is too wide. No one, lonely, empty and cold? Hey~ As the owner of the mansion, it is really wrong for me to take good care of the guests! Forget it, I will work harder tonight and spend time with the young lady of the Cheng family. Long nights of mindless sleep!"

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After Ximen Qing hurried back to Ximen Fort, he locked himself in his study room, moved his brush like flying, and gave it to Cangzhou prefect Du Chong, Lingzhou regiment training envoy Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui, Qingzhou prefect Murong Yanda and military commander Qin Ming, Laizhou Zhao Mingcheng, the prefect, and Xin Zan, the training envoy of the Qizhou regiment, all wrote their own letters, asking them to send troops to fight against the thieves.

In the letter to Zhao Mingcheng, in addition to asking Laizhou to send troops to help out, Ximenqing also specially invited Zhao Mingcheng and his wife to hire Cheng Wanli's daughter as a mediator for him.

Ximenqing originally wanted to ask Hu Yanqing, the commander of the Ping Navy in Dengzhou, to bring some sailors to help out, but after thinking about it later, Hu Yanqing and Hu Yanzhuo belonged to the same family, and I'm afraid they would be inclined to For Hu Yanzhuo, who is in the same sect, it is better not to let him join in this time, so as not to put him in a dilemma.

Although Hu Yanqing, who is proficient in water warfare, could not come, Ximenqing was able to recruit Xu Wen, the "big sword" from Dengzhou, and Wang Dingliu, the "live flash woman" to help the officers and soldiers fight.

Wang Dingliu's water quality is excellent, and he can swim as fast as flying in the big river.That Xu Wen is a water quality trained in sea water, a famous navy general in history.Ximenqing's transfer of them can also allow them to accumulate experience in water warfare and build their own water army in the future.

After writing the letters, Ximen Qing called Brother Qiao Yun in and asked him to send competent people to deliver the letters to Du Chong and others.

Brother Qiao Yun carefully collected all Ximen Qing's letters, and was about to leave when Ximen Qing stopped him again.

Ximen Qing told Brother Qiao Yun that there was still a secret task for him to complete, which was to send a reliable person to bring a secret message to Liu Dalang Liu Shiquan in Linhuai County, Sizhou, Huaidong, saying that he hoped that Hu Yanzhuo's army could be in Huainan. Stay in the area for a while, and ask him to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and don't need to deliberately help Hu Yanzhuo's army.

Ximenqing's move was to let Hu Yanzhuo's army fall into the Huainan area and fight with the Songjiang bandit army to their heart's content, lest he go back to the east and west roads of Beijing to compete with his father-in-law Cheng Wanli.

That Liu Dalang Liu Shiquan once took in Taiwei Gao Qiu, and Gao Qiu also repaid him after he developed.Therefore, Gao Qiu and Liu Shiquan have news contacts, and they also know that his benefactor is a powerful local snake in Huainan area.

After Ximenqing heard that Gao Qiu was the backer of Hu Yanzhuo's army, he guessed that Taiwei Gao Qiu would ask Liu Shiquan to help Huyan Zhuo's army after he knew that Hu Yanzhuo had followed Song Jiang's bandit army into the Huaihe River Basin.

That Liu Dalang Liu Shiquan once told Ximen Qing that he would bet his two sons' future on Ximen Qing.

This time, Ximenqing just wanted to test it out, to see how sincere Liu Shiquan was, whether he was on his side or on the side of the high-ranking Taiwei Gao.

When Brother Qiao Yun understood Ximen Qing's intentions and went out to do some errands, Ximen Qing looked at Brother Qiao Yun's back and counted the days. Can return to Yanggu County.

Before the officers and soldiers have gathered, let's have a few more days of fun!

After the officials Ximen Qing finished the urgent matters in Ximen Fort, they rode back to Yanggu County on horseback.It is said that the official Ximen Qing still had important matters to discuss with the prefect Cheng Wanli at night by candlelight.

However, when Ximenqing entered Yanggu County, the magistrate Cheng Wanli had already entered Dong'e County and was on his way back to Dongping Mansion.

I don't know who is the official Ximen Qing rushing about in such a hurry?

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In Bianliang City, Tokyo, after Taiwei Tongguan received Cheng Wanli's secret letter, he clapped his hands and praised Cheng Wanli as worthy of coming out of his own sect, and he was indeed a man who could be made.

Taiwei Tongguan was thinking about how to get rid of the entanglements of Wang Fu, Gao Qiu and others, and then make new contributions to the Taoist emperor on the battlefield. Cheng Wanli's plan enlightened him and found a way to break the deadlock.

While Tong Guan continues to mobilize the various units of the Western Army to this Gyeonggi Road in the name of preparing for the expedition against Liao, he visits Cai Jing who has been dormant at home after he became an official, and promises to Cai Jing that he will support him in his return to prime minister.

Cai Jing's sons and disciples were all over the court, so what happened around the emperor never escaped his eyes and ears?

Since Cai Jing was dismissed as Prime Minister, Wang Fu has changed his course and reversed Cai Jing's actions in the government, abolishing many of Cai Jing's policies when he was in power, which made Cai Jing secretly angry.