Chapter 1099 Kneeling

The capital of Baoding Prefecture is ten miles outside Qingyuan City, and is connected to the Guanting Pavilion.

From Jieguanting to the ten-mile official road in the west gate of Qingyuan, clear water has been sprinkled. On both sides of the road, officers and soldiers have stood there to drive away the people who are planning to enter the city from the west gate.

In the eunuch, surrounded by everyone, they sat upright, both wearing golden pheasant clothes. They were Li Weijun, the governor of Zhili Civil Affairs, and Fan Shijie, the governor of Shaanxi who returned to Beijing to work.

While having tea, the two of them talked a few words, and sometimes they followed the official road to look westward.

Inside and outside the official hall, hundreds of local civil and military officials were standing, most of them were local officials in Zhili, and there were about a dozen Shaanxi officials. In front of two immediate bosses, no one dared to whisper, so he could only stand honestly.

Although it was less than October, the weather was getting colder at the end of September, and the autumn wind was bleak. The big guy left the city early again, and it was really uncomfortable to get a lot of wind.

There were two old officials who could no longer stand, and their bodies were shaking, quietly retreating to the back, leaning against the pavilion to leverage their strength, so that they did not lose their composure.

Speaking of which, Li Weijun and Fan Shijie are both the direct descendants of Nian Gengyao. Both of them were officials under Nian Gengyao's rule, and they were recommended by him before they were promoted to the position of governor.

Moreover, the two have personal relationships.

Li Weijun's wife worshipped Fan Shijie's wife as her mother, and the two were father-in-law and son-in-law.

Although the two are only ten years apart, and now they are of the same level, one is from a poor family and the second grandson of the founding Yuan Fu Fan Wensu, even if they recognize their relatives, they are still the Li family.

Although Li Weijun did not claim to be "Son-in-law Fan", he never forgot to pay tribute to Fan's mansion every time he returned to Beijing. During the holidays, he gave generous gifts, and he was also very close to the Fan family's "brother-in-law".

In the officialdom, everyone has always carried a flower sedan chair.

Li Weijun is respectful, and Fan Shijie also said that he put down the airs of aristocratic families, and the two families have contacts.

After all, he was decent with a "governor's son-in-law". His son-in-law is now just a third-class guard. And he himself, a lord, and after years of officialdom, he was just a governor.

The imperial court had already come to his mind, and General Nian Gengyao led the meritorious ministers who pacified Qinghai to the capital to meet. Local officials along the way wanted to "welcome and send gifts".

For this, Li Weijun led all officials out of the city with great fanfare.

Fan Shijie arrived in Beijing first, and after receiving the news that Nian Gengyao was coming in the past few days, he brought Shaanxi officials in Beijing from the capital to Baoding to welcome his chief officer.

Long before being the governor of Shaanxi, he served as an official in Shaanxi and served as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Nian Gengyao used his own strength to disrupt the Shaanxi officialdom. Fan Shijie was a military officer at that time, but he was not affected by the consequences, but he watched coldly and saw Nian Gengyao's arrogance and sharpness.

After becoming the governor, he had more contact with Nian Gengyao.

Although Nian Gengyao did not scold Suishi in front of him like his subordinates, Fan Shijie also knew that it was just because he was a child of the Fan family.

No one dared to the Eight Banners Han Army, nor did anyone neglect the Fan family.

Although the Fan family was in the Yellow Banner, without Fan Wensu's proposal to Emperor Taizong, there would be no eight banners of the Han army; without Fan Wensu's advice to Emperor Shizu, there would be no court for the Manchu and Han government to govern together.

Fan Shijie has always been respectful and polite when he was in contact with Gengyao in the same year.

As a child of a noble family, he has a better understanding of people. Nian Gengyao's arrogant personality is not only unique to General Nian, but he also met similar people in his early years.

The aristocratic family had children born in illegitimate families, but they did not receive the help of the family, and they were promoted to the imperial examination and achieved success. This is the similarity between those people.

Nian Gengyao was no exception. Although he was raised in the name of his legitimate mother, he was born in a illegitimate mother. The first wife he married was also the illegitimate daughter who was raised by his legitimate mother in Nalan's family.

Such people are most taboo to others for being disrespectful to them.

Although Fan Shijie did not flatter and offer a lot of money like the officials next to him, just because he always kept forgetting the word "respect", he was able to protect Nian Gengyao in the past two years.

This time he went out of Beijing to greet him hundreds of gifts, and he made a special trip to add luster to the general.

Fan Shijie was like this. Li Weijun, who seemed to be the confidant of Nian Gengyao, refused to fall behind, and then he welcomed him with great fanfare.

Dust rose from afar, and horse hooves came, and many people cheered.

As an official, how many people can endure hardships when they are in charge of the superiors? After standing for a whole morning, everyone felt that their double thighs were trembling. If they stood up again, they would not care even if they lost their composure in front of Shangguan.

Li Weijun was also happy, stood up, and said to Fan Shijie who was standing up, "My father-in-law, please ask first."

This is the ground in Zhili. In front of Zhili local officials, Fan Shijie would not be ignorant and scattered the main point, and said, "Hengshi should go first."

Li Weijun refused, and the two of them gave in a humble way. There were figures in the distance, so they walked out of the official pavilion side by side and led everyone out to greet them.

The sound of horse hooves fell into my ears, making the originally quiet scene a little more solemn.

In front of the officers and soldiers, the one who rode forward was not someone else, but General Fuyuan, the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and the first-class Gong Nian Gengyao.

Behind him were more than a dozen military generals who made contributions in the quellation of the Qinghai rebellion, and behind him were six hundred personal troops under the general's tent.

He rode on the horse, looking at the black clothes in the distance, his eyes fell on Li Weijun who was standing in front of everyone, and his face was not as proud and joy as "returning home in glory", but was full of depression and anger.

If the eyes were like a knife, Li Weijun would have a few holes on his body.

Just as Li Weijun looked at the horse team approaching, smiled and took steps, and wanted to come forward to welcome him, Nian Gengyao stopped the reins of the horse and stopped six or seven feet away.

When he stopped, the soldiers behind him stopped.

Li Weijun was stunned and turned his head to look at Fan Shijie, all of whom were surprised. According to Nian Gengyao's current grade, he rode his horse to approach and accepted their salute before dismounting and returning the salute.

Stop ten feet away, is it necessary to dismount early?

General Nian, when did he ever be so humble and polite?

Li Weijun thought that Nian Gengyao was so because of Fan Shijie's face; Fan Shijie was thinking, Nian Gengyao was like this, and whether he would give his confidant decent in front of the Zhili officials.

It seems that both of them were wrong.

Nian Gengyao held the reins of the horse, but had no intention of dismounting the horse.

He turned his head and gave a few instructions to the people around him. Then a young military officer rode his horse to approach and said, "Is the governor of Zhili Li Weijun?"

Li Weijun was a subordinate of New Year Gengyao in his early years, and he relied on Nian Gengyao, and most of the people around Nian Gengyao were acquainted with each other.

Li Weijun also knew the person in front of him. He was the son of Nian Gengyao and the same year, and he joined Nian Gengyao's tent.

Seeing him riding a horse forward in front of him, as if he didn't know him, and even calling him with his official position and his name, Li Weijun felt a trembling heart, knowing something was wrong.

When the officials took out such a scene, the civil and military officials behind them were confused and looked at Li Weijun in unison.

Li Weijun felt cold sweat flowing on his back, and his mind was in a mess. He didn't know that he had made a mistake. He gritted his teeth and looked up and said, "I am here, I dare to ask this lord..."

The young military officer glanced at him and said coldly: "The general asked, "The purple reins and yellow belts are here, why don't you kneel down to greet him and despise God's kindness?"

When Li Weijun heard this, he felt his mind "buzzing" and a lot of resentment arose for a moment. Even if Nian Gengyao wanted to show off, he shouldn't use himself as a raft. In the public eye, he wouldn't show himself mercy.

However, what Nian Gengyao held in his hand and tied around his waist were indeed two imperial gifts, namely "purple reins" and "yellow belt".

Li Weijun squeezed out a little smile and said, "I am rude to me, so I should kneel down to welcome the general."

The young military officer left immediately and said, "The general has an order, don't block the official road."

When Li Weijun heard this, the smile on his face froze immediately and responded for a while.

Fan Shijie was by his side and he felt that something was wrong.

Even if Nian Gengyao had something given to him, he should not be so arrogant. He asked the governor of a province to kneel down to greet him. He also sent someone to order Li Weijun in public in front of officials of a province. Rather than saying that he was showing off, it was more like he deliberately putting Li Weijun in front of him.

After all, everyone thinks that Li Weijun is Nian Gengyao's direct descendant.

Nowadays, Nian Gengyao's behavior does not look like he is to his own people.

When the officials behind saw this incident, many people whispered to each other and talked about this matter.

Li Weijun turned his body stiffly, his face so dark that water could drip out, and his eyes looked coldly like two loud officials.

The two men shivered and immediately stopped their voices.

Regardless of whether the immediate boss is the direct descendant of the General of the Nian, it is a piece of cake to deal with them.

"Give up the official road..." Li Weijun said slowly: "Land left and right, kneel down to welcome the general..."

Before everyone could wake up, Li Weijun had already taken a step forward, walked to the left of the official road, and knelt down on both knees.

At this time, he had no idea that he had forgotten to let Fan Shijie go. Even if he was wise, he would not have let Fan Shijie kneel first.

Nian Gengyao was on the ground of Zhili, and he, the governor of Zhili, led the officials of Zhili to kneel down to welcome him.

Seeing that the governors of this province had knelt down, the accompanying officials understood the meaning of the order just now and knelt on both sides of the official road in a daze.

On the field, only Fan Shijie and the dozen Shaanxi officials were still standing.

The officials were also confused by the scene and looked at Fan Shijie.

Looking at the hundreds of iron cavalry in front of him and the more than 100 officials kneeling down in front of him, Fan Shijie couldn't help but feel a little anxious, always feeling something wrong. Then, he felt a chill all over his body.

Without looking up, he knew who was looking at him.

No matter what the reason was that General Nian was so high-profile, it was because he ordered everyone to kneel down and stand, which was his disobedience to him.

Fan Shijie felt so nervous that he lowered his head and moved to the open space on the left side of the official road.

Seeing him like this, other Shaanxi officials also followed him and knelt behind him.

There was no one in front of Nian Gengyao.

He raised his chin, snorted coldly, shook the reins in his hand, and rode forward.

Under his control, the horse under his crotch walked extremely steadily.

"Dada..."

"Dada..."

It took a quarter of an hour before the sound of horse hooves came from far away and gradually faded away...

Ministry of Revenue, yamen.

Cao Yong's brows frowned, and it was unlucky. How could he have his own name among the civil and military ministers who welcomed Nian Gengyao?
Chapter completed!