The subordinates and entourage brought by Lin Yanchao in the outer room were also warmly entertained, and they were all accompanied by the county yamen, the master, and the six-room warden.

In the inner room, Lin Yanchao, after Yang Hao sat down, the dishes never stopped.

Cold dishes, hot dishes are on a plate, and there are two tricks from Suzhou, playing and singing on the side, and there is a style between the eyebrows.

When Lin Yanchao saw Yang Hao's hospitality, he knew that the money spent today was at least fifty taels.

This is a family of people, five years.

But for the officialdom that ushered in the send-off, Lin Yanchao was the same year as Yang Hao, and he was the same as the five products, so the specifications were not too much, but they were quite grand.

Lin Yanchao doesn't pretend to be a clean official on weekdays, and scolds Yang Hao for being too extravagant, but now that there has just been a famine in Hebei, it is not appropriate.

Lin Yanchao put down his chopsticks and asked, "Thank you Jingfu for your hospitality today, but is this hospitality too extravagant?" ”

This is not easy to answer, Yang Hao heard this: "If it was before, the lower officials would not dare to entertain Sima like this, but now thanks to the governor's opening of the warehouse and the relief, the people have been fed, so our local officials can also rest assured." Besides, in the past, the court officials crossed the border from then on, and the county did not treat them poorly, so Sima didn't have to mind. ”

Lin Yanchao knew that the public expense of the post station was from the imperial court, and when the officials along the way stayed, they would not be polite to the local officials.

In the past, Zhang Juzheng dismissed the disadvantages of the post government, and limited the specifications of receiving officials, but now that Zhang Juzheng died, there were immediately court officials attacking the matter, so Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing abolished the rules originally set by Zhang Juzheng, so Yang Hao's move was still 'legal'.

Lin Yanchao groaned and said: "If it was in the past, Jingfu's hospitality, I would never have rejected it, but today Henan and Hebei are all suffering, and the people have no food and clothing." If we are so extravagant, it will not be good if the DPRK and the Central Committee know about it, and we will be degraded now. Brother Jingfu, look? ”

Yang Hao showed a look of understanding when he heard this, and said solemnly: "Sima Zhi is upright, and the younger brother sees it, this is Lin Sanyuan who asked for the people's life." ”

At that moment, Yang Hao went out and said: "Spread the post and come!" ”

Soon Yi Cheng entered and kowtowed, and said, "Two adults, are you not used to eating and drinking?" The lowly duty was immediately ordered to be redone. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "That's not it, tell the kitchen, you don't have to cook any more dishes, and the kaki outside are also invited to leave." ”

Yang Hao nodded, and then said to the post officer: "Yes, it can be done according to Lord Sima, and today's post station will be received with the fee of five products and knowledge, and the extra money will be paid by the official himself." ”

Yi Cheng smiled when he heard this, thinking that the two were pretending to be incorruptible, and in the past, passing officials only disliked what was not enough to entertain, but they did not find fault with their hospitality too well.

So Yi Cheng smiled and said, "Two adults, aren't you doing this to humiliate your duties?" Humble ......"

Lin Yanchao's face sank when he heard this, and he interrupted Yicheng's words: "It's not a joke with you, you can do it if you are told to do it." ”

When Yi Cheng heard Lin Yanchao's words, he was immediately stunned, and immediately apologized: "I said the wrong thing in my humble position, and I ask Lord Sima to forgive me." ”

Yang Hao turned his head to look at Lin Yanchao and thought, back then, Lin Yanchao and I were both from Jinshi, and at the Enrong banquet at that time, I still felt that he was very angry.

But when I saw each other again for three years, he had a hidden minister's demeanor, and he said it reasonably, which not only pushed away the hospitality, but also did not hurt my face. And although this post official position is humble, but it is ushered in and sent on weekdays, and he is also used to seeing big bureaucrats, and I can't rebuke me with such a sentence, which shows that Lin Yanchao is a resident official on weekdays.

No wonder three years later, he has reached the rank of the fifth grade, and I am still the seventh rank of the county order not to be promoted.

The food stopped at the moment, and the kaki also withdrew, and they were disguised as Lin Yanchao's entourage outside, and the two brocade guards Zhao Da and Zhang Wu were full of sarcasm, but the moment they saw the wine served, they all looked at each other and showed surprise.

Lin Yanchao didn't know that all the things that had made Yang Hao look up to him so highly, but asked: "You said that the matter of Guide Mansion is a man-made disaster, what do you say?" ”

When Yang Hao heard this, he couldn't help but divert the topic and said: "Sima's actions today show that he is a good official, but when the time comes, Sima will be the parent of 300,000 people, and the well-being of the people will depend on you." We often practice well in the public door, because the power in our hands can not only harm the people, but also benefit the people, please Sima for the people. ”

Lin Yanchao could only nod when he heard this, and at the same time wondered why Yang Hao didn't tell the truth.

Then Yang Hao lowered his voice and said: "Sima, when you first became a pro-people official, the first thing you did was to establish authority, not prestige, your subordinates will disobey the yang and the yin." But the position of the same governor is also the second official, and I heard that the prefect of De is the person...... All in all, you need to be in control. ”

Lin Yanchao kept Yang Hao's words in his heart, and said in his heart, is there anything wrong with this returning to the prefect of Defu?

"By the way, this time to supervise the death of the imperial history, has Sima heard of it?"

Lin Yanchao said in his heart that I was here for this matter, but he asked on his face: "I already know about such a big matter in Beijing, is there something inside it?" ”

Yang Hao Zhengse said: "This matter is absolutely strange, not only Yang has heard of it, but many officials in Henan Province also know it. But the officials all know the inside story, but the Son of Heaven does not know, which shows that this matter must not be touched. Whoever touches him will not only lose his career, but also die. Sima must remember that this matter should not be touched, but on top of others, he can make one or two political achievements to serve the court. ”

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, the bullying in the officialdom has come to this point. If someone hadn't secretly reported to the Son of Heaven this time, it seems that the killing of Yushi this time would have really been suppressed by the smoky Henan officialdom.

Just thinking about it is terrifying.

Lin Yanchao didn't want to ask any more questions, so he asked instead: "What you said about political achievements, but river workers?" ”

Yang Hao nodded and said: "The matter of river engineering is to build a good embankment that will not be bad for a hundred years, so that Guide will not be troubled, so that the people can govern the fields with peace of mind. The people have land and grain, and the great governance of the territory is just around the corner. This is a simple matter, but it is not easy to do, otherwise since the diversion of the Yellow River, the Defu embankment will not be rebuilt and rebuilt, and it will be difficult to not even break it for five years. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Hao sighed: "Zonghai, it is not easy to go to Zhongzhou, the local affairs are not small, but they are not trivial matters related to the people, and they are no less difficult than the affairs of the state." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this: "It's okay when I see it? ”

Yang Ho asked, "Why?" Does Zong Hai have the heart to get rid of the disadvantages of this hundred years? ”

Yang Hao suspected in his heart that Lin Yanchao had always been a minister, had no experience in local affairs, and did not understand the difficulties of pro-people officials, so he would talk so exaggeratedly. Yang Hao thought that although Lin Yanchao was shrewd and capable, his murderous aura was still slightly insufficient, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to suppress the officialdom of Guide.

Lin Yanchao said: "It's not that I have this intention, it's just that the more difficult the place, if it can be cured, the more political achievements will be shown." If it's a rich land, it's hard to see results, Jingfu, do you say yes? ”

Yang Hao suddenly realized when he heard that Lin Yanchao wanted to make political achievements, as a Beijing official, there must be a lot of relations between the DPRK and China, and today he has such a reputation, and if he has some political achievements, he will be eye-catching, and his promotion will naturally be fast. This is also the reason why there are people in the court who are good officials, but from this, Lin Yanchao has definitely made up his mind.

Yang Hao said immediately: "If Sima really has this intention, then Yang has thanked Sima for the 300,000 people of Guide Mansion." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded with a smile when he heard this, and said suddenly: "Jingfu, you said that if you want to govern De, it lies in the river work, and the difficulty of the river work, where is the difficulty?" ”

Yang Hao smiled bitterly when he heard this, but after listening to Lin Yanchao's next sentence, his face suddenly changed.

It turned out that Lin Yanchao said: "Then the inspector Yushi was killed, but it has something to do with the river worker?" ”

Yang Hao didn't expect that his few words would be penetrated by Lin Yanchao, could it be that Lin Yanchao came to find himself to find out about the killing of Yushi?

Lin Yanchao saw Yang Hao's face, and he knew it in his heart, and said with a smile at the moment: "Don't talk about it, let's sing wine." ”

The next day, Lin Yanchao went on the road from Lixian County, and Yang Hao took advantage of his authority to pick 20 strong archers in the county government to escort Lin Yanchao all the way south to the Henan border in the name of escorting confidential documents.

In addition, Yang Hao also reluctantly cut his love, and lent his confidant Master Qiu to Lin Yanchao, this person is the same township as Yang Hao, and he is considered a local, and there is nothing he doesn't know about the size of the place in Germany.

Before leaving, Lin Yanchao took a letter to Yang Hao and asked him to transfer it to Zhao Nanxing of the Ministry of Officials for him.

Yang Ho immediately understood what was going on, and was overjoyed at the moment. In the past three years, he has not been promoted from the county order to the county order, and what he lacks is the letter in Lin Yanchao's hand.

Lin Yanchao smiled when he saw Yang Hao's expression, he could do it himself if he took care of Yang Hao's affairs, he was already a newcomer to the officialdom who was tired of Shen Shixing at the beginning.

Although Yang Hao was the main general of the defeat of Salhu in history, his ability to occupy that position also shows his ability, not to mention that the responsibility for this battle is not on him. So Lin Yanchao was also willing to give him a hand.

In this way, Lin Yanchao left Baoding and went all the way south.

Lin Yanchao walked on the official road, stayed at a post station, stopped in the morning, and there were so many people guarding him, and he walked quite peacefully all the way.

However, despite this, several horses were still seen on the road from time to time to spy on them.

You must know that Hebei and Shandong have the most horses, and the Ming Dynasty's horse politics is also a major malpractice, and the huge Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprisings in the fifth year of Zhengde are based on the horse breeders among the people.

Usually, these horse breeders still live in peace, but once they encounter a famine, they are ringing horses together with the Jiangyang thieves, and hundreds or thousands can rob homes and houses, plunder and travel, and there are many people who can even conquer cities.

Therefore, they traveled all the way, but when they heard the sound of horses' hooves on the road, even though the group knew that there were guards, they still couldn't help but be worried. Fortunately, there was no danger in the end.

In the end, Lin Yanchao left Hebei and arrived in Henan.

The twenty archers that Yang Hao had escorted Lin Yanchao to return to Lixian County immediately, but Yang Hao contacted a local caravan in advance to escort Lin Yanchao to Guide Mansion.