Chapter 154 General Li is a good man!

The sky had been gloomy for a long time, and now the dark clouds were growing thicker.

At this time, the Yongdingmen City and the outside of the city were crowded with people who came to watch the excitement, talking and looking at the post road leading to the distance.

In the late afternoon, the officers and soldiers at Yongding Gate began to evacuate people in and out, and Jia Yucun was already there with several officials from the Ministry of Rites and Huitong Hall to welcome them.

When they heard that the Jurchens had sent another delegation, the people stayed there and gathered far away, waiting to watch.

Not far away, a group of horsemen were approaching in a cloud of dust.

“Here they come.” The official from the Ministry of Rites whispered in Jia Yucun’s ear.

Jia Yucun didn’t say anything. Not only was the standard of the welcome much lowered this time, there wasn’t even any drums or music.

The cavalry stopped at the moat outside the city gate.

Jia Yucun, along with several officials from the Ministry of Rites, walked up to the suspension bridge and greeted them.

In the front were the cavalry from Shanhaiguan, who dismounted and retreated to the side.

The Jurchen envoys also dismounted. The Jurchen leader threw away the reins and walked towards Jia Yucun and others who came to greet them.

Jia Yucun walked straight up to the Jurchen leader, clasped his hands and said, “He leader, I, Jia Hua, have been waiting for you for a long time. I am sorry for not coming to greet you. I apologize for the offense!”

The main person behind the Jurchen rebellion was Niuhulu. Heshen was Qian Xiaosi’s military minister, the vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He Shen glanced at the patch on Jia Yucun’s chest, his face looked a little grim, but in an instant he regained his smile and bowed in return: “Thank you, Lord Jia, please lead the way.”

Jia Yucun nodded with a smile: “The minister asked me to pay my respects to the envoy again and again. He is on an imperial errand and cannot greet him. I will go to the Ministry of Rites with the envoy in a few days to meet him.”

After saying this, he glanced at the other officials of the Jurchen delegation, then turned to Heshen and said, “Please come to Huitong Hall with the envoy. I will welcome you!” After saying this, he extended his hand and accompanied Heshen towards the city gate.

Seeing the approaching Jurchen delegation, the onlookers became agitated, with words like “Jiannu, Sao Tartar” interspersed among their discussions.

Jia Yucun had obviously heard it and couldn’t help but glance at Heshen.

He Shen forced a smile and said, “I have heard that the people of Beijing are warm and hospitable. Today I see that they are indeed as they say.”

Jia Yucun: “He not only speaks fluent Chinese, but also speaks with an authentic Beijing accent.”

He Shen smiled and said: “He not only read the Four Books and Five Classics, but also mastered the four languages ​​of Manchu, Han, Mongolian and Tibetan. I learned this Chinese from an old gentleman from Beijing.”

Suddenly, his ears moved, and he seemed to hear the sound of a large group of horse hooves coming from the distant post road!

At this time, outside Yongding Gate, the crowd was still in turmoil.

Heshen’s ears moved again, and the sound of countless horse hooves was getting closer and clearer.

The crowd outside Yongding Gate finally noticed something and looked over there.

On the distant post road, a group of cavalry appeared, raising a cloud of dust, and were rolling towards Yongding Gate!

The horse team was getting closer and closer. Li Hu was riding in the front, and Jia Lian was following closely behind him.

Riding on the horse, Li Hu’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the red and blue roofs in front of the city gate.

Seeing that the Jurchen envoys were still blocking the suspension bridge, Jia Yucun immediately shouted to the officials of the Ministry of Rites: “Quick, make them get out of the way!”

The officials from the Ministry of Rites took action, pulled the Jurchens to the side, and cleared the suspension bridge and the road in the middle.

Li Hu’s horse galloped to the suspension bridge and stopped, and the horse team behind him also stopped.

Li Hu looked at the red hat next to Jia Yucun.

This is Hebaobao, Qian Xiaosi’s good friend, the piggy bank.

Li Hu raised his eyebrows. Unlike the fat and bloated Heshen in film and television works, the Heshen in front of him was handsome and looked very capable.

Yes, to be able to be the attendant of Qian Xiaosi’s guard of honor, Heshen must have a good appearance, and he was the “face” of the imperial guards. Heshen also stared at him at this time.

Jia Yucun strode over and bowed to Li Hu and Jia Lian, “General, Second Master Lian.”

Seeing Jia Yucun so respectful, Heshen’s eyes flashed, and he immediately asked the official from the Ministry of Rites beside him about the identities of the two.

He is Li Hu!
Heshen’s eyes flashed, he thought for a moment, and walked over.

Seeing He Shen coming over, Jia Yucun said quickly, “They are envoys now, please be polite to them, General.”

Li Hu then got off the horse, threw the reins to a personal soldier beside him, and looked at Heshen who was walking slowly towards him.

“General Lee!”

From a distance, He Shen raised his hands and said, “I have long heard of your great name. Today I am fortunate to meet you. You are indeed extraordinary and a rare talent!”

Li Hu just looked at him, looked at his hands. He was wearing various jade rings, thumb rings, and rings inlaid with green pigeon eggs. This old guy must have greedily spent a lot of money!
Seeing Li Hu in a daze, Jia Yucun hurriedly said with a smile: “General, this is the leader of the delegation, He Shen.”

Heshen nodded with a smile.

Li Hu looked at him and smiled: “It seems that Heshang has made a lot of money by negotiating the silver for crimes.”

He Shen was stunned for a moment, then asked, “What do you mean by ‘silver for negotiating crimes’?”

Li Hu was stunned for a moment: “You don’t know?”

Heshen was confused and then shook his head.

“Uh”

Li Hu looked at Heshen. Has this old guy turned over a new leaf?

Jia Lian spoke up: “Let’s not block the way here. The people are still waiting to enter and leave the city.”

Jia Yucun continued, “Yes, yes. They are still waiting at Huitong Hall.”

Li Hu turned to look at him and said, “You are in charge of an important mission, please go first.”

“Yes.” Jia Yucun turned to look at the stunned Heshen, “Master He, please go in.” He then extended his hand again.

Heshen came back to his senses and said, “Yeah.” Then he clasped his arms towards Li Hu and said, “Goodbye.” He nodded to Jia Lian and followed Jia Yucun into Yongding Gate.

As he walked, Heshen had an idea: to negotiate the punishment with money, and to exempt officials from certain punishments by paying different amounts of silver according to the severity of their crimes. This was a good idea, which would not only help Prince He escape punishment, relieve the emperor’s worries, but also build a private treasury for the emperor. He could also earn some hard-earned money to spend. Who knows, the emperor might be so happy that he would reward him with the position of Minister of Revenue.

Thinking of this, He Shen was excited. I am really smart! Well, I also have to thank Li Hu, what a good man!

Thinking of this, He Shen smiled and looked at Li Hu who was following the delegation, and then said to Jia Yucun: “General Li is a good man!”

Jia Yucun looked at him strangely. Good man, you killed thousands of people in the battle of Yulin, and you kept encouraging the emperor to sell everything he had and continue the war. Is there such a good man? Is this guy a fool? !
Li Hu and Jia Lian led their horses into the city gate.

As Li Hu walked, he said to Jia Lian, “The palace must have known about this matter. Let your people in the Censorate submit a memorial to impeach Prince Zhongshun. So many Jiangnan gentry have died. It’s just right that the Jiangnan officials in Beijing have nowhere to vent their anger.”

Jia Lian understood: “Don’t worry. Not only the Censorate, I will also visit Sister Zhu’s father at the Imperial College.”

Li Hu nodded.

Jia Lian suddenly remembered, looked around, and lowered his voice: “Was Qiu Ying really burned to death in the fire?”

Li Hu looked at him with a smile: “What do you think?”

Jia Lian shuddered and said, “I’ll go first.” He then mounted his horse and galloped towards Chongwenmen.

Li Hu smiled and said, “Let’s go home.”

(End of this chapter)