Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 378 Captain Qingyou (Added for JJM Leader)

Lin Yifei, Zhang Mi and other officials were so angry at Yang Yuan that they felt dizzy, but they could do nothing about him.

He has already hit rock bottom, what else can you do to him?
If you go any further, I'm sorry, that's no longer something you can resolve within your power.

You have to go to the Ministry of Personnel first, and then ask for the emperor's approval after the Ministry of Personnel agrees. Do you want to do all this without having to use favors or pay a price?
But the effort and reward are totally disproportionate, just to suppress him?
However, since you can no longer control his words in his career, what else can you do to him?

Whether it was violence or verbal abuse against him, it would be disrespectful to these military leaders.

Yang Yuan is shameless, but they still want it. They can't just yell at Yang Yuan without any manners.

So, for a moment, everyone was helpless against Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan was wearing an armband and holding a large spoon. His lips flew like a spear and his tongue shot at Zhang Mi. For a moment, he had the aura that no other hero in the world could be compared to him.

Fei Tianlu stood behind the crowd with his hands behind his back, watching, and suddenly smiled, saying, "This kid is a scoundrel, but when he uses his skills appropriately, he is brave enough to defeat ten thousand men."

Zheng Yuandong smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, I wanted to send him to Jiankang after the rumors died down.

Who would have thought that he would not accept any loss and insisted on causing troubles one after another, and now even I can’t help him.”

Fei Tianlu remembered that when Yang Yuan was still an idler, he declined his offer and refused to become a promising embroiderer.

As a result, in just half a year, he had become a seventh-rank official, an honor that many people could not earn even after struggling for their entire lives.

Not to mention, he is currently the top scorer in this year's imperial examination in Lin'an Prefecture.

In the next spring imperial examination, if nothing unexpected happens, Yang Yuan will definitely be qualified to have his name called outside Donghua Gate.

Thinking of this, Fei Tianlu shook his head and said, "This boy is not a rebellious person, he knows his limits.

Now that he can act so recklessly, he must have something to rely on."

Zheng Yuandong said disapprovingly: "What he relies on is the next spring exam, right? If he passes, he can indeed escape.

However, if his reputation is too bad and he cannot get along well with his colleagues, even if he leaves, it will still have an impact on his career.”

Fei Tianlu smiled without saying anything, but thought in his heart, this kid Yang Yuan is a person that both Prince Enping and Prince Pu'an admire and respect very much.

The current emperor has only these two adopted sons, and both of them favor him.

No matter which adopted son of the emperor inherits the throne in the future, as long as Yang Yuan can pass the imperial examination, what will this small stain matter?
With just one word from the government, a stain can be turned into a virtue.

If he could pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar, there would be no need for the government to intervene. His stain could be turned into a characteristic of an independent and talented person.

Things in this world can be black or white, white or black, it all depends on one's heart.

Zheng Yuandong said, "Let's go. I'm afraid today's lunch is hard to swallow. Let's go out to eat."

The two turned around and walked out. After walking quite a distance, they could still hear Yang Yuan's arrogant voice coming from afar: "What, you don't want to eat anymore? What a shameful waste!

It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey.

Alas, the person who wrote such a poem of pity for the peasants was actually a corrupt official with a long history of crimes.

It can be seen that there are many hypocrites in this world who talk about morality and justice but are actually thieves and prostitutes..."

Yang Yuan scolded away all the officials who came to the western kitchen for lunch.

He was cursing vigorously when an official suddenly appeared in front of the food cabinet. The man was in his early forties and was wearing a kudzu-colored robe.

According to the official etiquette system of the Southern Song Dynasty, officials above the third rank wore purple clothes, officials above the sixth rank wore red clothes, officials above the ninth rank wore green clothes, and officials outside the official ranks wore turquoise official uniforms.

The man in front of him is wearing such a hat and is obviously an official from outside the imperial court.

An official outside the imperial court is basically a clerk, but unlike a clerk, through the procedures of personnel examination and labor examination, an official outside the imperial court may still be promoted, or even become an official within the imperial court and become a formal official appointed by the court.

However, the man in front of him is already over forty years old and looks very haggard. I am afraid that he has no chance of becoming a eunuch.

Perhaps Yang Yuan's heroic act of scolding so many high-ranking officials of the Privy Council frightened the man. He stood hesitantly in front of the food cabinet and did not dare to speak for a long time.

Yang Yuan looked at him in surprise and asked in a friendly manner, "What would you like to eat, brother?"

The man quickly waved his hand and said, "My rank is not qualified to eat in the East and West Kitchen."

Yang Yuan threw the spoon into the dish bowl and asked curiously, "Then what are you doing here? If you want to watch the fun, you're late."

The man smiled bitterly and said, "I am not here to watch the fun. My name is Han Qianchen, and I am an official of the Privy Council. I have been ordered to find... Wu Gonglang, to carry out foreign affairs together."

Yang Yuan's current position as an imperial official has been dismissed, but his official rank remains.

The man in front of him had a high emotional intelligence, so he changed his official rank to - Wugonglang.

Yang Yuan was surprised: "Performing external affairs? I am now the head cook, I only cook, what external affairs can I perform?"

Han Qianchen said: "The Japanese envoys are visiting, and the court has transferred people from my Privy Council to form a Qingyou Team to take charge of some of the affairs of the Japanese delegation in Song Dynasty."

When Yang Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but secretly groan. Why was everything going wrong this time?

Previously, the imperial court wanted me to go on a diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Jin, but I beat up the dean of the imperial decree office, and only then did I get the position of head cook in return, and I didn’t have to leave.

Why do you ask me to be responsible for receiving the Japanese delegation now?

I have seen the Japanese envoy, Shizukai the Bald Donkey, and the deputy envoy, Yoshida the Administrative Office Officer, at Daisenji Temple in Hakata. What should I do if they recognize me?
Yang Yuan quickly declined, saying, "No way, I am also responsible for cooking." Han Qianchen was speechless. Is it possible that you can just not go if you don't want to?
Privy Councilor Qin Hui had not originally thought of letting Yang Yuan go, but when he was giving instructions to Han Qianchen, someone came running up to him angrily to complain, telling him about how Yang Yuan had made things difficult for the officials.

When Qin Hui heard this, he simply transferred Yang Yuan into the Qingyou Team so that out of sight, out of mind.

Just like that, Han Qianchen, the original captain of the "Qingyou Team", became the deputy captain, and Yang Yuan became the captain.

Han Qianchen simply said: "The Privy Council has ordered that Wugonglang Yang Yuan be appointed as the captain of the Qingyou Team, and Kezeguan Han Qianchen be the deputy captain.

The two formed a tour-clearing team to be responsible for the perimeter security and clearing of the area when the Japanese delegation visited and traveled in Song Dynasty.

Yang Yuan was moved when he heard this, and asked hurriedly: "Responsible for the outer security and clearing matters? Do we need to deal with the Japanese envoys?"

Han Qianchen smiled bitterly and said, "We are not good enough. Basically, when people want to go boating in the lake, we go ahead and clear the route they must take to avoid congestion.

If they want to go to the Imperial Street for sightseeing, we should go there in advance and set up defenses in the streets and alleys.

Also, give a heads-up to the thieves in the brothels and ask them to be more restrained. We can’t have any dealings with the foreign envoys.”

When Yang Yuan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said with a smile: "So that's it, I understand, please wait a moment."

Yang Yuan turned around and said, "Everyone, I have been ordered to form a tour group to receive the Japanese delegation, so I can't take care of the kitchen. If you have any questions, just go find Zhang Dongxi directly."

After saying that, Yang Yuan quickly untied his sleeves, walked out of the kitchen, patted Han Qianchen's shoulder affectionately, and said with a smile: "Come on, let's go out and talk."

The two walked outside, and just when they had taken seven or eight steps away, there was a crazy cheer from the kitchen and the clatter of pots and pans.

Han Qianchen's lips twitched when he heard this. How unpopular is Yang Yuan!

Yang Yuan didn't care about the noisy cheers behind him, and turned back and waved with a smile, then said to Han Qianchen: "By the way, what is your name?

"Han Qianchen."

"Oh, what kind of official are you?"

"My humble position is to select officials for the Privy Council."

Yang Yuan thought about it, but couldn't figure it out, so he said cautiously: "Well, please forgive me for my ignorance, but what does this Ke Ze official... do?"

Han Qianchen said: "We can select officials from outside the official ranks, such as fortune tellers and historians, to be in charge of choosing auspicious days and other matters."

With Yang Yuan's limited historical knowledge, he had no idea that even in the Song Dynasty, there were still such officials in the imperial court.

This was during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, when the officials of fortune-telling and historian not only existed, but were also extremely powerful.

For every major national event, one would first ask a fortuneteller to predict whether it would be good or bad.

But this was already the Song Dynasty, and there was still such an official in the Privy Council.

No wonder he looks so miserable. This official really has no future at all. He is even worse than me, the cook.

Yang Yuan said, "I see. Then, Officer Han, shall we go and mobilize the troops now? Where should we mobilize them from? From the Imperial Archery and Horsemen?"

Han Qianchen laughed dryly and said, "For this mission we are doing, there is no need to mobilize the officers and soldiers of the Youth Corps.

In fact, the work we do can be done by simply sending some people from the township government.

However, according to the rules, when a foreign envoy comes to visit, the chief envoy should come from the six ministries, and the deputy envoy should come from the Privy Council.

However, this time the Japanese envoys were required to stay at Banjingguan, which was under the jurisdiction of Guoxinso, so the chief envoy of Guoxinso was asked to serve as the deputy envoy and accompanying envoy of the embassy.

But our Privy Council couldn’t stay out of it, so we took on the responsibility of clearing the periphery.”

"I see. Where do we go to mobilize troops?"

"Zaji!"

The Zasi is equivalent to the miscellaneous department of the Privy Council, except that the miscellaneous servants of the Privy Council are all registered soldiers.

However, these registered soldiers usually did menial work and never practiced martial arts.

Yang Yuan and Han Qianchen found the miscellaneous officials and asked them to line up in an orderly manner so that they could select people.

There was a commotion in the Zasi compound. Yang Yuan saw with his own eyes someone pulling out a clothesline, and it turned out to be a rusty red-cherry spear, with the red berries almost bald.

Someone pulled out a broken-toothed saber from a chopping block...

Yang Yuan felt a toothache when he saw this. These menial soldiers were only good at clearing the area and could not be relied upon for anything else.

Now it seems that among the entire "Qingyou Team", only myself and Officer Hanbu are reliable, no one else is reliable.

At this time, Han Qianchen leaned towards Yang Yuan, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered: "Captain Yang, don't choose that skinny soldier over there."

Yang Yuan immediately became alert and lowered his voice, saying calmly: "Oh? What's wrong with this person?"

Han Qianchen said: "I see that this man has fierce eyebrows and eyes, a short philtrum, a sunken forehead, and a dark fortune palace. He must be in bad luck. Don't let him get in the way of you and me."

Yang Yuan was speechless after hearing this.

I am the only reliable one in this "clean-up team", the others are not good enough!
PS: In order to maintain the team, I have to pay off the overdue chapters first. Currently I owe two chapters of today's normal update and one chapter of "again, again, again", a total of three chapters. I will get up tomorrow morning to finish them, and I will be exhausted.

(End of this chapter)