On the open space outside the tent, Wang Xin held Wang Ze and threw it on the ground, crossing his hands to Minghao: "Advice, I have taken the first offender Wang Ze here!"

Minghao raised his eyes to look at the sun in the sky, breathed a sigh of relief, and said loudly: "All the offenders will be taken into custody. You must keep it in sight, and there must be no mistakes! How to deal with it when the imperial court's orders! The army is stationed outside the city, and there is no military order, so you cannot enter the city!"

After saying that, he said to Gao Jilong beside him: "The magistrate, Beizhou Xinjing wars, if a large army enters the city, it will inevitably disturb the people. You will take your subordinates into the city and properly comfort the people. Except for the rebel soldiers and those who have entered the demon sect, don't ask about the rest, and do not incite civil unrest."

Gao Jilong bowed and brought his subordinates into Beizhou City. Wang Xin, Wang Kai and Hao Zhi led their subordinates out of the city and still returned to the camp.

In a small city in Beizhou, tens of thousands of troops rushed in. Not to mention that the military discipline of the army cannot be expected, even if the military discipline is good, the people in the city cannot afford it.

He held several leaders outside the commander's tent, and Minghao said to Du Zhongxiao on the side: "This time the city is broken, the bachelor will be the first to be a meritorious person! Today, the army will hold a banquet to celebrate the merits of the soldiers! The bachelor will be invited to sit down!"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and shook his head: "Break through the city and fight bloody battles is the result of all the generals. I just led the people to fire a few shots, so how dare I claim to be the first one. The commander of the counselor will be the seat of the superiors, and several generals will accompany me. I can just disturb a glass of wine."

As soon as the city was broken, Du Zhongxiao's role disappeared. At this time, it was the time when the generals who were attacking the city were full of energy. Wang Kai and Du Zhongxiao were familiar with each other, and they knew it well and would not be rude. The commanders below, the chief supervisors, and the commanders of the army under Wang Kai, did not have such a high awareness. After winning the battle, everyone was arrogant and boasted about each other for the sake of verbal conflicts, and fought several times. They were even more stingy about the rewards they issued.

At this time, it is more difficult for generals to restrain than when fighting in front of them. Minghao also had a headache when he saw Du Zhongxiao did not compete for merit, and he praised him. He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to hold a banquet to celebrate the merits, and Du Zhongxiao accompanied him.

Halfway through the wine, Minghao called Du Zhongxiao aside and whispered: "Scholar, the city has been broken, and it will be of no benefit to stay at the city. Wang Ze and his thieves will be held here first and wait for the court to deal with it. Tomorrow, you will immediately bring the cannons back to the capital. The Privy Council specifically told me to cover it carefully on the way back to the capital, so that you should not be seen through the road to the capital."

Du Zhongxiao was stunned: "What, is Wang Ze still having accomplices? He wants to go to another place to pursue and suppress him?"

Ming Hao said: "No. Beizhou returns to Beijing, it is the way for the Khitan envoy to return to the north. You should take a step earlier and take the cannons back to the capital before the Khitan envoy set off. In this battle of Beizhou, the cannons made great contributions. This is a powerful weapon for the country and cannot be shown to anyone."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and understood Ming Hao's meaning. The situation of the Battle of Beizhou must not be hidden from others. The Khitan envoys would definitely ask around for what the cannons looked like. Go back in advance and avoid Khitan envoys so that they would not ask for information.

Although the cannon did not collapse the city wall, it could destroy the female wall defense system, which was of extraordinary significance to the siege, and it was not comparable to the last guns and cannons. The Privy Council tried the cannons by itself before the New Year and came to a useless conclusion. It was a shame to lose face. Now it is particularly important. This time when I returned to the capital, I am afraid that Du Zhongxiao would no longer be allowed to test the cannons in front of all officials. I am afraid that there are not many people who can see this weapon.

The city was broken, the thief leader had taken it, and the siege officers and soldiers put down their burdens, and everyone enjoyed the night.

Du Zhongxiao felt drunk slightly. Seeing Wang Xin, Wang Kai and the soldiers kept drinking, he accused Minghao of guilt and returned to his tent.

Tao Shiqi and several gunners were drinking and eating meat in the small tent next to him, drinking and cheering. Du Zhongxiao ordered a guard to call him into his tent.

With his hands crossed, Tao Shiqi said: "Official, today's victory, why don't you drink more glasses of wine?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "You can drink wine at any time. Everyone is excited these days and it is easy to get into trouble. It is better to restrain yourself."

Tao Shiqi said indifferently: "We are all our brothers. Let's have a few drinks together and talk about some gossip, what will happen!"

Coming from Xiangzhou, Tao Shiqi became familiar with several gunners, all of whom were like brothers, not as chaotic as outside.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Seventeen, the imperial court's order, we will escort the cannons back to Beijing tomorrow morning. This time, the power of the cannons was fully demonstrated, and many people saw it. Now that the Khitan envoys are in the capital, we must guard against them, and we must be more secretive when we return to Beijing."

Tao Shiqi was dizzy when he heard Du Zhongxiao's words, and was stunned for a while, and understood the meaning. He crossed his hands and said, "Don't worry, official, I will restrain them and not drink drunk. We will clean up tomorrow morning and we will go on the road."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and asked Tao Shiqi to go back and prepare, and set off before dawn tomorrow.

Seeing Tao Shiqi leaving, Du Zhongxiao sat in the tent for a while. He originally thought that he would take a leave during the Chinese New Year and take his wife and son to the capital during the Chinese New Year. Unexpectedly, he encountered the Beizhou Rebellion and missed it. This time he returned to Beijing, he would not run around for a short time. He should ask Yue Niang to take her son to the capital to reunite with him. It would be best to arrive in Beijing before the Spring Festival, and the whole family would be lively.

After more than two years of Hedong Road, without family members, it is inevitable that he will feel deserted. In this life, one cannot just be busy and without family members, and always feel that something is missing. No matter what official he is next, it is best not to go to the border area again. It is really a scam for not taking his family to take his family.

The next morning, before dawn, Du Zhongxiao stood up and asked Tao Shiqi and others to set up the cannon cart and prepare to set off.

Last night, many generals drank until the early morning and slept until death. The army was quiet. Du Zhongxiao went outside the tent of Minghao and asked his personal soldiers to report it.

After entering the tent, he saw that Minghao was already neatly packed, Du Zhongxiao stepped forward and crossed his hands to sing.

Ming Hao handed the official documents to Du Zhongxiao and said, "The Privy Council announced the edict that you will only stay in the inn this time when you return to Beijing. You will not be allowed to enter the city or visit officials. You will cover up the cannons carefully, take this document and go straight back to the capital. If someone dares to stop them, or wants to check the cannons, you will order local officials with this document. No mistakes are allowed!"

Seeing Minghao speaking solemnly, Du Zhongxiao hurriedly bowed his hands. Judging from the arrangements of the Privy Council, he attached great importance to the cannon this time and did a lot of confidentiality. It was obviously a real weapon of the country and was not prepared to let others see it.

Although the cannon is simple, there are still many technical details. Without reference, a small detail can suffocate people to death. Even if Du Zhongxiao is clear about the principle, he still went through countless tests and explored it bit by bit when making the cannon.

After leaving Ming Haoshuo's tent, Du Zhongxiao went to Wang Kai to say goodbye.

Wang Kai has always shared the joys and sorrows with his soldiers. He didn't know how much wine he drank in the army last night, but he is still confused. After hearing Du Zhongxiao's words, he shook his head vigorously: "Why did the bachelor leave so hurriedly? I still want to drink with you in the past two days!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Shufu strictly ordered me, and I dare not delay it. I will wait for the Grand Marshal in the capital, and it will not be too late to drink when I wait until the troops are in charge."

Wang Kai was a man in the army. He knew that the orders of the Privy Council should not be disobeyed, so he had to say goodbye.

A trace of fish belly appeared in the east, Tao Shiqi and the gunman set up the cannon chariot, Du Zhongxiao rode on the horse and left the Beizhou military camp.

There was nothing to say along the way. When he arrived at Daming Mansion, Jia Changchao sent someone to send wine and meat to celebrate Du Zhongxiao's achievements. He heard that he was not allowed to visit the officials, so he felt a pity. He specially ordered his confidant to bring a letter to Du Zhongxiao and discussed with him the meaning of some words in the oracle bone inscriptions.

In Xiangzhou for several months, Du Zhongxiao collected some oracle bones and transported them back to the capital one after another. The lack of historical materials from the Shang Dynasty, and these oracle bones aroused the interest of many officials. Many people were addicted to it and tried to interpret the words. Jia Changchao, who was far away in Daming Prefecture, also asked someone to draw the words on it and participate in it.

Jia Changchao started his career with classics. At this time, the famous scholars of philology were much better than Du Zhongxiao. Du Zhongxiao had a vague impression of oracle bone inscriptions. How could he compare to these characters who made up the classics? Fortunately, he knew that the oracle bone inscriptions were recorded inscriptions, and he knew that the year was recorded with the stems and branches. Based on the words that Jia Changchao had already interpreted, he guessed the general meaning of some chapters, and was not too embarrassed.

A few simple pages of paper, guessing the meaning, made Du Zhongxiao sweat so much that he racked his brains and attached his own guesses, Du Zhongxiao replied to Jia Changchao.

After writing the letter, Du Zhongxiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a breath. His knowledge was really poor among civil servants of this era. It was okay in the local area, but the knowledge of ordinary officials was not much better. It would be difficult to face these people when they returned to the capital.

Jia Changchao basically did not serve as an official in the local area. Most of his time he spent studying and preaching in the capital and carefully studying classics. He had read almost all the books he could find, but he was nothing more than a lack of miscellaneous studies. Du Zhongxiao exchanged knowledge with him, which was too difficult.

After ordering people to send the letter away, Du Zhongxiao took a sip of tea and thought to himself that it seems that it is not easy to be an official in the capital. Jia Changchao was not very talented, and his age was even more famous. Wang Anshi, who was the same year, claimed to read all books and never forget them. There are two classics, history, literature, Buddhism and Taoism, and there are no ones he didn't know about. There are not only one or two such people, but they are like Zhang Fangping, the Sansi Commissioner. He only reads the book once, throws it away after reading it, and remembers it all in his heart.

These people are born with good brains. Isn’t they asking for trouble for themselves when they communicate with them? But these people are the best in the world and cannot see them. They are also hard to live in the officialdom. Just like the current Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong, he is also capable, but he is publicly ridiculed as ignorant of being ignorant.

If you want to gain a foothold in the officialdom, you should have your own knowledge. You can't compare with these books. Not to mention that you became a monk halfway through, you can't compare with them since childhood. You should build new knowledge and turn away games into home games, and you will never be so difficult.
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