Chapter 45: The Old Man Is Not Yesterday
The Longwu army garrison is located in the West Inner Garden, outside the Xuande Gate north of the Taiji Palace, and is only ten miles away from the Xuanwu Gate. After Chen Qianli entered the camp, there were already military scribes waiting for him, and after explaining the documents and seals, he officially took office when he joined the army.
According to the custom, the adjutant of the army had to pay a visit to the chief general to perform his duties, but the scribe said: "Alas, I heard that the Son of Heaven was infected with a cold, and the general was summoned to the palace to ask for the right question." ”
Chen Qianli was troubled, since Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu, was not in the army, he also had to make any effort to respond, so he nodded to indicate that he knew. But the scribe was not interested, and remained in the room.
Chen Qianli didn't understand what he meant, so he asked patiently, "But is there anything else?" After all, if he is a newcomer, if he easily gives people color, he will definitely bring some unexpected troubles in the future.
"I heard that I joined the army from Xin'an?" the scribe's voice trembled a little, and after asking a question, he poured beans into a bamboo tube and spoke. It turned out that he was also a Xin'an clan, his parents and brothers were in Xin'an City, and he heard that the Qin County Lieutenant of the "Xin'an Great Victory" was martyred in Da Xian Mountain, so did Xin'an County fall into the hands of the rebels at this time?
Due to the closure of Tongguan and the blockage of traffic, it has been extremely difficult to communicate information inside and outside the customs. This scribe should be thinking that Chen Qianli is from Xin'an, and there may be some news that others don't know.
Chen Qianli was stunned for a moment, and then forced a smile: "Chen didn't hear the good official words he said, he is still a fellow villager." The scribe looked embarrassed and explained: "In Chang'an, no more than other places, people outside the customs will always be inferior, if it is not for the official language of Guanzhong, who acts on weekdays, I don't know how many people will be discriminated against and embarrassed." ”
Regardless of whether what the scribe said was true or not, Chen Qianli had no intention of satirizing him, but the scribe himself thought too much. He looked at the record in front of him who looked preoccupied and joined the army, and his eyes were full of hope and apprehension.
Chen Qianli really didn't know how Qin Jin dealt with the people of Xin'an, but with his understanding of Qin Jin, there should be a proper disposal, so he comforted the scribe and said: "Qin Changshi has always loved the people, he will definitely settle the people of Xin'an properly, rest assured." ”
Sometimes people know that some words are nothing more than well-intentioned comfort, but people prefer to believe that this is the truth. The scribe who spoke to Chen Qianli was like this, and after laughing twice, he bowed and retired.
If you meet fellow villagers in another country, it is no different from meeting relatives, but Chen Qianli has a big deal in his heart, how can he have the time to catch up with the scribe? It was only a moment's work before the scribe came back rashly, and as soon as he entered the door, he said: "Bing Cao joined the army and asked to see him! ”
Chen Qianli was puzzled, and said in his heart that he had no relatives and no reason in Chang'an, how could he meet the old man. Since this person joined the army in the army, he is a colleague with him, and he claims to be an old man, so he has no reason to refuse to see him in public or private.
"I didn't expect Xin'an to say goodbye, and when we meet again, you and I will both join the army. ”
Seeing the people coming in a hurry, the hearty voice echoed in the room, Chen Qianli really didn't expect that the so-called old man turned out to be Li Cao.
Li Cao came from Beizhou, and when he passed through Xin'an, he had a deep conversation with Feng Changqing, Qin Jin and others in the city for a long time. Because Chen Qianli is Qin Jin's right-hand man, he has never left his left and right, and naturally he has a lot of intersections with Li Cao.
It's just that at that time, Li Cao's status was far better than Chen Qianli, but at this moment, it happened to be reversed, as a soldier Cao joined the army, he was below Chen Qianli in terms of official position and status. It's really a sense of what is wrong with things.
It turned out that after Li Cao left Xin'an and entered Beijing, he was successfully summoned by the Son of Heaven, and after the gentleman asked correctly, Li Longji admired the talent and courage of this young man, so he kept him. After listening to Li Cao's simple explanation, Chen Qianli actually had a strange idea, Wouldn't Long Wujun become a place where the Son of Heaven cultivated talents? Just like him and Li Cao, both of them have their own strengths, but they may not be able to show their strengths in Long Wujun.
Judging from the introduction of the scribe, this dragon martial army is mostly filled by the children of Xun Qi, and he doesn't care about cockfighting and lackeys on weekdays, and his armament has long been slack. Now although Chen Qianli and Li Cao joined the army in the army, they are just a famous but unreal errand all day long. This is far from what I imagined when I first heard that I was going to enter the Dragon Martial Army.
Speaking of Qin Jin's martyrdom in the fire of Da Xian Mountain, Li Cao said indignantly: "Bian Lingcheng can retreat with his whole body as an incompetent castration, with Qin Changshi's ability, how can he not be such a person?"
This statement just hit Chen Qianli's heart, and he always thought that Qin Jin would not be easily defeated, maybe Bian Lingcheng's eunuch did something from it, which hurt Qin Jin.
After all, when he was in Xin'an, Qin Jin had expressed his hatred for Bian Lingcheng to Chen Qianli more than once, and there was no substantial discord between the two. Bian Lingcheng would frame Gao Xianzhi with despicable means, and it was not impossible to harm Qin Jin with the same despicable means.
Li Cao slammed his fist on the table.
"Bian Lingcheng was an old gelding, and he couldn't harm Doctor Gao, but he let him harm Qin Changshi. Just think about it, the gelding dog has not taken credit for the first time, isn't it incompatible with his temperament?"
Li Cao's analysis is not unreasonable, Bian Lingcheng has spared no effort to praise Qin Jin in Chang'an City in the past two days, so that Chen Qianli has a delusion, isn't this person as unbearable as rumored?
However, judging from the reputation of this person, this kind of appearance is indeed extremely suspicious, and it would be hellish to say that there is no ulterior motive behind him. Compared with the scribe of the same township, Chen Qianli and Li Cao were more familiar at first sight, and they were more heart-to-heart in conversation, and said in a low hateful voice: "If one day, let someone know that Qin Changshi was really killed by that old gelding, even if he fights for his life, he will definitely have blood splashed five steps!"
"Okay! Brother Chen has the style of the ancients, and he is also Li Cao!"
Chen Qianli got up and bowed, "Why should Brother Li be involved, seeing that chaos is coming, if the blood is splashed in five steps, who will help Sheji?" If things are really so corrupt, he really doesn't want this hot-blooded man to be implicated.
Li Cao's face was shocked, and he lost his voice: "The current situation is very good, why is Brother Chen so pessimistic?"
Chen Qianli was originally like Li Cao, full of confidence and hope in the current situation, when Qin Jin told him over and over again, how the rebels would turn the world upside down, and how the Tang army would be helpless...... He didn't think so, but since he arrived in Chang'an, what he heard and saw made him feel cold for most of the time. At this juncture, the old and faint Son of Heaven only trusts the eunuchs, the important ministers only care about fighting for power and profit, and the officials only know that Mingzhe protects his body and eats the corpse. This kind of Beijing teacher, such a court, where is there still a little bit of prosperity?
"The Son of Heaven is dim, the prime minister is incompetent, and the eunuchs are rampant...... "When Chen Qianli said these words, it was extremely difficult, but it was all what he thought about after he came to Chang'an. "Brother Li said, the rebel army of the rebels is pressuring, what are the chances of the imperial court winning?"
Li Cao was not unaware of this, but he was the same as the scribe before, believing in the best result with a blind eye, until Chen Qianli ruthlessly swept away the leaf, and he could only face the ruthless reality.
"My generation is soft-spoken, even if he has the ambition to serve the country, he can only waste his time in this dragon army, watching those gentlemen fight cocks and lackeys all day long. Li Cao, who has always given people a sense of grandeur and fierceness, sighed at this time, he has been in the Longwu Army longer than Chen Qianli, and naturally knows some inside information.
"To tell the truth, once Tongguan is broken, none of the sixteen guards of the Son of Heaven can afford to fight!"
Suddenly, both of them were silent, didn't the Son of Heaven know that the Sixteenth Guard Army was rotten to the bones?
They all know it, but they still want to get drunk and dream to death, but they still have to fight to the death first.
The entire garrison of the Longwu Army was empty, and the children of the gentlemen were frolicking in the market, so how could they have the leisure to deal with errands within this high wall? Only two depressed people were talking about state affairs with resentment.
Outside the room, the scribe was shocked to hear it, and the two soldiers said that they were all rebellious words, from the Son of Heaven to the prime minister, and the eunuchs all scolded them. The scribe silently muttered that such things should not be heard, in case these two soldiers were defeated in the future, wouldn't it be a disaster to implicate him again?
Thinking of the word failure, the scribe's eyes suddenly lit up, and an unprecedented, bold idea jumped out of his mind.
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Shengye Fang Wei Xianggong Mansion, Wei Jiansu regretted saying too much in the Jiaotai Palace, Bian Lingcheng has been jumping up and down too happily in the past few days, which has caused Yang Guozhong's displeasure. In particular, Bian Lingcheng used tricks to frame Gao Xianzhi, which directly caused the Son of Heaven to reactivate Ge Shuhan, who was sick and dead at home, and even worshiped him as the prime minister to replace Gao Xianzhi's position in the army.
As we all know, Ge Shuhan and Yang Guozhong have been fighting with each other for many years, especially Ge Shuhan, who has a proud personality, has looked down on Yang Guozhong, who has been in the position of prime minister from idle and idle in just a few years.
Now, Yang Guozhong must have held a grudge against Bian Lingcheng because of this incident, but after all, the prime minister is a foreign minister, and there is no way to take the official eunuch of the Son of Heaven. Jiao Tai Hall agreed on the matter of the name, he accidentally helped Bian Lingcheng, if Yang Guozhong held a grudge against the Wei family because of this, as long as he played a few tricks, he would be clumsy to deal with.
In a depressed mood, Wei Jiansu raised his eyes and looked at his son Wei Wei who was standing in front of him, and sighed.
"I heard that the maiden has been very active recently? You should persuade me well, the mountain rain is coming, don't cause trouble for the Wei family again." ”
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