Chapter 53: Reward
The courtyard of Yongning Hou Jingfu has not been patronized for a long time, and the study room is rarely used, Yongning Hou told Zhao Duoze about the experience of commanding the army, and how the art of war was used on the battlefield.
Although the Marquis of Yongning has not led troops to go to battle for many years, he can be called the three famous generals with Yang Shuai and the old King of Qin, even if he no longer goes on the expedition, the experience of facing the enemy is still there.
His words benefited the recruit Zhao Duoze a lot.
"Purr, purr, purr."
Second Master Jiang nodded his big head on the side, and slept profusely...... drank a meal of wine first, and then made a big fuss in the Qin Palace, who is more tired than Jiang Erye?
If he is ordinary, he can still be energetic, but the old man opens his mouth and closes his mouth in the formation, and his words are boring and boring, and Jiang Erye sees that the old man is really teaching his son-in-law, so he can rest assured that he can let sleepiness control his head, and he sleeps very sweetly.
Yongninghou raised his arm, eager to knock to death this unproductive son in front of him, his experience summary, he was regarded as a lullaby by his heir?
The wrist was held by Zhao Duoze, and Yongning Hou looked at his son-in-law fiercely, "What do you mean?" β
"Father-in-law is tired."
Zhao Duoze subconsciously made a move, and regretted it a little in his heart, but looking at the saliva from Jiang Erye, he felt that his father-in-law was really cute...... Untied the coat on his shoulder, gently draped it on Jiang Erye, and by the way, he wiped his saliva with a handkerchief, and hired a 'son-in-law' with the pearl of the sea.
Yongning Hou's eyes slowly calmed down, not to mention whether Zhao Duoze was sincere, he could be filial to his father-in-law, Yongning Hou couldn't help but look up to Zhao Duoze, if it wasn't for Zhao Duoze marrying Jiang Luyao, if it wasn't for the old wife who asked Zhao Duoze to find himself several times, and the second child was gagging on the side, even if he brought his life's combat experience into the coffin, he would not pass it on to Zhao Duoze.
For his four biological sons, Yongning Hou didn't think much about it, let alone his grandson-in-law.
He nodded to Zhao Duoze, got up and walked out of the study, even he couldn't bear to wake up the sleeping dick, let alone Zhao Duoze...... His biggest luck is that he married Jiang Luyao, Yongning Hou is not confused, change someone to be the son, there will never be Zhao Duoze today!
The second child is thick-skinned, sincere, and sincere to his relatives, although there are constant small problems, but he will never be confused in major matters, and there is a smart daughter to help with advice, Yongning Marquis feels that the second child is selected to inherit the title, maybe the Hou Mansion will really have a glorious ancestor.
"On the battlefield, I have seen too many dead people, and I have killed too many people, I don't think about what will happen behind me, whether the Jiang family is in decline or glory, it doesn't matter to a dead person."
Yongning Hou was in front, and Zhao Duoze followed him respectfully like a student.
Yongning Hou sat on the stone bench under the big tree in the courtyard, Zhao Duoze stood beside him with his hands down, Yongning Hou looked at him for a long time, "I didn't expect me to train the grandson of the old prince......"
"Do you know that back then, your grandfather quarreled with me when we met? The tactics used by the old prince and I are not at all different, he marches like a blazing fire, like a sharp knife straight into the center of the enemy, not afraid to confront the enemy with the main force of the enemy, and the results he has achieved are the most brilliant, but...... His men always lost the most casualties. He called me a turtle...... But it was I, the old turtle, who saved him during the battle on the Western Front. β
"Your grandfather died violently because of the nearly fatal wounds he sustained on the Western Front!"
Yang Shuai also persuaded him many times, but unfortunately, he refused to listen and did not want to listen. Your grandfather was actually very naΓ―ve and too proud, and in the end, he ......"
When it comes to the secrets of the royal family, it is far from what he can say clearly, and the cause of the death of the old King Qin, even if he has doubts.
"I cherish the life of every soldier, and every time I go out, I will reduce the sacrifice as the premise." Yongning Hou has deep eyes, obviously a bloodthirsty general, but with a sense of compassion, his voice is hoarse and heavy: "Yang Shuai is a natural commander, he can always fit generals with different personalities, unify the situation of scattered sand and fight for each other, and put the most suitable person in the most critical position, this point, I can't do it, neither can your grandfather, except for Yang Shuai's broad mind, no one can do it." β
"For what?"
"Military merit is the most dazzling, who doesn't want to kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious service? Who is not selfish? β
Yongning Hou closed his eyelids, "Yang Shuai's mind is very comparable, I told you last time, before I returned to Beijing, I had a secret conversation with Yang Shuai, where do we who are familiar with the art of war know that the road is full of birds and good bows?" I know, Yang Shuai knows, and your grandfather knows...... It's a pity that your grandfather believes in himself too much, not only has outstanding military exploits, but also marries Yang Shuai's daughter raised as a man, I said at the time...... The Yang family will be ruined by this marriage. β
Zhao Duoze's eyes were red again, denying the marriage between his mother and his father was to deny himself, "grandfather ......"
"Yang Shuai smiled and said to me, it is not a loss to marry his daughter to the prince of Qin, without this marriage, he will not be able to escape the fate of a thousand cuts, it is better to fulfill your grandfather's heart to save the family, Yang Shuai said, King Qin is more dangerous than him."
"Do you understand?"
Yongning Hou opened his deep eyes and looked directly at Zhao Duoze, "Although you are Yang Shuai's grandson, you don't have Yang Shuai's mind, courage, and heart to sacrifice and dedicate yourself to your confidants and relatives, so you can't be Yang Shuai for the rest of your life...... I accepted Zhao Duoyi as an apprentice, you are not suitable for inheritance. β
Zhao Duoze swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I see, I'm not suitable." β
Yongning Hou moved his lips, "Yang Shuai once said that the biggest regret is that your mother is not a man, if she is a man, she may be able to save the end of the Yang family." β
"So, my grandfather and my mother have already guessed the Yang family's unjust case, what are they not fighting for? Not resisting? β
"If I were Yang Shuai, I would be opposed, but he wouldn't, because the entire border army was trained according to his formation, do you know that when the border army moves, there is no one in the world to be defeated? He gave an order, where the border army commanded, once the troops came to the Central Plains, did you ever wonder if the barbarians would take the opportunity to invade? When it falls, the Central Plains will be full of wars and the people will be displaced. He would rather sacrifice the lives of a clan than bear the shattering of mountains and rivers, Aze, when you reach the border, you will understand that the ferocity of the barbarians is far from what you can imagine, so I can't be Yang Shuai, but I admire him. β
"And the emperor ...... I don't understand at all, what is a friend of life and death! Xu Yirong and wealth can only get the 'loyalty' of the generals, but every soldier has loyalty to Yang Shuai engraved in his heart! Fighting a war depends on the generals, but it depends more on the soldiers' fighting, without soldiers, even if you are a natural asset, you will not be able to win. β
Yongning Hou took the battle book from the old housekeeper who rushed over and handed it to Zhao Duoze, "Your grandfather's essentials of leading the army, I told you, although the battle achievements are dazzling, but the use of soldiers is too dangerous, the soldiers have died too much, and there are injuries to the heavens, and your grandfather is also stingy and murderous, and we have all done things such as killing prisoners, only he does it and he knows it to the whole world, which is not good." He is like the most dazzling flower, beautiful is beautiful, but under the thunderstorm, the petals are scattered and withered, but it is not as good as a silent tree, even if the branches and leaves are withered, the roots are still firmly rooted in the depths of the soil, the Yang family ...... Aze, Yang Shuai's descendants will definitely rise. β
"It's not because of the people's admiration for Yang Shuai, but because of Yang Shuai's character and the foundation of the Yang family, which the emperor can't affect no matter how much he eliminates it, unless the Ming Dynasty ...... Destroy the country. β
Zhao Duoze clenched his fists, and the Yang family rose...... By his little cousin? Apparently not, "You mean me?" β
"If your brother is not his apprentice, I will think that it must be you, but if he accepts your brother as an apprentice, this will inevitably thin the foundation of the Yang family." Yongning Hou shook his head, seeing the fierceness in Zhao Duoze's eyes, "You, you are too much like your grandfather." β
"Aze!" Yongning Hou pressed Zhao Duoze's shoulder with his palm, and said in a deep voice: "Since you ask me for the art of war, I tell you, the key to my leading army is to have fewer dead people, in my opinion, the victory or defeat of the war is not how many people are killed, but that my men will always have more people left than the enemy, I can not care whether the war exploits are dazzling, I don't care how much land I have won, how many captures I have obtained, my greatest wish is that the brothers who go out with me can come back alive and safe!" β
"But you have to remember to cherish the lives of your men, it does not mean that you are afraid to stand and escape, it does not mean that you surrender. The ultimate goal of fighting a war is to win, and how to win the war with fewer dead people is what you need to consider as the commander-in-chief. β
"That's why you're alive and they're all gone......"
"Maybe, I'm a tortoise."
Yongning Hou smiled self-deprecatingly, and there was also a hint of difference in his eyes, "Turtle...... Good review from your grandfather. β
"Turtle King Bastard...... Damn, I'm the stupidest turtle bastard in the world. β
Yongning Hou suddenly kicked over the stone bench in a rage, turned around and said, "Take the second child, get out!" β
The old housekeeper looked at the old Hou Ye who left angrily worriedly, bowed down to Zhao Duoze and said, "Shi Ziye, you should leave here with the second master, Hou Ye is sometimes in a bad mood, you better leave quickly." β
"What is it for?"
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The old housekeeper shook his head and sighed: "Master Hou is also bitter in his heart, but it's a pity that the old lady doesn't understand...... Hou Ye refused to tell the old lady that he had been like this for decades. β
Zhao Duoze heard the sound of thunderbolts smashing things, hurriedly hugged the book, went to the study and carried his father-in-law, it seems that he can't come to see Yongning Hou for a while, in fact, Yongning Hou is quite similar to his grandfather, and his temper is not very good...... No wonder they can't be their grandfather Yang Shuai.
Turning Jiang Erye on his back, Zhao Duoze recalled the news revealed by the Marquis of Yongning, it seems that the concubine had long known that the Yang family would have a disaster...... With the mother's resourcefulness, won't she prepare?
and Zhao Duoyi...... Zhao Duoze was a little dissatisfied in his heart, as if Zhao Duoyi had invaded his territory, if he hadn't messed around at the beginning, maybe the great sage hermit would have taken him as an apprentice, Zhao Duoze didn't see that Zhao Duoyi was soft and gentle, like his grandfather.
In the old lady's room, Jiang Luyao also began to ask her grandmother Jiamin for advice, after all, she married into the Qin Palace, from the daughter of a local tyrant to the daughter-in-law of the nobleman's first family, she still needs to adapt to learning a lot of things.
If the Qin Wangfu is truly harmonious, she will learn slowly, but the Qin Wangfu is now suffering a lot from external and internal use, Jiang Luyao has to grasp Zhao Duoze's occasional brain pumping, irritable and ruthless methods, she also has to care about the future of the Qin Wangfu.
"Why am I telling you? Tell you how Princess Qin is? β
"Grandmother, didn't you marry into the Qin Palace? You can't leave me alone wow. β
Jiang Luyao's skin is thicker than Jiang Erye's, it can be said that Jiang Erye's cheekiness today is mostly taught by Jiang Luyao, the more the old lady is angry, the more Jiang Luyao leans up, grinding the old lady and saying: "You don't want me to be eaten alive by Princess Qin, in case I am disgraced by Princess Qin, you will have no light on your face, right?" Anyway, I'm your granddaughter. β
"Ghost girl." Lord Jiamin poked Jiang Luyao's forehead, "I see that if you don't make Princess Qin angry, you won't be reconciled, you have the help of the second husband and wife, I don't need to teach you, the second husband and wife are much more effective than me." β
"I can't be like today, I want both hands to be hard, and I want to combine them, so that Princess Qin can't guess which hand I will use next time!" Hmph, the art of war is cloudy, and the soldiers are treacherous. β
"You, that's all there is to it."
The old lady couldn't hold back, and shook her head helplessly, "Princess Qin has a good face and wants a good name, unless she wins the battle at the end, she won't do it herself, instead of paying more attention to Princess Qin, it is better to be optimistic about the prince of Qin, the first time I saw him, I found that he was not a good thing." β
"Well, that's right, there are five or six of them in the Tongfang alone, which is not a good thing."
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The old lady paused for a long time, and looked Jiang Luyao up and down, "Aren't you still having sex with him?" β
"We have to look forward, we can't always think about how it was before, he didn't run into me before, as long as I don't have willow disease, I don't want to think about it, but he has me, and if I get three or four, I'll let him ......poof" Jiang Luyao made a pinching action, the old lady's back was a little cold, poor Qin Wangzi, no matter how bad the belt of his pants was, it would be fatal.
"I see that you and your grandfather are still having an awkward relationship, grandmother, what is there to live with at such an old age?"
"You don't understand."
"Okay, I don't understand, you can always understand, I see that my grandfather has you in his heart, you two have been separated for so many years, aren't you tired? Whether it's good or bad, you have to give a sentence, you are obviously a smart and powerful person, why can't you get around the corner in this matter? Now that you have arranged for your grandfather to take a concubine and let him sow seeds and bear sons, what else do you have to be jealous of? β
"That's not it."
"What's that?"
"He has a small belly and chicken intestines, and he wronged me ......"
"Oh, I wronged you."
The old lady turned her face away, secretly hating why she had leaked her breath? "Second girl, you don't have to worry about my affairs with him."
"If I am with any man, I think the prince of Qin will also be furious, and he may beat me up when he comes back, men have a desire for exclusivity, if he cares about you, he will mind very much, if he doesn't care, then your attraction to her is almost zero, grandmother, have you ever wondered, is there a misunderstanding? I think the status of a man who can make my grandfather jealous, who makes my grandfather helpless and irritable, and can only vent alone, will have a high status......"
Jiang Luyao would naturally guess about the most bloody thing, "Grandfather was out on the expedition back then, and you were alone in the capital, and ordinary people couldn't get close to you with your integrity." β
"Misunderstanding?" The corners of the old lady's eyes were a little moist, "You don't understand, it's not a misunderstanding at all, he is a small-bellied chicken intestine, he is wronged, thinking that I deliberately did not give him a son, I just want to give birth to someone else...... He's just a fool on top of his head, if I want to enter the palace, will I choose him? Don't think that he won a few battles and was great, Junjie was much better than him back then, and I didn't have to choose him. If not...... If he hadn't picked up my stuff in the first place, would I have married him? β
Sure enough, it's enough blood, **'s gossip.
The old lady's suspected adulterer is His Majesty the Emperor?
Jiang Luyao really wants to scold her mother, is the emperor too shameless? Yang Shuai died unjustly, the old King Qin died violently, although Yongning Hou was alive, he wore a green hat on his head, no, he didn't wear it, but Yongning Hou would think that he was a turtle king bastard.
And because he no longer wants to lead the troops to the battle, the Marquis of Yongning may recall, I will live in the capital, see how you cheat with your wife!
Jiang Luyao really has a rich imagination, but looking at Jiang Erye's words and deeds from time to time, maybe Jiang Erye has inherited some of Yongninghou's invisible genes...... It is really possible to stay in the capital and 'watch' the lord of Jiamin because of this.
Is this intentional by the emperor? Or is it unintentional?
With such a huge green hat, the Marquis of Yongning endured it, and then his words and deeds were quite ridiculous, and he didn't touch the county lord of Jiamin again, and wanted to come...... The emperor will be relieved, after all, among the three famous generals, only the Marquis of Yongning is the weakest and has the shallowest foundation, and he is absolutely unable to threaten the emperor's throne. "Grandmother, I look at my grandfather......"
"Don't mention him to me again, mention him, you get out too!"
Jiang Luyao immediately changed her words without self-esteem, "Don't mention it, don't mention it, you did it too right, and it will make him die of soreness for the rest of his life." β
"......" Lord Jiamin pursed his lips, Jiang Luyao could stop, and had to think of another way, and said with a serious expression: "Grandmother, in addition to Princess Qin, I still have something I want to ask you." β
"What's the matter?"
"The Taijun of Yangmen is Aze's maternal grandmother."
"She?"
Lord Jia Min took a deep breath, "What's wrong with her?" Hasn't she been faceless all the time? She also embarrasses you? β
"No, I always feel that she is too heartbroken, did she love Aze's biological mother back then? Aze is her only grandson, not to say that love is like jewelry, and she won't avoid it, doesn't she want her daughter? Princess Qin is making waves in King Qin's mansion, and others will only regard King Qin's family affairs as a lively look, but how can Taijun ignore it? In case Aze's path goes further and further, her only grandson will not ......"
Jiang Luyao said slowly: "Or is her temperament like this?" Because he hated King Qin for forcing the princess to death back then, even Aze, who had the blood of King Qin, hated him? I originally thought that she was powerless to defend Aze, but now I realize that Aze rarely sees her at all. Aze was very concerned about the unjust case of the Yang family and the death of his biological mother, but he was just a full moon back then, what do you say he can remember? If his grandmother didn't say these things, who said them? β
"If it weren't for the constant chatter, how could Aze remember it so strongly?"
"What do you mean?" The county lord of Jiamin couldn't help but be cautious, and thought for a long time, "My relationship with her is not close or far, I used to frown with each other when I was young, if she ignores Aze, it is also possible, you don't know about her daughter, I heard that anything about Concubine Yang is decided by Yang Shuai, of course, there are also legends that Yang Shuai has another love, and the concubine of King Qin is from someone else." It's just that this rumor has rarely been mentioned. β
"You said that Yang Shuai can have children with the same side?"
"It's hard to say, man, there is no one to be trusted, there is no good thing."
The county lord of Jiamin has a lot of grievances, but this rumor seems to prove the reasonableness of Yang Men Taijun not caring much about Zhao Duoze.
Jiang Luyao said in a low voice: "You can tell me more about Yang Shuai and Taijun." I want to hear it, she is Aze's most valued grandmother, you also know that King Qin is not very reliable, even if Aze is the son, but the younger brother below is too capable, King Qin will inevitably have other ideas, Aze, his mind is not broad enough, the desire for exclusivity is too strong, he always wants to grasp everything, don't you know that sometimes the tighter he grips, the easier it is to lose. β
"Now our only strong backing, in addition to the Marquis of Yongning, that is, the Yang family, although the Yang family seems to be a dry well, there is no ability, but even the emperor is not sure that he can master the border army, do you think, the eight general soldiers are all on the fold to crusade against Xu Guangli, it can be done with the encouragement of the prince and Xiao Zhuangyuan? The foundation of the Yang family is still there, this is what Aze really relies on, he has the blood and hatred of the Yang family on his back, remember the death of his biological mother, the remnants of the Yang family, we want it! β
"You want it?" The county lord of Jiamin smiled, and realized Jiang Luyao's seriousness, and his smile gradually faded, "So domineering, Yaoyao, you are better than me!" β
Everyone wants the strength of the Yang family, but no one dares to stretch out their hands, even the emperor is helpless against the Yang family.
"It's not domineering, but these are what Aze deserves, the things back then have haunted him like a nightmare for nearly twenty years, and he is the one who should be the most qualified to inherit everything from the Yang family. Even if you give to your loved ones, you have to be rewarded, don't you? Besides, it's not someone else's thing that we're fighting for, it's Aze's. β
"The Yang family still has blood."
"When the little cousin grows up, if there is also a desire to inherit the Yang family, Aze will naturally hand over the things of the Yang family to him, I heard that he was raised by the widow of the Yang family as an eyeball, not that I don't look down on the widow, I have always felt that it is hard to stay in one place, and the heart will not be too normal, the little cousin is not in good health, in the heart of the widow of the Yang family, I am afraid that it is the inheritance of the lineage, which is better than the military power."
Jiang Luyao took a deep breath, and with the county lord of Jiamin, she did not hide anything, and said what she thought in her heart, the Marquis of Yongning is one of Jiang Luyao's backers, and the county lord of Jiamin is also Jiang Luyao's helper, and she must let her grandmother understand that her own thoughts can be used in one place.
"Grandmother, I don't hate Princess Qin, really, she is Aze's stepmother, and thinking about the son she gave birth to is something every mother will do, I will only be wary of her...... As long as she doesn't cross the line, I won't do much, and the stepson wants to find maternal love in his stepmother, and I think it's as ridiculous as a tiger and a rabbit saying that they don't eat meat. It's not biological, it's not possible, everyone is selfish, but if she stretches her hand too long and wants to snatch Aze's things, I won't let her go. β