As night fell, the ox cart stopped in front of Fen Kuan's house.

Hearing the news that Hujing was visiting, Fan Dan personally came out to greet him.

The two of them faced each other at the door, and after the courtesy of the guest and the host, they entered the house surrounded by a crowd of slaves and maids.

Pan Kuan was already waiting in the hall.

Ling Hujing has been in close contact with the Fan family recently, and he will come to the Fan family every once in a while, or Fan Dan will visit his house once, so that the two can communicate and communicate in a timely manner according to the changes in the court situation.

However, Yan Kuan still strictly abides by the etiquette when the scholar and doctor meet, and as the elder, he waited for Ling Hujing to salute first, and then invited him to sit down with a smile.

Seeing the sweat on Ling Hujing's forehead, and diluting the powder on his face, he said: "Rarely, the weather is as hot as it is, I just watched the sky, it looks like it's going to rain." Why not wait later and come back when it's cooler? ”

"The official affairs of the record are busy, and Jing Ru is late, so I am afraid of disturbing the rest of the public."

Yan Kuan smiled: "Xian Shao is really careful. ”

"Have you eaten at the Recorder's Appointment?"

"Already used."

After chatting a few words, Yan Dan was anxious and asked, "Xianshao, you came here tonight, but is there something?" ”

Ling Hujing took out a letter from his brother Ling Huqu, and the little slave behind the servant presented it to Yan Kuan, saying: "My brother has a letter yesterday, please read it." ”

Yan Kuanzhan looked at it, frowned, and said: "On the way back to the court, Gao Chong was summoned by Huanmeng in Jingzhou, Huanmeng intends to cut down Shu, please ask me to help the court?" ”

Ling Hujing looked like he was holding a spirit bead, and said: "Record the Gong, the former obstruction of the auxiliary country ......, no, although the conquest of the general army Shuo Fang has not succeeded, but now with Brother Jing's letter, Jing's foolish opinion, and the conspiracy of the conquest of Shuo Fang, we must be able to make him sleep here!" ”

The little slave forwarded the letter to Fendan.

Yan Dan glanced at ten lines, read them quickly, pondered for a moment, and said, "Rarely, what do you mean?" ”

Ling Hujing motioned to Gillian who was kneeling at his feet to fetch cold grapes for himself to eat, and said with a smile: "As Jing often said, there is a great feature of the style of General Jingguan's previous administration, that is, he attaches great importance to 'righteousness' and always oppresses people with 'righteousness'. There are some things that should not be done, but when he uses the righteousness of the court, the people, etc., to press down, there will often be a situation where the princes in the court are oppositioned, but they have to be speechless, and he actually makes his mind come true.

"When it comes to 'righteousness', who else can compare to the Jiangzuo court? Duke Huan was an important minister of the Jiangzuo court, and he was determined to attack Shu and invited me to help; Use this as an excuse, Beijing expects that the general of the conquest cannot be opposed!

"He can't object, so he can only send troops to Shuzhong; And as long as the troops are sent to Shuzhong and Shuo are taken, won't it be natural to stop mentioning it again? ”

Yan Dan understood the meaning of Linghu Jing, and said: "This is called the spear of the other and the shield of the other." ”

Ling Hujing said: "Exactly. ”

Yan Kuan thought for a while and said: "With the words of the general of the Jiangzuo court, as rarely said, he has always been good at raising the banner of righteousness, and he has just been worshiped by Jiangzuo, so he can't refuse; But rarely, Wen Shao's letter clearly wrote that the war of Shu is only Huan Meng's personal idea now, and he has not yet asked for the consent of the Jiangzuo court. If the Jiangzuo court does not agree with him to cut down Shu, then isn't our plan a flower in the mirror and a tree without roots? ”

"Wen Shao" is the word of Linghu Qu.

Ling Hujing did not enter the office, limited to the lack of available manpower, and the intelligence collection work of various forces outside the territory was not as good and extensive as Xin Er, because he didn't know much about Huan Meng's character, unlike Xin Er, he couldn't make the conclusion that "even if the imperial court doesn't allow it, Huan Meng may also cut down Shu".

However, this question did not bother him, he replied: "Even the Jiangzuo court does not allow Huan Gong to cut down Shu, but Jiangzuo is cut off from my road, and the news is not easy to reach, and when it reaches our country, I am afraid that it will be at least winter, and even next year." At the moment in July, there is still half a year until winter, and next year, it will be even longer; Who can guarantee that nothing else will happen during this time period? ”

The meaning of Ling Hujing's words is very deep.

The father and son of Pan Kuan and Fan Dan have a good taste for a long time.

Yan Kuan said: "That's true. After a pause, he said, "The immediate task is to destroy the intention of the conquest and conspiracy, and if nothing else, you can plan it slowly." ”

Linghu Jing said leisurely: "And if you can destroy the strategy of conquering the captives, there is also a great benefit. ”

"What's the benefit?"

"The conquest and the Tuoba Department have made an alliance, and Tuoba has sent all his servants to our country, and once this matter finally fails? Transcription, what do you think Tuoba Beijin will think and how will he react? ”

Yan Kuan laughed and said, "What else can you think? You will think that this person is too unreliable! Fail to keep the faith. ”

Ling Hujing said with a smile: "Since because of this matter, Tuoba Beijin can't be captured, then even if Duke Huan fails to conquer Shu, and the capture is in this winter or next spring, he can finally put forward the strategy of attacking Shuo again, will Tuoba be willing to join forces with him again?" Without the joint efforts of the Tuoba Department, the thousands of miles of desert sea are dangerous, the baggage is difficult to transport, and how many soldiers and horses can be used to attack Shuofang? There are few soldiers, and they are not enough; There are many soldiers, and it is difficult to dispatch. At that time, Jing thought that there was no need to bother with the secretary to admonish him, and the conquest would be in a dilemma. ”

Yan Dan clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, wonderful! Praise Ling Hujing and said, "Rarely, Qing really has a plan!" ”

Pan Kuan picked up the words of "use the spear of the other side and attack the shield of the other", and said with a smile: "Xin You's book "Theory of Contradiction" has become famous among the scholars, but can he think that it is the contradiction that is bad for him? In my opinion, this rare clever strategy is the real "Theory of Contradiction". "I couldn't stop laughing.

Swallow the grapes handed by Gillian, make Hujing eat them comfortably, and spit out the grape core to Gillian's tender hands.

……

Two days later, the court meeting.

Based on Linghuqu's letter, he said: First, the imperial court is going to cut down Shu, and Dingxi, as a vassal state, must not be helped, and second, if Shuzhong is recovered, the three counties of Qinzhou, Shuzhong, and Jingzhou will be connected together, which will be extremely beneficial to Dingxi; The summary proposed: We should abandon the plan to attack Shuo and assist Huan Meng to defeat Shu instead.

To the surprise of Pan Kuan's father and son and others, Xin Er did not have fierce opposition, and did not even say a word of opposition, but happily accepted Pan Kuan's opinion, and said on the spot in the court that he voluntarily gave up attacking Shuo and changed to Shu.

This made Yan Kuan's father and son and others a little confused, and they couldn't figure out what medicine he bought in the gourd.

However, Xin Er, Yang Chao, Tang Ai and others have already discussed it carefully.

Everyone reached a consensus: If Pan Kuan and other fruits make a fuss about the matter of "Huan Meng's war on Shu" and press it down with the righteousness of the imperial court, and the war on Shu is indeed of great benefit to Dingxi, then it is better to simply agree with it than to risk "losing people's popularity" and oppose it.

In favor, it will not damage people's hopes, and it will also erect a glorious image of "wholeheartedly serving the public" among the people of the government and the opposition.

Of course, there are downsides to being in favor.

There are two biggest downsides.

One is that it will create a bad impression of "dishonesty" to Tuoba Beijin, and even make Tuoba Beijin think that Xin Er is actually not a powerful minister or a heavy minister in the Dingxi Dynasty, but a person who has no weight and is not as wide as he is.

One is that if you attack, most of the feats will be good; And if you help Huan Meng to cut down Shu, the garrison of Qinzhou and the troops of the koji family in the southeast cannot be used, in other words, if the war is successful, then the battle merits will have to be shared with the Linghu Qu and the Koji family.

The second disadvantage is a little better, Xin Er has already decided that if it is to cut down Shu, he will personally take charge of the general.

But the first disadvantage, how can we minimize its impact?

……

Gao Chong, as an envoy who had just returned to China, also participated in the court meeting today.

The first part of the court meeting was Gao Chong's report on the worship of Ling Hule and Xin Er by the Jiangzuo Imperial Court, as well as his experiences in Jiangzuo. Subsequently, it is the broadest words in the book.

Gao Chong didn't know that Xin Er had a plan to attack Shuo earlier, and he only found out after he came back.

At that time, he regretted that he should not have said to Linghu Qu when he was in Qinzhou, "Huan Meng intends to ask Dingxi to assist in the destruction of Shu."

At today's court meeting, Guo Wenfankuan used this as a weapon to sabotage the attack on Shuofang that Xin Er had been preparing for nearly two months, and he regretted it even more.

The court meeting dispersed, and when he went out of the palace, he caught up with Xin Er and said regretfully: "The one who is the bad Ming Gong's attack on Shuo is not the record of the Gong, it is really me!" Dare to ask Ming Gong to punish the crime. ”

Xin Er smiled tolerantly: "I want to attack Shuofang, you didn't know about it before. He who does not know is not guilty, what is the crime? In addition, it is also very beneficial to our dynasty to help Huan Gong to cut down Shu, you are not only without fault, but also meritorious! ”

High charge and plead guilty.

Xin Er pretended to be unhappy and said, "Do you look at me stupidly? ”

Gao Chong was stunned and said, "How dare you? ”

Xin Er smiled: "Anger at people, that's a fool's job!" Not to mention, Qing didn't know the strategy of attacking. Even if I get angry, I can't get angry with you. Qing Su is calm, why is it so narrow today? ”

Seeing that Yan Kuan also came out of the palace with his head held high, Chen Sun and the others who came out first kept looking at his side, Xin Er grabbed Gao Chong's hand, pulled him into his car, and said with a smile, "Tuoba is a slave to Tuoba and mud in the capital, I will feast on him tonight, you join me!" The Tuoba Department is far away in the borderlands, and it is not deeply soaked by my Wang Hua, you can just tell him about the Jiangzuo characters of our Tang Dynasty! Open your eyes to him. ”

Sit in the car and on the way home.

Thinking of the posture of the wide mouth hanging over the river at the court meeting, Xin Er frowned lightly without being noticed by Gao Chong.

The relationship between Hujing and the Fan family is getting closer and closer.

Only one Linghujing or Linghuqu, or only one is wide, it is insignificant.

But on both sides of them, one is the clan that now holds the power of the territory,—— although Qinzhou is small, there are only three counties, but the administrative unit is a state, which is a high-ranking official and important position that can be ranked with Longzhou and Shazhou, and under the command of Linghu Qu, no matter how many, there are soldiers and horses; One is the nominal head of the court's ministers, one outside and one inside, and the inside and outside correspondingly, if they are ignored and allowed to develop, I am afraid that sooner or later they will become a powerful force.

Xin Er smiled and looked at Gao Chong's face, listened to him speak, and thought distractedly: "Between the Linghu Qu, the Linghu Jing brothers and Lao Fan's father and son, the Linghu brothers are the relatives of the clan and go out of the border state, which is the key. Among the Linghu brothers, although it is Linghu Qu who owns Qinzhou, it is Linghu Jing who is famous and resourceful, that is to say, the key between his brothers is Linghu Jing.

"Huan Meng asked me to Dingxi to assist in the war of Shu, and the first person Ling Huqu told could only be Ling Hujing. It is recommended that the one who writes wide and destroys my strategy must be Ling Hujing! Last time, I guessed that Chen Sun gave him the idea, but later I found out that Chen Sun did not go to the door of Fan Kuan's house in those days, so it seems that I guessed wrong, and it must be Ling Hujing!

"For a long time, I only regarded Ling Hujing as a celebrity who was good at talking, but I underestimated him. I'll have to find a chance to test him and see what he wants to do! ”

Ling Hujing has always been white and has no official position, and Xin Er did ignore him before; As a result, as soon as he didn't pay attention, he was stumbled by Linghu Jing. Linghujing, it's time to solve it. But how to fix it? Opportunities need to be sought.

Xin Er chatted and laughed with Gao Chong as if nothing had happened, and turned his thinking from Ling Hujing back to Tuoba Beijin and Tuoba Kangni who was invited to the evening banquet, and said in his heart: "How can I minimize the impact of my 'dishonesty', so that when I use Bingshuo again, Tuoba Beijin will no longer believe me?" I discussed it twice with Qianli, Shidao, Changling, Jinghuan, Yizhen, etc., but I didn't discuss a good solution. …… That's it, for the sake of today's plan, Lao Tzu can only use my usual tricks, 'win with sincerity'! ”

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