Chapter 280: Unexpected Joy

The carriage passed through the street, and the wheels made a slight clicking sound as they ran over the bluestone slabs. Fang Jie, who was holding a bowl of hot noodle soup, ate heartily, and didn't seem to care about his image at all in front of Mu San. Fang Xie knew that Mu San was a cautious person, and the more natural he behaved in front of him, Mu San felt that this was a very close performance.

"Your Majesty returned to the Dongnuan Pavilion, who did you summon?"

Fang Xie asked while eating.

"After His Majesty came back, the first to come to the Dongnuan Pavilion were Yang Shunhui, the general of the Left Guard, and Xu Xiaogong, the general of the Right Guard, and then the generals of the Guards stationed in Chang'an, who discussed in the Dongnuan Pavilion for more than half an hour. The slave and maid were humble and could not come close, but they didn't hear anything. After General Zhuwei left, His Majesty met with Huai Qiugong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, several scholars, Dugu Xue of the Criminal Department, and Pei Yan, the squire of the Yellow Gate, and Sanjin Hou Wu. ”

"The last person I saw was Dean Zhou of the Yanwu Academy and Luo Weiran, the commander of the Ouchi Guards...... Originally, His Majesty had already issued an order to let Yang Yin be escorted to Taiji Palace, but I don't know why His Majesty repented again. He ordered Prince Yi to be handed over to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department for interrogation, and also sent a jury of Gonggong Su. ”

Fang Xie couldn't help but smile when he heard that Mu San said that there was Dugu Xue in the name of the person. This Dugu lord was transferred from the criminal department by the emperor and appointed as the governor of Shandong Province. It was originally a great thing to soar, but he was unlucky, so he left Beijing and didn't get out of Gyeonggi Road, and there was a rebellion between Li Yuanshan and Yuan Chongwu. Fortunately, the errand of the Criminal Department has not been taken by others, otherwise he might be counted as the most unlucky governor of all time.

These people that the emperor saw, Fang Xie could guess.

Seeing the people of the military, His Majesty must have asked them to stabilize the morale of the army and then stabilize the situation in Chang'an. Goodbye Huai Qiugong and them, they ordered Prince Yi to plot against the future trial and other things. Seeing Dean Zhou and Luo Weiran, it must have something to do with Xiao Yijiu and those Jianghu guests who coordinated with the rebellion.

Fang Xie didn't know at this time that there was an old man who was enough to shock the entire Great Sui and even the whole world to be reborn.

Thinking of this, Fang Xie couldn't help but think, the emperor saw that these people all had a purpose, why did he see himself? For this rebellion, he is actually insignificant in this huge game. With his current position, it is impossible for him to influence any major event. If you really want to talk about identity, his most glamorous thing is just a virtual lord of the right attendant, which has no meaning at all. Although he is now very famous in Chang'an City, bigger than many court officials, Fang Xie is self-aware, and there is no one-third of an acre of land that belongs to him in Chang'an City now.

He thought that this time he would make some small contributions, and the emperor would reward him with an official and a half-position. Breaking free from the shackles of the students of the Yanwu Academy who did not enter the academy within three years, who would have thought that the emperor was a naturally good businessman. Unexpectedly, Xiang Qingniu's matter was exempted from his credit, and it seems that it will take time to change his current situation in Chang'an City.

Along the way, he ate a large bowl of hot noodle soup and asked many questions.

Mu San's status is limited, and he doesn't hear much news. When the carriage passed through the square, Fang Xie pulled the curtain of the car and looked out, and found that a huge square had been pulled up and blocked up, and the army was patrolling back and forth on the street, and no one was allowed to enter the area. If it weren't for the palace sign on the carriage that Fang Xie was riding, he would have been stopped.

Fang Xie knew that behind the curtain, there were corpses in the square that had not been completely cleaned up. It was the corpse of one of the most elite soldiers of the Great Sui, Zuo Wuwei's 11,000 soldiers. The emperor didn't see Yu Manlou in the end, and he didn't even give those people a chance to beg for mercy. By the time he turned to leave, the rebellious soldiers were doomed.

Fang Xie didn't think that the emperor's methods were cruel, if even such a serious crime as rebellion could be pardoned, then where was the emperor's majesty? He didn't know that at the last moment, Yu Manlou still had illusions, and planned to use the way of going to the northwest to kill the enemy in exchange for the temporary lives of Zuo Wuwei's soldiers. If Fang Xie knew, he was afraid that he would smile helplessly. This great general, who is known for his many wise generals, has turned into an idiot at the last moment.

How could the Emperor of the Kingdom allow those soldiers to survive?

Fang Xie had no doubt that the entire Chang'an City would set off a bloody storm next. His Majesty will definitely take the opportunity to take down all the courtiers who have an unclear relationship with Prince Yi, and I don't know how many people have been raided and how many have been exterminated. Judging from the example of the emperor ordering the slaughter of the Jiangdu Qiu clan many years ago, the emperor has this courage.

Fang Xie couldn't see the scene in the curtains, but he knew that the square was full of soldiers at this time, dealing with those mutilated corpses, and the dead soldiers would add up to more than 20,000 people in total, and these corpses would be transported out of Chang'an for burial. If the emperor ordered Zhulian, then the more than 10,000 Zuo Wuwei soldiers who died here would involve more than 10,000 families behind them. If the killings were to be started, perhaps the number of people slaughtered would exceed 50,000, or even more.

Rebel......

Fang Xie let out a long sigh in his heart.

Success or failure. Those who have always rebelled have stepped on their bones.

There are so many examples in his previous life, and Fang Xie still remembers it vividly. In which dynasty did those who tried to change power not pave their own way with human lives? Whether the person who grabs the power wins or the person who guards the power wins, the game is followed by a bloody storm and killing.

Although this turmoil was put down by the emperor, was the emperor really a victor?

The foundation of the Great Sui has been touched by this turmoil.

Fang Xie shook his head, shaking off his distracting thoughts.

These things are still a little far away from him now, what he can do is to live by himself, and then let all the people who are good to him also live, live well. Fang Xie never thought of himself as a good person, but he knew his bottom line very well. In the past life or now, more than one person has said that if you want to achieve great things, you must deny your six relatives, and you will not be bound by love and righteousness to be a real hero......

But Fang Xie never thought so, he knew that he couldn't do it, and abandoned all feelings.

Instead, he guards these feelings. Maybe he's impulsive and naïve, but that's his bottom line. He is willing to fight for the people who are good to him, and the reason is as simple as that, because they are good to him.

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Fang Xie waited until it was dark and his stomach was hungry again before the emperor asked Su Buxing to call him in. When he entered the door, Fang Xie couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and he found that the emperor's hair was almost all white. When I was in the square before, because the emperor wore a crown, no one noticed these new gray hairs.

Under the lights, the emperor's white hair looked so eye-catching.

Fang Xie saluted, and his heart was still difficult to calm down. Although the emperor seemed to be in a good mood, he smashed Prince Yi's conspiracy in one fell swoop, stabilized the court situation, stabilized Chang'an, and stabilized his throne. But civil strife has always been a matter of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of yourself. Take the 11,000 Zuo Wuwei soldiers who were slaughtered in the square, they were all the most elite soldiers of the Great Sui, how could the emperor not feel distressed and sad?

Those who will be beheaded in the future are the people of the Great Sui. Most of the people are innocent, a minister who participated in the rebellion is a very big family behind it, hundreds of people died and thousands of people, how many of them know? The families of those soldiers, who had always thought that their sons were serving their country, were involved and died. Even if some killings are controlled, the courtiers will have to go to two or three, which is a major event for the Great Sui that shakes the foundation.

And this is just a loss that seems on the surface, and it really has a huge impact on the imperial court and the Great Sui...... It's those families. Who is not a famous official who is involved? If it is really investigated, then at least half of the family will be involved. These families are the root of supporting the imperial court, even if the emperor is ruthless, can he still send troops to slaughter them one by one? Then the Great Sui is really in danger.

These are all due to the fact that the emperor's hair is getting grayer and whiter.

How could the emperor be happy?

It seems that he has won, but in fact, whoever rebels and is put down again, he is a loser for the emperor. for the whole world is his, and all that is lost is his.

"What's your reaction?"

Seeing Fang Xie stunned, the emperor asked with the corners of his mouth, but his shallow smile was full of fatigue.

He casually pointed to the stool in front of him and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Fang explained: "The minister should still stand and talk, and it will be easier to kneel down and thank you for a while." ”

The emperor was amused by his words, it was a real kind of laughter. Su Buxing, who was standing beside the emperor, glanced at Fang Xie and was surprised how this young man dared to speak like this. The vast majority of people are submissive in front of the emperor, and they don't even dare to come out of the atmosphere. But the natural ruffian aura on Fang Jie's body, as well as the kind of cleverness that makes people happy, seems to really make His Majesty like it.

"How do you know I'm going to reward you?"

The Emperor asked with a smile.

Fang Xie said with a serious expression: "Because Your Majesty is Mingjun." ”

The emperor couldn't help laughing, pointed at Fang Jie, and said, "You mean, if I don't reward you, I'm a faint king?" ”

Fang Xie hurriedly lowered his head and said, "How is it possible, the minister firmly believes that His Majesty will reward the minister." ”

"Scoundrel!"

The emperor glanced at him, was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "I didn't intend to reward you, because you know what you know. Resisting the decree one after another, if it were someone else, I would have killed it ten times and eight times. Because I pity your talent, I made an exception to keep your life to serve the country. ”

Fang Xie lifted his robe and made a big salute: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "I haven't rewarded you yet." ”

Fang explained: "Your Majesty doesn't kill the ministers, and the ministers feel that it is already a great reward." ”

The emperor smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid there are still some duplicities...... But I know that you are faithful. Merit and fault aside, since there is loyalty, I will naturally reward. ”

The emperor glanced at Su Buxing, and Su Buxing hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty's will: God blesses the twelfth year of the martial arts academy to enter the first place in the examination, the right attendant Fang Jie, who is young and promising, loyal to the country, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats. The Great Sui is eclectic in taking talents, and meritorious service should be rewarded, and the special seal is explained as a first-class viscount, and the rank of ranger general is rewarded! ”

First Viscount ...... Ranger General?

Fang Xie was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect to get these. Although the Ranger General is only a fictitious title, he is a real positive five grades. How many people fight for a lifetime, and they can't climb to the position of the fifth grade. The first-class viscount, although he does not have his own food estate, but the annual salary issued by the imperial court is a large sum of silver. And the most important thing is that the viscount is not a worthless vain lord like the right squire, it means that Fang Xie has completely detached himself from the ordinary people and is the nobleman of the Great Sui.

This was completely unexpected, so he was a little dizzy.

"Of course ......"

The emperor smiled and said, "It's not for you...... Now that you have an official position, naturally you can't stay in the martial arts academy all day long as usual. If you have an errand, I will tell you to do it, and if there is no errand, you will continue to be your student in the Performing Arts Academy. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long live...... The minister was a little stupid, please let your majesty let the minister breathe a sigh of relief. ”

After a moment, Fang Xie grinned, then raised his head and asked seriously, "Your Majesty...... Is this time to let the minister go to the northwest? ”

The emperor shook his head: "Someone recommended you to go to the northwest, but I refused." They said that you know the northwest and it will help the imperial court to mobilize troops. I know they're right, and you're a good fit to choose a pioneer. But you don't have enough qualifications, you don't have enough prestige. And leading the army is not a child's play, it is not enough to be loyal, you don't have that ability. And ......"

The emperor glanced at him and said lightly: "There are individual errands entrusted to you to do, and you will probably be away from Beijing for a while." I'll give you half a year, and I won't be able to come back a day earlier. ”