Chapter 505: I'm Waiting for You There

The Emperor reclined in his seat, one hand propped up his chin and listened to Fang Xie recount the story of this line. Fang Xie tried not to mention his worries about the emperor's health, because he knew that even if he didn't mention the emperor, he understood what he was thinking. And when it comes to why this decision was made, it can be traced back to the secret letter sent to him by Luo Weiran and Wu Yiyi, Fang Xie was unwilling to say these things, which was not a good thing for Luo Weiran and Wu Yiyi, and it was also not a good thing for himself...... This is the most taboo for the emperor.

When he heard Fang explain the guard Liu Han that he met when he was in Fengcheng, the emperor seemed to be very interested.

"It's a pity for such an official."

The emperor said in a gentle and helpless tone: "From the perspective of national law, it is an unforgivable capital crime to bend and rebel for any reason. But I also know that there are certainly not a few officials like Liu Han in the northwest, although they are thieves, their hearts are towards the Great Sui. But if you know, you know, there is no reason for me to forgive their sins. Some mistakes are not forgiven by knowing that they can be corrected. ”

Fang Xie knew that what the emperor said was right, officials like Liu Han must abound in the northwest, but this was not a reason for them to be pardoned. All Fang Xie could do was to let the emperor know that there was such a group of officials in the northwest, and he had to become Li Yuanshan's subordinates for one reason or another.

The best outcome is that the families of these people are exempt from criminal responsibility.

"You handled the matter well."

The Emperor was silent for a while and then said, "The reason why I have kept him in prison for more than ten years is because I know his character very well. If it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to use the people in the court at that time, I wouldn't have released him from prison, and I just had no other choice. ”

Fang understood this sentence.

From the beginning of the Western Expedition, the emperor actually did not want to use people in the court, and did not use any of the court officials who were in power at that time. Yang Kai, King of Xujun, Mou Liangbi, and Zong Lianghu, these people can actually be classified as people outside the court, and they have no relationship with any interest faction in the court.

Thinking of this, Fang Xie suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, so many court officials and emperors actually didn't have a single trust. The Western Expedition was handed over to Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, but unfortunately it fell short because of Li Yuanshan's rebellion. The counterinsurgency was a personal expedition by the emperor, and most of them were brave and brave who did not belong to any one interest faction, and these recruits were loyal to the emperor alone.

Even so, the emperor did not intend to let go of those officials who were once the pillars of the Great Sui. The good killing in the Haoran Hall made anyone who knew about it shiver in their hearts.

Fang Xie lowered his head and said: "The minister should not actually kill Mou Liangbi. ”

The emperor glanced at him: "You shouldn't have killed Mou Liangbi, but you did." You shouldn't have killed Li Yuanshan, you still killed it. You know what's right and what's wrong, but you're always going to make uncomfortable choices. Fang Solution...... Your biggest strength is to be decisive enough, and your biggest disadvantage is to be decisive enough. What others dare not do, you dare. If others dare not say it, you dare to ...... Who gave you such guts? ”

"You"

Fang Xie replied.

The emperor was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "You mean, you have the world's biggest backer and you will have no scruples?" ”

"The minister means that the minister has the biggest backer in the world, so as long as he does something that is beneficial to the court and beneficial to His Majesty, he can have no scruples."

"Sophistry."

The emperor glared at him: "I let you be presumptuous because I know that you have no different intentions. But if you don't behave in the future, I won't be able to rely on you. ”

"The minister didn't dare, but the minister thought that if there were more officials like the minister in the world, with His Majesty as a backer, the rule would not be far away."

"You don't blush when you praise yourself like that?"

The emperor asked.

Fang Xie smiled: "To be honest, don't blush......"

The Emperor laughed, and his mood seemed to be really open. Su Buxing looked at the young man sitting in the chair below, with a smile on his face. It's been too long since anyone can make the emperor laugh like this, although he knows that the emperor really can't completely trust this young man, but he can also see that the emperor really likes this guy. Even Su Buwei now thinks that this guy is really cute.

"Since you only tell the truth in front of me, then I ask you ......"

The emperor looked at Fang Jie: "What do you think of the sudden mobilization of troops against Luo Yao by Koktai Menglie?" I know that there are many people talking about it in private, saying that I should not join forces with the Mengyuan barbarians, and this is a great rebellion against the rules of the ancestors, and it also loses the face of the Great Sui court...... Fang Jie, what do you think? ”

As soon as these words came out, Fang Xie felt a layer of cold sweat instantly break out on his back.

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Fang Xie was silent for a long time and did not answer the emperor's words, and the emperor didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, just quietly watching him and waiting for his reply. It may have only been a few minutes, but it felt like centuries had passed in the square. There was no way to answer the question that the Emperor threw at him, because it was not a question with a correct answer in the first place.

"Minister...... Ignorance. ”

The emperor shook his head: "After holding back for a long time, you really disappointed me." ”

Fang Xie raised his head and said seriously: "The minister said that he didn't know, it's not that he doesn't know how the people below him talked about this matter, and it's not that he doesn't know what the impact of this matter is. I don't know, I don't know why His Majesty made such an arrangement. The reason why I don't know is because the minister is stupid. Danchen knows one thing...... In the whole world, there is no one who loves the Great Sui more than His Majesty. In the whole world, there is no one who values the hearts of the people more than His Majesty. Therefore, the minister also knows that no matter what the people below say, His Majesty's matter is correct. ”

The emperor was slightly stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "This is the most intimate sycophant I've heard in recent days. ”

"What the minister said is the truth."

Fang Xie replied.

The emperor nodded: "There is no one in the world who loves the Great Sui more than me, and there is no one in the world who values the people's hearts more than me." This sentence is good and true, so I am very happy to hear it. ”

He stood up and waved his hand to signal that he didn't need Su to support him.

"Whatever I do, it's for the sake of the Great Sui. Every decision I make is for the sake of the country. The people below are talking nonsense because they don't understand me. So they are not as good as you, although you don't understand me, but you know that a courtier should trust the emperor's decision. ”

Fang Xie didn't speak, just hung his head and listened quietly.

"Li Yuanshan put Meng Yuanmanzi into my house three years ago, and he thought he had borrowed the most powerful knife. Three years later, I used this knife to stab the ambition of more than one person, so why should I explain? Those bastards of the Imperial Tower, I really thought that I could be presumptuous without scruples if I said that I was not guilty. Yesterday, there was a royal history named Xu Qian kneeling outside and kowtowing, knocking blood all over his face, guess what he asked me to do? ”

Fang Xie shook his head.

"He asked me to abdicate, saying that I am sorry for my ancestors and ancestors. If I don't abdicate, he will die outside. ”

The emperor didn't seem to be angry, but just smiled: "So I obeyed his wish and let him die outside." Some people dare to speak out because they also love the Great Sui and don't want me to make mistakes. Some people dare to speak out in order to gain fame and reputation, and to show their ridiculous and shameful so-called courage. I am not so sick that I can't see clearly who has what is in mind, and what I do today will be judged by myself. ”

There is indeed such a group of people in this world who deceive fame and fortune by doing some so-called very courageous things.

There are such people in every era.

Fang Xie lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty wants to kill him, he must say that he is not afraid, and then he will say bitterly that he is a loyal minister but he can't continue to be loyal to the country, but he died as he deserved." If he's a little more stupid, he'll point at you and scold you, right...... The minister thinks that this kind of person can't be killed casually......"

The emperor frowned: "You said he shouldn't be killed?" ”

Fang explained: "What the minister means is that you shouldn't kill casually. If you tell him to kill him, he will feel great. Even if he told him that he wanted to plant the Nine Clans, he didn't care, because he only cared about whether it would attract praise from others. He will not take his life very seriously, nor will he take the lives of his relatives very seriously, but he will definitely take his reputation very seriously, so before killing him, you can tell him that after he dies, he will be accused of being a spy by Meng Yuan. He didn't care about the fate of himself and his relatives, thinking that even if they were all dead, they would die as they deserved, and the life and death of his wife and children were just tools to fulfill his reputation, but if he was a spy, he would have wept bitterly and begged His Majesty to forgive him, saying that he knew he was wrong. ”

The Emperor snorted, "That's what I did, that's how he reacted." ”

"Pretty ......"

Fang Xie said two words in a low voice.

"You said he was stupid?"

The emperor asked.

Fang Xie smiled wryly, but didn't dare to answer.

"That's a good word, although it's the first time I've heard it, but I understand it as soon as I hear it."

Fang Jie: "......"

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The emperor stood at the door of the imperial chariot with his hands in his hands, looking at the clear sky outside: "Mengyuan barbarian's matter, you will understand my painstaking efforts sooner or later." Koktai Mönggo is a smart man, even smarter than I imagined. Ambitious and wise people don't stay silent after all, and I really want to talk to this person again in my lifetime. ”

This sentence seems to be understood or not.

"You killed Li Yuanshan, and some people are very angry."

The emperor changed the subject, as if he didn't want to continue to say anything about the Meng Yuan people.

Fang Xie nodded: "The minister guessed." ”

"Hmm...... They worked hard and desperately for more than a year, and they came out of the sea of corpses and blood, and in the end the credit was snatched by you, and it is inevitable that there will be resentment. I have to take care of their emotions no matter what, after all, they are all people who have a great contribution to the Great Sui. I owe them a lot, and they still have to be rewarded for not dying on the battlefield. ”

"The minister understands"

"Go back and take your Black Flag to kill the wolf army."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "I don't have time to pay attention to any war of words, I have to live the next few days." If I am in a bad mood, I can avoid it. ”

"There is only one way for the Mengyuan people to return to the prairie."

The emperor said.

As he said this, he glanced at Fang Jie.

Fang Xie shook his head: "No." ”

The Emperor seemed very satisfied to hear what he wanted to hear: "I won't let you chase after Li Xiaoche's remnants, I know that you want to take this errand, and Jin Shixiong has also told me that you are the most suitable person, but I feel that there is another errand that you are more suitable." Now that you have understood, I will not say much. Knives can be borrowed to kill, but you don't have to return them when you're done borrowing. Although I am the Son of Heaven, there are some things that can be said and counted. ”

"You must have never heard of this."

The Emperor smiled.

Fang Xie nodded: "Chen Zhen didn't hear it." ”

"Let's go"

The emperor took a deep breath: "If I still have time after I break Jinyang, I will go to the Qingxia of Wolf Milk Mountain to have a look." ”

Fang Xie Shili: "The minister is waiting there for His Majesty to come." ”