The court was beaten in a group of people, and Lord Dong Lin Song, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, always stood quietly on the sidelines, watching coldly. Two months later, after careful consideration and observation, the Holy Lord decreed that Dong Linsong be promoted to the new Dazai, presiding over the overall situation.

After Guan Yu escaped and went down the mountain that night, he did not return to Pingzhou City immediately. A series of recent events, especially the appearance of the Assassin Chen Ling'er, have left him uneasy. So he made a great decision: take this opportunity to get back to his old business and steal something to make himself happy! Guan Yu has always believed that when he is in a bad mood, it is not a good way to use wine to drown his sorrows, and to find happiness at work and find that happiness is the Golden Strip.

As the saying goes, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, and it's too boring to return to Pingzhou City to steal their own people. As a result, the snitch Guan Yu turned his attention with concern to the adjacent Zhuozhou Mansion, which was still the territory of Daqi and was densely populated.

On a slightly cold early winter night, many high-ranking families and dignitaries in Zhuozhou Mansion were stolen from their homes. Although there are not many things lost in each household, they are all the best treasures in the family, gold, silver and jade, and the thieves are quite knowledgeable. The heaviest loss was the county guard of Zhuozhou Prefecture, whose official seal was lost, and he finally lost his head. When he was dying, he didn't understand how the official seals that he carefully kept and guarded layer by layer disappeared? The problem is that the thing is neither gold nor silver, and no one can sell it in exchange for silver taels! In other words, it was of no use to thieves, except for fun.

Guan Yu rummaged through a pile of precious jade artifacts at random, picked out a pair of golden phoenix hairpins and a few jade pendants and put them in his arms, and then threw other things along with the burden in the grass on the side of the road, and walked away.

At first glance, seeing Guan Yu who walked steadily into the door and bowed down, Liu Qian and Shi Tiangong almost jumped up from their seats.

"Sixth brother, you have finally returned safely! I don't think about my brother's tea and dinner, and I can't sleep at night! Liu Qian waved his two big hands and slapped Guan Yu's shoulders heavily, completely ignoring his grinning pained expression.

Shi Tiangong doubted: "Brother Xian has not figured it out, who is the assassin?" Why do you want to die so often? How did you escape? ”

Guan Yu prevaricated: "Oh, let the two elder brothers bother. The Assassin and the younger brother had some personal grudges in the past, and after the foolish brother escaped, the Assassin chased after him, and the two of us fought hard for two days, and the younger brother had knocked him off the cliff, and he would never appear again. ”

Liu Qian said with a smile: "Sixth brother is very good at kung fu, I expected you to get out of the way, sure enough." You haven't been home yet, have you? Hurry up and go back to comfort your wife, in the past two days, she has taken the maid to run to her brother eight times a day, crying and crying and forcing her brother to send people to look for you everywhere, and her brother has already been overwhelmed, almost having a splitting headache! ”。

Guan Yu's heart was hot when he heard this, and he hurriedly saluted: "The younger brother will make amends to her brother for her, and I will discipline her strictly after I go back." ”

Liu Qian smiled and waved his hand: "If you care, you will be chaotic, for my brother to understand her feelings, you don't have to scold too much after you go back." The two of you are very affectionate, and we can rest assured that we are brothers! ”。

After Guan Yu said goodbye, Shi Tiangong said to Liu Qian with doubts: "I always feel that Brother Guan has something to hide from us. ”

Liu Qian waved his hand and said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, as long as he returns safely, the second brother doesn't have to worry too much." ”

When he returned to his mansion, as soon as he stepped into the door with one foot, the sharp-eyed Pei Zhu saw it, covered his mouth and was stunned for a moment, then ran in a panic and shouted, shouting as he ran: "Miss, the master is back!" The old man is back alive! Guan Yu, who listened, couldn't help frowning.

Li Shiqing's door opened, her eyes were slightly red, her mouth opened slightly, and her face was surprised.

"Why, when you see Guan, it's like seeing a ghost in broad daylight, but what I thought was handsome was so scary?" Guan Yu smiled and joked.

Coming to Li Shiqing, Guan Yu looked at her carefully, and after a few days, this girl's face was obviously much thinner, her eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously just cried. Guan Yu raised her hand distressedly to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, Li Shiqing no longer dodged, but lowered her head shyly.

"Master, Miss has been worried about you for the past few days, and she almost doesn't think about tea and dinner, and the slave and maid accompany her day and night to get better." Pei Zhu behind him said in a low voice.

"Hmm" Guan Yu stretched out his hand and took out a piece of dark green jade pendant that was shiny and shiny like a quail egg from his arms, handed it to Pei Zhu and said, "I've worked hard for you these days, and this is a reward for you." ”

Pei Zhu opened his mouth wide and said, "Master, this --- is too precious, slaves and maids--- slaves and maids may not be able to afford it!" ”

Guan Yu frowned and said: "You can take it if you give it to you, take care of the gadgets like Madame, I can take a lot of them at any time, isn't it just a broken stone?" Take it and play with it. As he spoke, he took out the pair of golden phoenix hairpins from his arms, and clumsily inserted them into Li Shiqing's black hair.

Pei Zhu looked at Li Shiqing with an inquiring gaze, only to see her smile and nodded slightly. Pei Zhu was ecstatic and held the jade pendant with trembling hands.

"By the way, I heard from my eldest brother that you have been disturbing him for the past few days, and he has a splitting headache, but is there such a thing?" Guan Yu suddenly asked with a straight face.

Li Shiqing didn't answer, but her face turned red, and she quickly bit her lower lip to avoid Guan Yu's gaze.

Guan Yu took Li Shiqing's hand and said to Pei Zhu: "You go down first, I want to go into the inner room to punish Mrs. ”

Pei Zhu opened his mouth wide and was stunned at a loss.

After closing the door, Li Shiqing couldn't help but feel like a deer, lowered her head and asked with a little grievance and timidity: "How do you punish me?" ”

Guan Yu didn't say a word, picked her up and threw her on the bed, and jumped up after him. Li Shiqing only felt that the world was spinning, and as soon as the words "shameless bandit" came out, the cherry mouth was blocked by Guan Yu's big mouth, and she suddenly became soft and almost breathless.

Pei Zhu, who was not worried about leaving, put her ear under the window, and there was no sound of beating and scolding, and suddenly she heard the sound of the young lady struggling and panting, and was stunned for a moment, and ran back to her room with her hands covering her flushed face.

The new Dazai Dong Lin Song Dong gave a deep salute to the saint, and the emperor waved his sleeves lightly and said, "Sit." ”

"I called you here today to discuss with Aiqing about the pacification of the bandits, this matter is quite a headache for the widow, I don't know what Aiqing's good plan is?"

Dong Linsong got up and left his seat, and saluted again: "Your Majesty, the ministers have judged the situation and thought about it for a long time, and they have a plan, but they don't dare to return it, for fear of provoking Long Yan's anger and losing their lives." ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Do you think I look like a faint king?" But it doesn't hurt to speak, and the widow will forgive you not guilty. ”

Dong Linsong frowned and said: "With the current situation, there are still hundreds of thousands of heroes in our Great Qi who are unable to move in the face of the barbarians who are eyeing the barbarians, and the rest of the military strength has almost been exhausted in the suppression of bandits in the past few years. There are no generals to be reused, and there are no soldiers to deploy, but the bandits' wings are getting fuller and fuller, and the situation is in danger! ”

Dong Dazai leaned down and kowtowed: "Weichen has the courage to offer advice to Your Majesty, temporarily suspend the army and truce, adopt a policy of gentleness, and break each one. If I can convince a few bandits to kill each other, I will sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman, then it will be the best choice. ”

The emperor's face changed, and he said angrily: "Presumptuous! I am all in a good place, how can I have an affair with bandits?! What kind of gentle strategy, it is clearly a flattering face to bend the knee to the bandits, how can I have a big face?! To deal with the bandits, I have only one thought: cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and kill them all! ”

Dong Dazai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued: "The Holy Lord is angry. This is an expedient measure, and the minister still has a backhand. These rebellions against the people are nothing more than glory and wealth, and what is the way for heaven and the rescue of the people is all demagogic nonsense. We only need to lure them to their advantage and try to delay for some time, and after we recruit troops and horses on a large scale and reinvigorate our military prestige, it will be a dead end whether we surrender or not! ”

The Emperor stood up, paced back and forth, and after a long thought, asked, "How long will it take you to regain your strength?" ”

Dazai raised his head and replied: "Give Wechen a year, and he will build a division of kings and discover a few talents who can command the army." When the time comes, it will be easy for the Holy Lord to deal with these bandits! ”。

The Emperor nodded, "Good! According to your word, I will give you three years. After three years, I demand that all bandits be wiped out and the world be peaceful, otherwise, I will pluck your head! ”。

Dong Dazai trembled, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The minister obeys the order!" ”。

The new Dazai Dong Lin Song began to implement the new policy in a big way. The first thing was to kill and arrest those who could be killed and arrest a group of officials who were close to Wang Guoquan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials who had been killed, and the rest were all driven back to their hometowns. Then vigorously promote the meritorious men who have contributed to their ascension to the position of Dazai and have sweated. For officials who did not choose to stand in line, they were carefully screened and used according to their reputation and ability.

The second thing is to select suitable candidates to go to the Black Flag Army, the Red Turban Army and other rebel armies to make wishes, appease temptations, and implement gentle policies.

Liu Qian and Shi Tiangong of the Red Turban Army did not hesitate at all about the olive branch suddenly extended by the imperial court, and immediately decided to accept all the gifts as ordered, and warmly invited Lord Qincha to have a drink, and the two sides had a cordial and friendly exchange. Waiting for Lord Qincha to lift his feet and leave, the rebellion continued.

As the most powerful force in the rebel army, the Black Flag Army received enough attention from the Great Qi Imperial Court to send a Qincha mission that could be called a luxurious lineup. At the same time, gifts full of sincerity were brought. First of all, there is the holy decree of His Majesty the Emperor, which recognizes the kinship that cannot be matched with Yang Mingyi's eight poles, and officially canonizes him as the "Loyal Prince", hereditary replacement, and after returning to obedience, he will be given a fief. Secondly, after the Black Flag Army was recruited, it enjoyed the same treatment as the Daqi army, and was paid monthly military salaries and supplied with grain and grass, which was still under the unified dispatch and command of the "Loyal Guogong". In this way, the imperial court can be said to have made a bloody investment.

Yang Mingyi's attitude is surprisingly calm, because he has small goals in his heart. But how to reply to the Qin Cha made him very troubled, so he held a high-level meeting to discuss with everyone.

"Lord Guogong is tolerant, the last general thinks that we should kill the Qincha and seize his property, and we must not be bewitched by the court!" A military general with a big waist and a round waist said.

Before the words fell, one of the civil officials rushed out and shouted and scolded the general: "Ignorant boy, do you want to ruin my future and harm everyone's lives?!".

Everyone looked back, and it turned out to be Shi Qingyi, the "secretary of the Ministry of Industry".