Chapter 279: Northwest and Southwest

When the emperor came out of Cishou Palace, he took a deep breath after glancing at the sun in the sky, which was already in the west, and stretched out his arms. Su Buxing obviously felt that the emperor's steps were no longer as heavy as before he walked into Cishou Palace.

Maybe the emperor finished everything he wanted to say all these years, and he also had the evil anger that he had been holding in his heart for so many years. For the Queen Mother, it is more painful to let her live than to let her die. This woman has exhausted her scheming and has always hoped that her son can achieve the position of emperor.

The emperor used to be very incomprehensible, because no matter who inherited the throne, she was a veritable queen mother, and there was no need to let her own son sit on it.

But now, the emperor understood.

Because he has always ignored the relationship between mother and son, which mother doesn't want her son to get ahead? Even if she is the queen mother, she can sit on the throne by the son of the person she once competed with for favor, and the son of another wife of the first emperor, how can she be happy?

If it weren't for so many means behind the Queen Mother, the emperor wouldn't even blame her for anything.

But this woman has gone mad, like Prince Yi.

When he walked out of Cishou Palace, the emperor did not board the imperial chariot. He waved his hand and ordered the guard of honor to disperse, turned back to Su Buxing and said, "If I want to go, you can just follow yourself." ”

Su bowed his head and ordered everyone not to accompany him.

"Kill all the people in Cishou Palace, and don't interrogate them...... You personally check and select a group of new people to add in, as for what kind of candidates, you should know in your heart. ”

The emperor instructed lightly as he walked.

Su Buxing nodded and said, "The slave knows...... Later, the slave maid had the servants of the Cishou Palace executed. ”

The emperor hummed and said: "There can't be a little scandal in Cishou Palace, and the criminals who participated in the rebellion of the sixth child must be strictly interrogated, but the ones in Cishou Palace do not need to be tried." Especially the palace maids who were close to the Queen Mother, they were immediately executed. Also, from now on, you will personally go to the criminal department to keep an eye on it, and you will have to attend all the interrogations of serious offenders. All case files must be kept on file in the palace. ”

"Whoa"

The emperor was silent for a while and then said, "Cishou Palace can't be involved, and neither can Daozong...... Xiao Yijiu failed me, he deserves to die. Most of his four disciples, as well as the second-generation disciples of Qingle Mountain, should die, and those who can not be left should not be kept. But the Taoist Sect can't fall because of this, go back and pick some of your cronies and stuff them into the One Qi Temple, and Qingle Mountain must be controlled by me. Although Xiang Qingniu's temperament will not follow Xiao Yijiu's old path, he can't be wary at all. ”

"I give Lao Qi face, after all, Xiang Qingniu is his junior brother."

Su Bu said fearlessly: "If Prince Zhong is in Chang'an, he will definitely be grateful for His Majesty's kindness." ”

"If the seventh is in Chang'an, Xiao Yijiu doesn't have the courage to follow the sixth to rebel."

The Emperor snorted and said, "They actually thought that my throne would be unstable without the assistance of the Seventh Child, and that there was nothing more idiotic than this in the world. After the seventh left Chang'an City, the sixth began to be restless. At first, I just thought that he also wanted to be like Lao Qi and become my right-hand man. Later, I gradually discovered that his heart was bigger. ”

After the emperor walked for a while, he continued: "Let the sixth child be brought in a moment, and I will ask him something to ask. After Fang Xie came back from Qingfeng Temple, he also let him enter the palace. After seeing them, I will personally go to the Yanwu Academy to visit the old dean. If there was no rebellion against the old six, how could others know that the old dean was still alive. At that time, Taizu was able to pacify the Central Plains, and the old dean contributed a lot. After that, he founded the Yanwu Academy, which has always been the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Great Sui...... Everyone in the world knows that Zhou Banchuan is the dean of the Yanwu Academy, and everyone knows that I respect him very much, but who knows, he is just a messenger between me and the old dean. ”

Su Buxing didn't know about these things before today.

"Your Majesty...... There is something about the slave maid...... I wanted to ask, but I didn't dare to ask. ”

Su Buwei hesitated and said.

"Who do you want to ask the old dean?"

The emperor stopped and looked at him, then smiled and said, "It's no wonder you're curious, but anyone who cultivates is afraid that they will be curious." I ask you...... In the past two hundred years in the Central Plains, who is the well-deserved cultivation first? ”

When Su Buxing heard this, his face changed suddenly: "Master of the Hall of Ten Thousand Swords...... Ten thousand stars! ”

"Not bad"

The emperor laughed and strode forward: "Who would have thought that Wan Xingchen was actually the first dean of the Yanwu Academy. Who would have thought that he would live so long. I knew that he said that he had said the distinction between the nine grades of martial arts in the world, but at that time he was too cunning, and the highest was only set at the nine grades, so that the rivers and lakes had been chaotic for many years, and the gap between the nine rank cultivators was too big...... I thought, since the old dean has been born, then simply publicize it. Let everyone know that the Great Sui has never lacked peerless masters. ”

Su Buwei was stunned for a moment and then said, "The slave maid suddenly had an idea. ”

"Say"

"Is it in the name of the old dean, to launch a martial arts conference and call on the people in the rivers and lakes to serve the country? Those who are outstanding can be personally commented by the old dean. The highest in the world is the ninth grade, and it is long overdue to change it...... People in the rivers and lakes do not seek to be rich and rich, not to seek fine clothes and food, but to seek a reputation. With the prestige of the old dean, it will inevitably make the entire rivers and lakes boil, and even those great cultivators who are in seclusion will also come here. can get a comment from the old dean, and the people in the rivers and lakes must be ecstatic. ”

"Choose from among them those who can serve the country...... It is also helpful for the war in the northwest. When the Mengyuan people entered the customs, they would inevitably bring a large number of cultivators with the army. The Buddha Sect has such an appeal, and the Buddha Sect ordered, and the practitioners of Meng Yuan did not dare to refuse. But we don't have such a sect in Dasui, and we don't have such an appeal. Even if...... Even if Your Majesty orders the recruitment, it will be difficult for those reclusive Jianghu guests to come out. In addition, after this incident, Qingle Mountain's vitality was greatly damaged......"

Su Bu said cautiously: "But now that the old dean has come forward, with his influence on the rivers and lakes, he can still help His Majesty do a lot of things." ”

The emperor was silent for a while, and shook his head with some embarrassment: "I just don't know if the old dean is willing." He has lived in seclusion in the Yanwu Academy for so many years, but he doesn't want to get involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes anymore. If it weren't for the rebellion of the sixth child this time, he would not have stood up...... Let him re-enter the rivers and lakes, difficult. ”

When he walked to the gate of Taiji Palace, the emperor pondered for a moment and ordered: "Try it, I will personally ask the old dean." But the imperial court has to send a competent person to do it, and it is not too late to think about it after the things in Chang'an City are over. ”

Su Buwei wanted to take this errand, but in the end he still didn't say it. Because he knew that the emperor would never let him preside over this matter.

"Don't be in a hurry, mobilizing a large army to conquer the northwest is not a matter of a moment and a half. The troops in the northwest were already empty, and no matter how quickly they were transferred from all over the country, they could not be done in an instant. The northwest is now mainly on strict defense, and we will discuss the matter of pro-conquest after I have arranged the transfer of troops. I plan to send someone to the southwest to see Luo Yao in a few days......"

Speaking of military affairs, the emperor's brow furrowed again.

"I've thought about recruiting Minyong, but it's not the right time...... Once the recruitment of the people is launched, the people will inevitably speculate whether the war in the northwest is tight. Since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, the people have never been used, and only the 16 Wei army has been used in foreign wars. This precedent should not be set unless absolutely necessary. ”

Su Buxing sighed, and said in his heart that he was too tired to be an emperor.

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On the way back from Qingfeng Temple, Shen Tianfan asked Fang Xie where to go next, and what was still something to do. Fang Xie was silent for a while and replied, "It's time to eat." ”

Shen Tian fanned them for a moment, smiled and said, "Then let's eat." ”

"What do you want to eat?"

Mu Xiaoxiao asked.

Fang Xie thought about it carefully, and filtered all the famous restaurants in Chang'an City in his mind. Over the past year or so, he has socialized a lot, and he has basically eaten in the restaurants in the east of Chang'an City. Those delicacies of the mountains and seas came to his mind one by one, but he did not find anything that he desperately wanted to eat.

"Let's make a noodle soup."

He smiled and realized that when he was hungry, it was the big bowl of hot noodles that was the most appealing.

"Good"

Mu Xiaoxiao nodded: "I haven't eaten for a long time." ”

"When will Kirin come back?"

Fang Xie asked the big dog.

The big dog smiled and said, "He followed Chen Xiaoru and a few of them to protect the mansions of several nobles in the imperial court, and it is estimated that it is time to withdraw." Yan Mad rarely met someone who could fight with him, and he begged for a long time before he followed. ”

"The students of the Yanwu Academy were not involved in this matter, and although they were transferred to the Taiji Palace, they didn't come in handy at all......

Fang Xie was silent for a while and shook his head: "Students in this world, I'm afraid that not many people will be able to successfully graduate." ”

Shen Tianfan and they all knew what Fang Xie meant, after all, many of the students of the Martial Arts Academy in this world were the children of those who participated in the rebellion against the officials. The emperor transferred them to the Taiji Palace, nominally to assist in counterinsurgency, but in fact they were not imprisoned. Those courtiers who are very close to Prince Yi, their children are afraid that their future will be ruined.

They chatted as they walked, and when they walked into the East 23 Strip and were about to arrive at the shop, they were suddenly stunned.

The hot noodle soup stall not far from the front of the shop is gone.

And Lao Wang, who sells hot noodle soup, and his wife, stood at the door of the shop, as if they were deliberately waiting for them to be solved. Fang Xie and the others got off the horse, and when they walked over, they found that the old couple was very different from before. Lao Wang, who always looks very honest, and his rustic wife, who is only submissive, stand very straight today, and the temperament of a small family on his body is gone.

"I've seen Lord Xiaofang"

Lao Wang and his wife clenched their fists at the same time.

Fang Xie was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood.

He smiled: "I can't think of it, I can't think of it." ”

Lao Wang smiled apologetically: "Lord Xiaofang, don't blame the two of us. Naturally, we can't refuse the task arranged by the Ouchi Guard. And before, we didn't know who you were, Lord Xiaofang. ”

Fang Xie smiled and shook his head: "Is this leaving?" ”

Lao Wang nodded: "It's time to go...... For you, Lord Xiaofang, it's a good thing for us to go. ”

Fang Xie understood what he meant, since the people who were arranged by the Ouchi Guards to monitor the door of his shop were about to be withdrawn, it proved that the emperor really trusted him. In a sense, this is indeed a good thing.

But Fang Xie still shook his head: "It's not good...... It's hard to eat the hot soup noodle xiao long bao you made. ”

"One last time?"

He asked tentatively.

Lao Wang hesitated for a moment, and his wife reached out and pulled his sleeve: "Cheng, Lord Xiaofang wants to eat, then we will make it again." But the stalls are gone, so I'm going to borrow them for your kitchen. ”

"I'm going to buy wine!"

The big dog smiled, turned around and ran out.

They all laughed, and they were very comfortable.

"Lord Xiaofang, you will have a very great future."

Lao Wang said sincerely.

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In the shop

Fang Xie looked at the steaming food in front of him, looked at the wine in the cup, and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw a carriage stop at the door, the little eunuch Mu San got down from the carriage, walked into the door with a smile and leaned over to salute: "Lord Xiao Fang, Your Majesty is waiting for you to enter the palace, can you leave now?" ”

Fang Xie sighed, picked up a bowl of hot noodle soup and walked out: "Let's go, eat on the way to the bowl of noodles." ”

Mu San got into the car with him, lowered the curtain of the car, and said in a low voice: "Before the slave came, I heard a few adults mention it, and it seems that they intended to recommend you to go to the northwest ......."

Fang Xie was stunned, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Mu San continued: "Your Majesty hasn't agreed yet, but even General Xu Xiaogong said that you can do it, and it is estimated that Your Majesty may let you appear in the Martial Academy in advance, you have to be prepared." Other than that...... There is another thing that makes His Majesty, who was in a good mood, angry. ”

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know what the specific matter is, but I faintly heard His Majesty mention Luo Yao, the general of the garrison in the southwest. It seems that Luo Yao sent a ministry to Beijing to do something, and the slaves and maids don't know. Originally, His Majesty planned to send someone to the southwest to deliver the decree, but the candidate had not yet been decided, and Luo Yao's people arrived first. ”

Fang Jie's face changed suddenly, and he said in his heart At this juncture, what kind of mess did Luo Yaolai add?