After more than ten years of survival of the fittest, the stupid people in the Great Sui officialdom have long been eliminated. At this moment, staying in the Eastern Capital with Duan Da is actually a race and a smart. Hearing Fan Zigai and Duan Da open their mouths about the royal majesty and the distinction between the county soldiers and the government soldiers, they immediately understood what the two adults meant. Everyone followed this tone and extended it, and the circumstantial evidence and arguments soon made the old Nayan Su Wei fall into the dilemma of being alone.

"The situation is urgent, we should ......" Su Wei, the elder of the two dynasties, pleaded a few words, but felt that no one was interested in listening to what he said, sighed, and swallowed the second half of the sentence back into his stomach. This is the Great Sui Dynasty that he worked for for half his life, a Great Sui Dynasty that was once brilliant for a while, so that every subject was proud of it, and then withered like an epiphany, and no one was able to return to the sky. Let it be! With a wry smile, Su Wei closed his eyes. Out of sight and out of mind, anyway, I am old enough to not live to the day when the building collapses.

once again swept Su Wei's face in front of people, and Fan Zigai, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was so proud in his heart. But this pride didn't last long, and soon, he was annoyed that if he followed the selection criteria proposed by himself and Duan Da, he could be a military general sent to Hebei to take on the heavy task of conquering and suppressing Liukou, and he could hardly plow three feet into the ground!

must not only be good at leading troops to fight, but also have not offended any powerful ministers' families, and also be born in government soldiers, so as not to give local civil and military officials a chance to show off! Where can you find such a perfect person? The officials who stayed behind looked at each other, and they no longer had the heart to invite favor, so they closed their mouths suddenly.

Seeing that all his colleagues were pretending to be deaf and dumb, Duan Da, who stayed behind in the Eastern Capital, was annoyed in his heart, slapped the table, and reprimanded loudly: "Your Majesty has entrusted us with the important task of staying behind, can we return to Your Majesty like this?" If you can't choose a suitable general today, the old man will personally lead the troops to the battle, and he will never dare to live up to His Majesty's trust! ”

Seeing his immediate boss soaring, the officials were even more confused. They all learned the appearance of the old Nayan Su Wei, looking at the nose and the nose and the heart, and let the wind and thunder roll outside, I stood still.

The tradition in the officialdom of the Great Sui has always been to do more and cause more trouble, do less to cause less trouble, and not to do not cause trouble. Everyone pretended to be dumb, and no matter how domineering Duan Da was, he couldn't find fault with them. was so angry that he slapped the table again and again, if it weren't for the furniture in the left-behind mansion that was strong enough, he would have been smashed into wood slag a long time ago.

This fire was not completely ineffective, just as Duan Da and Fan Zigai were becoming more and more disappointed and about to end the discussion, at the position closest to the door, a stammering voice suddenly sounded, "Yu, Duan, Duan Gong." Genus, subordinates fall, but I think of a person who was chosen! ”

Hearing this, Duan Da was overjoyed, immediately put away his anger, and nodded to the speaker with a smile, "Even if you say it bluntly, even if the recommended candidate is not appropriate, the old man will not blame you!" ”

"Yes, yes, genus, subordinates know, know nothing, everything! In the subordinate, subordinate, the shallow, in the eastern capital of Luoyang, there is one, a ......" to advise flattered, the more laborious the words are. I like to chew words again, stammering for a long time, suffocating everyone's necks a whole circle, and still not getting the topic to the right place.

"Xingben, don't worry, you say this person's name first!" Finally seeing the face of the admonition clearly, Duan Da regretted it so much that he wanted to slap his mouth. If it weren't for the fact that he was so anxious that he lost his square inch, he would rather go out and be showered with bird droppings than listen to the talker's ramblings.

At this moment, all the officials also saw the person who spoke clearly, the corners of their mouths twitched, and their faces were full of disdain. As we all know, Zhang Xingben, who is giving advice to Duan Da, is a bad thing. This person hasn't read for a few days at all, and he is not a child of a family, and he barely got a five-grade petty official last year by offering auspicious rui to the imperial court. After worshipping under the imperial historian Pei Yun, this person befriended his boss all day long, belittled his colleagues, and did things very disgracefully. is such a guy with no limits, but he is very open in front of Yang Guang. If others can't send the recitals in the palace, he can easily send them to the emperor. Other people's recitals are easy not to get the approval of His Majesty the Emperor, but his recitals are held out by the eunuchs every once in a while, and they are full of imperial pens and Zhu criticism. Even the typos on the fold were patiently pointed out and corrected one by one by His Majesty the Emperor, and he was never held accountable for negligence in his writing, and he was rude in front of the king.

According to the eunuch Wen Yibi in the palace, the reason why His Majesty the Emperor values Zhang Xingben so much is because he is not good at speaking. His Majesty the Emperor, who was brilliant at a young age, stubbornly believed that a stammering speech must be open-minded, and would not lie to him as easily as a well-spoken person.

"Belong, subordinate push, recommend Yuwen, Yuwen and generals, the general will lead the troops out and go to the battle!" No matter how contemptuous others despised him, Zhang Xingben held his breath and finally broke out a complete name from his mouth.

"Nonsense! That's nonsense! Without waiting for Duan Da to express his position, Fan Zigai stood up again, pointed at Zhang Xingben's nose and reprimanded, "At this moment, Xu Gong and Yu Wenhua, Yu Wenzhi and the two generals are all obeying orders in front of His Majesty, and we will send Yu Wenshi and the general to Hebei, in case Yu Wenshi and the general are injured by the thieves, how should we represent Xu Gong?" ”

"Genus, genus, genus, subordinates......" Zhang Xingben was scolded and took a few steps back, his upper and lower lips trembled, but he couldn't say a complete explanation. In his opinion, Xu Guogong Yuwenshu's second son, Yu Wenshi and known as a wise general, did not offend any powerful ministers, and the Xiongwu battalion under his command had been completely included in the order of government soldiers after the establishment of the Second Eastern Crusade. It can be said that this son fully meets the three conditions that Duan Da and Fan Zigai hinted at before, but I don't know which point touched Fan Zigai's taboo and made him put on this desperate posture?

"Jing Gong, Jing Gong! He really didn't think it through, so why should you be too harsh on the post-schoolers! Fortunately, Duan Da counted when he spoke, and before Zhang Xingben was scared to death, he rushed to stop Fan Zigai's fire.

"He's just intent on causing chaos for everyone!" Jijing Gong Fan Zigai glared at Zhang Xingben reluctantly, and turned his head to Duan Da, "The Yuwen family is the trunk city of the country, if it is used to suppress bandits, wouldn't it be a knife to kill chickens?" The old man would rather put on his armor and go into battle in person, rather than dare to work lightly for the Yu scribes and generals! ”

He didn't need to make his words too clear, and Duan Da also knew what it contained. A few months ago, he contracted a cold in Liaodong and was sent back to the eastern capital by His Majesty the Emperor to recuperate. At this moment, his body has long been healed, and he can go into battle to kill the enemy at any time. And as a well-known wise general, Yu Wenshi is indeed the best candidate to lead the bandits. It can be said that from the perspective of selecting talents for the country, there is nothing wrong with Zhang Xingben's suggestion. But Zhang Xing should not have done it, and the last thing he should have done was not considering the balance of power between the various factions in the DPRK and China. The long-term military power of Yuwenshu father and son has put this balance in jeopardy. At present, in order to protect themselves, other major families are secretly resisting the further expansion of the Yuwen family's strength. If Yu Wenshi is released at this moment and goes out to take charge of the military power of a place, in the future, Fan Zigai, Pei Ju, Yu Shiji and others will speak in the court, and they will have to look up to the Yuwen family everywhere.

waved his hand to order Zhang Xingben to be listed, and then persuaded Fan Zigai with good words, Duan Da finally had a perfect mud match. But who will be sent to suppress the bandits? Everyone still hasn't come up with a clue. Just when he felt exhausted, another muttering sounded at the end of the line of the remaining officials, "Feng, General Feng, too!" ”

You're not done yet! Hearing that it was Zhang Xingben again, the fire in Duan Da's stomach suddenly rose three feet high. Just as he stared at the end of the team and was about to reprimand, Fan Zigai's voice came from his ears again.

"Well, Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Hou Wei, has been returning from the sea for several months, and he should be almost rested!" This time, Fan Zigai did not take the trouble of finding Zhang Xingben, but spoke out to agree with his proposal.

"General Feng is a veteran general in the army, and if we send him to deal with a few groups of thieves, won't he be laughed at!" Duan Da frowned tightly and responded from between his teeth.

"The situation is urgent, and I can't care about it so much! I believe that General Feng is also willing to do this! Fan Zigai's voice was still smiling, as if he didn't understand Duan Da's hint at all.

"What does Jing Gong mean by this?" Duan Da felt a little angry in his heart, and turned his head angrily. Just two months ago, Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Hou Wei, also questioned in public why the officials who stayed in the eastern capital detained the grain and grass that should have been allocated to Qi County without authorization, causing the county soldiers under Zhang Xutuo to fight the bandits shirtless. Completely ignoring the fact that the road to Qi County is not quiet, and the government's transportation of materials will fall into the hands of Wagang thieves.

"General Feng Xiaoci has just returned, and I have to worry about him again, it's really difficult for a strong man!" Not only did Duan Da disapprove of using Feng Xiaoci to suppress the bandits, but the left-behind officials present also expressed their opposition. In fact, everyone who is rolling in the officialdom understands that the road is not restless and is just a clever excuse. The real reason is that the grain, grass, and materials that should have gone to the hands of the soldiers in the counties and counties are now in the private pockets of the relevant officials. The nosy man surnamed Feng fights for food and grass for Zhang Xutuo, which is equivalent to forcing everyone to vomit out what they have eaten again. If he is given another chance, he will take the opportunity to report in front of His Majesty the Emperor in the future, won't everyone dig a pit for themselves?

"The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, even if they are peerless generals, there is no reason to win!" Fan Zigai was not moved by everyone's words in the slightest, and continued to insist on his opinion. "If you send a general with little experience, if you are not careful, it will lose the face of the court. General Feng has experienced a hundred battles and is dedicated to the country. If he goes to Hebei to suppress bandits, he will definitely be victorious and successful! ”

"Just him?" Duan Da snorted coldly from his nostrils, disagreeing very much with Fan Zigai's excessive praise of Feng Xiaoci. But from the other party's deep gaze, he quickly got a piece of news that was completely different from words. Isn't Feng Xiaoci worried about national affairs? Isn't it self-proclaimed loyalty to the community? Let him go to Hebei to deal with the Liukou! Anyway, everyone has to work if they win, if they unfortunately lose to the Hebei thieves, hum......

An equally cold lightning flashed from Duan Da's eyes, and he nodded at Fan Zigai, and the anger on his face was immediately replaced by a smile!

Alcoholic's note: In the official history, Feng Xiaoci had already died in battle.