When the sun set, Yang Wu finally rushed to Guangling City before the city gate was closed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After setting off from Suzhou, Yang Wu began to sail south under the escort of the Crane Control Army on the way, but after receiving Yang Xingmi's document urging him to go back again on the way, he knew that Yang Xingmi's condition was more serious and urgent than he imagined.

Therefore, after Yang Wu arrived in Sizhou, he gave up taking a boat and went south by land on horseback.

Of course, because of the lack of horses, the people of the Crane Army could only continue to take the boat, and Yang Wu only took a few dozen of his guards to go first.

This journey was almost non-stop, and Yang Wu and the others were tired and half dead, but fortunately, they finally persevered here.

For Yang Wu, Yang Xingmi has always been the father who can shelter him, and without his help and support, he would not have been able to get to where he is now.

Whenever he thought of the father who had sheltered him from the wind and rain, and now he was sick in bed, Yang Wu's heart was extremely uncomfortable.

The hearty smile, the heroic voice, and every earnest instruction to him all made him remember it vividly.

"Your Highness, you can be regarded as rushing back, and the king is now waiting to see you for the last time!" As soon as he saw Yang Wu, Gao Miao said impatiently.

Yang Wu sighed even more in his heart when he heard this, "Has it come to this point?" ”

He blamed himself a little, feeling that he shouldn't have led the army to the Northern Expedition knowing that Yang Xingmi was not in good health and needed to recuperate, and as soon as he went out, it was nearly half a year, so that Yang Xingmi could work on military affairs again; Especially after going north to meet Shi Renyu for the second time and defeating the Liang army again, he should return to Guangling immediately.

It's a pity that there is never a regret medicine in the world that can be taken.

After hurriedly entering Yang Xingmi's ward, Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Wang's concubines Yang Xingmi's concubines had already arrived, and Yang Wu's younger brothers and sisters, including his married daughter and his own three wives and concubines, were also present, but they were waiting in the next room.

It seemed that he heard the sound of someone coming in, Yang Xingmi opened his eyes, and saw that it was Yang Wu, and couldn't help laughing: "Wu'er, you are finally back, and my father thought that he would not be able to see you for the last time!" ”

"Father......" Yang Wu's voice was a little choked, and he only said one sentence and couldn't say anything again.

Yang Xingmi waved his hand and said, "Idiot, why do you have to do this? Who has not died since ancient times? Born in poverty for his father, he started from recklessness, and fought for more than 20 years in his life, which led to the land of Jianghuai, which is called the king of the land, and is already extremely rich, and now there are you as the heir, this life is considered to be no regrets......"

"Thinking of being in the Luzhou market, my father was just a market man who had nothing to do all day, and if he wasn't forced by life, he wouldn't have joined the army; Later, the world was impermanent, the world was in turmoil, and it was only for my father that he raised troops from Luzhou......" Yang Xing chattered about the events of the year, while Yang Wu listened quietly and did not interrupt.

After talking for a while, Yang Xingmi came to his senses and couldn't help laughing: "When people are old, they always think of the past!" Wu'er is still young, so you shouldn't listen to these things about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds! ”

"Don't be like this, the child really wants to hear about his father's beginnings!" Yang Wu hurriedly said.

Yang Xingmi said with a smile: "It's easy for you to hear about your father's affairs, there is a staff member named Shin Du Ho by my father's side, he has followed his father for nearly 20 years, and he has nothing else to do, because he is good at articles." I heard that he wrote a book "Heroes on the Coast", which specifically described a total of 40 meritorious ministers around his father, and he recorded many things for his father, if you want to see it, you can go to him! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Xingmi couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect that this letter Du Ho would write a biography for him and his heroes quietly, and when he read it last time, he found that the record was still relatively detailed and reliable.

Yang Wu nodded when he heard this, only to hear Yang Xingmi continue: "I heard that you and Zhu Quanzhong have made peace?" ”

"There is no peace, just a temporary strike!"

"First the south and then the north, this strategy is not wrong, if you want to negotiate peace with Zhu Quanzhong, then let's discuss! Although the first emperor was killed by Zhu Quanzhong, I have been a country in the Tang Dynasty for nearly 300 years, and now it may really be time to change the dynasty! Yang Xingmi sighed.

In his life, he has never stepped into Chang'an, and he has never seen Tang Zhaozong, his territory is all fought out by him with one hand and one foot, and his soldiers are also trained by him one by one, it can be said that the court's kindness to him is actually not much, at most it is to admit the established facts, as for other help, there is nothing.

Therefore, Yang Xingmi naturally could not have any feelings for the first emperor, even if he suddenly suffered a stroke and fell into a coma when he heard that Tang Zhaozong was killed, it was not out of loyalty to Tang Zhaozong, but a special feeling for the Tang Dynasty.

No matter how incompetent the emperors of later generations were, no matter how the imperial court declined, it is undeniable that there was indeed something worthy of pride and pride for every citizen during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

Such a great dynasty, even if it has no prestige now, and all the feudal towns do not take the Son of Heaven in their eyes, but it still can't be changed, and there are still many people who have special feelings for him.

This is like Li Keyong, if you say that he is unruly, Li Keyong is definitely not less than Zhu Quanzhong's, but Li Keyong is still very keen on maintaining the Son of Heaven at the same time, and he can even raise troops many times without much interest.

Yang Xingmi is the same, he doesn't actually value the Son of Heaven very much, but what he values is the Tang Dynasty, so he is extremely angry that Zhu Quanzhong wants to completely destroy the Tang Dynasty.

But now, perhaps because of a serious illness and dying, Yang Xingmi suddenly thought about it, and he was no longer entangled in the fact that the Tang Dynasty was about to perish.

"Other fathers don't need to tell you more, you are completely mature and know how to hold power, and there is nothing that a father can teach you in military and political affairs. Now that my father is going to go, the only thing I want to ask you is, after your father is gone, what name are you going to give to your father? After babbling for a long time, Yang Xingmi finally asked again.

The nickname is the evaluation given by later generations, that is, a general evaluation of a person's life with one or two words, which can be regarded as a final conclusion.

After more than a year, Yang Wu's performance made him extremely satisfied, knowing that he didn't have to worry about anything else about Huainan with such an heir, but he wanted to know about his nickname in advance.

Yang Wu was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and replied, "I don't know how about 'King Wuzhong'?" ”

Yang Xingmi finally smiled when he heard it, the word "Zhongwu" has always been regarded as the highest honor, he has no ambition to build a country and become the emperor, and he still regards himself as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty in his bones, so he is still extremely satisfied with the nickname "Zhongwu".

Danger is offered to loyalty; Worried about the country and forgetting the family and saying loyalty; Let the virtuous be sincere and loyal; Danger to the country is loyal; Strong, straightforward, reasonable, and martial; The powerful enemy is called martial arts; Restraint and chaos are said to be martial; The criminal people overcome the martial arts!

In history, many of the people who can get this nickname are people who have the merit of protecting the sky, such as Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms, Guo Ziyi, who has the merit of rebuilding the Tang Dynasty in this dynasty, etc., is this nickname.

Therefore, Yang Xingmi, who has always regarded himself as a minister of the Tang Dynasty, was naturally satisfied when he heard that he could get this highest nickname.

As for the future after Yang Wu established the country and became the king or even the emperor, it was inevitable, and Yang Xingmi didn't ask much.

In today's situation, even if Yang Wu himself does not want to build a country, many generals in Huainan will encourage him to do so.

For the generals of Huainan, everyone worked the battlefield to fight for the sake of not making meritorious contributions, but to be able to pass on their descendants in the future and enjoy wealth forever.

If Yang Wu has never been the title of founding the country, then how can these generals be added to the ranks?

So in order to appease the generals, Yang Wu had to do the same.

What's more, although Yang Wu now has the position of the commander of all the provinces in the southeast, in the final analysis, he is only a festival envoy with a higher level than the ordinary festival envoy, but he is still a courtier of the Tang Dynasty.

And the generals are also the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, and there is actually no essential difference between them in terms of identity, which is why Huainan officials call Yang Xingmi and Yang Wu "King" and "His Royal Highness", but they claim to be "subordinates" or "last generals", not "ministers"!

The establishment of the country as the king, and the complete separation of Yang's identity from other generals is an indispensable thing in the future.

Yang Xingmi also understood this, so although he regarded himself as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, he did not ask Yang Wu to do the same.

Maybe it was because he was a little tired after talking for a long time, or maybe it was because he got a satisfactory answer, Yang Xing closed his eyes and didn't speak again.

Yang Wu waited for a while, and saw that he had been gradually falling asleep, so he carefully covered the corners of the quilt for him, and then walked out gently.

After going out, Yang Wu ignored his tired body and hurriedly summoned the officials of Huainan to stabilize people's hearts.

At this moment, even if Yang Wu is confident that the overall situation will not be chaotic, he also has to make some preparations.

At this time, the 3,000 Crane Control Army that accompanied him on the expedition had not yet returned, so he could only rely on the 2,000 Crane Control Army soldiers who stayed in Guangling.

Fortunately, these two thousand crane control troops are also extremely loyal and reliable troops, and the two commanders are his henchmen.

As for the garrison of Guangling, because the army has not yet returned, the garrison of Guangling is now a newly formed Tianwu Army with Li Jian as the governor.

Although Li Jian did not like his brutal and murderous character, his loyalty to the Yang family was beyond doubt.

Of course, in today's situation, Yang Wu can't just rely on his trust, on the one hand, he appeases Li Jian, and on the other hand, he secretly lets Fan Yu strictly monitor to prevent turmoil.

It wasn't until a few days later that the 3,000 crane control army led by Li Chengding and others returned to Guangling, and Yang Wu was relieved.

However, Yang Xingmi's illness has never improved, but is getting worse day by day.

On March 25, the third year of the Tang Dynasty, a comet dragged its long tail across the sky.

On this day, Yang Xing, the king of Wu of the Tang Dynasty, took over the throne before the coffin.