Remember [Lewen] in a second. Alas, for you to read wonderfully.

Night.

In the city of Jinling, on the mansion of the Song Kingdom.

Liu Wei sat in the study, and there were several letters on the bookcase in front of him, all of which had been opened and read.

He is fifty-four years old this year, of medium height, with slightly white hair, and he has been through a hundred battles, and his face is always full of a strong heroic spirit and fortitude, which makes people feel good when they see it.

At this time, Liu Wei was carefully looking at the letter in his hand, and after reading it, he put the letter down, frowned and pondered.

Sitting next to him was his former staff member, Huang Ne, who now held the position of the governor of Jinling Prefecture.

Huang Ne was a staff member in Liu Wei's mansion at the beginning, and later, after Gao Miao's recommendation, he took on the engineering task of building a weir as Yang Xin's deputy, and was reused because of his outstanding performance.

Although he is now out of office, Huang Ne still maintains the habit of being a staff member for Liu Wei back then, and often comes to his house to plan for him.

After a while, Liu Wei came to his senses from his contemplation, shook his head and said: "Alas, how many times have I told you, now that you are an official in the court, don't come to the old man often, it will not have a good impact if it is spread like this!" ”

Huang Ne smiled and said: "Guogong is too worried, Xia Guan originally went out from Guogong's mansion, and now he walks around more with Guogong, no one will gossip!" ”

Liu Wei smiled bitterly when he heard this, and let him go.

He also knew that ordinary people really didn't gossip, and that there was no one else he was really worried about except the one in the palace.

But he also knew that with Yang Wu's mind, he would not mind this little thing.

is a dignified prince, and he is also an old minister who made outstanding contributions to the establishment of the state of Wu back then, if there is no subordinate who runs for him, it is abnormal.

Therefore, Liu Weicai did not force Huang Ne's approach.

"I don't know what the letter from the prince said this time? A few days ago, I heard that he made several contributions in Ezhou! Huang Ne then asked.

"Humph! What else could there be? It's nothing more than that after making a few small contributions, I thought that the old man would help him speak in the court and let him be transferred back to the forbidden army! ”

"And what about Guogong's plan? No matter what the prince says, he is also the eldest son of the prince! Huang Ne asked and reminded in a low voice.

In this court, everyone will inevitably encounter factional disputes.

This distinction between factions is not at all something that Huang Ne wants not to participate in; Especially when he used to be Liu Wei's staff, he naturally carried Liu Wei's imprint, even if he wanted to get rid of it, he couldn't get rid of it.

What's more, with Liu Wei's prestige in the court, even if he doesn't lead the troops now, he still has a lot of connections and still has high prestige.

So there is no need for Huang Ne to get rid of the relationship with Liu Wei.

In this way, he is naturally extremely concerned about the strength development of Liu Wei's department.

And Liu Chongjing, as the son of Liu Wei, will also be the ruler of the Liu family in the future, but now he is only the commander of the Xiang army, which is obviously not enough to support a force that can affect the court.

If he can only die as the commander of the Xiang army in the future, then the faction of the Liu family can naturally only dissolve or find another leader.

"Let him come back to the Forbidden Army? No, the old man didn't think it was a good thing for him. Chongjing, I know best, not to mention being competitive, but he has a low eye, he doesn't have that ability, but he wants to be in a high position, which will only harm others and himself! There's nothing wrong with staying in the box army like now! Liu Wei shook his head and sighed.

Huang Ne hurriedly persuaded: "But Guogong, the prince is your eldest son after all, and he will inherit your title in the future." But if he stays in the Xiang Army, he won't get many opportunities for meritorious service, and he will only be afraid of ...... in the future."

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that he will lose face because his official position is too low after inheriting the title? Liu Wei asked with a sneer.

is the so-called knowing son Mo Ruo's father, Liu Wei of course knows his son best, knowing that he has some ability on the surface, but in fact he has no talent to lead troops to fight, plus his heart is a person with too strong a sense of fame, and continuing to stay in the forbidden army will only ruin a big thing.

"But Guogong, the prince of the world is motivated, and if he wants to return to the forbidden army, it's not good not to give him a chance to reform himself, right?" Huang Ne said.

Liu Wei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then pondered for a long time, and then said firmly: "You don't have to persuade it, the old man's will has been decided, Chongjing should continue to stay in the Xiang army!" ”

After hearing this, Huang Ne had no choice but to give up and began to discuss other matters, and only took his leave soon after.

In the study, in the end, only Liu Wei was left to meditate alone.

Another reason why he opposed Liu Chongjing's return to the forbidden army was because he knew that Yang Wu's attitude towards him and Tao Ya was extremely complicated.

On the one hand, both of them were Yang Xingmi's fellow villagers and friends, and they followed Yang Xingmi before he raised his troops; In other words, their status is like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside Liu Bei, they are the earliest old ministers; Even Li Shenfu is less qualified than the two of them.

In the process of Yang Xingmi's entrepreneurship later, the two made great contributions and have a high prestige in today's Wu court.

Even, in history, when Yang Xingmi was seriously ill, many people thought that the position of the Huainan Jiedu envoy should be passed on to Liu Wei.

It can be said that in the current Wu court, only these two people have the highest prestige.

So it's understandable that Yang Wu is jealous of the two of them.

On the other hand, Yang Wu wanted to give these meritorious veterans a good death, and he didn't want to do anything to kill the meritorious heroes, especially if Liu Wei and the others did not make a mistake.

Therefore, while Yang Wu was jealous of the two, he was extremely respectful to the two.

In Liu Wei's opinion, the current situation is the best, he himself holds an important position above the court, and his eldest son holds an idle position in the Xiang army, so it is just right.

And once Liu Chongjing is transferred to the forbidden army, with his strong fame and desire for power, coupled with his own lack of ability, it is very likely to break the current balance and bring the Liu family into the abyss.

This is the reason why Liu Wei objected to helping him speak in the court.

It's a pity that some things are not up to him alone, even if Liu Wei made up his mind not to speak for his son, he couldn't bear the persuasion of many protégés, relatives and friends.

After Huang Ne said goodbye and left, there were some old people who came to visit, and they basically talked about Liu Chongjing.

Later, even his friend Tao Ya came to the door in person, and under the persuasion of these people, Liu Wei had no choice but to agree with everyone's wishes.

Of course, as Liu Chongjing's father, it is naturally difficult for him to come forward in person, but as long as he nods and agrees, there are still many people in the court who are willing to sell him a face to help Liu Chongjing speak.

It didn't take long for people in the court to write to Yang Wu to plead with him.

"Smack!"

In the canopy hall, Yang Wu threw the piece he had just read on the bookcase, making a crisp sound.

"So many people are speaking for Liu Chongjing, this is Liu Wei's nod! It seems that this old guy is not so indifferent! Thinking back to the content of the recital, Yang Wu thought in his heart.

"Great king, if a person is not a sage, who can be without fault? After that, it can be changed, and the good is great! Although Liu Chongjing sent troops without authorization because of his meritorious service in the past, so that the army was defeated, he should be severely punished; But now that he has realized his mistake, he asks the king to give him a chance to mend his ways! On the side, Zhou Yin saw that Yang Wu had finished reading the recital, and immediately stood up and said with a solemn face.

At the same time that the ministers of the court interceded for Liu Chongjing, Liu Chongjing himself also wrote to Yang Wu, admitting his past mistakes, and his attitude of admitting his mistakes was extremely sincere, so even Zhou Yin, a person who had always been upright, would speak for him.

"The king, the minister thinks that what Zhou Ge Lao said is very true, Liu Chongjing still has some ability, and he is still young after all, he should not waste his life in the army for a mistake!" Beside Zhou Yin, Chen Yanqian also spoke.

Other cabinet ministers, except for Liu Wei, who is not easy to speak as Liu Chongjing's father, the other ministers have basically opened their mouths to speak for Liu Chongjing.

"Since you all think that Lone should give him a chance to change, if Lone doesn't agree again, it will be unkind! Anyway, since Liu Chongjing was able to realize his mistakes, coupled with the merits he made when he attacked Hongzhou, Lone gave him a chance to resume his position as the commander of the forbidden army. Yang Wu groaned in his heart, and finally decided.

For him, the purpose of punishing Liu Chongjing at the beginning was more to rectify military discipline and avoid more incidents of sending troops without authorization, not deliberately targeting Liu Wei.

There is no need for him to target Liu Wei, after all, Liu Wei has no military power in his hands now, even if he makes the Liu family rich for generations, it is not a big deal.

He can reuse Li Shenfu's son Li Chengding, Li Chenghe's son Li Chan, and Tao Ya's son Tao Jingzhao, etc., so naturally he will not deliberately target Liu Chongjing.

Now that the role of setting an example has been played, and the generals of other ministries have no longer sent troops without authorization, coupled with Liu Chongjing himself sincerely admitting his mistakes, Yang Wu naturally did not want to continue to entangle this matter, so he decided to sell Liu Wei and others a face.

"Thank you, old minister, for your kindness!" Liu Wei hurriedly bowed down and said.

"That's it! In addition, although Gu has agreed to him to return to the forbidden army, but now that all the guards of the forbidden army have a commander, our army will not expand the army in a short time, so Liu Chongjing can only be a deputy for the time being, which should be noted! Yang Wu then added.

"That's as it should be!"

"Well, this matter is decided, let's discuss the next plan of our army! Since the capture of Fujian last year, our army has been resting for more than half a year, and now it is time to move! Yang Wu didn't dwell on Liu Chongjing's affairs, for him, this was just a trivial matter, and now the real big thing is the great cause of unifying the south.