Appearance is a Buddhist term, the so-called all appearances, are false, look at the non-appearance, the heart to see the reality; Appearance is to take it seriously, and whoever takes it seriously suffers; Being obsessed with appearances is like the moon in the water that cannot be fished, which is a futile foolish thing. Yang Chong smiled: "The Buddha said, 'Don't say, don't say.'" ”

Ling Jing had a sweat behind him, and Yang Chong's calmness made him lose confidence, and he didn't know whether his guess was right or wrong, so he could only say with a sideways heart: "My lord needs to remove the threat from the Central Plains, I think there are three strategies that are feasible." The best strategy is to expose the opponent's plot to the public, so that the threat does not have a chance to happen; Zhongce is to send people to the Central Plains to deal with it, so as not to involve Gaochang County; The next strategy is to strictly defend in Gaochang County and not give the opponent a chance. ”

Ling Jing can think of these with just a recruitment list, and he does have some confident strength, but he likes to go off the rails with a sword, which makes Yang Chong a little hesitant; Yang Chong asked, "Can you tell me the names of the two friends with whom you still keep corresponding?" ”

Yang Chong did not play his cards according to common sense, which made Ling Jing very awkward, and replied: "It's Tang Bi from Fufeng County and Yao Xian from Hedong County." ”

Ling Jing's level is here, and the level of people who can be friends with Ling Jing for a long time is not much different, Yang Chong asked, "Can you convince them to come to Gaochang County to be officials?" ”

Ling Jing thought for a while and said: "Tang Bi is quite popular in the local area, Yao Xian once served as the salt official of Hedong County, I don't dare to say that I am sure, but I can write to ask." ”

Yang Chong bowed his head and said, "Don't worry, wait until you settle down in Nanping City." Wei Chi Gong took the couple to see Liang Shuo and asked him to prepare the papers, Ling Jing served as Cao Xing, the city priest of Nanping, to join the army, and arranged a better house for the couple and his wife. ”

Nanping City is a medium-sized town in the Central Plains, Shi Cao Xing joined the army from the official position of Jiupin, and Yang Chong as the county guard, and he can be appointed with a piece of paper; Ling Jing and Li Xiyu looked at each other, this was not the rhythm of imagination, Yang Chong's approach was not like a county guard, but more like the boss of a commercial house. Well, Yang Chong himself was the boss of the Turpan Commercial Bank, and after Ling Jing thanked him, he followed Wei Chigong away; Fan Di then came in with only half a burnt incense, and then agreed to join the Turpan Trading House, the Turpan Commercial Bank's goods store in Hunicheng was run by the Sogdian Kang Wuli in charge of the steward, Fan Di was in charge of the store, and Yang Yanda was responsible for it.

Fang Xuanling, Du Yan and others are all prime ministers, and they didn't feel right when the firm released the list, no matter if Yang Chong didn't consult them this time, he didn't ask; Cui Kaiyuan also found out that it was wrong, but Mu Quankai, Kang Wuli, and Cao Pet were all well-known local businessmen in Gaochang, especially Mu Quankai, who was originally responsible for the purchase of the royal family of Gaochang State.

Ling Jing's letter quickly had a result, Yao Xian replied and refused, and Tang Bi came in a hurry, in Tang Bi's own words, he went out the door the next day after receiving the letter, and hurried along the way. Yang Chong didn't expect his popularity to have such an opportunity to explode, and immediately met Tang Bi; Tang Bi is gorgeously dressed and magnificent, obviously a person of status, with high cheekbones, a pair of bright eyes, and a face full of fierceness.

Tang Bi was very polite to Yang Chong, and said what he meant to defect to when he opened his mouth: "Tang is grateful to meet the call of adults, and he is willing to do things under adults in the future." ”

With this attitude, Yang Chong estimated that Tang Bi would not be an unknown person in the original history, so he carefully asked Tang Bi about some of his experiences, and Tang Bi replied one by one, saying that he was a scholar who had fallen into the ranks, opened an inn in Fufeng County, and was a believer in Moxue. Tang Bi finally said to Yang Chong: "My lord, the current situation in Guanzhong is very weird, Maitreya Sect, Lou Guandao, and some people who have not identified themselves are all in tandem, a bit of the taste of Zhangjiao Yellow Turban back then." ”

Ling Jing sat on the side and was startled, this can't be nonsense, Zhang Jiao Yellow Turban is going to rebel, Ling Jing didn't expect Yang Chong to understand and say: "Hebei thieves are born together, it's not strange that there are people in Guanzhong who are ready to move, I can only take care of Gaochang, I can't take care of so much." ”

A trace of disappointment flashed in Tang Bi's eyes and said: "My lord knows the way to be an official, Tang just wants to ask something, is my lord ready to carry forward Moxue?" ”

Yang Chong nodded and said, "I am going to carry forward Moxue, but as an official, I must be consistent with the purpose of the imperial court. ”

Yang Chong is very careful in this regard, the Great Sui promotes Confucianism, if Yang Chong blatantly talks about Moxue in the position of the county guard, it will be a big incident, Tang Bi only saw him for the first time today, and he will not trust it immediately no matter what. Tang Bi said regretfully: "I know a person who is very capable, and he claims to be a giant of the Mo family, if the adult is not in the officialdom, he can make friends with him." ”

Yang Chong asked, "What's this person's name?" ”

"Lu Mingyue." Tang Biyi said that Yang Chong knew that this person, the general of the uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty, was first defeated by the Sui general Zhang Xutuo, and later Lu Mingyue led an army of 100,000 to attack Huaiyang County and Xiangcheng County, and then moved to the north of Henan, calling himself the "Supreme King", and finally failed in the battle between Nanyang and Jiangdu Tongshou Wang Shichong and was beheaded. Since Lu Mingyue has declared himself supreme and is also called king, it can be seen that he may not know much about the spirit of Mozi, but he is definitely an ambitious and capable person.

People gather like others, it is obvious that Ling Jing, Tang Bi, and Lu Mingyue are not dissatisfied with the Great Sui, but everyone has a heart that is not willing to be lonely.

Yang Chong really didn't guess wrong. In the history books, Ling Jing was resourceful, originally Dou Jiande's account under the main book, was one of the important strategists of the Dou army, in the famous battle of Tiger Pass, to Dou Jiande "attack Huaizhou, Heyang, make a big fanfare to attack Fenzhou, Jinzhou posture, so that Li Shimin had to retreat", but unfortunately Dou Jiande did not adopt Ling Jing's suggestion in the end, continued to hold with Li Shimin, resulting in defeat; Ling Jing lived to the Zhenguan period.

Tang Bi, the general of the peasant rebel army, initially supported Li Hongzhi as the Son of Heaven, with 100,000 troops, and defended Huangyuan against Xue Rengao; After Xue Ju sent an envoy to recruit Tang Bi, he took advantage of Tang Bi's defenselessness to attack and capture Huangyuan, and incorporated all of Tang Bi's troops. Tang Bi only led a few hundred cavalry to escape, and his whereabouts have not been known since.

These two people are both ambitious and far-sighted people, and they see that Da Sui is already in danger and has been looking for a path that suits him; Yang Chong is in the position of Taishou at the moment, living alone in Gaochang in the Western Regions, and he is from a poor family, studying ink, which is a glittering bet in the eyes of the two. Yang Chong said lightly: "Now that Hebei is rampant with thieves, can Mr. Tang be familiar with the situation?" ”

When Tang Bi heard that there was a play, he said happily: "The emperor will have a kind of Xiangning, Hebei suffers the most from the Eastern Crusade, and the soldiers and people have fled to countless places, so they are already thieves everywhere, and people with lofty ideals rise up, the most famous are Wang Bo, Meng Rang, and Gao Shida." Wang Bo claimed to be Zhishilang, wrote "Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong without Direction", and occupied Changbai Mountain with Meng Rang, and Qi County and Jibei County responded like clouds; Gaoshida is based in Gaojibo. Soon, he called himself the Duke of the East Sea. ”

According to Ling Jing's words, Tang Bi is obviously obsessed with his appearance, and he has forgotten the ancient adage of being quick but not reaching.

(End of chapter)