"Tang Sima ......".

Tang Cheng, who was losing his mind, was pulled back by Zhang Shouyi's soft call.

Zhang Shouyi looked at him like this. He smiled indifferently and said with a little comfort: "Tang Sima can be diligent in the king's affairs, and it is naturally good to always have the idea of contributing to the country, but after all, this northern land is different from other places, the border barbarians are unruly and treacherous, these people are either robbed or deceived when they encounter a predicament, and they turn another face as soon as they pass the difficulty, how can the people outside the country have any faith at all?" After all, Tang Sima has been here for a short time, and it is nothing to understand the temperament of these people. As long as you have a heart of loyalty to the court, and after you are more calm at your age, there will always be a time to make contributions to the country, and you don't have to be depressed."

Zhang Shouyi's words sounded comforting, but there were only two meanings in it: one was that Tang Chenglai had a short time, and he was so rash and restless that he was deceived by Rao Le and the barbarians when he was not familiar with the place; The second is that he is too young and unstable, and he is really suspected of great success.

As for what Tang Cheng said that this was the opportunity for Rao Le to make contributions, he didn't believe it, so naturally he wouldn't think deeply about it, and he didn't even have the patience to listen to Tang Cheng's words.

In the final analysis, Zhang Shouyi had only one idea about what Tang Cheng said: If Rao Lezhen is so easy to eat, and the great achievement of expanding the territory is really so easy to build, then what have the successive Rao Le Sima and Youzhou Governors done in the past few decades? Can you wait until you, who has been in office for less than a year and is just over the age of a weak crown?

I pinned my head to the waistband of my trousers and broke into Rao Le, working desperately. I have worked hard to create this once-in-a-century opportunity, and now if I don't help, I don't believe it, and I still want to use such old-fashioned words to disgust people. At this moment, Tang Cheng's disappointment, grievances, and contempt for Zhang Shouyi who only tried to protect himself were mixed, and he really didn't want to stay in this ghost place for a second.

"Thank you Governor Zhang for mentioning it, but I don't even have the mind to try it when I see the great work in front of me, as a commander with more than 100,000 male soldiers but just waiting for the imperial court to order it everywhere, although the lower officials are stupid, they also know that the military situation is like fire, and there is this back and forth case document is no matter how good the military aircraft is, it has to be wiped out. If you want to expand your territory, if you want to break the situation of guarding the wall like a dry corpse and letting people plunder it, it is not something that you can wait for if you sit in the Ming Hall. Although the qualifications of the lower officials are shallow, but don't want to be so calm", Tang Cheng, the Sima of the Rao Le Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, is not under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, when he came before, he was angry and forbearant for the sake of major matters, but now his emotions are a little uncontrollable after complete despair, and after returning the words with a gun and a stick, Tang Cheng arched his hand, "Farewell!".

As the governor of Youzhou, Zhang Shouyi is already the highest-ranking general in the Tang Dynasty, if you look at it according to the Tang Dynasty's practice of "going out and going out of the prime minister", it is not surprising that he will return to Beijing to enter the political affairs hall after that, with his identity for many years, how have he heard Tang Cheng's ridicule and fierce words?

His face changed, Zhang Shouyi stared at Tang Cheng's back as he walked straight out for a long time, and finally took back his half-raised hand, and after a while, his face returned to his previous calm and breezy look.

The anger in his heart is naturally there, but at the same time, Zhang Shouyi also has a bit of self-satisfaction with the prime minister's bearing and open-mindedness that he has cultivated since last year.

People say that the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly, and he can tolerate Tang Cheng, who is so disrespectful. Although this mind is an ancient sage, it is nothing more than that.

This is Zhang Shouyi's truest thoughts, and it is also the most important reason why he is not interested in listening to Tang Cheng's words, he does not believe that Tang Chengzhen can only use 30,000 soldiers and horses to bring the entire Rao Le into the Tang Dynasty, and he is even more unwilling to take any unnecessary risks in such a sensitive period, because this may delay the road plan he has been looking forward to returning to Beijing for more than a year to enter the political hall.

After his birthday on the sixth day of the next month, Zhang Shouyi will be sixty-four years old, and for a sixty-four-year-old man who has been in the border area for nearly ten years, merit is no longer so important to him. Zhang Shouyi's current idea is to live his life smoothly and steadily, and then return to the capital government hall as a chief assistant smoothly in accordance with the convention of the dynasty's generals and ministers.

In this way, you can not only reunite with your family who have been together for many years, but also enjoy the joy of laughing and teasing your grandson; You can also complete your life's career as a eunuch without regrets, and at the same time, you can have a more glorious title and gift after a hundred years.

Is there a more perfect life for a sixty-four-year-old man? Anything that might affect this plan is what Zhang Shouyi hates the most now. As for the great achievement that Tang Cheng said, not to mention that he didn't believe it at all, even if it was true, it wouldn't have such a strong attraction to him as Tang Cheng expected.

Make contributions? Joke, as a courtier, what other merit in this world can be greater than the merit of supporting? Now he's only thinking about the whole thing and the whole thing, and he doesn't even participate in this, let alone anything else?

Not participating is the fear of betting on the wrong treasure, the fear of not being able to start and finish. Although neither side is destined not to become the new emperor's favorite, it can also avoid the scourge of killing. Zhang Shouyi is now waiting for the day when the situation in the DPRK and China will be clear, and when the situation is certain, with his current performance, he will definitely be a little alienated from the new emperor, and the high-powered governor of Youzhou will definitely not be able to sit down. Zhang Shouyi had already figured out this. But what he also knows is that no matter which new emperor ascends the throne, even if it is just for show, it is inevitable to appease the old ministers of the previous dynasty.

It can be said that Zhang Shouyi now only needs to wait to successfully realize the whole life plan, for him now, it is not to work hard to do anything, but the quieter and less things the better.

And today, Tang Cheng is clearly here to find trouble for him, and it is still the last thing he wants to take care of now.

Originally, it was nothing for him to give 30,000 soldiers, Tang Cheng was right, the imperial court would not allow the Khitan to get involved in Rao Le, who had the status of a vassal, after all, it was related to the face of the Tang Dynasty and the governance of other vassals. And the quota of 30,000 troops was within the scope of his decision-making power as the governor of the capital, and he gave it.

And the reason why he rejected Tang Cheng's request was because of the word safe, there was such a situation in the court now, and he didn't rely on both sides, wouldn't it be wronged if he became the target of someone's attack because of this matter? Honestly report to the imperial court, and wait for the imperial court to have a clear order and then deal with it accordingly is the safe way, looking at the two urgent letters in the name of Jia Zixing before, I really thought that this Tang Cheng and the East Palace had a close relationship, and now the East Palace is unwilling to help say a word about such a big matter as borrowing troops, it seems that this relationship is fake.

Otherwise, as long as Donggong has a few words of support in this matter, how can he, Zhang Shouyi, not even know how to do a favor with no risk?

When Zhang Shouyi was turning these thoughts in his heart, Tang Cheng had already walked out of the Dianjiang Hall, and as soon as he came out, he saw Zheng San and others who were being escorted, and standing next to them were the captain guarding the door and his eight big soldiers. These people are all gathered here, obviously preparing for Zhang Shouyi's inquiry.

"Let them go", seeing that the escorted sergeant did not move at all, Tang Cheng turned around and shouted to the general hall with a raised voice: "Sima Tang Cheng of Rao Le Du Mansion has asked Zhang Du to release his subordinates."

Dianjiangtang is the most important place in the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou, and if you speak loudly in this vicinity on weekdays, you will inevitably be scolded by the garrison Cao Cao, let alone shouting loudly like Tang Cheng. And the content of his shouting...... No matter how you listen to it, it has a bit of a sense of defeat for the Metropolitan Governor.

With Tang Cheng's voice shouting out, everyone outside the hall was really looking sideways. After a while, I heard Zhang Shouyi's voice from inside, who was difficult to discern his emotions, "Let the four of them go, and the others will bring them in for questioning."

When he followed Tang Cheng outside, Zheng San, who was angry and hateful, came up, "Uncle, that's all for now?" ”。

"This is the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Youzhou," Tang Cheng's voice carried a tired coldness, "But I'm waiting for me to come today with an urgent military situation, and it's not against military law to beat that little drum." The access control of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion openly solicited bribes and blocked the military situation, and he Zhang Shouyi couldn't get rid of it in this matter, at least he was not strict in governing the army. Don't worry, this lawsuit will be fought."

Walking all the way, not long after Tang Cheng and the five of them left the Governor's Mansion, they saw a hurried foot with beads of sweat on his forehead riding a healthy horse with the same sweat all over his body and stopped in front of the Governor's Mansion.

Seeing this, the lieutenant who had just been transferred to make up for the duty did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and after taking the letter box handed over by his hurried feet, he trotted all the way into the inner office, and after a while, the letter box arrived in front of Zhang Shouyi's case.

Zhang Shouyi withdrew his gaze from the captain standing below in disgust, and then opened the letterbox, and the first thing he saw was the words "Master of the East Palace" on the cover of the letterhead in the box......

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Although he was still worried about Raole's situation, whether it was from the perspective of mood or physical strength, Tang Cheng couldn't walk anymore, and after finding an inn in the Governor's Mansion, he went to sleep without even grooming up.

It was a good night's sleep. He slept until sunset when it was less than noon, and when Tang Cheng woke up, he still felt stuffy in his head, and after sitting on the couch for a while, he got up and freshened up.

As soon as he walked to the door of the next room after freshening up, he heard a snoring sound coming from inside, and Tang Cheng was alone and didn't have the intention of going to the wine shop next to him to eat, so he called Xiao Er to send a pot of hot wine and a few vegetables to drink alone under the window in the room.

Originally, he had the intention of borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, but who knew that the more he drank, the more annoying he became, and in the end, Tang Cheng simply pushed the two windows open, and as soon as the windows opened, a cold wind unique to the north suddenly rushed into his arms, and he suddenly shuddered at the same time. But I felt a lot more relieved in my heart.

Tang Cheng threw away his chopsticks and gave up the wine cup, and stood in front of the window with the wine jar, eating wine casually while looking out.

There was really nothing to see outside the window, and after only three or five glances, he was excited, although his eyes did not come back, but his mind returned to the recent events.

I only saw that great work in my eyes, and I was really too impatient and too careless recently. Especially today's actions in the Governor's Mansion are even impatient to the point of chaos.

This is not to say that he regretted his behavior in the face of Zhang Shouyi, since it is useless to regret it. Tang Cheng just blamed himself, if he wasn't too impatient, with his past calmness, today's things could have been handled better. Since you have chosen to take the path of a civil servant in the Tang Dynasty, it is good not to be afraid of people and things, but you should also try to avoid offending those who could not be offended, especially if that person still has an identity like Zhang Shouyi.

Who can guarantee that every request they have made in their decades of life will be met? Politics is a game of balance and compromise, and the rejection that accompanies it is normal. If you encounter a rejection and make an enemy, how far can such a person go in his already sinister career?

The thought of blowing the cold wind effectively calmed Tang Cheng's anxious and restless emotions and heart, and after he finished thinking about this, his eyebrows gradually regained his previous calmness.

Since the matter on Zhang Shouyi's side is already like this, the lawsuit must be fought, not only to fight, but also to use all resources, including Kong Jue and others, as much as possible to make this lawsuit as big as possible. Tang Cheng didn't have the luxury of hoping that he would be able to bring down Zhang Shouyi with this idea at the gate of the Governor's Mansion today, and while adding chaos to this old guy, his main purpose was to expand and make the contradiction between him and Zhang Shouyi public.

There is a huge difference in age and identity between the two, the more this contradiction is known, the more difficult it is for Zhang Shouyi to start if he wants to target him, because no matter what tricks he uses, the natural first reaction of others will be "retaliation", others may not care about this, but after the official does Zhang Shouyi's part, he can't care less.

Although this is far from being clever, in the case of a huge difference in personal strength, it is also the most effective self-protection strategy that Tang Cheng can think of in taking precautions.

Although I don't want to bite this first bite, no matter what the reason is, since I have already bitten it, I have to bite it to the end......

As for the matter of Raole Grassland, it is certainly disappointing that he did not borrow soldiers, but after the disappointment, what should be done for Tang Cheng has to be done, and he must do it as well as possible. As for what the final result was......

Tang Cheng didn't think about what God should worry about now.

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After his heart was clear, although Tang Cheng's mood was still not very comfortable, his mind calmed down, and after making up for a good night's sleep that night, the next morning, four people and eight horses rushed back to Rao Le against the rising sun.

Whether it is here or on the way back, Huairong is a must-pass place, but Tang Cheng didn't go to visit Mao Dan'er and the others, not that the time is really tight and he doesn't even have the time to glance at the house, but Tang Cheng is afraid that as soon as he sees his parents, he will be reluctant to leave after hugging the cat and Dan'er. Rather than this, it is better to harden your heart and go straight to the point, anyway, no matter what the outcome is, the happy things are coming to an end, and when this is over, you can enjoy the family with your family.

Even if the back and forth were fast, this trip took more than ten days, and when Tang Cheng rushed back to Raole, the situation on the grassland had changed dramatically.

Seven days ago, the previous momentum in the battle with Shali, the dominant Yu Suo tribe in the central steppe suffered the first defeat since the official start of the war between the two divisions, after the beginning of this start, the next few days Yu Suo was defeated again and again, just a few days of effort, its military strength has lost nearly half of its strength. The five-part dispute, which had already begun to clear up the situation, suddenly had a shocking reversal at this last moment.

But the consecutive defeats of the Sarido Department are not completely worthless, at least they finally figured out that the more they fought, the stronger the Shali Ministry, was not simply using their own strength, and those cavalry who were also wearing the Shali Ministry's battle clothes turned out to be Khitans in the Song Desert!

In such a large-scale war, it is impossible for the Khitans to completely conceal their identities even if they wear the same clothes as the Shali Ministry. After Yu Suoping determined this, he immediately contracted his defense and gritted his teeth, while scolding people to rush to see Tang Cheng.

At the same time, after learning the news that the Khitans had entered Raole, the three remnants also discussed it from top to bottom.

After the Khitans, who were the last variable, finally showed their whereabouts, the dispute in the Raole grassland entered the final moment.