Li Siye, who was in the barracks, heard that Zhao Ziliang had sent someone to talk to him, so he immediately explained the affairs and rushed to Zhao Ziliang's mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"General, I heard you're looking for me?"

Zhao Ziliang was flipping through the official documents, and when he heard the voice, he looked up and greeted him with a smile: "General Li, come and sit down and talk."

"No!" Li Siye agreed, and sat down under Zhao Ziliang in a proper manner.

Zhao Ziliang put down the official document and said: "Today I went to the Jiedu Embassy to discuss the matter, Wang Dashuai sent a certain person to go to the Fire Seeking Country, preparing to contact the Fire Seeking Country, and persuade them to attack the Great Food Rebels together, I heard that you used to be in charge of the affairs of the Western Regions in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, I don't know if you are familiar with the Fire Seeking Country?" ”

Li Siye's spirit was shocked, and said with a smile: "The general is looking for the right person, if you find someone else, even if you go to the fire search country, maybe you will return in vain, the fire search country people are violent, very difficult to get along with, two years ago, when the end of the general was just in charge of the affairs of the Western Regions, there was a time when the lord of the fire search country Bi You came to Anxi, on the way encountered a large number of horse thieves attack, his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, only a few people remained, he himself was seriously injured, it happened that the last general was leading the troops to practice in the field and encountered this matter, so he led the troops to kill the horse thieves who attacked them, Saved the seriously injured Bi You, who was very grateful to the last general after Anxi recovered from his injuries, and worshipped me as a brother of the opposite sex. If the general wants to go to the country of fire, please bring the last general with him, then Bi You, for the sake of me, a sworn brother, may agree to join forces with us to deal with the Great Food rebels! ”

Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed, "It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!" Since General Li has an old relationship with Bi You, the lord of the Fire Seeking Country, I will take you with me this time. It may take a long time to go out this time, so go back and say hello to your family, but don't reveal our whereabouts and purpose, settle down at home, you can say what you need, and General Ben will try his best to help you solve your worries."

Li Siye thought about it, touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly: "The last general hasn't saved any savings over the years, this time he brought his family to join the general, and bought a house here, and the savings are almost spent, I think, can you borrow some silver money from the general and treat me."

"Okay, you don't need to say it, General Ben knows what you're going to say!" Zhao Ziliang raised his hand to interrupt Li Siye's words, and shouted outside the door: "Steward Wang!" ”

The housekeeper Wang Ru quickly walked in, bowed down and said, "What does the general command?" ”

"Come here!"

Wang Ru took a few steps forward, Zhao Ziliang whispered a few words to him, he nodded and agreed, "Okay, the little one will do it immediately!" ”

Zhao Ziliang drank a few sips of tea, and Wang Ru came back with a tray with ten large gold ingots and a stack of golden tickets on the tray.

"General, what you asked for has been delivered!"

Zhao Ziliang nodded and put down the teacup, and said to Li Siye: "These are the rewards for you to go to the Fire Seeking Country with Ben General this time, and now I will advance it to you, and you can take it!" ”

Li Siye looked at it and hurriedly said: "This is too much, no, no, I can't take so much in the end!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "As long as the thing is done, its value is far more than this, you can take it with peace of mind, this is what you deserve, first, there is no corruption and perversion of the law, and second, there is no borrowing money to lose face, what are you worried about?" ”

When Li Siye heard this, he thought to himself, but after thinking about it, he quickly understood that Zhao Ziliang was thinking about him, taking care of his face, and was afraid that he would feel disgraced because of the loan money, so he simply sent down the reward for the end of the mission first, which not only solved his current predicament, but also maintained his respect.

Li Siye figured this out, and was extremely moved at the moment, clenched his fists and bowed: "Thank you, General!" ”

"You go back and prepare first, and tomorrow we will leave for the Fire Seeking Country!"

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang got up and watched Li Siye leave with the tray, Wang Ru sighed behind him: "A penny is difficult to beat a hero, the villain heard that General Li is also a fierce general with outstanding military achievements and unparalleled martial arts, but now he has fallen to the point of borrowing money to support his family."

Zhao Ziliang said: "Li Siye is not a person who can make money, he is a pure soldier, he can only use that little money to support his family, and sometimes he has to help the Pao Ze brothers and the generals and soldiers under his command, where can he save money?" ”

A guard standing at the door said: "The villain heard that in the whole of Anxi, there is now only the soldiers and generals of the city and Tuoyun Fort who are not short of money to spend, and the successive officials and generals have followed the practice of the generals serving in these places, cultivating wasteland, fishing, hunting and raising livestock, most of them are self-sufficient, not only solve the grain and grass of the garrison, but also sell money to subsidize military salaries and military expenses, and after the war, the seizures are distributed according to the size of the merit, so the soldiers are not afraid of death."

Zhao Ziliang shook his head, turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard.

In the inner courtyard, Chen Qingying is teaching her youngest daughter Zhao Xue embroidery in the room, and Nie Sanniang is painting snow scenes under the eaves.

Seeing Zhao Ziliang walk into the inner courtyard, Nie Sanniang first put down her pen and ink, stood up with her stomach and asked, "Why did my husband come back so early today?" ”

"I went to Marshal Wang's mansion just now to discuss military and political affairs, and I'll come back when I'm done!" Zhao Ziliang walked into the house as he spoke, and sat down by the charcoal fire.

Chen Qingying also walked out of the room when she heard Zhao Ziliang's voice, Zhao Ziliang looked up and saw her, and said, "You are all here, come and sit down, and tell you something for your husband."

Chen Qingying smiled: "When did you make it so solemn? ”

After the two women sat down, Zhao Ziliang said: "After discussing the military situation just now, the generals and officials all think that once the Great Food Rebels grasp the power of the Great Food Country, it will definitely pose a threat to our Tang Dynasty's forces in the Western Regions, so we decided to strike first, and the husband has been ordered to go to the Fire Seeking Country to contact the Fire Hunt Country Lord Bi You and persuade him to attack the Great Food Rebels together, but borrow from him." This time, I'm going to take Li Siye with me, he has a friendship with Bi You, and he should be able to speak! ”

Chen Qingying's face was a little worried and ugly after hearing this, "You want to go out again?" I've been out for most of the year, and I'm only going out for a few days? ”

Nie Sanniang sighed beside her: "Eldest sister, the matter has been decided, it's useless for you to complain here, your husband has to leave if you want to go, and you and I can stop it?" Let's pack up for our husband cleanly! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked apologetic, "I'm really sorry for the two ladies, I'll compensate you well when I come back!" ”

"Okay, what are we husband and wife talking about? When you go out, you are close to the sphere of influence of the Great Food Rebels, don't you think that you don't care if you are strong in martial arts, you think you are really invincible in the world? ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, the two ladies spare me, I must be careful and careful, and run back immediately when I see that the situation is not good, this is always okay, right?" ”

That night, Zhao Ziliang called Wang Can, Zheng San, Liu Wei, Dugujun, Gao Shi and others over, and said: "Today in the Jiedu Embassy Mansion, Wang Dashuai asked me to go to Huoxun to persuade Huoxun Country Lord Bi You to attack the Dashi rebels, and open the passage to let the northern tribes go south, it stands to reason that I have been outside for most of this year, and it won't be long after I came back, Wang Dashuai should not have sent me to do this, but he did it!" ”

Dugu Jun got up and said: "General, I heard a small news today, and I don't know if it's true, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and said, "But it's okay to say it!" ”

"Yes!" Dugu Jun arched his hand and said: "In the afternoon, someone said in front of Wang Dashuai that the general's current power is too great, and the Han Navy, the Tianshan Army, the Yiwu Army transferred back from Yiwu and other military towns and Wubao are full of the general's henchmen, and they are all in the main position, the purpose of saying this is obvious, that is, to provoke the relationship between the general and Wang Dashuai in front of Wang Dashuai, Wang Dashuai has a jealousy of the general, so he sent the general to find the country today!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned when he heard this: "So Wang Dashuai is going to transfer me out of Tingzhou?" But this has no impact on the pattern of the entire North Garden, could it be that if I am transferred, the generals under my command will vote for someone else? ”

At this time, Liu Wei stretched out his hand and stroked his long beard, his eyes flashed, and he immediately said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, although the general cannot be transferred from the general's lineage to others, but there is another way to weaken the general's strength, if the general's speculation is good, after the general leaves, Wang Dashuai will use various excuses to transfer the general's henchmen from their original positions, arrange an idle position, and replace their own people in the main positions of the armies and towns, so that the general will lose control of the army and have no military power, The position of the general, the envoy of soldiers and horses, is tantamount to being unworthy of the name, if a large-scale blood exchange is carried out, even if it is the Han Navy, I am afraid that it will no longer obey the general's orders! ”

Gao Shi stood up and said: "The two adults are quite reasonable, but the lower officials think that it is unrealistic for Wang Dashuai to use the purpose of large-scale replacement of generals and colonels in the army in a short period of time to weaken the general's military power, and now the Beiting Army has undergone comprehensive reorganization and training, and the team commanders, team leaders, and brigade commanders at the bottom have been selected, and it is my general who has given these people the opportunity to become military leaders, and the captains and low-level generals are promoted through merit, and it is my generals who have formulated a promotion reward and punishment system, and these people are grateful to the generalsAs long as the general comes forward, they will definitely look forward to the general, because only when the general is there, their status and interests can be preserved, and once someone else is replaced, these people will not be convinced!

In addition, if Wang Dashuai wants to weaken or eliminate the influence and authority of the general in the army, he will inevitably change or abolish all kinds of regulations and regulations promulgated by the general in the army; once this happens, the interests of low-ranking military leaders, ordinary soldiers, and even low-level generals and colonels will be seriously affected, and once someone gathers to make trouble, not everyone can bear the consequences! (To be continued.) )