Volume 2: The Eighth Route Army's Festival Envoy - Chapter 16: The Foundation of the State (7)
On the fifth day of the second month of the third year of Shun, the Eighth Route Army made Li Wenge arrive in Bianjing, and the emperor once again set up a Chinese court summons him in the Qianyuan Palace. This summons was attended only by the prime ministers of the two prefectures, the deputy and the Hanlin scholars, and the deacon's historian wrote only one sentence about this official summons: "The above is Yan Shuai: all matters in the northwest are paid to the public, and I am also in the middle system!" This sentence is actually the scene of each festival envoy leaving Beijing, because it comes from the mouth of the emperor, so the historian will record it, and the reason why this sentence was later included in the "Record of Emperor Taizu" by the compiler is entirely because of Li Wenge. Among the dozens of jiedu envoys, at least two-digit jiedu envoys once resigned to Guo Wei's majesty, and only two of them answered the words and sentences recorded by the historians, and Li Wenge was not among them, because his qualifications and official positions were not weighty enough at this time. However, only one person's Majesty was included in Guo Wei's actual record by the historian, and that was because when Guo Wei was revised, Li Wenge had already become a figure worthy of comparison with Guo Wei in the eyes of the historian.
In the history of this sentence, Li Wenge and Guo Wei had a draw.
According to the rules, after His Majesty's resignation, Li Wenge should have left the capital the next day, and in the evening of the same day, an old servant dressed in shabby clothes walked into the Jiebei Lane Pavilion Station, and then, the right Xiaowei general secretly visited the Yingguo Mansion located on the east side of the Great Xiangguo Temple a little later that night.
"At the end of Yanzhou, I learned from Li Wenge and met Lao Linggong ......"
For Feng Dao, an old goblin who has experienced the ups and downs of the Four Dynasties and the top figures in the world all his life, Li Wenge put on a very respectful attitude. Almost as a student respectfully salutes the teacher. Not to mention anything else, just from the fact that this old guy can be ignored by himself as a passerby on the Yellow River embankment, Li Wenge feels that this person is not simple.
For the vast majority of people, Tao Hui is just a means, but for people of Feng Dao's level, Tao Hui has become a realm.
Although Li Wenge was specially invited by Feng Dao, Feng Dao's treatment of this festival envoy who has been quite beautiful in the capital in recent days was surprisingly cold, not only did he not have the demotion ceremony given by the prime minister to the marshal of the feudal town in accordance with the regulations, but even Li Wenge bowed down to salute the old man and received it half-leaning on the bed.
This is an airy bedroom with two rooms inside and out. If the doors on both floors are closed, it will still be warm and comfortable, but the strange thing is that in this day when the weather is still quite cold, the two Dao are open, and from the courtyard, you can see at a glance the expression on Feng Dao's face lying on the couch, and the person who is waiting indoors is not the maid, but the old servant who invited Feng Dao.
Judging by the brazier burning in front of the bed. The old man is by no means a person who is not afraid of being cold, greedy and cool, but this arrangement does make Li Wenge feel that the second monk is confused.
"The end of Yanzhou? Isn't the general from Zhaozhou? From the perspective of King Huo's lineage, it should also be the Guan Long family......"
Feng Dao glanced at Li Wenge lightly with his eyes, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, but a sentence choked Li Wenge and foamed.
"Even Li Shizhi, who inherited the line of Prince Qian, and Li Linfu, who was in the line of Uncle Gaozu, could worship the prime minister without suspicion during the Tianbao years. The general's background is four hundred years after the defeat, speaking of which he has the double blood of Gaozu and Wen Zhengong, the old man is really upset for the general! β
Feng Dao opened his mouth and said the second sentence, which immediately made Li Wenge break out in a cold sweat, although he was now more sure that Guo Wei would not move himself now. But it's still not pleasant to be exposed for an elaborate lie.
"Ling Gong summoned the Cultural Revolution to come, is it just for the sake of his background?"
After being silent for a long time, Li Wenge finally decided to attack and defend. This sentence is a rhetorical question. However, he firmly believes that the answer must be no. Feng Dao, an old guy who has become a master, will never do such a thankless thing. Otherwise, he wouldn't be an elder of Changle either.
"I know you're ......"
Feng Dao listened to Li Wenge's question, did not answer for a long time, but when he spoke again, he said these four irrelevant words, Li Wenge was very surprised, he was surprised not by what Feng Dao said, but by the expression of the old man when he spoke.
The old man looked directly at himself with gentle eyes, the expression on his face was calm and calm, without half ridicule, nor the slightest ridicule, and the old face that was crisscrossing the ravines was obviously a sincere look that was extremely inconsistent with the identity of the old fox.
"The meeting at the mouth of the Bianhe River, I told Yuan Shu, he will not mention it to anyone, and no one will know about it in the future......" Feng Dao looked at Li Wenge, word by word.
"Yuan Shu?"
Li Wenge was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, it should be the river official who accompanied Feng Dao on the bank of the Yellow River that day, Feng Dao didn't mention it, he almost forgot about this person.
Feng Dao sighed: "Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer practical officials like Li Weizhen and Yuan Shu, and those who are masters must be careful to be nurtured." Li Weizhen is now holding half of the sky of the Great Zhou Dynasty with two hands, and Yuan Shu is still immature and inexperienced, so he has to experience it slowly. This Yellow River has been a heart disease in the world for thousands of years, and it cannot be neglected ......"
Li Wenge was silent, these words are good, as a future person, he is also very moved by Feng Dao's pragmatism and concern for the people. However, what puzzled him was, why did Feng Dao say this to himself?
He is just a festival envoy, and he only has a small border state in his hand that is under the threat of the party at all times, and the soldiers are only a few thousand, and the Yellow River is only a few hundred miles in his jurisdiction, and it is located in the middle of the stream, and there are mountains in the east, so he can definitely not do harm.
Feng Dao looked at him and said, "Today is the best generation of the Son of Heaven that the old man serves......"
Speaking of this, Feng Dao paused, and said with a little regret: "However, whether it is in Hedong or in the city, he has never been to Hecao, and when it comes to this, the Northern Emperor is slightly stronger than the Central Plains emperors of the four dynasties......"
Li Wenge was even more dumbfounded, he was not surprised that Feng Dao talked about the current emperor's attitude, but the information revealed in the old man's words made him extremely surprised.
"Jerod crossed the river in the light?"
Feng Dao glanced at Li Wenge, and a slightly naughty smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not to control the river." Just go check it out! β
Immediately, he pursed his lips, blinked and said, "I tricked him into going......"
Li Wenge was speechless, and deceived a Liao emperor who was born as a Khitan chieftain into going to the Yellow River embankment to inspect the river defense, this old guy really thought about it, and really didn't know how he did it.
"You haven't entered Beijing yet, so you went to the mouth of the Bianhe River first, which is good!"
This sentence is a bit clueless, but it seems to be a little meaningful. Li Wenge smiled bitterly: "The Bianhe grain transportation is the lifeline of Yanzhou today, and it is not rare to go to see it during the Cultural Revolution, right?" β
"You don't have to explain ...... to me"
Feng Dao blocked a lot of Li Wenge's excuses with one sentence, and what he said next made Li Wenge even more uncertain.
"The superior never needs to explain what he does. And no matter how absurd the explanation he reluctantly makes, the subordinate ministers must be respected, and in the end, the only one who can judge the superior is the heavens. So Zhuang Zong wanted to kill Luo Guan. With the respect of Guo Chongtao's status and the prominence of his power, he could not be saved, but Zhuang Zong finally died at the hands of the servants. Is it the servants who have changed the world? Those who have done evil will naturally be punished. This is true of all the things that the general has encountered in Yanzhou since the August Mutiny in August the year before. The one who died in the high family. Non-Grand General. The father and son of the Nai Gao family also ......"
It's a good thing, but it's just a clichΓ© in "On the Passage of Qin". It's not appropriate, but the analogy used by Feng Dao and the tone of his voice always have an indescribable flavor, which makes Li Wenge obviously feel that he understands what Feng Dao wants to say, but he is not sure whether what he said is limited to this.
"Ling Gong, although the Cultural Revolution is new, I'm afraid I can't afford the word 'superior' for the time being, right?"
Li Wenge looked at Feng Dao with a little dissatisfaction in his two eyes and asked rhetorically.
He had never offended the old fellow, so why did he always beat himself with a pun.
"You also said it was 'temporary'!"
Feng Dao's casual words immediately returned Li Wenge's counterattack as intact.
"It's all said that the old man and the general have no friendship, with the old man's lifespan, it is difficult to see the general again in this life...... Today's words were originally just words, and I didn't expect the general to listen to much. But the old man is telling the truth, out of the old man's mouth, into the general's ears of the big truth......"
Li Wenge was really stunned this time, not because Feng Daodi spoke so strangely that he felt it, but because Feng Dao's extremely serious and sincere attitude.
"Wen Su and the others haven't been walking around the Taiyuan Marquis Mansion for a while, and even Wang Xiufeng doesn't care about it. In fact, this is not bad, people who have traveled thousands of miles are always more secure and reliable than those who have read thousands of books, but that Chai Junhou is too strong and arrogant, he is not like today, there are some things he can't do, and he doesn't bother to do them......"
"Actually, that's a poor man...... The family is gone, and there is no heir to inherit it so far...... People in their thirties are as withered as a little old man, in this year and this world, there is no ordinary heart, but how can people live? β
The sentences are ordinary, and the words are shocking!
This is Li Wenge's evaluation of Feng Dao's homely private words.
Others don't know, but he knows very well that Chai Rong, the heroic lord of the world, Zhou Shizong, only lived to be thirty-nine years old, and Chai Zongxun, who was taken the emperor's throne by Zhao Kuangyin seven years later, should have been born this year, and the specific month and date are not clear.
In a few words, Feng Dao had already made a cross-era prediction about the deepest and most unpredictable crisis in the future of the Great Zhou Empire.
Is this old guy a human or a goblin?
"It's been almost a hundred years...... World...... I can't stand the toss anymore......"
The words are extremely flat, like sighs, and like admonitions.
What exactly did this elder want to tell himself?
"Ever since the old man was taught, he has been reading the books of the saints, the Son of Heaven, and the virtuous live in ......"
"However, since the old man, for more than 50 years, what he sees in his eyes and hears in his ears is flesh and blood, swords and spears, and the Son of Heaven, the strong and strong......"
Speaking of this, Feng Dao smiled again: "General, the old man has lived for seventy years and has been confused all his life, but these eyes are still useful, when will the United Kingdom be mixed, and when will the world be ruled greatly, the old man does not know, but the old man knows that within a few years, the general you are definitely worthy of the four words of strong soldiers and strong horses......
Feng Dao's words were naked and unsubtle, so straightforward that they made Li Wenge sweat.
"Although I can't understand it, but what the general has been doing in Yanzhou for more than a year, the old man has been watching and worrying, but unfortunately, the old man can only watch, he can't stretch out his hand, and he can't use his strength...... That's why the old man said that the general is the superior, and what you do is the business of the superior, and people who have been subordinate to the old man all his life can only watch, worrying while watching......" Feng Dao shook his head with a wry smile, "...... It wasn't until he met the general at the mouth of the Bianhe River that the old man had the heart to talk to the general......"
Feng Dao once again stared at Li Wenge, and said in an almost pleading tone: "The world is ruthless, if you don't kill people, people will kill you." It is delusional to ask a general not to kill, and the old man wishes that the general will have smooth sailing, and kill less and kill carefully. β
Li Wenge said shamefully: "Ling Gong taught, the Cultural Revolution dared not to respect!" β
Speaking of which, Li Wenge has been a little nervous broken by this old man, this Changle elder, who is good at "spitting on his face" and changing prime minister, what tricks is he playing with himself this time......
"How can a useless literati's plea be respected?" Very humble words, but the person who said this did not have a half-"pleading" look on his face at the moment, but a stronger sense of warning and warning.
Li Wenge smiled bitterly: "Ling Gong is a sage with great wisdom, you should know what kind of goods the Cultural Revolution is......"
Feng Dao smiled again, but instead of responding to Li Wenge's flattery, he said, "Originally...... If there is a 50-year lifespan today, the world should have the opportunity to rule for a hundred years. It's a pity that the heavens don't make beauty with the world, and the current emperor is also close to the age of sixtie......"
Li Wenge kept silent again, Feng Dao said too many sensitive words today, isn't this old guy afraid that he will report to Guo Wei secretly?
Then he came to the answer himself, he would never report it. First of all, who would believe that Feng Dao had said these rebellious words, that is, what if Guo Wei could take this old official who had already served ten monarchs and had already lost his loyalty, righteousness and shame? Killing him not only did not do any good, but would cause the centrifugation of the entire civil official group, and even seriously damage Guo Wei's own reputation for benevolence - after all, he was a civil official leader who even Yelu Deguang did not dare to kill.
But he is different, although these words are not enough for Guo Wei to kill Feng Dao, but they are enough for him to focus on himself, it is difficult to say whether Guo Wei will kill himself, but he will definitely not put himself back in Yanzhou so easily......
In fact, as long as Feng Dao told Guo Wei about the parts of these words that involved himself, he would never have a chance to return to Yanzhou safely......
"If Ling Gong's words are heard by others, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Cultural Revolution to leave Beijing in this life......
Li Wenge lamented.
Feng Dao smiled and said nonchalantly: "Does the general think that you will be able to leave the capital safely now?" I'm afraid not......"
Li Wenge raised his eyebrows slightly: "What does Ling Gong mean?" β
Feng Dao sighed softly: "Wang Xiufeng has been back for almost seven days, and he has been secretly arranging, and the guards and pro-army have been transferred in the name of river defense recently, although the old man is not in charge, he is still concerned about things related to the river......
Seeing that Li Wenge's pupils gradually began to contract, Feng Dao smiled bitterly: "Liu Qingyi, the left attendant of the guards and pro-army, is in the outer hall at the moment, his father was taken care of by the old man back then, and this time can be regarded as a little old virtue for the old man, and the old man doesn't understand the specific things, if the general has any questions, he can ask him directly......
Feng Dao's words Li Wenge listened to but did not react, and after a while, he said: "Ling Gong's great kindness and great virtue, the Cultural Revolution has received it, and every word Ling Gong said today has been remembered by the Cultural Revolution." What else does Ling Gong have to entrust, but Guan Mingyan said that the Cultural Revolution was ugly, and he didn't dare to say a promise, but he promised Ling Gong that he would not regret it......"
Feng Dao looked at him in a daze for a long time, and suddenly said with a smile: "Housheng, come over with your ears-"
Li Wenge was stunned, and involuntarily stretched his ears over, Feng Dao leaned on the bed and put his lips to Li Wenge's ear, and said softly: "Bianliang...... There should be no more ...... The Scourge of Qianyou......"