Chapter 23 Zhang Ji is troubled, Tian Jing relieves his worries

Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu walked out of the living room to the front yard, and when they heard that Zhang Ji was angry, Zhang Xiu also quickened his pace. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 On the info road, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu: "What does Wen He think of Tian Jing?" ”

"This son has an extraordinary bearing, he is by no means a thing in the pool, he is thoughtful and thoughtful, and even I can't see through it." Jia Xu said.

Zhang Xiu didn't expect Jia Xu to give Tian Jing such a high price, "I don't want Wen He to value this person so much, then I'll have to wait and see." I heard that Tian Jing's linguists were quite dissatisfied with Li Dao and Guo Yan's attack on Chang'an, and they seemed to be loyal to the emperor and protect the emperor, I don't know if this person may be used by me? ”

Jia Xu touched his beard, "If the lord wants to achieve great things, he must recruit talents, and the lord and Na Tian Jing happen to have a mentorship relationship. And when I look at this person's face, he is a sincere and trustworthy person, and if he is willing to agree to assist the lord, he will definitely not betray his trust. ”

Zhang Xiu thought for a moment after listening, "Then how to recruit this Mr. Wenhe is a good plan?" ”

Jia Xu smiled, "Don't worry, the so-called authorities are confused, this person came to Jin this time to take the initiative to make friends, and he must have come to ask for something, so why don't you wait and see what happens?" ”

Zhang Xiu suddenly realized, "Hehe, I'm in a hurry." ”

The two arrived at the main hall of the front yard after a short time, Jia Xu was waiting outside the door, and Zhang Xiu went in alone to meet Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji was still angry in the hall, and when he saw Zhang Xiu coming, he suppressed a little anger. When Zhang Xiu asked the reason, he learned that Li Ji wanted Zhang Ji and his cronies Yang Feng to change their guards.

If you want to talk about the reason for this matter, we have to start from the time when Li Dao Guo Yan broke through Chang'an. After the Liangzhou army captured Chang'an, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou respectively occupied the three counties of Jingzhao, Fufeng, and Feng Yi of the Sili School Captain Department, and jointly controlled the government. Zhang Ji was awarded the title of Marquis of Pingyang, but Pingyang was still in the hands of the Xiongnu; Zhang Ji wanted to garrison Hongnong, but Li Dao surrendered Yang Feng and occupied Hongnong County; In desperation, Zhang Ji could only borrow Fan Chou's Linjin to garrison troops. Later, Fan Chou died, and Zhang Ji gradually expanded his territory, which clashed with Li Wei's nephew Hu Feng.

This time, Li Ji invited Zhang Ji to the banquet, saying that it was to adjust the contradiction between him and Hu Feng, but in fact, he hoped that Zhang Ji would agree to change guards with Li Ji's subordinate Yang Feng. If it was before, Li Dao would not be willing to let Yang Feng and Zhang Ji be replaced, after all, Hongnong is a county, and the strategic location is very important. But now it's different from the past, now Hongnong has suffered a disaster, the plague is rampant, ten rooms and nine empty, and now it's obvious that the change of defense is bullying. No wonder Zhang Ji is angry.

Zhang Xiu didn't expect such a thing, and she was very angry, but she couldn't think of a good way for a while. "Uncle, don't worry, let me discuss a countermeasure with the people below on this matter."

Zhang Ji was angry in his heart and said, "What is there to think, Li Ji is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust." Come on, mobilize people, I want to kill him, Li Dao will not leave a piece of armor. ”

Zhang Xiugang hurriedly stopped Zhang Ji and persuaded, "Uncle is angry, since he hasn't promised Li Ji yet, then there is still a turning point in this matter." Let's take a long-term view. And what is the form of Hongnong County, we still have to find someone who is familiar with the situation to come and ask, and it is not too late to make a decision when the time comes. ”

Zhang Ji also made sense when he heard it, "I don't know who is familiar with Hongnong's situation?" ”

Zhang Xiu also said just now, he didn't think of a good candidate, and this uncle was a little difficult when he asked. When I was in a dilemma, I suddenly thought of Tian Jing. He came all the way from Xuzhou to Chang'an, and he must have known the situation in Hongnong County. said to Zhang Ji, "I just have something I want to report to my uncle, and one of my nephew's nephews came to Linjin to visit my nephew, and now he is in the house." This person is familiar with Hongnong's situation, so uncle might as well ask? ”

"I haven't heard you say anything about your nephew's visit. What does this person do for a living, and how does he know about Hongnong's situation? Zhang Ji asked with some doubts.

Zhang Ji deliberately sold a pass just now, and now he must explain Tian Jing's identity, "This person's surname is Tian Mingjing, and he is the captain of Hu Qi who has just been crowned by the saint." He was originally a disciple of my junior brother Zhao Yun, who served as a cavalry lieutenant in Tao Qian's army, and was ordered by Tao Qian to envoy to Chang'an. If you have the help of this person, it will be a great help from your uncle. ”

"Ou, there is such a thing, I thought that Tian Jing was Li Wei's party, and I didn't want to be your nephew, but now it seems that he is closer to us. Hehe, the old man has not been thinking about everything in the past two days, but now it seems that this matter is the most pleasant. Wherever this person is, I want to see him now. Zhang Ji said.

Zhang Xiu smiled, "Uncle, don't worry, the person is in the house, and Quan'er is playing with him." We still have to discuss how to win over this person, and how to act in the future, my uncle also has to make an idea first. When it was time for dinner, we would have a family banquet, and it would be too late to ask Tian Jing when the time came. ”

Zhang Ji felt justified and nodded yes. The two chatted for a long time, Zhang Xiu came out and told Jia Xu what had just happened, Jia Xu said, "If you go to Hongnong, it may not be a bad thing, if you can go south to Jingzhou, you will be able to achieve a great cause." After listening to this, Zhang Xiu felt that this was a very good time, admired Jia Xu even more, and prepared to go to Zhang Ji to explain in the evening. Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu discussed for a while before going to find Tian Jing and Zhang Quan.

At dinner, everyone sat around, saying that it was a family banquet, but there was also Jia Xu to accompany them. Tian Jing met Pingyang Hou Zhang Ji for the first time, and he was very respectful. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ji's personality was very hearty, and when he saw Tian Jing, he praised him: "Boy, you are very good, you have a good eye, and you worship a good master, so you have a good teacher like Zhang Xiu." From your uncle's point of view, I am also your master, but we don't care, we have fellowship with each other. I tell you that it's okay to take refuge in others, but you must not take refuge in Li Dao, this person hides a knife in his smile, crosses the river and demolishes the bridge. This time it is right to come to Jin, I recognize my uncle as a relative, and I will definitely bear it with your uncle in the future. Here, a toast. ”

Tian Jing looked at the old man's enthusiastic touch, and was very emotional, he didn't expect Zhang Ji to be such a character, to be honest, he felt quite kind, and he didn't feel restrained with Zhang Xiu. Seeing Zhang Ji's toast, it was not easy to shirk, and when he picked up the wine glass in front of him, he raised his head and drank a glass of wine.

Zhang Ji was even more happy when Tian Jing drank refreshingly, "Okay, yes, this can drink is right for my temper." I'm telling you, but you're actually giving me a breath of relief. I touched the nail many times at Li Dao's place, and I was angry, and I was even more angry when I saw that he had accepted you as a tiger general a few days ago. But I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, you voted for the old man, and the old man was happy. Ha ha. Here, another drink. ”

Zhang Xiu saw that Zhang Ji was talking freely, and forgot all the words he had discussed with him in the afternoon, and it was not very similar to say anything about the intersection of peers, so he wanted to stop it and let Zhang Ji say a few words. I didn't want to be there, but Jia Xu made a look and signaled not to stop it. Zhang Ji thought about it and asked his uncle to talk about it, which might as well have unexpected effects. Even if there is a loss of speech, it can be inferred that there is a drunken gaffe, and there will be a turnaround in the future.

The more Zhang Ji and Tian Jing talked, the happier they became, and the more they drank this wine. I felt a little drunk, and then I remembered that there was something to be said about it. "By the way, Tian Jing, I have something to ask you, you came to Guanzhong from Xuzhou, and you can know the situation of Hongnong County along the way?"

Tian Jing didn't want Zhang Ji to ask this, so he said, "The plague in Hongnong County is very serious, and Yang Fengtun soldiers in Xin'an, but he does not provide disaster relief. I don't know why the old marquis asked about Hongnong? ”

"Li Daofu, he bullied people too much, but he knew about Hongnong's situation but let me and Yang Fengna change guards, doesn't this understand bullying the old man? Wow, yes, it's really hateful, after we drank this glass of wine, I went to Chang'an to find Li Dao's theory. As soon as Zhang Ji heard Tian Jing say that Hongnong's situation was angry, he didn't fight anywhere.

Tian Jing was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhang Xiu, "Uncle Shi, I don't know why?" ”

Zhang Xiu said to Tian Jing, "The virtuous nephew doesn't know, Li Dao asked his uncle to change guards with Yang Feng, and said it beautifully, let his uncle send troops to Hongnong, and organize the soldiers and horses to recover Hedong." In fact, he made a good calculation, let us give up Feng Yijun to his nephews and cronies, but let us take over Hongnong's mess. ”

When Tian Jing heard it, he knew that this was the case. Seeing that Zhang Ji was still angry, he asked, "Actually, the old marquis doesn't have to be so angry, the so-called 'misfortune and blessing depend; The old marquis is out of the town to Hongnong, which is not necessarily a bad thing. ”

Zhang Ji was unhappy when he heard it, "You kid is not sincere, just now he said that Hongnong has ten rooms and nine emptiness, and now he says that it may not be a bad thing, aren't you an old man." And I don't understand what kind of blessing or bad you have, what kind of mess, I don't understand. ”

Tian Jing smiled, "Old Marquis, I mean that there are things that seem to be a disaster, but I am afraid of unexpected benefits; Some things seem to be good things, but I am afraid that they have buried the hidden danger of causing trouble. The key to the quality of this matter depends on what is the purpose of the old marquis? If it is a corner of safety, Hongnong may not be worse than Linjin; If the old marquis wants to defeat Li Dao, then it is more convenient for the old marquis to act far away from Feng Yi and Li Dao's control. ”

Zhang Ji felt a little reasonable when he heard it, "That's what I said, but after all, this Hongnong has just suffered from the plague, and if there is no one to ask for food, what is the use of asking for food?" ”

Tian Jingxin said that he was waiting for you to ask me, and continued: "Don't hide it from the old marquis, I still happen to know some things about Hongnong." Hongnong County and Shaanxi County were seriously affected, but there was no spread of plague in the areas of Xin'an, Mianchi, and Hanguguan, and Yang Feng looted a lot of people, and he was afraid that there was a lot of grain in stock. From Hongnong to the south, the county magistrate of Lushi County invited famous doctors to treat the people who had the plague, which not only controlled the epidemic, but also gathered tens of thousands of people. Even if Hongnong is really poor in material resources, it is better to seize Hedong County in the north and Jingzhou in the south, than to sit in Guanzhong. ”

As soon as Tian Jing finished speaking, Zhang Xiu's face changed a little, thinking that Jia Xu saw this, but he didn't want this Tian Jing to think of it, can this person's intelligence really be subordinate to others in the future? And although Jia Xu's face remained unchanged, his heart was churning, thinking that this son's vision, insight and resourcefulness were not under him, but he was a powerful character.

Zhang Ji didn't know what the two of them thought, but after listening to Tian Jing's words, he suddenly felt enlightened, "It's really a good thing to say this, so I just promised Li Ji that guy, I always feel unwilling?" ”

Tian Jing said, "Although Hongnong is good, it is not enough for outsiders, so this bitterness still has to be complained, the old marquis might as well drag Li Dao, and when he urges, he will ask for the price and pay back the money on the spot, in short, there is no benefit and he will definitely not leave." ”

Zhang Ji was happy to hear this and asked, "I don't know what benefits I should want?" ”

Tian Jing said: "My brother has excellent marksmanship and is proficient in the art of war, and he has lived under the old marquis for a long time, but I am afraid that he will lack the opportunity to really stand alone." The old marquis can ask Li Dao to invite the Son of Heaven to put a captain of the Northern Army Huben and let the Zhang Quan brothers lead the troops. In addition, Hongnong suffered from a serious plague, and Hou Ye could ask Li Dao for more money and food. ”

Zhang Ji was afraid of his thighs after hearing this, "Okay, this proposal is good, this northern army is full of Li Guo's henchmen, this Captain Huben, plus your Hu Cavalry Captain Battalion, we have nearly thirty percent of the soldiers and horses." And my grandson really needs to have a good experience. In the future, I will follow you to learn more skills, so that the old man can worry about it. Li Dao should be able to agree to this, after all, he is using the reward of the Son of Heaven as his favor. However, if you want soldiers, horses, money and food, I am afraid that it will be difficult, I am afraid that he will verbally agree, and when the old man goes to Hongnong, he will not honor it. ”

Tian Jing said: "Just now I said that Yang Feng has more grain and grass, and this is what I meant, and only if Li Dao verbally agreed, we have a reason." When the old marquis arrives in Hongnong, Yang Feng pulls out, and the old marquis only needs to intercept his grain and grass. If Li Dao wants to ask you, just say that he is borrowing, see how he is? ”

Zhang Ji laughed when he heard it: "Okay, good!" Just what the doctor ordered. Come, drink. ”