Soon after Lu Fei ascended the throne, Cao Bin had already been assigned to Bazhou, but soon Lu Fei summoned him back, and Cao Bin returned to Bianjing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis matter is really not very eye-catching, because there are too many big officials and nobles in Bianjing, and Cao Bin, a military general like Cao Bin, who is not as good as a chicken, is not eye-catching.

However, Cao Bin was immediately summoned by the emperor in the Long Live Palace. A courtesy of a monarch and a minister, as well as the content of the debriefing on the scene. Lu Fei gave some gifts as a reward, which were nothing more than saddle scabbards and the like, which were actually not worth a few dollars, but because they were given by the emperor, they were more noble to wear.

As soon as the scene was over, Lu Fei stood up and left the throne.

Although Cao Bin couldn't look up, he could see Lu Fei leaving the table from the afterglow, and he was at a loss for a while...... I haven't thanked you yet.

At this time, Lu Fei said casually: "General Cao came to the inner hall and accompanied me to play a game of Go before leaving." ”

Cao Bin suddenly realized that he wanted to talk alone.

Gyeongbokgun Hall was originally a place for the emperor to rest nearby after working in the east hall, there were no cases and no officials on duty, and it was very clean.

Lu Fei sat on a soft couch and waited, pointed to the opposite position and said, "General Cao, sit down." ”

Cao Bin hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Thank the emperor for sitting." ”

Lu Fei stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful in the porcelain cup, and there was a "bang", and black chess pieces appeared inside. Lu Fei raised his head and smiled: "I don't have to be humble, to be honest, I only learned from Kou Zhun about playing Go, and now I am still a half-ass, so I don't know much." ”

Cao Bin hugged his fists and said: "The emperor's heart is in the world, not a small chessboard. ”

Lu Fei said: "General Cao is a Confucian general, and I am afraid that he is also quite accomplished in the game, so it will be easy to deal with me." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Cao Bin replied carefully. What the emperor meant, he played chess very badly, so Cao Bin didn't have to pay attention to chess, he could use his mind on other things?

Sure enough, Lu Fei soon stopped talking about playing chess, and asked with an empty chessboard: "What is the situation in the southwest?" ”

Cao Bin pondered for a moment and said: "The southwest is originally a place of 'China', and it was only because of war and division that the country was established for decades...... It's like a biological child, who has been raised for a while, and then brought back to raise it after a few years, as long as he doesn't move and breaks his leg, it doesn't take time to raise it. ”

Lu Fei was immediately happy: "I just knew that General Cao turned out to be a humorous person...... It's a person who talks very interestingly. ”

Cao Bin said: "Where the minister is rude, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”

Lu Fei didn't think so and ignored it, but his expression showed no sign of pulling down his face at all. He took the black chess piece and fell a piece, anyway, the first few moves have a fixed pattern regardless of the high hand or low hand, so there is no need to think about it.

Seeing this, Cao Bin also picked up the white seed and put one on the right side of his house.

Lu Fei said as if talking to himself: "There are some things that General Cao may not have heard about in the southwest recently. The imperial court is still too insufficient, first the military system of the government, but since the division of the feudal town a hundred years ago, the military system of the government has long been corrupted, and many troubles have been regained; Later, he discussed 'Xiangyong'. ”

Cao Bin listened and looked at the chessboard with his eyes.

Lu Fei continued: "The specific things have changed a bit. The soldiers of the township are registered first, regardless of their identity and occupation, and do not restrict their business and imperial examinations, and are usually appointed by the imperial court to be responsible for regular assessment and training, without military salaries and their own food; However, soldiers and their immediate family members are exempted from conscription, and they gather into an army in wartime, or go out to fight. Then the treasury shall allocate all the expenses of weapons, armor, horses, grain, etc., and reward meritorious deeds. ”

Cao Bin hugged his fists and said: "Weichen is courageous, so the morale of the generals will be higher, and it may be more useful than the previous village bravery; However, in contrast, the expenditure of the treasury will also increase. ”

Lu Fei said: "General Cao's words are pertinent. At that time, the edict will be issued, and it can also promise that the soldiers who fought for the country will be given preferential treatment in the imperial examination, business and other matters in the future. ”

Cao Bin said: "The emperor's move will open up the martial spirit of the world." ”

"General Cao is worthy of being a Confucian general, and his vision seems to be different from other generals." Lu Fei glanced at him and said, "Is General Cao interested in this matter?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Cao Bin was stunned for a moment, and said busily, "What does the minister mean is that he doesn't dare to pick and choose, the minister serves the emperor, the emperor commands, and the minister dares not to be dissatisfied?" ”

Lu Fei nodded after hearing this: "The Western Shu Kingdom is disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty, the previous Empress Zhou was in charge, and the Tang Dynasty was created, I once asked the Empress Zhou to make a decree to let the Western Shu come to Bianjing to congratulate, that Meng Xuanzhe must have been dizzy, and dared to despise my Tang Tianwei, if he didn't come, so I wanted to cut it down, and I needed 100,000 township warriors to build a southwest camp, all of which should be equipped with crossbows and firearms, and I wanted to pacify the southwest in one fell swoop." You don't have to take care of the military equipment, you take care of the soldiers; General Cao went back and thought about it, and came up with a method, what things and powers were needed, and let's take a look first. ”

Lu Fei also has another meaning under his words, that is, he does not trust the local generals of the Tang Dynasty in Bazhou, the reason is very simple, a few of these people are the ones who wrote to the court that day to give them 'listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement', these people believe that they have soldiers in their hands, and they are in the border town of the Tang Dynasty, so they think they can blackmail the court, Lu Fei now has the right to have soldiers and guns, I am afraid of you.

Cao Bin glared and said, "How can the minister be ......?"

Lu Fei said quietly: "If you do a good job, you will have virtue and ability, 100,000 troops, no matter what kind of soldier it is, the level of the main general will not be low." ”

Cao Bin hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't dare to ...... The ministers only have to try their best to do the emperor's errands, and they will not hesitate! ”

He said as his face turned red.

Lu Fei has a lot of generals who can fight well, I'm afraid Cao Bin himself didn't expect such an opportunity to be reused to fall on his head, he looked very surprised and excited.

Lu Fei looked at him, muttering in his heart that he hoped he hadn't seen the wrong person.

Cao Bin has won many battles and lost many battles, and he is a person who can take on a big responsibility, which is one of the reasons why Lu Fei reactivated him, in addition, both of them understand how they met, and there will always be an insoluble knot in their hearts, especially Cao Bin, he thought that Lu Fei called the emperor his own death, but it was just a distribution, and now look at it, the emperor really repaid his grievances with virtue.

can get such appreciation and relief from the emperor, Cao Bin is the only one who swears to repay the king's kindness.

Lu Fei felt that an army like Xiang Yong, which had very poor individual combat effectiveness, needed this kind of steady and steady military general in order to play its due value...... A brave military general who can use clever tactics may not be able to do such a thing.

Lu Fei didn't say anything literary, and said directly: "Do a good job." But his eyes were full of anticipation and high hope.

Cao Bin bowed again, and his voice was a little out of shape: "The emperor is gracious, although Weichen is full of liver and brain, it is difficult to repay it!" ”

Lu Fei smiled and said nothing, in fact, this matter was just a two-way choice in his opinion, he gave him a chance, but at the same time, he also needed that person, sometimes he couldn't even find it, and he had no choice...... If you really want to get it done! If you don't care about the result, then of course the emperor will use whoever he wants. Cao Bin conquered Jiangnan, and he also had experience in the southwest, because after he had conquered the Jiangnan states for the Great Song Dynasty, he wanted to continue to take advantage of the victory to go down to the southwest Shu Kingdom, but he didn't expect that the Liao army suddenly invaded Yanmen, and the emperor of the Zhao family had to order Cao Bin to be a teacher.

At the end of the game, the black and white sides were evenly divided, and it seemed that this game of chess ended in a draw, but with Lu Fei's rotten chess skills to the extreme, he should not survive for a moment under Cao Bin's layout, but now it is a draw.

Lu Feiwen smiled and pointed to the chessboard and said, "If I compare this chessboard to the urn city of Jiangling City back then, how does Cao Aiqing feel?" ”

Suddenly, Cao Bin was sweating profusely, and suddenly fell to the ground: "Weichen is ashamed, please ask the emperor to give the minister a death." ”

"Get up, what I want to say is that you failed to kill me back then is your greatest feat, just as you deliberately did not win me today, you are afraid of me in your heart, and fear is also a manifestation of loyalty, they all say that the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, I am the son of heaven, I am the sea and rivers, and can tolerate things that ordinary people can't tolerate, I am not the kind of person with a small belly, before you and I were our own masters, it has nothing to do with right or wrong, at present you can be a good courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, today I believe that you Cao Bin can also be a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, do you say yes, Cao Aiqing?"

Cao Bin fell on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The emperor is the true dragon of heaven, and the ...... of Weichen" He couldn't go on, and the old tears were rampant.

The best way to deal with the enemy is not to get rid of him, but to let him prostrate himself in front of him, and obey his words, which is hearty.

...

After Cao Bin left, Lu Fei sat in the study for a while, then got up and walked out of the east hall, standing behind the railing on the pedestal. Occasionally, officials and palace people passed by below, and found that the emperor stood on it and stopped and bowed, and Lu Fei ignored them, and then they bent over and walked by.

Lu Fei secretly exhaled a long breath and looked at the scenery in the imperial city. At this time, what I want to do cannot be completed immediately, and I feel a feeling of depression in my chest.

In the past, he thought that the emperor was rich all over the world, and if he sat on the throne, everything would be inexhaustible and free to sway; But that's not the case, he now feels that he lacks everything, lack of money, lack of food, and lack of soldiers, so he has to think about how much strength he has and endure it...... The Northern Expedition to Youzhou was unsuccessful, and my heart was blocked for a long time, I could have obtained so much territory, and sixteen states have large plains with good climate, which means a lot of resources and great prestige! Greedy, possessive, and can't be swept away.

Lu Fei came out to distract himself and calm his mind. However, the situation in front of me has made more clues come to mind.

The pattern of the previous dynasty of the imperial city, similar to a "Hui" word, there are left Taihe gates, right Taihe doors on both sides of the long live hall, there are buildings such as Guangzheng Hall and Ziyun Hall outside the east and west gates, and there are official offices of the yamen such as the government hall, the Privy Council, the Hanlin Academy, and the temples.

Seeing those houses with heavy eaves, Lu Fei couldn't help but wonder if those officials were helping to manage the country and what they were doing, but he had a way, and he had to have a large number of people to maintain the operation of the imperial court, and Lu Fei could only hope that they would do their best!

The pieces of music received every day can only reflect the most rough approximate situation, and in fact, every yamen and every place has countless cases, rules, and ways of doing things...... And each heart is the same, and no one knows what people really want and what their hearts are. Lu Fei didn't want to figure it out alone, he only had so much time and energy every day.

Lu Fei stood for a while, then returned to the study, took the unfinished piece to read, and approved it.

"The desert is composed of countless small grains of sand", this way of thinking, Lu Fei was a little powerless at this time.

Unconsciously, the bell and drum of "Knock ......" rang, and all the officials dispersed, and Lu Fei also stopped what he was doing and left the Long Live Palace.

Today's mood is not very good, and there are more things to do, and his face showed tiredness when he left the Hall of Long Life.

Lu Fei went straight to the Empress Kunning Palace's dormitory, and decided to sleep here that night. In this huge palace, there are many women, but Lu Fei's wife is actually only one, that is, the queen does not hide black clouds, and his eldest son Lu Chen, whose name is taken by Lu Fei, as the eldest son of the emperor, it is very likely to inherit the throne, and the word Chen is relatively remote, which is because I think that if the people want to avoid it, there is a lot less trouble.

didn't hide Heiyun, so he naturally took his son to see the ceremony, taught Lu Chen to call his father, and taught him the etiquette. This child is ten months old, he just knows how to walk, he is very active and lively, he is not good at talking, and he can't teach for a long time, so Lu Fei will watch the palace maid feed him porridge and tease him. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Lu Chen to feel uncomfortable, so he kicked his hands and feet there, and cried loudly, frightening the palace woman to kneel and beg for mercy.

Wuzang Heiyun frowned and said, "Is it a hot child?" ”

The palace maid said: "How dare the slave maid, I will taste it myself before feeding it to His Royal Highness......"

Lu Fei couldn't help but say: "Get up, you have taken care of it carefully enough, Emperor Lao Tzu is a good man, my son is so precious." ”

The palace maid was greatly moved when she heard this, and kept kowtowing and thanking her.

He didn't hide the black cloud but was a little unhappy, and Lu Fei saw it, and Lu Fei said: "Don't worry too much about small things, as long as the child is not sick, don't worry too much." ”

didn't hide the black cloud and said: "My own son, how can I not worry about it." The last time he was hot, vomiting and diarrhea, it didn't freak me out, and I couldn't sleep for a few days. The emperor rarely comes to me, I am very scared, Chen'er really wants to have three long and two short, how can I explain when the emperor comes......"

Lu Fei sighed and said kindly: "It's really hard for you, you are all worried about the children, alas." ”

didn't hide the black cloud, then he said: "The husband is the emperor, there are big things to do, and the concubine should take care of the children." ”

Lu Fei plucked up his energy from exhaustion and said a few words of relief seriously. At this time, he didn't hide the black cloud and went to explain to the palace maid and asked her to let Chen'er eat a small bowl of porridge.

Lu Fei found that there were a lot of things to take care of a child, and he couldn't leave anyone at all, and he also cared too much about it.

Lu Fei looked at the lively child, thinking in his heart that when he was too old to walk or if there was any accident, he needed someone to take over everything and deal with the aftermath, and his son was undoubtedly the best choice; If he is a truly filial son, he will think about it even more...... Birth, old age, sickness and death, and when you are weak, you also have to rely on specific people.

Thinking of this, Lu Fei lowered his face and said, "The queen can't get used to him too much, and she can't let him develop the habit of having whatever he wants since he was a child......

He didn't hide the black cloud and said: "Your Majesty, he's still so young, don't you give him enough food when he's hungry?" ”

Lu Fei said: "I'm afraid that you spoil the child too much." ”

didn't hide the black cloud and said aggrievedly: "The concubine knows that it's wrong." ”

Lu Fei was indeed a little worried in his heart, for fear that the boy would not succeed without hiding the black clouds. Probably people have some worries about the unknown...... It should be thinking too much, maybe Lu Chen will grow up to be sensible and reasonable.

He has a very different mentality from those who don't hide the black clouds, Lu Fei is worried that he will not teach well, and he doesn't hide the black clouds because he thinks that her son is good at everything, and he is the best child in the world, which may be the difference between men and women.

The two of them theorized for a while, and talked about trivial things for a while, all about children.

After he gave birth to a child, he put all his thoughts on Lu Chen, probably motherhood? Perhaps for women, the most reliable thing is indeed the son.

Lu Fei was a little tired at this time, and she yawned a few times during this time, but she didn't notice it. In the past, Lu Fei and her shared memories and the little bits and pieces they got along with each other have become irrelevant and out of place at this time, after all, there are more important things to worry about. Lu Fei naturally didn't blame her, maybe those subtle beauties were too light.

He straightened his mind, waited for dinner, and then stayed with him for the night...... A good night's sleep may be gone, and tomorrow morning you'll be refreshed. However, Lu Fei did have an intuition at this time that he had lost his fun and only had life left.

At this moment, he didn't hide Heiyun and complained: "The palace maid just now, I used to think that she was very safe and meticulous by my side, and she was relieved to handle everything inside and outside the house, and she did it very well; That's why I asked her to help take care of Chen'er. But somehow, she's so messy about everything now, and she can't satisfy me......"

Lu Fei said casually: "That's because you don't trust her." ”

Didn't hide Heiyun said: "If I didn't trust Li Erniang, I wouldn't have asked her to do such an important thing." ”

Lu Fei couldn't hold back and said, "It's because you don't believe her that you worry about watching it all the time." ”

Wuzang Heiyun frowned and said, "Then what should I do?" ”

Lu Fei was speechless, according to him, it was difficult for others to do a good job without giving them real power. However, if the child does not hide black clouds, I am afraid that she will not be able to trust who to take care of.

He pondered for a moment, and then said: "Sometimes the more you are wary of others, the more you feel that the other party is wrong, be relieved, there is no shortage of bad people in this world, but there are always more good people than bad people, believe in others, and also believe in yourself, compare your heart to your heart, hmm...... Sometimes if you don't think about it from the other side's point of view, you will find a lot of unexpected gains. ”

He nodded as if he didn't understand, and said softly: "I don't understand what my husband said, but I listen to you!" ”

When Lu Fei heard this, something flashed in his mind, and he remembered the incident of "Xiangyong".

He felt that this matter had to be done well, and he couldn't be too critical of Cao Bin, otherwise he would have no clue...... Sometimes, although the superior is out of concern, if he interferes in everything, it may be counterproductive.

However, does Pan Mei really have the ability and determination to do big things well?

Lu Fei paced back and forth in place, unconsciously putting his hands behind his back.

The voice that didn't hide the black cloud said: "Husband, ......"

Lu Fei came back to his senses and turned his head to look at her. didn't hide the black cloud and said: "The husband is talking to me about this, what did you think of?" ”

Lu Fei said: "The matter of the court." ”

Wuzang Heiyun looked at his face: "Is it important?" ”

Lu Fei nodded and said, "The biggest thing lately!" I fell in love with a man and wanted him to help me assemble a battalion of 100,000 horses. Originally, it was intended that I and the Privy Council would decide on the specific policy, and then leave it to him. However, it occurred to me just now that this may not be the right solution.

I can change the way I want him, give him the result I want, and then meet the conditions he needs. then delegated power to let him do it, and made a promise of a real reward; If you can't do it, you can't ask for ......"

When he said this, he found that he was not hiding the black cloud and looked a little interested, so he stopped talking about it at the moment.

People are really wonderful, they are both women, Zhou Wei is completely different from those who don't hide the black clouds, and they can't shake off the shadow of a woman at home without hiding it, but Zhou Wei can calmly swap between the two worlds of different identities of the prisoner and the queen.

But fortunately, there is Zhou Wei, otherwise there is no black cloud, and this queen may not be able to control the huge harem. If she encounters a crisis situation, Lu Fei feels that she is even more helpless, her method is nothing more than killing, a proper grassland style of the jungle.

Lu Fei stopped the topic and said softly: "Empress Zhou also lives in the Baoci Palace, if you have anything to do, take Lu Chen to her to walk around and talk to her, and when I am not there, you can listen to her advice." ”

Wuzang Heiyun looked at him thoughtfully and said, "What do you mean by this...... She is the queen mother, not the queen, me, I am the queen......"

Lu Fei was speechless, and only after a long time did he say: "Heh, I, I made a mistake for a while, and I made a mistake." But soon Lu Fei changed the topic and said: "I heard Wang Fang say that you and Empress Dowager Zhou are sisters, and you are still called sisters in private?" ”

Heiyun was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood, and said gloomily: "I know that you and her are sooner or later, and the paper will always be pierced, not to mention that no one in this palace thinks she is the queen mother...... Your Majesty, doesn't the emperor often go to her to stay overnight? ”

Lu Fei was speechless and smiled awkwardly.