Chapter 242: Good Birds Choose Trees to Perch

The young one's eyes straightened when he heard the white-flour steamed buns, what a good thing this is, he has never eaten it, even the landlords in the village usually only drink corn paste, and the whole village is poor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 He said excitedly, "Really? Third brother, let's go, okay, you can take us there. The third brother didn't seem to be interested, and said to them: "Our family is in Guanzhong, if it is known that a few of us went over there to earn money, we will definitely come back and have no good fruit to eat, don't think nonsense, just follow me to carry the stones, let's sleep, and we will get up early tomorrow." ”

The old man in the middle was unhappy and said: "We ordinary people can't live anymore, when did they take care of us when they were officials, I am the only one left in the family anyway, my father and mother have long starved to death, I don't care, tomorrow I will find an opportunity to inquire, and then with those who go out to make money." The younger one was very envious, so he also said to the middle of the age: "Take me, I also want to go over there to see, they all say that the days over there are very good." ”

The eldest said angrily: "You just talk nonsense, one day he will sell you kid and you don't know!" The one in the middle of the age was a little angry and said unhappily: "Third brother, what are you talking about, why did I sell my brother?" I don't like to hear that. Sun Desheng on the side listened to them living for a long time in vain, and he was also a little impatient at this time, and deliberately coughed and said: "I can't sleep anymore, I can't play anymore." ”

The three of them all turned their heads to look over and found that Sun Desheng was still wearing a steel knife with him, and they were very scared, so they stopped making a sound and slept with their heads bored. Sun Desheng thought about the conversation between the three of them, and felt that he had nowhere to go anyway now, so it was better to go through Tongguan and go to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, in case he could find a good way to live, he would no longer have to hide in Tibet.

Martial arts survive in troubled times, you say it is easy and easy, but if you want to say that it is difficult, it is also very difficult, depending on how much level you have, the key is to meet a good master and a good arrangement, you will be easy to soar. A half-witted man like Sun Desheng is indeed difficult to mix in the Western Wei Dynasty, but in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, because the overall strength is stronger than that of the other side, his pressure will be much lighter, so it will be easier to live a better life.

Liu Wenzhou followed Li Bi back to Liangzhou, and within two days, Yuwenhu's edict came, sternly asking him why he left his post without permission and returned to Liangzhou without authorization. Regarding these things, Li Bi can only pretend to be deaf and dumb now, and casually write a reply letter to perfunctory Yuwen Protection. His attention was on the land of Bashu at the moment. Qizhou is located in Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai, which is a wilderness and remote place, and it is difficult to gather a large army. But this is difficult to **** Bi, he borrowed two thousand cavalry from Hou Mo Chen Chong, although he said that he borrowed it, but Hou Mo Chen Chong did not ask him for money at all.

There are still such good things in the world, and you can work for others for free, you think too much. People have long been eyeing the fat of Bashu. But Hou Mo Chen Chong is a thoughtful person, and he can't easily expose his true thoughts, he wants Li Bi to open a passage to Bashu for himself, and reap the benefits of the fisherman himself.

Li Bi is not so stupid, he and Hou Mo Chen Chong made it very clear from the beginning that it is okay to divide the money and food, but it is not okay to divide the territory. Hou Mo Chen Chong's territory is separated by a Qizhou, plus there are also the elbows of surrounding forces such as Yuan Xin, Yu Wenliu, Yu Wen Dao, Yang Zhong, etc., he is not very worried about Hou Mo Chen Chong. Li Yao's army has been confronting Tuyuhun's forces in Wudu Town, but since Li Bi's return, the Wei army's morale has been greatly boosted, and they have won several battles in succession, and the army's morale has stabilized, and then it is the matter of preparing to attack Bashu.

On the outskirts of Lucheng in East Qinzhou, a very luxurious manor is holding a feast at the moment, the owner of this Zhuangzi is the thorn history master Gao Bin here, this person is over forty years old, born with kind eyebrows and good eyes, and has a calm personality and loves to read, he can do a term of feudal officials from the Western Wei Dynasty, the general of the Zhu State, which has considerable strength.

Since Yuwentai's death, he returned to his post in Eastern Qinzhou and no longer lived in the capital Chang'an. Occasionally, Yuwen Hu also sent some official documents to ask him what he meant, with Gao Bin's qualifications, he should have been in Chang'an Tiger Leaping Dragon Residence, why did he choose to live in seclusion and no longer participate in the audience's power struggle, in fact, he has long been disgusted by the despicable behavior of these people who go their own way and want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a big deal.

As the saying goes, the trees want to stop and the wind is not quiet, and Gaobin wants to live a peaceful and secluded life, but the power struggle that swells in the dark tide pulls him into the center of the whirlpool all the time. Han Xiong, who represented the pro-Yuwentai forces, pulled him, Yuan Xin, who represented the emperor's forces, also wooed him, and Dugu Xin, who was anti-Yuwentai forces, also visited him in person. These people are trying to win his support.

The eight pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty left by Yuwentai before his death were willing to let them unite with each other to defend Yuwenliu, but they didn't expect it to evolve into a drama of fighting secretly with each other, which is probably not even expected by Yuwentai himself. When he was alive, because of his control and deterrence of force in Guanzhong, the powerful snakes in Guanlong surrendered one after another, and now that the strongman is dead, the clowns below can't bear it, and they all want you to sing and I will appear on stage to perform an imperial dream.

Gao Bin at this time is full of friends, guests come and go, no less than when he served in Chang'an, the so-called poor in the downtown no one asks, rich in the mountains have distant relatives, his court if the city just reflects the uncertainty of the political situation in the Western Wei Dynasty at the moment, Gao Bin for the guests under the door is not refused, as long as you have a skill, he is recruited to raise under his command. This also reflects his desire to compare himself to the four sons of the Warring States. There were 3,000 diners at the door.

Today in this Zhuangzi is just to hold a memorial to the ancestors, the outing of the Shangsi Festival cocktail party, Gao Bin will be a lot of celebrities in the state and the elite of the door guests are gathered together, everyone happily drinks and chats and listens to songs and dances, such a good day is not much, you must know that the Western Wei Dynasty has been fighting for many years, the people are living very hard, usually don't talk about the festival, even when it comes to the New Year, there may not be a day of rest, but also to celebrate, it is simply a fool's dream.

However, because the Yellow River flows through the territory of East Qinzhou under the governance of Gao Bin, there are abundant grains all year round, and it is a famous granary in the Hetao area. Especially in the last two years, because of the reduction of military service and conscription, the people in the state have had a little easier life than in previous years. As a result, celebrations and sacrifices flourished.

Looking at the spring in the garden, the guests and concubines were very happy, Gao Bin picked up the wine glass with great interest to write a poem, and the people in the audience who held stinky feet cheered one after another, this is a small guy who came close and whispered in his ear, only to see that his face changed slightly, but then returned to normal and said: "Everyone eat and drink well, the old man will come when he goes." With that, he walked to the latrine on the side. Everyone thought that Gao Bin was too drunk and wanted to go to the toilet.

Coming to the corner of the cloister, he didn't go to the latrine, but went directly to a secluded and quiet hut in the backyard. The door to the hut was hidden, and it seemed that someone was waiting inside. Gao Bin asked the little maid to wait at the door, and he laughed and pushed open the door and walked in, a tall and powerful middle-aged man inside was already waiting, and then he also got up and smiled: "Haha, long time no see, beautiful bearded man." ”

It turned out that this Gaobin liked to have a long beard and learn from Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, so his colleagues who were good friends with him gave him a nickname: Bearded Prince. There are not many people who know this nickname, only the best people know, of course, there are also a few friends who worked together under Er Zhurong's account in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Gao Bin happily stroked his beautiful beard and laughed very happily: "Hello, my brother Heba." ”

It turned out that this middle-aged man was Gao Huan's sworn brother He Batsheng, so how could he be in the Eastern Qinzhou of the Western Wei Dynasty, this has to start with Gao Huan's cutting off of Yuanhong's forces, Gao Huan knew from Qingluo's intelligence that the Western Wei Dynasty was very unstable internally at the moment, and all parties were wrestling for power, so he also wanted to take the opportunity to come in and fish in troubled waters to see if he could win over one or two generals of the Zhu Kingdom, and after discussing with Yang Kan, he found that only this Gao Bin was the most suitable, why? Gao Bin came out of the same ancestor as himself, and he was not reused by Yuwen Hu, and he has been depressed, at this time, if Gao Huan goes up to offer hospitality, many things will take a turn for the better.

Relying on He Batsheng's old friendship with Gao Bin, and the friendship with Gao Huan, Gao Huan still has great expectations for the results of the rebellion. But what did Gobin think in his own heart? In fact, he was still reluctant to defect to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, because his son was the emperor's servant, and his daughter was the daughter-in-law of the Yuwen family (Yuwen Dao's wife), and most of the descendants and grandchildren of the clan were also from the Western Wei court.

But this is not the point of the problem, the most important part of the problem is that the Eastern Wei has begun to prepare a military attack on the Western Wei, and this time it is with the power of thunder to annihilate the Western Wei in one fell swoop. He Batsheng didn't want to see his old friend shattered like this, so he wanted to win him over even more. This time, he came over without fear of hardships and dangers to persuade him to return to Gao Huan.

"How's it going, how have you been doing over there all these years?" Gao Bin played with the tea lid with one hand and asked indifferently. He Batsheng smiled and said: "What's the difference between good and bad, isn't it all about giving people their lives." Gao Bin asked curiously: "I heard that you and that Gao Huan are brothers, so he didn't give you any benefits or take care of you?" He Batsheng said: "I didn't rely on others to take care of me to survive, you should know this." But the so-called good birds choose trees to perch. I can't tell when a sweet-blooded person like us will be in a different place. Only finding a master who is worthy of entrusting the aftermath is the safest. ”

Gao Bin lowered his head to the teacup, looked at the tea leaves inside and asked, "According to what you say, is Gao Huan a person worthy of trust?" He Batsheng said very sincerely: "Although this person does not dare to say that he is an ancient sage, but at least he is a moral person, treats his subordinates and colleagues equally, rewards and punishments are clear, and treats the people with leniency and benevolence, so although the country has been at war for many years under his governance, it is internally united, and the people can be regarded as living and working in peace and contentment." ”

Gao Bin knows some of the policies of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and some of them are indeed very good and advanced internal policies worthy of learning from the Western Wei Dynasty, but unfortunately, Yuwentai and Yuwen Hu are not people who are willing to accept innovation, and they have always continued the mechanism of corruption and sluggishness in the Northern Wei Dynasty, resulting in the Western Wei Dynasty actually still following the old path of its predecessors, and there is no improvement at all. This is also the reason why Western Wei has always been at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Gao Bin still has a little admiration for Gao Huan in his heart, but he is unwilling to go to the past so easily, because he can't make some decisions as he wants. He Batsheng looked at him and said very seriously: "In my opinion, this preparation is unprecedented, maybe it is really time for the reunification of the country, I don't want you and your family to be affected, so make a decision early, the general trend of the world is inevitable, and it is not something that we can personally stop." ”

Gao Bin lowered his head and pondered, what He Batsheng said is indeed very reasonable, if God wants to help others, it must be the right time and place and people will be given to each other, and the timing will also play a beneficial role. Gao Huan eradicated the domestic dissidents, even the emperor was controlled by him, and the entire Eastern Wei Dynasty was completely in his hands, and what was even more worrying was that the Western Wei Dynasty after Yuwentai's death was in a mess, everyone had their own little abacus, completely ignoring the comfort of the country, Yuwenliu was still a child, completely controlled by his uncle Yuwenhu.

Yuwen Hu has a few pounds and a few taels he fully knows, in the early years Yuwentai put him under his command to exercise, this person is scheming and busy intriguing with the generals in the camp every day, but he has not grown at all in personal ability, all day long before and after the pretense, unscrupulous nonsense in the barracks, Gao Bin returned him to Yuwentai after many times of persuasion, from the Department of Yuwen Hu heart to hate him, now Yuwen Hu is on the throne, but this person is careful, and still remembers the original feud, although on the surface he is very respectful, But he no longer reuses him, and the distance between the two is even farther away. (To be continued.) )