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Wei Zheng said: "Lord, I want to ask you one thing, is the prince really the kind of person who has one thing in front of him and one thing behind his back, the world is talking about the prince Lixian corporal and being close to the literati, if it is said that out of fear of the power of the Yue Guogong, he will get rid of it after coming to power, this is nothing, but is his nature really as evil as you said?" As a minister, the first thing we have to do is to consider supporting the king, and we can use some tricks and tricks when seizing the throne, but now that the overall situation has been decided, can't we do the right path of the courtiers? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Xuancheng, you really don't know the true face of the prince, I will tell you a few things and you will know what kind of person this is." So Wang Shichong lowered his voice, and said that Yang Guang wanted to snatch Zhang Lihua when he killed Chen, acted in front of Queen Dugu for ten years, designed to frame Yang Guang and Yang Xiu, and even mentioned the cat ghost case and the witch Gu case, Wei Zheng, who had always been calm and calm, was also dumbfounded, and cold sweat was dripping.

It wasn't until Wang Shichong finished speaking that Wei Zheng sighed: "I can't imagine that under the gentle and modest appearance of the prince, he is so like a snake and scorpion, if my Great Sui Jiangshan falls into the hands of this person, the world is bound to be in chaos." ”

Wang Shichong himself talked about these things about Yang Guang for many years, and the more he talked, the more scared he became, and the more he talked, the heavier he became, he paused, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all: "Xuancheng, do you think that when I encounter such a king, I should still be a loyal minister and give advice?" ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "If this person really suppresses his personality like this, it will all be the throne." Once he loses the control of his father, he will definitely be poor and extravagant, and poison the world. If he overhauls the palace internally and wags war externally, it will make the people in the world boiling, even if he can quickly defeat the king of Han and get the world, I am afraid it will not be the blessing of all the people. ”

"And no dull king or tyrant will listen to the advice of the contrary. To give advice to such a person is tantamount to self-defeat, in addition to leaving a good reputation in the history books. Nothing. The lord must not be such a foolish man. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Is there anything good about Xuancheng?" ”

Wei Zheng thought for a moment: "If this is the case, you should make friends with heroes, buy people's hearts, and prepare for the future." If His Majesty died within these two years. The king of Han is bound to rise up and seize the throne. But he has no righteous name, he lacks good generals to lead the troops, and he does not have the hearts of the Kwantung scholars, he will definitely be defeated, and the lord must not bet on the king of Han. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "This is natural, I want to ask the King of Han what to do after the defeat of the army and the crown prince sits on the throne?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "The lord's approach is nothing more than two kinds. One is to do what he likes, if the prince is this kind of faint king. Then what he needs after ascending the throne is not loyal ministers and capable ministers, but traitorous people, to build a magnificent palace for him, but also to select the world's beauties for him, the lord is rich in the world, it is not too difficult to do these two things, as long as he can be happy, then knowing his secrets of seizing the throne before will not become your capital crime. ”

"The second kind is to retreat bravely, secretly befriend heroes and heroes, in order to wait for the change of the world, the Great Sui has a strong national strength, but also because of the population surge, the past 20 years from more than 3 million households in the Northern Weekend to 9 million households, in fact, there is a hidden crisis under the strong appearance, when the high servant shot to formulate the uniform field system, to each adult male 80 acres of public land, 20 acres of Yongye field, in some places has been unsustainable, but these years of wind and rain have been smooth, plus there is no major war with the outside world, It doesn't seem like the contradiction is so sharp. ”

"Because the emperor advocates frugality today, officials at all levels do not dare to be too ostentatious, so it can be called a prosperous age, but if the lord is poor and extravagant, then the powerful family will definitely compare with each other, crazy wealth, embezzle people's land, plus the Daxing palace needs to serve the people of the world, when the time comes, the people's resentment will boil, the Kanto area is not too peaceful, if the Han King really raises troops, here will definitely be increased to suppress and control, and finally the heroes here will be unbearable to oppression, will only rise up."

"According to my Great Sui law, there are no government soldiers in the land of Kanto, if you want to suppress it, you must draw troops from Guanzhong and other places, send generals to fight, and the lord can take the opportunity to take charge of the army at that time, while exterminating the civil uprisings in various places, while observing the situation, taking the opportunity to strengthen his own power, once the time is ripe, he can raise troops to replace him!"

When Wei Zheng said this, although his voice was very low, every word was sonorous and powerful, with his resolute expression and the cold glow that flashed in his eyes from time to time, Wang Shichong was also surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that under Wei Zheng's thin appearance, there was such a resolute and decisive heart.

Wang Shichong said in a low voice: "What does Xuan Cheng mean when the time is ripe? The military strength of the Great Sui is so strong and the martial arts are prosperous, you should also know that how can it really shake the foundation of the Great Sui when it becomes a people's army? When the Jiangnan was in turmoil, the land of Sanwu rebelled almost overnight, but as soon as the garrison of the Great Sui Jiangbei arrived, it was easily pacified. ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "The rebellion in Jiangnan back then was just a remnant of the Chen State in Jiangnan, who was unwilling to accept the rule of the Sui Dynasty for a while, and did not want his family's privileges in the Southern Dynasty for hundreds of years to be deprived, but instigated his own Zhuangke tenants to carry out a limited scale of rebellion. ”

"But if the emperor is in power and abuses the people's power, it will not only damage the interests of the people and scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, if the people of the world are suffering from tyranny, then thieves from all over the country will definitely flock up, just like the Yellow Turban Uprising in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was shaken, and the army was transferred to suppress it, and the people in the original garrison of the army may also rebel, and the main army of the Great Sui will be like firefighters, tired all day long, the so-called people's hearts are lost, and the mandate of heaven has been moved, which refers to this situation."

Wang Shichong shook his head: "I'm afraid the situation won't be so bad, the Jiangnan Rebellion is also a big rebellion in dozens of states and counties in the entire southeast." It took less than half a year to be completely pacified, and a small number of bandits who occupied the mountain as kings only recruited Zhuang Ding tribes by themselves in the middle clans and Haoqiang in various places. It can be wiped out, and maybe even the army of the imperial court will not need to be dispatched. ”

Wei Zheng slapped his thigh suddenly: "If the imperial court sends troops to extinguish the bandits everywhere, it is okay, at least there is the possibility of quickly quelling the rebellion and stabilizing the situation, but as long as the local clans are allowed to recruit troops on their own, then Wei is sure." The Great Sui will perish!"

Wang Shichong said "oh": "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "It's hard to say other places, this place of Shandong and Hebei turned out to be the hometown of Northern Qi. There are many green forests and horses, and the people are strong, and in order to prevent the formation of a strong force here, the imperial court does not even allow the government to save the soldiers here. And from the Northern Zhou to the Great Sui. Few people from here can hold high positions in the imperial court, not because they are not talented, but because the Great Sui has always paid too much attention to the great families who were born in Guanzhong. ”

"For example, just like Fang Yanqian, a famous scholar in Qingzhou, is also a well-known scholar in Qidi, and his famous work is in the world, after the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he once persuaded the former Northern Qi guards who occupied the state and county to surrender to the Great Sui as a local county, but the Sui family did not requisition this person for many years. It wasn't until the fifteenth year of the emperor's reign that he was allowed to enter the court as an eight-grade Zhongxian order. ”

"Fang Yanqian is not only famous, but also has an excellent ability to actually handle government affairs. In the two assessments of magistrates in various parts of the world, the political performance is the first in the country, but it is also not allowed to be promoted, and now it is just an eight-grade inspection of the imperial history, lord, if you say that the world is unfair, suppress and discriminate, I think this Fang Yanqian is even more unfair than what you have encountered. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "I have also heard about the Fang County Order, which is indeed a pity, but it is said that it is because his influence in Qi is too great, and he has done a lot of work in Northern Qi before, so he is not allowed to be reused, and the assassin history and long history at the level of Great Sui Prefecture, Sima and other official positions are often reserved for the descendants of meritorious families, and it is indeed difficult for outsiders to enter this system." ”

Wei Zheng said: "I'm just giving an example, a big talent like Fang Gong is treated like this, not to mention other families in Qidi, super families like Wushi Qiwang, as long as they don't move into Guanzhong early, they are all not doing well, such as Fan Yang Lu's super family, a few years ago, they were humiliated at will by Yan Rong, a rude martial artist, so the family here in Kanto, no matter how big or small, has a deep resentment, once they have the legal power to take charge of their own troops and suppress bandits and quell the rebellion, then I'm sure, It will set off a monstrous wave ten times greater than the Jiangnan Rebellion that year, and the Kanto Rebellion is enough to bury the entire Great Sui. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Then if the King of Han raises troops, won't these heroes of the Kanto clan respond to the situation?" ”

Wei Zheng smiled and shook his head: "The Sui family has been constantly suppressing Shandong in the hometown of the Northern Qi Dynasty since the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it has been more than 30 years. That is, the scale of the family property of 100 acres and the scale of dozens of servants, the livelihood is naturally not worried, but if you want to confront the government, it is absolutely impossible. ”

"So the Han King raised troops, because this is the Yang family's civil war, and it should not last too long, so few people in the Kanto family have the ability and willingness to participate, so there is only one possibility for them to get into trouble, that is, the world is in chaos, the Kwantung thieves are swarming, and the court is unable to send troops to recruit and suppress, and let these families recruit their own troops to fight the thieves, just like the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the powerful families accumulated their own strength in the process of pacifying the thieves, and finally formed all kinds of candidates, and in the end, the court found that the thieves had been destroyed, But the heroes from all walks of life reunited and began to compete for the world. ”

Wang Shichong let out a sigh of relief: "Mr. is clever, Wang really admires it." So according to the gentleman, which path should I choose? ”

Wei Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "If the lord takes the first path, he will tie his fate to the crown prince, and his reputation will not be good, even if he wants to stand on his own feet in the future, he will bear the name of a traitor, but the advantage is that he can survive the period before the world chaos relatively peacefully." ”

"If you choose the second path, the advantage is that you can cut off the relationship with the prince as much as possible. In the future, if he does not become a faint monarch and does not come to trouble the lord, the lord can naturally start a business in the people with peace of mind. If you can wait until the time of the chaos in the world, with the money and popularity of the lord, take advantage of the situation, you can also compete in the world and become a hegemon. ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Xuancheng, you didn't say it." I know the pros and cons of both paths, and I'm asking which one do you think I should choose? ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Lord, I'm just a strategist." The role of the strategist is to analyze all kinds of possibilities and propose various paths, and as for how to choose in the end, it depends on the decisive power of the lord. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "You said very well. I'll tell you one more thing. Since the death of Queen Dugu, the emperor has completely lost his restraints, he has drunk excessively every night, and his body has collapsed, and now he is relying on eating the red pill aphrodisiac refined by Fang Shi to support it, and it can't last for a few years, so we have to prepare as early as possible, what you said. I also have to think about it carefully, after the emperor returns to heaven. King Han is basically bound to rebel, and when the time comes, let's see the results of his rebellion this time. ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "The lord is wise, while arranging the situation, he is prepared with both hands, so that he can be prepared, Wei is not talented, he is willing to stay in Hebei, and try to recruit the heroes of Kanto for the lord." ”

Wang Shichong was overjoyed: "Really? That's great, it's just the land of Kanto, what kind of heroes are there, can you recommend some of Xuancheng? Are these people willing to come to me? ”

Wei Zheng had already made up his mind, and said unhurriedly: "Kanto has always been a gathering place for Han families, maybe the military generals are not as good as Guan Long's Hu group, but when it comes to literary talents and strategists, there is no shortage at all. ”

"The aforementioned Zhangqiu Fang Yanqian, is a famous man in the Kanto region, Fang Yanqian's ancestral home is Qinghe, when the five chaos of China, Xianbei Murong entered the Central Plains, established the former Yan Empire, Fang Yanqian's ancestor became an official in the former Yan Dynasty, and later the Yan State was defeated by Tuoba Xianbei, and the remaining clans and clansmen established the Southern Yan in Qingzhou (now Shandong) and the Northern Yan in Liaodong. The ancestors of the Fang family also followed to Qingzhou, and settled there since then, becoming a famous family in Qingzhou, and have been officials for generations.

Southern Yan was later destroyed by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and with Liu Yu Dynasty Jin, it became the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty, and later the Northern Wei Dynasty seized Qingzhou, and when the Northern Wei split into the Eastern and Western Wei, and then became the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, Qingzhou returned to the Northern Qi.

When Fang Yanqian was born, it was during the Northern Qi Dynasty, he had no father since he was a child, and he grew up in his uncle's house, and the eldest brother Fang Yanxun was very surprised that this younger brother had shown outstanding talent since he was a child, and personally taught him to read and write, Fang Yanqian was able to memorize tens of thousands of words when he was seven years old, so that the Fang clan was amazed by the child's talent.

Fang Yanqian later studied with Dr. Yin Lin, and he was able to read the scriptures and history, and the articles and calligraphy were all timeless, and at the age of eighteen, he was recruited by the king of Guangning in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Gao Xiaoheng, the assassin of Qizhou, as the state lord Bo.

At that time, it was the last years of the Northern Qi Dynasty, because of the monarchy and courtiers, Wen Tian and Wu Xi, the territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty was already a picture of the last days, most of the states and counties were corrupt officials and corrupt officials, bandits were everywhere, and the laws and regulations were abolished. However, Qizhou, where Fang Yanqian is located, is a peaceful world, and the laws are just and strict, and both the officials and the people are in awe of this young homeowner.

After the Northern Zhou Dynasty conquered Yecheng (Xiangzhou), the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Fang Yanqian deplored the demise of the country, was unwilling to be a courtier of the country, and was ready to gather the heroes and heroes in the prefecture and county to plot to restore the country. It was only later that the defenders of Northern Qi quickly surrendered, and Fang Yanqian saw that the situation was irreversible, so he had to give up, disband Xiangyong, and return to the township by himself.

After the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty appointed Zhu Guo Xin Zun as the assassin of Qizhou to take over Qizhou, but he was hijacked by thieves on the road. The thief had always admired Fang Yanqian, and after receiving the letter, he sent Xin Zun back to the state yamen, and also surrendered himself with the leaders of the nearby bandits.

During the period from the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty of the Great Sui Dynasty, Fang Yanqian lived in the countryside and refused to come out to be an official. Until the seventh year of the emperor's reign, due to the repeated recommendation of Wei Yi, the assassin of Qizhou, Fang Yanqian had to come out as an official and serve as the supervisor of the imperial history, specifically responsible for inspecting the states and counties across the country, and inspecting the gains and losses of the governors of the prefectures and counties.

Gao Xi served as the left servant of Shangshu at that time, and was also directly responsible for the management and assessment of these supervising imperial histories. Fang Yanqian once quoted scriptures and classics when reporting on his work, combined with his own experience in the inspection process, and made a very profound analysis and summary of the imperial history work, so that a generation of famous ministers were impressed after hearing it.

During that conversation, Gao Xi asked Fang Yanqian about the situation in more than a dozen prefectures around Qinzhou in Longxi that he had inspected. Fang Yanqian paid taxes on the money, grain, geography, population and customs of each state and county. When Gao Xi summoned the assassins of these states and counties and the Sima people to report on their work collectively, these people's understanding of the situation in their own states and counties was not as detailed as Fang Yanqian's, so Gao Xi sighed and said: "To talk about things with the princes, it is better to ask Fang Yushi." ”

Fang Yanqian does not have much fame in the officialdom, has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, and does not have a strong enough backer, plus he is a loyal minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and has always been feared by the emperor. Gao Xi once recommended Fang Yanqian to the emperor, but Yang Jian did not entrust him with important tasks, but just asked him to go to Changge to be a county magistrate. (To be continued......)