Pei Ju said goodbye and left, Yang Guang paced back and forth in the room with his hands sullenly, he walked to the window, and looked gloomily into the distance.

At this time, Yang Qi, the king of Yan, who had been sitting next to him, said in a low voice: "Wang Shichong led the army into Qi County and Pei Renji was defeated in Langya County, the two things happened almost on the same day, how can there be such a quick report in the world, doesn't the imperial grandfather feel a little strange?" ”

"This is just a reason that Pei Ju is looking for!"

Yang Guang sighed, "Actually, I understand it in my heart, but what can I do to not give Pei Ju face and resolutely transfer Pei Renji away from Qi County?" ”

"The grandson can understand the difficulties of the imperial grandfather, but the imperial grandfather actually let Wang Shichong go, the grandson really can't figure it out, the dignified officers and soldiers of the Great Sui actually kidnapped people to the north like bandits, which will cause public anger!"

Yang Guang was silent, and Yang Qi continued: "Sun Er also knows that it was Yu Shiji who begged the imperial grandfather to let Wang Shichong go, but he was not for justice, but for his own selfishness, and Sun Er heard that Wang Shichong was his person——"

"Enough!"

Yang Guang let out a low angry shout, and Yang Qi was so frightened that he didn't dare to say any more.

After a long time, Yang Guang said slowly: "Since you want someone to do things for you, you have to learn to tolerate it, Wang Shichong's small section may be despicable, but that's not important, the important thing is that he can suppress bandits for me, and help Sheji for me, this is the most important thing, Qi'er, as the heir of Sheji, I hope you will learn to balance." ”

"Balance?" Yang Qi muttered to himself in a low voice.

"Yes, balance!"

Yang Guang patted his grandson on the shoulder, stared at him and said: "Just like I just balanced Yu Shiji and Pei Ju, only by learning to balance can the society of the Great Sui be stable, some things should be pretended to be stupid or pretended to be stupid, what Wang Shichong did I know very well." I'll clean him up in the future, but not now. ”

Yang Qi nodded lightly, "Sun Er understands." ”

"And Wang Shichong's disturbance of Qi County is just a one-sided statement, I have to continue to understand, and wait for the official investigation report of Xiao Jianjun to come!"

At noon, Pei Ju returned to his house. As soon as he entered the mansion, he said to Pei Xingjian: "Go find your father!" ”

Pei Xingjian hurriedly ran to the east courtyard to find his father, Pei Ju returned to the outer study, the maid took off his robe for him, and changed into a loose dress, at this time, Pei Xingji's voice came from outside the door, "Second uncle, my nephew is here." ”

"Come in!"

Bae In-gi walked in nervously, he hadn't slept well all night last night. is worried that the saint will not forgive Langya's defeat, but as soon as the second uncle comes back, he will look for himself, and it is estimated that the situation will not be too bad.

He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, Pei Ju waved his hand, "Sit down!" ”

Pei Renji sat down and asked in a low voice, "Second uncle, how is the situation?" ”

"The situation is not bad, the Holy Lord promised to give you another chance."

Pei Renji suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief. He said to himself: "I said that as long as things happen for a reason, the Holy One will not be unsympathetic. ”

"Humph!"

Pei Ju snorted coldly. "You're thinking too much, the Holy One spared you once because he wanted to balance me and Yu Shiji, do you think it's because of your reasons?"

Pei Renji was shocked, and slowly raised his head, "Second Uncle means that the Holy Lord doesn't plan to pursue Wang Shichong?" ”

Pei Ju was quite satisfied with Bae Renji's reaction. He nodded, "He is a very capable person, and with Yu Shiji interceding for him, the Holy Lord will not punish him for this little thing." ”

"Little things!"

Pei Renji suddenly said angrily: "He entered Qi County, and the arson raped and plundered. Tens of thousands of people in the two counties were kidnapped, and the second uncle actually said that this was a trivial matter, if the saint didn't pursue him, he would be even more unscrupulous, and even become the second Zhang Jin, can't the saint see this consequence? ”

"Don't talk about the Son of Heaven here with me!" Pei Renji said coldly.

Pei Renji suddenly realized that he was out of shape, he restrained his anger, and didn't dare to say any more, Pei Ju looked at him for a long time before continuing: "This time I tried my best to ensure that you passed the test, but next time I am afraid I won't be able to protect you, the Holy Rao you have conditions this time, within half a year, you must exterminate the bandits in Langya County, understand?" ”

Pei Renji gradually calmed down, although Wang Shichong's captivity of Qi County made him angry, but after all, it had nothing to do with his career, it just made him look ugly, and his patience was over, but if he couldn't beat Langya County, it meant that his career was over, and he couldn't accept it anyway.

After being silent for a long time, Pei Renji said in a deep voice: "This attack on Langya County, the Flying Eagle Army suffered heavy losses, I am worried that it will be difficult to recover within half a year, can the period be relaxed to one year?" ”

Pei Ju shook his head, "I said that half a year is already the best ending, and there are still two months before the saint will go to Jiangdu, Langya County is related to the stability of the north of Jiangdu, and he cares about the situation in Langya County more than ever, so you had better capture Langya County in two or three months." ”

Pei Renji knew his own situation, and it was almost impossible for him to capture Langya County within two or three months, and there was also Wang Shichong eyeing him in the north, if Qi County was empty again

Bae In-gi didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"What if Wang Shichong takes advantage of the void again?" Bae In-ki directly raised his concerns.

This is indeed a big problem, and Pei Ju also knows that since the saint does not pursue Wang Shichong's abduction and plundering of Qi County, it is tantamount to conniving at Wang Shichong, then there must be a second and third time.

Pei Ju pondered for a moment and said: "After the saint arrives in Jiangdu, I will persuade the saint to recall Wang Shichong back to Jiangdu to report on his work, and then you can send troops to attack Langya County." ”

After a pause, Pei Ju said again: "If you are really not sure about defeating the enemy army, you can let Zhang Xuan be the main force, you are the answer, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"But how do you get the credit?"

"Zhang Xuan is your subordinate, he exterminated the bandits, and the saint still recognizes your boss's merits, what are you worried about?" Pei Ju glared at him dissatisfied.

"Nephew understood."

Pei Ju has great hopes for this nephew, it can be said that Pei Renji is the key to the Pei family from the local scholar clan to the nobility of the world, the key is the army, when the world is in turmoil, the Pei family must have its own army, only a famous family with an army, can have the capital to bargain with the new monarch in the future.

Pei Renji is the core army of the Pei family, Pei Renji will garrison and merge the state in the future, in addition, Pei Ju is also considering the establishment of peripheral military forces, Zhang Xuan was originally the peripheral force that Pei Ju fancies, and after Pei Renji is transferred away, Zhang Xuan will replace Pei Renji to continue to garrison Qingzhou.

It's a pity that because Zhang Xuanwan refused the Pei family's request for marriage, there was a rift in their relationship, and it is difficult to repair it so far, and their relationship is not as close as before.

Pei Ju obviously felt that Jang Hyun was getting out of his control, and although he was very dissatisfied with Jang Hyun, there was nothing he could do.

"How is Jang Hyun doing now?" Pei Ju took a sip of tea and asked lightly.

Speaking of Zhang Xuan, Pei Renji remembered something and whispered to Pei Ju: "Second uncle, my nephew feels that Zhang Xuan is quite ambitious. ”

Pei Ju was stunned, stopped the teacup and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"The nephew found out that Jang Hyun was planting a lot of grass in Beihai County, and he had an intention to raise war horses, so the nephew deduced that he had ambitions."

Pei Ju pondered for a long time and was silent, and after a while, he condensed and said to Pei Renji: "You should pretend that you didn't find anything, but you have to carefully observe his every move, and he must report to me in time if he has any wrong moves!" ”

Pei Ju suddenly realized that maybe he could pinch Zhang Xuan's handle and make him not bow to himself.

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Since Zhang Xuan and Wang Shichong reached a prisoner exchange, Wang Shichong has no sign of crossing the river to the south, one is that he has no fleet and cannot transport troops to the south bank of the Yellow River, and secondly, he has learned that the Holy Lord will not pursue him for capturing Qi County, but Yu Shiji warned him that he is not allowed to act rashly for the time being, otherwise it will really anger the Holy Lord.

Of course, Wang Shichong also understands this truth, the meal should be eaten in one bite, and if he eats too fast and too violently, he will choke, so he pressed the patience and continued to rob the ** of Qi County, and waited patiently for the next opportunity to come.

The time gradually came to May, Beihai County entered the early summer, this month, nearly 100,000 people from Qi County came one after another, so that Beihai County was busy with their feet on the ground, resettlement of immigrants, distribution of food and materials.

Although the influx of immigrants has given Beihai County a large amount of population labor, it has also brought them a heavy burden, and in just over a month, they have spent an additional 20,000 stone of grain, and if it were not for the extermination of the large amount of grain obtained by Zhang Jin, they would not have been able to afford such a huge amount of immigration.

With the evacuation of the population to the counties, the population of Yidu County has rapidly decreased to less than 200,000, and the population of Shouguang, Beihai, Duchang, Xiami, Yingqiu and other counties has also begun to recover.

In each county, the county government began to recover, and the closed shops reopened, although the population is still sparse, everyone sees hope, and one day, Beihai County will inevitably reappear in the prosperous old scene of the county.

On the morning of this day, Zhang Xuan led a group of people to Shouguang County, which is about 100 miles away from Yidu County. (To be continued......)