Lian Guozhi and his party ran to the bandits' military formation, only to see that the thieves did not let him go through the mountain road, but raised their spears and shields, clearly not letting him continue to move forward.

It's really angry to practice state affairs: "What are you mud-legged people doing?" Quickly get out of the way, the official has to go to the Qianshan Council Hall and talk to Zhu Ba or Wang Er to understand. ”

A bandit leader walked out of the military formation, and he still recognized this person when he practiced state affairs, he seemed to be called Miao Mei, and he also had a chair in the cottage, only to hear Miao Mei laugh and say: "Brother Zhu and Second Brother Wang are on their way here, you just wait here, Qianshan can no longer let you go." ”

Lian Guoshi was immediately furious: "I am an official of the imperial court, an envoy of the Son of Heaven, you dare to block the way of this official?" Do you dare to let this official wait for Zhu Ba and Wang Er? It's simply unreasonable, this official has to go to the front mountain to have a look today. ”

He shouted at the fifty soldiers beside him, "Rush forward for this officer, I don't believe anyone dares to stop ......"

"My lord, you can't rush!" The three soldiers hurriedly hugged him at the same time and shouted together: "Don't give orders ...... randomly"

"Why can't you rush?" Lian Guoshi's neck straightened: "This official doesn't believe that they dare to touch a single hair of me." ”

The three soldiers didn't dare to let go of their hands, and hugged him tightly, and one of them said hurriedly: "My lord, this is not a place to fight above the Gong Dynasty...... In front of us is an army with a good formation, no matter what our identity is, even if the Jade Emperor is here, if we don't get the consent of the other party's leading generals, those soldiers will immediately fight back in order to keep their formation from being disturbed, and they will not tolerate mercy. ”

This is to practice state affairs without understanding military affairs, and to know the operation methods of the army, it is very different from the verbal fights of civilian officials. If a soldier sees a senior official or someone who can't be killed in peacetime, he will definitely retreat, but when the soldier is carrying out orders, such as standing guard and arranging formations, he will not be swayed by personal emotions, no matter how big an official you are, how great a person, if you interfere with his mission, he will kill you mercilessly.

For example, a real incident that happened in later generations, there was a small armed policeman standing guard at the gate of the TV station, and a popular actor wanted to enter the building, but the actor did not bring an identity tag, and the armed police did not let her in. The actor thought that her identity was very awesome, but the little armed police didn't put it in her eyes, and she was a woman, so she always thought that men wouldn't do anything to women, so she wanted to forcibly enter the building.

The result of forcibly entering was that she was unceremoniously beaten out by the armed police! It doesn't matter if you are a popular star or a king, whether you are a man or a woman, a cat or a dog, soldiers will not be swayed by any emotions when they are on a mission, and they will shoot when it is time to shoot.

Lian Guoshi didn't understand this, but fortunately, the soldiers under him understood, and the three soldiers hugged him and dragged him behind: "My lord, don't make trouble, let's ...... Let's wait here. ”

Lian Guoshi didn't know that he had turned around in front of the ghost gate just now, if it weren't for the three soldiers holding him, as long as he walked forward three or five more steps, it would be the end of the spear piercing his heart, but he blamed those soldiers for not knowing how to be respectful, and the expression on his face was a little ugly: "Bastard, when will it be your turn to be the master?" ”

The soldiers couldn't laugh or cry.

Fortunately, the practice of state affairs did not last long, Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er, as well as a large number of leaders, walked along the mountain road.

Zhu Yuanzhang hugged his fists at Lian Guoshi: "Yo, Lord Yushi, long time no see!" ”

"How can it be!" Lian Guoshi pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang and said angrily: "What kind of fame are you doing?" Is it safe to accept the appeasement? What's going on with these thieves? This official wants you to come from the truth one by one, otherwise Hugh blames the heavenly soldiers for being ruthless and bulldozing your broken village. ”

"Hmmm! Your question is well asked! A mischievous smile appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's face: "Actually, today I also came to talk to Lord Yushi about this matter, and after the discussion of more than a dozen leaders of our cottage, I finally decided not to accept the appeasement...... It's really a pity that Lord Yushi ran into this ravine, do you want to stay for a meal and take a bath, and we will send you down the mountain tomorrow......"

"What? Don't accept the appeasement? Lian Guoshi was taken aback, the reason why he has always been condescending and putting on the stand of the official master is because he thinks that this thief is bent on appeasement, no matter how harsh the conditions put forward by the thieves, the initiative will always be on the side of the court, because after being appeased, they will always be subject to the jurisdiction of the court. I didn't expect that in the end, these guys actually said that they couldn't be caressed? What does that mean?

After a while, he reacted and said angrily: "You are so bold, it turns out that these days, you have been playing with your own officials? ”

"Oh, I played you tricks, I'm really sorry!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, and a group of leaders behind him laughed together: "We just want to delay for a few days, who told you to cooperate with us obediently." ”

"Procrastination...... Is it really delaying time? Lian Guoshi muttered this sentence again, and then suddenly remembered the words that Yang Hong had been reading in his ear, at this time, he couldn't believe it, but there must be a reason for this delay, right? He really couldn't imagine the use of the bandits delaying time, the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court would come to exterminate them after all, did he? What is the intention of dragging it out?

"You must be curious to know why I am delaying time...... Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "But even if you ask me, I am not interested in telling you, why don't you take this question and go back and ask Yang He, the governor of the three sides, if my expectations are not bad, he, who has the most information, can already guess the reason for my delay......"

"Good...... Good...... Good! "Lian Guoshi was half angry, his chest rose and fell sharply, and a proud literati like him couldn't stand the teasing of others, because since ancient times, literati have loved face, the so-called "face problem, rather die than yield, money and power, can be given up", this is the true portrayal of ancient literati. That's why there are stories such as "not being eaten by spurs" and "not bending your waist for five buckets of rice" to be handed down, and in the final analysis, they are all face-making troublemakers.

Lian Guoshi felt that he couldn't lose face, and waved his sleeves: "Okay, you have a kind!" When the official returns to Whitewater City, he will immediately set up heavenly soldiers and raze your broken stockade to the ground. He shook off the three soldiers who were holding him and said loudly, "Let's go, go down the mountain and go back to the city." ”

"Mishi-sama...... General Yang Hong is still bathing in the back mountain......" said one soldier urgently.

Lian Guoshi wanted to leave him alone, but his heart trembled, and he didn't say this sentence after all, but sighed and said: "Go to a few people to call General Yang Hong, and say that the official is waiting for him to return to the city with him at the foot of the mountain...... The official ...... Alas, I blamed him before, and I want to have a good chat with him this time...... Go ......."

After practicing state affairs, he no longer wanted to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, he felt humiliated like never before, and just wanted to bring troops to raze this place as soon as possible, so he waved his sleeves and turned into a small path next to him, no matter which direction he was going, anyway, as long as it was downhill, dozens of soldiers hurriedly followed.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched him go, and didn't stop him, continued to wait on the mountain road, and after a while, several soldiers ran over with Yang Hong again, Yang Hong had just finished taking a bath, his hair was still wet, and his clothes and armor were not neatly draped. ”

Yang Hong did not answer.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Borrow a step to speak!" ”

Yang Hongleng paused, thought about it, glanced at the soldiers who came to call him, and didn't know what thoughts were turning in his heart, so he really followed Zhu Yuanzhang into the grove next to him.

Walking into the grove, there was no one near the left, Yang Hongcai sank his face and said, "What's the matter with me?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Do you remember what I said? If you don't want to die, stay and die, or go back, there is only one way to die. ”

Yang Hong frowned: "Although this person who practices state affairs is stubborn and stupid, there is no problem with his character, and now he knows that what I said is not wrong, and he will definitely not harm me again after I go back, maybe he will go to the court and give me an official and a knight, why do you say that I am dead?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "So you can only do a thousand households, and this official position can no longer climb...... Your understanding of officialdom is also too naïve...... According to my observation, this person who practices state affairs is indeed very angry, and on the way back to the city, he will definitely apologize to you, and you may be able to become friends...... But...... Do you think that's all right? ”

"What's the explanation?" Yang Hong's face sank.

"I may not want to harm you when I practice state affairs, but ...... Hey...... Lian state affairs is just a small chess piece in the huge civil and official system, and above him, there are many invisible pairs of hidden hands that control this appeasement plan...... After the failure of this appeasement, the responsibility will be pushed from east to west, and push back and forth, guess who it will be pushed on? ”

"Hey, it's not a big deal to fail to appease." Yang Hong is not so easily frightened, he sneered: "Let's bring troops to come after we go back, and raze your cottage, when the world is peaceful, who will push what responsibility?" Lian Guo and I both have only merit, not before. ”

"But ......" Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately paused before laughing: "If the appeasement fails, the encirclement and suppression also fail, the world is not peaceful, and the smoke is everywhere again, what do you guess the situation will be?" ”

"Don't talk in your dreams here!" Yang Hong snorted coldly: "The heavenly soldiers of the imperial court will come in a steady stream, even if you have three heads and six arms, you are not the opponent of the imperial court." ”

"Haven't you been guessing my reason for procrastinating?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "I'll tell you now...... About the 100,000 taels of silver ......"