Zhang Xuan secretly wondered, it turned out that his surname was Dou, what were the celebrities with the surname Dou at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Zhang Xuan thought about it for a while, but only thought of Li Yuan's wife, Mrs. Dou, and Dou Jiande, the king of Hebei, obviously had nothing to do with the old man in front of him, maybe he was just an ordinary Confucian.

Zhang Xuan retracted his thoughts and said with a smile: "If the central court is compared to a flying eagle, then Guanlong and Hebei are the two wings of the flying eagle, since ancient times, Guanzhong has won the world, and those who have Hebei have the Central Plains, as long as they firmly grasp these two strategic places, no matter how chaotic the world is, the central court will not be easily shaken, to stabilize Guanzhong, it is necessary to control Longyou and Hexi, and to stabilize Hebei, it is necessary to control Liaodong, which is also the fundamental reason why Cao Cao fought Liaodong after destroying the Yuan family. ”

Zhang Xuan almost gave an example of the consequences of the loss of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately, he reacted in time and bit his tongue.

The old man pondered for a moment and said, "Do you mean that the purpose of attacking Goguryeo today is to control Liaodong, and ultimately to stabilize Hebei?" ”

"It's for this reason that Dou Gong didn't find out? When Jinzi ascended the throne, he first started a war against Tuyuhun, recovered Hehuang, and consolidated Longyou, wasn't it just to ensure the stability of Guanzhong? Then turn around and go east, Goguryeo is ambitious, and has the intention of secretly plotting Liaodong, if Liaodong is lost, Hebei will be unstable, and Hebei will be unstable will shake the country's capital, so the Goguryeo campaign has to be fought. ”

"But is Hebei so important? If this is the case, why doesn't today's son directly set the capital Youzhou, but set the capital Luoyang? ”

Zhang Xuan sighed secretly, he didn't know what to say, the two thousand years of history from the Qin Dynasty, the first thousand years were the era of Guanlong and Chang'an, but the last thousand years were the era of Hebei and Beijing. ”

The old man laughed, and praised him: "I'm just joking with you, how can I not know the importance of Hebei?" You said very well, very insightful, give me a sense of enlightenment, may I ask the son's surname? ”

"Jang Hyun in Hamanoi!"

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Wang Bodang sat in a small room and waited for almost half an hour, but the master of the meeting never summoned him, thinking that Zhang Xuan was still waiting there, Wang Bodang was a little irritable, and walked to the flower path of the small courtyard with his hands and paced back and forth.

At this time, Uncle Wang heard the footsteps and hurriedly turned back, but saw a young man walking in, and saw that he was about twenty-six or seventeen years old, tall and thin, with fair skin, slender eyes, a long beard under his chin, and a very shrewd look between his eyebrows and eyes.

This man looks very much like Li Mi, but he is a little younger and thinner than Li Mi, his temperament is weaker, and his bookish spirit is heavier, and he does not have Li Mi's heroic spirit.

Wang Bodang was very familiar with him, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Completed, when did you return to Luoyang?" ”

"Three days ago, I came back with my father to report on my work, and my father is going to Taiyuan to take up his post."

This young man's name is Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, he did not go out of office, and has been following his father to help his father do things, but at the same time, he is also working as a doctor in Wuchuan Mansion.

Li Jiancheng smiled and asked, "Bodang seems to have been waiting for a long time, right?" ”

Wang Bodang sighed, "Yes! The old man didn't give me face too much, and he actually hung me for half an hour. ”

"Don't blame him, I heard that it's from Chang'an."

"Oh-" Wang Bodang woke up at this time, no wonder he couldn't see the old man, it turned out to be someone from Chang'an.

"Is your father here?" Wang Bodang asked tentatively.

"It's not just my father, but the head of the Dugu family is also here!"

Uncle Wang was surprised in his heart, what was going on? Even the head of the Dugu family, who rarely goes out, came to Luoyang, is it because Yang Xuangan was defeated?

"Let's talk about it in detail next time, my father has something to do with me, so I'll go first." Li Jiancheng saluted, turned around and walked away quickly.

Wang Bodang stood in front of a cluster of flowers, but he thought of Li Mi in his mind, I am afraid that it was not only Yang Xuangan's defeat in the army, but more importantly, Li Mi's death disrupted the plan of Wuchuan Mansion.

At this moment, a little boy walked up quickly and saluted Wang Bodang, "Instructor Wang, the master of the meeting invites you over." ”

Wang Bodang was in good spirits, and after waiting for half an hour, the old man was finally willing to see him.

Wang Bodang followed the boy into the inner house, and the two entered a large courtyard, in which stood four warriors, holding swords, motionless, like four stone sculptures.

The boy led him into a three-story gate, but instead of going upstairs, he walked to the innermost stone door.

The boy raised a silver medal to the warrior next to the stone gate and said to Uncle Wang, "The master is waiting inside, Instructor Wang, please!" ”

This mysterious stone gate Wang Bodang has only entered once in three years, and this is the core of Wuchuan Mansion, and trespassers will be killed.

Wang Bodang walked into the stone door, the stone door was quietly closed, and inside was a long bluestone corridor, with oil lamps in the niches on both sides, making the light in the corridor a little dim and gloomy.

He walked briskly through the bluestone corridor, and then walked up a few stone steps, and entered the lobby of another building, which was completely made of bluestone, without windows, and in the middle was a square patio, and the sunlight shone directly down from the sky, illuminating the spacious and empty lobby.

In the middle of the patio is a stone platform with a huge bronze tripod, on which are engraved with three powerful characters: 'Wuchuan Mansion'.

Uncle Wang's face was solemn, he knelt under the bronze tripod and kowtowed three times, and then went upstairs along a spiral staircase by the wall.

He walked up to the third floor, stood in front of a door, and said respectfully, "Lord, I'm here." ”

"Come in!" There was an old voice in the room.

Wang Bodang pushed open a sliding door in front of him, and the room was covered with wooden floors, empty, and spotlessly clean.

But there are three people sitting in the room, who seem to be discussing important matters, on the right is an old man about seventy years old, tall, with a huge lion nose, and his appearance is quite powerful, this person is the head of the Dugu family, Dugu Shun, the fifth son of Sima Dugu Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Duke of Shu of the Great Sui.

On the left is a middle-aged man in a purple robe, nearly fifty years old, with a face as white as jade, but his appearance is very ordinary, his face is kind, giving people a very gentle and kind feeling, he is Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang who has just entered Beijing to report on his work.

Although Li Yuan is also one of the founders of Wuchuan Mansion, he has been an official outside the country for many years and rarely comes to Wuchuan Mansion, and today he was specially invited to discuss important matters.

And on the futon in the middle sat cross-legged an old man with crane hair and a childish face, with long silver hair scattered over his shoulders, and a snow-white beard of a foot, he was wearing an apricot-colored Tai Chi robe, and was engrossed in stroking a sword with cold light.

If Zhang Xuan saw him, he would definitely be shocked, just now he was talking to this old man about the battle of Liaodong.

Wang Bodang hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "See the master!" ”

This white-bearded old man is the head of Wuchuan Mansion, his name is Dou Qing, and he is the second person in the Guanlong Dou family, according to the practice of Wuchuan Mansion, the head of the house changes every two years, and it is the turn of the Dou family in these two years.

Speaking of which, the three of them still have a deep in-law relationship, Dugu Shun is Li Yuan's uncle, and Dou Qing is Li Yuan's father-in-law.

Dou Qing's eyelids were raised, and his sharp gaze stared at Wang Bodang, "I want to know if there is a wax pill among Li Mi's relics?" ”

Wang Bodang hurriedly took out the leather bag and put it on the table, and then took out the wax pill from the leather bag and presented it to the host.

Dou Qing took the wax pill and stared at it for a moment, then crushed the wax pill, inside was a very thin white silk silk, full of dense small characters, he read it carefully, and asked Wang Bodang: "What other important news?" ”

"There is also the fact that Yang Xuangan was actually let go by Yuwenshu without permission!"

This news surprised the three of them, the three of them glanced at each other, Dugu Shun sneered and said: "Sure enough, as I expected, Yang Xuangan rebelled, I don't know how many gate lords and scholars were involved, and I don't know how many court ministers wanted to put Yang Xuangan to death immediately to cover up the fact that they colluded with him, but Yuwen said that he was cunning and cunning, and if Yang Xuangan was not killed, then there would be countless powerful ministers and nobles to curry favor with him, and he would be able to reap huge benefits from it, and when he got enough, Yang Xuangan should die." ”

Dou Qing nodded, it should be this reason, but let this matter go for a while, they can't take care of it for the time being, Dou Qing asked again: "What else?" ”

Wang Bodang hurriedly said: "There is nothing else, the owner of the Qiyu Society, the messenger was brought by me and waited in the guest hall, he is not only an eyewitness to Yuwenshu's private release of Yang Xuangan, but at the same time, he was by his side when Li Mi was dying, if the master wants to know anything, he can ask him directly." ”

Dou Qing smiled slightly, he had already talked to Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan's excellent strategic insights left an extremely deep impression on him.

At this time, Dugu Shun next to him coughed heavily, and said in a long voice: "This kind of little person, it doesn't matter if you can't see it, let's continue to talk about business!" ”

Dou Qing smiled, then stopped mentioning Zhang Xuan, and said to Wang Bodang: "You go outside first and wait for a while, and I'll look for you later." ”

Wang Bodang got up and saluted and slowly retreated, Dou Qing picked up Li Mi's bronze medal and sighed softly, "Although Li Mi unfortunately died, this time he did a good job and successfully prevented Yang Xuangan from entering the Guanzhong. ”

Li Yuan also said very regretfully: "It's a pity that Yang Xuangan didn't listen to Li Mi's words, if Yang Xuangan could enter Yangzhou in the east, connect Wagang in the west, connect Dou Jiande in the north, and rely on the rich land of Jianghuai in the south, the foundation would be profitable, but he insisted on attacking Luoyang, delaying too much time, and giving Yang Guang a chance to fight back." ”

Dugu Shun waved his hand impatiently, "Yang Xuangan has completely failed, don't talk about him anymore, let's just talk about the next step!" ”

Dou Qing nodded, stared at Li Yuan with blazing eyes, and said slowly: "I have already discussed with the head of the Dugu family, since Li Mi is dead, then our next plan can only be replaced, and we decided to let Jiancheng replace Li Mi's identity to absorb the Wagang Army, you have no problem here!" ”