Chapter 10 Everything is for the sake of profit

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Yang Xi followed the subordinates of Guo's mansion to the front hall, and before he reached the front hall, he saw Guo Ziyi walking out from the direction of the front hall, greeted him, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"The kid has seen Guo Xianggong, and he doesn't dare to greet Guo Xianggong in person. Today, I took the liberty to visit and disturbed Guo Xianggong's tranquility, please forgive me!"

Guo Ziyi hurriedly stepped forward to support Yang Xi, and replied with a smile: "Marshal Yang is polite!" Marshal Yang came to visit, and the last general personally greeted him, which was originally supposed to be. And immediately made a gesture of please, "Marshal Yang, please here!"

Although the army was in class, Li Jue, Yang Xi and Guo Ziyi were not dismissed from their positions as marshals and deputy marshals. According to the order of position and rank during the war, Yang Xi was above Guo Ziyi, and Guo Ziyi received Yang Xi with the gift of his subordinates, and came out to greet him in person, which is also in the past.

However, Yang Xi knew that Guo Ziyi came out to greet him in person, which must contain another meaning, that is, in this way, to give face and enough respect to his junior. This respect should be psychological, and the fact that he can get this "respect" from Guo Ziyi has nothing to do with the fact that he is Yang Guozhong's son, but with his outstanding performance in this counterinsurgency campaign.

Guo Ziyi did this, Yang Xi only accepted it, and after saying two more polite words of "don't dare to be", he followed into the front hall.

The two of them were seated, and after the people served tea, they were all dismissed.

After the subordinates all retreated, Guo Ziyi did not be polite anymore, but asked Yang Xi directly: "Marshal Yang, the army has returned, the marshal is busy with military affairs every day, and he has never rested, it is very hard, and the general is ashamed that he has not had much opportunity to help the marshal do things because he has to hand over the affairs." But I didn't expect that the affairs had just been empty, and the marshal came to the Humble House, I don't know if Marshal Yang came to visit the mansion today, what did he want to teach the last general? ”

Hearing Guo Ziyi's direct question, Yang Xi was not polite, so he replied directly: "Guo Xianggong, I am visiting today, and I have some official and private matters to talk to Guo Xianggong." ”

Hearing that Yang Xi was not polite anymore, and directly explained his intentions, Guo Ziyi secretly praised in his heart, and said quietly: "Marshal Yang has something, please just say it!"

After Guo Xianggong returned to Beijing, he took over the post of secretary of the military department and was in charge of the military affairs of the Tang Dynasty. This time, he led the army to fight for nearly a year, and he had a lot of contacts with military affairs, and found that there were too many crappy problems accumulated in the army, and he urgently needed reform and change. Yang Xi said a little tentatively first.

"Hmm!" Guo Ziyi replied casually, he was also slightly taken aback, he didn't expect Yang Xi to say this first, he didn't even think about these things in the martial arts book, but Yang Xi thought of it first, a strange thing. He didn't hide his surprise, and said directly: "The last general really didn't expect Marshal Yang to pay attention to this, it's really amazing." ”

Yang Xi is a strange person, a very surprising and outstanding strange person in all aspects, Guo Ziyi will never deny this at any time. Guo Ziyi also knows that the current Yang Xi is very favored by Emperor Li Longji, and the fact that he was the general of Long Wuwei at a young age, and the position of the young master of the military weapons supervisor is enough to explain everything, which has a certain relationship with Yang Guozhong, but the main reason is that Yang Xi's ability is outstanding.

From Yang Xi's mouth about the problems in the army, Guo Ziyi immediately felt that the emperor must have plans in this regard, and Yang Xi, a young man who had made outstanding achievements in the counterinsurgency campaign, must be one of the main participants. Today, Yang Xi came over and first told him about this thing, the meaning of which was quite interesting, and Guo Ziyi couldn't help but think about it.

There are many problems in the army, which Guo Ziyi also admits, and An Lushan's rebellion is a direct proof of this, and he feels that if Yang Xi or a person with heavy troops like him wants to rebel, it will be easy, at least before returning to Beijing.

However, the matter of military reform cannot be easily touched, at least he, the secretary of the military department, could not be in a hurry to do it when he first took over.

However, if there are other people who are more influential in the DPRK and China to support it, then this can be done quickly.

As the son of Yang Guozhong, Yang Xi has made outstanding military exploits in the past year, and it is not an exaggeration to describe his exploits as turning the tide and saving the Tang Dynasty. If Yang Xi was ordered by the emperor to do these things with Yang Guozhong and his own influence, there would definitely be results. It was only for a moment that Guo Ziyi was tempted. He immediately made up his mind to further deal with Yang Xi's relationship.

"I believe that Guo Xianggong is also paying attention to this, hehe!"

While Yang Xi was talking, he kept paying attention to the changes in Guo Ziyi's expression. Guo Ziyi showed surprise after listening to his words, although the surprise only lasted for a short time, but it was still observed by him, and he was relieved, Guo Ziyi was really interested in this matter. Today's opening remarks are good, and then he doesn't worry that this famous general will not be more interested in him.

After consulting with his father Yang Guozhong, Yang Xi knew that Li Longji had realized that it was because the generals who guarded the border passes, that is, the towns and towns, had too much power that led to the rebellion. After An Lushan's rebellion was quelled, the imperial court would inevitably reform the town military system, which was also an important reason why Guo Ziyi was able to take over as the secretary of the military department and rank in the political hall. Li Longji hoped that Guo Ziyi, the secretary of the military department, and Yang Guozhong, the head of the civil service, would come up with a good way to reform the military system and avoid the situation of border army generals supporting their troops and leading their troops to rebel.

It is impossible for Guo Ziyi to serve in the border pass in the future, and this famous general, who is familiar with the affairs of the border pass, knows very well the crappy system of the town army today, and after the rebellion was quelled, Guo Ziyi's prestige has also risen to a very high level.

The most important thing for the generals in the army is prestige and glory, in this counterinsurgency campaign, except for Yang Xi, no one can compare with Guo Ziyi's merits, which is a well-known thing in the world, and it is also the reason why he can be awarded the post of deputy marshal of soldiers and horses in wartime. Guo Ziyi's prestige is enough, his qualifications are sufficient, and his age is a little older than that of ordinary generals, and he makes decisions for the emperor as the secretary of the martial arts, and there must be many fewer people who are not convinced.

Yang Xi learned the current emperor's thoughts from Yang Guozhong, and now he came over and revealed it to Guo Ziyi first, the purpose was just to further narrow the relationship with this famous general and lay the groundwork for continued cooperation in the future. In this counterinsurgency campaign, his military exploits are unparalleled, but his qualifications are a little shallow, and he is too young, if he is in charge of this matter, it will definitely make many people dissatisfied. If Guo Ziyi was allowed to take charge of this matter, and he cooperated as an assistant, the situation would be completely different.

If the reform touches the interests of some generals, even if they are dissatisfied, they may not dare to express their dissatisfaction.

After Yang Xi figured out Li Longji's mind from Yang Guozhong, he immediately made plans for himself, he wanted to take the opportunity to win over Guo Ziyi, and finally let Guo Ziyi use it for himself. He knows that Guo Ziyi's influence will become bigger and bigger, and even one day he will overshadow his father Yang Guozhong, such a famous historical figure must be a good friend, no matter what, he can't let such a person become an enemy or opponent, but let Guo Ziyi stand in the same trench with him, and let such a person help him succeed. And the one who can do this is to marry Guo Xin.

In people of their level, public affairs and private affairs can no longer be completely separated, and it can also be said that there is no pure love at all, and many times, getting married and marrying daughters is completely for the benefit of the family, not the happiness of the children, which Yang Xi understands very well, understands and supports. But if you can reap love in a marriage for the sake of profit, that is the happiest thing.

Yang Xi faintly guessed in his heart that he would definitely have a conflict with his father Yang Guozhong in the future, if he wanted to get more in the name of Li Jue's son, he would definitely have a conflict with Yang Guozhong, if Yang Guozhong had not lost power at that time. But if he had the support of other heavyweight ministers, he would have much less to worry about. Moreover, Yang Xi also sensitively smelled from some recent changes in the court that Emperor Li Longji was already taking measures to limit the power of Yang Guozhong and the Yang clan to further expand.

After the war subsided, many officials in the DPRK and China have changed, the military department Shangshu Wei Jiansu was reappointed as the right minister, and still practiced the Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Guo Ziyi, who had been leading the army outside, took over Wei Jiansu's post, and the constitutional department attendant Fang Xuan, who had always been dissatisfied with Yang Guozhong, was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Culture and the same as the Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and the former military department waiter Xiao Hua was reappointed as the Zhongshu waiter, and he was also ranked in the political affairs hall. From this arrangement, Yang Xi could feel that Li Longji wanted to make some enemies for Yang Guozhong in the political hall.

Yang Xi did not object to Li Longji restricting Yang Guozhong's power, and on the contrary, he applauded such a move.

If Yang Guozhong has been in a high position in the court, then it is impossible for his son to enter the real power center of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, the power of the Yang family will be even greater, and anyone who is the emperor will not sleep well.

Yang Guozhong will definitely be slowly snubbed by the emperor, which Yang Xi believes very much. Maybe Li Longji may not be, but the emperor who succeeds to the throne will definitely do so, and he must have a way to deal with it. The way to deal with it is to gain the support of other families, such as marrying someone like Guo Ziyi.

Today, any overture, his ultimate goal is to ask Guo Ziyi for marriage and not be refused. Marrying Guo Xin, in addition to liking this beauty, Yang Xi also has the most practical purpose, that is, to strive for Guo Ziyi's full support.

However, he was not in a hurry to say the ultimate goal, but after arousing Guo Ziyi's interest with one sentence, he threw out a topic that made the other party more interested: "Guo Xianggong, now that Your Majesty has put me in charge of the development of military weapons and weapons, I believe that Guo Xianggong also saw the power of explosives when he attacked the Luoyang Imperial City, right?" In the next time, I want to develop more powerful firearms, and I hope to get the strong support of Guo Xianggong in the development of firearms. ”

Yang Xi said, took out a few drawings from his arms, and presented them to Guo Ziyi: "Guo Xianggong, this is the pattern of some new artillery designed below, I don't know if Guo Xianggong is interested in discussing one or two ...... with him" (to be continued.) )