Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, and walked to Pei Ju's side with a smile, but he didn't bother Pei Ju to register the victims, and waited patiently for Pei Ju to finish the matter in his hand.

Pei Ju smiled apologetically at Zhang Xuan, and then asked the victims in front of him: "You and your family's names have been registered, so where is your place of origin?" I mean where is your home? ”

"The villain is from Pingfeng Township, Songcheng County."

Pei Ju nodded, registered Liangjun Songcheng County in the book, and asked with a smile: "What do you do to make a living in your hometown?" Do you have land at home? ”

"Back to the master, the villain farms for a living, and his family has no land, so he rents fifty acres of land to cultivate."

"I see that you have a son and a daughter, the eldest son is fourteen years old, does he help you farm together?"

"Exactly, our father and son are farming, and the mother and daughter are weaving at home."

"A nice family of four."

Pei Ju smiled and said, "And one last item, what skills do you have?" For example, carpenters, hunters, masons, blacksmiths, etc."

The man thought for a moment, "I know how to make iron, and I was a blacksmith until I was thirty years old, and then I changed to farming. ”

"Oh-"

Pei Ju smiled: "Blacksmiths are very popular with us!" You can make money, the government is also recruiting blacksmiths, you can try, if you are admitted, you will get eight times a month, which is more profitable than farming. ”

"The villain went back and discussed with the lady, and if the lady agreed, the villain went to sign up."

"Huh! Your lady will definitely agree. ”

Pei Ju took an iron plaque and gave it to him, "The temporary residence is in the thirty-fifth district, you go by yourself, and there will be officials responsible for relocating you." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

The man bowed and retreated, and at this time, Pei Ju handed over the registration to another official, and he got up and smiled at Zhang Xuan: "Let the general wait for a long time." ”

"The country came to register the victims. I am deeply ashamed of my humble position! ”

"Actually, it's nothing, the old man often did this kind of thing when he was young, touching the scene and feeling very nostalgic."

Zhang Xuan pointed to the big tent in front of him, "It's chaotic here, let's go to the tent and talk!" ”

Pei Ju nodded. He Zhang Xuan walked towards the big tent, he looked at the steady stream of disaster victims, sighed and said: "This should actually be a matter of the imperial court, but the disaster is too serious, it is far from enough to rely on the imperial court alone, and fortunately you can take the initiative to take responsibility, the saint is not dissatisfied with you for this matter, he can be regarded as acquiescing in your behavior." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "I heard that the Heluo area and Jianghuai have also started large-scale disaster relief, which is a good thing. If the local government can do its part, the problem of the victims will be solved. ”

"That being said, not every government is willing to provide disaster relief, some are waiting for the imperial court's instructions, such as Pengcheng County and Xiapi County, and some government governments are short of their own food, such as the counties of the Central Plains, so the general can take the lead in disaster relief. That's a good example. ”

As they spoke, they walked into the big tent, which was the place where the officials rested. There was no one inside, so Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers guarded the door and did not allow officials to enter.

At this time, Pei Ju remembered something. He asked in a low voice, "I just met the brother of Zheng Shanguo, the Qing of Dali Temple, why is he here?" ”

Zhang Xuan was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "The Zheng family also wants to contribute to disaster relief, they have a manor on the bank of Juye Ze in Dongping County, and the Zheng family donated thousands of stones of grain in the manor to us free of charge. ”

"Really? But the Heluo area is also providing relief. They are from a family in Xingyang County, but they came to Qingzhou for disaster relief, which is very interesting! ”

"Maybe they are also in the Heluo area for disaster relief, and the Zheng family wants to do a little more."

Pei Ju shook his head, "The so-called county wang has rules, no family will cross the county to provide disaster relief, General Zhang, you and I both know in our hearts that the Zheng family is here for you." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "If the Pei family is willing to come to disaster relief, I can't ask for it." ”

Pei Ju was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Who said that the Pei family didn't come, isn't the old man registering the victims for you?" ”

The two laughed together, and Zhang Xuan arched his hand and said: "The humble position is just a joke, so that Sun is in charge of disaster relief in Fan County, Jibei County, and he is already too busy to touch the ground, Yuan Qing led the cavalry to maintain order, and he also did his best, and the Pei family helped me a lot." ”

Zhang Xuan's words are puns, but he refers to the Pei family's support for him.

Pei Ju sighed, "During this time, the Holy Lord was a little cold to me, I didn't quite understand the reason, I thought it was because I recommended you back then, but I only found out yesterday, in fact, it was because of Yuanqing's father." ”

"What happened to Pei Shuai?"

Zhang Xuan remembered that in history, Bae Renji surrendered to Wagang, and he secretly thought in his heart, 'Bae Renji won't have surrendered yet!' ’

Pei Ju smiled bitterly, "The superintendent Xiao Huairang impeached him for conniving at Wagang recruitment, and the saint sent him to Xiangyang to deal with the slaughter of Zhu Ji, but he resisted and disobeyed, so the saint thought that I was secretly instigating, but in fact I didn't know anything." ”

Zhang Xuan also believes in Pei Ju's words, even if Pei Ju agrees with Pei Renji's opposition to Sui, he will never let Pei Renji go to Wagang and go to Bingzhou to join Li Yuan, which is in line with the characteristics of the Pei family, like to bet on both sides, his son Yuanqing took refuge in himself, then Lao Tzu Pei Renji should take refuge in Li Yuan, didn't Pei Ju always want Pei Renji to go to Bingzhou to garrison?

Zhang Xuan pondered and asked, "What will be the consequences of Pei Shuai's disobedience?" ”

"I don't know, if he really doesn't want to do it, then it's better to quit his job and go back to his hometown to farm."

Pei Ju obviously didn't want to take the lead, he waved his hand and smiled: "Let's not mention him, let's talk about the general!" I'm going to congratulate the general. ”

"What do I like?"

Pei Ju took out the holy decree and handed it to Zhang Xuan and said: "This is not the place to announce the decree, it should be announced again in Qinghe County, but the general can take a look for himself first." ”

Zhang Xuan took the holy decree and slowly opened it, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he actually named himself the general of the right Yiwei, the Duke of Qi Guo, the third division of the Kaifu Yitong, Yang Guang What does this mean, where can his qualifications be such a high position?

Zhang Xuan immediately realized that this was Yang Guang provoking the relationship between himself and generals from all over the world, for example, Luo Yi would be extremely unhappy with himself, he was the Duke of Qi Guo, and he Luo Yi was the Duke of Beiping County.

"Pei Gong, forgive the humble duty and can't accept it!" Jang Hyun returned the holy decree to Bae Ju.

Zhang Xuan's attitude was expected by Pei Ju, he nodded and smiled: "I know you don't want to accept it, but I still have to persuade you to accept it, this is my personal opinion, weigh the pros and cons, I think the pros and cons of accepting it outweigh the disadvantages." ”

"Pei Gong might as well talk about it."

Pei Ju smiled slightly: "You are a genius in the sky, whether it is military or political, you are the leader of the Great Sui, no one can stand side by side with you, but you also have weaknesses, that is, you have no background, no background in the Great Sui means that you have no appeal, to make up for your weaknesses, marriage is a good way, your marriage with the Lu family will make you get the support of the Hebei scholars, but marriage alone is not enough, you must have enough high positions, people are very snobbish, you become a general, the Duke of Qi, you initially have the appeal of the world, There will be a lot of people coming to you, Yuan Ding, at this critical time, you can't make a mistake because of a momentary high school! ”

Zhang Xuan bowed and bowed, "Pei Gong is right, Zhang Xuan has been taught." ”

Pei Ju said again: "In addition, you have to understand one thing, the saint has appointed you to a high position, it is not because of what merits you have made, whether it is Gao Kaidao or Lu Mingyue, those are not merits, but high merits, you think about what you have done, a Liaodong, a Liyang Cang, how many superiors can tolerate you?" Therefore, you must know in your heart why the Holy One has made you a high position. ”

"Is it because of Li Yuan?" Zhang Xuan smiled faintly.

Pei Ju was stunned, "How do you know?" ”

"Because I told the saint that the true identity of Li Mi in Wagang is Li Jiancheng, the spearhead of the saint was removed from me to Taiyuan."

Pei Ju was speechless for a long time, it turned out that Zhang Xuan stabbed Li Yuan in the back, this move was ruthless and spicy enough, he pointed at Zhang Xuan and smiled: "You! When did it become so cunning? ”

"Where am I cunning, I knew about it a few years ago, and I have been hiding it for him, he put himself under a dangerous wall, and he doesn't want to be a gentleman, can you blame me?"

"You're right, Li Yuan himself is indeed too careless, there is no impermeable wall in the world, even if you don't say it, others will also tell you."

Pei Ju didn't want to offend Zhang Xuan in this matter, so he should have a couple of sentences with Zhang Xuan, he wanted to take the opportunity to mention the marriage, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not the time, he still needed to continue to envelop Zhang Xuan, and he had a good relationship, and the marriage would naturally come to fruition.

"There is one more thing I want to tell Yuan Ding, I have suggested that Ling Yue should be appointed as the pacification envoy of the Central Plains, His Royal Highness King Yan has agreed, it is estimated that now that Ling Yue has left Jiangdu, the general had better send an army to protect him, and the Holy Lord may recall him back to Jiangdu at any time."

Zhang Xuan was immediately overjoyed, Lu Zhuo finally left Jiangdu, he hurriedly got up and bowed deeply to Pei Ju, "Pei Gong's kindness, Zhang Xuan remembers it." ”

Pei Ju's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, "The old man still has a few heartfelt words, Yuan Ding would like to hear them?" (To be continued.) )