Wang Shou is ten years older than Wang Yuanji, he has a fairy wind bones, he loves plum blossoms since childhood, he planted a large plum tree in Taiyuan West Mountain, and called himself Mei Gong, Taiyuan people call him Wang Mei Gong, but three years ago, he had an accident when he enjoyed the plum blossom, his leg unfortunately broke, and he can no longer stand up, and can only stay in the study most of the time every day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Wang Shou's mentality was very good, and he was not depressed because of his leg disease, he turned his interest to painting plums and indulged in it.

Wang Shou smiled and said, "It's inconvenient to stand up, just sit casually!" ”

Wang Yuanji sat down and looked at the room, only to see that the room was full of plum blossoms painted by the eldest brother, and he smiled: "The eldest brother has liked plum blossoms since he was a child, and they have never changed for decades, and the younger brother admires them very much." ”

"It's not that I've always been so addicted, I couldn't take care of Haomei when I was an official in the imperial court, I just found something to do when I was bored."

Wang Shou asked with concern: "What is the situation of the relief to the victims now, is there enough food in the official warehouse?" ”

"There are still 38,000 stones of grain in the official warehouse, which should be enough, but the manpower is relatively tight, and the officials want to maintain order, I originally wanted to ask Qu Tugong to borrow some troops, but I don't feel good to speak, I'm afraid that he will fight the idea of the official warehouse grain."

"You don't have to worry about this, Qu Tutong doesn't care about the people's lives and deaths like Pei Lian, he is very principled, there is no need to abuse the food of the government, and there are still 200,000 stones of grain in Jinyang Cang, which is enough for the army to consume, but it is best not to let the army participate in local affairs, if you are short of manpower, I can let the apprentices of the Wang family to help you."

Wang Yuanji was overjoyed, there were more than 100 students in Wang's family, most of them were around 20 years old, it was the most capable time, with their assistance, his relief was much easier, he hurriedly bowed and said: "Thank you big brother for help!" ”

"It is the duty of the Wang family to help the poor people, but there is no need to be deliberately grateful, but it is not a way to continue like this, if the two armies face off for a year or two, I am afraid that half of the people in Taiyuan City will die, as a county prince, you should think of a way to end the war as soon as possible."

Wang Yuanji was stunned in his heart, he suddenly realized that the eldest brother had another purpose in bringing him in, and I am afraid that the last sentence is the purpose of the eldest brother.

He asked in a low voice, "What do you mean—"

Wang Shou didn't answer directly, but smiled and diverted the topic and asked, "Who do you think will be able to win the world in the end of the Zhou and Tang dynasties?" ”

"This ..... Of course, the Zhou Dynasty has a bigger chance of winning. ”

"Is it just a little bigger?"

Wang Yuanji didn't know how to answer for a while, Wang Shou said again: "I received a pigeon letter from the manor outside the city this morning, and got three news, one news is that Li Jing's army has come out of Hexi, and the other news is that the Tang army has completely withdrawn from Bashu, and the third news is that you may not think that the Guanlong nobles rebelled in Guanzhong, and the 20,000 army besieged Chang'an, and Li Shimin's army has abandoned Hedong County, and the army is returning to Chang'an. ”

"Ahh

Wang Yuanji exclaimed, these three news were more violent than the other, making him stunned.

Seeing his cousin's stunned expression, Wang Shou said lightly: "Now do you still think that the winning side of the Zhou Dynasty is only a little bigger?" ”

Wang Yuanji muttered to himself: "The general trend has gone!" The tide is over! ”

"It is indeed the general trend that has gone, in this era of changing dynasties, the major families have different positions, and the harvest is very different, Fan Yang Lu, who has been suppressed by the Boling Cui family, has gained a huge harvest, and has obtained the position of the queen and a Xiangguo, not only that, Lu Zhuo was named the Duke of Yanguo, his son Lu Qingyuan was promoted to Zhuojun Taishou, Pei Jia got a noble concubine, Pei Ju was a Taiwei, Pei Hong was promoted to Zhongshu Shilang, and there were two Taishou, the Su family was both civil and military, Su Wei's eldest son Su Kui will be appointed as Taichangqing, and his grandson Su Gan will be appointed as the Taishou of Liangjun, Su Lie needless to say, He is indispensable to the position of general, like Xingyang Zheng's family standing on the wrong team, a good Xiangguo was dismissed, and in the end he couldn't even do it, and he returned to his hometown, for three years in a row, he couldn't even pass the Jinshi exam. ”

"Big brother, our Wang family is actually not bad! At least there is a big general, and the second brother also serves as the secretary of the Shaofu Temple. ”

Wang Shou shook his head, "Although Wang Wei also said that he is the Taiyuan Wang clan, we know in our hearts that he is actually the Wang clan of Feng Yijun, and he has been separated from my Taiyuan Wang clan for five generations, and he is not even with us in the clan sacrifice, how can he be listed as the Taiyuan Wang clan?" Wang Shan's Shaofu Siqing is basically over, he should be a good Shangshu Zuocheng, if the family can support him at that time, he should be Shangshu Zuo Servant now, although our Wang family is a little better than the Zheng family, but it is still far behind. ”

"But I heard that Zhang Xuan has been suppressing the family, I'm afraid it ......."

"This is a big mistake, he is the kind of family that suppressed the Wei and Jin eras, unearned, immoral and incompetent and in a high position, for our kind of family that relies on real talent and real learning to fight for the imperial examination, he will not suppress, I have observed him for many years, he is a very practical person, in terms of meritorious deeds, the biggest problem of our Wang family is no merit, does the seventh brother understand what I mean?"

Wang Yuanji understood what the eldest brother meant, and he said in a low voice: "The eldest brother wants to dedicate Taiyuan to him?" ”

Wang Shou nodded slowly, "This is our last chance." ”

He took a pigeon letter from the table, "This is a letter from Wang Shan to me, Zhang Xuan specially met with him, and made this request to the Wang family, if we fulfill his request, then our Wang family can also add a sum of merit to the merit book, at least the seventh brother can be promoted to Taishou immediately, on the contrary, if it is a tragic battle in the end and seize Taiyuan, our Wang family really has no hope, and other families will replace us, such as the Wen family." ”

Wang Yuanji lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said, "But I am only a civilian official, and it is difficult for me to meddle in military affairs, what should I do?" ”

"I have already considered this problem, you can pass the three news I just said into the army, this is not a rumor, it is easy to confirm, it will inevitably cause chaos in the army at that time, so that the high-level generals of the army will understand that the general trend of the Tang Dynasty has gone, at that time, we can start with Wang Junkuo."

"Big brother agreed to accept Wang Junkuo?"

Wang Shou nodded, "I have already sent someone to invite him just now, and it is estimated that he will come to visit me today or tomorrow, and at that time, I will have a good talk with him." ”

As soon as Wang Shou's words fell, the butler's report came from outside the door, "Master, General Wang is here and waiting in the guest hall." ”

Wang Shou laughed, "It seems that he is much more eager than I expected, okay!" The seventh brother will do what I just arranged, send three pieces of news to the army, and then I will inform you what to do. ”

"I understand, big brother, I'll go first."

"Go ahead!"

Wang Yuanji hurriedly went after a salute, and Wang Shou instructed the personal maid standing outside the door: "I want to go to the Guike Hall." ”

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In the guest hall, Wang Junkuo is pacing back and forth with his negative hands, looking a little worried, Wang Junkuo is a native of Shiai County, when he was a teenager, he fled into the Taihang Mountain because of murder, he is talented, nearly seven feet tall, with a big waist and a round waist, and infinite strength, he was taught by a stranger in Taihang Mountain, and practiced a fierce knife technique.

When the Wagang army rose, Wang Junkuo led 2,000 troops to take refuge happily, but on the first day of the mountain, he defeated Zhai Hong in public, although he was also appreciated by Shan Xiongxin, but he couldn't resist Zhai Hong's continuous slander in front of Zhai Rang, so that he had been depressed in Wagang Village, until Li Jiancheng pretended to be Li Mi on Wagang, Wang Junkuo found a belonging, he has been following Li Jiancheng back to the Tang Dynasty, repeatedly made military exploits, and made a lot of great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

But although there are many meritorious contributions, he has never been reused by the imperial court, especially when he participated in the war with the Turkic army and paid a heavy price, but the final result was not only not meritorious, but was dismissed from all military positions by Li Shenfu, and the title was also deprived.

That dismissal made Wang Junkuo completely chilled, although Li Shimin used him again, and Qu Tutong also treated him well, but his current official position in the court is still Zhonglang General, only one level higher than Xie Ying, Li Shimin promised to restore his title, but there is no news so far.

In fact, Wang Junkuo knew in his heart that he was the person who was built by the crown prince, and Li Shimin used him just to show his humility to the outside world, but in fact, Li Shimin still did not trust him in his bones, with Li Shimin's power, it was impossible for the military department to deliberately embarrass himself, which can only show that Li Shimin did not really use his sincerity, unless the prince ascended the throne, otherwise he Wang Junkuo would not have a bright future.

Another reason is that Li Shenfu once insulted him in public as a thief, Qu Tutong also admitted that his experience of falling into the grass will hinder his career to a large extent, which makes Wang Junkuo very distressed, he has been in officialdom for all these years, and he also knows that he has no background backstage, even if he has a body of martial arts, he will not be really reused.

Thinking about it, Wang Junkuo only thought of one way, that is, Taiyuan Wang accepted himself, his father had told him before his death that his great-grandfather was a branch of Taiyuan Wang, and moved to Shiai County because he had no status in the family, and since then Taiyuan Wang has forgotten them, if he can return to Taiyuan Wang, with this family background, it is enough to cover up his disgraceful experience of being a grassy man.

Wang Junkuo has come to find the head of the family Wang Shou for the third time, although he sincerely put forward the hope of returning to the family, but the head of the family has always been ambiguous, in the final analysis, it is because of his low military rank, if he was a general when he brought it up, he didn't believe that Wang Shou would not agree?

Thinking of this, Wang Junkuo couldn't help but sigh melancholy, and at this time, the maid outside the door reminded him: "The master is here!" ”

As soon as Wang Junkuo turned around, he saw four healthy women walking in carrying a wooden frame, and the person sitting cross-legged on the platform was none other than Wang Shou, the head of the family.

Wang Junkuo hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "The younger generation sees the head of the family!" ”

"I've kept Jun Kuo waiting, please sit down and talk!"

When Wang Junkuo heard the head of the family call himself Jun Kuo, instead of calling himself General Wang like the last two times, a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in his heart.