Surrounded, poor Chen Yingliang is surrounded by countless favors and greetings, all day long is to welcome and visit the big and small powerful ministers in Daxing City, eat and drink and chat to make friends, listen to the opera and enjoy the music to make friends, every day with a large number of unknown powerful ministers to call brothers, accept their congratulations, but also accept their flattery, every day in front of the flattering people are as many as the carp across the river, all want to hug Chen Yingliang's gradually thickening thighs to take shortcuts, among which there are even many famous queens.

People are a little vanity, Chen Yingliang is no exception, in the face of such a situation, Chen Yingliang is still a little fluttering, but fortunately, Chen Yingliang, who is still very shallow, has always maintained the last sobriety, and has not been completely dizzy by so much ecstasy soup. There are quite a few such caring people.

In addition to Chen Laosan, who must follow Chen Yingliang to the eastern capital to enjoy happiness, Chen Yingliang also plans to bring Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling's family to Luoyang, and because Fang Xuanling is always by his side in order to avoid washing diapers, after entering the palace to meet Yang Yu, on the way back, Chen Yingliang talked about this matter about Fang Xuanling, who was traveling with him, and asked Fang Xuanling to take his wife and children to the Eastern Capital with him.

"Even if Brother Xian doesn't say anything about this, Brother Fool will definitely make this request to you." Fang Xuanling's answer made Chen Yingliang laugh dumbly, and said very frankly: "With your sister-in-law's temper, it is impossible to rest assured that I will go to the Eastern Capital alone, and I will definitely be watching me together, and I will not be given the opportunity to take a concubine and marry a child outside, so don't worry, Brother Xian, I will definitely take the whole family to the Eastern Capital with you to take office." ”

"Brother, you really love your sister-in-law extraordinarily." Chen Yingliang laughed and said: "My brother promised to take the whole family with me, and I will persuade my uncle to lead the whole family to Luoyang with me in a while, and then we will live together and live a lively life." ”

"Brother Xian, do you still want Gao Lilang to take the whole family to the Eastern Capital with you?" Fang Xuanling asked in some surprise.

"Of course." Chen Yingliang replied casually: "Uncle, this Zhililang is originally an official position with no real power, and it is not interesting to stay in Daxing, of course I want to persuade him to follow me to the Eastern Capital." Besides, Innocent's grandmother is also old, and bringing her old man to the Eastern Capital will also make it easier for me and Innocent to serve her. ”

Fang Xuanling was a little silent, and rode his horse forward a few steps, then hesitated and said: "Brother Xian, your filial piety is indeed commendable, but Brother Fool feels that your actions seem to be a little inappropriate. ”

"Something is wrong? Why? Chen Yingliang asked in surprise.

"Brother Xian, remember what you said." Fang Xuanling didn't answer the rhetorical question, and said: "Your cousin Li Jing Li Juncheng once refused to go back to the Eastern Capital with you to enter the right martial guard, do you know why Li Juncheng did this?" ”

"Uncle Cousin is here to keep me off the hook." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully: "He thinks that I have just served as the general of the Right Wuwei, and immediately installed a large number of cronies in the Right Wuwei, and incorporated a large number of descendants, which is a matter of taboo and hatred. ”

"Mr. Pharmacist's love for his virtuous brother is like an old cow licking a calf, which is really admirable." Fang Xuanling nodded in praise, and suddenly said: "But Brother Fool thinks that there is another reason for Mr. Pharmacist's move, and this reason is to leave a way out for Brother Xian." ”

"Leave me a way out?" Chen Yingliang was a little surprised, and some felt ridiculous - when did the ghost place of Mayi where Li Jing was located become his own retreat?

"Yes, leave a way out for you." Fang Xuanling's expression was quite stern, and said: "Brother Xian, you are indeed an official and a high-ranking lord now, holding great power, but your foundation is still too shallow, and you can get to this point, of course, because of your efforts and talents, your luck also accounts for a large part of it, if it weren't for your luck to meet Li Guogong, Fan Shangshu, Wei Shangshu and His Royal Highness King Cai, these discerning Bole, if it weren't for your luck to get the holy favor, even if you can still get ahead, you won't be able to achieve today's achievement." ”

"Since ancient times, the companion of the king is like a tiger, and the holy favor has also prospered and declined, and no one dares to guarantee that his eternal holy favor will not fade." Fang Xuanling said calmly: "Don't talk about it, let's just say that Yu Wenhua, who has been fighting with you recently, is a typical example, his father is the first favorite minister in front of the emperor, and he himself once served as a guard in the East Palace when His Majesty was still the prince, and he had a personal relationship with His Majesty, and he was once imposing, but because of a wrong step, he almost lost his head, and even if he saved his life, he was degraded to slavery by His Majesty. Brother Xian, do you dare to guarantee that you will never make a mistake like Yu Wenhua and that, and dare to guarantee that you will always be able to gain the favor and trust of Your Majesty? Not to be abandoned by His Majesty? ”

Seeing Chen Yingliang nodded, Fang Xuanling said: "Mr. Pharmacist can see farther than you, you have been promoted too quickly this time by being the general of the Right Martial Guard, it is difficult to consolidate the foundation in a short period of time, and it is difficult to predict the slightest unexpected consequences, so he refused to enter the Right Martial Guard with you, first, he doesn't want you to be suspected of unauthorized power and be hated by others, and secondly, he wants to leave you a road in Mayi, in case you step into the air and have nowhere to go." ”

"If this is the case, then Brother Xian, your backer in the court, the danger of losing your head is very small, but the possibility of being belittled is very great, and then Brother Xian, where will you be demoted? With your record against the Turks, and with the foundation laid by Mr. Pharmacist for you in Mayi, isn't Mayi the most ideal and suitable retreat for you, Brother Xian? Let's think about it another way, if Mr. Pharmacist accepts your invitation and enters the Right Martial Guard with you, then Brother Xian, if you step into the air, won't he also fall? If he falls again, wouldn't it be even more difficult for the virtuous brother to make a comeback? ”

Chen Yingliang was silent, but Li Jing's gentle smile involuntarily appeared in his mind, and he sighed lightly: "Listening to my brother's words, it is better to study for ten years, and the younger brother only now understands that my cousin really cares for me and thinks more about me than anyone else." ”

"It's good that Brother Xian understands Mr. Yakushi's hard work." Fang Xuanling looked ahead while riding his horse, and said: "So, Brother Fool thinks, Brother Xian, you'd better not take Gao Lilang to Luoyang, the eastern capital, lest you fall and he will follow." In addition, Brother Yu also felt that it was best for you to take advantage of the opportunity to gain the Holy Favor now and seek a local position of real power for Gao Lilang, and prepare a way out for yourself. The reason is also very simple, the cunning rabbit still has three holes, let alone people? ”

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, Chen Yingliang, who has always been scheming, was completely speechless, and all that was left in his heart was the word admiration, and he finally understood that Fang Xuanling could become a virtuous minister through the ages, why he was only a criminal police captain in the 21st century. After sighing, Chen Yingliang did not hesitate, and immediately said: "What my brother said is very true, the younger brother has been taught, yes, the younger brother has to seek a local position of real power for his uncle, and he can't let him go to the Eastern Capital with me, otherwise, once I have any mistakes, he will have to be served in a pot." ”

At this time, Chen Yingliang and Fang Xuanling and his entourage had already returned to Yiyangfang, which was not far from the imperial city, although there were still people sent by the powerful people of Daxing to send invitations to invite Chen Yingliang to the banquet, but Chen Yingliang found all kinds of excuses to politely refuse, just invited Fang Xuanling into his study, asked people to bring wine and food, sat down with Fang Xuanling and drank together, and continued to discuss the topic just now. After personally serving Fang Xuanling full of wine, Chen Yingliang asked directly: "Brother, do you think the younger brother should seek the real power of that place for his uncle?"

"Brother Xian, this question should be asked to yourself." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "It depends on what you plan to do next, Brother Xian, and then decide what position to seek for Gao Lilang, and what kind of position of real power you have." ”

Fang Xuanling's question just hit the heart of Chen Yingliang, so that Chen Yingliang, who was already holding the wine, stopped drinking, turned the cup and said: "Brother, I won't tell you, what are the plans for the next step, the younger brother is also at a loss now." Originally, during the Battle of Yanmen, the younger brother grabbed some of Tang Guogong's handles, but he wanted to bring him down, and then took the opportunity to seek his position as the Hedong comfort envoy, but no one thought that His Majesty would temporarily decide to let Fan Shangshu serve as the Taiyuan guard, but he named me the general of the Right Wuwei, which caught me off guard, and I have been busy with the official affairs of the Right Wuwei and my personal affairs these days, and I haven't had time to think carefully about the next step. ”

"Brother Xian, forgive me for my words, you have some lack of foresight in this matter." Fang Xuanling said very frankly: "People have no vision, they must have near-term worries, don't you know what kind of temper Your Majesty is?" Maybe you will suddenly decide to go on another cruise, and if you don't prepare in advance, what if your majesty lets you go on a cruise? Do you imagine that Yuwen Zhuguo is the same as Laizhu Kingdom, forever following His Majesty Xià to tour the north and south, always serving the monarch with trepidation, and everything must be at the mercy of others? ”

Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, and then thinking of the future Jiangdu mutiny, Chen Yingliang immediately shivered, and quickly shook his head and said: "I don't want to, of course I won't refuse to obey the holy order, but with His Majesty, there are still a large number of high-ranking and powerful civil and military ministers on my head, all of them are better than me, all of them are more prominent than me, and I have to go crazy to deal with them for a long time." ”

"So, Brother Xian, you must do your best to plan, the sooner the better." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Brother Xian just said that you once wanted to seek the position of Hedong Comfort Envoy, and this position is indeed very suitable for you, but now that it has been occupied by your Bole Fan Shangshu, then you don't want to fight the idea of Hedong and Shanxi, let's change places." Brother Fool thinks that the left-behind position in both the East and the West is very suitable for you. ”

With a bang, the iron rooster Chen Yingliang smashed his wine glass for the first time, and then Chen Yingliang couldn't care about being distressed, and immediately exclaimed: "The left-behind position of the east and west? Brother, you're not kidding, are you? How old am I, how could I possibly be given such a heavy responsibility? ”

"What's this? Brother Xian, you don't even have the qualifications to enter the army, and you still serve as the general of the right military guard? Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Besides, the position of inspecting the internal history of Henan Province, which you concurrently hold as a virtuous brother, was originally a concurrent position held by Fan Shangshu when he was left behind in the Eastern Capital, and he was responsible for checking and inspecting the people's livelihood and government affairs of Henan County, which is already equivalent to the authority of half of the Eastern Capital. ”

Chen Yingliang continued to open his mouth, and Fang Xuanling smiled again: "Brother Xian doesn't need to be so surprised, you and I can't tell if you can seal the position left behind by both the east and the west, just talk about what kind of gain you will have if you hold one of these two positions." First of all, you don't have to be at the mercy of too many people, and you have great autonomy in your actions, and secondly, if there is chaos today, where the root is, you and I both know it, as long as the root cause is still there, the Great Sui world will only be in turmoil, and sooner or later it will threaten the safety of the two capitals, and the importance of staying behind will be more prominent. ”

"What's more, as long as you find one of the things that you stay, you will get a talisman." Fang Xuanling said again: "Brother Xian, if you serve as a left-behind guard in other places, then even if you can take power and take charge of the army, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not end up with Pengcheng Dong Chun." But the east and west are different, Daxing and Luoyang are the national capitals of the Great Sui, the guards in these two places are shouldering the heavy burden of guarding the palace and the temple and protecting the families of hundreds of officials, and there can be no mistakes. Isn't it far better than being beaten passively in the local area? ”

was moved by Fang Xuanling's words, Chen Fuliang also started his head full of bad water and calculated, now that Li Yuan has been overthrown, it is impossible for Taiyuan to raise troops, but with the temper of Emperor Yang of Sui, the chaos in the world will definitely only go on more, no matter whether there will be a Jiangdu mutiny or not, as long as he can occupy one of the positions left behind in the east and west, he will definitely be able to hold a capital of elite soldiers and master a grain depot, and it will be best to have a Jiangdu mutiny at that time, even if there is no Jiangdu mutiny, He can also rely on the responsibility or merit of guarding the national capital to become the mainstay of the Great Sui court, and then he can compete for hegemony in the world, and he can protect himself by retreating, which is indeed far better than going to other places to serve as an ambassador to stay behind - of course, it is still not comparable to Chen Fuliang's most coveted Taiyuan left-behind position.

Thinking of these, Chen Yingliang was inevitably even more tempted, so he thought about it and said: "Brother's words are indeed reasonable, but it is too difficult to let the younger brother strive to become one of the two guards, and now Daxing is still Wei Xuanwei Shangshu, I can neither possibly nor bear to replace him, although there is a little hope for the Eastern Capital to stay behind, but the hope is still pitifully small, and there are a lot of people in the court who are more qualified than me to hold this position, I want to stand out from so many people, and the hope is very small." ”

"As long as there is hope, we must go all out to fight for it." Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: "Since Brother Xian thinks that there is still some hope for you to stay in this position in the Eastern Capital, then you have to do your best to seize this hope, and even if you can't succeed at that time, you can stay in the Eastern Capital, and you don't have to follow His Majesty around the world, and you will be respected and not in real power." The eastern capital is located in the heart of the world, there are wars on all sides, at that time, you will lead the army to sit in the middle of the world, with your talent, still worry that you can't find the opportunity to continue to make meritorious contributions? ”

Chen Yingliang nodded slowly, and then asked, "Then in the opinion of the elder brother, how should the younger brother act so that he can try his best to fight for the Eastern Capital to stay in this position?" ”

"Two points, first, political achievements." Fang Xuanling raised two fingers and said in a deep voice: "Battlefield merits, you are enough, how much meritorious you make in the military, for you is just the icing on the cake, it is difficult to win the joy of Your Majesty." But in terms of civil affairs, so far, you are still a little lackluster, so Brother Yu thinks that you should use the part-time position of inspecting the internal history of Henan to make a big fuss, and do a few beautiful political achievements, so that His Majesty the Emperor feels that you are both civil and military, and you can be of great use, and lay the foundation for you to take over the Eastern Capital. ”

"Second, His Royal Highness King Yue Yang Tong!" Fang Xuanling lowered his voice and said: "Although the two are left behind, they have the power of civil and military power, but in terms of reputation, they still assist His Royal Highness the Acting King and His Royal Highness the King of Yue to stay in the capital, these two Royal Highnesses are deeply loved by His Majesty, and they still have a certain weight in speaking in front of His Majesty, Brother Xian, you want to stay in the Eastern Capital, and the relationship with His Royal Highness the King of Yue must not be ignored!" Therefore, Brother Xian, you must have a good relationship with His Royal Highness King Yue, establish friendship with him, and it is best to let him establish trust and even dependence on you, so when His Majesty chooses to stay in the Eastern Capital, His Royal Highness King Yue may be able to decide big things with a word! ”

The direction was pointed out to Chen Yingliang, and the road was also marked to Chen Yingliang, Fang Xuanling said it to this point, if Chen Yingliang can't listen to it, then it is no longer worthy of being called a mourning Chen Fuliang. Slowly raised the new wine glass, put the wine to his lips, and after suddenly drinking it all, Chen Yingliang smashed the wine glass to pieces, and said viciously: "That's it!" The eastern capital stays, no matter how small the hope is, I will go all out! ”

Seeing that Chen Yingliang was obedient to his words, Fang Xuanling, who had been dormant at the bottom of the folk for many years, was of course very satisfied, and was busy building a local real power position between the east and west for Gao Shilian, Chen Yingliang also agreed, and then Chen Fuliang remembered a big thing again, and hurriedly asked: "Brother, where is Brother Du Ruhui Du?" Why is it that I have been back in Daxingdu for three days, and I haven't seen you bring him to me? ”

"Keming went to Anding, not in Daxing City." Fang Xuanling replied casually.

Chen Yingliang hurriedly asked Du Ruhui when he would return, Fang Xuanling shook his head and said that he didn't know, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to ask Fang Xuanling to leave a book for Du Ruhui's family, and persuade Du Ruhui to go to Luoyang to meet him, and then muttered in his greedy heart: "I finally brought Fang Xuanling to be an accomplice, Du Ruhui ran away again, Lao Tzu's talent luck is really bad!" "If you go in, then you don't deserve to be called mourning the conscience of heaven and mourning the conscience of Chen. Slowly raised the new wine glass, put the wine to his lips, and after suddenly drinking it all, Chen Yingliang smashed the wine glass to pieces, and said viciously: "That's it!" The eastern capital stays, no matter how small the hope is, I will go all out! ”

Seeing that Chen Yingliang was obedient to his words, Fang Xuanling, who had been dormant at the bottom of the folk for many years, was of course very satisfied, and was busy building a local real power position between the east and west for Gao Shilian, Chen Yingliang also agreed, and then Chen Fuliang remembered a big thing again, and hurriedly asked: "Brother, where is Brother Du Ruhui Du?" Why is it that I have been back in Daxingdu for three days, and I haven't seen you bring him to me? ”

"Keming went to Anding, not in Daxing City." Fang Xuanling replied casually.

Chen Yingliang hurriedly asked Du Ruhui when he would return, Fang Xuanling shook his head and said that he didn't know, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to ask Fang Xuanling to leave a book for Du Ruhui's family, and persuade Du Ruhui to go to Luoyang to meet him, and then muttered in his greedy heart: "I finally brought Fang Xuanling to be an accomplice, Du Ruhui ran away again, Lao Tzu's talent luck is really bad!" ”