On the night of the triumphant return to Taiyuan, Chen Fuliang asked Wei Zheng, who came to Taiyuan with the army, to write a recital for himself, in addition to reporting to Emperor Yang of Sui, he also reported to Emperor Yang of Sui in the chapter, saying that Fan Lao's stubborn illness has not yet healed and still needs time to recuperate.

Chen Yingliang is also a very trustworthy person, and at the same time as he sent the Baojie to Daxing with a daily trip of 300 miles, Chen Yingliang really sent a letter to Pei Yun by the way, helping Pei Lian to intercede with Pei Yun, and begging Pei Yun to raise his noble hand to his clansmen as a distant relative, and the purpose was nothing else, that is, to sell a favor to Pei Lian, and after he took over as Taiyuan to stay behind, let Pei Lian play a greater role.

The chapter and the letter were sent, Chen Yingliang also relaxed a little, while taking care of Fan Zigai, who was gradually improving, while patiently waiting for Emperor Yang of Sui's reply, but what Chen Fuliang didn't expect was that on the third day of the concert, an urgent letter was sent to him from the eastern capital Luoyang, and the letter was sent to Fang Xuanling who Chen Yingliang deliberately stayed in the eastern capital to help him preside over the rear affairs, and the messenger was also Chen Fuliang's former soldier of Chen Peng's old department, knowing Fang Xuanling's steady character, Chen Fuliang did not dare to slack off, Quickly opened the letter and took a closer look, and then Chen Fuliang's little face was longer than a donkey.

"General, what's wrong? Why is your face so ugly? Wei Zheng, a staff officer of the army, asked curiously.

Chen Fuliang didn't answer, just handed the letter to Wei Zheng, and then sat behind the handsome case and crossed Erlang's legs to calculate, when Wei Zheng took a closer look at the letter, he found that Fang Xuanling first reported the situation in the eastern capital to Chen Fuliang in the letter, saying that the current situation in the eastern capital Luoyang is already a mess, and the four left-behind guards hinder each other, stirring up political affairs, and then affecting the counterinsurgency battlefield. In the four counties of Shuyang and Nanyang, even if Pei Renji personally led the army to conquer, the pacification of the Yiyang thief rebellion was still far away, and the strategy of the four left-behind guards to jointly assist Yang Tong had also proved to be a complete failure.

In view of this situation, Fang Xuanling analyzed that Emperor Yang of Sui must be very dissatisfied with the situation in the Eastern Capital, and it is likely that he will make adjustments to the officialdom of the Eastern Capital in the near future, and it is also possible to return to the Eastern Capital in advance, so Fang Xuanling Jian, if Chen Fuliang has already pacified the Fenshui Bandits, then he will do his best to report to Emperor Yang of Sui and ask to return to the division to quell the rebellion. There are two reasons for this construction, the first is of course to curry favor with Emperor Yang of Sui, so that Emperor Yang of Sui feels that Chen Fuliang is loyal to state affairs and loyal to the court of the Great Sui, and the second is to make up for Chen Fuliang's impression in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, so as to prevent Emperor Yang of Sui from pursuing Chen Fuliang's failed strategy of recommending the four major left-behind communist towns in the east.

Chen Fuliang had ill intentions about staying in Taiyuan, and Wei Zheng had already known about it, so after reading Fang Xuanling's letter, Wei Zheng was inevitably a little embarrassed, but after careful consideration, Wei Zheng still said: "General, although you have the hope of replacing Fan Shangshu to stay in Taiyuan at the moment, but you are not very sure, so the lower officials think that instead of passively waiting for the decision of the imperial court, it is better to take the initiative to ask to return to the court to quell the rebellion according to Brother Qiao Song's proposal, first consolidate your position in the imperial court, and then plan for the long term." ”

Chen Fuliang didn't speak with a gloomy little face, and only sighed after a while, and said, "Why is I so fateless with this Taiyuan?" Last time, when His Majesty appointed Grandpa Fan to stay behind, I should have taken the initiative to ask Grandpa Fan to serve as his deputy, but unfortunately I fainted at that time, and this time I finally had the opportunity to stay in Taiyuan again, and even sent out a piece of music to test the attitude of the imperial court, and Brother Qiao Song came to persuade me to go back as much as possible? ”

"General, Brother Qiao Song is also for your good." Wei Zheng pointed out: "Please ask His Majesty to appoint four left-behind assistants to His Royal Highness the King of Yue, this strategy was proposed by you, at present, the four left-behind guards have stirred up the eastern capital Luoyang, and His Majesty must have been angry, if you don't make up for it, General, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be dissatisfied with you and affect your status in the court, and then the general wants to replace Fan Shangshu as the Taiyuan Guard, but I am afraid that there is no hope." ”

Of course Chen Fuliang understood the truth of what Wei Zheng said, but the more this was the case, the more depressed Chen Fuliang became, and it was indeed ill-intentioned to recommend to Emperor Yang of Sui that the four left-behind guards in the eastern capital of the communist capital would not be able to do anything, but Chen Fuliang never expected that the effect would be so good, not to mention the political situation in the eastern capital, and let such a small rebellion in Yiyang County make a big mess under the nose of the eastern capital Luoyang, and the imperial court of the eastern capital, which has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, can do nothing about this small thief - compared with the rebel army that Chen Fuliang cleaned up on the Qingxu battlefield before, Xun Lingjun can indeed only be regarded as a small role. As a result, it is good now, the four left-behind guards have done so well that even Chen Fuliang, the person who recommended him, has to worry about being implicated.

Depressed and depressed, Fang Xuanling's good strategy Chen Fuliang couldn't help but listen, and after thinking helplessly for a moment, Chen Fuliang could only order: "Mr. Xuancheng, give me an order, let the army prepare for departure, and we will return to the Eastern Capital tomorrow." ”

"General, leaving tomorrow?" Wei Zheng was taken aback, and hurriedly reminded: "Without the imperial court edict, returning to the army without authorization is a felony, is it a felony, did you ask Your Majesty for advice first?" ”

"His Majesty likes responsible courtiers." Chen Fuliang replied casually: "At the beginning, Yang Xuangan rebelled, and Laihu'er came to Zhuguo just to arrive in Penglai, and just received the news of the rebellion, and Laizhuguo also returned to the division without the imperial court edict to quell the rebellion. Now that I have pacified the Fenshui thief rebellion, and I returned to my teacher without permission for the sake of state affairs, Your Majesty will definitely not blame me. ”

"General, it's better to take it easy, you can't compare to coming to Zhuguo." Wei Zheng was still a little worried, and said: "At the very least, you have to discuss with Fan Liushou to see what he means by being an old man, it is best to jointly report the situation to the court with him, Fan Liushou is highly respected, His Majesty does not look at the face of the monk and looks at the face of the Buddha, even if there is any dissatisfaction, I will not blame you too much." ”

felt that Wei Zheng's construction was reasonable, Chen Fuliang did not hesitate, while asking Wei Zheng to arrange for the army to prepare to return to the division, he hurriedly entered Taiyuan City, and came directly to Fan Zigai's left-behind mansion to ask for a meeting, and then came to Fan Zigai's sickbed, Chen Fuliang's little face still left hypocritical tears, and his voice was also choked, which made Fan Lao stubborn suddenly taken aback, and quickly sat up and asked, "Ying Liang, what's wrong?" What are you crying for? ”

"Grandpa Fan, there is one thing that my grandson is very embarrassed about." The chief knelt in front of Fan Lao's stubbornness, Chen Yingliang was not obscure, and with tears he directly told Fan Lao about the chaos in the Eastern Capital, and told the truth about his recommendation of the four major left-behind misdeeds, and at the end, Chen Yingliang choked up and said: "Grandpa, my grandson is brave, I want to return to the Eastern Capital tomorrow to suppress the Yiyang thieves, but now there is no imperial edict, your old man is also sick in bed, and you need me to serve the decoction, and the grandson really doesn't know ......." ”

"Needless to say, the old man understands." Fan Lao stubbornly waved his hand to interrupt Chen Fuliang's words, his expression was also very strict, and said: "You go back, my old bones can still hold on, and the old man will preside over the aftermath here in Taiyuan." It doesn't matter if there is no imperial edict, the old man is also in charge of Xihe County, you can go back to the division to Lingbi Pass, the southernmost part of Xihe County, to wait for the order, and the old man will use five hundred miles to expedite the situation and report the situation to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to allow you to return to the division to quell the rebellion. ”

"Grandpa Fan......." Chen Fuliang's voice was choked, this time it was really not pretending, and said, "My grandson can't bear you." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, get up." Fan Lao stubbornly picked up Chen Fuliang himself, pressed Chen Fuliang to sit next to him, pressed Chen Fuliang's hand, and said with a smile: "I know that you are loyal and filial, but you are loyal and filial, loyal to filial piety, and loyal to filial piety. The old man is seventy-two years old, and there are not many days left to live, before closing his eyes, the old man can dig out the younger generations of loyalty and filial piety like you for His Majesty and the court, and replace the old man to assist the court, the old man just closes his eyes, and he can also smile Jiuquan and go to see the emperor with his chest up. ”

Listening to Fan Zigai's heartfelt words, Chen Fuliang, who had done countless bad things, felt a little guilty for the first time, and couldn't help but bury his head in the arms of the old stubborn, hugging the old stubborn and crying loudly, and the old stubborn gently patted Chen Fuliang's back to comfort him, and at the same time couldn't help the old tears.

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By the way, let's take a look at the situation on Emperor Yang of Sui's side, the same as Fang Xuanling's analysis, Emperor Yang of Sui is not only very dissatisfied with the recent situation in Luoyang, the eastern capital, but also directly violent like thunder, for no other reason, Yuan Wendu, Duan Da, Uncle Xiao Guo and Pei Renji, the four masters in order to compete for power and profit, made the political situation in the eastern capital really Taiji, and only knew that they quarreled and quarreled, and the military and political affairs were delayed countless times, and a small rebellion was allowed to sit under his nose, Emperor Yang of Sui personally ordered Pei Renji to send troops to quell the rebellion, In the case of being only more than 100 miles away from the battlefield, there were such strange things as the shortage of food and grass supply and the disappearance of the messenger, which delayed countless fighters, and the Yiyang thief army became more and more rampant, and even the four surrounding counties that were originally peaceful were also rumored, and there were signs of thieves and chaos.

What made Emperor Yang of Sui even more dissatisfied was that because the Yiyang thief army deliberately wandered at the junction of the counties, the anxious Pei Renji actually asked for an order to restrain the soldiers and horses of the four counties in the south of the eastern capital, and united the forces of the eastern capital and the four counties to suppress the thieves - as a result, this also made Emperor Yang of Sui so angry that he tore Pei Renji's recital to shreds on the spot, a small rogue with only a few thousand people, and the army of the eastern capital with tens of thousands of elite soldiers actually needed the help of soldiers and horses from four counties. Emperor Yang of Sui still has to hand over all the troops in the world to Pei Renji's command?

Of course, if Emperor Yang of Sui could know that the reason why the Yiyang Thief Army deliberately played hide and seek with Pei Renji at the junction of the counties was because someone secretly reported to the Yiyang Thief Army, letting the Yiyang Thief Army know that Pei Renji only had half a month to suppress the thieves and some plans to enter the army, then Emperor Yang of Sui would definitely be so angry that he smashed the Dragon Case on the spot.

The half-month deadline given to Pei Renji passed in a blink of an eye, and when he still hadn't received good news, Emperor Yang of Sui could only look up to the sky in the early morning and sigh, and said: "It's really a puddle of mud that can't support the wall, there is no way, pass the decree, I will return to the Eastern Capital the day after tomorrow, and go there to clean up the mess in person." ”

Knowing that sooner or later there will be a day of civil and military officials agreeing with their hearts, among them, the home in the eastern capital is better, and the civil and military officials in Daxing are all depressed, just back to Daxing to reunite with their families a few days before they have to leave, and everyone is a little depressed. Seeing that Emperor Yang of Sui was unhappy, Yan Guogong, one of the eight masters of Guanlong, took the opportunity to come out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty, the political affairs of the Eastern Capital are chaotic, and the cause is that Chen Yingliang, the general of the Right Military Guard, has made improper suggestions, and persuaded His Majesty to appoint four people to stay behind to assist His Royal Highness the King of Yue. ”

Yu Shiqian sounded the horn of the eight major valves to counterattack Chen Fuliang, and the powerful officials of the Guanlong Gate Valve represented by the Duke of Shu Dugu Suhei, of course, immediately jumped out to help, and accused Chen Fuliang of not understanding political affairs, indiscriminately admonishing, and blinding the saints, who were the real culprits of the chaos in the Eastern Capital, and the sin was far above the four major guards who fought in the nest of Chengtian, and they all begged Emperor Yang of Sui to punish Chen Fuliang severely to set an example.

Fortunately, Chen Fuliang still has a few people in the court who help to speak, at least Pei Ju and Wei Xuan stood up and said a few fair words for Chen Fuliang, and Emperor Yang of Sui, who deliberately supported Chen Fuliang as a target, also knew very well that this was the counterattack of the Guanlong Gate Valve, although he was still a little unhappy with Chen Fuliang's improper admonition, but in order to weaken the power of the Gate Valve, he deliberately ignored it, and couldn't help but say, "It would be good if Chen Aiqing was still in the Eastern Capital, with him here, the Eastern Capital thieves would have to worry about it?" By the way, Yu Aiqing, Chen Aiqing can have a piece of music sent to Daxing in the near future? He went to assist Fan Aiqing to quell the Fenshui thief chaos, how did it go? ”

"Your Majesty, the Chen Xiongqu chapter I received last night." Yu Shiji, the waiter of the inner history who was in charge of entering the chapter, came out and said with a very respectful expression: "Wechen originally planned to report the situation of the Fenshui battle to His Majesty just now, but seeing that His Majesty was in a bad mood, Wechen didn't dare to submit it immediately. ”

Hearing Yu Shiji's words, Pei Ju and Wei Xuan and other Chen Fuliang's backers squinted, all of them knew that Yu Shiji was definitely going to slander, and the civil and military officials who closed the Longmen valve were all bright-eyed, knowing that Chen Fuliang was definitely going to be unlucky, Emperor Yang of Sui was taken aback, and quickly asked, "What?" Even Chen Aiqing can't calm down the Fenshui thieves? ”

"Qi Yu Majesty, please don't worry about the Fenshui war." Yu Shiji is indeed a capable person, even though it is good news, he can also use a sad tone, and said: "The Fenshui thief rebellion has been pacified by Chen Xiongqu, and the two thieves Jing Bantuo and Chai Baochang have also been beheaded to correct the law, but Chen Xiongqu seems to be unwilling to withdraw and wants to stay in Taiyuan. ”

Saying that, Yu Shiji presented Chen Yingliang with both hands the music sent by Chen Yingliang with a journey of three hundred miles a day, and after the eunuch in the palace transferred the music to Emperor Yang of Sui, he saw Chen Fuliang's tentative tone of wanting to stay in Taiyuan in the music, and Emperor Yang of Sui, who was already in a very bad mood, was really a little angry, and couldn't help but be annoyed, "Fan Aiqing's condition has not yet recovered, and she still needs someone to take care of her?" In his eyes, is Fan Zigai's illness important, or is my state affairs important? ”

As soon as Emperor Yang of Sui showed a crack here, Chen Fuliang's group of political enemies immediately pounced on him like a swarm of flies, and condemned Chen Fuliang for only caring about his elders and ignoring state affairs, not being a qualified courtier, not placing high hopes on him, and not being able to entrust him with heavy responsibilities, and Emperor Yang of Sui's face was somewhat ugly. Seeing that the situation was not good, Pei Ju, who was still a little righteous, had no choice but to go out of the queue and played: "Your Majesty, it should be ...... Chen Xiongqu who doesn't know the situation in the Eastern Capital yet." ”

"Your Majesty, five hundred miles expedited." The eunuch who hurriedly entered the hall interrupted Pei Ju's defense, held the five-hundred-mile expedited piece that did not need to be forwarded by Yu Shiji above his head, and said: "Your Majesty, the five-hundred-mile expedited piece just sent by the military department is the one left behind by Fan. ”

"Fan Aiqing's five hundred miles in an expedited? What happened to Taiyuan again? Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was taken aback, because the post newspaper system in the Sui and Tang dynasties stipulated that unless it was a 100,000 urgent military situation, it was generally not allowed to use 500 li to expedite, especially this 500 li expedited was still from the old minister Fan Zigai, who was familiar with the old stubborn character, and Emperor Yang of Sui, who was familiar with the old stubborn character, was of course even more shocked.

"Our spring is coming?" Yu Shiji, Feng Deyi, Yu Shiqian and other enemies of Chen Fuliang's eyes brightened, and Pei Ju, who was already ready to defend Chen Fuliang, also quickly closed his mouth, and there was still some bitterness in his heart-Virtuous nephew, don't make any mistakes.

Fan Lao's stubborn five-hundred-mile expedited was hurriedly sent to Emperor Yang of Sui by the eunuch, and he quickly opened the seal and took out the chapter to watch carefully, looking at it, the nervous look on Emperor Yang of Sui's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a relieved smile from the heart, and then Emperor Yang of Sui rarely said a smile, and said: "I didn't expect that Fan Aiqing also had a fake public and private time, and such a thing was also expedited by five hundred li, and it almost didn't scare me." ”

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what did Fan Shangshu say in the chapter?" Wei Xuan, who had been friends with Fan Zigai, asked curiously.

"It's nothing, beg me to allow his grandson to return to the eastern capital to quell the rebellion." Emperor Yang of Sui smiled, his words were very gentle, and he scolded with a smile: "The old guy, he really won't cherish himself, Chen Aiqing heard that the thieves in the eastern capital have been in turmoil for a long time, worried about the safety of the eastern capital, and worried about the old guy's condition, so he was in a dilemma, and after telling the old guy about the situation, the old guy immediately asked Chen Aiqing to return to the division to Lingbi Pass to standby, and used five hundred miles to report to me urgently, asking me to promise to let Chen Aiqing immediately return to the eastern capital to quell the rebellion. He also said that he would not be able to die for a while, and his capable grandson would not need to be by his side, so it was important to do an errand for me first. ”

This time, it was Chen Fuliang's turn to shut up all the political enemies, and they didn't even dare to mention Fan Zigai's mistake of abusing the five-hundred-mile expedited sentence, Wei Lao was stubborn and a little silent, and only scolded after a while: "Old man is not dead, he deserves no one to send him to the end!" There is also Chen Xiaozi, when the old man is sick next time, dare not come to the old man to serve the decoction and see how I clean him up. ”

Still no one dared to impeach Wei Lao for the crime of stubborn gaffe in the current dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui nodded thoughtfully, and echoed: "Aiqing is right, Chen Aiqing was discovered by you and Fan Aiqing together, he has to be filial to you like filial piety to Fan Aiqing, otherwise, I will be the first to disagree." ”

After echoing Wei Xuan, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was in a good mood, instructed: "Prepare an edict for me, send Chen Aiqing urgently for 500 li, and allow him to return to Shidongdu to preside over the counterinsurgency." Sue him, it is best to quell the thieves before I return to the Eastern Capital, otherwise, I will have to investigate his recommendation for misconduct. ”

"Damn, I knew it would be like this, why should the old man be a wicked person?" Yu Shiji was depressed and scolded in his heart, "It's okay now, the wicked don't say anything in vain, and they also help Fan Lao Immortal and Chen Xiaozi to please the emperor even more." "It's urgent, I almost didn't scare me."

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what did Fan Shangshu say in the chapter?" Wei Xuan, who had been friends with Fan Zigai, asked curiously.

"It's nothing, beg me to allow his grandson to return to the eastern capital to quell the rebellion." Emperor Yang of Sui smiled, his words were very gentle, and he scolded with a smile: "The old guy, he really won't cherish himself, Chen Aiqing heard that the thieves in the eastern capital have been in turmoil for a long time, worried about the safety of the eastern capital, and worried about the old guy's condition, so he was in a dilemma, and after telling the old guy about the situation, the old guy immediately asked Chen Aiqing to return to the division to Lingbi Pass to standby, and used five hundred miles to report to me urgently, asking me to promise to let Chen Aiqing immediately return to the eastern capital to quell the rebellion. He also said that he would not be able to die for a while, and his capable grandson would not need to be by his side, so it was important to do an errand for me first. ”

This time, it was Chen Fuliang's turn to shut up all the political enemies, and they didn't even dare to mention Fan Zigai's mistake of abusing the five-hundred-mile expedited sentence, Wei Lao was stubborn and a little silent, and only scolded after a while: "Old man is not dead, he deserves no one to send him to the end!" There is also Chen Xiaozi, when the old man is sick next time, dare not come to the old man to serve the decoction and see how I clean him up. ”

Still no one dared to impeach Wei Lao for the crime of stubborn gaffe in the current dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui nodded thoughtfully, and echoed: "Aiqing is right, Chen Aiqing was discovered by you and Fan Aiqing together, he has to be filial to you like filial piety to Fan Aiqing, otherwise, I will be the first to disagree." ”

After echoing Wei Xuan, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was in a good mood, instructed: "Prepare an edict for me, send Chen Aiqing urgently for 500 li, and allow him to return to Shidongdu to preside over the counterinsurgency." Sue him, it is best to quell the thieves before I return to the Eastern Capital, otherwise, I will have to investigate his recommendation for misconduct. ”

"Damn, I knew it would be like this, why should the old man be a wicked person?" Yu Shiji was depressed and scolded in his heart, "It's okay now, the wicked don't say anything in vain, and they also help Fan Lao Immortal and Chen Xiaozi to please the emperor even more." ”