Chapter Forty-Nine: Wishful Thinking

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Liu Yunzhang stayed in the eastern capital, his character is very stubborn, if it weren't for such a character, he would not be able to write an article like "Straight Advice", and recommended talents to Wang Duo, after receiving the reply, he quickly began to arrange, planning to grasp all the situation of the author of the poem, and complete Wang Duo's commission, on the one hand, he began to understand in detail many situations in Shannan West Road, on the other hand, he wrote out a letter, the situation of Shannan West Road is to understand a lot, but the letter written out, like a stone sinking into the sea, there is no news, In addition, the situation in the imperial court has changed, Wang Duo went to Jingnan to serve as a festival envoy, to fight against Huangchao, the matter of recommending talents, may encounter twists and turns, after a long time, Liu Yunzhang also understood that what he did was a little unreliable.

I received the letter again, and it was already August.

This time, Liu Yunzhang calmed down a lot, not only carefully looking at the letter, but also carefully analyzing it, which is rare.

Liu Yunzhang is a scholar, and many people who were born in the army are different, the color of idealism is stronger, and there are quite a few people who die for their confidants, sometimes do things, in order to pursue the so-called truth, regardless of their own safety, this is a very rare quality, but in troubled times, unless you meet a monarch who can turn the tide, it is very difficult for such a character to really stand on your feet.

Liu Yunzhang knows some of the situation of Lu Yanhong, who is the festival of Shannan West Road, and he is despised, but Lu Yanhong is able to get through the guò relationship, and after expelling the previous festival envoy Niu Xuan, let the court appoint him as the festival envoy, which is not simple, Liu Yunzhang, who has experienced a lot of turmoil, has to secretly admire.

The stubborn Liu Yunzhang was faintly aware that he might be involved in a whirlpool and was used as a gun by others, so after receiving the letter, he chose to remain silent and wait to see how things changed.

Shannan West Dao Jiedu envoy Lu Yanhong, after learning of the failure of the expedition, is also very angry, although the combat effectiveness of the Yawai army and the foreign town soldiers is average, there is almost no fighting spirit, and Lu Yanhong does not pay too much attention to them on weekdays, but the extermination of hundreds of bandits, this is not a big deal, it should be captured, why can't it be done, is it that those sergeants think of money in their hearts, or that this group of bandits is particularly powerful.

Lu Yanhong's first reaction was to prepare to personally lead the Ya Army to the expedition, but his move was reminded by the staff around him, and people gave him an idea, to take advantage of such an opportunity, prepare to suppress the bandits at the same time, strengthen their own strength, the reason is in front of them, the bandits are in chaos, disaster to the locality, and even endanger the safety of the South West Road of the Hài Mountain, it is necessary to expand the troops, and when the conditions are ripe, they are determined to exterminate it, and the staff also specially reminded that if such an opportunity is lost, it may be difficult to have it in the future.

Lu Yanhong, who understood, suddenly realized that he quickly changed his mind, he must seize the opportunity to start expanding his own strength, compared with the expansion of the army, the matter of exterminating the bandits has become insignificant, after all, the place where the bandits operate, that is, between Wuling County and Qingyuan County, Bazhou has not been affected much, let alone Liangzhou, but Lu Yanhong will not relax his vigilance, after all, this group of bandits, the strength is still there, and he actually wiped out the three thousand foreign troops and foreign town soldiers.

Thinking about this, Lu Yanhong wrote letters to Wang Duo and Liu Jurong respectively.

There are a total of 18,000 soldiers in Shannan West Road, including 8,000 in the Ya Army, 6,000 in the Yawai Army, and 4,000 in the Outer Town, this number seems to be very good, but compared with the 30,000 troops in Shannan East Road, there is still a gap, the number of soldiers means that the power is not consolidated, but unfortunately the imperial court has strict regulations, and it is generally difficult to find a reason to expand the army.

The idea of the envoys in various places is similar, expanding their own strength is the most important, as for the extermination of bandits, it is secondary, because the expansion of the army is their own tangible benefits, and the extermination of bandits, from a certain point of view, is a matter that the imperial court needs to care about.

Liangzhou is not very far from Jiangling and Xiangyang, Lu Yanhong sent someone to deliver the letter, and asked to wait for the reply, calculate the time, should receive the reply, that is, the person who sent the letter should be back. At the same time, he also made a superficial article, asking the Yajun army to be ready to go to Wuling County at any time to exterminate the bandits.

Two reply letters arrived in Liangzhou at the same time, one was written by Wang Duo and the other was written by Liu Jurong, both of which were handwritten letters.

Lu Yanhong carefully read the two replies carefully, the look on his face was cloudy, he was a martial artist, he didn't have so many crooked intestines, he did things straightforwardly, and it was even simpler to consider the problem, but such a character, in the whirlpool of officialdom, it was not very suitable, it was said that he should listen more to the construction of the staff, but unfortunately Lu Yanhong was quite conceited, and he had the first taste of Lao Tzu in the world, which may also be a common problem of martial arts, and he always thought that he was the most powerful.

Wang Duo and Liu Jurong's reply, a letter is in line with his heart, that is, Liu Jurong's letter, Liu Jurong promised to appeal to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to allow Shannan West Road to expand the army, in order to exterminate the bandits, but the most critical Wang Duo's letter, but unsatisfactory, Wang Duo in the letter, did not mention the expansion of military strength, just asked the bandit leader Li Lang what the situation was, asked Lu Yanhong to find out.

Liu Jurong's attitude was expected by Lu Yanhong, after all, Liu Di crossed the border to suppress bandits and went back in disgrace, he knew this matter very well, and he also helped to hide it, saving Liu Di's face, and it was also equivalent to preserving Liu Di's career.

But the key is Wang Duo's attitude, after all, Wang Duo is the prime minister and plays a pivotal role in the court, if Wang Duo agrees to the expansion of the Shannan West Road, coupled with Liu Jurong's appeal, and Yang Fuguang's fight in the court, the matter of recruiting sergeants will be a matter of course.

It's a pity that Wang Duo didn't say anything, what does this mean.

Qian Shiqu slowly walked towards the wing.

He is Lu Yanhong's staff, and he is also the most unpopular staff.

Qian Shiqu is a native of Liangzhou and is quite famous, but unfortunately he was unlucky in the imperial examination and was not able to title the gold list.

After Lu Yanhong served as the envoy of Shannan West Road, he was specially invited to be a staff member, Qian Shiqu did not hesitate, and readily agreed, in fact, being a staff member is also a way to enter the body, the staff is done, under the recommendation of the chief, it is also possible to enter the court as an official, although such a background, compared with the genuine Jinshi, there must be a gap.

It's a pity that Lu Yanhong's su zhì surprised Qian Shiqu.

Qian Shiqu once thought that he wanted to be like Wei Zheng, the Duke of Zheng Guogong in the Zhenguan period, to speak out bluntly in order to repay Lu Yanhong's kindness, but his understanding was completely wrong, because of several outspoken words, Lu Yanhong was very impatient with him, and almost didn't want him to be a staff member.

Qian Shiqu is not a hairy boy, he is very calm in doing things, he will not take the initiative to resign from his position as a staff member, since he is in Liangzhou, if he loses Lu Yanhong's protection, or even dislikes Lu Yanhong, then don't think about coming out, the only choice is to leave Liangzhou, but unfortunately a scholar like him wants to find a way to survive outside, it is too difficult.

Since then, the smart Qian Shiqu, most of the time, has chosen to be silent, rarely speaking again, and even if he does, he will say some good things that Lu Yanhong is willing to listen to.

A few days ago, by chance, Lu Yanhong inquired about the extermination of bandits because of the failure of the Yawai army and the foreign town soldiers, and Qian Shiqu proposed to build yì, which means that the extermination of bandits and the expansion of strength should be carried out at the same time, so as to have the ability to stabilize the situation in Shannan West Road, this is a good opportunity, and the imperial court will definitely consider it.

Qian Shiqu didn't expect that he had the intention to plant flowers and flowers, and he had no intention of planting willows and willows, and his construction was highly valued by Lu Yanhong, and then Lu Yanhong specifically consulted the opinions of other staff, but unfortunately the final decision changed, and most of the staff members built yì to expand their strength, supplemented by the extermination of bandits.

Entering the wing, Lu Yanhong was thinking.

This is Lu Yanhong's signature move, as if he is thinking about big things all the time, but in fact, he doesn't think about anything at all in his head, even if he thinks of something, he will say it all in three sentences or two sentences.

Seeing Qian Shiqu come in, Lu Yanhong was indeed very happy, and handed all the letters from Wang Duo and Liu Jurong to Qian Shiqu.

Qian Shiqu had just finished reading it, and Lu Yanhong couldn't wait to speak.

"Don't talk about Gong Liu's opinion, what does Wang Ge Lao mean by this, do you not agree with a certain expansion of troops."

Qian Shiqu hesitated, he wanted to say directly, Wang Duo just didn't agree with the expansion of Shannan West Road, but seeing Lu Yanhong's expression, he knew that if he said it directly at this time, he would definitely be dissatisfied.

"Lu Gong, I thought there was still hope, Wang Ge Lao, as the prime minister of the imperial court, concurrently served as the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, shouldering heavy responsibilities, and the main energy was on the matter of resisting and defending against the thief Huangchao, it was difficult to care about the bandits in Shannan West Road, it was also normal, Wang Ge Lao needed to understand the situation of this Li Lang, thinking that Li Lang was a talent, in fact, it was to take into account that the bandits faced by Shannan West Road were not ordinary."

Lu Yanhong nodded again and again.

"Well said, well said, then what's next."

"When the decision is constantly suffering, I think that Lugong needs to make a decision, and the critical moment is ......"

"I understand, I understand, Shiqu is really a refreshing person, this building yì is very good."

Lu Yanhong stood up with a smile, interrupted Qian Shiqu's words, and walked in front of Qian Shiqu and patted his shoulder hard, regardless of the stunned Qian Shiqu.

"Shiqu, I immediately instructed the account office, you go and get ten taels of silver."

After saying these words, Lu Yanhong seemed to be in a hurry and left the room in a hurry.

Qian Shiqu's face was pale, he knew very well that Lu Yanhong had misunderstood what he meant, and he was afraid that he would forcibly recruit sergeants, in fact, he wanted to explain a little, think of ways from other aspects, and even did not hesitate to use some tricks to bribe the prime minister of the DPRK and China to achieve his goal, even if Liu Jurong was ready to appeal to the imperial court, it was not necessarily a good intention, but it could be used well to make the recruitment of sergeants become above board, but it was a pity that Lu Yanhong did not like to listen to such an analysis.