Chapter Eighty-Eight: First Darkness and Then Light
"Are you finally willing to do something?" Hearing that She Qing talked about Song Changgong's news, Hua hated Liu Dao.
"Well, news from this morning." She Qing nodded, and then said with a wry smile: "His reaction can't be said to be beneficial to us......"
"No matter what the reaction is, it is impossible for Xizhou to stay out of the matter, if you want to gain a favorable position in the future, you must take the initiative to take this matter in your hands." As he spoke, he glanced at She Qing and said, "Don't say it yet, let me guess it?" ”
Seeing She Qing nodding, he couldn't help but be happy, and said: "Anyway, no matter what Song Changgong's reaction is at this time, we can't help much, knowing one day earlier and knowing one day later doesn't really matter much in this matter, let's stay out of the matter and have fun to play." If I guess correctly, you're entitled to a good time; If I'm wrong, you'll assume that you didn't say anything. ”
"Sir's clever calculation......" When She Qing heard it, he thought that there was no reason to guess wrong quickly, and immediately patted his ass.
"Come on, you stop first!" Hua Hate Liu scolded with a smile: "When Yang Jun saw you like this, I don't know if he will find me to work hard, don't say anything else, I haven't taught you the kung fu of sycophancy, but you can learn hard......"
Hearing these words in She Qing's ears, he suddenly felt that his cheeks were burning like fire, and even the roots of his ears were as hot as if they were melting, and he hurriedly asked for guilt in a panic: "Sir...... forgive your sins."
"That's it!" Hua Hate Liu only meant to ridicule two sentences, but when she saw She Qing's violent reaction, she immediately waved her hand and shouted to stop. "If I were Song Changgong, the path I would take would be nothing more than 'dark first and then light'."
To sum up, it seems to be a simple "first dark and then light", Hua Hates Liu seems to be said casually, but for She Qing, who has just calmed down, it is tantamount to a boulder thrown into a lake. There is no other reason, just because the words "first dark and then light" are the news that Yang Wu personally wrote!
When he first received the news, She Qing also pondered these four words carefully, and only when he thought that he had analyzed it was almost done did he make up his mind to express himself in front of Mr. once, but now he didn't expect that as soon as Mr. opened his mouth, he gave the same four words.
However, She Qing did not regret that he had lost the opportunity to express Xiàn, on the contrary, he was particularly excited, on the one hand, he was naturally happy from the bottom of his heart for Mr. to guess, on the other hand, this is also a good opportunity to confirm his ability, if Mr. analysis is consistent with what he pondered, he will naturally be overjoyed, if it is different, he can also know the shortcomings, and then continue to study and ask for advice.
Therefore, when he came back from the shock, the first sentence he said was no longer the polite words of "really clever and clever", but directly asked: "What is 'dark first and then light'?" ”
However, what She Qing didn't know was that when Hua Hate Liu said these four words, he was not as calm as he heard, and in his heart, Hua Hate Liu actually had doubts about his own guess - it was not that he didn't grasp the key and direction of things, but after anything involved in such a thing as "people's hearts", it would always change from static to dynamic, from steady to uneasy, from certain to uncertain.
In his carefully calculated short life experience, his understanding of the "human heart" is particularly transparent.
But fortunately, at this time, Song Changgong was still a person under the control of reason—or, perhaps, there were people around him who could help him make rational decisions and persuade him to act according to his plan.
With this in mind, Hua Hateliu's evaluation of Song Changgong, who is gentle and elegant on the surface, is a notch higher.
"Light and darkness, literally, are those who can see the human and the unseen." Hua Hate Liu sorted out her thoughts and asked, "If you have two brothers in your family, they will come together to guard the family wealth; The neighbors next to your house are all poor, and they have eaten the last meal but not the next. Although they have coveted your family's wealth for a long time, they have not succeeded because you two brothers have always been able to help each other in critical times. Now, you're at odds with your brother, and he's taking the money behind your back to negotiate terms with the people outside saying that if you help him get rid of you, they'll get a small share of the wealth. What do you do at this time? ”
In She Qing's ears, Hua Hates Liu's words are nothing more than moving the shape of the entire Shu Kingdom to a smaller pattern, wealth refers to the burden left by Shu Emperor Song Yuanxie, and the neighbors refer to Guan, Rao, Wei, Xi and even Beidi, Xiyue and other forces, the two brothers naturally refer to Song Changgong who is sitting in Zhanzhou and Song Jixu who is rich in the Jia, and now Song Jixu is talking about conditions with the North Vietnam behind Guan and Rao in the way of cutting land and ruling the land, and wants to use the power of North Vietnam to get rid of the forces in the north and sit alone in the world of Shu. It is the brothers who betray their righteousness and fight in the same room.
Although the reason for "this ......" is understood, if it is really time to make a decision, it is still necessary to consider the pros and cons in a comprehensive manner.
"If it were me, I would naturally pull another person to be a brother." After thinking about it for a long time, She Qing cautiously said his thoughts.
"Why?" Hua Hate Liu didn't seem surprised by this answer, and asked rhetorically.
"Because ......" After thinking about it, She Qing still decided to answer: "Maybe this is contrary to benevolence, righteousness and morality......"
"You're going to be cut to the neck, and you're still thinking about benevolence, righteousness and morality?" Hearing She Qing's self-defense, Hua hated Liu Qi and asked with a smile: "You may wish to consider learning a set of knowledge from Confucianism, sir, I do have a lot of unclear places about the so-called miscellaneous studies, but if you say that you teach Confucianism, you can rest assured!" It only takes ten years...... No, at most three years, maybe there will be a good story of She Qing's disarming and returning to Tian in this world! ”
Although Hua Hate Liu was ridiculous, the meaning of the accusation was also obvious, he was talking about She Qing in his mouth, and he was also blaming himself in his heart: Maybe it was because he had this act that he affected She Qing!
"You might as well think of yourself as Song Changgong and a rich man who is about to be beheaded, what should you do at this time?" Seeing that She Qing was silent, he asked again.
"Naturally, I still have to pull another person to be a brother." She Qing originally thought that Mr. would scold himself a few more words - indeed, since he retired from the army, his personality has changed, especially the newlywed Yan'er recently, I am afraid that he has gradually worn off his sharpness in the gentle township, and it is inevitable that he will have some woman's kindness when he does things. However, then Hua Hate Liu did not continue to accuse, but the result was beyond his expectations, and he immediately restrained his thoughts, thought about it carefully, and still replied like this.
"This is the 'fruit'." Hua Hate Liu was very happy when she heard She Qing say this, and asked again: "What about 'cause'?" ”
"Outnumbered." She Qingxian replied briefly, seeing that the flowers hated the willow and was not unhappy, Fang carefully explained the reason: "Originally, two people were needed to maintain a stable situation, but at this time, the situation of one less person is not good for me, if you want to continue to stabilize the situation, or even successfully counterattack, you must introduce external forces to help me." ”
"That's why I said, Xizhou is pulled in, and there is no way to avoid it." Hearing She Qing say this, Hua Qiliu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Song Changgong naturally understands that it is not easy to rely on his forces to take Guan, Rao, and Junzhou one by one, and if he is a little careless, he is afraid that he will be the first to be destroyed among these forces, so finding a helper is the best way to survive now." ”
"But ......" Speaking of this, Hua Hate Liu deliberately paused, and She Qing's spirit immediately perked up, and he immediately asked, "But how?" ”
"However, state affairs are not family affairs, and although the big ones are glamorous, there are also big difficulties."
"That...... Don't know why? She Qing arched his hand slightly, and Shi Li asked.
"Song Changgong is looking for a helper, and he needs to pay attention to two points: first, the helper can't be stronger than him, otherwise he will bring down his brother in the future, but he will also feed the outsiders, and finally he will die without a place to bury. Second, the matter of finding a helper has to come quietly, in case the helper is not found but the other people who are waiting to eat meat first hear that there is a suspicion inside, who can ensure that they will not take advantage of the fire to rob? ”
"But ......" She Qing felt inappropriate after hearing this, and the current situation was as if Song Changgong had not considered these two things: Xizhou was much stronger than Zhanzhou, at least on the surface; And quietly looking for helpers, maybe Guan, Rao, and Junzhou didn't know before, but as soon as his next move begins, all the forces in the world will know - could it be that what Song Changgong is doing now is all wrong?
"There's nothing wrong with that." Hua Hate Liu understood what She Qing thought, and first affirmed Song Changgong's approach, and then explained in She Qing's puzzled expression: "Choosing Xizhou at this time was a helpless move he made in desperation. You see, in terms of location, Zhanzhou and Xizhou, one of the five forces, are closely adjacent to each other, and it can be said that they have given each other a backing to support each other, and because this backing is very close to themselves, they are not afraid of the other party doing other small actions behind their backs. Besides, since it is a cooperation, there is an element of use in it, and I dare to guarantee that the sacrifice that Xizhou will need to make for his cooperation will be not small, and this matter will wait for Xizhou to send back the news in a few days. ”
"Speaking of 'quietly', it is the so-called 'dark', on the one hand, it is worried that other forces in the world will take advantage of the situation, and on the other hand, it is also a matter of reputation - for a person, maybe the reputation is bad, and it is good to change the identity and start over again, but for his Song family, a bad reputation means that the name of orthodoxy is bad, if you want to continue the unification of Shu, I am afraid that the people of the world will not agree to the traitor to do this."
"In that case, it's not ......"
"Isn't it known to passers-by?" He chuckled lightly and said, "This is the interesting part, although several forces know that it is beneficial for each of them to say that Song Jixu is a thief, but everyone will never say it at this time." ”
"Why?" She Qing didn't understand, why didn't he do what was beneficial to him? This is not like the actions of this group of politicians!
"Because our Emperor died too suddenly."
It is true that before the death of Song Yuanxie, no one thought that the situation in the world would be like this, with prosperity in all industries at home and harmony among neighbors abroad—even if there was no harmony, it was still not to the point where it could disturb the whole country.
Except for Xizhou.
Perhaps Huangfu had this vision many years ago, but the time of his madness coincided with the implementation of this plan, and the world thought that he just wanted to help Xizhou get rid of the siege.
There are many places where he should be remembered by history, but it provided Xizhou with an opportunity to win the unification of the world, and it should probably be the most important point in the history books after the success of Xizhou.
"And 'Ming', naturally, in the name of recovering Queensland, Song Jixu's thugs were first invited out of Shu. Although there are bright and dark, but also need to pay attention to the order, if the news of the betrayal is leaked before the recovery of Queensland, he and the two forces of the Song clan can be out, not to mention the people's disagreement, other forces will also take advantage of this time to beat the water dogs - so, first control the news of Song Jixu's betrayal, this is 'dark', and then find a way to recover Queensland, this is 'bright', must come in order one by one, isn't it dark first and then bright? ”