Deng She asked Hong Jixun and said, "Mr. hasn't slept all night, what are you busy with?" ”

"One is thinking about Shanzhou after the war; One is thinking about Dizhou and Liaoxi. ”

Both of these are important questions.

One has to do with what to do "later"; One is about what to do "now".

"Shanzhou post-war" will not be talked about for the time being.

"Dizhou and Liaoxi", a war has just come to an end, and the other is the smoke and flames of war, perhaps compared to the intensity of the war, these two places are not as good as Shanzhou, but if you talk about the importance of Deng She and Yidu ministers, in some aspects, it is better than Shanzhou.

Let's talk about Dizhou first, since Ji Zongzhou was martyred, the city fell, and was conquered by the Yuan army, and then Luo Guoqi and Ji Chong desperately broke through, and then Wang Guoyi took the city again, the Yan army and the Yuan army have been around such a small city, and so far, it has been a tug-of-war for many days.

There are many reasons for the tug-of-war, the most important one is that most of the Yan soldiers who participated in this battle are not elite, especially the head of Chen Yu who participated in the war later, except for his own soldiers, there are even fewer elites; And the Yuan army, under the death order of Chakhan Timur, showed an extremely tenacious fighting spirit.

It wasn't until not long ago that Chen Rutou made a bold design, with the help of Liu Yang's sailors, transported a part of his soldiers to the seaway, detoured to the back of the Yuan army's camp, attacked back and forth, and attacked for two days in a row, before he could be regarded as defeating it, but he had not been able to wipe it out. In the past few days, he is still busy exterminating the remnants of the enemy.

Speaking of Liaoxi, Chen Hu sent a group of men and horses in advance, and then personally led the main force south, the initial momentum was like a bamboo, Shijiabao was not an opponent at all, but in four or five days, it reached Huizhou.

Huizhou is in the south of Daning Road, after Huizhou, and then to the west, it is the belly; It won't take a few days to travel away, and it will be Dadu.

The situation was very good. However, after receiving the news, Dadu immediately withdrew the troops that had been sent to Dizhou to participate in the war, and some of them were used to defend the city; In addition, at the strong request of the crown prince, some of them were sent out again and sent along Daning and Huizhou.

To say that this crown prince of Mengyuan, although he is not very old, but he is also a character, maybe the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, or the rabbit will bite people with red eyes, in short, anyway, it is much more courageous than his father, the current Emperor Mengyuan, after sending a military horse to Daning and Huizhou, and then, he personally led two battalions of sergeants, out of the capital, and came to Yixing Prefecture to sit down.

Yixing Prefecture, in the west of Huizhou, is the only place to go from Huizhou to Dadu. - A few years ago, Dunsha and Polo Timur had fought a battle at Chahannaor, in the northwest of the region, and Zuocha'er was killed there.

You must know that Yixing Prefecture is only about 100 miles away from Huizhou, and under the situation that Chen Hu personally led the army and was menacing, and the Yuan army in Liaoxi lost its armor and lost its armor one after another, he dared to have the courage to go to the dangerous place and command in the front line with the respect of the crown prince of Mengyuan, which is indeed admirable.

It was precisely because of his presence in the front that the Yuan army on the front line had no way to retreat, and they all fought desperately, so they finally barely blocked Chen Hu's aggressive pace. However, although he blocked it, he didn't have the ability to advance another half a step, let alone knock Chen Hu back. Right now, the two armies are at a stalemate.

These are the general situation of "Dizhou and Liaoxi" at present.

Whether it is talking about "Shanzhou after the war" or "Dizhou and Liaoxi", it is not clear in three words, and it will be a long speech.

Deng She cleaned up his mood slightly, calmed down, returned to his seat and sat down, and said with a smile: "Sir, since I have been thinking about these two questions for a night, I think I must have something to gain." Don't be in a hurry,......, first ask the people to cook some food and fill their stomachs, and then I will listen to the high opinions. Okay? ”

"Don't hide it from the lord, when you sent someone to find Weichen, Weichen's family had just made breakfast, and before he had time to eat, he came here. It's hunger in my belly. ”

"Haha. Big eyes, you shouldn't have eaten anything after you were on duty all night, right? ”

During the third watch, Ju Sheng had a supper, but he definitely wouldn't say it, nodded and smiled: "I'll bother the lord." ”

Deng She instructed Shi Sanqian, and said: "You go now, tell the room, and say that I have a distinguished guest to entertain, boil some porridge, and then take out the skills of housekeeping, so that I can fry a few vegetables raw, and quickly clean it up." "Usually, most of Deng She's breakfast is only after drinking porridge, eating pickles, steamed buns and the like; This morning, because of Hong Jixun and Ju Sheng, I specially explained that a few dishes were fried in the kitchen.

"Yes."

Shi 3000 received the order to come out.

Speaking of stir-frying in the room, Deng She suddenly remembered something, sighed, and said to Hong Jixun and Ju Sheng: "Speaking of which, one of these cooks on my fire was originally found for me by Ji Zongzhou." How long has it been? In the blink of an eye, things are not people! ”

Deng She had no good impression of Ji Zong Zhouben. The reason why Ji Zongzhou died in Dizhou, thinking about it carefully, there were no factors that Deng She intentionally or unintentionally promoted. However, when the news of Ji Zongzhou's generous death in battle came, Deng She was surprised, and he couldn't help but change some of his perceptions.

Confucius Ziyun: "When you hear the Tao, you can die at night." ”

Ji Zongzhou seems to be such a typical person, who has been sleek for most of his life, but because of Ji Chong's words and various other reasons, at a moment when he was facing a turning point in his life, he suddenly changed all of a sudden, from an "officialdom tumbler" to a loyal minister who died generously.

It can really be described as "unpredictable".

Hong Jixun and Ju Sheng are also quite touched.

Hong Jixun is okay, first, he, like the original Deng She, has always looked down on Ji Zongzhou; On the other hand, his temperament is not as generous as Deng She, and once his views and evaluations of a person are fixed, he will not easily change, so even if he will have some feelings because of this, he will not be willing to say it.

And Ju Sheng's character was not so narrow-minded, and following Deng She's words, he also sighed and said, "Lord Ji died in Dizhou, this is really something that the minister didn't expect." In the past, when Wang Shicheng was a man, Lord Ji was an official, and the minister was a common man, and there was a huge disparity in status, so although the minister was a native of Yidu, he did not say a few words to him; Later, the lord entered the main Yidu, and the minister got two ink treasures from him, but in addition, there was not much intersection. When the news of his death came, Chen was really shocked. ”

"No one is perfect. If you are human, you will always have shortcomings. Where will there be people without shortcomings? It doesn't matter if you have shortcomings, as long as you can be like Ji Zongzhou, don't choose the wrong thing at the critical moment, and do the right thing! Look at people, look at what? It's to look at the wind bones! And a person's real character is not something that can be seen in ordinary small things, only at critical moments, can people see clearly. ”

I don't know if I am sighing, or if I am saying it to Hong Jixun and Ju Sheng, although Deng She's two sentences seem to be emotional, but under the careful taste, they are very meaningful.

Ju Sheng bowed his head and said, "What the lord said is very true. Han Xin was humiliated by his crotch, did he not have the courage? Those who have great ambitions and want to seek great things will surely spare their lives in small things. Wang Mang was humble, and the people of the time thought that he was benevolent and filial, and he praised him, but in the end he did such a rebellious thing as usurping the country. ......, what the lord said is very true! If you want to see a person clearly, you really have to look at what kind of things he will do at a critical moment. ”

"Hmm. Big eyes, did you just say that Ji Zongzhou gave you two ink treasures? ”

"Yes."

"Although Ji Zongzhou is no longer here, but since this friendship is here, you might as well go to his house more when you have time. His sons, except for one Ji Chong, are still young. For the time being, you will take care of me more. ”

Ju Sheng said that Ji Zongzhou had given him two ink treasures, but he also said that he didn't have much intersection with Ji Zongzhou. Deng She asked him to go to Ji's house more at this time, what did he mean? Obviously, he was just showing an attitude to the courtiers below. How smart a person Ju Sheng is, how could he not understand his meaning, and immediately accepted it, and said: "Ji Chong is seriously injured, and I don't know how the injury is now?" ”

"I sent someone to his house yesterday afternoon to see him, and he is recovering well. Although I can't walk on the ground yet, I have eaten more and better than I did a few days ago, and my spirit is much better. ”

Although there were all kinds of signs before that Ji Chong would be of great use to Deng She, but suddenly hearing this, Ju Sheng couldn't help but be taken aback in his heart, and secretly thought to himself: "The lord sent someone to see Ji Chong last afternoon?" 'Eat more, grow your spirits'. Listening to this meaning, I have not only seen it this time. Lao Ji, Lao Ji, it is really a wise choice for you to die in Dizhou! At least, according to this momentum, Ji Chong's future in the future, and the glory and wealth of your Ji family in the future, will definitely be far better than when you were still there! ”

As he spoke, the meal was ready. The maids served.

Scholars eat and pay attention to "food without words". Although Deng She, Hong Jixun, and Ju Sheng are not pedantic people, except for Ju Sheng, after all, they are already hungry in their stomachs, so for a while, the hall turned quiet, and only the sound of the three of them eating could be heard. Soon the food was full. The maids came up again and gathered up the dishes and went down.

Deng She greeted Hong and Ju diligently, invited them to drink some tea and eliminate food, and then picked up Fang Cai's words and said to Hong Jixun: "Regarding the post-war Shanzhou and Liaoxi and Dizhou, I don't know what Mr. has any opinions?" ”

Hong Jixun didn't answer the rhetorical question, took a sip of tea, and said: "The lord is wise and martial, and he must have an opinion on these two things. Weichen dared to listen to the lord's opinion first. ”

Deng She has a habit, no matter what is discussed, he always refuses to say his personal opinion first, but after comprehensively listening to the opinions of the ministers, he will make a decision, therefore, although there is a rhetorical question from Hong Jixun at this time, but he still refuses to make an exception, does not say his personal opinion, just quotes an excerpt from his subordinates, and answers Hong Jixun and says: "Two days ago, someone gave me an excerpt, and it was about the matter of Shanzhou and Liaoxi and Dizhou after the war. ”

"Oh? I don't know what they said? ”

The first half of this excerpt is speculating on what the outcome of the decisive battle in Shanzhou will be, although it has come to the conclusion that Haidong will win, but looking at its arguments and arguments, they are all some general remarks, and there is no need to say it, so Deng She ignored the first half and focused on the content of the second half.

He said: "According to the speculation of this excerpt, sooner or later our army will surely win the victory of Shanzhou. After Shanzhou won, he suggested that it would be better for me to order Ah Guo to return to the north, and at the same time order Chen Pingzhang to lead the main force of Liaoyang to the south quickly, and then send a military horse from our Yidu, go to Dizhou, and take Tanggu obliquely. In this way, the three-way army and horses moved together, striving to take down most of them in one go! ”

Ju Sheng was stunned, Hong Jixun Huo Ran got up, and said loudly: "Minister, may I ask the lord, who gave you this excerpt?" ”

"How?"

"This person should be killed!"

"But why?"

"This scholar is empty talk, misleading the country! If the lord really acts according to this, the minister dares to predict that within a month, it will be the time when my Haidong is destroyed! ”

Deng She laughed and said, "As Sir expected, he is with me!" ”

Hong Jixun stubbornly asked, "Who gave this excerpt to the lord?" ”

"Don't say it!"

"If there is such a person in the court, it will be bad for the lord! Yes, Lord Shengming, I was not misled by him this time, but what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? If a person is not a saint, who can be without fault? I can't say it, sooner or later I will be harmed by him! This is one of them. The lord's court should have been a gathering of virtuous people, but now there are such people, if it spreads, I am afraid it will also chill the hearts of talented people in the world! How could a phoenix be willing to share a branch with a crow? This is the second one. ......, therefore, the minister Gu asked the lord to quickly kill this person! ”

"If a person is not a saint, who can be without fault"? This sentence echoes what Deng She just said, "No one is perfect". Hong Jixun said it unintentionally, but when it falls into the ears of those who have a heart, it will inevitably float a little strange thought. Ju Sheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Deng She quietly.

Deng She's expression did not change much, and he said with a smile: "Don't be guilty of your words." The person who folded it was always out of a public heart, and it was for Haidong that he wrote this excerpt for me. If so, they will be beheaded? Who will dare to write in the future? ”

Hong Jixun insisted and said: "Of course, you can't be 'guilty of words', but you also have to see what 'words' are!" The lord thinks he is out of a public heart, but the minister thinks that he has sinister intentions! Although the Yuan room is small now, Chahan, Polo, and Guanzhong are still nominally all Mengyuan courtiers! The minister dared to assert that if the lord really marched into the capital, he would definitely have nothing to gain except for the unity of Chahan, Polo and Guanzhong! Moreover, there are many heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, all of whom intend to win the championship. If the lord rashly starts a war with Dadu at this time, it will not benefit me, but it will be a hundred benefits to them! Don't you see the Northern Expedition of King Xiaoming and Liu Futong in the past? If there is no Northern Expedition, I am afraid that there will be no Jiangnan heroes today! ......, even a three-year-old child can understand these truths, but don't people who are born with a fold not understand it? Even if the lord beheads him, it has nothing to do with 'being convicted for his words', but because 'his heart can be punished'! ”

With the prosperity of Haidong, especially when Shanzhou is about to win, Hong Jixun, who does not have much recognition of the Anfeng court, is even more respectful and lazy to give Xiao Ming Wang and Liu Futong, as if calling the enemy country, began to bluntly say the three words "Xiao Ming Wang" and Liu Futong's name.

Deng She's face was straight, and he said, "Mr. lost his words! How can you call Mrs. Liu by his name? Don't be rude to your lord! Within the Emperor and Song Dynasty, the courtiers called King Xiao Ming, not "Your Majesty", but also called "Lord Gong".

Hong Jixun snorted with disdain on his face and said: "Sun Zhongmou inherited the remnants of his father and brother, and he was full of Jiangdong, such a heroic figure, the ministers will naturally respect him." Like King Xiaoming,......。 ”

"That's it!" Deng She interrupted him, changed the topic, and said, "After talking for a long time, Mr. hasn't talked about your high opinion yet. Tell me about it, I can't wait. ......, haha, haha. ”

He made it clear that he didn't want to deal with the people who were on the fold. No matter how stubborn Hong Jixun was, there was no way, he stared at him for a long time before he sat down helplessly and replied: "In the opinion of the ministers, after the victory of Shanzhou, there are two things that our army should do the most. ”

"Which two?"

"Recuperate."

"This is the first piece, what about the second piece?"

"Wait for the opportunity to go south!"