Deng She's personnel appointments will not talk about the impact on Yidu officialdom for the time being, just talk about Hong Jixun.

When he heard the news, his first reaction was that he was angry and felt insulted. At the discussion meeting that day, he clearly expressed his meaning in front of so many people, and wanted to ask Liu Guo for some credit. After dispersing the discussion, he also hinted to Liu Guo conclusively that the matter was divided into seven or eight parts.

It's only been a few days? Dunshe came to such a play. Or bypassed him, and made a decision at the meeting of the Yidu Branch. What is "rewarding meritorious deeds, and reappointed as the deputy Wanhu of a certain army in Liaoyang". Liu Guo, who was originally the deputy commander of the Dingqi Army, although he was ranked below Gao Yanshi, he was already regarded as an officer at the level of deputy Wanhu. Moreover, the establishment of the Dingqi army is obviously higher than that of the other 10,000 households.

The front said that there was merit, but the back came to a flat tone. It's just a flat tone, and it was renamed a flat tone, but in fact, it is secretly down. If you add the meaning of "exile" in it, how can it be embarrassing!

Hong Jixun was angry, not because of Liu Guo. Liu Guo was a martial artist, he originally looked down on him, and recommended Liu Guo, just wanting to use him as a chess piece. When have you ever heard that some chess players will be interested in the life and death, honor and disgrace of chess pieces, and even empathize? When it works, use it; When it's useless, it's discarded mercilessly. So much for.

Even, he was not angry that he wanted to meddle in the army.

He wanted to meddle in the army, not because he wanted to control the army, but because he felt that his position was threatened by Yao Haogu. And the reason why Yao Haogu was able to get Deng She's attention and favor, according to the analysis of Hong Jiyin and Li Lan, they all thought that it was inseparable from his status as the leader of Guan Duo's old department, so he also wanted to intervene in the army, find some help, and compete with each other. If you fail once, you can come back next time. Anyway, he has little interest in controlling military power, and it doesn't matter.

He was really angry that Deng She didn't give face.

He was only in his twenties, and he was in Dadu earlier, and because of his father's relationship, he was fed up with the white eyes of his relatives. People have talents, not only can they not be brought into play, but they are also despised by "mediocre people" everywhere, and they cannot hold their heads up and be a man. These early experiences had a great impact on the development of his character.

And, in the past few years, he and Deng She have been getting along day and night. Putting aside his strategy, Deng She will not allow him to mention anything, just talk about his relationship with Deng She. How close are we to each other? He could go straight into Dunshe's inner chamber, and Dunshe didn't think it was strange in the slightest. Every time Deng She went to his house, he would also show his concubine to sing, dance, and drink. Dunsher was about the same age as him, and a little younger than him.

Maybe in his subconscious, maybe in the mind of a person like him who has been despised since childhood and has never enjoyed the friendship of relatives and friends since childhood, Deng She is no longer as simple as a simple "lord" to him. It was Deng She, who gave him an eyebrow; It was Haidong who gave him a fish in water.

He could sit back and watch his uncle in Dadu be convicted because of him, and there was not the slightest ripple in his heart; But he couldn't help but toss and turn because of Deng She's worries, and he couldn't be exhausted by Haidong's difficulties. How many nights he knows how sleepless; When the Twin Cities became chaotic, his first thought was Deng She's safety.

Haidong's victory is his joy; Dunshe's pleasure is his pleasure.

He once wrote a picture: "Death for a confidant", intending to hang it in the bedroom, but because he felt embarrassed, he took it down. He disdained to be like Wu Henian and others, slapping his beard and slapping his horse, and nakedly showing his loyalty to Deng She. But he occasionally inadvertently, but he also recalled the past, so far in his life, his happiest and most comfortable days are in Haidong; It's by Dunshe's side.

Suddenly, Dunsher actually rejected his offer, and he was angry, as if he had been insulted; It's lost again, as if I have been wronged.

He sat in his study and watched the clouds rise and fall outside the window. The cold wind blows the dead trees, just like his gloom at this time. There was a piano on the desk, which was given to him by Deng She the day before yesterday. He reached out to stroke it, but he couldn't play a tune because of his complicated emotions. He felt that his face was hot, and the silver bottle in the corner was full of coals, burning lifelessly, and it seemed that he was in another mood now.

He's depressed, he's angry.

Hong Jiyin and Li Lan came to persuade him, but they were driven out by him. Eventually, he made a decision, and as if angry, he wrote a letter to Dunsher to say that he was ill.

He knew he was tempting. But what exactly did he want to test? Is it a test of whether Deng She will change his mind because of this, recall Liu Guo again, and give him a heavy responsibility? Or is it just a test of how Dunsher will react when he receives the letter? Will you come to see him in person? He didn't know. All he knew was that there was an impulse that urged him, persecuted him, pushed him, and made him have to make such a temptation.

Dunshe received the letter and said nothing.

He just sent Wu Yulin to Hongfu to see Hong Jixun. At the same time, he instructed Mrs. Wang to prepare a lot of supplements, found Bi Qianniu, and asked him to send them to Hong Jixun. Zhao Guo seemed to see something, and admonished Deng She: "Mr. Hong is sick, should the lord and the lord go to see it in person?" ”

Hong Jixun's thoughts, how could Deng She not know? He understands better than Zhao Guo.

He also wanted to see Hong Jixun, but he didn't have time. After the war, people's livelihood withered. Although Chahan has retreated, he may come back at any time. Under tremendous pressure, he has only slept two or three hours a day since the war. The left and right divisions, Yidu Mansion, and the people's civil affairs have to be personally inquired about by him. For example, Luo Lilang and Yan Zhixi's suggestions to attract labor and stabilize the people's hearts and minds have to be personally decided by him in a series of measures.

What's more, Chen Yutou and Gao Yanshi came back, and with the issuance of those official documents yesterday, the plan to rectify the old army of Yidu was officially announced. This is even more important. Tens of thousands of troops are involved, and the slightest carelessness will lead to serious consequences. He was busy hitting the back of his head, and one person couldn't wait to be divided into two people, where could he take care of Hong Jixun's temper?

However, what Zhao Guo said is also right, and it cannot be ignored. Deng She raised his eyes, looked outside the hall, and said, "You go to see it for me first." Later, when I'm done with business, I'll go again. ”

Zhao Guo also knew that Deng She really couldn't get out. When he came to see Deng She just now, he saw in the aisle, at least twenty or thirty civil and military officials, lined up in a long queue, all shivering in the cold wind. He sighed in his heart and thought, "The war is peaceful, and there are internal and external troubles. Mr. Hong's move is indeed a bit excessive. Respectfully obeyed, turned around and walked out, heading towards Hong Jixun's mansion.

Although he did not participate in the parliament that was preparing for the discussion that day, and he has always been very cautious in his dealings with civil officials, this does not mean that he is deaf and incompetent. Li Shousheng of the General Administration Department is also an old man who gets on the horse. There is also Monk Li, who can be regarded as an old comrade-in-arms. Just two days ago, they had a gathering together and had a drink.

Deng She gave Li Shousheng an order, teaching him to investigate the factional forces in the army to see if there were any close contacts with civilian officials, and vaguely, focused on Hong Jixun. These things are confidential, of course Li Shousheng will not talk about them to Zhao Guo.

However, Monk Li is careless, and his speech is not blocked, he is the defender of Yidu City, the head snake of the land, and he has also participated in the meeting to prepare for the meritorious service, and the three-point wine power has come up, and then it is linked to Deng She's performance of exalting Hong Jixun too much at the banquet of Wenhuaguo and Zhao Guozhu, and naturally there is a comment. Li Shousheng saw it for the sake of the horse thief, and also took this opportunity to implicitly give Zhao Guo a reminder. Although Zhao Guo interrupted them immediately, he suddenly had a little understanding of the ins and outs of this matter.

Zhao Guo has known Deng She since he was a child, and the friendship between the two is not comparable to Hong Jixun, Li Shousheng, Li Monk and others. Since the army came, he has been with Deng She all the year round, and after the saddle, compared with others, he will have a deeper understanding of Deng She. At that time, he made a conclusion in his heart that he promoted Hong Jixun at the night banquet as "Yang"; According to Deng She's personality, there must be "suppression" afterwards.

Sure enough, following "Yang", yesterday, by exiling Liu Guo, he made a "suppression".

While recalling the words of Monk Li and Li Shousheng that day, Zhao Guo walked out of the Yanwang Mansion, turned over on his horse, and went to find Hong Jixun. When the north wind hit, he shuddered, shook his head unconsciously, and thought again: "The lord will destroy Guan Duo first, and then Pan Cheng; With Naha's strength, he is now trapped in Shenyang, and it is difficult to get out of half a step.

"These three people, although it is difficult to call them heroes, can also be called heroes. and Wang Shicheng, sitting in Shandong, claiming to be the king, when the soldiers are mighty, how Xuanhe! Under the master's strategy, they all disintegrated or had no power to fight back.

"Even if he is as resourceful as Yao Haogu, governing South Korea, which has a lot of clues, is like cooking Xiaoxian; It is easy to raise food and support me; A letter, a strategy, can retreat from Polo. If you want to talk about its literary and martial arts strategy, it is true that it is a temporary show. However, when he came to Shuangcheng earlier, although he had Qian Shide's thousands of iron horsemen to help, under the master's Tai Chi Tui, wasn't he also tied up, and he had no way to use it? Not to mention that after Guan Duo's death, a person like him who valued loyalty, he finally joined the lord.

"There are also Brother Huang Donkey and Guan Shirong, when Yongping raised the army, these two people were like heavy generals. Every time the lord meets him, which time is not respectful? Because of his dissenting ambitions, he came into contact with the bottom line of the lord, what happened to him? A person who died and had a broken reputation has long been thought of; One is far away in Liaoxi, and it has been nearly forgotten.

"Although the lord is benevolent, if you talk about the means of eradicating dissidents, killing people invisibly, and employing people and abolishing people, how ruthless and ruthless!

"Mr. Hong, Mr. Hong, although you have talent, with the prosperity of my Haidong, with the successive investment of Yao Haogu, Yang Xingjian and others, it is no longer important at the beginning. Not to mention, the day before yesterday, the Fang Congzhe recommended by Ji Zongzhou, after some remarks, didn't he even get your approval? It can be expected that there will be more talents to invest in the future. Although you are an old minister, although to be honest, the lord is still inseparable from you, but you are well-read, but why don't you know what it means to be a companion to the king and a tiger? But you don't know what is better than weakness? But you don't know what is the way to be a minister?

"You can't still treat the lord as the former lord of the twin cities, but you should also treat the lord as the king of Yan who can be used or abolished in Haidong today." I have made up my mind to persuade Hong Jixun well.

When he came to the Hong Mansion, Hong Jixun closed the door and disappeared.

"Mr. Hong didn't see you?"

Zhao Guo couldn't tell lies to Deng She. He waited outside the Hongfu for a long time, his cold nose flowed, his hands and feet were numb, until it was dark, and he really had no choice, so he had to come to repay Deng She. He hesitated and replied tactfully: "The minister listened to Hong Jiyin, Mr. Hong is not lightly ill. I'm afraid I can't get out of bed. The weather is also cold, and the minister is also afraid that if Mr. Hong gets up by force, if he is infected with wind and cold again, he will inevitably get sick. So, I told Hong Jiyin about the lord's condolences and asked him to tell him, and then he came back. ”

Dunshe picked up a piece of paper from the desk. This is the diagnosis written by Wu Yulin after he went to see Hong Jixun. He handed it to Zhao Guo and said, "Mr. Hong is very sick and can't get out of bed?" ”

Wu Yulin's diagnosis was written hundreds of words, and in the final analysis, the final conclusion of the condition was: "Due to emotional imbalance, yin and yang are out of harmony, resulting in restlessness." Therefore, there is a state of sleeplessness. "Sleeplessness", that is, insomnia. Insomnia, how can you not get out of bed? Zhao Guo fell to the ground, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he didn't know how to explain, and said, "Minister, minister." ”

"Get up." Deng She was silent for a while, then ordered left and right, and said, "Tell the officials waiting outside the hall to go back first." Ah Guo, you come with me, and then go see Mr. Hong. He casually asked for the medical certificate and threw it into the stove on the side of the case. The flames were so fierce that they burned them to ashes.

Deng Shechun went to Hongfu at night to visit the sick, and Zhao Guo obeyed. In Hong Jixun's bedroom, the three of them talked for a long time. What did they say? Nobody knows. Maybe it's a flash, or maybe it's just a conversation.

Or maybe only Hong Jiyin and Li Lan, who were guarding outside, could guess a little. They didn't hear the argument, but as they were about to finish, they heard bursts of laughter. First Deng She was laughing, then Zhao Guo, and finally, Hong Jixun also laughed. The laughter of the three of them converged and came out, and the cold air seemed to add a little warmth to it.

The next morning, Hong Jixun's illness was cured. In the afternoon, the Yan Wangfu issued an order, giving Hong Jixun a new title, ordering him to coordinate the left and right divisions of Haidong and Yidu as the right and right ministers of the province. This is not a personnel appointment, but a temporary coordination task.

The Yidu Left and Right Division has sent an official letter to the Haidong Left and Right Division requesting assistance from spring ploughing. The coordination of the two places is equivalent to handing over the current relief of people's livelihood and preparation for spring ploughing to Hong Jixun to be responsible. Undoubtedly, this is obviously one of the most urgent things that Yidu needs to deal with at present.

Hong Jixun's momentum is very high, he is already energetic, and now he is even more full of fighting spirit, although the copywriting is piled up, the guests are full, and the response is like a stream, and he keeps writing. A series of official affairs passed under his hands, and all of them were handled properly. The myriad civil and agricultural affairs have gradually become orderly.

The first batch of cattle, seeds, and farm tools were shipped to Laizhou two days later. Li Lan took office and echoed Hong Jixun from afar.

The prefectures and counties near Yidu City were the most damaged by the war, and there were not many old Shicheng departments left, and it was the easiest to reorganize, and with the neighboring capitals, the speed was also relatively fast. The non-commissioned officers who were transferred to the Tuntian Army, under the leadership of the officers and the officers of the left and right divisions, did not wait for a break and immediately threw themselves into the battle. rushed to Laizhou and pulled the materials transported from Haidong to various places one by one.

The undercurrent set off by Hong Jixun, after experiencing the night banquet, Liu Guo, and Deng Shechun's night visits, seemed to be a little anticlimactic, and before most of the courtiers had time to react, it seemed to have suddenly ended, announcing that it was coming to an end. But once an undercurrent has been created, is it really that simple to disappear? In private, in the hearts of the ministers, in the hearts of no one who is not eager for power, and in the hearts of no one who does not want to benefit, can they really be reclassified into peace and tranquility?

This is a problem.

However, at least on the surface, the benefits of internal and external troubles have taken another step forward under the overall command of Deng She. All the civil officials have their eyes on disaster relief and spring ploughing; All the military attachés also devoted their attention to the reorganization of the army, reorganization, and preparation for war. Day by day, more and more in full swing. Everybody is busy, everybody is spinning.

In the meantime, there was neither relief nor adaptation, and a small interesting thing happened. In addition to the busy official business, it may as well be regarded as an interlude. But it's Gao Yonsei.

A few months ago, he had not surrendered to Deng She, Deng She's soldiers besieged Yidu, and during the siege, he and Liu Guo broke through and fell into the encirclement of Hu Zhong's generals. He rushed outside to kill and call for help, but Liu Guo garrisoned the city gate and did not save him when he saw death. The two of them formed a bond. At that time, Liu Guo had Liu Jue as a supporter, and although Gao Yanshi was angry, he couldn't do anything. In the blink of an eye, the world has changed, and the status of the two has changed dramatically.

If there is revenge, it is not a gentleman. The big husband is happy to take revenge.

Gao Yanshi hated Liu Guo, but now that he heard the news that he was released to Liaoyang, how could he not fall into the ground? On the afternoon of the day when Hong Jixun recovered from his illness, Liu Guo went out of the city. Gao Yanshi single-handedly, only took the Kunlun slave captured from the Chahan army, held a lance and a bow, and chased for more than 20 miles. On the north side, I caught up with Liu Guo. The horizontal lance rushed, bent the bow and shot the arrow, one arrow shot off Liu Guo's crown tassel, and another arrow, shot off his military flag. Gao Ju immediately asked Liu Guo: "Liu Chou'er, when you were outside Yidu City, did you ever think that there is today?" ”

Liu Chouer is Liu Guo's nickname.

Liu Guo trembled, afraid to answer. Gao Yanshi went through the old things again, checked out all the places where Liu Guo had offended him before, scolded and reprimanded him, and drove his mount and trampled his military flag back and forth. Liu Guo accompanied dozens of personal soldiers and guards, and no one dared to come forward to stop him. This is not the end, Gao Yanshi scolded bitterly, he was not happy, and motioned to Kunlun Nu to step forward and spit on Liu Guo's face.

Liu Guosha didn't dare to wipe it, so frightened that he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. He was so complacent that he looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "I knew today, why bother in the first place!" In my eyes, you can't even compare to this black slave. Let's go to Liaoyang and be your deputy Wanhu. In the future, you must remember the word humility! He didn't look at Liu Guo anymore, and turned his horse back to the city. It's funny, he's so domineering, but it's humbling.

That night, Li Shousheng reported the matter to Deng She. Dunshe laughed.

Busy and fulfilling days, day by day. Soon, New Year's Day arrived.