Chapter 33, Zhao'an
After Wei Peng gave Emperor Huiwen a salute, he quietly listened to everyone's talk, and the whole person fell into silence. This gang of bandits is currently in the limelight, and everyone knows about it, and of course he has heard about it, but what he hears is not the same as the legend. The robbers and robbers of Wolong Mountain are not the merchants and villagers in the past, most of them are the materials of the imperial court, and I heard that the state officials around Wolong Mountain have also been robbed, but they rarely do it to the ordinary people, and most of the officials who were robbed are corrupt, and the surrounding people often get inexplicable silver money in the middle of the night, which must be related to them. Wei Peng often wondered whether these people should be regarded as bandits or thieves? As for exterminating or recruiting An, he seems to be more inclined to recruit An.
After thinking about it, I heard Emperor Huiwen call him by name: "Peng'er, you have been listening to it for a long time, you can tell me what you think." ”
Wei Peng smiled, this smile is quite bright, if this smile blooms on such a handsome face on weekdays, it must make people feel good, it is affinity, and it is sunshine, which is very different from the cold face before. This rare smile made Emperor Huiwen a little stunned. But this smile inevitably seemed presumptuous in front of the emperor, Du Guozhong pretended not to do it, Chen Yemin snorted coldly, Yang Qingshan narrowed his eyes, this kid, this arrogant temperament has not been much after being beaten in the past few years.
Wei Chong couldn't help but shake his head, this product gave full play to his Laozi's advantages in front of the emperor. Wei Xiang sneered in his heart, relying on his seductive face, and currying favor with the Queen Mother everywhere. In this regard, Wei Yi also felt strange, among the grandchildren of the Queen Mother, this cousin is the most favored, far more than his own brothers, is it also because of his face? I heard that it is because he looks most like the first emperor, and carefully recalls the appearance of his grandfather in his memory, and then thinks about the portrait of Taimiao as an enshrinement, it is really like.
Emperor Huiwen feigned anger: "Is this thing funny? ”
Wei Peng sneered: "Uncle Huang, this thing is originally quite funny!" In a word, harvesting countless knives in the hall, he continued: "A group of bandits can gather 10,000 people, and they can actually hold sharp weapons, and the officers and soldiers who fight are defeated, how many rice buckets have we raised!" Give away food and grass weapons for nothing. ”
Du Guozhong was slightly angry: "The prince accused our military department of being incompetent? ”
Wei Peng glanced at him and sneered, "What do you think?" The weapons of the bandits have surpassed the officers and soldiers, when did such a capable person appear among the bandits, and the people selected for the imperial examination by the imperial court are not as good as some bandits? Do you want to let them participate in the Takeke next fall? ”
"You!" Du Guozhong was furious, and he wanted to get angry.
Chen Yemin interrupted their argument and asked, "I heard that the prince has always studied weapons, I don't know what he thinks?" ”
Wei Peng glanced at him: "Gao Jian? No! I haven't seen their crossbows either, how do I know? ”
Emperor Huiwen is really angry, this little brute, did he call him here to be angry with himself? He slapped the table: "There's a lot of nonsense, did I call you angry?" Say, do you have a way to crack this weapon? If not, let me go to southern Xinjiang to accompany Lian Kangping to the chaos. ”
Wei Peng smiled, smiled very and said: "Go and go, it's not like the minister hasn't fought before." Seeing that Emperor Huiwen's face was dark again, he immediately said: "Don't worry, Uncle Huang, it's not that the minister shirks, but I haven't seen this thing, so I'm naturally not sure." He suddenly said: "The minister thinks that the people have always been Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, since these people can make sharp weapons for the two armies to fight, and can arrange troops, they must have some ability, at present, Miao Xinjiang is in turmoil, the war in northern Xinjiang continues, and the west is also ready to move, instead of sending troops to exterminate, labor and money, if you can recruit an for the imperial court, there must be other surprises." ”
Emperor Huiwen's face softened, and he glanced at him: "You can still speak a human word." He glanced at a few people in the hall, Wei Chong thought about it, looked at Wei Peng, but saw a smile on his face, his heart moved, and he said: "Father, why don't you go with your son and cousin Peng?" First, to find an opportunity to recruit peace, and secondly, to have the opportunity to understand the truth, even if these thieves are stubborn and unwilling to submit, it is not too late to send troops to exterminate them. ”
A sneer flashed in Wei Xiang's eyes, and then he put it away, putting on a dead face.
Chen Yemin saluted upwards and said: "What Xuan Shizi and the eldest prince said is exactly what the old minister thinks, instead of suppressing bandits who work hard and lose money, it is better to give some benefits to recruit peace, and fortunately there is a constraint." ”
Emperor Huiwen looked at Yang Qingshan again, this old man, he would turn his face away, and he didn't look at him, he snorted coldly in his heart, and asked, "Old Marquis, how long will it take for Jiulin to reach the capital?" ”
Yang Jiulin has been in the north of Xinjiang for a long time, and he has long been famous in Mobei, and there is no defeat in the confrontation with the generals of Beidi, that is, the famous general of Beidi, the prince Wutuershu is just evenly divided, a few days ago, he was defeated by Beidi, Beidi soldiers and horses retreated for hundreds of miles, and the war stopped a little, Yang Jiulin returned to Beijing.
"Huh?" Of course, Yang Qingshan understood what he meant, so he should prepare with both hands. He looked at Du Guozhong: "Lord Du, what did the slander report of the military department say?" ”
Du Guozhong rolled his eyes and gave him, when will your grandson come back, you are clearer than me, what are you pretending? You're not afraid of going out and being struck by lightning! He replied, "At their current marching speed, it will take half a month." ”
Yang Qingshan said to Emperor Huiwen: "Your Majesty, if you send someone to go with Xuan Shizi, then Jiulin will also bring troops back to Beijing, if you can't recruit An, you can lead troops to exterminate it." ”
Emperor Huiwen thought for a while, and said: "Since Chong'er went to the area of Wolong Mountain, Yi'er should not be idle, now that the flood in the south of the Yangtze River has become a catastrophe, you will go to see the actual situation of the flood in the south of the Yangtze River and the resettlement of the disaster on behalf of me. ”
The three and six Shangshu looked at each other, and sent out two princes at this time, it's not appropriate! Now that the prince has not yet been established, several adult princes are eyeing this position, each recruiting virtuous ministers, and each has a foreign family to help each other, and the open and secret battles are non-stop, what does Emperor Huiwen think? This is biological, if something happens to this Beijing, it will be two of them, and they will have to catch up with Xuan Shizi.
Ding Cong'an couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, it's not appropriate to send out the two Highnesses and Xuan Shizi like this." "The third prince Wei Yi is Ding Cong'an's grandson, Ding Cong'an's daughter lives in Jing'an Palace, is Emperor Huiwen's concubine, among several princes, there is also a call to seize the prince, this time to go down to the south of the Yangtze River with Wei Chong, is it a blessing or a curse!
Emperor Huiwen smiled and said, "It's okay. ”