Chapter 38 - Contradictions Intensify
Li Dan, the prime minister of Qi State, has been immersed in officialdom for decades. But he still hasn't changed his style of dealing with the world. It is precisely because of this casualness that Xuan Lejun, the emperor of Qi State, who is also casual, reuses Li Dan and uses him as the prime minister of Qi State above 10,000 people to deal with government affairs. It's just that even if he holds the position of commanding hundreds of officials like the prime minister, Li Dan still does his own thing in dealing with people, although he has a strong ability to deal with things. But he still offended many of his colleagues who were officials in the same dynasty as him. So much so that even until now, Li Dan has completely mastered the government of Qi State, and the officials are very respectful to him on the surface, but in fact, Li Dan himself knows that if it sounds good, it is called respect, and if it is not good, it is respectful and far away.
And Li Dan himself has also cultivated two apprentices that he wants. One of them is the current subordinate Han Shouzhong, and the other one is Li Xin, the deputy general of Chen Jie, the governor of the southern part of the Qi State. Originally, Li Dan was fond of his martial apprentice Li Xin, but now Li Xin is dispatching all the grain, grass and logistics transportation in Jincheng, and this kind of work is very handy for Li Xin. But command the army to fight, control the whole army to fight. This is not what Li Xin is good at, so Li Dan's eyes were aimed at Zhang Lingyi, Chen Jie's most lieutenant, and he also told Sun He and Han Shouzhong his thoughts. Since Zhang Lingyi happened to be in Ruocheng now, he didn't need to be transferred from elsewhere to command the whole army. This is very convenient, of course, Li Dan can't say this. So, he motioned to his other apprentice, Han Shouzhong, to make this suggestion.
Han Shouzhong naturally understood this, and he keenly met Li Dan's somewhat flickering gaze, so when there was silence in the Liuyun Palace, no one objected to Sun Zhao's plan to recommend Cui Tiao as the governor. Only Han Shouzhong walked out quickly, bowed down and stood in front of Li Dan, and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, Weichen has a book!
Li Dan's spirits perked up, although Han Shouzhong's actions were acquiesced in by himself. But Li Dan saw a flickering silent look in Han Shouzhong's firm eyes, as if he had his own thoughts. So, Li Dan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "What does Han Shilang think? I have already said it, no matter what anyone says today, I will not blame him." Han Shilang, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"
Han Shouzhong saluted again and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, Wei Chen secretly thinks that now that Ruocheng has fallen into a crisis, we have successively mobilized nearly 100,000 troops to help, plus the 20,000 troops in the original city, enough food and grass. We don't need to send troops to help, the general you recommended, although he is a good general, brave and wise. But don't forget, the 30,000 troops of the Northern Sealing War Society are looking at the city, and Cui Tiao can't resist it. If General Cui Tiao is rashly mobilized to go south, how can we deal with Xuancheng's 30,000 elite troops in the second hall of the Sealing War Association if the northern city is lost? Xuancheng now that the army has basically moved south, and there are less than 10,000 Praetorian Guards stationed in Xuancheng, how can we resist the attack of the 30,000 army? When the time comes, the capital of the country will fall, and the whole country will be lost! Therefore, the minister opposes Lord Sun Zhao's suggestion! His unsighted recommendation will lead our Qi country into a land of no return! Wechen resolutely does not recommend that Governor Cui Tiao go south!
Han Shouzhong's voice was loud, and some officials around him who were originally waiting to watch the show covered their mouths and snickered, they looked at Sun Zhao's face was blue and white hanging there, this matter itself has nothing to do with people like them who are watching the show, and they can see that Sun Zhao, who was originally invincible, is now touching his nose, these officials think it is very funny. Even Li Dan, who was originally calm and calm, couldn't help but applaud his beloved apprentice.
Sun Zhao looked angrily at Prime Minister Li Dan, who was standing on the throne at the highest point of the Liuyun Palace, and then looked at Han Shouzhong, who seemed to be confident. He already understood that Han Shouzhong must have colluded with Li Dan to refute him, wanting to destroy their most cherished interests. This is something that Sun Zhao absolutely can't bear, but before Sun Zhao refuted Han Shouzhong, he was quite curious, since Han Shouzhong refuted him like this, someone must have recommended him to become the governor of the south. Sun Zhao had a slight idea about the person Han Shouzhong wanted to recommend. So, Sun Zhao suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in a calm voice as much as possible: "I don't know, Han Shilang is so confident, I don't know who Han Shilang wants to recommend?"
Han Shouzhong seemed to have expected Sun Zhao to ask him so angrily for the reason, he smiled slightly and stared at Sun Zhao. Slowly spit out a sentence and said: "Although General Cui Tiao's ability is strong, after all, he and Governor Chen Jie are at odds with each other, if he is mobilized south to command these nearly 100,000 troops, I am afraid it will be difficult for the sergeants to work together." In this case, our Qi Kingdom will definitely be defeated! So," Han Shouzhong first told the civil and military officials in front of him everything he thought. Only then did he finally say who he was recommending. "The person I recommend is none other than Zhang Lingyi, the general who is still in Ruocheng as the main general and commanding the whole army, Zhang Lingyi was originally the deputy general of Governor Chen Jie, and he followed Zhang Lingyi all the way to fight for several years. Experienced and diligent in government and loving the people, his status in the southern part of Qi is only second to that of Governor Chen Jie. Governor Chen Jie had also strongly recommended his lieutenant many times before. So Prime Minister," Han Shouzhong turned his gaze to Li Dan, who was standing on the throne, and said in a deep voice: "I recommend that Zhang Lingyi become the current governor of Ruocheng and command these 100,000 troops! If not, Wechen is willing to die to thank the world."
Han Shouzhong's recommendation and the move to save the lives of the whole family really surprised many people, but Li Dan couldn't help but brush his beard and smile. Han Shouzhong showed no mercy at all, and used the excuse to sarcastically mock Sun Zhao. Sun Zhao was a little confused by Han Shou's loud voice now. Even people like Sun Zhao were shocked by Han Shou's harsh words, and they forgot to refute for a while.
Li Dan seized this opportunity, and he raised his voice abruptly, so that the officials around him who were still talking to each other in a low voice stopped talking to each other. He turned his gaze to Prime Minister Li Dan who was standing on the throne. I only heard Li Dan raise his voice and said in a long voice: "Han Shilang's proposal is deeply in line with me, since Doctor Sun has no opinion." We will adopt such a proposal from Han Shilang, and now there is also danger in the north, and Cui Tiao must be stationed in the northern Que City, and the pressure is not small. Now Zhang Lingyi happens to be in Ruocheng, and I also know about his military talents, so it was decided, come here, follow the order!" When he shouted these words, Li Dan took out a golden holy decree from the throne that had already been sealed. Goshiro stepped forward, took Li Dan's holy decree from the guards on both sides, and went out loudly to announce it.
Li Dan smiled and looked at Sun Zhao, the counselor who was standing at the foot of the stairs dumbfounded, and he didn't react for a while. Li Dan's face was filled with a smile like a victor, and he announced loudly: "Since this is the case, then it is decided, Zhang Lingyi is the governor of the army of the Southern Qi State, and he is in charge of the war in the southern part of the Qi State. Logistics, grain and grass transportation, these things are all handed over to General Li Xin to deal with, okay, that's all for today, let's disperse everyone."
Sun Zhao's expression suddenly became angry, he just wanted to continue to persuade Li Dan, but Li Dan smiled quietly, turned around and left directly, and at the same time called Sun He to discuss some things. The officials who left Sun Zhao and many children of the family to serve were left hanging in place, and their expressions were cloudy.
Walking down the Nine Dragon Steps below the Liuyun Palace, Sun Zhao's face was still cloudy, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry or resentful. At this moment, several officials of the family who had common interests with him and were usually good friends came over together, whispering something in Sun Zhao's ear.
Although Sun He is Sun Zhao's brother and the head of the Sun family, Sun He is not a son-in-law since he was a child, but a partial concubine, because of his outstanding ability and erudition, he inherited the position of the head of the Sun family. Over the years, Sun He has relied on his talent and knowledge all the way to achieve the current position of a doctor. But Sun Zhao is the eldest son of the previous head of the Sun family, and he should have inherited the position of the head of the Sun family, but his ability is not strong, and he even has some cold arrogance in his bones, and he has always been deeply dissatisfied with Sun He, the son of a partial house, to inherit the position of the head of the family. After Sun He entered the officialdom of Qi State through the imperial examination with his own ability, Sun Zhao also entered the officialdom of Qi State through the recommendation of his father, the previous generation of household servants, and has always held the sensitive position of suggesting doctors.
Sun He stayed and discussed with Li Dan about countermeasures, and when they came out, the courtiers had basically turned around and left, and when Sun He walked down the Nine Dragon Steps quickly, he heard Sun Zhao's somewhat hoarse voice. "Hmph, do you think that by launching Zhang Lingyi, you will be able to stop us? How can you just be so restrained? After this battle is over, let him see how powerful we are hahahaha."
Hearing this, Sun He, who realized that something was wrong, hurriedly turned around and didn't let his brother Sun Zhao, who had just walked down the steps and left the Imperial City of Liuyun Palace, see his figure. Sun He stood quietly alone on the Nine Dragon Steps, staring at Sun Zhao and several officials around him, Sun He narrowed his slightly small eyes, and there was a cold breath in his short eyes. He already has an outline to deal with this matter now, maybe the important battle that is about to be launched in the south of the Qi country will change all this but, Sun He is very curious, what is the insight that Sun Zhao said
Two days later, Prime Minister Li Dan's herald had reached Ruocheng, which was now surrounded by regiments. The sentinel who delivered the message had grown up in Wakaki, and he knew the construction around his hometown of Wakaki very well. Even though the eastern, western, and southern directions have basically been connected horizontally into a company camp. The Eastern Garrison is the reinforcement force of the Qi State. The sentinel who carried the message entered Ruocheng through the short tunnel that had already been planted in the east, and smoothly spread the news to Ruocheng, announcing that Zhang Lingyi was the governor of the southern part of Qi State, and together with the general Li Fu, he led 100,000 Qi troops to fight against the Feng army that was about to attack.