Chapter 419: The Last Watch

Yang Kuinai is a general, for decades in the southern and northern wars, he has made a lot of achievements, he has fought Jiaozhi, he has leveled the northern barbarians, no matter where something happens, as long as he is there, Zhao Rui can sleep peacefully at night.

Since coming back from Yanzhou, Yang Kui's health has not been very good, often take leave, and recently he has not been to the court for a long time, for this reason, Zhao Rui also went to visit him in person, and once every three days, ordered the imperial doctor to bring medicinal materials to the diagnosis and treatment.

At that time, the imperial doctor came back and replied, saying that the most serious problems on Yang Pingzhang's body were his knees and ankles, and he was almost unable to walk due to rheumatism.

To put it bluntly, it is a problem that has fallen from many years of marching and fighting.

There is no need to even ask in detail, just listening to the imperial doctor's simple explanation of the condition, Zhao Rui can guess where several major injuries come from.

When Yang Kui was young, he used soldiers bravely and took the lead, and he was always the first to go into battle.

The old wound on the back should be from the Hehuang Domain, and the arrow wound on the shoulder was from the capture of the thief, and there are more, maybe Yang Kui himself can't remember which battle fell.

Later, he was in the position of general, and naturally he could no longer risk his life as before, but first Guangyuan, Jiaozhi committed the border, and then Yanzhou was slaughtered, the miasma in the south, the damp place, Yang Kui led the troops to quell the rebellion, and most of the soldiers were from Jinghu and Guangnan, which didn't matter, he was a northerner, and it was normal for him to not adapt to the water and soil.

After the fight, I went to Deyanzhou, the air was dry and cold, the yellow sand was all over the sky, and the climate was not pleasant.

Even if it is a war, where are there so many conditions to choose.

Now that it's easy to come back, Xu is whole body is loose, and the disease that was hard pressed in the past has appeared.

Zhao Rui heard the imperial doctor's reply, and personally issued an edict, which contained many words of appeasement, only asking Yang Kui to recuperate, thinking that after a year or two, there should always be some improvement.

A few days ago, Zhu Baoshi, who received the holy edict to visit Yang's Mansion, also folded and said that Pingzhang had been able to eat two bowls of rice, and his spirit was much better.

Who would have expected that the relaxation to this day would be such a result.

Within one day, two humeral ministers actually left, and these two successive bad news did not even leave a buffer gap for Zhao Rui, and directly smashed him dizzy.

Zhao Rui's high fever only subsided, and the summer temperature was still dragging his tail, and the nose that was easy to get through yesterday was immediately blocked again at this time, so that he couldn't even breathe, so he had to open his mouth wide and use his throat to ventilate.

He was about to close the watch, but he didn't want to shake his hand, so he dropped another piece of music - it turned out that in addition to the Yang family's upper watch, Yang Kui's posthumous watch was also placed behind.

There are the same as Sun Mi's testament, but there are also differences, Yang Kui's one, recommended four or five children in the clan and family, but most of them were idle, and deliberately named a few names, and wrote their hometowns at the back, asking the Son of Heaven to give officials.

This testament is thought to have been written by Yang Kui when he was dying, the handwriting is very sloppy, the lack of words and few strokes, which place he thinks of, he writes to which place, there is no too clear logic at all, and naturally there is no explanation of the origin of these people.

Zhao Rui squinted his eyes for a while.

I don't know a single name.

He took a deep breath with his mouth, pointed to the names on the posthumous watch with his fingers, and instructed Zheng Lai, who was standing aside, to say, "Go and see who these people are." ”

Zheng Lai hurriedly came forward, memorized it carefully, and quickly took the order.

Zhao Rui lowered his head and continued to look at the watch in his hand.

None of the important ministers in the palace spoke, but looked at the few people standing in front of the column and in the column.

Sun Mi was not there, Huang Zhaoliang stood in the first place in the political hall, and counted him back, the fourth was Fan Yaochen with an expressionless face, and the next one was Sun Bian, who returned to the court and took office as the governor.

None of the three responded.

Fan Yaochen turned his head slightly sideways.

At this time, he could not say a word.

No matter what you say, it is easy to misunderstand.

Fan Dang has been fighting against Yang Kui for many years, but it has always been the time when his side has the upper hand.

After all, Yang Kui has been leading troops outside all the year round, and in many cases, even if there is a way, he may not be able to deal with it.

However, putting aside political opinions, putting aside the open and secret battles in the court, Fan Yaochen agrees with Yang Kui himself, whether it is character or ability.

But at this time, it no longer makes sense.

The man is gone.

Originally, if there was no accident, the next person to take over the Yang Party should be Chen Hao. It's just that the other party is now on a southern expedition, and he shouldn't have time to take care of anything else.

Now there are still Huang Zhaoliang and Sun Bian in the court, Sun Mi is gone, Yang Kui is also gone, I don't know what the Son of Heaven will arrange......

However, no matter how it is arranged, if you want to support another faction to fight against you, it will definitely not be possible to do it in a short time. With this respite, I should be able to take advantage of the situation to take care of the people and things in my hands.

Fan Yaochen, who was thinking about the situation in the court, did not raise his head, so naturally he couldn't see the face of the Son of Heaven above.

The expression on Zhao Rui's face was a little ugly, and his hands were trembling slightly.

Yang Kui's testament should have been written in a hurry, because it was a little confusing, after inviting officials to a few people who did not know the origin, he did not recommend talents like Sun Mi, nor did he evaluate the soldiers under his command, but he sandwiched a piece of the essay behind, in which he analyzed the national strength and situation of the restless neighbors of the Great Jin Dynasty one by one, and the shortcomings in the army at this time.

The handwriting of the latter part of the text is neat, only a little weak in strength, and the ink marks are also deep or shallow, thinking that Yang Kui wrote it one after another during his illness.

Zhao Rui hastily went through it, although it was swallowing dates, but he already agreed.

No one can better understand the comparison of the strength of the Great Jin Dynasty with foreign enemies than Yang Kui, who has been a lifelong soldier, and no one understands the shortcomings of the army better than him.

Sun Mi and Yang Kui were the pillars of the Great Jin Dynasty, not only did they have such insight, but at the last moment of their lives, they did not forget the safety of the society, which made Zhao Rui a little out of breath while watching.

He was so sad in his heart.

The two old ministers died in office, and none of them enjoyed the blessings of the queen, and they all died of illness.

Among the new officials, who can match them?

Zhao Rui raised his head, glanced at the people below, and retracted his gaze.

Don't think about it anymore.

He continued to flip the recital.

It stands to reason that the rest of the content should be thanksgiving, but to Zhao Rui's surprise, there was still a stack of papers in his hand.

- It's a long self-defense.