Back in Huayang City, Ye Wentian had already prepared a banquet.

However, the people from the Jixia School Palace did not sit at the table, and only Yuan Qing and Ye Wentian enjoyed this table of wine.

Ye Wentian said: "I have already counted, a total of 280,000 horses, most of them are rabble, such a military brigade, if you want to go to the battlefield, I am afraid you will have to train for a period of time, or in other words, you can only use it as an outcast." ”

Yuan Qing hurriedly said: "I understand what my uncle means, but this passerby must not be used as an outcast, but we must take good care of the surrendered soldiers of Zheng Guo, as long as we take care of them, we can also naturally be included in the command when we meet another Zheng Guo in the future." ”

"Although I am anxious about the matter of elite soldiers, there is nothing I can do about it, so I can only think about it slowly. ”

Ye Wentian said: "I understand what you mean, but at the moment, we really can't continue to recruit troops, our treasury, with the arrival of these 280,000 troops, it seems to be a little stretched, in my opinion, it is better to arrange such a group of people in the fields, and it is a big matter to open up the wasteland." ”

"The original population of Huayang City alone is a little insufficient, and the army comes to Tuntian, but it saves a lot of trouble, and the common people have to be paid, rather than this, it is better to use our soldiers well. ”

"But don't worry, our original brothers won't bully this newcomer. ”

Yuan Qing snorted, Baili Chengchuan, Linghu Yuxiu, and Ouyang Lingfeng, these three are all old oilers among the old oilers, no matter how much they talk about Tao Wuluo, or fighting before the battle, they have nothing to say, this is also the only thing that Yuan Qing is relieved about at present.

Fortunately, this time, he also brought back some of the family funds that originally belonged to Zheng Guo, otherwise, he only brought back the population, and in less than half a year, the treasury of Huayang City would be completely dried up, but unfortunately, Zheng Guo's family background is not very rich, if there are more gold and silver treasures, it will be easy to do.

Yuan Qing said: "I remembered someone. ”

Ye Wentian asked puzzledly, "Who is that person?"

Yuan Qing said: "Chen Yu, what we are lacking here is a general manager type of person, or a military division type of person, although we are both civil and military, but in general, it is too balanced, and in addition, we also need such a person to be the finishing touch in this big collective." ”

"Uncle is a military general, so am I, and so is Liao Cheng, a person from the Jixia School Palace, and he also has to deal with daily government affairs. ”

"Therefore, we really lack a big army division here. ”

"But as far as I know, my father will never arrange such an important person as Uncle Chen Yu by my side, but instead, we need to find someone by ourselves. ”

After winning a city at the top of the clouds, he subconsciously recruits troops, and in the process, he will also increase his efforts to discover talents.

In fact, Yuan Qing also wants to do this kind of thing, but Yuan Qing has missed that opportunity, although there is no war at the moment, but the talents that can be tapped are basically all tapped, besides, in the land of the Great Zhou, even if he really meets the legendary Qilin talent, he will not follow Yuan Qing behind, let alone make suggestions for the son of the enemy country.

Ye Wentian understood what was going on, and asked in a raised voice: "In this way, you will completely separate from His Royal Highness King Wu, and in the future, you will also take the road of self-reliance, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, I mean, no matter how lofty your ideals are, you still have to come down-to-earth at this time." ”

Yuan Qing smiled playfully: "You know, in fact, I envy my third brother and his identity as a concubine." ”

"The identity of the concubine, although it can't be on the stage, but it also means absolute freedom, you can do whatever you want, you can do anything, stand on your own, support the army and self-respect, all in all, how to do things are very easy, and when it comes to me, I need to take into account the size of the family's court, right and wrong, grievances, etc., and I also need to balance the interests of all aspects, and even, many times, I have to take care of my father's inner feelings, which is really a very tiring thing. ”

Ye Wentian was silent.

Yuan Qing is telling the truth, at least Yuan Zheng is making wind and rain outside, and no one restrains Yuan Zheng, sneakily fishing in troubled waters, mixed up, that is his own ability, even if he achieves nothing, he is a concubine anyway, and he doesn't have to bear so much pressure.

In this way, it is in stark contrast to Yuan Qing, the son of the martial king.

Yuan Qing said: "After the third brother gets Jiangnan, I think there will be more civil and military affairs, and I will meet all kinds of talents, we here, no matter how you look at it, it seems a little deserted, the thirty people sent by my master are more than enough at this time, but as we take more and more cities, the people in the Jixia School Palace are obviously not enough, and we must find a way to expand our talents." ”

"The third brother occupies an advantage, he is engaged in wind and rain in the land of Dawei, and if he meets the right person, he can naturally be included in his command. ”

"And we are in the land of the Great Zhou, six hundred miles away in the city of Xiqi, and we are also eyeing it. ”

"Although this is a small achievement, but no matter how you do things, it is difficult to really let go of your hands and feet and win a war, for us at the moment, this is not a very difficult thing, but to thoroughly digest the benefits of victory, for us, it is a big problem. ”

"Although the third brother has become a giant overnight, but if you think about it carefully, the third brother is also quite a bit of a bit of encroachment in it, after getting a city, there are no side effects, and we got the city of Huayang, including now, many nobles in the city look at me very unpleasantly, if it weren't for the situation, I must have turned my face a long time ago. ”

"I need those old nobles to stabilize the people's hearts and minds for me. ”

"This kind of relationship of mutual use is completely different from the relationship of arm and finger. ”

Ye Wentian was stunned, he was a military general, and his mind was not as delicate as that of a literati, and he also felt it at this time, Yuan Qing was a very delicate person, much more delicate than Yuan Tieshan, the martial king.

Compared with a strong man who has read a book, there is really a world of difference between a strong man who has not read a book.

Ye Wentian said: "How do you plan to deal with the next military training?"

Yuan Qing said: "I don't plan to deal with it, everything is as usual, the people who come out of the Jixia School Palace are not showy, more or less, they are all people with some actual combat experience." ”

"Just let go and let them do it. ”

Ye Wentian understood, fortunately in misfortune, behind Yuan Qing, there was also a Jixia School Palace silently supporting him.

The news of the surrender of Zheng Guo could not contain the fire, and it had long been known to the scouts from all sides for the first time.

The news spread all over the world, but the most places are still the land of Jiangnan, the land of Hanzhou, and the temples of the Great Zhou.

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Jiangnan, Gusu City.

After Zhong Nan learned what Yuan Qing had done in Huayang City, he probably knew why he left Xie Hua alive in the first place, and at the same time, he also probably knew what Xie Hua had in his body, and now, Yuan Qing is the master of that dragon vein.

However, the matter of the dragon vein also depends on who the person is.

Although Xie Hua's qi is strong, compared with Yuan Qing and Yuan Zheng, there is still a lot of difference, so in the battle of Guangling River, he was basically defeated, and in addition, he also lost his own life.

But Zhong Nan regretted it in his heart, but he didn't regret it so much.

The regret lies in the fact that after listening to Yuan Qing's words, Yuan Qing invisibly picked up a bargain, and there was no way, who let that at that time, Princess Qiuhua had just returned to the Nine Heavens, and Zhong Nan also had the intention of taking care of Yuan Qing's emotions at that time.

The place where I don't regret it is that the dragon vein in Xie Hua's body is a scourge for the top of the clouds, because after the second person gets the dragon vein, no matter who it is, it will lead to the internal instability of the top of the clouds.

Zhong Nan has no ambition to become the supreme in the world, she just wants to do her own thing, as for the future result, just explain it to the future, that is not something Zhong Nan can interfere with, of course, since he chose Yuanzheng, Zhong Nan has no regrets.

Even if Zhong Nan gets that dragon vein, he will find a way to release it and place it in a famous mountain and river in the south of the Yangtze River.

After all, it is the dragon vein that belongs to the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhong Nan is also a southerner, so destroying the dragon vein of his hometown with his own hands is also a big blow to Zhong Nan's personal feelings.

In the study, Zhong Nan and Zhang Gong were together, staring at each other with big eyes.

During this period of time, the Xu family was quite peaceful and self-sufficient, and it was not surprising that the well-dressed scholars in the family had obtained a larger or smaller official status in the land of Jiangnan, and began to govern Jiangnan with southerners, this policy, even if Zhong Nan did not deliberately do it, Yuan Zheng would do so, because Zhong Nan himself was a southerner.

There are only one or two big families left, and the checks and balances are handy, from the instability in the early days, to the current orderliness, Zhong Nan's political achievements have reached a higher level, and so is Zhang Gong.

But there's always something that doesn't go as planned.

For example, the part of the people who used to support the Zhuge family hated the top of the clouds and Yuan Zheng in their hearts.

It's a pity that there is no weapon of rebellion in his hand, if there is, the land south of the Yangtze River will set off a bloody storm again, which appeases Huairou and is completely different from the battlefield, the latter only needs to win.

In the former, the slightest carelessness will make the political situation turbulent and all the previous efforts will be wasted.

Even if a war is won, it is often accompanied by huge risks, and the fruits of victory are difficult to obtain, and at the same time, it is also difficult to digest, but most people do not know this truth.

Zhang Gong said: "I really want to know, where Yuan Zheng went at this time, the ups and downs on the rivers and lakes, he seems to have experienced it before, it is difficult to want to experience it a second time, I thought that it was just a bad mood, go out to play for a while, and then you can return to the position, but it has been so long, and I have not come back yet." ”

"Mr. Su Yi is alone in that cloud city, working on government affairs, and Yuan Zheng is really ruthless!"

It is undeniable that if Yuan Zheng is still in the cloud at this time, the development direction of the entire top of the cloud must be benign, stable and thriving.

Zhong Nan said: "In your opinion, what would happen if our lord knew the truth about Xie Hua?"

The matter here is more complicated, with Zhong Nan's negligence for a while, and also with Yuan Qing's means in it, the death of Princess Qiuhua has affected many things and touched too many sensitive nerves.

The situation under Yuan Tieshan's command is not very clear at this time.

However, within the Yuan family, judging from the performance on the books, there are already signs of cracking.

In terms of strength, the top of the clouds is not afraid of going head-to-head with Yuan Qing, but Yuan Tieshan will definitely not let such a thing happen.

Zhang Gong replied helplessly: "This kind of heart-wrenching question, don't ask me, I really don't know how to answer you, after Yuan Zheng knows, maybe he will act as if nothing happened, after all, Yuan Qing is also his own big brother, maybe he will be furious and reprimand the two of us well." ”

"As for the matter of accountability, that's not it, the two of us have done a lot for Yuan Zheng, there is no credit and hard work, and he doesn't dare to do things like this. ”

"But in fact, we were really careless for a while, and even if people held us accountable, there was a valid reason. ”

"Fortunately, he is on the rivers and lakes and will not come back for the time being. ”

"When he came back, maybe the situation had developed into a situation that you and I didn't know, there would be no war in three or five years, it can only be said that there were no major battles, and the scouts and spies on all sides were in some dark places, and the fight was inextricable. ”

"Small battles, maybe there will be a lot of them. ”

"Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was wiped out in the Nanyun River, the mountains of Tiaogu, the vast plains, and the cities of Pingyang and Huayang, they were defeated, but fundamentally, although the Great Zhou was injured, it was not as much as the Great Wei and Great Qin. ”

"It's Da Xia, and now it almost maintains its strength in its heyday, and it hasn't hurt its muscles and bones yet. ”

"Do you think Great Xia will ally with Great Zhou, and then overthrow Great Qin and Great Wei?"

Zhong Nan smiled helplessly and said: "How do I know this, the temples of the four countries, the clouds are treacherous, what happened to them, how can you and I know." ”

"But one thing, the next time there is a war, maybe the former enemy will become a friend, and maybe the former friend will become an even more sinister enemy. ”

Zhang Gong yawned and said, "I'm so tired, I wanted to rest, but our bad things have been endless." ”

Zhong Nan smiled: "That's not ......"