The commander-in-chief of all military affairs in Youzhou, the position of the generalissimo of Youzhou soldiers and horses, who is directly in charge of the two border armies and the entire local army, has always been firmly in the hands of the Xu family, which is an honor given by Emperor Taizu from the beginning of the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, but it is a pity that the people of the Xu family have not been very prosperous, and the four generations have been passed on, so other important positions are not held by people surnamed Xu.

Even if it is a relative on the wife's side, it is an outsider after all, and even if it is just to avoid suspicion and make the court feel at ease, the Xu family has never promoted and reused anyone who is related.

Xu Sanjin, the former county magistrate of Huangsha County, is a typical distant relative of the Xu family, I don't know how many generations apart, but in order to take the initiative to join the Xu family, he even shamelessly changed his surname Xu, Rao is so, but he can't even see the general's face, so he was directly blasted out by the people of the general's mansion, and he belongs to the kind of poor person who has no way to hand over money.

And the status and official position are only in the official residence, and the same as the generalissimo of Youzhou soldiers and horses who was the order of the dynasty, is the left general of the Youzhou town army and the right general of the town army, these two are old people who have been in the army since the former general Xu Qianzhong was young, and after decades of hard work, he was promoted all the way, and he is also half an elder of the current general Xu Jintang.

The two old men have stayed in the army almost all their lives, from the first two small soldiers who fought on the battlefield, step by step, down-to-earth to the position of the left general and the right general who are in charge of each army today.

The two old men who maintain the loyalty and pragmatic style of the soldiers have always disliked the style of the current general Xu Jintang after being transferred to Youzhou, plus after all, it is still the old boss Xu Quanzhong, so Xu Qianzhong took the initiative to apply for transfer back to the capital for retirement, and even later died suddenly in the capital, they have been staying at the border, rarely returning to the interior of Youzhou, and never going to the general's mansion to visit again, even if some affairs related to the local army, most of them are handed over to his subordinates, and they do not come forward.

General Zuo was originally born in the Pei family of Youzhou's traditional gate valve, named "Zhengyang", he is now sixty years old, but his body is still tough, and he often goes to the Tiger Ben army to inspect in person, and even visits the soldiers in the barracks one by one, understands their recent situation and difficulties, and eats and lives with them, so he is deeply loved and admired by the Tiger Ben army.

The only pity is that the old general has never married a wife in his life, it is rumored that it is because when he was young, he was just engaged, a trip, his fiancée died tragically at the hands of the Rakshasa clan, out of anger, he did not choose to pass the township test like a normal Pei family child, will take the test and so on to go to the court to join the office, but regardless of the obstruction of his relatives, he directly chose to leave home to join the army, and then he has been in the army, never thought about getting married, and did not leave an heir, but in fact, the tiger army knows that Lu Dengyun Lu Baihu, as well as the man who joined the army Lan Yunxuan Lan, are all the godsons of the old general。

Lu Dengyun this person, not only is he not small, but also has a straightforward and straightforward personality, and he is facing the appetite of the left general Pei Zhengyang, who was discovered by him from the local army a few years ago, and entrusted the relationship, first threw it to the affairs of Shu that has been presiding over the affairs of Shu, and was trained by his old friend who has known him for half his life, the scout battalion in the Yuyang Army led by General You, and Lu Dengyun also lived up to expectations, not only from Shu, but also after returning here, he was also deeply supported by the sergeants, the old man who has worked hard all his life, even if he dies, he is relieved.

As for the Yuyang Army, then let the old friend figure it out by himself, but I heard that there is also a young general over there recently, and his qualifications are very good, although he Pei Zhengyang is happy, he doesn't plan to compete with his old friend.

The old man has been living in a mansion in Hedong County all these years, not far from the Tiger Benjun and Huangsha County, and he is still a little curious about the little prince who is his next-door neighbor.

After all, this person's title, that is the king of Hedong County, although it is said that he has only taken over the dispensable Huangsha County for the time being, but as long as he does not make any major mistakes, if he wants to come for a few years, the imperial court will definitely assign the entire Hedong County to him.

He has nothing to say about these decisions of the imperial court, after all, this is originally the world of the Gu family, how His Majesty wants to distribute it, it is His Majesty's family affairs, they are courtiers, they can neither criticize this kind of thing, nor can it be his turn to think about it, especially if he is just a military general, he can do his part well, and it is enough to guard the border for the imperial court.

He is only occasionally a little worried, after all, he is also a literati and has been overperformed, and the Pei family, as a wealthy lord in Youzhou, has a status that is not much worse than that of the He family in Jiangzhou, at least the people who have become officials have never been few, Pei Zhengyang, who was born in a scholarly family, although he later enlisted in the army, but the edification of his childhood will not disappear.

This issue he was worried about was also discussed with the old general Xu Qianzhong.

Although the Xu family is now the heaven of Youzhou, the Xu family is not a royal family after all, although it is nominally guarding the frontier for the Gu family, but after so many years, many things have changed.

The ancestor of the Xu family back then, who accompanied Emperor Taizu to fight the world with the emperor since the end of the year, has an unrivaled status, coupled with his outstanding military achievements, so he can get a unique hereditary first-class duke, which is not too much, whether it is the ancestor Gu Qiguang of the year, or the ancestor of the Xu family, they have unconditional trust in each other, but they don't seem to have thought about the offspring.

Even if it has gone through two generations, the two emperors are both eloquent and magnanimous people, and for the Xu family, they still have the greatest indulgence and favor like Emperor Taizu, such as the women of the Xu family in this generation, who are still the imperial concubines, but what about after that?

The royal family will not always allow the Xu family to expand its influence in Youzhou, and even turn it into the Xu family's Youzhou one day in the future, this is the trend of the times, even if the Xu family has been loyal, it is useless, because this change is irreversible, as long as the Xu family is still there, as long as they don't do things that anger and resentment, then the Youzhou people will think of their good, and His Majesty the Emperor in the future will never allow the Youzhou people to only recognize and not recognize the court.

As for the Xu family, what will they think when they have enough control in Youzhou?

Especially, what about when the royal family showed obvious hostility towards them, and even extended their hands to Youzhou?

Even if it's just to protect themselves, what will they do?

After all, Youzhou has two iron armies, once it rebels, it is enough to make the Liang country a big injury, and when the foreign enemy invades, it is possible that Daliang will be torn apart from then on.

At that time, the first life of the ancestors will be ruined, and the achievements of a lifetime will be destroyed in the hands of future generations.

When I saw that Emperor Taizu, what should I say?

This is all something that the old general Xu Duzhong does not want to see, because they are courtiers after all, not thieves.

Especially for his son, Xu Jintang, he has deep worries, and General Zuo knows about this, which is why he has never wanted to have more contact with him.

What has already been in hand cannot be put down, in order to ensure their own interests, who knows what these people will do.

But now the imperial court seems to have begun to do it, and the king of Hedong County is a very straightforward start.

A county as a fief is assigned to a prince surnamed Gu, this is understandable, as I said before, the world belongs to the Gu family, how to distribute, it is their own business, the courtiers are just outsiders, they can't interject, let alone dare to intervene.

But with the first time, there is a second time, how many sons does Your Majesty have, but how many counties can there be in Youzhou?

And this division, once it starts, is irretrievable, because they will also have their own heirs, and after passing it down from generation to generation, it will be the power of the Xu family.

He Pei Zhengyang doesn't care, but what about the young general?

It doesn't matter what he wants.

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In the early morning, when the sky was slightly bright, and when the purple qi came from the east, the old man was already standing in the courtyard and practicing boxing, which was also one of his habits that he couldn't move.

Because he was born as a literati back then, if he wanted to stand out in the army and get the attention of his superiors, he naturally had to make more efforts, where would the border army care what the Pei family did not care about the Pei family, so until today, he is already a general of the left under one person in Youzhou and above ten thousand people, and the actual leader of the Tiger Ben Army, but he still maintains the habit of getting up early every day to practice boxing.

It's just that at his current age, boxing is mostly practiced to nourish his body and maintain his health, rather than to quickly improve his strength as at the beginning.

If you don't know how to practice boxing, it's actually a very hurtful thing, and when you are young, you don't understand it, which leads to a lot of dark injuries, and when you get old, you will start to trouble yourself.

So now General Pei Lao began to pursue learning from some martial arts masters in the rivers and lakes, and practiced some boxing techniques that seemed to be slow, but very healthy.

This is also the reason why he is still strong at this age, and he can even get on the horse to compete with young soldiers.

When the old man is practicing boxing, ordinary people are not allowed to go in and disturb, this is an irreversible rule, and the people below are full of admiration and admiration for the old general, and if there is nothing important, they are not willing to disturb him.

After all, the old man has passed the age of sixties, and it is not easy for him to be a person who has been on the battlefield and left many secret wounds, and most of the soldiers who have been seriously injured will not live to be forty years old.

Even the ancestor of the Xu family, who created an immortal cause, died suddenly when he was just forty years old, and he died, and Da Liang mourned for the whole country for a whole month, setting an ancient precedent, even if it was the god of war Chang Dingfang, who was later called Wuqu Xing, did not have this treatment.

In short, now the entire Tiger Ben Army, from the deputy marshal who led the troops, to the ordinary soldiers who had only had a few encounters with the old man, were silently praying in their hearts, hoping that the old man would live for a few more years, after all, there would really be no more such old generals who would personally come to the barracks to comfort their lives.

Just when the old general was intoxicated with walking piles in the courtyard to practice boxing, a blue figure did not knock on the door and broke in directly from the courtyard gate.

Lan Yunxuan, who was the chief member of the army, was dressed in a blue robe, running out of breath, and shouted with some nervousness in his expression.

"General, something is wrong! Dengyun has an accident!"

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