Volume 2 A Light and a Night Walk Chapter 70 Grace and power
Ma Fang Nanshan sword soldiers into the warehouse for the peaceful and prosperous era, from this sentence can be seen, what is the status of the military in peacetime. Forced by this general trend, before this, the civilian clique oppressed the military in every possible way and weakened the power of Jiangmen, although Zhao Xuanji was also angry, but more sad and helpless.
The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackeys are cooked, the birds are good and the bows are hidden, there are no rebels in the dynasty and there are no strong enemies outside, and the millions of soldiers and horses that the dynasty had when they conquered the world have now been successively eliminated to only one million, and the official benefits that can be shared by the eighteen generals have been reduced, and there are those who have declined in the family, and there are those who have thrown themselves into the civil official group, and the generals are in decline, and Zhao Xuanji alone can change it.
In the past, when the civilian clique dealt with one military official after another, although Zhao Xuanji did not stand up and speak, most of them could not resist the strength of the civilian clique.
In an ordinary case like today, where there is a conflict between five or six officials in the market, there is no room for the governor, and not only does he teach a lesson to important civil officials such as Jing Zhaoyin and Yushi on the spot, but also drives the governor out of the military yamen, which was thought impossible to happen in the past.
Even if it involves Zhao's son-in-law, Zhao Xuanji should agree to Liu Muzhi's proposal to give in to the end, and everyone should take a step back - in all fairness, Liu Muzhi will retreat more.
Therefore, Liu Muzhi finally came to the conclusion that Zhao Xuanji was putting on an unreasonable appearance of protecting his shortcomings because Zhao Ning was involved, and he actually wanted to fight back against the civilian clique!
When Liu Muzhi left the Duwei Mansion, he had even begun to suspect that Zhao Ning's beating of Liu Zhiwu and dozens of others was deliberate, and it was instructed by Zhao Xuanji, the purpose was to make the matter bigger, so as to attract the appearance of the Jingzhao Mansion and the civil official group, and then Zhao Xuanji came forward to suppress the situation!
Shooting the first arrow of counterattacking civilian officials by making the top few officials in the civil official sequence suffer losses and lose their interests is a resounding start -- there is no doubt that reversing the strength and weakness of the Duwei Mansion and the Jingzhao Mansion will allow the Duwei Mansion to suppress the Jingzhao Mansion and become a powerful yamen in Yanping City that counts when it speaks, gives priority to handling cases, and acts without shackles, which will provide a lot of convenience and support for the military's future actions in the capital! This is Zhao Xuanji's first step!
Liu Muzhi just didn't understand why Zhao Xuanji, the governor of the capital, had endured it for so long, why he suddenly made a move at this time, and did not hesitate to start an all-out war with the Liu family, but also counterattacked the civilian official group!
Could it be that Zhao Xuanji doesn't understand that with the needs of today's dynasty and the general trend of civil and military affairs, his counterattack will succeed for a while at most, and in the end it will be a complete failure, and the entire Zhao family will pay an unbearable price?
In the final analysis, if there is no war in the dynasty, the military will have no weight, the dynasty will not have a strong enemy to invade, and without a real war, it will be impossible for the gate to reverse the current situation of being passively beaten, and in turn overwhelm the gate!
What made Zhao Xuanji disregard the future, not wanting the consequences, but also for the general's door and stumbling with the civil officials?
Liu Muzhi couldn't think of this root cause.
But when he realized that no matter what, it was impossible for him to take away the case of Feixue Tower, and he had fallen into Zhao Xuanji's calculations, lost face, broke the prestige of the civil and official group, and suffered a big loss, he was unwilling to stay for half a moment, and walked extremely simply.
Without getting the case of Feixue Building, Jingzhao Mansion is no longer able to cooperate with the actions of the White Clothes Society tonight on the bright side, and to ensure that the plan to annex Yipinlou is not unexpected, he still has some things that he must go back and arrange immediately.
I have to say that in addition to the threat of an imminent full-scale invasion of Beihu, Liu Muzhi, who participated in political affairs, was quick to think and reacted very quickly, and thought of everything else in an instant. If Zhao Ning knew his thoughts, he would also admire him.
Of course, that's all, Zhao Ning would not be afraid of anything. Even if Liu Muzhi saw through his plan, he would not have time to organize a game-breaking offensive.
"Captain Shidu. Zhao Xuanji set his eyes on Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuanji, who was still in shock unexpectedly, suddenly heard Zhao Xuanji's voice, as if he heard the gods shouting, his body trembled, and he hurriedly fell to the ground, "Humble duty!"
"You have to remember that you also have the responsibility of maintaining law and order in the capital, and the Duwei Mansion is not a head lower than the Jingzhao Mansion, from today onwards, this kind of thing will happen again if you are hit by the Jingzhao Mansion!"
Zhao Xuanji's voice was very stern, but he did not deliberately coerce Shi Xuan, he was the governor of the capital who lived high in the clouds, and he would be too embarrassed to be a five-grade official.
"The humble duty understands! The humble duty guarantees that in the future, the Governor's Mansion will not lose half of the majesty it deserves!" Shi Xuan hurriedly said.
Although the Dadu Governor's Mansion is not the top superior of the Governor's Mansion, and Zhao Xuanji is not the head of his Shi family, Zhao Xuanji is the nominal military leader after all, and he must obey the admonition.
And the domineering posture shown by the other party just now has already made his heart tremble and awe, not to mention that the Governor's Mansion has benefited greatly from this conflict, and his personal authority in Yanping City has also risen, and he is extremely happy in his heart, and he is very grateful to Zhao Xuan's Governor's Mansion.
Zhao Xuanji didn't say anything more, the purpose of his trip had been achieved, the temple of Duwei's Mansion was small, and he was not qualified to let him stay too much, he said a few words to Zhao Ning and Wei Wuxian, expressed his closeness in public, and strode away.
"Congratulations to the Grand Duke!"
The officials of the Governor's Mansion outside the courtyard all bowed and saluted, and their voices were very loud, which was much more imposing than Zhao Xuanji's sentence of "meeting the Metropolitan Governor" when he first came.
"The Metropolitan Governor is as imposing as an abyss, so majestic, and his domineering words and deeds just now are really exciting!"
"That's not it, when I saw the governor's affairs and imperial history, my legs were weak, I thought that our Governor's Mansion was going to suffer today, but I didn't expect the Metropolitan Governor to come forward in person!"
"The governor is in front of our governor, and it is not much different from us facing him, isn't it like a chilling cicada, and if he is humiliated, he can only leave in disgrace?"
"I saw Zhao Zongqi talking eloquently when he faced those civil officials before, and I was still worried about his ......"
"Where is the face does not change, it is clearly arrogant and domineering! Haha, it is worthy of being the son of the Zhao family, it is really courageous!"
"Zhao Gongzi's words for the Duwei Mansion, I heard that they were all open-minded, our Duwei Mansion, there should have been such a strong and important member a long time ago! If this is the case, we don't have to be looked down upon by the Jingzhao Mansion for so long, and we will be embarrassed ......."
"Lord Lieutenant is still in the lobby, you keep quiet. ”
"So what? Lord Du Wei faced the governor and Jing Zhaoyin, but he was trembling, without confidence and responsibility, and pushed Zhao Zongqi in the front, it was really ......"
"I want to go to Mr. Zhao to be an errand boy, not to mention how majestic I am, at least I can raise my head and be a man, and I don't have to be angry......"
Listening to the officials talking about it, Zhang Zongqi on the side was thoughtful.
Wu Shaochen beside him had eyes like ice, and he was very cold.
In the lobby, Shi Xuan heard the vague discussion outside, and his heart sank, and he was extremely unhappy. After today's events, the Governor's Mansion is different from before, but Zhao Ning, the general banner who has just been here for more than a month, has also quickly gained unprecedented prestige in the Governor's Mansion. It's not good for him.
He was scheming, and he would not show these thoughts, but gave Zhao Ning a thumbs up with a smile, "Zhao Zongqi dares to compete with each other in the face of political affairs, and this courage is really admired." Compared with Wu Zongqi, one of you has earned face for the Governor's Mansion, and the other has insulted the prestige of the Governor's Mansion, the difference is very obvious!"
"Your Excellency is overrated. Zhao Ning smiled casually, he knew that Shi Xuan would not really be happy for him, and wanted to persuade him to continue to fight with Wu Shaochen. Wu Shaochen didn't care about it, but since Shi Xuan still wanted to use the other party to make trouble for himself, he could let the other party be in front of him and never raise his head again.
Zhao Ning said: "In the case of Feixue Building, Xia Guan and Wu Zongqi had a gambling contract in advance, and now that Xia Guan has done what he said, shouldn't the adult call Wu Zongqi and fulfill his promise?"
When he said this, his voice was a little louder, and it clearly reached the door of the hanging flowers.
The officials who had not yet dispersed over there turned their heads together and set their eyes on Wu Shaochen, there were those who gloated, those who waited to see the show, and those who were pitiful and sympathetic.
Wu Shaochen's face turned pale, he scolded secretly, turned his head and left, without two steps, but was blocked by a person, it was the official who said he wanted to go to Zhao Ning's command, only to see him smile and said: "Where does Wu Zongqi want to go? Zhao Zongqi wants to honor the gambling contract with you, does Wu Zongqi want to be a person who does not believe in his words?"
Wu Shaochen was furious, the other party was just an eight-grade petty official, and he dared to block his way and talk to him like this, which made him feel gloomy, and before he had fallen into Pingyang, there were cats and dogs who wanted to bully him?
"Mr. Wu, Lord Du Wei ordered you to go in. At that moment, someone went out to spread the word.
Wu Shaochen stiffened. The eight-rank petty official standing in front of him looked at him with sneering squints, and his face was full of "deep meaning" and a smile of underweight.
Looking at Wu Shaochen, who was pale, entering the door, Zhao Ning smiled and said, "Wu Zongqi still remembers, you promised that once I let Jingzhao Mansion return and save the case of Feixue Building, you will learn to bark a dog?"
Wu Shaochen was so angry that he was going to crush his teeth, if he really learned to bark in public, Mo said that he would be able to sweep the floor in the Duwei Mansion majestically, and he would no longer be able to mix in, and he would not be able to raise his head to be a man in the future, and he would humiliate his family!
Feixue Tower, Jingzhao Mansion, that is what he thinks he can't do no matter what, so he firmly believes that Zhao Ning can't do it, if not, it proves that he is not as good as Zhao Ning, and now in the face of iron-like facts, he not only has to admit that he can't do it, but also be humiliated by Zhao Ning in public, whether it is self-confidence or self-esteem, there is a tendency to collapse in an instant, this kind of self-doubt, self-denial is like intestinal poison, tortured him to death.
Staring at Zhao Ning, Wu Shaochen roared in a low voice: "Zhao Ning, don't deceive people too much!"
Zhao Ning laughed disdainfully, "I didn't bully you, you brought it all on yourself." If you're a little smarter, you should think about the consequences of being trampled under my feet when you find fault with me. Since you haven't seen yourself and your opponent's wisdom clearly, you should die, what's wrong with learning a few dog barks?"
Zhao Ning's words that hit the most vulnerable part of Wu Shaochen's heart were like knives, stabbing his heart beyond recognition, bleeding nonstop, he was ashamed and angry, so angry that his eyes turned black, and he pointed at Zhao Ning "you" for a long time, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Wu Zongqi, everyone is watching, do you want to make the whole Governor's Mansion think that you don't keep your promises, and what you say is a fart? This will make you have no place in the Governor's Mansion anymore, and the wise don't do it. Zhao Ning continued to stimulate Wu Shaochen mercilessly.
He just wants to let the people in the Governor's Mansion know that being an enemy with him will definitely not end well.
If it is said that he was showing favor to the Governor's Mansion by coming out for the Governor's Mansion before, beating Liu Zhiwu, going toe-for-tat with Jing Zhaoyin, and finally improving the status of the Governor's Mansion, then now he is pressing Wu Shaochen step by step, and it is Liwei!
"Zhao Ning......!"
Wu Shaochen's facial features were twisted together, and in the middle of his words, his body shook, and he suddenly covered his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. I vomited twice in a row, I couldn't stand anymore, my legs were weak, and I lay on the ground, but I continued to vomit. The filthy blood in front of him quickly spread into a large ball, and looking at the way he bent down and forced, it seemed that he was about to vomit out his viscera, and his scalp was numb.
In the end, Wu Shaochen's body was crooked, he fell into the blood and water on the ground, and fainted.