Chapter 69: The Man Who Seeks the Country
The stars hung down in the plains, and Yu Dilong sat on the head of the city, looking up at the stars in the sky, his heart swaying, and he couldn't get enough of it. This child's fortune is good enough to make all the personal disciples of the top Jianghu sect blush. not only has Wang Xianzhi's gift of thirty percent, but also can get guidance by Xu Fengnian's side. Yu Dilong retracted his gaze and heard the master say, "Fire flows in July, and clothes are given in September."
Xu Fengnian looked at the big spark above his head that had a slightly weird speed of falling west this year, and smiled a little, there are Huo Zheng who are full-time staring at the big Mars in the Qin Heavenly Prison of Tai'an City, and they are all old men who are poor, but they have been demoted two times in a row this year, just because they can't say why. At the beginning of the white-clothed case in the capital, the big Mars, which also descended from the westward position in the middle of the sky that year, can be regarded as the culprit. If the dynasty is prosperous, auspicious and auspicious will emerge, and the country will be chaotic, and the evil omen will appear, and the Qin Tianjian who has been replaced by a young man as a prison has really not stopped for a moment this year. Xu Fengnian turned his head to look at the northern land outside the city, the Liyang court is already the most vast dynasty since the Great Qin, and there are Xu Xiao and Zhao Bing, the king of Yan, the two vassal kings sitting on the frontier, and the prestige of the Zhao family has reached the apex of various dynasties, above the temples of Tai'an City, there are many famous ministers, and the ministers are in the same hall, Xu Fengnian often wants to ask the son of the Zhao family in person, in addition to the flaws of the husband's sluggishness, what are you not satisfied with? Xu Fengnian subconsciously looked at the direction of Tai'an City in the east, and thought of the blue-eyed man who had done his best for the Zhao family, this old scholar was not having a good time at the moment, the key was that the life of this Shoufu would only be more difficult in the future, this time through the restoration of the country in Western Chu, his move of suppressing the military force and cutting the feudal domain completely touched the two reverse scales, the resentment of the heavens is not easy to say, the anger of the people is certain, the clan vassal kings including Zhao Yi, the king of Guangling, are destined to hold a grudge, plus the long-standing grievances of the Zhao family of Tai'an City, as well as all the princes in the field who were ordered not to leave the territory without permission, and the royal relatives surnamed Zhao in the world, no one has a good impression of him。 And the "training" move of forcing military generals from all over the country to lead troops to the periphery of Guangling almost offended all the military generals led by Gu Jiantang. Xu Fengnian said with emotion: "Wu is invincible, Wang Xianzhi is dead." You are invincible, but at this time, you have to change the law according to Lu Xu's plan, do you really think that you can die well?
Xu Fengnian didn't have any schadenfreude about this, although Zhang Julu was a mortal enemy of Beiliang, but in this world, there are always a few outliers who can win the sincere respect of the enemy, and Xu Xiao is also one of them. Empress Beimang, Gu Jiantang, and Zhao Heng, the old Jing'an Wang, these opponents who should hate Xu Xiao the most, have never abused Xu Xiao on their tongues in their lives. Xu Fengnian sighed softly, said to Yu Dilong and left, and the child jumped down from the city. Xu Fengnian had already learned from Wang Lingbao before entering the city that the two people he wanted to see on this trip happened to be not in Qingcang City, and his younger brother Xu Longxiang only took eighty horsemen to the border north of Linyu Military Town, chasing down a group of horse thieves known as thousands of people, and Chen Xiliang was "recruiting troops and horses" for the Youzhou border army somewhere outside the city, and stayed outside the city almost every night for the past two months.
Xu Fengnian and Yu Dilong came to the Liuzhou Thorn History Mansion that gave the Dragon King's Mansion to the dove to occupy the magpie's nest, the mansion was brightly lit, and the officials who sat behind the bookcase to deal with government affairs were almost all young faces. When Xu Fengnian entered a small yaya house under the household where he was in charge of grain and grass, he happened to see Yang Guangdou, the assassin, carrying a wolf pen and slamming the head of an official, scolding, the eighteenth generation of the ancestors did not fall, and they were all scolded, and the young man who looked at the official uniform should be grain Cao Lang's face was flushed, and he was so insulted by Lord Thorn Shi in front of his colleagues, and his rank was 108,000 miles behind, so he naturally did not dare to refute, and he felt aggrieved, and the handsome seven-foot man was crying silently. Yang Tingshi still couldn't pass, he handed the pen back to the young man angrily, and the hand stained with ink smeared on the other party's official robe, snorted coldly, and said: "Tomorrow morning, the official will come again, if it is still a confused account, hey, your grandfather is Wei Tieshan, this official can't afford to provoke, and it's not easy to belittle your official, but let you go to the broken place in the ceremonial room near the latrine, this kind of trivial thing can still be done! ”
The young man's face was pale, he gritted his teeth, although he was still choked, but there was no fear in his eyes, and he said something about breaking the jar, " Lord Assassin Shi, there are three counties under the jurisdiction of Linyu Military Town, and it has only been so much time to build a new one, and Xiaguan and his three colleagues and six subordinates don't sleep for three hours a day, although there are indeed flaws in the recording of Linyu's fourth-class fields, but this is already the limit of the ability of the Xiaguan, if Lord Assassin Shi feels that Xiaguan is unworthy of this position, and feels that Xiaguan is eating and drinking here by virtue of the merits of his ancestors, there is no need to make excuses and make things difficult in every way, Xiaguan himself is now going to the ceremonial room to take up his post!"
Yang Guangdou blew his beard and glared, hesitated for a moment, and then sneered: "You kid has backbone! Our Liuzhou Rite Room, that is the most important big yamen, responsible for persuasion and education, this official estimates that those homeless people like to listen to your Wei Tonghe Wei Gongzi's Mengxue, maybe next year will be able to produce a basket of champions. ”
Yu Tonghe gave such a squeeze, and there was a bang, and it was really like rain of tears. His grandfather Wei Tieshan is a meritorious veteran who has retired from such a high position as the deputy commander of the cavalry, not to mention that it has not taken off his armor for a few years, and He Zhonghu, who took over the position of Wei Tieshan, has always regarded the former as a brother and respects him very much, Wei Tonghe's father Wei Jinshui has also made it a four-grade general in the border army, and is extremely trusted by He Zhonghu, the officials in the room were frightened. However, Yu Tonghe has a soft temperament, and he really doesn't look like an elder in the family. If Yu Tieshan was reprimanded by Lao Liang King like this, even if he didn't dare to scold him, he would not say a word, but he would definitely not be so aggrieved that his face was full of tears.
Yu Tonghe didn't have any steps to go down, so he could only go to the Qing Shui Yamen of the cats and dogs in the ceremonial room to do chores, raised his arm to wipe his tears, and did not forget to say goodbye to everyone in the house, just as he lowered his head and was about to walk out of the yaya, he was held down by a person standing at the door on his shoulder, Yu Tonghe raised his head and saw a strange face with a warm smile, the uninvited guest laughed softly: "Lord Thorn Shi This is a radical method, why don't you appreciate it?" Would he really be willing to throw you into the ceremonial room? ”
Yu Tonghe looked stunned, and asked in a daze, "Are you?"
Yang Guangdou, who was demolished, was angry and rolled his eyes: "Stupid, don't you kneel when you see the prince?!"
As soon as he heard the words of the prince, the young people who were standing with Yu Tonghe in the room were all in awe, and they were about to kneel down, Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, you all sit down and continue to deal with government affairs." Liuzhou set up three towns and eight counties, a hundred wastes to be revived, everything is difficult at the beginning, and after this wave, practice makes perfect, it will be much easier in the future, and strive to scold you when the time comes, so that he can't find an excuse. During this period of time, it is indeed fortunate that everyone is suffering, and later this king will send a few jars of wine to all the yamen, well, there will be more in the ceremonial room, according to the Lord Thorn Shi, relying on the thatched toilet, you must always let the smell of wine overpower the smell of urine. ”
The atmosphere in the room was suddenly much more relaxed, and the young officials had some smiles on their faces.
Wei Tonghe couldn't help but swallow his saliva, he stood alone in front of King Beiliang, if he didn't know the identity of Lu Dao, it was okay to say, but after stabbing Shi Dadao's heavenly opportunity, he suddenly felt an invisible majesty rushing to his face, this is not to say that Xu Fengnian is really imposing, but it is just that Yu Tonghe, a weak scholar, scared himself. His Royal Highness the Prince of Xu Fengnian deserved twists and turns, first infamous and infamous, and then turned the world upside down, even the Huaihua general Zhong Hongwu was easily suppressed, and after the hereditary repudiation of the prince, he continued to perform feats, refused to retreat from the holy decree, vigorously rectified the Northern Liang Army, killed Wang Xianzhi, inspected the border, and set up Liuzhou. How could Wei Tonghe not be frightened? In fact, ordinary officials would walk on thin ice when faced with a vassal king, no matter how notorious. But those deeds of the King of Beiliang, for Wei Tonghe, who was studying hard behind closed windows, did not feel deeply, and what really made him admire Xu Fengnian was a "small matter" related to himself , Liuzhou was established, Liyang seemed to be a little indecisive about this rebellious act that was not reviewed by the central court of the imperial court, and he was not sure whether to issue an order to reprimand, and then the development of the situation made the Beiliang people even more hilarious, such as Liuzhou Assassin Yang Guangdou's Qian Lusu, etc., was only slightly inferior to Lord Shoufu, and there were only 300 yuan per month, and Wei Tonghe, a small official in Liuzhou who was worthy of entering the product, also had fifteen yuan in money, fifty bundles of firewood, and even five spring silk and winter silk that were only matched by senior officials in Liyang, and the court was "generous." "The officials of Liuzhou have reached the point of no return. Wei Tonghe didn't think that changing to other vassal kings could make the Liyang Imperial Court bleed so obediently, and King Yan and King Guangling couldn't do it!
Xu Fengnian didn't stay long, and walked out of the house with Yang Guangdou, the old man who was a frontier official was obviously in a good mood, and laughed softly: "Chen Chengmu has no last resort, I underestimated him before, only being a Qingcang City pastor is really a Qu Cai, my assassin history, I should let the virtuous talent right." The small 200,000 homeless people who took the initiative to join the army in the two states of Youliang have always been a minority, and there are still less than 10,000 people, and I was helpless about this at first, and I couldn't let the Dragon Elephant Army put a knife on the necks of the homeless people and force them to go to the border. However, Chen Xiliang used a strategy, and the results were immediate, each homeless household, only one person needs to enlist in the army, you can receive arable land in Lingzhou, and naturalize the Beiliang household, corresponding to Xu Beitong's plan in Lingzhou, those rich gentry who are afraid of death have sold their ancestral industry cheaply, and now there are a lot of idle fields in Lingzhou, this back and forth, Liuzhou can send at least 40,000 soldiers to the Beiliang border! A full 40,000 soldiers who voluntarily fought to the death for the sake of their wives and children and brothers behind them!
Xu Fengnian only knew that the number of people joining the army in Liuzhou was expected to increase suddenly, but he had not yet obtained a detailed spy report, and when he heard the huge number of 40,000, he was also quite shocked, and he knew that the battle on Guangling Road in Langdao seemed to be turned upside down, and everyone in the world stretched their necks and stared, and the government and the opposition chattered thousands of catties of saliva for this, and the number of people who really put them into the battlefield was only nearly 100,000, but Chen Xiliang alone quietly brought 40,000 armor soldiers to Beiliang who could fight on horseback, and don't forget, the 40,000 of the Beiliang Army is comparable to Yang Shenxing's 40,000 peopleThere was once a good person who commented on the combat strength of the troops in Liyang, and the result was widely circulated, that person probably deliberately wanted to roast the Beiliang army on the fire, and even said that the Beiliang army could reach two goblins in Liyang, and one foot soldier in Beiliang arrived at three elite infantry soldiers in Liyang. However, Yan Wenluan, who never boasted, did privately say that after the restoration of Western Chu, if Yang Shenxing's 40,000 Jinan soldiers were replaced with his 20,000 foot soldiers, the military town could be taken in one fell swoop, and naturally there would be no subsequent defeat.
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Displaced people can get household registration when they move into Lingzhou, and Chen Xiliang didn't say hello to Qingliangshan in advance. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Master Assassin Shi, is this covering for Chen Xiliang's guy? Why, are you afraid that I will punish him for two crimes?"
Yang Guangdou smiled and did not hide it, and said bluntly: "Yes, Chen Xiliang was born in a poor family and really cares about the people, even if he is a simple-hearted noble descendant like Wei Tonghe, he will never be able to do this." Lord, you must not die prematurely of this good seedling. Ugly words ahead, if you really want to take Chen Xiliang in Liuzhou, I can't stop it, but afterwards I will definitely pull him into this assassination mansion and be a treasure. ”
Xu Fengnian said frankly: "At the beginning, I planned to reward and punish Chen Xiliang clearly, but on the way to Qingcang City, I met a disciple of the Luming Song family, who, like you, spoke highly of Chen Xiliang, so I dispelled the idea. And I found out that with my second sister taking the lead in Wutong Courtyard, and with the assistance of the old group of strategists, it is very far-fetched to deal with the general government affairs of Beiliang, if it really starts, it is estimated that even if I stay behind my desk for twelve hours a day, I may not be able to be busy. Now Qingliangshan is facing nothing more than solving some of the old and bad habits on the Beiliang Road, and probably can follow the rules step by step, as soon as this battle starts, I will definitely go to the border, and I will have a headache at that time. ”
Yang Guangdou said in a deep voice: "Is the prince saying that Qingliang Mountain lacks a Li Yishan who has a vision and strategy enough to control the overall situation?"
Xu Fengnian nodded.
Yang Guangdou said with emotion: "This kind of character, not to mention a once-in-a-century encounter, a once-in-a-few decades is finally worth it, even if there is, he has also entered the Zhaojia urn in Tai'an City, where is the turn to get our Beiliang?" Just like the nearly 100 scholars who rushed to Liuzhou, and the children of the local generals in Beiliang, there are more than 200 together, but I look at it, the material of the top is good, that is, the heart and talent of the level of Wei Tonghe, it needs to be carved, without more than ten years of hard work, where can you be alone, it is easiest to be an official in the world, it can be said that it is ugly, being a corrupt official requires talent, not to mention a capable official who can rest assured that he is in charge of the government. Now I hope that among those outsiders, a few can quickly emerge, not simply a piece of jade, but the kind of shaped jade that can be used immediately. Chen Xiliang and Xu Beitong are of course very good, but in the end they are still younger, Li Yishan and Nalan Youci, who are in the same seat as him, are also nurtured little by little by the smoke of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Chen Xiliang and Xu Beitong have a fatal flaw that cannot be changed by their own abilities. ”
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "It is recognized by the world. ”
Yang Guangdou said with a tired face: "This world is so hot and cold, the dog of the wealthy lord is better than the Hanmen Gaoshi, especially before the Spring and Autumn Period, no matter how heroic you are, as long as you have no family background, it is difficult to succeed as much as ascending to the sky, and now it is slightly better, and it may gradually improve in the future, but we can't afford to wait for Beiliang." ”
Xu Fengnian said to himself: "It seems that we have to hurry." ”
Yang Guangdou was so old and spicy, lowered his voice, and asked with surprise on his face: "But someone has been chosen?"
Xu Fengnian smiled bitterly: "This kind of thing, it's not that it's useless for both lovers, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, it depends on my luck." ”
Yang Guangdou didn't open any pot and said with a playful smile: "There are rumors that Lu Xu of Xiangfan City was once ignored by the prince?"
Xu Fengnian did not deny it, and laughed at himself: "I don't know who is blind." ”
Yang Guangdou laughed and suddenly asked, "I heard that guy from the Shangyin School Palace went out of the customs and went to Tai'an City?"
Xu Fengnian's face was a little gloomy, and he nodded: "Start slaying the dragon." ”
Yang Guangdou sneered: "The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey cooks, and it is right to kill the deer!"