Early the next morning, Duan Shao was summoned to the Bohai Palace.

Gao Cheng held a short knife to cut the boiled beef, and ate happily.

"Cousin hasn't eaten yet, has he? Sit down, sit down, I've had the servant prepare one for my cousin. ”

Gao Cheng greeted warmly, but Duan Shao raised his heart, and he smiled bitterly:

"Zihui will say it bluntly, as long as it is not to ask for my new concubine, I will agree."

"What is Hyo-sen talking about! I'm not a good woman. ”

Gao Cheng retorted with a straight face, asked the maid to wipe her hands clean for herself, and then held back everyone, then took out the envelope and said:

"I have a secret letter that needs to be submitted to my father urgently, the stakes are very high, I dare not fake outsiders, I hesitated for a long time between Xiaoxian and Mingyue, after all, Xiaoxian and I have an extra layer of cousins, and the relationship is closer."

Duan Shao's spirits perked up when he heard this, he took the envelope and said with a smile:

"Hu Luguang is vulgar, which is a person worthy of entrusting big things, Zihui and rest assured, I will definitely live up to the trust, since the matter is urgent, Shao will set off immediately."

Taking the envelope and putting it in his arms, Duan Shao said goodbye:

"Since the matter is urgent, Shao will leave immediately, and Zihui Ke still has words to tell."

Gao Cheng immediately got up and personally sent Duan Shao out of the mansion.

Before leaving, Gao Cheng also specially asked Duan Shao to bring greetings to Chen Yuankang for him.

How could the sun in Luoyang forget the sunflower that fell in Jinyang.

Before sending Duan Shao away, Gao Jishi was also packing his bags, preparing to go south to dig the foot of Gao Aocao's wall, and select four hundred Ruishi for Gao Cheng to serve as guards.

Gao Cheng led the guards to send Gao Jishi out of the Pingchang Gate in the south of the city, and after saying goodbye, he turned to the camp in the east of the city to inspect the training of the left-behind soldiers.

Hu Luguang learned of Gao Cheng's intention, and hurriedly ordered someone to convene the two of them.

Gao Cheng and Hu Luguang stood on the high platform, and under the stage were neatly arranged 10,000 state soldiers.

I don't know what it would be like to go to war, but at least it looks decent for now.

Hu Luguang asked Gao Cheng to give orders, and with Gao Cheng's order, a temporary military exercise was officially launched.

After two months of training, the whole army as a whole has been upgraded from the previous 3 out of 10 to 5 or 6 out of 10, and even some of the non-commissioned officers can reach the standard of 7 or 8 out of 10.

Gao Cheng nodded and said to the accompanying military Chinese officials:

"You go and register seven or eight out of ten separately."

During the southern expedition, the sparse arrows of the archers could not satisfy Gao Cheng.

After looting the temple's property, it is necessary to enrich the armament, make more arrows and miss, and encounter the enemy in the future, and do not talk nonsense, first shoot a few rounds before talking.

Who doesn't want to learn from Yuan Shao and shouted majestically:

'See who can stand against my arrows!' ’

After the foot shooting, Gao Cheng came up with the method of foot combat, 10,000 soldiers divided into ten armies, using wooden sticks to fight in pairs, one end of the wooden stick was wrapped in a coarse cloth soaked in paint, and the person who was stained with paint was killed.

Gao Cheng ordered someone to lead a group of fat pigs into the camp to inspire everyone:

"Today's infantry drill, the winning five armies can eat meat for three days, and the defeated five armies must watch the victor eat meat."

This idea is a bit bad, even if you don't have meat to eat, you have to watch others feast, which can be called double torture, but it does fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

With the start of the foot battle, the school field suddenly became noisy.

"I've stabbed you, how can you fight back!"

"Am I dying?"

"Hey! Where are you going? I don't have children! ”

"Don't hit your head, boy! It's going to kill you! Are you still coming? I'm fighting with you! ”

This scene is like a battle between two armies, and it is clearly a battle of 2,000 people.

Gao Cheng coughed a few times, forcibly concealed his embarrassment, and said with a smile:

"Close to hand, the emphasis is on momentum, and the soldiers are very energetic."

The crowd chimed in.

Seeing that in the first battle, many people's heads were bleeding, Gao Cheng reiterated that he was not allowed to hit his head.

He has given up on this infantry drill, as long as he doesn't die.

Sure enough, professional things still have to be done by professionals.

The five encounters have resulted in succession, with the winner delighted and the loser discouraged.

Gao Cheng comforted the defeated side and said loudly:

"You don't have to be discouraged, you can study martial arts, and you will perform martial arts every half a month in the future, and you are afraid that there will be less meat."

Hearing this, the whole army cheered.

The life of the state and county soldiers is really embarrassing, although they are exempt from taxes, but they only have one food and clothing in the army on weekdays, and there are really not many opportunities to improve food.

At this time, Gao Cheng also got the list of those who had excellent foot shooting results registered by the scribes.

In total, there are more than 1,600 people.

After Gao Cheng looked through it, he handed the list to Hu Luguang and instructed:

"I also have to bother Mingyue to train four hundred good archers for me, and I intend to form the left and right armies of the Divine Arm Battalion."

Hu Luguang took over the roster and confidently responded to this errand.

Gao Cheng saw that there was no one nearby, and praised softly:

"Before, I hesitated between Mingyue and Xiaoxian about who should shoulder the heavy responsibility and train for me.

"Although Xiaoxian and I are cousins, our love is not as deep as Mingyue, so I entrusted 10,000 soldiers to you, and Mingyue really did not disappoint me.

"I'm not familiar with the way of military training, so I'll leave everything to Mingyue."

Hu Luguang heard that he had stepped on Duan Shao's head in Gao Cheng's heart, no matter whether this was true or not, a smug smile appeared on his face.

"But please rest assured, I will definitely train a brave man to repay the trust of the son."

Duan Shao, Yaoxiong, and Murong Shaozong's subordinates followed Gao Cheng south, running around and working hard, and they had already been dismissed, and they were allowed to rest for a few days to reunite with their families, so the camp had only Gao Cheng and Hu Luguang's troops.

In the meantime, Gao Cheng also left for the city, it's not that he doesn't want to practice horse warfare anymore, but this group of bitter haha, who are the people who have ridden horses.

Lay the foundation of foot combat first, and when the horses are abundant in the future, it is not too late to arrange for the troops to learn horsemanship.

When Gao Cheng returned to Luoyang City, he was not in a hurry to go to Shangshu Province to deal with government affairs, and went straight to the Tingwang Sifu located around the Bohai Palace.

After the establishment of the Wangsi in Xindu, the government followed Gao Cheng to move several times, first to Cangzhou, then to Yecheng, and finally established a firm foothold in Luoyang.

Now the predecessor of the Luoyang Mansion was the residence of the king of Zong, who died in Heyin, and was donated to the temple.

As the Listening Hope Division became deeply involved in the rise of the Gao clan and its reputation grew, other forces were also forming their own intelligence agencies.

From time to time, spies related to the western and southern Liang were searched and arrested, and they were arrested and sent to the dungeon of the government to be tortured and obtain information.

After Gao Cheng found out, he deliberately told him to stay alive, maybe he could exchange it for each other's captured spies in the future.

Even if the redeemed spies can no longer continue to serve, they can still give a decent livelihood, which can be regarded as a reward for going deep behind enemy lines.

Gao Cheng walked into the lobby, although everyone was busy, but under the command of Zhao Yanshen, they were also orderly.

Seeing Gao Cheng, they stopped their work and saluted him.

"You wait and do your own thing, don't pay attention to me, Yan Shen, you follow me to the side room to discuss matters."

After saying that, he turned around and went to the side room of the lobby, and Zhao Yanshen hurriedly put down the Chinese book and followed closely.

Indoors, the two sat opposite each other, Gao Cheng fully revealed his plan to suppress the Buddha, Zhao Yanshen immediately agreed, Gao Longzhi's construction of the temple was Gao Cheng, who he reported.

But he still advised:

"In the past, Taiwu destroyed the Buddha and filled the treasury, but he acted too harshly, and asked the prince to kill less."

Gao Cheng smiled when he heard this:

"What Yan Shen said is very true, the monks and nuns are still lay people farming, and they can also pay taxes and serve forced labor for me, and Cheng will not follow the old edict of Taiwu."

Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao's extermination of Buddhism lasted for six years, at first it was only an edict to monks and nuns to return to the laity, and in the sixth year, the means were extremely cruel, and even issued an edict to kill all monks and nuns in the Northern Wei Dynasty, regardless of age or age.

At the same time as the temple was abolished, the Buddha statue was destroyed and all the Buddhist scriptures were burned.

If it weren't for the crown prince Tuoba Huang's belief in Buddhism and secretly sheltered a group of monks and nuns and Buddhist scriptures, the north would only wait for Tuoba Tao to die, and the southern monks and nuns would pass on the Buddha to the north.

Tuoba Tao is also the only monarch in the three martial arts and one sect that exterminated Buddhism and planned to completely exterminate Buddhism, and he was such a man.

Gao Cheng knew that Buddhism had its positive effects, and although the monks and nuns in this period did many evil things, it did not prevent them from being compassionate and leading people to good.

The cycle of life and death preached by Buddhism can also give spiritual comfort to the people.

But to require the people to paralyze themselves to endure the suffering of this world is in itself a dereliction of duty on the part of the rulers.

Gao Cheng is not ashamed to admit this, after all, the country has fallen to this point, and it is not caused by him, but he has been committed to restoring order.

During this period, Gao Cheng went out of the side room and ordered someone to summon Cui Jishu, and the three of them discussed the specific disposal of the temple and monks and nuns in the side room.

With Emperor Taiwu killed in front of him, and when he met such a benevolent lord as King Xiaogao, the monks and nuns couldn't say that they were not grateful.

After all, Gao Cheng just took away their property and ordered them to work in the world, so his life was still there.

The three people in the side room spoke dryly, and during this time, they repeatedly called the guards gathered around the side room to come in and add water.

There is no one in this world who does not let the guards protect him when he is doing something.

It wasn't until noon that a set of practical plans was negotiated, and Gao Cheng got up to leave, and when he left, he handed over the matter of collecting criminal evidence to Zhao Yanshen.

When you get Gao Huan's permission, you can do it immediately.

Back at home, Gao Cheng finally remembered that there was still Wang Sizheng in the world.

Wang Sizheng sat on the ground, leaning against the cage, staring blankly at the sky outside the door.

The door was always open, so that the guards outside the door could see what was going on inside the house.

was imprisoned for nearly a year, and at first there was a food delivery person to say a few words to him, but after the turmoil in Luoyang, Yuan Xiu fled, and Wang Sizheng was Yuan Xiu's staff, so no one dared to deal with him anymore.

Wang Sizheng knew that there had been turmoil in Luoyang, and he could hear the noise that day clearly, but he didn't know the specific situation, but the winner was still the Gao family after all, otherwise he would have regained his freedom long ago.

These days, he has completely broken off the idea of being rescued, and the short figure he once saw on the Yuan Bao Torch Mansion echoes in his mind every day.

Only this man can let himself out, and his mercy can get him out of trouble.

Footsteps rang out from far and near, sounding outside the house.

Wang Sizheng felt that he was hallucinating, and the young man he had seen in his dreams countless times appeared at the door, but his body was much taller than in the past.

Gao Cheng saw Wang Sizheng looking sluggish, he was very angry, and said to the head of the guard:

"I just asked you to imprison him, how did you say that you can be tortured! How can you make a fool of him? ”

The head of the guards was also confused, and quickly accepted:

"Shizi, he really didn't take the punishment, he was just afraid that he would be locked up for a long time, so he looked a little stupid."

And Wang Sizheng also reacted, this is not an illusion, the scene of longing for the twilight finally appeared, and he finally waited for a benefactor.

He rushed over and shouted:

"Shizi! I am willing to surrender, and Wang Sizheng is willing to serve the son. ”

A face seemed to be squeezing out between the two pillars.

Gao Cheng was taken aback by his appearance, and it seemed that he didn't need to win over people's drafts.

He looked at Wang Sizheng with a strange look in his eyes: Why don't you be reserved and go through the cutscenes with Corporal Lixian with me.

Wang Sizheng didn't know his thoughts, if he missed this opportunity, he would definitely not be able to come out in this life.

Looking at Gao Cheng's gaze was hot and full of longing, even making Gao Cheng unconsciously take a half step back.

"I imprisoned you for a year, and you don't blame me?"

Gao Cheng asked tentatively.

"Ideology and politics went astray, but fortunately the son of the world stopped him, so he got lost and knew that he would return, how could ideology and politics repay virtue with grievances."

Wang Sizheng said sincerely.

Gao Cheng scratched his head, could it be that he was suffering from Stockholm disease, and the victim had a good impression and dependence on the perpetrator?

"Open the cell door and bring him out."

Gao Cheng commanded.

There are many guards around him, and they are not afraid of the weak Wang Sizheng taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Gao Cheng informed Wang Sizheng of the specific situation of the Luoyang turmoil and said to him:

"Now that Yuan Xiu has fled west, I can't reuse you, Nanjing has experienced a war, the city has been destroyed, I have people take you to Anchang, and you participate in the construction of the city wall."

Wang Sizheng bowed to the ground and said with tears in his eyes:

"Sizheng was trapped in prison for nearly a year, when the clan rebelled, Yuan Xiu didn't think about rescuing him, and fled to Guanzhong alone.

Gao Cheng helped him up and said with relief:

"You are good to participate in the construction of Anchang City, if you are sincere, I can see it.

"I have long known that the kings of the Nanyang Mansion have hidden evil intentions, but I tied you up alone, that is, I know that you are a talented person, and the status of the king of the sect is noble, but in my eyes after all, it is not as good as you Wang Sizheng.

"I, Gao Zihui, can easily let go of Yuan Xiu and Yuan Bao Torch, but I don't want to let you go.

"The reason why I haven't seen you for a long time is because I am worried that you miss the old master and do not want to be used by me."

For some reason, when Wang Sizheng heard these words, a warm current flowed in his heart.

Gao Cheng immediately ordered someone to take Wang Sizheng down to freshen up, and prepared new clothes for him, and after freshening up, he ordered the guards to send him back to the palace and reunite with his family first.

Wang Sizheng returned to the mansion, each exclaimed, and the family hugged each other tightly and buried their heads and cried.

After asking about the affairs in the house, Wang Sizheng learned that when King Zong rebelled, his eldest son Wang Yuanxun also participated in it in order to save his father, but for some reason he was not punished.

Wang Sizheng believed Gao Cheng's words even more, thinking that Xiao Gao Wang cherished his talents, so he imprisoned him, and the inexplicable good feeling in his heart deepened a little.