Chapter Twenty-Four: The King
Chaoge, as the most prosperous city in the world, has reached its peak in the hands of today's Zixuan King, the so-called "Chaoge night string fifty miles, eight hundred princes to Ling Mountain." ”
It's just that the king of Xuan favored Daji, acted perversely, slaughtered Zhongliang, destroyed the Great Wall, and made a good court into a miasma, the people complained, and the gods were even more shrouded in a demonic atmosphere.
Chaoge is still prosperous, but most of the people have sad faces and feel infinitely worried about the future.
Since Bigan was dug out by Daji's design, no one dared to risk their lives to reprimand King Xu, because the price was very serious, and Mei Bo, Yang Ren, and Shang Rong were a lesson from the past.
In the previous office, the doctor Mei Bo was burned and tortured to death, and the middle doctor Zhang Qian was promoted to a higher level and took over the official position of Mei Bo. Since taking office, Zhang Qian has been conscientious and conscientious, and he did not dare to be a little sloppy in his work, and over the past few years, he has gradually sat firmly in this position.
His personality is not as strong as that of Maeber, although he can't see the actions of the king of Zhou, but he never makes remarks in the court, so in the eyes of the king of Zhou, this courtier is more sensible and very relieved to use him, and the military affairs are generally handled by him and Weizi.
On this day, Zhang Qian received a letter from Deng Jiugong, which was related to the Xiqi War, he did not dare to delay, and hurriedly changed his clothes and entered the official to meet the king.
The king and his concubine were enjoying the scenery in the Star Picking Tower, and when they heard the report from the inner servant, they felt a little disappointed, but the matter of Xiqi was like a fish in the throat, and if Ji Fa, a chaotic minister and thief, was not caught in the court, where was the majesty of the Son of Heaven.
After pondering for a moment, King Xuan said, "Pass on Zhang Qian." ”
Zhang Qian heard the order to go upstairs, walked to the dripping eaves, and stepped forward to visit: "Minister Zhang Qian has seen Your Majesty." Every time he saw the king alone, he had a feeling of fear, for fear that this king would be unhappy one day and burn himself.
King Xuan glanced at him and asked, "Zhang Qian, you came to see me, but something happened to Xiqi." "Pinch your fingers and calculate, Deng Jiugong has been going to Xiqi for a month, and there has been no document to send the song, and I don't know how the war is going over there.
Zhang Qian hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is Deng Jiugong's recital, please take a look." ”
The king frowned, and ordered the chamberlain to hand over the fold, spread it out and look at it carefully. He is both civil and military, although he has been obsessed with women all these years, but the foundation is still there, and he only finished reading a few hundred words in a few hundred words.
"Haha, this Deng Jiugong is not only a good hand at leading soldiers to fight, but also writing a song is even more interesting, interesting, and not inferior to you. The king of the Xuan, Long Yan Dayue, pointed to a few wonderful words in the recital and read: "Your Majesty Mingjian, since entering Xiqi, the ministers have been exhausted, and they have always wanted to exterminate the traitors in Xiqi, share the worries of our lord, and reassure the people. I think that in those days, my lord used virtue to appease the world, and the world returned to the heart, and to block the Central Plains with force, and was invincible. With this wise lord and the division of the tiger, make the people fight, who can resist it. Let it siege the city, and the city will not be ......"
Zhang Qian saw the wind and the rudder, and hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise, with Deng Jiugong here, Ji Fa and other clowns like jumping beams can't become the climate." ”
I thought that I was good at sycophancy, but compared with Deng Jiugong, Zhang Qian found that his Taoism was far from enough.
Now the temperament of the king has changed greatly, and he does things according to his mood, he sees you as pleasing to the eye, and he can immediately seal you as a high-ranking official, and feel that you are not pleasing to the eye, even if you have great ability, he will not reuse you
The king said with a smile: "What Qing Zhi said is very true, this Deng Jiugong has only been to Xiqi for a month, and he has beheaded several generals in Xiqi and annihilated 20,000 soldiers and horses in Xiqi, which is the first big victory since the Western Expedition. ”
Zhang Qian said: "Your Majesty is wise. ”
I couldn't see it before, Deng Jiugong fought so hard that Jiang Ziya could suffer, but I was afraid that this person would not be under Wen Taishi. Such a character, once he enters the court, will inevitably become the pillar of Chengtang, and he must have a good relationship with him in advance.
"It's just that this Deng Jiugong is different, he asks for credit for his subordinates, but he doesn't ask for credit for himself, it's the first time that such a high-spirited military general has appeared in my dynasty, which really makes me curious. ”
Zhang Qian was a little surprised, and said: "In this way, this Deng Jiugong is a low-key person, no wonder he has not played a folding document to send to the court, it turns out that this person is dedicated to doing things for the court and for His Majesty." ”
King Dayue: "This person is loyal, I am relieved to have him sit in Xiqi!" In the past few years, Xiqi's defeat has been like a snowflake flying to Chaoge, which has made King Su upset, and he can't wait to drive the royal expedition and level Xiqi, and then he can spend days and nights with a few concubines.
Zhang Qian hurriedly said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty for having such a good general." ”
"By the way, Deng Jiugong mentioned in the recital that there are not enough people, and a few talents who can spell are needed. I am rich all over the world, but I don't know much about the strange people in the world, and as a doctor, you know who in the military camp can do magic. ”
Last time, Deng Jiugong needed manpower, and King Xuan didn't say a word, and gave Su Hu and Han Rong a holy decree, but this time Deng Jiugong didn't name him, which really gave King Xuan a little headache.
If it was someone else, he would have been annoyed a long time ago, so he put the folds aside and played with his concubine. Life is short, you must be happy in time, even if he is a son of heaven, he will grow old one day.
Thinking of Deng Jiu's public merit first, a few witty words scratched his heart, and the king patiently finished his matter.
Zhang Qian thought for a while and said, "Back to Your Majesty, I heard that Kong Xuan is proficient in the Five Elements Dao Technique, and he is one of my strange people. There will be capable people under him, and His Majesty will not guard against the next holy decree and transfer one person to Xiqi to serve. ”
King Xuan groaned, shook his head and said: "Last time, Deng Jiugong asked me for two people, and this time I made a meritorious service, and I only gave him one, which inevitably seems that I am too stingy." You go down and ask around, besides Kong Xuan, who else has strange people under him, and transfer a few to Deng Jiugong. He has enough people in his hands, and he is more sure to deal with Ji Fa. ”
The imperial court fought again and again, and the treasury was empty, so it was really impossible to transfer troops and horses to Xiqi to fund Deng Jiugong, but a few people could still afford it.
Zhang Qian bowed his waist and said loudly: "I'm Wang Shengming." ”
originally thought that the king was fascinated by women and his wisdom no longer existed, but now it seems that the king is mediocre on the surface, and the wisdom of his bones has not faded, but he has fallen into self-degradation and does not want to be a wise lord.
Zhang Qian sighed in his heart, how much he wanted the king to restore the wise state he had at the beginning of his accession to the throne, so that no matter how bad the situation was, there was a possibility of a review. But now that the entire foundation of Yin Shang has been excavated, can only rely on the ability of one Deng Jiugong to turn the tide?
To be honest, he was a little lacking in confidence.
In any case, his glory and wealth come from the imperial court, and as long as the king is in the world, he will not betray the king. The Lord is there, and the ministers do not vote for foreign countries.
"You go down first, Deng Jiugong is solely responsible for what he asks, remember, this matter can't be sloppy, otherwise I will ask you." ”
The king waved his hand and asked Zhang Qian to retreat, the beauty had already thrown a few glances at herself, if she discussed state affairs again, she was afraid that she would be angry, and she would have a good meal at that time.
When Zhang Qian heard this, if he was amnesty, he would like to leave immediately, just now Hu Guifei glanced at herself, and the warning was obvious. Other women can be offended, but the women of the king of the Su can't afford to offend.