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    Shangguan Rui really couldn't remember when Shang Cheng asked him for anything.

    "Where is the stone you promised to give me?" Shang Cheng said, squinting at him.

    Oh, so this is it!  Shangguan Rui smashed his fist into the palm of his hand and finally remembered.  In May, I don't know whether Shang Cheng was bored while recuperating or was suffering from heat stroke. He suddenly went to the Ministry of War to write an official document and went to Liyuan Camp to read some old archives.  The person who received him at that time was Shangguan Rui.  Because there were so many things that Shang Cheng wanted to borrow, and the contents of some documents and files were still confidential even after decades, they could not be taken away, so Shangguan Rui arranged for him to live in a large courtyard, and also found several  The clerk followed Shang Cheng to help search for records.  This stay lasted for about ten days.  During that time, Shangguan Rui asked Shang Cheng if he had anything to do, and even treated Shang Cheng to two meals.  In this way, no matter what kind of mood the two people are dealing with, they have some intersection after all. On the wine table, we exchange cups and cups, and the relationship will naturally no longer be so alienated.  Before leaving, Shang Cheng also invited Shangguan Rui back.  At that time, he went to the public house to look for Shangguan Rui, but he saw a big stone in the public house at a glance and said that he wanted to buy it.  How much is a piece of broken stone in the military camp worth? Do you need to pay for it yourself?  Shangguan Rui agreed casually and forgot all about it in the blink of an eye. Who would have expected that he would be blocked by Shang Cheng today

    "Oh, if you didn't mention it, I really wouldn't be able to remember it. Let me just say, these two Yue Jian Tian and Di were walking in and out of the public house. They always felt that something was on their minds, but they couldn't remember it. It took a long time.  This!" Shangguan Rui chuckled and said to Shang Cheng, "I'm so sorry. At that time, I said that I would send you the front and back legs at home, but that thing is really too heavy, weighing several thousand kilograms with the legs attached.  , and I was afraid that it would be ugly if it split apart, so I just wanted to find a safe way to transport it to you, but nothing happened. In the end" He grinned and spread his hands, meaning that now he can hit or punish him as he pleases.  is you.

    "Don't make excuses." Shang Cheng didn't accept this. "You beat your chest so loudly, and now you say the stone is too heavy? It's too late! Just tell me when you can deliver the stone."  come over?"

    "This late afternoon?" Shangguan Rui asked tentatively.  Seeing Shang Cheng narrow his eyes, he immediately changed his words, "Zhongzhong, Zhongzhong! Zhongzhong will definitely deliver it. If he can't deliver it in Zhongzhong, you can find me!"

    "If I don't come to you for this matter, who else can I go to?" Shang Cheng said with a half-smile, "But you were talking about the middle of the year. One by one, Chen Zhuguo." He turned to look at Chen Pu, and then said, "Chen Zhuguo,  You can testify for me that he said it himself."

    "Okay, I will be the witness." Chen Pu said with a smile, "But you have to tell me first, what kind of stone is it that deserves your concern until now?"

    This matter could not be explained clearly for a while, and Shang Cheng could only vaguely say that it was a Taihu stone.

    Chen Pu didn¡¯t believe it.  Although collecting and appreciating Taihu stones has become a trend nowadays, and people usually think that this is a very elegant thing, she doesn't know why, but she always feels that such a thing cannot happen to Shang Cheng.  Moreover, Shang Cheng's words were vague, which made her feel that the stone must be unusual.  It seemed that Shang Cheng was unlikely to tell the truth to her, so she looked at Shangguan Rui.

    Shangguan Rui didn't think too much about the big thing. He smiled and explained to Princess Changsha: "It's the stone in my mansion. Yiyi Gongzida has taken a fancy to it. I will give it to him when I turn around."  Send it."

    Chen Pu was even more suspicious.  Even if she didn't understand Taihu Stone, she knew that the big stone couldn't be Taihu Stone.  The truth is obvious. If it were really the Taihu Stone, it would have disappeared long ago. Why would it be waiting for Shangcheng to take advantage of it?  She had seen that stone countless times. It was said that it was dug out of the ground when the camp was built. The only commendable thing about it was that there were two natural animal heads on the stone, scattered high and low.  The heads of these two beasts are lifelike, with snouts, noses, eyebrows, eyes, sharp fangs, and sharp teeth. The taller one looks down and lowers its head, staring at each other with only a few feet apart. At a glance, you can feel that they are entangled and fighting.  What's even more peculiar is that people can follow the texture on the stone and find the entangled trunks and limbs of two beasts everywhere on the stone, which makes people even more impressed by the power of nature.  Generally speaking, it is impossible for such things to be left behind, but it would be unlucky to bury the stone after it was unearthed, and it would be unlucky to move it away to attract ghosts and gods, so in the end it was left where it was.  Anyway, as long as everyone doesn¡¯t talk about it and just keep a respectful distance from it, that¡¯s what the saying goes, ¡°If you don¡¯t talk about it, your power will confuse the gods¡± But it is definitely not a Taihu stone.

    When she thought about this clearly, she became even more angry.  This Shang Zida, he actually dared to deceive himself again!

    She was unhappy in her heart but did not show it on her face. Instead, she talked to Shangguan Rui about some trivial matters in Liyuan Camp.  She is the deputy commander of Liyuan Camp, ShangguanRui was ordered to join the army, so it was normal for him to say this.  Even though her name as deputy military commander was not worthy of the name, the princess's title could not be faked, and she was equivalent to a second-rank duke. Shangguan Rui couldn't ignore what she said, so the two of them walked towards the small kitchen of the Ministry of War.  Shang Cheng followed behind.

    It is said to be a small room, but it is actually not small. There are still seven or eight large cases, which is just enough for Yang Duyan and the two groups of people to sit in a separate place.  As soon as the three people entered the door, there was a brief pause in the buzzing voices that filled the kitchen.  Several people just opened their mouths and didn't care to speak, and some were blinking hard; everyone was in a hurry and couldn't figure out what happened.  Shang Yanshan and Shangguan Rui actually come together. What does this mean?

    Chen Pu ignored the surprised and confused looks and sat down at the empty table by the door.  Shangguan Rui couldn't leave her and go to another table, so he had to ask Shang Cheng to sit down too.

    They both sat down.  Chen Pu still ignored Shang Cheng and continued to talk to Shangguan Rui.

    She didn¡¯t care, and Shang Cheng didn¡¯t care either, but Shangguan Rui couldn¡¯t ignore Shang Cheng.  He had to talk to Chen Pu without neglecting Shang Cheng, and he also had to wear an appropriate expression on his face. As a result, he was extremely busy.  In the end, it was Chen Pu's words that finally allowed him to eat two mouthfuls of peaceful rice: "Zida, why are you taking such a big piece of broken rock home when you have nothing to do?"

    "Research." Shang Cheng had already finished eating, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea soup.

    "Research?" Such a simple answer made Chen Pu very unwilling. She asked, "Is a broken stone worth spending time to carefully examine and get to the bottom of it?"

    Shang Cheng has no words to say.  The most important thing he lacks now is time. He has to find something to kill time, right?  And this thing can¡¯t be easy, it¡¯s best to do it in three to five years; for example, paleontological fossils are good.  For example, he felt that the stone in Shangguan Ruigong's mansion was a very rare fossil and worthy of his study.  He thought that for a novice like him, it would take at least two or three months to completely separate the fossils from the stone. If he could study some outlines and the like, he could survive until next year. It was really not possible for him.  Spend some more money, go around and buy some fossils, and when you get some results with the reptiles, you should be able to publish your autobiography even if you are not old enough to retire.  He even thought about the title of his autobiography - "The Man Who Walked with Dinosaurs"

    Shangguan Rui quickly finished two large bowls of rice, put down the bowl, and said to Shang Cheng: "Speaking of 'research', I thought it was a new word you made up. But when I turned around and asked someone, I found out  I was wrong. This word can be found in poems written by people from the Tang Dynasty."

    Chen Pu felt a little unnatural.  She once made the same mistake, until Tian Xiu told her that the word "research" had appeared at least during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was written in the book "Shishuoxinyu".  Although Tian Xiu couldn't remember what the original text said, she believed that Tian Xiu would remember it correctly.

    She asked Shang Cheng, "What do you want to study in Shitou?" Seeing that Shang Cheng remained silent, she asked Shangguan Rui, "What do you want Uncle Ying to study in Liyuan Camp?"

    Shangguan Rui glanced at Shang Cheng and saw that Shang Cheng had no objection, then he said: "It's just a matter of checking some documents. They are all old files from the reign of Emperor Gao to Xianzong. Ha, I always thought that these  You should go to the Taishi Bureau to find everything. If Uncle Shang hadn't found me, I wouldn't have known that there were still some documents like this in the camp."

    ¡°You think I want to trouble you.¡± Shang Cheng finally said nothing.  He sighed and said, "Not only the Liyuan camp, but also the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Taishi Bureau, the feudal court In order to find some original information, I went back and forth to six or seven yamen countless times on a hot day." Probably.  Thinking of something unpleasant, he gritted his teeth and stopped talking. He was silent for a long time before letting out a long breath silently.

    Chen Pu couldn't help but say to him: "You have nothing to do, what are you doing running around?"

    She said this with good intentions, meaning that this kind of thing was not worth doing personally, and he could just leave it to others to do it.  Little did I know that these words hit the critical moment.  Shang Cheng is already thinking about his autobiography. What he hates most is hearing others say that he has nothing to do.  If others said such things, he would just think they were farting; but Chen Pu, how could you say such things?  Therefore, before Chen Pu could finish his words, the evil fire in his belly suddenly jumped up. His face, which was originally smiling, suddenly turned livid, and he clenched his cheeks with his teeth and already held the porcelain cup tightly in his hands.  I could see that the resentment accumulated in my chest was about to burst out on the spot - one by one

    Shangguan Zhongwu lived up to the word "Rui" in his single name, not to mention his beautiful eyes, and his mind was also extremely flexible and agile. Looking at Shang Cheng's expression, he knew that Princess Changsha had said something inappropriate. He picked up the teapot and gave it to Shang.  Cheng continued the tea soup and said: "Zida, I have neverYes, you said before you left last time that you had probably figured out some of the history of the Tujiec people.  Don't tell me, I've been thinking about your words for almost two months." He stared at Shang Cheng with admiring eyes. "Tell me what kind of truth you have studied first.  "

    Shang Cheng drank all the tea soup in the cup in one gulp, and said to Shangguan Rui with the anger in his heart: "I messed around and didn't come up with anything"

    "Oh, it's just a small talk. You just talk and I listen." Shangguan Rui enthusiastically helped him refill the tea soup.  "You are a master in the art of war. This is a recognized fact. The principles you come up with are better than mine no matter how bad they are, right?"

    ????????????????????????????????? Shangguan Rui is both serving tea and flattering, and he is so enthusiastic that Shang Cheng can¡¯t help but say: ¡°I really haven¡¯t researched anything worth talking about, it¡¯s just a little immature idea¡±

    So, Shang Chengcheng began to tell his views.

    More than a hundred years ago, when the Li and Tang dynasties were about to collapse amid internal and external troubles, the Tujiec people who had established a foothold in the north began to enter the expansion stage. They swept the desert, attacked Mohe and Fuyu to the east, and expelled them to the west.  In order to fight for control of the small Hu kingdoms in the Western Regions, the Uighurs fought repeatedly with Tibet.  By the time the Zhao Dynasty was established, the Tujieci people had already driven the Tubo people back to the plateau, and destroyed the Mohe and Uighurs. They controlled a large area of ??land from Blackwater to the North Sea, and the country began to enter a period of strength.  However, this kind of prosperity is based on military conquest. Therefore, like most countries that rely on military strength to conquer by force, the Tujiec people's strength lacks a solid foundation and is also full of internal problems.  All kinds of fierce conflicts.  The contradiction between the newly added ethnic groups and the original Tujiec people, the contradiction between the emerging military aristocracy and the traditional aristocracy, the conflict between land, the contradiction between population During that period of time, although the Tujiec people established their hegemony,  The regime they established has always been in turmoil, and on several occasions it has even reached the point of collapse.  In order to pass on internal conflicts and satisfy their endless greed for population and wealth, they turned their attention to the wealthy Central Plains and frequently went south.  During the period of Emperor Taizong, Zhao's national power was still very weak, and it could only struggle to cope with the Tujieci people. However, by the time of Emperor Taizong of Zhao, the strength of the two sides was roughly equal. After more than ten years of competition, although the two sides  Zhao was ultimately defeated, but it also thwarted the Tujiec people's rapid momentum of going south and shook the Tujiec people's determination to go south. Therefore, in the war during the Gaozong period, Zhao failed militarily, but politically  It is said that the Tujiec people failed. From an economic point of view, it destroyed the fragile economic foundation used by the Tujiec people to launch war.  From the sixth year of Taizong Jingkuang to the third year of Gaozong Taijia, the northern border was in a relatively peaceful stage for eleven years. This shows that, at least within Tujiec, the strategy of going south did not receive widespread support; this also comes from another perspective.  On the one hand, it proves that the several wars fought during Taizong's reign were all successful.  After the third year of Taijia in Emperor Gaozong's reign, the northern grassland suffered a series of large-scale natural disasters. When the survival of the race was seriously threatened, the Tujiec people once again unified their understanding, so they came into being in the third year of Taijia in Emperor Gaozong's reign.  In the thirteenth year of Taijia, he went south five times.  However, these five marches southward failed without exception, and the Tujiec people even consumed a large amount of their effective forces and war reserves in the successive southward wars.  After the hope of going south was dashed, they had to turn their attention in other directions; but there were not many directions that they could choose.  To the east are the more barren white mountains and black waters. Going to the west is likely to encounter stubborn resistance from the Tibetan people. In the end, their main force probably chose to go west, crossing Beihai and Congling, heading west, west, and west again.  ¡­

    The conclusion that Shang Cheng finally came to was similar to the guess he made at the Prime Minister's Palace a few months ago, but this time he was no longer guessing out of thin air, but based on relative comparisons based on the files he had seen.  A conclusion based on careful reasoning.  This conclusion is also relatively credible, and it is at least recognized by Shangguan Rui and Chen Pu.  But this conclusion is of little use for the time being.  It's very simple. There is no money in the treasury and there is no way to support the four northern guards in using troops against Tujiec; there will not be enough money and food for at least three years; and this is even if the southern expedition goes smoothly.  If the Southern Expedition ends in a stalemate, no one knows when troops will be sent to the grasslands.

    The afternoon meeting still did not produce any results. The issue of which imperial army can be the first to trial the "New Code of Conduct" can only be resolved at the fourth meeting two days later.

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