Liu Duxiu from Qianhu took a group of three hundred flying fish robes and arranged them on the street, surrounding the building where Ke Shengju lived from a distance. He didn't know what happened in Kesheng Juli, but he knew that there were at least a hundred brave and capable Sui frontier troops in Kesheng Juli. They were not ordinary soldiers. Each of those frontier troops was one of a hundred or even one of a thousand elites. .
" If the governor sent him here to deal with the more than 100 elite border troops, Liu Duxiu did not have much confidence in the 300 flying fish robes under his command. Once those border troops cause trouble, a team of a hundred people will be enough to cause a headache. In terms of personal cultivation, the guards in Feiyu Pao are all masters. But when it comes to killing methods, the people in Feiyu Pao may not be better than the Bianjun.
The common people did not understand the border troops. In their eyes, the most powerful and elite soldiers in the Sui Dynasty were the soldiers of the Sixteenth Guards. But everyone in the court knew that the soldiers had not fought in fifteen or sixteen years, and the border troops would have small-scale fights every year.
When Liu Duxiu was worried, he suddenly found that the person who relieved him from the pressure had arrived.
A carriage with the mark of the Ouchi Guards Department stopped at the street corner. The people in the carriage did not get off, but the driver waved to Liu Duxiu. Liu Duxiu was familiar with the carriage, so he ran over immediately. He opened the curtain and got into the carriage, and immediately lowered his head and called out.
"I have met Mr. Zhuo."
Zhuo Buyi hummed and said: "If there is trouble in Keshengju later, people outside should not rush in immediately. Tell the guards that if something happens later, seal the street immediately and no one in Keshengju will be allowed to leave. No matter if you are a diner or a spectator. As for how noisy the building is, don¡¯t go in until someone gives you a signal You go back first, I¡¯ll watch from here.¡±
Liu Duxiu naturally couldn¡¯t ask for it.
He got off the carriage and told the flying fish robes to hide and not to act rashly. Zhuo Buyi, who was sitting in the carriage, slowly closed his eyes, as if he was asleep.
Changchun Garden
Qionglu
Emperor Yang Yi got down from the Tukang and performed a set of actions very seriously. This was an action that Fang Jie demonstrated to him in this room a few days ago. The emperor specially learned it after the eunuch Su Buwei made some modifications. But the way His Majesty, dressed in royal robes, jumped around the room doing the eighth set of radio gymnastics was really cute.
Luo Weiran held back his laughter and did not dare to laugh.
"Yu Donglai's resignation letter has been handed over, and I have agreed. Even if Yu Donglai did not instigate this matter, he can't escape the blame. The Ministry of War cannot be left without someone in charge, so I asked Huai Qiugong and the others to do so. I drew up a list, but I see that no one can really shoulder the heavy responsibility. In the past, these people could have served as ministers of the Ministry of War or ministers, but not now. No one on the list can stand up. The test of successive wars The use of troops abroad cannot be completed in three to five days or three to five months. Only those with extraordinary abilities cannot be qualified to serve in the Ministry of War. "
After the emperor finished doing a set of movements, he felt that his body felt a lot more relaxed. He waved his arms and asked Luo Weiran: "Although you are from a martial arts background, you have been working in the court for ten years. You are in charge of the Ouchi Guards Department, and you are responsible for all the officials of the court. I¡¯m afraid you know better than me. Tell me, who can take on the responsibility of the Ministry of War?¡±
Luo Weiran leaned over and said: "I heard that several senior officials jointly recommended Prince Yi"
Halfway through his words, the emperor waved his hand to stop him: "Fighting brothers Huaiqiu Gong and the others said it was easy. If I really use Prince Yi, another wave of people will immediately come forward and say that I am nepotistic! I am rich. There are many talented people in the world, so there is no need for Prince Yi to suffer too. "
Luo Weiran knew clearly that His Majesty still did not want to use Prince Yi.
Prince Yi¡¯s minor mistake ten years ago may have made him resentful for the rest of his life. If Prince Zhong is still there, His Majesty will definitely not worry about who to use.
"The person I originally thought about seems to be not suitable either."
Luo Weiran said respectfully: "There has been no war in the imperial court for fifteen years. Once a war breaks out, the Ministry of War will be too busy Your Majesty just said that you don't want to be accused of nepotism by the courtiers, so the suitable candidate I thought of is not suitable."
"who?"
"Yang Kai, Prince of Xu County."
Luo Weiran paused and said, "However, there is indeed no precedent for the imperial court to appoint a prince or prince as Minister of War."
"Yang Kai?"
The emperor pondered for a while, thought for a while and said: "The late emperor used troops against the Shang State. Although Yang Kai was young, he already led an army on his own. He conquered Suzhou, Huizhou and Qinzhou, and with 20,000 troops, he wiped out 90,000 of the Shang State in one go. Elite. After destroying the Shang Kingdom, Yang Kai led troops to quell the rebellion several times. Before the final battle against the Shang Kingdom, the late emperor handed over the army's logistics management to Yang Kai, and he also managed it well.?There is no flaw in the article. It's just that he hasn't handled government affairs in fifteen years, so I'm afraid he won't be able to do what he wants"
The emperor pondered for a while, then turned around and said: "Su Buwei, please invite Prince Xu to come to Changchun Garden to discuss matters."
Su Buwei responded and quickly ordered people to do it.
Seeing that His Majesty had no objection to his proposal, Luo Weiran quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He hesitated for a while and said: "Actually, I thought of two people before, but I was afraid of His Majesty's reproach, so I endured it. I have been blaming myself just now. How could I be so timid about recommending talents to the country"
"explain!"
"I don't know, Your Majesty, do you still remember the second good minister?"
"Mou Liangbi, Zong Lianghuhow could I forget?"
The emperor breathed a long sigh of relief, walked back to the Tukang, sat down and asked, "These two people are still in prison?"
"Still closed"
"After being locked up for eleven years, I should have restrained my temper."
The emperor pondered for a while and said: "Bring the man out and come to see me with Prince Xu."
"Your Majesty I have something else to report."
"What's the matter?"
"Just before I came in, Zhuo Buyi sent someone to send urgent news, saying that there were several well-known young men in Keshengju, who seemed to be at odds with the border troops gathering in Keshengju, and there were some dirty things hidden inside. "
"A gathering of border troops?"
The emperor was startled, and then asked: "They have been gathering in Keshengju since the examination of the Upper Realm Yanwu Academy. At that time, you were worried about what they were plotting, so you went to watch them in person. Why, it was Zhuo Buyi who went there this time? See you later. There¡¯s no need to keep an eye on things like this, I can trust these elite border troops.¡±
"Your Majesty is trustworthy, but some people look down on them."
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Keshengju
Zhang Kuang poured a glass of wine for Fang Jie and said with a smile: "We have long been used to this kind of thing. In fact, people from really famous families are not so flamboyant. A few days ago, a few of us met someone fishing by the river on the street. Prince Yi and the Minister of Rites Huai Qiu Gong saw us, little people in the border army, and Prince Yi stood up to greet us and asked each of us fifty taels of silver before we left. "
Arrogantly said: "And some so-called famous families that are almost in decline and have been defeated miserably can't turn their families around, so they act more arrogant and arrogant. They don't deliberately make themselves look noble, and don't want people to say that their families are almost finished." "
He pointed to the upstairs and said: "The Wang family in Jiangnan, who doesn't know that it is already in decline."
"No matter how poor a famous family is, there are always those who want to flatter them."
Fang Jie pursed his lips to one side, and Zhang Kuang and Mo Xiandao smiled disdainfully.
Baishui City Brigade led Wang Wei down the stairs, apparently hesitating before continuing this way. It can be seen that his face is a little ugly when facing so many comrades. He heard clearly what Wang Ding said when he entered the door just now, but he still chose to stand behind Wang Ding instead of gathering with his colleagues.
"Brother Mo"
Wang Wei walked up to Fang Jie and the others, and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "I didn't mean to refuse the brothers' invitation yesterday, but I did agree to Prince Wang first. If it is unreasonable to refuse others, please ask Brother Mo and the brothers Forgive me."
"Others invite you first, we won't blame you for this."
Zhang Kuang didn't want to make the relationship too rigid, so he stood up and said, "Brothers originally wanted to keep in touch with each other, it's nothing important."
¡°I had an argument with Wang Ding after I went up just now¡¡±
Wang Wei sighed and said, "This guy has a bad mouth, but he's actually not too bad at heart. I almost fell out with him upstairs. He also knew that what he just said was a bit harsh, so he planned to apologize to our brothers. He wanted to Inviting the three of them to come upstairs, he said he was willing to punish himself three times to plead guilty. He originally wanted to come down in person and invite the three of them to come up, but he was afraid of causing misunderstanding among the brothers and causing any unpleasantness, so he begged me to come"
"Not going"
Mo Xida waved his hands and said: "How can we, vulgar people, be worthy of drinking with a prince from a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River!"
?? Zhang Kuang hurriedly pulled him and said: "Whysince Brother Wang has come down to apologize on his behalf, we can't hold on to him, can we? In terms of caliber, our frontier troops will not lose to anyone."
"Brother Fang, are you going?"
Mo Xidao turned to look at Fang Jie and asked.
Fang Jie was about to shake his head, but Zhang Kuang quietly pulled behind him. Fang Jie knew that Zhang Kuang was a cautious person and was afraid of getting too stiff with those children from aristocratic families. The border troops are allIf someone with a backer really offends Wang Ding and uses some dirty tricks behind his back, the border troops will probably not be able to deal with it.
¡°There¡¯s no need to drink.¡±
Fang Jie thought for a while and said: "Since Mr. Wang has apologized, we brothers can just ignore it. We may still be colleagues in the martial arts academy in the future. Brother Wang, please go back and tell Mr. Wang that we appreciate his kindness. We still don't have to drink." ¡±
Fang Jie didn¡¯t side with Zhang Kuang in the end. He always felt that this matter was a bit strange. That Wang Ding didn't look like someone who would take the initiative to surrender. What's more, as I said just now, a person from a declining family like him would not easily make others think that he was in trouble.
Mo Xidao wiped the scar on his face out of habit, looked at the arrogant and embarrassed expression, grabbed the wine jar and raised it upstairs, then took a deep breath. Wang Wei's face turned ugly instantly, and he said in an almost pleading tone: "Do you still want me to kneel down and beg you? Not for the king, but just for me. Can't the three of you give me some face? If I can't invite the three of you, Take the seat, and from now on I"
Hearing what he said, Mo Xianda felt soft in his heart.
"In that case, let's go up and have a drink?"
He asked Fang for an explanation.
Fang Jie still shook his head: "After all, I don't want to go."
¡°That¡¯s good, that¡¯s good!¡±
Zhang Kuang said quickly: "Fang Jie doesn't want to go, so the two of us can go."
He pulled Mo Xiandao towards the stairs. Wang Wei's expression relaxed slightly, he gave Fang Jie a thoughtful look, then turned and left.
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Wang Wei led from the front, and after going up to the second floor, he said with a smile: "Right in front, Mr. Wang has already filled the wine and is just waiting for you two to come up."
He walked to the door of a room, pointed inside and said: "Please"
Mo Xidao glanced at Zhang Kuang and walked in first. Zhang Kuang followed closely behind. After entering the door, the two of them couldn't help but be startled, and then looked back at Wang Wei.
There is no one in the house.
At this moment, Mo Xidao suddenly noticed something, raised his head and looked at the opposite wall, and then his expression changed.
"Let's go!"
He pulled Zhang Kuang and was about to go out, but saw that Wang Wei had already closed the door.
"Oh no! The bold and arrogant Mo Xiandao and Kuang Kuang actually broke into the room where Taizu left his calligraphy treasure, and even sat on the chair where Taizu had sat!"
As soon as Wang Wei shouted these words, Wang Ding and others in the private room opposite immediately rushed out and shouted together: "Block them and don't let them out. The madman actually despised Taizu. This is disrespectful." It¡¯s a crime to punish the nine clans! I think they did it deliberately and had the intention of being rebellious!¡±
In the room not far away, Hou Wenji shook his head slightly and sighed: "Those two idiots, please don't break out of the door and destroy things you are really being plotted. People are waiting for you to smash the door like crazy and move it." Hands no words to argue with."
At this moment, there was a bang, and the door was shattered by Mo Xida's punch. He strode out with angry eyes like a demon. Pointing his hand at Wang Wei, he cursed: "A common man!"