Chapter 1,208 The battle has begun before anyone arrives. The courtyard of the Zhao Mansion is very large, and the glory of the family is evident everywhere. In the early Sui Dynasty, the Yang family royal family actually gave high rights and status to the generals who guarded the place. For example, Li Yuanshan in the northwest, Mu Guangling in the east Xinjiang, Luo Yao in Yongzhou, and Zhao Tiankui's father, these generals who fought in the area all had a Zhongshu Ling on them. Zhao Tiankui was not the person who should have taken over the power of the family. Things were unpredictable. Zhao's father and son all died on the battlefield in Eastern Xinjiang. Zhao Tiankui became the family's last hope. The reason why Fang Jie attaches so much importance to the Zhao family is, first of all, because of the Zhao family's great military exploits in Eastern Xinjiang. A family that puts national justice above all else deserves respect. The second reason is that the Zhao family has always had a very good reputation in the local area. Under Jiangdu's rule, the Zhao family held a very important position in the hearts of the people. Sitting in the pavilion in the back garden of Zhao Mansion, Fang Jie glanced at Zhao Tiankui, who tightened his cloak from time to time. This young man doesn't know how to practice, and his body and bones are a little weak. The climate in Jiangdu is actually not too cold even in the middle of winter, but obviously he still can't resist the wind that can penetrate into the cracks of his bones. Fang Jie refused Zhao Tiankui¡¯s courtesy and held up his hand to stop Zhao Tiankui from kneeling down. "You don't need to thank me." Fang Jie said with a smile: "I don't care whether you have matured or not. Now that you have reached this position, you should try to understand as many things as possible. How long can I support you at most? One year? Two years? Three years? If you don't succeed, I will help you for the rest of your life. I want to keep the Zhao family's position in Jiangdu City, but the most important thing is that you have to be careful. Zhao Tiankui nodded vigorously. "You don't have to be too grateful to me. When I'm in my position, I don't consider things purely out of emotion." Fang explained: "The reason why I protect you like this is first of all because of your father. He is a person who makes me happy." Dear man. Secondly, it is also beneficial to me to protect your Zhao family. I am going back to Chang'an. When I return to Chang'an, I will not be in chaos. I need some trustworthy people. Help me guard the place. Jiangdu's top priority is that I will leave you the troops and give you the greatest authority. Don't let me down." Zhao Tiankui has not yet recovered from the excitement. Fang Jie's previous liquidation was for him. Let go of all the resentment in your heart. Fang Jie did not spare any of those who bullied the Zhao family during this period. So the other party understood that Zhao Tiankui really respected and admired him from the bottom of his heart. He felt that Fang Jie was the most courageous, charming and dominant person in the world. It¡¯s an idol. "If you do well, I will give you more in the future." Fang Jie said slowly: "I will leave a few people to help you. They are all very experienced people. They will try their best to teach you what they know. Things will teach you. I am not afraid to tell you the truth. If I want to control this world, I must cultivate people who are loyal to me, especially young people. Old people are always obsessed with personal interests and always thinking about their wealth and life, and often cannot be thorough. I like to be straightforward and clear about rewards and punishments. If you do well, I will not be stingy. If you do not do well, I will not turn a blind eye." After listening to Fang's explanation, Zhao Tiankui knelt down again. Come down: "Zhao Tiankui swears to God here that Zhao Tiankui will be the prince's loyal dog in this life. Wherever the prince's finger points, I will pounce. If one day I fail to live up to the prince's high expectations, I will be punished by nature!" " Get up." Fang Jie smiled and said, "I'm telling you this because I think you are a trustworthy person. Your situation is actually my situation. Your father died in the war in Eastern Xinjiang, and your family has no support. , so those old guys started to come out to bully you, because they don¡¯t think you are young enough to bully. I am also facing the same difficulties now. When I return to Chang¡¯an, I will also face a group of people who think I can be bullied. Old guy. You and I are similar. So I can understand you, so I want to help you. We will always face many people who want to suppress us, and there are some shackles that we need to work hard to break. " " "Okay." Fang Jie patted Zhao Tiankui on the shoulder: "I'm going to deal with those old guys who look down on me in Chang'an. You're going to deal with these old guys who look down on you in Jiangdu. Let the world see who laughs in the end." Fang Jie's words made her blood boil. She even felt that she and Fang Jie were in such a similar situation. Suddenly, she felt close to Fang Jie from the bottom of her heart. At this time, in his opinion, Fang Jie was not only a person who was very kind to his Zhao family, but more like a big brother, a big brother who guided him how to face difficulties. "My lord, I won't make another clothesman."The one who opens his mouth is ready to eat. " Zhao Tiankui said word for word: "I want everyone to look at me with admiration! " "Yeah" Fang Jie smiled: "I gave you such a large area because I saw your potential. Do your job well, and Zhao Jia Xing will be carried on your shoulders. " It was a sunny day when we left Jiangdu City. Fang Jie stood at the gate of the city and waved, then boarded the carriage. Zhao Tiankui knelt at the gate of the city and kowtowed heavily several times. He knelt, and the ones behind him The crowd all knelt down, whether they were sincere or had to do so. After replenishing food and grass in Jiangdu City, Fang Jie took the elite of the 70,000 to 80,000 elite troops and marched in the navy. The big ship took the Yangtze River waterway, and asked Chen Banshan, Chen Dingnan, Zhuge Wuyuan, Lu Fenghou and others to take the large group of troops back to Chang'an. Standing on the bow of the big ship, Fang Jie said: "When we arrive at Yanyang City, stop. one day. " The people below quickly wrote it down. " In the south of the Yangtze River, the most important place is Jiangdu. Among the several places with large Taoist areas to the east of Chang'an City, the most important one is Yanyang City. Yanyang City is about 10 kilometers away from Gyeonggi Province There are still 1,900 miles away. This was once the eastern capital of the Zheng Kingdom. After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, although the status of the eastern capital of Yanyang City was revoked, Gao Kaitai always attached great importance to it when negotiating with Fang Jie. If you want to get down to a place, your goal is actually Yanyang City. First, there is a large granary here. Second, the city here is extremely strong. Third, there are fertile fields for thousands of miles outside Yanyang City. As long as they occupy this place, they will be able to gain a foundation. When Wu Yiyi heard that Fang Jie wanted to stay in Yangyang City for a day, he actually understood what Fang Jie meant by staying in Jiangdu to support Zhao Tiankui. . If these important places are not in chaos, Fang Jie can peacefully fight with those people in Chang'an. Moreover, if those people want to completely overthrow Fang Jie's rule, then they must be there in these important places. Fang Jie's arrangement along the way is to clear out all the places that are still hidden in the dark. Of course, this is tantamount to declaring war. The signal will be transmitted back to Chang'an soon. If those people are not idiots, they can analyze that Fang Jie is pulling out some invisible nails in the most important places. That's right, Fang Jie can't see it. What are the nails they hammered in, and where are they? But Fang Jie simply cleaned up the whole place, and it would be difficult for the nails to escape. "In this case, those people may have to speed up. " Wu Yiyi stood beside Fang Jie and said softly. "Actually, this war started when I left Dongjiang. Fang Jie smiled: "I said before that they were in the dark and I was in the light, so I seemed a little passive." I don¡¯t know how they made the arrangements, so I have to speculate. As long as I speculate, I may have fallen into their arrangements unintentionally and followed their arrangements. I need to change a way to deal with it. Since I can't follow their arrangements, I will disrupt their arrangements first and let them be more chaotic. Then I can get rid of passivity. " Wu Yiyi was silent for a while and then said: "These days, I am still thinking, who is the person who can rise up and make a name for himself? Although Chen knew not to think like this, Chen still felt that this person should be in the Black Flag Army. " "How can you see it? " Fang asked. Wu Yiyi sorted out his words and said: "These enemies are used to hiding in the dark and controlling everything. So I thought, they won't show up on their own. Just like Tonggu Academy, those who have the right to speak in the academy are behind the scenes, but choose a person or a family to be the spokesperson outside. But the situation is different now. Now the Lord has basically set the general trend. Even if those enemies want to change, they will change based on this general trend. " "It is impossible for them to overthrow the entire Black Flag Army and reshuffle the cards. " Wu Yiyi said: "If this is the case, the move is too big. The next long period of time, even ten or twenty years, was consumed in the war between the forces they controlled and the Black Flag Army. They couldn't afford to wait, and they were not sure they could defeat the Black Flag Army. The power they control is not physical, it may be wealth and manpower, but this wealth and manpower are not equivalent to an invincible army. They should be full of fear of the Black Flag Army. " "If I were to do it, I would seek changes while maintaining the rule of the Black Flag Army. Naturally, this change would be aimed at you, my lord. In other words, the lord wants to get rid of??But the Black Flag Army must remain. Then they controlled the Black Flag Army through the person they selected who could rise up and shout. It is too difficult to destroy a strong army, but it is obviously easier and more advantageous to control a strong army. " He said: "So I suspect that this person who can rise up and shout is originally a member of the Black Flag Army. Only such people can convince the public, and only such people can ensure that the Black Flag Army will not rebound too violently. And those who have this ability in the Black Flag Army are all promoted by the lord So I can't think of who it is. " Fang Jie nodded: "I also know that this is the only possibility. But it's a little difficult to know this person. This is where the enemy's trick comes in handy. They know that it is impossible for me to thoroughly investigate all the generals, so that the Black Flag Army will be panicked. Once I get too suspicious and start checking everyone, then my enemies will be happy. "Wu Yiyi frowned, as if this was really an unsolvable matter. "Wait a little longer. " Fang Jie looked at the water waves broken by the big ship and said in a solemn tone: "I left Chen Xiaoru and the others in Chang'an City, hoping that they could react and find out something. If Chen Xiaoru and the others can't find out, then they will have to use extraordinary means that I don't want to use. ¡± Wu Yiyi suddenly realized that he had previously explained that all the important generals of the Black Flag Army would be assigned to local posts. This is a terrible thing. When any dynasty changes, the new emperor will find a way to send out important ministers. Fang Jie took back his military power, but Fang Jie asked these important ministers to lead troops to guard the place Isn't it a last resort? It would be easier for Fang Jie to let them go to the place. , Wu Yiyi felt hard for him. This young man had too many things to consider.