Qianhu Liu Duxiu took a group of three hundred flying fish robes and arranged them on the street, surrounding the building of Ke Shengju from a distance. He didn't know what happened in Keshengjuli, but he knew that there were at least a hundred brave Sui frontier soldiers in Keshengjuli, not ordinary soldiers, and each of those frontier soldiers was one of a hundred or even one in a thousand elites .
If the Zhenfu envoy was transferred to deal with the more than 100 elite frontier soldiers, Liu Duxiu did not have much confidence in the 300 flying fish robes under his command. Once those frontier troops make trouble, a team of one hundred people is enough to cause headaches. In terms of personal cultivation, the guards in Feiyupao are all masters. But when it comes to the means of killing, the people in Feiyupao may not be better than the frontier soldiers.
The common people didn't know much about the frontier army. In their eyes, the most powerful and elite soldiers in the Sui Dynasty were the sixteen guards. But everyone in the court knew that the soldiers hadn't fought in fifteen or sixteen years, and the frontier troops would have small-scale fights every year.
When Liu Duxiu was worrying, he suddenly found someone who let him relieve the pressure.
A carriage with the mark of the Ouchi Guard Office stopped at the intersection of the street. The people in the carriage did not get off, but the driver waved to Liu Duxiu. Liu Duxiu was familiar with this carriage, so he ran over immediately. He opened the curtain and got into the carriage, and immediately bowed his head and let out a cry.
"I met Mr. Zhuo."
Zhuo Buyi hummed and said: "In a while, if there is a disturbance in Keshengju, the people outside should not rush in immediately. Tell the guards that something will happen in a while, and immediately seal the street, and the people in Keshengju are not allowed to leave No matter if it’s a diner or a spectator. As for how noisy the building is, I don’t go in until someone sends a signal... You go back first, I’ll watch here.”
Liu Duxiu naturally couldn't ask for it.
He got out of the carriage and told the Flying Fish Robes to hide it well and not to act rashly. Zhuo Buyi, who was sitting in the carriage, slowly closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.
Changchun Garden.
dome.
Emperor Yang Yi got down from the kang and did a set of movements very seriously. This is the movement that Fang Jie demonstrated to him in this room a few days ago, and the emperor specially learned it after Bingbi eunuch Su Buwei made some modifications. But the appearance of His Majesty in imperial robes bouncing around the room doing the eighth radio gymnastics is really cute.
Luo Weiran held back a smile, but didn't dare to.
"Yu Donglai's request for resignation has been handed over, and I have already agreed. Even if Yu Donglai didn't instigate this matter, he can't absolve himself of the responsibility. The Ministry of War can't be without someone in charge. I let Huai Qiugong and the others I drew up a list, but I see that none of them can really take on the heavy responsibility. In the peaceful days of the past, these people would be able to serve as ministers of the Ministry of War or servants, but not now. None of the people on the list can stand up to it. The test of successive years of wars... The use of foreign troops is not something that can be completed in three to five days or three to five months, and those who are not outstanding in ability cannot be qualified for the Ministry of War."
After finishing a set of movements, the emperor felt a lot more relaxed. He shook his arms and asked Luo Weiran: "Although you are from the rivers and lakes, you have been working in the court for ten years. You are in charge of the Ouchi Guards Department. How well do you know the court officials?" I'm afraid it's clearer than mine, tell me, who can take up the job 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: "Brothers fighting... Huai Qiugong and the others said it was easy. If I really use Prince Yi, another wave of people will stand up and say that I am nepotism! I am rich in the world , there are many talents under his command, there is no need for Prince Yi to suffer as well."
Luo Weiran knew in his heart that His Majesty still didn't want to use Prince Yi.
Ten years ago, Prince Yi made a small mistake, which might make him hate him for the rest of his life. If Prince Zhong is still there, His Majesty will definitely not worry about whom to use.
"It seems that the person I originally thought of is not suitable."
Luo Weiran said respectfully: "There has been no war in the imperial court for fifteen years. Once there is a war, the Ministry of War will be too heavy... Your Majesty just said that he doesn't want to be called nepotism by the courtiers, so the suitable candidate that the minister thought of is not suitable."
"who?"
"Xu County King Yang Kai."
Luo Weiran paused for a moment and said: "However, there is indeed no precedent for the imperial court to appoint a prince and county king as Minister of the Ministry of War."
"Yang Kai?"
The emperor pondered for a while, thought for a while and said: "The first emperor used troops against the Shang country. Although Yang Kai was young, he already led an army alone, conquering Suzhou, Huizhou, and Qinzhou. Elite. After destroying the Shang Kingdom, Yang Kai led the troops to suppress the rebellion several times. He is indeed handsome... Before the final battle against the Shang Kingdom, the late emperor handed over the logistics of the army to Yang Kai, and he managed it in an orderly manner without any mistakes. It's just that he hasn't dealt with government affairs for fifteen years, I'm afraid he won't be able to do what he wants..."
The emperor pondered for a while, then turned around and ordered: "Su Buwei, please invite King Xu Jun to come to Changchun Garden to discuss matters."
Su Buwei responded, and quickly ordered someone 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 reprimand, so I endured it. Just now, I have been blaming myself in my heart. How can I be so timid in recommending talents for the country..."
"explain!"
"I don't know Your Majesty, but do you still remember Er Liangchen?"
"Mou Liangbi, Zong Lianghu... how could I forget?"
The emperor let out a long sigh of relief, walked back to the kang and sat down and asked, "These two people are still locked up in the prison?"
"Still closed."
"I've been locked up for eleven years, so I should restrain myself a bit."
The emperor pondered for a while and said: "Bring me up, and come to see me with King Xujun."
"Your Majesty... I still have something to report."
"What is it?"
"Just before the minister entered the door, Zhuo Buyi sent someone to send an urgent message, saying that there are some famous sons in Ke Shengju, who seem to be at odds with the frontier soldiers who gathered in Ke Shengju, and there are some dirty things hidden in them. "
"A frontier party?"
The emperor was stunned, and then asked: "They have gathered in Keshengju since the exams of the Martial Arts Academy in the Upper Realm. At that time, you were still worried about what they were plotting, so you went to watch it yourself. Why, this time is Zhuo Buyi? There is no need to stare at such things, I can trust these elite frontier soldiers."
"Your Majesty can trust them, but some people look down on them."
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Guest wins home.
Zhang Kuang poured a glass of wine for Fang Jie, smiled and said: "We have long been used to this kind of thing. In fact, people from real famous families are not so public. A few days ago, we met someone who was fishing by the river on the street. Prince Yi and Minister of Rites, Huai Qiugong, saw us little people in the frontier army, Prince Yi got up to greet us and greeted us, and rewarded each of us with fifty taels of silver before we parted."
Zhang Kuang said: "And some so-called famous families that are about to decline and fail can't turn their families around, so they behave more arrogantly and arrogantly. It's not because they deliberately make themselves look noble, and don't want people to say that their families are almost doomed." gone?"
He pointed to the upstairs and said: "The Wang family in the south of the Yangtze River, who doesn't know that the situation has gone from bad to worse."
"No matter how poor a famous family is, there is no shortage of people who hold bad feet."
Fang Jie pouted to one side, Zhang Kuang and Mo Xidao immediately smiled disdainfully.
The Baishui City Brigade led Wang Wei down the stairs, obviously hesitating for a while before continuing to walk this way. It can be seen that his face is a bit ugly when facing so many comrades. He could clearly hear 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 invitation of the brothers yesterday, but I did agree to Mr. Wang first. If I refuse others, it is not reasonable, please brother Mo and 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 get in touch with each other, nothing important."
"Just now when I went up, I got into an argument with Wang Ding's theory..."
Wang Wei sighed and said, "This man's mouth is stinky, but his heart is not too bad. I almost turned against him upstairs, and he knew that what he said just now was a bit serious, so he planned to apologize to our brothers. He wanted to Invite the three of you upstairs, and he said that he would punish himself three times to make an apology. He originally wanted to come down and invite the three of you to go up in person, but he was afraid of causing misunderstandings and causing any unpleasantness, so he begged me to come... "
"No."
Mo Xidao waved his hand and said, "How can we vulgar people deserve to drink with the prince of a famous Jiangnan family!"
Zhang Kuang quickly pulled him and said, "Why... Since Brother Wang has come down to apologize on his behalf, we can't hold on to it, can we? In terms of capacity, our frontier army can't 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 him behind him. Fang Xie knew that Zhang Kuang was a cautious person, and he was afraid of getting too stiff with the children of those aristocratic families. The frontier soldiers are people with no backing, if Wang Ding is really offended, if he uses some dirty tricks behind his back, the frontier soldiers may not be able to handle it.
"You don't need to drink."
Fang Jie thought for a while and said: "Since the prince has already apologized, we brothers just don't care about it. In the future, we may still be the same robes of the Martial Arts Academy. Brother Wang, you go back and tell the prince that we appreciate his kindness, and the wine is still free. gone."
Fang Jie did not take Zhang Kuang's side in the end, he always felt that this matter was a bit strange. No matter how you look at it, Wang Ding doesn't seem like someone who will take the initiative to give in. What's more, as I said just now, a person from such a declining family like him will not easily make people feel that he is afraid of trouble.
Mo Xidao habitually wiped the scar on his face, looked at the face of madness and embarrassment, grabbed the wine jar and slapped it upstairs, and then took a deep breath. Wang Wei's expression turned ugly in an instant, and he said in an almost begging tone: "Do you still want me to kneel down and beg you? Not for the king's decision, but for me, can't the three of you give some face? If I invite you less than three Take your seat, I will..."
Hearing what he said, Mo Xidao softened his heart.
"In that case, shall we go up for a drink?"
He asked Fang Jie.
Fang Jie still shook his head: "After all, I don't want to go."
"That's good, that's good!"
Zhang Kuang quickly said: "Fang Jie doesn't want to go, so let's just go."
He pulled Mo Xidao and walked towards the stairs. Wang Wei's expression eased a little, and he gave Fang Xie a meaningful look, then turned and left.
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Wang Wei led the way at the front, and after going up to the second floor, he said with a smile, "It's right in front, Mr. Wang is already full of wine, just wait for the two of you to come up."
He walked to the door of a room, pointed to the inside and said, "Please."
Mo Xidao took a look at Zhang Kuang, and walked in first. Zhang Kuang followed closely behind. After entering the door, the two of them couldn't help being startled, and then looked back at Wang Wei.
There was no one in the house.
At this moment, Mo Xidao suddenly noticed something, suddenly raised his head to look at the opposite wall, and then changed his expression.
"Go!"
He pulled Zhang Kuang and was about to go out, but saw that Wang Wei had already closed the door.
"It's bad! The daring lunatics, Mo Xidao and Zhang Kuang, even broke into the room where the Taizu left his calligraphy, and even sat on the chair where the Taizu used to sit!"
As soon as Wang Wei yelled these words, Wang Ding and others in the private room on the opposite side rushed out immediately, and shouted together: "Stop them, don't let them come out. It's disrespectful for a madman to despise Taizu." The crime of punishing the Nine Clans! I think they did it on purpose, and they have long had the intention of treason!"
In the room not far away, Hou Wenji shook his head slightly and sighed softly: "Those two idiots, don't break the door and destroy things... Only then are you really being plotted against. People are waiting for you to smash the door madly and move your hands." ... can't argue with a hundred mouths."
At this moment, with a bang, the door of the room was shattered by Mo Xidao's punch, and he strode out with angry eyes. Pointing at Wang Wei, he cursed, "You idiot!"