The Zhao Mansion's courtyard is very large, showing the family's past glory everywhere. At the beginning of the Great Sui Dynasty, the Yang family royal family actually gave the generals who guarded the place very high rights and status. For example, Li Yuanshan in the northwest, Mu Guangling in the eastern border, Luo Yao in Yongzhou, and Zhao Tiankui's father, these generals in the military town all had a Zhongshu Ling on their bodies.
Zhao Tiankui was not the person who was supposed to take over the position of power in this family. The world is impermanent. The father and son of the Zhao family all died on the battlefield in Eastern Xinjiang. Zhao Tiankui became the last hope of the family.
The reason why Fang Jie attaches so much importance to the Zhao family is firstly because the Zhao family's illustrious military exploits in Eastern Xinjiang, a family that puts the righteousness of the nation above its own life, is worthy of respect. The second reason is that the Zhao family has always had a good local reputation. Under the rule of Jiangdu, the Zhao family has a very important position in the hearts of the people.
Sitting in the gazebo in the back garden of Zhao Mansion, Fang Jie glanced at Zhao Tiankui who was wearing a cloak tightly from time to time. This young man doesn't know how to cultivate, and his body is a little weaker. The climate in Jiangdu is actually not too cold even in midwinter, but obviously he still can't resist the wind that can penetrate the bones.
Fang Jie refused Zhao Tiankui's big gift to meet each other, and put his hands on his hands to prevent Zhao Tiankui from kneeling down.
"You don't have to thank me."
Fang Jie smiled and said, "I don't care if you are mature or not, now that you are in this position, you should try to understand as many things as possible. How long can I support you? One year? Two years? Three years? Years? If you fail, I will support you for the rest of your life and still fail. I want to keep the Zhao family's status in Jiangdu City, but the most important thing is that you have to put your heart into it."
"I know!"
Zhao Tiankui nodded vigorously.
"You don't have to be too grateful to me, Dade. In my position, thinking about things is not purely out of emotion."
Fang Jie said: "The reason why I protect you so much is firstly because of your father, he is a person I respect. Second, because protecting your Zhao family is also beneficial to me. I am going back to Chang'an I have gone. After returning to Chang'an, we will rectify the bureaucracy. There must be no chaos in the place. I need some trustworthy people to help me guard the place. Jiangdu is the most important thing. I will leave you soldiers and horses, and I will give you the greatest authority. You don't disappoint me."
Zhao Tiankui hadn't recovered from the excitement, and Fang Jie's liquidation had vented all the resentment in his heart for him. Fang Jie didn't spare any of those who bullied the Zhao family during this period. So the other party explained that Zhao Tiankui really respected and worshiped him from the bottom of his heart.
He felt that Fang Jie was the most courageous, charming and dominant person in the world.
is 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 experienced people. They will try their best to teach you what they know. I am not afraid to tell you the truth. If I want to control the world, It is necessary to cultivate people who are loyal to me, especially young people. Old people are always sticking to their own interests, always thinking about their wealth and life, and often fail to carry out my orders thoroughly. I like to be straightforward and clear rewards and punishments. You do Well, I won't be stingy. If you don't do well, I won't turn a blind eye."
"My lord."
After listening to Fang's explanation, Zhao Tiankui knelt down on one knee again: "Zhao Tiankui swears to the sky here that Zhao Tiankui will be the prince's loyal dog in this life. Wherever the prince's finger points, the minister will jump there. If one day the minister fails the prince If you have such high hopes, the subject will surely be punished by nature!"
"Get up."
Fang Jie smiled and said: "I tell you this because I think you are a trustworthy person. Your situation is actually my situation. Your father died in battle in Eastern Xinjiang, and your family has no support, so those The old guy started to come out to bully you, because he didn't think you could be bullied when you were young. I am facing the same difficulty now. When I return to Chang'an, I will face a group of old guys who think I can be bullied. You and I have similarities. So I can understand you, so I really want to help you, we will always face a lot of people who want to suppress us, some shackles that we need to work hard to break."
"Let's work together."
Fang Jie patted Zhao Tiankui on the shoulder: "I am in Chang'an to deal with those old guys who look down on me, and you are in Jiangdu to deal with these old guys who look down on you. Let the world see who is the one who laughs at the end."
Zhao Tiankui was overwhelmed by Fang Xie's words, and felt that he and Fang Xie were in such a similar situation, and suddenly felt Fang Xie's closeness in his heart. At this time, in his opinion, Fang Jie is not only a person who has been kind to his Zhao family, but also a big brother, a big brother who guides him how to face difficulties.
"Chen, I will no longer be a person who stretches out his clothes to eat and opens his mouth."
Zhao Tiankui said word by word: "I want everyone to look at me with admiration!"
"Um."
Fang Jie smiled: "I entrusted you with such a large area because I saw your potential. Work hard, and Zhao Zhongxing will carry it on your shoulders."
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It was a sunny day when we left Jiangdu City.
Fang Jie stood at the gate of the city, waved his hand, and boarded the carriage.
Zhao Tiankui knelt down at the gate of the city and kowtowed heavily. He knelt, and the crowd behind him all knelt down, no matter whether they were sincere or had to kneel. After the black flag army replenished the food and grass in Jiangdu City, they marched in two routes. Fang Xie took the elite of seventy to eighty thousand elites and traveled along the Yangtze River on a large navy ship. Let Chen Qianshan, Chen Dingnan, Zhuge Wuyin, Lu Fenghou and others take the brigade back to Chang'an by land.
Standing on the bow of the big ship, Fang Xie ordered: "When you arrive at Yanyang City, stop for a day."
The following people quickly memorized it.
In Jiangnan, the most important place is Jiangdu. Among the several places with a large area of Taoism to the east of Chang'an City, the most important one is Yanyang City. Sunshine City is still 1,900 miles away from Gyeonggi-do, and it used to be the eastern capital of Zheng State. After the establishment of the country in the Great Sui Dynasty, although the status of the eastern capital of Yanyang City was revoked, it has always attached great importance to this place.
When Gao Kaitai and Fang Jie were negotiating, they wanted to come down to a place, but the goal was actually Yanyang City. First, there is a large granary here. Second, the city here is extremely strong. Third, the thousands of miles outside Yanyang City are fertile fields.
As long as this place is occupied, it is tantamount to obtaining a foundation.
When Wu Yidao heard Fang Jie's explanation that he would stay in Yanyang City for a day, he already understood Fang Jie's meaning. Fang Jie stayed in Jiangdu and supported Zhao Tiankui in order to stabilize the place. If these important places are not in chaos, Fang Xie can fight those people in Chang'an with peace of mind.
Besides, if those people wanted to completely subvert Fang Jie's rule, they must have made arrangements in these important places. Fang Jie's arrangement along the way is to clean up all the places that those people who are still hiding in the dark are going to control one by one.
Of course, doing so would be tantamount to declaring war.
The incident in Jiangducheng is like a signal, which will be sent 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 like pulling out nails first. That's right, Fang Xie couldn't see what and where the nails they had driven in were. But Fang Jie simply cleaned up the whole place, and the nails were naturally hard to escape.
"In this way, those people may have to speed up their pace."
Wu Yidao stood beside Fang Jie and said softly.
"Actually, this battle has started since I left Dongjiang."
Fang Jie smiled: "As I said before, they are in the dark and I am in the light, so it seems that I am a little passive. I don't know how they made the arrangement, so I have to speculate. As long as I speculate, maybe I fell into their arrangement unintentionally, and I was doing things according to their arrangement. I need to change a way to deal with it. Since I can't follow their arrangement, I should first disrupt their arrangement and make them mess up. , I can get rid of the passivity."
Wu Yidao was silent for a while and then said: "In the past few days, I have been thinking about who is that person who can climb high? Although I know that I can't think like this, I still think that this person should be in the Black Banner Army."
"How did you see that?"
Fang asked.
Wu Yiyi tidied up his words and said: "These enemies are used to hiding in the dark and controlling everything. So I thought, they won't come out by themselves. Just like Tonggu Academy back then, those who have words in the academy People with power are all behind the scenes, but choose a person or a family to be the spokesperson outside. But the situation is different now, and now the lord has basically set the general trend, and even if those enemies want to change, they are in this general trend fundamentally changed."
"It's impossible for them to overthrow the entire Black Banner Army and reshuffle the cards."
Wu Yidao said: "If this is the case, the action is too big. The next long period of time, even ten or twenty years, will be consumed in the war between the forces under their control and the Black Banner Army. They can't afford to wait , and they are not sure that they can defeat the Black Banner Army. The power they control is not tangible, it may be wealth and manpower, but this wealth and manpower does not equal an invincible army, and they should be full of fear of the Black Banner Army."
"If I were to do it, I would seek changes while maintaining the rule of the Black Banner Army. This change is naturally aimed at you, my lord. That is to say, the lord must be eliminated, but the Black Banner Army must be retained. Then They control the Black Banner Army through the person they have chosen who can ascend to the top. It is too difficult to destroy an army that has always been strong, but it is obviously easier and more beneficial to control a powerful army."
He said: "So I suspect that this person who can climb high is originally a member of the Black Banner Army. Only such a person can convince the crowd, and such a person can ensure that the Black Banner Army will not rebound too violently. And the Black Banner Army Those who have this ability in the Banner Army were all picked up 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 is difficult to know this person. This is where the enemy's trick is clever. They know that I can't thoroughly investigate all the generals. As soon as the Black Banner Army comes, people will panic. Once I become suspicious and start investigating 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 boat, and said in a solemn tone: "I left Chen Xiaoru and the others in Chang'an City, I hope they can react and find out something. If Chen Xiaoru and the others can't find out, then when the time comes I can only use extraordinary means that I don't want to use."
Wu Yidao suddenly realized that Fang had explained that all the important generals of the Black Banner Army would be assigned to serve in local areas. This is a terrible thing. When any dynasty changes, the new emperor will find a way to take back the military power of the important ministers. Fang Jie asked these important ministers to lead troops to guard the place... In fact, is it not a last resort? As long as we let them separate and let them go somewhere, it will be a little easier to let go.
Looking at Fang Jie, Wu Yidao felt hard for him.
This young man has too many things to think about.