The bloodbath in Anlai County was just an insignificant event in Luo Yao's border defense career, and more than 700 heads may be just a trivial number to him. In Fang Jie's previous life, he often saw a sentence saying that killing a million people is a hero... If a hero is counted by the number of people killed, Luo Yao seems to be qualified.
He has been in the army for so many years, which one of the big and small wars has not been bloody
It was just the battle to destroy the Shang. From crossing the Yangtze River all the way to Yongzhou City, Luo Yao's left front guard killed at least hundreds of thousands of people, not only the Shang army, but also the civilians who dared to resist and those who were against the Sui army. A big family with a heart. After the destruction of Yongzhou, only the royal family of the Shang Dynasty was massacred, as long as they could be involved in the relationship, Luo Yao killed tens of thousands of people. After that, they defended the southwest, and at least thousands of people were killed every year when they sent troops to the barbarians. The Ruyi Sect rebelled, and he slaughtered 160,000 people in a county... Calculated, the lives in his hands have already exceeded one million.
So these seven hundred people were not something worth remembering for him at all.
On the afternoon when Zuo Qianwei chopped off the seven hundred heads, Luo Qiu, governor of Pingshang Road, also rushed to Anlai County. This second-rank official in frontiers seemed far more friendly than Luo Yao, and his kind eyebrows and kind eyes always smiled, as if he was just a gentle elder.
However, Fang Jie also knew that this was just an appearance. As the governor of Pingshang Dao, he could live with Luo Yao in peace for more than ten years.
He took office because he refused to accept Luo Yao and tried to take back the real rights of Pingshang Dao to himself. As a result, he was dismissed by the court after sitting in the governor's seat for less than two years. It is said that he has been growing vegetables in his hometown since then. Not enabled.
After Luo Qiu took office, he did not fight for it, and he was willing to play a supporting role as a member of the second rank. He will support Luo Yao in whatever he does and will never cause any conflicts. Not only that, the Governor-General will also make a list and personally send it to Luo Yao to ask if it is suitable for him to be promoted and appoint local officials.
In order to maintain the huge army of the left avant-garde, Luo Yao must withhold local taxes. At the beginning, the former governor used this as a reason to send a letter to the heavens to impeach Luo Yao, but instead of being successful, his official career came to an end. This Mr. Luo Qiu is different, Luo Yao said to add a gift, he will add a gift, Luo Yao said to allocate grain, he will allocate grain, it is like Luo Yao's megaphone, but it is much more useful than the megaphone.
But for such a cowardly person, Fang Xie always felt that it was not easy.
Luo Qiu looked to be around fifty years old, and he came from a family in Jianghuai Taoism. The Luo family is also one of the most famous families in the south of the Yangtze River. Since Emperor Taizong pacified Nanchen, the Luo family was one of the first families in the south of the Yangtze River to approach the Yang family. So there have been many great figures in the past century, such as Nayan Luo Dezheng during the reign of Zhenzong, such as Luo Dong, the general of the left guard who is now guarding the eastern border.
This generation of the Luo family has produced a large number of talents. Luo Qiu sat on the position of the second-rank governor, and Luo Dong sat on the third-rank general. There are also many people who are officials in the local area and have a profound background.
How could someone who was born in such a family and could become the leader of the family really be a good-for-nothing
Before Fang Jie came to the southwest, he did a lot of homework. He knew Luo Yao, Luo Qiu, as well as the left avant-garde general and the local officials of Heping Shangdao. This Luo Qiu is also a strange person, Fang Xie was surprised when he knew his previous experience. This is the only Governor-General who has been demoted and transferred since the founding of the Sui Dynasty. He was the Governor-General of Gyeonggi-do before, and he was a super member of the first rank!
Of the twenty-four provinces in the Sui Dynasty, only the governor of Gyeonggi Province is the first rank, and the others are the second rank. Moreover, the importance of Gyeonggi Province is far beyond that of other provinces. It was once predicted that he is very likely to make up for the lack of Nayan, but it is still slightly insufficient in terms of qualifications and prestige. No one thought that he would take the initiative to write a letter to ask for a transfer. Of course, the late emperor must have talked to him behind this.
He was transferred from Gyeonggi-do to Pyeongshang-do, but his official position was downgraded by one level. But he is leading the Duke's salary with the title of County Marquis! There are even more food towns than ordinary princes!
It is said that the first emperor once gave him a gold medal for avoiding death, but no one has confirmed it.
It is precisely because this person's past is so unbelievable that Fang Jie has been wary of him from the very beginning.
Luo Qiu's character is very short, he looks only about 1.65 meters. When he got off the carriage, he was all smiles, and he didn't have any pretensions of a second-rank official. When they saw Fang Xie, they immediately went up to meet him, held Fang Xie's hand, and greeted him with care.
"Is the journey from the imperial capital to here going smoothly?"
He took Fang Jie's hand and walked in, asking with a gentle smile while walking.
Fang Jie quickly replied: "The journey back to my lord went smoothly. It's just that the journey was slower than expected, and I feel guilty for making my lord think about my dismissal."
"I can't say that. I walked slower than you from Chang'an to Yongzhou back then. I got sick not far from Gyeonggi-do, and I took more medicine along the way than I took in the first half of my life. When I got here Afterwards, I became even more unaccustomed, if the general hadn't sent the doctor in the mansion to take care of me for half a month, I might not be able to get up."
Luo Yao smiled and said, "When will I pay back the medical fees owed to me for more than ten years?"
Luo Qiu rolled his eyes at him and said, "How do you settle for stealing a bottle of old wine from my house last month?"
Luo Yao said: "It's you who are stingy, and you only drink one pot when you invite me to drink, how can that be enough? You miser don't want to take it out, so I have to go get it myself."
"Bah...that's stealing!"
"You report to the officer."
Luo Yao shook his head and left first, his face full of pride.
Luo Qiu stared at his back and said with a smile, "This guy is the most rascal!"
Fang Jie smiled along with him, but couldn't help sighing in his heart: one red face and one white face, I don't know how to sing this scene... The general and the governor showed affection in front of me, this gesture is too good some.
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In his previous life, Fang Jie liked to listen to his grandfather hum a few lines of Beijing opera when he was a child. Later, after listening to a lot of pop songs, the lingering charm of his childhood was the most lingering. Although he is a pseudo-philanthropist, he often joins in the fun with a group of old men and women in the park and sings a section of "Bai Men Lou".
When there are many gaps among the elderly in the park, Fang Jie will fill in the gaps. Can shout a few murderous heroes, sons and dogs, military mighty, the earth shakes and the mountains shake, and they want to sweep away the smoke.
Of course, he also sang about gathering wolves, dominating the princes, annexing states and counties, and there will be chaos for a long time.
If you listen to more plays and sing more, you will naturally act.
Sitting at the dinner table was a general who could act and a governor. Fang Xie, a little man who was no more than a country official but no more than a fifth-rank ranger, would not lose his acting skills. Xu Chu, who had sung bearded tigers and leopards, also sang Chen Gong, and the roles changed in an instant. Ever since he came to this life, he has seen a lot of intrigues, bloody and bloody, and at a young age, Fang Jie has become an old drama.
"How is Your Majesty?"
Luo Qiu asked Fang after filling a glass of wine himself.
Fang Jie quickly got up to thank you, and then replied: "Your Majesty, you should know Your Majesty better than your majesty. The lights in the East Nuan Pavilion had not been extinguished before the time of Chou, and must have been turned on again before the time of Mao. There has never been such a diligent emperor in all dynasties. Looking at it, I feel distressed and guilty, your Majesty is like this, how dare the people below be negligent?"
"However, despite such hard work, His Majesty is in good spirits."
After hearing this, Luo Qiu sighed and said, "Your Majesty Xiaofang's words are true. Your Majesty is a once-in-a-lifetime sage monarch. It is the greatest blessing in life to be an official and meet a Ming lord."
Listening to the two of them talking, Luo Yao poured himself a glass of wine and drank it down.
Fang Jie got up and filled him with wine: "The general is good at drinking."
Luo Yao glanced at him, not knowing why Fang Xie felt that this look was slightly different from the way Luo Yao looked at him before.
"Most people in the army like to drink, and they can drink. It's just that it's rare for the military law office to drink once in a weekday. My lord's light, otherwise how could I be greedy?"
He picked it up and said, "A toast to Mr. Fang."
This kind of Luo Yao seems to be different from the Luo Yao who killed people indifferently before. Fang Jie thought of Huai Qiugong's words unconsciously again in his mind, and his heart sank every time he thought of it. Although Luo Yao didn't smile when he first met him, he spoke enthusiastically. After that, he revealed his cold, arrogant and harsh side, murderous like hemp. Immediately after sitting down to drink today, there was another smile on his face, but it was this smile that made Fang Xie most uneasy.
Ye Jinnan said that Luo Yao rarely laughed.
Even when he was happy, he was as plain as ever.
But now he is smiling freely.
"Longevity to the Great General!"
Fang Jie raised his wine glass and said.
"Bless Your Majesty!"
Luo Yao and Luo Qiu said something at the same time, and then drank the wine in their glasses.
"Master Xiao Fang is also a heroic person."
Luo Qiu said with a smile.
Fang Jie said: "The lower officials are also from the military. When we were at the border, we often secretly drank with our comrades. Fan Gu was bitterly cold, so cold that he couldn't hold his hand. If you didn't take a few sips of strong wine when you went out to kill thieves After entering the intestines, you will lose your energy, and although the military law prohibits drinking alcohol, the generals above will turn a blind eye."
When he said this, his expression darkened: "It's a pity that all my comrades died in battle, and I am the only one alive... Now the master Wang is fighting against the Mongolian invaders in the northwest, and the next official wants to wear armor again, carry a horizontal knife, leap horse, wolf and Rushan as a comrade Revenge. At this time, I can drink to my heart's content, but the brothers in the past will never see each other again... Sigh."
"A man should join the army!"
Luo Yao glanced at him and said indifferently: "It's not sad for a soldier to die on the battlefield. If you want to put on the armor again, it's not difficult. If you really have the heart to kill the enemy, your Majesty will definitely do it."
Fang Jie sighed in his heart, saying that this man's city is really deep. Yesterday he used his background to test, today he used Fan Gu to test, Luo Yao did not show the slightest change. In the previous test, Fang Jie wanted to see if Luo Yao was interested in his own life experience, but Luo Yao just said it in passing. The temptation this time was to see if Luo Yao knew about the defeat in the Northwest War, but Luo Yao still revealed it without revealing any traces.
"The general loves talents the most, and Mr. Fang is a rare talent that is rare in a hundred years... I think it is better for the general to write to the court, asking His Majesty to assign Mr. Fang to the left avant-garde. With the support of the general, Mr. Fang will come forward." The day will not be long."
Luo Qiu said something like a joke, but Fang Jie couldn't help but tense in his heart.
What does it mean
Luo Yao wants me to be left forward
Just when Fang Jie was surprised, Luo Qiu took a sip of wine and said slightly drunk: "I heard that although Master Xiao Fang can't practice, his martial arts are amazing. The martial arts academy is excellent in nine subjects, especially the martial arts. People are admirable. Young and promising, you should be a leader. But if you can get a few pointers from the general, you will benefit endlessly."
After saying this, Fang Jie was sure that Luo Yao really wanted him to come to the left front! Of course he couldn't say it himself, so Luo Qiu pretended to be drunk and said it.
It's just... is Luo Yao really just a lover