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Chapter 127 Exploring Art
Whenever the surrounding fields are covered with white, literati and poets like to set up a stove to cook wine and enjoy the snow.Of course, they don't talk about heroes by cooking wine, but beauty.

With a beautiful woman in his arms, some frivolity, and a few crooked poems, a successful poetry meeting is over.Afterwards, if you are interested, you can even talk to each other at night.

Spring is full of vitality, summer is unbearably hot, autumn is breezy, and winter is covered with snow.These can make people happy.

But good things are often just skins, which cannot stand a deep investigation.When you squat on the edge of the green grass that represents vitality, you can see dirty dirt and bugs; in the same way, under the white snow is the sludge that makes people headaches.

The snow in Lin'an City melted earlier than outside, and the city was full of mud.Lu Qiang entered the state house while cursing, stomped his feet and cursed: "The paved road was made useless again a few months ago."

Dirt roads are like this. You can see that it is flat and hard, and even large vehicles cannot press deep ruts, but after a few heavy rains, the original shape will be exposed.

"Where's the envoy?" Lu Qiang took off his shoes, saw that the socks inside were mostly soaked, and put them on the small stove to bake.

The heat dissipated along with the smell of feet, and the clerk took a deep breath, "Your Majesty is on duty."

Later Lu Qiang got up and patted the little official on the shoulder, "Take a deep breath, don't exhale, does this mean that the old man's feet smell good? Flattery is good."

The little official said without changing his face: "Biejia's feet don't smell good, but thinking of Biejia running around in the mud for Chenzhou, the villain feels good!"

Lu Qiang smiled, but only smiled.

Chenzhou is a hellish existence for the officials of the Tang Dynasty. Anyone who can come here has either committed a crime or is a loser in the strife in the officialdom.

There are also two types of small officials here. One is local people who serve as small officials. The abilities of these people vary, no, they basically have no ability.The second is the petty officials who were exiled, the number of them is small, but there are many wonderful ones.

This little official's flattery was greasy but not greasy, a little refreshing, which made Lu Qiang cherish his talents.

Liu Qing was looking at the map in the duty room.

"Your Majesty is very comfortable today." Lu Qiang walked in.

Liu Qing didn't look back, "Chenzhou is ruined. If I keep silent all day, the soldiers and civilians in the city will lose their backbone. So I have to roar every day. Only when it rains or in winter can I rest for a while."

Lu Qiang walked over and knelt down, watching Liu Qing's fingers walking on the map.

"The envoy still wants to beat Liang Chao?"

Liu Qing nodded, "The three major divisions have become more honest in recent years, but this honesty is just a cover-up. Liang Chao has more than [-] riders, who are said to be horse thieves, but in fact, the troops of the Vase Division have changed their appearance. This is vicious. , I intercepted and killed more than a hundred people who opened up wasteland in my Chenzhou the year before last, this old man will always remember this grudge."

Lu Qiang said: "The news from Tao County is that there is a disturbance in Beiliao. Does the Lord want to take advantage of Beiliao's lack of time to take care of him and attack Liang Chao?"

"Yes!" Liu Qing raised his head, the deep wrinkles on his forehead made him look bitter and bitter, "At that time, the old man swore to the families of the victims that he would take revenge. Now the opportunity has come, if you miss this Opportunity, the old man is ashamed to walk half a step out of the state."

He looked at Lu Qiang, "The old man has asked people to summon the county magistrates of the five counties to come here to discuss. This time, the army will definitely be successful in one battle."

Chenzhou has six counties in one prefecture, and Lin'an County is the seat of the prefecture, so there is no need to call.

Lu Qiang rubbed his brows, "Each of the five counties has troops, including Lin'an's army, there are more than [-] troops. Liang Chao has more than [-] troops. It seems that we have more troops, but the strength of the troops in each county, to be honest, The lower officials have no bottom in their hearts."

"Among the six counties, which one do you like the most?" Liu Qing asked with piercing eyes.

Lu Qiang thought about it, stroked his beard and said: "Wang Xing from Hengshui County is just an old fox, he doesn't see any benefit and doesn't bleed. Lu Jiao from Wangu County is mediocre. Lin Ziyu from Huilong County is slippery, timid, and can't do anything serious. Du Hui from Zhangyu County is quite courageous, and he fought off horse thieves several times back then..."

Liu Qing said dissatisfied: "You are hesitating!"

"Yes." Lu Qiang smiled wryly, "After much deliberation, I found that Yang Xuan in Taiping County is the most outstanding. You see, Mr. Wang, he led the criminals to repel the horse thieves not long after he arrived in Taiping. Then he and Wa Xie's iron cavalry confronted head-on, with fewer enemies and more enemies, and defeated Vaxie."

"You are optimistic about him, but what are you worried about?" Liu Qing crossed his arms, "You are worried that he is young and has too little qualifications. If you and I reuse him, he will be rejected by others, and even targeted."

Lu Qiang nodded, "People's hearts are unpredictable!"

Liu Qing said slowly: "Life is boring. Seeing others live worse than oneself is the greatest joy. High-ranking officials see their subordinates like this, and small officials see people like this. There is nothing wrong with it."

Lu Qiang sighed: "Yang Xuan has received a military title of the Taiping Army this time, and this is the only one in the six counties. Those people are already very dissatisfied, and have repeatedly said that we favor one over another."

"Bullshit!" Liu Qing scolded: "A group of unscrupulous bastards, if they really have the ability, they will kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. I will risk my life and cheer for them."

Lu Qiang raised his eyes, "The envoy's meaning..."

"The old man governs Chenzhou, relying on fairness!" Liu Qing said in a deep voice: "I will advocate for whoever is capable, and I will use him more! Whoever occupies the latrine and does not shit, the old man kicks him Kick it down!"

Lu Qiang cupped his hands, "It is my blessing, Chenzhou, to make you like this."

"Your flattering skill is too far behind, so don't say goodbye next time." Liu Qing said with a smile: "Do you know why the old man is so supportive of Yang Xuan?"

Lu Qiang shook his head.

"The old man heard that this time Yang Xuan had the opportunity to be transferred to a wealthy place as an official, but he flatly refused. Do you know the reason for his refusal?" Liu Qing asked himself and answered quietly, "Chenzhou is not safe, He won't leave!"

Lu Qiang raised his eyebrows, "Really?"

Liu Qing nodded, Lu Qiang praised: "Sure enough, he is a hot-blooded man. So, how about letting him lead the army alone this time?"

Liu Qing said lightly: "If those people question..."

Lu Qiang's eyebrows became more stern, "The Tang Dynasty is full of talents, but how many of them are dedicated to the country? Since there are such talents, the lower officials will naturally protect them."

Liu Qing nodded and coughed dryly.

"What do you think of the old man's decision?"

Lu Qiang praised: "It can be called a cunning plan."

Liu Qing raised his eyes and looked at him, "I'm in a bad mood today, I want to listen to flattery again."

Lu Qiang: "..."

……

When Yang Xuan arrived in Lin'an, the snow on the ground had long since disappeared, and there were clumps of dead grass left over from last year, and there was a stalk there, wrapped in mud, which reminded people of the word "remnant flowers and willows".

"It's been a while since I've been here. It seems that there are some beauties missing." The old thief has been healed for a long time, but this time he insisted on coming, and looked around as soon as he entered the city.

Wang Laoer was curious, "What's so good about women?"

"Boy, you don't understand now!" The old thief said with a smile: "The benefits of women are endless."

Wang Laoer then stared at the woman, feeling bored.

A woman passed by with a basket on her shoulders, and saw two men, one old and one young, staring at her, feeling very happy.

"The chest is flatter." The old thief shook his head.

When the woman heard it, she snorted coldly and tried to push her chest out.

Wang Laoer asked curiously: "Old thief, what did you see?"

"Look at Shu Tan." The old thief smiled wretchedly.

"But you said last time that yours can't be used!"

"Who said that?"

The woman glanced at the old thief, and the contempt in her eyes made the old thief want to find a way to sneak in.

"Don't teach the second child badly." Yang Xuan said dissatisfiedly: "Old thief, are you recuperating your injury or nourishing your kidney? It's getting more and more flamboyant."

"Old houses burn fast." Green lights flashed.

When we arrived at the state, all five county magistrates arrived.

In the lobby, someone said: "Yang Ming's mansion is long overdue!"

The person who spoke was Lu Jiao, and Yang Xuan didn't raise his eyelids, "The weather is bad."

Lu Jiao wanted to sneer, but Lu Qiang said flatly, "It's time for discussion."

Liu Qing knelt at the head, and said in a deep voice: "There are some disturbances in Beiliao. He Lianfeng is now furiously suppressing the rebellion. This is a good time for me in Chenzhou."

What is Lao Liu trying to do?
Yang Xuan sensed some evil spirit.

"Do you still remember the killing of my Chenzhou land reclamation people the year before last?" Liu Qing asked murderously, holding the handle of the knife.

Lin Ziyu said angrily: "Don't dare or forget!"

"I'll remember!"

Everyone responded, but Yang Xuan remained silent.

After Lin Ziyu finished his statement, he explained to him in a low voice, "The year before last, more than a hundred people in my Chenzhou went out to open up wasteland, and they were slaughtered by the horse thief Liang Chao."

Liu Qing's eyes turned, "So, the old man is preparing an army to strangle Liang Chao's troops, what do you think?"

All counties have men and horses, but they are very stingy in using them, lest the loss will be too great, and the state will ignore them.

Yang Xuan was the first to agree, "I, Taiping, can send troops at any time with the order of the envoy!"

Liu Qing asked: "How many troops can each of you send?"

Lu Qiang looked at the crowd and smiled wryly in his heart.

"We still have to leave some guards, two hundred from Huilong County."

"One hundred and five."

With few words, there are more than six hundred people.

But Yang Xuan didn't say anything.

Lu Jiao squinted at him and asked, "Yang Mingfu agreed very quickly, how many troops are you going to send?"

Du Hui laughed and said, "Say less than five hundred?"

Yang Xuan leaned forward slightly and looked at him, "One thousand!"

Du Hui gasped.

"one thousand?"

It was only then that Lu Jiao came to his senses, "The Jiedu envoy gave Taiping 2000 immigrants, [-] good citizens, and [-] criminals. He just pulled the criminals out."

Will there be another 500 people in addition to the death camp?The 500 people might become a burden, right?After being surprised, Du Hui smiled.

Lu Qiang glanced at Liu Qing and nodded, "Master, there are many people in Taiping, why don't you let Yang Xuan lead the army alone?"

Uh!
Lead the way!
The armies of the five counties were merged into the main army, under the direct command of Liu Qing.But the Taiping Army formed an army alone...

This is superior.

So is he, Yang Xuan, superior to me?
The sour smell is pervasive.

Liu Qing clapped the case, "That's it!"

Yang Xuan hurried back to Taiping.

"Four hundred death-death battalions, plus six hundred most obedient rookies, then form a team and set off."

Nan He followed him into the city and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to go to war?"

"The biggest horse thief here, Liang Chao, is going to be unlucky." Yang Xuan had been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time.

"Just let these people see blood." Nan He was also quite happy.

After entering the county, everyone settled down to their duties and was well organized.

"Old Cao is good." Yang Xuan felt that Cao Ying's idea was too poisonous, but he was good at coordinating political affairs.

Jiang Zhen came out of the duty room with a few documents, and saluted after seeing Yang Xuan, "I have seen the Ming Palace."

This twenty-five boy is really hardworking!Yang Xuan patted him on the shoulder, "Thank you."

Ming Fu cares for me so much... A warm current flows through Jiang Zhen's heart. He lowers his head to hide his emotion, "It's not hard."

"What? Are you going to send troops?" Yiniang got the news and hurriedly took Zhang Siniang to pack her things.

The family gathers later.

Yang Xuan sat at the main seat, and the others sat below.

"Let's go, let's go!" Yiniang came in and out, Zhang Siniang couldn't help.

When Yang Xuan returned from Chang'an, he brought many gifts, among which were snacks such as melon seeds that Yiniang liked.

After the melon seeds and tea were set, Yi Niang sat at the back and started drinking.

Yang Xuan, as the leader, said, "Liang Chao is a member of the Vasie tribe, pretending to be a horse thief, and doing looting that is inconvenient for Hua Zhuo. This time, the emperor allowed me to form an army alone in the Taiping Army. This is being able to focus on one side.”

Cao Ying glanced at everyone, and the confidence of the chief think tank was released.

The old thief coughed dryly, Cao Ying was just about to analyze, and frowned, "You have something to say?"

The old thief nodded, "The old man has recently studied military books hard and gained some experience."

"Hehe!" Cao Ying smiled.

Wang Lao Er was eating melon seeds with Yiniang, and asked curiously: "Old thief, didn't you watch the Spring Festival Night recently?"

Spring night!

Yiniang was furious, first she slapped Wang Lao Er, then slapped the table and shouted, "Old thief, don't teach Lao Er bad!"

Wang Lao Er held the back of his head, and the melon seeds in his mouth were sprayed out.The old thief laughed dryly and said: "Mr. Lang said that you should relax when doing things. The old man just relieves boredom while studying military books, yes, relieves boredom."

Datang's novels have developed quite well. Yang Xuan read several of them in Chang'an, but later he was misled by those online articles in the scroll, thinking that today's novels are too serious.

The so-called familiarity with three hundred Tang poems means that you can chant even if you don't know how to write poems.Book titles like Spring Night Yang Xuan knew it was not a good bird as soon as he heard it.

"Speak the truth."

Yang Xuan kept a straight face, planning to discuss the Spring Evening with the old thief privately later.

Of course, from an artistic point of view.

The old thief said confidently: "The Shijun let Langjun lead the army alone, which shows that he looks at him differently. But this man... I have been underground for many years, and while I am proud of myself, I have forgotten the truth of being low-key. , Then I was reported to rob the tomb, if the old man hadn't run fast, he would have died that time."

He said very seriously: "Mr. Lord, the villain thinks that we should be careful of being stabbed by others during this expedition."

Everyone was silent.

The old thief was a little apprehensive, "Could it be that the old man... Could it be that what he said is wrong?"

"it is good!"

"well said!"

Everyone taught for a while.

The old thief said triumphantly: "Your Majesty, may the villain lead an army?"

"No!" Yang Xuan felt that the old thief was now leading the army to give away his head.

"By the way." Yang Xuan was a little curious, "Whose tomb are you going to rob that time?"

The old thief sighed: "The servant who was next to the Supreme Emperor back then."

It's lucky that this old thing hasn't been killed all these years.

Cao Ying said: "Your Majesty, the old thief is right, you must be careful in this trip."

The team of 1000 people set off immediately.

When they arrived in Lin'an, the army had already gathered.

Liu Qing stood under the big banner, majestic.

"Yang Xuan, if you lead an army, you can be the vanguard of the army."

"Leader!"

Under the gaze of more than 5000 pairs of eyes, Yang Xuan turned around, his scalp tingling.

An old soldier sighed, "Among the people present today, Yang Mingfu is probably the youngest, but he is the most promising. There are more than five thousand people, and they have lived to the age of a dog. People can't help but envy."

……

"Big cats, two cats and three cats", thank you boss for the reward.

Ask for a ticket!

(End of this chapter)