Delong

"Cao Zhongcheng, your confidant subordinate is another inner room to dethrone the dragon thief, otherwise how would you come up with such a bad idea?" In the lobby of Nanya, Duan Wei, one of the eight nobles of the Eastern Capital, the military minister Duan Wei, sighed, half a smile . "Now it's said that Jing'an Terrace is the den of the dragon thieves, and Zhang San has already pulled the pole in Jing'an Terrace."

"Is it bad? Where is it bad?" Cao Lin ignored the superfluous things and just asked seriously.

Duan Wei sneered, but didn't say anything, as if he was just making use of the topic, he didn't know the relationship at all.

But the prime minister next to him, Su Wei, spoke seriously at this time: "It's really a bad idea... The Dragon Gang's territory is too big, and it's useless to destroy money with money. The simplest one is that if they get too much money, they can directly make it into copper." Ingots and copper wares can be stabilized quickly...instead, it is equivalent to sending copper over for nothing."

"So that's how it is." Cao Lin was stunned and sighed again. "In this way, Li Twelve's idea is really just on paper?"

Su Wei hesitated to speak.

But Duan Wei, who originally wanted to laugh at him, knew that it was Li Twelve's idea, but he stopped talking, because the other party was from a decent Guanlong family, and he was not the one he really wanted to attack... The situation is getting worse. The more chaotic, the Guanlong big clans are also speeding up the steps of forming alliances, and now they are forming marriages everywhere.

"If Su Xianggong has any opinions, feel free to speak up." Cao Lin looked around and chose to try his best to encourage Su Wei.

There is no way, as the situation is getting worse day by day, this Uncle Cao can obviously feel that veteran civil servants like Su Wei and Niu Hong are becoming more and more frustrated, and they are not willing to get involved in many things at all.

This is also a direct reason why he is getting weaker and weaker in Dongdu.

Li Qingchen was stunned, but also speechless: "That's right, even if you can go now, you should go to Jiangdu."

As for the end of the words, the smile had already restrained, and it turned out to be a bit ferocious.

"Of course she is an enemy and not a friend at this time, but she may not be a friend or an enemy in the future." Cao Lin replied simply.

At this time, Wei Fu laughed again:
"Su Gong, I also think it's normal for Li Twelve Lang to not understand some things at such a young age, but don't you guys still understand? We have argued about this matter many times, and only you and Mr. Niu agree. Get up and suppress you two husbands? No! It’s just that you are husbands, those who study, those who don’t fight, and you like to talk about morality, and think about officials and thieves, enemies, and military affairs simply.

But after climbing to the city, Li Twelve Lang only took advantage of the brilliance of the west to look into the east capital city with his hands behind his back, but unexpectedly saw a magnificent scene.

After this walk, when he reached the upper east gate, a gust of southerly wind suddenly blew up and stirred Li Twelve Lang. He tied up his horse like a ghost, and turned to climb the city.

"So, the method of using money to spoil money is useless, isn't it?"

"Let's not talk about this, have you straightened it out?" Uncle Cao didn't want to talk about this topic, just continued to ask.

"Li Twelve Lang, I think you still have some misunderstandings about the dragon thief... The current situation of the dragon thief is no longer something that Zhang San or Li Shu can simply say, it has become a climate, do you know?

Cao Lin was silent for a moment, unexpectedly did not deny it: "Some things are beyond your control... You just need to know that it is not the same thing for a great master to have a pagoda or not, so it is not easy to meet each other, because once they meet each other Seeing it is often a great master who is at a huge disadvantage... This is the original meaning of the saying "two dragons will not meet". And what happened to Yang Shen a few years ago, it is almost clear that there is a great master who wants to oppose my great Wei Yes, but I don’t know which one it is, so I really don’t dare to bet on it.”

"I admit that Zhang Sanlang is powerful, otherwise, of course, he would not have thought of adopting him as a foster son, but if the dragon thief has Zhang Xing, it is just like a tiger with wings added. Lead, they are still our mortal enemies. Even if Li Shu is dead, there are also Wei Xuanding and Xiong Bonan... To put it bluntly, Zhang Sanli defeated Zhang Xuguo and killed Zhang Changgong in the battle of Li Shu. In other words, it's like losing one's heart and courage, so that there are times when someone flies out alone and cuts off the mind of this official, but do you know why there is no one?

"That's right!" At this moment, Zhang Shiben, who stayed behind in Dongdu, also suddenly shouted, but he didn't know who he was echoing. "Don't say that the rope that strings the money is rotten in Cangcheng. Even if the money is rotten in Cangcheng, it can't be sent out. If it is sent out, it will be an enemy! There is also food. When it comes to Jijun and Xingyang, they can't keep it. Burn down the warehouse, and don't feed those people! Those people in Hebei and the East are full, and they will only strengthen the dragon thief! Let me say that the counties of Hebei and Kinki don't need to supply money and food! Sooner or later they will be thieves too!"

"First of all, although I underestimated the Dragon Gang, did Zhongcheng underestimate Zhang San too much?" Li Qingchen said seriously, and at the same time took out a book from his arms, and handed it over respectfully.

"I understand what you mean." Cao Lin unexpectedly stopped arguing, but pressed down on the "Six Secret Teachings", and then got serious. "In the future, similar postings from the Dragon Gang, including any announcements, will be sent to me, and I will re-quantify Zhang San."

"Actually, you'll know it when you think about it. Let's not talk about these rebels. If I can really leave, why don't I go directly to Jiangdu that day?" Cao Lin let out a long breath.

Cao Lin did not refuse, but directly took a black ribbon appointment document, and wrote it down casually, except that there was a slight pause when writing at the place of appointment, but it was only a pause, and he wrote it down immediately, but it turned out to be the Snow Hill City, one of the seven cities.

Like this, who dares to stop?He was actually allowed to go up to the city gate tower.

"I'll say it again, it is useless to open a storehouse to collect people's hearts, because the so-called people's hearts are the most useless things in the world! What you want is the heart of the army, soldiers and horses, and practitioners! Of course, it can also be scholars. It is true that no great things can be done without scholars. But to recruit these people, where is the need for flooding?
"It's about taking ten thousand steps back, okay, accepting people's hearts, but why should they accept people's hearts in Henan and Hebei? The people's hearts in Kansai have not been stabilized yet! Please issue an order from the Nan Yamen to accept people's hearts in Kansai first!"

Everyone in the hall had no objection to this remark, and most of them nodded accordingly.

Cao Lin came to answer seriously: "Just talking about the warehouses in Jijun and Xingyang, we still don't think it's okay, because it will also strengthen the strength of the Dragon Gang in a disguised way... Li Twelve Lang, you were in Huaixi before, and now you are in Hebei. It should be very clear that the surrounding areas are actually out of control, and the power of the imperial court is becoming more and more difficult to maintain, but Guanlongba, Shuxiang, Fanjin and Jin can be released."

Obviously, compared to before, he was actually a little shaken this time.

"Go ahead." Cao Lin was obviously extremely patient today.

But now that the situation has come to this point, there are repeated flames of war everywhere, and the dragon thief is out of control. His efforts are almost in vain in all directions, and the situation is about to encounter new shocks again and again. Even with him His toughness and stubbornness also began to hesitate. Should the so-called people's hearts be gathered together?
Is it possible to give it a try?
Seeing that Cao Lin didn't speak, Gu Yi, the always upright Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, hesitated for a moment, and slowly expressed his attitude: "Then I will say it again... don't mention the drought, just talk about winning people's hearts, I agree, but I agree Oppose to open warehouses in Hebei and Henan, because the Dragon Thieves are too close... Just now Mr. Su said that putting money directly in Henan and Hebei will not destroy the money of the Dragon Gang, because they can easily use it to cast copper wares to preserve value , but it is equivalent to being an enemy. Have you ever thought about it, how can you ensure that the food will not flow into the territory of the Dragon Gang if you really open a warehouse and release the grain? Or simply let the people in the territory eat before the warehouse , we can't tell the difference. Therefore, opening the warehouse to release the grain itself, I am afraid that it will end up as a result of being an enemy, so that the Dragon Gang will no longer be afraid of grain and become more unscrupulous."

Uncle Cao was silent for a while, and then said: "I wanted to talk about it later, but in fact, the eight people in power here in Dongdu, such as Bai, Qian, Duan, and Zhang, are all from the army, and they have always advanced and retreated. Unanimous, the idea seems to be that Guanlong is the center, and there is nothing in other places, and they hate bandits and rebels extremely. Their meaning is very clear, and they will not save them if there is no disaster; Rusu and Niu, talk more Benevolent government and morality are willing to release food from the very beginning..."

"I don't think so." Li Qingchen replied calmly. "And the key point I want to say is that Zhang Xing has copied this book wantonly since he got the old book. Almost every leader in the army has a copy, and the repairs are also distributed from time to time."

To be honest, Li Qingchen was a little frustrated when he heard the news:

Su Wei bowed his head and said nothing, saying that he still had a lot of reasons, but he really didn't want to argue.

"You also know what happened later. The situation became more and more difficult. Just after Nanyang was pacified, the whole Huaixi was reversed. Then the dragon thief crossed the river, and hooked up with the people from the north, and it was just as I expected. Not bad, the Wu clan should go south in a big way after autumn.

"What about you, Zhong Cheng?" Li Twelve Ming knew that the other party would continue, but he still couldn't wait.

At this point, Cao Lin sat back again: "Zhang Xing was experienced by us at Jing'an Station. You and he are colleagues and peers. You have always seen him as the only one who is normal, but you have forgotten some big ones. situation."

At this point, Cao Lin felt sad: "It's really a pity, but it's actually Cao Shancheng and Zhang Xuguo. It's my fault that I couldn't save these two people."

Li Twelve was stunned and silent, as if extremely disappointed, he sat there without saying a word for a long time.

In this way, in the Nanya lobby, due to various reasons, Li Qingchen's proposal was easily rejected, and then, in the afternoon of that day, Li Twelve Lang received an answer at the top of the black tower.

"If that's the case, there's nothing to say. Once Dongdu loses Zhongcheng to sit in charge, I'm afraid that the entire Wei Dynasty will be overthrown immediately." Li Qingchen was also helpless.

"Zhong Cheng... what's wrong with Sister Sisi?"

"In short, since the Great Wei retreated, there must be the dead souls of the Eastern Qi, and the Qianlong gang will come first because they have the strength of the old land of the Eastern Qi, and have a foundation, and we have faintly returned to the old days. In the situation of the Western Wei Dynasty, we have to consider all aspects... Then I dare to ask, how can I allow warehouses to rescue the enemy's territory at this time? Those places in Hebei and Henan can last a day."

Li Twelve Lang stood on the top of the city with his hands behind his back, let the strong wind blow, took a deep breath of the smoke and dust from the Eastern Capital, and then spit it out again and again. Then he was inexplicably depressed, but he actually remembered the first hero who was known as the No. 1 civil and military figure in this dynasty. Yang Bin's old poem in praise of autumn:
"When the north wind blows the old forest, the sound of autumn cannot be heard.

Amidst the bursts of wind chimes, the words of the Grand Master resounded clearly through the top of the Black Tower:

"Since Mr. Su said so, it should be so." Cao Lin laughed. "But you don't have to be too depressed...the eight people in Nanya, probably only Su and Niu, can tell at a glance. How old are you?"

Li Twelve Lang immediately nodded briefly, but asked another sensitive question without any delay: "Zhongcheng, why don't you dare to leave the tower? Is the rumor true? Are there a great master or several masters waiting for you? Is it the Bai family who wants to cause civil turmoil? Or someone else?"

"I guessed it." Cao Lin looked normal. "Don't talk about him, I don't complain about Qian Tang... Since you are thrown into that kind of tiger and wolf den, any thought of doing things will be coerced by the situation. At this time, it depends on your strength... But, there are always people You have to do things in the front, and once you become a thief, you are no longer your enemy."

As a grand master, Cao Lin was naturally aware of the opponent's state, and then he quickly remembered the opponent's internal injuries, sighed slightly, stood up and walked with his hands behind his back, but unexpectedly maintained great patience and continued to deal with this problem. Explain in detail.

"I didn't discuss this matter with Qin Er. It's just that Qin Er was in Jijun and saw the abundance of storage. He asked me why I couldn't release the grain. I probably guessed that it would not be easy to go to Nanya. My lord, but after thinking of the method of using money to waste money, I felt that it seemed possible to make a compromise, so I came to find Zhong Cheng... Qin Er is not that stupid, nor does he mean to violate taboos, nor does he mean to provoke me to deliberately cause trouble , It’s just that I am self-righteous, and I want to take credit for him by the way, he is more difficult than me on the front line.” Li Twelve Lang said seriously.

Li Twelve hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "What if there is a drought?"

"You mean, sister Sisi must change?" Li Twelve Lang was stunned for a moment.

"You young people have always felt that I underestimated the dragon thief, but actually the opposite is true. I think you have been underestimating the dragon thief... For this generation, it was indeed something established by Zhang Xing and Li Shu at the beginning. Small rebellion, things are already different now, we can no longer think of it as a group of rebellion led by Zhang San and Li Shu, but as a rebellion by the heroes of the old land of the Eastern Qi Dynasty who took advantage of the chaos. result.

"Qingzhou, isn't she..."

"That's the truth... But on the other hand, it's also reasonable for Nanya to abandon this measure because of the interests of the Dragon Gang." Cao Lin's reply was watertight. "Besides, the imperial court has not really given up on these places. The money and food in the warehouse are still distributed to the government."

"Say it."

It turned out that it was summer, but this year Dongdu did not experience continuous heavy rain, but it was close to Luoshui, and there was no shortage of water vapor. Therefore, poplar trees all over the city kept growing. Xue Lai Wu, more than a hundred squares in the city, plus a river of Luoshui, seem to fall into the curtain of flowers.

Li Twelve had no expression on his face, he thought for a moment and continued: "The last thing is to seek a future for my clan sister Thirteen Niang."

"On the one hand, I did not dare to leave the tower easily, but on the other hand, I had a faint realization in my heart at that time. Since the dragon bandits had defeated the Qilu army, all the power in the Eastern Realm would have turned against the bandits, killing Zhang Xing alone. , I'm afraid it can't stop the East Realm from being a dragon thief, so it's not worth it.

"Then don't do these things, can't you just open a warehouse and distribute food relief?" Li Qingchen asked seriously.

"Me, I'm similar to Gu Shangshu Gu Yi." Uncle Cao said seriously. "You can win people's hearts, but the Dragon Gang is on the side, so you have to think about it. You can't let the dragon thief become bigger for the sake of a heart that you can't get back afterwards. Moreover, I will try my best to maintain the unity of the Eastern Capital now."

"It's about getting married." Li Qingchen sighed. "But she claims to be self-cultivated and experienced enough to be self-reliant without marriage, and she doesn't want to be a marriage tool with the Duan family... As Zhongcheng said, there are always people who want to do things in front. For the sake of doing your best, and for the sake of Jing'an Terrace's decline, give me a document, and I will take it with her, and let her go! Hebei or Jin will do."

"It is precisely because it is difficult to maintain that we must work hard to win people's hearts." Li Qingchen tried to defend.

"It's just that there may be a drought, and there may be a small drought." Bai Hengjin's tone was flat. "As for introspection, it's not our turn to introspect, right? What does Cao Zhongcheng mean?"

Duan Wei nodded again and again: "That's what I meant just now...and I heard that Gu Shangshu had a saying that he didn't say because he was concerned about the court's face, that is, other places in Hebei and other places in Henan are the territory of the court at this time. Is it the court territory?"

In the afternoon of the same day, when I returned home, I handed over the appointment document to my sister, and went to talk to the elders in the family, and left the house regardless of the time.

Cao Lin glanced at Zhang Shiben, with complicated thoughts, and then went to look at Qian Shiying, the last of the so-called eight nobles in the eastern capital who had not expressed his opinion, but the latter just looked at the roof with a half-smile.

Li Qingchen took it over and took a look, but he had no further comments. He just nodded, bowed his hands, and left.

So, after a short pause, Uncle Cao slowly came to Zhang Shiben and said, "Chang Gong's enmity will never be forgotten, and it is true that he cannot take advantage of the enemy, but he still has to pay for the local government's soldiers, otherwise he will be pushed away immediately." In the past... this was never feasible."

"Not necessarily, according to the insiders of the Dragon Gang, this should be an old book first, and then the leaders of the Dragon Gang summed up their experience and lessons, and kept revising and subsidizing it... But the main authors are undoubtedly Zhang San and Dong. Xu Da of the county." Li Qingchen spoke clearly. "I feel good."

In the past, he did not agree to open storage because of the tradition of governance and the instinct of the military. He insisted on maintaining the policy of the former emperor. The prestige army can clear the field; while the military is in power first and foremost, it is very calculating, and there is no option to take the initiative to hand over money and food.

Cao Lin was stunned on the spot, then raised his head.

The geese fly to the poor and the sea is cold, and the cranes cry to the frost.

"The lower official is not saying that Zhang Xing is better than the first emperor, but that at least when he rebelled, his behavior is probably better than treating this book of war as a treasure. Similarly, there are forced foundation building, fair granting of land, and taxation and labor. Equality..." Li Qingchen sighed and stopped the redundant words. "Zhongcheng, Zhang Xing is not the two wings of the Dragon Thief, but Wei Xuanding and Xiong Bonan. He is the real head, the leader! If the Dragon Gang has this head, it will be a dragon, and it can fly without wings. The head is a tiger, and the broken wings can only lie on the body."

After Li Twelve Lang listened quietly, his expression remained the same, but he shook his head slowly: "Zhongcheng's words really made me feel a little enlightened, I admit, I underestimated the Dragon Gang, and always regarded Da Wei as someone who was still there before. The great Wei of the world will come to see it, but I still have a few words to say..."

"It's really good." The ringing slowed down slightly, and Cao Lin returned to normal, but he rested his forehead with one hand and continued to look through it with one hand. "It's really good. I understand that there are such regulations in the army. Baigong compiled the whole article back then... and generally speaking, those who are above the general level can learn the combat skills, but those who are not above the general level, are You can’t see the chapter on the selection of soldiers. The chapter on general selection can only be taught by the generals and Zhu Guo. As for the chapter on logistics, in the past 20 years, it will not be easily read by anyone. This is the system since the first emperor. ...Did Zhang Xing get it from Bai Sanniang?"

"What you said makes sense." Niu Hong, on the other hand, was willing to fight again. "But I would like to ask everyone, have you considered the fact that Li Twelve Lang said that Henan and Hebei may suffer from drought this time? If there is a real catastrophe, we will not release food... When the Wei Dynasty reached this point, how did the hearts of the people step by step? No? Shouldn't you reflect on it?"

"Not bad." Cao Lin didn't pay any extra attention to this topic. "You people, you have underestimated the cultivation of Sisi and Sima Erlong, the cultivation level, the relationship between visualization and action... so young and so young, they can't do more to cover up, they want their lives Dual cultivation, the unity of Tao and practice... Sima Erlong is already close to the master, and from this point of view, within a year or two, Sisi will also reach a point, either he will be completely enlightened, or he will change his course, in short, it will not be like it is now, Hide in Dengzhou and be a sheathed sword."

"Then I don't have much to ask." Li Twelve Lang nodded, heaved a sigh of relief, and continued. "But there is one thing to tell Zhong Cheng, and another thing to ask Zhong Cheng to help."

Cao Lin immediately fell silent.

Besides, his appearance is imposing, and his cultivation has been stuck in the condensed core for a long time. He is naturally inferior among the influential figures in the world today, but compared with ordinary people, he is still handsome for a while.In addition to the clothes and crowns that were changed at home yesterday, the so-called martial arts crowns and brocade clothes, and the silver leather boots, they are also very elegant.

Everyone knew that Zhang Shiben would never forget the revenge of killing his son, and his position on this matter was more stable than anyone else.

Hanmo's heart has not been passed on, and the road of hearing the sound is still awkward.

"Say it." Grandmaster Cao Lin also heaved a sigh of relief.

Li Qingchen was fascinated by watching it on the spot. He wanted to be intoxicated for a while, but unexpectedly, the south wind kept rolling, and it became stronger in a moment. There are many trees with branches and leaves falling together.

It is obviously summer, but the first moment is like spring, and the next moment is like autumn.

Cao Lin has been silent for a while.

There is only the moon in the lonely city, wandering around and showing alone.

"What's this?" Cao Lin took it curiously, and flipped through it, but after flipping through a few pages casually, his complexion changed drastically, so that the wind chimes around the top of the tower rang loudly. "This military book was written by Zhang Xing?"

At first, he only followed Tianjie, heading south slowly. His family thought he was going to Jing'an Terrace again, but unexpectedly, he went straight past Jing'an Terrace and came to Chengfufang. After a while, after hesitating for a long time, Fu turned his horse and turned east again.

"Actually, I think it's not unusual for Li Twelve to be so young. He doesn't understand the basics of money and food. Even what he said about using money to ruin money and using food to weaken food is just an excuse, and it doesn't matter. The key point is, I think he still wanted to say that we should open a relief storehouse to win the hearts of the people." Su Wei was trembling, trying to speak slowly. "this is correct."

"It can't be said to be straightened out, it's just a forced breath." Li Qingchen said quietly. "Actually, there are still some problems..."

Hanging shadows and self-pity, how do you know that I am tired? "

Li Qingchen didn't recite it, but recited it silently in his heart for a while before turning around and going downstairs.Going down to the city gate tower and exiting the upper east gate, Li Shisanniang Qingzhou, the sister of the clan who had changed into men's clothes, was waiting impatiently.

He didn't say much, but got on his horse and headed northeast with his clan sister.

PS: Some people say that you always wish everyone a fortune, but if you all get rich, don’t you not get rich?If you think too much, the big deal is to cast copper ware!Inflation can't stop everyone from making a fortune together!

Routinely sacrifice a new book.