The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 122

A misty mist enveloped Chang'an, pedestrians stretched their sleeves to cover their heads and hurried forward, and the approaching carriages passed through long streets.

Running over a puddle, the car was shaking, Geng Qing was holding a water glass and splashed out, he still put it to his lips and drank it in one gulp, but Qin Huaimian took a look at him before turning his gaze to the street scene in the rain outside the car curtain .

"Looking at your expression, it seems that you are not worried that the surnamed Cui will be in a stalemate with the other party. It is very different from the past, but you have other ideas? Decided what to do?"

Ever since he failed in the imperial examination, he stayed with Geng Qing to work. This martial arts scholar often hides his emotions and rarely shows them in front of others. When he is free, he usually takes a book and hides in a corner to read, or takes his sword and goes to the city. Looking around, when he came back, there were some blood stains on his body, Geng Qing didn't ask, and the scholar didn't say anything.

It was only later that Jiuyu revealed that Qin Huaimian had gone out to kill some rebels who bullied men and women. More than 20 people were killed by him in two or three months, but unfortunately he still felt that it was too slow.

At this time, Geng Qing was asked if he had any other thoughts, his eyes were a little different from usual, he knew that the young man in front of him was good at some tricks, and often one trick could decide the life and death of thousands of people, compared to him killing people with weapons, I don't know how much faster.

"How do we do it?" Qin Huaimian repeated, turning his eyes back, and looking at the other side aggressively.

Geng Qing sat there, following the sway of the carriage, holding the cup, with a smile on his face, but slightly squinting his eyes.

"The matter is not done yet, it won't work if you say it. After a while, the Emperor Tang Ting should also take action. However, Brother Qin is concerned about these matters, but why don't you come to me to drop an errand? It's so convenient to discuss and act. place."

"No."

Qin Huaimian shook his head, and poured himself a glass of water, "I'm not an official against thieves. When the emperor returns to Chang'an, if you can still be an official, I will help you."

"It's a deal?" Geng Qing smiled and raised his glass to touch it.

"A word is settled!"

The cups touched lightly between the two, and Qin Huaimian's words of affirmation were also heard. Soon, the carriage stopped at Anfu Gate in the imperial city, and it was no longer possible to drive in.

The scholar stayed in the car, Geng Qing lifted the curtain to come out, opened the oil-paper umbrella and got out of the car, the guards at the city gate saw the young man in official robes, they naturally recognized them, so they separated two people to lead the way, Walking through the long palace road, he just arrived at Chengtianmen, with a virtuous crown on his head, Cui Qi, who was dressed in green clothes and wearing a paper umbrella, was coming out of the gate, and glanced at Geng Qing who came over with a smile, and he also had the same smile on his face. He also arched his hands, then turned around beautifully and walked away, shaking the goldfish amulet on his waist and leaving.

Geng Qing lowered his hands, watched the other party go away, the smile on his face faded, probably already understood that the other party had seen Huang Chao, this kind of person who relies on the shadow of the door is not a big talent, but it is enough to make people uncomfortable, if it is not necessary An opponent, let Huang Chao rest assured that Geng Qing would not want to have a bad relationship with others.

Enemies of others spring up like mushrooms after rain, only my enemies have to be deliberately created by myself.
'I am truly invincible.'

Smiling and shaking his head, Geng Qing flicked his sleeves behind him, turned around and strode into Chengtianmen, the guards who led the way stopped here, and were led by the eunuchs in the palace. Private summons cannot be held in Taiji Hall, Huang Chao The emperor lived for two or three months, and gradually began to learn some etiquette for emperors to treat civil and military affairs.

Xingqing Hall.

When Geng Qing passed by, the sixty-year-old emperor who had ascended to the Great Treasure was dealing with some government affairs. From time to time, he talked with the old man of the same age next to him.

Outside the hall, the young man stepped into the threshold with slightly raised robes, and looked at the emperor who was buried in writing behind the first dragon case in the middle, and the old man in green clothes and tying his head on the lower side. After only one glance, Geng Qing turned to The top bows down.

"Chen, Geng Qing pays homage to Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, and may the great Qi Yanzuo live forever."

"You, you can always tell me something new, so get up and talk."

The sound of the rain fell on the eaves, splashing water, and the humidity was blown into the hall with the wind. Huang Chao sat behind the dragon table without raising his head, just smiled and said something lightly.

"I just heard that your chief arrester killed several soldiers in front of Jing Zhaoyi?"

Geng Qing thanked, then stood up and nodded: "Your Majesty knows things like a god, those people were indeed killed by the ministers, but it has nothing to do with the two chief arresters, they were just following orders."

Over there, the figure behind the dragon case raised his face and smiled, "Oh my god, Cui Yan just left not long ago, and came here to pester me to sue you, the dignified prime minister was so angry that he spoke violently, it seems You brushed his face a little too hard."

"It's not that I'm flattering him, but that I'm doing business!" Geng Qing replied below, and continued: "Your Majesty, the rebel army is no longer a bandit army, but the banditry is not dead. Centrifugal, the city is unstable, can you fight in all directions? What's more, the rebel army is everywhere, and the old generals of your Majesty have private soldiers. If they are not controlled, they will only add to the chaos. Therefore, the minister must be severely punished for the sake of Daqi, but there is no way. To cure the root cause, His Majesty needs to strip off the private soldiers who are not leading the generals."

There are many mountains of rebels, and this has been the case throughout the ages. The entire army is joined by each respondent with his own recruited soldiers. Huang Chao also joined forces with Wang Xianzhi in the same way back then.

Now that the foundation is established, the disadvantages become more and more obvious. Huang Chao has also considered this matter. If he really wants to do it, he is also a little worried. Once the private soldiers who are not leading the army are deprived, it will inevitably cause commotion, but this matter has to be go on.

"His Majesty."

Seeing that he was silent, Geng Qing naturally understood his concerns, and cupped his hands and said, "In the past, the Han Wu Treasure Order was also full of difficulties? Compared with the difficulties of Han Wu in Chang'an, it can be said to be nothing to worry about, not to mention depriving the army. They will not have any objections if they are private soldiers of generals."

"I have to think carefully about this kind of thing, but I can't just deal with it with a hot head."

Huang Chao put down the imperial brush, then straightened up and leaned back, looking directly at Geng Qing below, and tapped his fingers on the memorial.

"It's good that Geng Qing can share my worries, but don't use my trust in you to act recklessly, eat the salary I give you, and think about pulling me down from the horse."

"I dare not."

"Well, it's good if you don't dare, help me more, and you will be prosperous in the future." Huang Chao stood up, "The matter between you and Xiang Cui is over, don't complain, don't use your emotions, otherwise I will beat you ,Understand?"

Geng Qing cupped his hands and bowed his head: "I understand."

The old man standing behind the dragon case nodded, took a memorial and handed it to the eunuch beside him, asking him to take it down and hand it to Geng Qing, then Huang Chao walked around with his hands behind his back, "Do you still remember that time before, you told me Would it not be possible to send an envoy to persuade Zheng Tian? Hehe, ten days ago, he beheaded my envoy and sent it back!"

Below, Geng Qing took the memorial from the eunuch, flipped through it, closed it, and handed it back to the eunuch.

It was Cui Qian's idea to send envoys to persuade Zheng Tian before, but now the other party's strategy is ineffective, and Geng Qing said that this matter will fail. In the eyes of others, it is natural that the youth's strategy is better than the former.

'No wonder Huang Chao didn't get angry. It turned out that there was such a play. '

Thinking about it, the emperor who was walking on the imperial steps stopped, his eyes were burning: "I want to hear, right now, you are Zheng Tian, ​​what are you going to do next?"

"Your Majesty, I don't understand military strategy."

"Just say it."

"Yes." Geng Qing thought for a while, then arched his hands: "Resist His Majesty's army from advancing westward, open up Hexi, gather the Shence Army scattered in Guanzhong, and join hands with other Jiedu envoys to besiege Chang'an!"

Huang Chao didn't speak, but turned his eyes to the old man on one side. The latter stroked his gray beard and nodded, wanting to approve what Geng Qing said.

Only then did the emperor on the steps have a smile on his face, and he waved his hand to let Geng Qing back down, but when he was about to leave the palace gate, Huang Chao suddenly called him back: "Geng Qing!"

"Your Majesty is here, what orders do you have?" Geng Qing didn't show any hesitation, and quickly turned around and bowed his hands.

"If I take down those Divine Strategy troops first, do you have a suitable person to recommend? Most of my generals are rough, and they might turn the surrendered troops into fodder."

Huang Chao sat back on the dragon table, glanced at him, raised his hand and waved back and forth, signaling him to speak out boldly, Geng Qing looked around, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Zhifang was once the commander of the imperial city's imperial army, and he has a lot of knowledge. Prestige, but thinking that he is an old minister of the Tang court, there is a risk of rebellion, so it is better to let his son, Zhang Huaiyi, go. That ability."

After Geng Qing finished speaking, seeing the emperor in the hall nodded silently, he had nothing else to say, and left with his hands folded. As soon as he left the Xingqing Hall, Huang Chao laughed and looked at the old man below.

"Scholar Pi, what do you think of him?"

"Very good, Pi Rixiu congratulates His Majesty on a good plan!" The old man laughed.

The rain ticked down along the eaves of the palace, Geng Qing walked out of Chengtian Gate, it was getting late, and got on the carriage to leave the imperial city, not far away, another carriage drove out of Anfu Gate and stopped at Geng Qing Next to the carriage, the light blue curtain was raised, and it was an old man whom I had seen in Xingqing Hall, thin and lonely, with a radiant look, smiling and looking at Geng Qing who also looked at him when the curtain was lifted.

There was only one step between the two cars, the old man said with a smile.

"It's a good plan. You want to destroy the inside of Huang Ting, and gather the magic army outside. Everyone still thinks that you are young, but they didn't expect that there is such a crouching dragon diving into the abyss like you."

After finishing speaking, the carriage drove away, Geng Qing sat in the carriage, his pupils tightened, and a chill crept up his spine.

In one word, he broke his own plan.
This person seems to be Huang Chao's counselor.

"Brother Geng, what's wrong with you? Who was that person just now?"

When Qin Huaimian asked a question, Geng Qing came back to his senses, sat back on the bench, and told Dachun through the curtain: "Follow that carriage! Don't get lost!"

　It's too late!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)