The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 512
The reason why Mu Xu didn't reuse people like Bao Kang was mainly due to three considerations.

First, no matter how talented they are, they are newcomers after all. It is not good for Mu Xu to be promoted rashly without making any achievements. Otherwise, the psychological imbalance of the old people under his command will be unfavorable, which is not conducive to unity.

Second, Mu Xu planned to arrange the talents of the three families together after Tian Hu's forces were incorporated, so that they could save worry and make more comparisons, and arrange each person in a suitable position according to their specialties.

Thirdly, Mu Xu hated what Fang La*** did. After all, there were examples from the Middle Ages in Europe.so he

I want to observe secretly, lest Fang La's subordinates bring this kind of thinking under his rule.

Fortunately, the result was not bad, Bao Kang and Shi Bao were quite measured, and did not develop followers in Yundi, which made Mu Xu heave a sigh of relief.

"Master, I don't know if there is anything else I want to tell you?"

But Wang Dingliu saw that Mu Xu was speechless for a while, so he asked aloud.

Mu Xu came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "That's all, you can do as I tell you."

"Yes, my little one will leave, so that you can rest early!"

After coming out of the study, Mu Xu stayed in Fang Baihua's room that night. After a lingering love, while Fang Lahua was still immersed in the aftertaste, Mu Xu casually said,

"Baihua, what arrangements do you have for your sister-in-law?"

Fang Baihua didn't think too much, and lay on Mu Xu's chest and said lazily, "Bo'er is still young, and his sister-in-law takes him through life. Both Tianding and Jieer are good at martial arts, and they are also quite proficient in military affairs. They should work for officials. As for Jinzhi, she is a woman after all, and she is going to marry after all..."

Speaking of this, she raised her head slightly, and deliberately tested Mu Xu, "Speaking of Jin Zhi, she is a first-class beauty, should the officials accept her?"

"Snapped!"

"Oh!" Fang Baihua rubbed her buttocks and complained, "Speak as you say, why beat him?"

"Of course I have to beat you. Do you think I am a womanizer in your heart? Now that I have married you, if I marry your niece again, what kind of person will I be? Do you think I am Li Longji?"

In fact, Fang Baihua didn't want to serve her husband with her niece, but she was born with a strong temper, so she retorted subconsciously, "What's the big deal, there are many scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty who take mothers and daughters."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Fang Baihua regretted it immediately, for fear that Mu Xu would follow suit and agree.

Fortunately, Mu Xu really didn't mean that, so he just said, "Okay, don't mention this matter in the future. If you really don't have a suitable candidate, how about letting me tell your niece about her husband's family after a while?"

As soon as Fang Baihua heard this, she immediately regained her spirits, quickly got up from Mu Xu's arms, and asked without any regard for the joy, "Guys, tell me quickly, which young talent is it?"

Mu Xu didn't answer, but smirked and looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him.

"Hmph, it's not like I haven't seen it before, be careful that your eyes are off!" Fang Baihua's mouth was stiff, but his movements were unambiguous, he pulled off his coat and put it on his delicate body.

Mu Xu smacked his lips regretfully, and said with a smile, "I haven't made up my mind yet. When I find a suitable candidate, I will be the first to let you know."

"Since the officials agreed, you must take it seriously. You must find a good husband for Jin Zhi, otherwise I will not obey!"

"Don't worry, I'll let you check it in advance, it's okay."

"It's almost there."

The two chatted for a while, and Mu Xu brought the conversation back to the front.

"Your two nephews, Fang Tianding and Fang Jie, are both good. I will be of great use in the future, and I will not treat them badly."

Fang Baihua quickly thanked her, and when she didn't want to, Mu Xu changed the subject and asked suddenly, "Has your sister-in-law looked for you recently?"

As mentioned above, Fang Baihua is top-notch when it comes to strategy, so as soon as Mu Xu said this, she sensed something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "But what did my sister-in-law do?"

Mu Xu hesitated for a moment, but finally told the whole story truthfully.

Fang Baihua was stunned when he heard this, and then knelt on the bed, pleading with Mu Xu, "Officer, my sister-in-law is from a small family and doesn't have much knowledge, please spare her this experience, don't worry about it !"

Mu Xu got up and pulled Fang Baihua to sit beside him, and said seriously, "If I really wanted to care, I wouldn't have told you."

Fang Baihua was overjoyed, and Fang was about to say thank you when Mu Xu continued, "I know that you and your sister-in-law have a lot of opinions on Maode because of your elder brother. But I hope you understand that she is just a The woman in the deep palace, this matter cannot be blamed on her head.

Besides, since your elder brother chose to fight for hegemony, he must also know the truth of winning and losing, otherwise he would not have gone to his death calmly.

To put it bluntly, many of your eldest brother's actions in Jiangnan are too much. I don't deny that there are many corrupt officials in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, but are there no good people among them? "

Having said that, he sighed and continued, "But think about it for yourself, how you Manichaeans do it, but any official, as long as it falls into your hands, it won't even leave a whole body.

It is precisely because of this that after your eldest brother was escorted to Beijing that day, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were outraged and demanded that he be sentenced to death. This may not be retribution. "

After Fang Baihua heard Mu Xu's words, he lowered his head and said in frustration, "I also thought about what the officials said later, especially after marrying an official, and comparing the actions of an official, let me I understand more clearly that our previous methods will not work, so unpopular, sooner or later we will not be able to escape defeat."

"It's best if you think like this. Brother Fang's actions like that, it's only a matter of time before the court wipes out. You don't want to blame Maode again. After all, there will be a long time in the future!"

Fang Baihua nodded and assured Mu Xu, "Don't worry, officer, I know what to do. In the future, I will get along well with Di Ji and not embarrass the officer.

At my sister-in-law's place, the concubine will also make it clear to her, let her live behind closed doors in the future, so as to teach her to become a talent and not to meddle in outside affairs. "

Seeing Fang Baihua's seriousness, Mu Xu was very relieved, but he also knew that he couldn't just beat the Fang family, otherwise it would be too much.

So, he immediately gave another sweet date, "In two days, I will invite everyone under your elder brother's tent to come to the house for a talk, and you will accompany me to attend."

Fang Baihua was puzzled, "Why is this, officer?"

"I want to have an open and honest conversation with them about how they are going to be arranged in the future."

"The concubine understands, and must cooperate with the officials well."

"Well, then it's settled, let's rest."

……

Half a month later, news came from Hedong that Fenzhou was captured by the Song army's internal and external cooperation, and Tian Hu was captured alive by the Zhongshi.

With the demise of Tian Hu, it also means that during Zhao Ji's reign, the massive rebellion of the four bandits has officially come to an end.

Among the four, except for Mu Xu who jumped out of the fence and Wang Qing accepted the recruitment, so he was still alive and well, Fang La and Tian Hu did not end well.

Mu Xu didn't have much friendship with Tian Hu, so he didn't have much feeling for his being destroyed.

The focus of his attention at this time was all on Yelu Yanxi's side. After exchanging letters between the two parties, an agreement was finally reached, and the alliance will be held eighty miles north of the Dushikou Fortress on the fifth day of December.

Each of them should lead no more than [-] troops on this trip. After the alliance is completed, Mu Xu still needs to marry Yelu Yuliyan, the Princess of Liao and Shu Kingdom, on the spot.

Mu Xu has no objection to this. After all, Chai Jin and Yan Qing have completed the negotiation on his behalf, so he only needs to be responsible for signing the alliance letter this time, and marry a lady when he comes back.

Compared with these, Mu Xu felt that it was more difficult to confess the matter to the wives.

This is caused by Mu Xu's thoughts in his previous life. Although Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism has not yet emerged, and it is said that women are not talented, it is De Na, but for wealthy families, three wives and four concubines are commonplace. What's more, with Mu Xu's current status, it doesn't matter how many people he marries.

Not to mention Hu Sanniang and the others, even Zhao Fujin is accustomed to this. Take her father, Emperor Zhao Ji, as an example. There are no fewer than fifty concubines with names and surnames, and there are countless people without names and surnames. .

Therefore, Zhao Fujin does not object to Mrs. Mu Xudona as long as it does not threaten her position as the first wife. What she cares more about is Yelu Yuliyan's identity.

Fortunately, not long ago, Mu Xu had leaked some words in advance, so she quickly accepted the fact, and only used words to remind Mu Xu, hoping that he would not have a newcomer over the old one.

Mu Xu was really puzzled, so he comforted her immediately, and said that he got married this time because he had no choice but to make an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin, and he wouldn't have planned for a rainy day. Just go to hook up with the Liao country, and even have to marry a foreign woman for nothing.

Zhao Fujin, a silly girl, has lived in the palace for a long time, and her understanding of the outside world basically comes from the explanations of those eunuchs, so she subconsciously took it for granted that all women of different races are born with five big and three rough, and none of them are good-looking.

Thinking that it was all because of her father that her husband wanted to marry a foreign princess against his will, she felt very guilty and complained a lot to Zhao Ji in private.

I have to say, this is really a huge misunderstanding, Mu Xu was thinking at the time, what would Zhao Fujin think when he saw Yelu Yuliyan's appearance after he married Yelu Yuliyan back home.

But Mu Xu also happily pretended to be stupid, and didn't expose Zhao Fujin's fantasy at all, just waiting to see her jokes.

After solving the family's worries, he sent Lehe to the south to welcome Wu Lide'an and his party. After everything was arranged, Mu Xu said goodbye to the wives. , heading towards the destination.

It is worth mentioning that he deliberately set off a few days earlier for this trip, intending to visit Wuzhou, Xinzhou, Ruzhou, Guizhou and other places on the way to learn about the local people's livelihood and the implementation of military achievements.

During the stay in Confucian State, Mu Xu, accompanied by Sun Yi, made a special trip to Juyongguan to observe the city defense of this grand pass from a distance, so as to prepare for the future.

Just stop and go like this, until the day before the appointment, Mu Xu led his army to the designated place.

After arriving here, Mu Xu was not in a hurry to set up camp, but first sent out scouts to scout a radius of [-] miles, and by the way, check whether Yelu Yanxi's troops had arrived.

About a stick of incense passed, suddenly the front army blew the warning horn, Mu Xu immediately sent an order for the whole army to be on alert, and asked Shi Bao, who was traveling with him, to command the central army, while he himself rode away to the front army.

Before Mu Xu arrived, Lu Junyi, the former commander of the army, sent someone to report that it was Chai Jin, Yan Qing and his party who came to meet up, and they also accompanied the special envoy sent by Yelu Yanxi to welcome them.

Mu Xu was not surprised by this, he had already expected this section before.

When he saw Chai Jin and the two of them, Mu Xu was about to ask where Yelu Yanxi's army was, but he saw Yelu Dashi flashing out of his figure first, and saluted him, "I am here to welcome you under the order of my majesty." Mr. Mu, please condescend to go to the prepared camp."

Mu Xu smiled and bowed back, pretending to be puzzled, "Why is it Lin Ya Dashi, aren't you an official in Song Dynasty?"

Yelu Dashi's face turned dark, and he replied in a blunt tone, "As the clan of the Liao Kingdom, how can I serve the Southern Dynasty? It was just the situation that day, and I had no choice but to succumb."

"Lin Ya Dashi can bend and stretch, which is really admirable!"

Yelu Dashi acted as if he didn't realize what Mu Xu meant, and said again, "My Majesty has been waiting for a long time, please move Mu Shijun!"

Mu Xu saw that this guy was not talking to each other, so he didn't bother to make trouble for himself, he just looked at Chai Jin and the two, and after seeing that they nodded in unison, he said, "Okay, then I will lead the way."

Yelu Dashi didn't say much, and immediately turned his horse's head and led the way in front of Mu Xu's army.

Taking advantage of this gap, Mu Xu finally had time to talk to Chai Jin and the two of them. The two rode on horseback, and gave him a brief account of Yelu Yanxi's current situation.

After listening to the report from the two, Mu Xu thought for a moment and said, "What according to Yi'er and others, Yelu Yanxi has completely controlled the alien soldiers under his command now?"

Chai Jin replied, "That's right, according to Xiao Ke's inquiries, this matter was written by Yelu Dashi."

Yan Qing didn't wait for Mu Xu to reply, and quickly suggested, "Master, this Yelu Dashi is quite capable, we have to guard against it."

Mu Xu smiled lightly, "Don't worry, Xiao Yi, I know Yelu Dashi's abilities very well. When I was in Langoudian, I had the idea of ​​killing him.

But after thinking about it, it would be better to keep him as a sharp knife against the Jurchen, so he let him go at that time.Now it seems that he has come to join Yelu Yanxi? "

"It turns out that the envoy has already made plans, please forgive Xiaoyi Menglang."

"What kind of words are you talking about? You also have good intentions. How can I blame you?" Mu Xu said this, pondered in his heart, and added,
"But what you said is right. Even if we know Yelu Dashi as a person, we still can't relax our vigilance against him, so as not to trap us when he leads the army away."

Chai Jin was taken aback when he heard this, not knowing what Mu Xu meant.And Yan Qing's reaction was quicker, he asked in disbelief, "What does the envoy mean to say that this Yelu Dashi wants to set up another family?"

(End of this chapter)