Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 93

In the early morning of the next day, Duan Shao was called to Bohai Palace.

Gao Cheng cut the cooked beef with a short knife in his hand, eating happily.

"Cousin hasn't eaten yet, right? Sit down, sit down, I asked the servant to prepare a meal for cousin."

Gao Cheng warmly greeted Duan Shao, but Duan Shao raised his heart. He said with a wry smile:

"Zi Hui has something to say, as long as you don't ask for my new concubine, I will agree to everything."

"What is Xiaoxian talking about! I, Gao Zihui, am not a womanizer."

Gao Cheng retorted with a stern face, asked the maid to wipe his hands clean, and screened everyone away, then took out the envelope and said:
"I have a secret letter that needs to be submitted to my father urgently. The matter is so important that I dare not leave it to anyone else. I hesitated for a long time between Xiaoxian and Mingyue. After all, Xiaoxian and I have an extra layer of cousins, and the relationship is closer."

Duan Shao was refreshed when he heard the words, he took the envelope and said with a smile:

"Du Luguang is extremely vulgar. He is not a person worthy of entrusting important matters. Don't worry, Zihui, I will live up to the entrustment. Since the matter is urgent, Shao will leave immediately."

After taking the envelope and putting it in his arms, Duan Shao said goodbye:
"Since the matter is urgent, Shao will leave immediately. Zi Huike still has something to say."

Gao Cheng got up immediately and sent Duan Shao out of the house in person.

Before leaving, Gao Cheng specially asked Duan Shao to send greetings to Chen Yuankang for him.

How could the sun in Luoyang forget the sunflower in Jinyang?

After sending Duan Shao away, Gao Jishi was also packing his bags, ready to go south to dig Gao Aocao's wall, and select four hundred sharp men as guards for Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng led the guards to send Gao Jishi out of Pingchang Gate in the south of the city. After saying goodbye, he turned to the camp in the east of the city to inspect the training of the soldiers left behind.

When Hu Luguang learned of Gao Cheng's intentions, he quickly ordered someone to summon the two of them to play.

Gao Cheng and Hu Luguang stood on the high platform, and below the platform were ten thousand prefecture soldiers lined up neatly.

I don't know how it behaves on the battlefield, but at least it looks decent now.

Hu Luguang asked Gao Cheng to issue orders, and following Gao Cheng's order, a temporary martial arts performance officially started.

The first thing to start is still the fixed-target infantry. Hu Luguang is worthy of the name of the sharpshooter. After two months of training, the whole army has improved from the previous ten-three to five-six, and even some soldiers can Reach the standard of seven or eight out of ten.

After Gao Cheng nodded, he said to the Chinese military officials accompanying him:
"Go and register the seventh and eighth of the ten high schools separately."

During the Southern Expedition, the sparse arrows of the various archers could not satisfy Gao Cheng.

After looting the property of the temple, you must enrich your military equipment, make more arrows and lose them. If you encounter the enemy in the future, don't talk nonsense, let's shoot a few rounds first.

Who doesn't want to imitate Yuan Shao's majestic shout:
'See who can withstand my arrow array! '

After the infantry shooting, Gao Cheng came up with the method of infantry combat. Ten thousand soldiers were divided into ten armies, and they used wooden sticks to fight in pairs. One end of the wooden sticks was wrapped in a coarse cloth soaked in paint, and those who were stained with paint would be counted as killed in battle. .

Gao Cheng ordered someone to lead a group of fat pigs into the camp, and encouraged everyone to say:

"Today's combat drill, the five victorious armies can eat meat for three days, and the defeated five armies must watch the victors eat meat."

This idea is a bit detrimental, it's fine if you don't have meat, and you have to watch others eat it, which can be called double torture, but it does fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

As the infantry battle started, the school grounds suddenly became noisy.

"I stabbed you, how can you fight back!"

"Can't I change my life when I die?"

"Hey! Where are you stabbing! I don't have any heirs yet!"

"Don't hit you on the head, boy! People will die! You still come? I will fight with you!"

This scene does not look like the two armies are fighting, it is clearly a battle of 2000 people.

Gao Cheng coughed a few times, trying to hide his embarrassment, and said with a smile:
"Short-to-hand combat is all about momentum. The soldiers are very energetic."

The crowd also joined in.

Seeing that in the first match, many people were bleeding from the head, Gao Cheng reiterated that it is not allowed to hit the head.

He has already given up on this foot combat exercise, as long as no one dies.

Sure enough, professional things should be left to professionals.

The results of the five confrontations have been successively, the winner is happy, and the loser is frustrated.

Gao Cheng comforted the loser and said loudly:
"You don't have to be discouraged, you are good at learning martial arts, and you will perform martial arts every half a month in the future, and you are afraid that you will lose meat."

Hearing this, the whole army cheered.

The life of state and county soldiers is really difficult. Although they are exempted from taxes, they only have food and clothing on weekdays, and there are really few opportunities to improve their food.

At this time, Gao Cheng also got the roster of those with excellent marksmanship registered by the civil servants.

A total of more than [-] people.

After looking through it, Gao Cheng handed the list to Hu Luguang, and said:

"I have to trouble Mingyue to train me another [-] people who are good at archery. I intend to form the left and right armies of the God Arm Battalion."

Hu Luguang took over the roster and accepted the job with confidence.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Gao Cheng praised softly:

"Before, I was hesitating between Mingyue and Xiaoxian who should shoulder the heavy responsibility and train for me.

"Although Xiaoxian and I are cousins, our friendship is not as deep as that of Mingyue, so I entrusted [-] soldiers to you, and Mingyue did not disappoint me.

"I'm not familiar with the way of training soldiers, so I'll leave everything to Mingyue."

Hu Luguang heard that he had stepped on Duan Shao in Gao Cheng's heart, no matter whether the words were true or not, he had a smug smile on his face.

"My son, please don't worry, I will definitely train a team of brave men to repay my son's trust."

The tribes of Duan Shao, Yaoxiong, and Murong Shaozong followed Gao Cheng to the south, and they were exhausted. They were dismissed from the trilogy long ago, and they were allowed to rest for a few days to reunite with their families. Therefore, Gao Cheng and Hu Luguang were the only ones in the camp. troops.

Now that something happened here, Gao Cheng also set off to return to the city, it wasn't that he didn't want to practice horse fighting anymore, but this group of bitter haha, they are not people who have ridden horses before.

Lay the foundation of foot combat first, and when the horses are abundant in the future, it will not be too late to arrange for the troops to learn riding skills.

When Gao Cheng returned to Luoyang City, he was not in a hurry to go to Shangshu Province to deal with government affairs, and went straight to the Tingwangsifu Yamen located near the Bohai Palace.

After the establishment of the Department of Hearing and Watching in Xindu, the government office followed Gao Cheng and moved several times, first to Cangzhou, then to Yecheng, and finally to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang.

Now the Luoyang government office was formerly the mansion of a Zongwang who died in Heyin, and was donated to the temple. After Gao Cheng entered Luoyang, in order to show that he would not take any money, he deliberately bought it at a high price.

As the Department of Listening and Watching has been deeply involved in the rise of the Gao Clan, its reputation has grown, and other forces are also forming their own intelligence agencies.

Frequently, spies related to Xi and Nanliang were hunted down and taken into the government office dungeon to be tortured and obtain information.

After Gao Cheng found out, he specifically told him to stay with his life, maybe in the future he could exchange for each other's captured spies.

Even if the redeemed spies can no longer continue to serve, they can still be given a decent job, which can be regarded as a reward for going deep into the enemy's rear.

Gao Cheng walked into the lobby. Although everyone was busy, they were orderly under Zhao Yanshen's command.

Seeing Gao Cheng, they all stopped their work and bowed to him.

"You can do your own thing, don't pay attention to me, Yanshen, you follow me to the side room to discuss matters."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went to the side room in the lobby. Zhao Yanshen also hurriedly put down the Chinese book in his hand and followed closely.

In the side room, the two sat opposite each other, Gao Cheng revealed the whole plan of suppressing Buddha, Zhao Yanshen immediately agreed, Gao Longzhi was the one who reported to Gao Cheng about building the temple.

But still advised:

"In the past, the Taiwu exterminated the Buddha and filled the national treasury, but his actions were too cruel. I beg my son to refrain from killing evil."

Gao Cheng laughed and said:

"What Yanshen said is very true. Monks and nuns return to lay farming, and they can also pay taxes and serve corvee for me. Cheng definitely won't follow Taiwu's old edict."

Taiwu Emperor Tuoba Tao's campaign of exterminating Buddhism lasted for six years. At the beginning, he only ordered monks and nuns to return to secular life. In the sixth year, the methods were extremely cruel.

While abolishing temples, destroy Buddha statues and burn all Buddhist scriptures.

If it weren't for the crown prince Tuoba Huang who believed in Buddhism and secretly protected a group of monks and nuns and Buddhist scriptures, the north would have to wait for Tuoba Tao's death, and the southern monks and nuns would spread Buddhism to the north.

Tuoba Tao is also the only monarch among the Three Wus and One Sect who intends to completely exterminate Buddhism. He is such a man.

Gao Cheng knew that Buddhism had its positive effects. Although the monks and nuns in this period did many evil things, it did not prevent them from showing compassion and guiding people to do good.

The reincarnation of life and death preached by Buddhism can also give people spiritual comfort.

However, it is the ruler's dereliction of duty to require the people to endure the suffering of the world by paralyzing themselves.

Gao Cheng is not ashamed to admit this. After all, he did not cause the country to fall to this point. Instead, he has been working hard to restore order.

During the period, Gao Cheng went out of the side room and ordered someone to call Cui Jishu, and the three discussed together in the side room what to do with the temple and monks and nuns.

With Emperor Taiwu in front of him, and meeting such a benevolent Lord as Xiao Gaowang, the monks and nuns couldn't justify their gratitude to Dade.

After all, Gao Cheng just took away their belongings and ordered them to return to work, so their lives are still kept.

The three people in the side room spoke dryly, calling the guards gathered around the side room many times to add water.

There is no real person in this world who does not have guards around him when he is planning something.

It was not until noon that a feasible plan was negotiated, and Gao Cheng got up to leave. Before parting, he handed over the collection of criminal evidence to Zhao Yanshen.

Once you get Gao Huan's permission, you can do it immediately.

Back at the mansion, Gao Cheng finally remembered that there was such a person as Wang Sizheng in the world.

Wang Sizheng sat on the ground, leaning against the cage, staring blankly at the sky outside the door.

The door was kept open so that the guards outside the door could see clearly what was going on in the room.

He was imprisoned for nearly a year. In the beginning, someone who delivered meals talked to him. After the turmoil in Luoyang, Yuan Xiu fled, and Wang Sizheng was Yuan Xiu's aide, so no one dared to talk to him anymore.

Wang Sizheng knew that there had been turmoil in Luoyang, and he could hear the commotion that day clearly, but he didn't know the specifics. However, the winner was Gao after all, otherwise he would have regained his freedom.

These days, he has completely stopped thinking about being rescued, and the small figure he once saw in the Yuanbaoju Mansion reverberates in his mind every day.

Only the man can let himself out, his mercy can get himself out of it.

Footsteps sounded from far to near, outside the house.

Wang Sizheng felt that he was hallucinating, and the boy he had seen countless times in his dreams appeared at the door, but his figure was much taller than before.

Gao Cheng saw Wang Sizheng's dull expression, he was very angry, and said to the head guard:
"I just asked you to detain him. How did you ever say that you could be punished! How could you beat him so stupidly."

The leader of the caretaker was also at a loss, so he quickly accepted:
"My lord, the humble official really didn't use the punishment. I'm afraid he was imprisoned for a long time, which makes him look a little stupid."

And Wang Sizheng also realized that this was not a hallucination, the scene he had been thinking about day and night finally appeared, and he finally waited for his benefactor.

He rushed over and shouted:

"My son! I am willing to surrender, and Wang Sizheng is willing to serve you."

A face seemed to squeeze from between two pillars.

Gao Cheng was taken aback by his appearance, and it seemed that the drafts for wooing people were no longer needed.

He looked at Wang Sizheng with a strange look: why don't you hold back a bit, and walk through the scene of a corporal with me.

Wang Sizheng didn't know what he was thinking. If he missed this opportunity, he would definitely not be able to get out in this life.

The gaze looking at Gao Cheng was hot and full of longing, which even made Gao Cheng unconsciously take half a step back.

"I locked you up for a year, you don't blame me?"

Gao Cheng asked tentatively.

"Ideology and politics go astray. Fortunately, the son stopped me, and then I found my way back. How can Ideology and politics repay virtue with resentment?"

Wang Sizheng spoke sincerely.

Gao Cheng scratched his head. Could it be Stockholm syndrome? The victim has a good impression and dependence on the perpetrator?
"Open the cell door and bring him out."

Gao Cheng ordered.

There are many guards around him, and they are not afraid that the weak Wang Sizheng will take the opportunity to attack.

Gao Cheng informed Wang Sizheng of the specific situation of the turmoil in Luoyang, and said to him:
"Now that Yuanxiu is fleeing to the west, I can't reuse you. Southern Jingzhou has experienced war and the city was destroyed. I will have someone take you to Anchang. You will participate in the construction of the city wall."

Wang Sizheng kowtowed to the ground and said in tears:

"Sizheng has been trapped in a cage for nearly a year. When the clan rebelled, Yuan Xiu didn't think about saving him, so he fled to Guanzhong alone. Sizheng and him have long since broken up. Please don't be suspicious because of the thief."

Gao Cheng helped him up, and comforted him:

"It's good for you to participate in the construction of Anchang City. If you are sincere, I can see it.

"I have known for a long time that all the Zongwangs in the Nanyang Palace have hidden evil intentions, but I only tied you here because I know that you are a talented person and the Zongwang has a noble status, but in my eyes, I can't compare with you, Wang Sizheng.

"I, Gao Zihui, can easily let Yuan Xiu and Yuan Baoju go, but I absolutely don't want to let you go.

"The reason why I haven't seen you for a long time is also because I worry that you miss your old master and don't want to be used by me."

For some reason, when Wang Sizheng heard these words, a warm current flowed wantonly in his heart.

Gao Cheng immediately ordered someone to take Wang Sizheng down to freshen up, and prepared new clothes for him. After freshening up, he ordered the guards to send him back to the palace to reunite with his family first.

When Wang Sizheng returned to the mansion, everyone exclaimed, and the whole family hugged each other tightly and cried.

After asking about all the affairs in the mansion, Wang Sizheng knew that when King Zong rebelled, the eldest son Wang Yuanxun also participated in the rebellion in order to save his father, but he was not punished for some reason.

So Wang Sizheng believed Gao Cheng's words even more, thinking that Xiao Gao Wang cherished his talent, so he was imprisoned, and the inexplicable favor in his heart deepened a bit.

　Thanks to the book friend Fibonacci for the rabbit, maybe just a nostalgic reward.

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(End of this chapter)