Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 365 Harvest
"Killed?" Wang Wenzuo was startled: "Why? If you refuse, you refuse. Why kill?"

"If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers. If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your body. If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your life!" Cao Wenzong said in a deep voice: "Since they know about it and don't come, and they are quite popular among the vicious young people, I'm afraid that they will not come here in the future." It will ruin your event, so I should kill them all. Besides, when they were studying art with me, they also made an oath that the teacher must come if they have something to call, otherwise they will die. Injury! Even if Xiao Yi doesn't do it, I will take their lives!"

"But killing so many people, will it attract Jing Zhaoyin's attention? Will it implicate Xiaoyi?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to worry too much!" Cao Wenzong said with a smile, "It's normal for wicked young men to draw their swords to face each other. Will there be a few more nameless corpses on the streets of Chang'an at night? How many more than 20 People are not kind, and there are countless enemies, and the government has no way to investigate the murder! As for Xiao Yi? How many lives do you have on hand now? Xiao Yi?"

"Who knows?" Wu Xiaoyi scratched the back of his head: "There are two or three hundred at least! I don't know, who will remember the matter of drawing a knife?"

"This kid's appearance is too deceptive!" Wang Wenzuo re-examined Xia Wu Xiaoyi's slightly childish and elegant appearance. This person was the candidate to assassinate the Wu Clan, but his luck was really bad, and he collapsed before he could do anything: "Then what are your plans for the future, Xiao Yi, I remember that you can stay in Chang'an!"

"Since the teacher and the younger brothers and sisters have all gone to Baekje with you, it doesn't make any sense for me to stay in Chang'an!" Wu Xiaoyi said: "Anyway, I can only kill people, and it's the same for me everywhere, maybe I'm in Baekje." A knife is more useful!"

"That's for sure!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "In the land of Haidong, I really need people like Xiao Yi to kill some people who get in the way for me!"

"Human Zhan? Ren Zhan Xiaoyi! Not bad!" Wu Xiaoyi's eyes lit up: "I like this nickname, and I will be called Ren Zhan Xiaoyi from now on!"

"Beheading people, and drawing swords!" Wang Wenzuo slandered, and turned his eyes to Cao Wenzong: "In this case, General Cao hastened to recruit people. As long as they are brave in martial arts, I want as many as possible. Copy a list for me. , the documents from the imperial court should be issued soon, and then I will distribute the settlement allowance according to the roster!"

"Settlement fee?" Cao Wenzong's eyes lit up: "That's great, as far as I know, the imperial court did not have this in the past when recruiting soldiers!"

"That's a mansion soldier. They have fields at home, so naturally they don't have any. This time it's recruiting soldiers, so of course we need to send some money and food to go on the road!"

"That's strange, it seems that none of them have conscripted manpower from Chang'an to Anxi and Beiting several times in the past!" Cao Wenzong's expression became strange: "Dare to ask, where did you get the settlement money? The Ministry of War? "

"Ahem, I don't need to talk about this in detail, let's talk about it when the time comes!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly shifted the subject, he couldn't say that he planned to pay the soldiers for settlement from his own pocket, could he?Using private wealth to support the soldiers of the country, it is a terrible thing to spread the news!Even if you really want to do it, it won't be too late if you get Baekje.

Seeing this, Cao Wenzong didn't dare to ask any more questions, and after saying a few more words, he took Xiaoyi and the others to leave.After seeing them off, Wang Wenzuo finally let go of his breath. He calculated what he had gained in Chang'an, and couldn't help but get excited again.

The first is the relationship between the upper class. No matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, as long as one is able to get along in society, the most important thing is the antenna and thighs.Working hard at the grassroots level, bleeding and sweating, in the end the results are all others’, and the faults are all your own. In the final analysis, the higher-ups don’t know who you are, and the middle-level leaders are not willing to speak for you. Naturally, there is no benefit. , No harm can escape, Wang Wenzuo had seen this kind of thing too much before time travel.But this time in Chang'an, whether it's playing polo or quelling rebellion, Wang Wenzuo has a place in the hearts of the emperor, queen, and prince, which is much more important than the promotion of official positions. If you become a great success, and if you make a mistake, you will have a chance to recover. There are people in the court who are easy to be officials!
The second is the official position. After all, in a bureaucratic organization, power is always linked to a certain official position.Wang Wenzuo is now the fifth-rank general Dingyuan, the consoling ambassador of the Japanese state, and the marching commander of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion. Considering the latter, he only needs to be responsible to the imperial court. In fact, his scope of power is very large. Even Liu Renyuan, who is his superior, has no right to interfere with the latter. It can be said that he is a sole official.

The third is manpower. After Wang Wenzuo became the consolation ambassador of the Wa Kingdom, he theoretically has the power to start a government to enlist staff members and establish his own personal staff team.The former he intends to use to accommodate Japanese missionaries, Baekje people and fellow township party members who followed him.But the latter is more troublesome. Due to the government military system, the original Baekje Tang Army must not be stationed there for a long time, and must be rotated regularly.For the Tang Empire, Baekje is already a very secondary battlefield, and the limited number of soldiers must be supplemented in more important directions. However, Baekje is a country far away from the mainland, so it is not difficult to imagine being defeated. What kind of crooked people will be sent to Baekje.It is very difficult to defend Baekje with such a pitiful force, let alone support Wang Wenzuo's military operations against Japan.Wang Wenzuo originally planned to obtain the required troops from the Baekje people who had a bond with him, such as Sancho, Wang Hao, and Heitou Changzhi; But it's still weak.This time, if we can recruit 2000 people from Chang'an to go to Baekje and use them as the old battalion after training, then this shortcoming will be made up, and things will be much more convenient.

The fourth is money and food. To put it bluntly, war is fighting for money and food. After three years of counterinsurgency wars, the people of Baekje have already run out of money. Let the common people eat the bran, and then consider other things.Therefore, after Wang Wenzuo went to Baekje, it was impossible to scrape off the oil and water from the people of Baekje - anyway, he couldn't scrape off.All that is left to do is drying salt, fishing, trading, building temples and making incense money, etc., and these things require capital.At first, Wang Wenzuo was thinking about whether he could find someone to borrow another sum of money, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. With half of Liu Weili's family property, plus the money he got from the Zoroastrian Temple, Wang Wenzuo's net worth has almost caught up with those in Chengdu, The big counties of Yangzhou, Yuezhou, Xuzhou, and Anyang have been governors for more than ten years.The eunuch is full, and he can show his ambitions.

"Although I was in Chang'an during this period of time, I was frightened every day, and the accidents continued, but I still gained a lot!" Wang Wenzuo smiled, and he couldn't help but secretly proud of himself. If he hadn't come to Chang'an this time, no matter how hard he was in Baekje, he couldn't help it. If you manage the upper-level relations, recruit soldiers and so much money, the official position will not be so high.So don't be afraid of tossing about everything. Look at Liu Rengui who dared to cross the sea in white clothes at a young age, and now he doesn't stand up anymore? If he didn't come to Baekje back then, he would have been killed by Li Yifu.

"By the way, what are the arrangements for the two Highnesses? It's not appropriate to stay anywhere in Chang'an. Once they are discovered, there will be endless troubles. You can't let them go to Baekje with me, right?"

Wang Wenzuo was smug, when he suddenly thought of Li Xiayu's sister, he felt a little pain in his stomach. Whenever he encountered a problem that he couldn't solve, he would do this.He recalled the first time he met Li Xiayu that night. Although the girl was disheveled, she was indeed a rare beauty, not to mention her noble status, with starry eyes and smooth muscles, a beautiful nose and red lips.However, Wang Wenzuo didn't imagine that there would be any special relationship between himself and the other party - the cruelty of the upper-level infighting during the Gaozong and Wuzhou periods is unmistakable in China's 5000-year history.

"Forget it, a good man will do it to the end. Anyway, this time I go to Baekje and go back to my hometown on the way. When the time comes, leave a sum of money to Liu Wulang's widow. Let's say that he is a distant relative of my family, and just settle in his house!"

Wang Wenzuo made up his mind and didn't think too much about it. Liu Wu took good care of him in the army back then, so he would definitely visit his widow when he went back. The widow took care of the two lonely women, which was just right.

Another half a month later, the document from the Ministry of War finally came down, asking Wang Wenzuo to conscript soldiers in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, with an amount of [-] soldiers.After Wang Wenzuo received the document, he set up a frame on the back foot. In just a few days, he recruited two thousand soldiers.

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Jin Ren asked the mansion.

"Grand Liu!" Wang Wenzuo quickly walked down the steps, and bowed to Liu Rengui: "Why didn't you send someone to say something earlier if you want to come, so that I can go out to greet you!"

"Hehe!" Liu Rengui said with a smile: "Sanlang, you and I are old acquaintances of Baekje, why are you so formal?"

"Please, please!" Wang Wenzuo grasped Liu Rengui's right arm, stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Liu, I heard that the imperial court has appointed you as the imperial doctor this time. This is a very happy event!"

"Hehe, Saburo, don't you also serve as the consolation ambassador of the Wa Kingdom? We are each other! This hypocrisy will be avoided!" Liu Rengui laughed.

"Liu Gong was joking, others don't know, you don't know, the villain is just doing some personal affairs for the queen, how can he compare with the doctor Yushi?" Wang Wenzuo invited Liu Rengui to the hall while talking, and the two separated. The host and guest sit down.Liu Rengui looked around, and said in a deep voice: "Sanlang, you and I are not outsiders, so I won't say more about some lies. Wa country and Baekje face each other across the sea. It is not easy for Baekje to have the situation it is today. You must not act Fuck it, it ruined the overall situation!"

"I remember what Liu Gong said!" Wang Wenzuo said in a deep voice: "But I think that Baekje is isolated overseas, and the north and south are adjacent to Goguryeo and Silla. Goguryeo is not necessary to mention. After the chaos of Baekje's restoration of the country subsided, Silla and I were hidden. The world is already an enemy, and in such a situation, if you want to defend it, you will not be able to defend it!"

"It's really hard to defend! But is it easy to attack?" Liu Rengui asked, "Compared to Baekje and Wa Kingdom, they are much bigger, and they are facing each other across the sea—"

"There are great benefits, but there are also disadvantages!" Wang Wenzuo cut off Liu Rengui's words: "There are a lot of domestic troubles in Japan, and they are trying to expand outward to alleviate the internal troubles. However, they were defeated in Baijiangkou, the old king passed away, and the new king Not being able to succeed to the throne, the nobles and relatives have two hearts, this is a good opportunity!"

Liu Rengui was cut off by Wang Wenzuo, but he didn't feel annoyed. He shook his head and said with a smile: "Sanlang, you are still like this, but it seems that you have made up your mind on the matter of the Wa Kingdom, so I won't say more. But there is something I would like to ask Sanlang to remember." Hold on, when the water is full, it will be full, and when the moon is full, it will be negative. It is better not to overdo things in this world!"

Hearing this, Wang Wenzuo also knew that Liu Rengui had good intentions, and said with a smile, "I will remember what Duke Ming said!"

"That's good!" Liu Rengui nodded: "There is one more thing, I will remind you first, Liu Renyuan may be transferred from Baekje soon!"

"Ah?" Wang Wenzuo had a premonition, but pretended to be surprised on the surface: "Why is this? Could it be that Mr. Liu is not in good health?"

"No, I don't know the exact reason!" Liu Rengui said with a smile: "But the emperor asked me who is the best successor two days ago, and I recommended you to the emperor!"

"Me?" Wang Wenzuo was taken aback. He never expected that Liu Rengui would recommend himself to the emperor as Liu Renyuan's replacement: "This, isn't it appropriate?"

"Yes, in terms of seniority and age, it's not suitable, Saburo, you are too young!" Liu Rengui said with a smile: "But the situation in Baekje is special, unlike the domestic states and counties, even if you choose the wrong person, you will be miserable." The people of the county are suffering. If you choose the wrong person there, all previous efforts will be wasted, and ten years of hard work will be ruined. When you put down the chaos of Baekje, you have made great contributions, whether it is to appease the heroes of Baekje internally or to Silla. , Goguryeo, and Japanese, you have a strategy in mind, and you don't stick to it for a while, and it is you who guard the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion!"

Looking into Liu Rengui's earnest eyes, Wang Wenzuo didn't know what to say for a moment, and after a while he managed to say something: "Grand Liu, I really don't know what to say for a moment!"

"Then there's no need to say anything!" Liu Rengui smiled and held Wang Wenzuo's arm: "The most important thing for a scholar-bureaucrat in my generation is a public heart, and I have to think more about the emperor and the country in everything. Of course, I It’s not that you don’t have a fair heart, if that’s the case, I won’t recommend you this time, it’s just that you are a young boy, and such a person sometimes thinks less!”

The gate of the Jin Mansion.

Looking at the back of Liu Rengui's departure, Wang Wenzuo had mixed feelings in his heart. In fact, among Liu Renyuan and Liu Rengui, his relationship with Liu Renyuan was much closer. Treated as his own father.But his perception of Liu Rengui is much more complicated. Although the two are sitting on the same boat, there is always a special sense of estrangement, especially because of his letter, which made Liu Renyuan a victim of the prophecy. Wang Wenzuo's perception of him It's even worse.

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