Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 846 The relationship between father and son
"Hehe! I've been like this since I was a child, and I have a big mouth. Hu Liang, you must say some kind words for me in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Qu Tucheng laughed dryly.

"You can't persuade me with words, damn it, sooner or later you're going to be unlucky with this mouth!" Hu Liang snorted coldly. Although Qu Tucheng had average talents, he had a good personality and always had a smile on his face when he met everyone. His ancestor had been an official in the court during the previous dynasty and had a wide network of contacts. Hu Liang had the best relationship with him among the imperial guards.

"By the way, Hu Liang, have you heard? Tubo has invaded Hexi!" Qu Tucheng suddenly asked.

"Hmm! It seems that on the Qilian Valley Road from Qinghai, Ganzhou City is surrounded!" Hu Liang had some worry on his face: "Longyou sent reinforcements, but the Tibetan bandits were so powerful that they couldn't form a siege for a while!"

"Crossing the Qilian Mountains to attack Hexi, these Tubo people can really do anything!" Qu Tucheng exclaimed: "But then, the trade route between Anxi and Chang'an will be cut off, right?"

"It's not possible to completely cut off, but we have to take a long detour to the north, and it's much more dangerous!" When Hu Liang said this, he suddenly felt something was wrong: "Qu Tucheng, why did you suddenly say this?"

"Hehe!" Qu Tucheng suddenly laughed: "Actually, it's nothing, just a little idea. Think about it, the trade route to Anxi is cut off, and the prices of many goods from there will definitely increase. If we can Wouldn’t it make a fortune if you dot it?”

"You have to do all the hoarding stuff, but I'm not interested anyway!" Gurira said nonchalantly.

"Unlike you, I have a father who is a general. I don't have to worry about not having enough money in my life!" Qu Tucheng sighed.

"It's true that my father is rich, but I have more than forty brothers, and I can get a few cents!" Hu Liang sneered: "If you go to Xia Tongling every two days like you, you will throw Shu brocade on my little girl. No amount of money is enough for you!”

"Hu Liang, you are so boring!" Qu Tucheng sighed: "You start lecturing people without saying a few words, just like my father!"

"If you grew up with me, you would know what it means to be boring!" Hu Liang sneered: "I opened my eyes and was busy until dark, except for eating, I didn't have time to breathe!"

"Okay, I know where your ability comes from, but it's your fault. If it were you, I would have been driven crazy!"

"Actually, it's not bad!" Hu Liang shook his head: "Dozens of brothers spend every day on the island thinking about defeating others. Looking back now, it's quite interesting!"

"If I were you, I would definitely have a headache if I thought about having dozens of brothers like this!"

"Haha!" Hu Liang laughed: "Why do you have a headache? Isn't it bad to have so many brothers?"

"Of course it's not good!" Qu Tucheng said: "There is only one title for our ancestors. Even if the emperor is particularly merciful, the second and third sons of Zhunyin are the most. If there are seven or eight brothers, why not fight to death?"

"My family is different!" Hu Liang said with a smile: "My father's title must belong to Aunt Cui's child. Everyone seeks their own way out based on their own abilities. There is nothing to fight between brothers, and the friendship will naturally improve! "

"Haha!" Qu Tucheng laughed twice and looked disapproving. Upon seeing this, Hu Liang asked: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"Yes, that's right!" Qu Tucheng sneered: "Of course you brothers don't like your father's title! If you want to fight for it, you are fighting for something else. How come there is nothing to fight for?"

"What are you fighting for?" Hu Liang asked unconvinced: "When I stayed in Chang'an, no one would fight with me!"

"At that time, you only had two brothers of the same age. The oldest one seems to have stayed in Japan and became the king. How can you fight? In a few years, when your other brothers grow up, do you think they will fight with you? !”

"They each have their own place to go, why should they argue with me?"

"Hu Liang, your brother was born the king of a country. How can you be the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty? It seems that one of the two brothers younger than you is the governor of a state, and the other can only go to sea to command the fleet. If you go on The brothers behind are probably not as good as these two. Do you think they are willing to accept it? They all have the same father, but they were born a few years later. "Liang, I have seen too many cases of brothers fighting among wealthy families and causing trouble for Xiao Qiang. Don't be dissatisfied. It's really not that the brothers don't have a deep friendship, but that the situation forces us to do so!"

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"Sir, we're here!"

Hu Liang on the horse seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He nodded to the guard, got off the horse, and threw the reins to the steward who came up: "Is father at home?"

"The master is in the study, discussing matters with Mr. Lu!" The butler took the reins and stroked the horse's mane twice: "He has given instructions. When the young master comes, go directly to the study to see him. Please follow me!"

"Yes!" Hu Liang nodded, climbed up the steps, and followed the housekeeper. On the way to Wang Wenzuo's residence, Qu Ducheng's voice echoed in his ears; "In a few years, wait for your brother When they grow up, see if they will fight with you!" Emotionally he didn't like these words, but he couldn't refute them. Yes, he and Yanliang had gained so much by virtue of the advantage of being born early, and the brothers behind them couldn't catch up anyway. It's not surprising that they were jealous of him. But suddenly there were dozens of enemies who were connected to him by flesh and blood. This feeling was really unpleasant.

"Master Hu Liang! Long time no see!"

A voice interrupted Hu Liang's thoughts. He raised his head, recognized the person, and said with joy: "Yang Shifan, aren't you in Japan? When did you come to Chang'an!"

"The general has been ordered to come to Chang'an to serve! By the way, I can train some of my subordinates!" Standing in front of Hu Liang was a sturdy man in his early forties, with a tall build, a broad face, a heavy eyebrow, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a short beard. , described as majestic, but it was the archery teacher who taught Hu Liang on the island. His surname was Yang Yuchun, and he was from Goguryeo. He was seen holding a horn bow in his hand and pointed at a dozen archers kneeling on the ground in the yard: "I heard that the young master has married the sister of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I am really happy and congratulated!"

"Thank you!" Hu Liang nodded and glanced at the archers kneeling on the ground. His eyes were very sharp and he immediately saw that these archers were not locals of Chang'an: "Where did these people come from? Why don't they look like locals of Chang'an? people?"

"There are people from everywhere, including Japanese, Baekje, Goguryeo, and Mohe people!" Yang Yuchun said with a smile: "Since you are a warrior of bows and arrows, you should come to serve the Lord even if you are thousands of miles away!"

"That's true!" Hu Liang nodded, but he was murmuring in his heart: Why did his father recruit people from so far away to come to Chang'an? Is there any place where he can use these people?

With doubts in his heart, Hu Liang walked into the study. Seeing him coming in, Lu Zhaolin stood up, bowed to Wang Wenzuo and said: "Since the young master is here, I will leave first!"

"That's fine, you can plan it carefully when you go back tonight, and we'll discuss this matter again tomorrow morning!" Wang Wenzuo said.

"Yes, I'll take my leave now!" Lu Zhaolin bowed and left. After he left, Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Hu Liang, how are you doing in the palace? Do the North Gate Imperial Guards still obey your orders?" "Fortunately, the generals still obey orders!"

"It's not enough to just obey orders!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to the brocade mat on the side and motioned for his son to sit down: "If you want to replace the middle-level officers with your people, at least one-third must be replaced. Choose from among a hundred people. If there are not enough, bring in a few more people from Shu and make a list for me. I will talk to the Minister of War! "

"This is not good!" Hu Liang said with a wry smile: "I have only taken control of the North Gate Forbidden Army for a few days. If I change people like this, I'm afraid there will be a lot of gossip!"

"There are definitely gossips. In fact, there are a lot of them now. After all, you are still so young and you have mastered the North Gate Forbidden Army!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But gossips are better than losing your head! You don't have time to go there one by one now. To distinguish between your subordinates who are loyal to you and who are secretly disloyal, just replace them with people who have followed you through life and death. This kind of thing cannot be careless. The future is now in your hands! Do you understand?”

"Okay!" Hu Liang nodded helplessly. He knew that Wang Wenzuo was right. Only by keeping the North Gate Imperial Army in control of the palace in hand could the joint rule of Wang Wenzuo, Zhang Wenguan and Li Yuanjia be maintained. Go down, otherwise you might be blocked in the palace and hacked to death someday. He thought for a while: "I have transferred Qu Tucheng to the North Gate Imperial Army as a captain, in charge of the weapons depot!"

"Who is Qu Tucheng!"

"He is the great-grandson of Qu Tutong. When I was in Qianniu Guard, he was my colleague and we got along well with him!"

"Can you trust this person?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"It's not bad! When I first came to Chang'an, I was isolated by many people. He helped me several times before I got a foothold! Later, after Liu Peiji and Liu Shilang were assassinated, he was not afraid of people's words and helped him. Quite a few!”

"Well, that sounds good!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Since that's the case, let's just give him a little more sweetness. Does he still have a title now?"

"It seems not. I heard from him that there are many brothers in the family, so it may not be his turn!"

"I understand!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Hu Liang, you have to remember that if you want to bribe someone, don't be stingy. Give him enough at once to make him overjoyed. Don't bribe him bit by bit. If you give it, it will only cause resentment!”

"But will that make that person's appetite too big?" Gu Liang asked carefully.

"It's possible! If it's this kind of person, it means you've seen the wrong person. In fact, it's okay. It's normal to see the wrong person, so just change someone. It's no big deal!"

"Yes, the child has been taught!" Hu Liang said solemnly. He hesitated and then asked carefully: "When the child just came in, he met Yang Yuchun and Yang Shifan on the road. He once taught the child archery on the island. I heard that he came here on his father’s orders, and there were many Haidong warriors with him. Is this really true?”

"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "I plan to recruit two thousand elites from all the tribes in Haidong to join my personal army and station them in my mansion!"

"This -" Hu Liang was startled: "This seems to violate national laws, right?"

"Yes! But these are troubled times right now, so I have to do this!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "You are my son, do you understand?"

"Yes!" Hu Liang gritted his teeth and suddenly knelt down: "Father, do you want to seize the throne and make yourself emperor?"

Wang Wenzuo looked at Hu Liang who was kneeling on the ground. Although he did not inherit his surname, he had a face that was absolutely similar to his own: a Chinese character face with high cheekbones, seriousness and restraint, and no expression of joy or anger. Whoever his mother was, she probably left few of her own characteristics on him.

"Why do you think that?" he asked.

"I have a boy who controls the North Gate Imperial Army. Mr. Di has ten thousand elite soldiers in Luoyang, and Murong Mou also has thousands of people in his hands. I don't know why, father, you still want to recruit personal soldiers, and you don't even like to violate the laws of the country?"

"National law!" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "I don't know how many times I have violated this! Otherwise, how did you ascend to the throne today?"

Hu Liang suddenly became speechless, and he was silent for a moment: "That's different, isn't it? You are doing it for His Majesty, for the Tang Dynasty!" His tone contained the unique certainty of a young man.

"Really?" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "To be honest, I'm a little unsure now. The older you get, the less you can remember your original intention. In fact, it doesn't matter. The next few months will be very dangerous. I have to Only with a force that you can absolutely trust will you have a chance of winning!"

"In the next few months? Are you talking about the Queen giving birth?" Gu Liang asked.

"Not bad!" Wang Wenzuo's eyes were shining with pride. This son was growing up very quickly.

"It would be fine if the queen gave birth to a son, but if it is a daughter, it would be very dangerous!"

"Is it dangerous to give birth to a daughter? Why?"

"It's very simple. If she gives birth to a son, he will be the legitimate prince. Even if King Pei and others are dissatisfied, they can only bow and obey orders. But if it is a daughter, then she can only make King Poyang the prince. That is different! "

"You mean King Pei and the others will rise up to oppose it?" Hu Liang asked.

"It doesn't have to be King Pei! Many other people will also object!" Wang Wenzuo said: "I don't know who it will be, but there must be more people hiding behind the scenes, and the entire Chang'an will become a dangerous forest. Everyone is a hunter and a prey!”

"What about you? Who are you going to support?" Hu Liang regretted it as soon as he said it. He couldn't help but secretly cursed himself for being stupid. At this time, his father would definitely not make a sure bet, but would act according to the situation.

"Of course it depends on the situation!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But one thing is for sure, King Poyang cannot be controlled by the Queen!"

"Then what should I do?" Gu Liang asked.

"It's enough to control the North Gate Forbidden Army and ensure the safety of the palace!" Wang Wenzuo replied nonchalantly: "I have made arrangements for the rest, you don't need to worry!"