A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 240
Qin Qiong, a sick man, stayed in Sanyuan to recuperate.

Yuchi Gong, a reckless man, was kicked out of Beijing by the emperor and will serve as the governor of Xiangzhou.

Among the generals of the original Qin Palace, apart from these two, Hou Junji was also afraid of Cheng Yaojin, but Cheng Yaojin would also go to Shuzhong to be the governor of Luzhou in the next year.

Zhang Shigui was the General of Zuo Tunwei, inspected the battalions at the North Gate, and Duan Zhixuan was the General of Zuo Xiaowei, but they were not as trusted by the emperor as he was.

Hou Junji stood in front of the Wutou gate of Yongkanggong in Pingkangfang, and he was very disdainful of the words Yongkanggongfu. He was just a county prince, and he, Hou Junji, was the hottest upstart, You Weida The general, Lu Guogong, and Shifeng Qianhu.

What qualifications does this old Li Jing have to teach him?

What's the use of knowing the art of war?Isn't he just a county magistrate?No matter how many victories you have won, no matter how great your military achievements are, how can it be greater than Conglong's support?
He is the emperor's cousin, his confidant, what does Li Jing compare with him?

After waiting for a long time, Li Jing didn't come out to greet him. Hou Junji became more and more impatient. If it wasn't for his intention, he would turn around and leave, what the hell.

Li Jing's family may have been great before, but now it is a new dynasty.

Since returning to the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing has been working in the local area, and he has not yet entered the court, let alone worshiped the general and made him the Duke of the country.

"If Duke Yongkang is not feeling well, come back sometime later." Hou Junji yelled to the door.

"Please wait, Mr. Lu Guo." The doorman of the Li family responded blankly. The old man's teeth were about to fall out, but he didn't pay attention to the upstarts. Witnessed the rise and fall of the Li family.

I think back then, how prosperous their Li family was. Although the representative of the generals of Guanlong was not one of the Eight Pillars countries, he was also a top military nobleman. Words are enough to despise countless families, and this is one of Li Ding's houses in Longxi.

An upstart like Hou Junji is considered a bird, and a few generations ago he was at most a governor.

Inside the house.

Li Jing knew that Hou Junji was waiting outside, but he deliberately left him alone. After waiting for an hour, Li Jing brought Wu Huaiyu, Li Deyu, and Li Xiuxing out to wait.

"Duke Lu is here, and Li is welcome!"

Li Jing came out and stood on the steps condescendingly with crossed hands.

Hou Junji was full of anger, but he gritted his back molars, forced a smile on his face, and saluted with crossed hands, "Marquis of Sanshui, according to His Majesty's order, came here to learn the art of war from Yongkang Gong. It's stupid."

Li Jing glanced at him a few times, taking in all his expressions.

"Since it is His Majesty's order, so-and-so should obey the order, come and fetch tea, so-and-so will accept disciples here."

Li Jing did not invite Hou Junji into the mansion.

The servants of the Li family brought the reed mat and several cases.

Sweep out an open space directly under the steps in front of the mansion, lay out mats and serve refreshments.

Li Jing sat there.

"bring it on."

Looking at this scene, Hou Junji clenched his molars even more, almost to pieces.

Li Jing is an old man.

Under everyone's gaze, Hou Junji had no choice but to go forward and salute tea to his teacher.

Li Jing took the tea, took a sip, and saluted.

Hou Junji just wanted to turn around and leave, but Li Jing put down his teacup, "Shouyanghou is the student accepted by my master yesterday, he is your senior brother, and he is also a direct disciple of my master. You can only be regarded as a registered student now, come here Serve tea to your brother, your brother is very talented, you should ask him more in the future,
Huaiyu passed on the art on behalf of the teacher! "

Hou Junji was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Wu Huaiyu, who was smiling. He was young and had an exceptionally fair face.

I am a dignified general who has sealed Lu Guogong, and wants to offer tea to Wu Huaiyu, this little boy?
"Huaiyu is your senior brother. In the future, he will pass on the arts on behalf of his master. He can be considered as half of your master. Here's tea!" Li Jing said majestically.

Hou Junji gritted his teeth again, and the back molars creaked.

After receiving the tea poured by Li Deyu, Hou Junji handed it to Wu Huaiyu, "Brother, drink some tea!"

Wu Huaiyu took it, drank it down, and said with a smile, "From now on, we will be in the same family and take care of each other."

The teacher apprenticeship ceremony was completed, a little hasty.

Li Jing asked to fetch a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War and handed it to Hou Junji, "I'll give you half a month to copy this book of Sun Tzu's Art of War a hundred times, and memorize it thoroughly. I'll check it after the Lantern Festival, so go."

Hou Junji stared at the Sun Tzu's Art of War and was stunned.

That's it?

"The sage asked me to learn the art of war from Yongkang Gong, not to recite Sun Tzu's art of war, but to learn Yongkang Gong's art of war."

"Do you doubt the method of teaching apprentices? Sun Tzu's Art of War is the holy book of military strategists. Read it and memorize it first, and I will explain it to you slowly later,"

After finishing speaking, Li Jing unceremoniously drove Hou Junji away.

When Hou Junji left, his lungs were about to explode, and his face was swollen red.

Li Jing took Huaiyu back to the mansion, and continued to study Lian Silla's tactics of destroying Baekje first and then Goguryeo.

"Teacher, this offended Hou Junji,"

"Someone did it on purpose." Li Jing laughed.

Huaiyu was a little confused, "Why?"

"Some things are very complicated." Li Jing just replied like this, and Huaiyu suddenly felt that maybe Li Jing was not low in EQ, but that they considered things at a different level, and they were not at the same level.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was not unusual to be able to go through two emperors, be able to be a general and enter the prime minister, and finally retreat from the whole body and die well. Pei Ji, Changsun Wuji, Li Xiaogong, Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Feng Deyi, and even Wei Zheng, Hou Which Junji did it?
After staying at Li Jing's house for two days, Huaiyu felt drained by Li Jing.

However, these two days have indeed benefited a lot. Li Jing is worthy of being the god of war. Although he has not worshiped a general until now, but Ping Xiaoxian town Lingnanbei to fight against the Turks, this experience in using troops is really awesome, especially There is a set of very good theories, which is something fierce generals like Qin Qiong, Cheng Yao, and Jin Fan Xing will never be able to match.

When he was leaving, Li Jing even gave Huaiyu many of his notes on the art of war to take back to study hard.

Back home, the eldest brother-in-law Ma Zhou and Sister Yu'e came to give New Year's gifts. They also pulled a few carts of various New Year's gifts. The second and third sisters in Sanyuan also made appointments to bring their husbands and children to give New Year's gifts. The family was very happy. lively.

"Duke Yongkang took the initiative to accept you as a student, and then the sage asked Hou Junji to go to the residence of Yongkang Duke to be a teacher, and Duke Yongkang deliberately ignored Hou Junji?"

Under the corridor, the barbecue stove was set up again, and Ma Zhou and Huaiyu were chatting while threading and grilling skewers tacitly. A true confidant of the emperor.

"Why do you think this is?"

"Duke Yongkang and Hou Junji are not in the same way. Besides, although Hou Junji went to apprentice, it was not his intention. It is only natural that Duke Yongkang doesn't like him," Ma Zhou reminded Huaiyu, "Hou Junji is extremely trusted by saints. He is His Majesty's distant cousin and childhood playmate. He has served His Majesty's side for many years. He is a complete confidant. Now he is even more distinguished. Don't offend Hou Junji so easily.
But I think this person is a bit arrogant, he may cause trouble sooner or later, you should keep your distance. "

Huaiyu couldn't help but admire Ma Zhou's words, he really saw through Hou Junji at a glance.

"Brother-in-law, do you know that now there is a rumor among the people that you were originally an immortal official in Huashan Lingsu Palace. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos and the Tang Dynasty rose, so the Taishang Laojun sent you down to assist the new dynasty.

I never thought that after you were reincarnated, you became obsessed with drinking, but as a result, you couldn't remember the things in your previous life when you drank, and you ended up living in poverty.

One day the famous Taoist Yuan Tiangang met you and said that the five spirits of your body dissipated, leaving only a skin. Later, he instructed you to go west, and you will meet a predestined person to guide you in the maze. . "

This story is widely circulated in Chang'an now. In the second half of the story, Ma Zhou met Wu Huaiyu, a disciple of Louguan Yinxian Xiaoyaozi in Jingyang, and then Wu Huaiyu recognized Ma Zhou's true identity. He borrowed Taoist fairy art and dreamed of asking Jinghe Dragon God to help him. Ma Zhou reunited with the five gods to restore his past life memories, so Ma Zhou followed him to make meritorious service in Longyou, and presented a good policy for governing the country to the saint, which was appreciated by the emperor, and he rose to the top, creating a legend of nine moves in one day.

In this story that spread more and more widely, Wu Huaiyu became a famous Taoist expert like Yuan Tiangang, who was able to directly get out of his body and invite the old dragon king of Jinghe to enlighten Ma Zhou.

According to this story, some people even made up that Wu Huaiyu's eldest sister, Yu'e, was originally a dragon girl in the Jinghe Dragon Palace, and was sent by the old Dragon King to marry him to help Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou is now a legend and a role model in the hearts of countless poor scholars. Everyone wants to be Ma Zhou's second.

Ma Zhou laughed out loud.

"That's why you are more powerful. If there is a drought in Guanzhong in the future, can I ask you to talk to the Dragon King of Jinghe again and borrow some rain?"

Huaiyu couldn't help laughing too.

"I wrote something for you. You can read it back. Maybe it will be helpful for you when you go to Yanzhou to be the governor of Yanzhou in the next year." Ma Zhou drew up some policy suggestions for Huaiyu after he took office in Yanzhou.

"Thank you, I will definitely read it when I come back."

"I asked His Majesty to give you the history of the Governor of Yanzhou, but His Majesty did not agree." Ma Zhou said with some regrets, he actually wanted to go to Shuofang with Huaiyu, "I already miss the time when we were in Longyou. "

"That's nothing to miss. I almost couldn't come back. The only thing worth remembering is the short period of time in Yanjing Village, Zhang County."

Baoyu and Meiyufang there are still making money for Huaiyu.

The skewers were grilling, and Fatty Wu came uninvited, just in time, and went straight to the grill as soon as he came in, and unceremoniously took the few skewers of mutton that Huaiyu had just roasted.

"Well, in Chang'an City, only the mutton skewers grilled by Erlang taste the best, even the ones grilled by Sogdians and Turkic people in Xishi Husili are not as good as this."

"Hurry up and put these grilled skewers on the table,"

The three brothers-in-law were very happy with the barbecue and wine in the courtyard.

The second brother-in-law Song Wei said in a cheerful atmosphere, "Erlang, I heard that you will go to Shuofang Yanzhou as the governor after the next year. You can take me with you and your third brother-in-law. We are still small soldiers in the Imperial Army, and we also want to go with Zheng." Shuofang earns some military merits and finds a job as an official."

Liu Wu nodded again and again, "Yes, Erlang will bring us along."

Runniang's second brother Chen Sheng also said, "Erlang, I also want to go to Shuofang together."

(End of this chapter)