Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 244 Beat Zhao Tuo! (seeking subscription)
After the first meeting, Fusu left Zhao Tuo and Li Xin behind.

Inside the camp, there were only three of them.

The three sat facing each other.

Fusu looked at the copper box on the desk, his eyelids drooped, he was silent for a moment, and finally spoke with a bit of sternness in his calmness: "General Zhao Tuo, I have something to ask, and I ask the general to answer truthfully, without any falsehood. , Even if you are well-intentioned, you must not lie."

Zhao Tuo's heart trembled, and he said hastily: "The last general is loyal to Da Qin, and there is absolutely no lie."

Fu Su nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "First question, how is General Zhao Tuo's health? Is there any hidden illness?"

Zhao Tuo hurriedly said: "Report Your Highness, the general's physical condition is indeed not as good as before. After coming to Lingnan, he also suffered from acclimatization, but after a long time in Lingnan, this unacceptable state has gradually eased. , other than that, I don’t feel much discomfort at the end.”

"The general is also willing to accept the imperial physician's examination!"

Zhao Tuo gave a solid answer.

Fusu asked again, "How are the other generals in the army?"

Zhao Tuo frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "The other generals have not heard of anyone being ill recently, but General Yang Wengzi contracted a serious illness a few months ago due to eating puffer fish by mistake. After the first rescue, he has gradually escaped from danger, and his health has also improved slightly recently, other than that, the last general has indeed never heard of any general in the army who is ill."

aside.

Li Xin followed up and said: "I have heard about Yang Wengzi, and I have met Yang Wengzi once in the past few days. Spiritually, he has managed to regain some vitality, but he may need to rest for a while, and the doctor has repeatedly told him not to work hard."

Fusu nodded.

He continued: "How many sick and weak people are there in the army?"

Zhao Tuo frowned even tighter, and said slowly: "The army has been in the South China Sea for eight or nine years. Even if the shortest time came to Lingnan, it took two or three years. Most of the people who came here were young and strong. , There are indeed many people who are not acclimatized to the environment and have diarrhea, but within half a year, they are getting better day by day, and no one in the army has heard of any disease, and the acclimatization has disappeared. As long as you don’t eat some inedible things, you are basically fine.”

"But the last general really doesn't know much about it."

"If Your Highness wants to know the details of the soldiers in the army, the general will send someone to summon the old doctor. The old doctor who accompanied the army knows these things best."

Fu Su nodded and said, "How can I not trust General Zhao Tuo?"

"General Zhao Tuo said there is no such thing."

"Last question."

"The army in the South China Sea, is the morale stable?"

A word fell.

Both Zhao Tuo and Li Xin's expressions changed.

Zhao Tuo even choked up a sob, threw himself on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The Qin soldiers in the South China Sea are all from the old Qin, so what's the difference?!"

Fusu's face was as usual, and he said calmly: "I just want to know the specific situation in the army."

Zhao Tuo trembled, and said decisively: "The South China Sea army has a stable morale, and there is nothing unusual about the soldiers except for their daily homesickness."

"Your Highness, please enlighten me."

"General, please get up." Fusu stretched out his hand to help Zhao Tuo up, and then sat on the table again. Looking at the panic-stricken Zhao Tuo, he was speechless for a long time. Finally, after sighing, Fusu sat upright and said solemnly. "General Zhao Tuo, don't blame me for being suspicious, and don't blame me for being careless. The army in the South China Sea is composed of old Qin people. Because of this, I am eager to know the situation in the army. How can I not know the homesickness of the soldiers in the army? It’s just that the situation in the world is like this. Even if I want to let the soldiers return home, it’s really difficult to do it in a short time.”

"So we can only satisfy the most urgent soldiers first."

"I hope the general will not misunderstand."

Zhao Tuo cupped his hands and said, "The last general dare not."

"Just don't worry, Your Highness, the soldiers of the South China Sea are dedicated to Qin and have no second thoughts."

However, after saying this, Zhao Tuo seemed to have thought of something, and quickly said: "It is true that some soldiers were shaken before, and many even felt resentful towards Mr. Hu Hai, and even tried to hook up with the Yue people in the southern land. He tried to harm Mr. Hu Hai, but the general had detected it in advance and killed him in advance, and those soldiers in the army were also dealt with by the general, and now the whole army is united in their minds."

Fu Su smiled faintly and said, "I've heard about this."

"The general is doing well."

immediately.

Fusu's expression returned to seriousness, and this time he looked at Li Xin, and said, "General Li Xin, you set off half a month earlier than me, and you have been in the northern border in the past. Do you feel uncomfortable when you come to the South China Sea this time?"

Li Xin cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, the general is as firm as a rock, and has never had any hidden diseases. The doctor who accompanied the army said that the general does not know the taste of medicine."

talking.

Li Xin also smiled smugly.

Fu Su bowed to the two important ministers and said: "Both generals are your majesty's ministers, and they are also the cornerstones for the stability of the South China Sea in the future. At present, the two are in good health and have no hidden diseases. It is the luck of the South China Sea. Fortunately for the Great Qin, and for the world, there are two generals guarding the southern border, who will surely protect the southern border for a long time."

talking.

Fusu sighed softly and said, "After the Yin and Shang Dynasties, if the old Qin tribes hadn't been trapped in Longxi for hundreds of years, there would be no western land in China. Only the old Qin tribes had fought with the Western Rongdi for hundreds of years, and they could unite one by one after the founding of the country. Rong Di, the people of the old Qin left the vast western land for China, and the current Great Qin also wants to leave a wider South China Sea for China, but the time for the South China Sea to integrate into China is still short, so it may take many years to integrate. The difficulties are foreseeable."

"In the future, I'm afraid it will all be entrusted to the shoulders of the two generals."

Zhao Tuo said: "This is the duty of the last general, how dare you refuse?"

Li Dao said: "The last general is willing to guard the Western Land for the Great Qin."

Fusu smiled lightly.

He said: "Fusu already knows the determination of the two generals, but this matter is not urgent. What I want to tell the two generals is that Daqin will never abandon the South China Sea, and will only pay more attention to the South China Sea in the future. Alleviate the homesickness of soldiers in the army."

"Fusu has some thoughts in his mind, which may displease General Zhao Tuo, so please don't be angry with General Zhao Tuo."

Zhao Tuo hurriedly said: "The last general has no complaints, please speak directly, Your Highness."

Fusu said: "General Zhao Tuo was in charge of the military administration of the three counties in Lingnan recently. He has been working in the South China Sea for many years. He has been involved in various matters in the South China Sea. He has contacted many soldiers in the army. I know that General Zhao Tuo has always acted impartially. , but if General Zhao Tuo is involved, it is inevitable that there will be no tongue-in-cheek, so I am afraid that General Zhao Tuo will not be able to participate in the non-commissioned officer's retirement."

heard.

Zhao Tuo's heart sank.

He actually expected that Fusu would not let him participate too much, but he really didn't expect that Fusu wanted to exclude himself directly.

This made Zhao Tuo's complexion change.

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Fu Su quickly explained: "It's not that I have a problem with the general, it's just that the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. The general has been in the army for many years and is very familiar with the soldiers in the army. If the general participates in it, some non-commissioned officers may end up dissatisfied with the result. I thought that the general had intervened secretly, which would really damage the general's reputation in the army, so after much consideration, I privately decided that General Li Xin would be responsible for the corresponding matters in the army."

Zhao Tuo's face changed again and again, and finally he cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness is considerate."

Fusu looked at Li Xin and asked, "General Li Xin, you have been in Lingnan for some time, do you know anything about the roster in the army?"

Li Dao said, "I've seen it before."

Fusu nodded and said with a smile: "I may be troublesome for the general in this period of time."

"The final general has no shirking responsibility." Li Dao said.

Fu Su thought for a while, seemed to remember something, and continued: "By the way, I forgot to say before, can General Zhao Tuo gather together the generals and non-commissioned officers in the next few days? I want to inform some specific things in person, and at the same time Announce this matter in public and try to be as fair and open as possible, so as not to be in vain for the years of hard work of the non-commissioned officers in the army, nor in vain for the painstaking efforts of the court."

Zhao Tuo bowed and said, "The last general respects your order."

at this point.

Zhao Tuo still doesn't understand.

Fusu was clearly wary of himself.

And it's undisguised.

From the beginning of the conversation with the generals, he has already confided this point, and now he has explained it almost bluntly, but he also knows that it is necessary for Fusu to worry about this, and although Fusu's actions will be It made him a little dissatisfied, but Fusu had explained his words in advance, even if he was dissatisfied, it was really difficult to express it.

Can only sullenly answer.

Li Xin scanned Fusu and Zhao Tuo, and he noticed something.

But he didn't have much of an opinion about it.

He is a soldier, and he only obeys orders from His Majesty and the court.

Moreover, he had also heard about the South China Sea.

After some conversation, Zhao Tuo and Li Xin left Fusu's camp.

Fusu Huoran stood, looking at the two people leaving, with a deep and dignified look in his eyes.

What he said earlier was largely beating Zhao Tuo.

The imperial court has no spare power to build new roads at the moment.

There is no spare energy to make a big rotation of the generals in the army. The only way to do some sewing and repairing is on the original basis. However, the generals of the South China Sea Army are unaware of this. The lieutenant general knew about it, so he deliberately separated his office from the army.

Fusu whispered: "The South China Sea is a land of hundreds of towns, tens of thousands of miles from east to west, north to south, with more than 50 armored troops. Such a huge army has only one way to enter Lingnan. It is too rare. According to what Mr. Ji said If we want the South China Sea to fully integrate into China, we need to build a few more roads, and at the same time insist on eliminating local bad habits with the method of Shang Jun, so as to promote civilization in the three counties of South China Sea."

"It's just that it's not easy to manage such a poor mountain and bad water?"

There was a look of worry in Fusu's eyes.

The South China Sea is too remote.

Once the Central Plains changed and the Yangyue Road was closed, the three counties in the South China Sea would be completely cut off from the Central Plains, which also meant that the land captured by the bloody battle of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Great Qin Dynasty would eventually be lost in the hands of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Thinking about the situation in the South China Sea, Fusu felt heavy in his heart.

the other side.

Zhao Tuo returned to his camp.

He just felt exhausted physically and mentally.

Fusu's arrival is completely different from Hu Hai's arrival.

As the heir of the Great Qin Dynasty, Fusu possessed a lot of power, especially Fusu seemed to have thought about it a long time ago. He was simply powerless to resist, and he could not resist. He could only let it go. He avoided too much and gave up too much, and now he has no room to intervene in the matter of the non-commissioned officer's discharge.

This matter was completely handed over to Fusu.

What the army will look like in the end is completely out of his hands.

Zhao Tuo condensedly said: "Your Highness came prepared this time, I am afraid that the army will not be stable for a short time, and when this matter is over, the middle and lower ranks of the army will change drastically. I don't know whether it is good or bad, but Ou Yue's strength is indeed too weak, even if there are some changes in the army, he is still not an enemy of the army, and it is precisely because of this that His Highness dares to attack the army."

"only."

"How far will Your Highness go this time?"

Zhao Tuo didn't know either.

He knew very little about Fusu.

But Fusu seemed to know the South China Sea very well. Not only did he speak poignantly of the New Guangdong Road, the fateful road connecting the Central Plains and the South China Sea, he also intended to use some relatively simple methods to improve the current harsh environment of the South China Sea and make it easier for future generations to come. Soldiers going to the South China Sea can reduce conflicts. This kind of small action that has a big impact is actually not common.

Zhao Tuo thought about it.

Finally, I focused on one person.

Yang Wengzi.

He is now more and more convinced that the person who wrote the letter to Hu Hai was Yang Wengzi.

Because only Yang Wengzi had this motive. Yang Wengzi was born in the Yang family, and the Yang family was very prominent in the Daqin family, second only to the prominent families such as the Meng family and the Feng family. Even the Wang family, which has obviously declined, is no longer above the Yang family. The entire Yang family can also be described as thriving.

There is Yang Duanhe in the court, Yang Wengzi, Yang Xiong and others in the army.

There are also Yang Xi, Yang Wu and others under him.

Talented.

Therefore, compared to seeing an accident in the South China Sea, Yang Wengzi actually prefers to see the prosperity of the Great Qin, so that the Yang family's position in the world will become more stable, so looking at the entire South China Sea army, Yang Wengzi has the greatest chance of secretly conveying information.

It’s just that Yang Wengzi fell into a coma because he was calculated to eat pufferfish. He didn’t think about Yang Wengzi for a while, but during this time, he gradually came to realize that Yang Wengzi’s writing and Yang Wengzi’s poisoning are actually two different things, and they should not be confused at all. And talk.

Zhao Tuo whispered: "Yang Wengzi"

a long time.

Zhao Tuo shook his head.

Whether it is Yang Wengzi or not, it doesn't matter.

Now the court has become suspicious.

There is also defense.

As the main general of the South China Sea, he cannot escape his responsibility.

There is no way to do any relaxation, but to let the court follow up.

Moreover, Yang Wengzi might have noticed something, but he certainly didn't know much about it. Yang Wengzi would not easily admit the matter of submitting a letter.

Think about it.

Zhao Tuo shouted outside the camp: "Come here, inform the non-commissioned officers of five hundred and above in the army and tell them to rush to the camp as quickly as possible. Your Highness has something to tell them."

"Within two or three days."

"I want to see them all."

There was only a sound of horseshoes outside the camp, and the whole camp became agitated in an instant.

(End of this chapter)