First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 43 Qinghe Fangxuanling

42. Qinghe Fang Xuanling

Li Yuan is cautious by nature, and he often shows others his honesty and duty. Everyone knows that Mr. Tang is a generous and kind old man. ), Li Yuan also smiled without getting angry.

But everyone doesn't know that Li Yuan has hidden ambitions and meticulous thoughts. He devotes himself to management in Taiyuan, recruits troops, and develops in a low-key manner.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Guang visited Jiangdu this year and took away the elite Xiaoguo army, Guanzhong was empty, Dou Jiande, Li Mi, Du Fuwei and others restrained the main force of the Sui army, and Li Mi, his neighbor, was busy confronting Luoyang Wang Shichong in the east. I really didn't intend to get up so early.

Pei Ji's attitude towards Li Yuan was no surprise, he stretched his waist lazily, with a calm expression on his face, "This is different from the past, you should change your mind, you are now a prince fighting for supremacy in the world, you are no longer in Taiyuan Mr. Tang, who has been stealing peace, has not made a song for three years, and now he needs to make a blockbuster."

After finishing speaking, he got up, walked out of the tent step by step, and said in his mouth: "Uncle De, from now on, I should respectfully call you Tang Gong, and it's time to stand up. If you don't have the aura of domineering, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win the hearts of the people." ".

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard this, thoughtful.

When Gao Chong and Li Shimin returned to the camp, Li Shimin was still rejoicing, looking at Gao Chong and admiring, "Yuzhi, I really discovered that you know everything about astronomy, geography, classics and history."

Gao Chong shook his head and smiled, and sat down with his sleeves thrown, "The ancients said that a general who doesn't understand astronomy, geography, strange gates, yin and yang, doesn't read the formation map, and doesn't understand the situation of the army is mediocre."

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this, and then he said with shame: "I thought I knew a lot about military affairs, but after hearing You's words, I just realized that my eyes are like beans, so simple."

Gao Chong looked at it in a daze, thinking that he should not pretend to hit Li Shimin too much, but Li Shimin was cheered up again, his eyes sparkling, "Youzhi, I don't know which military book this word came from? Which ancient man said it? I will study deeply all night long, with the heart of learning, it is never too late.”

Gao Chong was stunned, and after thinking about it, this sentence seemed to be said by Zhuge Liang to Lu Su when he borrowed arrows from a straw boat. Gao Chong read "Three Kingdoms" thoroughly, and he knew that Sun Quan was responsible for borrowing arrows from a straw boat in history, " The phrase "the one who will be the general" will naturally not appear in official history.

"When I'm a hundred years later, that's what the ancients said," Gao Chong said with a shy smile.

Seeing this, Li Shimin was surprised, and immediately realized that Gao Chong was making up nonsense, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

At this moment, Kaohsiung came to find him.

"Lang Jun, Wei Fangqiao in Xicheng County has been found, in Mianshang County, Xihe County."

Gao Chong was overjoyed when he heard that, and started to do something awkwardly, "Second Young Master, your help is here."

"You mean Qinghe Fang Xuanling?" Li Shimin was also overjoyed.

Gao Chong nodded, "Xihe, Xicheng county captain, Fang Qiao, there must be nothing wrong", he said and looked at the map, "It's only about eighty miles away, so I'll go and invite Fang Qiao Come, I'll be back tomorrow morning."

"Wait," Li Shimin hurriedly called out, "I'll go with you."

Gao Chong was stunned when he heard this, Li Shimin saw this and said: "It's only about [-] li, if you are really talented, even [-] li is worth it, not to mention that the whole area of ​​Xihe has been captured, there is no danger."

Sensing Li Shimin's sincerity, Gao Chong also nodded in agreement, "It's better to send someone to the general to inform him."

After Li Shimin casually gave orders to a guard, he and Gao Chong set off with the guards.

The torrential rain was pouring, and dozens of riders were marching in the rain. The rain hit the high face, the hair was messed up, and it was really a bit embarrassing. For more than eighty miles, everyone galloped along the official road. In the evening, they finally arrived at Mian Shang County.

There was no time to take a bath and change clothes, so I followed the Kaohsiung people and went straight to the south of the city.

When I came to a small river in the south of the city, "the second son, Mr. Lang, Fang Xuanling lived in the thatched cottage in the river bend in front of him."

Li Shimin was very surprised, and immediately rode forward, the road at the bend of the river was very muddy, and the horse's hooves were slipping, Li Shimin turned over and got off the horse, but his feet slipped and fell directly to the ground, Gao Chong hurriedly stepped forward to help, Stretching out his hand, Li Shimin pulled it, Gao Chong's foot slipped, and both of them fell into the mud together.

Seeing Gao Chong's muddy face, Li Shimin pointed at Gao Chong and laughed, "I used to see you so graceful, but I seldom saw you so embarrassed."

Gao Chong was speechless, wiped the mud off his face, looked at the two people who were in a panic in the rain, "Second Young Master, is there something wrong with this?"

Li Shimin was stunned, looked at the embarrassment of the two, and then waved his hands indifferently, "Real celebrities don't know how to look at appearances, so let's go like this to show my sincerity", then raised his legs and continued walking.

Turning around the bend of the river, I saw a thatched cottage on the hillside. At this time, a scholar wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat was hurriedly picking up the thatch on the ground, and then picked it up and climbed up the ladder in the rain with difficulty. roof.

"This person is Qinghe Fangqiao, whose name is Xuanling," the person leading the way pointed to the scribe and said.

Li Shimin heard the words, looked at Gao Chong, and said with a smile: "It seems that we are not the only ones in distress."

"Help him fix it quickly, let's find a clean place to stay." Seeing that Li Shimin was enjoying himself in the rainstorm, Gao Chong was also helpless, immediately rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, Li Shimin also laughed and stepped forward together.

Since Fang Xuanling was appointed the county lieutenant of Xicheng, Xihe County's prefecture, at the end of last year, he went straight to Xicheng.

But it can be seen that because there is no sheriff in Xihe County, the county magistrate Gao Deru, a flatterer, stole the position of chief official, which led to the corruption of the entire officialdom in Xihe City.

Fang Xuanling was disheartened and had no interest in the post of county lieutenant, so he didn't take up the post for a long time. He had been visiting the counties of Xihe County until he arrived here, with the mountains facing the river and an elegant environment, so he built a thatched cottage here. Live here temporarily.

But I didn't expect that under the continuous heavy rain, the thatched cottage leaked, the heavy rain outside and the light rain inside, so I had no choice but to come out to cover the thatch under the rain.

I was busy, and suddenly I saw two people rolled up their sleeves and came up to help.

Fang Xuanling was startled, and was about to ask.

But the young gentleman in front of him said: "Fix the roof first, and talk about it later."

Then the guards of these two people came up to help one after another. After a while, the hoarded thatch was spread on the roof and tied firmly.

Entering the room, before Fang Xuanling could speak, he saw the man in front, twisting his dripping hair and clothes, and said, "This damn heavy rain is really hateful, it not only hinders my journey, but also makes us so tired." Embarrassed".

Fang Xuanling hurriedly went to the side to get two sets of clean clothes, "My lords, thank you for your help, if you don't mind, please change into these dry clothes first."

"How can you dislike it?" Gao Chong grinned, unbuttoned his shirt immediately, and changed it on without hesitation, "Second Young Master, quickly change it on, it will be troublesome if it's windy and cold."

(End of this chapter)