Will Ming

"Master, I want to go back to Yanshan."

Standing at the door of Daxi Changru's room, Li Xian hesitated for a long time before speaking.Although he knew that Daxi Changru would definitely not agree, he had to fight for it.It was annoying to feel uneasy, to feel that something was going to happen but he couldn't figure it out.It stands to reason that Zhang Zhongjian took the people from Iron Buddha and hid in the vast Yanshan Mountains, even if the imperial court dispatched an army of [-], they might not be able to find them in the mountains.

"No"

Putting down the military book in his hand, Daxi Changru rejected Li Xian in a flat tone: "It's too dangerous to go back to Yanshan to go through the battlefield between the Xi people and the Khitan people."

"If you think you have too much time..."

Daxi Changru threw the book to Li Xian and said, "Take it and read it, and then write a summary of at least [-] words."

Li Xian frowned and said, "Is this an offer draft? Let's talk about the price first."

Daxi Changru said: "Okay, one less word and run around the mountain."

Li Xian sat down on the chair and said with a bitter face: "I will go back with light clothes. It should be no problem to avoid Xi Ren's battlefield. Even if someone spots a big black horse, it can't catch up with me. I will fight for it within a month." It shouldn't be a big problem to just come back, as you know, grandpa is in Yanshan."

Daxi Changru shook his head and said: "When I left Yuyang, Zhang Zhongjian and I already made an appointment. We will go back after the first month next year and we have already decided on a place to meet. If you go back rashly, even if you can avoid Xi Ren, you can still find him." Not to him."

Li Xian continued to fight and said: "I know Tiefutu, if others can't find it, I will definitely find it!"

Daxi Changru said slowly: "There are two ways, either defeat me, or give up."

Li Xian sighed, "Are you bullying the child?"

Daxi Changru actually nodded: "It's okay if you want to think so, you can."

Li Xian got up and walked outside the door.

"Don't try to sneak away, I have ordered that no matter whoever leaves the camp without permission, kill them without mercy."

Li Xian stopped in his tracks, and secretly gesticulated with his middle finger.

……

Youzhou

Sitting on a large chair covered with a whole piece of tiger skin, Youzhou Huben Lang put down the letter in Luo Yi's hand, squinted his eyes and fell into deep thought.After spending [-] guan, he finally found Pei Ju, the servant of Huangmen, and he finally felt more at ease.He always pays attention to the movements in the court, and has sent a lot of gifts to win over some people, but he has never been in touch with the upper echelons of power.Rather than saying that he paid attention to the imperial court, he paid attention to the invisible emperor, and he was finally relieved to be able to catch Pei Ju's line.

The dignitaries from the great clans in the imperial court have always looked down on him, the reason is very simple, he is not from a family, and the poor family's children have gradually achieved the position of general by virtue of their bravery and accumulated military achievements.Although he holds the most elite iron cavalry of the Sui Dynasty, he has never really entered that power center.If the dignitaries in the imperial court are koi with distinct territories in a big pond, then a person from a poor family like Luo Yi is a black and ugly loach that suddenly appeared in the pond.Even if he can't threaten those koi, those koi will still repel him and suppress him.

Fortunately, those big shots still have something to like after all.

Pei Ju loves money, so he will give it away. The cumulative amount of money given away is no less than [-] guan.Nayan Suwei valued etiquette, so Luo Yi sent someone to greet him every festival with the etiquette of a younger nephew.Even for someone like Longyou Li Yuan, who has obviously lost his power and has lost his luck, Luo Yi has never neglected his friendship with all his heart.Li Yuan, who was a duke of the state, was appointed as a minor official of the fifth grade, and went to Huaiyuan Town to serve as a congratulatory gift.Knowing that there were not many people around Li Yuan, he specially transferred a team of fifty veterans to serve as guards for Li's residence.

The reason why he behaves so cautiously and seemingly humbly is actually to hide the increasingly irrepressible ambition in his heart.

He spent so much money and did so many things for one thing, which was to ensure his stable position in Youzhou.When His Majesty the Emperor forgot about him, someone must remind His Majesty that there is still a loyal General Huben in Youzhou.When the emperor remembered him, he sometimes asked for help to make His Majesty temporarily forget him.This is not contradictory, what depends on is when His Majesty forgets him and when he remembers him.

Daye Emperor Yang Guang is a very contradictory person. When he is wise, no one can deceive him.And when he is confused, no one can stop him.

Li Xian once boldly speculated that Yang Guang was a person with a split personality based on the summary of his past and future lives.

The so-called timing of remembering and forgetting depends entirely on those big figures in the court.For example, Luo Yi wrote several times to request the imperial court to increase the supply and supplies of the tiger and iron cavalry, all of which were lost like nothing, so he had no choice but to send someone to send a birthday gift of [-] guan to Huangmen servant Pei Ju. The supplies to the Youzhou army have increased by [-]%, and Luo Yi will be able to train another light armored infantry on the basis of maintaining [-] armored cavalry.

And this time sending a generous gift to Pei Ju and Yu Shiji respectively, Luo Yi's intention was to make His Majesty the Emperor forget about him temporarily.

A while ago, the imperial court had decreed that the children of good families from all over the country should prepare their own weapons, armor and horses and rush to Zhuojun to assemble before February next year.Hundreds of thousands of government soldiers have also begun to mobilize, and the conquest of Liaodong is getting closer and closer.From Luo Yi's point of view, this is a war without victory, so he is unwilling to go to Liaodong. The tiger and ben iron cavalry who fought for the vanguard in Liaodong, he could only do that in advance.But now that the time is not up, he really doesn't have the guts to do it.So he must make His Majesty the Emperor forget about himself, at least before the war next year.

Although Pei Ju is a big hole that can't be filled, no amount of money can fill it, but there is no doubt that Luo Yi is right to take his line.

In the grand palace of Daxing City, Emperor Yang Guang of Daye, who had just returned from a tour in Zhuojun in early May, leaned on the dragon chair and frowned while reviewing the memorial.The pile of memorials piled up on the table gave him some headaches, and he even had some helpless doubts about whether he was really old because he hated reviewing memorials.He clearly remembered that it took less than an hour to review the same number of memorials when he first ascended the throne, and there would never be any mistakes.But now he sadly found out that after reading more than a dozen memorials, he had already lost his patience.

At that time, he seemed to use endless energy and energy. After reviewing the memorials, he was even in the mood to go for a walk among the people and listen to what the people on the street were talking about.But now, he can't remember how long it has been since he went out of the palace in a micro-clothes to observe people's livelihood.Every time he goes on tour, he seems to be accompanied by many, many people. Of course, he feels that the more followers there are, the more ostentatious he is.

In February, he formally ordered the conquest of Goguryeo in Zhuojun on the grounds that Gao Yuan had a disobedient heart, and ordered the world's good family sons to gather in Zhuojun before February next year.He was excited for a while imagining that next year he would be able to personally lead the army to expand the territory for the Great Sui Dynasty, but after returning, he was buried in trivial matters of government affairs again, which made him more and more irritable!

So when he saw that the dense small characters on the memorial were becoming more and more blurred, he angrily slammed the memorial that Li Yuan had submitted in his hand to request an increase in the Huaiyuan garrison on the table.

"I asked him to supply food to Huaiyuan Town because I thought he had the ability. How could he still have the nerve to ask for soldiers from me? Yu Wenshu, as well as General Yu Zhongwen of Right Guard and General Mai Tiezhang of Zuo Wuwei. How far is it to Huaiyuan Town? Three generals with a hundred thousand troops standing behind him, but he still has the face to ask for soldiers?!"

He didn't feel relieved after dropping the memorial, so he picked it up and threw it far away: "There is no good thing for the surname Li! Why does he want soldiers? Don't you think I don't know?!"

The servant of the Huangmen carefully picked up the memorial, remembering the weight of the gift sent by Li Yuan a few days ago, he shook his head lightly, and said to Tang Gong, it's not that I won't help you, His Majesty is so angry that I can keep it. You are not bad, as for the increase in troops, I will not talk about it, alas... who called your surname Li?

"Your Majesty... it's not worth it to get angry because of an incompetent little official?"

Pei Ju leaned over and put the memorial on the corner of the table, peeked at Yang Guang's face and said softly: "Actually, Mr. Tang is just worried. He has to be more careful as he guards tens of thousands of catties of grain and grass in Huaiyuan. Huaiyuan Town is next to it." Going to the Liaohe River, if Goguryeo's soldiers are brave enough to tell the truth, they would dare to offend Tianwei. In Yichen's opinion, Duke Tang has been very loyal to His Majesty all these years."

Yang Guang was slightly taken aback, and said angrily, "You mean I deliberately made things difficult for him?"

Pei Ju hurriedly lowered his head and said, "How can I have such thoughts? Your Majesty has learned from you. I just always remember His Majesty's teachings."

Yang Guangdao: "My teaching? Then tell me, what did I teach you? If you can't tell, I'll take your official skin and send you away!"

Seeing that His Majesty's anger had calmed down a little, Pei Ju pretended to be outspoken and loyal, and said: "Your Majesty said that it is necessary to discuss things as they are, not people as they are."

Yang Guang was stunned, and then scolded angrily: "You sycophant, can't you speak more tactfully?"

Pei Ju knew it was done, and hurriedly said in panic: "If a minister is a courtier, he is also an outspoken courtier."

Yang Guang shook his head, then picked up Li Yuan's memorial and looked at it again, hesitated for a while and said: "Let Yu Zhongwen's soldiers raise the premise again, after all, they are all my food!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Pei Ju lowered his head and said.

Yang Guang glared at him and said, "I'm afraid you were still scolding me in your heart just now!"

Pei Ju raised his head and said earnestly: "If your majesty is a fool, the minister can only be a treacherous minister."

Yang Guang laughed and cursed: "I'll have someone kick you out, a treacherous minister!"

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