Wentang

Chapter 558 Xue Rengui

"After the end of school, go to Xue Li to meet Qing Shuihou." Xue Li said calmly but nervously.

Looking up and down at this majestic young man, Yue Shan nodded in satisfaction. He really deserves to be Xue Rengui, a famous figure in history, and his posture and bearing are far superior to ordinary people.

"Excuse me, is there a sign?"

"Before my father died, I left a name for someone as Rengui." Xue Rengui said respectfully.

"Who's in the house?"

"There is still an old mother in the hall, and there is a wife who lives with each other."

"What do you study?"

……

Although Yue Shan knew the news about Xue Rengui relatively well, but out of politeness, he asked it himself, and found that he knew about the same as him.

Through this conversation, Xue Rengui's nervousness was relieved, and the questions and answers became more comfortable.

Of course, it would be an exaggeration to say that he has the talent of a commander at this time, after all, he is a young man.In the past, my family was poor, so I had to support my family before I could spare time to study, so my studies would definitely not be very advanced.

But Yue Shan was not disappointed by this, he knew this before, and the purpose of bringing Xue Rengui here this time was also to keep him by his side to train him personally.

If he had already learned something, he would not have the opportunity for Yue Shan.

He also has many advantages and has his own ideas and opinions.Although immature, it is much better than a wise parrot.

Yue Shan believes that his greatest strength is that he is pragmatic.

He didn't blindly yell nonsense about revitalizing the family, and his pursuit of career was relatively simple. Whenever he saw an opportunity, he would rush out of office, no matter what his position was.

The most important thing is to find a job to earn money to support my mother and wife.

As for revitalizing the Xue family... The Xue family does not need him to revive it, because only his branch has declined. As far as the entire Xue family is concerned, the Xue family is still a noble family.

To put it bluntly, Xue Rengui doesn't feel that his family has much to do with Xue's family.

When our family couldn't even eat, we didn't see the Xue family offering a bucket of half a stone.

After gaining a more intuitive understanding of him, Yue Shan finally clarified his purpose: "Are you wondering why I sent someone to find you in Beijing?"

"Yes." Xue Rengui said concisely.

"The Great Tang Dynasty requires a lot of talents. I think you are the talents that the country needs." Yue Shan said bluntly.

"Xie Qingshui thinks highly of you, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you." Xue Rengui said excitedly.

Who is the person in front of me?Yue Shan, the son of a god who is famous all over the world, has mastered the power of ghosts and gods. All the people he discovered have ascended to high positions. Is it my turn now?

Even though he had guessed this possibility a long time ago, when things really happened to him, he still couldn't help himself.

"Actually, I noticed you a long time ago, and I didn't recruit you until today, do you know why?" Yue Shan continued to ask.

"I don't know."

"Heaven will send a great mission to the people, and they will suffer their hearts and minds, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and deprive them of their bodies...to gain what they can't do. The suffering you have suffered before will teach you a lot of principles of life, and will become you in the future. The most precious treasure in life." Yue Shan said:

"If I had taken you to Jingzhong early, you would have become mediocre without this experience. You have seen the warmth and coldness of the world this year. Your character has been polished, so I let people put you You bring it to Beijing."

"From now on, there is only one task for you, to study and practice martial arts. I don't know what you want?"

"Xie Qingshui thinks highly of him, and I am very grateful. It's just my mother..." Xue Rengui was grateful at first, and then hesitantly said.

"Many houses have been built in the academy, and many small courtyards are still empty. You can rent one to house your family." Yue Shan said:
"The academy has many industries and needs a lot of manpower. You can use your spare time to work and study to subsidize your family... In short, as long as you are not lazy, you can live a good life in the academy."

"Listen to the arrangement of water and weather." Xue Rengui said gratefully.

He is more grateful to Yue Shan for his respect.

There are two ways to help others, one is to support a large sum of money, and the other is to give the other party a job opportunity.

I don't want to say which is more noble, anyway, Xue Rengui thinks that the latter method respects his dignity to the greatest extent, and it is better than giving money directly.

On the contrary, Yue Shan didn't think too much, he didn't treat Xue Rengui specially, but treated everyone the same way.

The work-study and scholarship systems have proved to be practical and good methods in later generations, and he copied them directly.

The academy supports students more in the form of work-study programs and scholarships, and will only give money directly when encountering special circumstances.

This system can be said to be well received. After all, it is ancient times. Scholars pursue the superficial glamor, and the idea of ​​"not eating the food that comes from it" still exists.

It's fine if he is a person without the ability to work. A young man of seventeen or eighteen like Xue Rengui has hands and feet. Providing him with a job opportunity is the best relief.

After that, Yue Shan asked someone to arrange a residence for him, and he formally visited Xue's mother after he settled down.Xue's mother is also a person who has seen the world, and received him politely.

After settling down, it's all about academics. According to Yue Shan's design, he mainly studies at the military academy while taking into account cultural knowledge.

Xue Rengui is also a character with both civil and military skills. His works include fourteen volumes of commentaries on the Book of Changes, but unfortunately they have been lost.As for his military talents, I won't go into details. There are too many of them.It is no problem for him to learn martial arts from literature.

But for the consideration of future wars in all directions, what Tang needs more is an invincible commander, so Yue Shan does not intend to change his fate and let him follow the text.

Naturally, Xue Rengui had no objection to Yue Shan's arrangement, and happily went to the military academy.

As for which army he will be assigned to in the future, Yue Shan thinks he should go to Wanqi.

Datang is expected to wipe out the Western Turks this year, and the battle after that will only drag on longer—the Western Turks in the Western Regions and the countries of the Western Regions, Goguryeo, Buyeo Baekje, and South Vietnam... need more strong troops to guard the Quartet.

The re-expansion of Wanqi has been put on the agenda, and it can grow faster here.

I'm just a little sorry for Zhang Shigui.

Zhang Shigui is also a celebrity, but most people know him probably because of Xue Rengui - in all Xue Rengui's stories, he is the biggest villain.

However, this is not the case. In real history, the relationship between the two is very close.

Zhang Shigui rebelled at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and later defected to Li Tang and followed Li Shimin to fight in all directions, and also participated in the Xuanwu Gate Change.

After Li Shimin came to the throne, he felt the importance of the gate of the imperial city, so he appointed Zhang Shigui as the "Xuanwu gate".This official position sounds very ordinary, similar to a gatekeeper, but it is actually the commander of the imperial army.

Jing Junhong's Yuan was controlled by him from the Imperial Army, which shows how much Li Shimin trusts him.

Zhang Shigui did not feel ashamed of his trust, and dedicated himself to his duties conscientiously, making the imperial army system into a powerful army that is unmatched in the world.When Xue Rengui joined the army, he entered under his command.

After he discovered Xue Rengui's talent, he continued to promote and reuse it. Later, the framework of the powerful army that Xue Rengui fought across the world was left to him by Zhang Shigui.

Therefore, Zhang Shigui is also a big player who has been criticized by the script, and is one of the three major sufferers of this year's talk along with Su Dingfang and Pang Ji.

With Yue Shan's intervention in this life, Xue Rengui should not be able to go under Zhang Shigui's subordinates. Zhang Shigui should not be hacked for no reason again, but he will also lose an excellent heir.

It can only be said that it is even.

After Xue Rengui was arranged, Yue Shan didn't pay any more attention. He was no longer a farmer when he first crossed, but a famous figure in the Tang Dynasty. When he saw those famous people in history, he admired them more than admired them.

It should be said that those historical celebrities who have not yet risen should look up to him.

Over the years, he has recruited many future leaders based on his memory, such as Wang Xuance, Wei Siqian (both father and son are prime ministers), Gao Kan (general of the Tang Dynasty), etc.

Compared with these people, Xi Junmai, who was first discovered by him, was not worth mentioning in the original history.

These people were sent to the academy and the military academy to study respectively, Yue Shan just kept paying attention to them, and didn't spend any extra effort, there was no need for that.

Besides, if he really turns these people into his students, it will be a disaster in the future, and the current relationship that is not far and not close is the best.

……

Time soon entered mid-March, and the Yong'an Palace (Daming Palace) was officially completed using 10,000+ civilians.

The designer of the Yong'an Palace was Yan Lide, a master painter, who was also the elder brother of the great painter Yan Liben, and Yue Shan, a son of a fairy, naturally also participated.

Although he didn't know much about Zhouyi Fengshui or architectural design, he still put forward a lot of suggestions with the restored Daming Palace drawings as samples.

According to the original plan, Yong'an Palace will take about one and a half years to be officially completed.However, the imperial court mobilized 10,000+ civilian workers for work relief in the Guanzhong catastrophe, and it took only eight months to complete the largest palace complex in the history of the earth.

In his previous life, Yue Shan was fascinated by this imperial palace, which was four or five times larger than the Forbidden City. In this life, he not only saw it with his own eyes, but also participated in the design, so he was naturally very excited.

Li Shimin and his family, who had had enough of the 'poor' environment of Daxing Palace, couldn't wait to move into the new palace.

Ordinary people would invite their neighbors to have a meal to celebrate their new housewarming. The emperor's move was even more grand, and all the officials of the fifth rank and above in the capital were entertained in the Yong'an Palace.

In addition, the central administrative departments have also moved to both sides of the Xuanzheng Hall of Yong'an Palace, which also means that the ruling center of the Tang Dynasty has shifted from Daxing Palace to Yong'an Palace.

But this does not mean that Daxing Palace has been abandoned in this way. Daxing Palace is the place where dragons live in Fengshui, and it still serves as the central palace.

The emperor will come to live and work when the weather is suitable, such as winter, anyway, there is heating to make the whole palace warm like spring, no matter where he lives.

Mainly in summer, Daxing Palace is as humid and hot as a steamer, which is not suitable for living. The emperor and empress will live in Yong'an Palace to escape the summer heat.

When the emperor moved into the new palace, he naturally did not forget to reward the people who built the house for him. Yan Liben and other people who presided over the construction were all rewarded, and Yueshan naturally had one.But with his current net worth, the emperor's award is more of a symbolic meaning.

However, the emperor's move to Yong'an Palace also had an advantage for Yueshan, that is, it was more convenient to go to court.Sixingping and the new palace are located in Longshouyuan, and the straight-line distance between the two sides is less than ten miles.

Although the distance is farther than the Marquis Mansion to Daxing Palace, the road from Marquis Mansion to Daxing Palace is full of bustling streets with people coming and going, and the walking speed is relatively slow.

However, the road from Sixingping to Yong'an Palace is spacious and bright, with few pedestrians, so you can ride horses, and the time it takes to travel is shorter.

……

A few days after the emperor moved to Yong'an Palace, an urgent memorial came from Dizhou, and Li Shimin immediately called a group of important ministers who knew the matter to hold a small meeting.

"The news came from Liu Rengui, the commander of the Dizhou navy, that the barbarians on Xinma Island are suffering from infighting, and the people on the island are asking Tang Dynasty for help to put down the rebellion..." Li Shimin handed over the booklet to everyone and briefly introduced the situation. :
"I don't know what you guys think?"

Everyone knew that this matter was planned by him alone, so they consciously handed over the memorial to him first.

Liu Rengui and the others succeeded?Yue Shan thought a little excitedly.

This is Datang's first step towards conquering overseas, which is of great significance. He has been paying attention to the situation there and now it finally has results.

When he opened the memorial and saw the contents above, his brows frowned first, then relaxed again.

The content written in the memorial is very simple. The vassal Ainu people of Datang fought among themselves, causing the people to live in dire straits. The Ainu people who had no choice but thought of the great suzerain Datang, so they asked Datang for help to quell the war.

As the captain of the navy, Liu Rengui was obliged to maintain the majesty of the Tang Dynasty and the peace of the vassal state, so he sent several envoys to mediate.

However, as soon as the mediation team landed on the island, they were attacked and suffered heavy casualties. In order to maintain the dignity of Datang, Liu Rengui requested to send troops to fight against the non-officials and restore peace to Xinma Island.

There are only two words for Yue Shan's comment on this: bullshit.

He didn't believe a single punctuation mark in this memorial.

But after thinking about it for a while, he knew why Liu Rengui wrote this. The reason was very simple. After all, he was invading a vassal state in name, and embezzling for no reason would affect the reputation of the imperial court and arouse the fear of other vassal states.

So there must be a high-sounding reason to make yourself a teacher of justice.

As for the methods behind the scenes, as long as you know it, you can't bring it up on the table, so it's impossible to see something from the memorial.

After figuring this out, he passed the memorial to the next person, and then looked at Li Shimin with puzzled eyes.

Li Shimin nodded first and then shook his head, Yue Shan immediately understood what he meant, there was indeed another secret letter, but it was inconvenient to show it to everyone.

He also nodded to express his understanding, and then looked at the crowd, waiting for them to speak.

The others did not speak directly after reading the memorial, but fell into deep thought.

They all knew the ins and outs of Yue Shan's proposal of the new Maldives Island strategy, which was to raise horses on the island.But now that the Tang Dynasty has defeated the Turks, the horses on the grassland can get whatever they want, and Xinma Island has become a chicken rib among chicken ribs.

Whether to continue the previous plan to annex Xinma Island, they have to reconsider.

(End of this chapter)