Beiliang is in turmoil, and the news that Chen Zhibao is going to be crowned king in Shu has spread all over the world.
It is estimated that he will become the second king with a different surname in Liyang earlier than Xu Fengnian, who hereditarily replaced the king of Beiliang.
A plainly decorated carriage slowly stopped at the door of Chu's house, and the porter who was leaning against the side door and snorting melon seeds was a little stunned, the groom was a young woman in Tsing Yi, thinking that the owner of this house was really not afraid of letting the maid sheep enter the tiger's mouth, but when the porter saw the characters walking down from the carriage one after another, he was so frightened that he was silent, his mouth trembled, and he staggered out of the door after losing a handful of melon seeds.
The first to walk down was a white-haired man, with a white background and a black shirt, and he didn't have much of a dignitary, but that face made the porter worried.
In Beiliang, there is really only this boy who can suppress his own master.
Later, there was Xu Longxiang, the second son of the general, as well as Yuan Zuozong of Yushu Linfeng and the burly and sturdy Qi Dangguo, all four of them were impossible to visit the Xuanhe character of Chu's mansion, and they actually got together, could it be that the house came to the gatehouse and hurriedly whispered a few times, General Chu's loyalty can be seen, and no one can copy here, seeing the rare and noble guests headed by him, His Royal Highness Xu Fengnian, the sharp-eyed porter knelt down without saying a word, and was about to hold back his spirit and shout, so that his lord could raise his face, Xu Fengnian had already laughed out loud: "Alright, get up and lead the way."
The group sat down in the lobby of Chu Mansion, and felt a shaking on the ground, Chu Lushan, who was dressed in loose casual clothes, crossed the threshold and rolled into the hall, and a piece of fat knelt at Xu Fengnian's feet, "Lu Qiu'er has finally looked forward to His Royal Highness to the cold house, and it is shining, and I will burn a few more incense sticks for the ancestors when I turn back." ” Xu Fengnian kicked over, "I don't think the cold house is much worse than the Beiliang Palace."
Today I brought Second Brother Yuan and General Qi to your side to drink, don't talk nonsense first, find a clean place that is not so cheesy. ” Chu Lushan finally staggered to his feet, turned around and gave the old housekeeper in the house a sharp look, turned his head to a flattering and greasy smile, and a pair of soft and boneless white chubby hands held Xu Fengnian's arm, "There is a good place to drink wine and tea, and if His Royal Highness has any dissatisfaction later, Lu Qiu'er will drink wine after chopping two catties of meat." ” Xu Fengnian sneered: "Fat, you are embarrassed to serve as a drink, and we can't get off the chopsticks." ” Chu Lushan sneered: "It's Luqiu'er who is useless, and he hasn't been able to grow a fat and thin pork belly that is suitable for serving with wine." ” Come to a bamboo house, the purple bamboo is sparse, not so dense that it makes people feel desolate fox monsters, the small pool is deep and green, the sunlight is sprinkled through the cracks of the bamboo leaves, there is a palm-sized wild turtle dragging the mouth of the water to bask in the sun, hearing the sound of human footsteps, and crawling into the oil green pool.
The pond hut is big, the lighting is also ingenious, push the door in, it seems quiet and bright, there is no sense of crampedness, the bamboo house also puts a guqin with various lines, whether you sit here or drink tea, it can be regarded as a tea and wine complement each other.
Xu Fengnian glanced at the guqin, outsiders don't know the talent of Tuzi Chu Bacha, he knows the inside story, the qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, Chu Lushan can handle it, but it's a pity that he can't look like a celebrity.
After sitting down by the window, Chu Lushan first poured two glasses of wine for Xu Fengnian and Qi Dangguo, and asked Yuan Zuozong with a smile while holding the wine jug, "Your old man doesn't dislike the smell of dirty wine with his little hands, so he will dare to pour you a glass." ” Yuan Zuozong raised his eyelids, and Chu Lushan poured out the glass of wine.
Qi Dangguo has a good relationship with Chu Lushan, and among the six righteous sons, he has the best popularity, and the remaining five righteous sons of the same generation often go to the door to visit one, Chu Mansion A little girl who fell to the ground a few years ago, and recognized him as a godfather, so he almost didn't set a baby kiss for the two children, Chu Lushan beat and scolded several sons at every turn, which was similar to picking up. is the only one who feels sorry for this young girl and spoils him, and dislikes Qi Dangguo's little son for his rude appearance, so that Qi Dangguo will ask Chu Lushan why my son is ugly as soon as they meet in the past two years.
Xu Fengnian took a sip of wine and looked around, among the three, the white bear Yuan Zuozong had the highest military rank, from the second rank of the Zhen'an general, belonging to the real high power, in the Northern Liang Army, only lower than the Northern Liang capital of the two border states to protect Chen Zhibao half of the product, Yuan Zuozong is currently serving as the deputy general of the Great Snow Dragoon Army.
Chu Lushan is the general of Qianniu Longwu of the third grade, but he has no substantive military power in his hands, and Qi Dangguo is even more unbearable, just an insignificant captain who folds Chong, and his official hat is very small, but every time there is a large-scale war, he is responsible for carrying the flag.
Because Beiliang belongs to the territory of the feudal kings under the control of the military and government, and it is a king with a different surname like Xu Xiao, who was once a super-first-grade Dazhu Guowu and a first-class hussar general, plus the Tiangao Emperor is far away, the civil officials are the same as the rank of the Liyang Dynasty, and most of the generals can be one or half a grade higher, and the court also closed its eyes to this and pretended not to see, and even the first assistant Zhang Julu said something similar to what Beiliang should be.
Now Beiliang doesn't talk about the non-specific civil official system, just talking about the batch of military generals above the seventh grade, not to mention the commanders who have withdrawn from the border, there are still as many as eighty people, and most of these backbones who support Beiliang's 300,000 iron cavalry may not have seen Xu Fengnian in person.
Xu Fengnian drank a glass of wine, and when Chu Lushan was pouring wine, he asked, "Lu Qiu'er, who do you say will be the protector of Beiliang?"
Chu Lushan said without hesitation: "General Yuan."
If it weren't for the two veteran generals, Zhong Hongwu, the commander of the cavalry army, and Yan Wenluan, the commander of the infantry army, they would barely have the qualifications and ability.
But to be honest, General Zhong has a great prejudice against His Royal Highness, and he is not involved with Chen Zhibao, so he is not suitable to be the second grade of the protector immediately, Yan Wenluan, he looks impartial, and there is a gap with Chen Zhibao, but the old general has a gloomy temperament, and he is really more difficult than Zhong Hongwu, I have been staring at him for more than ten years, and I have never heard him say a bad word about His Highness, but it is not reassuring.
Speaking of which, it has to be General Yuan to be the protector of the military power of the two states, and all aspects are reasonable.
What are you staring at, I said this in front of His Royal Highness and you Yuan Zuozong, and it was exactly the same on the side of my father-in-law, believe it or not.
If you don't appreciate your good words, your old man is just hard to serve."
Yuan Zuozong smiled and lowered his head to drink.
Huang Man'er has been squatting on the side of the guqin in a daze.
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Lu Qiu'er, give me a list, and promote one or two official ranks as appropriate, if there is a real need, it doesn't matter if you even jump three levels." ” Hearing this, Chu Lushan handed out a stack of origami from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Fengnian with a smile.
Yuan Zuozong frowned, staring coldly at Chu Lushan, an unknown prophet.
Xu Fengnian smiled and spread out the three pieces of paper on the table, densely written with more than 60 people, in addition to the names and concise military resumes, the advantages and disadvantages of the length are clear at a glance, the font is Chu Lushan's unique line of calligraphy, dangerous but not strange, chic and smooth.
Xu Fengnian pushed Yuan Zuozong after reading it word for word, after reading it carefully, Yuan Zuozong's brows stretched slightly, neither cronyism nor too sanctimonious meritocracy on paper, and there are more than ten henchmen who can be classified as Chu Lushan on paper, but most of them are still depressed middle and lower-level lieutenants in the Beiliang Army, the common point is that they are young and good at fighting, vigorous and not a little twilight.
Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "Lu Qiu'er, you are not afraid at all, and you will not take out this thing later."
Chu Lushan, who was sitting like a small hill, said with a smile: "There is no need for this, the general is my father-in-law who is willing to die, needless to say, His Royal Highness is the master of my Lu Qiu'er's happy submission, these things are sneaky and hidden, and they seem to be pretentious."
By the way, there is one more thing, which has been in the throat for many years, and now I don't vomit or be unhappy, and if I say something wrong, don't be surprised by Your Highness. ” Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "Let's talk about it." ” Chu Lushan sat down precariously and said: "Our nearly 1,000 civil officials in Beiliang who can be called Shangguan are just a mess, most of them have retired from the Beiliang army, and they are good at leading troops, and they are basically laymen in governing the government and the people, and there are few who do not disturb the people, and they can be regarded as good officials of the Qing Dynasty who make the people grateful to Dade."
Most of these people bring a lot of bad tempers that are good habits in the military, protecting calves, helping relatives and not helping them, and governing the family is as arrogant as governing the army, not to mention being the majestic official, and it is also a loss that our people in Beiliang have been used to being poor and afraid in the past, otherwise they will be left in any place in the Liyang Dynasty, and they may have to revolt.
Moreover, the officials and officials protect each other, and it has become a stubborn disease that has become terminally ill, those old generals who are idle at home, large and small, looking for a larger Qinglou, can bump into a few with a casual drink of flower wine, and those behind them who dare to join the army, most of them are calculated to be interested, as long as they are nested at home, nine out of ten are lawless and domineering, and they are the only ones who harm the township.
Damn, surnamed Yuan, you stare at me and are addicted to me, can you tell your father-in-law that you really can't see this kind of situation is that his old man is not easy to start with, he is an old brother who has followed him and tied his head to the waistband of his trousers for decades, not to mention anything else, I will tell you about the shitty incident of the Meng family in Lingzhou the year before last, General Meng took his two sons, and died by your side in the concubine's grave, remember, as a result, his grandson of the old man's only seedling grew up, robbed his daughter-in-law, bought and killed a whole family of more than 40 people, But what do you want your father-in-law to do Click, just cut off General Meng's incense for more than ten or twenty years, and there are still fewer bastards who have been using black smoke and miasma to test his father-in-law's bottom line?"
Yuan Zuozong snorted coldly.
Chu Lushan said angrily: "Confucianism, benevolence, righteousness, benevolence and righteousness have always been benevolent in the front, and the word righteousness is in the back, if you are unrighteous, you are only not a courtier, not benevolent, and even a person is not a person."
In this world, if we act according to the Legalist system, it will be even more chaotic.
Since Zhang Shengren has been a thousand years, a whole thousand years, Confucian scholars have been trying to find a balance between the two words of benevolence and righteousness that are opposites at the root.
After saying these heartfelt words, Chu Lushan hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, slapped himself a few times, and said to him: "Gaffe, gaffe, slap mouth." ” Xu Fengnian gently and skillfully changed the topic and said with a smile: "Let's get to the point."
This time, I just want to convey to you a word to Lu Qiu'er, the male animal Wei Fucheng and those people should be released, don't embarrass them. ” Xu Fengnian paused and said flatly: "Also, Xu Xiao promised me to let you be the protector of Beiliang." ” Chu Lushan fell backwards violently, the whole bamboo house shook a few times, and the fat man with his fat body trembling violently sat on the ground, his eyes were blank, and he forgot to stand up.
In fact, Yuan Zuozong and Qi Dangguo heard this shocking news for the first time, and the former did not move at all and looked calm.
The latter opened his mouth wide and was speechless.
Xu Fengnian didn't look at Chu Lushan, and said to the two people present: "Second Brother Yuan, the old general Zhong Hongwu will definitely resign from the military in a fit of anger after a while, and you can take over generously when the time comes."
General Qi, you will take over the six thousand Tiefutu heavy cavalry of Dianxiong and Wei Fucheng's crossbowmen.
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If there are too few soldiers, I can add more to you, and if there are too many soldiers, I will ignore them. ” Yuan Zuozong put down his wine glass and said, "I won't give up." ” Qi Dangguo rubbed his cheeks vigorously, "Your Highness, can I do it?"
Xu Fengnian quipped: "Then you can't let me be a strong general."
Chu Lushan got up with a sad face, and was about to speak, when he saw His Royal Highness the Prince waving to the window.
Not long after, a beautiful woman stood timidly at the door with the little girl in her arms, and Chu Lushan trotted over and slapped her in the face, "Things that don't have long eyes, who asked you to disturb His Highness to drink Yaxing" The child in the young woman's arms cried loudly, Chu Lushan hugged him in his arms and whispered comfort, the corners of the woman's mouth were oozing blood, but she still endured the piercing pain, and gave a blessing to everyone in the room gracefully, Yuan Zuozong and Qi Dangguo were not surprised, and they did not get up and did not return the courtesy.
Only Xu Fengnian walked to the door and smiled gently: "I've seen my sister-in-law." ” The woman with a face worthy of the four words of the moon and the flowers was uneasy, she was just the concubine of the Chu Mansion, where did she deserve the sister-in-law of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, she didn't know how to deal with it, Chu Lushan was full of disgust and said coldly: "Go back" The woman gave another blessing and slowly retired.
Xu Fengnian didn't take a second look, just stared at the little girl doll carved in pink, reached out to pinch her little cheek, and dodged it, so she had to retract her hand helplessly, "Lu Qiu'er, your daughter is fortunate to look like a little sister-in-law, no wonder you don't want to engage with General Qi."
Little girl, how old are you?"
Xiao Nizi, whose face was full of tears, pouted and didn't speak, sulking.
Chu Lushan had to smile and said: "I am only a little over three years old, and I speak much later than ordinary children, but the first word I said was Dad, which made me very happy."
I've been able to walk for half a year, but I like to be clingy. ” Chu Lushan rubbed his daughter's red face, and said with a smile: "Come, call our Royal Highness the prince father." ” Xu Fengnian couldn't cry or laugh, and reprimanded: "your eggs." ” Xiao Nizi is not very sensible yet, but she already knows how to protect her short, and puffs out her cheeks at this big villain who speaks fiercely to her father, without exhaling or inhaling, and soon her little face is flushed.
Chu Lushan laughed and said: "This is her killer skill, and I don't know how anyone learned it, I don't have a problem every time." ” Xu Fengnian was also amused, "Hurry up and let her rest for a while, be careful to really hold her breath." ” Chu Lushan hurriedly kissed his daughter's forehead, "Grow up, be good, go back and give you beautiful clothes, don't be angry." ” The little girl raised her head and smiled brightly at her father, then tilted her head to look at Xu Fengnian, and began to puff up her little cheeks and hold her breath fiercely, but she couldn't stand being tickled by Chu Lushan, and soon broke her work, so she had to hide in her arms and not look at Xu Fengnian.
Xu Fengnian laughed heartily, "Yo, it's my fault that I didn't have a meeting gift, Xiao Changsheng, do you know that I gave your father a second-grade Beiliang Duhu, this gift is too light, I will leave the words here today, if I have a son in the future, I will let you be a daughter-in-law." ” Chu Lushan said with a look of ecstasy: "Your Highness, Lu Qiu'er is serious."
Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "You really are."
But the premise is that your daughter is not a big eighteen. ” Chu Lushan said excitedly: "Don't worry, my parents will follow her mother, and they won't be ugly in the future."
Chu Lushan turned his head and said: "Yuan Zuozong, Qi Dangguo, you two have to help me testify, if Your Highness repents in the future, I will have to rely on the two of you to speak up."
Yuan Zuozong got up and said, "Look at the mood." ” Qi Dangguo laughed arrogantly, only feeling that the whole body was comfortable, and the little green ant wine on the table was not enough to drink.
Xu Fengnian grimaced at the little girl who glanced at him secretly, and then said to Chu Lushan: "Don't send it." ” Seeing the four of them walking on the bluestone slab path carefully piled up by their own hands, when the back gradually faded away and disappeared from view, Chu Lushan came to the pool with his daughter in his arms and sat down.
Xiao Nizi shouted Daddy crisply.
Chu Lushan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Little Changsheng, it depends on whether you have the fate to be a queen in the future."
To be continued: