Chapter Five Unnamed Five
Chapter 5 Wuming (Five Seconds) talks were carried out very effectively at least Li Jiancheng thought that he could not feel sleepy after returning to his temporary residence.
Li Xu did not reject the title of Boling Prince given to him by the new emperor Yang You, which shows that he still has a good impression of the Tang Wang family. There was no expected mutual exclusion between the Hedong soldiers and the Boling Army. Regarding the issue of the two armies being unified under Li Xu, the soldiers of the left army also tacitly adopted a welcome attitude. These progress made Li Jiancheng feel comfortable. He regarded the good appearance in front of him as the first step to gather Xuzi to his own hands. As for the upcoming fierce battle, Li Jiancheng
I don't care very much about him that he doesn't think that the combination of Li Xu will lose in his eyes. Xuzi is a very capable general. He just needs someone to take good care of the way forward. The government advantages he is good at can make up for Xuzi's shortcomings in some aspects. What situation is more ideal than this? If this relationship of mutual dependence and mutual trust can be maintained for a long time, no matter the enemy outside the border or the opponent in the pass, he will inevitably be beaten to lose and lose. He kneels down and asks for forgiveness.
"Zhong Jian was a little absent-minded tonight!" Seeing Li Jiancheng as happy as a child who had just eaten candy, the marching chief Chen Yanshou couldn't help but wake up. "When he talked to the prince, his eyes kept floating out the window, sure there was something he didn't want to tell the fact that the governor Cui and Sima Zhao were also very cold towards us, and they seemed to be full of caution in their words!"
"Zhongjian and we have just started to cooperate, so they will definitely be careful. Think about how he has been stabbed in the back over the years. How could he meet so frankly so quickly!" Li Jiancheng smiled, not taking Chen Yanshou's reminder at all.
Xuzi is not Xuzi now. Xuzi was a bachelor at that time. He could throw away everything and let go of everything. Now Xuzi has six counties and tens of thousands of troops. Even if he wants to do something, he must consider the feelings of his soldiers. As a person with similar experiences, Li Jiancheng believes that he can fully understand Xuzi's difficulties. As for the coldness of generals such as Cui Qian and Zhao Ziming, he even thinks that it is a natural manifestation. Everyone turns out that Li Xu is the only one who follows him. Suddenly, his future fate is connected with the Li family in Hedong. It is inevitable that he will be a little confused. After a period of time, this confusion will fade away. They will feel the sincerity of the Li family and also feel that Li Jiancheng's care for his subordinates.
"It's not just a warning." Chen Yanshou's blind optimism towards the leader was helpless, and he had to aggravate the wording a little. "It's a kind of hostility, just like we've done something sorry or doing something about Ayuko, even if we're perfunctory, we're very reluctant!"
"Is that right?" Li Jiancheng frowned slightly, "Is Uncle Chen too careless about the man in the army? It is normal not to pay much attention to etiquette!"
"How could I pick on other people's etiquette?" Chen Yanshou was a little amused, "Besides, they have always respected me very much, which is the kind of respect that they refuse people from thousands of miles away!"
This is the difference between the prince and the second young master. As long as the prince is nice to others, he is willing to be nice and dislike the person, and he can't stand it anywhere. The second young master is much calmer, knowing how to repeatedly weigh the pros and cons, and not get along with others based on his inner likes and dislikes. If the other party can help him, even if he keeps looking at him coldly, he will try his best to get up and slowly alleviate the gap between them, and even actively ignore the other party's moral shortcomings. If that person is useless or threatened, the second young master will keenly feel the danger, or avoid this person, or take the initiative to "solve" the problem.
Li Jiancheng heard the anger in his confidant aide's tone, smiled and made a solemn promise, "Take it slowly, take it slowly! It's not a big deal if there is any misunderstanding for a while. There will be no knot in the world that cannot be untied, and they all admire Zhong Jian very much. As long as Zhong Jian does not have any other intentions, others will not cause any turmoil!"
"The problem lies in Zhongjian's reputation here is so high!" Chen Yanshou sighed in a low voice. "As these days, both in the people and in the army, I have visited Zhongjian in detail. Some people even engraved his name and hung it at home, saying that it can ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings!"
"Is that?" Li Jiancheng finally frowned and asked in a low voice, "Zhongjian has been in Boling for less than three years, and he still has more than half of his time to fight everywhere, what real benefits can he bring to the local area besides a little stable?" "This is the benefit, 'I would rather be a peaceful dog than a person in troubled times', have the prince heard of it? Besides, this official of the Great Sui Dynasty does not need to give the people real benefits. As long as it is not deliberately ruined, the people will treat you as a living Bodhisattva!" "Uncle Chen said that Zhongjian is better to the people than his father?" Li Jiancheng's last sentence was a little resistant, and he asked calmly with his political experience, the lives of the people under the jurisdiction of the Li family in Taiyuan are the most peaceful and rich officials. The corvee is light and the taxes are less. Otherwise, when the Li family raised the banner of uprising, there would not be so many people following him.
"Before we started the army, the Tang King was indeed very good at governing the people!" Chen Yanshou shrugged and replied
"Uncle Chen has something to say, we are the only two here, there is no need to go around!" Li Jiancheng raised his voice and smiled and ordered his father to designate him the marching chief appointed by him to be experienced and deeply scheming, but his biggest problem is that he likes to talk around and never allows people to directly reach his destination.
"When Zhongjian promised to ensure our food supply today, Cui Qian frowned twice. The expression on his face seemed to be a liar who could eat from afar!" Chen Yanshou thought for a while and said that he was the first to discover today.
"More than 50,000 people were chewed, and it was hard to deal with it anywhere. The person named Cui was a civil servant. Of course, he wanted to save some money for Xuzi!" Li Jiancheng comforted Chen Yanshou and kept the name Cui Qian in his heart.
"When the prince said that the warrior was responsible for raising food, grass and supplies, so that Hedong soldiers and horses were frugal and well-dressed, Cui Qian, Zhao Ziming and Zhongjian seemed to be stunned!"
"Shi Wu was born into a businessman, but his father entrusted him with an important position, which is naturally surprising!" Li Jiancheng thought about it and tried to answer the aspects he liked.
"On the way we came, some of the people who were in the military farm were obviously the style of Taiyuan and Shouyang generation." Chen Yanshou knew that Li Jiancheng had already had an idea in his mind, so he simply threw out the answer. Those people came to Hebei for less than a year, so they have not been completely assimilated by the locals. For the princes during the war, population was a symbol of strength, plundering the population of other heroes, which was equivalent to weakening the other party's strength in disguise.
"It was not Zhongjian who asked them to come!" Li Jiancheng sighed and finally admitted that Chen Yanshou's statement was factual. "I have also heard that Yuan Ji hid a lot of money in private in the name of protecting military supplies! But it has been several months since this matter has been found out. What can he do if he finds out? The people have escaped. They can't persuade their father to punish Yuan Ji for his crime in order to escape a few people?!"
"The prince is a kind brother, Mr. Tang, and a kind father!" Chen Yanshou sighed and commented, "But this matter is not something that can be ignored casually, especially in Zhongjian's eyes, he offended all the wealthy families in Boling in the past few years, and took care of all the people who promoted Xiaomin Yuanji and local officials to make money. He must be very disgusted with it!"
Not only does Li Xu not stand his civil and military officials, probably none of them are used to it. If it weren't for the purpose of rescuing refugees from Hedong, the Boling Army would not have to rush to develop Zhuo County. If it hadn't invested so much financial and material resources in Zhuo County, it would have been relatively easier for Li Xu to make a decision outside the battlefield. Chen Yanshou hoped that Jiancheng would figure it out and no longer need him to analyze. In addition, the officials under Li Xu's command were very different from the traditional Sui officials. It was clear that when they got along, if Li Jiancheng tried to integrate the two families together, these were the first set of obstacles he needed to face. As for the superficial politeness during the day and the reluctance of the command rights of soldiers and horses, they were actually some irrelevant branches.
What disappointed Chen Yanshou was that Li Jiancheng could understand Li Xu's feelings and the indifference of Hebei officials, but he did not think that this could cause much trouble for further cooperation between them. After all, the conscious family fully took care of Xuzi's own interests and expressed some to his main generals, "Zhongjian was born in a humble and refused to forget his roots. This is also one of his benefits!" He thought about it and said very seriously, "That is why his father valued him so much, and I have always been happy to date him!"
"Oh!" Chen Yanshou sighed again, very helpless, very regretful, "Does the prince plan to gather Zhong Jian?" He asked knowingly, as if he had never guessed the wishful thinking of the built one.
"Of course!" Li Jiancheng replied without hesitation, "Before going north, my father once told me that no matter what conditions Zhongjian proposed, he could consider it."
"What conditions will the prince prepare to give him?" Chen Yanshou asked, and continued to shake his head.
"Until now, Zhongjian only asked me to work together with him to fight against the Turkic invasion. In addition, he did not mention any other conditions. He is not a greedy person and will not know how to advance and retreat. Uncle Chen should not underestimate him." Li Jiancheng was so laughed that he felt blocked in his heart and said in a muffled voice.
Chang'an is the capital of the emperor. The fact that he has always conquered Chang'an means that the emperor has the blessing of the emperor. With the current strength and development speed of the Li family, he may be defeated within three to five years and restore peace to the world. Li Jiancheng does not believe that Xuzi cannot see that, and the six counties of Boling, which have been exhausted by years of war, cannot provide support for an emperor. Since the partners have great prospects and their families do not have the hope of competing, why should Xuzi insist on drawing a clear line with the Li family?
When smart people come to this situation, they know how to choose even if they are a little unwilling to do so, they will not risk being ruined by a goal that does not see hope for success. In Jiancheng's eyes, Xuzi may not be very smart, but is definitely not a gambler. Therefore, he has extremely strong confidence in subdueing the other party, but Chen Yanshou's smile is so mysterious, so mysterious that it makes people feel cold on their backs and their hearts are bleak.
He hopes that Chen Yanshou can put away his smile and say a few truly useful words to himself. He is the commander of the first army. The heir of Tang King Li Yuan does not need others to guide him like a child to say anything directly. He will listen carefully to every useful advice.
Chen Yanshou did not understand others' feelings at all, and continued to ask with a smile, "If Zhong Jian is willing to re-enter the Li family, how will the prince use it?"
"Of course I treated him Yicheng back then. I said so much now, and I will treat him like this! What does Uncle Chen think?" Li Jiancheng was angry but simply kicked the problem back directly.
When I first realized Li Xu's talent, my father did ask them this way, his three brothers, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, all gave their own answers. Now, this opportunity has come back to me. Li Jiancheng still believes that his original views are nothing wrong.
The key to being a master and a servant is to be incompatible and know each other. If you take over the throne of your father, you will definitely trust those talents and stay away from those villains to treat Zhongjian with such capable and good character. You should treat Wang Meng like Fu Jian, obey your advice and be loyal to him.
"What if he asks you to deal with Yuan Ji, Shimin, or Changshi Shunde, Dou Yong?" Chen Yanshou's smile became more and more mysterious, making people feel uneasy.
Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, blurted out the rebuttal words, "How could he make such an unreasonable request?" But in an instant, he clearly realized that such a thing was very likely to happen. Yuan Ji liked horses, beauties and gold, Shimin used all means to do things, Changsun Shunde and his uncle Dou Yong were famous for accepting gifts. In the future, the corrupt official would definitely be with Li Xu's character, and he might not be able to live with these people for a long time. Even if he did not cause trouble for the other party, the other party would not let him go.
"Uncle Chen, then how do you think I should use him?" Thinking of this, he finally lost his confidence, bowed to the ground, and solemnly asked the wisest person in the tent for advice.
Chapter completed!