The warehouses in Jinyang are still being inventoried. Grain, grass and weapons are piled up in mountains. Even with the help of Jinyang officials, it still looks like a mess.
Li Po just took a look around the warehouse, and there were already a lot of people around him, including several chief officials of Jinyang Granary and the generals guarding the granary. They followed Li Po carefully and asked any questions.
answer.
In these years, Li Po held military power and fought in the south and north, and his power increased day by day.
But he still rarely enjoyed this kind of support outside the army, and for a while, he felt quite contented.
He returned south in the sixth year of Daye. After seven or eight years, he shed blood and sweat, and finally won a position in the troubled times of the late Sui Dynasty. Now when talking about the heroes in the world, he should be indispensable.
When he was still the general of Heng'an, he looked down upon those who rebelled against the king. He thought that it was precisely because of these guys that the world was in such a mess and that many people could no longer survive.
But now that he has joined it, he feels that this sense of power that attracts everyone's attention does have a different magic power. What are the heroes in the world fighting for? In fact, it is just this sense of satisfaction that responds to everything.
After creating some chaos here, Li Po led the people away from Okura and gave casual orders.
Not far from Okura, a group of people stopped waiting.
Li Po leaned on his horse under the shade of a tree, sighed a little tiredly, turned over and dismounted, and stood still for a long time, then suddenly said to Yu Wenxin beside him: "Are your family members in Jinyang?"
When asked, Yu Wenxin's heart beat hard several times.
Surrendering people is not easy to do. He understands this very well and has already prepared some excuses.
He took a deep breath to calm down, bowed slightly and said: "The last general's wife and children are all in Xijing, and only his youngest son and two nephews are with him."
Li Po didn't look at him. He just seemed to be chatting. He chuckled and said: "Xijing Chang'an, the road is far away, letters are inconvenient, and General Yuwen is not easy either."
Yu Wenxin did not dare to neglect him more and more, "A man is determined to achieve success and cannot care about so many things."
Li Po glanced at him sideways and said: "What you said is wrong. How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep one house? After you have established your merits, you must also take good care of your wife and children. Only in this way can you be a good man, don't you think?"
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"Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and no one is a saint. In fact, I am very surprised. There are traces of Wang's surrender to me. General Yuwen offered the city. I really didn't expect it."
"When the Li family launched an army from Taiyuan and marched south to Chang'an, everyone was afraid of his military strength and envied his family background, so they all joined him one after another. Even I wanted to join him. General Yuwen gained Li family's trust and entrusted him with important tasks, but now he has come to join me...
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"Aside from the steel swords and war horses, and the soldiers who have given me life and death in hundreds of battles, what else do I have to praise? I really can't think of anything that General Yuwen should be able to teach me, right?"
This was said very easily, but every word was heart-breaking. It was almost clear that Li believed in you and valued you, but you surrendered your city to me today. Will you return to the Tang Dynasty again tomorrow? How can I dare to reuse a person like you?
Woolen cloth?
Yu Wenxin gritted his teeth secretly. He had long been prepared to face such a challenge. He also knew that he was being asked about this on such an occasion and in such a place.
It's not because he can keep his composure, but because Jinyang City is now under his control, and everything is settled, his role in subduing people quickly loses its due weight, so what is supposed to come will come.
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This is undoubtedly a moment related to his future and destiny. If he answers well, he will still be the same General Yuwen. If he answers poorly, then forget about it and expect this person to be merciful? Haha, Governor Lin of Loufan, General Manager of Youzhou Luo Yi, etc.
Isn’t it too unjust for people to die?
Thinking of this, Yu Wenxin smiled bitterly and said: "The final general is also forced to have no choice..."
"Oh? But Li Yuanji forced too much? Although Tang Guogong Li Yuan is not very generous, he is not a person who doesn't know right from wrong..."
The words became more and more direct, but the more they were like this, the more difficult it was for Yu Wenxin to handle it.
He pondered for a while and then said: "When the general is in charge of the army, I will burn down the grain and grass in Jinyang, and then protect Li Yuanji from escaping. After returning, I will blame myself. After all, the loss of Jinyang is not the fault of the general.
Room for change."
"But at first, why should the hundreds of thousands of people in Jinyang be blamed? When the fire breaks out, the people will be devastated. In the end, the general will not be so cruel. But if Jinyang is handed over, the guilt will be heavy when he returns..."
"Secondly, Li Yuanji's popularity is small. When he is fighting for glory, he takes the lead at every step. After a disastrous defeat, he just wants to hide his superiority. And because of the incident of sending troops, he has already hated the general to the bone, and the general will protect him in the south.
Return, everyone should take me as the leader. Xu Juzheng took advantage of his wishes and went back to Chang'an to stir up trouble. If the general offends, he will be beheaded in the market, and his wife and children will not be spared."
“How to save yourself for the future?”
Having said this, he glanced at Li Po. In fact, what he was most worried about at this time was not that Li would kill his whole family, but that the man in front of him would force Li to kill his entire family so that he would have no way out.
This is not some idle conjecture. In fact, as long as a letter is sent to Chang'an, it might be possible.
"Moreover, the last general will be watching Tang Gong... Li Yuan's employment of people is nothing more than this. Once he becomes emperor, his brothers, sons and nephews all suddenly rise to prominence. Under the mixed situation of good and bad, he often makes mistakes but does not know how to repent. Now everyone is following it, but because of
His family background is prominent and he lives in the land of the emperor in Chang'an."
"For a long time, the meritorious officials have been at the top, and the Li family members have been in the key positions. How can they convince everyone by being rewarded with power and position for their contribution? Hum, Pei Ji is nothing more than a guard dog. He has no good plans.
There is no strategy, but when I was in Jinyang, I was able to go in and out of the left-behind mansion as if I were in a normal place."
"After raising the army, they achieved nothing but generous rewards. This can be seen in Li Yuan's employment of people. How can such a big thing be achieved?"
"The last general is in charge of Jinyang's military power, and he is also the general of the right guard, but he lives under an ignorant child. He is repeatedly bullied. After the defeat, he has to fear what will happen next. It is really depressing..."
"This is all what I said. If the manager doesn't believe what I said, I can send him back. I am a repetitive person. I really want to end up like this, but I have nothing to say."
Li Po looked at this man and said to himself, this man is much more cunning than Chen Xiaoyi and others. If I send you back to Li Yuan and let Li Yuan chop your head off, how bad will my reputation be after that?
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But these words sounded decent to me. Regardless of whether this person cared about the people or was full of selfish motives, anyway, this person neither burned Jinyang nor escaped with Li Yuanji, but dedicated Jinyang to
Got him.
Facts always speak louder than words. It is necessary to be cautious, but it cannot be overdone.
In fact, victory is the best guarantee to stabilize people's hearts.
If we are really alone and exhausted, it is inevitable that people will change their minds, as the people in Jinyang City are proof.
Li Po immediately laughed and patted Yu Wenxin on the shoulder, "Don't blame me for being careless. More and more people are descending here. After all, you have to listen to what they say and watch what they do."
"It is said that you should not use people who are suspicious, and you should not use people who are suspicious. This is actually wrong. If you use inappropriate people, it will be a failure, so you can't use people like this. What I mean is... Chen Taishou of Yanmen is coming to Jinyang.
, I intend to entrust him with the important task of guarding Jinyang, and the post of Yanmen Prefect will be vacant."
"This is the position of Yanmen Prefect. I don't have much military power anymore, but there are a lot of things to do. Is General Yuwen willing to give in?"
Yu Wenxin was shocked. This was obviously because his suspicions had not gone away. He was transferred from Jinyang to serve as the prefect of Yanmen. Seeing what he said, he did not have much military power... Then the Tang army would not have to worry too much about his repeated actions.
Yu Wenxin felt a little sour, but then he became excited again.
The prefect of Yanmen County... is also the leader of a place. As long as there is no restriction from someone like Li Yuanji next to him, it is also a position of great potential, because since ancient times, the three counties of Daizhou are all headed by Yanmen, and their status is the same as that of Jinyang.
Similar to Bingzhou.
For him, a newcomer who had been entrusted with such an important task, what could he possibly complain about?
As for the transition from military general to civilian official, that's really not a problem. Where did the term "general to prime minister" come from? Leading troops on horseback and governing the people on horseback are exactly the goals that people these days highly admire.
Yu Wenxin beamed with joy and bowed deeply. The change in etiquette showed his dexterity, "General... I will accept the order. I will not let the manager down."
Li Po patted his shoulder again and said with a smile: "That's very good. Now I don't lack military leaders who are good at conquering and fighting. I just lack officials who can govern the world and bring peace to the people, and are resourceful and good at making decisions. These days...
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"Let's not talk about loyalty or disloyalty. I just hope that you can do your best to let the people of Yanmen live a peaceful life for a few days. We can also start well and end well, so this master-slave battle will be worthwhile.
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Yu Wenxin glanced at Li Po in surprise. He really didn't expect such compassionate words to come out of this man's mouth.
My heart moved a little, but I started to compliment him subconsciously, "The general manager has a noble heart and a kingly attitude. Please rest assured, general manager. I don't dare to let the general manager be suspected of not knowing people."
Li Po nodded, "That's best..."
After saying a few words, Yuchi's letter arrived, and he asked the guards to wait outside. He came to Li Po, knocked on his breastplate and presented Li Po with a greeting.
Li Po immediately introduced him to Yu Wenxin, "This is Yu Chixin, Grand Servant Yang Yichen, the grandson of Duke Yang."
Yu Wenxin was surprised again. There was Xue Wanche before, but now there are descendants of the Yang family in Luoyang. Coupled with the famous Su Dan, his view of Li Po has changed a little.
Without making a sound, did the Daizhou Army actually have these powerful families join them?
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