In any era, the decline of an abandoned class is astonishing.
The Battle of Liaodong, in which Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Qi Bi Heli, and Gao Kan participated, was almost the last highlight moment of Zhenguan veterans.
These people all received the highest honor and the richest rewards after the war, but this was also the final summary of their military careers.
The emperor hopes that they can adapt to the new era. If they cannot adapt, then they will gradually die out in the next few decades and eventually disappear from the public.
After Yunchu left the Yinggong Mansion, he went to the Yanmen County Government Mansion to visit Liang Jianfang.
Although he knew that Liang Jianfang was at the Yinggong Mansion, he still insisted on going to the Yanmen County Mansion to visit Liang Jianfang's wife, Mrs. Zhou.
Liang Jianfang was a tough guy who could stand up for his brothers, so he looked extremely stupid in the officialdom.
Liang Jianfang also had two sons, who were exactly the same as Liang Jianfang. The eldest was serving as a lieutenant in Qianzhou on the faraway Jiangnan Road, and the second was serving as a general in Zuowuwei Yamen in the capital.
They are all honest people, even if they are like Lao Liang, he has a bad temper and cannot be an official. The eldest brother took in his criminal friends out of loyalty and has already been dismissed from his post. In order to save his brother, the second brother returned to the Yushitai.
The censor gave him a gift, but when someone withheld the gift, he was also held responsible for bribing the censor.
Yun Chu has always been very grateful to Lao Liang. After all, it was the existence of this old man that allowed him to make the first soft sound of a young phoenix in Chang'an.
There is no point in talking to Liang Jianfang. As long as they talk about their family affairs, he will definitely ask Yun Chu to help his brother deal with some extremely difficult things first, and he will talk about his own affairs later.
Liang Jianfang had a good friend named Gao Zengsheng. He collaborated with Tang Fengyi, the chief minister of the Guangzhou Governor's Office, to frame Li Jing for treason. However, he was eventually investigated and found to be fabricated. Therefore, Gao Zengsheng was deprived of his official position and sent to the border areas for no use.
Originally, this kind of stinky guy who framed people would hide as far as possible from others. Unfortunately, Liang Jianfang did not do this. Instead, he kept interceding for this person. As long as he made a little contribution in the Western Regions and Liaodong,
So he complained to the emperor, hoping to use his own merits to offset Zeng Sheng's sins.
Emperor Taizong took pity on him because he was a fool and did not care about him. The current emperor felt that he was unreasonable and did not care about him. Therefore, until now, Gao Zengsheng's family is still living in a remote place.
After Mrs. Zhou saw Yun Chu, she started to cry, and only asked Yun Chu to take her grandson Liang Ying away and raise him properly when he went to the Western Regions.
This is also the purpose of Yunchu coming to the Liang family.
When he left the Yanmen County Duke's mansion with the well-equipped Liang Ying, Liang Jianfang came back, groaning in pain, and met Yun Chu at the door, and his grandson Liang Ying, who was dressed as if he was traveling far away.
"Where are you taking my grandson?"
"Go to the Western Regions and work as a handler of big animals."
"Can you bring Gao Cheng with you, Gao Liang? This way you will have two more big animals at your disposal."
Yun Chu looked at Liang Jianfang, who was standing on the ground enduring the pain, and said, "You used to treat me like a big animal, and now I treat your grandson like a big animal. This is called retaliation. Others are none of my business."
Liang Jianfang's eyes became dim, he turned to look at his tall grandson, his mouth trembled a few times and then he said, "Don't cherish your life, people who cherish their lives will never survive."
After finishing speaking, he did not look at his grandson Liang Ying who was kneeling at his feet. He looked at Yun Chu and said in a pleading tone, "Don't plunge him into death."
Yun Chu's eyes were so sore. He clearly remembered that the same man drank wine and ate meat from a large bowl with King Huihe on a high platform. In front of him was the tall capital made of Turkic heads. At that time, it was huge
The Jingguan was burning. With an order, two to three hundred Uighur deserters who had escaped from the battle were thrown into the Jingguan alive. The screams were mixed with the sound of music.
It was at that time that Yunchu saw a powerful Tang Dynasty for the first time in Liang Jianfang.
However, ten years have passed. The violent and mighty invincible commander in the past, the man who could pull out the enemy chief's spine and use it as a whip, has become the man in front of him begging him, begging him not to send his grandson to death.
elder.
Yun Chu always believed that a person like him would be tough all his life and would never say a soft word until his death. Even after death, his bones would make the sound of gold and iron when struck.
Ten years have finally worn away the iron in a tough guy's body.
"Liang Ying is seventeen years old and has good martial arts skills. He can be my retinue."
Hearing what Yunchu said, Liang Jianfang showed a smile on his face, took Yunchu's arm and said, "I don't know how to entertain people, let's go, let's go have a drink."
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I'm going to the military camp. You can't drink anymore. I've asked the old lady to arrange your taboo diet and take good care of your health. When I come back, I'll arrange leg sawing surgery for you."
Liang Jianfang laughed loudly and said, "I kicked you many times with my left foot. You hold a grudge and won't give up until I amputate my left foot, right? Well, you are about to go on a long journey, and I won't hold you back."
, when you come back, I will give you this foot and have a good drink."
A smile appeared on Yun Chu's face and he said to Liang Jianfang, "Brother's bullets have been taken out. It means that he can't become the captain of Zhechong. He has been demoted one level and became the captain of Guoyi. If he makes some achievements in the future, he will be promoted to captain."
It is not difficult to turn around and challenge the captain. I have also discussed the bribery of the second brother with the censors. It was just a misunderstanding and the matter has been revealed."
When Liang Jianfang heard that Yun Chu had taken care of the troubles caused by his two sons, his eyes lit up and he grabbed Yun Chu. Just as he was about to speak, he was gagged by Mrs. Zhou who was guarding Yun Chu when he left the house, and hurriedly
He was dragged back to the mansion.
Yun Chu turned to Liang Ying, who was standing aside indignantly, and said, "If I get a chance in the future, I'll kill that guy named Gao."
Liang Ying nodded and said, "I have had this intention for a long time."
At the beginning of Yunchu, Liang Ying left Chang'an City and came to the military stronghold on the edge of Qujiang River. At this time, there were bonfires everywhere in the military stronghold, and there were rough men everywhere drinking, singing, and wrestling.
Among the people selected this time, 40% were the soldiers who had followed Yunchu in the Liaodong war in the past, 30% were retired thieves, snitches, and gangsters specially selected by Yunchu, and the other 30% were delinquents from Chang'an and Chang'an counties.
people.
Seventy percent of the people here are dedicated to doing business in the Western Regions, and the main force of killing horse thieves, bandits, mountain bandits, and sand bandits along the way. The role of those snitches, ruthless bandits, and big thieves is to be occupied by the Big Food Country
of Sassanid, the main force that brought back the treasure of the Sassanid Kingdom.
Yunchu had no intention of helping the Sassanid country recover. There was no need for resurrection of a country that was destined to be swept into the garbage dump of history.
It would be more serious to use that money to help the people of Chang'an live a better life.
This is the first time Liang Ying has entered a military camp since he grew up. Ever since his grandfather stepped down from the position of General Youwei, the army has seemed very far away to him.
Following Yun Chu into the brightly lit Chinese military tent, Liang Ying dropped her luggage and took the initiative to grab Ma Shan and stand at the entrance of the military tent, assuming the responsibility of a soldier.
Wen Wenwen had been busy in the military tent for a long time. When she saw Yun Chu come in, she stood up and put a thick stack of documents in Yun Chu's hand and said, "There are many difficulties. Even if His Majesty agreed, they still gave us a lot of procedural troubles."
, there are documents from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Works, etc. We have to go through each department. Oh, by the way, we just received the documents from the Shaofu Supervisor.
Every document has only one purpose - to ask for money, and every department wants to benefit from it after we come back.
My suggestion is to find someone they can't refuse to help us go through these procedures. Once the procedures are completed, we can travel immediately.
Also, whether it is feasible for us to ignore any stakeholders and eat alone this time, we should discuss it again.
Otherwise, even if we come back safely, we will be the target of public criticism.”
Yun Chu thought for a moment, and since the fall of the Changsun clan, all the officials in the court have become a complete mob, and there has never been a minister as powerful as Changsun Wuji.
After this period of chaos, there will be a cruel era of cruel officials, where everyone has no time to care about others.
So, he decided to ignore these people.
"Now that the prince oversees the country, he will handle this matter well."
"I'm afraid it's not a good thing to approach the prince in such a big way at this time, right?"
"When have we ever concealed the fact that we are close to the prince?"
"It's better to be known than to be seen. Don't you understand the secret of being an official?"
"With His Majesty's suspicious character, if he approaches the Crown Prince openly, he may not have any unnecessary thoughts. After all, the Crown Prince is also a king. Sooner or later, he will have his own team. This is allowed by the imperial power.
The emperor cannot tolerate sneaking close to the prince, because doing so can easily remind the emperor of conspiracy and the like.
To be honest, I think His Majesty has seen and felt too many conspiracies, which made him disgusted with conspiracies from the bottom of his heart.
Therefore, it is only right for me to ask the prince for help tomorrow openly and help us handle these things that we simply cannot do."
He smiled softly and said, "Well, I hope nothing bad will happen if you do this. By the way, there were a few snitches in our team who misbehaved and I beheaded them."
Yun Chu frowned and said, "How dare they be unsafe here?"
Wen Wenwen said bitterly, "I don't know if it's because I'm used to being a thief, but I stole something from my own head."
"What did they steal?" Yunchu asked curiously?
"The solid food brought by the soldiers from home"
"Stealing dry food? Don't they have anything to eat?"
"Yes, the problem is that the spicy food brought by the soldiers was unforgettable after eating it, so they stole it."
Hearing this, he contacted Chili Pepper. Yun Chu immediately became interested and asked, "Tell me, the Chili Pepper will be sold in small quantities in the cafeteria in half a month. Where did the soldiers get it?"
He looked at Yun Chu with a gentle smile but said, "Donggong!"
Yun Chu took a deep breath and said, "This little guy also knows how to add sand to our team?"
Wen Wenhe chuckled and said, "Instead of saying that, it's better to say that His Majesty is adding sand to our team. His Royal Highness is afraid that we won't find out, so he used pepper to remind us, ah, how old are you now? He started to follow his father
It’s a trick, it seems our life will not be as easy as you thought in the future.”