"Let me just say, you have a bad temper." Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "You are so timid in Dongdu, but you are so irritable here in Wu'an... They say that a man can bend and stretch, but you have gone too far.
, I stretched too far.”
"Maybe so." Li Ding looked at Nangong Lake and sighed, unable to hide his frustration. "Anyway, it seems that he has had a chance in the past few years, but he has not achieved much results over and over again. He is really irritable."
"It's just that I keep running into walls." Zhang Xing said thoughtfully when he saw this. "I feel that I have a unique skill and can be invincible in the military. With this ability, I can turn clouds and rains, massacre cities and destroy countries with ease. As a result, in troubled times, politics, economy, and organization
, fortune, cultivation, diplomacy, even culture, regional relations, all must be managed, at least analyzed and judged, and although military is the most important thing, it is only one thing... Just as if we had known that the world would be general
Chaos, not caring about anything, just sharpening a knife early, but even if it is really chaotic, you can't really draw a knife when you think of it."
Li Ding did not refute, but just turned to look at the other person. Just like when he first met in the inn, this man had an ordinary appearance. He could only be regarded as having regular facial features, but his complexion was slightly paler and he was tall, but he was also a typical Beijing man.
He was born as a vanguard.
After looking at it for a long time, he asked in response: "If that's the case, what about you? How on earth do you, a vanguard of the North, know so much? Is it true that it's just like the rumors? Did Black Emperor choose you?"
"First of all, I don't know much, I just have a strong balance in my mind. When making judgments, it is more important to know what is more important, but I am still walking on thin ice. Secondly, I guess there are some choices, but it has nothing to do with what I know. It is mainly about Qi practice.
...But you have also seen it." Zhang Xing was rarely honest. "Moreover, cultivation is my biggest shortcoming."
"Your cultivation is not weak."
"That's not what I mean. It means that my understanding of cultivation and how the true energy of heaven and earth affects the entire world, especially the operation of society... So I am very afraid of the great master, but also inexplicably confident.
The same is true for the Supreme, the True Dragon, and the Immortal." Zhang Xing sighed. "I always feel that I am afraid that I will suffer a big loss in such things. Including the British Duke, my fear of him is not that he took the Jin first.
Di is a northern roof, so he can start at a leisurely pace. It's not that he is good at playing chess, but I always worry that he is actually a great master and will just come to the top of the red mountain without being reasonable."
Li Ding was silent for a while and answered seriously: "The Grand Master is like a red mountain pressing down on the top. It's not unreasonable, but it's just the way it is. The Red Mountain is nothing more than the corpse of a real dragon... After the Grand Master erected the pagoda and before he was enthroned,
Climbing mountains and slaying dragons is just an ordinary thing, isn't it the same for the last three of the four emperors? Moreover, you said that I have retracted too much and stretched too far. Is it possible that you are used to doing things too unscrupulously?
"
"It's possible, but this is the most frightening part." Zhang Xing nodded immediately. "Because I am really afraid that I will lose my ability to judge on this matter."
Li Ding hesitated for a moment, then suddenly dropped the topic and continued to ask: "What about the "Six Tao"? Where is that wild temple?"
"They all have explanations." Zhang Xing was still magnanimous. "But I don't admit how much convenience I got from it. Among them, "Six Tao" is the clear proof. If I don't rewrite it myself, I will ask you to explain it.
If you try it once in the military, how can it be effective? You should also understand."
Li Ding nodded, with an inexplicable expression on his face.
"On the other hand, I'm actually more looking forward to the "Yi Jin Jing"." Zhang Xingyi said. "After this autumn, I plan to gather all the Qijing training in the area to give them a use and assist. I hope it can
It's just like what you said, so that the practice of Qijing no longer depends on luck and qualifications. Of course, I also need to take the opportunity to make statistics and training. Xu Shiying has been helping me with one thing, that is, Qijing masters and military
The allocation ratio of chief officers, as well as the ratio of practitioners and reserve officers in my direct camp and other troops. I will let you take a look at it when the time comes, make adjustments, and finally write it into the "Six Tips" for me."
"This is a must for a true true energy formation. From now on, if we really hope to fight the weak against the strong when we fall behind in the level of cultivation, we cannot expect a group of practitioners to form an formation. We still have to disperse the practitioners into the army. According to
Attributes, cultivation levels, combined with the strength of the entire army, form a real army formation. The true energy, manpower, equipment, and military morale are integrated into one." Li Ding instinctively blurted out, but immediately, he paused for a moment, and then came slightly.
Sigh. "Do you just trust me so much? Or do you think deep down that I'm just a knife and nothing to worry about?"
"Not to mention that I have never only used you as a sword, but I have taken ten thousand steps back. According to what you said, you only used a sword, and it is also an indestructible sword that can smash mountains and slay dragons. People like me
, even the cloth and cow dung encountered on the roadside have to be saved, how can you say that a precious sword is not a concern?" Zhang Xing said with a joking smile. "The yellow gelding is still riding, and the unsheathed sword given by King Qi is also there.
I also have a compass I bought for more than ten cents. Although I don’t use it, I still hang it on my waist when I go out.”
As he said that, Zhang Xing took out a compass. Although he had bought it five or six years ago, it was still 80% new. He didn't know whether it should be attributed to Taishang Laojun's consecration or to the progress of China's manufacturing industry.
"Do you want to try it?" Zhang Xing placed the compass on the stone table in the pavilion. "But be careful. Once you use it, if you don't persist and fight to the end, you will suffer harm."
Li Ding glanced at the compass and shook his head: "Like you, I also believe in myself more. It's not that things like foreign objects cannot be used. They are just as appropriate if they are used well. But when I think about what the Supreme True Dragon is doing behind it,
, I always feel guilty.”
"All of you capable people are like this. I'm convinced. It's not like me, who was forced into desperate situations several times and still had to use it." Zhang Xing nodded and put it away.
Immediately, the two continued to look at the lake. After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no new topic, Zhang Xing decided to speak on his own initiative: "Li Si, stop fussing, give up your ambition and join the gang! Now that it's over, it's all over.
It's Guan Long who still has the advantage in strength, but it won't be you...and I'm just going to use your skills to defeat the strong with the weak!"
Li Ding's spirit perked up slightly, and then he immediately shook his head: "I will not surrender for three reasons."
Zhang Xing sneered: "Then I have four to surrender."
Li Ding answered seriously: "I'm not interrupting you, but I had already thought about how to deal with your request to surrender before I came here. First of all, the time to really determine the direction of the world will be in the next year and a half, that is, Jiangdu, Dong
After the collapse of the capital, the whereabouts of the main force of the Jiangdu Forbidden Army and the consequences for Emperor Cao of the Eastern Capital. I think that even if the Forbidden Army was afraid of the few grandmasters in Jiangdu and the great master of the Eastern Capital, they did not dare to rebel for a while, but as the situation became worse and worse, this
The two places are destined to be unable to hold on. It will only be one year or two years. In other words, the general trend of the world will not be clear until then. How do you know that Uncle Cao will not desperately take Britain away before he dies?
Sir? Then my chance has come, right?"
"That's my chance!" Zhang Xing was speechless. "Maybe it's Sisi's chance!"
Li Ding was slightly startled and immediately shook his head: "In short, the situation will be clear after that. It is too early to talk about the situation now, or at least it is too early to force me to surrender based on the situation."
Zhang Xing smiled and said nothing, but did not refute either.
"Secondly." Li Ding continued. "It's a matter of my identity, or my personal ambition... You have scolded me so much today, and I don't hold back anymore. I want to be the emperor! In troubled times, I
Of course I want to be the emperor!"
Zhang Xingdan glanced at the other party steadily and said nothing. Instead, he seemed to urge the other party to continue.
"Aren't you surprised?" Li Silang was uneasy.
"You are a descendant of Guanlong. You have been trained as a military leader since you were a child, and you are in troubled times. Now you still have two counties in your hands. Isn't it natural to want to be the emperor?" Zhang Sanlang seemed even more surprised that the other party was not surprised at his uneasiness. "I
Are you surprised that he wants to be the fifth supreme being?"
Li Silang was equally calm: "There is nothing to say about this. As for the things you have done... I have never seen anyone who wants to fight for the world to verify the law from scratch and adjust the military personnel relations from scratch, and even give him a name.
Help, you want to suppress Guan Long, and you also want to clean up the aristocratic families in Jiangdong and the powerful in Hebei... I won't be surprised if you really want to kill a few dragons one day just to return the earth's energy."
"Then don't you want to unify the world, become a true dragon and immortal, and be famous throughout the ages?" Zhang Sanlang said with a smile.
"No delay." Li Silang responded seriously. "There is no delay between wanting to be emperor after the troubled times and unifying the world, becoming a dragon and becoming a god."
"That's the truth." Zhang Xing continued with a smile. "Why don't you surrender?"
"And, can you and your gang really tolerate me?" Li Ding said seriously. "Over and over again?"
"I can tolerate you." Zhang Xing also suppressed his smile. "I have nothing to say about the first one, I can only say we'll see; not to mention that I don't care about the second one, the key is to understand the situation clearly and then
In fact, your intelligence will die out on its own. Your ambition is to dominate the world after all. This has been your ambition since childhood, and we have no conflict on this point. The third point is that if you are two years late,
I can tolerate you, and the Gang can tolerate you..."
"Are you so tolerant?" Li Ding took a long breath. "Have you ever thought about it, it's okay right now, we haven't fought a war yet, I don't have any lives on my hands, and I haven't occupied your territory... But once the storm rises, for
Fight for the most fatal glimmer of opportunity, or be directly wrapped up in the situation and fight with you, can you still be so tolerant?"
Zhang Xing was quiet for a while and gave the answer: "I myself will be angry, even angry, but as the chief, I can still tolerate you Li Silang, and the gang must tolerate it too... because the gang is not a personal thing.
It wants to overthrow the entire Wei Dynasty and restore peace to the world. It shouldn't have these emotions... I just want to ask you one thing, if Xue Changxiong surrenders now, do you think I should accept it?"
Li Ding remained silent, but was obviously stunned.
"I must accept that if Xue Changxiong is willing to surrender, we will have the best place in Hebei, we will have the weapons of the Hejian camp, and we can barely make up three grandmasters, and we will have nothing to fear. At most
He said he just reformed the Hejian Army after surrendering." Zhang Xing spoke quickly and steadily. "Are we going to settle accounts with him at this time and say how many of us he killed and a leader? Including how many he killed before.
Hebei Rebels? Or care about his identity as the leader of the Guanlong clan? If you care about these, more people will die, and even directly affect success or failure." At this point, Zhang Sanlang spoke slowly. "Compared with him, you
Who is Li Laosi? Who do you look down on? Besides, no matter how much I ridicule you today, have I ever had the slightest intention of not recognizing your ability? Li Laosi is still the one I believe in the world.
The most powerful blade, the one who can smash mountains and slay dragons is none other than you. You are the best in the world in defeating armies and destroying countries, but you just don't have the time."
Li Ding's heart moved slightly and he wanted to speak.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xingfu added another sentence: "But on the other hand, if you know this, but just use our gang's ambition to calm down the world, then don't blame us when you use up your sword."
Just put it away and hang it up.”
Li Dingfu simply remained silent again.
"So, are you coming or not?" Zhang Xing answered seriously. "I believe in your words. I only need a word from you. I will naturally believe you. It is because of the situation that I am afraid of attracting the British Duke and Uncle Cao, and I am afraid of causing a sudden war in Hebei.
Even if you don’t speak, you will always understand in your heart... If you have to wait until the situation changes drastically, it will be different after all, and there will be a layer of estrangement. How can you eliminate it? "
"Let's just wait until Dongdu or Jiangdu changes. Since you are so confident, why are you afraid that in the past year and a half, I will give up on you." Li Ding thought quietly for a while and suddenly stood up.
, looking cool and unrestrained, actually wanted to leave first.
Zhang Xing watched the other party leave the pavilion, then stood up and called to the other party: "Li Si!"
"What else?" Li Ding turned back, curious.
"The thing I regret most now is that I was too generous to Qin Er. I could have pushed him, put pressure on him, and asked him to surrender early, but I always thought that time would prove something and let him reach the same destination through different routes..."
"Isn't this bad?" Li Ding looked at the afternoon sun shining on the pavilion, hiding Zhang Xing's face in the shadow, and couldn't help but laugh. "Don't you still have confidence? You can tolerate Xue Changxiong and Chen Bin
, Feng Duan, can you tolerate those tycoons Xu Shiying and Zhai Qian who dominate in private, tolerate Shan Tonghai, who was a gangster in the past, tolerate the bandits who are greedy for money, tolerate the rude Xie Minghe, and tolerate the Cui family's children who are speculating?
To tolerate an ambitious person like me, what did Qin Bao do that makes you unable to tolerate it anymore?"
"It's not that I can't bear it, but it should have been better." Zhang Xing walked out of the pavilion with his hands behind his back and came under the sun. He was dressed in half-worn plain brocade clothes with a dull expression on his face and a mouth that kept chattering.
It seemed to be the same as when he was on official business in Jing'antai that day, which made Li Ding lose his mind for a moment. "It's because people's hearts are fickle! It's time that can change people! I always think that one day, an honest kid like Qin Bao will be kidnapped by the army."
What should I do if he slaughters the city? How should I face him? Moreover, in the past three years, I have been helping, watching helplessly some people slide over and unable to recover, and helplessly watching many people repeat their stubbornness, but they can still see
I have seen that many people, the kind of domineering local tyrants and unscrupulous bandits you mentioned, are gradually being restrained and become generals, becoming law-abiding, understanding people and respecting the system... So I thought, if
What if someone like Qin Bao followed me in the first place?"
Having said this, Zhang Xing sighed deeply, looked at the glittering Nangong Lake, and then turned back and continued: "Besides, sometimes I am really hard, and even a little scared... I don't know if Xu Shiying really
What should I do if I turn against you? When I fought against Xuzhou, I don’t know what I would do if I lost? So I always think about it, if you and Qin Bao were here, if Zhang Shizhao was willing to surrender to me sincerely from the beginning, how great would it be? What’s more important
Yes, what if I am also consumed by power and change?"
Li Ding's mouth suddenly went dry.
"Li Si, I'm saying this, one is to ask you to have a chance to talk to Qin Bao, and the other is to tell you not to do the hero's meeting thing. I sincerely hope that you can come early.
, when something unexpected happens, when you change your mind, don’t have any burden, just come here and do big things together, do good deeds, and do things with a clear conscience!" Zhang San continued.
Li Ding looked at the other party blankly and nodded hard: "I will tell Qin Er."
After saying that, he slowly turned around with his hands behind his back.
Zhang Xing didn't say anything more, just stood outside the pavilion with his hands behind his hands, squinting his eyes and watching the other party leave. After a while, he also walked out.
Regardless of the small incident after the meeting, it is enough to say that the meeting ended successfully. After all, the political crisis that might trigger a war in Hebei was resolved. Xue Changxiong left directly. Li Ding and Li Li also left immediately. Luo
Shu didn't leave, but Zhang Xing relaxed and just followed Xiong Bonan and Feng Duan who came from outside to wander around in Feng's manor. They even walked around in the evening banquet.
Feng Wuyi was publicly criticized.
"Mr. Feng, your Feng family's behavior seems to be inconsistent with the system. I'm afraid it's natural that you are not as good as the Cui family in terms of reputation. If you ask me, even the Fang family is not as good." When Zhang Xing said this, he was sitting at the head of the banquet in a grand manner.
, as soon as the words came out, the Feng family members who were originally dissatisfied with this rebel who did not know how to respect the elderly and care for the young became even more angry, but they did not dare to interrupt and only looked at Xiong Bonan and Feng Duan.
Needless to say, Feng Duan, Xiong Bonan spent a lot of time in Changle when he was young. It is said that he was taken care of by the Feng family, and he was also familiar with several of the Feng family's children.
But Xiong Bonan and Feng Duan just pretended not to see the gazes of these people.
Luo Shu even twisted his beard to laugh, as if he meant to see a joke.
Of course Feng Wuyi knew that he couldn't let this embarrassment continue, so he could only seriously raise his hand and ask: "Chief Zhang, how is Feng's behavior inconsistent with the system?"
"Land." Zhang Xing blurted out. "I just asked, the entire area around Nangong Lake is your family's land. This was obviously taken advantage of by the Feng family in the past two years to take advantage of the troubled times, right? Otherwise, according to the land grant system, it would be
Your family's land is here, so how can you encircle the entire Nangong Lake? Although the Cui family and the Fang family also have manors in Qinghe, they still follow the rules more or less, that is, rent first and then hire. With the Cui family
In the name of providing fair protection from taxation and corvee in exchange for income...isn't this a judgment of superiority?"
Hearing this, Feng Wuyi was relieved on the spot, and the Feng family disciples below also laughed a lot, and even looked complacent.
"Chief Zhang has misunderstood." Feng Wuyi, who had just illegally served as the prefect of Zhao County, said, "My family does have a lot of land. Not only here, but also in Changle, there are acres of manor and a very large house. But these are all
It's not illegal, but I have worked in the imperial court for almost twenty years, and the sage explicitly ordered the land to be awarded through the slave system. However, the Cui family and the Fang family in Qinghe did not have the opportunity to serve as officials in the Wei Dynasty, so naturally they did not have these excess lands."
"I see, I wrongly blamed your Excellency." Zhang Xing understood and immediately reminded him earnestly. "But if this is the case, Feng Gong must be even more careful, because the gang does not follow the rules of the Wei Dynasty, especially when it comes to private matters.
The slaves and official slaves are deeply hated. In the future, if the gang attacks Xindu, they will definitely unconditionally forcibly redeem the private slaves, release the official slaves, and burn high-interest debts. If Feng Gong wants to continue the family, please make preparations in advance."
Not to mention the admission of mistake in the front, but the threat that seemed to be made out of anger made everyone in the audience change their colors in horror. As for some young Feng disciples, they simply clenched their fists.
Feng Wuyi fell silent. He wanted to refute it instinctively, but he found it boring, especially for Wei Jiangqing. The extra land he obtained by relying on the saint's personal favor was really ridiculous... Don't say help, just replace it with someone from any family.
In the Wei Dynasty, as long as the system of equalizing land and granting land was still maintained, it was asking for trouble.
So, unexpectedly, instead of refuting it, old man Feng answered sincerely after a moment of silence: "What Chief Zhang said is that even if we don't talk about the situation, we just say that the saints have reached this point and the Wei Dynasty has reached this point.
To me, this kind of thing is shameful and not honorable, and I should ask the local officials to vacate it as soon as possible."
Zhang Xing was slightly stunned, but he really had nothing to say.
In fact, seeing the other party being so arrogant, Zhang Xing just reminded me sincerely, just one sentence: "Feng Gong is so magnanimous, it seems that I am troublesome. However, it is not only necessary to follow the gang rules at home, but also to follow the gang rules at home.
When you arrive in Zhaojun, you should also follow the relevant systems. We have been reorganizing the laws recently. When the time comes, we will send you a copy, including many systems, and the laws will also be sent to you. I hope that Governor Feng can implement the rule of law in Zhaojun and give back to the people of Zhaojun.
Peace."
In response, Feng Wuyi could only smile bitterly.
After that, the banquet continued. After three rounds of drinking, the Feng disciples gradually dispersed. As expected, Luo Shu couldn't wait to speak: "Chief Zhang, we are old friends. Although Qin Bao's child is not with you now, but not
Delaying our relationship... Li Cheng's health gradually failed last year, and as a native of Youzhou, I have gradually gained recognition from many local brothers, but there are also many people who are dissatisfied... Therefore, I stay here to please you.
One word."
"I know." Zhang Xing immediately handed over his hand. "Our gang supports you to take over the helm of General Manager Li in Youzhou. If you are in urgent need of help from some experts, just call someone who has met me over there.
Whether it’s Young Master Luo or Zhang Gongshen, why not send someone like him to be stationed here permanently? We can also send a few people to station in Youzhou so that everyone can share their needs.”
Luo Shu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately raised his glass to the complicated gazes of Feng Wuyi, Xiong Bonan and others: "Chief Zhang's meaning today, I, Luo Shu, will definitely keep it in mind... I will let you know when I go back this time.
Zhang went to look for you in the general's mausoleum."
Zhang Xing also raised his glass in response and drank it all in one gulp.
In mid-autumn, the most important autumn harvest work had just been completed. Zhang Xing and others who were extremely busy also returned to Jiangling, and then received the message:
Li Ding withdrew from Zhao County as agreed, and Feng Wuyi successfully took office;
At the same time, or maybe even earlier, the giant Pishan Sword King Chenkuo who once ran rampant in Hengshan County came out of Wuma Mountain to attack the city again, and showed the level of Chengdan master, and for a time he was almost invincible in Hengshan Mountain;
Not to mention, in Dai County further north, Zhang Xing, an old friend of Luo Shu and Xiong Bonan, a former Black Emperor Taoist priest, defected to the Youzhou Army and became a member of the Youzhou Army system early on.
I don't know whether it was coercion or instigation from a relative of his who sold smuggled salt, became a rebel, and then surrendered as an officer and soldier, so he raised the flag again.
how to say?
None of this matters. Chief Zhang became the chief. During the First World War in Xuzhou, the Forbidden Army did business directly with Bang, the world's number one rebel, which exposed the bad influence that the saint had in Jiangdu. The princes invaded, rebels spread everywhere, and smoke and dust were everywhere.
Let nature take its course, no less than these two.
But there are really two problems.
First of all, Hebei was hit by a disaster, and the harvest was indeed not good. Chief Zhang worked hard to get three families to intervene and return the country to Zhao, and maintained the situation. However, when the gourd was pressed, the war could not be stopped, and he was helpless.
Secondly, the latter two are all using the banner of gang.
And here in Jiangling, a fierce dispute immediately broke out over the latter matter.
PS: Thank you Mr. Circle Bear for your third alliance.