When we left the East Palace, it was almost dusk, the sky was extremely gloomy, and dark clouds covered the sky grayly.
For some reason, there was a lot of rain in the summer this year, and in winter, it snowed non-stop every now and then, and there were very few sunny days in a row.
Fortunately, since Fang Jun was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, he had vigorously built rivers and water conservancy in various parts of Guanzhong. When he was in Jingzhao Prefecture, he also established a "disaster emergency yamen" to connect various yamen in Guanzhong with the garrison. In peacetime, he spared no effort to strengthen various departments.
Infrastructure construction in this aspect can better respond to extreme weather conditions in a timely manner, minimizing the losses caused after disasters occur.
Not only did the people in Guanzhong praise Fang Jun and burst into tears of gratitude, Fang Jun himself was inevitably a little proud.
Serving as an official will bring benefits to one party. This is the belief engraved in the bones of Chinese scholars since ancient times. There are still very few officials who truly feed the common people. Most officials are thinking about doing some practical things while filling their pockets.
, at least leave a good reputation to the local people.
A leopard leaves his skin when he dies, and a man leaves his name when he dies. Who would rather be criticized by thousands of people after death and be infamy for eternity?
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When he returned home, he got off the carriage at the door and asked the servant who came up to him: "Is Governor Su at home?"
The servant replied: "Captain Su went out to visit relatives and friends in the morning. He has just returned and is resting in the guest room."
Fang Jun walked towards the study and said, "Go and inform Governor Su and ask him to come to the study and say that I need to discuss something again."
"Here."
The servant quickly walked away and went to the place where Su Dingfang lived to report.
Fang Jun returned to the study alone, took off his official robe under the service of the maid, washed briefly and put on regular clothes. He ordered someone to make a pot of tea, brought some snacks, and ate a few pieces with the tea.
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At noon, I didn't feel full at Princess Jinyang's place. Later I went to Liangyi Palace and didn't eat anything. I stayed in the East Palace all afternoon and now I felt a little hungry.
Not long after, Su Dingfang knocked on the door and came in.
Fang Jun pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Brother Su, please sit down."
He took the pot and poured a cup of tea for Su Dingfang.
Su Dingfang quickly bowed and thanked him, took the tea with both hands, took a sip to his lips, then placed it on the coffee table next to him, and asked: "Erlang called me here, but do you have something to give me?"
Fang Jun swallowed the snack in his mouth, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, took a sip of tea, then sat up straight, looked at Su Dingfang and asked: "What's the situation in Feiniao Jing now?"
Su Dingfang was slightly startled, looked at Fang Jun's face, frowned and said: "When I returned to Chang'an, I did not receive any news from Feiniao Jing, but there was an endless stream of merchant ships from the 'Eastern Datang Company' escorted by the navy.
After arriving at Nambazu, the goods were transported from Nambazu to Asukakyo, and nothing unexpected happened."
He thought that there was something going on in the Japanese country, which caused problems in trade. However, with the secret support of the navy, the Soga family slaughtered all the emperor's lineage. Now everyone in the Japanese country is shouting for help, and they have to curry favor with the navy.
If you can have the confidence to defend Asuka Kyo in the presence of a pack of wolves, how can you dare to make any mistakes in the trade between the two countries?
Fang Jun shook his head and said slowly: "Today at the Great Court Meeting, Soga Hyuga met with Your Majesty on behalf of the Soga clan and mentioned that he wanted Datang to confirm his status and give him enough help so that he could defeat many feudal states and unify the Japanese state.
, has been a vassal of the Tang Dynasty for generations..."
"Mother! Is this Suga Hinata so brave as to eat a leopard?"
Su Dingfang was immediately furious.
Although he is stationed on Sado Island all year round, supervising the silver mining and transportation on the island, he is the naval commander after all and has all the intelligence information from all over the Japanese country. So when Fang Jun said this, he immediately realized that this was
The Soga clan was no longer satisfied with the status quo and wanted to further seize the power of the entire Japanese country.
This seriously goes against the interests of the navy.
It is precisely because the situation in Japan is tense now and the various parties are divided, that the navy can turn around, so that all forces have to rely on the navy to ensure their own existence. But once the Japanese country is unified by the Soga family, they can completely close it down and enjoy themselves.
Le, the worst case scenario would be to sign some agreements that would be humiliating and humiliating the country, and would help Datang achieve stable development.
In this case, how can the navy still exploit both sides and drive away tigers and devour wolves?
No matter from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty or the navy, a unified and stable Japanese country is absolutely not allowed to emerge.
The Suga family naturally knew what the navy's request was, so they dared to go directly to Chang'an without communicating with him beforehand, and begged in front of His Majesty Li Er to help him unify the Japanese country. Who gave them the courage?
Fang Jun sighed and asked again: "Liu Renyuan...how are you doing in Feiniaojing recently?"
Su Dingfang was stunned immediately, widened his eyes and said: "Erlang... you can't, right?"
Soga is now the nominal emperor of Japan, but his power is limited, and his decrees cannot go beyond the scope of Yamato. Moreover, he must always face many surrounding feudal states trying to invade under the banner of revenge for the emperor and producing traitors.
, the situation is precarious, and the navy has long been regarded as a life-saving straw. It is too late to kneel and lick it. How dare you act knowingly that it will harm the interests of the navy?
If the navy feels that the Soga clan can no longer be trusted and simply changes to a feudal state to replace the Soga clan, then the Soga clan will be doomed.
Under such a situation, unless someone gave Su Wo a promise behind his back, he would never dare to come to Chang'an and make such nonsense.
The highest officer of the Navy stationed in Yamato was the Navy Vice Admiral Yoo In-joon who was transferred to Asukakyo after King Wu went to Silla to serve as King of Silla...
Fang Jun also had a headache, and sighed: "Man perishes for money, and birds perish for food. Who can know how ambitious someone is? Some people see the immediate benefits and think they can give it a try, and from then on they rise to great power.
Of course it’s not impossible.”
Su Dingfang was silent.
As Fang Jun said, who in the world can really resist the temptation of money, power, and sex? Today, Liu Renyuan is only the deputy general of the navy, and he is in charge of only a brigade of soldiers. He sits in Feiniaojing and has to ask for instructions on everything.
Making the decision is really torturous for an ambitious person.
Another point is that Liu Renyuan has always been dissatisfied with Liu Rengui.
There was only one word difference between the two names, but their personalities were worlds apart. Liu Rengui was calm, solid, and cheerful, so Fang Jun ordered him to guard Da Nang. Although nominally he only guarded Da Nang, in fact, due to the merchant trade between Datang and Annan
It became more and more prosperous, and a large number of Tang merchants and people moved to Annan, which caused the population of Annan to skyrocket. Therefore, Liu Rengui's actual control range almost covered the entire prosperous area of the Red River with Songping County as the core, and with the most powerful naval fleet in his hands,
It's like ceding territory and becoming king.
In fact, in today's Annan area, some merchants and people privately call Liu Rengui "King Annan"...
Liu Renyuan was stationed in Silla before. Although Silla was not as prosperous as Annan and had a small land and few people, he still guarded one side and his status did not disgrace Liu Renyuan much.
However, the Queen of Silla annexed the whole country, making Silla a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. His Majesty Li Er even sent King Wu to Silla to become the new King of Silla. Then Liu Renyuan could not continue to assist Silla and had to be replaced.
Deployed to Asukajing.
The gap in status and strength between the front and back is really too big. If Liu Renyuan is unwilling to do so, he secretly encourages the Suga family to ask His Majesty Li Er to agree to unify the Japanese country. Once it is done, Liu Renyuan will be the deserving "Governor-General of the Japanese Kingdom".
", if you control one side alone, you have great power.
The reason is really very good...
Su Dingfang looked gloomy and said in a deep voice: "Without Erlang, how could the Royal Navy be here? Without the Royal Navy, how could Liu Renyuan be where he is today? He is simply ungrateful and has both ends! Early tomorrow morning, the general will set off to return.
Japan, please go to Asuka Capital first to check the situation. If this is really what Liu Renyuan did, the general will tie him back to the capital and come to Erlang to apologize!"
He was really angry.
Those who have not experienced the period of idleness and idleness in the early years of Zhenguan, full of unrestricted ambitions, will not be able to appreciate the great authority brought by the admiral of the navy today, and the joy of being able to use their skills to pursue their ambitions.
By chance, he was able to enter the navy, and was favored by Fang Jun and entrusted with important tasks. Su Dingfang had already regarded the navy as Fang Jun's favorite, and he would protect him to the death. Anyone who dared to harm the interests of the navy would even
Whoever betrays the Navy is Su Dingfang’s enemy!
Fang Jun was also very sad.
Once upon a time, I was very proud that I could recruit Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, Liu Rengui, Liu Renyuan, Cheng Wuting and other famous generals who are famous in history. I fully relied on and trusted them, and dreamed of working with these people to create a illustrious career with great ambitions.
Merit and glory will last forever.
But I didn’t expect that the human heart has no bottom and its desires are hard to satisfy. After all, it still cannot satisfy everyone’s pursuit of power...
Once it is found out that Liu Renyuan was behind the incident, no matter how it is dealt with in the end, cracks within the navy will inevitably appear, and it will naturally be even more difficult to make up for it.
There are some people who can share adversity but not wealth.
No matter how much you give, it is far from enough in his eyes, and it is far less attractive than the benefits he can see in front of him...