After Yang Hao listened to Young Master Ye's words, he led him to a secluded side courtyard.
Now in the Yang family's backyard, Tang Yanyan and Wu Wa'er each live in a courtyard, and they have sent maids to wait on them. Because the Yang family has a young family, there are still several small courtyards vacant, so the two randomly chose a secluded one.
He held the lamp, made tea, and then retreated to sit down for a long chat.
When Wu Wa'er heard that he was back, she wanted to come out to greet him. But when she heard that a visitor was coming, the officials took him to have a secret talk. Knowing that there must be something important, she did not dare to disturb him, so she quietly returned to the inner house.
In the room, Yang Hao first asked about the current situation in Luzhou. Young Master Ye smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir, everything is fine in Luzhou now. The war between Xiazhou and Tubo is getting more and more intense, and they can't care about us at all. Zhang Jizu only
I hope that he will be transferred to another place after his term. As long as we don't cause him any trouble, he will pretend to be deaf and dumb in everything. Now everything is safe under Luzhou, industry, commerce, agriculture, and animal husbandry are all developing. The three thousand cavalrymen in Mu Lao's department are also Mu.
Yibing has grown even stronger. Not only do we deal in various profitable grassland products, but we also sell the weapons developed by Li Xing privately to the Qiang, Uighurs, and Tubos, and we have also accumulated a lot of money."
Yang Hao frowned and said: "Selling weapons to the Qiang, Uighurs, and Tubos? Aren't you afraid that raising tigers will cause trouble and be difficult to control?"
Young Master Ye hesitated for a moment and said: "All the weapons made by Li Xing and sold to them, no matter swords, spears, bows and crossbows, are all of inferior quality, not first-rate weapons. If they want to compare with us in terms of superior weapons, they
It is impossible. Nowadays, Xiazhou is the most ambitious in the entire northwest. The Tubo, Uighur and Qiang tribes that can contain it are too weak. If they cannot provide some assistance, Tubo will have been completely defeated. How can Xiazhou be trapped in the mud?
, can’t escape?
Therefore, Mulao discussed with several adults before making this decision. Mulao did this within a controllable range, and these low-grade weapons, regardless of production and maintenance, these tribes
It’s very difficult to do, the source is always in our hands and can be cut off at any time.”
Yang Hao shook his head slightly and sighed: "Despite this, my adoptive father is really asking for trouble. With my design, I provoked a war between Tubo and Xiazhou. Even if Tubo has been defeated now, Xiazhou will be seriously injured."
, we would not dare to start a war lightly and use force against Luzhou within three or two years. During this period, Luzhou and the Dangxiang Qi clan have developed enough to confront them and have the power to protect themselves. Why did the foster father bother to do this?
"
Young Master Ye said: "I was about to say that in addition to visiting the Lord this time, I also brought Mu Lao's message, hoping that the Lord can go back to Luzhou."
Yang Hao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The official is still planning to take me as a hostage and control Luzhou. How can he let me go?"
Young Master Ye said: "It is for this reason that you have to go back. Mu Lao said that if you decide to go back, he will find a way for you."
Yang Hao's eyes flashed and he asked: "What good ideas does the foster father have?"
Young Master Ye said: "There are many ways, such as cooperating with the Zhe family, the Yang family, and the Zhu Qiang, to create trouble in the northwest and create an uncontrollable situation. Only by letting you return to the northwest to take charge of the overall situation can the solution be possible."
, in that case, my lord may not be unable to make the trip after the Zhao Guan family's vigilance has been greatly weakened. For example, sneaking back secretly, no matter which method, as long as the lord can return to Luzhou, it will be considered a success."
Yang Hao said indifferently: "The first method is more reliable, the other... return secretly? Will the court not notice? Luzhou still recognizes it as a territory of the Song Dynasty, right? If I go back, will I be able to quarrel with the court?
Zhang Jizu drives him away?"
Young Master Ye smiled and said: "I came down just to bring Mu Lao's message. If you nod, you won't leave right away. You still have to wait for an opportunity."
"What chance?"
"The war between Tubo and Xiazhou continued in the north and south. The seven Dangxiang clans all stood still and told them that they were poor and weak and refused to provide troops, horses and money. Xiazhou was involved in the war. Not only did it create countless foreign enemies, but the interests of the Tuoba nobles were also harmed.
, and began to be dissatisfied with the domineering Li family. Although I, Luzhou, do not seem to be a threat to any party now, Mulao and you, my lord, have the orthodox status of the Li family in Xiazhou.
The Uighurs and Tubos cannot eat the Qiang people. Now they rely on us. For the Zhe family and the Yang family, if the Tuoba family were replaced by you as the master, they would naturally be more popular than Li Guangrui. And the Dangxiang Qi family
With the support of the Qiang people in Hengshan, my lord, your position as the lord of Xiazhou is already within reach. If the chiefs and nobles in the Tuoba clan are willing to recognize you as their lord, they can quickly occupy Xiazhou and replace you without even starting a major war.
Sir, what the imperial court values is not one person, but a force. The vassals and tribes in the northwest have already reached a situation of mutual restraint. Even if the imperial court refuses to let you go now, it is because the imperial court is confident that it can control Luzhou.
.If the northwest is corrupted and you, my lord, sit in Xiazhou and become the lord of the northwest, the court will have no choice but to follow the trend and grant recognition. There is no reason to be an enemy of you."
Yang Hao's eyes narrowed and he said: "You can't say these words, and the adoptive father can't say them either. Who taught you?"
Young Master Ye touched his nose and said with a dry smile: "This is the method discussed by Mr. Mu, Mr. Lin, Mr. Ke and others. Mr. Mu said that the imperial court only uses the northwest, and whoever is the master there does not matter to the imperial court.
Importantly, as long as we can quickly control Xiazhou, the imperial court has no reason to help the Li family of Xiazhou and embarrass us. The result can only be to follow the example of Li Yiyin who killed his younger brother and expelled his nephew and occupied Xiazhou first. After that, the imperial court recognized and appeased the precedent, sir.
You will also be promoted to a higher rank, and your status as the Jiedu Envoy of the Difficult Army will be recognized. If you agree, my lord, Luzhou can start making preparations. It can take as little as one year and as many as three years. Great things can be expected!"
Yang Hao was silent. Only then did he realize that he provoked the war between Tubo and Xiazhou, worked hard to manage Luzhou, recruited talented people, and secretly cultivated his own military force. This was all to make Luzhou gain a foothold and let the tens of thousands of him
The Han people brought out by his own hands and the nearly 10,000 people of his adoptive father's clan have a destination, but this is just wishful thinking.
Luzhou has stood firm, and as Mr. Ye said, with so many external and internal advantages, the people who originally gathered around him have also formed a common interest group. They want to seek greater interests, and he
, is the glue between them and the leader to achieve their goals.
However, his people have the ambition to unify Xixia. Does he have the ambition to be the lord of Xixia? How much bloodshed will this process bring? Now he is well-dressed and well-fed, living a worry-free life. He will soon be able to fake his death and live in seclusion with his two beauties.
Why bother to escape from the world and enjoy the sights of the world? At that time, he will inevitably follow the path of Xixia. In order to survive, he wandered between the Khitan in the north and the Zhao and Song Dynasties in the central plains, and became a big warlord. Why bother?
Come?
Thinking of this, Yang Hao suddenly thought, what if I could replace Xiazhou and then hand it over to the Song Dynasty?
He immediately rejected his idea. Originally, the Xiazhou Li family in history had not never walked this road. The problem is that when you are the representative of this interest group, everyone is loyal to you.
When you turn your back on the interest groups that support you, they will also abandon you. At that time, they will elect another Xixia lord to fight for their glory and wealth.
What's more, what would happen if Zhao and Song really got the land of Xixia? At that time, would Song Dynasty completely change its national policy and devote itself entirely to expansion and war? People's hearts are fickle, and Luzhou could change its position because of its stable and stable status.
The increase in power breeds ambition, wouldn't the Song Dynasty not do it? Will the Song Dynasty still have three hundred years of peace, prosperity and glorious culture? There will still be the Tianshui Dynasty, where the activities of human intelligence and the many aspects of culture will be greater than those of the Han Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty, and later the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, all failed to catch up. Did the culture of the Chinese nation, which evolved over thousands of years, reach its peak in the Zhao and Song Dynasties?
What if the Song Dynasty at that time had become another Han Dynasty, and the Zhao family had become another Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and they had continued to expand at the cost of countless people losing their families and destroying their families, so what if they expanded to a territory like the Mongolian and Yuan Empire? What would happen to its descendants?
Have the people been glorious? Have they been happy? When it finally set foot on the destination where any empire must eventually collapse and perish, the incomparable glory of the emperors and generals, in addition to being a source of talk for future generations and a source of boasting for some future generations, was of great significance to the people at that time.
How can the common people benefit at all? Can I control the emperor's ambition and allow him to expand in an orderly manner and take care of both, instead of becoming a militaristic iron-blooded tyrant?
With the growth of experience and understanding of this era, Yang Hao is no longer a hot-blooded boy. He gradually becomes more transparent, calmer, and more direct to the essence of problems. He does not want to appear like that.
The Song Dynasty was beyond recognition, and he was unwilling to give up his current plan to establish a force to fight and kill on behalf of the Song Dynasty.
After pondering for a long time, Yang Hao looked at Young Master Ye's earnest eyes and said, "I haven't fully thought about the stakes in this matter. It's been very hard for you to travel all the way. You need to settle down first and wait until I make a decision."
Yang Hao thought to himself: "There is no need to explicitly reject them, otherwise there is no guarantee that they will not have other plans, and even give me a 'yellow robe'. At that time, I have to do it even if I don't do it. I can only follow the rules."
I followed the path they planned for me. After I faked my death and escaped, they lost me, and this nascent ambition naturally disappeared.
Yang Hao took Ye Zhixuan out, settled him and his servants, returned to his residence, and immediately discussed with Wa'er: "My son, you already know the news that I am going to fake my death and escape. Now I am an official
Young Master Honglu, your chances of leaving Beijing as an envoy have greatly increased. This time when you go to Jianghuai, you and Yanyan secretly accompany you. In fact, both the government and the public have heard about it. This is a coincidence. With this precedent, the next time you have the opportunity to leave Beijing
, no one will be suspicious if I take you with me."
Wa'er nodded happily, and Yang Hao added: "But once we leave, what will happen to this property and the assets in Qianjin Yixiao's building that cannot be taken away? How should some people settle down?"
Wawa's eyes flashed and he hesitated: "Guanren, you mean...?"
Yang Hao said bluntly: "I mean Miaomiao, I got her from Duo'er. Now there is a grudge between the two of them. What will she do once we leave? And she has always been loyal to me.
, with my temperament, you know I can't let go. I plan to accept her as my adopted sister. Once we leave, this property and assets will belong to her. She will have someone to rely on, and I can leave with peace of mind. What do you think?
?”
The corner of the doll's mouth curled up, revealing a half-smile expression: "Sir, how can a sworn brother or sworn sister have the right to inherit our family's property? You are still an official of the imperial court, and you don't even understand the laws of the imperial court. Unless
...You should first write a 'will' and indicate that she will inherit."
Yang Hao shook his head and said: "It doesn't make sense. What kind of 'will' should I make? Could it be that I knew that I would take you all out of Beijing and then get into trouble together? Isn't this clearly telling the whole world that I have escaped?"
The doll covered his mouth and smiled: "That won't happen."
She rolled her eyes and said: "But... it's not impossible to do anything. The Nu family sees that girl Miaomiao is very attracted to you, sir. It's better for you to take her as your concubine before leaving the capital, so that the property will fall into her hands."
Under his name, it’s a matter of course.”
Yang Hao glared at her and said angrily: "It's not like you don't know my temperament. If she really becomes my woman, do you think I'll abandon her so cruelly that I can leave with peace of mind?"
Wawa said calmly: "Then don't really take her as a concubine. She only needs a title. The consummation period will be postponed until after returning to Beijing. This has another advantage. If the official 'suddenly gets into trouble', she will not be provoked."
Life is doubtful."
Yang Hao said in shock: "Didn't that hurt others?"
Miaomiao was originally Duo'er's confidant, but the doll had no sisterly feelings for her, so he said indifferently: "Why did you harm her? Is there any woman in the world who can get such a huge fortune with just one title? I'm afraid she will still be happy if she is happy.
It's too late. If she can't keep it, she can just remarry. Girls from official families can remarry. Do you think she will keep it for you for the rest of her life? With a huge family fortune at that time, if she wanted to get married, she would be more sure to find someone than she is now.
A good family."
Yang Hao hesitated for a moment and said: "It seems to be a solution. I'll think about it carefully. By the way, where is Yanyan? I haven't seen her since I came back. I heard that you guys went to the streets today. I'm a little worried. Tang
There has been no movement from the family so far, and I don’t know what the Tang family’s plans are, but don’t try to get in their way.”
Wawa smiled and said, "Don't worry, officer. The Tang family is a decent family and they can't kidnap people on the street. Besides, we have guards when we go out on the street. The officer has been too busy these days after returning to Beijing. What do you think?"
Don’t we feel sorry for you? I went out to buy some vegetables today and when I came back, Yanyan said that she would make some delicious dishes for you to eat."
Yang Hao wondered: "She cooks? Is she good at it?"
Wawa pursed her lips and smiled and said: "You are an official, do you think she is really a woman who can reach out for clothes, open her mouth for food, and can't do anything? Besides, she also learned cooking from me along the way.
If you follow this method, the dishes you make will definitely taste good.”
At this point, she covered her stomach and said, "It's just... why it hasn't been ready for so long. My stomach is already growling with hunger."
Yang Hao shook his head and smiled, and said: "I don't have much hope. Just wait, I'll go to her courtyard to have a look."
The thought of mixing soup with bare hands and being shy as a waiter is very touching...
As Yang Hao walked on the road, he couldn't help but reveal a touching smile. What they... wanted wouldn't be a great hero who was busy all day long, but a caring man who would greet them and take good care of them.
, even if I don’t want to live up to this beauty’s affection, I have to stick to my own idea.
Thinking about it all the way, he entered the courtyard where Tang Yanyan lived. There was a kitchen in the courtyard. The door was closed and there was a clanking sound inside. Yang Hao walked over and pushed the door open. With a "hoo!", there was a kitchen inside.
Several birds flew out, fled away in a hurry, and flew over the courtyard wall in a moment.
"Aiya, aiya, whoever asked you to come in didn't even say a word, and now you let the sparrow run away, so I'm missing one dish."
Tang Yanyan ran over with flour on her cheeks and hands spread. She opened the cage to take out the bird, and accidentally let the bird out. She closed the door tightly and caught the bird alone. She was so busy that she was sweating. As a result, Yang Hao suddenly
Come, those caged birds fled away.
Yang Hao was stunned at first. After seeing her appearance clearly, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. He hugged Yanyan who was coming towards him, kissed her affectionately on the cheek, and said with a smile: "Do it."
If you don’t want that dish, I will like it even more if you eat my dish.”
Tang Yanyan didn't know why, so she glared at him and said, "You are empty-handed, have you come back from shopping? Humph! This bird soup is a very important dish. Originally, I was worried that I would be a joke if I couldn't make it well, but now it's better.
Not even a single bird feather can be seen. You let my bird go, so you give me the bird back."
Yang Hao really fell in love with her cute look and couldn't help but burst into laughter and said: "Okay, okay, I'll give you a big bird as compensation for the few little birds that ran away from you."
"Huh? Did you really come back from buying vegetables? Where is the big bird?" Tang Yanyan asked stupidly.
Yang Hao showed a sly smile and said: "The big bird is here, madam, don't scream or raise your voice, it won't be beautiful."
"Hey, just let the birds come over, what kind of evil bird can harm me, Tang Yanyan...ah!" Upon seeing Yang Hao's actions, Tang Yanyan screamed and turned around, covering his face and said: "You idiot
If you are not serious, go out, go out, no one will look at you."
Yang Hao was so passionate that he unconsciously walked behind her, gently hugged her shoulders, and whispered softly in her ear: "Yanyan is willing to cook for me, even if it only produces a piece of coke, it will be a good thing for her husband."
It will taste delicious."
Tang Yanyan's hair stood up as he spoke in her ear. Then he felt something hard pressing against his buttocks. His heart skipped a beat, and his body went limp, and he could hardly stand. Yang
Hao hugged her tightly, licked her earlobe with his lips, then kissed the back of her neck. At the same time, he raised one leg and quietly closed the door with his foot...
At this time, in the Forbidden Palace of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin frowned and stared into the sky, shouting: "This is unreasonable, where did you buy this bird? It's so unbecoming of a man to speak dirty words.
A parrot hovered in the palace and retorted without showing any signs of weakness: "You birdie, close your beak and fart like a bird. Do your birdy things. If you offend the young master, I will feel like a bird..."
Princess Yongqing fell down laughing. Zhao Kuangyin jumped to his feet and said: "Come here, come here, shoot this stupid bird to death for me."
"Pengpengpeng." A group of forbidden soldiers entered the palace in response, bows and arrows were drawn and they were shooting randomly. The parrot used the dust, pillars, screens and other objects to hide and hide, and kept scolding back: "Bloody birds,
You are a wretched man, you are a beggar who will not die of hunger and cold, you are a shabby person who has no faith and cannot succeed, you are a thief who deserves to be cut into pieces..."
"Give me the arrows!" Zhao Kuangyin didn't even care about me. He grabbed a bow, looked into the sky, and shot. There were arrows stuck everywhere on the roof of the hall, and the bird was scuttling between the dust.
He scolded proudly: "You bitch, you bitch, you bastard..."
"I'm so pissed off! No..." Zhao Kuangyin spoke angrily, and the imperial guards on the side couldn't help laughing. Zhao Kuangyin said angrily: "I'm really pissed off, I'm pissed off.
Oh, where did you get this bitch..."
Princess Yongqing was busy pretending to be a good girl and timidly said: "My daughter left the palace today to visit her second sister. On the way, she met Honglu Shaoqing Yang Hao. This bird... was given to me by him."
"What does this bird man want to do? What does he want to do? He is a thief and a bird, which makes me feel very angry..." Zhao Laodaalian did not even care about the emperor's decency. He took out a coiled dragon stick and used the style of a soldier to conquer the world, and started to curse loudly.