Liu Ling leaned on the chair and looked at the mist floating in the tea cup in front of him.
"Do you think I'm too cruel?"
Zhao Da shook his head and said: "If the prince was cruel, His Highness King Zhao would not be at ease today. What happened in September of Qianyou's nineteenth year is still remembered by my subordinates."
Liu Ling said calmly: "I remember it too... I just didn't expect that he himself had forgotten it."
Playing with the jade pendant in his hand, Liu Ling said with some disappointment: "From Qianyou's 20th year to now, none of the things he secretly planned have come to light. I thought that after experiencing so many things, he would be more mentally mature. . It was ineffective, and it is still ineffective now. The only improvement is that he secretly gathered all the strength to save his life, fearing that I would kill him. Now he feels that that strength is enough, and wants to come to the stage? "
Liu Ling smiled softly, and said with some sadness: "Although there is something about Qianyou's nineteen years, I really have no intention of killing him. And now... I still don't."
Liu Ling stood up and hung the jade pendant on his body: "He has fun playing house as a child. After watching him play house for so many years, I don't plan to watch it anymore. I'm in Jinzhou I will stay well for a while, and after Shu is pacified, you can go to Chengdu, try to keep Meng Chang and send him to Jinling, and also take the family members of King Qianchu of Wuyue to Jinling."
Zhao Da was a little confused and said: "Meng Chang... Qian Chu, why are the princes arranged to stay in Jinling?"
Liu Ling smiled and said: "I want to build a big garden in Jinling and raise a few emperors to play with."
Zhao Da: "..."
Liu Ling walked out and stopped when he reached the door: "I also want to ask Wang Xiaoniu whose soldier he is!"
There was no anger in Liu Ling's voice, just a sense of helplessness: "It has been so long since the incident in Jinling, and Wang Xiaoniu has not reported it. Does he think that by being promoted to General of Jinling, he can dominate the sky in Jinling? Wang Xiaoniu is nothing." He's smart, but he thinks too much!"
Liu Ling thought for a while and said: "Fetch Hou Shen, and I will tell you to do a few things."
"As for Old Thirteen, I have no interest in watching him play house. Conspiracy to rebel is not what he does... He is not qualified."
Zhao Da lowered his head deeply, feeling a little sad for that idiot Thirteenth Prince. He really couldn't figure out whether that Zhao Wang Liu Zhuo had his head kicked by a donkey, and he wanted to plot a rebellion even with the little capital he had. ? Not to mention His Highness the King of Han, not even the Overwatch Council is too lazy to waste time with such a house-playing person. But Zhao Da understands why King Zhao can't sit still and wants to jump out. The world of the Han Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger now, and the world is getting bigger and bigger. The bigger it is, the greater the attraction. Even if you can't swallow it whole, it's still good to get a piece of the pie.
As for the prince's bad taste, Zhao Da didn't find it funny in his heart, but felt slightly chilled.
Build a big garden and raise a few emperors to play in it.
Regardless, this is a cruel thing.
Emperor Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, King Qian Chu of Wuyue, King Gao Jichong of Nanping, plus the already appointed Emperor Meng Chang of Shu. Raising four emperors in one garden will save them from boredom and they can play leaf cards. .Just four subjugated kings sitting together, there should be no shortage of topics to chat about, right?
After Hou Shen said goodbye to Liu Ling, he set off towards Jinling in a carriage under the protection of a large imperial guard of honor. He didn't know that in addition to appeasing the place, there was another thing that he needed to deal with after arriving in Jinling. Jiangnan.
The governor of Taoism and the prime minister of Jiangnan Civil Affairs have the power to make arbitrary decisions when the situation arises. What an honor is this?
As long as you have a good relationship with the powerful generals in Jiangnan Road, it is not difficult to handle the affairs in Jiangnan. After all, the Han Dynasty has had a complete set of policies in recent years, and now the people of Dazhou are living pretty well. In fact,
The common people's request is very simple. They are content with living a safe and stable life. The strategy formulated by the prince cannot be changed. When conquering the world, the common people can suffer a little more, but governing the world is actually to appease the common people.
When the imperial envoy's honor guard arrived in Luoyang, the two hundred cavalry led by Chen Xiaoshu had already arrived in Jinling.
Chen Xiaoshu did not enter the city, but sent people to Jinling General's Mansion to find Wang Xiaoniu.
Wang Xiaoniu is assigning generals in the General Mansion. Jiangnan is already the territory of the Han Dynasty. The soldiers of the Southern Tang Kingdom have been recruited. The fire dragon flag of the Han Dynasty has been hung in all state capitals. However, there are always some people who want to take advantage of the chaos. Banditry in various places
Although it is not serious, it is as troublesome as flies. A few hundred bandits dare to fly the banner of liberation for the people of the world, and they also pretend to elect the emperor, the general marshal, the prime minister, this king and that
King, I really don’t know if they have soldiers besides officers.
When Wang Xiaoniu was in Yingzhou, he first served as the county magistrate. Later, after Xie Huanran was transferred to the Military Aircraft Department, he took on all the duties of the county magistrate and county magistrate. Wang Xiaoniu had experience in governing the place. Although he looked down on those bandits who did not know the heights of the sky, he looked down upon them.
It was also annoying, but it must be taken seriously. He remembered that the prince once said that a single spark can start a prairie fire, and those bandits are the sparks. What Wang Xiaoniu has to do is to stamp out all these sparks one by one.
General Jinling has three battalions of troops and fifteen small banners under his command, totaling thirty thousand troops.
After conquering the land south of the Yangtze River, the King of Han slightly changed the organization of the Han army. Each battalion had 10,000 soldiers and horses, and one general, who was divided into three levels according to rank.
General Xiongwu Lang, and General Guo Yilang from the fifth rank. The battalion commander of the regular army is General Ying Yanglang from the fifth rank. The commander of the county soldiers and the battalion commander of the surrendered troops is General Xiong Wulang. General Guo Yilang is generally
He has a false position and does not control the military. There are small flags under the battalion. The soldiers and horses of a battalion are divided into five small flags. Each small flag has 2,000 troops. The commander is called Du Si, who is the sixth rank. There are two thousand captains under the small flag, called Du.
The centurion is called the commander.
Half of the troops in Jinling's third battalion were surrendered troops from the Southern Tang Dynasty. Although their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the Han soldiers, they were still more than enough to maintain the place.
As soon as the generals were dispatched, his own soldiers came in and whispered a few words in his ear.
Wang Xiaoniu's face changed color, and then he nodded.
After changing into casual clothes, Wang Xiaoniu left the General's Mansion through the back door and walked to Banyue Building with only two soldiers. When he got downstairs, Wang Xiaoniu left two soldiers at the door and went up to the second floor alone.
Chen Xiaoshu was sitting alone in the private room, sipping Banyuelou's precious osmanthus wine.
"Who are you?"
After Wang Xiaoniu entered the door of the elegant room, he found that he did not recognize the person in front of him.
"General Wang, please don't sit down in a hurry. I'm sorry."
Chen Xiaoshu took out Liu Ling's warrant from his arms, cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty's secret order."
Wang Xiaoniu stood up straight with a snap, and then performed a standard military salute.
"My subordinate Jinling General Wang Xiaoniu, listen to the prince's orders!"
Chen Xiaoshu opened the secret order, and then his face became a little ugly. This was also the first time he read the secret order. The words in the secret order made it a little awkward for him to read out. He cleared his throat, and then said to Wang Xiaoniu: "The prince has something to ask.
you!"
Wang Xiaoniu lowered his head and waited for Chen Xiaoshu to ask questions.
Chen Xiaoshu recalled it carefully, and then imitated Liu Ling's tone and said: "Wang Xiaoniu! You let me down so much! Do you still know whose soldier you are?"
Wang Xiaoniu was shaken, then raised his head and said: "My subordinates are the prince's soldiers! They are now, they will be in the future, even if they die! They will be in the next life too!"
Chen Xiaoshu nodded and said, "I will tell the prince exactly what he said."
He continued to ask: "Do you know that King Zhao insulted An Le Gong?"
Wang Xiaoniu replied: "I know!"
Seemingly knowing Wang Xiaoniu's answer, Chen Xiaoshu continued to ask according to the secret order: "Since you know, why don't you report it to me?"
Wang Xiaoniu hesitated and looked around. Chen Xiaoshu said to him: "General Wang, don't worry, this building is the property of the Supervisory Yuan. As long as General Wang doesn't say anything himself, no one can eavesdrop on a word from this building."
.General Wang is an old man next to the prince, and he should know that the Overwatch Council has never been rough in its work."
Wang Xiaoniu sighed and said: "Originally, I wanted to wait until the matter was settled, and I would go to Jinzhou to meet with the prince in person. Since the imperial envoy came to ask questions on the prince's order, my subordinates did not dare to hide anything."
He paused and said: "I suspect that His Highness King Zhao has disloyal intentions. This matter is very involved. I dare not respond rashly. I have been very close to King Zhao these days. I am
I want to follow the clues to dig out King Zhao's conspiracy. In order to gain the trust of King Zhao, I found out that everyone was involved in the conspiracy and rebellion, so the subordinates did not report the matter in Jinling to the prince. I discovered that someone in the army colluded with King Zhao. Today, one of them will
Cui Zhouping, a general who had a close relationship with King Zhao, was sent out to exterminate the bandits, and his subordinates placed people beside Cui Zhouping. The bandits emerged only after King Zhao arrived in Jinling, and his subordinates suspected that it was King Zhao's arrangement.
"
Chen Xiaoshu's expression became more and more exciting. He sighed and simply handed the secret order directly to Wang Xiaoniu and said: "You can see for yourself. Your answer is almost word for word, so I won't ask any more questions."
Wang Xiaoniu hesitantly took the secret order, and after looking at it, his expression became very interesting.
Liu Ling's next sentence was: "Shut up, don't say that you discovered King Zhao's conspiracy, so you want to be an undercover! You are my soldier, how can you deal with a few clowns?"
Wang Xiaoniu smiled awkwardly and said: "My lord, in your eyes, this is not a big deal. It is indeed just a few clowns. But in the eyes of my subordinates, this is a big deal. As the general of Jinling, my subordinates share the worries of the prince."
It’s a matter of duty. I don’t dare to deal with Jinling’s affairs carelessly or have any negligence.”
Liu Ling's next words were: "I know it's a bit embarrassing for you to be General Jinling. When the world is settled in the future, if you don't want to be an official, just come back to me and have a barbecue. But as General Jinling now, there are some things you don't want to do."
Fearful. Are you afraid that things will be too big and affect the situation of the court? Mavericks, you think too much. Remember what I said when I went south to attack Jinzhou? As long as it is an enemy, no matter who it is, no matter what conspiracy he uses,
The easiest way is to punch him and knock him down, what other plot can he use?"
Wang Xiaoniu raised his head and glanced at Chen Xiaoshu, wondering: "But this person... my subordinates don't dare to hit him randomly."
Liu Ling's concluding remarks were: "You are my soldier, remember this. You are not the soldiers of the imperial court, not the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, but my soldiers. The imperial court is mine, and the Han Dynasty is mine. If I change the Han Dynasty to
A name, are you not my soldier? If I ask you to lead the troops to destroy the Ministry of War, will you do it? You are a fool, so you don’t have to think about the stability of the country or the world’s plans. Just remember that there are people with your family.
If the prince goes against you, just hit him with one punch."
Wang Xiaoniu's expression became excited. He stood up straight and said loudly: "Fuck! Remember, just hit him with one punch!"
"What?"
Chen Xiaoshu asked.
Wang Xiaoniu puffed up his chest and said, "Your Majesty asked me to lead the troops to wipe out the Ministry of War!"
Chen Xiaoshu was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "You are really an idiot." (To be continued)
