"PS: In fact, we should enter the plot of the Wei family in Longxi, but if you think about it carefully, if you don't write down some bits and pieces now, you won't be able to insert them in the future. Therefore, let the author spend a chapter or two to explain some bits and pieces clearly.
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"It's a pity that Qu Ping, Lord of Xiling, was detained by the King of Chu..."
After reading the latest news sent from Chu State, Zhao Hongrun sighed with regret.
Because in his opinion, all the people in the Qu family together are not as valuable as Xiling Lord Qu Ping alone. Unfortunately, King Xiong Xu of Chu also considered this and did not exile Xiling Lord Qu Ping to Gu.
Instead, he was imprisoned in Hufang, the current temporary palace of the King of Chu.
However, the retainer Wen Qi did not agree with Zhao Hongrun's emotion.
"In my opinion, Your Highness really does not need to be so sorry...Although Lord Qu Ping of Xiling is quite capable, he is loyal to the King of Chu. Even if this person is exiled to Guling, is it possible for Your Highness to convince him?"
After hearing Wen Qi's sharp insights, Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned.
It has to be said that Wen Qi's insights are quite accurate. You must know that Qu Ping, Lord of Xiling, was forced to raise troops to resist because he learned that King Xiong Xu of Chu wanted to completely eradicate the entire Qu clan. No, when King Xiong Xu of Chu took back
After the decision was made to exile the Qu family to Guling, Xiling Lord Qu Ping, who still had tens of thousands of elite troops in his hands at that time, immediately disbanded his army and surrendered to Shouling Lord Jingshe.
Even Zhao Hongrun, a king of the city who was so loyal to the king of Chu and the state of Chu, thought that he would not be able to persuade him to switch to Wei or take revenge on the Chu state.
"It's a pity that I collected a net of fry, but lost a big fish..." Zhao Hongrun sighed and shook his head.
"Don't worry." Wen Qi chuckled upon hearing this: "That Xiling Lord, I'm afraid it's hard to do anything..."
Zhao Hongrun naturally understood what Wen Qi meant: Qu Ping, Lord of Xiling, gave up at the last moment to continue to be an enemy of the King of Chu's party, accelerating the defeat of the opposition. If nothing else, the Qu family probably hated Qu Ping, the "traitor."
"; As for Chu King Xiong Xu, I am afraid that he will not continue to reuse Qu Ping.
Unsurprisingly, that Xiling Lord Qu Ping, one of the Three Pillars of Chu, may only be a civil servant in the Chu Palace in the future. Not to mention holding military power, he may even lose his personal freedom - after all, this
A person's status is too transcendent, and King Xiong Xu of Chu will never give him freedom.
"What a pity for such a great talent." Zhao Hongrun said with emotion.
Hearing this, Wen Qi chuckled and said lightly: "His Royal Highness Prince Su, you are destined to not get talents that are destined to be unavailable even if you think hard about it... Instead of thinking about these useless things, Your Highness should consider it.
How to make use of the Qu clan members who have been exiled to Guling?" After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Hongrun and asked tentatively: "Does His Highness intend to recruit these people?"
"How is that possible?" Zhao Hongrun shook his head.
"That's good." Wen Qi nodded and said seriously: "I know what His Highness Prince Su wants, which is nothing more than 'name', but it is better for His Highness not to take the 'name' of the Qu family."
"I understand." Zhao Hongrun heard this and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Wen, I have never thought of recruiting those people to our great Wei Dynasty... I just want to disgust the Chu State and let the Qu family
From time to time, it causes trouble for Chu State."
Wen Qi chuckled and did not ask any stupid question like "Does the Qu family still have the strength to cause trouble for Chu State now?"
As long as there is a certain King Su secretly supporting him behind the scenes, this is not a problem at all.
"In what name?" Wen Qi asked sternly: "If this matter accidentally leaks out, the Chu State will be caught."
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while, touched his chin and said with a smile: "Just...'Pity the current fate of the Qu family, and for the sake of both of them having a long and ancient bloodline, give them a certain amount of humanitarian support.' Mr. Wen agreed.
how?"
"Immaculate!" Wen Qi gave a thumbs up and praised with a smile.
He once again witnessed with his own eyes that His Royal Highness Prince Su in front of him was really one of the few outstanding talents in the world. Just like the civil war between the Xiong family and the Qu family in Chu State a while ago, some appeals forced King Xiong Xu of Chu to be uncomfortable.
The entire Qu family was wiped out. In Wen Qi's opinion, this move was also a clever conspiracy.
Wen Qi believed that King Xiong Xu of Chu must have changed his sentence against the Qu family while gritting his teeth.
Otherwise, as the king of Chu, Xiong Xu, the King of Chu, would have written so many sarcastic words about the father and son, Emperor Wei and King Su Zhao Hongrun, in that certificate of credence. He obviously hated a certain King Su to death.
"Leave this matter to the door." Wen Qi cupped his hand and made a suggestion that surprised Zhao Hongrun.
"Are you going to Shangshui County on my behalf?" Zhao Hongrun was really surprised.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun had a lot of things on his hands, such as resettling millions of refugees who migrated from Chu State.
Originally, he should have handled this matter personally, but what was embarrassing was that the Wei family from Longxi was about to arrive in Wei State. After hearing the news, even his third uncle Zhao Laiyu sent a letter and prepared to come to Daliang in person.
You can imagine the importance of this matter.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun really had no way to go to the fiefdom to deal with the resettlement of Chu refugees at this time.
Unexpectedly, Wen Qi brought it up himself, saying that he was willing to share his worries.
This surprised Zhao Hongrun, but he was also very happy. After all, Wen Qi's talents were no less than his. Proper resettlement of the refugees from the Chu country could not hinder this resourceful talent.
But why was this warm-hearted man suddenly ready to make suggestions for him?
Could it be...
"Are you being squeezed out by Lu'er?" Zhao Hongrun's abrupt words made Wen Qi slightly change his face.
"How, how is it possible!" After calming down, Wen Qi said with a serious face: "I just feel that since I surrendered to His Highness Prince Su, I have not made any achievements, and I feel guilty..."
"It seems that it was indeed Lu'er who pushed for it." Zongwei Zhou Pu said with a smile, which not only made all the Zongwei burst into laughter, but also made Wen Qi's face become even more ugly.
"Okay, okay." Seeing Wen Qi's complexion turn as red as pig liver, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand, sat behind the desk, picked up a pen and wrote a list on the paper, and then blew the ink and wrote it
This list was handed over to Wenqi.
"Xu Youzhi, the magistrate of Xihua County? He Zhirong, the postmaster of Yuxian County? Huang Yu, the magistrate of Yuxian County?" After reading several names on the list, Wen Qi looked at Zhao Hongrun in confusion and asked: "His Royal Highness King Su
, who are these people?”
"They are my acquaintances. I have had contact with them. They are all the pillars of our great Wei Dynasty. Mr. Wen is going as my staff, so you might as well get closer to them."
Wen Qi suddenly realized: It turned out that the people on the list were all "one of our own".
After carefully reading the names on the list several times, Wen Qi handed the list back to Zhao Hongrun, cupped his hands and said, "My disciples have already noted it down. When will His Highness Prince Su send his disciples?"
Zhao Hongrun had long suspected that Wen Qi also had the talent of photographic memory, so he didn't mind that Wen Qi asked the world to return the list. He nodded and said: "Since Mr. Wen is willing to share the worries for me, let's get started without further ado... Today
We will set off in the afternoon, does Mr. Wen have any objections?"
Wen Qi shook his head and expressed no objection.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun turned to the guards and said: "Gao Kuo, Zhongzhao, He Miao, Zhu Gui, the four of you will bring twenty more Su Wang guards to escort Mr. Wen to Shangshui. You must ensure Mr. Wen's safety."
comprehensive."
"Yes!" The four Zongwei clasped their fists and accepted the order.
At noon that day, Zhao Hongrun hosted a banquet for Wen Qi in a side hall of the house to see him off.
After they were full of wine and food, Wen Qi, four Zongwei and twenty Suwang guards said goodbye to Zhao Hongrun and prepared to go to Xiangfu Port and take a boat to Shangshui from there.
Although Wen Qi kept saying that there was no need to see him off, Zhao Hongrun still sent Wen Qi to the port and watched him leave by boat.
Because, Wen Qi did help him a big favor.
"It would be nice if there were more think tanks like Wen Qi and Luo Yao..."
Watching the ship leave, Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly.
Thinking about it, if there were a few advisers like Wen Qi and Luo Yao around who could act independently, even if he played around like his uncle Liu Wang all day long, it would not delay much business. It is a pity that the aspiring people who defected to him
He has very little talent, almost none, and currently only Onsaki has gained his trust.
A few more days passed like this. During these days, he took Princess Yulong to the Smelting Bureau every day, leaving the latter at the Smelting Bureau for her to play with... no, to test the sniper that the Smelting Bureau was vigorously improving.
Nu, he himself went to inspect the development of the Smelting Bureau.
For example, the furnace outside the city, the firing situation of fire bricks, the construction process of Bolangsha River Port, etc.
But on June 26, Zhao Hongrun decided to go to the Yuma Army's station.
Princess Yulong who was traveling with them was a little unhappy at first, but when she learned that the Yuma Army was actually a cavalry, she immediately became happy. After all, she also likes riding horses.
The Youma Army is currently stationed in the eastern suburbs of Daliang City. The newly built military camp does not occupy a large area. After all, the Youma Army currently only has a strength of over 5,000 people.
When Zhao Hongrun and his party arrived at the Yuma Army barracks, the cavalry commander Yuma, no, it should be called Ma Yu, was already waiting outside the barracks - as the Yuma Army restored its designation, a certain person who once called himself Yuma
The man also changed his name.
In this regard, Ma You explained this: When You Majun was abandoned by Wei, he changed his name to Youma because he did not want to forget his former companions. Now that Yumajun has restored his designation, he calls himself Youma again.
It was not appropriate for him to be a horse, because he felt that the Yuma Army did not belong to him alone.
Therefore, Yuma changed his name to Ma Yu.
"Yuma...no, Ma You, take it." After seeing Ma You, Zhao Hongrun handed a copy of the imperial edict to the latter.
"This is this?" Ma You unfolded the imperial edict and took a look at it doubtfully. Then his eyes widened and his whole body trembled with excitement.
Because there was only one line written in this imperial edict: "The First Cavalry Army of the Wei Dynasty - Youma from Dangjun"
Patting Ma You on the shoulder, Zhao Hongrun said in a complicated tone: "The old man wants to save face. It's difficult for him to admit his mistakes. This is the only thing I can do..."
"No, no, this is enough..." A man like Ma You was moved to tears, and he knelt down towards Daliang City, holding the imperial edict in both hands, and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!
"
Looking at Ma You who was so excited that he couldn't help himself, Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly. He knew that both Ma You and Yu Majun had been waiting for this moment for more than ten years.
"This is the man of Wei Dynasty who has endured humiliation and heavy burdens for more than ten years without forgetting his loyalty..."
Zhao Hongrun reached out and took Ma You's arm, helped him up, and then changed the topic with a smile: "Where is Yu Ma's army? The King of Japan is inspecting it today."
Ma You wiped away his hot tears with his sleeves and said with a happy face: "Your Highness, don't worry, our Yu Ma Army will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations..." Just as he said that, he seemed to feel something, turned his head and looked into the distance, smiling.
He said: "Here we come!"
"Bang bang bang——"
"Bang bang bang——"
The ground beneath my feet seemed to be trembling.
Immediately, a cavalry figure appeared in the distance.
"Youma Army?" Zongwei Lu Mu frowned and muttered: "This vibration of the earth is not quite right..."
There was some confusion on the faces of the sect guards, because they felt that with only about 5,000 Yuma cavalry, even if the whole army charged, there would not be such an earthquake.
"What is that?"
Suddenly, Princess Yulong opened her eyes wide in horror.
She looked carefully and discovered that the cavalry in the distance were all wearing thick black armor, and even had visors on their faces, with only two eyes exposed. What was even more shocking was that they were even wearing thick black armor.
The horses under their crotches are all covered with thick iron armor.
This is not a cavalry, this is clearly a mobile steel fortress!
"cavalry?"
Princess Yulong looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise, because she felt that the cavalry in front of her was not consistent with what she knew.
However, at this time, Zhao Hongrun showed a smile from the bottom of his heart.
"Ah, cavalry...heavy cavalry!"
If light cavalry is the king of the cold weapon battlefield, then heavy cavalry is an obsession that Zhao Hongrun cannot let go of.
Even if the glory of the heavy cavalry is short-lived, it is destined to be eliminated like the chariot.