Chapter 383 Liu An's Attack
After a few days of rest, Liang Xiao went to the palace, took the holiday, and brought ten men to Guangchuan residence.
Dong Zhongshu lives here.
According to custom, he was awarded the title and rewarded the title and the position and the ability. Liang Xiao was granted the title of Marquis, but he was not promoted. He was still a cavalry commander, but he had an additional official position: the Shizhong. His salary has not changed, and it is still comparable to two thousand stones. Despite this, he is still a legend.
Chang'an is the capital, with 2,000 stones everywhere, and kings and princes walking all over the streets. However, most of the kings and princes were hereditary. For ordinary people, their wealth was born and could not be counted on. Liang Xiao made military achievements and was granted the title of Marquis for two years as an ordinary man. This is the example they can follow and the person most often mentioned when the people of Chang'an educate their children.
Liang Xiao led the Lang official to be a guard for Dong Zhongshu, and became the most talked about by scholars, especially Confucian scholars. Everyone knew that this was a symbol of the emperor's respect for Confucianism. The spring of Confucian scholars was coming. Guangchuan residence was crowded for a while, some came to see Dong Zhongshu, and some came to see Liang Xiao. The old, one young, one literary and one martial, are the two most famous role models in Chang'an City at present.
However, there was no communication between the two role models of the old and the young. Liang Xiao never came in to ask Dong Zhongshu for advice. He just did his job well and closed the door to practice guidance when he was free. There was no hope of practicing the overlord skills, but he could not give up his martial arts. This was his capital to settle down and he could not tolerate any relaxation.
Perhaps because he felt that Dong Zhongshu was expected to enter the officialdom again, many of his disciples rushed to Chang'an, hoping to get the opportunity to enter the officialdom in the name of serving his teachers. The Guangchuan residence soon became crowded, and the sound of books was loud every day, which sounded very pleasant.
Sima Qian was also among them, but he did not want to benefit from the government, but asked for advice. He was very interested in Dong Zhongshu's theory of "great unification". He had learned a little indirectly before, but now he has the opportunity to ask in person, so he certainly would not miss it. When visiting Dong Zhongshu, he would also come to Liang Xiao to talk about the situation in the palace with Liang Xiao. Ask Qianliyan's development work.
Liang Xiao was not very concerned about the development of clairvoyance in the examination room. He handed over the translation of Greek classics to Batu. Batu was idle in Chang'an and had a job to do. He was very energetic and soaked in the examination room every day. 1kans〔hu〔. The examination room was responsible for making armor, weapons and other materials for the royal family. These crafts are not something that can be found in the Western Regions, and Batu was very interested. Only when there was a problem with the translation, he would come to Liang Xiao.
Through Sima Qian and Batu, and Wei Qing and others who came to see him from time to time, Liang Xiao was not in the palace. He was not unfamiliar with the situation in the palace. Although it was just March, the emperor had already begun to prepare for the autumn attack on Henan. The war in Longyou was only done in a relatively hidden way and deliberately kept it secret. The news had not yet spread, and ordinary people did not know that a war was imminent.
On this day, the emperor ordered people to summon Liang Xiao into the palace. Liang Xiao did not dare to be negligent. After giving the errand to his subordinates, he rushed to the palace as quickly as possible. When he learned that the emperor was in the examination room, he hurried to the examination room again.
The atmosphere in the examination room was depressing. The relevant officials and craftsmen who were responsible for the examination order were kneeling on the ground, looking nervous. The emperor was furious and fell a bunch of lenses in front of his feet, with glass fragments everywhere.
"Liang Xiao, what's going on?" Seeing Liang Xiao, the emperor asked angrily: "It's fine if you can't make it better, but how can you copy it or not?"
Liang Xiao knew it well, looked at the examiner's order and carefully avoided the broken glass on the ground. He walked to the emperor. "Your Majesty, technological improvement is a very difficult thing and cannot be achieved overnight. Even if it is copied, they can only copy the appearance and cannot copy the material."
"Didn't you give them a fixed pattern?"
Liang Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, the fixed pattern can only calculate what shape you need. If the material is not up to date, it will be useless to calculate it."
The emperor glared at him, turned around and left. Liang Xiao winked at the exam order and hurriedly followed him. He ran around and followed the emperor. When the emperor heard the footsteps, he looked at him and his mouth was tilted.
"Do you want to force me to ask King Huainan for help?"
Liang Xiao shouted in vain. "Your Majesty, this is wronged. How dare I force Your Majesty?"
"Dare you dare to say that you haven't met the Master Huainan recently?"
"See. 1?.〔" Liang Xiao was very calm. "And I also asked about the craftsmanship of Glass."
"What did she say?"
"She doesn't want to say anything. However, from what she means, the yield rate of Climate Eye is extremely low, and even she is not sure. There are still many problems that need to be solved by making large quantities of Climate Eye Eye, which requires a lot of money."
When the emperor heard this, his face calmed down. He stopped and walked twice. "In a few months, the battle to capture Henan will begin. I want to equip all the generals participating in the war with a clairvoyance to facilitate the battle. If there is no time to do it, what should I do?"
Liang Xiao had no choice but to do anything. He was also a little surprised. It has been more than a month since Liu Ling had no movement at all. Could it be that she could not convince the King of Huainan?
The emperor pondered and his face was gloomy. It could be seen that he was in a very difficult situation. He wanted to equip the army of Qianliyan as soon as possible, but he was unwilling to bow to the King of Huainan. He was promoting Dong Zhongshu, but turned around but asked the King of Huainan for help, and he was a little short of breath.
At this moment, Han Yan walked quickly and Liu An, the King of Huainan, asked for a meeting.
The emperor turned his head and looked at Liang Xiao. Liang Xiao spread his hands innocently. "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. The man who passed the imperial edict can be a proof."
The emperor snorted, ignored Liang Xiao, and walked quickly towards Xuanshi Hall. While walking, he asked someone to inform Yan Zhu, Sima Xiangru and others rushed over. Liu An was knowledgeable and was an elder. The emperor was a little lacking in confidence in front of him. Even if he had to write a letter, Sima Xiangru had to polish it before he dared to send it out, for fear that Liu An would be laughed at.
When he arrived at Xuanshi Hall, Liu An was waiting outside the hall gate. When he saw the emperor, he stepped forward to salute. The emperor hurriedly held his arm and smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, this is not a court meeting, so there is no need to be so polite. Let's see him with family rituals."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu An was not polite, straightened up again, and did not look at Liang Xiao, and walked side by side into the hall with the emperor. The emperor was very polite, walking sideways, as if welcoming the elders.
After taking the seat, Liu An opened the right path. "Your Majesty, I have something to ask Your Majesty to solve the doubts."
"Uncle Wang, please speak."
"After Huainan made the Qianliyan, he sent five of them one in succession. In addition to His Majesty, there were also Liang Xiao, Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, and Han Anguo, each of them, in order to help them with one force, and at the same time test the role of Qianliyan on the battlefield. But I heard that Cheng Buzhi, Han Anguo sent Qianliyan to His Majesty?"
The emperor was very embarrassed and didn't know how to answer for a while.
Yan Zhu interrupted in time. "Does the king want to use it for war?"
Liu comforted his beard and looked at Yan Zhu with a smile. He and Yan Zhu were very familiar with him, and he knew that Yan Zhu was reminding him to avoid suspicion. He shook his head. "There is a wide range of uses, so it is not a way to fight. But seeing that Your Majesty has the ambition to use troops to fight the Huns, and I just enjoy a fief, but I can't go into battle. I can only give advice for Your Majesty in this regard."
Yan Zhu smiled and said, "The king's clairvoyance is to help His Majesty?"
Liu An lowered his face. "What does Doctor Yan mean? Although His Majesty is favored and rewarded Huainan, Huainan's military power is in the hands of the Prime Minister and Lieutenant. In addition, there are Yuzhang and Changsha, Man Yue cannot enter the country. I have been traveling for many years and don't even participate in hunting. Can you command thousands of troops with a thousand miles of eyes?"
Yan Zhu bowed repeatedly. "The king misunderstood, and Zhu just asked casually, and he had no other intentions."
When the emperor saw him, he also helped to keep up. Liu An was indeed a scholar. Although he was a little dependent on his seniority, it was a fact that he was not good at military affairs. It seemed unlikely that he would be interested in military power. "Yan Jiao, you must not be rude to Uncle Wang."
Yan Zhu repeatedly apologized for his crimes. Liu An ignored him and turned to look at the emperor. The emperor had no choice but to admit it: "Han Anguo, Cheng Bushi sent Qianliyan, but Li Guang and Liang Xiao used Qianliyan on the battlefield, which was quite good at guessing the enemy's initiative. Liang Xiao was here, Uncle Wang could ask him."
Liu An turned around Liang Xiao again. Liang Xiao was respectful and did not dare to be careless and answered one by one. This was his future father-in-law and could not afford to offend him. He came to see the emperor today, was he demonstrating in Qing Dynasty or surrendering to serve?
After hearing Liang Xiao's words, Liu An was very satisfied. He stroked his beard and smiled proudly: I can finally put some effort into Your Majesty. Come on, carry it up."
The two men carried a box that depicted dragons and phoenixes and placed it in front of the emperor. The emperor was surprised and asked Yan Zhu to come forward to open the box. The moment the box was opened, the emperor was overjoyed and relieved. Inside the box were brocade boxes, and each brocade box had a clever clairvoy with exquisite workmanship. At a rough look, there were at least twenty.
"Uncle Wang, you are..." The emperor was so happy that he couldn't speak.
"Your Majesty wants to conquer the Huns, but I am ashamed of not being able to ride a horse, so I have to do something within my ability. These thirty thousand-mile eyes are my intentions, and I hope it can help the soldiers on the front line."
"This is great, great." The emperor couldn't stop smiling. "Uncle Wang, you have helped a lot."
Liu An smiled and said, "I call the vassal frontiers, and I was originally a supporter for the country. Now Huainan is an internal country and has no worries about foreign enemies. I can only do something within my ability to share the worries of the court. I am the oldest of all the kings, so I should set an example for all the kings. I hope Your Majesty will give me this opportunity."
The emperor laughed. Liu An not only sent him thirty clairvoys to solve the urgent problem, but also was willing to call on the kings to support the imperial court in conquering the Huns on his behalf. He was so sensible. If all the kings could donate as generously as him, he would be even more confident. Even if they refused to help, as long as they didn't stop him, the matter would be much smoother.
The emperor looked at Liu An, and the happier hesitated. He united as one, and even old royal ministers like Liu An supported me, and the Huns could be destroyed.
This is the will of the people.
The emperor glanced at Liang Xiao and smiled knowingly. Liang Xiao looked confused and laughed dryly.
(To be continued.) Warm reminder: Based on your previous reading habits, I recommend these two novels to you, and I hope you like them.
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Chapter completed!