Yan An boarded the stairs and headed towards Chang'an.

Liang Xiao stood on the shore, watching the boat gradually disappear into the shadow of the lake light, and then turned back to the mountain. He sat on the horse's back and forth, his body swaying with the horse, and his mind was combing out some of the news he had received recently, and his mood was a little heavy.

If the expedition to the Huns was an active attack, the subsequent wars seemed less rational. When the Yellow River broke and the flood occurred in Shandong, it seemed to be strong and actually took risks. He finally used hundreds of knights from South Vietnam to restrain the main force of Minyue led by Yu Shan, made extraordinary achievements, and earned another fief of 1,200 households. It seemed that he had gained both fame and fortune, but he was not happy.

According to his idea, this battle should not be fought at all. Now it seems that the demise of Minyue and Nanyue surrendered, but this is just a temporary false appearance. Nanyue did not suffer any other losses except for the entry into the qualities. Yan An stayed in Lushan for two days and did not mention the fact that Zhao Hu, the King of Nanyue, entered the court. The most common thing is that it is a shame.

In other words, the people of South Vietnam have already understood the Central Plains dynasty and their fear has gone. It won’t take long to get back together. Whether they can maintain their superficial respect depends entirely on the political wisdom of their monarchs and ministers. In their hearts, they will not regard the Central Plains dynasty as an invincible and powerful existence.

If Nanyue was not a minister, would the emperor send troops to fight again? No matter what, the initiative in the war was not in the hands of the Han Dynasty at that time, just like the current Western Expedition, it was necessary to fight, rather than being able to attack at any time a few years ago according to your own situation.

In just a few years, the strategic initiative has been lost, the Han Dynasty has fallen into a passive situation, and may even fall into the quagmire of war. Once that step is reached, with the emperor's character of trying to save face, it is likely that there will be a situation where he knows that he cannot fight but for the sake of face.

The biggest unstable factor here is the emperor. The emperor's mood is changeable and very emotional. His desire for achievements and his vigilance against his ministers made him sway. If it weren't for this, Hexi should have been controlled by the Han Dynasty a few years ago, so how could the Qiang people have the chance to be with the Huns?

Liang Xiao felt more uncomfortable the more he thought about it, and sighed twice in succession.

"Husband, what's wrong with you?" The moon gently pulled the reins of the horse. The crescent moon slowed down and walked side by side with Mingzhu.

"Nothing." Liang Xiao cheered up and said with a smile: "What are your experiences when studying with Wen Ji these days?"

"No." Yueliang did not hide his lack of interest in learning. "I learned to read with her to write letters to her family, not to read the poems of Zi. If I must read, I just want to read Zhuangzi and Quzi, those goddesses and big birds, how fun it is."

Liang Xiao couldn't help laughing. It seems that loving romance is a woman's nature, no matter whether she comes from the south of the Yangtze River or the north of the desert. The Han Dynasty is quite Chu Feng. Yuzhang is an old place in the Chu State. Men and women here can sing and dance. Fisherman songs can be seen everywhere in Pengli Lake. The same is true for those Yue women. They are so excited. They sing when they speak, carefree and innocent. This is obviously more attractive to the moon than the great principles of governing the country by governing the country.

"You can read whatever you want, don't force yourself. Anyway, I don't want to be a PhD."

Yueliang responded happily, feeling a little embarrassed. She tilted her head, looked at Liang Xiao for a moment, and said timidly: "Husband, am I very useless? I can't help with anything."

"Who said?" Liang Xiao shook his head quickly. "You all have their own strengths and have helped me a lot. Aling can help me deal with big things outside, Rongqing can help me deal with family affairs, and you can help me deal with my heart."

"What's in my heart?"

"Yes, the heart has the great way, the world and the sky. What is the great way? The great way is to come from nature and live according to your own wishes. Every day when I see the smiles of you and the children, I feel happy and at ease from the bottom of my heart."

"Gee..." The moon laughed, and the laughter was as crisp as a kingfisher in the forest and a yellow oriole on the branches.

Liang Xiao and Yueliang walked and said, and their mood became much more relaxed. When they returned to the Bailu Ridge, they were about to return to the other courtyard, but they saw more than ten soldiers holding horses and waiting by the road. Seeing him, the soldiers scattered, revealing Guan Fu sitting on the big rock in a daze. Liang Xiao was puzzled and asked while swaying the stirrups away from the saddle, "The Ming Mansion is here, why don't you say hello? Is this a patrol?"

Guan Fu was the prefect of Yuzhang. Although Liang Xiao's fiefdom was not in Yuzhang County, Guan Fu still had the responsibility to supervise him. Inspections every once in a while were also the system of the court. To put it nicely, it was a visit, but to put it badly, it was a surveillance, and if necessary, it could even be detained on the spot. When Zhou Bo returned to the country, he was extremely nervous when he heard that the prefect of the county was inspecting and did not dare to see anyone without fully armed forces.

Guan Fu rolled his eyes, climbed up, waved his big hand, signaled the guards to retreat, patted his butt, and walked towards Liang Xiao. When Liang Xiao saw it, he knew that he must have an important notice, and asked Tu Niuer and others to retreat. The two of them walked slowly towards the mountain side by side. The guards tacitly divided them into two parts, Tu Niuer and others in front, and Guan Fu's guards were behind, each several dozen steps away to ensure that they could not hear their conversation.

"Mr. Dou has returned to Chang'an." Guan Fu frowned. "Although he is not as self-reliant as you, he is almost as unemployed. He is also with him. Because of the big river breach, Master Dong angered the emperor. Now the breach has been blocked. Master Dong has touched his bad head in vain. He is very shameless and embarrassed to stay in Ganquan Palace, so he went back to Chang'an with Mr. Dou."

Liang Xiao was very surprised. "Is the breaking blocked?"

"Yes. Oh, I forgot. This matter has not been announced yet. I only found out after receiving a letter from Dou Gong. In a few days, you should be able to hear the news."

Liang Xiao didn't say anything, and he was somewhat suspicious. Could it be that I remembered it wrong? In his impression, the Yellow River breach lasted for twenty years, and it was not completely resolved until the emperor personally directed it. Why has this matter been resolved in just two years now?

Guan Fu didn't notice what Liang Xiao was thinking, but just complained to himself. At first, he complained that the emperor could not use people, and he left a capable minister like Dou Ying, but instead used a treacherous and treacherous like Tian Fu. Unconsciously, he began to lament his bad fate. The young man joined the army and had been in the official career for more than 20 years, but he passed by the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the title of the Tian Fu. Unexpectedly, he started to mourn his fate.

Liang Xiao became more and more amused the more he heard. He interrupted Guan Fu. "You are here to complain about your bad fate?"

Guan Fu rolled his eyes. "Do you think I'm not unlucky enough? It's not that I'm jealous of you, okay, actually I'm just jealous of you. You were twenty years old, and I was also twenty years old. I was more majestic than you when I first fought, but why can you be a marquis, but I can't be a marquis? What's this not life?"

Liang Xiao turned his mouth aside and was too lazy to pay attention to him. Guan Fu is a rough man and is not good at concealing his thoughts. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good things are easy to get along with, so you don’t have to always think about his thoughts, because he is all on his face. Bad things are because this person can’t hide the secret, and he will spread whatever he says to him in a blink of an eye.

This is why he encouraged Guan Fu to kill Han Yan himself. If it weren't for him doing it himself, he might have been exposed at any time.

"If you complain about it, now you have finished complaining, you can flash it. If there is anything else, don't go around the circle and just say it."

Guan Fu rubbed his hands and squeezed out a fake smile. "I can't hide it from you. I'm here today, I really have something to ask for."

Liang Xiao gave him a blank look. "Tell me."

"That... Your Majesty is going to fight the West, Cao Shi is the lord general, Wei Qing is the deputy. I guess Your Majesty may let you go too. If this is the case, can you recommend me?"

Liang Xiao rolled his eyes and snorted. "Isn't it more direct for you to ask me to recommend you?"

Guan Fu laughed, his thoughts were exposed, and he didn't feel embarrassed. In his opinion, Liang Xiao was already the champion of 5,000 households, and he was qualified to not have to fight. He had not been granted a marquis yet, so it was worth giving him this opportunity.

Liang Xiao stopped, sat down at the stone beside him, crossed his legs and remained silent. Guan Fu didn't dare to urge him, and sat carefully, looking at Liang Xiao from time to time. He was both anxious and did not dare to disturb Liang Xiao's thinking, so he could only scratch his ears and foreheads alone.

After a while, Liang Xiao withdrew his gaze and looked at Guan Fu. Guan Fu subconsciously stood up, bowed his hands, and bowed his waist, like a primary school student. Liang Xiao frowned. "I said, Guan Fujun, have you gotten the wrong partner? I am not Mr. Dou, and I can't afford a great gift like you."

Guan Fu was stunned for a moment, and then he felt that he was not acting humble. He quickly straightened his waist and patted his stomach. "That...that, hahahahaha..." The laughter was rough, and the birds around him were flapping their wings and flew away.

"Okay, don't be stupid, the birds are scared away."

"This..." Guan Fu wiped his mouth awkwardly and closed his mouth.

"If you really want to make contributions, I have a suggestion, but it is not to go to Hexi, but here."

"Here?" Guan Fu blinked his big eyes, grabbed his messy beard, and looked confused.

"Yes, it's here." Liang Xiao emphasized his tone, and pointed to the ground with his finger. "The matter in Nanyue is not over yet, and there will be a big battle sooner or later. You can stay here with peace of mind and prepare carefully. When the court sends troops to fight, you will at least be a general. If you can destroy Nanyue, are you still afraid that you will not be a marquis?"

"Then...when will we wait?"

"I don't know this, maybe five or six years, maybe more than ten years, maybe..." He glanced at Guan Fu. "Maybe you can't wait for that day."

Guan Fu's face suddenly collapsed.

"But this is at least an opportunity. If you go to Hexi, it may not be that easy to be appointed as a marquis."

"Why? Even if I am not as good as Wei Qing, aren't as good as others? I was also a cavalry when I attacked the Wu army camp."

"You are the courage of an ordinary man. If you don't give your life to it, you're already lucky. Besides, who were you facing at that time? The Wu army, which was mainly infantry and no formal cavalry at all. Who are you facing now? Is it the same thing to be the Huns who were born to ride on horseback? At this time, the overall advantage is the focus. What can your compositions be used for?"

Guan Fu pouted his big mouth and breathed in frustration. After Liang Xiao's analysis, he felt that he had no advantage.

"There is another important reason: if Mr. Dou is unemployed, and you are so close to Mr. Dou, I guess the emperor will not give you a chance to go to war. Even if he goes to war, he will be excluded. Don't forget that whether it is Cao Shi or Wei Qing, they are all Princess Yang Xin, and they happen to be the opponent of Queen Chen. There are many people in the army who are black, and it is possible to kill you on the battlefield."

Guan Fu was in a cold war, his face turned pale and he was very scared. He was a man who had participated in the war, so of course he knew whether what Liang Xiao said was true. It is the easiest thing to die on the battlefield. If you want to kill your opponent, it is most convenient to start on the battlefield. If you arrange a task casually, you can die in vain.

"Are you willing to wait for the opportunity of Nanzheng, and have the final say, or you are willing to go to Hexi and be at the mercy of others, and have your own thoughts." Liang Xiao said, and got up and continued to go up the mountain. "Whether to come up to drink and eat meat, or go back to Chang'an to ask for battle, it's up to you."

Guan Fu was very entangled and scratched his head for a long time, but decided to listen to Liang Xiao's advice. He took a big step and chased Liang Xiao.

The emperor looked at the stack of letters of request for battle on the table, scratched the corners of his eyes, and tried to speak but stopped several times.

Nearly a hundred heroic officials, mainly the children of the Dou family, asked for battle, were willing to bring their own saddles and horses, and brought their own troops to fight with the army. Although the number of people was not large, they were all very famous, including wealthy families that have been passed down to this day and small surnames that have fallen into the family. Many of them have heard of the names of the emperors, and they were all famous young men in Chang'an City who left a record in the Right Neishi Mansion.

These people suddenly gathered together to ask for battle, especially when Chang'an Rangers were frustrated by the Liang Xiao incident, the emperor caught the emperor off guard. He couldn't understand the intentions of these people, nor could he understand the logic behind it. If it was one person and two people, it would be fine. There was no need to write a letter at all, just report it directly to the army. There were so many people, and asking for battle through the situation of writing, which could attract the emperor's attention.

"What's going on?" the emperor asked Tian Fu and Cao Shi who were summoned.

"It seems like someone is connecting behind the scenes." Tian Fu immediately pointed his finger at Dou Ying without thinking. Although he did not say Dou Ying's name, the intention was already very obvious.

Cao Shi had different opinions. "Your Majesty, the sons of the Marquis follow the expedition. They were originally agreed upon when the earth was split and the ban were divided. They should not be questioned too much, so as not to hurt morale."

Tian Fen retorted: "If it were one or two, then there was no doubt. But don't you think it's strange that so many people asked for a fight together?"

Cao Shi felt very uncomfortable when he heard this. Although those people may not be familiar with him, they are all descendants of heroes, and he naturally wanted to protect them. Tian Fu's unreasonable accusations made him very disgusted. He couldn't help but retort. "In a certain opinion, what should be questioned is not those who are willing to serve in the army, but those who enjoy wealth but are unwilling to serve the country."

Tian Fu's face froze, but he was speechless.

Cao Shi knew that he had made up his words, but he could not take them back. He made up his mind and bowed to the emperor. "Your Majesty, pursuing wealth and honor is human nature. They are eager to make meritorious contributions, and everyone can compete for the first place on the battlefield to fight for the enemy bravely. The heart of a firm heart should not be disappointed. I dare to ask Your Majesty to allow them to join the army and also declare to the world that anyone who is willing to join the army, regardless of their high or low, will follow their wishes. In this way, the strong army can get it."

The emperor pondered for a moment, nodded slowly, and turned to look at Tian Fu. "Prime Minister, should you set an example?" -

(To be continued.)
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