Chapter 296 The Last Moment

"Sima Tang..."

Tang Cheng, who was losing his mind, was pulled back by Zhang Shouyi with a soft call.

Seeing his appearance, Zhang Shouyi smiled calmly and said with a little comfort: "It is good that Sima of Tang can work hard on the king's affairs at all times. However, this northern region is different from other places. The rebellious and treacherous of the barbarians. When these people encounter difficulties, they either grab or cheat. Once the difficulties are over, they will turn their faces. How can the people who are transformed from the outside have any trust? Sima of Tang has been here for a short time, and it is not a big deal to understand these people's temperament. As long as they have a loyal heart to the court, after you are at this age, you will always have time to make contributions to the country, and you don't have to be upset."

Zhang Shouyi's words sounded comforting, but there were only two meanings in it: one is that Tang Cheng came for a short time and was so restless that he was deceived by Rao Lexi Manzi; the other is that he was too young and unstable, and he was really fond of merit.

As for what Tang Cheng said, it was the opportunity for Rao Le to make achievements. Since he did not believe it, he naturally would not think deeply about it. He even lacked patience to hear Tang Cheng finish his words.

In the final analysis, Zhang Shouyi only had one idea about what Tang Cheng said: If Rao Lezhen was so easy to eat, and the great achievements of expanding territory were really easy to build, then what did Rao Le Sima and Youzhou Governors do for decades? Can you wait until you, Tang Bieqing, who is less than a year old and just over the age of the young?

He turned his head on his belt and broke into Rao Le fought to the death, and worked hard to create this great opportunity that had never happened in a century. It would be fine if he didn't help or believe it now, but he would still disgust people with such old-fashioned words. At this moment, Tang Cheng's disappointment, grievance and contempt for Zhang Shouyi only tried to protect himself were mixed together. This ghost place really didn't want to stay for a second.

"Thank you, Governor Zhang, but you didn't even have the intention to try it out when you saw the great achievements. As a general in the side, he had more than 100,000 soldiers, but he was just waiting for the court's orders. Although the officials were foolish, they knew that the military situation was like fire. No matter how good the documents were, they had to be cleaned up. If you act in this way, you would have to be steadily stable. However, if the state wants to expand its territory, if you want to break the situation of guarding a mummy-like city wall, you can't wait to sit in the hall. Although the officials have little experience, it's better not to be so calm." Tang Cheng, the Sima of the Raole Governor's Office, was not under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou Governor's Office. He was angry and tolerant when he came before, because of the major matters. Now he was completely desperate and his emotions were a little out of control. After saying that he had been with a gun and a stick, Tang Cheng bowed and said, "Good!"

As the chief general of Youzhou Governor's Office, Zhang Shouyi was actually the highest-ranking general in the Tang Dynasty. If he followed the Tang Dynasty's practice of "going to go to the prime minister", he would have returned to Beijing and entered the Zhengshi Hall later. With his identity as such, he had never heard such sarcastic and fierce words as Tang Cheng had in many years?

His face changed. Zhang Shouyi stared at Tang Cheng's back as he walked straight out for a long time, and finally withdrew his half-raising hand. After a moment, his face returned to his previous calm expression.

There was naturally anger in his heart, but at the same time, Zhang Shouyi also felt a bit satisfied with the prime minister's demeanor and mind that he had cultivated since last year.

People say that the prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach, and he can even tolerate Tang Chengdu, who speaks so rudely. This kind of mind is nothing but the wise minister of ancient times.

This is Zhang Shouyi's most real idea, and it is also the most important reason why he was not interested in listening to Tang Cheng's words. He neither believed that Tang Chengzhen could take the entire Rao Le to the Tang Dynasty with just 30,000 troops, nor was he willing to take any unnecessary risks in such a sensitive period, because this might delay his vision of the road plan for returning to Beijing to the Zhengshi Hall for more than a year.

After his birthday on the sixth day of the next month, Zhang Shouyi was already 64 years old. For a 64-year-old man who had been in the border area for nearly ten years, achievements were no longer so important to him. Zhang Shouyi's current idea is to live his life smoothly, and then he smoothly returned to the Beijing Political Affairs Hall as a prime minister in accordance with the practice of becoming a general and a prime minister in the court.

This not only allows you to reunite with your family who have been together for many years and enjoy the joy of laughing at your grandson; it can also achieve a regretless ending for your life in official career, and at the same time, you can also have a more glorious posthumous title and gift title a hundred years later.

Is there a more perfect life for a sixty-four-year-old man? Anything that may affect this plan is what Zhang Shouyi hates the most now. As for the great achievements that Tang Cheng mentioned, he doesn't believe it at all. Even if it is true, it will not be as powerful as Tang Cheng expected.

Making meritorious service? Joke, as a minister, what other contributions can be greater than those of supporting me? Now he is only thinking about the beginning and the end of the world, and he doesn’t even participate in this, let alone anything else?

If you don't participate, you are afraid of betting on the wrong treasure, and you are afraid that you will not be able to end it all. Both sides are not depended on you, although you are destined to not become the favorite minister of the new emperor, but you can also avoid being killed. Zhang Shouyi is now waiting for the day when the situation in the court is clear. When the situation is certain, he must be quite alienated from the new emperor with his current performance. Jie Shi, the high-powered Youzhou Grand Governor, must be unable to sit on the position of Youzhou Grand Governor. Zhang Shouyi had already thought about these things, but he also knew that no matter which new emperor ascended the throne, even if he was just pretending, he would have to appease the old minister of the previous dynasty. In this case, he handed over the position of Youzhou Grand Governor and redirected back to the Chang'an Political Affairs Hall.

It can be said that Zhang Shouyi can successfully achieve his life plan of the beginning and end by just waiting. For him now, he is not trying hard to do anything, but the quieter the better the quieter the better.

Today, Tang Cheng is clearly asking for trouble for him, and it is the big thing he doesn't want to care about now.

Originally, it was nothing if he gave 30,000 troops. Tang Cheng said it was right. The court would not allow the Khitan to interfere with Rao Le, who had a vassal status. After all, this was related to the face of the Tang Dynasty and the governance of other vassals. The quota of 30,000 troops was within the scope of his great governor's right to make decisions.

The reason why he rejected Tang Cheng's request was because of the word "safety". The court is now in such a situation, and he is not trusting both sides. What if this matter becomes the target of who attacks? Isn't it unfair to report it to the court honestly and then deal with it accordingly after the court has a clear order. When I saw the two rushes issued in the name of Jia Zixing, I really thought that Tang Cheng had a close relationship with the Eastern Palace. Now that the Eastern Palace is so unwilling to help me say a word about such a big deal, it seems that this relationship is fake.

Otherwise, as long as the East Palace has a little support for this matter, how could Zhang Shouyi not even know how to do a favor without any risks?

When Zhang Shouyi had these thoughts in his mind, Tang Cheng had already walked out of the General Hall. As soon as he came out, he saw Zheng San and others escorted. Next to them were the gate-guard and eight big-headed soldiers. These people gathered here, obviously preparing for Zhang Shouyi's inquiry.

"Let them go." Seeing that the escort sergeant did not move at all, Tang Cheng turned around and shouted to the Dianjiang Hall: "Sima Tang Cheng of the Governor of Raole, please ask the governor Zhang to release the bureaucrats."

The General Hall is the first place in the Youzhou Governor's Mansion. He would be scolded by the guards when he spoke louder around him, let alone shouting loudly like Tang Cheng. Moreover, the content of his shouting...it sounds like a bit like defeating the Governor.

As Tang Cheng shouted out something, he really looked at everyone outside the hall. After a moment, he heard the voice of Zhang Shouyi, who was unable to tell the difference, "Let him go and the others come in to ask questions."

When he followed Tang Cheng out, Zheng San, who was so angry that he couldn't get rid of his anger, came over and said, "Son-in-law, let's go through this matter today?"

"This is the Youzhou Grand Governor's Office." Tang Cheng's voice was filled with a tired coldness, "But we came today with an urgent military situation, and it would not violate military law to beat that little drum. The Youzhou Governor's Office openly solicited bribes to block military situations. Zhang Shouyi could not escape the relationship between him and Zhang Shouyi, at least he was not strict in the military. Don't worry, there are some lawsuits."

Walking all the way, just as Tang Cheng and the other two left the Governor's Mansion, they saw a rushing horse riding a sweaty horse that was also sweating all over the body, and stopped in front of the Governor's Mansion.

The captain who had just been transferred to make up for the fee did not dare to be negligent when he saw this. After taking the mailbox that he had handed over quickly, he jogged into the inner yard. After a while, the mailbox arrived in front of Zhang Shouyi's case.

Zhang Shouyi with disgust, he withdrew his gaze from the captain standing below and opened the letter box. The first thing he saw was the four words "Master of the East Palace" on the cover of the letter paper in the box...

Although he was still worried about Rao Le's situation, Tang Chengdu could no longer walk from the perspective of mood or physical strength. After leaving the Governor's Office, he found an inn and went into the room and fell asleep without even washing.

This sleep was so refreshing. It slept until the sunset. Tang Cheng woke up and felt depressed in his head. After sitting on the couch for a while, he got up and washed up.

After washing up, he just walked to the door of the next room and heard a snoring sound from the inside. Tang Cheng alone lost the intention of going to the restaurant next to him to eat. He called the waiter to bring a bowl of hot wine and some vegetables and placed it under the window in the room to drink alone.

Originally, he had the intention of drinking to drown his sorrow, but he knew that the more he drank, the more he felt annoyed. In the end, Tang Cheng simply pushed open the two windows. As soon as the window opened, a cold wind that was unique to the north suddenly rushed into his arms. While suddenly shivering, he felt much more relaxed.

Tang Cheng threw away his chopsticks and put down the wine cup. He stood in front of the window with the wine cup, looking out while eating wine casually.

There was nothing good to look outside the window. After just a few eyes, he was indifferent. Although his eyes had not been taken back, his mind returned to what he had done recently.

I only saw that great achievement in my eyes. I have been so impatient and fucked recently. Especially today, I am even so impatient in the Governor's Mansion.

This is not to say that he regretted Zhang Shouyi's behavior. Since he had done so, it would be useless to regret it. Tang Cheng just blamed himself. If he hadn't been too impatient, he could have handled better with his past calmness today. Since he chose to follow the path of civil servants in the Tang Dynasty, it is good to not be afraid of people or things, but he should try his best to avoid offending those who could have not offended, especially that person who also has the identity of Zhang Shouyi.

Can anyone guarantee that every requirement he made in his decades of official career can be met? Politics is a game of balance and compromise, and the rejection that comes with it is normal. If you encounter a rejection and make an enemy, how far can such a person go in the already sinister career?

This thought of blowing the cold wind effectively calmed Tang Cheng's anxious and restless emotions and heart. After he finished thinking about these things, the calmness between his eyebrows gradually became the same.

Since Zhang Shouyi's affairs have been like this, the lawsuit must be fought. Not only should it be fought, but it also has to use all resources including Kong Gui and others to make the bigger the lawsuit the better. Tang Cheng had no extravagant hope that this matter could be defeated by the fact that he was at the gate of the Governor's Office today. While causing trouble for this old guy, his main purpose was to expand and open the conflicts between him and Zhang Shouyi.

The two have huge differences in age and identity. The more this conflict is, everyone knows. If Zhang Shouyi wants to target him, the harder it is to attack him, because no matter what trick he uses, the natural first reaction of others will be "retaliation". Others may not care about this, but after the official has achieved Zhang Shouyi's position, he must not ignore it.

Although this move is far from being a clever one, it is also the most effective self-protection strategy that Tang Cheng can think of in advance when he prepares for the future.

Although I don’t want to bite this first bite, no matter what the reason has driven me, I have to bite it to the end...

As for the Raole Grassland, it is certainly disappointing not to borrow soldiers, but after the disappointment, Tang Cheng still has to do what he should do, and try to do it as much as possible. As for what the final result will be...

Tang Cheng doesn't think about what God should worry about now.

After my heart was clear, although Tang Cheng was still in a bad mood, he calmed down. After taking another night to sleep, four people rushed back towards Rao Le in the morning of the morning.

Whether it is coming or going back now, Huairong is a must-pass place, but Tang Cheng did not visit Maodaner and others. It is not that time is so tight that he doesn’t even have time to take a look at his home. It is because Tang Cheng is afraid that he will be reluctant to leave as soon as he sees his parents, he will be reluctant to leave. Instead of doing this, it’s better to be straightforward. No matter how the result is, the matter of happiness is about to end. Let’s wait until all this is over before enjoying the joy of family with his family.

Even though it was a quick trip, it took more than ten days to go. When Tang Cheng rushed back to Raole, the situation on the grassland had undergone tremendous changes.

Seven days ago, the Yisuo tribe, which had a strong momentum in the battle with Shali, encountered the first defeat since the two divisions officially started on the central grassland. After this, Yisuo was defeated again and again in the following days. In just a few days, its military strength had been lost by nearly half. The battle between the five divisions, which had already begun to become clear, suddenly had a shocking reversal at this last moment.

However, the continuous defeat of the Celestial tribe was not completely worthless. At least they finally figured out that the more people they fought, the more people they fought, the stronger the Shali tribe, they were not simply using their own power. The cavalry who also wore the Shali tribe's suits were actually the Khitans in Songmo!

In such a large-scale war, even if the Khitans were wearing the same clothes as the Shali tribe, it was impossible for them to completely cover up their identity. After confirming this, Suoping immediately shrank his defense and gritted his teeth and ruthlessly, he condemned people to come to see Tang Cheng.

At the same time, after learning that the Khitans had advanced to Rao Le, the three remnants also discussed this from top to bottom.
Chapter completed!