Chess game (three)

"Brother Wu", looking at Wu'anguo's back as he walked down the pier, Zhu Di couldn't help but call him to turn around in a low voice.

"What's the matter?" The callee turned around strangely.

"Be careful", Zhu Di said a pun. As a son, he was unsure of what his father would do after he got angry. He would not mediate it in the future. He was afraid that some unpredictable disaster would come to his savior. Although this big guy meddled a lot of other people's business, he taught himself many unknown things. It can be said that he opened a door and allowed himself to see a scenery he had never seen before.

Wu Anguo smiled generously and waved at Zhu Di and Zhang Zhengxin who was looking at him tearfully at the bow of the boat, "The road to Liaodong is long, be careful on the sea." Yesterday's incident was a little impulsive, but it was an arrow on the string and had to be fired. A conflict was not without results. According to the news from the palace, this morning, Zhu Yuanzhang used Xu Da and Li Wenzhong to write a letter to ask for the country to stay virtuous, and announced that the Hu case had ended here. The officials who had been arrested and arrested were strictly examined and the evidence was not wronged.

I finally stopped a bigger killing, and at this moment, Wu Anguo was very calm. History finally turned around. Can anyone predict its next possibility? Walking down the pier, his broad body slowly hid into the crowd of farewells.

"Brother Wu, wait." Zhu Di seemed to remember something important again, so he hurriedly ran off the boat and rushed to the dock. The surrounding officials and soldiers quickly gave way to him.

"Zhu Di still has something to be confused. Please teach me." He always felt that this time the separation would not be too short. King Zhu Di of Yan wanted to ask all his doubts in one day. "Brother Wu once advised me to treat all tribes in Liaodong well. There were too few Han people in Liaodong. If we drive away the Goryeo people, there will be a new tribe that will rise, so we must beware of civil changes. But since then, with the sale of land and mining, there will be more Han people in Liaodong, so how should I get along with the tribes? Do I still need to be gentle? After all, it is not my race, and their hearts will be different."

Wu Anguo smiled again. With the education Zhu Di received before, no matter how he warned him to treat the ethnic minorities well, no matter how good he did on the surface, he would still hold a traditional view in his heart. It is not easy to do this now. He pointed to the weeping willows by the roadside and asked Zhu Di like a riddle: "In the eyes of Your Highness, is this weeping willow beautiful?"

"It's swaying and swaying in the waves," Zhu Di replied in a confused manner. He didn't know what medicine this Wuhou took wrong today, and actually talked to him like a Zen method.

"If all the branches are cut into a normal neat way, what does Your Highness think?"

"Will that be a brush, what's the fun to say?" Zhu Di replied, suddenly realized the truth, his eyes shining. He no longer talked about it, turned around and was as hurry as he was as he was riding off the boat.

"Why are you two weird today? You talk like an old monk?" Liu Ling asked Wu Anguo in a low voice.

"It's not like an old monk. I'm about to become a monk. Look, my hair is always so long." Wu Anguo touched his buzz cut and whispered mischievously.

"Talking randomly, wait a moment to see how I am... ", two brave men drove away, leaving behind a group of moral gentlemen shaking their heads.

Farewell to Zhu Di, Liu Ling was summoned to the palace by Empress Ma Xuan in the afternoon of the same day. He had not returned for three days. He knew Yuhua less and the food in Wu'an was unwilling to be accused of the country. Although he was forced to make an appointment in the camp due to military laws, no one could interfere with the two of them. The eunuch who came to announce the imperial edict that day seemed to have some evil intentions. Wu'anguo thought of his warm expression and got goose bumps on his body.

At an extraordinary moment, as a general in command of the army, he could not attend the court meeting without Xuanzhao. Wu Anguo himself was not addicted to kowtowing in court, so he had to sit in the camp waiting for news. When he was bored, he pulled a few lower-level officers to compete for horizontal bars, dumbbells, push-ups, and immediately stepped down. He changed his ways and sweated in different ways. When everyone saw him disappearing faster than the water droplets in the desert. What Wu Anguo regretted most at this time was why he didn't take the time to study whether he could make a simple basketball. He was eager to try it, but then he thought that the rubber tree that made the ball gill seemed to have not been spread to Taiwan yet, so he had to give up.

In the past two days, the incident of his criticism of the rebellion in the palace has been spread by the guards, adding fuel to the fire and reposting it vividly. Hu Weiyong and his group have always been dissatisfied with military generals. This time, this time, I don’t know how many heroes applauded privately. After being disturbed by Wu Anguo, the young man, he saw that the emperor actually had some advice and no longer wanted to pursue it. Many ministers who were hoping to take the opportunity to take revenge or make contributions were very dissatisfied, and they discussed privately.

The soldiers of Zhenbei Army looked at him more and more admiring. Many generals believed that since Wu Hou was willing to argue with the emperor for a irrelevant or even hatred, he would definitely help him if he had something to do in the future. With such a boss, he would not suffer any loss. In addition to admiring, the soldiers were also secretly worried about the future of Wu'an Kingdom, but seeing that Wu'an Kingdom was as free and easy as usual, everyone slowly put their hearts back into their stomachs.

On this day, Wu'an Guo was having a high degree of competition with several generals on the school ground. Suddenly, the soldiers shouted from afar: Grand Tutor Li Shanchang came to visit. He suppressed the knife, ran out of the circle, returned a military salute, and rushed to the central army. Several generals wiped their sweat like an amnesty and shouted that Grand Tutor was coming at the right time, otherwise they would be exhausted to the Marquis Wu to death.

After more than ten days of frightening, the old fox was still squinting his eyes as usual, and his dreams woke up, which really made people admire his concentration.

The frost in the mirror is getting thicker, how many people can know...

The host and the host took a seat. Li Shanchang first praised the military style of Wu'an. He exchanged a few greetings and stood up and said, "Thank you, the Lord Wuhou, for speaking up for justice and saving my family." As he said that, he bowed down.

How dare Wu'anguo let such an old man kneel down to him? He quickly dragged Li Shanchang up and pressed him to his seat, saying, "You are polite, anyone can see that the Taishi is wronged. The boy just said a few truths, how dare you take credit for it?"

"Mr. Wu is not too humble. My family is more than 70 people, all of whom were saved by Wu Hou's truth. Such a great kindness, Shanchang really doesn't know how to repay him." Li Shanchang could not resist Wu'anguo, so he had to bow to his benefactor a few times on the chair, "Tell me, I have been prime minister for several years, and my disciples and old officials are everywhere. In the end, I have to work hard for you, an irrelevant person, to speak for me. Hey, to be honest, how many people in the world dare to say the truth that is related to his own safety." At this moment, the old man seemed a little haggard, his gray beard was trembling and covered with water droplets splashed from the teacup.

From the peak of power to a prisoner, and then to the peak again, life experiences such ups and downs, and asks who can still be as calm as ever. Wu Anguo didn't know how to comfort the old man, so he had to stop talking and drink tea with Li Shanchang. He admired Li Shanchang's political wisdom. If Li Shanchang hadn't come forward to suggest the "Special Zone" policy in the court last year, all walks of life in Peking would not have developed so smoothly.

After a while, Li Shanchang slowly found himself in the tea and sighed: "I have been with you for many years, and I know the depth. For my poor life in my twilight years, I almost lost the wealth and future of Wuhou. I really don't know how to thank you."

"It's not that mysterious. The emperor is not a master who cannot listen to loyal words." Wu Anguo didn't know what other purpose was to thank him, so he tried to speak cautiously. "Mr. Wu just didn't want to see the Taishi being implicated innocently. When the Taishi fought for his life, he helped to expel the Tartars and restore the mountains and rivers of China. When Wu was among the people, he heard about the Taishi stories and always admired them very much."

"I admire you, there are still people in the world who remember my Li Shanchang's actions back then." Li Shanchang laughed loudly, "My friend, don't comfort me, the hero will not mention the courage back then. I only ask you one thing. I heard that the emperor has promised to pardon me, and you have to continue to speak for irrelevant Hu people. I said you are a hypocritical person. I have never believed you, but I just can't understand why you are like this. I have been an official for so many years and have never seen anyone do this."

Wu Anguo sighed in his heart. When he asked Xu Da to write a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da asked almost the same question. Hu Weiyong repeatedly suppressed his contribution to Peking and tried every means to stop Zhu Yuanzhang from using him. It is logical that he should be his enemy. Moreover, he had a grudge against Liu Ling to kill his father, and for the sake of Liu Ling, he should have taken the blame. However, he tried his best to save his enemies' gangsters. How many people understand this?

After breathing a long sigh, Wu Anguo said seriously: "The Grand Tutor is a peerless wise man. Wu Anguo dare not hide it from it. Wu's actions are not only to save a few people, but to not want to kill people for false charges to become a precedent in this dynasty. Once this matter begins, I don't know who the next person who died under the knife is. It's a pity that he can only persuade Long Live to stop pursuing the investigation, and he will never let the person who has been implicated be rescued."

"I don't want to let killing people for false charges become a precedent in this dynasty"? Li Shanchang heard this for the first time and lowered his head to ponder. "Next, who is the next one? Wu'anguo, and what a precedent. I have seen countless people, but I still underestimate you." The more Li Shanchang thought about this, the more reasonable it was. The more he thought about it, the more he felt the profound wisdom contained in this seemingly simple truth, and admired it very much. Seeing that Wu'anguo looked annoyed on his face, he whispered: "You have tried your best. In all dynasties, you would rather believe in the existence of rebellion than not. Even if you are a wise lord like Emperor Taizong of Tang, you would not have killed the general Hou Junji to the whole family, and you would not have thought about his great achievements in trampling Loulan."

When Hou Junji, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Wu'an studied history, he only heard about the Zhenguan rule, and never heard of such cruel things. Didn't the history books say that there were only a few people sentenced to death in a year at that time? He couldn't react a little.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Shanchang continued, "Actually, as an emperor, there is no better way. Although this time I almost took my life, I dare not blame the emperor. If there is no severe punishment and deterrence, I don't know how many people in the world want to rebel, and when the troubled times come, more people will die."

'The scar is healed and forgets to hurt.' Wu Anguo glanced at Li Shanchang and said, "The Grand Master said this now. When you are wronged, you should know the despair of the wronged person seeing his relatives about to be killed. Your old colleagues are now in the same mood as you did a few days ago. Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you."

Elder Li Shan blushed, embarrassed, and dared not have an attack. He stuttered for a long time before explaining: "I am not saying sarcastic words, I just said that there is no good way to eliminate treason and suspected treason."

Wu Anguo knew that he was serious, so he bowed and considered apologizing. "Boy was too anxious to speak. Don't blame the Grand Tutor. I just wanted to stop such killings. This kind of killing is a disaster for a country. It could not be eliminated in the past, but it may not be eliminated in the future. But everyone doesn't want to try it. It doesn't realize the pain until the knife's turn is on."

"It's difficult. When I formulated the system of this dynasty for the emperor, I learned from the Tang and Song dynasties, and also from the various disadvantages of the Yuan dynasty. In the end, it was still like this." Li Shanchang shook his head and his white beards flew. Wu Anguo said it very reasonably, but with his experience, this is just an unrealistic ideal, similar to the saints mentioned in the book. Everyone hopes to have it, and no one has seen it.

"The system mentioned by the Taishi actually originated from Qin. Qin moved to nine tripods and divided counties, and basically established such a framework. After going through the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was just repaired and repaired, and there was never any major change."

"Do you also believe the Zhou system that those nerds mentioned? I heard that you are in the rise of retrospect in Peking, but according to my research, the Zhou system will only be worse." When it comes to the system, Li Shanchang is very clear.

"It's not the Zhou system. What I mean is that the Taishi has considered a new system. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, it is impossible to avoid innocent murder of ministers, treacherous ministers taking the opportunity to rebel, and always to rise up among the people. This means that this system itself is not very suitable for our country. This system relies too much on wise monarchs, too much on honest officials, and too much on personal character. But the Taishi might as well think about it. In ancient times, how many wise monarchs have produced and how many wise officials have produced. In today's world, how many people have beenhaved like saints"?

"This... I really haven't thought about it." Li Shanchang began to unable to keep up with Wu'anguo's ideas, drinking tea in big mouthfuls, changing the system, and avoiding tragic disasters from the system. Whether it is the rebellion of treacherous ministers or being wronged by virtuous people, he is not sure. But how can he know if he doesn't try it? The problem is that he is too old, no energy, nor ambition. God can make himself younger than twenty years younger. Sighing, Li Shanchang put down his teacup and said, "I'm old, I can only watch you young people perform, and it's impossible to do anything. If you can't hold you back, try not to delay. My friend Wu'anguo, you are upright and pure in your heart, and you are a peerless talent. If you want to show your own ambitions, you must first ensure your personal safety. The world is softer than water, but it is invincible. You have a lofty goal, but you should be more careful in dealing with things."

Wu Anguo did not notice the repeated changes in Li Shanchang's name to him and said frankly: "I didn't have to fight the emperor, but the situation on that day had to be like this. In the future, it was still difficult to detour. Forget it, why bother with the prosperity and life and death of the clouds? When the Taishi followed Long Live to fight against the Tartars, it was not a blessing in disguise. I think the Taishi didn't think about the safety of so many people at that time."

"I was so wise, I didn't care about it back then. My grandmother was so slashed at that time. How could I not fight?" Li Shanchang sat straight from the chair, his old face was full of vitality, and he no longer looked like an old man in his sixties. I thought about how bold he was back then. In recent years, the more bold the official, he became, the smaller he was. He shrank his head and pretended to be stupid, and looked at An Du's old age to seek peace for his children and grandchildren. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang did not feel at ease. He lived so poorly over the years. Compared to the boy in front of him, he really lived to a dog.

Thinking of this, Li Shanchang's depressed mood suddenly became clear and he smiled and said, "I came here this time. I originally wanted to give you kindly, but I didn't expect to be guided by you instead. Wuhou's heart is so shameless. After escaping and dying, I should try my best to excuse my colleagues in front of the emperor and save a few more people. To be honest, I will be here on order. There is no one here, so don't leave the false ceremony. The imperial decree is here, you can see it yourself." After that, I took out a piece of yellow silk and put it on the table.

Wu'anguo opened the imperial edict and read it carefully. The text above was written in four and six. It was written with great literary talent. I don't know who caught the sword for Zhu Yuanzhang. The imperial edict first praised his contribution to the Northern Expedition, rewarded the gold medal for avoiding death, and increased his annual salary to 5,000 stones, and gave him a mansion. Then he mentioned the bold statement of Wu'anguo that "How can I be a family if I have not decided on Liaodong," saying that Liaodong has not been decided on Wu'anguo, and he cannot let Wu'anguo be alone anymore. He married Princess Ping'an to him and got married on a date. Wu'anguo has no elders, so he specially invited Li Shanchang to do it.

If you hear Jinglei, Wu An Guoshi was on the spot and rewarded the gold medal of exempting death, which was naturally to make him feel at ease. It means that the emperor did not care about him and committed the crime that day. As long as it was not a crime of rebellion in the future, no one could find an excuse to kill him. The gold medal was only given to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, which means that the whole world, including himself, was only three sides. For ordinary people, it was really a great grace. But this marriage was too unacceptable. I have never heard of the emperor having an adult princess named Ping'an, and how could I face Liu Ling now?

After a long time of silence, Wu Anguo asked Li Shanchang tentatively, "Mr., I don't know the rules of the Central Plains. Have anyone refused to give a marriage in all dynasties? What's the result?"

Li Shanchang stroked his white beard and said with a smile, "I haven't heard of it yet, but if you don't want to, I can talk to you on your behalf. The emperor gave him a marriage. The ministers don't know that you have the gold medal in your hand. It may not be necessary to use him in exchange for long live to take back the emperor's life. But you must have sufficient reasons."

Wu Anguo asked without thinking about the reason: "If you have fallen in love with someone else in this dynasty, is it considered sufficient reason?"

"Hey, I thought you had other ideas. This reason is not clever. If you like you, you can marry a concubine. If the princess is the eldest, she is the young, and she is not a humiliating person." Wu'anguo's reason obviously doesn't make sense. It is very normal for men to marry ten or eight wives in this era. If that man had a false reputation, a good story would spread. As for whether a woman would be willing to share her husband with others, she had long been the constraint of "not jealous" in the virtues of women. Even if she was the daughter of an imperial family, she could not violate it.

"I don't want to be ashamed of her. If I want to like someone, I have to respect each other. Wu is not lucky. If you have such a person around you, you will be content and dare not make unreasonable thoughts. The emperor has many good words to Mr. Lao."

"It's so strange. I'm getting more and more confused about you." Li Shanchang looked at Wu Anguo, who was embarrassed and blushed and thick-necked. He didn't know what kind of stubbornness had turned around. He sighed and said, "You'd better tell me first which daughter made you so fascinated. I'll try it. Who made me owe you the favor?"

"It is the adopted daughter of the veteran General Xu Da and the daughter of Mr. Liu Bowen"!

"Ah, I really admire you, I really admire you." Li Shanchang smiled so hard that he fell on the chair, and the tea splashed all over his body without wiping it. "You go and tell the emperor yourself, you just say you don't want to marry Queen Ma's newly adopted adopted daughter Liu Ling. You like Liu Bowen's daughter Liu Ling, so that Queen Ma can hurry up and return her adopted daughter to Xu Da."

"You mean Princess Ping'an is Liu Ling." Wu Anguo grabbed Li Shanchang's sleeve.

"Be careful, be careful of my new court uniform." Li Shan smiled with a long and narrow smile and pushed Wu Anguo's hand away, "It's too late to change it, you regret it now. Do you want me to quit your marriage with the emperor?"

"This, you don't need to do it. How to make it happen, you have to rely on your elders. I, I don't understand the rules of this dynasty." Wu'anguo was overjoyed and bowed to Li Shanchang repeatedly. While the two were joking, they suddenly heard a soldier outside say loudly: "Princess, why are you here too? Report to General Wu and General Cao of Jinghai Marquis defeated Goryeo and forced Goryeo to sign the city alliance. The people who reported the victory had already arrived in Weihaiwei and sent 800-mile fast horses to deliver the victory to Beijing, and there was a letter to you."

Wu Anguo rushed out in one step, and saw that Liu Ling, who could not avoid it, blushed as bright as the sunset.

She had the mentality of the young daughter. When she returned to the military camp, she heard that Li Shanchang had come and knew that he must be proposing a marriage. She hid outside the room and listened to Wu Anguo's reaction. She heard that there was an ideal woman in her heart, and was sad. She also heard that refusing to marry was for herself. After thinking about it carefully, she already understood that this big guy had not heard that he had accepted his adopted daughter by the horse queen and had the title of princess. Knowing that Wu Anguo was so affectionate about him, Liu Ling couldn't help but feel intoxicated. Even the soldiers came to report the news, but they didn't realize it.

The two looked at each other with deep affection. At the moment, the military situation was in full swing, so we couldn't say much. We took the letter from Cao Zhen to him and prepared to take a look.

Seeing that the two of them were in love, Li Shanchang was happy for them. He originally wanted to remind Wu Anguo a little, but he didn't want to destroy the atmosphere at this time. Then he thought, he was so open-minded, why should he bother him with a worldly perspective? He didn't come over to care about the situation of Goryeo and stood up to say goodbye. Wu Anguo knew that he was not a person who was polite, and did not give it to him. He took a big stack of silver notes and asked Li Shanchang to make arrangements as appropriate, saying that he would come to the door to ask for advice on the marriage etiquette of this dynasty. Liu Ling was so ashamed that he hid in the house alone with Cao Zhen's letter.

After leaving the military camp, the good leader recalled the words he had with Wu'anguo today. He read poetry and books himself, but he did not think about the long-term without this martial artist who was very knowledgeable about literature. "The road is full of prosperity, the road is full of life and death, the road is full of prosperity, the road is full of life and death." Along the way, the old man repeatedly savored these words, and a heart that was originally like stagnant water slowly rejuvenated again.
Chapter completed!