Today is the 24th of March in the first year of Yongjia (307). The weather is good, the wind is sunny and the breeze is warm.
Shao Xun, who had not slept all night, struggled to untie his armor with the help of Tang Jian. While feeling relaxed, he almost lost all strength and fell to the ground.
Yang Xianrong saw this scene as soon as he went out.
She subconsciously bit her lips and said nothing.
"I pay my respects to the Queen." Shao Xun bowed and saluted.
My legs and feet are a little sore, probably not because I have been slumping on Lan Ji's body every night. Last night I was wearing armor and wielding a sword most of the night. Although I could sit down and rest for a while, I was really tired.
It's just him. An ordinary soldier with insufficient training would probably not be able to carry it.
"Shao Qing, thank you for your hard work." Yang Xianrong's words were much gentler today, no longer as gunpowder-like as yesterday.
"The queen invites me to come to my study. Yang Gong and General Chen have already arrived." Shao Xun said.
I hope that his hard work all night was not in vain, and that the Queen can calm down today and sit down to carefully analyze what to do next.
"Yes." Yang Xianrong agreed softly.
Shao Xun immediately brought Yang Xianrong to the study.
Yang Man and Chen Jin quickly saluted.
Sheep showed his face in return and sat down.
Shao Xun poured her a bowl of tea and brought several plates of snacks and placed them in front of her.
Yang Xianrong lowered his head slightly, looked at the snacks, and remained silent.
"Queen, we are all our own people here, so I'll just tell you straight away." Shao Xun thought about it for a moment and said, "I'll tell you what the queen is most concerned about first."
Having said this, Shao Xun glanced at Yang Xianrong and said: "The queen has been kind to me many times, and I always know how to repay my kindness, so I will not send the queen back. Don't worry, queen."
Yang Xianrong nodded.
She was willing to believe Shao Xun's words because he wore armor and stood guard outside the room last night.
That night was the most peaceful sleep she had had in years.
It seemed that no matter what storms there were outside, they would not affect her.
She can hide in that small room, or read, or play the piano, or drink tea, or write or draw, or think about other things. No one can harm her, and she doesn't have to be afraid.
She suddenly hated Le Lanji even more.
After Shao Xun finished speaking, he looked at Yang Man and Chen Qi again. Seeing that they had no intention of talking, he continued: "I thought about it carefully last night. The late emperor has made great achievements and the new emperor has ascended the throne. Everything is complicated and very sensitive.
, I’m afraid Taifu won’t have the energy to take care of our place in a short period of time.”
Shao Xun is confident in what he said.
When he does things, he gives the impression that he is very domineering, as if he dares to do anything, and is not a person who follows the rules.
He would dare to rob something as big as the Xuchang arsenal.
He dared to kill five thousand Xianbei cavalry in Chang'an City.
Grand Tutor, do you dare to bet that I will raise my troops to Luo, expose your guilt of regicide, and mess up the situation?
Do you dare to lose both sides?
I am just a person like Zhang Fang. I don’t care about the impact at all. Do you dare to bet?
In the end, Zhang Fang was trying to hijack the emperor and challenge Sima Yong, although Shao Xun resisted him to the death - in history, Zhang Fang hijacked the emperor and returned to Chang'an. It was definitely not Sima Yong's idea, nor the shogunate's idea.
, because it will only bring huge damage to Sima Yong's reputation, and it can only be Zhang Fang's own initiative.
Taifu, do you think I dare to let Queen Sheep testify against you for regicide?
Just talk in the streets, nothing can be done accurately. Who can ignore the Queen's testimony?
Do you think there are many ministers and generals in Luoyang now who suspect you of regicide?
It’s clear what people’s hearts are facing.
"I have been thinking about it all night." Yang Man sighed and said: "The Tutor should not dare to ask for the Queen back. This will only show that he is guilty. Even if the hidden danger is really to be eliminated, it will not be now, at least wait for a while
It will take half a year to wait until the limelight has passed before we start again."
"Someone from Luoyang came quickly to report this morning." Chen Jin also said: "The emperor's departure was unclear, and no one has taken responsibility until now. The medical officers, the imperial chef, and the palace people are all fine. The right servant of the minister shot Xun
The Duke requested a thorough investigation into the matter, but the Tutor refused, saying only that the Emperor was already in his fifties, his physical strength was exhausted, and when he was eating the cake, he choked to death."
Upon hearing this, Shao Xun thought carefully.
The expression "choking to death on eating cakes" means that big things are reduced to trivial matters.
After all, no matter who poisoned the emperor to death, someone must take responsibility, right? For such a big thing, the cooks and palace people cannot bear the blame. No one is a fool, so don't insult everyone's IQ.
So, it was probably Sima Yue who did this?
He is really that kind of person...
"The Taifu is very passive now." Shao Xun synthesized the news about Yang Man and Chen Qi and said: "Even if no one tells it, he is burdened with everyone's suspicion. The courtiers and the imperial army are all doubting him. He has great prestige.
Damage. Changing place, the best way for Taifu now is to downplay the matter and not let people repeatedly mention the cause of Emperor Daxing's death. The more people mention it, the more passive he becomes. In the end, no one in Luoyang supports him.
, he would have no choice but to be forced to leave the feudal vassal outside the town."
Leaving Luoyang and leaving the town to be a vassal state is actually a way of diluting it.
People will forget, and hot spots will fade away.
The death of the late emperor is now the "headline", "browsing the screen" every day, and as time goes by, it is spreading rapidly and fermenting.
The power of a person lies in gathering people, but when people doubt you, your power will be greatly weakened.
These are not troubled times where rules have completely disappeared. Regicide is something that no one can tolerate. If you break the rules, you will suffer the backlash of the rules - the rules come from court officials, forbidden army generals, aristocratic families, foreign officials and even ordinary people.
collection of values.
That is to say, there is no conclusive evidence, otherwise Sima Yue would have run away in embarrassment by now.
Therefore, leaving the town to be a foreign vassal is a very good way to downplay this matter.
When you are out of sight, fewer people will talk about you.
After a year and a half, after the limelight has passed, you can continue to return to Luoyang to serve as an official.
"But the Tutor must hate the Yang family." Yang Man sighed helplessly.
"So the Yang family must protect themselves in time." Shao Xun immediately hit the snake and put it on the stick, smiling.
Yangman glared at him.
"I still have money." Yang Xianrong put down the snacks in his hand and said.
Yangman glared at her sister again.
"I was also hated by Taifu." Chen Jin said with a bitter smile.
"Don't worry, General Chen. The Taifu will not dare to touch the general's family now." Shao Xun said: "On the contrary, he may be afraid that someone will fish in troubled waters and murder the general's family."
Chen Jin nodded silently, but was still a little worried.
"General Chen comes from a well-known family. I wonder if the Yingchuan Chen family has any means of self-protection?" Shao Xun did not intend to let Chen Jin go and asked directly.
"I know what you mean." Chen Jin sighed and said, "Today I will go back to Yingchuan to explain my interests. If the Grand Tutor really leaves the town, it will probably be in Xuchang. This matter cannot be ignored."
"How can we let General Chen return empty-handed?" Shao Xun said: "I am willing to donate a hundred horses to strengthen the general's conduct and make it easier for him to talk after he returns. If Mr. Chen from Yingchuan is willing to buy horses, everything can be easily discussed."
Chen Jin cupped his hands and expressed his gratitude.
"Yang Gong, the horses from Chiping Muyuan have been acquired by Ji Sang. The Taiyang clan must also be in short supply of horses." Shao Xun added, "I would like to donate two hundred horses. Yang Gong can find a way to send someone to escort them back."
Yang Man thanked him.
In fact, he was helpless. Here Shao Xun gave a horse to the Yang family, and over there Yang Xianrong looked like he was giving away money for free. Is it a profit or a loss?
Shao Xun was very satisfied.
When Yang Xianrong first arrived yesterday, he was really at a loss. But after a night of careful thinking, he keenly discovered that everything in this world must have gains and losses.
What he lost was Sima Yue's little trust, and the relationship between the two became even more rigid and bad.
What he got was the opportunity to stay together with the Yingchuan Chen family and the Taiyang family - at least some of their children and resources.
This opportunity is very valuable.
If it can be implemented properly, the dilemma of lack of internal affairs talents under his command will be improved to a certain extent.
"I guess -" Shao Xun finally said: "In ten days at most, the Taifu's envoy will come to Liang County. By then, we will be able to see clearly what the Taifu really thinks."
Yang Man and Chen Jin nodded slowly.
"In the next few days, I will send orders to Zhuwubao to transfer the main force of the Silver Spear Army to Liang County." Shao Xun said again: "Meet with the Yamen Army and the Long Sword Army."
The Silver Spear Army now has five buildings and 3,000 people, stationed in various forts for training.
It's not a good thing not to see each other for a long time, so I would like to take this opportunity to let each building mobilize some people to come over and practice, and test their training results in the past few months - mainly to look at the batch of new recruits recruited in November and December last year
how's it going.
If necessary, he would even order the entire army to mourn and mourn the emperor to see who would panic first.
Yang Xianrong was very happy, with a rare smile on his face.
She wanted to see what the Silver Spear Army looked like.
Shao Xun took so much money from him. If he can't build a strong army, then he will be punished to guard Guangcheng Palace in the future.
Ever since I was a child, no one would dare not give me anything I wanted.
After becoming a queen, I felt wronged every day.
If the Silver Spear Army trains well, then reward Shao Xun with another sum of money. He will definitely be grateful, and then realize that Le Lanji is a useless woman who can only entertain people with her beauty and cannot help at all.
After the plan was decided, Yang Man and Chen Jin said goodbye and left. They still had a lot to do.
And these things are also very important to Shao Xun.
He sensed certain opportunities, and the likelihood of these opportunities coming true was increasing.
If the Yingchuan Chen family and the Taiyang family can really be dragged into the water, the military and political group he founded will undergo a qualitative change.
After Yang Man and Chen Qi left, the study became empty.
Yang Xianrong picked up the snack and ate it gracefully.
Shao Xun glanced at her and asked, "How about I escort Queen Xing Guangcheng Palace today?"
Yang Xianrong couldn't eat any more. After much hesitation, he said, "Aren't there still craftsmen painting the screen wall in Guangcheng Palace? Let's go there after it's completed."
She felt a little nostalgic for the dreamless night last night, and she even knew the taste after eating the marrow, and wanted to continue like this.
"No." Shao Xun refused directly, then looked at Yang Xianrong with wide-open almond eyes, and earnestly advised: "The Queen lives in the minister's house, which is acceptable for a short period of time, but will cause criticism in the long run. Let's do this, after the exercise is over
, I will honor the Queen and give her the honor to build the palace."
Yang Xianrong knew that what he said was the truth, so he could only agree sadly.
Chapter completed!