"First of all, they need to have military power in their legs before they can make plans. If they don't have soldiers in their legs, no matter how hard they think, they will still have a swarm of thieves." Yao Guang
Filial piety.
Zhu Su nodded. Did he agree with what Monk Dao Yan said?
No matter how smart the mantis is, can it stop the rolling wheels? A strategy without its own strength will end up being a clown.
It is said that one force can defeat ten groups, but there are always empty talkers in the world, who are conceited and have plans, but take their strength lightly. But they don't know whether their own strength actually shows the foundation of intelligence.
The Wu Wang Guards brought by Zhu Su and the personal soldiers of the Duke's Mansion brought by Chang Mao totaled two hundred. It was enough to escort Zhu Su all the way. But it was really not enough to quell the rebellion.
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"Secondly, it is very necessary to find ways to control floods and appease people's hearts." Yao Guangxiao continued.
"Thieves take advantage of the floods and hide among the people."
"If the floods are subsiding and the people's hearts are restored, there will no longer be a place for those people."
"People's hearts..." Zhu Su touched Dongba. According to Wei Guan, the fundamental reason why Suzhou people miss Zhang Shicheng is Lao Zhu's "heavy endowment" policy. But Zhu Su didn't understand this well enough.
I felt that with Lao Zhu's temperament, he would not vent his temporary anger on ordinary people in Suzhou.
"Those are things for later. In short, they should first find out whether the Suzhou Camp can fight or not." Zhu Su said. He turned to look at Luo Guanzhong: "Mr. Luo, I am a native of Suzhou and Hangzhou, so what about the Suzhou Camp?"
Do you understand?"
Because the topic just now involved Luo Guanzhong's old master, Luo Guanzhong had remained silent. At this time, when he heard Zhu Su calling him, he crossed his legs and said: "Go back to the east of the palace. The commander of the Suzhou Guard has not been in office for a long time, so he is wrong in the east.
I don’t know much about it.”
"I just know that this person's name is Yang Lu, and he was originally from the east of the Marquis of Jiangyin. Last year, the Marquis of Jiangyin was ordered to quell the rebellion of the Western Barbarians, and recommended this person to the Governor's Office."
"This person has just been appointed as the commander of the Suzhou Guard."
"Marquis of Jiangyin? Wu Liang?" A short but very capable man appeared in Zhu Su's mind. Wu Liang, the Marquis of Jiangyin, was a pioneer from the east of Lao Zhu's tent, and he was one of Lao Zhu's most loyal direct descendants.
With that kind of relationship, if Zhu Su had not come forward, maybe it would be easier for Yang Lu to keep his mouth shut.
"Amitabha, don't worry about the east of the hall." Yao Guang said filially. "What kind of person Commander Yang is, I think we will know soon."
"The east side of the palace is in Chenyuan. As the commander of the first guard, he will definitely ask to see him."
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard footsteps outside, and then the dog's figure appeared outside the door:
"To the east of the hall, the Suzhou Guards sent people to pay a visit with a card. They are outside the door now."
Several people took a wrong look, and Zhu Su said to the door: "Bring him in."
After a while, a man in military uniform walked in. Seeing Zhu Su walking at the main seat, he knelt down on one knee and gave Zhu Su a military salute:
"Li Yansong, the last general of the Suzhou Guards, will visit the east of King Wu's palace!"
"I learned that Duke Zheng Guodong has arrived in Suzhou, and his family's commanding officer has sent me an invitation to have a banquet in his guardhouse tomorrow night!"
"Oh?" Zhu Su, who was at the head, frowned.
"Who is this Yang Lufu? When we came to Suzhou with our master, he rushed over to see us and even walked into the guardhouse begging us to see him?" Zhu Su looked unhappy, Chang Mao said.
But immediately his face turned red with anger, and he pointed at the hundreds of households and cursed.
"...His commander should have come to see the prince and the Duke of the country, but there is a battle in the guard station in recent months. According to the Ming Dynasty's military law, whenever there is a battle, the commander is not allowed to leave the camp easily." The Suzhou Guard Baihu obviously did not obey the instructions.
, although he lowered his head in fear, he replied very quickly.
"I have no choice but to do this. The commander-in-chief of his family has carried out this Eastern policy. I hope that your lord and the country will not be surprised."
"I just drove the boat out for a spin, what a bird fight!" Chang Mao wanted to scold him again, but Zhu Su stretched out his leg to stop him.
"In that case, Li Baihu will come back soon. I and Duke Zheng will go to the banquet tomorrow night!"
"...No. I will retire at the end."
With Zhu Su's approval, Li Baihu clasped his fists and saluted again, then walked out backwards.
Seeing him disappearing outside the door, Chang Mao was still indignant: "Bah! What the hell!"
"What kind of bird-watching can a commander of a guard station do?"
"Let's have a bird fight..."
"It seems that the Suzhou Guard Commander is not as easy to manipulate as originally expected." Zhu Su narrowed his eyes slightly.
Regardless of whether the "military law" was an excuse or not, just looking at the way Baihu responded, we knew that Commander Yang must not have taken his teenage prince to heart.
"Brother Chang, it seems that tomorrow night, we and I will have to sing 'Going to the Meeting Alone'." Zhu Su said.
"Humph, I'm sorry he doesn't dare to hold a Hongmen Banquet. If it's not a stupid thing, I'll just twist his head off!" Chang Mao said fiercely.
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As night fell, two carriages appeared on the streets of Weiqian Street in Suzhou on time.
Suzhou Guard Commander Yang Lu was already waiting at the door of the Suzhou Guard Command Post Yamen.
As soon as he saw two carriages arriving, he led a crowd of thousands of households to greet him. With a smile on his face, he said enthusiastically: "Commander Yang Lu of the Suzhou Guards greets Duke Zheng from the palace of the King of Wu!"
"The visit of the Emperor of the Palace and the Duke of the State to the Imperial Guard will really make the Imperial Guard shine brightly!"
The curtain of the carriage was raised, and Zhu Su, wearing a Yishan crown and a scarlet prince's python robe, stepped on the little Taozi beside the carriage and walked eastward from the carriage.
He glanced at Yang Lu lightly: "Commander Yang has such great official authority. Instead of going to pay homage, he actually asked me to come here because of the wind."
The atmosphere suddenly stopped. Yang Lu and his generals knelt down on one knee to plead guilty and said: "Dongdong, please forgive me. I really don't dare to violate the military law, so I have to carry out this eastern policy."
"If there is any negligence, the general will definitely stand on the thorn bush to apologize at the end of the month. I only ask the east of the palace to calm down!"
"Please calm down, Lord!" the generals behind him also said in unison.
Zhu Su stared coldly at the group of generals who bowed their heads to plead guilty. After a few breaths, he suddenly laughed and said: "Haha, General Yang practices himself and abides by military laws."
"I have admiration in my heart, but do I have any reason to blame you?"
"General and other generals, please get up quickly! Let's go into the camp. To be honest, I am already very hungry in my belly!"
As he said that, he stretched out his legs to help Yang Lu.
"Thank you Diandong, don't dare bother Diandong!" Yang Lu stood up and turned around to pay homage to Chang Mao, who was coming from the east in a carriage: "I will finally meet the Duke."
"Hmm." Chang Mao nodded stiffly. Although he had Zhu Su's prior instructions, his face still looked a little unhappy.
Yang Lu still looked enthusiastic, as if the stiffness on Chang Mao's face and Zhu Su's awe-inspiring power just now didn't exist. He repeatedly invited the two of them to come out for the banquet. Zhu Su nodded and led Di Meng and several others.
The personal guard strode into the Suzhou Guardhouse.