Hezhou is located east of the central part of the Yue Dynasty.
This place is adjacent to the East China Sea and has developed waterways, which can be called the best in the Moon Dynasty.
In ancient times, transportation mostly relied on waterways. In addition, with abundant water conservancy and sufficient irrigation, products and commerce were abundant. It was known as the richest place in the Yue Dynasty, a land of fish and rice.
It is precisely because of this that Hezhou was once the site of the Four Wars. Countless powerful powers coveted this place, and Hezhou also changed hands several times.
Until Zhong Xiu appeared.
Langya King Zhongxiu!
Unlike other princes, Zhong Xiu was born in a scholarly family, but later traveled around the world.
In his early years, he traveled to the ends of the earth with his sword and was full of high spirits.
Later, for some unknown reason, he entered the government, rose up from a small banner official, and became the governor of Hezhou Town in seven years.
In the battle of Langya City, he defeated Wenzhou Heshanye with 30,000 people against 80,000 people. He became famous all over the world and was named Langya King from then on.
Zhong Xiu uses the sword.
Red sleeves incense knife.
It was once ranked alongside Rong Feixue's Lovesick Heart-breaking Knife and was known as the Two Soft Knives in the World.
Compared with Rong Feixue, who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, with passionate sword skills and ruthless swordsmanship, Zhong Xiu is soft on the outside and soft on the inside. His sword skills are not for killing people, but for protecting fragrance.
Throughout my life, I have never killed anyone!
Until he becomes a king!
One battle results in a thousand bones being wasted!
In the sedimentary plain outside Liuhe Town, Zhong Xiu was standing on a hillside at this moment.
The hillside was full of flowers. He was dressed in white and stood in the sea of flowers.
People in troubled times are independent.
From a distance, at the foot of the hillside.
A group of cavalry was making a mighty charge, shouting and shouting, and the arrows in their hands were missing like rain, falling among the fleeing and shouting soldiers in front.
Immediately, the horses moved like a dragon, surrounding the group of soldiers on all sides.
A school captain rushed down the slope with his horse, came to Zhong Xiu and knelt down in front of Zhong Xiu: "Report to the main town! The Liuhe rebels have been defeated, the rebel leader Jiang Zhiyi is dead, and all the remaining 1,200 people have been captured, and no one has slipped through the net!"
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Zhong Xiu looked into the distance silently, her pair of feminine peach blossom and almond eyes were indescribably beautiful.
He sighed slightly: "This battle has cost many lives. Why bother..."
The voice is soft and compassionate.
The captain lowered his head and asked: "Headquarters, how should we deal with these rebels?"
Zhong Xiu sighed, and as he waved his hand, a red flower fell into his hand.
He looked at the flower infatuatedly, with a ray of tenderness in his eyes: "They are all good lives, and even more so good men...such good men...kill them all."
With a wave of his hand, the flower turned into petals all over the sky and fell from the sky.
Zhong Xiu has turned around and left.
The captain got on his horse and shouted wildly: "Headquarters has an order! All rebels must be killed on the spot!"
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After getting off Hongkui Slope, we boarded the Piaoxiang Car.
The carriage returned to Langya City happily.
Zhongxiu likes riding cars but not riding horses.
He felt that it was easier to hide people in the car.
People can't see the person in the car, it's hard to tell the truth from the fake, and it's hard to figure out the secret. It's better than having a big head, looking high-spirited, but attracting everyone's attention.
Whatever weaknesses he had, they were all seen through at a glance.
It is impossible for people to have weaknesses, but they can be hidden!
After all, you have to hide in the dark to hide your true self.
It's a pity that after becoming a general, gaining the title of king, and having a high and powerful position, no matter how hard you hide it, you will inevitably be exposed to countless gazes.
So sitting in the carriage became a rare leisure time for Zhong Xiu.
Anyone who knows him will never bother him at this time.
But today, it's different.
The carriage suddenly stopped.
Someone said: "Yang Yunzhao has met the teacher."
"Yun Zhao?" Zhong Xiu's eyes lit up slightly.
Opening the curtain, Zhong Xiu saw Yang Yunzhao standing solemnly beside the carriage.
He was sweating profusely, and even the horse was panting from exhaustion. It was obvious that he was exhausted after a long journey.
But even so, Yang Yunzhao still stood upright.
Zhong Xiu smiled: "I heard that you joined the Junwei Army?"
Yang Yunzhao lowered his hands and said respectfully: "Yunzhao is useless. He is now a small captain of the Junwei Trading Company's escort team."
Hearing this, Zhong Xiu smiled and said, "I want that kind of escort team, too."
Yang Yunzhao was not surprised that Zhong Xiu knew Junwei.
If the person in the world who values intelligence the most, besides Junwei, is probably Zhong Xiu.
Zhong Xiu once told him back then: The so-called clever strategies are all based on enough information. With enough correct intelligence, even a fool knows how to do it. And a truly outstanding general is not one who
Instead of making decisions based on insufficient information, we try our best to make up for the lack of information from the beginning.
Therefore, people in the world may not know the power of the emperor, but Zhong Xiu will not know it.
He only has 30,000 troops, but he has an intelligence organization with 2,000 people!
Red Sleeve Square.
Because of this, Yang Yunzhao knew that talking to Zhong Xiu could actually be very simple.
It may not be easy, but it must be simple!
Because he knows almost everything you want to hide.
Even if there are those who don't know, you can find out with just a few words.
Fortunately, Yang Yunzhao didn't intend to hide it.
He said: "Teacher, I have something to discuss by order of the head of state."
Zhong Xiu sighed softly.
He lowered the car curtain and said, "Go back and talk."
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Liuhe Town.
At dusk, Zhong Xiu lit an incense candle in a temporary residence in the town.
This is his habit.
Only light one candle at a time.
There is light, but only a glimmer.
Zhong Xiu is in the dim light, dwelling in the darkness, and the candlelight lengthens his figure.
Yang Yunzhao sat opposite, looked at Zhong Xiu, and said respectfully: "Teacher's habits have never changed."
"You are timid and afraid of death." Zhong Xiu said calmly: "Your position is at the window. If there are assassins today, you will protect me from disaster."
Yang Yunzhao smiled: "It's great to be able to protect the teacher from disaster."
Zhong Xiu then sighed: "It's a pity that there are no assassins tonight, so your run has been in vain."
Yang Yunzhao lowered his head: "So, did the teacher refuse?"
"Are you disappointed?"
"The teacher is a discerning person. He can tell the current situation at a glance."
"You are exalting me. If I knew everything, I would never be like this today." Zhong Xiu sighed: "Don't worry. In fact, it doesn't matter whether I agree or not."
"Huh?" Yang Yunzhao looked at Zhong Xiu in shock.
Zhong Xiu said calmly: "The important thing is that even if I agree, do you think Zhuo Junyan can achieve his goal and leave Gaolin? If he can't leave Gaolin, then what is the meaning of his agreement with me?
When the time comes, will he still abide by the agreement?"
"On my way here, I got news. Bai Xiangnan is treason!"
"Yes, a good reason, but it's useless." Zhong Xiu smiled.
He looked at Yang Yunzhao and said, "Actually, you never know what His Majesty is thinking, right?"
Yang Yunzhao was stunned.
Zhong Xiu sighed softly: "Others only know that it took me seven years to become the governor of Hezhou, relying on my merits. But they don't know how ridiculous this idea is. If you don't understand the intention, even if you have high merit,
Unparalleled, I can only achieve great success. Do you know that I didn’t want to annihilate the Liuhe rebels today? But there is no way, who told him to offend the Korean Prime Minister."
The Prime Minister of Han is the Prime Minister of Han Renxin.
He is also Zhong Xiu’s biggest supporter in the court!
It is precisely because the Liuhe rebels offended Prime Minister Han that Zhong Xiu must kill him!
What Zhong Xiu wants to tell Yang Yunzhao is that even he, the Langya King, must consider his superiors' opinions. Many ideas cannot be solved by just thinking about them rationally.
Reason is for the people! It is not for the superiors!
At this moment, Zhong Xiu continued: "Zhuo Junyan is too crazy. He is so crazy that he doesn't bother to guess His Majesty's thoughts. He is so crazy that he feels that sending you here today is a major concession and a compromise. Just because he is crazy, he doesn't care.
.If the emperor agrees, he will go out according to the order. If he doesn't agree, he will fight out. That's what he thinks, right? But you know, if he fights out, then I will reach an agreement with him.
It's the same as rebellion. Where will that leave me when the time comes?"
Yang Yunzhao was speechless.
Zhong Xiu is right.
Zhuo Junyan is indeed too crazy.
He doesn't care at all about the success or failure of this matter.
He doesn't care about many consequences because he has enough power to crush them forcefully.
And behind this huge power, it also led to the lack of sincerity in his "compromise" - it seemed to give King Langya a chance to coexist peacefully, but in fact it might have dragged Zhong Xiu into trouble.
Zhuo Junyan would not consider this issue, but King Langya did.
He knew very well that if Zhuo Junyan failed to obtain the imperial edict and broke out of Guiwei Pass, how much impact would it have on him who had reached a cooperation with him.
Two things that seem unrelated are actually closely related!
Even Yang Yunzhao actually didn't expect this. His military ability was good, but his political ability was still weak.
It wasn't until Zhong Xiu pointed it out at this moment that he finally woke up.
After thinking about this, Yang Yunzhao said: "It seems that it won't work after all."
Zhong Xiu looked at him with a smile: "What? Are you giving up now?"
Yang Yunzhao lowered his head: "If I were facing someone else, I would try my best to persuade them. But I cannot lead the teacher into a place of eternal destruction."
Zhong Xiu smiled and still whispered softly: "I have never been your teacher, just your former superior. I have given you advice, but in the end you have to rely on yourself. Everything in this world depends on yourself.
The advice from others is only a help. I have given advice to many people, and you are the one that satisfies me the most. That is why I let you leave. The little eagle has to fly out after all to grow."
As he spoke, he sighed softly: "I am thirty-eight years old this year. I entered the Jianghu at the age of twelve and experienced ten years of ups and downs in the Jianghu. I joined the army at the age of twenty-two and became the governor of the town at the age of twenty-nine. I have been in the army for sixteen years.
In the past sixteen years, I have faced many troubles. Every time, I tried my best to make what I thought was the right choice. However, even so, in the years since I became the governor of Hezhou Town, I still failed to make the decision.
Hezhou has made some progress. Among the princes of the Yue Dynasty, I am still the weakest. In the nine years since I became the governor, I have not made any progress!"
Yang Yunzhao said excitedly: "How can you say that the teacher is the weakest? Among the seven kings, you should be ranked first."
Zhong Xiu shook his head: "Hezhou is the richest in the world, but the people are weak and have insufficient fighting power. The thirty thousand soldiers and horses under my command can only bully the weak. If we fight against other princes, not to mention Wenliang King Wu Liangshui and others, they will
Even the chaotic Zhongzhou may not be able to be leveled. All the achievements I have made are to bully the weak. A real strong dragon cannot be provoked. In the final analysis, it is lack of strength and insufficient foundation! The real strong man will never be able to defeat him.
It will be so.”
As he spoke, he looked at Yang Yunzhao: "I can accuse Zhuo Junyan of being brave and self-righteous, but in fact, I also envy him!"
Envy him?
Yang Yunzhao was stunned.
"Yes, I'm envious." Zhong Xiu sighed: "To be happy in life, you need to have all the fun. If you want to be happy and happy, why do you need to fight like a fly and a dog? Zhuo Junyan seems to be violent and reckless, but in fact he has a lot of troubles in his mind. He grasps the big and let go of the small.
The most important core strength is that you would rather others plot against you than to plot against others if you are weak. Therefore, if I am an enemy of him, maybe I can successfully plot against him a hundred times, but the one who fails in the end will only be
I."
Yang Yunzhao lowered his head and was speechless.
Zhong Xiudao: "Over the years, we have asked ourselves. Even with all my heart and soul, almost every choice I made at the time was the most correct one. Why is it still so? Why can't I stand out? This question
, has troubled me for a long time. It was not until recently that I finally realized something. Life is like a chessboard, with thousands of steps. A good chess player can see three steps, and a person with good eyesight can see ten steps away.
, but that’s the end of it. The most wonderful move within ten steps may not necessarily be the best choice if you look at it within thousands of steps. It may even be a bad choice.”
As he spoke, he smiled slightly: "In my life, I have made many correct choices within ten steps, but in the end I am still at the bottom of the princes. Just because sometimes you see too clearly and are too shrewd, but it may not be the best choice in the long run.
choice. For example, I killed the Liuhe rebels and pleased Prime Minister Han, but also offended Prime Minister Zhou, and may even make His Majesty dissatisfied. These are gains and losses! Wu Liangshui and Zhuo Junyan are both fierce people, but they still become powerful.
It’s because they lack that harmony and at the same time have more courage and determination! It’s really not good to think too much about some things.”
As he said that, Zhong Xiu looked at Yang Yunzhao: "From a common sense perspective, agreeing to Zhuo Junyan's request is not the right thing to do. But I am tired of it. The right choice does not get the right result. So this time,
I want to try and make the wrong choice."
Yang Yunzhao was overjoyed: "Teacher!"
Zhong Xiu waved his hand: "There will always be things coming and going, so we can't just agree. Let's think of some conditions for me and send them over."
"Me?" Yang Yunzhao was stunned.
I'm here to be a lobbyist. You want me to help you set conditions for Junwei?
"Yes! You!" Zhong Xiu smiled.
Under candlelight, in the shadow.
Zhong Xiu casually picked up the candle wick and stirred up the flames to crackle: "There is not much I can teach you. You have to think about this matter by yourself. If you can't figure it out, just think about it slowly..."