Chapter five hundred and twentieth IX Not speculating
After Qin Liang discussed court affairs with Queen Mother Guo, the next day was the first day of March. Qin Liang went to the East Hall of Tai Chi Hall to congratulate her and saw her again.
However, the curtains in the east hall were thicker, so even though Qin Liang was sitting in the front row, he couldn't see her appearance clearly. It was certainly not as good as yesterday, and even the velvet between her hair could be clearly seen.
Seeing the purple curtain, Qin Liang thought of the gauze curtain, with its white flowers rippling in the wind, and felt that the curtain was still white and beautiful.
The ministers performed a salute and wished His Majesty a long and prosperous life. Qin Liang took the opportunity to straighten up and glanced at Emperor Cao Fang who was sitting in the seat. Today, Queen Zhen Yao was also present next to Cao Fang's seat.
There is no court meeting on the first day of the new year, the court meeting is just a formality, in order to repeatedly confirm the superiority and inferiority of the monarch and his ministers in the ceremony and music. Now in the court, Qin Liang will no longer talk about military and political affairs. He occasionally comes to the court just to congratulate him. Just showing up in front of everyone.
However, after the court meeting today, Qin Liang still talked about business with Wang Mingshan outside the east hall.
Because the Wang family is in mourning, there are almost no visitors, and we rarely see each other recently. Like today's congratulations, not even Wang Gongyuan came, only Wang Zhongshu Supervisor came Mingshan arrived.
People arrived at the Taiji Palace Square one after another, and then walked out of the palace through the Yue Gate in the south. Qin Liang and others walked eastward, along the base of the corridor house, eliminating the need to deal with their colleagues along the way.
Qin Liang said: "I have discussed with Uncle Chang Shi and others. Regarding matters in Huainan this year, I will let my second uncle be in charge of the governor's front line."
Wang Mingshan nodded and said: "When I see my eldest brother when I go back, I will tell the general what I want."
Qin Liang continued: "Yangfa, the governor of Huaibei, will return to Luoyang to serve as Dahonglu. The Huaibei garrison under his command will be mobilized by his second uncle. He ordered the governor of Xuzhou, Hu Zun, to lead his army south, and the governor of Yuzhou, Fu Gu, on the first day of June. I arrived at Anfeng County before. Then I ordered my second uncle to be the general of Zhendong and the commander-in-chief of all the armies above, and prepare for summer and autumn defense."
Wang Mingshan finally came to his senses and said seriously: "The general has confirmed that the water thieves will attack Huainan this year?"
Qin Liang simply responded: "It's very possible."
At this time, Yang Hu said: "Even if the Wu army does not come in the end, it is not a bad thing to prepare early."
Qin Liang said: "What my uncle said makes sense. The season of rising water is beneficial to the Wu army. I told my second uncle to focus on defense."
He thought for a while and then said: "We also need to remind him to adapt to local conditions and use mobile defense. The Wu people seem to have imitated the trebuchet. My second uncle should know about this. Our news is a letter from Yangzhou."
Wang Mingshan cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry Zhong Ming, I will definitely remind my second brother again in a private message."
Qin Liang nodded after hearing this. He found Wang Mingshan today mainly to talk about this matter.
After all, it is a very important military deployment, so it is appropriate to inform the Wang family in advance. When the edict is issued, whether Wang Mingshan is in charge of the edict or Chen An, there will be no more disputes about the matter.
Several people walked and talked, and soon arrived at the East Palace Gate. So they walked out of the East Palace Gate together, passed through the central area of the palace, and left the palace.
After Wang Mingshan said goodbye, Qin Liang and Yang Hu returned to the General's Mansion in the same car.
Qin Liang said on the carriage: "Among my maternal grandfather's sons, the most reliable person for doing business is Wang Gongyi. He has been leading troops in Huainan all year round, and now he is the governor of Yangzhou. He is still allowed to take charge of Huainan's defense. Shouldn't it be a problem? Not big."
Yang Hu nodded and said: "What the general said is absolutely true. Unless a general from the DPRK leads the Luoyang army southward, there is no reason to seize the prince's military power."
Qin Liang thought so, and he did not want to mobilize the Luoyang Central Army to Huainan at this time. He had arranged it through both imperial edicts and personal letters, and he repeatedly told Wang Feixiao that he only needed to defend. With Wang Feixiao's steady temperament, he would not commit suicide.
Advocates for messing around.
Secondly, in order to prepare for Zhuge Ke, all departments of the Chinese army still need time to train.
If Qin Liang mobilizes the Luoyang Central Army and gathers more soldiers and horses, he should not only think about defense, but also take advantage of the situation to seize Dongguan! Moreover, the main battle cannot be rushed, and a favorable time must be chosen; it certainly cannot be chosen during the season of rising water.
Let’s wait until autumn and winter.
The carriages, horses, and honor guard entered the General's Mansion, and Qin Liang and others walked north along the long corridor on the west side. As soon as they reached the corner, they met Ling Yinci, the school minister, who was waiting there.
Qin Liang suddenly remembered something, so he called Yin Ci and went into the office room on the west side together. When he first became an official, Qin Liang often stayed in this office room. When he returned to a familiar place, he had a
Hui said nothing, still thinking to himself.
Yang Hu and Xin Chang found their own seats and knelt down to talk, while Yin Ci sat opposite them and waited.
Not long ago, the Taoist priest who was a spy came back from Shu Kingdom, but he reminded Qin Liang and reminded him of some things, which were the signs that appeared during the Battle of Nanxiang last year.
Judging from the entire Hanzhong battlefield, Nanxiang is in the southeast corner of Hanzhong and behind the mountainous area. It is actually a relatively remote place. Jiang Wei seemed to know the Wei army's strategy in advance and directly deployed the main force in Nanxiang! So extreme
There must be some definite reason for the decision.
Qin Liang thought at that time that Jiang Wei had probably found out in advance that Wei Jun was going to transport the trebuchet from the east of Mianshui through spies. After all, Ma Mao and others went to Xiangyang to make the wooden parts of the trebuchet several months in advance.
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So Qin Liang turned to look at Yinci and said directly: "Master Sima probably still has spies in Luoyang."
Yinci responded immediately: "The Sima family has a wide range of contacts and a large tree with deep roots. There are too many people related to it, so it is inevitable that this will happen."
Qin Liang pondered: "It is unlikely that the high-ranking nobles will pay attention to Master Sima anymore. There is no benefit. On the contrary, Master Sima may be able to continue to use people like assassin Li Yong through coercion, persuasion and other means."
Yinci thought for a while and said, "The general is right. In the past, the servants identified him through (Chaoyun) and caught a spy in the school affairs office."
Qin Liang said: "I don't think they have been thoroughly investigated. The school affairs office will also investigate again."
Yinci cupped his hands and said, "I accept your order!"
Qin Liang glanced sideways at Yang Hu and Xin Chang, then turned back and said: "Only check those who may be related to the Sima family. If they are people planted by other big families, there is no need to worry."
Yinci said: "Here."
However, Qin Liang also knows that it is difficult to detect such people. The Sima family is originally a noble family of the Wei State, and the people they employ are also from the Wei State. There is no way to identify who the spies are. But at this time, he cannot completely ignore it, because he went to Wu
The country's Shi Bao is also a member of Sima Shi.
If the Wei army's deployment and military secrets were obtained by Shi Bao, it would definitely be detrimental to the Wei army's war against Wu. Just think of Ma Mao, who was a spy who pretended to surrender to the Wei people. Now he has collected so much important information for Luoyang!
Qin Liang thought of this, got up, took out paper and ink, wrote down the Arabic numerals, and then wrote down the encryption method.
It is the same as the way he and Empress Dowager Guo exchanged secret messages before, but this time Qin Liang randomly chose "Historical Records". Now that Qin Liang and Empress Dowager Guo are going back and forth, there is no need to encrypt the secret messages. The method can be used for the secret messages of spies.
As long as you copy the contents of the book with a fixed number of words in rows and columns, three numbers can determine the coordinates of a certain word. It is indeed a little troublesome, but it is still useful.
In the eyes of the Wu people, those numbers are almost equivalent to ghost-drawing talismans, and no one knows them at all! As long as they are densely written on yellow paper, even if they are found, the messenger can argue that they are just Taoist talismans for good luck.
When Qin Liang was ready, he asked Yinci to copy it, and then sent someone to the silk warehouse in Lu'an City to have the silk warehouse's secret envoy deliver the letter to Ma Mao.
...Yang Hu only left the General's Mansion to go home in the afternoon. As usual, he first went to the inner house to visit his mother, but he did not see his sister Yang Huiyu today.
Yang Huiyu didn't come back until evening. The sun was almost setting. When the siblings met, Yang Hu casually asked: "Sister, are you going out today?"
Huiyu's tone was also very casual: "We haven't gone far, just in the other courtyard in the north to see Mrs. Bai."
After a while, Yang Hu remembered Mrs. Bai. He was slightly startled, and immediately asked: "Sister, why did you go to see Mrs. Bai?"
Huiyu glanced at Yang Hu in confusion, frowned and said: "It's nothing important, I just sent Mrs. Bai a little food and clothing to spend her money. Everything in the Sima family has been confiscated, and she has almost nothing now.
I need to help."
Yang Hu remembered the spies they had discussed at the General's Mansion in the morning, and Huiyu seemed to be paying close attention to the General's affairs. Yang Hu finally couldn't help but ask, "Have you no contact with Sima Ziyuan?"
However, given her current situation, it is only natural for people to feel a little resentful and dissatisfied.
Huiyu looked confused and said: "Isn't Sima Ziyuan already going to Shu? How can I contact him? Why do you ask me this?"
Yang Hu said: "He is still in secret contact with people in Luoyang."
Huiyu was silent for a moment, looked at Yang Hu and said, "Brother, do you suspect that I am a spy for him?"
Yang Hu thought for a while and slowly shook his head.
Huiyu suddenly asked again: "The general is suspicious?"
Yang Hu said: "No, the general is asking people to check the school affairs office. But whatever we do, we do it openly. My uncle (Xiahou Ba) has fled to Shuhan, but I still communicate with my uncle's family.
Never avoid people."
When Huiyu heard this, his bright eyes first showed anger, and then he burst out laughing, like a sneer or self-deprecation.
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Although she is a biological sister, Yang Hu still didn't understand what Huiyu meant. He mused: "The general treats our family with kindness and justice." Then he added, "I'm afraid Mrs. Bai is more resentful than my sister.
Even more so."
Huiyu suddenly said: "Brother, do you think I hate the general?"
Yang Hu said: "Sister, I just came back from Taifu's Mansion. Don't you feel resentful every day?"
Huiyu's tone was very strange: "Thanks to Sima Ziyuan's ex-wife, otherwise Qin Zhongming wouldn't be able to remember me." She then sighed, "Forget it, I said there is resentment, so there is resentment."
The atmosphere today was not right and the conversation was not congenial, so the two had no choice but to part ways.