In fact, Gao Zhao was not very clear whether Li Chengzhi had soldiers, what was the relationship between the remaining troops in Hexi and him, and whether the remaining troops had been easily eliminated by Rou Ran during the march.
If you think about it, you will know: It has been less than a year since the Yibu was born, and the West Sea, which it relies on for survival, is thousands of miles away. What's more, Rouran is now committing a large-scale invasion. Not only has the road to the west been cut off, Gao Zhao
There is simply no time left to send his confidants to explore the West Sea.
Gao Zhao was not even sure whether the thunder that day was really made of kerosene.
Not long after Li Chengzhi presented the secret recipe to the court, an unaltered letter of the secret recipe was sent to Gao Zhao. Gao Meng had also tried it, and the power was unparalleled, like a punishment from heaven.
Gao Zhao only used himself to judge others. Based on his understanding of Li Chengzhi, he was 90% sure that Li Chengzhi would never give someone a hand and let him be slaughtered.
He guessed that either the secret recipe was fake, or Li Chengzhi had something even more powerful.
What's more, there is the mysterious and mysterious ability of the prophet...
It was precisely because of uncertainty that Gao Zhaocai was afraid: Just like Yu Zhong and Yuan Li, they were so powerful that they eventually died in the hands of Li Chengzhi.
Therefore, if Li Chengzhi cannot be used for his own purposes, he can only be killed to avoid future troubles.
Otherwise, just be his Sikong honestly, and when Yuan Jia returns to the west, he will be a highly respected minister...
This is only one of them, the other is: the time has not come yet.
The ancients said that if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; if the behavior is higher than others, the people will reject it... let alone rebellion?
Gao Zhao would never want to be the rafter head growing out of the house beam, nor would he be the first traitor to be criticized by thousands of people and attacked by a group of people.
Therefore, now we just need to keep a low profile, sit back and watch the undercurrent surge, and when the mountains and rivers change color, it is not too late to start making plans...
But it is difficult for Gao Meng to explain these things in too much detail. Because the situation is ever-changing, Gao Zhao himself just takes it for granted. Furthermore, Gao Meng is in the north, and the news is not smooth, so he is afraid that he will tell him too early. If there is a sudden change,
It will cause him to make wrong judgments.
In such a big matter, one careless move will mean you lose everything. So instead of making mistakes, it is better to do nothing...
Gao Zhao pondered for a long time, patted Gao Meng's shoulder and said with sincerity to everyone: "Those who achieve great things will all endure what ordinary people cannot bear, and suffer what ordinary people cannot bear. But when the good opportunity comes, he can enter the nine heavens and make the world
Things are changing..."
Good opportunity?
Gao Meng's eyes suddenly lit up, and a flush appeared on his face: "Uncle, when?"
Gao Zhao hesitated for a moment, but finally did not dare to reveal it prematurely: "The secret must not be revealed. You only need to abide by your responsibilities and guard Xiazhou. When the water reaches Qucheng, I will let you know...
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Gao Meng is also very human. The reason why he is so impatient is because he does not know enough about the current situation and the general trend, but his talent and character are definitely first-class.
From Gao Zhao's words alone, he could infer a lot of information: Why did Du Du tell him to guard Xiazhou?
Is it possible that the six towns will be in chaos?
Feeling confused and confused, Gao Meng quickly stood up and helped Gao Zhao lay out the letter paper when he saw Gao Zhao grinding it by himself.
Feeling that the tent was too dark, Gao Zhao called in his cronies and added a few more oil lamps.
This interruption made Gao Meng dare not ask even if he was still suspicious...
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The weather got cold very early this year. The chestnuts outside the imperial city were not harvested yet, and the first snow came first.
The rain mixed with snow particles lasted for two days, until most of the water accumulated in the field, and it finally cleared up.
Forget about cutting, farmers can only step in the knee-deep mud and pull it out with their hands.
The farmers outside the city were working hard to harvest chestnuts, and the celebrating soldiers in the city were beating gongs and drums loudly.
But no matter how you look at it, it seems like you are enjoying yourself and I am doing mine. The two are distinct and incompatible.
The Taichang officials who were waiting for the victory at the city gate looked at it for a long time and were puzzled: "Such a great victory should be celebrated by the whole world, but why do these stupid people turn a deaf ear and do their own thing?"
The gatekeeper's eyes were sarcastic, and he almost laughed out loud.
Is this the type of official you are talking about who doesn’t care about the fireworks of the world and doesn’t know the hunger and suffering of the people?
"Food is the most important thing for the people. The farmer only knows that if the chestnuts rot in the fields, the whole family will starve, and even people may starve to death. Therefore, let alone a great victory, even if the imperial city is on fire, he will only
Will take over his fields..."
The official gave Sima a dirty look, as if he blamed him for speaking so freely that he even dared to say "the imperial city is on fire".
After a pause, the official asked again: "But why was it that the last time Guanzhong was victorious, the streets in Beijing were empty, cheering?"
The city gate Sima laughed loudly: "Liu Sanyuan (official name), could it be that you have forgotten the last great victory, and all the people in the capital were rewarded. But this time, the imperial edict was just to perform for the people on the day of the kitchen meeting."
Happy?"
The official's face couldn't help but turn red.
He is obsessed with rituals and music every day, but who knows whether the imperial court will reward the people?
After being ridiculed by the city gate Sima, Liu San realized later: Not to mention the common people, they are the officials. In view of this great victory in Beizhen, they are quite calm and calm, as if they were born to win.
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It is true that the Great Victory in Guanzhong was unbelievable, too inspiring, and consumed most people's enthusiasm. It was like eating a heavy meal of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and then eating meat soon after, it was a bit boring.
It’s a pity that Mr. Li Guogong.
Being moved by the scene, Liu Sanyuan couldn't help but think of Li Chengzhi. He stared to the west.
Only the shadows of the trees were whirling, and countless yellow leaves were dancing in the wind. Faintly, there were numerous graves and mounds, and the grass and trees were withered and yellow.
A lonely mansion is located in the hills and fields. It seems to have been forgotten by the world, which is quite interesting.
Only Mr. Li Guogong can be so generous and content with himself after suffering such a huge injustice, right?
With emotion in his heart, Liu Sanyuan silently recited a poem written recently by Li Chengzhi, and the more he recited it, the more extraordinary the artistic conception became:
The young man was very good at Taoism and returned to Nanshan with honor.
I always go alone when I am happy, and I know my success in vain.
Walk to a water-poor place and sit down to watch the clouds rise.
Occasionally, I visited Lin Sou, and we chatted and laughed for a long time.
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Li Chengzhi, who was admired by Yang Sanjun, is now leaning on a deck chair, holding a fishing pole, and swinging leisurely.
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The fishing pond is very large, nearly ten feet in diameter, and takes up nearly half of the front yard. There are a few withered yellow cattail leaves floating in the pond, and from time to time you will see frogs jumping out of the pond and landing on the cattail leaves.
, startled away a swarm of mosquitoes and flies.
Last year, it was still an ice-making place. This spring, it was turned into a fishing pond by Guo Yuzhi.
Many willow trees have been transplanted on the shore, but it is only the first year and the branches and leaves have not spread out. Now the willow leaves have fallen out and they look bare.
After returning to Beijing, Li Chengzhi took the time to visit the Taifu and spent a lot of money to buy the ruined Xuanyin Temple. Then he moved all the tofu, refined salt, frosting sugar and other workshops there, so that the current residence
Extremely quiet.
Li Chengzhi seems to be truly isolated from the world and otherworldly...
Seeing Yu Piao's slight movement, Li Chengzhi was immediately delighted and sat up quickly. As soon as he moved again, he would suddenly lift the pole.
Just when he was in high spirits and guessing that there must be a big fish that missed the hook, he heard a "squeak" sound, as if something fell near the fishing hook, causing a few splashes of water.
When I lifted the rod, the hook was already empty. When I looked into the pond, I saw a piece of flower cake that had been bitten floating in the water. As it soaked in the water, the flower cake broke faster and faster, attracting countless fish to fight for it. How can you catch such a big nest?
Li Chengzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Shang Shugong, if you can't bear to sit for a long time, why not go to Lelou to listen to the fun. If you still find it boring, it's good to ask a few ladies to beat their shoulders and knock their legs. Why bother to embarrass this junior?"<
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Cui Guang twisted a grape and threw it into his mouth, and hehehe: "Others tried their best to invite me but they couldn't get it, but you didn't know what to do. I invited you several times but you didn't accept it.
I have no choice but to come here uninvited. It would be great if I came here, but you want me, the dignified minister, your right servant, to accompany you to fish by this broken pond?"
Li Chengzhi was so helpless: "I invite you to a banquet, but you say you can't bear the wine. I invite you to read poems and talk about scriptures, but you also say you are bored with these sermons every day? Can you please teach me how to treat Dao?"
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"Poof!"
Cui Guang spit out the grape seeds into the fishing pond, rinsed his mouth with tea, and then replied calmly:
"I just want to see if you are really calm and calm, and you are not surprised by flattery or humiliation, or you are just pretending. But after half a day, I can see that you are really elegant. But because of this, I am puzzled." Li Chengzhi asked: "Why can't I calm down?"
Cui Guang glanced at him sideways, as if to say: Pretend, keep pretending!
He stared at Li Chengzhi with great interest: "Don't you know that Gao Sikong is going to Beijing soon?"
Li Chengzhi sighed.
The gongs and drums on the city were beating like thunder, how could he not know?
This step was indeed a miscalculation.
He originally thought that Gao Zhaoding would take this opportunity to start a fight with Rouran in Beizhen to consume the Chinese army directly under the imperial court.
Then Li Daitao was in trouble, fishing in troubled waters, and secretly colluded with the powerful military leaders in Beizhen who were already ready to make a move. He used Beizhen and Xiazhou as the bridgehead to plot Guanzhong.
I don’t know the rest, but according to Yuan Li, there is more than one fertile field among the six towns that is secretly attached to the military towns of Yuan Huai and Yu Zhong.
Now that Yuan Huai has been defeated and is trapped in Rouran, Yu Zhong has become the leader, and these military leaders are even more panicked. Gao Zhao only needs to show his thoughts a little, and he will definitely follow them.
At this point, whether Gao Zhao rises up or hides in secret, he will find countless reasons to stay in Beizhen, so as to try his best to digest the power of secret attachment.
But who wants to go as far as expected? Gao Zhao fought this battle extremely carefully, cautiously and step by step. Even if Rouran showed a huge flaw, he would never rush forward.
What Li Chengzhi didn't expect was that as soon as Rouran withdrew his troops, Gao Zhao felt like his butt was on fire and asked him to return to Beijing.
One wrong step, one wrong step after another. As a result, he couldn't guess Gao Zhao's intention for a while.
But it is absolutely impossible to say that he guessed wrong and Gao Zhao had no objection.
Regardless of the rest, the secret letter from Gao Zhao advising him to plan for great things was still lying quietly in the box.
Moreover, Gao Meng sacrificed tens of thousands of lives in vain, where did the oil sand dug out go?
Could it be that he is preparing to hide and light the lamp?
Li Chengzhi shook the fishing pole and said nonchalantly: "I'll go back as soon as I can. Even if I want to go back to welcome him, I still have to wait for him to return to the capital. You can't let me travel thousands of miles to welcome you, right?"
"How close were you two during the time of the late Emperor? You and he were more like father-in-law and son-in-law, and how familiar were you with his nature? I don't believe it. You don't know why Gao Zhao was so anxious and did not return to the capital with the army, but
Do you want to follow your example and return to Beijing alone?"
"Is it possible that you came here just for me? Master Shangshu underestimates Gao Sikong too much, and he thinks too highly of me, Li Chengzhi."
Li Chengzhi seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and rolled his eyes, "If you take one more step back, Gao Sikong wants to seek revenge on me for trapping me. Can you just sit back and ignore it? Otherwise, why would Lord Shang Shu go all the way to do this?" p>
Cui Guang choked on a mouthful of phlegm and almost coughed up his lungs.
Li Chengzhi helped him relax his back for a while before he felt better. Cui Guang opened his mouth and scolded: "You are such a traitor. Why do you dare to stay out of it when he knows everything about it? Aren't you afraid that he will kill you if he returns to the court?"
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Looking at his flushed face, Li Chengzhi sighed sadly: "Master Shangshu, do you think you are tired?"
Cui Guang was stunned for a moment, and his face couldn't help but darken a bit: "The bustling world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit... That's what it is like to be an official, and the same is true for the general trend. One day you are an official, and you are the same.
The sun is trapped in the net, and I have no choice but to do it. What can I do? It’s time and destiny..."
Bullshit!
Why is the general trend like this? It is obviously because they want to strike a balance. They also believe that politicians have no absolute enemies and only look at interests.
Seeing that he was gaining the upper hand, he was afraid that he would be unstoppable, so he would give Gao Yingzhi a strong support and make Li Chong second. Yuan Ying and others joined forces with Gao Zhao to suppress their rising momentum.
Now, seeing Gao Zhao return with victory and being praised by both the government and the public, these people only realized it later and recalled the past during the late emperor's time.
When it comes to understanding people's hearts, Gao Zhaoruo ranks second. Who in the world dares to claim to be first?
People like Yuan Ying and Yuan Cheng thought they were unparalleled in their talent, military skills, and intelligence. But if Bi Mei went up and down, and maneuvered their way through the camp, the rest of the seven assistants combined would not be Gao Zhao's opponent.
Otherwise, how could it be that during the reign of the late Emperor, every member of the Yuan family and the noble family hated Gao Zhao to the core, but could not do anything about it?
Otherwise, why would a man who was proficient in martial arts, accomplished in great achievements like Li Chong, and favored by the late emperor like Wang Yuanchen of Hejian be willing to join the Gao clan?
That’s why.
Compared with the time of the late emperor, the relationship between Gao Zhao and Gao Ying was much closer. However, at the time when Gao Ying lacked moral integrity, had high vision but low skill, he was also suspicious. When Gao Zhao returned with victory and returned to the court again, he was afraid that there would be more changes.
It's like a fish in water.
It's not like these old foxes didn't expect this, and all the arrangements were linked together. Just the move that turned Li Chengzhi and Gao Zhao into enemies was a stroke of genius.
There must be no reason for the rumor to come out of nowhere. Therefore, most people in the court believed that Li Chengzhi and the Queen Mother's affair was true. Based on this, Li Chengzhi and Gao Zhao were able to fight equally.
But despite all calculations, I never expected that there would be someone like Li Chengzhi: willing to give up his title as Duke and the iron bond of immunity from death just for the sake of gambling?
It's nearly April, and Cui Guang still has fresh memories: On the day he returned to the capital, after leaving the palace, Li Chengzhi pointed at the door and laughed wildly: I quit...
At that time, I didn’t know what to mean by this statement, let alone what Li Chengzhi meant by this move. But seeing Li Chengzhi’s actions in the past few months, everyone slowly came to their senses: Li Chengzhi at that time had already expected this day.
situation.
Otherwise, why would you say the oath of "never again lead an army in your lifetime"?
This is obviously just waiting to see a joke...
Seeing Cui Guang's angry look on his face, as if he hated him for not fighting, Li Chengzhi wanted to make a few sarcastic remarks, but when the words reached his tongue, he suddenly sighed again.
If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?