Chapter 43: Raising the People for a Thousand Days and Using the People for a Time.
After the green lantern burned out, there was silence all around. In the room, Meng Xinghe was just quietly applying medicine to Miss Du. You must know that men in ancient times were people with a personality that put male supremacy in their hearts. Meng Xinghe, an alternative, except He can put men's superiority and women's inferiority in front of his eyes. Who can have the indifference on his face at this moment?
Just as Mr. Chai said, Mr. Meng has a sharp mouth and a soft heart. Du Yatou has a lot of blisters on her feet along the way, but she can bear it silently without being pretentious. Even if Meng Xinghe has a heart of stone, he can't escape his heart. Feeling.
"Don't walk around these days. Old injuries have recurred, and even magic pills can't cure them." Meng Xinghe had already done many such things to deal with sprains and broken skin. He said and Don't rush to put on socks for Du Yatou, because the blistered feet will not heal so quickly. As soon as he finished speaking, Du Yatou pouted and wanted to explain something, but Meng Xinghe immediately retorted: "What if you If you want to leave any blemishes on your feet, you can just jump around every day and no one will care about you,"
Women all love beauty, so Miss Du immediately stopped talking.
Seeing that the threat was effective, Meng Xinghe secretly rejoiced. At this time, he walked to the table, picked up what Du Yatou had hidden earlier, and took a closer look. Sure enough, it was a map of Phoenix City, including the city gate troops and the Several important fortifications were clearly written down, including the approximate times and shifts. Unexpectedly, the military information Du Yatou investigated would be so detailed that even Meng Xinghe had to look at her with admiration.
At this time, Meng Xinghe did not ask about the map drawn by Miss Du. Knowing that Miss Du was an encyclopedia of knowledge, he suddenly wanted to ask about Yang Xuangan and said, "Do you know what is unique about Yang Xuangan?"
"Forbearance is invincible, a hero for life,"
Miss Du directly gave eight high evaluations. Seeing that Meng Xinghe didn't understand much, she didn't say how Yang Xuangan was good at literature and martial arts. Everyone knew that. She only said one thing that Meng Xinghe didn't know. He was shocked and saw that Meng Xinghe seemed to have no idea what she was talking about. He thought that this person was really strange. He didn't know many things that happened before the Tang Dynasty, but he still had such good talent and knowledge. He seemed to be different from other erudite and knowledgeable people. The students were very different, and she did not stop at doubting Meng Xinghe. Miss Du said: "Yang Xuangan was almost desperate when he defeated Dongdu. Do you know why he escaped to Lingnan so coincidentally? Later Yang Guang returned to Lingnan. Forgave him,"
Meng Xinghe shook his head: "How do I know?"
He curled his lips and thought that he only knew the direction of major events in the world, but did not know the details of what happened during them. Of course, he did not know the stories of many people in this era.
Remembering Meng Xinghe's merits and hard work, Miss Du did not talk to him and said: "After Yang Xuangan was defeated, on the way to escape, he gave all his wives, concubines, and daughters to Yang Guang With Yu Wenjie, a famous person beside him, he can buy time to escape to Lingnan, otherwise, Yang Guang's three-pronged army would have killed him on the road."
Meng Xinghe was stunned after hearing this. Yang Xuangan was indeed forbearing and ruthless. He could even be ruthless about his wife, children, and children. There was no need for such a person to worry about accomplishing great things. But then he thought, since Yang Guang couldn't tolerate any sand in his heart, why did he do it? After Yang Xuangan fled to Lingnan, he did not continue to send troops to conquer. Is it because the terrain of Lingnan is far away and difficult to conquer. This does not seem to suit the style of his father-in-law Yang Guang who has always killed everyone.
Meng Xinghe couldn't understand how Yang Xuangan was pardoned even though he was able to escape to Lingnan. The history books didn't write much about it, just a few mentions, without any heavy coloring. Miss Du was worthy of being an encyclopedia. , one could see from his appearance that he had a very pale understanding of that period of history. She took the trouble to say: "Yang Xuan felt about Lingnan, which relieved Yang Guang's heart. Lingnan has never been peaceful, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Han people. It is easy for things to happen. Wrong, Yang Guang wanted to conquer the world, so how could he miss Lingnan? He happened to listen to Yu Wenji's slander. Yang Xuangan was the son of the founding minister Yang Su after all. If he killed them all, he would inevitably die and be cooked by everyone. It would be better to appease Yang Xuangan. Lingnan showed its sage and magnanimity. As a result, an imperial edict was issued to Yang Guang. Yang Xuangan was demoted to Lingnan for the rest of his life and could never set foot in the Central Plains again. But later, Yang Guang was killed by Yu Wenhuaji in Jiangdu, and all his 40,000 elite soldiers obeyed him. When the order came to Lingnan, they did not submit to Yang Xuangan, but there were rumors that Yang Guang had something important that these 40,000 elite soldiers brought to Lingnan, and it is very likely that it is the imperial seal that the emperor wanted to find."
Without Miss Du noticing, Meng Xinghe quietly weighed the things in his arms. It seemed that Du Baike also made a miscalculation. The imperial seal was on his body. I am afraid only three people in the world knew about it.
"I think so," Meng Xinghe pretended to be surprised. He couldn't let Miss Du know that the Imperial Seal was on his body.
Miss Du actually didn't take Meng Xinghe's interjection into her heart: "Since you know everything, let me ask you, who else in Phoenix City can restrain Yang Xuangan?"
The question does not care about the depth, only whether it is involved. Miss Du's words hit Meng Xinghe, who had just come to Phoenix City for the first time. In fact, it was also her first time here, but when she went out with Miss Ayi, she even asked for directions. Her words were very particular, and she had almost found out the situation in Phoenix City, saying: "When Yang Xuangan fled to Phoenix City, he only had three thousand soldiers and horses. Later, Yang Guang's tens of thousands of elite soldiers went south to Lingnan, although he was strengthened. However, the local Miao family also had their own ancestral hall. Yang Xuangan absolutely did not dare to demolish these places where the Miao family held meetings. If there is another threat to Yang Xuangan in Phoenix City, it should be the Nanzhao Ancestral Hall in the north of the city. , that is where the Miao family always presides over every grand festival. There are Miao family elders, priests and other respected old men inside. If the Han family wants to destroy it, they will definitely encounter resistance from the Miao people."
I really didn’t know what I was saying. I was shocked when I heard that Phoenix City was still governed by Han and Miao Dynasties. Meng Xinghe suddenly thought of something: "You mean, if Yang Xuangan wants to completely control Lingnan, he should give up the Nanzhao Ancestral Hall." Destroy it and let the Miao people from Zhonglingnan work for him."
Miss Du felt that Meng Xinghe asked too many questions. Some things were easy to understand, so there was no need to explain them so carefully. She frowned slightly and said: "There are only a few days until the Miao family celebrates the Autumn Festival. Yang Xuangan has already communicated with Datang In the battle, he will definitely use Lingnan, which he has worked hard for twenty years to recuperate in these two days, to put it to use. To support the people for a thousand days and use them for a while, this is the necessary skill for those who achieve great things."
Meng Xinghe didn't know what tricks were, and he was not a conspirator. He didn't need to hide so deeply. He just felt that if Yang Xuangan started to enslave the Miao family, it would be good for him: "By the way, Luo Feng said earlier that if you can We will bring in the soldiers stationed outside Lingnan within ten days. I don’t know if this is possible.”
"No," Miss Du said directly with a basin of cold water: "Soldiers travel long distances across mountains and rivers. Even if they can reach Phoenix City within ten days, they probably won't be able to fight with guns, so what's the use of it?"
Meng Xinghe suddenly felt that his hope was lost, but what Miss Du said was reasonable and he did not refute it.
Miss Du is not an unkind person. Seeing that Meng Xinghe thought of bringing troops in, she knew that it might have something to do with Yang Xuangan. That is, if there were no soldiers in Phoenix City, she would be trapped and killed and no one would know where she was. , Therefore, she did not pour cold water on Meng Xinghe at this moment, saying: "Don't be discouraged, we won't be able to bring elite soldiers in ten days, but if we find the legendary imperial seal escorted by Yang Guang's 30,000 elite soldiers within three to five days, , they will definitely be able to listen to your orders, but unfortunately, there is no clue where to look for the imperial seal, we can’t find it."
Miss Du didn't have any hope. It would be very difficult to find the imperial seal.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Meng Xinghe in the distance almost took out the things in his arms with a snap.
He just carried the national jade seal on his body. It seems that his father-in-law Yang Guang had the foresight at that time. He had to pass the national jade seal before he could recruit his own elite soldiers. Otherwise, even Yang Xuangan would not be able to do it rashly. This was an unintentional intervention and let Meng Meng Xinghe is here to complete this mission,