[Write two sentences first. Regarding the concept of the new book, Lao Gao wants to ask for your opinions. I have been thinking about it for a long time. I am considering writing the Three Kingdoms for my next book. I plan to start from the Battle of Red Cliff two years ago. The protagonist still takes the route of fighting for hegemony.
, give full play to the advantages of seniority.
But I don’t know whether the readers want Lao Gao to continue writing about the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or about the Three Kingdoms. I haven’t considered it yet for other dynasties. In the end, I want to listen to the readers’ suggestions. You can make suggestions in the book review area, or you can choose in the author survey.
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There is an alley in the south of Jiangdu City, called Xinghua Alley. It is named after a century-old apricot tree planted at the entrance of the alley. The alley is not deep, and only three families live in it. They all have high gates and deep courtyards, covering an area of five meters.
With an area of more than six acres, it can be seen that they are all from wealthy families.
The innermost house was originally the private residence of Jiangdu County Magistrate Shi Liu Bingyuan. Later, Liu Bingyuan and his family fled back to his hometown in Wu County, and Li Mi rewarded the house to Bing Yuanzhen, the internal historian.
When it comes to the qualifications of ministers in the Wei State, Bing Yuanzhen can be regarded as the elder among elders. Back then, he and Zhai Rang fled into Hezezhong and established Wagang Village. Even Shan Xiongxin's qualifications were junior to him.
In the confrontation between Li Mi and Zhai Rang, he belonged to the centrist faction, but later he changed his support to Li Mi. He was always reused by Li Mi and became Li Mi's first counselor and civil servant.
But when the moon is full, it will be depleted. When Li Mi gave up on the major decision of the Central Plains, he advocated uniting with the Tang Dynasty to fight against the Sui Dynasty, but Li Mi finally adopted Fang Xuanzao's strategy of retreating eastward to the south of the Yangtze River.
It was during this route dispute that Li Mi discovered that he had accepted bribes from the Tang Dynasty. This eventually triggered a crisis in Bing Yuanzhen's status. Although Li Mi did not kill him because he accepted bribes from the Tang Dynasty, he obviously did not reuse him.
After moving to Jiangdu, he was appointed Minister of Rites. He had no power or soldiers, could not participate in military decision-making, and did trivial things all day long. This made Bing Yuanzhen extremely depressed.
It was precisely because of his bad mood that Bing Yuanzhen took sick leave every three days under the pretext of an old illness. He ignored government affairs and Li Mi ignored him. He could come to court or not as he pleased.
Today Li Mi went to Jiangyang County to inspect the warehouse. As usual, Bing Yuanzhen claimed to be sick and hid at home. He was fine at home. He just read books and drank some wine. He usually doesn't have much elegance, but he has one of his biggest hobbies, which is
Hiding in the secret room and counting his gold and silver treasures.
Bing Yuanzhen's greed for money was well-known among the Wagang Army in the past, and he has actually accumulated a considerable amount of wealth for himself over the years.
He knew very well that the land could not be kept and the copper coins could not be obtained, so he exchanged all the money he had obtained over the years for gold and jewelry. There were five big boxes in total. Wherever others went, the boxes went?
At this time, Bing Yuanzhen was hiding in the inner room of his study, squinting and counting his gold ingots. There were four large boxes of gold, more than eight thousand taels, and a box of jewelry. This was all his wealth. Every day he
I have to count them all before I can sleep peacefully.
The room was dimly lit and had no windows. The door was locked. The floor was covered with nearly two hundred loaves of gold, each weighing fifty taels. Bing Yuanzhen sat cross-legged on the couch, gently stroking a piece of yellow gold.
This heavy sense of reality gave him great psychological satisfaction.
"master!"
At this time, his wife's call came from the outer room. Although his wife could enter his study, her appearance at this time still made Bing Yuanzhen extremely unhappy. His face sank and he asked in a fierce tone: "
What's up?"
"The tea server is here."
This was a code word between him and his wife. The person who served the tea was the gift giver, that is, someone had come to give the gift. This news made Bing Yuanzhen blush slightly. Before he had time to collect the gold, he put the gold on the ground, opened the door and went out.
With a creaking sound, the iron door of the inner room was closed. He locked the iron door with a fist-sized copper lock, carefully placed the key in his arms, and then asked his wife: "Where is he?"
"It's in the living room!"
"Yeah!" Bing Yuanzhen snorted heavily and walked quickly to the living room. When he walked at the door, he turned back and glanced at his wife carefully, "Get out! I want to lock the study door too."
His wife had no choice but to go out. Bing Yuanzhen locked the study door and then went to the living room with peace of mind.
In fact, Bing Yuanzhen was not so greedy for money in the past. He also had ambitions and was eager to assist Ming Zhu in his career. However, he assisted Li Mi and never realized his ambitions.\\..\\
Under Li Mi's deliberate suppression, he began to sink. He could not see his official career or hope. This made the dark side of Bing Yuanzhen's heart gradually engulf him, making him greedy, vulgar and mercenary. The military advisor of the Wagang Army
It no longer exists, only a broken body remains.
This is also due to human nature. After repeated setbacks, many talented people gradually lose confidence, become vulgar and stupid, and their talents gradually fade. Bing Yuanzhen is undoubtedly one of them.
Bing Yuanzhen hurried to the living room, and saw a man in his thirties sitting in the living room. His skin was slightly darker, he looked smart and capable, and there was a hint of gentleness between his eyebrows, which made it easy for people to like him.
But Bing Yuanzhen's eyes fell on a leather bag at his feet. The leather bag seemed to contain something heavy. What could it be? More than a dozen ingots of silver and gold popped into Bing Yuanzhen's mind.
Will it be these two kinds of babies?
"Keep this dear friend waiting." Bing Yuanzhen walked into the room and cupped his hands. He didn't know this person and had never seen him before.
The visitor also stood up and said with a smile: "My surname is Wang, my name is Shunyuan. I am from Weijun, Hebei Province. This is the first time I have come to visit and disturbed Shangshu Bing."
"Easy to say!"
Bing Yuanzhen sat down on the main seat, couldn't help but glance at the leather bag, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Wang, do you have any advice for me?"
"I'm not talking about giving advice. In fact, I'm here to deliver a letter to Shangshu Bing."
'Send the message!'
Bing Yuanzhen seemed to have missed the mark, and a deep sense of loss surged in his heart. He was not here to deliver a gift, but to deliver a letter. He could no longer restrain the disgust on his face, and said coldly with a straight face:
"What letter should I send?"
The man took out a letter from his arms and pushed it to Bing Yuanzhen, "Look at it!"
Bing Yuanzhen picked up the letter and was stunned for a moment. The cover of the letter said: 'To His Majesty the King of Chu, the Great Sui Shangshu Ling'. This seemed to be his handwriting. Bing Yuanzhen quickly glanced at the man and became nervous.
He hurriedly opened the letter and read it hastily. He was so shocked that he exclaimed "Ah!" and his eyes suddenly widened.
This turned out to be a letter of surrender written by Bing Yuanzhen to Yang Yuanqing. The words were humble and he was willing to sacrifice the heads of Jiang Du and Li Mi. It also had his name and seal signed on the back. Both the handwriting and the seal were entirely his handwriting. There was nothing wrong with it.
Question, but the question is when did he write such a letter?
"This is a false accusation!"
Bing Yuanzhen's veins bulged and his eyes burst out with anger. He violently tore the letter into pieces, "Let's go!" He pointed at the door and shouted, "Get out of here!"
However, the man was calm and took out another letter from his arms, put it on the table, and said with a slight smile: "I wonder how Li Mi will feel when he sees this letter?"
Bing Yuanzhen snatched the letter and looked at it. His legs suddenly softened and he sat down heavily on the couch. It was exactly the same as the letter just now. After a long while, he gasped and asked: "Who are you...
?”
"Shang Shu Bing, after all, you have been a minister for a long time. Until now, have you not even guessed my identity?" The man said coldly.
Bing Yuanzhen stared at him. He gritted his teeth and said, "You are a spy of the Sui Dynasty!"
"Of course I am, affiliated with the Sui Dynasty Internal Guards, but I am a civilian officer."
Having said this, he took out another letter and placed it in front of him. "This is another letter, a letter from His Royal Highness the King of Chu to you."
Bing Yuanzhen glanced at the letter and snorted, "Another fake letter!"
"It is up to Shangshu Bing to judge whether it is true or false!"
The man picked up the leather bag and stood up and said: "One night is enough for Bing Shangshu to think about it. I will come back tomorrow and say goodbye."
He walked quickly out of the gate. Bing Yuanzhen looked at his retreating back and suddenly felt a sense of fatigue that he had never felt before.
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In the secret room, Bing Yuanzhen sat cross-legged on the couch, staring blankly at the gold ingots on the floor. There were two letters beside him, one was a fake letter of surrender to Yang Yuanqing, and the other was given to him by Yang Yuanqing.
The authenticity of the letter is unknown, but it is actually an amnesty order that exempts him from all culpability and allows him to return to his hometown and return to farming. It is stamped with the seal of the King of Chu on the back.
Bing Yuanzhen sighed. He knew that this was a true letter. No one in the world dared to engrave the seal of the King of Chu privately, let alone the Sui army.
Yang Yuanqing promised to grant him an amnesty, which also included his crime of planning to deal with Zhang Xutuo and his crime of assisting Li Mi. Of course, he knew better what price he had to pay in order to obtain such an amnesty.
He thought of Li Mi's unkindness to him. Bing Yuanzhen always believed that Li Mi suppressed him for a deep reason, because he represented the interests of the old Wagang Army, and the purpose of suppressing him was to completely remove Wagang's influence.
What's more important is that he has seen the general trend of the world. Li Mi can't even deal with Du Xiao's coalition forces, let alone the powerful Sui army. The Sui army's powerful cavalry will sweep across the south of the Yangtze River. Li Mi's demise will be a matter of time.
In this case, why should he be buried with this unjust man? Since Yang Yuanqing had given him a pardon, why didn't he seize this opportunity?
Bing Yuanzhen slowly reached out and picked up a piece of gold, holding it tightly. Even for the gold, he would seize this opportunity.
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The man who delivered the letter to Bing Yuanzhen was called Wang Shunyuan, a sixth-grade civilian officer in the Internal Guard Army. Two years ago, he was ordered to come to Jiangdu to establish an intelligence hall. He opened an inn as a cover, and the inn was called 'Shunlai Inn'.
It is located in the south of the city, not far from Bing Yuanzhen's mansion. Standing on the second floor of the inn, you can still see the old apricot tree at the entrance of the alley.
Wang Shunyuan has come back. He stood in front of the window and stared at the apricot tree in the distance. He felt an unbearable excitement in his heart. Over the past two years, he has silently collected various information about Jiangnan and compiled it every three months.
After the book is completed, it will be sent to Taiyuan.
He spent two years quietly, receiving almost no orders. Year after year, he almost felt like he was forgotten.
But at this moment, an important order suddenly came from the Internal Guard. It was personally issued by General Wei Bi, and there was also a personal letter from the King of Chu. He suddenly realized that the Sui army was about to attack Jiangnan, which made him extremely excited.
stand up.
He is not worried about Bing Yuanzhen's problems at all. He knows the situation of the Wei state very well. As an important minister who was abandoned by Li Mi, he is absolutely unwilling to die like this. He will definitely seize this opportunity.