Someone is going to cause trouble in Kuizhou! And it was only after the news spread that Li Longji had added a casual official to Zheng Shuqing as Chaoyilang.
Why? Why?
Zheng Shuqing was a little confused and couldn't understand the brain circuits of those people. Not only was he acquitted (temporarily), but he was also promoted to an official position by the court. Why do some people just ignore him?
Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing discussed it and decided to let Wang Zhongsi and Yang Ruoxu lead their troops to attack Baidi City at night!
This sounds very exciting on the surface, but in fact it is similar to chasing a mouse with an iron rod. It is an extremely boring job.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Baidi City was an important military town, responsible for sending troops from Bashu to conquer Jingxiang.
Because of its unique location, the other side of the river is Kuizhou Fucheng and Kuizhou Jiangguan. The water transportation of the Yangtze River can provide a steady stream of supplies.
At that time, there were many troops stationed in Baidi City. They used this place as a stronghold to radiate in all directions, and the naval warships parked on the shore could be said to block out the sky and the sun.
However, with the pacification of Bashu, the pacification of Jingxiang, the pacification of Jiangdong, the Grand Canal was dredged again. The Yangtze River water transport route starting from Bashu and ending in Yangzhou was activated. The development of Kuizhou Fucheng began to accelerate, leaving Baidi City far behind.
Because there was no war, the garrison in Baidi City had already evacuated, and the vacated land became a tourist attraction for literati. Countless poets from the Tang Dynasty visited Baidi City and stopped to check in. It appeared very frequently in Tang poetry!
Just imagine if this was a major military town, would those well-fed poets still be able to run around freely and freely in the military camp, drinking and writing poems?
Nowadays, Baidi City has been abandoned, and Kuizhou's garrison has been moved to Wushan County, east of Kuizhou's capital, and there is only one military mansion left to train soldiers.
The reason for this phenomenon is very simple, because no generals are willing to come to Baidi City (except for those who have been sent and demoted). There is no war in the westernmost part of Shannan East Road. On the contrary, the water transportation is a mess!
From an overall perspective, the only direction for the Tang Dynasty to advance was the Western Regions, and the main enemy in this direction was Tibet.
There are also two directions of defense, one is the Khitan, Shiwei and other tribes in Youzhou; the other is the southwest border with Tubo and the rising Nanzhao.
Among the many vassal towns on the border of the Tang Dynasty, the ones in the west that conquered the Western Regions were the strongest, followed by the Hebei vassal town that defended the Khitans, and the weakest was the Jiannan vassal town.
In other places, except Chang'an and Luoyang, the field forces are almost in a vacuum!
No one cares if there are any white dragons in Baidi City! How the Shu army deployed defense here during the Three Kingdoms period!
Today's impetuous people are thinking about how to make money and live a good life.
Not to mention here, even in Yangzhou, a water transportation hub, there is no organized Tang army. The Tang Dynasty has its own national conditions here. Elite troops are located in border towns and the capital. There is no need for regular troops to be stationed in other places.
On the contrary, after the Anshi Rebellion, Kuizhou emerged as a military center and Baidi City regained a new lease of life. By the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even more brilliant, standing firm despite the violent attacks of the Mongolian army.
These are all things for later.
What Wang Zhongsi and the others wanted to do this time was to go to the abandoned Baidi City to suppress bandits.
As for whether this attack would kill the wrong person... Zheng Shuqing didn't want to think about it, and Fang Chongyong didn't want to think about it either.
The rule of the Tang Dynasty is to only focus on strength and the right to speak. After all, fists speak. If you have no strength and no right to speak, your death will be in vain.
That night, Zheng Shuqing led armed civilians to inspect the city wall on the bank of the Kuizhou River. You could see groups of five people patrolling the city with torches everywhere in the city.
Fang Chongyong looked at the fire on the other side of Baidi City from the top of the city, and his heart was pounding.
He knew there was killing over there!
Fang Chongyong felt that Wang Zhongsi and Yang Ruoxu led the troops to attack Baidi City. It was probably just the intensity of suppressing bandits, and there should be no surprises.
At this critical moment, Fang Chongyong also found that he couldn't help at all. He was just a waste. It would be good if he could protect himself.
This made him feel frustrated and helpless that the situation was out of his control.
"coming!"
Fang Laique couldn't help shouting, Fang Chongyong turned his head and glared at him and scolded: "What's coming?"
"General Yang is back. Are you using the fishing fire to give me orders?"
Fang Laique defended.
Fang Chongyong was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the secret code that Yang Ruoxu and Zheng Shuqing had agreed upon before setting off in the daytime.
He didn't even remember it himself, but he didn't expect that Fang Laique could remember it just by describing it.
A ruler is shorter, an inch is longer, that's all.
As expected, Zheng Shuqing came over to Fang Chongyong with relief and said: "The thing is done, let's go and see who is coming from Baidi City."
After a while, Wang Zhongsi led Yang Ruoxu, a group of less than a hundred people. Almost everyone was holding a bloody human head in their hands, which looked extremely scary. Reminds Fang Chongyong of scenes in some horror movies.
"These are all dead soldiers. They couldn't defeat us, and they all committed suicide in the end. You can handle this matter as you see fit."
Wang Zhongsi said to Zheng Shuqing in a deep voice without looking good.
Zheng Shuqing didn't bother to say anything more, so he simply raised his hands in salute.
Wang Zhongsi walked up to Fang Chongyong, put a hand on his shoulder, looked at Zheng Shuqing and said: "I will take him away first. In two days, I will send someone to Wushan County to pick him up. If he misses the time, I will send him back to Chang'an. , this is his father’s request.”
Eh? The God of Wealth cannot leave!
Zheng Shuqing was shocked. He was about to rush over and rob someone, but then he thought that Wang Zhongsi's identity was not easy to offend, so he had to give up temporarily.
Mainly, I can't beat him in single combat.
He couldn't help but threaten: "This new policy in Jiangguan, Kuizhou, was all thought up by Fang Xiaolangjun alone. If there is any trouble here, he needs to come back to deal with it. General Wang, don't delay the saint's important event!"
Zheng Shuqing took the word "sage" very seriously.
"You are the governor of Kuizhou. You can't make the final decision on such a small matter. Why do you want to listen to a kid with a bad mouth?"
Wang Zhongsi asked rhetorically.
Zheng Shuqing was speechless. He was really confused.
After all, he had never seen such a monster prodigy before!
Fang Chongyong didn't say a word the whole time. He found that everything he said seemed to be in vain. Wang Zhongsi's hand on his shoulder was like an iron pliers, holding him down so tightly that he couldn't move at all!
"General Wang is good."
Zheng Shuqing said a harsh word and left with many followers. Now he has no place to threaten Fang Chongyong. As long as the other party wants to leave, he can leave Kuizhou at any time!
"Don't worry, there is something waiting for me to handle when I come back."
Before leaving, Fang Chongyong said a word and followed Wang Zhongsi without looking back.
…
In the cabin, Fang Chongyong and Wang Zhongsi were sitting across from each other. The atmosphere was very awkward. Neither side knew how to speak to break the deadlock.
Wang Zhongsi himself is a boring gourd and not good at words.
"Back then, your father and I had a drink together on the outskirts of Chang'an. I shook hands with him, and your father lost to me by twenty."
Wang Zhongsi said with emotion as he recalled what happened in the past.
Fang Chongyong nodded slightly, he happened to know what gripping was.
This game is similar to special backgammon. The board is divided into upper and lower lanes, with 12 lanes in each direction. Together, there are 24 lanes in total to form a chess game. The chess pieces are the same as the backgammon played today, divided into black and white colors, with 50 chess pieces in each color.
At the beginning of the game, one side rolls the dice to get the result, and then starts from the upper right. The other side takes the same steps, but starts from the lower right.
He doesn't know exactly how to play or what the rules are.
"Twenty dollars, you guys are betting big."
Fang Chongyong couldn't help but complain.
"No, no, no, it's not twenty guan, but twenty coins. And your father didn't even have twenty coins at the time. He just took out your birthday and birth date, gave it to me and said: I will pledge the unworthy son to you. I will have money in the future. and redeemed it again. He has not redeemed it to this day.”
A rare smile appeared on Wang Zhongsi's stern face.
Is it worth twenty coins for me to ride a horse?
Fang Chongyong looked confused. How much his scumbag father looked down on him!
During this period of time, someone from the other side had tens of thousands of guan in his hands. If it wasn't too tiring, he would have had 100,000 guan in his hands!
Seeing Fang Chongyong's confused look, Wang Zhongsi laughed and said, "I won't hide it from you anymore. I heard in the past that you have a foolish temperament. If I recruit you as my son-in-law, I won't be helping you, but harming you. Right?" I'm quite doubtful about this.
I don’t want to break my trust, but I also don’t want to harm you and my daughter.
Now it seems that those are just rumors and you are not an ordinary person.
Now I have been reduced to the point where I only have a dozen soldiers under my command, and the military government under my jurisdiction is in vain.
This is not necessarily the worst. It may become even worse in the future, and it cannot be ruled out that the worse it gets, the worse it gets.
For the sake of my long-standing friendship with your father, would you like to be my son-in-law and help me share the important task of revitalizing the family?
If you can't do that, take good care of my daughter, then that's okay. "
Wang Zhongsi said very sincerely, took out a piece of red paper from his arms and put it on the table in front of Fang Chongyong.
This is his daughter’s birth date!
Wang Zhongsi was right when he said that if he continued to fall into despair, the marriage of his children would become a big problem. Even if the daughter reluctantly gets married, she will not marry into a good family.
This was one of the main reasons why Wang Zhongsi came to Kuizhou Fucheng before. He wanted to see if his future son-in-law was a fool as Fang Youde said.
If so, then I'm afraid there will be no way to protect my daughter in the future.
But now it seems that this arrangement seems a bit unfair to Fang Chongyong. Nowadays, this child prodigy is famous, and he is not a simple person.
Wang Zhongsi also took this into consideration when he set aside his seniority and made friends.
“Thousands of miles of yellow clouds are shining in the white sun, and the north wind is blowing the geese and snow.
Don't worry, there will be no friends in the future. No one in the world will know you.
General Wang, please encourage yourself. "
Fang Chongyong pushed the red paper in front of Wang Zhongsi again.
This poem is really... inspiring. Wang Zhongsi's mind went back to his first expedition, his indomitable spirit when he faced Tubo, and he remembered that the man next to him fell under the sword of a Tubo soldier.
Who knows them? Who remembers them?
Who in the world doesn’t know you! How did he write it!
"That's interesting. Do you want to comfort me?"
Wang Zhongsi forced a smile, his nose was a little sore, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
He was actually comforted by an eight or nine year old child!
"Then thank you for your kind words."
Wang Zhongsi waved his hand, pretended not to care, and put away the red paper.
Fang Youde's prodigy son is indeed very independent. The matter of marriage is more complicated than I thought.
"General Wang, have you ever thought about why you were hidden by the saint?"
Fang Chongyong asked in a deep voice.
"That's all, I told you not to mention this anymore."
Wang Zhongsi seemed not to want to talk about this topic.
In fact, he still can't understand to this day why Li Longji demoted him, and directly demoted him to Wushan County! Didn't he just say that Wang Yu's border town strategy was wrong? What is the problem? Now Wang Yu has been dismissed from his post and investigated!
Thinking about this, Wang Zhongsi was also very angry.
"I heard that when General Wang was young, he fought without risking his life. There were many dangers, and the saint was very worried."
Fang Chongyong did not shut up, but continued: "Perhaps the saint was just worried that you would be lost on the battlefield, so he hid you in the snow? Is this possible?"
After hearing this, Wang Zhongsi fell into deep thought. Neither of them continued talking, and there was only the sound of running water in their ears.
"What you said may make sense, but...it doesn't matter anymore."
Wang Zhongsi said frustrated.
"If someone can return to Chang'an this time, it may be possible for General Wang to return to Chang'an."
Fang Chongyong suddenly said with a smile.
"really?"
Wang Zhongsi stood up suddenly and hit his head on the deck of the cabin, but he didn't feel any pain at all!
What it means to return to Chang'an cannot be overstated for a general!
"It's difficult for those who don't know it, but it's not difficult for those who know it. It's very difficult for General Wang to do it by himself, but it's easy for me, a boy, to do it."
Fang Chongyong said comprehensively.
Wang Zhongsi suddenly wanted to force the red paper in his arms into Fang Chongyong's hands!
He was silent for a long time, then slowly asked: "You really don't want to be my son-in-law?"
There was a hint of resentment in Wang Zhongsi's tone. He felt a little regretful as to why he didn't settle the matter in the first place and insisted on hearing Fang Youde's words before they met.
"General Wang, if I want to marry someone, I can just do it myself. There is no need to rely on my father's legacy. Whatever I want to do, I can definitely do it!"
Hearing this, Wang Zhongsi felt the other party's determination and nodded slightly.
Talented people have high spirits and cannot be treated with common sense. For example, Li Mi, a child prodigy who can write poetry at the age of seven, is not an ordinary person. Wang Zhongsi had met Li Mi several times because of his good relationship with Li Heng, and was impressed by his wisdom.
That's why he was willing to hold his nose and help Zheng Shuqing these few times. That is not helping your political opponents, but paving the way for your future son-in-law!
"Do you want to know how the missing tax money in Kuizhou came about?"
Wang Zhongsi suddenly asked in a deep voice. He didn't want the other party to say it, but seeing how smart the other party was, he showed his sincerity even more.
"General Wang, please just say it doesn't hurt."
Fang Chongyong always refused to call him "uncle". Before the two parties had any friendship, calling him this would make Fang Chongyong feel awkward. He didn't want to live in Fang Youde's shadow.
"The taxes sent by Zhangchou Jianqiong were robbed by your father, and I went to take them, but the order was... conveyed by someone ordered by the saint."
Wang Zhongsi told Fang Chongyong a "meaningless" secret.
"Zheng Shuqing misappropriated Jiangguan tariffs behind the saint's back. It is inevitable to be punished by the saint secretly. It is inevitable that he will be punished by the death penalty. It is reasonable to do these things."
Fang Chongyong sighed and said that he had already guessed the whole story, but there was no evidence before.
Zheng Shuqing's misappropriation of tariffs was not punished in the end, but Li Longji was used to being mean and ungrateful. He was the only one who punished others, and no one else punished him. Misappropriating tariffs is a violation of the law. How could Li Longji be polite to Zheng Shuqing, take away the tariffs sent by Zhangchou Jianqiong, and severely punish him? This is what he should do!
"It seems that you are not surprised at all, but you are a little disappointed."
Wang Zhongsi laughed dumbly.
Fang Zhongyong laughed sarcastically, sighed and said nothing.
Not only did he know that the taxes were robbed by the imperial court's own people, but he also knew that Li Longji and Li Linfu had a bigger plot in Kuizhou. This plot was something that Wang Zhongsi couldn't see, and there was no need for him to talk about it. .
Fang Chongyong had a hunch that judging from Li Longji's behavior of asking for more than 100,000 yuan this time, the emperor no longer had any ambition to pay attention to state affairs.
It's a bit of a pity that this game will have to be played out in the future to show off in front of Zheng Shuqing.
Who can understand the itch of Jin Yi Ye Xing?
At this moment, Fang Chongyong looked at Wang Zhongsi with a calm expression, thoughtfully.
He suddenly felt that Wang Zhongsi was actually a golden mountain that could strengthen what he lacked most now.
Who can guarantee that the Anshi Rebellion will really not happen in more than ten years?
Do you want to learn some art of war to save your life?
Once this thought appeared in Fang Chongyong's mind, he couldn't get rid of it.
