After he left, Shangguan Wenruo, who was standing below, smiled slightly and said, "Ruan Ming doesn't have much talent, but I heard that his second son Ruan Yang is quite talented."
"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded and said, "Let's give him a Liangzhou capital censor first, so that we can appease the others."
Just as he said this, Lin Chu walked in quickly.
Seeing him, Xiao Yuan immediately asked: "What's important?"
"Back to your Majesty, according to the intelligence, Tang Yue led three thousand cavalry and ran away." Lin Chu said, cupping his fists.
"What? Ran away?" Xiao Yuan frowned.
"Yes, break away from the siege of Huan's army and head towards Guangling." Lin Chu returned.
After receiving his confirmation, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then said coldly:
"If Huan's army, numbering more than 100,000, really wants to surround Tang Yue, how will he break out? Sun Qi's intentions are obviously sinister."
"When Tang Yue goes here, he will definitely choose Wu Chu. Once this happens, it will be a serious problem for this king!"
As he said that, his eyes turned cold: "The Tang family are all in Liangzhou, right?"
"Yes." Lin Chu responded.
But before Xiao Yuan could say anything else, Shangguan Wenruo heard this and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please don't attack the Tang family."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yuan said in a bad tone.
Shangguan Wenruo explained: "It is meaningless to disturb the Tang family now. Instead of doing this, it is better to treat them kindly. This will not only show the king's generosity, but also have unexpected effects in the future."
"Just imagine, Your Majesty, if Tang Yue defected to Wu Chu and his family was treated well in our country, would the two kings of Wu and Chu dare to use him?"
"The other thing is that being kind to the Tang family will make Liangzhou's political situation more stable, make Xue Wu and other generals feel grateful, and Tang Yue himself will feel guilty."
After listening to his explanation, Xiao Yuan became silent.
Shangguan Wenruo asked again: "Does your Majesty like generals like Tang Yue?"
"This man is brave and rare in the world. Who doesn't love him." Xiao Yuan said truthfully.
Shangguan Wenruo smiled and said: "Tang Yue is no more brave than a common man. If there is a next battle and the ministers try some tricks, he will surrender himself."
"This is what you said." Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"Yes." Shangguan Wenruo answered seriously.
Seeing how determined he was, Xiao Yuan also smiled and was in a good mood: "Okay! Let me hear what you have to say."
After saying this, he changed the subject and said: "But I am still a little worried about Xue Wu."
Shangguan Wenruo understood what he meant. After hearing this, he thought for a while and said: "The current territory of the Liang Kingdom was laid by Liang Jinggong and opened by the Liang King. Most of his achievements were in pacifying the Northern Desert and driving Beidi completely out of the Central Plains. Almost all of these wars were fought by Xue Wu. His prestige in Beidi was very high. When the Rong tribe saw him, they would be frightened. Therefore, Wei Chen suggested that he could guard the northern border."
"As for the rest..."
Having said this, Shangguan Wenruo also paused.
Xiao Yuan glanced at him, raised his hand slightly and said, "Okay, let's discuss this later."
On the other side, after Ruan Ming returned home, he was as proud as a spring breeze.
Seeing the smile on his face, Ruan Yang couldn't help but smile and said: "Father, I want to -->>
Come on, is there any happy event? "
When Ruan Ming heard this, he couldn't help but smile up at first, and then glanced at Erzi: "Yang'er, what you said is indeed true. Not only did King Qin not kill me, but did he know what position he held for me? Censor of the capital of Liangzhou!"
"Oh?" Ruan Yang also perked up, but soon he rolled his eyes again and said: "Father, in terms of the official system of the Qin State, this Liangzhou Capital Censor can be the most important, or the most important. It doesn’t matter, King Qin’s approach neither gave my father real power nor a so-called false position, and he obviously wanted to test the Ruan family.”
He analyzed it for Ruan Ming in enough detail. After hearing this, the latter also straightened up his face: "Hey, according to Yang'er, is the Ruan family still in danger?"
"The danger is definitely gone, but it depends on whether father wants to continue to rise." Ruan Yang said directly.
Ruan Ming thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "Our Ruan family has enough wealth. If we really want to expand in the Qin officialdom, it will be very difficult. My father is old and has no willpower. I think it's good now. We can keep it." Isn’t it a family fortune? I also have the censor of the capital of Liangzhou, so as long as I don’t make any big mistakes, who can deal with me?”
Ruan Ming has no great ambitions, but his second son is different. He said: "My father is right to think so, but my son believes that if the Ruan family really wants to be a wealthy family for generations, there needs to be a high-ranking person. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that it will not happen." What kind of accident? If that happens, someone will need to protect you."
What he said was the truth. Ruan Ming frowned slightly when he heard this: "Yang'er means..."
"Please father, please think of a way. My son wants to become an official." Ruan Yang said directly.
"Of course my father will support me with all his strength." Ruan Ming said first, then he hesitated: "But Yang'er, in the officialdom of the Qin State, my father has no acquaintances, so I can imagine that this matter still needs to wait for the opportunity. ."
After that, he tentatively said: "How about we spend a huge amount of gold and silver to make friends with the Prime Minister of Qin first. As long as the Ruan family has a relationship with the Prime Minister, and then the Prime Minister recommends it, then the matter will be a matter of course."
"Don't do it." Ruan Yang said quickly: "I have heard that Qin Prime Minister Liu Yuzhi cares about the country and the people, and is praised by the people. He is also respected by many literati. My father thinks, would such a person love money? And now is not the time to give gifts."
"Then, what do you think?" Ruan Ming asked again.
Ruan Yang thought for a while and said helplessly: "As my father said, wait for an opportunity."
On the Ruan family's side, there was Ruan Ming as the censor of the capital of Liangzhou, and other former ministers of the Liang Kingdom, either for self-protection or for fame and fortune, began to express their loyalty to the King of Qin.
For the sake of the stability of Liangdi, Xiao Yuan adopted Shangguan Wenruo's advice, carefully studied and considered all the Liangguo officials, dismissed some, appointed some, and maintained the Liangguo official system so that Liangguo's official system could be maintained. The political situation is stable.
Afterwards, prepare to solve the problem of Xue Wu first.
He left Shangguan Wenruo in Liangzhou and continued to deal with some post-war matters. He rushed to Wutong in person to negotiate with Xue Wu about surrendering.
On this day, outside Yanzhou City.
Xiao Yuan was wearing royal robes, a royal crown on his head, and nine strings of jade beads on his forehead. He was located directly in front of the team. Behind him were the overwhelming Qin army officers and soldiers.
Not long after, the city gate opened, and Xue Wu led a group of Liang army generals and walked over.
When he arrived behind Xiao Yuan, he lifted up his robe, knelt on one knee, held a small brocade box in both hands, held it high and said:
"Xue Wu, the defeated general, meets His Highness the King of Qin."
As he knelt down, all the cool generals behind him also knelt down.
