Wei Yunqi said goodbye and left. Pei Ju walked to the window with his hands behind his back. Looking at the thick white snow in the yard, he still felt an unexpected joy in his heart. The seeds he planted in Zhuojun half a year ago have finally sprouted slowly. Zhang Xuan really accepted his envelopment. △,

As the head of the largest family in Hedong, Pei Ju has an unshirkable responsibility for the future and destiny of the family. Seeing that the troubled times of the Sui Dynasty were approaching, he had to find a future path for the family.

On the one hand, he bought a manor in Guanzhong, trying to get close to the Guanlong nobles and open a way with the Guanlong nobles.

Secondly, he also needs to cultivate his own power. Not only the power of the court and local governments, but also the power of the army.

Pei Ju actually took a fancy to Zhang Xutuo, but Zhang Xutuo was loyal to the Great Sui Dynasty and could not be attracted by him. Then he settled for the second best and won over promising young generals. Zhang Xuan was undoubtedly the first choice.

Now it seems that his step has been successfully taken.

But just one Zhang Xuan is not enough. Recently, Pei Ju discovered another promising young general, Wang Shichong, who was suppressing bandits in Huainan area, who was strong in the style of fighting and was good at leading troops to fight. He also won many battles and achieved outstanding achievements, no less than Zhang Xutuo.

More importantly, Wang Shichong is not as pedantic as Zhang Xutuo, and is a rising star who is easier to win over.

With the two armies of Zhang Xuan and Wang Shichong as their backing, no matter which force replaces Sui Yang in the future, it can ensure that the interests of the Pei family continue.

A month ago, a huge personnel change occurred in Wuchuan Prefecture. In order to avoid the separation of the Guanlong nobles, Dou Qing was forced to resign as the head of the Wuchuan Prefecture, and Dugu Shun took over as the head of the Wuchuan Prefecture in advance.

At the same time, Dou Qing's deputy, the left guard general, Sun Chi, also resigned from the position of vice-chairman and was taken over by Yuan Min. The Dou faction basically withdrew from the Wuchuan Prefecture, and the Dugu faction completely held the power of the Wuchuan Prefecture.

This is a major change in Wuchuan Prefecture, and it also means that the Guanlong nobles' style of doing things has changed. In less than a month, Dugu Shun and Yuan Min each did a big thing. Dugu Shun was a person who completely cleaned up the non-Guanlong faction in Wuchuan Prefecture and ensured that the Wuchuan Prefecture's bloodline was pure.

This is also something Dugu Shun has been advocating, and it is also the biggest conflict between him and Dou Qing. In less than a month, Dugu Shun cleared the 33 non-Guanlong military heroes whom Dou Qing won out of Wuchuan Prefecture.

The big thing Yuan Min did was to disband the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix. It was not that the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix had no effect, but that the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix was founded by Dou Qing, and Yuan Min disbanded them. In order to establish the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix that was loyal to him, he himself also raised a group of dead soldiers with high martial arts skills. Yuan Min used them to establish a new Xuanwu Fire Phoenix.

That morning, in the reception hall on the third floor of Wuchuan Building, Yuan Min was meeting with Wei Zheng who had just arrived from Wagang Village. The reception hall was the official room of Dou Qing in Wuchuan Mansion in the past, but now all traces of Dou Qing have been erased, and even the inner door between the reception hall and the inner room has been replaced with a new door. Yuan Min could not tolerate the slightest breath left by Dou Qing.

Because Dugu Shun likes to make decisions behind the scenes, he is not in Wuchuan Prefecture most of his time. Many of the actual affairs in Wuchuan Prefecture are completely decided by Yuan Min.

"This is a gift from my general to Yuan Gong. It's just a little bit of heart. Please accept it with a smile!" Wei Zheng opened a brocade box, which contained two pearls as big as walnuts, which were dazzling. He placed the brocade box respectfully on the table.

Yuan Min had a gloomy face. He didn't even look at the pair of Mingzhu. He was extremely annoyed by Zhai Rang's rudeness. He actually sent a follower to pay homage to him. Does a bandit have such a big air?

"Zhai Rang is so arrogant! Did he want me to visit him in Wagang? Do you still have to kneel down and call him long live the king?"

This sentence. Yuanmin almost burst out from his teeth.

Wei Zheng was stunned. He didn't expect that Yuan Min would speak so directly and rudely. Although he could feel Yuan Min's anger, he still sighed secretly. Yuan Min was far inferior to Dou Qing's sleekness.

But Wei Zheng was not panicked, and he still said calmly: "Reporting to Duke Yuan, General Zhai is certainly eager to come to see him in person, but it is not safe for him to enter the capital at the moment, and the Wagang Army is now mixed with fish and dragons. Once he leaves, he is worried that something will happen. We promise that General Zhai will definitely come to pay homage to Duke Yuan within half a year!"

"How many troops do you have now?" Yuan Min asked coldly again.

"Report to Duke Yuan, there are currently 80,000 troops in the Wagang Army." Wei Zheng replied respectfully.

"Didn't it meant that there were only 50,000 people?" Yuanmin took a report from half a year ago and looked through it.

"There are many heroes from all walks of life who have joined the Wagang Army in the past few months, and the number of people increased by 30,000 in just three months."

The anger on Yuan Min's face subsided a little, and he was a little moved. If the 80,000 troops could belong to him, this would be the foundation for his establishment of the Yuan and Wei dynasties.

Moreover, he was not interested in Li Mi. Even if Li Mi was obedient, she could not compare with the people in his family.

"Why didn't Li Mi come back with you?" Yuan Min asked as if nothing had happened.

Although Yuanmin's tone seemed careless, Wei Zheng still sensitively captured the attention behind Yuanmin's tone. His heart beats, and Yuanmin asked what this meant?

"Reporting to Duke Yuan, I don't know much about the situation of the second general, and he didn't have much time in Wagang Village."

"Let's do it! My nephew, Sun Yuanyong, is brave and good at fighting, and can lead troops to fight. I decided to let him go to Wagang for a few years to train."

Wei Zheng immediately understood what Yuan Min meant. He was trying to attack the Wagang Army. He asked his grandson to go to Wagang, which was probably not only as simple as replacing "Li Mi". He was afraid that he also wanted his grandson to replace Zhai Rang and completely control the Wagang Army.

Wei Zheng cursed in his heart, but his face did not show it, but continued to say respectfully: "I will return to Wagang tomorrow. Does Yuan Gong want him to go with Beizhi?"

"This is not urgent. I want to talk to Dugu Huizhu. You can inform Zhai Rang first and ask him to prepare first."

"I understand, what else does Yuan Gong have to do to give me?"

"Not yet, go!"

Wei Zheng bowed and slowly retreated. Yuan Min pondered for a moment. He also knew that this matter had to be approved by Dugu Shun. It was not possible to decide by slapping his head. Yuan Min then left Wuchuan Mansion and took a carriage to Dugu Mansion.

In the cavalry field north of Wuchuan Prefecture, two war horses ran quickly in the field, stirring up rolling yellow dust.

On the headed war horse, Li Shimin pulled the bow and drew the arrow, and shot the target a hundred steps away. The arrow was extremely accurate and hit the bull's eye. He put away the bow and smiled proudly at the other rider, "Wuji, it's up to you!"

Another rider is about eighteen or nineteen years old, tall, with a square face with a distinctive silhouette and sharp eyes under his thick and black eyebrows. He is the son of Changsun Sheng, the general of the former right guard, and his name is Changsun Wuji. He studied in Wuchuan Mansion with Li Shimin. The two have a deep friendship.

Since the Guanlong nobles established the country with martial arts, they attached great importance to their children's martial arts, almost every child was good at riding and shooting, swordsmanship, and military strategies.

Li Shimin and Changsun Sheng not only learned literary and martial arts, but also practiced half an hour of riding and shooting every day. Over the years, they have mastered a strong archery technique.

Changsun Wuji laughed loudly, rode his horse and ran for dozens of steps, lying on his back on the saddle, and with an arrow on his back, he saw the arrow like lightning, reaching the bull's eye a hundred steps away. This is Changsun Wuji's family tradition, and his father Changsun Sheng was known as the world's number one arrow.

"Shimin, aren't you convinced?"

Li Shimin sighed that he was not as good as Changsun Wuji's archery technique. He put away his bow and smiled, "Why should we compare weapons! If you think I can't do it, then go and compete with my fourth brother, how about it?"

Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly and raised his hands, "You spare me! I want to live a few more years and compete with Xuanba, I'm just looking for death!"

Li Shimin laughed loudly, and at this moment, a person ran over at the door of the shooting field, waved to this side, and shouted loudly: "Shimin!"

When Li Shimin turned around, he saw that it was his brother-in-law Chai Shao. He quickly turned over and got off the horse and went up to meet him, "Is there anything wrong with my brother-in-law?"

Chai Shao smiled and nodded to Changsun Wuji, and then whispered to Li Shimin, "Father has something to come to you, go back quickly!"

"Does my brother-in-law know what's going on?"

"It's hard to say here, you can talk about it when you go back."

Li Shimin nodded and turned around and smiled at Changsun Wuji, "Wuji, I'll go back to the mansion first, and I'll drink in the old place tonight!"

Changsun Wuji smiled and bowed, "See you!"

Li Shimin followed Chai Shao to leave Wuchuan Mansion and headed towards his mansion.
Chapter completed!