"The Qiang flute is lingering, the willows are lingering, the spring breeze still blows out of Yumen Pass!"

"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, you are in a good mood. Others regard this errand to the Western Regions as a chore, but you are in a good mood along the way!"

"Master Chao, isn't he also proud of the spring breeze? Once he is freed from that prison, he will be like a bird flying into the blue sky and a fish entering the sea. It's just the right time to show off his talents!"

Chao Lun also smiled: "Your Majesty, please be careful, how can the Ministry of War in the capital be a prison? That is a place that many people dream of!"

"A good man has his ambitions in all directions. He should carry a three-foot sword to achieve immortal feats. Asking for a high official and a good salary is definitely not your pursuit, Brother Chao! This time I go to Luntai, the whole battle will depend on you. I am the protector of the capital.

I am only responsible for rewarding merit and punishing demerits, so that everyone can be well fed, well clothed, promoted and rich!"

"It is extremely difficult to do this. The famous generals in ancient times thought so too! But it is very difficult to do it. Does the Imperial Envoy know why Zhuge Liang has to handle everything by himself? There is no way

, how can a commander-in-chief know how the people under him are doing things without being present in person? The punishment of twenty soldiers can be light enough to make people stand up and walk away, but a few hard blows can kill them. Rewards and other things, do

If the commander-in-chief doesn't supervise, how can he know whether the reward of ten thousand cents per person will only be ten cents in the hands of the soldiers? So it is not easy to make clear rewards and punishments. The commander-in-chief is too strict, and those who

The profiteering commanders and captains will cause trouble! How to restrain these people is also a difficult problem. Just relying on an imperial edict and an official seal is not enough!"

The ugly slave's expression became serious, "Thankfully you are here, otherwise I would have never considered these things, nor have I read many books, nor have I experienced anything in the military. I would never have thought that the army would be so filthy! From now on, Chao

Brother, if you want to know everything, you can talk about it, and I must learn with humility!"

"Your Majesty, you are so polite. If you want to be a truly qualified commander, you have to be ruthless and cunning. You must be more cunning than those treacherous ministers, more rogue than scoundrels, and more rogue than scoundrels! Of course, although I know this, I can't do it.

Yes, this is due to your character. The imperial envoy has been with the emperor for many years, and his cultivation level is much higher than that of Chao. I believe you can do it! You must do it!"

"Brother Chao, you think too highly of me, but with the support of a great talent like you, I believe I can do it!"

Outside Yumen Pass, a group of about a hundred people were heading west. Two officials in purple robes in front were chatting with each other.

The young one was the imperial envoy Chou Nuer sent by the emperor to announce the decree and replace Zuo Sanxiang. This ugly slave was just the emperor's personal eunuch. This time he was appointed by the emperor as the imperial envoy and the governor of Anxi, which caused an uproar in the court.

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When leaving the capital, there were ministers kneeling and crying outside Chongde Hall, but the emperor turned a deaf ear.

Even in restaurants in the capital, people would talk about it after drinking too much.

"The emperor is old and might have fainted, so he sent an eunuch to be the Protector-General to take charge of the Western Regions!"

"The emperor only trusts these eunuchs. He cannot trust the generals. Only this eunuch is loyal to the emperor!"

"What do you know? There must have been trouble elsewhere in Daliang, so I sent a confidant eunuch to replace Zuo Zhengxi. I heard from merchants from the Western Regions that Zuo Zhengxi fought all the way from Gaochang to Congling and killed him.

An army of millions of poisonous people!"

"You are wrong. You are bragging. Zuo Zhengxi only led 5,000 men. How could he kill a million troops?"

"What do you know! Zuo Zhengxi has studied martial arts with masters since he was a child. He is truly capable of defeating thousands of enemies! I heard that his subordinates are all living kings of hell. They killed countless enemies in the Western Regions and made a fortune!"

"Alas, what's the use of these! He will recall the capital soon, and he has captured

The territory we came to is in vain for a eunuch to take advantage of!"

"After all, eunuchs are the most favored. Just watch, this Western Region will be lost again soon!"

"Hey, I think this eunuch probably offended the emperor. Otherwise, why would he be allowed to die? You know, a eunuch can take over an army of thousands of tigers and wolves with an imperial edict, not to mention whether the soldiers will listen to him.

, if the war breaks out again, can a eunuch win the war? Ah, hahahahaha!"

"Yes, there are many generals in this court who are good at fighting, but the emperor sent a eunuch there. It seems he doesn't trust the generals!"

"Don't mention it, when the emperor was young, the generals rebelled. Since then, he has long distrusted the generals, so it is inevitable to send eunuchs there. I heard that when the rebellion happened, only a few eunuchs were the most loyal and really fought to the death.

Protector!"

Jin Liangwei had already reported the street talk to the emperor and asked him whether he wanted to arrest someone.

"If you don't arrest them, let them talk! It's better to defend the people than to defend the river! If you can't stop it, when the ugly slaves do something big, better than Zuo Sanxiang, these people will naturally shut down

Mouth!"

The masked leader Jin Liangwei rubbed his hands, "Your Majesty, I shouldn't be too talkative when it comes to hiring people. Isn't it too risky to just use a eunuch to replace a powerful character like Zuo Sanxiang?"

"Zuo Sanxiang will understand. I made it very clear in the secret decree I gave him. It would be a pity for a talent like Zuo Sanxiang to be used in the Western Region. I want him to go to the southeast to supervise the construction of naval forces and sail to the sea!"

"Didn't His Majesty already send Li Xiaofei to go to sea? Why do you want to create another navy to go to sea? This"

"What I want is a powerful navy that can manage the southeastern expansion of territory, not a caravan! Do you understand? I also want Zuo Sanxiang to run the Yizhou where Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi went.

Set up counties and counties! It is also our descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, and it is our Chinese territory. We cannot abandon it!"

The masked leader nodded, "Your Majesty is wise, I can't take any precautions!"

"Well, after managing Yizhou, we can then open up Danzhou. In this way, our territory in Daliang will surpass that of Dahan!"

As soon as he heard about this place called Ganzhou, the masked leader immediately understood that the emperor was still obsessed with the elixir of life.

Back then, Sun Quan sent Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to Danzhou in order to find the legendary elixir of life.

However, you can't say it directly in front of the emperor, you can't guess the emperor's thoughts, and even if you guess it, you can't say it. Yang Xiu is a lesson learned from the past.

Just comparing Zuo Sanxiang with Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi, it can be predicted that Zuo Sanxiang's end will not be much better.

"Guangyuan, you have hidden your identity for so many years. Now I will give you a chance to restore the lintel of the Cui family in Qinghe. Are you willing?"

"I only wish to serve His Majesty and protect the safety of the Royal Family!" Cui Guangyuan answered simply. He had worn a mask and hid in the palace for so many years, and he knew the emperor's temperament.

Who knows if this time he is testing Cui Guangyuan, or if he is trying to hide everything.

"I am telling the truth. You have been the leader of Jin Liangwei for more than ten years, and none of your disciples and grandchildren have been promoted to the position. If you don't give up, they will find a way to pull you down!"

Cui Guangyuan knelt on the ground, "The life and death of my ministers are entirely at your Majesty's discretion!"

After saying this, he dared not express his anger and waited for the emperor to speak.

The emperor knelt down and patted Cui Guangyuan, "Come on, tomorrow the magistrate of Qinghe County Cui Heng is going to take office, and you happen to be with him, well, I will give you a new name, Cui Zhongshi! You don't even have an official title, but I will give you money.

Ten cars! Don’t worry, I will still be able to use you when the time comes! After you leave, I will announce the death of leader Jin Liangwei, and then replace

People come up!"

Cui Guangyuan kowtowed several times to thank him, took off his mask and handed it back to the emperor. The emperor took it away and said, "Okay, I have wronged you for more than ten years. You can go ahead before I change my mind!"

The emperor took the mask and turned around to leave. Cui Guangyuan also stood up and jumped onto the nearby palace wall, "Go away!"

Zhao Agui asked softly next to the emperor, "Your Majesty, do you want to do something?"

"Forget it, he actually poses no threat to me. He is already a dead man, and he doesn't dare to tell anyone that he is Cui Guangyuan back then! Let him go! I will still be able to use him in the future!"

"Your Majesty is wise! Please withdraw!"

More than a dozen people immediately jumped out of the rockery and pool and said, "Subordinates, please resign!"

"Agui, don't use these shadowless guards at will. Only you and I know of their existence. This is my last trump card and my last line of defense!"

"I understand, I will let them continue to disappear!"

According to the emperor's arrangement, Cui Guangyuan followed Cui Heng, the magistrate of Qinghe County, early in the morning. After exchanging a few words, Cui Guangyuan discovered that Cui Heng knew nothing about him. He had only received an order from the officials to wait for Cui Zhongshi, a businessman whose ancestral home was Qinghe.

Go to Qinghe County.

Along the way, Cui Heng asked Cui Guangyuan about the situation in Qinghe County. Cui Guangyuan compiled some information based on his experience in performing tasks across the country over the years. Cui Heng was stunned for a while.

"Senior is not like a businessman, but rather like an important minister of my Daliang. Otherwise, how could he know so much about the customs, customs and customs of this dangerous pass in the world!"

"Haha, this shopping mall is like a battlefield. If you don't travel around the world personally, how can you preserve your ancestral property? I have only earned ten carts of money in my life, which is far behind the real big businessmen!"

"Senior, you are being humble. I think that I, the Cui family of Qinghe, was a powerful family that dominated the world for a while. Now my descendants are scattered, and I have become a businessman. I am just a county magistrate! I am really ashamed of my ancestors!"

"Master Cui, don't blame yourself so much. As long as our Cui family is still here, we will still have a chance, and if we are big and attract the wind, it is not a bad thing to not be a powerful family!"

"Senior, if it weren't for Cui Guangyuan's eagerness for quick success and quick gain in the battle in Xiangyang, my Cui family would not have fallen to this point. In that battle, the Cui family's horses were almost wiped out, and even though Cui Guangyuan was both civil and military, he could not escape. The Cui family

All the elites in the middle class were destroyed, and it was all caused by him as the head of the family! Alas."

Cui Guangyuan's face twitched slightly, and then he smiled, "Everyone is dead, forget it, he is just an incompetent person, why are you mentioning him?"

"Senior, you are wrong. Cui Guangyuan is not an incompetent person. He is a talented person. We, the Cui family, blame him not because he lost, but because of his ability, he should not have lost so miserably. What a pity!"

Cui Guangyuan was silent for a long time. Cui Heng looked at him and said, "Senior, what's wrong with you? Could it be that senior is from Cui Guangyuan's group? Then this junior will be offended a lot!"

Cui Guangyuan waved his hand, "No, no, no, I just lamented that an incompetent person like me is not even qualified to be judged by future generations!"

After leaving Yumen Pass for more than two months, Chou Nuer Chao Lun and his party finally arrived in Gaochang. Along the way, Chao Lun told Chou Nuer the Art of War, Daliang's hundreds of years of war examples, and dozens of mutinies.

Outside Gaochang City, when they learned that the imperial envoy had arrived, the three brothers of the Wang family and Gong Cao Xiao went out of the city with Ju Yongwen and knelt to greet him.
Chapter completed!