Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 42

Two months have passed since Yun Miaoqing talked with Huo Lan that day.The place where Huo Lan was on duty was changed from the gate of the palace to the outside of the Qiankun Hall. In the past two months, she would guard here together with dozens of other guards every time she went to court, and the discussions of the courtiers in the palace could be clearly conveyed to her. in the ears.

The so-called shallowness on paper, Huo Lan has read a lot of books with Yun Miaoqing in the past three years, but it is only a month after listening to these ministers discussing state affairs. What Qing had explained to her but still couldn't comprehend became clear in this short period of more than a month.

"My son thinks that our dynasty is now at a time when our army is strong and horses are strong, so we should take the initiative to attack the army to avoid future troubles."

"King Yu is right. If we can expel Rong Da to the north of Mount Bilong this time, then the northern border will be safe for the next few decades."

"However, in the past 20 years, there have been no large-scale frontal conflicts between our dynasty and Rongta and other Hu people. Many Hu people admired our Central Plains culture and moved to the north to settle down. There are also many Hu merchants traveling between the two places. There are only in the capital There are as many as one hundred and eighty people, once a war starts, these people will become factors of instability..."

"Then drive them all away!"

"This is a bit too arbitrary. I think that instead of taking the risk of going to war, it is better to encourage them to come to our Central Plains to learn cultural etiquette and educate them. In this way, there may be no distinction between Hu and Han in a hundred years."

"Nonsense, you are clearly trying to mess with my Han blood and overturn the foundation of the Han family for thousands of years, and you will be punished!"

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Last night, I received an urgent report from the border. At the end of last month, a small group of cavalry from the Rongjia tribe attacked three villages in the northern border. Now this group of cavalry has been driven away by the Northern Army. Qi Sheng sent a memorial to ask if he wants to continue fighting.

In the morning court today, all the ministers were arguing endlessly about this matter.In the past, Huo Lan probably only regarded their dispute as a normal confrontation between the main fighters and the main peace faction, but now she has been able to gradually distinguish the hidden intentions of these people.

For Yu Wang and Yu Wang's party, they naturally have to firmly support this battle.Most of King Yu's factions are in the army, and only by fighting can he earn military exploits and gain more benefits.

As for the others, let's take the minister who mentioned Hu Shang as an example. According to Huo Lan's knowledge, that person has three shops in Dongshi, and they deal in spices and furs.This is only what she knows. What she doesn't know, maybe this person has more conflicts of interest with Hu Shang, and he must not want to see the two sides go to war.

Of course, there are some people who simply want to solve the barbarian intrusion, but for the vast majority of people, they must also take their own interests into consideration when solving the barbarian intrusion.It's not that they don't consider state affairs, they just hope to find a point of convergence between state affairs and self-interest.

From this point of view, many of the emperor's decisions are not necessarily "correct". He even understands that his choice is not the best way to solve the problem, but as the emperor, he also has his own self-interest, which is also between self-interest and state affairs. Find balance.

Huo Lan is like a traveler who has been wandering in the fog for a long time. Recently, he finally pushed through the fog and glimpsed the threshold of the emperor's art.

After the next dynasty, the gate of Qiankun Palace will be closed, so there is no need to keep so many people on duty.Huo Lan and the others went back to the guards for lunch, and in the afternoon they trained under the leadership of the guards as usual.

Although Huo Lan doesn't have to practice martial arts with Wen Taicang every day now, she has to participate in the training of the guards in the palace as long as she is on duty.

The training intensity at the bodyguard's office is actually not low, but it is a little worse than Wen Taicang's special training for Huo Lan.Huo Lan was bored and fighting with the partner assigned to her, suddenly an old eunuch and two young eunuchs approached hurriedly.

Huo Lan recognized that the person was the eunuch who had been serving His Majesty all the time, and everyone called him Eunuch Zhang.

"Eunuch Zhang, what brought you here?" The commander of the guards took the initiative to greet him when he saw the person coming.

"Whatever our family can do, it's not all for His Majesty." Eunuch Zhang is about the same age as His Majesty, and his face is wrinkled when he smiles.

When the commander of the guards heard that it was His Majesty's errand, his expression became serious: "What is your Majesty's order?"

"Don't be nervous, Commander Wang. It's not a big deal. Your Majesty summoned several adults to discuss some matters when he came down from court today. Now that everyone has left, His Majesty feels bored and asked our family to ask Commander Wang to borrow some people." To exercise your muscles and bones with His Majesty is to relax your mind."

As soon as Eunuch Zhang said this, all the people training at the scene slowed down their hands and pricked up their ears to pay attention to the movement here.

This is a good job, if you can show your face in front of His Majesty, if you make His Majesty happy, there may be rewards.But this is another difficult task. His Majesty dislikes others deliberately losing. He will not save any face for those ministers who deliberately lose to the princes in various competitions.

Some people expect to be chosen, while others pray that they will never be chosen.The commander of the guards circled around among these people and named eight of them.

Huo Lan was not among the eight people. The commander of the guards hesitated for a while when he passed by her, but finally skipped her and walked to the next person.

If you don't go, don't go, Huo Lan has no idea about meeting the emperor, her partner has been picked away, and she has to find another pair to practice.

Eunuch Zhang led the people, said a few more polite words with the commander, and was about to leave. When he turned around, his gaze "just happened" to fall on Huo Lan, with a little surprise in his expression: "Oh, isn't this a while ago at the Spring Hunting Festival?" Huo Lan's guard who won the first place!"

Although the commander of the guards didn't know why Huo Lan was favored by the emperor repeatedly, he was also a fine person. After hearing what Eunuch Zhang said, he couldn't understand what he meant, so he quickly said: "Yes, yes, yes, if it wasn't for Eunuch Zhang reminding me, I would have almost forgotten about Huo Lan. Lan is here today."

As he said that, he called Huo Lan out of the queue and asked Huo Lan to follow Eunuch Zhang.

"Your Majesty is not in a good mood today. You will have to work harder in front of Your Majesty later. However, our family also wants to remind you that Your Majesty is very rich, so don't lose weight. If something bad or bad happens, all ten heads will be killed." Not enough for you to drop!"

On the way to meet the emperor, Eunuch Zhang gave Huo Lan and the eight guards with Huo Lan a good order and led them to the imperial garden.

In a corner of the imperial garden, Zhong Yu was sitting on a stone bench, and there was still a stack of memorials on the table, which he actually took from the imperial study to review.

"Your Majesty, everyone has been brought here." Eunuch Zhang stepped forward to ask for instructions, and Huo Lan and the other guards bowed to greet the emperor.

"Uh, let's all be excused." Zhong Yu said, his eyes still haven't moved from the memorial, until he finished reviewing the memorial, he raised his head and looked at the people in front of him one by one.

"I have seen all of you, are you working in Qiankun Palace?"

When the several guards heard that the emperor really remembered them, they were all overjoyed and answered "yes" respectfully.

"Huo Lanzhen knows me, what about the rest of you? What's your name, and how long have you been working in the palace?" Zhong Yu adjusted his sitting posture to be more comfortable, and asked with great interest.

"Return to Your Majesty, the villain Dong Peng, Taihe entered the guard's office in 15 years." The No. 1 guard in the row answered first.

"Oh, I know you, isn't Dong Shilang's nephew?"

The guard was startled, but soon realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly answered "yes", the voice was louder than the last "yes", which showed the agitation of his mood at the moment.

After him, the next guard also reported his name and the time he entered the guard's office. Before entering the guard's office, he worked elsewhere for a while.

And like the No.1 guard, Zhong Yu revealed his family background almost without thinking after he finished speaking.

The more Huo Lan listened, the more surprised he became.There are many guards in the palace, even the first-rank guards have hundreds of them. Today is the guard commander who picks people. His Majesty does not know who will be picked in advance, but he can correspond to the identities of the people one by one. Doesn’t it mean that these guards , every majesty knows and remembers it clearly?

As the king of a country, the emperor has endless worries about state affairs every day, but he still has the heart to remember these trivial matters. Huo Lan doesn't quite believe it. She is more inclined that His Majesty is going to call someone today, so she took a look in advance.

However, no matter whether he remembered it or made special preparations, now he revealed the identities of these people on the spot, and he seemed to know them very well, while the guards were shocked mixed with excitement, and they were extremely moved.Huo Lan has no doubt that if His Majesty wants them to work hard and die for him immediately, these people will be willing to do so. It can be seen that this trick is very effective in buying people's hearts.

It turns out that being an emperor, you have to pay attention to chatting with your subordinates...

Huo Lan silently learned another point. While she was thinking about it, the eight guards introduced themselves one by one.

After hearing this, Zhong Yu praised everyone, then took off his robe and waved to them, asking Huo Lan and the nine of them to go up together.

The group of people who were enjoying themselves froze in an instant, and His Majesty was about to reach sixty, and they might not be their opponents one by one, let alone nine of them!

But the emperor's order cannot be violated, and besides, they don't know how to dissuade His Majesty, the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, if they say something wrong...

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that you can exercise your body properly, but you should not be too tired." Eunuch Zhang stepped forward to make a relief with great winking.

"Who doesn't know that you were brave and good at fighting in the past, let alone nineteen of them, you are no problem. But you are just right after all, and you have to be supported. If the old slave says it's not as good as this, how much do you let them Let's fight on our own first to decide the first one, and then you will compete with the No. 1 one, if you win, it means you are better than all nine of them!"

"Your method is too flattering, let them fight first, and then come back to fight me after being exhausted, isn't it?" Zhong Yu smiled and exposed Eunuch Zhang's intentions, sighed and sat back on the stone bench and said, " Forget it, I know that I am getting older, and I am not as young as I was when I was young. This person can't accept his old age, so let's do this, you guys have a competition first."

Only then did the guards breathe a sigh of relief, and then they regained their senses.Now they don't have to worry about hurting His Majesty, but they have to do their best to perform well in front of His Majesty!

Zhong Yu made a rule that weapons are not allowed, and whoever can stand to the end is the winner.

This is a melee of nine people, everyone has to try to win the remaining eight people, even Huo Lan has never played such a game.

At first everyone fought on their own, but when someone found out which one of them was more powerful, the rest spontaneously formed an alliance to fight against that person, and Huo Lan was the one being fought against.

It's not that she doesn't understand this trick, it's that the fight with those who didn't like her at the guards left a deep impression on others, and she won the first prize in the Spring Hunting Competition later. , even if she wants to show weakness at this time, others don't believe her.

Huo Lan had no choice but to fight eight against one, but fortunately, this became a situation she was familiar with.

Although she doesn't have a weapon, her sensitivity to ordinary people gives her a small advantage in such a chaotic battle.Huo Lan is very good at taking advantage of her own advantages. She used four or two moves to maximize her advantage. After half an hour, everyone was on the ground, only she was still standing and panting.

"That's right, it's very exciting!" Zhong Yu applauded and laughed, appreciating this battle very much, "But look at you, you probably won't have the strength to fight me again in a while, so sit here and rest for a while, so as not to say Bullying you as a child is useless."

Huo Lan sat down on the stone bench designated by Zhong Yu, and Zhong Yu called someone to bring rewards to the remaining eight guards, telling them to go back first.

"Your Majesty, I have rested." Huo Lan only sat for a while, and she had to invite His Majesty to this fight as soon as possible, so that she could attribute the victory or defeat to the fact that her strength had not fully recovered, rather than letting His Majesty intentionally.

"Hey, don't worry." I don't know if Zhong Yu saw through her thoughts, and didn't accept her invitation, but turned over the memorial on the stone table again.

Seeing that His Majesty was engaged in business, Huo Lan couldn't bother him anymore, and couldn't spy on the content of the memorial, so he could only look at the unknown flower at his feet.

"Did you hear what was discussed in the early court today outside the Qiankun Palace?"

The emperor suddenly made a sound, almost frightening Huo Lan.She quickly sorted out her thoughts, lowered her eyebrows and replied, "I heard."

"Then do you think we should send troops?"

It's ridiculous for an emperor to ask a guard about military and state affairs, but combined with Huo Lan's identity that can't be spoken to outsiders, it doesn't seem surprising at all.

At least Yun Miaoqing had expected it, but the news only came into the palace in the middle of the night yesterday, and it was only this morning when Yun Miaoqing heard the news. Just like when he entered the palace during the Chinese New Year, he taught Huo Lan to memorize every sentence.

Huo Lan recalled what Yun Miaoqing said in the morning, and based on what he heard outside the Qiankun Palace today, he hesitated to answer: "I think that fighting must be done, but when and how to fight need to be carefully considered."

"You also lead the battle?"

Huo Lan shook his head.

"I am not the main battle. On the contrary, I believe that what Wang Shangshu said in the early court is reasonable. If you can educate the Hu people and promote the integration of Hu and Han, it is the best policy. However, Rongta has frequently harassed the northern border in recent years. We plundered a few villages, but each of our forbearance will be regarded as a proof of weakness by the other party. We need a beautiful victory to let Rong Da and other Hu tribes know how powerful our court is, let them know that we can accept them, But they will not be conquered by them, and they will stop their thoughts of occupying my Chao Dahao River and Mountain, so that the two sides can have friendly exchanges."

Zhong Yu pondered for a moment: "Then when do you think it is appropriate to fight?"

"The sooner the better."

"Why do you say that?"

"Our country is prosperous and the people are safe, and the people have not thought about war for a long time. If you want to use troops, you need a reason that everyone can accept and share the same hatred. This time the soldiers invaded our border is just such an opportunity. If you miss it, you have to wait for them to go down." Do it again."

After Huo Lan finished speaking, he didn't hear Zhong Yu reply for a long time.She was apprehensive, and raised her eyelids, only to see Zhong Yu touching her chin and also looking at her.

Huo Lan thought, and quickly lowered his head again.

"The little girl from the Yun family taught you these?" Zhong Yu asked, his voice without any warmth.

Hearing His Majesty mentioned Yun Miaoqing, Huo Lan broke out in a cold sweat.

"No, Miaoqing, she... probably hasn't heard of this matter. This is what I guessed randomly after listening to His Majesty and the ministers talking about it in the morning."

There was another silence, and this silence was particularly tormenting.Huo Lan didn't know if she said something wrong, and the feeling of being with you like a tiger made her very uncomfortable.

Speaking of which, if what Xu Yan said about her life experience is true, then the Emperor in front of him is still her own grandfather.

Huo Lan had only his mother and uncle's family since he was a child, and no other relatives.How should a grandfather get along with his grandson or granddaughter?

In Huo Lan's memory, Ah Cheng, the neighbor next door, often cried and made noises in front of his grandfather. Every time there was a disturbance, his grandfather hurriedly coaxed him, and secretly bought candy for Ah Cheng without telling Ah Cheng's parents.There is also Xiao Ke and her grandfather at the west end of the village. Those in the village call this a generational relationship, saying that grandparents love their grandchildren the most.

But His Majesty and her... Huo Lan couldn't imagine that there might be a side of family affection, but temptations and suspicions kept coming.

After a long time, Huo Lan heard the person on the opposite side say "hmm", and said the next sentence, "I guess so."

Huo Lan sat with Zhong Yu all afternoon, Zhong Yu didn't compete with Huo Lan until sunset.He seemed to have forgotten about this matter, and while reading the memorial, he chatted with Huo Lan about homework, and asked her questions about which books she had read and whose book she liked the most, as if the dangerous scene just now was just Huo Lan. Lan's delusion, in front of her is a normal and kind old man, trying to understand a long-lost grandson.

But Huo Lan knew it wasn't, this was a belated exam, and it was related to whether His Majesty would summon her again, and judging from the fact that His Majesty didn't intend to compete, the premise of this exam was that she had competed with the others before. The contest of eight guards can win.

This is probably the family affection of the royal family, and every step is full of consideration and calculation.

After going back, Huo Lan recounted to Yun Miaoqing everything he said with His Majesty today.

"Did I say something wrong..." Although several hours had passed since her afternoon conversation with His Majesty, Huo Lan could still feel the invisible pressure.

"No, it's good for you to say that." Yun Miaoqing also raised her heart all day today, but at this moment she finally let go.

She is not worried about the exam from His Majesty. Huo Lan has learned solidly over the years, which is enough to answer His Majesty's questions. Only when the matter of the northern border came urgently, Yun Miaoqing only listened to it when she sent Huo Lan to the gate of the palace. People speak.

"Is there really going to be a war?" Huo Lan asked, she still remembered the days when she was hiding everywhere because of the war in her previous life.

Now there is not much time left for the military chaos. She came to the capital in this life, which is completely different from her previous life. So under this influence, whether the military chaos will come earlier, will not be the same as the decision to send troops to Rongda this time. Will it matter?It was inconvenient for her to ask these questions, so she had to guess secretly in her heart.

Yun Miaoqing frowned slightly: "It's hard to say, there is a trap here, right now King Yu and King Zhuang are almost equal in power, and His Majesty has not yet decided who will be the crown prince. It will be broken, and unless His Majesty makes up his mind, he will not start this battle lightly."

That's why she asked Huo Lan to say that she wanted a quick decision today. A quick decision is correct, but it is not the most suitable for His Majesty.With Huo Lan's current status, she still has no way of agreeing with the emperor, only the people.

But the dispute between King Yu and King Zhuang has become more and more fierce. His Majesty's health is getting worse day by day. Both sides want to fight for a result as soon as possible. Who knows how long this balance can last.

"Perhaps there is going to be a war..." Yun Miaoqing fiddled with her hair and fell into deep thought.

That night, Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing lay in their respective rooms.

Huo Lan fought with someone during the day, and chatted with His Majesty the Emperor carefully all afternoon. At night, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep not long after.

On the other side, Yun Miaoqing was thinking about some things over and over again, tossing and turning on the bed, until Chou Shi finally couldn't stand the drowsiness and fell into a drowsy sleep.

At the second quarter of Yin time, everything was silent, and a deep bell rang through the entire capital.

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