Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 98
At night, in Yang Hu's residence, a dim oil lamp was lit in the study.

The oil mixed with Gulan and Maoxiang burns, emitting plumes of green smoke, and the study room is filled with a refreshing aroma.

But even with such a strong fragrance, it still couldn't dispel Yang Hu's depression.

He was sitting in front of the desk, holding a slip of paper in his hand.

It was the mission report submitted to him by Mengsun Heji, which recorded the achievements of the mission to Jin, and their attitudes towards Yang Hu's ruling after testing the six ministers of Jin.

At Yang Hu's hand, there was another brief plan, which was a report that Zai Yu submitted to him privately.

The contents of the two reports are roughly the same, which shows that Mengsun Heji and Ji Sunsi did not take advantage of the opportunity of being an envoy to Jin to secretly make trouble.His Yang Hu's position in Lu State is still stable for the time being.

But Yang Hu was not the slightest bit happy, because both Meng Sun and Zai Yu mentioned a point in their reports.

Fan Yang, who is currently in power in the state of Jin, is not willing to support Yang Hu.

Yang Hu's hands holding the bamboo slips trembled slightly, and his anger spread to his knuckles, almost breaking the bamboo slips.

"Fan Yang, an old thief, has accepted so many gifts from me, but he is not even willing to make a verbal promise..."

Yang Hu closed his eyes, took a deep breath slowly, and then let it out slowly, trying his best to suppress the rising anger in his stomach.

Back then when Ji Sun Yiru drove Lu Zhaogong out of Lu State, Fan Yang could open his eyes and talk nonsense, and tried his best to defend Ji Sun Yiru's behavior at the alliance meeting.

But now, I am only acting as an accompanying minister to represent the state affairs, and this old man is not even willing to say a word for me.

After all, don’t you just look down on my origin?
Yang Hu suddenly remembered the ridicule and sarcasm that those ministers and officials said to him when he was young: Bitch, despicable, villain...

The anger that had accumulated in his heart for many years suddenly broke out, Yang Hu kicked over several cases, and threw the bamboo slips to the ground, causing the bamboo pieces to scatter all over the floor.

"Birth, background, or his mother's background! I have struggled for 30 years, a full 30 years! Is birth really that important?!"

Yang Hu's eyes were red, and he was panting heavily. He was obviously a nine-foot giant, but his crooked body looked so embarrassed under the dim light.

No one can answer his question, and no one dares to answer his question.

Yang Hu raised his head, wanting to look up at the bright starry sky.

But what fell in his sight was only the low and closed roof.

The beams blocked his view, preventing him from seeing very far.

He wanted to cry, but his tears dried up when he was young.

He wanted to laugh, but he was afraid of disturbing the sleeping people.

Under Fan Yang's contempt, he seemed to have become the janitor who was called around when he was young, and a humble villain who was despised everywhere and could only live on.

Greeting and seeing off those well-dressed adults, I accidentally mentioned my humble dream to them, but was ridiculed and insulted time and time again.

Yang Hu looked out the window at the hazy night, feeling the dim brilliance of the moon.

He suddenly remembered the words that Jae Yu had said to him.

"The light of day, how deep is the night?"

Those who gave birth to me, my parents.

Whoever knows me is me too!
Outside, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

Then the servant's cautious voice sounded: "Yangzi, are you alright?"

Yang Hu took two deep breaths, regained his former dignity, and replied: "It's so late, what can you do with me?"

"Fei Yizai, Gongshan does not want to see you."

Yang Hu was pleasantly surprised when he heard the words: "Oh? Zi Xie is here? Come on, invite him in!"

Gongshan Buxuan and Yanghu are both Ji's retainers.

Yang Hu is the head of the house, responsible for coordinating all affairs of the Ji family.

And Gongshan Buxuan is the administrator of Feiyi.

Feiyi is the most important city in Ji's fiefdom. Its strategic location is the gateway from Lu State to Qi State, so its commercial activities are very developed and its population is large.

Feiyi provides the Ji clan with a large amount of taxes and soldiers every year, and most of the Ji clan's clan members also live there.

Therefore, as the governor of Feiyi, Gongshan Buxuan's status in the Ji family can almost be regarded as under the Yanghu and above ten thousand people.

Even Yang Hu would not dare to be careless when dealing with such a character.

Taking advantage of the gap before Gongshan Buxuan arrived, he hurriedly tidied up the sundries all over the floor, and tidied up his slightly messy clothes.

As soon as Yang Hu packed up, Gongshan Buxuan had already been brought to him.

Gong Shan Buxuan and Yang Hu were old acquaintances, after he saluted briefly, he sat upright on the ground with the sword on his waist, and spoke directly.

"Yangzi, you called me here in a hurry, what happened?"

Yang Hu said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal, I just plan to hold an oath with everyone again."

Gong Shan Buxuan frowned when he heard the words: "Oath? Didn't you just make an oath last year? Why do you want an oath again?"

Yang Hu said: "This is different, last year it was just an oath of alliance with the monarch and Sanhuan.

But this time, I plan to make an oath with the people of the country, and curse those villains who destroy the political affairs of the Lu State on the road of the five fathers. "

As soon as Yang Hu finished speaking, Gong Shan Buxuan immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Recently, someone in China has slandered you again?"

Gong Shan didn't speak so straightforwardly, which made Yang Hu feel embarrassed.

Yang Hu could only reply: "Where is there anyone who is in charge of state affairs and handles government affairs without being slandered?"

Gong Shan Buxuan said disdainfully: "If you encounter a disrespectful person, just kill him with a single blow. If Yangzi cherishes his reputation, Buxuan can do it for you."

Yang Hu was so overwhelmed by his words that he didn't say a word for a long time.

If you don't kill people in Gongshan, don't you have to count on my head in the end?

Are you going to help me, or are you going to put me on the fire?
But it is not easy for him to reprimand the other party, because strictly speaking, his relationship with Gongshan is not a relationship of affiliation, but a relationship of colleagues.

If he made Gongshan Buxuan anxious, at worst he would cut off the contact with Yanghu directly, what should he do when he returns to Feiyi?

But if Yang Hu didn't have the support of Gongshan Buxuan, a powerful ally, his life in Lu would be even more difficult.

Therefore, Yang Hu could only patiently say: "The monarch recently invited Kong Zhongni to be the little Zongbo, and he has to ask him for advice every day.

Although my talents are shallow and my wisdom is limited, I have learned some truths after listening to the monarch a lot.

Killing the people of the country and punishing crimes for words is not the strategy that should be followed in governing the country, so you don't have to ask this question again. "

Gongshan Buxuan curled his lips: "Since Yangzi has no intentions, then just pretend I didn't say what I just said. However, just making an oath with the people of the country can make them shut up and not slander you?"

Seeing that he had finally turned the page, Yang Hu breathed a sigh of relief, and replied with a smile: "There is a student under Kong Zhongni's school called Zi Wo. This Zi Wo is very smart and invented something called a newspaper.

Newspapers can publish what we have done and advertise it to people all over the world.

The reason why Chinese people slander me is mostly because they are deceived by traitors. If they know what I have done for the country, they will definitely not slander me again. "

Gong Shan Buxuan thought for a while and asked, "But just publishing the oath of alliance may not be enough to convince the people of the country, right?"

Yang Hu laughed loudly: "It's natural. During this period of time, criticisms against me have been raging, so I plan to find an opportunity to use troops abroad.

Firstly, it can show the prestige of the country, and secondly, it can be published in newspapers to stop the mouths of those young people. "

"Use soldiers?"

Gong Shan didn't think about it for a while, and said with a smile: "No wonder you called me here. Tell me, where do you plan to attack?"

Seeing that Gongshan Buxuan supported him so happily, Yang Hu finally got better from his bad mood.

"Zi Xie, I knew you were reliable! Don't worry, I have carefully selected the targets for my military.

Our country has always had grievances with Qi. Before I sent my lord and Mencius to Jin to test the attitude of the Jin people and see if they are willing to help our country attack Qi.

Unexpectedly, Fan Yang is old and frail, has no ambitions, has no ambition to advance eastward, and is unwilling to provide help to our country.

Without the help of the Jin State, if our army still chooses to attack Qi, it will be a big attack with a small one.

This approach is not a wise choice, let alone what a man should do.

So, this time we don't attack Qi, attack Ju! "

Gongshan Buxuan is also a battle-tested veteran, and an old Lu native who has been rooted in the political arena for many years.

Therefore, as soon as Yang Hu mentioned the word Gongju, he immediately understood the goal of this battle.

"You mean, Yundi?"

Yang Hu nodded and said, "Exactly!"

Speaking of the land of Yun, it is really a bad debt between the state of Lu and the state of Ju.

Yuncheng was originally a city built by Jisun Xingfu, a doctor of Lu State.

It stands to reason that whoever builds the city should own the city.

However, the land of Yun where Yuncheng is located belongs to the land of Ju State.

Therefore, since the establishment of Yuncheng, the two countries of Lu and Ju have been arguing endlessly over the ownership of this city.

The two countries quarreled for a long time, but there was no reason to argue.

Seeing the situation, the doctors on both sides said to the monarch one after another: Since the literature is not good, let's come to the military!

As a result, the two countries of Lu and Ju began a long struggle around the ownership of Yun.

Yuncheng was built in the 11th year of Lu Wengong, and now it has been Lu Dinggong's [-]th year.

In other words, the issue of the ownership of the land of Yun spanned the six monarchs of Lu Wengong, Lu Xuangong, Lu Chenggong, Lu Xianggong, Lu Zhaogong, and Lu Dinggong for a total of 112 years, and it still has not been resolved.

For more than 100 years, the land of Yun sometimes belonged to the State of Lu, and sometimes belonged to the State of Ju.

In the two countries, it can be said that you sing and I come on stage. Generally speaking, it can be summarized as '30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, don't bully young people and poor'.

But even after so long, Lu and Ju are still enthusiastic about the sovereignty of Yun, and it has even become a regular repertoire of the two countries.

In fact, sometimes it is not the kings and officials of the two countries who want to fight.

But I really can't stand the Chinese people liking to watch it!

As long as he can get the sovereignty of Yundi, it will be a great contribution to protect the national face of Lu State, which deserves to be written into the history books.

Therefore, whenever the monarch or the minister of state wants to do something, but does not know what to do, the issue of the ownership of the land of Yun will be brought up for discussion.

Gongshan Buxuan is also an old state of Lu, so when Yang Hu proposes to attack Ju, he subconsciously thinks of Yun.

He couldn't help but smiled and congratulated Yang Hu: "Yang Zi is really considerate, since you have thought it through, then naturally I should do my best for the country and society of Lu State.

Please rest assured, I, Fei Yi, will definitely support the battle of Yundi with all my strength.I hereby express my position that I am not willing to fight for the vanguard in this battle, and clear all obstacles for you. "

Gong Shan Buxuan said that he was high-sounding, but in fact he wanted to grab credit.

But Yang Hu didn't poke him, but agreed with a smile: "Okay! Zi Xie has such a determination, why should I worry about failure! If you want to be the vanguard, then I will appoint you as the vanguard!"

　A: Are you leaving?
　　B: Yes.

　　A: Where are you going?
　　B: go home.

　　A: Then what?

　　B: Update it.

　　A: Is it okay not to update?

　　B: If you don't update, you support me?

　　(Music starts: thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump...)
　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)