Big man: I am the Champion Marquis!

Chapter 251: Mine Clearance
Huo Xian, covered in blood, came back on horseback, bringing with him some wild boars.

To be honest, he doesn't like eating wild boar meat. Some people think it is thin, while others think it is smelly. It all depends on personal preference.

But even if some people don't like it, it's still prey and meat. In this day and age, don't be too picky. Many people can't get enough to eat, let alone meat.

Many people say that the ecology is good now, there are fish in the rivers and seas, etc., but there is not much cooking oil now. Do you really think the meat is delicious?
Just look at those fishermen and you will know that they basically don’t like those fish.

The prey would be given to Yulin and Qimen, and Huo Xian would definitely take better care of his trusted troops. Even though the treatment of these two imperial guards was the best in the entire Han Dynasty, they did not have meat every meal.

Lin Mei prepared the bath water. She naturally knew some of Huo Xian's characteristics. As for cleanliness, this champion marquis was extremely exquisite unless he was fighting.

It was normal for some ordinary people not to take a bath for the whole winter, but Huo Xian would take a bath once every three days at most when he was in Chang'an. If he went out for a walk and sweated, it was normal for him to take a bath every day.

This is also a problem. The nobles know how to enjoy life very well. A huge bathtub and so on are normal. Under normal conditions, people just take a bath in a tub.

After Lin Mei wiped Huo Xian's back, she said, "My Lord, my second cousin from the General's Mansion has arrived today."

"Oh?" Huo Xian immediately became excited and stopped his dishonest hands. "Did he get scolded?"

Lin Mei said coquettishly, "Your Excellency is joking. It's already a big deal for me to know that my second cousin is here, how could I know more."

Huo Xian thought about it and it made sense, so he smiled and stood up, "I'll go find my uncle."

After changing his clothes, Huo Xian went straight to the palace, "Uncle, I'm here."

Wei Buyi rubbed his eyes and said irritably, "I heard you. Did you kill a tiger or a bear today?"

"We only killed a few pigs." Huo Xian said depressedly, "The few people under my command are incompetent. I will go find some hunters later. I took Uncle Liu and the others to go hunting. It looked so lively, but they only found wild boars."

Wei Buyi had no doubt about this and said jokingly, "That's true. You guys go out hunting to show off your strength. It's a big deal if you can find wild boars and deer. To hunt wild animals, you still need a hunter to guide you."

"If it doesn't work, I'll go to His Majesty." Huo Xian said, "Li Yu didn't kill the tiger, but I can! People now say that Li Yu is extremely brave, but I'm definitely better than him."

Wei Buyi was speechless for a moment. Huo Xian was sometimes too competitive.

As the grandson of Li Guang and the son of Li Gan, Li Yu was indeed quite brave, and the story of his desire to play tiger was also spread by many people in Chang'an. As a close minister favored by Liu Che and Liu Ju, Li Yu was now quite prominent.

"You decide. If you can't kill the tiger, go to the beast park." Wei Buyi also offered advice, "But don't call anyone else. We can't take the responsibility."

After joking, Huo Xian asked, "My cousin must have come here to report on government affairs, right?"

Wei Buyi smiled and said, "Of course the most important thing is this. The second thing is to ask about the plan to sow discord."

Huo Xian's eyes lit up. Before the tour, he and Liu Che had discussed some strategies to alienate the Xiongnu leaders. He had indeed thought about a lot of things and wanted to constantly improve this strategy.

Huo Xian asked quickly, "So, my uncle must think this plan is feasible?"

Wei Buyi looked directly at Huo Xian and asked seriously, "Xian'er, are you serious? Over the years, only my elder brother knows a little bit about things. How could I know these things?"

Huo Xian was speechless at this point. After all, Wei Buyi and Wei Deng had limited abilities. They now had a good status and were relatively wealthy.

But this was just a way to enjoy wealth and luxury, he really couldn't do more. Even with his high position and power, he still had no chance.

"So it must be a letter." Huo Xian said with a smile, "Bring it here. I'll take a look first, and then go discuss it with His Majesty."

Wei Buyi then took out the letter from his bosom, "Ah Weng is reorganizing the Southern Army and the Northern Army. The Northern Army is a bit chaotic. There are some things you should not say too much. Gongsun Jingsheng embezzled the military funds of the Northern Army."

Huo Xian was horrified. In history, Gongsun Jingsheng, as the nephew of the queen, lived an extravagant and lawless life. He arbitrarily requisitioned 1900 million yuan of military pay for the Northern Army, and was therefore imprisoned. Later, in order to atone his sins, he requested the arrest of Zhu Anshi, which implicated him in the witchcraft disaster.

I originally thought that Gongsun Jingsheng no longer had the opportunity to "do evil", but who would have thought that he was still so bold!

Huo Xian asked quickly, "Can these things be hidden from your majesty?"

"It's just 50,000 coins. His Royal Highness can keep it under control." Wei Buyi said helplessly, "He has always been like this. He has been imprisoned before, but he still refuses to give in."

Huo Xian's expression was extremely ugly. "Have you asked Uncle and Aunt clearly?"

Gongsun Jingsheng is really a bad teammate. What he did made Wei Huo extremely passive.

As the Grand Coachman, Gongsun Jingsheng abused his power for personal gain, accepted bribes and perverted the law. Not only did he betray Huo Shan once, he even refused to cry until he saw the coffin.

I thought he had done these things, but I didn't know that this bastard had done other illegal things. He had to admit it because he was discovered, otherwise he would keep covering it up.

He really didn't learn his lesson, and everyone thought he had explained everything clearly. But now, some new things happened, which made Wei Huo extremely passive.

"The Prime Minister has already tortured him." Wei Buyi said angrily, "He only said that he embezzled 50,000 military pay for his own enjoyment, nothing else. Aung is still investigating, and the Queen and the Crown Prince are also investigating."

Huo Xian said, "Hurry up and find out. These things cannot be hidden from His Majesty. Tell me when you find out. I will say a good word to His Majesty."

Wei Buyi could only nod silently. He was now speechless about his cousin Gongsun Jingsheng. In the final analysis, Gongsun Jingsheng was a big pit, and it would be a good thing to explain it all at once.

However, he just wanted to cover it up continuously, which would only make Wei Huo more passive.

Perhaps Gongsun Jingsheng relied on his status as queen and prince, his father being prime minister, his uncle being general, and his cousin being general of cavalry to act lawless.

"If it's just 50,000 yuan, I don't think it's a big problem." Huo Xian could only say, "But this time we really need to find out clearly. He can't always be found to have new cases!"

Wei Buyi said, "The Queen and the Crown Prince have also spoken. Let Your Majesty deal with it after the investigation. It shouldn't be a capital crime. When the time comes, he will be fined and sent back." Huo Xian asked in return, "Send him back to the north? If he returns to Yiqu, even if he loses his official position, who would dare to mess with the son of the Prime Minister? Imprison him in Chang'an and never let him leave."

Gongsun Jingsheng's huge pit is a time bomb no matter where it is placed. What we should do now is to clean up Gongsun Jingsheng's dirty ass to avoid leaving more hidden dangers.

General Wei Qing was cautious in his words and actions, Prime Minister Gongsun He was trembling with fear, and Huo Shan, the General of Cavalry, seemed arrogant and domineering, but he had a sense of propriety in his heart.

The three leaders of Wei Huo are all very sensible. Even though Wei Kang and others have limited abilities, they do their job conscientiously.

It just so happened that Gongsun Jingsheng appeared. Essentially, he was the least conspicuous in the Weihuo Group, but he was the boldest, with no fear at all and no sense of propriety at all.

"I'll pass on the message. It's up to the Queen and the Crown Prince to decide how to deal with him." Wei Buyi said, "Someone in the Northern Army is in contact with him, and Aong is replacing him, which has delayed the troop transfer."

Huo Xian knew what was going on. "He is the son of the Prime Minister. The General and I are also well-known in the army. He is just relying on our reputation to do evil, and some of the captains under him are trying to curry favor with us."

Although Wei Buyi's abilities were average, he knew some things very well.

The actual situation is just like this. Before the incident, Gongsun Jingsheng was the Grand Coachman of the Nine Ministers, which was a high position. Moreover, he had a big tree to lean on, and was the object of countless people's flattery.

As for why he did such a stupid thing, it is very simple. In the final analysis, there is nothing some people dare not do once they make a mistake. The stupidity and badness of some people are incomprehensible to normal people.

Gongsun Jingsheng is the typical example of a stupid and bad person. Some of the things he does now make people hate him to death.

Huo Xian thought about it carefully and said, "If nothing else is found, I don't think it's a big problem. The Northern Army just needs to be reorganized, but is the Southern Army safe?"

Wei Buyi said, "Marquis Pingyang did a good job, but you criticized Marquis Pingyang, right?"

Huo Xian smiled and said, "Your Highness is a little anxious. I will drag Your Majesty back to Chang'an later so that Your Highness can do some things earlier. I suspect that Your Majesty has noticed something. I must ask my aunt and uncle to persuade the prince."

Wei Buzhi nodded repeatedly. He had never imagined that the prince's methods were so sophisticated and covert. Although he did not control the Southern Army through Cao Zong, there was some infiltration.

This is a very remarkable thing. The emperor has Wei Qing and Huo Shan in his hands, and the prince Liu Ju had no chance to get in touch with military power before. But now, through his nephew Cao Zong, he has made some small moves.

Even Huo Xian didn't know about these things, and Wei Qing didn't notice much about them either.

It could be said that Wei Qing was in poor health and paid less attention to the daily management of the army, or it could be said that Huo Xian, the Grand Marshal and General of Cavalry, was in name only and had not been able to interfere in the daily affairs of the army until now.

However, this does not deny the abilities of Liu Ju and Cao Zong, as they almost "amazed" everyone.

I had a detailed chat with Wei Buzhi about the matter. Although some depressing things did happen, there was also some good news.

Even if some of Gongsun Jingsheng's mistakes were brought up again, at least it cleared the mines for Wei Huo in advance. It's not a bad thing to solve these hidden dangers now. If they exploded at other times, it would be terrible.

The most important thing is that we have bought some time, and we can deal with some small actions of Liu Ju and Cao Zong.

It is true that Huo Shan and Wei Qing were very loyal to Liu Che, but they absolutely did not want Liu Ju's position as crown prince to be affected, so they tried every means to protect Liu Ju.

The Crown Prince did some unsteady things, and the Grand Marshal and General Wei Qing helped to clean up the mess, and the Grand Marshal and General Huo Shan helped to cover it up. This was also a show of unity.

There is definitely no harm in doing this, at least Huo Xian feels that he must do so.

This does not conflict with loyalty to the emperor. After all, Liu Ju does not pose a direct threat to the imperial power, and the Han Dynasty does not need any other crown prince.

Putting the letter in his arms, Huo Xian ran to find the emperor.

Liu Che lazily opened his eyes and asked, "I heard you killed seven pigs, but why are there only three at Qimen?"

"Then I can't just chop the pig in half, with three and a half heads on each side, right?" Huo Xian sat down and complained, "Are the people over at Qimen too talkative? Giving them pork and still making complaints about it is unreasonable!"

Liu Che teased, "Yulin was your original subordinate, and it is obvious to all that you have favored Yulin over the years. Qimen is not bad either, why can't you take a closer look at it?"

"Cao Zong is not bad either." Huo Xian pointed at Cao Zong who was sitting obediently on the side and said, "But His Majesty just likes me. What can I do about it? I am generous now. I also gave Qimen three pigs."

At this point, not to mention Liu Che, even Cao Zong had nothing to say. They seemed to think that what Huo Shan said was correct.

The Yulin Army was trained by Huo Xian, and it was also the army he started from, so naturally he had a deeper relationship with them. Moreover, even if Huo Xian preferred the Yulin Army, he did not completely ignore the Qimen Army.

Liu Che looked at Cao Zong and asked, "Qimen's army is still mainly composed of light cavalry. Now that a lot of heavy armor has been produced, why not let Qimen also have heavy cavalry?"

Cao Zong was caught in the middle again. The Emperor and the General of Cavalry were fighting each other, which made him, the rear general, feel caught in a dilemma.

Qimen and Yulin were both imperial guards, armies directly under the emperor, so naturally he knew about them. However, Huo Xian had always firmly controlled these two armies, and even the generals could not get involved.

"Heavy armor has begun to be deployed to the southern and northern armies. They also need to train." Huo Xian said directly, "The troops and horses that guard His Majesty cannot only be heavy cavalry. Light cavalry still has great use."

This is also true. Even the Yulin, which is famous for its heavy cavalry, is not all heavy cavalry. There are also many light cavalry. In the final analysis, when fighting, some tactics and arms coordination are still needed. A single arm is somewhat limited.

"You are young and flamboyant, and you love to play and move around. You should take a good rest tomorrow." Liu Che smiled and reminded Huo Xian, "We will set off the day after tomorrow. You can't rest all the time."

Liu Che was very concerned about going to the East China Sea. He wanted to go there to look for his immortal destiny and the Three Immortal Islands.

Huo Xian had no objection to this. Now that he was young, his recovery ability was stronger, but he did need to rest when it was time.

What's more, we also need to consider conveying a message to the emperor. Fighting a war and delaying time are also big things.

(End of this chapter)