Song Dynasty

Chapter 206 Parting Gift ([-])

Wang Shen began to ponder.

Lu Benzhong went on to say: "What kind of person is Zhang Deyuan? He is in the heart of the emperor, and later he will know the affairs of the Privy Council. This time he is serving as the envoy of the Xuanfu of Sichuan and Shanxi. Naturally, he can represent the government and appease the thieves on behalf of the imperial court. Therefore, if Dao Si wants to solve the Jianghan banditry in the shortest possible time, he must not go to see Zhang Xuanfu and ask him to stay in Jingchu for a few days."

"Don't worry, although Zhang Deyuan has no relationship with you. Moreover, you are also a traitor. But he is an open-minded person who puts the overall situation first. He can also divide the important relationship between public and private. It's clear."

Wang Shen still wanted to think about it, but the thoughts in his mind changed, and he couldn't help but want to slap himself on the head: I am also a demon, and I have always thought that I am Zhang Jun's disciple. Apostasy is a big official in this era. avoid.However, Lao Tzu, a student of Zhang's family, was originally a fake, and Zhang Jun must have known it in his heart.Since we don't have this kind of relationship, why am I afraid of him?

That's right, with Lao Zhang's prestige, it is not difficult to put down the Anlu bandit army.

Lao Tzu's next step is to fight big groups of bandits, exert strong military pressure on the enemy, and let Lao Zhang recruit small groups of bandits, split them up and disintegrate them.In this way, three strikes, five divisions and two divisions can eliminate all the enemies.

In real history, Song asked Zhang Jun and Zhang Boying, one of the four generals of ZTE, to quell the banditry in Hubei, and didn't they use the same method.At that time, Zhang Boying was the envoy of Western Zhejiang and Jiangdong. In the same year, he was transferred to the command of the capital of Shenwu Youjun and led the Jiedu envoy of Dingjiang and Zhaoqing.

He opened his teeth and built a mansion. Except for the two armies of Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong, all the other generals in the Southern Song Dynasty were under his control.With this identity, recruiting Zhang Yong and others is a no-brainer.

The current Zhang Jun's status is much higher than that of Zhang Jun, and the pacification of Jianghan is probably much easier than in real history.

It's just a trip to Zhang Deyuan's place to say a few nice words, it's nothing special.

Thinking of this, Wang Shen suddenly became enlightened, laughed and said, "Okay, I will follow Mr. Donglai's teaching, and I will visit Duke Deyuan later. Thank you sir for teaching me, I really see the blue sky through the clouds and mist!"

As he spoke, he picked up another bowl of wine and bumped into Lu Benzhong, said goodbye and strode off the boat.

There was a resonant singing voice: "Tonight last year, I was drunk under the bright moon and under the flower tree. This night, beside the river, the moon is dark and the long embankment willows and boats are dark." The song is exactly the "Mulan Flower" written by Lu Benzhong.

On the boat, Xiaotao covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "Master, this magnolia flower is about leaving people and about parting. It is originally graceful and gentle, but this Wang Daosi sings with impassioned enthusiasm, which makes people feel weird."

"This man has the character of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but he is a wonderful man." Lu Benzhong also imitated Wang Shen's tune and sang on the side: "Where is the old man, take me away from the river of sorrow. Before the flowers of the next year, this year will recall the last year."

After all, he is an old man, and his breath is not enough. After singing a song, he coughs non-stop.

Hearing this strange tone, Xiao Tao and the three girls all laughed together.

The boatman untied the cable, the sails rose, and with a whoosh, the boat left the pier.

Xiaotao suddenly asked: "My lord, if you recruit An Anlu and other thieves, Li Yanping and Li Zhizhi are all you need to do. Why do you want Wang Daosi to invite Mr. Zhang to go out? Isn't it superfluous?"

She was also surprised that Li Heng and the master had been friends for many years.What a great achievement it was to cut off Zhang Yong and Cao Chengqun, just imagine how glorious Li Heng will be when that day really comes.In contrast, Zhang Jun and Lu Benzhong were just casual acquaintances, and this time Master Lu didn't even go to see Zhang Deyuan, which was strange.

There was a strange smile on Lu Benzhong's face: "The old man has caused so much wind and rain, Wang Daosi still generously sent the old man back to the court, and if he asked him a problem, a gentleman would not do it. Besides, the old man has gained so many benefits from him. You should also reciprocate."

Yes, to be honest, Wang Shen really liked him, Lu Benzhong.If it were him, he would have died a long time ago.

Although Lao Lu's character is really commendable, he is a Mr. Morality after all, and he has done many things against his conscience in order to save his life, so he feels a little guilty.When parting, give Wang Shen an idea, and I can live with it in my heart.

This is one of the reasons. The most important thing is that he feels that both Li Heng and Wang Shen are strong characters, and they might not be able to get along well in the future.

Pacifying Jingchu should be used together to suppress and appease, and it requires the cooperation of two people, one civil and one military.To put it simply, when everyone decides to appease a certain bandit, they must first implement strong military pressure to force the bandit into a corner, and then appease him, making him feel grateful for the kindness of the court, and then surrender.

However, once the two clashed.This person said he wanted to recruit security, but the other person beat him vigorously; or, this person said he wanted to surrender, but the other person wanted to kill him in the name of the court's righteousness, wouldn't it make the situation messy.

Only Zhang Jun's prestige can suppress Wang Shen and Li Heng.

Zhang Deyuan doesn't understand military affairs, so he won't intervene too much in the military affairs of the Sizhou Army, and cooperates with Wang Shen to complement each other.Unlike Li Heng, this person has experienced many years in the local area and has also led soldiers. He will inevitably criticize Wang Shen and cause Wang Daosi's strong dissatisfaction.

The most important thing is that after Lu Benzhong survived the battle between Qi and Huang, he suddenly became obsessed with his own resourcefulness and planning.Letting Zhang Jun intervene in the war in Jianghan, once successful, will inevitably have the meaning of taking credit for Li Heng.

If Li Yanping doesn't have any grudges in his heart, he will go to hell!
"Hey, I heard that Li Heng and Zhang Deyuan have a good personal relationship now. It would be interesting if they turned against each other because of what the old man said."

"Ahem, this old man's thoughts are really weird! Not a gentleman, not a gentleman!"

"This parting gift, Wang Daosi, Li Yanping, Zhang Deyuan, you can carry it on!"

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More than ten riders galloped in the wilderness, rolling up waves of mud.

There was a heavy rain yesterday, and the traces of the bloody battle have been washed away by this heavy rain.

The sky is still cloudy, but the ground is dry, and there are still cracks spreading in the fields.Where the horseshoe stepped, gray smoke rose.

The air was so hot that it was maddening. Not only was the horse covered in sweat, but Wang Shen and Hu Yantong, Feng Changqing and the others behind him all opened their mouths and gasped slightly.

I feel as if I have been put in a steamer, my whole body is cooked and stinks.

This surprisingly heavy rain did not alleviate the drought. I really don't know where all the rain went.Strange to say, once Lü Benzhong left, the water in the Qi River also receded slowly, and maybe after a while it would dry out to the point where the river bed was exposed again.

Today's summer crops and future autumn harvests have been completely over, and [-] to [-]% of the people in Qi and Huang have fled to Ezhou, Anlu, and even further to Xiangyang and Jingzhou.

They brought their families and brought the last bit of belongings in the house with them.Now Qi and Huang are so poor that they can't squeeze out any more oil and water.At the same time, it also brought Wang Shen's notoriety of extortion, brutality and cruelty.

All of this is thanks to Lu Benzhong.For this old man Lu, Wang Shen has very complicated emotions, admiration, anger, helplessness, respect... From him, I really learned a lot of useful things.

Learn how to have a thick face and a dark heart, and how to survive in this troubled world.

Everyone calls him Master Lu, at least he deserves someone from Wang to call him teacher!
Li Heng was suddenly sent by the imperial court to Jingchu as the Zhizhi envoy, and now he is nominally the highest military and political officer in the Jianghan area, and his posture also shows signs of trying to seize his own military power.

Wang Shen was not too worried about the army's loyalty to him.Soldiers have simple minds.They will follow whoever can lead them to victory and survive the cruel battlefield.

The generals in the army are either relatives of himself, such as Yue Yun, or the brothers Pao Ze who came to life and death with him in the wind and rain, such as Lu Can and Gu Lie.Or they were promoted and trained from ordinary soldiers by themselves, such as Wu Constitution and Wu Tuo.

As for the newly formed rear army commander Kong Xian, he also regards himself as a relative of my Wang in his heart.

However, I, Wang Shen, never thought of marrying his sister Kong Lin.That's right, Miss Kong Er is a rare beauty.It's just that I'm not a stallion, I love someone when I see someone.

What's more, looking at Kong Xian meant that he would marry Kong Lin and let his sister be the mistress of the Sizhou Army.If she is allowed to be a concubine, General Kong Shao is afraid that he will turn against him immediately.

If he agrees, what face will I, Wang Shen, have when I go to see An Niang and Yue Yun?
When later generations talked about ancient marriages, the most common phrase they heard was "three wives and four concubines" and "polygamy."

I feel that if I travel to ancient times, I can marry as many as I want, it is really a man's paradise!

In ancient times, if you were poor and couldn't even afford a wife, you wouldn't have this trouble.But if you have a certain status and status, you can no longer decide on major matters of marriage.

Because your marriage is related to the two families, it is related to the future of your subordinates, and it is related to the distribution of benefits.

The so-called three wives and four concubines, polygamy are just rumors spread by modern people.The official term is the system of polygamy.

In other words, you can only have one wife, and the children born to you and your first wife have the right to inherit.The woman married later can only be regarded as a concubine, whose status is only a little higher than that of a servant, and the children born cannot inherit the family business.

If it was purely to appease Kong Xian and the Kong family army, Wang Shen would not mind taking Second Miss Kong as his concubine.But, does Kong Xian answer?

If Miss Kong Er was allowed to be the eldest wife, Yue Yun would still be turned upside down, but would Wang Shen still be considered a human being?
No matter how you look at it, your future marriage is likely to cause civil strife or even split in the Sizhou Army, so you can't be careless.

This is another parting gift from Lu Benzhong to himself.

This old Lu...

Wang Shen felt as if he was speechless asking the sky. He regretted that he forgot to ask Lu Benzhong how to deal with this matter. He even regretted why he didn't kill this old man who caused him endless troubles.

Fortunately, Kong Xian's mother had just died under Kong Yanzhou's hands, and Kong Lin would be in mourning for three years.We can only wait until three years later to discuss this matter!

A moment of procrastination counts as a moment.

However, Qi and Huang, who were already impoverished, and the Sizhou Army, which was about to run out of food, were urgently needed.Ezhou and Anlu must be taken as soon as possible, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer.

(End of this chapter)