Zhu Nao

"Huh? Known as a teacher?" Xue Baohui looked at the officer in front of him who came to speak for Liu Buxing, and he was completely inexplicable, "Junao is a traitor who has no law of the king, perverts, usurps power, kills court officials! You The general who sent troops to attack him is already a righteous army, so what kind of army is there to come up with famous methods?"

The officer said: "Xue Zhoumu, when Zhu Nao beheaded Yuan Jilu, there was Lu Qinghui's own handwriting for him to punish the thieves, and later he was appointed as the supervisory censor. Although we all know that he is a traitor who conspired against him, but People don’t necessarily know, do they?”

"Common people? Common people know shit!" Xue Bao's face was filled with distaste, "What kind of shit supervisory censor? I heard that he arranged a team of troops to leave the city in the morning and return to the city at noon, insisting that the city was sent by the imperial court to announce the appointment team. Fooling fools!"

The officer said: "Xue Zhoumu, we also know that his supervisory censor is a fake, he appointed it himself. But since he sealed himself an official position in the imperial court, he didn't fabricate it out of thin air, nor did he fly the banner of rebellion. If we establish ourselves as kings, then we have to produce evidence to prove that his officials are fake and that he is a traitor. Otherwise, many people will still believe him.”

Xue Baohui was inconceivable: "Who? Who believes him? Those who believe him are probably fools!"

The officer said unhurriedly: "Yes, the common people are all fools. Not only do they believe that Zhu Nao is the supervisory censor, but many people even believe that Zhu Nao is really a member of the royal family of Rao Shizi! But when we successfully take down the Chengdu Mansion, When Xue Zhoumu becomes the governor of Chengdu, isn’t it those fools who need to be governed? If he can’t win the hearts of the people, it must be very difficult for Zhou Mu to govern Chengdu in the future.”

Xue Baohui was stunned.

The officer said again: "More importantly, the army will only have enough morale if its divisions are famous. Xue Zhoumu has never led soldiers, so he may not be aware that these soldiers are also human beings, not swords. We must make them feel that this battle should be fought, Only when the battle is worth fighting can they fight it well. That's why our general has such a request."

Xue Bao was silent.

He hadn't thought of these things before, and they sounded reasonable.I heard that Zhu Nao is already quite popular in the Chengdu government because of the tax cuts. If I want to replace him, I really have to come up with some convincing names.

His thoughts had already moved, but he still asked bluntly: "Didn't you, General Liu, make such an excuse and want to deliberately delay the time to send troops?"

The officer hurriedly said: "Where did Xue Zhoumu come from? Sending troops to crusade against Zhu Nao and occupying Chengdu Mansion is also General Liu's dream. The general has been impatient for a long time. However, whether it is Xue Zhoumu or General Liu, there is only one time. Opportunity. If the army is defeated, the consequences will be disastrous."

Xue Baohui snorted coldly.

After a while, Xue Bao said with a sigh of relief: "Okay, if your generals want their teachers to be famous, then I will give you a famous teacher! You go back and let your generals wait!"

Seeing that he agreed, the officer got up and left.

After the officer left, Xue Baohui immediately summoned his staff to discuss.

Xue Baohui's staff members were also very speechless after hearing what Liu Buxing sent someone to pass on.

"What is the name of the teacher, and the nameless teacher, Zhou Mu, that Liu is obviously looking for another excuse to delay the time to send troops! He is obviously afraid. Fortunately, he is still a general. I think he is a coward at all. "

"I know." Xue Bao said in dismay, "but after I thought about it carefully, what they said made sense. After all, the land of Shu is so big and has so many states. Even if we successfully sent troops to capture Chengdu Mansion today, what if What if any state below will raise troops against us for the same reason tomorrow? Then Zhu Nao is a hypocrite who usurped power, but I have not been appointed by the imperial court, so it is a bit untenable."

Immediately, an aide said: "How can Zhu Nao compare with the state shepherd? The state shepherd is a son of the Xue family, and he is also a Qianzhou shepherd officially appointed by the court, but Zhu Nao even usurped the previous position of Langzhou shepherd. He's a complete fool!"

Everyone agreed: "That's right."

Xue Baohui was a little proud of being praised by the staff, stroked his beard and smiled: "Yes, of course he can't compare with me. It's just that I hope this matter can be done more legitimately. In this way, I can also save myself in the future. A lot of worries."

The staff asked: "Then what is Xue Zhoumu's plan?"

Xue Baohui said: "I plan to write a letter to the imperial court, so that the imperial court officially appoints me as the new Chengdu Yin, and then sends a letter of conquest against Zhu Nao. In this way, we can be justified when we send troops to attack him. The morale of the army on his side It will affect the morale of our army here."

As soon as this remark came out, all the staff fell into thinking and began to discuss in a low voice.

"That's a good idea."

"But now we submit a letter to the imperial court, and the imperial court will issue us an appointment. Even if it is fast, it will take a month or two. Isn't it bad for us if the time drags on?"

"It's been so long, and it's not too late. General Liu said that it takes half a year for newly recruited soldiers to become familiar with them, and it takes a year or so to train them well after they are familiarized. There is still time."

"Speaking of which, Zhu Nao has been stationed in Chengdu for more than half a year. The imperial court should have received the news long ago. It should have issued a call for thieves long ago. But why hasn't the imperial court heard anything against Zhu Nao until now? Movement? It’s fine if you don’t send troops, but you haven’t even seen Zhang’s call for crusade.”

"Is it because the north is too chaotic, and the troops sent by the imperial court were intercepted by the rebels halfway, so the news did not come back? Or maybe it was Zhu Nao who intercepted the court's troops to prevent outside news from entering Shu."

Xue Baohui frowned when he heard the discussions of his staff.In fact, this matter has always puzzled him—why Jun Nao committed such a heinous crime, but the court remained silent.

After much deliberation, perhaps, as the staff said, the imperial court was outraged for a long time, but due to various reasons, the imperial court's statement failed to spread to Sichuan.

Soon, Xue Baohui's idea was unanimously approved by the staff.In order to be famous as a teacher and to eliminate future troubles, they waited for another two months and first wrote to the imperial court for instructions. When they were appointed by the imperial court, they immediately sent troops to attack Chengdu!

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The officer who sent the message came back from Xue Baohui and went to see Liu Buxing immediately.

"General." The officer said, "I went to Xue Zhoumu to deliver the message as Jia Staff taught. Xue Zhoumu has agreed, saying let us wait for a while, and he will give us a famous reason."

"Oh?" Liu Buxing was quite happy, "Jia Cong really has a trick. The other day Xue Bao came to me with a stern word and insisted that I give him an answer in three days. I thought he really couldn't wait any longer. I never thought it would be easy to convince him."

In fact, Liu Buxing didn't care so much about the so-called famous teacher, he was just hesitant, hoping to have more time to wait and see.And Jia Cong's idea helped him buy time, so he was happy.Naturally, if he could take this opportunity to see the attitude of the imperial court and the attitudes of people from all walks of life outside, it would also help him make up his mind on how to go forward.

Liu Buxing grabbed two money bags and threw them into the officer's arms: "Good job, this is your reward. There is another bag, you can send it to Jia Cong."

The officer received the reward, smiled and said: "Thank you General, this subordinate is willing to help General."

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Xu Yu walked into the government office, and saw Zhu Nao leaning on the chair, holding the account book in one hand, and resting on the abacus with the other hand, dialing one or the other.

Xu Yu stepped forward: "Censor."

"Xu Shaoyin." Zhu Nao showed a pair of smiling eyes from the top of the account book, and his tone was very joyful, "It just happened that the account for the sale of Shu brocade this season was delivered, do you want to see it?"

Xu Yu knew the sales situation of Shu Brocade from his tone, and said with a smile: "It seems that the sales of Shu Brocade are very good?"

Zhu Nao turned another page unhurriedly: "Yes. The new batch of Shu brocades were just delivered to various places, and they were sold out immediately. The merchants in the capital ordered another [-] pieces in one go. It seems that the weaving workshop Expansion is on the agenda.”

Three thousand horses!Xu Yu couldn't help being surprised too.In the past few years, the weaving workshops have declined, and the sales of Shu brocade have become more and more sluggish. Sometimes they only sell four to five thousand pieces in a whole year.Unexpectedly, once Zhu Nao changed the system this time, he would have to order [-] horses in the capital alone!There must be a festive scene when looking at the statistics of Kuyin at the end of the year.

However, Xu Yu is not in the mood to look at the account right now, he is here for a more important matter.

He took two steps forward and leaned in front of Zhu Nao: "Censor, we intercepted a courier from Qianzhou out of Shu. According to the investigation, they sent a letter to the imperial court on behalf of Xuezhou Mu."

After Zhu Nao took charge of Chengdu, most of the state officials in the Shu region expressed their submission and continued to accept the jurisdiction of Chengdu as before.However, there are also some unconvinced thorns, and Qianzhou Mu Xue Baohui is one.A few months ago, he even introduced the army originally stationed in Xiushan to Qianzhou.This move of his can be described as Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone in the world knows it.

However, Qianzhou is located in the most southwest of Shu, and it is far away from Chengdu.He is not in control, and the Chengdu government has nothing to do with him for a while.So I can only pay close attention to it. If there is any change in Qianzhou, news will be sent back to Chengdu immediately.

"Hmm," Zhu Nao's gaze was still on the ledger, it seemed that what was in the ledger was far more attractive to him than the news from Qianzhou, "Does Xuezhou Mu want the court to issue a letter to scold me?"

Xu Yu: "..."

He has become accustomed to Zhu Nao's accurate predictions, and he replied numbly: "Yes. Xue Zhoumu hoped that the imperial court would issue a call to crusade against the censor, and he also took the initiative to ask the imperial court to appoint him as the new Chengdu Yin. He is raising troops Prepare to attack Chengdu."

After a pause, he said again: "Yushi, he didn't know that his messenger had been detained by us. From Qianzhou to the capital, it took at least a month or two to go back and forth. Presumably within these two months He dare not make any changes. Should we find a way to preemptive strikes?"

Xu Yu is very assured of Zhu Nao's ability, he doesn't think that Xue Baohui and Liu Buxing can take down Chengdu by sending troops.But if you really let them send troops, things will become very difficult.After all, Zhu Nao came to the throne not long ago, and the situation in central Shu was not stable yet.Qianzhou's rebellion is likely to make some other states and counties ready to move.What's more, once a war breaks out, it will make people's livelihood difficult.Therefore, it is best to be able to see things before they happen, and deal with them before they happen.

Xu Yu began to rack his brains to figure out which forces they could use to contain Qianzhou's army, but he didn't expect Zhu Nao to be completely indifferent to this matter.

"Let go of the couriers from Qianzhou." Jun Nao licked his fingers, and turned the ledger page with wet fingers, "Let them go to the capital to deliver the letters."

Xu Yu: "..."

He looked at Zhu Nao in shock, suspecting that he heard it wrong: "Let, let go?"

Zhu Nao nodded: "Ah, let it go."

Zhu Nao must have his own reasons for doing things, Xu Yu tasted the product carefully, and asked cautiously: "What does Yu Shi mean, we should withhold Xue Baohui's letter and prepare another letter for them to send to the capital?"

"No need." Zhu Nao said, "Let him do what he originally wanted to do."

Xu Yu: "..."

His mood suddenly became complicated again.

Let Xue Baohui's people go to the court to deliver letters?Zhu Nao did such a rebellious thing, killed Yuan Jilu, and occupied Chengdu Mansion. The imperial court must have gritted their teeth with hatred for Zhu Nao. The reason why the imperial court has not heard of a crusade against Zhu Nao in the past six months may be due to the situation in the north It was too chaotic, and the imperial court failed to enter Shu smoothly; or the situation in the world was too chaotic, and the imperial court could no longer take care of the affairs of Chengdu.But no matter which one it is, now that Xue Baohui took the initiative to invite Ying to fight against the rebels, how could the court not allow it?

And Xue Baohui's ability to think of asking for an appointment from the imperial court shows that he is not a useless idiot, or that he has a wise counselor.Because if he can really get the appointment of the court, this matter will be a great disadvantage to Zhu Nao.

——Sometimes the so-called "righteousness" is not just to follow the pedantic rules, but a kind of wisdom to protect oneself.It was as if no matter how recklessly Zhu Nao acted, he also faked a title of "Supervisory Censor" for himself, instead of starting a new stove and establishing himself as king.Seemingly justifiable at least can make him less enemies.And once he was labeled as a "rebel", he gave all the enemies an excuse.The enemies can use this excuse to boost their morale, or they can use this excuse to unite with other forces to deal with him.

Xu Yu couldn't help but said, "Censor, think twice..."

Zhu Nao finally finished reading the ledger, put the ledger together and put it back on the table.And his complete smiling face also appeared from behind the ledger, presenting itself in front of Xu Yu.

"Xu Shaoyin." Zhu Nao interposed his hands and asked with great interest, "Don't you want to know what the court will do?"

Xu Yu stared at his smiling face and was stunned.

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After more than half a month, several messengers who were busy with travel and dust finally arrived in the capital.As soon as they entered the capital, they were stunned by the scene in the city——

I saw that in the capital, almost everyone was naked, and all the colorful signboards on the streets in the past were also demolished.Although there was no sadness on the faces of the people walking on the road, the gloomy atmosphere made the capital, which was supposed to be bustling and bustling, feel extraordinarily desolate and compassionate.

The messengers in Qianzhou talked a lot.

"Hey, what happened?"

"Could it be that someone died? Could it be..."

"Look, there is a notice there!"

The messengers rushed to the notice.It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it's even more shocking to see it.

"The emperor is dead?!"

"Get out of the way, let me see, when did it happen?"

"The notice says it was three days ago. No wonder the whole city is..."

"This... ugh..."

The emperor has been weak and sick for many years. Before the death of General He, there were rumors that the eunuchs were worried that the emperor would die and they would lose their backing, so they assassinated General He first.Now that the emperor is really dead, the people far away from the palace walls are not surprised by this, nor are they sad by it, but they are inevitably at a loss: the death of the emperor must be a huge event.I don't know how this major event will affect the days to come.

The messengers from Qianzhou were also dazed for a while before the announcement.But it was only for a while - what business did the emperor's death matter to them?What should you do, do it now.

They didn't dare to rest for a moment, and they took Xue Baohui's letters and tokens to trust people everywhere.Soon, Xue Baohui's letter was sent to the palace and passed to the people who are currently in power...

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Half a month later, news of the emperor's death reached Yanzhou.

When the news came, Xie Wuji was reading files in the military tent.

He learned the art of war since he was a child, and he led troops when he was 15 years old.Although he is only in his early twenties now, he has made great military exploits.But he is a military officer after all, he knows how to lead troops to fight, but he doesn't know how to govern the country.Coupled with the separation of the military and the government in the past, the military has never been able to intervene in government affairs.Therefore, the people he trusts are all military officers, and there is not a single civil official who can handle it.

Originally, every time he conquered a place, he would find the original local officials and order them to be loyal to him. The government affairs were still presided over by them. He left a team to supervise the guards, and then he himself could lead the army to continue to preside over the front. fighting.Unexpectedly, once he led his troops out of the city, the base in the rear would often rebel and fall.When the same thing happened a few times, he knew that his strategy had gone wrong.

These local officials have little friendship with him, but they all have their own calculations, so it is inevitable to be alienated from him.And if he doesn't use those officials, he has no one else to use. This dilemma is really difficult to break.In desperation, he could only temporarily put aside his plan to quickly quell the rebels, and turned around to stabilize the city he had laid down.

Right now, there is a thick pile of official documents sent by the government on the table.He wants to try to get started with government affairs and break the predicament.However, he only watched it for an hour, and the number of times he frowned was more than that of the previous 20 years combined.

Finally, he put down the file in his hand, rubbed the frown between his brows, got up and walked to the tent.There was a large military map hanging beside the tent. He stared at the map for a while, his sleepiness disappeared, and his cloudy eyes finally became clearer.

At this moment, the curtain of the military tent was lifted, and a messenger walked in.

"General, there is news from the capital."

Xie Wuji turned his head and asked, "What?"

"The emperor passed away on the seventh day of last month. The empress dowager and the eunuchs made the seven-year-old son of King Bohai the new emperor."

Xie Wuji twitched his eyebrows slightly, and returned his gaze to the map.His gaze slowly traveled around the map, no one knew where he stayed, and no one knew what he was thinking.After a while, he said lightly, "I see."

Before the soldier who sent the message left, the military tent was opened again, and Wu Cong hurried in: "General."

Xie Wuji said: "What's the matter?"

Wu Cong said: "Just now the soldiers intercepted a group of guards of honor from the capital outside the city. I heard that the guards of honor are going to Chengdu."

The guard of honor coming out of the capital passed through their territory. It stands to reason that they should entertain and escort them along the way to ensure the safety of the guard of honor.However, it is now a chaotic world, with various forces competing and fighting, and the original order is on the verge of collapse.So whether they want to escort the team or intercept the team depends on what the guard of honor is doing.If it is beneficial to them, they can escort; if it is not good for them, they will intercept and kill on the spot.

Xie Wuji became interested when he heard the word Chengdu, and finally turned around: "Oh?"

Wu Cong took out an exquisite wooden letter found from the guard of honor, and handed it to Xie Wuji.The standard of this wooden letter is very advanced, and only the appointment of officials will use such a wooden letter, and it must be appointed by a very high-ranking official—for example, the governor of a government.

Xie Wuji took the wooden letter, his eyes moved again.He took out the imperial edict inside, handed the wooden letter back to Wu Cong, and unfolded the edict to read the contents above.

Wu Cong hurriedly reached out to take the empty wooden letter, and found that there was an official seal inside.He took it out curiously and glanced at it, and was startled—the official seal said "Chengdu Yin".It turned out that the team they stopped was going to send a letter of appointment to the new Chengdu Yin!

Wu Cong's mind immediately came alive.

Although they are in the north, they have been paying attention to the world's major events.They have heard about all the major events that have happened in Chengdu Mansion in the past two years.

I heard that there was a deceitful man named Zhu Nao in Sichuan. He claimed to be a member of the royal family, and even robbed the official seal of the newly appointed state shepherd in Langzhou, and pretended to be the state shepherd himself.This fake official is more capable than the real one, and he manages Langzhou in an orderly manner.This incident alone is strange enough, but what is even more jaw-dropping is yet to come—more than half a year ago, this man occupied Chengdu Mansion with a mere thousand troops, beheaded Yin Yuanjilu of Chengdu, and acted for himself. Created a title of supervisory censor, and now he seems to be a member of the Chengdu government!

Such a delusional person will undoubtedly be regarded as a thorn in the side of the court by the court, but the court has been too busy to take care of itself in the past six months, and there is no time to trouble him.It must be that a suitable candidate has finally been found at the moment, and this letter of appointment is a legitimate reason for the new Chengdu Yin to send troops, so that he can go to crusade against Zhu Nao.

Xie Wuji quickly read the edict.His face, which has not seen happiness or anger all the year round, has a somewhat complicated expression, but others still can't tell whether his expression represents happiness or sadness.

Wu Cong hurriedly said, "General, who will the imperial court appoint as the new Chengdu Yin?"

He quickly ran through the possible candidates in his mind, and asked, "Is it Liu Buxing? He has thousands of troops in Xiushan, the closest to Chengdu... No, no. He is a military officer, so it shouldn't be him. ... Xue Baohui! It should be Xue Baohui!"

Xie Wuji lowered his eyes, the shadow of his eyelashes covered the tear mole under his eyes: "Junao."

"...Huh?" Wu Cong didn't understand, "What happened to Zhu Nao?"

Xie Wuji handed the imperial edict directly to him, motioning him to read it for himself.

Wu Cong caught the edict and glanced anxiously, his eyes almost popped out of his sockets in shock.

"Zhu, Zhu Nao???" Wu Cong shook his hand and almost threw the imperial edict on the ground, "Chao, dynasties, the imperial court actually appointed Zhu Nao as the new Yin of Chengdu???!!"