The one who came was Gao Chongwen.

Anton protects the son of Gao Kan.

Before leaving Baekje, Gao Kan entrusted him to Su Dawei.

But after Su Dawei returned to Chang'an, he had the intention to avoid suspicion, and his contact with them became less.

In recent months, he has been busy with the case in Chang'an County, and he is safe to be his bad handsome, and he has no intersection with Gao Chongwen and Li Wei and others.

Gao Chongwen was still raising his eyebrows at Su Dawei, and a cough came from behind him.

As if he had been whipped in the back, he immediately puffed up his chest, his face was pale, and he stood beside the road with his hands down: "Su Shuai, please come with me." ”

Su Dawei glanced at him, and then at Li Siwen, who was standing on the steps coughing.

He nodded slightly.

followed Gao Chongwen into the public office.

As soon as you enter the hall, the first thing you see is a huge map that looks like a screen.

Standing in the middle of the hall.

Several generals were gathered in front of the map, pointing to the map and whispering something.

Turning the screen map, at a glance to see the things behind the map, Su Dawei's eyes lit up.

Sandbox.

This kind of thing was originally only available in later generations, but when Su Dawei conquered the Western Turks, he made a simple sand table with colored clay.

At the time, he was still crude.

However, after Su Dingfang saw it, he greatly appreciated it.

When he was conquering the Japanese country before, Su Dawei also used it.

However, this was only done by Su Dawei in order to deepen his understanding of the terrain when using the army, and he didn't think too much about it at that time.

Now, the sand table seen here in the military department looks more complete and refined, and the scale is also larger.

Obviously, the practice of using sand tables instead of traditional maps has been slowly popularized in the Ministry of War.

The benefits of this to enhance the combat strength of the Tang Army are obvious.

Su Dawei followed Gao Chongwen and Li Siwen in, bypassing the several generals who were discussing around the sand table.

Among these people, there are also Su Dawei's familiar faces.

There is Li Jinxing, and there is also Li Debate.

Gao Chongwen belonged to the chatterbox, and whispered on the side: "Su Shuai, those of us are studying in the Hongwen Pavilion now, and by the way, we can walk around the military department, first, to do something, and second, to increase our military experience." ”

The Tang Dynasty official school is known as the "Six Learnings and Two Museums".

The six schools refer to Guozixue, Taixue, the four disciplines, law, calligraphy, and arithmetic, and these six disciplines are subordinate to Guozijian.

The second hall refers to the Hongwen Hall and the Chongwen Hall.

Among them, the Hongwen Pavilion was established in the fourth year of Taizu Wude, and the original name was Xiuwen Hall, which belonged to the Menxia Province.

In the ninth year of Wude, Taizong ascended the throne and changed its name to Hongwenguan.

There are dozens of apprentices, most of whom are children of the royal family, learning scripture and history calligraphy.

Entering the Hongwen Museum, his status is much more prominent than that of the students of the Sixth School of Guozijian.

After Gao Chongwen finished speaking, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised slightly.

He pulled the corner of Su Dawei's clothes, and said with some pride: "The one sitting on the table is Xiao Siye, the secretary of the Ministry of War, this old man is very strict, Su Shuai, you don't talk for a while, look at my eyes, ......"

Gao Chongwen was about to continue, but saw Xiao Siye, who was sitting at the table, suddenly stood up, and surprise flashed in his eyes: "Su Dawei, why are you here?" ”

"I've seen Xiao Shangshu."

Su Dawei stood at the bottom and saluted Xiao Siye.

And Xiao Siye had already laughed and got up, came up and patted Su Dawei on the shoulder twice, and under the stunned gaze of a group of people, he pulled Su Dawei up and introduced to the rest of the generals in the public office: "Don't you always ask the old man on weekdays, where did this sand table come from, and now I will tell you that this thing was created by Su Dawei." ”

The entire military department was instantly quiet.

Countless eyes focused on Su Dawei's body at once.

Su Dawei's name, I have heard it.

But the Ministry of War is in charge of the soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty, and there are hundreds of generals and generals who have heard of it in peacetime.

Although Su Dawei's name has been heard, it is not necessarily anything particularly surprising that can make people think of it at once.

But Xiao Siye said that the creator of the sand table was Su Dawei, and he gave everyone the most intuitive impression at once.

This person has really single-handedly improved the efficiency of the marching map.

With the sand table as a physical object, the original marching map looked unbearably rough.

Those who can invent this thing are definitely not very human.

"Not only the sand table, the saddle in the army, but also the farrier and the horse pedal, which seem to be inconspicuous, but are actually very important for cavalry combat, have all been improved by Su Dawei's opinions."

Xiao Siye smiled and patted Su Dawei hard.

"There are many generals who have worked with the younger generation of old men, but only you can make the old man remember so deeply."

"Xiao Shangshu praised it falsely."

Su Dawei thanked him and said that he was ashamed of it.

Gao Chongwen on the side was dumbfounded.

Subconsciously licked his lips and said to Xiao Siye: "Xiao Shangshu, do you know Su Dawei?" ”

"Yes, of course I know."

Xiao Siye laughed, touched his white beard, and suddenly glared at Gao Chongwen: "His name, the old man can be called, Gao Kan can be called, how can you be rude?" Called General Su. ”

"Yes...... General Su. ”

Gao Chongwen was dumbfounded for a while.

I had to call Su Dawei the general.

, what's going on?

Xiao Siye and the others see each other on weekdays, and they all have a straight face, like a black-faced judge.

Why did the sun come out in the west today.

Seeing Su Dawei, he smiled as if he had picked up a treasure, and the corners of his mouth were almost on his ears.

How can it be so exaggerated?

It wasn't that long ago.

When Gao Chongwen led Su Dawei to enter the Shangshu Mansion of the Military Department, there was still a faint pride in his heart.

has a little subconscious contempt for Su Dawei.

After all, Su Dawei is not the governor of the Tang Dynasty who has a heavy army in his hands and destroys the country in a fit of rage.

It's just a little bad handsome.

No grade, no step.

In this military department Shangshu Mansion, it is obvious that Gao Chongwen, the second generation of the military, has a more noble identity.

However, Xiao Siye, the secretary of the Ministry of War, attached great importance to Su Dawei, which surprised everyone.

"You don't know, during the Xianqing period, I followed the general manager of Su Dingfang to conquer the Western Turks.

At that time, the Khan Ashina Helu, who was pursuing the Western Turks, was pursued by Su Dawei and me.

At that time, the old man had worked with Su Dawei.

Seeing with your own eyes what it means to be a husband who wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

Later, it was Su Dawei who took the lead and captured Ashina Helu.

Since that war, the old man has become friends with Su Dawei. ”

As he spoke, he stroked Su Dawei's back and said with a smile: "After a hundred years, the old man will be able to prosper the Tang army, and only Su Dawei will be able to prosper." ”

That's quite a big deal.

is simply in front of the second generation of the Tang Dynasty's noble army, and he is proud of Su Dawei.

That's right, the one who can stay in the public house at this time is definitely not a poor family.

It's that everyone has roots.

is not from a family, or a noble in the army, after a famous general.

Su Dawei's background will not enter the eyes of these people at all on weekdays.

But when Xiao Siye, the current secretary of the Ministry of War, said this, the meaning is different.

Su Dawei couldn't tell for a while whether Old Man Xiao really wanted to promote it for himself, or if he had other ideas.

For a while, he was really flattered, and smiled bitterly at Xiao Siye: "Xiao Shangshu, are you going to roast Su on the fire?" ”

"Where you deserve it."

Xiao Siye stretched out his hand and pressed Su Dawei's shoulder, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes.

Ashina Helu, who robbed the old man back then, was very cool.

Now, the old man is not only to promote you, but also to give you a problem, whether you can serve the hearts of these thorny second generations in the hall depends on your own ability.

After a turn of thought, Xiao Siye asked with a smile: "By the way, I came to find the old man today, didn't I make a special trip to catch up with the old days, right?" ”

……

In the quiet room, whale incense from the Western Regions is lit.

In the air, there is a green and white smoke, which is unforgettable.

Su Dawei and Xiao Siye sat opposite each other across a wooden table.

"If you have anything to say, you can talk to the old man directly."

Xiao Siye raised his hand, took the tea soup that had just been cooked on the wooden table, sniffed the tea soup, and his face showed joy.

"This tea is good, my old Lingnan friend sent it to me, plus the rain before the Cold Food Festival, the cook at this time is the most delicious."

As he spoke, he skillfully lifted the teapot and poured a cup of tea for himself and Su Dawei.

Then he pushed the cup and changed the cup, and pushed the cup of tea belonging to Su Dawei to him.

"Xie Xiao Shangshu."

"Heh, there's no one anymore, you still call me by my official name, isn't it hypocritical?"

Xiao Siye snorted, and he didn't know whether to ridicule or mock.

Su Dawei had no choice but to smile and said: "Etiquette cannot be wasted." ”

Xiao Siye snorted, as if he was dissatisfied.

However, he didn't continue to say anything, just turned the teacup slightly, squinted slightly, sniffed the tea, and enjoyed it.

"Before I returned to Chang'an, the British Duke once explained that if there is any difficulty in Chang'an, you can find Xiao Shangshu."

"Li Tao?"

Xiao Siye's slightly narrowed eyes opened, and a glint flashed in his eyes: "This old cunning." ”

Among the generals of the older generation of the Tang Dynasty, there are many generals who are good at strategy and have the city government in their hearts.

If it is said that it is cunning, the first recommendation is Cheng Zhijie.

Cheng Zhijie uses soldiers to do things, which can be described as leaky, muddy on the surface, and shrewd on the inside.

The second is Li Tao.

Doing things and being a person has its own set of rules and bottom lines.

But on the other hand, he is as cunning as a fox, taking one step and looking at the calculation of three steps.

The last one is Xiao Siye in front of him.

Although he is not as muddy as Cheng Biting Jin.

Nor is it as cunning as Li Tao.

But throughout his experience, he followed Emperor Yang of Sui as a child, and later entered the Eastern Turks with Empress Xiao.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, he led the Turkic tribes and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

This kind of person has had great ups and downs in his life, going through the Sui and Tang dynasties, from Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, to Tang Gaozu, Taizong, and until the Li Zhi Dynasty.

Four generations of emperors.

Everything that has been experienced, very human.

has already seen through the world and lived transparently.

To put it in one word, it is "human spirit".

He knows how to advance and retreat, and knows how to make trade-offs.

Know when, what to do, what to say.

I also know who to stand on.

Li Tao mentioned this person before Su Dawei returned to Chang'an.

is not only selling favors, but also telling Su Dawei that Xiao Siye can be trusted and is his own person.

Or rather, it is the person who belongs to him.

Xiao Siye didn't speak.

He seemed to squint, as if he was sleepy as if he was about to fall asleep.

Holding the porcelain cup in his hand, he brought it to his lips and sucked it gently.

The afternoon light shines through the window, through the porcelain cup.

It also illuminates the essence in Xiao Siye's eyes.

"That cunning head of Li Tao, what are you asking me to do?"