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Chapter 901 is not watching

Zhang Chu is a veritable old man in the Black Flag Army, and he has already followed Fang Xie behind him before Fang Xie has set the number of the Black Flag Army, only slightly later than Sun Kaidao. He chose to stay with Fang Xie when he went to the Northwest Wolf Milk Mountain to take over the Sui army.

Over the years, he has done a lot of things for the Black Flag Army.

However, although this person is cautious, he can control the small situation and cannot see the overall situation. Wu Yiyi's evaluation of him is that this person is literary and martial, and he is a talent. But the horizon is too small, and the ability is limited. Wu Yiyi's comment is very pertinent...... Let Zhang Chu govern a place, and it will be difficult. If you give him a county, no one can do it better than him. gave Zhang Chu 100,000 horses, he was unable to control the final defeat and death. Give him 10,000 horses, and the army will be in good order, and there will be no big defeat if there is a small victory.

But Fang Xie is the most affectionate person, Zhang Chu has been with him for a long time, and it is inevitable to take more care of him. In order not to make Zhang Chu feel wronged, after thinking about it, Fang Xie arranged him in an extremely important position, although the official position is not very high, but with his ability, even if he can't do everything, there will be no chaos.

But who knew that Lu Dao, but in such a position, he still disappointed Fang Jie.

A table of wine

A jug of wine

Zhang Chu sat there, looking at the full glass of wine in front of him in a daze.

Fang Xie didn't speak, just drank one by one.

"Lord ......"

Zhang Chu raised his head and glanced at Fang Jie, but stopped talking. In the end, he just sighed and drank the wine from the glass.

Fang Xie picked up the flask and filled a glass for him, and said after a moment of silence: "I've been thinking about what kind of excuse I can give you these days. I carefully thought about all the credit you have made since following me, and then I will fold away your sins and see what to do with them. ”

"My lord, this is wrong."

Zhang Chu put down the wine glass and said with some bitterness: "The rules set by the lord for the Black Flag Army are that if there is merit, there will be rewards and punishments, I have done some things before, but the lord has already rewarded him, and the reward is very rich." Now that I have made a mistake, there is no reason to exchange the previous credit...... Merit is merit, and fault is fault. ”

Fang Xie looked at him: "I have always known Lu Dao, and the most principled person in the Black Flag Army is you, but you know that Lu Dao is like this, why do you want to break the law?" ”

"Because of you, my lord."

Zhang Chu drank the wine in the cup again, and then smiled: "Since it has come to the present, there is nothing to taboo for subordinates." In fact, his subordinates have a stomach full of things that they want to say all the time, but many of these words can't be said...... There is no doubt that the lord is the best lord, so many heroes and heroes in the world are counted, and no one can treat his subordinates better than the lord, this point, if anyone doubts, his subordinates are willing to fight with their lives. ”

"When it comes to rewards, the Black Flag Army is the highest. In terms of well-being, the Black Flag Army is the most. In terms of salary, the Black Flag Army is the highest. ”

Zhang Chu said: "But...... Lord."

He stood up, a little emotional: "Do you know what makes you feel most uneasy?" ”

"What?"

Fang asked.

"It's because you care too much about affection."

Zhang Chu said loudly: "The lord is not enough to be a hero, the brothers follow you, because you are affectionate, this is true, but there is another reason...... That is, everyone hopes to follow the lord to get a good future and a good home. Bow to the marquis, glorious lintel. But many of your decisions, my lord, have disappointed your subordinates......"

"Say it."

Fang explained.

"First, the lord does things too much, for example, now that the eldest princess is in the camp, what a good flag is this? If the lord holds this flag and sends troops, it is justified! But the lord, he just raised this princess in the camp, eating and drinking, and didn't need her at all! ”

"Second, the lord has now sat on a side of the world, but what about the name? A long time ago, someone persuaded the lord to be promoted to the throne first, so that the reward for the people below is also worthy of the name. But the lord did not accept the position of a prince until the eldest princess came. The dukedom is not low, but how to reward his subordinates? The Black Flag Army went out to fight in four directions, and the generals made great military achievements, but the generals under the lord had a general's name, did they have a grade? No! ”

"Thirdly, what is the inference from the two points mentioned above? It's the lord who doesn't have the heart to dominate the world! ”

Zhang Chu lamented: "This third point is the most unsteady." There is no doubt that everyone follows the lord because of the good of the lord and for their own good. But everyone can't see the ambition of the lord, and they can't see their own future. ”

"So ......"

At this point, he couldn't help but pause.

"So, you're starting to find a way out for yourselves."

Fang Xie sighed lightly and took a sip of wine: "You think that my mind is not in the battle of the world, but I just want to be a great general of the Great Sui." Otherwise, I wouldn't have the same respect for the eldest princess, otherwise I wouldn't have been promoted to the throne. If I only want to be a great general of the Great Sui, then these people under my command will naturally not be able to reach a great general in the future. In the future, if I help the Great Sui restore the world, then the credit is so great, but my subordinates can't get everything they deserve, and they are unwilling. ”

"More than that!"

Zhang Chu said: "Because the lord's flag is unknown, people are uneasy. If the lord is really quelling the rebellion for the sake of the Great Sui, then with such a great contribution in the future, no matter who the Great Sui inherits the throne, how can he not be afraid of the lord with heavy troops? When the time comes, it will inevitably find a way to take back the military power from the lord, and it will inevitably suppress the lord's generals. Just like Li Xiao, the great general during the Taizong period, even if Taizong attaches importance to him and believes in him, for the sake of the country, he is also forced by the pressure of others, so he naturally wants to start. Once that time comes...... Where do we people go? ”

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Fang Xie was silent for a long time.

Zhang Chu looked at Fang Jie's face and said apologetically: "Actually, saying this is nothing more than making excuses for your mistakes. The fault is still on the subordinates and others, just because of the distrust of the lord. The subordinates actually know that this is their own fault, such as Dugu Wenxiu, such as Cui Zhongzhen, such as Xiahou Baichuan, and even such as Sanjin Hou Wu, they will not do such a thing, because they firmly believe that the lord will have great achievements in the future. ”

"They are all strong-minded people."

Zhang Chu said: "Didn't the lord notice it? ”

Fang Xie raised his head and glanced at him: "What?" ”

"In the Black Flag Army, subordinates and others are not the first to commit such a thing. Like what...... Sun Kaidao. ”

Zhang Chu said: "Lord, what do we people have in common?" ”

Without waiting for Fang Xie to answer, Zhang Chu said himself: "What we all have in common is that our abilities are limited, and we are only placed in a very important position because we have been following the lord for a long time. We are not Sanjin Hou, not Dugu Wenxiu, not Cui Zhongzhen, because they are the most powerful people under the command of the lord, and they will inevitably be above us in the future. And we, in the future, are even worse than ...... now."

"Now when the Lord is fighting the world, each of his subordinates has his own responsibilities, and they are all important. In the future, whether the lord goes to sit in the world, or for the Great Sui to level the world, after the war is over, the four seas are peaceful, and we people should not be as good as now at that time? ”

He smiled bitterly: "For people like us, the best place to return in the future is for the lord to reward a dispensable official position, a title that is neither high nor low, and live by that share...... In that case, why don't I save some money for myself in advance? Regardless of whether the lord will be the emperor or assist the emperor in the future, we will not have a bright future, so we will simply take risks and save a large amount of money for our future retirement. ”

Fang Xie nodded: "You think like this, it's because I don't think too much. ”

Zhang Chu suddenly became a little angry: "Lord! ”

He said loudly: "The lord must have an ambitious heart!" There must be a momentum that this world is mine! I said this, in fact, the lord doesn't need to listen at all, there is no need to apologize, and there is no need to even see his subordinates, just pull us out of the black flag army and cut us down according to the military discipline of the Black Flag Army! Why should the lord feel guilty for the nonsense of a man who has committed a capital offense? If the lord really cares about the world, he should withdraw his subordinates from the world now, and cut them indiscriminately! ”

Fang Xie shook his head: "There are some things that I didn't think about well, thank you for reminding me." You say you don't need to listen to your arguments, and that's wrong...... I want to listen to your hearts because I want to guard against such things. I can raise the knife at the enemy countless times, but I don't want to raise it once at my own people. ”

He stood up and paced slowly: "I heard you say this, and it's not that I'm still thinking about how to reduce your sentence. It took me a few days to think that it was because I had already made up my mind to kill you. If not, how can there not be a reason? ”

"Military Law ......"

Fang Xie looked at Zhang Chu: "It's military law, I missed it once before, and I won't make a mistake again in the future." I should have killed Sun Kaidao but didn't, which fueled your greed. Now, if I don't kill you, military law will be useless. And I, the leader, have no one to respect anymore. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Chu nodded heavily.

"If there is only one Sun Kaidao, I can put the responsibility for this incident on the word greed. But out of you, out of so many people, how can I still deceive myself because of greed? Isn't it because you're not good enough? ”

Fang Xie said slowly: "So, I want to find my shortcomings from you. Then deal with what happened in the future, and now, where do I have a way back? ”

Zhang Chu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "If I had seen the lord's eyes like this, I might not have this capital crime today...... Lord, in your eyes just now, there is the momentum of the power of the world to give up who else. ”

"Sooner or later, my sins today will not escape the fate."

Zhang Chu said: "People are doing it, the sky is watching, even if the lord doesn't check, sooner or later, I won't end well." In fact, during these days, whenever I thought that I had collected money to protect corrupt officials and corrupt officials, I couldn't sleep at night. It's not that the subordinates haven't thought about finding the lord to be honest with everything, but what they lack is courage. ”

"You're wrong......"

Fang Xie turned his head to look at him, and said word by word: "People are doing it, and the sky may not be watching." People are doing it, but in the end it is others watching. What is Days? ”

Fang Jie's eyes flashed with a hint of profound brilliance: "The people can't rely on their own strength to maintain fairness, so they pin their hopes on the ethereal sky, thinking that the gods can be just and selfless. In fact, how can they themselves not know the Tao of the Dao, and the nature is ruthless and unrighteous? Geniuses will not care about the affairs of the world, no matter how great the grievance is, no matter how great the injustice. People are doing it, and the sky is watching. It's just a fantasy of the people, a kind of sustenance...... In other words......

Fang explained: "Whoever makes the people see justice and fairness, who can make decisions for them...... Whoever is the sky! ”