Chapter 160: Take Advantage of All Opportunities
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Pei Xingjian stopped Liu Yi's puzzled questioning, and continued: "Also, you have made too much credit in the First World War and promoted too quickly, how will the other ministers of the DPRK and China think of you?" A jealous Ming Chongyan is gone, but there will definitely be a second or third, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it..."
Pei Xingjian's words when Liu Yi and Li Xian said it made Liu Yi surprised for no reason, he is only a twenty-year-old young man now, if he is promoted too quickly and suddenly occupies a high position in the court, it will definitely attract some people's eyes and jealousy.
Seeing a strange look on Liu Yi's face, Pei Xingjian smiled bitterly, "You just look at me..."
Hearing Pei Xingjian say this, Liu Yi was even more surprised, "Handsome, you..."
"A lot of times, it's not a good thing to take too much credit, especially for someone your age!" Pei Xingjian put away his wry smile and his face returned to normal.
"The last general understands, thank you for your care!" Liu Yi also understood the meaning of Pei Xingjian's words, and also knew the intention of Pei Xingjian's arrangement, which was a manifestation of his love for him, and he was very grateful in his heart.
"It's good to understand!" Pei Xingjian's face remained unchanged, "However, if there is an urgent task, this commander will still appoint you to carry it out!" You have to be ready to carry out the task at all times!"
In fact, this was just Pei Xingjian's words to comfort Liu Yi, for fear that Liu Yi would feel uncomfortable, and in the future, he would definitely not arrange any more tasks for Liu Yi.
Such an arrangement, in addition to Pei Xingjian's disbelief that Liu Yi would make too much meritorious service for the first time, there were other reasons.
Before the expedition, Pei Xingjian was instructed, and there was special care from special people, asking him to take care of Liu Yi and not have an accident, Liu Yi led the army to take a big risk, although the result was only a thrill, but Pei Xingjian still had a heart, he was also afraid that Liu Yi would be hurt by some accident and could not go back to return to a few people.
Now that Liu Yi has made great achievements, everything is perfect, he is not willing to risk letting Liu Yi carry out the task again, the generals rely on slow training, and they can't let potential generals take risks in a battle that is about to be won.
"Yes, Dashuai, the last general will be at the disposal of Dashuai at any time!" Liu Yi was overjoyed when he heard it.
At the time of the war, when the war has not subsided, there will definitely be an emergency, and if there is such an opportunity, I will still have another chance to perform.
Pei Xingjian regained his solemn expression, looked at Liu Yi for a while, and then asked: "Virtuous nephew, there are only you and me today, and I want to ask you something... I don't know if you have been instructed by the Queen of Heaven before you set out on the expedition, and you want to play the movements of the army after the expedition, all the arrangements of the handsome, and some words and deeds to the Queen of Heaven after returning to the court?!"
Liu Yi looked at Pei Xingjian in a daze, and admired this outstanding commander very much in his heart, he actually expected Wu Zetian to send someone to spy on him, and said almost without hesitation at the moment: "Dashuai, before the expedition, the queen of heaven Niangniang did announce that the end of the army would go, and ordered some things, and asked the end general to arrange the arrangement of the army, as well as your every move, all of them were reported to her, and an edict was given, and of course there were some other people... The last general originally wanted to tell you earlier, but I was afraid that you would have any scruples when you heard it..."
Liu Yi didn't dare to go into detail, in the secret edict given by Wu Zetian, he also asked him to collect evidence of Pei Xingjian's misdeeds, which made Liu Yi very surprised and puzzled, such a highly meritorious commander, could Wu Zetian also put him to death? Liu Yi believes that the people Shangguan Wan'er told him also have similar missions, and may even have a much heavier mission than him.
"Virtuous nephew, it's not surprising at all, the last time I went to Anxi, there was also such a person arranged by the queen of heaven by my side!" Pei Xingjian didn't seem to care, and said with a little self-deprecation, "If it weren't for the fact that he could still lead troops to fight, and there were no other good generals in the court, I'm afraid..."
"Oh!" Liu Yi responded in surprise, it turned out that Pei Xingjian had already been aware of Wu Zetian's installation of people to monitor him, and now he said it to himself, and he really didn't trust himself ordinarily, "Dashuai, why would the queen of heaven treat you like this?" ”
"Virtuous nephew, this time the commander has an army of 300,000, most of these 300,000 horses are elite divisions, maybe the emperor trusts a certain and will not suspect anything, but the queen..."
Liu Yi also suddenly understood when he heard this, these 300,000 horses may be nearly half of the elite tax men and horses in the Tang Dynasty's military force, this is a terrifying force, if Wu Zetian suspects that a person with authority like Pei Xingjian has different intentions, then it is really not surprising to take some precautions.
When Pei Xingjian said this, Liu Yi didn't dare to interject to express his opinion, and he didn't know how to say it, so he had to listen to Pei Xingjian again.
Pei Xingjian glanced at Liu Yi's somewhat surprised look, showed a wry smile, and continued: "Since the private discussion with the eldest grandson Wuji, Zhu Suiliang and others many years ago, the queen of heaven has always been suspicious of a certain person!" Pei Xingjian said calmly, "Fortunately, over the years, a certain has made many military exploits for the imperial court and has been appreciated by the emperor, otherwise he will be like Luo Changshi, alas!"
Liu Yi guessed that maybe this is Wu Zetian's surname, he is suspicious, and he will never trust anyone who has offended her, especially those who have opposed such a major matter after the establishment of the post, although Pei Xingjian is a top person in all aspects of civil and military talent, and has been very trusted by Emperor Li Zhi, but because of Wu Zetian's suspicion, he still can't enter the real core of power, that is, he is crowned as the "three products under the door of the same Zhongshu" that indicates the position of prime minister! Without this title, he can't be regarded as a prime minister, even if he leads the left and right servants, he will have less right to speak in the court, and the weight of his speech will not be too heavy.
Also, some problems can also be seen from the treatment of Di Renjie and Luo Bin Wang, the two servants of the imperial history, although it shows that Chongyan is almost the person who was personally killed by Emperor Li Zhi, but the reason is the impeachment of Di Renjie and Luo Bin Wang, both of whom were immediately released, Di Renjie went to Ningzhou in the northwest to serve as Sima, and Luo Bin Wang traveled with the army on the expedition, shouldering the heavy post of marching chief. As Di Renjie said, those who are officials hope to serve in the capital, so there are more opportunities for promotion, and no one wants to be released, these two upright servants were sent to the frontier, which is of course a punishment for Wu Zetian.
Di Renjie is relatively better, he doesn't need to go back and forth to Ningzhou to Ren Sima, Luo Bingwang is a little less lucky, he has to travel thousands of miles with the army, fortunately, Luo Bingwang once followed Pei Xingjian in Qinghai, and he also served as the marching commander, and he is already quite familiar with military affairs, but the environment and climate are not good, and it is a continuous and rapid march, which is tiring after all.
It is possible that it is better to offend Li Zhidu than to offend Wu Zetian.
"The marshal is the minister of the humerus of the imperial court, and the last general will be unfair to the marshal to receive such unfair treatment!" Liu Yi was a little indignant while rejoicing for himself.
"Virtuous nephew, don't you say that," Pei Xingjian smiled, "Some things are destined by God, after you return to the court, you will also write a detailed report and submit it to the queen of heaven, can you understand?" As for some other people who have received the same order, don't tell me, I have a number!"
"The last general understands!"
"Virtuous nephew, you are young and promising, and you have a bright future, I hope these things will not happen to you," Pei Xingjian said and showed a smile again, "Your opportunities are much better than mine, not only have the trust and reuse of the emperor and the queen, but even Princess Taiping and the female official Shangguan Wan'er around the queen of heaven are all in favor of you, such an opportunity is something that no one can meet, what I want to tell you is that you must grasp all the opportunities, and you can't let him lose them, especially Princess Taiping!" Pei Xingjian lowered his voice slightly, "Princess Taiping still has a lot of weight to speak to Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven and the Queen of Heaven, your father's affairs, as far as I know, she has said a lot for you, otherwise your father would not have been able to get such an honor!"
Liu Yi looked at Pei Xingjian with a surprised face, he didn't expect that Pei Xingjian would say these words to him today.
Pei Xingjian didn't let Liu Yi have a chance to interject, and continued: "Also, Princess Taiping is not an arrogant and heartless woman like her appearance, she is quite scheming, and she is quite good at doing things, just like what your father did secretly when he had an accident, few people know... You... But don't mess with her! When the poetry meeting ended, I also told you that the opportunity should be seized, and this is what it refers to!"
"And Shangguan Wan'er, who is also a very good and very capable woman, you can't annoy these two women, if you want to always get the trust and reuse of His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven, and not be suspicious of them, the two of them must be subdued, it's just," Pei Xingjian said and shook his head, his expression was a little narrow, "This is a tricky matter, hehe, you can do it yourself..."
Before the expedition, Princess Taiping came to Pei Xingjian in a hurry, and had a big call with the commander who was going to lead hundreds of thousands of horses to the expedition, and Pei Xingjian was even more impressed by the first princess of the dynasty, who had always been arrogant and spicy.
Liu Yi listened to Pei Xingjian's words, but he was even more surprised, his mouth opened in surprise, he was a little confused, did Pei Xingjian want to instigate himself to take these two women into the room as his wife and concubine? This kind of thing is not what Pei Xingjian, who is now in command of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, should say, and it is not easy to ask clearly, so he has to smirk with a smirk, "Dashuai, the last general understands..."
"You don't get it completely!" Pei Xingjian shook his head, "Even if you understand it, you may not know how to do it, what I have to say is that many times, for the sake of your own future, you need to do something wronged by yourself, and many times we can't help ourselves!"
Liu Yi only felt a boom in his head, "The last general understands what the big handsome means!"
"It's good to understand, it's not early, go back and rest," Pei Xingjian stood up, lowered his voice again, and said very seriously: "Today's words must not enter anyone's ears!"
"The last general understands!" Liu Yi replied loudly.
Pei Xingjian cares for himself, and he has a feeling that Liu Yi feels that he is a father, he is a little attached to Pei Xingjian, presumably Pei Xingjian also trusts himself unusually, the commander of the army trusts himself so much, and he tells himself that if he leaks half a sentence of such a thing, the two of them will be finished...
(To be continued)