Chapter 596

Although it is late autumn, the weather on Huangyang road is much warmer than that in the northwest and much warmer than that in Chang'an city. Although it can't compare with Jiangnan and the southwest of the great Sui Dynasty, it doesn't make people feel cold at all. If you were in fan Gu, it would be snowy this month.

Over the past few months, the black flag army has been attacking constantly, taking most of Huang Yangdao into his arms step by step. Tian Xin, who takes care of Luo Yao's house, seems to have become blind and deaf. He has no response to the expansion of the black flag army. If the black flag army goes further, he will step back.

Chen Qianshan and Cui Zhongzhen were ordered to lead more than 40000 troops to advance eastward and disconnect the connection between xinkouchang and Xinyang City, but even so, no soldiers came out of Xinyang City. Maybe Tian Xin knows that he has no way to compete with the black flag army. If there is no problem defending the city, if he goes out to fight, he is quite afraid of the tens of thousands of elite riders of the black flag army.

The military newspaper in front kept returning to Zhuque mountain. Fang Xie believed more and more that Luo Yao had changed his original intention. At first, he did have the idea of striving for hegemony in the Central Plains, but now he only looks at the xiongcheng called Chang'an.

In the conference hall, Fang Xie stood in front of the huge map and looked at the marked situation attentively.

Dugu Wenxiu, a newly promoted civil servant, walked in with a thick pile of copywriters and respectfully said, "I've seen a big general."

Dugu Wenxiu was born in a famous family, and Dugu family was also a first-class family in the big Sui Dynasty. If it weren't for the emperor's great moves in Chang'an City, many people of Dugu family would still be officials in the imperial court. Speaking of it, he is still a cousin to Dugu Jing, the former Minister of the rites Department of the great Sui Dynasty, but he was born from a common son, so his status is far less noble than Dugu Jing.

At the beginning, huaiqiugong had a serious illness. Dugu Jing temporarily took the post of minister of rites. He could have gone further, but he was also a strange man. After hearing that huaiqiugong had recovered, he immediately asked to leave. The Emperor allowed him to resign from the position of minister of rites, but instead he was granted the position of minister of officials, which was more powerful.

Later, because he was involved in Prince Yi's case, he was deposed by the emperor. However, according to the analysis, the emperor dismissed him and drove Luo Weiran out of Chang'an city out of the same mind. The emperor wanted to reorganize the courtiers of Chang'an. In order to protect these important officials who were indispensable to the Sui Dynasty and to prevent them from being implicated, he first sent them out of Chang'an city.

Later, the great talent, who was especially valued by the emperor, was said to be unhappy at home after being dismissed. He fell ill for a long time and died without treatment.

However, Fang Xie also knew that Dugu Jing's death was not due to any serious illness.

In fact, the emperor's mind did not hide from those people. He dismissed several courtiers he valued and sent them out of Chang'an successively. Those secretly guessed the emperor's arrangement very early, just like Huai Qiugong died of depression in his hometown in Jiangnan. After they returned home, they were actually controlled by those secretly.

Huaiqiugong died of grief and anger, obviously because of despair.

Dugu Jing said that she died of illness. Nine times out of ten, she was killed by someone.

Su Chongli is still alive, but the Su family's big house is surrounded by 500 elite soldiers sent by pangba. The Su family are not even free to go in and out. Even if Su Chongli sees the right time and wants to return to Chang'an City, he has no chance. It is said that pangba asked Su Chongli to be an official under his account more than once, but Su Chongli just refused to obey, and it is estimated that he is not far from death.

"What's up?"

Fang Xie took the hot tea that Mu San handed him and asked.

Mu San immediately withdrew from the conference hall and was far away. Fang Xie glanced at the little eunuch and had to praise him. The little eunuch was a man of insight.

"Senior general, this is the statistics of autumn grain harvests everywhere."

Dugu Wenxiu said: "There is not much harvest of autumn grain in Shannan because there are still large-scale wasteland reclamation and planting at the same time. It is estimated that the harvest of summer grain will have to wait until next year. The harvest of counties and counties in Chengdu is good. There are several rivers crossing Huangyang Road, so it has never been a place to eat by rain. The annual harvest in Chengdu is almost the same. It is only the harvest of Huangyang road in the past two years The grain was looted by Luo Yao, so it was a little difficult. "

"Just know a number."

Fang Xie waved his hand and said, "since I have ordered not to receive a grain of grain from the people this year, I can't go back on my word."

"Subordinates understand."

Dugu Wenxiu put aside the pamphlets that had been reported from all over the world, took out another one and handed it to Fang Xie: "this is the document sent by the governor, Lord Sun. Please have a look at it."

Fang Xie took it over and looked through it. He found that sun Kaidao was really decisive. He had killed seven local officials in the past month. The people below had nicknamed him sun guillotine.

"How many barren fields have been opened in Shannan?"

Fang Xie asked while looking through it.

"There are no less than 250000 mu."

Dugu Wenxiu replied: "over the past few months, more and more recruits have come to join the army. The qualified recruits have been sent to the south of the mountain to open up wasteland and train troops. The progress is very fast."

"Well"

"Dugu"

Fang Xie looked at Dugu Wenxiu and asked, "there's something I want to ask you."

"General, please tell me what your subordinates know."

"What I want to ask is that among those people gathered in Tonggu academy, are there also people from your Dugu family?"

Dugu Wenxiu's face obviously changed, and then nodded: "My subordinates are not very clear about this. Although they are from the Dugu family, they don't have much to contact because they are concubines. Most of the affairs in the family are controlled by their direct relatives. We can live in chaos. However, my mother once mentioned that the head of the Dugu family will go to Jiangnan at least once a year."

Fang Xie nodded: "since that's the case, why would Dugu Jing be forced to death?"

Dugu Wenxiu was silent for a moment and said: "the general also knows that Dugu family is not particularly consistent in everything... Moreover, he will not only make the same preparations for everything. Dugu Jing is too loyal to the emperor, so..."

Fang Xie said in a voice: "this sentence is to the point... So you are also another choice for the Dugu family, right?"

Hearing this, Dugu Wenxiu's face suddenly changed, and his hand trembled when he held the books. Those books almost fell to the ground. He raised his head and looked at Fang Xie, and then dropped down quickly, afraid to look at them directly.

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"It's okay"

Fang Xie smiled and said, "you should know that I am always informal in my employment. Even if you are sent by Dugu family, you have real talent and learning, so I can use it correctly. I am a poor family background and don't know much about the affairs of the aristocratic family. I just ask you today because of curiosity."

Dugu Wenxiu stood still for a moment, put down the book in his hand, lifted his robe and knelt down: "the general is right. I was indeed arranged by my elders to join the general. First, I asked Mr. Sun to introduce me."

"Did sun Kaidao take your silver?"

Fang Xie said faintly.

"Yes..."

Dugu Wenxiu said, "my subordinates don't know how much money Mr. Sun spent on housekeeping at home."

Fang Xie smiled: "you don't seem to have a deep mind. The Dugu family sent you here mostly because they despise me. They think I'm not enough to send outstanding figures of the Dugu family to help. However, I know that most of the outstanding people come from the common people."

Fang Xie thought of Li Xiaozong.

"Although my subordinates are from Dugu family, they have lived a miserable life with my mother since childhood. If it weren't for the help of my cousin Dugu Jing, they would not live as well as ordinary people."

Dugu Wenxiu said, "if my subordinates hide these things, please punish them."

"Punish you for what?"

Fang Xie smiled and waved his hand: "get up, as I said just now, I know you are sent by Dugu family, but I still want to use you and reuse you. I value your talent rather than your origin and your purpose. As long as you do things safely, I don't know it."

Dugu Wenxiu kowtowed heavily: "thank you for your grace."

"You have a good temperament, but it fits your name."

Solution: "I've sent someone to pick up your mother. Dugu family can only threaten you. The people from Xiaoqi school sent back the news yesterday. They have entered Huangyang road and calculated that they should arrive at Zhuque mountain in another 20 days. I told people to build a small courtyard at the beautiful scenery at the foot of the mountain, where you and your mother will live. When the old man arrives, I'll give you ten days to accompany him She, get familiar with life here. "

"General..."

Dugu Wenxiu, who had just stood up, knelt down again and kowtowed heavily: "the kindness of the general, his subordinates dare not forget forever!"

"Just because I know you are such a person, I will treat you sincerely."

Fang Xie smiled and said: "One month ago, Pei song, the chief copywriter at the tuntian side, was beheaded by me because of his negligence. Twenty days ago, Bo Liu Shouren, the main grain and grass owner of the camp, was beheaded by me because he stole money and grain. Half a month ago, yuan Wenmao, a pen clerk in the army, was beheaded by me because he was drunk. Four days ago, Tian Yi, who joined the army, was ordered to beat 30 military sticks because he couldn't get his point. After returning home, he died three days later It's too late. "

Fang Xie bent his fingers and calculated: "I don't refuse to accept all the people sent to me, but it doesn't mean I'm a fool. If I stay, but don't work for me, I'll kill them. You're different from them. If you work hard, I'll treat you well."

"Subordinates... Remember!"

Dugu Wenxiu touched her head to the bottom and dared not get up.

"At the beginning of the camp, everything is waiting to prosper. I'm short of talents."

Fang Xie went over to help Dugu Wenxiu: "I don't care who comes to take refuge in me. I'll stay as long as I have real talent and learning. However, I stay to kill those who have real talent and learning but have impure intentions... These days, only you have worked hard and never inquired into the privacy of the camp, but I know you'll do it sooner or later, because your mother hasn't found out yet At home. "

"Since I value you, I am naturally reluctant to kill you. If I watch you go the same way as those guys whose heads were cut off by me, I can't bear it. That's why I sent someone to try to steal your mother from Dugu's house. I took great pains, but I just don't want you to go the wrong way."

"Subordinates..."

Dugu Wenjing's shoulder trembled, but he choked and couldn't speak.

"Don't think too much. Stay in the camp and do a good job. My men are not only short of generals who can fight well, but also short of literati. Do whatever you should do when you go back. In addition... Don't mention Mr. Sun's taking your money."

Dugu Wenjing nodded quickly: "I remember."

"Go"

Fang Xie waved his hand: "when your mother arrives, I'll appoint you another important job."

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Mountain Pavilion

After drinking a glass of wine, Wu Yidao narrowed his eyes and said, "Jue Xiao, are you more murderous recently? It's not necessarily a bad thing for those people sent by aristocratic families to keep them."

Fang Xie smiled: "kill some and leave some to make those people more secure. If I pretend that I don't know anything, they will think my heart is too deep, so they will be careful of me. I kill some small people who don't matter to them, but they despise me because of my performance of being happy and angry, and think I'm just a reckless man."

He drank up the wine in the glass: "now, I need to be looked down upon."

Wu Yidao laughed, raised his glass and said, "just for this sentence, people need to look down on it. When you drink a big cup!"

PS: there are about ten more chapters. This volume will be over. The Sui Dynasty is already sunset. A new volume, a new beginning, but what I have to do now is to take the person I thought of a long time ago as the end of this volume and try my best to write it well. Even if this volume is barely qualified, it should be the volume name of this volume, dusk.

PS2: I want a monthly ticket!