Song Yan grimaced and said, "If you say so, then I will give up. It's good that we've talked about it so I don't have to keep thinking about it. "
Song Yan knew that he could not go to Liangzhou, Liuzhou, or Youzhou. Not only would he not be promoted in Lingzhou this time, after setting the precedent of buying a horse with a thousand taels of gold, there might not be a position suitable for Song Yan in the future because Lingzhou would become the best place for scholars to go to Liangzhou. The Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall that did not hear war drums and smoke was naturally suited for scholars. Beiliang might be able to form a stable situation of North Minister and South Minister. Thus, Song Yan was particularly worried. He was not a pedantic scholar. Although he was not the kind of official who was overly obsessed with fame and fortune, he was not blindly loyal to anyone. After all, one's ambition was directly linked to the size of the official's hat on one's head. Think about it, if Zhang Julu was a low-ranking official in a yamen, how could he have single-handedly created the power of Liyang today?
Hsu Fengnian gently exhaled. He did not turn his head to look at Song Yan. "Three years. If you can last three years, I can only do what I promised you in the beginning. If … if you feel wronged, I can let you leave Beiliang's officialdom and head to Great Peace City while Yang Shen's apricot has cooled down. "
Hsu Fengnian said calmly, "This is not me testing you. Ever since Xu Xiao, Beiliang has not had the habit of playing with the schemes of the court. On this land, there are not many scholars. How can they withstand the torment? If one can come out, it is one. Even if there are flowers blooming in the wall, there is fragrance outside the wall, I will not stop them, much less cut them down with a cold knife."
Song Yan's body leaned back slightly, his shoulders rising and falling with the horse. He said lazily, "If I, Song Yan, go to Great Peace City, can the son of the Zhao family keep pace with me? No way, right? Will he come personally to explain because I can't be promoted? No way, right? Song Yan's knees are not that hard, but at least in Beiliang, I don't have to go to court every day to kneel. Day after day, year after year, there is no end to it. A scholar standing as an official is more comfortable than kneeling as an official. Besides, my current position is not small. Of course, if one day the son of the Zhao family sends someone to find me and say, 'Song Yan, the six ministries of the imperial court lack a minister, why don't you make do with it for now? Later on, I'll let you go to the Secretariat and Menxia provinces to be the chief official. I guarantee that when you enter the coffin, you'll have the posthumous title of Wen Zhen or something. I guarantee that when the time comes, even if the prince stops me, I'll cry, make a fuss, and threaten to hang myself.' "
Hsu Fengnian laughed heartily. "Lord Song, oh Lord Song, don't even think about it. Miss Song's appearance is not bad, but it's not to the point of bringing disaster to the country and its people. Not to mention her knowledge and ability, Secretary Yan is better than you when it comes to giving birth to a daughter."
Song Yan very rudely snorted coldly.
When they arrived at the Provincial Governor's residence, Xu Beizhi was still as haughty as ever. After learning that the Prince of Northern Liang had come in person, he didn't even bother to show his face, let alone mustering a large force to open the Yi Gate. Xu Fengnian could only head to the study with Song Yan. The frightened steward carefully pushed open the door to the study, only to see the Provincial Governor, who had yet to take off his official robes, sitting on a chair and handling government affairs. The study was in a mess and books were scattered all over the floor. Xu Fengnian bent down to pick up the books. Song Yan smiled as he walked to the window and opened it for some fresh air. When Hsu Fengnian was almost done tidying up the study, only then did Xu Beizhi put down his brush. Rubbing his wrist, he raised his head to glance at Hsu Fengnian. The latter smiled and said, "Right now, Song Dongming and Bai Yuxian are fighting on Mount Qingliang. Although they are both cultured scholars with status and status, so they won't cause too much trouble, I still don't feel at ease. Isn't that why I want you to go to Liangzhou to be a peacemaker, using your identity as Provincial Governor of Liangzhou to help me keep an eye on them?"
Xu Beizhi said calmly, "Let's not talk about whether or not those two will have a knot in their hearts. Let's talk about the mess in Lingzhou. You don't let Song Biejia, who is familiar with the area, be the Provincial Governor just to appease the scholars going to Liangzhou. Do you really think there won't be any mistakes when the time comes?"
Hsu Fengnian smiled and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"
Xu Beizhi went straight to the point and said, "Did Li Gongde say that he wanted to resign as Administrator and have Song Dongming take his place?"
Hsu Fengnian nodded and said, "He did say that. What he meant was that he didn't want to be the Administrator and only wanted to keep the empty title of Governor of the construction of the new city outside Liangzhou. However, I didn't agree to that."
Xu Beizhi smiled coldly and said, "What, are you afraid that people will say that you are getting rid of the donkey after it has outlived its usefulness? That it will chill the hearts of the old officials of Beiliang? Or are you worried that Li Hanlin's side won't be able to justify it? "
Hsu Fengnian smiled but didn't say anything.
Xu Beizhi was faintly angry and said in a low voice, "It's just Lingzhou. That's not small at all!"
Hsu Fengnian shook his head and said, "It's not small, but it's not big enough either."
Xu Beizhi said, "Then let Sir Song be the Provincial Governor of Liangzhou. I'll just take up an idle position in Mount Qingliang. I can still help you keep things in check."
Hsu Fengnian still shook his head and threw a glance at Song Yan, who was watching the fire from the other side.
Song Yan rejoiced in Xu Beizhi's misfortune and said, "Your Highness, who in the world would be unwilling to be the Provincial Governor and only be an official of another person? Isn't this making things difficult for Song Yan? Besides, the Provincial Governor of Liangzhou is much more precious than our Provincial Governor of Lingzhou. I can't say such words that go against my heart. Besides, Provincial Governor Xu clearly wants to rise up. If I get involved, I'll lose the Provincial Governor and go to Liangzhou to sit on the cold bench. My position will become lower and lower. When Provincial Governor Xu comes to his senses one day, then the relationship that I've worked so hard to build up over the past few days will be gone. Whether it's for public or private reasons, I won't help Your Highness persuade Provincial Governor. "
After Song Yan's interruption, the atmosphere in the study room was no longer as tense as before. Xu Beizhi had probably vented all the resentment that had been building up for a long time. He quickly regained his composure and said, "Do you not trust Song Dongming or Bai Yu? Or do you not trust both of them? "
Hsu Fengnian moved a chair and sat down. "It's not that I'm suspicious of anyone, but with Ju Zi at Mount Qingliang, I'll feel more at ease outside Beiliang Pass."
Seeing Xu Beizhi stare at him without blinking, Hsu Fengnian felt a little guilty. "Chen Xiliang won't leave Liangzhou no matter what. It's clear that he wants to take root there. I really can't do anything about it."
Xu Beizhi smiled slightly. "Your Highness really knows how to take advantage of soft persimmons."
Hsu Fengnian resentfully did not reply.
Song Yan's expression was strange. The relationship between His Highness and Xu Beizhi and Chen Xiliang was really worth pondering. Otherwise, why would Provincial Governor Xu's tone sound like a woman fighting for the position of head wife?
Xu Beizhi's expression suddenly warmed up. "Liangzhou is not easy. In that great battle where victory and defeat were on the line, both sides brought out their trump cards. "
This was especially true for Beiliang, who was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. Not only did the thirty thousand Long Xiang Army enter the battlefield, but the two towns in Liangzhou, other than Qingcang, and the Liangzhou cavalry that had rushed over as reinforcements, even the four thousand western region private soldiers that Liu Wenbao and Chai Dongdi of the Sima clan had temporarily gathered, as well as the twenty thousand monk soldiers of Mount Lantuo that the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva had urgently mobilized. Even Cao Wei's ten thousand hidden elite cavalry had no choice but to turn around and reinforce Liangzhou. Only then did they manage to win this bloody battle by a hair's breadth. It could be said that the loss of any troop would have led to the fall of Liangzhou. Not to mention the fact that they were able to send a few thousand cavalry to the central battlefield after the battle to coordinate with the cavalry outside Beiliang's pass. In the end, they successfully forced Dong Zhuo to give up on his plan to destroy the jade and common stone. If it was just Beiliang's army that was wiped out at the mouth of the gourd, Dong Zhuo, who had already pulled out the nail in Hutou City, could completely ignore it and continue to advance south.
Thus, it could be said that Liangzhou, which originally did not have much to do with the overall situation, was the true decisive factor in the battle of Liang Mang in the second year of Xiangfu.
Xu Beizhi stood up and stared at Hsu Fengnian. "You should know that even if I stored up grain on a large scale before the battle and used various methods to 'borrow grain' from the surrounding areas of Beiliang, even Western Shu, if we want to win the next battle, let alone the imperial court restricting the transport of grain, as long as the transport of grain from Liyang does not fully support Beiliang, then the result is that it is not impossible to fight the war, but many of our people will die in Beiliang. Perhaps thirty thousand, perhaps fifty thousand, perhaps even more. Beiliang, what should we do? "
Hsu Fengnian sat quietly on the chair. After a long silence, he finally opened his mouth and said, "After I leave this study, I will make a trip to Great Peace City."
Song Yan's expression changed dramatically.
Xu Beizhi suddenly slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "You, Hsu Fengnian, can afford to lose this face, but my Beiliang cannot! Liu Jinu of Hutou City! Wang Lingbao of Liuzhou! Tian Heng of Youzhou! My Beiliang cannot afford to lose the tens of thousands of heroic souls that died in battle! "
Hsu Fengnian silently stood up and silently walked out of the study.
Song Yan wanted to speak but stopped. In the end, he only sighed.
Xu Beizhi roared angrily at that figure, "The Beiliang cavalry can even stop a million soldiers of Beimang! Is it very difficult to take down the two rivers of Liyang?! "
He did not stop walking.
In the dark corridor, that figure that was not old was slightly hunched.
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