Chapter 57: When you lie, you have to lie to the end
Hong Chengchou basically cannot escape, so Yun Zhao will not spend more time on him.
To be honest, it was an accident that Hong Chengchou boarded the ship in Lantian County. If the journey had not been so smooth, Yun Zhao would have killed him long ago.
When I got home, Qian Duoduo was also very busy. Two fat children were sitting on the bed, each holding a gold coin in his hand and playing. If Yun Zhao hadn't been quick, the children would have stuffed the gold coin in their mouths. inside.
"My son is not that stupid!"
Qian Duoduo glanced at Yun Zhao and continued to sort out her gold coins.
Yun Zhao looked around and saw no trace of He Changshi, Yun Chun, and Yun Hua.
"Don't let the servants see you when you are counting the money."
Yun Zhao kicked the box with a lot of money and said, "Who sent it?"
Qian Duoduo pushed Yun Zhao's legs away irritably and said: "Princess Qin, Princess Fu, Princess Qing, and six other princesses, big and small, sent it to me. This money is mine. I want to save it for my children." "
Yun Zhao looked at the six or seven large wooden boxes scattered around the room and said, "If you continue like this, you will probably be held accountable by Xie Zhi."
Qian Duoduo said angrily: "Does he have to take care of the New Year's money that people kindly gave to my two sons?"
Yun Zhao sighed and said: "This New Year's money can kill two cows."
"My name is Qian Duoduo. I'm sorry for the name you gave me if I have less money. Tell Haizhi that if he dares to enter our house, I will let Yun Chun and Yun Hua break his legs." ”
“You call this taking bribes!”
“Bribery refers to doing things for others after receiving money. How can I call it taking bribes if I just take money and don’t do things? Since it’s the New Year’s money for my two sons, why don’t I accept it?”
What Qian Duoduo said made sense. Yun Zhao found that he couldn’t find anything to refute. Saving money for children is the best thing in the world anyway. Hypocritical lies, I don’t know if Qian Duoduo means what he said.
Yun Zhao knew that Qian Duoduo had a vault, but he had never entered it. The key to the vault was hung by Qian Duoduo on his waist. It was very precious and he never gave it to others.
In fact, Feng Ying also has a warehouse, but her warehouse is always empty. Even if she occasionally installs some things, it will become empty soon. Therefore, there is nothing to see. Since Feng Ying left After that, her warehouse became a room where Qian Duoduo kept miscellaneous items.
After Qian Duoduo finished counting the money, he personally escorted Yun Chun and Yun Hua, two strong laborers, to help her move the box to the vault. The two men were very attentive, but in the end, they still Didn't get any gold coins.
"Dad!"
Yun Zhao looked around, suddenly, his body froze, turned around and looked at Yun Zhang, slowly walked over, hugged his son and said: "Again Shout."
The child just opened his mouth with a few small teeth and laughed.
Money comes back many timesWhen they came, Yun Zhao pretended to be calm and said to her: "My son just learned to call daddy."
Qian Duoduo looked at Yun Zhao doubtfully, and when he saw that he didn't seem to be lying, he He clapped his hands towards Yun Zhang and said: "Mother, mother."
Yun Zhang turned his head and looked at Qian Duoduo and said: "Dad!"
Yun Zhao was very happy, Qian Duoduo But his face became ugly, and he pushed Yun Zhang to Yun Zhao angrily, and then kicked the father and son out of the house.
Yun Zhao was overjoyed.
At dawn, the father and son said goodbye. With such a good thing, Yun Zhao was in such a good mood that he forgot about Qian Duoduo's bribery behavior.
Especially when Qian Duoduo came to pick up Yun Zhangzhi in person in the morning, with a beautiful smile on his face, Yun Zhao had the urge to give Qian Duoduo more money.
This is how the faint king is born.
Fortunately, Xu Wu always opened his mouth when he wanted money, so Yun Zhao's money was quickly gone.
"Why did Li Dingguo go to the grassland?"
Yun Zhao checked the map and found the place name "Daga's" full of Mongolian flavor.
Xu Wuxiang pondered for a moment and said: "There are rioters."
Yun Zhao frowned and looked at the terrain representing the desert on the map and said: "There are rioters here?"
Xu Wu thought: "It didn't exist at first, but then it did."
Yun Zhao looked around and whispered: "How to deal with it?"
Xu Wu thought: "The rebels fled without a trace."
Yun Zhao ordered Yang Xiong to bring Duan Guoren's documents. After looking through a few sheets, he pointed to a line in it and thought to Xu Wu: " Some rioters burned down the county government office, injuring five people, and the rest escaped without a trace... How many people are worthy of Li Dingguo's personal action?" Xu Wu thought: "More than 6,000 people..."
Yun Zhao nodded, slowly sat back in his seat, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, then thought to Xu Wu: "How can I do it..."
Xu Wu thought: "This is Duan Guoren's practice of exchanging human lives for time was done without identification or trial. He divided people into groups and then took action. However, those people were very stubborn. Between their gods and their lives, they chose gods and never looked back. Entering the desert, it is said that there was not even a cry."
Yun Zhao groaned: "I was just preaching about Lantian County's peaceful proposition."
Xu Wu wanted to be silent for a moment and said: "I will cover it up."
Yun Zhao sighed and said: "Write it into my records and tell Duan Guoren that he does not give credit for his work in Ningxia. Tell Li Dingguo that he He did not give credit for his work in Ningxia. He told Zhang Guofeng that he did not give credit for his work in Ningxia and sealed the document. The three of them will consider this secret file when they talk about their work in Ningxia."
Xu Wu wanted to nod, so he took the document, put it into a cowhide tube in front of Yun Zhao, sealed it with fire paint, and personally placed it in the iron cabinet in the partition of the big study room.
"The county will never let me go!"
p>Duan Guoren listened to the news and then told Li Dingguo.
Li Dingguo said: "You won't let me go either."
Zhang Guofeng shook his head and said: "It's crazy."
Duan Guoren said: " Are you saying my suggestion is too crazy?”
Zhang Guofeng said: “I mean those people have lost their temples. These people would rather go into the desert than return to live in Ningxia. I only pity those people. Women and children who are controlled by others."
Duan Guoren said: "Such people should not be kept. This is human land, not God's territory. They should belong to my Lantian County. The people should not be the people of God.
This is their own choice, no one else is to blame."
Zhang Guofeng said: "Lantian County should not be like this."< /p>
Li Dingguo smiled and said: "A woman's benevolence!"
Zhang Guofeng said: "It is because of a woman's benevolence that I am willing to follow the county magistrate. I dare not continue to follow the Eighth Congress." King, if he becomes murderous that day, he will kill us together.
I suggest that we wait here for three days and then return to the army. ”
"What are you waiting for?" Duan Guoren's eyes were as cold as a sword.
Zhang Guofeng waved to Duan Guoren's gaze without feeling: "Wait for some people who regret and want to come back."
"They will not come back."
"At least I waited!" Zhang Guofeng had no intention of giving in.
The wind blew from the desert, and the edge of the desert in October was already biting with cold wind. The three people sat around the fire, but they could not feel the warmth brought by the flames. Duan Guoren sat cross-legged, As steady as a mountain, Li Dingguo lay expressionless in his sheepskin jacket, drinking wine one mouthful at a time. Only Zhang Guofeng kept looking at the desert, hoping that some people would appear who would bow to reality.
Three days passed quickly, and no one came out of the desert. The wind in the desert became stronger and stronger, and sand and dust were flying all over the sky. If the army did not leave, they would encounter a storm.
In such a storm, even the hardy camels will only lower their bodies and crawl behind the fixed sand dunes, waiting for the storm to pass.
"Are you satisfied?" Duan Guoren's eyes were full of ridicule.
Zhang Guofeng said: "I am satisfied. At least my heart is not so uncomfortable."
"For your temporary peace of mind, you let two thousand cavalry accompany you to eat on the edge of the desert." You see, General Dingguo doesn't have the kindness of a woman like you." Zhang Guofeng glanced at Li Dingguo, then smiled at Duan Guoren: "This kind of thing is naturally my fault. The lieutenant general makes the decision, Dingguo is only responsible for the war, Duan Guoren, I tell you, just look to me for government affairs."
Duan Guoren looked up to the sky and said with a smile: "You are indeed a good brother! Then let me be the villain. What we do today, do you think I have to drive these people into the desert?
I am doing it for the future?Prepare after entering the Western Region. Since Gao Xianzhi's defeat in Talas, our Han army has been retreating steadily in the Western Region. Except for Temujin's army that swept across the Western Region, we Han people have never set foot in the Western Region again.
A Jiayuguan Pass and a Hexi Corridor are not enough to protect the territory of our Han people, just like a Shanhaiguan Pass and a Yanshan Mountain cannot protect the capital. We must prepare for a rainy day.
Looking through the history books of past dynasties, if the territory of the country cannot be determined at the beginning of the founding of the country, it will be even more difficult to expand in the future. China's territory will always be expanded first, and then A process of slowly shrinking.
I can’t do anything for our descendants after a thousand years. We can only expand our territory as much as possible while we still have strength. Even if our descendants fail, we can retreat a few more times and sustain ourselves for a few more years. That's enough.
My personal honor and disgrace are nothing. As long as we can push the frontier a thousand, two, or three thousand miles outward, it doesn’t matter if my Duan Guoren is shattered to pieces.
What kind of wise man do you Zhang Guofeng want to pretend to be in front of me? Tell you, you are not qualified. It’s not that I don’t know how to be an official, but I don’t want to be a submissive and faint official like you. I really don’t know what the county magistrate is doing. It’s useless for you to praise me so highly. "
Zhang Guofeng glanced at the leader Li Dingguo, leaned close to Duan Guoren and growled in a low voice: "It doesn't matter what you and I do. Anyway, our lives were given to us by the county minister. We just have to give it back to him."
Dingguo is different. I said I would be his brother, and I already feel guilty. Don’t make me feel sorry for him even more.
Duan Guoren spit out a mouthful of dust and said in a low voice: "You were a meticulous worker, but in the end you became brothers with the person you were inciting to rebel against. You were derelict in your duty. You lied to him for so long, how can you say that you still want to do it again?" Can you lie to him for the rest of his life? "
Zhang Guofeng said bitterly: "The county official told me that if you lie for a lifetime, you will not be cheating until you die. "
Duan Guoren said in surprise: "Is there such a thing? I've known you since I was eight years old. You always do things that surprise me. I don't believe that the county magistrate can say such shameless things. "
Zhang Guofeng sniffed and said: "He may be more shameless than you think. ”