The car was driving to the outskirts, the wind was chilly, and I could smell Liu Cheng's words. Prince of Kuaiji Sima Yu was instinctively stunned for a moment. Then, the Prince Regent, who had always been known for his intangible expression of joy and anger, suddenly burst out laughing behind his wife's hearse.
The one who laughs is called a willful one, the one who laughs is called one who is relieved.
For a moment, the people in the other cars looked sideways. Unexpectedly, not many of these people were surprised, and no one said anything. They just glanced at it a few times, and then turned their heads as the laughter gradually stopped.
Sima Yu finished laughing, touched the tears that were coming from laughter or blown by the cold wind, and shook his head again. "Yulong ah Yulong, Xun Book of Documents and I are going to lose to Jili and Wendu by a piece of silk each."
"Indeed." Liu Cheng also smiled. "Jili and Wendu are in General Who Pacifies the Army's Residence. How could your Highness not know where I want to go?"
"But before I left today, I still had some expectations. I thought you might be willing to take on the role of Danyang Governor." Sima Yu said calmly. "After all, there will still be many stalemates in the next few years. Northern Expedition is just enduring hardships and may not make any progress. Taking advantage of these few years As Danyang Governor, your reputation and qualifications will reach a higher level. If you go to North of the Yangtze in the future, it will be easier to find a position... For me, it would be great if you can continue to promote Tuduan as Danyang Governor."
Liu Cheng thought for a moment and grasped the key point, "This is the reason why His Highness expects me to stay. Now North of the Yangtze, is it difficult to find a place?"
"You are a hero and you are willing to fight for the country and go north, tell me where you want to go?" Sima Yu waved his hand first.
"I want to go to Shouchun." Liu Cheng was concise and to the point.
"Why?"
"Because Xie Anshi and Elder Brother are in poor health recently, they specifically invited me to Kuaiji and wanted me to help. And I was recommended by Xie Anshi back then, so I must repay him this kindness." Liu Cheng opened his mouth. Come here. "In addition, after Shouchun Northern Yuzhou, if the court counterattacks in the future, the most likely war will be the Duke Huan war Luoyang. Starting from Shouchun is convenient for participating in the war. And..."
"What else?" Sima Yu obviously had a suspicion in his mind.
"The other thing is that I am selfish." Liu Cheng said with his hands together. "Northern Command where Xun Lingze is young and strong. He has been working steadily in the past few years without making any mistakes. He is obviously capable of making a difference. If I go to Northern Command, no matter how many names are given to me, I can't be allowed to live there. Above it, right? Even if it is juxtaposed with it, we should have learned from the mistakes of Yin and Xie at Shouchun back then, so we can only live below it. And living under a young and powerful coach is not as good as living under an older coach with whom we have friendship...General Xie An will always remember the old friendship and give me some rights and responsibilities to let me do things."
"This is irrefutable." Sima Yu said quietly. "Actually, before Yulong returned to Beijing, everyone had discussed it. If you really want to go to Northern Expedition, there are no more than three places to go to Northern Yuzhou, or even be directly appointed to Sili Substitute. Huan Yuanzi will pave the way; go to Western Command to assist Xie Renzu; go to Northern Command and Xun Lingze to come out Qing Province... But to be honest, there are difficulties everywhere."
Liu Cheng nodded.
"As you said to Northern Command, Xun Lingze is only ten years older than you. He is just over thirty this year. He is in the prime of life and has been in charge of Northern Command for several years. You are not willing to be controlled by him, and he is not willing to share power and responsibilities with others... I actually I have asked Xun Book of Documents to communicate with Ling Ze. What Ling Ze means is that he will be very happy if you go to Northern Command, but at most it will only be for one general and one county Administrator. If there are more Administrator, we will not talk about it." Sima Yu narrated in a leisurely manner.
Liu Cheng just nodded.
"Go to Northern Yuzhou or Sizhou. To be fair, the job position is easy to say. Anyway, the court is just vacant and has no in-depth governance. I will give you Yuzhou Governor or Henan Yin, coupled with a high-ranking general, it is enough to prevaricate the population... But everyone in the court is unwilling to let you go, and they all feel that going there is inconsistent with your merits, and there is no reason to help the court establish such a You have meritorious service, but it is just a vacant position." Sima Yu continued. "Of course, I am not afraid of it either. Everyone in the imperial court values your talents and does not want you to easily return to Huan Yuanzi's command. No. However, according to what Sun Anguo said before, it seems that you returned to South of the Yangtze to take up the post of Langya that day, and there are some rumors about your relationship with Huan Yuanzi?"
"I did have a quarrel with Duke Huan. I advised him to stay with Chang'an and do his own thing, but he was nostalgic for South of the Yangtze, and in the end we broke up on bad terms." Liu Cheng simply admitted that it was one thing for some things to gradually spread after two or three years, but the fact that Western Islet had met before could dilute the impact of the matter.
"So, you are not willing to return to Duke Huan's command?" Sima Yu asked with a smile.
"It's not that I'm unwilling. If Duke Huan is called, I will go there even if I'm lighthearted. It's just that Duke Huan and I have a tacit understanding. If he doesn't take the initiative to call me, I won't be able to go back." Liu Cheng said frankly. "The two of us are actually angry."
"That's it." Sima Yu nodded. "In any case, this is consistent with the imperial court. He is unwilling to call you back, and we are reluctant to let you go... So, you chose Shouchun, but Yulong, if you go to Shouchun, what position will you take?"
This question is on point.
Go to Northern Yuzhou and Sizhou. They can have as many names as they want, but they are all false. They also need the consent of Huan Wen. Liu Acheng is not willing to pretend to give the old man a leg up. Both parties have to prove something before they can talk. If we go back now, I'm afraid Huan Wen will look down on him.
There is even a risk, because after the natural disasters in the past few years, once Guanzhong is in chaos and then lost, Huan Wen will be passive for this. It can be said that he will be upset when he sees him, and just chase him back. What will it mean then?
Therefore, once it has passed, it is easy to be trapped in related positions, and we must be wary of losing our transcendent identity during the period of Lower Reaches, and finally ending up with nothing.
Go to Northern Command, that is, Qing-Xu. If Xun Lingze is more generous and is willing to separate out a false Governor of Yan Province so that Liu Acheng can have a status under Northern Command, then it is not impossible for him to go.
But Xun Lingze had such a bad temper that Liu Cheng almost starved to death in his early years. How dare he try it? His reply completely cut off this path.
At this time, Xie An's invitation became an opportunity.
However, when Xie Shang is reinstated this time, apart from those messy promotions, he only has one Bearer of the Imperial Staff, General Who Pacifies the West and Yuzhou Governor, so what can be divided between Liu Acheng?
"Please Huainan Administrator, plus one General's title, that's enough." Liu Cheng handed it over, which was a rare initiative he took in this car today.
"Is this enough?" Sima Yu was obviously surprised.
"If Northern Expedition can use his life, what are those false titles?" Liu Cheng put down his hand, still indifferent.
"Yulong." The other party took the initiative to put down his posture, but Sima Yu became serious instead. "Can you tell me clearly, are you thinking that Xie Renzu is not in good health and will replace it in a few years?"
"If you don't mean this, it's nonsense." Liu Cheng nodded, then shook his head. "But I know very well that Xie Clan Fang Zhen is Empress Dowager's support, that is Xie Renzu becomes inappropriate one day, I'm afraid there will be Xie Yi Shi, Xie Yi Shi becomes inappropriate, and I'm afraid there will be Xie Anshi, Xie Wanshi... It's just that Xie Anshi can be behind rather than in front. He himself is definitely not willing to be in front, and Xie Wanshi is not the person who entrusts the country with important responsibilities. I am willing to wait for Xie Yi Shi Later, until the descendants of the Xie Clan grow up, master Western Command for them and guard the country! This is also my original intention to take Xie Xuan by my side and focus on cultivating it."
The car had stopped while he was talking, and the coffin had begun to be unloaded over there, and many people began to get out of the car.
And Sima Yu finally sighed, "You can be so concerned about the overall situation. From my side, there is absolutely no reason why you should not allow it. If this is the case, General's title I will definitely have a hard time arguing with you... Don't worry, when Yuanzi left Langya Northern Expedition, I have prepared the seal and ribbon for General Who Assists the State that I received."
"I don't do General Who Assists the State." Liu Cheng was straight forward throughout the whole process today. "Your Highness, when Duke Huan left Langya, he was Northern Expedition Commander-in-Chief. Now I ask myself that without his qualifications and status, if I force myself to be such a high-ranking general, I will only I am afraid that I will be laughed at as Handan Learning to Walk, and Duke Huan may not be happy with it. Huainan is originally a Yangzhou county. Please follow the national system and tradition and grant me the General of the Vanguard Army in Imperial Guards... This is good enough."
Sima Yu shook his head. "Yulong, do you really want to go to this point for the sake of Northern Expedition?"
Liu Cheng didn't answer, and Sima Yu didn't say anything after asking. They both just made a tacit agreement to shut up, got out of the car together, and watched Wang Jianji being buried.
Someone was crying, not the abolished Heir Apparent, but several half-grown boys and girls, all the other children of Sima Yu. The abolished Heir Apparent was still in captivity, while the other adults present, including Wang Shu and his son, mostly like Liu Cheng, stood there with their hands folded, as if they were watching an unrelated person being buried.
Of course, there must be no inscription.
After a while, when the filling of the grave was completed, Sima Yu obviously didn't want to stay any longer and wanted to go back.
Wang Shu The others were also upset and had nothing to say, so they all wanted to get in the car.
It was hard for Liu Cheng to get on the bus at this time, because he originally entered and left the city from Langya, so he said goodbye to everyone.
Only Wang Tanzhi wanted to stay, saying that he was going to South Garden with Liu Cheng to visit the other party's newborn son and daughter. When Liu Jili heard this, he was also happy to stay, and everyone was naturally speechless.
In this way, the few people left quickly. Only a few Slave Retainers were still repairing the soil next to the grave. Wang Tanzhi invited Liu Cheng and Liu Jili to get in his car. After getting in, Liu Jili immediately asked, "Have you decided where to go?"
"I'm going to work under Wendu Father." Liu Cheng answered briefly. "Probably General of the Vanguard Army will leave town Huainan, Prime Minister Pacification of the West."
"I, Father, have no control over that place." Wang Tanzhi shook his head and told his driver to leave quickly.
Liu Jili, who got the answer next to him, obviously wanted to say something when he heard the words, but Wang Tanzhi was at the side, so it was difficult to say. The three of them immediately said nothing to each other and allowed the car to start.
After walking about two or three miles, the owner of the car, Wang Tanzhi, suddenly spoke again, "Yulong just came back. Do you know that Song Yi from Xie Renzu's family has passed away?"
"I really don't know." Liu Cheng was slightly surprised. "When did it happen?"
"It was this winter day." Wang Tanzhi said quietly. "It is said that before he died, he was still sorting out the music scores and perfecting the arrangements for the performance. Then he suddenly fell ill and couldn't get over it..."
"What a pity." Liu Cheng couldn't help but feel sad.
"The grave is nearby, let me take you to pay it a visit." Wang Tanzhi's suggestion was logical.
Liu Acheng naturally had nothing to say, and Liu Jili had no reason to object.
After a while, the vehicle turned into a side road and came to a new grave. Although Song Yi was a legendary woman and was praised and recognized by many Literati nobles, she was essentially just a Slave Retainers. The identity of, this death, the grave is not much different from the grave of Wang Jianji just now, except for a thin stone tablet, on which I don't know who wrote a few sentences in parallel prose, and I can't understand what it means.
After the three got out of the car, Liu Cheng was still feeling emotional, and Liu Jili still didn't know how to face the deceased who had only had a few encounters with each other. Wang Tanzhi next to him had already "plopped" and fell to his knees, clutching the withered grass on the ground and bursting into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.
Liu Cheng came to his senses and quickly pulled Liu Jili back a few steps, letting the man who killed his aunt finish crying first.
-----I am the dividing line to finish crying first-----
Yonghe 12, multiply the results by transferring Huainan and Qiao Commandery to Administrator, and add General of the Vanguard Army.
-- "Jin Spring and Autumn Annals".Sun Sheng