Hunxie, hard bow. When these two words are connected, Liang Xiao can only think of one person: Wu Shan.

This guy isn't dead yet?

Liang Xiao pulled Li Guang and asked for a long time, but Li Guang knew only a limited amount and could not tell any exact information. Liang Xiao had no choice but to put this aside for the time being. Compared to Wu Dan, who was thousands of miles away, the emperor in front of him was the real enemy. Although he was drunk, who knew whether he was really drunk or fake, or half drunk or half awake.

Liang Xiao has always been cautious about drinking. When facing the emperor, he dared not be careless.

Two days later, Liang Xiao went into the palace to find Guo Wenbin. Guo Wenbin went to the expedition with Li Guang this time. As a guide, he made great efforts to accurately capture the whereabouts of the Huns. Although he was still a long way from being a marquis, he was promoted to the rank of 800 stones and became a counselor with an order of 800 stones. He is currently in operation and hopes to be sent to be a county magistrate, a county magistrate or something. The 800 stone official is inconspicuous in the palace, but he is the leader of a county after leaving the palace.

"Have you made a fortune?" Liang Xiao joked when he saw Guo Wenbin wearing a new suit.

"Mr. Liang Jun. I was about to find you." Guo Wenbin came up and pulled Liang Xiao aside. "Have you heard about the news from the Western Regions?"

"What news? Which side?"

"It's the side of Li Duwei and others."

"Li Dang's family?"

"Not only Li Danghu, but also Li Shuyun. We caught several Xiongnu prisoners. I heard that there was a group of horse thieves in the Western Regions, and the number was not large, just like a hundred and ten cavalry. However, all of them were superb archery skills, especially the leader, named Tianlang, had a hard bow with a range of more than 200 steps. Junhou, do you still remember Wu Dan?"

"You think of him too?" Liang Xiao laughed. "I heard General Li mention this person two days ago, and I thought of him."

Guo Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief. "It turns out that Junhou already knows it, so I'm relieved. Junhou, you have to go to the Western Regions. No one can deal with Wu Dan except you, even General Li can't do it."

"So you didn't tell General Li who this person is?"

"I didn't dare to say it." Guo Wenbin laughed. He looked around, approached Liang Xiao's ear, and whispered: "I can hear that General Li is not convinced by your master and disciple. Unfortunately, Li Jiao, Li Dan is not as good as you in archery skills, otherwise he would have challenged you long ago. He himself was embarrassed to bully the small ones with the big ones. If he had the chance to shoot Wu Dan, he would definitely not refuse."

"Smart!" Liang Xiao patted Guo Wenbin on the shoulder. "But, don't ask this sentence in front of the emperor."

"Why?"

"Don't ask why. If you don't mention it, I may still go to the Western Regions. If you mention it, I will definitely not be able to go. In addition, don't tell General Li about Wu Dan. If he knows what's going on, maybe he will really fight Wu Dan in the Western Regions."

Although Guo Wenbin didn't quite understand, he still agreed. This time he was able to make meritorious service and promoted, it was the opportunity given to him by Liang Xiao. He followed Liang Xiaoyan's plan. "Oh, by the way, the gems and pearls buried by Li Duwei in Hexi last time, this time I'll return the whole shipment. Will I send the one from Junhou to your mansion or to sell it for you?"

Liang Xiao thought for a while. "Tell Lingtang that you should not sell it in Chang'an. There are more and more Hu merchants in Chang'an, and the prices may not be sold. You can do some trouble and ship them to Shandong to sell them. Wancheng and Jiangling, or go north to Jicheng or Handan. Shouchun and Wuxian, don't go there. There is the territory of Huainan Hai merchants. If you go there, you will be selling prices. It's boring."

Guo Wenbin responded with a smile.

Liang Xiao said again: "I made a contribution this time and was promoted. Are you satisfied? Do you want to make some profits, or do you want to work hard and ask for a title of marquis?"

Guo Wenbin touched his head. "I will do whatever Junhou says, it's best to be with Junhou."

"This is more difficult. I guess there is no possibility of going to war for the time being, but I can say hello to the censor Han Gong. The Prime Minister is not in charge now, and most of the matters appointed by officials are arranged by Han Gong. Han Gong can still have the final say below thousands of stones."

Guo Wenbin thought for a while. "Then I'd better go to Hexi. I heard that the imperial court intends to set up a county in Hexi, where there are many opportunities, familiar geography, and can take care of the family's business. Although it is more dangerous, it is fat."

"Okay, I'll find an opportunity to talk to Mr. Han."

Liang Xiao said goodbye to Guo Wenbin, turned around and prepared to leave the palace, and went home to continue taking the sick. At the entrance of the palace, he met Mei Gao.

Liang Xiao wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, but Mei Gao's eyes were very sharp. He saw Liang Xiao at first sight and shouted loudly: "Mr. Liang Jun, please stay."

Liang Xiao had no choice but to stop and pretend to have just seen it. "Oh, Changshe Hou, congratulations."

"Stop doing this." Mei Gao smiled and opened Liang Xiao's hand. "What do you mean? I have been back for so many days and haven't seen you. Are you going to learn from Ji Lao Gang to get sick?"

"I am wronged. I am not accusing me of a patient. It is clearly thinking about my mistakes behind closed doors." Liang Xiao said, "Do you have something to ask me for?"

Mei Gao shook the paper in his hand. "Of course there is something wrong. Chang'an has been so lively recently. I heard that writing articles is not only rich, but also ranks. The number one place has a gold prize?"

Liang Xiao tilted his mouth and said nothing. One gold is a lot, but for Mei Gao, he is now Changshe Marquis with a fief of 600 households. I am afraid he will not really compete for the list for the reward of that gold, not to mention that the people on the list are colleagues who look down and look up. With Mei Gao's IQ, of course, it is not impossible to see that Xu Le and others are on the order.

"Bo Ming, what's wrong with you?" Mei Gao lowered his face and looked angry. "Is it enough wealth and honor, and you can fight and fight for the rest of your life? It's not me that you said you, if it was really for these things, why did you come back from the Western Regions? Wouldn't it be more beautiful to be a prince in Dayuan?"

Liang Xiao glanced at Mei Gao. "Did you eat too much springbok on the snowy mountain and your thoughts follow you? I just talked about the article, but why did you suddenly criticize me again? If you want to write an article, you should write an article. Why do you want to cause trouble for me?"

"I just can't stand your face. She is a young man, but she looks like a worldly decay. Look at you, you are so proud of your words, but unfortunately you are just bold. In a blink of an eye, you hide and suck the patient." Mei Gao grabbed Liang Xiao's arm, looked around, and whispered: "Are you worried that you will be so powerful that you will be shocked?"

Liang Xiao looked at Mei Gao for a while and breathed a sigh of relief. "So you are not stupid."

"You are stupid." Mei Gao couldn't help laughing and waved his hand. "Go home to prepare good wine. I will start taking a break tomorrow. I will take a break for three months. I will drink and write articles and earn some extra money."

Liang Xiao hesitated a little. "Is this really good? You and the others looked down and looked up."

Mei Gao waved his hand and was confident. "Don't worry, I have my own sense of responsibility."

Wei Tao lay on the bed, holding his head in his hands, looking at the roof, and it took him a while to react.

He is not in the Qiang, Hexi, nor in the desert. He is in Chang'an, in his own home.

This time he went to the battle with Wei Qing, and he made contributions to the bloody battle. Although he was not a marquis, Wei Qing did not treat him badly and sent him a small courtyard with more than a dozen servants. Last night, he tossed until very late before going to bed. He woke up before dawn this morning. Although he couldn't sleep, the feeling of lying in the quilt was so good that he wanted to lie down for a while.

What's more, there is a young and handsome maid next to him, whose young and soft body fascinates him.

"Guowei." The gate was pushed open. Wei An, a member of about ten years old, broke in and walked straight to Wei Tao and sent a piece of paper to Wei Tao. Seeing the scroll of paper, Wei Tao subconsciously sat up and reached out to get the sword at the head of the bed. "Is there any war?"

Wei An looked at him in surprise. "Prince, what's wrong with you?"

Wei Tao sat by the bed with bare legs, stunned for a while, before slapped his forehead. "My God, I thought you were taking it as a military order. Tell me quickly, what's the matter? I'll disturb me to sleep early in the morning."

"This is a newspaper that just released today. There is an article written by Staff General. After hearing this, we brothers felt that it was reasonable. It was just a matter of our hearts. We wanted to give a thumbs up, but I wonder if the Chief Commander agreed."

Wei Tao put down his sword, took the newspaper, and first saw the advertisement of the Chen Family Sword. He laughed and scolded, and then read it down. Mei Gao's article was written very straightforward, and in some places it even had a few words of spoken language commonly used in the army. Even if Wei Tao's cultural level was limited to literacy, he could understand it.

Mei Gao’s theme is very clear: the world is made, not said.

Confucianism and Legalism are not important, nor should they be divided into two. Legalism is dedicated to farming and fighting, and emphasizes military merits. Only in this way can soldiers go to war and have enough food and excellent weapons when they go to war. If they don’t reward their achievements, who is willing to sacrifice their lives and shed their blood, and wait for battle for several months or even for several years?

But Confucianism is also indispensable. The king, the minister, the minister, the father, the son, the son, and the family happiness. Who doesn’t cherish it? Why fight against the Qiang and the Xiongnu? Because they do not value human relations, they are the same as beasts. They not only kill each other, but also harass our Han borders and capture our people. We attack them not only to make contributions, but also to protect our families and protect our family happiness. If we blindly advocate the Legalists and lose our human nature, then we will waste the roots and seek the end.

Wei Tao saw it and slapped his thigh. "Well said it well, Staff Mei is worthy of being a scholar, and what he said makes sense."

"Prince, then let's give me a thumbs up?"

"You must like it." Wei Tao stood up and said while dressing, "I don't like those nonsense masterpieces, and I just hate that I can't write them. Since General Mei took action, I naturally have to support me. Let's go, let's all like it."

Wei An was overjoyed and hurriedly waited Wei Tao to dress and hugged Wei Tao out of the door. They came to the announcement list inside and outside the door, shouting loudly, and praised Mei Gao's article. After the matter, Wei Tao refused to leave, and pulled the passers-by who was reading the article, and strongly recommended Mei Gao's article. Passers-by were a little unhappy at first, but they heard that this was a meritorious soldier who had just returned from the war, and thought Wei Tao was right, so they turned angry and praised Mei Gao's article while asking Wei Tao for details of the war.

Wei Tao did not leave the inner door for a whole morning, and his mouth was dry and his throat was smoking, but he successfully pushed Mei Gao's article to the top. He was still unsatisfied and ordered Wei An to stay at the inner door and continue lobbying, while he went out to visit friends and went out to make friends.

The so-called visiting friends is actually to invite people to like Mei Gao. When he found those comrades, he found that there were quite a few people who had the same idea as him. Regardless of whether he knew Mei Gao or not, as long as he was a soldier on the expedition, he was willing to stand up and praise Mei Gao.

The next morning, the latest statistics were released. Mei Gao's article was far ahead with an absolute advantage, and the number of likes was more than five times that of the second place.

However, this was just the beginning. In five days, Mei Gao wrote five articles. The first article resonated with the soldiers who went on the expedition. Even if it was just a great fu commemorating the war in the Western Expedition, it could still be praised and quickly made it on the list, squeezing the articles of Xu Le and others out of the top five.

The greatest heroes are naturally the soldiers who returned from the war, especially the children of aristocratic families who have made contributions.

They knew the inside story of this argument better than ordinary soldiers. After returning to Beijing, they heard that Dou Ying was arrested and Liang Xiao made a big fuss about Tingwei Temple, and they were very sympathetic. As Dou Ying was almost dead in Tingwei Temple, who else was safe? Not everyone has the courage of Liang Xiao. Most people may have to bow their heads and obey their orders when they received the edict from Tingwei. This tragedy was not allowed to repeat itself and become their common voice.

It is necessary to maintain the Legalists' tradition of valued military merits, and not to let the grammatical officials do whatever they want. It is necessary to support the theoretical core of Confucian benevolent people who love others, and not to let the court deal with ministers as they wish. This has become their self-evident common willingness. Whether it is Confucianism or Law, there is one thing that must be opposed, that is, the infinite amplification of imperial power.

The law of the Legalists is the law of the king, and the literati officials follow the orders. Although the Confucianism who respects virtue is not so direct, the deduction of "the world has the truth, and rituals and music conquests come from the emperor" must be the same. The lessons over the past few decades show that the king is still ahead of his ministers. The king has the freedom of not being a king, but the ministers may not have the strength of being an unofficial minister. If you want to enjoy wealth, you must take action.

It is their actions to like Mei Gao’s article and speak out for the soldiers who have made contributions.

The emperor was very frustrated when he heard the latest results. Mei Gao was the newly-elected Marquis of Changshe and a new role model he set. He also hoped that more scholars would follow Mei Gao's footsteps, travel around the world, and prepare for his early stages for his conquest. It is definitely not appropriate to deal with Mei Gao at this time. More importantly, Mei Gao's articles are not empty talk about truth. He was able to obtain unanimous support from the soldiers who went to the expedition because his words were meaningful and touched the pain points of many people.

It is easy to deal with Mei Gao, but it will cause the hearts of scholars and soldiers to be detrimental to his great cause of conquest.

The emperor was very depressed. The influence of Liang Xiao had not been completely eliminated, and Mei Gao became a trouble again. Compared to Liang Xiao, Mei Gao, who could write articles, had a greater impact and would continue for a longer time. If you accidentally deal with it, you will suffer a lot of disaster.

At this moment, the emperor received a message from the Western Regions: Prince Aliu of Yuezhi was killed, and the Queen of Yuezhi was old, so she asked to take the proton Batu back to the country to succeed the throne.——

(To be continued.)
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