Chapter 5 Chapter 5: The Time of Calamus

Cao Jingzong's mansion is in Jiankang City, southwest of the imperial palace, in a block called Wuyi Lane.Of course, it can't be compared with Hualin Garden, but it can be considered astonishingly magnificent.The scale is quite eye-catching among the surrounding aristocratic and high-ranking mansions.Niaoyi Lane is a quiet residential area full of greenery, with a history of nearly two hundred years. After entering the gate, there are green forests of locust trees and willows, as well as fruit trees of pomegranates and oranges.Under Zhao Cao's welcome, Zhu Yingtai originally wanted to wander around the beautiful garden, but stopped for the beautiful scenery by the pool.

"Are these real scenes?" While sighing, Zhu Yingtai walked into the calamus garden.Although the flowers are all purple in color, they have different shades. They sway in the breeze like a rainbow on the ground, and they also have a faint fragrance, which makes Zhu Yingtai completely stunned. For the Liang Dynasty, calamus was a flower that represented good omens.The mother of the first emperor Xiao Yan heard that she saw calamus flowers blooming in winter, and thought it must be a good omen. After smelling the fragrance of the flowers, she became pregnant and gave birth to Xiao Yan.

At the same time, in the Southern Dynasties, there was also a habit of using calamus flowers as a metaphor for beautiful boys: This was in May of the fifth year of Tianjian before Hefei fell, at about dusk, why did Zhu Yingtai appear in Cao Jingzong's mansion under the name of "Looking for the whereabouts of Liang Shanbo, the fiancé of my younger sister"? ?Although they visited together with Chen Qingzhi, Zhu Yingtai arrived first because Chen Qingzhi was slow to receive the emperor's military consultation.In fact, Zhu Yingtai didn't know that Chen Qingzhi wanted to entrust Zhu Yingtai to Cao Jingzong when he was away for a long time.Chen Qingzhi's thoughts are as follows:

"If Zhu Yingtai was a girl, she would never entrust it to General Cao. It would be like putting a lamb in front of a wolf. However, General Cao has no interest in molesting children, and he actually He is also a righteous and kind person, so he should be very trustworthy." Because Chen Qingzhi had heard Cao Jingzong's declaration before: "Ziyun, do you know that half of the people in the world are women, half of them are young, and half of them are beautiful! In this way, there are more than millions of people on earth worthy of love , why do you still like men? From the point of view of a healthy person like me, people who are interested in child molestation are all lunatics."

I don't know whether Cao Jingzong is a healthy person as he claims, but it is a fact that he has never been fooled by a beautiful boy, that's why Chen Qingzhi wants to entrust Zhu Yingtai to Cao Jingzong. When she started to walk again, Zhu Yingtai smelled a strange smell in the atmosphere: "What is this strange stench?" "That's the smell of sulfur." In the south of Jiankang there is a mountain called Tangshan. Although it is a bare mountain without trees, there are six places at the foot of the mountain where hot springs with sulfur erupt.The hot springs are good for joint pain and good for the beauty of the skin.Cao Jingzong transported the hot spring to his home, reheated it and used it in the bathroom.

From the same direction as the stench of sulfur, a young woman's voice also came.From these voices, the rumor that there were four hundred women in Cao Jingzong's mansion seemed to be true. Seeing that Zhu Yingtai's expression became unhappy, Zhao Cao pointed to another path: "It's better to go around here! This side is upwind, and it doesn't have the smell of sulfur." Aware of the guest's feelings, Zhao Cao chose the left path.On this path between grasslands with no features, thousands of crickets were released in autumn, playing natural music in the moonlit night.On the way forward, Zhu Yingtai saw a dozen or so old women from a distance. Regarding Zhu Yingtai's question, Zhao Cao replied:

"Those are old women raised by General Cao." "What are these old women doing?" Seeing that Zhu Yingtai's expression became more serious, Zhao Cao waved his hands quickly. In order to protect the reputation of his master, he tried hard to argue: "No, no! Please don't get it wrong! These old women were the ones General Cao loved when he was young, and they all lived in this mansion when they were old." "The queen?" "Yes. These old women were able to live a peaceful life in General Cao's mansion until they died. General Cao said that such treatment is necessary, especially for the homeless! "

"Is it to alleviate his crime?" "Well...if you have to say that..." Zhao Cao was puzzled by the unreasonable and unforgiving Zhu Yingtai's statement. This giant man who was twice as big as Zhu Yingtai was fighting with his smaller opponent, but there was another wonderful kind of pity. Zhao Cao was born in the mountains between Jing and Mian. She lost her parents when she was four years old and was raised by an old Buddhist monk.This monk is from Tianzhu. It is said that he came to China following the famous master Bodhidharma, but it is impossible to know if it is true or not.Zhao Cao learned martial arts and herbalism from this monk. Although he also wanted to learn Buddhism from him, the old monk died at this time.

When Cao Jingzong, who loves hunting, went hunting deer in the mountains, he shot an arrow because he saw a huge red deer. Unexpectedly, celebrities like Cao Jingzong also made mistakes, and the big deer with a neck injury ran wildly on the mountain road.When Cao Jingzong rode his horse to chase after him, the horns of the big deer shook, and a figure appeared in front of him. "Danger! Run away!" The moment Cao Jingzong yelled that, the big deer shook a few times and then fell to the ground. Cao Jingzong stopped his horse, thinking that someone must have shot the arrow, but after seeing the figure standing before the big deer, he couldn't help being surprised again: a giant man of unprecedented scale was clenching his fists Standing, it was a rather young man.

He not only has the strange strength to knock down a giant deer with a single blow, but also has the courage not to be afraid of the giant deer's rushing forward, and the vision and speed to hit the weak point of the big deer correctly. With a sigh, Cao Jingzong got off his horse and walked to the young giant. In front of Han: "It's so wonderful to just hit it between the eyebrows! Please tell me your name!" But the giant man sat down on the ground at this moment, with big tears falling and clapping his hands together towards the big deer: "I just wanted to guard the cemetery of my benefactor, but I killed an innocent deer, Amitabha, please forgive me!"

This young giant is Zhao Cao.Cao Jingzong took him to the flat land, let him live in his mansion, and let him compete with his subordinates in martial arts. There were few people who could compete with Zhao Caoyi in terms of physical strength and speed.Cao Jingzong assembled 500 soldiers from Shanyue to form an army, with Zhao Cao as its leader, but the results were not very satisfactory.Although he is also from Shanyue, such thinking is too naive. Zhao Cao is still young, and he would rather act on his own than to guide others, and he is not well evaluated among the older soldiers.Especially in the matter of punching people after the battle to stop the soldiers from looting the people's houses. "Our Shanyue is driven by the struggle between the Han people. We fight with our lives, and our salary is not high. Since we are saving the people from the enemy's hands, what's the point of plundering some?" This is the opinion of the soldiers.Although Zhao Cao wanted to say: "This is wrong!", but he couldn't beat them in theory. He could only try his best to prevent the soldiers from plundering, which caused the soldiers' resentment. In order to solve this phenomenon of exclusion.Cao Jingzong had no choice but to dismiss Zhao Cao, leaving only the position of military leader and ordering him to stay by his side.Zhao Cao didn't make any complaints, just followed Cao Jingzong like this, just got up at dawn, chanting scriptures aloud like thunder.Cao Jingzong, who went to bed late and woke up late, didn't say anything, but gave him a semi-underground room with thick walls, so that he could recite his scriptures carefully... Cao Jingzong greeted Zhu Yingtai in a luxurious house facing the lotus pond.About ten beauties in costumes waited for Zhu Yingtai to sit down with smiling faces and had a drink. "You're welcome." Zhu Yingtai's expression was still stubborn. Cao Jingzong ignored Zhu Yingtai, who was a guest, and drank and ate food on his own, and even teased the beauties who were drinking.Fortunately for Zhu Yingtai, it didn't take long for Chen Qingzhi to arrive.Although he wanted to make a formal greeting, Cao Jingzong just waved his hand impatiently.After Chen Qingzhi sat down, Cao Jingzong turned to Zhu Yingtai with drunken eyes: "Where did this brother Zhu come from?" "I heard it's Jiangzhou." Chen Qingzhi replied.Cao Jingzong flattened his mouth: "I'm not asking you, I'm asking the guest over there!" "Jiangzhou!" This is Zhu Yingtai's answer, he just wants to answer simply. "Oh, the land there is very rich. I mentioned to the Holy Majesty a few years ago that I would be the governor of Jiangzhou..." Cao Jingzong toasted: "At first, I was quite looking forward to it. Anyway, I have to support a lot of people, so I need more income. If I'm just a governor of a poor state, there's no way I can get out." Money and rice to feed the hungry men!" Jiangzhou is located in the middle to lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and to the south is Poyang Lake, which is as vast as the sea.Ships going up the Yangtze River, going down the Yangtze River, crossing the Yangtze River, and even entering and leaving Poyang Lake all have to pass through Jiangzhou.From big boats to small boats, from small boats to big boats, from boats to land, and from land to boats, people and goods are transported here. In addition to being an important port in Liang, it is also a city with prosperous commerce.Next to Poyang Lake stands the famous Lushan Mountain, on which there is a Donglin Temple, which can be regarded as a center of Buddhist culture in the Southern Dynasties. Zhu Yingtai was born in a famous family in Jiangzhou, and Jiangzhou is such a wealthy city, so of course it has made some progress in culture and learning.Zhu Yingtai grew up in such an atmosphere when she was a child. She began to learn characters at the age of four, and later also read Confucianism, Laozhuang, "Historical Records" and "Hanshu".At the age of seventeen, because the environment in Jiangzhou was not enough to study hard, he petitioned his father to go to Jiankang to study hard for one year, and met Liang Shanbo there.He believes that being an official is still a second matter, and hopes to spend his whole life in learning. "Learning really makes people happy!" Cao Jingzong raised his glass again and drank it down.Whether it is sincerity or sarcasm, I can't tell from the expression, but Zhu Yingtai responded with blatant sarcasm: "Don't worry! Thanks to you, my little brother is very happy!" Chen Qingzhi only interjected: "By the way, General Cao, I have an unfeeling request from you!" Cao Jingzong picked up the meat on the plate with ivory chopsticks: "Tell me about it!" "Then I'll say it! I hope that my friend, His Royal Highness Zhu Yingtai, can temporarily live in the general's mansion until I find His Royal Highness Liang Shanbo. How about it?" While gnawing on the meat, Cao Jingzong looked at Zhu Yingtai with cross-eyed eyes.At this moment, Zhu Yingtai stared at Chen Qingzhi with wide eyes, her fair cheeks were blushing, and suddenly started his protest: "Brother, why did you say that suddenly? I can't accept this!" "Listen to me, if Brother Xian was a woman, I would not have made such a request to General Cao!" Chen Qingzhi began his explanation. Cao Jingzong changed from chicken to fish, never stopped his chopsticks, and changed four kinds of wine. It seemed that he had nothing to do with him. He just enjoyed his banquet comfortably by himself.In the meantime, the sweaty Chen Qingzhi continued his persuasion: "Of course it's good to be able to take care of my younger brother all the time, but unfortunately, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in the future. It's really not free in my place, so I thought of asking General Cao..." Zhu Yingtai's face had already turned blue, and she uttered a painful voice: "Brother's kindness made me very grateful. I may have thought too simply. I have been bothering my brother before, thinking that I can do the same in the future. This is my mistake. I should use my own strength to find His Royal Highness Liang Shanbo!" Zhu Yingtai bowed her head deeply to Chen Qingzhi: "From now on, my younger brother will not bother my elder brother anymore. I am sincerely grateful for my care so far. I will leave the house tomorrow and look for a suitable place to stay. Please don't worry about my younger brother..." "No, no! You can't do this!" For Chen Qingzhi, the current situation is really unexpected. "I didn't mean to drive my younger brother away! Forget it, I didn't expect my younger brother to think so. I'm sorry, just pretend that this didn't happen!" "But this is the end of the matter..." "No! I didn't consider my brother's mood, so I let my brother live in this kind of place..." Cao Jingzong suddenly showed narrow eyes: "What's wrong with a place like me!" "Ah, I'm sorry! By the way..." "Just tell the truth? Forget it, this place is indeed full of vulgarity, and the rotten scholars will fall in front of the door just by passing by! But, how about this, I want to talk to this arrogant yellow mouth alone Say a few words. Ziyun, you can leave here for a while!" Chen Qingzhi seemed to want to say something... "Don't worry! I don't want to hate you yet, I won't do anything!" Now that Cao Jingzong said so, Chen Qingzhi had no choice but to keep Zhu Yingtai and go to the next door to taste Jinling's famous tea.In this era, tea was still something that the upper class drank. The beauties also left. "Okay, let's talk one-on-one!" Cao Jingzong smiled, the low-level smile of a lecherous man, making it impossible to believe that he is actually a great general who is responsible for the destiny of a country.Although Zhu Yingtai glared at Cao Jingzong, it was as ineffective as a mosquito sting. "So, how about it? Ziyun kindly proposed it! Do you want to live here? There are quite a few rooms." "Of course I refuse!" "Why? As Ziyun said, I'm not interested in child molestation, so you can rest assured!" "Whether you want child molestation is your family's business, it's really unpleasant!" "Originally, there are many people in this world who are betting their lives on child molestation. I don't want to hurt their hearts!" Cao Jingzong, who himself said that "those who love child molesters are all lunatics", actually went on to preach, which made Zhu Yingtai furious: "I'm really sorry! My little brother is not a child molester, this must be clearly stated first!" "That's not the intention to become a child mole!" "of course!" "Well, indeed! Women are not qualified to be child molesters." Although the final tone was very leisurely, Zhu Yingtai reacted as if a thunderbolt had landed on the closest place to him, and finally squeezed out a few trembling voices from her red lips: "You... how could you..." "Do you know? Of course! The only ones who don't know are people like Ziyun. That guy says that pure love is pure love, but he's also dull." Is it a wry smile or a sympathetic smile?In short, his smile never left his mouth.Cao Jingzong continued: "I can tell you one more thing, that guy Ziyun already likes you!" "This..." Zhu Yingtai was speechless.For an instant, he completely forgot his disgust towards Cao Jingzong. "But, even now, brother Ziyun has not discovered that I am a daughter! Isn't that what you said?" "That's right! So Ziyun fell in love with you without knowing that you were a daughter!" Speaking very clearly, Zhu Yingtai once again had nothing to say.Cao Jingzong continued after raising his cup: "That guy Ziyun found out what he was thinking, so he felt that it was inappropriate. Of course he has no prejudice against child molestation, but this kind of friendship between men is betrayal! Alas, this is all in the The thoughts of immature people on this road!" For Cao Jingzong, he is qualified to comment as if he is great. He naturally has more than a thousand times more experience than Chen Qingzhi on "this road". "That's why Ziyun wants to leave you. He has to fight against Wei. Of course, he can't take care of you all the time, so he asks me here. Rather than trusting me, it's better to say that he pushed me hard, anyway. There is no one more dangerous than me, is there? Hmph!" "Then what do you want to do to me?" Zhu Yingtai's voice still gave off a pale feeling, and Cao Jingzong looked at her with mockery again: "If you're just cheating on Ziyun and taking advantage of his friendship, then it's very simple. I'll do everything possible to make you his man and let you know that men are not fun! If that's not the case, then you didn't mean to cheat him , so why haven't you told him you're a woman yet?" "……This……" "How? Are you willing to respond to Ziyun's yearning? Or are you unwilling to accept him even if your identity is revealed?" "This is not acceptable! Younger brother... I am a concubine..." The confusion of words fully expressed Zhu Yingtai's mood: "...there is already someone she yearns for." "Is that the man named Liang Shanbo?" "yes!" "So it's not my sister, but your own engagement!" "……just like what you said……" "Then there will be no return for Ziyun..." Cao Jingzong sighed.Zhu Yingtai just murmured in despair: "Then I won't be able to add to brother Ziyun's troubles. The little brother will disappear immediately and will never appear in front of brother Ziyun again!" "This is not possible!" Cao Jingzong said in an uncompromising tone: "If you disappear now, Ziyun will definitely try his best to find you! The war against Wei is imminent. If he becomes such a person who has lost himself and cannot perform in the unprecedented war, what a loss! It's the present dynasty!" Zhu Yingtai didn't know what to do. "In short, you can only stay in this mansion now, and I will ask those old women to take care of you. For me, it's all right, I don't want to be involved in this pure love. You're looking for trouble. If you still have a heart of gratitude to Ziyun, then don't let him have any more expectations!" Zhu Yingtai nodded silently, Cao Jingzong immediately clapped his hands and called the maid.After saying that you should also drink tea in the next room, Zhu Yingtai stood up and was about to leave the scene.After watching him leave, Cao Jingzong's face moved, and he said to the figure hidden behind the screen: "Have you heard everything? Zhao!" "Yes, yes, I'm very sorry! I didn't mean to eavesdrop!" Although Zhao Cao's giant body was hidden with great difficulty, the huge rosary beads around his neck made a sound. Cao Jingzong had already discovered it, but he didn't say anything about it.Cao Jingzong got up and walked towards the corridor facing the courtyard, while Zhao Cao followed closely with his giant body. Cao Jingzong didn't turn around, and said directly to the giant man behind him: "You know what's going on now, don't you?" "...Yes, I probably know it!" "Hmph, how's it going? Now you clearly know what a kind person I am!" Zhao Cao's voice trembled: "General Cao..." "What's up?" "The lower officials didn't realize that Miss Zhu was a woman at all..." "Oh, you are also the same as Ziyun!" Cao Jingzong laughed, but Zhao Cao didn't laugh: "I just think he is a healthy, beautiful and elegant young man..." At this time, there was a sound of water, which seemed to be the sound of koi jumping in the pond, causing a white circle to appear on the almost darkened water surface for a moment. "Then how did the general find out that Miss Zhu is a woman?" "I'm a healthy man, no matter how beautiful I am, I've never been attracted to a man, but I just took a look at it, and I feel that I have to care about this surname Zhu!" Cao Jingzong rubbed his cheeks that were hot from alcohol with his palms: "Since she can attract my attention, she must be a woman, a woman disguised as a man! So I took a second look. As for the truth, it will be discovered later." Zhao Cao moved a bit: "Then why?" "Just a feeling!" "You speak so simply!" Narrowly, Cao Jingzong cast his sights on this loyal giant: "What is simplicity! Don't you say it's bright?" "This... I'm very sorry!" Zhao Cao lowered her head facing Shangguan's back. In the history books, it is recorded that Cao Jingzong "whether he is talking to people with high status or people with low status, he is the same!" No matter it is this time, even if he is talking to the emperor Xiao It's the same with Yan, he also made fun of him when he was drunk!On the other hand, he also yelled "Hi! Hi!" to the common people and soldiers. "Since you are already a noble person, you should always respect yourself a little bit, at least you should act according to the etiquette that suits your status!" When he heard his friend's opinion, Cao Jingzong just let out a sneer from the tip of his nose: "Etiquette exists to be broken. If everyone abides by etiquette, wouldn't those wordy Confucians lose their jobs?" Cao Jingzong suddenly changed the subject: "The women in this mansion are all raised by me, uh...there are four hundred and twenty-two people in total!" "It should be four hundred and forty-two people!" "Really? But how do you know?" "The manager once said that, it seems that the rice loan must be issued every month..." "You're so talkative! Don't you want to eat food for five people!" "I'm so sorry." "No, you don't have to apologize! Actually, what I want to say is..." Cao Jingzong continued: "So, it doesn't matter if there is an extra woman who doesn't give birth, does it?" Zhao Cao looked at Cao Jingzong seriously, and Cao Jingzong's voice couldn't help but grow louder: "I'm not sympathetic to that arrogant woman Zhu Yingtai! I hate her so much, but I just don't want to make women suffer misfortune. I just want to protect my reputation!" At this time, Cao Jingzong pictured Zhu Yingtai's "women's clothing" in his heart.Her men's clothes can't hide her slender beauty. If she puts on her makeup properly, she might be one of the few beauties in Jiankang!Even in the same mansion, maybe it's better not to meet each other, otherwise he doesn't have the confidence to maintain self-control. Under the circumstance that it was impossible to know Cao Jingzong's heart, Zhao Cao replied seriously: "Xiaguan likes General Chen and Miss Zhu very much. It would be great if they could be together happily!" "It's a pity that things don't go as expected in the world." "Ok!" "Zhao, I hope you can fight Yang Dayan." Cao Jingzong suddenly changed the subject again: "Not as a general, but as a soldier! As a general, you and Yang Dayan are still far behind. That person can use 100,000 soldiers like brothers, and these 100,000 people are not afraid of each of them." die!" "The officer knows!" There is no Liang Jun general who does not know the name and strength of Yang Dayan. "If I were ten years younger, I might not be able to win the one-on-one battle with Yang Dayan! To be honest, I don't think you can beat Yang Dayan either!" Zhao Cao was silent.Facing the moonlight in the night sky, Cao Jingzong continued to breathe out his alcohol: "But even if you fail, you can buy some time. This is what I want! When Yang Dayan is fighting with you, I will send troops to sweep away his subordinates from the south bank of the Huaihe River." Cao Jingzong stared at the courtyard at night, as if Wei Jun was hiding there. "If you are killed by Yang Dayan, I probably don't have the time to save you!" "yes!" "Would you blame me for letting you join the army?" In a low voice, Zhao Cao shook his head vigorously: "No! You allowed me to go down the mountain and experience many things. I can only be grateful to General Cao..." "yes?" "I only have one wish, if I can survive after fighting Yang Dayan, please let me go to the monastery!" "You mean you want to become a monk?" "I don't know if it will be successful, at least I hope to be able to practice..." "Then it's up to you." Cao Jingzong waved his hand, and Zhao Cao saluted and left.Cao Jingzong stayed alone and said to the moon: "Whether it's love or fighting, people are still smarter in the third generation, right? Do you think so too?" The three generations refer to the three ancient dynasties of Xia, Shang, and Zhou. Anyway, it is right to refer to the ancient world. And the moon just shines his light silently. This pair of men and women, who are not smart at all, are walking side by side under the moon.Although Chen Qingzhi and Zhu Yingtai left their names forever in different aspects, they were just two pure immature men and women in this night.The scent of calamus floats in. Although this sweetness is a symbol of happiness, the atmosphere between the two is full of sourness, which is the feeling of endless miss and regret. Zhu Yingtai tried not to look at Chen Qingzhi's face, but Chen Qingzhi didn't notice it because he couldn't look at Zhu Yingtai either. "Is there a friendship between a man and a woman?" Zhu Yingtai did not raise the question mark in her heart.When she and Liang Shanbo met in the library, they were wearing men's clothing, and they started socializing as classmates.Before Liang Shanbo was clearly conscious of love, Zhu Yingtai regarded her relationship with him as friendship.Even though he was a little aware of the truth, he still denied it, telling himself that it was a friendship with people who also love learning, but in the end, there was still no way to deceive himself. "Will it be the same thing again?" For a moment, Zhu Yingtai, feeling uneasy, shook her head vigorously.At that time, Zhu Yingtai didn't have anyone in his heart, but now he has Liang Shanbo, his existence is like a huge thousand-year-old tree, with intertwined roots, there is no room for Chen Qingzhi to enter.However, Chen Qingzhi has no way of knowing what kind of strange position he is in at present, he is just confused about his love for his young friend. Zhu Yingtai noticed that she seemed to be a cruel and heartless bad girl, turning a blind eye to her friend's kindness.However, it's not that she doesn't want to repay, it's just that she doesn't know when she will be able to repay her affection?Among the knowledge learned so far, Zhu Yingtai has not been taught any relevant solutions. "My dear brother, doesn't Night Breeze feel cold?" "No, the weather is already very hot!" "Really? It's already summer!" The unfocused conversation ended immediately. After walking around the vast courtyard, Chen Qingzhi and Zhu Yingtai thought about the same thing: if they knew where Liang Shanbo was, if Liang Shanbo could show up earlier.Then the matter can be satisfactorily resolved. When the king of Linchuan led an army of 300,000 to invade Wei's territory, he used Matou City on the north bank of the Huaihe River as a supply base.Although 300,000 grains were gathered, the whole army was defeated because of the fleeing of Linchuan King, and finally Matou City was also occupied by the Wei army. When Liang Jun fled to Hefei, King Zhongshan, the commander-in-chief of Wei Jun, stopped his pursuit and returned to the north, and transported away the large amount of rice, wheat, salted fish, meat and other food gathered in Matou City. "Since the king of Zhongshan transported all the grain northward, doesn't that mean he has no intention of going south? It seems that Wei's army will not come to attack after autumn!" Some people claim that.His name is unknown, but in the history books, it is only mentioned in the sentence "the one who discusses it".Xiao Yan, who heard this, just laughed a few times, probably thinking that these people are really optimists who don't know how to fight! May, June, July... Chen Qingzhi ran inside and outside Jiankang in order to realize his vision. This is his activity of organizing troops "in order to seize the unique opportunity of victory and decide the outcome with one blow".When it came to an end temporarily, Chen Qingzhi was called to Hualin Garden and paid homage to the emperor in Chongyun Hall.One is to report the current situation, and the other is to answer the emperor's questions.Xiao Yan asked enthusiastically: "It's been a hundred days since then! That should be the answer! It's the matter of whether the commander-in-chief of the whole army should choose Wei Rui or Cao Jingzong!" "Yes, then I said..." "Ok!" "The Jiedu ministers of the whole army think that it should be handed over to Cao Jingzong." Xiao Yan couldn't help being very surprised by this answer.Because it took Chen Qingzhi a lot of time to answer this question, and this is still a question that must be answered. "Did you just say Cao Jingzong?" "yes." "It's really surprising. I thought you would recommend Wei Rui! Compared with these two, don't you have a higher opinion of Wei Rui?" "yes." "Then I want to know the reason. No, wait! First of all, I want to know the reason why you have a higher opinion of Wei Rui. Tell me!" Xiao Yan leaned out from the rosewood table. "Because Wei Rui's army never plundered, while Cao Jingzong's army often plundered." This was Chen Qingzhi's answer. "I know." A trace of pain flashed across Xiao Yan's expression: "Of course Cao Jingzong did not reward plundering, and he has apologized to me several times for this matter." Of course, plundering is not a good thing, but for soldiers who risk their lives, it is not easy to prevent them from plundering excitedly after victory.Cao Jingzong argued so clearly. "It is because of this, but this matter does not make sense to the people. Just one plunder will destroy all trust, and the hearts of the people will leave the court!" "What you said is absolutely correct. Since this is the case, why do you advocate making Cao Jingzong the commander-in-chief? This is what I can't understand." Chen Qingzhi is not very direct: "Among Liang's generals, Wei Rui is the only one who can be better than Cao Jingzong..." "Yes, so shouldn't Wei Rui be the head coach and Cao Jingzong be the deputy? That makes sense!" Although Xiao Yan had appraised Chen Qingzhi's intelligence since he was a boy, he couldn't help but raise his voice. "However, the minister's opinion is the opposite." "on the contrary?" "Yes! If we let Wei Rui be the commander-in-chief, Cao Jingzong will think: Sure enough, he is not as good as Wei Rui, this is what even the Holy Majesty thinks..." Xiao Yan finally thought of this point: "...So it turns out that Cao Jingzong will lose his mind. Even if he doesn't realize it, it will definitely become like this in the end. It's better to give Cao Jingzong a little more responsibility." "Yes. As the commander-in-chief, Cao Jingzong will be conscious of his responsibility and respect Wei Rui. You don't have to worry about that." "That didn't make Wei Rui the head coach, wouldn't he change?" "yes." "Okay, I understand. If that's the case, then do as you say!" After nodding forcefully, Xiao Yan cast admiring glances at the young General Wuwei. "I got you fifteen years ago! Although I hadn't achieved success at that time, I always raised many children in order to have a powerful assistant in the future. Being able to get you is a miracle in itself. Make me happy!" Xiao Yan really praised Chen Qingzhi too much!Chen Qingzhi didn't see Zhu Yingtai's daughter, nor could he correctly analyze his own mood. He was still an immature young man.However, regarding the country's strategy, he had already reached a state of maturity at the age of twenty-three. The next day, Xiao Yan called Cao Jingzong into the palace: "Cao Jingzong, General of the Right Guard, is now appointed General of the Conqueror of Peking University, who will be in charge of the entire army when we fight against Wei!" Cao Jingzong was originally a person who lacked the virtue of humility, and he couldn't help being nervous when he was happy, and he couldn't answer for a while, so he could only calm down in front of the imperial court.However, the second attempt to thank Yuli failed, and the third attempt was finally able to say: "I took over the order of the Holy One, and for a minister who is not talented, the Holy Grace is vast..." "I have great expectations for you! There is only one thing, Governor of Yuzhou——Wei Rui is your senior, you have to be polite to him." "I swear, I will definitely act according to the royal will!" "Very good! The two generals Wei and Cao are the treasures of this dynasty. I hope they can work together to save the country and drive out the northern bandits!" In this way, Liang Jun's system was determined.It was August in the fifth year of Tianjian, and in a blink of an eye it was the season when the autumn wind would blow the water of the Yangtze River.