Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu still had some thoughts after reading the Di newspaper.

Strictly speaking, this kind of matter is the main responsibility of Tiangangtang. As for cracking down on secret associations, it is relatively secondary. So will Zhang Yuelu be transferred there?

This is indeed a problem.

It's useless to think too much. Firstly, Qi Xuansu does not have the power to change Jinque's decision. Secondly, Zhang Yuelu will not refuse such an opportunity to make contributions.

So Qi Xuansu put the Di newspaper aside and asked about rectifying the atmosphere.

Ke Qingqing followed Qi Xuansu and answered them one by one. He accidentally saw the set of collector's edition Xuansheng Cards placed on the table by Qi Xuansu, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, His Highness King Jin organized a competition for Xuansheng Cards." "Sai."

Qi Xuansu was startled: "Xuansheng Card Competition?"

Ke Qingqing nodded and said: "We have already done this once last year. We sincerely invite card masters from all over the world to come to the Imperial Capital to compete and decide on a card sage. Chief, since you also like to play Xuansheng cards, why not give it a try?" "

Qi Xuansu is now different from the past. He wants to maintain his identity and dusts off his clothes: "What 'Pai Sheng' is, it's just a false name. What does it do to me?"

Ke Qingqing added: "It is said that there is a reward of 10,000 Taiping coins."

Qi Xuansu changed the topic: "But making friends with cards is quite a pleasure."

Ke Qingqing added: "The preliminary competition ended a year ago..."

Qi Xuansu suddenly felt that this stinky girl was holding back bad water: "Deacon Ke, can you finish what you said in one breath? Don't say half and leave half."

Ke Qingqing had no choice but to say: "As far as I know, His Highness the King of Jin has also reserved eight special invitation places. You can directly participate in the semi-finals without going through the preliminary round, just to deal with the situation of the principal. With the principal and our Deputy Palace Master Shi It’s not just a matter of words, but the principal still has to go see Deputy Palace Master Shi quickly. If he goes too late, I’m afraid all eight positions will be taken away.”

Qi Xuansu nodded slightly and said, "That makes sense. I'll go see Deputy Palace Master Shi right away."

Qi Xuansu's signing room and Shi Bingyun's signing room were separated by a pond and just across the rockery, which was very convenient. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Shi Bingyun didn't go anywhere. He just stayed in the pledge room.

After passing the news, Qi Xuansu met Shi Bingyun.

"The great hero is here." Shi Bingyun smiled.

Qi Xuansu said humbly: "I don't dare to take it seriously. It depends on you all for strategizing and dispatching, and it depends on the officers and men for their orders and cooperation. I am just doing my duty."

Shi Bingyun motioned Qi Xuansu to sit down: "Don't talk to me in official terms. You got promoted very quickly, and you also learned these official expressions very quickly. Whether he is a great hero or not, I don't care, and it doesn't matter if you say it. It all depends on you." Jinque decided. By the way, I have something to ask you."

Qi Xuansu joked: "Did my promotion documents come out?"

Shi Bingyun said: "How to reward you is a matter for Master Donghua. I am talking about another matter. Have you read today's Di newspaper?"

The smile on Qi Xuansu's face faded, and he nodded: "I saw it."

"What do you think?" Shi Bingyun asked.

Qi Xuansu asked tentatively: "Deputy Palace Master Shi is talking about Fenglinzhou?"

Shi Bingyun said: "That's exactly what happened."

Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment and said: "The Taoist sect should use troops on a large scale. After all, no one dares to bear the crime of losing land and abandoning it. That will be infamous for thousands of years. But in what name will the troops be sent?"

Shi Bingyun tapped the table with his fingers: "In the thirty-fifth year, Chu attacked Sui. Sui said: 'I am not guilty.' Chu said: 'I am a barbarian.' Our Taoist sect has always claimed to be civilized, and of course we cannot call ourselves barbarians. Back then, the Taoist sect The reason why we were able to attack Xiujing City and force the regent Guan Bai of Fenglinzhou to sign an alliance was because during the previous Wei Dynasty, Japanese pirates repeatedly plundered the southeastern coast of our country and other places. "

"In Lingnan alone, in the eleventh year of Hongwu in the previous dynasty, the Japanese pirates killed thousands of people and robbed more than a thousand women and men. In the nineteenth year of Hongwu, the Japanese invaded Danfu, Xinying, and Yangpu; in the twentieth year, they invaded again. Qiong Mansion; in the ninth year of Chongwen, the eighth and ninth years of Xuanguang, the first year of Chengde, the fourth year of Yongzhen, the twelfth year of Zhengxi, the thirty-fifth and thirty-seventh year of Ming Yong, the Japanese invaders invaded Chengmai and Lin in Lingnan. Thirteen times in high-level counties, tens of thousands of our people were killed and tens of thousands of them were taken to overseas islands to be used as hard labor."

"This is just Lingnan, there are also Jiangzhou, Chuzhou, Minzhou and other places. The number of people killed and injured may be hundreds of thousands, and the number of people taken captive may also be hundreds of thousands. There are also those who must not The number of people who did not leave their homes reached millions, and they lost countless money. "

"It wasn't until our Daomen began to vigorously develop maritime trade, and the Qingwei line formed a fleet to clear the sea, that we gradually stopped hearing about Japanese pirates."

"Gongyang said: 'Can we still avenge the hatred of the ninth generation?' The Holy Master said: 'The king's way is restored, respect the king and resist the barbarians. The hatred of the tenth generation can still be avenged.'"

"The honor of a gentleman can be killed in five lifetimes. If it is a personal hatred, then there should be no revenge after the fifth lifetime. But if it is a national hatred, it can still be avenged in the ninth, tenth, or hundredth lifetime. So our Taoist sect flew to the city in a flying boat. , blasted their castle tower and forced them to surrender, not because they were bullying the weak, but because they robbed and killed millions of people along the coast of our country. "

"But the lords and warriors in Fenglinzhou think that we are an invader and an unjust teacher, and they have repeatedly rebelled. It is just that their interests have been violated. It is tolerable, but what is intolerable. So Jinque has passed Preliminary decision is made to send troops to help quell the domestic rebellion at the invitation of Fenglinzhou Guanbai Prime Minister's Office."

Qi Xuansu was not surprised. Maybe Jinque's message had been written, but he was more interested in the other two issues.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Will the imperial court also send troops? Who will lead the troops of Dao Sect?"

"The imperial court will send Donghai Navy to assist." Shi Bingyun replied, "As for who will lead the troops, Jinque has not yet reached an agreement."

Although Cihang is the real person in charge of Tiangang Hall, this position is similar to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and is mainly responsible for peacetime military management and deployment, or the appointment and removal of military officials. If a large army goes to war, a general must be selected to bear the seal of general. He is honored as general. It is not a permanent position. It is a temporary official position. When the war is over, the seal of general must be handed over. The general has great power and can control all military and political powers in the war zone, and control the governors and governors in the war zone. There are very few ministers of the Ministry of War who serve as generals. Qi Xuansuwen's candidate to lead the army is actually the candidate for "general".

Of course, Taoist sects would not call them "great generals", but would generally be called "the political orders of military instructors, mechanics, Taoist priests, spiritual officers and flying boats in a certain place", also known as "the real people in charge of the army".

Shi Bingyun continued: "In my opinion, although the final decision has not yet been made, the situation is already obvious. Most likely, Master Qingwei will be the 'Master in Charge'."

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but ask: "How do you say this?"

Shi Bingyun said: "What is the most important thing about the expedition? It is the logistical supplies. There are only two places closest to Fenglinzhou, one is Liaodong and the other is Qizhou. Is it easier to transport supplies from the south of the Yangtze River to Liaodong? Or to transport them to Liaodong? Qizhou is easy? So Qizhou will definitely become a transit point for the army's logistics supplies, and whose world is Qizhou? Judging from the current life-and-death situation of the three roads, if someone else is the master of the army, Taiping Dao will only be able to control the army. Setting up obstacles at all times in Qizhou and imposing constraints at every turn will very likely result in the army being defeated in Fenglinzhou. Regardless of whether it is led by Immortal Cihang or Immortal Donghua, after such a defeat, they will completely miss out on the title of Grand Master. Only if Qingwei Zhenren leads the army, the support will not be restricted."

"The imperial court has three major naval divisions. Zhengyiyi is very influential in the Nanhai Navy, because the predecessor of the Nanhai Navy is Zhengyi's fleet. Taipingdao is quite influential in the Donghai Navy, because the predecessor of the Donghai Navy is Taiping Dao's fleet. This time, the imperial court must mobilize the Donghai Navy to cooperate. If someone else is in charge of the army, it may be difficult to mobilize the Donghai Navy. It will be different when Master Cheng Qingwei becomes the commander of the army. There are many members of the Li family in the Donghai Navy. They dare not disobey the orders of the future family leader, so they can naturally command them. "

After Qi Xuansu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's better than ten years of reading."

Shi Bingyun smiled and said: "Master Donghua has finished being in the limelight, and it's now Master Qingwei's turn. The feudal lords in Fenglinzhou are unlucky. They feel that the three Taoist sects are fighting among themselves and have no time to take care of them, but they didn't expect Master Qingwei to want to take care of them. Use them to gain merit, there is no room for failure in this battle, and Taiping Dao will definitely make every effort.”

"Let me remind you, Zhang Yuelu will most likely go out with the army. Not only Zhang Yuelu, but also many young people from Zhengdao and Quanzhen Taoism will go with the army. One is because they are greedy for military exploits, and the other is to serve as hostages in disguise. Taiping Tao also I’m afraid that the right path and the whole truth will be hindered.”

Qi Xuansu could only listen.

It has to be said that Shi Bingyun is still very knowledgeable and worthy of being a Jurchen who almost became Cihang.

Shi Bingyun suddenly remembered something: "By the way, why did you come to me?"

Qi Xuansu briefly talked about his intention to participate in the Xuansheng Card Competition.

Shi Bingyun had no objection: "It just so happens that if you can get 10,000 Taiping money, it will be considered as a good thing and the money will not go to outsiders. I will tell Lao Qin."

After Qi Xuansu thanked him, he left Shi Bingyun's signing room.

Four days later, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Qi Xuansu took his own set of collector's edition Xuansheng Cards worth five thousand Taiping coins and confidently went to the main Taiping Inn to participate in the Xuansheng Card Competition.

When Qi Xuansu thought about it, he had "innate divine calculation". Even if he was not very skilled, wouldn't he be able to count cards accurately every time? But he never expected that his first opponent would be Yao Pei, who was recovering from a serious injury.

God knows why Yao Pei came to participate in this kind of competition. Would she care about the false reputation of "Sage of Pai"? Or do you care about a mere 10,000 Taiping?

Is it just for fun?

Qi Xuansu found that Yao Pei was slightly different from the past. He seemed to be a little more humane?

Yao Pei didn't talk nonsense to Qi Xuansu and took out a pair of sparkling Xuansheng cards, which almost blinded Qi Xuansu.

The final result is that "innate divine calculation" is defeated by "heavenly calculation".

Qi Xuansu achieved a good result of tying for 32nd place with fifteen other people.