Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Shanxi Zuoyun, Shuowei City.

King Yu led a light cavalry guard into the city, Jing Hongchai and Su Yan did not continue to follow, but quietly came to a hidden barracks in the mountain depression on the outskirts of the city.

Although there are many people in the barracks, everyone has their own busy work, so it is not as heavily guarded as the secret rooms in the city.Jing Hongzhui led Su Yan around the barracks and sneaked into the foundry.

Soldiers were packing firecrackers into packing boxes.These assembled firecrackers are indeed the "rotary winged tiger blunderbuss" depicted on the map.The two of them visually checked, and there were three or four hundred sticks visible in the warehouse alone.

"...It's enough to form a vanguard of the firearms battalion." Su Yan frowned secretly. If these firearms flow into the hands of the rebels or even the enemy's army, the consequences will be disastrous.

It was almost dusk, Jing Hongzhui turned his head to look out the window, listened carefully, and suddenly said: "The sound of horseshoes is approaching, I think King Yu brought people to inspect and pick up the goods. Maybe the people who met with him will come together."

Su Yan's mood is not so entangled at this moment - the matter has come to this point, entanglement is useless, what should be done, what should be done.He said to Jing Hong: "The main tent in the camp is empty, can we hide in first, maybe they will enter the tent and negotiate."

Jing Hong chased him and led him to avoid the guards' eyes and ears, and slipped into the spacious main tent.The main tent is a temporary wooden house. There are other rooms behind the conference hall. Su Yan and Jing Hong chased and hid in one of them. After about two quarters of an hour, they finally heard footsteps approaching.

All the guards stayed in the lobby, only two people entered the room next to us...one of them was King Yu.Jing Hongchai wrote stroke by stroke in Su Yan's palm.

Su Yan asked: Can you hear what they are saying?

The sound insulation effect of the wooden house is not as good as that of the secret room in the city, but Jing Hongzhui did not hear the voice, only the slight sound of turning the pages.He replied to Su Yan: King Yu made a noise when he entered the room, but was stopped. The other party seemed to be very cautious and talked with a pen.

Presumably, he was also worried that the barracks had too many people, and the walls had ears.Su Yan pondered, and Jing Hong chased and wrote: If your lord is worried about scaring the snake, after their meeting is over, I can follow that person and find out the details.

Su Yan made up his mind, shook his head, and mouthed: "Explode at a fixed point!"

Jing Hong chased:?

Su Yan: ...Catch the rape and catch the double.

Jing Hongzhui: Understood.

Su Yan took a deep breath, put his palm on the wall, and shouted: "Open!" Jing Hongzhui released his true energy very cooperatively, and the wall was instantly pierced into a big hole the height of a person, and sawdust and dust flew .

The two people who were talking in secret in the room reacted very quickly, and immediately lifted the table and smashed it towards the hole. Under the cover of this, powerful fist winds struck from both sides together.Su Yan was right behind, Jing Hong chased and did not dodge, but put out both hands, the left hand clasped the table to resist the wind of King Yu's fist, the right hand came out coldly, and the tip of the sword pierced the front of another person in the room.

The man saw the afterimage of the cold light, but his body was unable to react in time, he couldn't even make a simple movement like "dodge to the side", and only one thought flashed in his mind: there is such a fast sword under the sky!

It seems to have lost the essence of "tool" and entered the realm of nothing-is this still a sword?

The tip of the sword stopped suddenly at the tip of the man's nose, as stable as a rock, without the slightest tremor.The hand holding the sword is also made of fine iron, without any flaws.

The man couldn't move, and after holding his breath for a long time, he let out a long breath and said in a hoarse voice: "It's really a great blessing in my life to see the sword of the master... I will learn it later."

The disguise on Jing Hongchai's face has not been removed, and he still has the dark and honest appearance of the waiter, but King Yu recognized it at a glance from this sword light, frowned and said: "Jing Hongchai? Didn't you encounter rebels and soldiers in the Yanmen Pass area? Qinghe was lost, why did he suddenly break into the barracks... Oh, this king knows it. You never lost it at all."

Jing Hong pursued: "His Royal Highness King Lao Yu sent someone to look for me, and there is no need to look for me now."

Su Yan walked in from the big hole in the wall behind him, with a calm face and indifferent eyes, without any emotion in his heart.Picking up a few scattered pages, and scanning the writing on the paper, Su Yan handed the pages to the middle-aged man caught by the sword.

The man looked to be in his thirties, wearing a green robe with a sleeveless leaf armor, a lion nose and a square face, a tough appearance, and awe-inspiring and firm look in his eyes, it seemed that even if the next moment, he would lose his soul Under the broken sword, he will never show cowardice.

While Su Yan sized him up, he silently guessed the other party's identity: King Liao?King Wei?not like.There is indeed a kind of nobility in this person, but it is the air of a general, not from the clan.He doesn't even look like a Beimo person... Who is he, and what is he plotting with King Yu?

King Yu's face sank like water, he seemed to be very annoyed but suppressed it, leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, making it clear that he didn't want to cooperate.

Su Yan didn't expect him to cooperate, even from entering the room until now, he deliberately didn't look at King Yu's face.

The few numbers on the paper picked up just now came to mind: "It can solve Datong's urgent need." Su Yan caught a glimpse of the man's wrist and neck with knife scars and arrow scars, and his heart suddenly became clear, and he bowed his hands solemnly: "Your Excellency is Datong. Commander General Li?"

The man looked at Su Yan again and again, but for a moment he was not sure of his identity, so he cast his eyes on King Yu who was at the side.

King Yu was annoyed, but still nodded slightly, indicating that the uninvited guest was a friend rather than an enemy, the man eased his face just now, and clasped his fists and said, "I'm Li Ziyang, I don't know your identity, why did you suddenly break into the wall?"

Su Yan knew that he probably misunderstood King Yu, so he couldn't help laughing at himself a little bit: "I'm going down to Su Qinghe, and I've admired General Li's name for a long time."

Li Ziyang was startled for a moment, then lost his voice and said, "Su—Ge Lao?"

Su Yan waved his hand: "The crown has already been crowned, so there is no need to call it old man."

But what he didn't expect was that when Li Ziyang saw him, he was more excited than when he saw this famous general in history, and he said repeatedly: "Even if he is not in court, Mr. Su Ge, with his talents and achievements, can afford the 'state'. The title of "Prime Minister" will definitely be remembered in history in the future."

Su Yan felt a kind of mysterious and mysterious meaning: the self who saw the history with his own eyes, the future will also become the history in the eyes of others.In this way, who is not a person in the book?

He smiled emotionally and said, "I was the one who took the liberty to be rude. It is also His Royal Highness Yu who is acting sneaky, and it also involves important military affairs such as military training and forging firearms. I have to be more careful."

Yu Wang: You misunderstood yourself, blame me?

Li Ziyang looked ashamed when he heard the words, and said helplessly: "Prime Minister Su is right to be cautious, what happened here is indeed that the subordinate officials violated the court's law, and the crime should be punished."

Su Yan signaled Jing Hong to set up the overturned tables and chairs, asked Li Ziyang to sit down again, and listened to him in detail:

The northern desert cavalry pressured the border, the pressure on Datong's frontier defense increased sharply, the military town was short of troops, and the more than 500 border forts under it were divided into camps. Li Ziyang wanted to train the old and recruit the new, but he had no skills at all. The frontier troops so that they are skilled in battle, so as not to be defeated one by one by the enemy.

As for this batch of firecrackers, he also entrusted King Yu to forge them.He paid for the military expenses; King Yu contributed with the technology provided by Zhao Shizhen.

"The firearms assigned by the court are not enough?" Su Yan asked.

Li Zi shook his head and said, "It's useless! Those 'made by the Ministry of Industry' firearms will go off and explode at every turn. Even if they can be used, they are far inferior to the well-made and advanced technology of Tiangongyuan's firearms."

"Why doesn't the imperial court mass-produce the new firecrackers of the Tiangong Institute and distribute them to the troops of the guards?" Su Yan couldn't help frowning.Could it be that something happened to the thriving Tiangong Academy after he left Beijing?

Li Ziyang seemed to know something inside, but he couldn't tell, so he turned his eyes to the silent King Yu for help.

King Yu walked over with a sullen face, sat next to Su Yan, and said, "Because of interests! When you were in charge of the cabinet, as the Tiangong Academy you founded by yourself, it is called Gewu Academy, which is actually closer to an independent government office. The system and the sacred grace are strong, and the ministries naturally dare not neglect. After you left Beijing, the new emperor was busy dealing with internal and external troubles, and had no time to pay more attention to the Tiangong Institute, so many people came up with its idea——

"The Ministry of Households thinks it is burning money, and the Ministry of Industry thinks it is robbing business - from the procurement of raw materials for firearms, processing and casting to distribution to various places, how much business is there in it? Even the Ministry of War, which should have benefited the most, because no one Responsible for docking and training soldiers how to use new firearms, but with a conservative mentality, they think that one thing more is worse than one thing less.

"According to my prediction, Tiangongyuan won't last long. It's too new, like a toddler, without the support of its parents, it will either die young or be swallowed up."

Su Yan felt uncomfortable when he heard this. He understood the reason why people take tea to cool down, but he couldn't accept that all his hard work was about to go to waste.

He thought that staying away from the political vortex would keep him away from conspiracy and struggle; staying away from Zhu Helin, who was obsessed with personal affairs, would keep him away from troubles and conflicts.But at the same time, he is also far away from the power and discourse power of the court of this country.

At this moment, he once again deeply realized that no matter what he wants to accomplish in the court or what changes he wants to promote, it is based on the premise of having great power.Emperor Jinglong once gave him enough power and authority to condense the ruler's will into the Shangfang sword in his hands, so that all innovations in the tripod can be promoted smoothly and be fruitful.

Similarly, without his whimsical ideas and strategic planning, even if the monarch wants to change, no one can take over and implement it.

The relationship between ruler and minister is not only as simple as a relationship of superiority and inferiority in name, but also restricts and achieves each other.

And the day he abandoned Zhu Helin, he also abandoned his ideal and ambition, and the most important channel to realize this ideal and ambition...

Su Yan was in a daze, his eye rims were slightly red.

King Yu was still angry, but he couldn't help but feel soft-hearted when he saw his attitude, so he changed his tone: "Fortunately, the talents have not been lost. Many craftsmen in Tiangong Academy have glimpsed from your description and prediction. In the future, this world belongs to the bright light of Gewuxue, so you will not give up lightly. Qinghe, you said that you would like to be the one who raises the fire, and now you have done it. The fire has been ignited by you, don’t underestimate the power of this fire.”

Su Yan let out a long, choked sigh.

Li Ziyang said: "President Su doesn't have to worry too much about Tiangongyuan. Today, he is good at learning and innovating, and he attaches great importance to the way of investigating things. After the hurdle of internal and external troubles, the emperor will have the spare energy to pay attention. .”

Su Yan tried his best to calm down, and said in a low voice, "It's better to ask yourself than to ask others."

"That's true, but when you're not strong enough, you should still ask for help." Li Zi once again showed shame and embarrassment on his face, "The lower officials know that they handed over the frontier troops of the guards to the vassal kings for training, and privately forged firearms. It is a big violation of the court's law, but the war with Beimo is imminent, and the officials have no choice but to do it, and I hope Su Xiang will understand. If the court pursues it, I will bear all the responsibilities, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness Yuwang."

King Yu sneered slightly: "Why has nothing to do with me? I recommended you, the commander-in-chief of Datong, to the late emperor. If the new emperor finds out about this, it would be strange if he didn't punish you for colluding with the clan and punish me for not being a minister. Our Su Even though my lord has resigned from his position as the elder of the cabinet, it is hard to guarantee that he will become some kind of Su Yushi or Su Jianjun, who is here to investigate wrongdoings for the emperor."

...I'm heartbroken, Hibiscus City!Su Yan was hit by what he said, and it was irrefutable. A mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat, and he heard the meaning of grievance and injury. The bottom of his heart was even more guilty. He gave something as compensation.

He turned his head and glanced at King Yu with mixed feelings.

King Yu caught this meaningful gaze, but deliberately looked away in order to make his expression more ugly.

Su Yan was a little frustrated, but he also knew how much humiliation and shock it was for a person to be "loyalty to see doubts", especially someone like King Yu who had been imprisoned for many years and still did not change his original intention, so he could only bow his head silently .

Li Ziyang felt that the atmosphere was not right, and he was worried about the defense of the military town, so he stood up and clasped his fists: "Thank you, Mr. Su, for your understanding. I still have military affairs, so I have to rush back to Datong with firearms. If Su Xiangruo has other orders, I can also send them." People go to Datong Military Town to contact the next officer."

Su Yan bid farewell to him.In the past six months, King Yu and his friendship have deepened, and when they parted, they hugged each other tightly like a robe--for soldiers on the battlefield, every hug with a comrade-in-arms may be the last farewell, and they cherish it very much.

After Li Ziyang left, King Yu squinted at Su Yan.Su Yan smelled the smell of settling accounts after autumn.

Jing Hongzhui also saw that King Yu had bad intentions, so she stepped forward to protect his family's adults—36 plan is the best.

It's a pity that Mr. Su still didn't want to leave for various reasons, so he agreed to King Yu's request to "talk alone" and sent his bodyguard to buy dinner.

When Jing Hong chased him away, she was reluctant, but when she was far away, she turned the corner spontaneously, thinking: King Yu can be regarded as a hero in distress, and my lord has changed his view of him long ago.Now, if there is some sympathy, it's not too outrageous... If you are soft-hearted, you will definitely not accept another room!Not to mention what the old emperor thought, even if the little emperor knew about it, wouldn't the world be turned upside down?My lord, don't make trouble for yourself!

Master Su didn't hear the guard's voice.He heard King Yu grinding his back molars and saying: "We meet again after a long absence, I am full of sincerity, but you have so many suspicions and prying, ulterior motives... Doesn't Qinghe need to explain a thing or two to this king?"