Of course, An Zheng was"t joking around.
When An Zheng arrived
utside the gates of the Military Ministry, the three people of Dafang agency had already been taken into bags and brought outside of Fanggu city. The three men had already been buried when An Zheng signed the procedure and waited.
Halfway through the road, Du Shoushou asked An Zheng, ""Zhou Wanqian doesn"t seem like that kind of man. Why didn"t he give him a way out?""
The answer was, ""Zhou Wanqian is even more disgusting than the Gou family, because he knows how to stay and how he should keep on staying. He knew weakness and knew how to save himself. Do you think he was broken by the people of the Gou No, he"d just found the soil for him. He"s in good company with me because he wants to be alive. If you say you let him sell his life, he will kneel down and lick your toes. You can check it out carefully and see how much of the bad things that the Gou family does are Zhou Wanli"s idea.
""When the authorities convict, they will make the difference between a perpetrator and an accessory,"" said An Zheng. ""In my opinion, there"s no reason for evil.""
Du Shoushou didn"t quite understand the meaning of An Zheng, but he a.s.sumed it was right as long as it was contended with An Zheng.
It was not the same as thinking about An Zheng. The Yan Country"s Military Ministry wasn"t very solemn. The entrance was still quite dignified, and the style was that of a yamen with a very rigid look. Only after entering through the door did one find out that there was a heavenly pa.s.sage. There were quite a few of the small lake artificial mountains in the pavilion, and the ones that loved it were in the branches of the small garden in front of the office.
When An Zheng saw this, he couldn"t help but nod his head. He couldn"t help but feel that he didn"t think that the ministry was like this.
The one in charge of receiving the reception was a man about fifty, calling himself Hao Pingan, a member of the Military Ministry, also served as a rank 6 official, but the officials felt that they were more imposing than the local officials. However, there is a very comfortable feeling in the military ministry. That is, we are all soldiers.
This was absolutely different from the other ministry, it was because of the current wars among the sixteen countries.
While they were still in the military ministry of Great Xi, they had a very serious conflict in the ministry. The Great Xi was peaceful. So the soldiers used all their energy even for a small matter. However, it was different in Great Yan. Every year, this place began to wage war, and every day, the border would be fighting.
Therefore, the people who entered the military ministry this year might be familiar with it. In the blink of an eye, they would be transferred to the border to replenish the past, and then they would soon die. So the people here have a kind of awareness... No one knows which day they die, and everyone in the division might be the ones who stand behind him to protect themselves. There were only one missing side.
Even if he were to plot against others, death would be much important.
Regardless of age, people here understood the relationship between death and trust more than the other yamen"s.
Hao Pingan sat in the pavilion in the garden of the front yard with An Zheng. He smiled and said, ""I was planning to let you wait in the house for a while, but the adults are all in a meeting. Soon after, we will select a batch of people to supplement the Southeast Border, and the war with You is getting more and more difficult. So I don"t know when this time will end, and the room is so oppressed, why don"t you sit outside? ""
An Zheng said, ""Haven"t we had a big war with You for a long time?""
Hao Pingan said, ""There is no war, but the war has never stopped. In a sense, the State of Zhao and our Yan are brothers, at the very least, they aren"t in a hurry to tear their faces away. And Zhuo country is between us and Zhao, so they can only obey. But in the southeast side, the countries of You, Yong and Ba were united, wanting to advance to the north. They don"t dare to go south becauseof Xi, so they have to invade the northern region. ""
""What do you mean big war?""
Hao Pingan asked.
An Zheng didn"t answer. Hao Pingan himself gave an answer, ""In the military ministry, the definition of big war is like this … within a single battle, more than 5,000 died. Do you know how many people we die every day on the Southeast Border? Not less than three hundred a day. Therefore, we don"t even know each other in many of the border cities. ""
An Zheng said nothing, he had been through a lot of things in the Great Xi, but never experienced such a brutal war. The Great Xi was too big, so big that no one dared to provoke him. In addition, Xi was still squeezing out the small countries in the surrounding area. To the Great Xi, these small countries were nutritious, and they were squeezing out a little everyday.
Therefore, it was very clear that the battle between the sixteen countries had something to do with the Great Xi.
Hao Pingan smiled and said, ""You may not be familiar with this atmosphere. After all, you came from the border city of Zhao. We didn"t have any conflicts with Zhao. It would be better if I got used to it later. Don"t worry too much. It may be a long time for the meeting today, because we need to know who sent them to the Great Xi. ""
He suddenly asked, ""What do you think of Great Xi?""
An Zheng replied, ""Great Xi... It"s a large part of the reason for the war in the Sixteen Countries. Although the surrounding small countries couldn"t possibly have any effect on the Great Xi, the Great Xi would never allow these small countries to be rich and powerful. It was constantly putting pressure on the surrounding countries to attack each other. Xi pressed close to their small country. These small countries had to attack small countries a little further from the Great Xi to survive.
""In this way, the small countries will be depleted of the nation"s power during the ongoing war. People, wealth, and loss were huge. However, the Great Xi did not allow these small countries to be easily destroyed, not allowing them to swallow each other up. Although in the eyes of the Great Xi, these small countries were only ants, but Xi didn"t even allow a stronger ant to appear.
Hao Pingan"s eyes lit up. ""There are too few people as young as you who are so perceptive. It"s really too little. Most of the young men in the military ministry were admiring the Great Xi. They believed that it was the true power. When the wars in the surrounding countries came to an end, the Great Xi sent envoys to mediate. The war will stop because of Xi"s intervention. They believe that this is the work of Xi. ""
An Zheng signed, ""I said earlier that Xi won"t allow any ants to be strong. Therefore, once a country could swallow up another country, the Great Xi would intervene to prevent this situation. If you don"t listen to me, then beat it until you are crippled. ""
Hao Pingan said, ""That"s right, so I don"t like the ideas of many young people in the ministry, but you can"t persuade them. The worship to the strong is also very stubborn.""
An Zheng nodded. ""It"s true, but not only did they, most people think that it would be peaceful to enter the Great Xi. However, the Great Xi was definitely not allowed refugees to enter, and the border armies of Great Xi have been killing people, the people woho want to enter Great Xi.""
Hao Pingan stood up, ""You stay here a little while and I"ll see if they are done.""
An Zheng stood up too, ""I will wait again, thank you, Lord Hao.""
Hao got up and left, walking very upright. An Zheng could tell that this middle-aged man, who was a bit displeased with the young people, wasn"t a civilian without a battle. The way he walked explained everything, and the man"s manner was also filled with dignity and killing. An Zheng thought about it for a while. The officials in capital were probably like this. They felt a sense of superiority, so he didn"t care about it.
People like Hao Pingan, who were still in their fifties, were still in the sixth rank. Basically, they would never get promoted in this life. But An Zheng wondered why this man wore no official clothes. He was dressed in ordinary clothes and was waiting for guests.
Hao Pingan went to the end of the small garden and turned into a long corridor. Then he took out a pipe from a bag hanging by his waist. He didn"t go to check the meeting, but sat down on the porch where he could sit. His pipe is very large and very long. He inhaled a mouthful of smoke and spat out a mist.
After about ten minutes, two people in red uniforms quickly walked over and shouted to Hao Pingan from a distance.
Hao Pingan seemed to be a bit helpless. He knocked his pipe against the sole of his shoe and followed the two of them. In Great Yan, the officials in the fifth and fourth grade wore red, while those above the third level wore purple while those under six wore green. The two men in red uniforms should be of higher ranks in the military. In the Great Yan, the minister was a second rank, but the salary of a first grade . The a.s.sistant minister of Military Ministry is a third rank, second only to the minister.
Hao entered a room and a group of people in red uniforms stood up and bowed respectfully. ""Sir.""
He walked over to the main seat and sat down. ""Where"s the discussion?""
One of them replied, ""Sir, the King of Yan said to let us propose a man to Great Xi to send tribute. Everyone consulted, General w.a.n.g Kaitai is the best.""
Hao Pingan pondered for a moment. ""But w.a.n.g Kaitai recently took charge of the new students in the Martial Arts Academy. I think it"s better to chose another person.""
The crowd was speechless.
Hao Pingan said, ""You can choose a more decent one from the rank 6 official, but it"s only for the people of the Ministry of Speech. Give him a general"s robe, and don"t p.i.s.s his pants. Great Yan"s general didn"t have the time to wait on the big lords of Great Xi, and the generals were still prepared to go to battle. He would lower his head when he went to see a hundred battle officer like General Kaitai, so why not just let him forge some excellent young men for me in the Martial Arts Inst.i.tute? I am of the literary family, I can go to Great Xi and bend over and bow. But the generals couldn"t, the generals were … unable to bow their heads. Their dignity in b.l.o.o.d.y battle cannot be wasted. ""
Everyone was silent for a moment, then they stood up and agreed.
Yes, anyone could bow their heads, but generals on behalf of the military could not lower their heads.
""My lord, didn"t you say that you personally went to see the children that General Qiu Changchen recommended before dying?""
The a.s.sistant Minister Chen Zaiyan asked, ""Did you see him?""
Hao Pingan nodded and said in a low voice, ""Good child. That"s really a good seedling that makes my heart open up. It doesn"t go against General Qiu"s recommendation. General Qiu"s letter of recommendation came in three, and after the third one came the news of General Qiu"s death.
Chen Zaiyan sighed, ""It"s a pity. It"s been over three years. I found out that General Qiu"s murderer was a member of the Realm a.s.sociation of You. It took us over a thousand days to find out the truth.""
Hao Pingan suddenly sneered, ""Do you think that"s all? Do you think that Grand General Fang Zhiji was really forced away by Her Majesty? ""
He stood up and looked out of the window. ""The people of You has come all the way here to a.s.sa.s.sinate Yan"s a.s.sistant general of Iron Flowing Fire. General Fang Zhiji, with his Iron Flowing Fire Essence, rode south, training the army? To avoid Her Majesty? ""
Crack.
His hand patted on the windowsill. ""If some people from the Realm a.s.sociation don"t die, and General Fang Zhiji won"t bring soldiers back.""
Chen Zaiyan"s expression changed, then he let out a long breath, ""Heavenly fortune, General Fang was born in our Yan."""