Chapter 1660 Past Events!

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"Hou Junji has never forgotten anything since he was a child, and he can see anything just by looking at it. He can't draw, but when he was in Tiance Mansion, someone deliberately made trouble and asked Hou Junji, how many wine shops, alleys, and shops are there in the west of the city? The meat sellers, the cloth sellers, the tea drinkers, the oil sellers...the intention is to embarrass him. Because Taizong often has his learning ability, which is unrivaled in the world, and no one in Tiance's mansion can match him."

"As a result, Hou Junji spread out the drawing paper, and used 537 sheets of drawing paper to actually draw the entire west of the city, ranging from restaurants and inns to butcher shops and bookstalls, in every detail. Not only that, he also drew 289 pictures of the interior of restaurants, inns, and bodyguards, with carved beams and painted buildings, interior decorations, and incomplete legs and corners of tables and chairs, all of which were vividly painted on them. Everyone was shocked gone."

"Afterwards, when I compared these drawing papers, there was not a single fallacy. It's incredible! This incident left a deep impression on people at the time, and it also made everyone admire him!"

Hearing this remark, even Wang Chong couldn't help being moved. Just look at the current capital to know how big a city is. Whether it is Emperor Taizong or the current Holy Emperor, the capital has not changed much.

But wanting to draw, or write down, the entire west of the city, even Wang Chong couldn't imagine it. How big is the west of the city, how many private houses, how many wine shops, teahouses, inns, money houses... Not to mention, the details of the internal structure of these buildings, as well as the subtle flaws, must be clearly remembered. Even Wang Chong Ask yourself that you can't do it.

If it wasn't Su Zhengchen who told the story, and Wang Chong knew that his master, Su Zhengchen, was always serious and never joked, Wang Chong would only think that this was a fabricated story with no credibility.

However, Wang Chong knew very well that not only was this not a story, but even the protagonist in the story lived in the palace a few walls away from him. And they are all preparing for the next plan.

For a moment, Wang Chong felt extremely heavy in his heart.

"In addition, Hou Junji is a warrior, but because the court governs the country, it is necessary to use literati. He has learned poetry and songs in a short period of time, and has achieved extremely high attainments."

"Emperor Taizong said at the beginning that Hou Junji's military talent is not the strongest in the Tang Dynasty, but with his strong learning ability, he will definitely surpass all of us in the future. In terms of military art, he will definitely become the most outstanding military art in the Tang Dynasty Mars."

Su Zhengchen paused at this point, and seemed to be caught in the memories of the past. After a long time, Su Zhengchen continued:

"I don't have much contact with Hou Junji itself,

I happened to make a lot of military exploits at that time, and it was at the height of the sun that I was called the God of War in the Tang Dynasty, while Hou Junji was called the God of War, and his status was only inferior to me. "

"Actually, I don't know much about Hou Junji. The real contact with him was more than ten years after the war was decided and the world was peaceful. At that time, the government and the public were afraid of me, saying that I was born in the Sui Dynasty and had military exploits. You are outstanding, if you cause chaos, it will be a disaster for the world! In order to avoid suspicion and disaster, the court decided at that time that the court appointed a general to follow me to learn the art of war, and I would personally teach him what he had learned throughout his life. In this way, the monarch and his ministers are in harmony In the future, if there is any war in Datang, he can also go out instead of me, so that two problems can be solved."

This was the first time that Su Zhengchen talked about the past, especially the part involving his suspicion. Although Su Zhengchen didn't talk about it in detail, and many places were understated and passed over briefly, Wang Chong still understood that this was actually the "master of high merit".

Regarding the past of his master Su Zhengchen, Wang Chong still knew a little bit about it. In his glorious battles, he once relied on 8,000 troops to defeat the strongest cavalry of more than 100,000 of them at the time when the Turkic soldiers in the north were strong and powerful, and everyone was least optimistic about Datang, and chased them all the way. The Turkic people were defeated and lost.

Not only did they suffer heavy losses and capture a khan, but also made the northern Turks rise strongly and return to the peak, threatening the advantage of the Middle-earth, and abruptly died. record.

Moreover, Su Zhengchen in the later stage had achieved hundreds of battles in his life, big and small, and he had already reached the position of being unsealable. As for the emperor, if the ministers have made meritorious service but cannot be rewarded, the prestige of the emperor will be severely damaged.

——Those who have meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and those who have done wrong must be punished. This is the most basic prestige and principle of an emperor. After all, all the courtiers were watching the emperor's every move.

For a moment, Wang Chong sighed in his heart. In the Tang Dynasty, he had not reached the status of his master Su Zhengchen in the Taizong era, and he did not have such a background of suspicion. On the contrary, the identity of the Wang family's general family is a strong plus in this respect.

However, the generals are all in the same line. Wang Chong, as the king of a foreign land, will soon face this situation after the Southwest War and the Talas War. This is the fate of a general. At this moment, Wang Chong and Su Zhengchen had a sympathy.

But these thoughts only lasted for a moment in his mind, and soon disappeared. Wang Chong looked at Su Zhengchen who was opposite, and continued to listen attentively.

"At that time, the imperial court's voice was very strong, and His Majesty Taizong had to heed it. Although there was a lot of discussion in the imperial court, for me, there was not much entanglement. From that day on, Hou Junji studied with me. art of war."

"Hou Junji and I didn't have much contact at first, and the ways of using troops were completely different. Moreover, Hou Junji was in his thirties at the time, but since the decision was made and the imperial court repeatedly asked for it, I taught it carefully. , all the art of war, everything I know, including my lifelong comprehension and summary, I have taught him all one by one. But in the process of getting in touch with him slowly, I gradually discovered that there is a big problem with his xinxing .”

Su Zhengchen said.

"oh?"

Hearing these words, Wang Chong frowned slightly. Hou Junji actually learned the art of war from Su Zhengchen, which was surprising enough in itself, but the most surprising thing was Su Zhengchen's evaluation of Hou Junji. As a contemporary master of the art of war, such comments are very rare.

"Hou Junji studied with me for about three months. Emperor Taizong wanted to study our teaching and learning. On that day, everything was as usual. At least with Emperor Taizong, we both passed the test, but in front of the emperor When I was in the palace, something happened that completely changed my view of Hou Junji. At that time, Hou Junji and I were riding in the same carriage, and when we passed Wanmin Lane in the west of the city, suddenly a vicious dog rushed from the alley. out, barking at both of us."

"At that time, because Emperor Taizong advocated riding and archery, the entire Tang Dynasty liked to ride horses and hunt martial arts, and the hunting style was very popular. In order to track their prey, many people would raise some hounds, and this kind of atmosphere in the capital was the most Nong, these are all normal things. I didn't pay attention to Hou Junji's drinking of the hunting dog back then, until not long after, I found out something."

"It turned out that after we returned to the mansion, Hou Junji quickly sent someone to investigate the vicious dog. Afterwards, not only did the owner of the vicious dog be punished and the vicious dog was killed, but even the newborn cub of the vicious dog They were also beaten to death together—the reason why the vicious dog barked was because the bitch had just given birth to a cub, and the sound of the carriage passing by disturbed the cub.”

"At that time, I felt that Hou Junji's xinxing had a big problem. It would be fine to kill the vicious dog, but it would be a big problem to take anger at those newly born cubs and kill them as well. Not only that, when we were discussing the art of war, I once asked him how to treat the prisoners if the general led the troops outside? At that time, Hou Junji didn't even think about it, so he immediately replied that they should all be executed and buried on the spot! I feel that his heart is too cruel, and he is not a suitable person to inherit my art of war."

"The way of war is to defeat, subdue, and subdue the opponent to achieve a strategy, not just to kill people. With Hou Junji's disposition, I am afraid that there will be great disasters in the future. So from that time on. , I changed my mind, although I will still teach him the art of war, but I have reservations about many core points, and I will stop when I click on it."

"And Hou Junji also resented me because of this. The more I don't teach, the more he wants to learn."

"In addition, I also noticed at the time that Hou Junji had a close relationship with the prince. Moreover, the world was peaceful at that time, and the Tang Dynasty was strong and strong. The Turks in the north, Goguryeo in the east, and Uzang in the west had already been defeated by me. The country was also defeated one by one by the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the whole world surrendered, the world returned to its heart, and the people yearned for peace. But it was not enough for Hou Junji to learn more than 90% of my art of war. He wanted to learn the core part of my art of war. It seemed extremely urgent."

"At that time, I felt that Hou Junji was thinking differently. He might have another purpose in learning the art of war in such a hurry."

Su Zhengchen paused and remained silent for a moment, while the courtyard was completely silent. A huge locust tree leaf swayed between the two of them, and finally, Su Zhengchen's voice sounded in his ears again, with a trace of sigh in his voice, as if feeling slightly sorry for Hou Junji:

"Although I sensed that Hou Junji had a different intention at the time, after all, I was a minister in the same court, and I had faded out of the court for a long time, so I didn't report him. Unexpectedly, Hou Junji seemed to sense something, and he took advantage of the rivalry inside and outside the court at that time. For my suspicion, I went to Emperor Taizong to sue me for disobedience, and when I taught him the art of war, I hid my hand and reserved all the core essence."

"When something like this happened, I became more and more sure that Hou Junji had a heart of disobedience. As expected, Hou Junji rebelled. As the twenty-fourth hero of Lingyan Pavilion and His Majesty's most trusted confidant, he was born in the Tiance Mansion. General, this incident shocked the entire empire at the time."

At this point, Su Zhengchen stopped, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes, as if he was trapped in the memory that had been dusted by history.

"and after?"

Seeing that Su Zhengchen was motionless and didn't speak for a long time, Wang Chong finally couldn't help it.