Retrograde

Chapter 8 Discover contradiction

A series of ideas are indeed good, but Xu Jinghong can't put them into action for the time being, because he still has more important things to do in a short time, that is, the Guoan government is back in Daliang City. Although the decision to establish the National Security Division has been passed in the early morning, a government office still needs to do all aspects to open a government office, so in recent days, he is still busy running on both sides of the military and the official department.

The procedures for turning a border guard into an official in Beijing are quite troublesome. Fortunately, Xu Jinghong is now deeply valued by the emperor in the court, and several princes want to pull this person for their own use, so no one dares to be embarrassed in all matters, so in just five or six days, everything has been implemented.

In this way, on the fifth day of March, the National Security Division, which had been closed for several months, opened again. This time, the re-establishment of the National Security Department is one layer higher than before. Not only has the scope been expanded - in addition to the original acres of land, it has also expanded a lot to the left and right, making the government more elegant, and the personnel have also been qualitatively improved.

Although the previous Guoan Division was also composed of ten soldiers, most of them were people in the city patrol camp in Beijing. In terms of combat effectiveness, there was a problem with loyalty to Xu Jinghong alone. But now he is under his subordinates who have been fighting with him for a long time in the southwest or northern Xinjiang, which is naturally more intimate.

In addition, they finally have a unified clothing, which is also Xu Jinghong from the household department. Every Guoansi was dressed in a black strong suit, coupled with a blood-red cloak on his back, which showed a sense of murder, and the prestige of Guoansi was also revealed. And their weapons are also all-length swords, which can be used for close combat and long-range attacks. It can be said that they have given full play to their advantages to the extreme.

What makes the brothers happier is that they also have a certain grade. This time, the National Security Department was designated as a second-grade government office. In addition to Xu Jinghong, there are naturally a number of subordinate officials of good grades. Among them, Gou 18 - that is, Lao Gou, was appointed as the deputy capital of the fourth grade, and Xiong Geng's identity is also ordinary, but his position is a thousand-family official of the military attack division, which is responsible for the attack of some enemies, which is exactly in line with his character.

In addition, Mao Shun, a person who is good at tracking and reconnaissance, also has a department that plays his own role - the Intelligence Department, and he is naturally a thousand household official of this division. Other brothers who followed Xu Jinghong for many years and had certain skills also got the official positions they dreamed of. Although many of them are only five-grade officials now, they are really lucky compared with those ordinary soldiers who have fought for a lifetime and finally wandered between seven or eight grades. Because these official positions are real court grades, as long as they don't commit anything, they will have a serious background, and they will definitely have their place in the court in the future.

Because of this, everyone is even more admired and grateful to Xu Jinghong, the leader who took everyone on such a broad road. Everyone has made up their minds that they must fight side by side with him in this life and never give up! Because everyone knows that as long as you follow Xu Jinghong, there will be more benefits, and perhaps further is not a fantasy.

and make the officials and people in Beijing feel that this national security division is not simple, as well as its black bright plaque hanging high at the main gate. The two-foot-long and eight-foot-wide plaque is black and made of superior iron wood. The three words "Guo'ansi" engraved on it are as bright as blood, which is secretly match the clothes of the people below them, but it was written by the emperor of today. This plaque alone shows how much the overseas Ansi has been valued by the emperor.

On the day of the opening of the government, many nobles in Beijing came to congratulate. Whether it was a family like the Lv family, or a new nobleman like Prince and King Yong, who now had great strength in the court, all showed their friendship with Guoan Division at this time. It can be said that in the 200 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, no government has been as beautiful as today's national security.

However, behind this scenery, there are also various contradictions that ordinary people do not know. However, due to the new establishment of the National Security Department, it is a festive time that some contradictions are not superficial.

The root of the contradiction is naturally between the prince and the king of Yong who came to congratulate him in person. In fact, as they, they did not have to appear on the opening ceremony of Guoan Division, but in order to attract new forces like Xu Jinghong to become their own people, the two of them still appeared at the ceremony coincidentally.

At the beginning, the two sides were still a little restrained. After all, neither of them wanted to publicize the conflict, so when the two brothers saw each other, they also talked and laughed freely. Outsiders could not see that they had fought for the inheritance of the throne. However, after the sudden appearance of the people of the Lu family, the situation changed, because it was not others, but the young master of the Lu family, who is now listed as the servant of the household department.

The Lu family has been very low-key in the capital during this period, and at the same time, they dare not offend anyone in order to maintain their current status. Since seeing the sudden decline of the five people, they have clearly found that the past of the family is gone. If they want to protect themselves, they must not cause any disturbance.

But sometimes the trouble will still come to the door by himself. Lv Shaoqun has only been appointed as a household servant for a few days. King Yong and the prince contacted him one after another and secretly solicited him. This made the Lv family, who was originally holding a good body, very difficult. None of them wanted to offend. Naturally, no one agreed, so they had to delay it for a day.

Today, the government of Guoan is re-establishing. In order to have a good relationship with Xu Jinghong, a popular in the court, they will not miss it. Only Lv Zhonghe's identity** is represented by Lv Shaoqun, the second task of the Lv family today. But he didn't expect that he would meet the two red-eyed guys here, Prince and King Yong.

First saw that he was the prince. After thinking about it, Zhao Jue walked over with a smile on his face: "Lv Shilang, I didn't expect that I couldn't find you several times, but I met him here. This is really God's will."

Lv Shaoqun was nervous when he saw the prince coming like this, because he also saw King Yong. But since the other party opened his mouth first, he could not escape, so he had to salute respectfully: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince! I didn't go home much during this period of the day because of my busy official duties, which disappointed you.

"I'm not disappointed... Lv Shilang is dedicated to working for the court, and I should be grateful as a prince. After all, I also hope that some courtiers can do their best for the court in the future!" This is to remind the other party of his identity as the crown prince. After discovering the obvious movement in the other party's eyes, he added, "But there is always a time to finish this business, so I hope to have a good talk with Lu Shilang. How about this? Since the waiter is free today, why don't you go to Fanlou with me later?

With such a direct invitation and solicitation, Lv Shaoqun didn't know how to refuse for a moment. But he knew that as long as he nodded his head, he would not follow the prince, and this would inevitably bring the whole Lv family into the water. And now the Lu family is different from the past. Who knows if this will violate the emperor's taboo and what will happen? If you don't agree, I'm afraid it's not good. It will only attract the suspicion of the prince, and eventually there will be such an enemy.

Just when he didn't know what to do, a gentle voice sounded on the other side: "Lv Shilang turned out to be here. I heard that you know a lot about calligraphy and painting. It happened that I got a famous painting by my predecessor Sun Ji. I don't know if you are interested in going back to my house with me?" However, Zhao Zhuan, the king of Yong, was also attracted by him.

When Zhao Jue saw that King Yong came to compete with her, she was angry. However, she did not attack because of the occasion and snorted, "Brother Wang, you are really elegant. Now you are in charge of the position in the court, and you are always interested in these calligraphy and paintings."

"Yo, it turned out that the prince was here. I didn't see it clearly for a while. I hope you can forgive me." Zhao Zhuan said casually, "But this calligraphy and painting is not an ordinary pastime. It can make people cultivate their self-cultivation and cultivate their emotions, which is much better than drinking and playing. I don't know what the prince thinks?"

"You..." When the prince heard what he said, he knew that he had heard what he had just said. Now he was ridicule, which made him quite unhappy, but he couldn't attack again. He could only stare at him with hatred.

"Well, I don't know if Lu Shilang is going to go to see the painting with me or to Fan Lou?" Taking advantage of the victory, King Yong completely threw out the problem and let Lv Shaoqun make the last choice.

At this time, Lv Shaoqun is too difficult. If he hasn't seen the two highnesses before, he can still make no statement on the excuse that he doesn't know what happened. But today, he was forced to come to the front. If he didn't make a choice, I'm afraid he would offend people from both sides. At that time, I'm afraid that the trouble of the Lu family will be greater, but what choice will he make?

What happened on this side has been seen by the officials present. Everyone has long known about the struggle between King Yong and the prince. Naturally, it is impossible to come forward to persuade him at this time, otherwise I'm afraid it will burn the fire to himself. However, everyone's attention soon focused on these three people, so that the whole national security department knew that something interesting was happening there.

Xu Jinghong turned his eyes on these three people. After being instructed, he knew the identity of the three people, and then made a judgment on the current situation. It seems that this Lv Shaoqun is very difficult. He wants to wander between the two forces, and without the protection of the emperor, he will naturally have the current situation. On the contrary, this aroused Xu Jinghong's unhappiness - this is his own territory, the National Security Division, and today is also a good day for the National Security Division to establish again. He does not want to be robbed of the limelight by others, even if the other party is the prince and the king of Yong.

So, after a little thought, Xu Jinghong strode towards the deadlocked three people under the strange gaze of everyone. He suddenly appeared beside them as if he didn't know the subtle relationship between the three rooms at all and laughed, "Your Highness, Your Highness Prince Yong, what are you talking about with Lv Shilang? How can you be so involved?"

"Who called you..." The prince was very dissatisfied with Lv Shaoqun's attitude and was full of resentment. Now there is such an indisturbed guy who comes to disturb him. Naturally, he doesn't have a good face to give to the other party, and he will scold him without looking at him. But as soon as he said this, he suddenly found that the speaker was Xu Jinghong, who he wanted to win over more, so he quickly withdrew the scolding, but the anger on his face was really a little embarrassing.

However, King Yong's reaction was much faster than that of the prince. As soon as he saw Xu Jinghong come in, he smiled and said, "Xu Dusi, you came just right. Tell me, which one of us should Lv Shilang should follow?" So he said all the invitations of himself and the prince. Of course, there was a lot of demeaning to the prince, just because Fan Lou was indeed not a good place to go.

The prince's face was even more gloomy. He stared at Lv Shaoqun. Obviously, as long as he didn't go with him, he would have an attack this time. But Xu Jinghong's few words made the two of them speechless for a moment, and only heard him say, "So that's the case. I'm afraid it will disappoint your highness this time. I'm afraid Lv Shilang won't go anywhere with you.

"What?" The prince suddenly changed color and stared at Lv Shaoqun angrily, while King Yong only changed his face slightly, and then asked, "What is it for?" Also, how did Xu Dusi know so clearly?

"Because as early as just now, I invited Lv Shilang to talk about important things here later, so naturally he has no time to accompany your highness." Xu Jinghong laughed and said, "I'm afraid it's because of this that Lv Shilang is worried that the rejection of the two will cause the dissatisfaction of your Highness, so it's so embarrassing." With that, he had secretly wined at Lv Shaoqun.

Lv Shaoqun is naturally not a dull person. Now someone is relieving himself. He immediately understood and pushed the boat along the water and said, "That's true. When the prince asked me just now, I couldn't agree. After all, people should have faith, and officials are even more so..."

"So it is..." King Yong looked at Xu and Lv with a smile, and then nodded, "But Lv Shilang is right. This matter is indeed too abrupt. Since you had a date, I will no longer force you, but the king will keep that painting, hoping that Lv Shilang will have time to take a look. After saying that, he went away freely.

And the prince just snorted and said nothing, then turned around and left. Obviously, in terms of demeanor, this prince is more than his younger brother. Xu Jinghong saw it, but he had already left his mind.

"Thank you for relieving the siege, otherwise I don't know what to do." After seeing that both troubles had left, Lv Shaoqun quickly bowed his hand to thank him.

Xu Jinghong just waved his hand: "It's just a matter of hand. In the government of Ansi in our country, it is always necessary to protect you from harassment from others. However, it's better to be clear about Lv Shilang's position in the future, otherwise the mice in the bellow box will be the most angry. After saying this unpleasant metaphor, he turned around to greet other guests, leaving Lu Shaoqun there to think deeply.

The socializing in the officialdom was not very long. After a little face and a few words, everyone dispersed. After all, everyone has a position and a lot of things to do. Only the prince and King Yong are different from others and have a lot of time, but Xu Jinghong's attitude just now made them a little embarrassed and didn't know how to get along with them, so they finally left with other officials.

It was not until everyone was sent away and there were only his own people left in the government. Xu Jinghong put away his smile and then called Mao Shun: "Mao Shun, how long will it take for you to train these men to keep an eye on any target without being noticed by the other party?"

"This... depends on personal understanding. However, all the brothers from the waiting camp are more competent than ordinary people, so as long as they add **, they will come in handy in half a month. Mao Shun estimated it.

"Okay, then you don't have to pay attention to other things these days, and seize all the time to cultivate them. I think our hands will come in handy soon.

"Yes, I'm going to do it!" Mao Shun agreed solemnly, and he was still very confident about this.

"Team Zheng, why are you so eager for these people to go out? But who do you think to keep an eye on? The old dog asked curiously.

"Yes. It was not until I saw it with my own eyes that I knew that there was no water and fire between the prince and King Yong. Since our goal is the third person, it is necessary to do it first before they notice it. Xu Jinghong raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "But now is not the time for us to intervene in the battle for the throne. Our primary task now is still to deal with the remnants of those families."

"Dushi, we have been waiting impatiently for a long time. I don't know when we can start?" A shrewd and strong man came over and asked when he heard this. He is one of the few good players promoted by Xu Jinghong this time, called Ma Yue. In the past, he was only a military squadron, but now he has become one of the 100 households of the action department of the National Security Department, under the sixth grade.

"Yes, Dusi, as soon as our national security department is established, we should show our skills!" Another man with a fleshy face and not easy to mess with at a glance also came over. His name is Zhu Qingyang, and he is also a newly promoted person. Naturally, he hopes to show more in the government.

And militants like Xiong Geng shouted that they wanted to do it. Xu Jinghong smiled calmly: "Since our government has been newly established, naturally we can't wait any longer. But before that, we have to do one thing first. As long as this is done, it will be very easy to deal with the remnants of those families.

"What the hell is that?" Everyone asked curiously.

Xu Jinghong smiled: "Just go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and transfer some crimes to our hands!"