Ji Fengchun saw what he meant, and said with a smile: "Ye Fu doesn't care about these now, he's a person who doesn't like trouble." Push this civil mess up to me, and as for himself, he is happy and idle. In front of the chief officer, he only did the work of the chief officer. Ignore everything else. It's easy to talk about asking for people and money, but you don't use your brains and don't take directors. ”

"It's unusual." Xiong Tingbi shook his head, "I thought that when you came to the dangerous mountain this time, you would definitely have a difficult step. If you don't get it right, there will be danger. But who would have thought? Now it seems that you are having a good life, right? Ye Fu, he didn't even embarrass you at all? ”

Xiong Tingbi did not hide his true thoughts at all.

He just couldn't rest assured that Ye Fu was relieved, so he wrote a letter to ask for such a governor to be airborne in Liaodong. In order to suppress Ye Fu, so as not to go wrong in this most critical place.

But who knows? Ye Fu seemed to wish you had sent such a person over earlier to help him share the pressure.

However, these things in his eyes now make Xiong Tingbi can't help but feel that Ye Fu, if he was born in a peaceful and prosperous era, he can really be a more qualified magistrate!

At least, in his opinion, the people of the dangerous mountains are better off than the people in any part of Liaodong.

The two chatted while eating, and soon, they talked about Ye Fu's so-called 'compulsory education'.

I only heard Ji Fengchun say: "If you want me to say, Ye Fu really has a way!" He is engaged in this 'compulsory education' here, you must know it, right? Let all school-age children have to go to the school to study, but in that school, what they read is not three hundred thousand, nor is it four books and five classics. ”

"Oh? What is that reading? Xiong Tingbi asked.

Ji Fengchun got closer, and said mysteriously: "It is a textbook written by Ye Fu himself, which is all simple truths, and small stories such as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are in it. It's easy to understand, and some of the stories are really refreshing! ”

Hearing him say this, Xiong Tingbi was even more energetic.

He only knew that Ye Fu was engaged in compulsory education, but he didn't know that the so-called textbooks were also written by Ye Fu. As soon as I heard Ji Fengchun mention it at this time, I immediately wanted to get a copy and take a look. It's a pity that there is obviously no such thing in the restaurant.

Ji Fengchun said: "You don't know something! This compulsory education really couldn't be implemented at the beginning. Who is Ye Fu? I was in a hurry on the spot. In addition to the punishment that had been set on those people, and in addition to the fines, they were also ordered to send the children to school within a time limit. Otherwise, without that graduation certificate, you won't be able to find any work to do in the dangerous mountains, so you can only wait to starve to death in vain. ”

Some people are just cheap bones, the so-called 'non-violent non-cooperation'.

After Ye Fu did this for a period of time, basically all the school-age teenagers in the dangerous mountains entered the school nearby.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is a school, because in some places, there are not even tables and chairs, but only a room that can be sheltered, and the students sit on the ground to listen to the lectures, and the teacher takes the textbooks issued by the former General General's Mansion and the current Political Training Office of the General Military Office to teach the students the prescribed courses.

Xiong Tingbi only pondered for a moment, and then he understood the joints. It's just that Ye Fu still doesn't understand the fact that he went to great lengths to read to ordinary people.

In his opinion, those secular military attachés themselves can't read a few words, where did they get such insight?

However, it was such an unbelievable thing that appeared in front of his eyes.

Ji Fengchun is still chattering about what he has seen, heard and felt in the dangerous mountain for a few days, obviously, he is very satisfied with his current life, and he is also extremely optimistic about the future prospects of the dangerous mountain.

Xiong Tingbi didn't fully listen to what he said, but Xiong Tingbi heard a trace of extremely abnormal emotions from his tone. It was as if this old bureaucrat, like him, who was extremely loyal to the imperial court, seemed to be about to die under Ye Fu's sugar-coated cannonballs.

"In recent days, we have had a number of encounters with the Tartars on the west and south sides, covering the edges of the west and middle flanks. Although our troops have repelled the Tartars many times, they have increased unabated. And in the small-scale plain encounters, our department suffered a lot. ”

Ye Fugao was in the middle and listened to Xu Gaozhuo preside over the routine daily meeting of the military office.

The staff officer of the operations department under the military office explained in front of the sand table, but the situation described in his mouth was extremely worrying.

With the arrival of summer, the tartars, who have once again recovered from winter, become more and more active. Frequent attacks disturb the west and south sides of the dangerous mountain town and the section where it intersects.

Perhaps they felt that they were at a disadvantage in the offensive and defensive battles of the city, so they tried their best to find an opportunity to fight a plain encounter with the dangerous mountain town. Taking advantage of their cavalry, it was very important for the town to suffer several big losses.

In this regard, Xu Gaozhuo put forward his own suggestions.

"Marshal, fighting with the Tartars in the field is really based on his own weakness and attacking his strengths. You see, is it possible to issue an order that the troops on the fringes should be stationed in the city and not fight at will? ”

Ye Fu listened, but shook his head.

Tartars grow in the field, that's an obvious thing. Weaker than siege, it is also true. However, because he was not as good at field warfare as the other party, it was very unwise to simply defend the city and abandon the peripheral positions.

Ye Fu said: "The Tartars are now the best at field warfare, and weaker at siege. But it doesn't mean that they will always be better at field battles and weaker than sieges. Now our artillery is fully equipped, and in the future, if the Tartars are also equipped with high-strength artillery, it is said to hold on, it will be a dead end! What's more, the so-called stubborn defense of the city and no random waves of war is basically drinking to quench thirst. ”

Xu Gaozhuo asked: "Dashuai, the students don't understand it very well, and I hope Dashuai will make it clear." ”

Ye Fu patiently explained: "Let's not talk about it, whether it is effective to avoid its edge, let's just say, if we choose to avoid its edge, how should the ordnance, food, and garrisons that should be rationed to the forts be transported?" Do you still want to transport? That's a big question! All my sentinels have retreated into the city, and only the baggage soldiers who are carrying the baggage are still wandering around and around the road in a grand manner, isn't that waiting for the other party to swallow the belongings we have worked so hard to save up? ”

Ye Fu's words are also very reasonable.

After hearing this, Xu Gaozhuo said: "It was the student who thought about it, but thanks to the timely guidance of the marshal, it didn't cause a big disaster." If that's the case, then Dashuai, we only have this only way to go. That is, to intensify the formation and training of a strong cavalry unit, and to fight the Tartars on the plains. Only in this way, take the initiative to attack, can let the Tartars know that our dangerous mountain town is not easy to mess with! ”