The afternoon sun shone into the yard, and the hen walked in the yard with a few chicks, clucking. Ning Yi stopped his pen and looked at the scene of the hen walking by through the window, slightly distracted, the chicken was raised by Xiaochan with the children at home, and in addition to a dog named Chirp. Xiaochan and the child and dog are not at home now.

Then Qin Shaoqian came over.

The one-eyed general was holding a few melon seeds in his hand, and he was humming a little song in his mouth, which was very improper, just like when he visited the kilns in Bianliang and other places more than ten years ago. Entered the study, put down the last two melon seeds that came from nowhere on Ning Yi's table, and then looked at the manuscript he was still writing: "Chairman, so busy." ”

"The time to deal with family affairs is squeezed out, I have postponed more than a dozen meetings, I have written a lot of things, and now I have to pay off my debts. By the way, I told Vivian to chase Ning Ji. ”

"The little guy has no interest, he was deceived by a woman to do it with his brother, I don't think either of them should be left behind, which one is killed!" Qin Shaoqian stepped aside and took the tea leaves to brew by himself, and said in his mouth, "But it's okay for you to deal with it like this, he went to catch up with Ning Ji, and the two of them talked about it, so they wouldn't hold grudges in the future, or Qin Weiwen would be a little promising, and it would be good to follow Ning Ji to break into the world together." ”

"Don't talk about it, for this matter, I don't even know how to enlighten his mother now."

"Who's the?"

“……”

Ning Yi looked at Qin Shaoqian, and saw the one-eyed dragon on the opposite side holding a teacup and laughing: "Speaking of which, you don't know, I ran back a few days ago, and I was going to beat the two boys hard, and I kicked each of them, and how many women in your family ...... Good fellow, just stop me in front and say I won't be allowed to hit their son. It's not that I said, in your family, the second child is the most favored, you ...... That one...... There is a way in the palace. Admire. He gave a thumbs up.

"Second Qin, you are becoming more and more improper."

"To be serious, this matter has to be sealed up and down, I have issued a strict order over there, whoever spreads it out will die. I'm not worried about you, I'm afraid that the boss has no experience there, so you have to remind you. Throughout the ages, the emperor's family, the heirs have not been good, you have changed your name now, but power is still power, who wants to make you upset, the easiest way is to make your family restless first. To be honest, Vivian fell into this matter, it was a test for him, and for Xiao Ji, it had to depend on creation. ”

Ning Yi nodded, didn't say anything, and then smiled: "How is it over there?" I heard that I have a good relationship with Lu Qiaoshan recently? ”

"It's okay, he's a capable person. I didn't expect you to take him out after holding him in your hand for so long. ”

"After coming out of Hedeng County, the first battle was fought all the way to Zizhou, and he was arrested in the middle. He was loyal to the Wu Dynasty and had a hard bone, but in all fairness he didn't have any major bad deeds, so he didn't plan to kill him, let him walk around and have a look, and later he was sent to the factory to do a year of work. When the Jurchen Western Route Army entered the Jianmen Pass, he asked someone to apply for a death squad in the army, but I didn't agree. Later, after retiring from the Jurchens, he slowly accepted us, and people could be used. ”

Ning Yi said this with a smile.

After the end of the Southwest War, the Huaxia Army was faced with a sharp expansion of its territory on the one hand, and a sharp reduction in its own strength on the other hand. Before last year's Chengdu Congress, several armies were first of all reorganized and captured soldiers, leaving those who could use them, dismissing those who could not use them, and punishing those who had bad deeds.

In this process, the basic plate of the Fifth Army is still left in the Chengdu Plain to the line of Jiange, and because the Southwest War finally ended in Hanzhong, then from Jiange to Hanzhong, the Huaxia Army has an additional piece of territory directly connected to Hanshui, and this piece of trade is also a bridgehead that may be launched in the future, and it is currently handed over to the Seventh Army to guard.

In the Battle of Hanzhong, more than half of the Seventh Army was damaged, and later it did not carry out large-scale expansion except for the absorption of some of Wang Zhainan's elites. It was not until the spring of this year that Lu Qiaoshan led the reorganization and training of more than 12,000 people into the Seventh Army.

For these troops who accepted the reorganization after surrendering, the Huaxia Army actually looked down on them. After all, for a long time, the Huaxia army won more with less, and its achievements were brilliant, especially the Seventh Army, after defeating the Western Route army of Zong Han and Xiyin with more than 20,000 people, it faintly already had the prestige of the strongest army in the world.

However, when these 12,000 people came over, and then reorganized and dispersed after some activities, the generals of the Seventh Army found that the ones who were deployed may have been the most usable part of the army, most of them experienced life and death on the battlefield, and the original distrust of the people around them has been greatly improved after half a year of transformation, and then although there is still room for running-in, it is indeed countless times better than the recruits.

On the other hand, as part of the Huaxia Army's external extension, the territory where the Seventh Army is now located is mainly responsible for diplomatic, trade, and logistics work in the past two years. Although these specific affairs are not led by the army, there are still many places where the Seventh Army needs to participate, and the style of the entire Seventh Army is too tough, and it is not very good at killing people and seizing cities, and it is not good at communicating properly with the people around them. Ning Yi communicated with Qin Shaoqian several times, and after sending Lu Qiaoshan over, this seemingly soft and practical Wu Dynasty descended to take charge of some things in the future, which made the merchants complain a lot less.

“…… There are a few considerations for the Luqiaoshan faction in the past, and now it seems that the effect is okay, you look at this draft. Ning Yi said, opened the drawer beside him, and handed Qin Shaoqian two pieces of paper.

Qin Shaoqian took it and looked at it a few times, one of which was a draft for the establishment of a second batch of sanatoriums in various places for the wounded of the previous war, and at the same time to increase the treatment of soldiers. The other is about purging military discipline, which seems to be peaceful, but in fact it is a bloody plan inside and out.

"When is this going to be announced?"

"Wait another two months." Ning Yi said, "Since ancient times, the army that has occupied the most foreign trade checkpoints has the most oil and water, after defeating the Jurchens last year, we had a period of calm, the wounded soldiers are recuperating, and the army is reorganized, but then the temptation comes." The Seventh Army didn't react for a while, it doesn't mean that they will never be able to react, the two violations of discipline you handled at the end of last year were just open robberies, but fortunately there were no killings. But you know that the people under you, in the future, they will feel that the money is good, and they will not be stingy with murder. ”

Qin Shaoqian put the manuscript paper aside and nodded.

"So I sent the people from Luqiaoshan, as well as those who were reorganized...... The soldiers are actually good soldiers, but there are some leaders in them, who have seen the world before, and last year's reorganization may not be able to stabilize them, but now that they have a good place, they are ready to move...... I know that in the Seventh Army, there are also people who complain that these troops have come and taken their oil and water. This oil and water is about to become a guillotine. They are the chickens for the monkeys, and without these chickens, we would have to kill the heroes of the anti-gold army. ”

"It's a good thing, it's going to be done." Qin Shaoqian said, "You can't kill them all, from last year to this year, my own subordinates also have some crooked thoughts, and they will rectify the situation together in two months." ”

"Hmm." Ning Yi nodded and smiled, "Today's main thing is to discuss this matter with you, how to rectify the Seventh Army, you still have to come by yourself." In any case, in the future Huaxia Army, the army will only be responsible for fighting wars and obeying commands, and it is not allowed to participate in all political and commercial matters, and this must be the highest principle. But outside of the war, the benefits of the fair and honest can be increased, and I sell blood to make them live well. ”

"It's Lu Qiaoshan who carries this pot, which is a little pitiful...... But you can also see that you really accept him. Qin Shaoqian smiled, and then said, "I heard that you may want to move Li Rulai here?" ”

"Lu Qiaoshan has backbone and ability, Li Rulai is different." Ning Yi said, "Before the battle is surrendered, there are some contributions, but they are not big contributions, and the most important thing is not to make people feel that it is right to kill people and set fires, Li Rulai...... The rumors outside are that I am beating them up, we accept them, they have to show their due value, if there is no positive value, they should retreat smoothly, I give them a good death, if they don't realize this, I will pull them all out in two years. ”

"Aren't you afraid that the outside world will say that we cross the river and tear down the bridge?"

"The principle of the political system is to ensure that our ship can sail well, and the righteousness of the buddies is for others to see. One day you and I are useless and should be excluded...... Of course, yes. ”

Qin Shaoqian smiled and said a different opinion: "Good looks are also very important. ”

Ning Yi thought about it and nodded convincingly. He looked at the half-written manuscript on the table and sighed.

"Actually, the recent events have annoyed me a lot, the visible enemy has been defeated, and the invisible enemy has reached out. The army is one thing, Chengdu side, now it's another thing, from last year's defeat of the Jurchens, a large number of people began to pour into the southwest, to April this year, a total of more than 20,000 Confucian scholars came here, because they were allowed to open up the discussion, so the newsprint rhetoric, some consensus, but to be honest, in some places, we are almost unable to resist. ”

When Ning Yi said this, he sighed and laughed at the same time: "These people, they have eaten the food of the pen all their lives, and they have written articles that are stable and flat, quoting scriptures, and talking about how the four people of the Huaxia Army went wrong, and some aspects really persuaded people, and some students on our side sat down with them and talked about it, and felt that their arguments were deafening." ”

"Didn't you say it would be like this from the beginning?" Qin Shaoqian smiled.

"I've thought of all sorts of arguments coming together in a polemic battle to find a way forward that is as acceptable as possible, but when things come, you're still annoyed. Our side has united the lower-class people in the form of drama, vernacular, and journalism, but the lower-class people can't write articles, and the students taught in my crash course here are not perfect in the system, and there are not many people who can fight with those great Confucians, and many times only Yongjinnian and Li Shishi can handle them on our side......"

Ning Yi tapped his fingers on the manuscript and said with a smile: "I can only end up anonymously every day, and sometimes Yunzhu is also captured by me as a strong man, but to be honest, in this tug-of-war, we are not as strong as on the battlefield." On the whole, we have the upper hand, and the reason why we have not been defeated is because we have defeated the Jurchens on the battlefield. ”

Qin Shaoqian frowned, and his expression became serious: "Actually, several teachers under my account have this kind of idea, and I don't think it should be for Chengdu to open up newsprint and let everyone discuss politics, guidelines, and policies." Throughout the dynasties, the idea of unification is one of the most important things, and the blooming of a hundred flowers seems wonderful, but in fact it will only bring chaos. As far as I know, because of the drills during last year's military parade, the law and order in Chengdu was fine, but in several surrounding cities, gangs were bewitched and fought in private, and even some murders had an impact on this. ”

"A hundred flowers will bring chaos, this is true, but the most important thing is to unify the mind. In the past, after the establishment of dynasties, existing ideas were used to use, and these ideas were actually developed in the chaos. At this point, I hope that our minds will go a few more steps, and that we can be stable in the future, and we can slow down a little bit. Of course, there is also the feeling that ants are pulling the wheels and desperately moving forward. Qin Laoer, aren't you from Confucianism, you used to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, but now your brother is in trouble, so you can also help write a few strokes. ”

"It's a pity that my eldest brother is not here, otherwise his pen is good." Qin Shaoqian was a little regretful. Everybody reads

"If your father and eldest brother are here, they will be my worst enemies." Ning Yi shook his head, took the newspaper on the table and patted it, "This is what I wrote today, you talk about equality for all, he quotes scriptures and says that people are born unequal, you talk about social progress, he directly said that Wang Mang's reform failed a thousand years ago, and said that you are going too fast to pull the egg, and the arguments are complete...... This article really looks like Lao Qin wrote it. ”

Qin Shaoqian took the newspaper and looked at it.

Sun Yuan...... This is an uncle I saw back then, more than 70 years old, all the way to Chengdu? ”

"Look, that's it......" Ning Yi shrugged his shoulders and picked up the pen, "Old thing, I'm going to write a mean article, and I'm angry with him." ”

"These old people are very well cultivated, once people know that the rebuttal article was written by you, he will not be angry if you scold his ancestors for eighteen generations, but will only sit down with you with great interest. After all, this is a direct communication with Mr. Ning, and he will go out to glorify his ancestors......"

"So I'm anonymous." Ning Yi smiled narrowly.

"...... will be recognized," Qin Shaoqian muttered.

“…… If you can talk, you can talk more. ”

"No, since you have the upper hand on the whole, don't you use some private means? Just so hard to resist? In the past, all dynasties, especially when the country was founded, these people were killed. ”

"The continuity of the thinking system is a law that cannot be violated, if you kill it, you can count it, I really want to throw away my ideas, and use decades to let everyone accept new ideas, but ah......" he sighed, "As far as reality is concerned, you can only go slowly, based on the past thinking, first change a part, then change a part, until it is changed beyond recognition, but this process cannot be omitted......"

"But the past can kill ......"

"Because of the reforms of every person in power in the past, his so-called new ideas are based on the old Confucian thinking."

"You ......"

"Like Wang Mang, I was born to know. That's the only way I can do the advanced thinking that I have mastered. ”

Ning Yi stood up, waved his hand, made a joke, and then added hot water to his teacup: "Fortunately, the polemic pays attention to quoting scriptures, but it is also based on realistic results, in a few years, the achievements of Gewu will be promoted on a large scale, and we will win a few more battles on the battlefield, and the disadvantage of the polemic will naturally become an advantage, and this process will also be a process of continuous influence for everyone, and there is still hope." The current word...... Man, only die. ”

He said this optimistically, after pouring the hot water, he picked up the teacup and blew it on the table, and before he finished speaking, the secretary came in from outside, handing over an urgent report, Ning Yi glanced at it, his whole face was dark, and the teacup was put down heavily.

"What's wrong?" Qin Shaoqian stood up.

“…… Go and prepare the carriage and horses, and go to the Leshan Research Institute ......" Ning Yi said, handing the report to Qin Shaoqian. When the secretary went out of the study, Ning Yi waved his hand and threw the teacup against the wall, and the porcelain pieces splashed everywhere.

"That's what I'm talking about......"

These days, due to the affairs of his family and the trivial situation in all aspects, Ning Yi's mood is actually not good, and he would rather face the problems when he goes out, Qin Shaoqian said it, Ning Yi didn't understand, and at this time, there was bad news, which made him attack in front of Qin Shaoqian.

"That's what I'm talking about...... Just like in Chengdu, I made a series of safety standards for their factory, and they felt that it was too perfect, unnecessary, and always cut corners! When people die, they even think it's acceptable, it's a rare peaceful and prosperous era, anyway, there are so many workers who want to come to the southwest now that they can't use it up at all! I set rules and standards for their circuit courts, and they also felt that it was too trivial, and one or two wanted to be Bao Qingtian! Applauded from above and below! ”

"It's okay now...... Leshan Research Institute, the strictest safety norms! I did! There weren't enough dead, so I felt too strict, but now it's okay, the prototype of the boiler has been blown up, and Lin Jingwei has seriously injured me! That's what I'm talking about, ants drag the wheels forward, you give them good things and no one knows, all safety norms, all laws and regulations have to be written in blood! It's not going to do anything less for them—"

"Okay, okay, what's angry." Qin Shaoqian came over and patted him on the shoulder, "Isn't there a problem still that hasn't been determined?" ”

"Mostly, precisely, how many of these things have happened recently!" Ning Yi packed up his things, packed up the half-written manuscript paper, and remembered when he was about to go out, "I was going to comfort Xiaochan, these things ......"

"Then let's not go to Leshan first, and find someone else to be responsible."

Ning Yi thought for a while: "...... Let's go for it. I'll talk about it when I get back. By the way, you're also going back today, right? ”

"Hmm." The two walked out together, Qin Shaoqian nodded, "I'm going to go to the First Military Industry, the new rifling has been pulled, and a batch of guns has been released, I'll take a look." ”

"This batch of rifling is okay, relatively stable. We're going in different directions, so we'll see you later. ”

"Walk with you for a while, lest you be reluctant to give up."

"I'm not crushed."

The carriage and the escort team were quickly ready, Ning Yi and Qin Shaoqian walked out of the courtyard, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone who should go to work was working, and the children were going to school. Tan'er and Hongti hurried back from outside, and Ning Yi told them the whole situation: "...... What about Xiaochan? ”

"Take someone to buy something at the market. Do you want to call her back? ”

"......" Ning Yi was silent for a moment, "Forget it, come back and coax her again." ”

"Boys have to go out when they are old, and although their parents are worried, they won't be unable to get by." Tan'er smiled, "No need to coax. ”

“…… Or do you want it...... Forget it, come back and talk about it. ”

He got into the carriage and said goodbye to the people.

The horse team began to move forward, and he probably finished writing the entire manuscript in the bumpy environment of the car, and when his mind came to his senses, he felt that what happened in the Leshan Research Institute should be more than a simple problem of not operating according to safety regulations. The operation process of a large number of factories in Chengdu can already be quantified, so a complete set of processes can be completely determined. But research is always a new field, and in many cases, norms cannot be determined, and excessive dogma will constrain innovation.

After defeating the Jurchens last year, the southwest is qualified to conduct a lot of business with the outside world, and everyone is optimistic about the research: "I can finally start to get some big guys." "It's just that now, the No. 2 steam prototype was actually exploded, and Lin Jingwei was seriously injured, which is really depressing - a group of guys who are so happy.

He thought of his son, who had run away from home today, and would rather be where he was now...... Qin Weiwen caught up with him, right? What will they say? Will the second child be deceived by his letter and simply come back to the house and never go out again? Intellectually, this is not good, but emotionally, he also hopes that he will not go out. It's really a mood that I haven't felt in my life......

Thinking of Ning Ji, I can't help but think of Xiaochan, I should have comforted her a few more words in the morning. In fact, I couldn't find the words to comfort her, and I didn't know what to say, so I took the work that had been piled up for days to push things back, originally wanting to push it off until the evening, with words like: "Let's have another one." The words and actions made her less sad, who knew that there was such a thing as Leshan again.

In larger places, it was the invisible enemies that bothered him more. In the previous life, it was enough to open a company and only pursue economic benefits, and in this life, it was enough to fight a war and kill the enemy. Nowadays, the enemy has become invisible, he can kill the visible speaker, but the new ideas that can be thrown out are not really understood, and any so-called truth is only dogmatism, and the greatest effect is only for people to kill people in one political struggle after another.

The landing of thinking requires refutation and debate, and thinking merges into new thinking in debate, but no one can guarantee what that new thinking will look like, and even if he can kill everyone, he can't control it.

The carriage went all the way in the direction of Leshan, and he gradually fell asleep in such a bump. He still has a lot to do when he arrives at his destination......