Jia Ke was overjoyed and said: "I was worried about coming to an unknown county order and restricting me from monitoring me in many ways, but I didn't expect Mr. to come here. So I don't have to worry about it. ”

Jia Ke then asked, "Mr. already has a place to live when he comes?" If not, can I live in my garrison? ”

Fan Kang immediately excused himself, "My lord, this must not be?" ”

"Why not?"

Fan Kang explained: "Now my apparent identity is a county order sent by the imperial court, if I live in the garrison mansion and let others know, it will be even more hindering to the great cause of the lord." ”

Jia Ke understood what he meant, he was too excited just now. Didn't consider the consequences at all, the county order is a civil official, and one of the purposes of coming to Kaiping Town is to monitor Jia Ke's garrison, if Fan Kang lives in the garrison mansion, this is not to tell everyone that Fan Kang is his Jia Ke's person. At that time, I am afraid that Fan Kang will not be able to be the county commander, and the imperial court will definitely send others to serve as the county commander to monitor Jia Ke.

Jia Ke said with emotion: "I didn't expect the official to get bigger and bigger, but he couldn't help himself. ”

Fan Kang smiled and said to Jia Ke: "This is also a matter of no way, although the world is peaceful now." However, the imperial court's surveillance of the leading generals did not relax. Although the general is only a garrison now, he has 10,000 horses, which has exceeded many commanders, and to say that in fact, one-fifth of the men and horses in Xuanfu Town are concentrated here. Naturally, the imperial court will send people to monitor it, and I think that in addition to me, among these eight thousand people, there are many eyes and ears of the imperial court. ”

Jia Ke nodded in agreement, and then asked him again, "Do you think the Tatars will come to invade next year?" ”

"Definitely, this year's Tatar invasion, the imperial court has no power to resist at all, except for the adults who repelled the Tatars twice and won a great victory, the other border passes have been broken by the Tatars, and the northern land except the capital has been ravaged by the Tatars."

When Jia Ke heard him say this, he couldn't help frowning, and his face was full of clouds.

Fan Kang looked at Jia Ke's gloomy face and continued: "This time this year is just a temptation of the Tatars, and now that the Tatars have seen through the weakness of the imperial court, I think the scale of next year's invasion will definitely exceed this year's." ”

Jia Ke looked at Fan Kang and said, "What does that gentleman think I should do?" ”

Fan Kang said with confidence on his face: "The border guards have seen me through, and I am afraid that I will not be able to resist the attack of the Tatars at that time." When the lord arrives, he only needs to attack on the table and besiege Wei to save Zhao's strategy. When the time comes, the Tatars will be empty inside, and the lord will be victorious. At that time, the lord must add officials to the lord, according to the idea of the princes of the court, Xuanfu Town must be split into two, and the lord can rely on military merits to play up and down in the court, and it is not difficult to lead a town alone at the age of the crown. ”

Jia Ke asked, "How do you know that the Tatars will not attack Kaiping Town?" ”

Fan Kang had a funny expression on his face, and said to Jia Ke: "Lord, is this testing me?" The Tatars went south to rob money, and to rob people, not to send them to death. This year, the lord showed his might, and even the Great Khan of the Tatars returned with his halberd. Next year, they will definitely not dare to invade from here, at most they will send a small number of troops to monitor the lord. Why should the lord worry. ”

Jia Ke was overjoyed, and after listening to Fan Kang's words, he was sure of the arrangements for the next year. At the same time, he also admired Fan Kang's talent, it seems that he still underestimated the ancients, their wisdom is no worse than that of modern people, and many capable people even surpass modern times.

Jia Ke excitedly said to Fan Kang what Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang back then: "My husband is like a fish in water, like nectar after a long drought." Sir, please bow down to me. ”

After speaking, he got up and bowed to Fan Kang to thank him, Fan Kang quickly stood up and sideways to avoid Jia Ke's bow. waved his hand again and again, and said with a frightened face: "I give advice to the lord, and I do my duty as a minister." How dare you give such a big gift to the lord? ”

Jia Ke saw Fan Kang's resignation and took advantage of the situation, and the two of them sat down again, and Jia Ke tapped the pattern of his fingers, and carefully thought about the plan for the next year. Then he said to Fan Kang again: "In that case, I should train more cavalry, and go out with me next year, and then I will leave this defense to Mr. ”

Fan Kang replied respectfully: "Don't worry, my lord, but with me one day, I will not let Kaiping Town lose." ”

"Now that Mr. has this confidence, I am relieved, and the next step is to train these new soldiers. I don't know what Mr. thinks? Jia Ke asked like Fan Kang.

Fan Kang shook his head and said, "Although I know some tactics and strategies, I also have some experience in training. But when I came yesterday, I saw the soldiers and horses trained by the lord, and I realized that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky. In this aspect of military training, the lord has nothing to ask others for advice. ”

Jia Ke laughed, pointed at Fan Kang and said, "I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to be a sycophant." ”

Fan Kang said solemnly: "It's not that I compliment the lord, it's really that the lord's soldiers are too well trained." If all these 10,000 people are turned into such elites, the lord will be able to protect himself in our dynasty, and if there are such 100,000 people, the lord will be able to dominate the world. ”

Jia Ke didn't laugh for the first time, but thought about it calmly, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Could it be that the soldiers and horses of my dynasty have weakened to this extent?" There are no soldiers and similar troops that I trained? ”

Fan Kang must have told him, "No, not to mention similar, even one or two levels worse." ”

After Fan Kang finished speaking, he shook his head gloomily, "If there is still an elite like the lord, how dare the Tatars invade south." The imperial court is now nothing more than a clay-footed giant, all relying on its former prestige, intimidating the Quartet. ”

Jia Ke couldn't help but feel a little happy when he heard his words, although from the position of the Han people at the same time, it was a disaster for the entire nation. But if you think about it only from his point of view, this is not his chance.

For the next whole day, Jia Ke didn't see anyone, just talked with Fan Kang for a long time, starting from Kaiping Town, then chatting all the way to Xuanfu Town, and finally the whole world. Fan Kang's situation in the world is like a fire, and Jia Ke understands the situation between the DPRK and China, the contradictions between the north and the south, the contradictions between the civil servants and the military generals, and the contradictions between the landlords and the commoners. talked about it all over again, so that Jia Ke had a clear understanding of the whole sky.

The situation in the imperial court is similar to that of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty in the time and space of the earth, the Tatars are getting stronger and stronger, and have even conquered the Western Regions. This year's invasion was his temptation, and at this time in the imperial court, the world has been peaceful for a long time. The decline in the combat strength of the army is very serious.

Therefore, in this battle against the Tatars, they were defeated by one blow, and if Jia Ke hadn't shined, the power of a thousand households would have been able to block the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Tatar Khan, and I am afraid that the imperial court would lose face.

This is not the most important thing, now the dispute between the north and the south in the court has been very fierce, because the south is rich and the humanities are gathered. So the southerners accounted for more than two-thirds of each meeting, which caused great dissatisfaction among the northerners, who believed that they could live and work in peace by holding off the constant attacks of the Tatars for the southerners. But when he was an official, there was nothing to do with the northerners, which was extremely unfair. In this way, two factions were formed in the imperial court, and the two sides came and went, and the struggle was very fierce.

Fortunately, the current emperor is very politically sophisticated and has been balancing the forces of the north and the south, which has not led to any major chaos.

However, if the current emperor dies, it is difficult to say whether the new emperor can control these two forces. If one is not good, it will be like the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor will almost be set aside.