"Second brother, what does Your Majesty say?"

As soon as Meng Yi came home from the palace, Meng Tian, who had been waiting in his mansion, couldn't wait to greet him and ask.

As the commander of the Western Army, Meng Tian can now be regarded as the mainstay of the Great Qin army, and he is the absolute first in terms of seniority, but in this era of supremacy of monarchy, everything he has still depends on the emperor's attitude.

Yesterday, he just arrived in Xianyang to visit the first emperor in the palace, Meng Tian detailed the Western army's theft and sale of ceramic equipment to the first emperor, and also asked the guilty willing to seize the title and dismiss the official to calm the court and the people's views on this matter, but the first emperor did not reprimand him, just told him not to worry, to guard Longxi and guard the Western Regions.

The emperor's words were vague, Meng Tian was naturally anxious, there was already news in the court, and the civil and military officials demanded that the generals of the Western Army be punished very loudly, and I heard that the emperor had to say that Meng Tian and others were indeed unforgivable, but because the Western Army went deep into the Western Regions and was far away from Xianyang, once the fear of the army was disturbed, it was temporarily suppressed.

But in Meng Tian's view, the First Emperor will definitely not delay for a long time.

"Feng Xiang and Feng Zhongcheng are very resolute in this matter, but I am afraid that it is really difficult to do, once my brother and the Marquis of Di Dao Yinshan are dismissed from the official position, I am afraid that the Western Army will be turbulent in an instant......" Sitting down in the study, Meng Yi briefly said the recital that Fang had just played in the palace.

After hearing this, Meng Tian frowned and drank tea, and after some thought in his heart, he sighed slightly and said: "If the Marquis of Qinghe is here, this matter may have a turnaround, but at this juncture, he actually returned to his hometown and relatives, how is it good now?" ”

Meng Yi twitched a few times and said, "I guess he left on purpose!" ”

"What does the second brother mean by this, I heard that the sister of the Marquis of Qinghe got married, and the time is the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is the right time for him to go back this time, why did he say it on purpose?" Meng Tian put down the teacup in surprise.

"Hmph, this son is very smart, and in order to reform the military system has been planned for a long time, a month ago, the messenger passed that Li Xinbu rebelled in the north of the Tianshan Mountains one by one, and captured more than 50,000 people who were about to return to the dynasty to offer prisoners, he knew that Li Xin would return to Beijing, how could he miss this good time to reform the military system, this time he left in the name of the provincial relatives, he must want to push this matter on you and me......"

Meng Tian was silent again for a long time after listening to Meng Yi's complaints, but his face, which had been solidified, slowly began to melt, and finally turned into an inexplicable surprise and excitement, and finally slammed his fist on the desk and suddenly stood up, "The old man understands, okay, Qinghehou's arrangement is really old, and he didn't treat our Meng's support for him!" ”

"Why is my brother so excited?" Meng Yi was so frightened by Meng Tian's sudden punch that he almost fell off the chair, hurriedly put the teacup away, and asked puzzled while shaking the tea on his clothes.

"The Marquis of Qinghe is now in power and opposition, and he is unwilling to participate in the restructuring of the army, nor does he want to contaminate the army to cause too many people's suspicions, so he has been reluctant to take action, but this time is indeed the best time for reform, he just wants to put this credit on our heads, and resolve this enamel crisis by the way!" Meng Tian explained excitedly.

"Hey, brother, don't be happy too early, the reform of the military system is difficult, the details are extremely cumbersome, I used to communicate with him at the beginning, many of what he said is like a book from heaven I can't understand at all, if he is not in who can complete it, and, if the brother writes to reform the army, but if the reform fails, the blame will be hard to escape, the two crimes are added together, I am afraid that the brother Marquis will not be able to protect, he is not with my Montessori credit, but obviously wants me Montessori to take the blame!" Meng Yi pouted unhappily.

"Hehe, second brother, don't drill the horns, Qinghehou's arrangement is a strategy to kill two birds with one stone, which can not only promote the reform of the military system, but also exempt me and Di Daohou Yinshan from the guilt. The Art of War: Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods. In the eyes of the elder brother, the Marquis of Qinghe is not in the capital at this time, but it is a stroke of genius, and the second brother will come to the military reform that the Marquis of Qinghe and you said in detail, and ask Your Majesty to reform the military system for the brother! Meng Tian seemed to have figured out Chen Xu's arrangement, and all his worries and worries disappeared.

Although Meng Yi could probably guess that Chen Xu was indeed suspected of dumping the pot when he left Jingshi this time, he was not as far-reaching as Meng Tian.

Meng Tian has always been in charge of the army, and he can be said to know the past and current situation of the Great Qin army well, and he also has some ideas about reforming the military system, but it is far less thorough than Chen Xu thought.

Originally, Meng Tian and Meng Yi had exchanged several times through letters about the reform of the military system mentioned by Chen Xu, but neither of them expected that when things really reached the point where they could be promoted, Chen Xu actually lifted his pants and ran away, which made Meng Yi very unhappy, and Meng Tian lost his square inch in an instant.

Originally, according to Meng Yi's original idea, after Li Xin and Meng Tian returned to Beijing, the imperial court would inevitably have impeachment and various requests for punishment, and Chen Xu would inevitably take the opportunity to point out the deeper and deeper shortcomings of the Great Qin military system, and then put forward a recital to reform the military system, so that Mengshi and Jiang could help wave the flag and shout to promote this reform.

With the Marquis of Qinghe as a shield, the culpability of Meng Tian and Li Xinjiang Hu will be much smaller, and the possibility of seizing the title and dismissing the official is very small, and the final outcome is just a false alarm.

If you really want to calm the anger of the first emperor and the dissatisfaction of many ministers, there is also Li Xin, a martial marquis who does not have a deep family status in the court.

In short, it is important to minimize the risk of Montessori.

However, Meng Yi did everything he could, thinking that this time he could still be a bystander or a cheerleader waving flags as before, but he didn't expect Chen Xu, the protagonist, to suddenly run away and leave this mess to them to deal with.

At this moment, Meng Yi suddenly found that the son-in-law who was very easy to deal with in the past had become a chicken thief, so that he couldn't catch his tail.

At the same time, he also sighed inexplicably, it seems that if he wants to resolve this Montessori crisis, Montessori can really only roll up his sleeves and rush to the front.

Because this matter really has nothing to do with Chen Xu, Chen Xu has nothing to say regardless of them, and now Chen Xu has thrown this matter to Montessori, and let Montessori first open the gap in military reform according to the military reform he set, and then the next drastic restructuring will be a matter of course.

If Montessori just wants to sit back and enjoy his success, and has no idea of charging into battle, Chen Xu will only say that he can't help Montessori's future situation.

In the future, the military and political worlds of Daqin will inevitably need more fresh blood, Chen Xu is worried that he still has a lot of people who can't be stuffed in, and he will overturn Meng Tian, and in the future, Yingbu Hanxin and his ilk will be able to climb up quickly, after all, Mengshi is almost completely out of his control, and the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law is not enough for the two to be completely tightly tied together, only the faction is the most stable cornerstone.

For the next half a day, Meng Tian and Meng Yi have been sitting in the study drinking tea and discussing the military reform plan that Chen Xu said at the beginning, from the lieutenants who served in the local area to the soldiers of the Gongwei Beijing Division and the Tunshu Border Pass, from the guards who took turns to serve to the combat army composed of elite soldiers, during which they also talked about the exemption money, the reform of the 20-level military lords and the military merit evaluation of the soldiers, etc., everything that Chen Xu had said at the beginning that Meng Yi still remembered was all about everything.

While listening, Meng Tian kept recording with a pencil on the paper, and repeatedly asked questions when he encountered something he didn't understand, and he changed the circle drawing, and when Shen Shi was around, another day passed, and dozens of scratch papers were already piled up on the desk.

The two heads of the family closed the door in the study to discuss the major affairs of military reform, and Meng Yi's wife and concubine and housekeepers did not dare to disturb, and many people stood in the courtyard outside the study and waited anxiously.

At sunset, Meng Yun, who was dressed in a brocade robe, rode a golden sweaty BMW with a few servants from outside the city to return to the house, and found this situation after washing and changing clothes in the backyard, tiptoeing to the crack of the door to watch what the uncle and father were doing inside, but just pressed the door with his hand and heard a squeak, the door opened, and Meng Yun fell into the study without warning, and hit his head on a person's belly.

With a muffled snort and crackling sound, Meng Yi, who had just opened the door, was caught off guard by his son's arch in his arms, and suddenly gasped in pain and almost lost his breath, holding his chest and abdomen and retreating and crashing on the desk, the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and pen holder on the desk were instantly scattered to the ground, leaving Meng Tian, who was still sorting out the manuscript, stunned.

"Dad~" Meng Yun stood up in a daze and looked at his grinning father, who was arched by his own head, and woke up with a frightened pendulum, and ran out with his legs.

"You brute, what kind of body are you sneaking into, stop, the old man has to break your leg today~"

Meng Yi picked up a feather duster casually, thinking that it didn't feel enough, so he swept his eyes around the study, and then pulled out the long sword hanging on the wall with a choking sound and roared out.

"Daddy spares his life, the child didn't mean it, but he was worried that you and Uncle hadn't eaten for half a day, and I was afraid that I would be hungry!" Meng Yun was scurrying around in the garden, explaining loudly.

"Fart, you won't knock on the door and talk with your mouth when you eat, the old man will definitely not spare you today......" Meng Yi followed behind, dancing with a long sword in his hand, and a group of wives and concubines and servants all exclaimed, but in the face of Meng Yi's unstoppable murderous aura, everyone did not dare to stop it, and could only watch the father and son running and chasing in the back garden, and in an instant, the whole Mengfu chickens and dogs were very lively.

"Alas!" Meng Tian, who had packed up the manuscript, looked at this lively scene, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, and then pinched more than ten manuscript papers and walked away.

Military affairs are very important, if he wants to get out of this matter smoothly, it can be said that reforming the military system is the best way, Chen Xu threw this task of charging into battle to Montessori, and he must bear the brunt of this big tripod.

However, the reform of the military system involves the emperor's forbidden area, and if one is not careful, he will be in a different place, so he and Meng Yi have to deal with it carefully, so he must write out this military reform book first, not only to point out in detail the disadvantages of the current military system, but also to come up with a military reform strategy that is in line with his identity and status, many things with Chen Xu's consistent strong style at a glance must be abandoned, what he has to do is to go back and think about it, according to Chen Xu's summary of these military reform strategies and his own ideas. Write a reform strategy that is in line with Daqin's current military system.

The reason why it is said to be a strategy is because once this recital has enough support, as long as the emperor is moved, then the next thing should be done by Chen Xu.

What army divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons are constructed, what military merits are assessed and evaluated, what corporals, sergeants, sergeants, and colonels and generals are ranks, etc., these are not what he should worry about, he only needs to point out the necessity of military reform, so that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces and the first emperor can see that the current military system has completely reached the point where it must be changed.