Ziyang Mountain, originally called Ruishi Mountain. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a Taoist priest who built a Ziyang Temple on the mountain, this Taoist Temple is said to be quite effective, and the surrounding people are even more prosperous with the incense offered by the Taoist Temple.

When the two of them belatedly climbed the last few steps, they saw a majestic Taoist temple quietly towering on the stone platform.

Yan Jian stood at the door of the Taoist temple and looked at this side with an impatient expression.

Seeing the two of them coming out of the mountain road, Yan Jian took two steps to this side, and said hurriedly: "I have asked the trail chief to prepare vegetables, fruits and tea, let's take a break here." ”

At this moment, the sky is bright, a round of red sun rises from the east, standing in the Taoist temple and looking into the distance, you can see the whole city of Hangzhou.

In a small pavilion on the north side of the Taoist temple, Chen Xian and Yan Jian, father and daughter, sit around a stone table with straw fruit bowls and three stoneware teacups.

The fruit is a citrus picked by the Taoist priest on the mountain, and the taste is slightly sour, but Chen Xian gnawed two in a row before he opened his mouth under Yan Jian's urging gaze: "This first is to guard, every autumn harvest, that is, the harvested fields and grass cellars, and the old and weak children in the north should also be included in the walled city." ”

"Well, that's a way to clear the wilderness." Yan Jian nodded.

"This battle is to divide the soldiers of Datong into three routes. If you encounter a small Kou, you will resist all the way; If you encounter a big coward, you will come to the aid of three ways and surround and annihilate it. Xuanfu and Jizhou two towns can also dispatch soldiers and horses to help at any time. ”

"This third point is the robbery, Warat lives on horses, and its soldiers may not rest for days, but the horses are naturally tired at night, and in order to protect the fighting force, the Warat army gallops day and night. Our army can widely distribute scouts, and then select sharp soldiers to raid their camps at night and win heavy rewards. ”

"Fourth, it's for chasing." Chen Xian took a sip of tea, and when he saw that Yan Jian's father and daughter were both looking at him in a daze, he put down the teacup and continued: "If Warat has plundered benefits in my Ming Dynasty, it will be slow to move because of the burden; If they don't intercept the supplies, morale will naturally be low and people will be tired. ”

"At this time, our army can not only set up an ambush according to the danger, but also wave the army to chase after it."

When Chen Xian said this, he felt that what he said was too idealistic, so he frowned and thought about it: "The above four points all need to be premised on the fifth point, that is, to train the generals and maintain morale. ”

"During the period of Taizu and Taizong, I not only had four guards in the nine towns of the Ming Dynasty, but also famous generals, and the soldiers had high morale and well-trained, how could foreigners dare to speak lightly to the south. And now the reason why Warat dares to act so recklessly is that our Ming Dynasty is weak in armament and insufficient in vigilance. ”

"Therefore, if you want to defend against the Warat, or even destroy the Warat into scattered herdsmen, you must have a strong army, so this fifth point is particularly important."

Yan Jian nodded approvingly, and said with emotion: "Yes, if it weren't for the lax armament of my Ming Dynasty now, how would Warat dare to touch the tiger's whiskers?" ”

"As for the sixth point, it's logistical." Chen Xian cleared his throat and continued: "At present, the general cannon of my Ming Dynasty is more powerful and less flexible, so it should be improved by craftsmen to a mobile field gun that can be dragged by mules and horses, and the shells can be changed to scattered shells, and a large number of them are equipped in the northern border army, which may have a miraculous effect against the cavalry of Wara. ”

After saying this long paragraph, Chen Xian stretched out his hand to open a citrus again, and as soon as he broke a petal and stuffed it into his mouth, he heard Yan Jian ask slowly: "The six strategies for resisting the enemy that Xingzhi said are indeed true, but it is a big problem to grasp the movements of the Wara army. ”

"That's easy to do." Chen Xian chewed the sour citrus and said vaguely: "Three points, the first is to recruit full-time reconnaissance troops who are good at riding and tracking in Datong, Liaodong and other places; the second is to corrupt the high-ranking ministers of Warat with their wealth; The third is to establish a sound spy network to detect the movements of the tribes within Warat, which is a combination of multiple tribes, among which there are naturally strong and weak, relatives and aliens, if this information is used well, it can be self-defeating. ”

After Yan Jian pondered for a long time, he suddenly stood up, shook at Chen Xian to the end, and said in an excited voice: "Listening to the words of the line is better than reading for ten years!" ”

Where was Chen Xian willing to accept such a big gift from him, and hurriedly turned sideways and got out of the way.

After finishing the salute, Yan Jian said earnestly: "I have a clear understanding of the fact that Xingzhi has been robbed of his fame. When a woman is rescued in distress on the road, what is the crime, and then the old man will naturally seek justice for you. ”

Chen Xian glared, this old man doesn't want to help himself become an official, right?

If it was in other periods, it would be good to get an official to do it, but now it is the twelfth year of orthodoxy! If I remember correctly, in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the change of Tumubao happened, and now to be an official, isn't it a lantern in a pit and looking for death!

He didn't think that if he became an official, he would be able to persuade Yingzong, who was bent on going his own way, not to go to the imperial expedition. Instead of being an official and being frightened, being honest and being a rich man, copying two poems of later generations without anything, and then harmonizing with Xiao Hairpin Qinse, isn't it fragrant on this kind of day?

Yan Jian saw that Chen Xian was in place, his eyes were rolling straight away, but the expression on his face was blue and white, and he thought that he didn't believe that he could help, so he said: "Okay and rest assured, the old man still has a few friends in the court, and it is not difficult to rehabilitate you." ”

Chen Xian saw that Yan Jianhui was wrong, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Old Yan, actually...... I really don't want to enter the office. ”

"Oh?" Yan Jian glared and said suspiciously: "Self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, this is the lifelong pursuit of many scholars." Why do you have such thoughts at such a young age? ”

"Maybe I'm old!" Chen Xian scratched his head, casually found a reason, and then honestly said his thoughts: "I just want to make some money, be a rich man, marry two more beautiful wives and concubines, and live a good life." ”

Yan Jian frowned, his expression became serious, and it was a bit like a warning to his nephew in his later life: "Okay, it's a big mistake for you to think like this!" Tao Zhu's way is finally a small road. My generation of scholars, since the heart of the world, for the people, for the country, for the monarch to share worries and solve problems. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and looked at Chen Xian with blazing eyes: "Besides, although the world is peaceful today, there are hidden worries, it is the time to spur Ma Kuang to help the world, you don't want to make contributions, but only want to be rich and peaceful, which is really chilling!" ”

Chen Xian was speechless by Lao Yan's righteous words, so he had to nod his head, although he was a little disapproving, but he admired the thoughts and ambitions in the old man's heart.

Perhaps the Ming Dynasty can experience the change of Tumubao and the siege of Beijing, and still continue for two hundred years, or perhaps the Chinese nation can go through five thousand years without interruption, it is precisely because of people like Lao Yan, as well as many unknown people who have the same idea as Lao Yan, they may not have left a great reputation in the history books, but they jointly used a spirit and belief that spanned thousands of years to forge a word called "integrity".

This...... It's the backbone of the Ming Dynasty.

"Daddy!" Zixiao saw that Chen Xian was silent, afraid that he would be angry, so he pretended to interject angrily: "You and Chen Gongzi have only known each other for two days, why do you speak so harshly!" Don't you think of him as a big brother? ”

Yan Jian saw that Chen Xian no longer raised objections at this moment, and his daughter interjected again, and felt that he was too strict in his heart, so he slowed down his tone and said with a little apology: "The old man is a little excited, don't mind." ”

Zixiao laughed, a pair of crescent-like eyes seemed to be smiling at Chen Xian together, she glanced at Yan Jian, who was a little embarrassed, and comforted her softly: "My father's temperament is so weird on weekdays, Chen Gongzi must not mind!" ”