That night, Jinan Fucheng, drunk immortals.

Shandong commander Xiang Qun called all the generals of more than 1,000 households in Jinan City to accompany him, and invited Liu Juntao to eat and drink at a big banquet, but none of the many civil officials in Jinan Mansion were invited, which made Shandong political envoy Gu Yi, Shandong governor Li Chengming, and Shandong according to the inspection envoy Zhu Qiaozuo very dissatisfied, this is clearly Xiang Qun is demonstrating to the three of them!

However, Xiang Qun, the commander of the capital, remembered the angry expressions of Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, and his heart was extremely comfortable, and he frequently clinked glasses with Liu Juntao, and even drank a few glasses of wine with Bai Yuxing.

At this time, the entire hall of the Drunken Immortal Restaurant was wrapped up in the group, and eleven tables were set up in a row, and more than one hundred and dozens of generals were staggered, punching and fighting, and the warm atmosphere suddenly filled the entire restaurant.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao is also in a good mood, after all, drinking is a lively and happy thing!

If you drink like a civil official, who recites poetry and writes elegantly, Liu Juntao is really not used to it.

At this time, Liu Juntao's face was also red and the wine was surging, but for the generals who came to toast, he still did not refuse to come, and frequently clinked glasses with everyone and drank.

Bai Yuxing, who was at the next table, was worried that Liu Juntao was drunk badly, so he took the initiative to come over to block the wine at first, but after a while, he was surrounded by several thousand households, and after a fierce pour, he was also drunk and unstable on his feet.

In addition to the ten soldiers who were serving and guarding on the side, the remaining forty guards were also drunk and hazy, and even a few soldiers rolled up their sleeves ~ and were shouting at themselves to fight with two thousand households.

After three rounds of drinking, most of the people present were already drunk, and Xiang Qun, the commander of the command, was also a little drunk, and looked at the subordinates who were already staggering around him, and said with a laugh: "The shopkeeper is second!" ”

"It's coming!"

The shopkeeper ran over attentively and said, "What's the matter with the general?" ”

"Here's some manpower, settle these brothers of mine in the guest room, and send someone back if you want to go home!"

"Gotcha!"

The shopkeeper was busy beckoning people, and after a while, most of the eleven table generals dispersed, and Bai Yuxing and the forty drunken guards were also settled in the guest room upstairs.

At this time, only Liu Juntao and the commander Xiang Qun were left in the hall.

I saw Xiang Qun say with some tongues rolled: "General Liu, you also saw it today, now our martial arts are not having a good time, those cats and dogs, all want to press us, it's really breathless!" ”

Liu Juntao also sighed and comforted Xiang Qun a few words.

In fact, in Liu Juntao's heart, he very much agrees with a sentence from later generations; "Those who have troubled the country since ancient times have been the most literati! Warriors! ”

If the literati of a dynasty mess with the country, then the economy, politics, military, and culture of the dynasty will completely collapse from top to bottom, which is a kind of overall collapse, just like the Donglin Party at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was completely hollowed out and collapsed, even if there are a large number of fierce generals such as Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Yuan Chonghuan, Xiong Tingbi, Lu Xiangsheng, etc., they still can't save the Ming Dynasty that was destroyed by civilian officials.

And when it is the warriors who bring disaster to the country, the dynasty will fall into turmoil, but the scope of the impact is largely limited to military and political aspects, and China will still retain a trace of vitality.

At least in the face of foreign enemies, the blood of the warriors is stronger than that of the civil officials, after all, the safety of a dynasty depends on the blood of the warriors to maintain, so the warriors have more loyalty in their bones than the civilian officials.

Then again, everything needs to be balanced, regardless of the official generals, they must check and balance each other, and it is not a good thing for Huaxia that any one side is too strong!

Liu Juntao couldn't be clearer about this, after all, he has more than 300 years of knowledge than people at this time.

Xiang Qun drank a glass of wine alone, sighed heavily, and said: "Maybe General Liu also knows, now there is a disaster outside the country, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops outside the Nine Border Fortress, and it is possible to knock on the south at any time, and now there is an opportunity and excuse to go south!" ”

Speaking of the Warat army, Liu Juntao's heart was also like a big stone blocked, and his mood instantly felt a little heavy.

"Once the Warat army goes south, who will the dynasty rely on to defend its territory?"

Xiang Qun glared at the group and shouted loudly: "It's up to us warriors!" Use our blood and our brains to resist the Tartars' fast Machete! And not the mouths and insidious tricks of those civil officials! ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao also felt the same way, and later generations generally described the Donglin Party at the end of the Ming Dynasty as: "The opening must be righteous, and the face of difficulty must be apostasy!" ”

Among the civil officials, there must be many loyal and upright people and heroic ministers, such as Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Huangyan and so on.

But there are also many scum among civil officials, such as Qian Qianyi (the one whose water is too cold), Sun Zhiqi and other traitors.

Moreover, once China is in trouble, it is an indisputable fact that it is still the warriors of the Ming Dynasty who rush to the forefront and fight with the Tartars!

Liu Juntao looked at Xiang Qun, whose eyes were slightly red, and said secretly: "This commander is also an upright and bloody man!" ”

"General Liu, now from the court to all over the country, civil officials are constantly vying for power and profit, and I even heard my colleagues in the capital say that those big men in the court still want to hand over military power to civilian officials! What a joke! Do those powerless civil officials know how to do the army? Do they know how to arrange their troops? Let them command thousands of soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy, that is to destroy the country! ”

Looking at Xiang Qun, who was getting more and more excited the more he spoke, Liu Juntao hurriedly whispered: "My lord! Be careful! ”

Xiang Qun just sighed heavily and drank another glass of wine.

"It seems that the commander of the Lord is not less angry with those civil officials on weekdays!"

Liu Juntao also sighed: "What the adults said is indeed reasonable! Now those civil officials of the dynasty are no longer the talents of both civil and military in the Han and Tang dynasties, and the literati who can enter and exit the prime minister and run rampant on the battlefield are all really capable! Shixian Li Taibai can still fight the world with a sword and a bandit with a blade! If such a civilian official commands us, I would admit it! But today's literati only know how to chant poetry, how many of them can cross the horse and draw the sword, and fight on the battlefield? ”

When Xiang Qunyan heard this, it was as if he had found a confidant, and immediately said: "General Liu Shen is really extraordinary!" ”

Then, Xiang Qun said: "Now, hundreds of thousands of troops in Wara are ready to move, and those civil officials in the imperial court are not suggesting that Chen soldiers prepare for war and allocate grain and straw today, but are still arguing about whether the imperial court should mobilize a large army to go north!" ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Qun stretched out his hand and gestured: "It's been more than a year, and now the imperial court has only a hundred thousand defenders in all parts of the nine sides, and they have to divide troops to garrison various places, and the troops are all scattered, and they can't stop the rush of hundreds of thousands of Warat iron cavalry!" But those civil officials are still arguing with scriptures, even if they intend to send troops to the north today, they are helpless! ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao couldn't help but ask: "Since we intend to fight a decisive battle with Warat today, why don't we recruit elite soldiers and strong generals from all over the world as soon as possible to gather in Beijing?" ”

"Silver!"

Xiang Qun said with a wry smile: "Those civil officials resisted the intention of recruiting troops and horses today on the grounds of insufficient money and food, and even disputed the selection of the leading generals, so that the Wara army has been in war for more than a year, and there are constant beacons in various parts of the border, and the imperial court still has no sign of sending troops!" So, those civilian officials still want to seize military power? What a shame! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Juntao finally understood why when the Tumu Fort changed, the orthodox emperor insisted on driving the expedition in person, that was because he did not lead the army to march, just the matter of this leader candidate, the Chinese official of the dynasty did not know how long to argue.

As for why the Orthodox Emperor only led the Jingshi garrison to the battle, it is easier to understand: the civilian-official group does not allow it!

At this time, Liu Juntao couldn't help but sigh heavily, and secretly said in his heart: "It seems that history is still stubbornly rolling towards the predetermined trajectory, and it has not changed anything because of my arrival!" What should come will come after all! ”

That night, Xiang Qun drank with Liu Juntao for a long time, and the two did not give up until dawn.