Chapter 38: The Banquet
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Walking out of the imperial study, Wang Ke grabbed Wang Si and whispered: "Dad, please invite a few generals to our house for a while, the child wants to talk to them." β
Wang Si looked at Wang Ke, understood his thoughts, and said in a consultative tone: "Why don't you invite all the adults to go, it doesn't hurt to say anything in front of everyone." β
Wang Ke thinks about it, it's not a big deal, maybe these civil officials can still help him talk. Besides, it didn't hurt to get closer to these people, so I nodded in agreement.
Wang Si hurriedly took two steps, stepped forward and sent out invitations to the ministers one by one, not to mention, they were all quite face-saving.
The group went out of the palace gate, Wang Si asked his entourage to ride his horse and rush back to the house to report the news, and he sat in Wang Ke's car and walked with the ministers. Everyone also sent their entourage back to their homes to inform them, and the sedan chairs and horses rode horses, and followed Wang Ke's car to Wang Si's mansion.
As soon as he entered the house, Cheng Zhijie shouted: "The boy of the Wang family (now it's not called Wang Xian's nephew), what do you mean, what is your idea to take away all the soldiers from each family?" β
After all, Li Ji is much older, and he is quite calm, so he grabbed Cheng Lao Killer, who was about to jump towards Wang Ke, and said: "You old killer, just say what you want, what are you excited about." Wang Xian's nephew must have his reasons for doing this, let's sit down first and listen to Wang Xian's nephew's explanation. β
Wang Ke saw that all the generals were more or less angry, and knew that saying anything at this time would have no effect, so he turned to Wang Si and said: "Dad, please also ask Dad to sit down and drink tea with your uncles first, and the children will cook a few small dishes for the uncles themselves, and come back to explain it to the uncles later." β
Of course, Wang Si also saw the current situation, understood Wang Ke's current situation, and hurriedly said: "Go ahead, make a few more good dishes for your uncles to taste." β
Turning his head to greet everyone: "Come on, come on, sit down and taste the tea made by my Ke'er himself, many adults haven't tasted it yet." β
As he spoke, he invited everyone to sit down, and the subordinates who had been waiting outside the door for a while also walked in with interest at this time, and put the tea in front of the ministers.
Wang Ke walked into the kitchen and saw Mrs. Wang with her two aunts, as well as Dong Yuezheng standing in the kitchen with a nervous expression. Seeing Wang Ke coming in, Mrs. Wang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Ke'er, what's going on?" Why are so many adults coming to our house today? And what was General Cheng yelling about just now? β
Wang Ke knew that his father didn't have much contact with these people on weekdays, but today suddenly all the important ministers in the court came, and the old Cheng who entered the door was a voice, which really scared the family of women. Hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, mother." Today, I just said something in front of the emperor, and when I came out, I asked my father to invite these adults to sit at home, and the child told them what the child thought. It's nothing, don't worry. β
Seeing that Wang Ke said very easily, Mrs. Wang asked again in disbelief, "Is it really okay?" Ke'er, don't hide it from her mother. β
"It's really okay, just relax." Wang Ke said with a smile: "The children have to hurry up and make a few side dishes, otherwise these adults will wait for a long time, but there will be really something." Mrs. Wang saw that Wang Ke still had the intention of joking, and her heart relaxed. Together with the two aunts and Dongyue, he helped Wang Ke on the side.
The dishes were served on the table one after another, Wang Ke came to the front hall after washing his hands, and said to a room full of high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty: "Let you uncles wait for a long time, now please come to the table." Let's talk while eating, which uncle has any ideas, just say it. β
Everyone had been in the palace for a day, and they were indeed hungry, so they all walked directly over to the table.
Good guys, plus Wang Si and his son, there are fifteen people. Fortunately, the people in the house were clever, and seeing that there were many people, they had already moved a table from somewhere else, and the two tables were together, and everyone just sat down.
Wang Ke beckoned, and the two subordinates came up with wine in their hands, filling the wine glasses in front of everyone. Wang Ke raised his glass and said, "Today, because of the little nephew's matter, the uncles have delayed time, and the little nephew is here to accompany him first." With that, he poured a glass of wine into his mouth.
Wang Si knew that he would have to talk about something later, so he hurriedly said: "This wine is made by Ke'er herself, and it is stronger than what we usually drink. β
When everyone heard that Wang Ke made it himself, they were very curious and picked up the wine one after another. Wang Ke knew that only Cheng Laoshu had drunk this wine, because he sent ten altars to Li Ke and Cheng Huailiang last time, but no one came to call for them to be sent again. There were many things, and Wang Ke didn't bother to ask about it.
The civil officials are still more gentle when they drink, and they all taste it in small sips, but this group of old killers is different, all of them are taking a sip and a cup. After drinking, no one spoke, and was stunned.
Wang Ke didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly asked, "What, isn't this wine delicious?" β
Hearing Wang Ke's question, everyone came to their senses, and Li Jing said: "Nephew Wang Xian, how did you make this wine, it is much better than what we drink on weekdays." The old man has a thick face, and when he goes back in a while, how about the virtuous nephew send two altars to the old man? β
When Wang Ke saw Li Jing say this, there was no reason not to agree, so he hurriedly replied: "Uncle, don't say that you want two altars, even if you want a few more, it's okay." β
Before they finished speaking, other people also shouted and asked Wang Ke to send them a few altars as well.
At this time, the civil officials were also more than Sven, and their voices were as high as those of these old killers.
Cheng Zhijie yelled the most among these people, and while saying that he wanted wine, he kept scolding Cheng Huailiang: "This stinky boy, he mixed with the Wang family kid one day, but he didn't know that the Wang family kid made such a good wine, he really deserved to fight!" Let Lao Tzu taste it today. β
Well? Wang Ke was strange, didn't he ask someone to send the ten altars last time? Didn't Cheng Huailiang let this old killer know that he was hiding in private? Don't say it now, otherwise Cheng Huailiang will have a hard time! When I have time to ask Cheng Huailiang what's going on. Seeing that everyone was shouting there, Wang Ke stood there and didn't dare to say anything, he didn't have the courage to tell these people to shut up. The virtuous nephews and these people are on the rise, and if they can't make a sound, these people will be annoyed and greet themselves, and they will be unlucky.
After everyone's voices gradually became quieter, Wang Ke spoke: "Don't worry, uncles, the little nephew hasn't finished what he said just now." What the little nephew meant was that he asked people to see how much wine there was now, and they would bring it to him, and all the uncles would take it away when they went back. The little nephew will let the workshop brew it again. β
After speaking, he called in a subordinate and asked him to tell the housekeeper to bring out all the wine in the house, and if it was not enough, he would go to the village and bring it together.
Li Ji hurriedly stopped: "Don't be so troublesome, you can take as much as you have in the house, and don't take it in the village first." Just send it to us tomorrow during the day. β
Wang Ke was quite happy to hear the first sentence, but as soon as he said the second sentence, Wang Ke scolded in his heart: "It's really not a thing, I thought I didn't want it, but it turned out that not only did I want it, but I also had to send it home." Drink to death you old killers! β
I was angry, but I didn't show it on my face at all, and said with a smile: "That's okay, tomorrow the little nephew will arrange for someone to send the wine to the uncles to the house." Now the uncles still try the dishes made by the little nephew first, but it is still appetizing. β
Everyone picked up chopsticks and put the dishes in their mouths, of course, there was a burst of praise.
Wang Ke was smug, only to see Li Jing put down his chopsticks, looked at everyone and said: "Wang Xian's nephew, what you said today, the old man also thought it was very good, but the last proposal, I don't know what the virtuous nephew meant, can you explain one or two to us?" β
As soon as Cheng Zhijie heard Li Jing speak, he immediately said angrily: "That's it, what do you mean by the Wang family boy, if you don't make it clear today, don't blame the old man for not recognizing people!" β
Wang Ke saw that Li Jing was asking, and the purpose of inviting them here today was also to make it clear to them, so he said unhurriedly: "Uncles, please use it slowly, just listen to what the little nephew says." Before the little nephew finished speaking, please don't be in a hurry to get angry first. β
As he spoke, he raised his wine glass and signaled, and he took a small sip before saying: "The little nephew knows that all my uncles are meritorious ministers of my Tang Dynasty, and they are also loyal to the emperor and many courts, and they don't have any other hearts. However, in all dynasties, no emperor can guarantee that his ministers have no bad intentions, and they are always on guard? β
As soon as he said this, Wang Ke saw the corners of Yu Chi Jingde's mouth move, and he wanted to say something. Hurriedly said to him: "Uncle, don't worry, wait for the little nephew to finish." β
Then he continued from the topic just now: "Say a word of great disrespect to your uncles, all uncles are the heroes of the founding of the country, and without the hard work of your uncles, the emperor would not be where he is today." It can be that the credit of all uncles is high! On this issue, the little nephew thinks that needless to say, the uncles also know their names. β
Wang Ke changed his tone and said: "For my Datang, the most important issue for virtuous nephews is nothing more than to develop production internally and enhance national strength; Externally, it is to eliminate the incursion of the surrounding ethnic groups on our Datang. But what is the war? β
Wang Ke still gave a question to everyone. Everyone glanced at each other, not knowing what Wang Ke meant.
Li Jing said puzzledly: "Isn't the strength of the two sides in the war?" What else could it be? β
Wang Ke nodded and said, "Uncle Li is talking about part of it, to be specific, the war is about the economy. Why? Gather the soldiers and ask for money; Grain and grass cost money; Weapons and horses cost money; Pensions for soldiers who died after the war still cost money. Everything has to be implemented into a money word! β
Hearing this, everyone nodded. It's not that I don't know, but I haven't thought about it before.
Fang Xuanling saw that Wang Ke stopped and didn't speak, and urged: "Lord Xiao Wang continues." β
Wang Ke also said: "The expenses of the imperial court come from taxes, but on weekdays, the land in the hands of soldiers does not have to pay taxes, so the taxes of the imperial court are much less." And once the war is fought, after a long time, the land in the hands of the soldiers is not managed, and when the war is over, the grain is not collected, and the soldiers have no food to live on, so they have to be pacified by the imperial court. This also invisibly increased the burden on the imperial court. β
Speaking of which, the civil servants have already calculated this account, and they all feel that this matter is real, and they are trying to find a way every year, but they don't know how to solve it.
As soon as the military attachΓ©s explained the scriptures, they also began to understand the crux of the problem.
Wang Ke saw that they understood, so he said: "It is better to do this than the imperial court to directly manage the soldiers, increase the monthly military salary, train on weekdays, no longer cultivate the land, and hand over the land to the common people to work and pay taxes on time." Wouldn't this solve the dual problem of taxes and soldiers? But in this way, the private soldiers under the generals have become the generals themselves to pay for them, but who can have the ability to support a large number of soldiers? Therefore, the kid thought that giving up the private soldiers and having the soldiers managed by the imperial court was the right way out. β
Wang Ke said so much in one breath, paused, took a sip of food and drank a sip of wine, and then continued after eating: "There is another advantage of this, that is, the generals have no private soldiers under them, and they can also show the emperor that they are just a minister of the Tang Dynasty, and they will not support the army and respect themselves, but will only be loyal to the court and the emperor, and will not have any other ideas." Isn't this a good way to reassure the emperor? β
Everyone understood the words very clearly, but for a while there were some things that couldn't turn around. didn't speak, carefully recalling what Wang Ke said.
Wang Ke sat there silently, drinking wine and observing everyone's expressions. Everyone's expressions are different, but Wang Ke knows that these people will figure it out, and if there is anything they can't figure out, they can also make sense of it with their own flickering skills.
After a long silence, Li Ji finally broke the silence: "How will this soldier be mobilized to fight in the future?" β
"It's easy to do." Wang Ke put down the chopsticks in his hand and replied, "Didn't I say that Datang will be divided into several military regions?" Once a war is fought in the jurisdiction of a military region, the imperial court only needs to send a commander to lead the army in this military district. If the number of people is insufficient, you can also send troops to support in the neighboring military districts, and when the war is over, you can simply return to the building. Isn't that convenient? β
What Wang Ke said is the experience summed up by later generations after a long period of accumulation, and of course it is simple and effective to use.
These old killers are not stupid, they can be solved at one point. After thinking about everything Wang Ke said, he was relieved.
This time, my heart is also happy, I am comfortable to eat, and I am happy to drink. A group of old killers threw off their cheeks and rushed up at this time, but the civil officials discussed with Wang Ke what they thought were of interest.
Wang Ke didn't want to mention much about these things, because he was not sensitive to politics, and he had always been out of his position and not seeking politics, and in order to avoid wading into this pool of troubled waters in the civil official circle, after all, his current identity is a military attachΓ©.
Wang Ke didn't say anything if he could, and if he couldn't hide, he tried his best to prevaricate. That's it, but I still said something more or less. After drinking for more than two hours, everyone left satisfied.
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