Chapter 51: A Story
"Anything, as long as it's not like the ghost story you told last time, I'll listen to it." Han Qi looked at Li Zhang's serious appearance, and suddenly remembered that the last time Li Zhang told him a ghost story, he also had such an expression, which made him shudder, the story of that zombie scared him a lot, and he didn't dare to go to the toilet alone for a few nights.
Seeing Han Qi's timid appearance, Li Zhang couldn't help laughing, but this also gave him an idea, instead of telling a big truth, it is better to tell a story to make the other party more acceptable.
Thinking of this, Li Zhang immediately stopped laughing and said again: "Last time I found out that you still like to listen to stories, this time I'll tell you a story, but don't worry, this time it's not a ghost story!" ”
"Really, not?" Han Qi was still a little uncertain, he was really scared by Li Zhang.
"Absolutely not, let's go to the backyard and sit down and talk slowly!" Li Zhang said again with a smile, the store is not a place for people to talk.
Hearing Li Zhang's assurance, Han Qi relieved himself, and then followed Li Zhang to the backyard, at this time he was also very curious about Li Zhang's residence, and looked around while walking, there was a tall plane tree in the yard, Li Zhang asked Han Qi to sit under the tree, and the raccoon dog was also very obedient to pour water for them.
"Li Zhang, what story are you going to tell?" Han Qi asked curiously at this time, although the ghost story last time scared him a lot, but that story was indeed wonderful, otherwise he wouldn't have been so impressed.
"Didn't you just say that you want to be a civil and military all-rounder, then I'll tell you a story of all-rounders!" Li Zhang laughed at the moment, and then started to tell the story, "It is said that there is a prodigy in a certain place, who is literate at the age of three, practices martial arts at the age of five, composes poems all over the world at the age of eight, goes up the mountain alone at the age of fifteen to destroy the robbers entrenched in the mountains, and travels through the streets of the eighteenth company with three yuan horses, and at the age of twenty, the ruling party benefits the people!" ”
"At the age of twenty-two, he led his troops to kill the enemy, destroyed more than 20 countries in a row to pacify the world, was worshiped as the generalissimo, resigned at the age of thirty and returned to his hometown, devoted himself to the study of utensils, relying on a machine that could fly in the sky, could swim in the water, and could run on land, and then he personally drove this machine to the sea, and found a crop with a yield of thousands of catties per mu from an overseas continent and sent it back to China, so that the people in the country no longer had to worry about hunger, and turned to business at the age of forty, and more than half of the world's property went into his pocket, and even the emperor had to borrow money from him......"
"What do you call a story, it's just nonsense." Before Li Zhang finished speaking, Han Qi said with some dissatisfaction, he expected to hear a wonderful story, but he didn't expect Li Zhang to tell an absurd story, not only did not have any credibility, but also was like a running account.
"Don't worry, there is still one in the back, this person is fifty years old and practices Dan, and after taking it, he is as light as a swallow, and then he soars to the fairy world during the day, marries a bunch of fairies and wanders around day and night, and then the extraterritorial heavenly demons attack......"
Li Zhang didn't bother to use his brain in the end, and directly took the fantasy web template of the later generations to and fro, anyway, no matter how bizarre it is, it doesn't matter if Han Qi understands it or not, anyway, the most important thing about his story is the first half.
When Li Zhang's mouth was dry, he stopped and drank a sip of water, and then Han Qi found an opportunity to interject and said: "I understand, the person you are talking about can't exist at all, don't talk about being a god or something like that in the future, in the first half of the game, he actually did the best of the scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, which is impossible for anyone to do!" ”
Han Qi really didn't disappoint Li Zhang, which also made him laugh and pointed at Han Qi and said: "Hahaha~, since you know that it is impossible for anyone to be able to do everything to the extreme, then why do you think that you can fight as a scholar?" ”
"I ......" Han Qi had vaguely guessed Li Zhang's intentions just now, but at this time, Li Zhang directly pointed it out, which made him still a little unconvinced, but he didn't know how to refute it, and his face turned red for a while.
"There is a specialization in the art industry, I know that you scholars look down on martial artists, businessmen, craftsmen, and even you shout every day that agriculture is the foundation of the country, but how many people can look down on farmers?" At this time, Li Zhang unceremoniously asked again.
"We ...... It's not that we look down on these people, but we ...... It's ......"
Han Qi wanted to defend again, but before he could think of the words of defense, Li Zhang interrupted again: "Mencius said, 'Those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people', I also agree with this sentence, but you people have read a lot of books, but you don't know how to govern people, you can't compare to farmers when farming, you can't compare to merchants when accumulating wealth, and you can't compare to craftsmen when you work together. ”
Li Zhang is also a little angry when he says this, the Great Song Dynasty is weak in military performance, the most important thing is the suppression of military generals, although the founding generals formed a lot of generals, but their status is getting lower and lower, now many generals are abandoning military and civil affairs, or they are messing around in the army, anyway, no matter how hard they work, there is no big deal, in the era of cold weapons, generals are the soul of the army, and even the soul has become so rotten, and the entire army can be imagined.
"The suppression of military generals can't be blamed on us scholars, when the Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, the military generals cut off the king, and the world was also in chaos, fortunately, Taizu pacified the world, which made the Central Plains unified again, and Taizu was worried that there would be a situation of military generals separating again, so he released the military power with a glass of wine, and then vigorously weakened the power in the hands of the military generals, which is also the reason why there has been no rebellion of military generals since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty!" Han Qi finally found a reason to refute at this time, and said a little aggrieved at the moment.
"It's okay to suppress military generals, but you can't do too much, for you, it's completely possible to separate the military from the government, and the generals are only responsible for fighting, so that they can't meddle in government affairs, and even the army's supply money and food are controlled by civilian officials, so it's impossible for them to rebel, but it's good for you to do it now, not only can you suppress the generals can't raise their heads, and even the civil officials have to go into battle in person to fight the war, are you sure that the civilian officials can fight the war?" Li Zhang asked rhetorically again.
Now the status of the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty is so low, I am afraid that later generations can not imagine, for example, although the military generals can lead the army, but they do not even have the power to train the troops, but to be issued by the imperial court to unify the training of the formation map, as for the war is even more ridiculous, the military generals have no power to respond to the battlefield at all, everything must listen to the orders of the above, otherwise even if they win the battle, they will be punished in the end, and they may even lose their heads, so the atmosphere of the generals has also changed, except for listening to orders, and there is no enterprising spirit, It is strange that such an army can win battles.
Han Qi was also silent when he heard this, although he was a little unconvinced, he also felt that what Li Zhang said made sense, but he was young and vigorous, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
"Han Qi, you scholars are hard-working people, and you can govern people if you want, but you don't do it for them, but to create a good environment for these people, so that they can give full play to their talents, otherwise there will be chaos in the future!" Li Zhang finally pointed out unceremoniously.
This is not Li Zhang's alarmism, Li Yuanhao in the northwest is almost an adult, and when his father dies, the northwest will definitely be in chaos, and in the original history, the Song Dynasty obviously had an advantage in all aspects, but it couldn't win the small Xixia, and finally was forced to admit the status of the Xixia, and even gave the Xixia "year" every year, although there is a "gift" in the name, but in fact, it is the same as the old coin given to the Liao State, just how much money is there.
"I ...... I'm not the ministers in the court, so it's useless for you to talk to me about this! In the end, Han Qi was a little unconvinced again, but at this time he already agreed that Li Zhang's words made sense, but he was just a little scholar and couldn't change this situation at all.
"I know it's useless to talk to you about this now, but I think your future achievements will not be better than those of the current court, and if you have the ability at that time, I hope you can think about these words of mine!" Li Zhang patted Han Qi's shoulder at this time and said solemnly.
"Huh? Do you really think that I will not be as tolerant as everyone in the court in the future? Han Qi couldn't help but feel shocked when he heard Li Zhang's praise, and he didn't know why, he always had an inexplicable trust in Li Zhang, and the other party spoke very convincingly, even he couldn't refute it with his always sharp words.
"Of course, if you become a husband in the future, don't forget to invite me to dinner then!" Li Zhang laughed again, half-jokingly and half-seriously, but I don't know if Han Qi will remember his childhood friend when he becomes a father-in-law in the future?
Han Qi stayed with Li Zhang until the evening before leaving, Douzi also came back from the street with Xiuxiu, the sister and brother bought a lot of things, and also brought gifts to Li Zhang, which also allowed Xiuxiu to quickly integrate into Li Zhang's collective.
However, at dinner, Li Yonghe still didn't come back, Li Zhang estimated that in a short time, he would come back without a face, but he wasn't worried, anyway, he could live well outside before, and he would definitely not starve to death this time.
"Father didn't come back, and Uncle Wu didn't come for many days." At night, Tanuki secretly found Li Zhang and complained that Li Yonghe was at home these days, which also made her feel the long-lost father's love, and now that Li Yonghe is no more, she is naturally a little lost, and at the same time she also thinks of Lu Wu.
Hearing Tanuki'er's words, Li Zhang also suddenly discovered that since he caught the black-clothed man who was suspected of being a party worker, Lu Wu had only been to them once, and then he had never seen him again.
Li Zhang's brother and sister were talking about Lu Wu, in fact, they didn't know that Lu Wu was in Tokyo City, but it was not the same plane as Tokyo City where they lived, because he was underground.