10. The Black History of Civil Officials
Judging from Li Buqi's experience, Lian Guangzhi is right. He filled Lian Guangzhi with a bowl of wine and said, "But Han Qi's judgment of Hao Shuichuan is not bad. I heard that Han Qi in front of the good water river gave Ren Fu a face-to-face opportunity, and if Ren Fu can fight, he will fight, and if he can't fight, he will set up an ambush according to the danger, intercept the enemy's way back, and repeatedly advised: "If you violate the moderation, although you have merit, you will also be killed." "If Ren Fu hadn't been reckless and self-assertive, he wouldn't have lost so badly."
Lian Guangzhi smiled: "What a self-assertion, you are to the point." Han Qi looks generous on the outside, but he is actually the best at settling accounts after the autumn. Judging from the rumors in Tokyo City, Ren Fuxian won a small victory in Zhangjiabao, and at this time there were only a few thousand enemy troops in front of him, whether to chase or not? If you don't chase after it, you will inevitably be charged with arson after the war. Han Qi has installed many cronies in the army, all of whom only know how to talk on paper. If Ren Fu didn't pursue and finally failed to ambush, he would definitely be sued by them to Han Qi, and Ren Fu would not be able to tell clearly.
Han Qi is a powerful man, and he is used to deciding life and death with a single word, who dares to make a claim? He himself did not command with the army, and it was difficult for him to be happy, and he would not be convicted if he was ambushed, and he would inevitably be convicted if he was ambushed and let go of the thief army. What would you do if you were a blessing? ”
Li Buqi is young and not deeply involved in the world, so he didn't know much about this kind of thing before. After Lian Guangzhi's explanation, Liu Zhiwei suddenly realized.
It wasn't that he hadn't encountered this kind of leader before the crossing. The instructions they give to their subordinates and what they think in their hearts are fundamentally different things, but they don't want to take responsibility. If the subordinates really follow his instructions, as long as they do not achieve the expected effect of the leader, they will definitely not be able to correctly understand the spirit of the instructions and cannot adapt to the situation; But in order to meet the requirements of the leader, if there is a problem in not doing things according to the instructions, that is, the subordinates have made mistakes and do not do the leader's business. In short, if things are not done well, the level of the people who do things is not good, and the leaders are always right.
There is also the fact that the leader has always been the first to speak, but he never does things himself, and he never approves of what others do. For this kind of leader, right and wrong depend on one mouth, and it is difficult for the people below.
Lian Guangzhi smiled when he saw Li Buqi's sudden realization: "Little brother, you left the border town this time, but in my opinion, it was a blessing in disguise." If you stay any longer, you will die there in vain. Do you know that when Han Qi first offered an attack to the official family, he said that the Xia thieves had only 40,000 or 50,000 troops to conquer the country, but this time Haoshuichuan was defeated, so he said that the Xia thieves used 100,000 troops. He didn't even know how many soldiers the summer thief had, how to fight? ”
"So? Maybe it's to make the officials think that he deserves to be defeated, right? ”
Lian Guangzhi smiled: "Little brother, you are really a gentleman." I'll tell you one more thing. Do you know that Han Qi wants to use offensive strategies, and Xiao Fan Laozi (Fan Zhongyan) wants to use defensive strategies, why can't the imperial court reach a conclusion? ”
Li Buqi asked, "Why?" ”
"Because after the arrival of Xia Zhu and Xia Xianggong in Shaanxi, he only called friends to sing poems, and he actually lost the intelligence of the Xia thief and the deployment of our army. This is neither offensive nor defensible. And Xia Xianggong's response is even more absolute. And guess what? He then kept quiet, and did not make a conclusion on both offensive and defensive strategies, but only delayed. The only one who steals the information is the summer thief. Do you think that the summer thief knows my details, but our side knows nothing about the summer thief and can't move, so isn't that sending him to death? ”
Liu Zhiwei was stunned, took a breath of cold air and said, "Can't you?" ”
Lian Guangzhi seemed to be planning to completely correct Li Buqi's three views, and whispered: "You know that I have some reputation in the army, and some officers at the level of deployment and jurisdiction are also recognized, do you say that my news is really true?" That Xia Xianggong originally locked all the information and maps in a cabinet, but suddenly one day the cabinet disappeared, what do you say? ”
So? Li Buqi had heard that one night after Han Qi took up his post in the northwest, he was studying in the official office Bingzhu one night, when suddenly an uninvited guest with a knife came to the house and claimed to be an assassin sent by Western Xia. Legend has it that Han Qi remained silent and still read, but the assassin did not dare to move because of Han Qi's great appearance, and quietly retreated.
This story is a bit unbelievable and even terrifying, but it also reflects the rampant scheming of Western Xia. Therefore, it is not alarmist to say that the cabinet where Xia Zhu collected information was stolen, but it is creepy that Xia Zhu concealed the news. This is a joke about the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty, and hundreds of thousands of troops are used as cannon fodder.
Li Buqi understood Lian Guangzhi's choice at this time, so he asked: "I see, no wonder my brother went home." It's just that why did my brother come to this Bianliang again? ”
Lian Guangzhi shook his head depressedly: "Because of my brother, I was born in the wrong place." When I was admitted to Xiucai, I found that I couldn't get a few Jinshi in every subject in Shaanxi, and many people were admitted for decades in a row, and then waited for a special performance. I don't have so much spare money at home, so I want to join the army and fight for a career. But in the army, I realized that those civilian officials simply regarded the warriors as pigs and dogs, and if they mixed up in the army, they would not die on the battlefield, and they would have to let those civilian officials find a mistake and cut them down. Therefore, being an official can only be a civil official.
However, Shaanxi has an invincible literary style, and there are no famous teachers and Confucians. I had no choice but to come here to study in Bianliang, hoping to grow some in writing to be able to make a name for myself, and it was not in vain that I had ten years of cold window. ”
This person who can sit up and walk if he has ideas, and he also knows how to tell hexagrams, and he has mixed in the army, and Li Buqi is also a comrade-in-arms, so he can make friends. Seeing that Lian Guangzhi's Xiucai shirt was sewn with patches, Liu Zhiwei made the decision on behalf of Li Buqi and asked Lian Guangzhi: "How long has my brother been in Bianliang?" Is there a downside? ”
Lian Guangzhi said: "I have only been in Bianliang for two months. Because I can tell fortunes and fortunes, I borrow the four holy temples in the Baokang Gate. ”
Li Buqi said: "I am originally from Tokyo, and my family lives in Crossbowman Alley on the west side of Ansu Gate Inner Street. If my brother is not satisfied with his stay in the Four Sages, it is better to move to my house, although it is more remote, it is better to be freer. ”
Lian Guangzhi said: "Then thank you, brother." ”
At this time, the sky was already dark, so Lian Guangzhi made an account, and the two said goodbye on the street.
When Liu Zhiwei stood on Ansumen Street and saw the entrance of Crossbowman Alley, he couldn't help but hesitate. From today onwards, he will completely become Li Buren, right? I don't know if I can naturally face Li Buqi's family.
Just when he had a headache, several hide-and-seek children at the entrance of the alley ran out of the darkness and hit the head one by one into his arms. He hurriedly held the child and said, "Be careful." ”
The child stood firm, saw Li Buqi's face clearly by the lights on the street, and asked, "Is it Brother Hei Saburo?" ”
This is an acquaintance? "It's me."
After receiving an affirmative answer, the child turned around and ran into the alley, shouting as he ran: "Kurosaburo is back!" Brother Kurosaburo is back! ”
Note: The imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty stipulates that those who fail to pass the entrance examination for many times will make another book and play it, and with permission to attach the examination, they will be given a special undergraduate background, which is called "special performance name", which is different from "positive performance name".