The valley in front of him suddenly opened up, and a square city appeared in front of him, and Han Qi knew that Dingxi City had arrived.

Le Ma stopped, and Han Qi sighed: "From Yunxing to Qinzhou, how many great achievements have been made in more than a year, and there is no one in the Manchu Dynasty today. After walking this way, I realized that there is no luck in the world, and you can make these achievements because of countless efforts. From the military to the rule of the people, to the shops in the city to the country roads, everything must be done by yourself, and it is not easy to talk about it. ”

Xu Ping smiled: "We are all mortals, how can we do it with the same hands and two feet, one head, and everything must be done by ourselves?" Even Zhuge Wuhou can't do it, otherwise there will be no loss of street pavilions. said that he had to do everything himself, but in fact, he could only look at the things under his rule at most, and it was impossible to even tell his subordinates what to do. The purpose of this is to make everything coherent and clear, and to know where to start. Instead of being clever, thinking that you can find the crux of the matter at a glance, and instruct your subordinates to do this, and do that thing, it will be smooth sailing from then on. Acting like this has nothing to do with being pro-do, it's just a matter of rejoicing in achievements and being in the limelight. Everything has its own order, and the first thing to do is to figure it out, and then you can really know how to do it. In this world, only the truth is the greatest. ”

Han Qi nodded secretly, knowing that Xu Ping was saying this to him.

Although he was in the same year as Xu Ping, Xu Ping sat in this position step by step and relied on his political achievements, doing more practical things, and making great contributions in every term. Han Qi is different, he has entered Zhao Zhen's eyes in recent years, and has been rapidly promoted from the Qingyun Avenue of the Zhizhi Yuan, the Zhishe Yuan, and the Zhizhi Yuan, and has become a handsome minister all the way in a few years. His qualifications are not as good as Xu Ping, Xu Ping also worked as a local governor for a year, promoted Zuojiang Daoxitong Affairs, and was in charge of sugar affairs, while Han Qi has never served as a governor at all. Han Qi can have today, because he can be a person, can do things, has a unique vision, and also has the connections that his father managed for him during his lifetime, of course, the most important thing is Zhao Zhen's appreciation.

The same opportunity was also placed in front of Xu Ping, but Xu Ping chose another path, a path that people had nothing to say.

Han Qi was appointed as the marshal of Jingyuan Road, especially with Xu Ping, who was not much different in age but had a huge difference in qualifications, and his pressure was very great. Now the government and the opposition are full of distrust of Han Qi, and he urgently needs to prove himself with merit and prove that Zhao Zhen's vision is correct. This is what Xu Ping is most worried about, the foundation is not strong, he is eager to make contributions, and it is easy to make big mistakes. Take Han Qi for a walk around Qinzhou, let him know that things can't be rushed, and if you want to make a contribution, you can't just rely on your heart, and you can't rely on being smart, you must bend down and start step by step from practice and details. Only when we have an overall grasp of the military and civil affairs of Jingyuan Road can we know where to start and how to do it. The handsome minister is very different from the general local governor, as long as the governor follows the existing rules, he will not make a big mistake, as long as he does a few things with his heart, he will gain official reputation and popularity, and the handsome minister is not so easy. If you don't do things solidly and your ability is not good, the big war will be exposed in its original form.

Dingxi City is a military city through and through, although there are also households, shops, and even merchants in the city, it is very lively, but all of this is for the service of the army. When Xu Ping was not in Dingxi City, the affairs here were managed by Wang Kai, the superintendent of Qinzhou, and civil affairs were also handled by the Marshal Mansion according to military law, which was very different from Qinzhou.

When he arrived outside the city, Wang Kai had already brought the generals in the city to welcome him out of the city gate, and everything was like a courtesy, welcoming Xu Ping back to the marshal's mansion.

Dingxi City is not big, enter from the south gate, walk more than a mile along the central avenue, and you will see the Shuai Mansion. Under the banner of the "handsome" people is a wall, and the words on it are recognized by Han Qi, which is written by Xu Ping himself: "Zi said: My way is consistent, and it is just benevolent." Be loyal to things and forgive others, do not avoid problems, face difficulties, and do their best to support colleagues when they are in trouble, which can be described as benevolence in the army. ”

Han Qi glanced at it a few times, remembered it in his heart, and was a little at a loss about the content on it. In the controversy over Xu Ping's change of the Qinzhou military system, although Han Qi had a vague attitude and did not openly express his opinions, he was actually opposed in his heart. With his friendship in the same year, he supported Xu Ping and went to the book publicly. In Han Qi's understanding, the army should be strict with the class, pay attention to military law, and order like a mountain. As for the fact that in practice it is impossible to fulfill these requirements, he cannot realize it, and the fact that he cannot do so shows that the class law is not strict enough, and the military law is not harsh enough. For martial artists, it is nothing more than a reward word with money, and a punishment word with killing. Who doesn't love money? Is there anyone in the world who is not afraid of death? If these two points are achieved, why worry about not being cured in the army?

This is a common problem among readers in this era. Five generations of warriors were in power, using literati as officials, and now that the literati are the masters of the house, things will be reversed, deliberately avoiding officials and concentrating on being officials. How to be an official? As long as he recognizes the great road in his heart and advises the emperor to act according to the way of the king, everything will be fine. As for the minutiae of political affairs, it is enough for the petty officials to deal with it, how can the high-ranking ministers spend their energy on it.

Now is a turning point, the previous generation of ministers represented by Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian are still good at official affairs, and those who follow behind, except for one Xu Ping, the next generation has begun to focus on Qing Tan Cichen. The group of officials who can do practical things led by Xu Ping are still at the bottom and have not entered the center of decision-making, and Song Zhen and Han Qi are the mainstream.

Strict class, heavy military law, and heavy rewards and punishments for the army sound very reasonable, and theoretically can be traced back to the Legalists. In fact, the long history has shown that this is very unreliable, even when the first emperor unified the six countries, his army was not so harsh, and the main general was good at pacifying the soldiers.

If there is oppression, there will be resistance, the heavier the oppression, the greater the resistance, people are not beasts, leading soldiers is not training beasts, and even if it is training beasts, it cannot rely on whips. This principle is simple and clear, but there are very many people who do not believe in evil. When struggling at the bottom, complaining about the heavens, complaining that the heavens do not let them be high, especially because their parents and ancestors are incompetent and do not give themselves a good background, there is no shortage of such people for thousands of years. Once they are developed, they do not have to ascend to high positions, but as long as they have a little status, they will happily inflict on others the means they once hated. It's best to reward yourself only for heavy rewards, and the people below should be grateful if they throw a bone. It is best to punish others for heavy punishments, and it is good to cramp and skin the people under you, as long as you have no less than one hair. If you want to solve the things of the world in the simplest way, God will give you the simplest result of destruction, and the things of heaven and earth are so fair, you can't help but play your own little cleverness.

The more you fight on the battlefield and kill people like mustard, the more you must always have a heart of forgiveness. If you are too troublesome to throw away this kind of forgiveness and solve the problem in the simplest way, Heaven and Earth will have to destroy you.

This is Xu Ping's dialectic, the golden mean of this era, everything is at both ends of it, and it is obtained. This is not to be with mud, but to get the right way to do things, what Xu Ping seeks is the handsome civilization with benevolence as the core.