"Sir, this military aircraft department was temporarily set up by the Holy Lord to deal with the emergency military situation, you and I are both courtiers, so don't criticize the monarch's father!" Yang Sichang was thinking about perfunctory the other party, but was interrupted by Huang Daozhou: "The monarch's father has been, and the minister should be straightforward, and if he doesn't listen, he will die." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Yang Wenweak, you are doing this as the evil of the king, and it will be passed on to traitorous ministers in the history books of later generations! ”

"Mr. Shi Zhai is also serious, right now, there are Dong Lu outside, there are thieves inside, if you are not busy in the palace every day, I am afraid that Mr. Shi Zhai will not be able to sit and talk all day long, nourish qi and talk about sex/?" was slapped in the face by Huang Daozhou, Yang Sichang's face became ugly, and his words were a little more sharp.

Zodiac Zhou is not respectful to him on weekdays, how could he have heard Yang Sichang's words with a gun and a hidden stick, and suddenly became furious, Huo stood up suddenly, pointed at Yang Sichang's nose and shouted: "You ——, you——! "Speechless.

Yang Sichang thought that he could make Huang Daozhou angry, but he didn't expect the other party to stand there for a while and sit down, and the anger on his face gradually subsided: "Yang Wenqiao, I came today to talk to you, not to quarrel with you!" ”

Yang Sichang saw that he didn't let this Taoist scholar go, and knew in his heart that today's matter couldn't be easy, and said coldly on his face: "Mr. Shi Zhai said that he laughed, why do I want to quarrel with you in the future?" It's just that Mr. thinks Wen is weak as a traitor, so what is there to say about Wen Lu? ”

Huang Daozhou forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest: "This is my angry words, Yang Gong doesn't need to take it to heart." It's just that this state affair should have been made public in the court and discussed by hundreds of officials. And after you set up the military aircraft department, the national affairs and the eunuchs discussed in the secret room, and the hundred officials and ministers just sat and ate and drew promises, these eunuchs trained soldiers and horses in the inner palace, controlled state affairs, isolated from China and foreign countries, and only feared that the disaster of the party and manna (referring to the disaster of the party in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the change of manna in the time of Tang Wenzong) will reappear today! In the end, Huang Daozhou was already full of voice, which was no different from a reprimand.

Yang Sichang opened his mouth, but the words came to his mouth but did not say them, and he also knew why Huang Daozhou was so angry. In most history textbooks, it is written that the political system of our country in ancient times was an autocratic monarchy, and the emperor held the supreme power. In fact, this sentence is only half said: it is true that for a huge part of our ancient times, the emperor held the supreme power, but it was the position of the emperor who held the supreme power, and the emperor himself was often not necessarily able to act arbitrarily. This seemingly contradictory sentence does contain a naïve dialectical thought. According to ancient Chinese political philosophy, the emperor was appointed by heaven and was the source of the sacredness of the empire, and theoretically all officials derived their power from the emperor's authorization. Therefore, the emperor is always right, only need to be responsible to the heavens, so there is a saying in history that "Tongye seals the younger brother", and the Duke of Zhou will be wrong to make the king of Zhou to rely on the Gui-shaped Tongye to seal Shuyu in the Tang Dynasty, which is also to maintain the sacredness of Zhou Tianzi's words and deeds. But political philosophy is one thing, reality is another, no matter what political propaganda, it is always mortals who are high on the throne, and they will inevitably make mistakes in the face of such intricate problems, and the imperial power will magnify the mistakes of the Son of Heaven, causing great harm and even destroying the imperial power itself. Fortunately, the ancient Chinese political system was very precocious, as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties, there was a system of admonishment and feudal refutation to limit imperial power, so as to avoid the emergence of "a virtuous lord, only to protect his body; below the Lord, it will lead to a coma". Therefore, in ancient China, while acknowledging the absolute monarchy and the emperor's supreme power, people also believed that the emperor himself could not act arbitrarily, he must listen to the advice of virtuous people, share power with them, and believed that humility was the supreme virtue of the emperor. It is precisely these two seemingly contradictory logics that enabled ancient China to maintain a huge empire with an extremely wide territory for a long time under the rather backward economic and technological level, and made the Chinese civilization rank in the forefront of all nations in the world for a long time.

But this logic is not without a price, except for a very small number of founding monarchs with great prestige, most of the rest of the emperor's energy is spent on regulating the party disputes of different factions and courtiers in the court, which invisibly causes huge internal friction and reduces administrative efficiency. The usual solution to this problem is to select capable cronies to establish a "micro-government" in the inner courts, so as to gradually replace some of the functions of the outer courts, such as the Shangshutai in the Han Dynasty, the Hanlin Yuan in the Tang Dynasty, the Erfu in the Song Dynasty, the Ming Cabinet, the Master of Ceremonies, and the Qing Military Aircraft Department. In the eyes of foreign officials, this practice destroyed the original order and cut off their connection with the emperor (power), which is tantamount to a traitorous villain. Considering that Chongzhen has recently resumed internal exercises, many sensitive scholars can't help but think of the ten permanent servants who led the forbidden army in the Eastern Han Dynasty to initiate the disaster of the party; After the Anshi Rebellion, Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen, and Qiu Shiliang, who controlled the Shence Army to replace the Son of Heaven like a child's play. And Yang Sichang, who presided over the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department and had a good relationship with Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, and Hu Kejian, also became a scum of scholars and a remnant of the eunuch party.

"Mr. Shi Zhai, what do you think should be done?" Yang Sichang's voice was a little stiff, and it sounded like it came from another person. Huang Daozhou saw that the other party's attitude was loose, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Yang Gong, the most important thing in today's matter is to directly advise the saint and ask for the abolition of internal exercises and the prohibition of eunuchs from taking charge of the army. And cancel the military aircraft department, select talents and use energy, and discuss state affairs! ”

"Hey!" Yang Sichang sighed, in fact, he had just considered making concessions to Huang Daozhou for a moment in his heart, after all, although this person's official position was not high, he had a very high reputation in Shilin, if he could stand on his side, it would be of great benefit to his plan to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty. And when he heard this, he already understood that this was just his own fantasy - this Mr. Shi Zhai may be shocked by the past and the present in terms of learning, but he can be said to know nothing about practice, not to mention anything else, just abolishing the internal exercise will only arouse the disgust of the Son of Heaven - the reason why the Son of Heaven resumed the internal exercise is precisely because of the distrust of the ministers of the outer court, so he trained the eunuchs of the inner court as personal force, and as the head of the foreign ministers, he advised to abolish the internal exercise, is it not counterproductive? As for the abolition of the Military Aircraft Department, it is even more nonsense, which is tantamount to making his plan go to waste. However, considering Huang Daozhou's identity, Yang Sichang still smiled and said: "It is the duty of the weak to select the virtuous and use the ability, and Mr. Shi Zhai can make a list of recommendations, and the weak should be considered." It's just that the matter of canceling the Military Aircraft Department can be postponed, and it is not too late to cancel it until the war is over and the country is prosperous! ”

"Yang Gong!" Huang Daozhou looked like he hated iron but not steel: "The world should be left to the people of the world, how can only dozens of people hide in the palace and sneakily can do things?" If you do this, you will be the enemy of the world's corporal doctors, and it would be good if the state affairs were not corrupted, where could you still be prosperous? ”

Listening to the faint threat in Huang Daozhou's words, Yang Sichang's heart was already cold, and he didn't bother to bother anymore, so he stood up and gave Huang Daozhou a deep sigh: "Mr. Shi Zhai, I didn't sleep all night in the palace yesterday, I was already extremely tired, and I had to go to the palace to be on duty at night, if there was nothing else, I would retire!" "Just turn around and leave.

"You ——!" Huang Daozhou couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw Yang Sichang turn around and leave like this, and was about to step forward to pull, but saw Yang Sichang stop and turn around: "Mr. Shi Zhai, Yang must go to the end on this road." If you think it's wrong, wait until Yang's road doesn't work, and it's not too late to take your way. But if you want to stand in Yang's way now, don't blame Yang for not remembering the old love! Then he turned and left.

"You, you, you ——!" Huang Daozhou looked at the back of Yang Sichang leaving, his face was blue and white, and he couldn't speak.

Xinyang, Xianshou Mountain.

It was already late at night, the first quarter moon had set, the shadows of the mountains were dark, and the trees were as colorful as ink. In the mountains about dozens of miles southwest of Xinyang, there is a cottage standing on the top of a small hill, surrounded by cliffs on three sides, only one side has a winding path leading to the bottom of the mountain, and there is a large temple under the mountain that has been deserted, and now a team of people is stationed to control the three-way intersection. Obviously, a few years ago, there was a mountain street in front of this big temple, dozens of residents, and three or four restaurants, which was a place for merchants and pedestrians from the south to the north to stop, and every other day to buy and sell oil, salt and groceries. Because of years of war, this mountain street is now completely in ruins, with piles of rubble and barren grass. Some of the houses of the Great Temple were burned down, some collapsed, and very little remained. Some of the soldiers lived in the dilapidated Daxiong Treasure Hall, some lived under the mountain gate, and some lived in tents. At this moment, more than a dozen tents have been dismantled, bundled into bundles, and ready to be carried away. The soldiers gathered in heaps in a leeward place to make a fire. War horses are gnawing on half-withered grass, and some are eating beans. The saddle is placed next to the horse and can be saddled at any time. The fireheads were divided into several places to cook. Wood from the hearth was burning, and smoke was rising from the cauldron.

In the hall of the cottage, a bonfire is lit, and under the blowing of the night wind, the light of the fire shakes, and the shadows of the people gathered around the fire are sprinkled on the wall, which looks extremely terrifying.

Li Zicheng splashed an iron hammer, stirred the fire twice, made the room brighter, and said to the generals beside him: "I invite everyone to come today, I want to discuss the direction of our next step, everyone can just say what they think, as long as it is beneficial to our word camp, do what he says!" After Li Zicheng finished speaking, seeing that everyone was still a little hesitant, he smiled and said: "Don't be embarrassed, everyone, we are not worshipping our ancestors, but also talking about the dignity of the old and the young, whoever thinks clearly first will say it first, in no particular order!" ”

After Li Zicheng's encouragement, the atmosphere was much more relaxed, Wu Ruyi coughed lowly, and said: "Since Brother Chuang Wang said so, I will also sacrifice ugliness, according to my meaning, I should hurry up, go all the way to the east, take the opportunity of Hong Chengchou to deal with Cao Cao and Zhang Jingxuan, quickly kill Huainan, capture a few towns, and raise the banner of our King Chuang, so that everyone in the world knows that our King Chuang is the head of the righteous army!" ”

"Not bad!"

"Exactly!"

"It should be east!"

Yuan Zongdi drank the residual wine in the cup in one gulp, and laughed loudly: "Yes, first take Fengyang, burn the imperial tomb with a fire, and then cut off Caoyun, don't those surnamed Zhu say that they are the stars in the sky?" Lao Tzu wants to see if there will be a thunderbolt when their ancestral graves are dug up! ”

Wu Ruyi's speech aroused a warm chorus of approval among the people around the campfire, and it was not surprising that such a sentiment arose among the generals: the easy capture of Nanyang not long ago gave rise to a kind of optimism in the camp—even a large city like Nanyang, which was high and deep and had a vassal king, easily fell into their hands, and what was so difficult to take down the small cities south of the Huai River, which were much weaker? Moreover, the covetousness of the city and the great wealth that had just been tasted aroused the greed of the people, and many of them flashed in front of their eyes smooth silk, gold and silver with large ingots, and beautiful women.

Regarding everyone's response, Li Zicheng did not show his attitude prematurely, but turned his head to Li Guo, who was sitting on the right side of his body, and asked, "Supplement, what do you think?" ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Li Guo, and the originally noisy hall immediately calmed down. Obviously, everyone attaches great importance to Li Guo's opinion, not because he is Li Zicheng's nephew, at least not all. This taciturn young man on weekdays is to win the respect of everyone with his courage and strategy, even like Yuan Zongdi, a brave general of the three armies, also admires him very much, he often says don't look at the quiet on weekdays like a big girl, but when he fights, he is a living tiger, and no one can stop him!

Li Guo hesitated, according to his habit, unless he was already 100% sure in his heart, he would not express his opinion casually. But since his uncle asked about his head, he would never keep silent, he thought for a while and replied: "Uncle, most of you are from Shaanxi, and you have never crossed the Huai River in your life, and you don't know much about the customs and geographical situation in the south. There are few people who don't know geography in this march and fight without losing the battle, and as my nephew has seen, it's better for us to listen to Mr. Song's opinion first! ”

"It's good!" Li Zicheng nodded, turned his gaze to Song Xiance, who was sitting on his left, and said with a smile: "Mr. Song, you can also talk about it!" ”

Due to his short stature, Song Xiance was almost shrouded in Li Zicheng's shadow, in fact, although he didn't speak, he had been listening carefully and observing the performance of the generals who broke into the camp, speculating on everyone's thoughts. He knew that, unlike the official army, the camp was much more tightly organized than most peasant armies, but it had not yet completely departed from the category of a mixture of large and small poles. Each big and small boss has a team that only obeys his orders. Therefore, in many cases, when Li Zicheng makes decisions, he must obtain the support of his subordinates, although he has won Li Zicheng's trust, but if he wants the strategy to be implemented, he must also consider the attitude of the generals. When he heard Li Zicheng ask him a question, he stood up and bowed to Li Zicheng slowly, and said in a deep voice: "General, today, although Zhu Ming claims to be orthodox, but the Dongyu are separated from the Guan, and the displaced people are everywhere. Internally, we cannot suppress the strong and help the weak, so that the people can live in peace, and the trend of disintegration has been revealed. I have heard that those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a time; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. If the general wants to build the foundation of eternity, he must first plant the roots! (To be continued.) )