Yang Ling didn't have the sense of awe of the emperor and the son of heaven that the scholars at that time, and the surname was very limited when people were hungry, so he was not in the mood to say anything about the servants who were afraid and the ministers didn't dare, and then waited for the emperor to laugh twice, waved his hand, and said "I shoot you are not guilty", so after listening to Emperor Hongzhi's words, he immediately raised his head and looked behind the dragon book case.

This emperor is rich and dignified. He wore a winged crown on his head and a dragon robe with narrow sleeves with a disc neck, and his eyebrows were vaguely familiar. When Emperor Hongzhi saw his appearance, he couldn't help but stand up, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you."

Yang Ling said "ah", and suddenly remembered the father and son he met last night, it turned out that they were, Yang Ling said with surprise and joy: "It turns out that the emperor is."

Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly coughed and gave him a look, Yang Ling suddenly woke up and hurriedly swallowed the second half of the sentence. The emperor's private visit was enough to attract the advice of hundreds of officials at that time, although at present they were surrounded by the emperor's close attendants, and they all knew about the emperor's sneaking out of the palace, but it was another thing to say it in public.

Hongzhi saw that he was quite clever, and couldn't help but show a satisfied smile in his eyes, he sat down slowly, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you, I read your name, and I realized that you are the chicken who writes straight and depreciates the government, hehehe, do you know that my court is now arguing for a letter from you."

He said and gently pinched the tip of his eyebrows, although he was full of smiles, he showed a tiredness that could not be concealed. As expected by Zhang Xiu, the commander of Jinyi, this morning, the household department went to the fold to defend itself and remove responsibility. Originally, Hongzhi only ordered the three law divisions to discuss the culpability of General He Shen, but now General He has been squatting in the prison of the Criminal Department for more than half a month, but the hundreds of officials in the court have forgotten him and began to fight with each other, pulling out some irrelevant issues, which gave Hongzhi a headache.

An old eunuch next to him saw that the emperor was tired, and hurriedly walked in front of him to open a small box, Yang Ling smelled a faint aroma at the end of his nose, and looked up, only to see a red pill the size of a dragon's eye on the satin mat in the box.

Yang Ling's heart moved, and he had the impression that most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had a short life, as if few of them lived past the age of forty, just because the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have always taken Taoism as the state religion, and each generation of Emperor Yanjing likes to take the pills practiced by Taoist priests.

Hongzhi saw him in a daze, and thought that he was frightened by his own words, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "Hehe, I don't dare to forget the country's worries, I am very relieved, Yang Qing doesn't have to be afraid."

"Yes!" , Yang Ling took the opportunity to pluck up his courage and said: "Long live the minister, the minister once fought with the Tartars with the army in the Jiming Station, and he has an understanding of the situation at that time. The minister thought that the Tatars gathered more than 20,000 people to invade our Ming Dynasty, and the two armies of Zhuoxian and Chixian counties made meritorious contributions.

Yang Ling actually sympathized with that General He in his heart, although this General He also had selfish intentions, and the advance of the enemy was not the main attack of the troops of the lineage, but when facing the Tartars, he was indeed worried and did not dare to relax, if it was not for the repeated urging of the two soldiers, he might not be so aggressive.

Now that he has become a scapegoat and is imprisoned, Yang Ling feels that it is too harsh, so while the emperor is happy, he has the courage to say his opinion, and after speaking, his heart is also pounding, extremely nervous, for fear that this emperor is also a moody master.

Hongzhi took the red pill, his spirit was much better, and after listening to Yang Ling's words, he glanced at Yang Ling with interest and said, "Tell me, what reason should not be punished for his crimes?" ”

This is the early dynasty, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies have started a Luo circle fight again, Hongzhi is having a headache for this matter, but now he is also riding a tiger, if Yang Ling can say a reason to exonerate General He, then the people to be punished have been released, and the officials of the various ministries will naturally no longer be entangled in this matter, which is exactly the ending he wants now.

Yang Ling listened to Hongzhi's gentle tone, and his courage was strong, he sorted out his thoughts slightly, and said: "Long live, the Tatars attacked me with five thousand fine horses, and the defenders in the city were less than four hundred. If it weren't for the timely arrival of the army led by General He Staff, the people of the city would have been spared from being destroyed, and the Jiming Ancient Post would not have fallen into the hands of the enemy, which would have been a success. ”

"When the heavy snow closed the mountain, He Shen will cut the enemy's heart and ambush by mistake, which is a mistake, and the merit can be offended. After our army fell into an ambush by the enemy, General He was able to make a decisive decision and retreat decisively, so that the Tartars could not line up and kill and inflict casualties, and the casualties of our army were minimized.

Yang Ling never mentioned the losses of horses, chariots, and baggage abandoned by the Ming army when they seized the valley and fled for their lives, not to mention the stupid interference of the two blind prison guards.

He changed his tone and said: "Long live, so the minister thinks that the generals and soldiers of He Shen are not as good as the other party, and they can get this result, and they are also a good general, if the punishment is too great, I am afraid that the soldiers in front of him will take it as a warning, and they will not dare to use their lives in the future to fight with the enemy, but they will not seek no fault and no merit, and at that time they will all cower at the enemy, will they not grow more and more arrogant?" ”。

"Hmm", Hongji bowed slightly, thoughtful. When he received a report from Liu Jin and learned that the soldiers in front of him had lost their generals, he was furious and immediately ordered the Jinyi Guard to deport General He to Beijing to discuss the crime.

Since ancient times, the officialdom has been pushed by the wall, and the people who are officials in the court have taken figuring out the holy will as the first priority, and the emperor wants to punish a person, and they are all racking their minds to think about how to fabricate charges for this person, so that the emperor can punish more justifiably, and it is good if the noble character does not fall into the ground, and a few people are willing to tell the truth for him.

Yang Ling said these things, Hongzhi was the first time to hear about it, so his heart suddenly moved, he always regretted that he did not have the ability to whip up the outside like Taizu and Chengzu, so that the Tartars could flee from the wind. But as the son of the Great Tomorrow, he still hopes that he can at least make the Tartars dare not invade easily, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty will not be ravaged by barbarians.

It is not a big question of whether a general He will be punished, but if it is because His Majesty is too strict, it is not what he wants to make the border army afraid of war in the future.

It seems that the turmoil of the noisy Jingshi "discussion of crimes" can be subsided, Hongzhi secretly calculated in his heart, he already had an idea, but he smiled noncommittally on his face, and asked: "Wang Shouren of the military department has made a fold, and he highly respects the way of training soldiers you mentioned.

Yang Ling was a little depressed, what the hell is the waiter for? Isn't it your son's companion? Why is it like inviting a gentleman, and you have to fail the exam first? He didn't know that there were many things that the emperor wanted to worry about, if he had the heart to test a person's ability, he would have the idea of cherishing his talents, and if there was an official who was familiar with the rules of officialdom, he was not uplifted at this time, and he couldn't wait to take out all the eighteen kinds of martial arts to show them and please the emperor.

Yang Ling thought about it, and compared some of the situations he had seen, combined with the situation of the army in later generations, and said: "Long live, the generals in the army are uneven in ability, although there are brave generals, they only pay attention to personal martial arts, and they are not good at governing the army.

Moreover, in today's world, the emphasis is on Taoism and light weapons, the emphasis on literature and light on martial arts, and the military merits of a hundred battles are not as good as a splendid article.

In addition, the orders in the army are different, the weapons and armor are different, the supply of grain and grass is different, the training in peacetime is very little, even if there is combat power, it is difficult to give full play, the ministers are in the rooster crow, and it is common to perform in the army, and for a time the banner is clear, the clothes are dazzling, the swords and guns are dazzling, the gongs and drums are noisy, and the military looks majestic. However, a lot of time is spent on these formation drills, focusing only on appearance and not on actual results, which is really of little use.

If every drill in the army even takes a little time for field exercises, recruits can become veterans, veterans can become elite soldiers, in terms of the firearms equipped with our Ming army, it is really a rare weapon, if it is used well, the Tartars are vulnerable, but no matter how good the weapons are, they have to be used, but now the soldiers can use firearms, let alone be proficient, so the minister thinks that actual combat training is the most effective way to strengthen the army."

Hongzhi's face sank slightly, he didn't know the disadvantages of soldiers not knowing generals and generals not knowing soldiers, but dividing troops and controlling power is an important means for the emperor to firmly control the monarchy.

Yang Ling saw Hongzhi's face, and knew that it was bad, what the emperor was most worried about since ancient times was to usurp the throne and seize power, and what he said was not exactly what he was afraid of? Yang Ling hurriedly said: "Therefore, the minister thinks that good generals can be selected to specialize in training troops, with thousands of people as a regiment, to train the ability to take the initiative to fight and respond to the enemy, and the commander of the army is only deployed in the middle during the war, even if the commander is not there, at most the cooperation between the armies is delayed, and there will never be a situation where the whole army will be defeated if the commander is not there."

In a word, the minister thinks that since ancient times are heavy generals are not heavy soldiers, often said that thousands of troops are easy to get a general is difficult to find, with this method of training, but it is a heavy army is not a heavy general, try to look at the Mongolian iron cavalry in the past, those generals who led the army how many have read the war book, understand the military strategy? If the whole army is brave and good at fighting, even if there are no good generals, who can be the enemy? ”

He thought about how to replace some modern words with words that Hongzhi could understand, so some words did not reach the point, in fact, what he wanted to say was to strengthen the active combat capability of units below the regimental level, and the senior generals were only responsible for the dispatch in the center, rather than doing everything personally, although the power was decentralized, but it surpassed the senior generals, so the actual control of the emperor was enhanced.

After Hongzhi heard it, he vaguely felt that what he said seemed to be able to avoid the situation of the powerful ministers supporting the army and self-respect, and could fully improve the combat capability of the Ming army, but for a while, he didn't think so clearly.

He was about to ask for more details, when the old eunuch next to him gently leaned up and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the noon dynasty is about to begin, you see."

Hongzhi sighed lightly and said to Yang Ling: "Well, what Aiqing said is reasonable, and I will consider it." Come to someone, give Yang Ling the palace to walk the royal card, and give the same Jinshi background, that is, to read for the East Palace, take Yang Qing to Chunfang."

"Long live thanks!" Yang Ling knelt down to thank him, took a jade plate handed over by the eunuch that could enter and leave the palace, and then retreated with the little eunuch who led him in.

Yang Ling followed the little eunuch through the Qianqing Gate, went straight to the spring square where the prince lived, and entered a palace. After a while, the palace gate opened, and I saw an official who was about fifty years old walking out, without looking at Yang Ling, with a flick of the sleeves of his robe, and went out angrily.

Yang Ling looked at his back and was stunned, and the little eunuch who summoned him also came out, and said to Yang Ling: "Yang Shiyu, you wait here, Father-in-law Gu already knows, the prince will summon you later, and our family will go back first."

Yang Ling was there, his heels were sore, he saw that this palace was deserted, there were no palace maids, not even a eunuch, he took the opportunity to bend down and move his sour body, suddenly his back sank, and then his shoulders tightened, as if something had rushed up his shoulders, Yang Ling was frightened.

He turned his head and was facing a hairy Lei Gong's face, and a pair of small dripping eyes were staring at him without blinking on the face of the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks.

Yang Ling screamed in fright, and before he could catch it, the face of Lei Gong was also startled by his shout, and he shrank his head and rubbed the ground on his head, and then a hoarse and ugly young man's voice came from the door of the side hall: "Gu Dayong, is Scholar Li gone?" Ouch, who are you? Don't move around, it's annoying my little monkey, be careful that it scratches you all over the face."

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