Chapter 35 Boating on the West Lake

"Your Majesty's intention, does it mean that there is a need for a balance between civil and military affairs?" Li Tingzhi said.

"Well, this balance is not a simple one-to-one. As we said yesterday, the internal cause is the root of determining things, so this way of civil and military affairs must surpass your opponent. Wenzhang, you are proficient in martial arts, you know that only speed and no strength, or only strength but no speed, any dynasty wants long-term peace and stability, must pay equal attention to civil and military, but there should be a focus, for example, Mongolia has become the enemy of our dynasty, then we should be biased towards the military, once there is peace in the world, then we should be biased towards civil governance. ”

Wen Tianxiang nodded and said: "Adapt measures to local conditions, adapt to the time conditions, but at the root, our dynasty must be ahead of the opponent in all aspects." ”

"Yes, we must look at the problem from the overall measure, we can't simply think that it is our dynasty that emphasizes literature and light military force that leads to the loss of land, if it is corrupt, then no matter what is heavy, it will not be useful, Jin destroyed Liao, and the Song and Mongolian coalition forces destroyed Jin, all because of the decay of Liaojin."

Li Tingzhi said with some excitement: "Your Majesty, it would be great if Marshal Meng was still alive." ”

"Why is that?" I asked.

"The marshal was still discussing this matter with his ministers before he died, and if the marshal could hear His Majesty's words, he would definitely admire it greatly."

I smiled and said: "I Emperor Taizu absorbed the shortcomings of the internal strife of the vassal kings of the previous dynasty, but failed to deal with the external troubles well, and later it was even more biased. ”

The four of them stood up at the same time and saluted: "Your Majesty's wise words, the ministers will remember them." ”

"Junshi, how is the Dragon's Tooth Intelligence Department progressing?"

Lu Xiufu hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is going well, and the ministers will establish contact points in various places, including Mongolia, by opening restaurants and inns, but this cost is huge, and it needs to be deployed by Your Majesty." ”

"Yes, it's not enough to rely on the best lion peaks that I took out from the palace, at the beginning of the construction of the dragon's tooth, it required a lot of funds, I will think about it these days, and put the dragon's tooth business department up and running as soon as possible, by the way, when it comes to the dragon's tooth, what does Xiangfu think?"

Li Tingzhi said: "The minister agrees very much with this matter, people with lofty ideals, work together with one heart and one mind, and strive together for the rise of the Great Song Dynasty, and the minister will develop my dragon tooth members in Yangzhou City." ”

"Very well, my Dragon's Tooth members must take the lead in their industry, so that the people of my dynasty can be proud to be a member of Dragon's Tooth."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Okay, you guys go down, Xiao Qi, call Yuan Jian, it's time for us to go out."

In the West Lake in winter, the bright autumn colors of the trees and flowers have not completely faded, and the plum blossoms that represent the winter have bloomed everywhere, without the intrusion of the humid and sultry heat in summer, and the scarcity of tourists, there is a quiet beauty at this time.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, do you miss Ling'er?"

"Of course there is, I'm looking forward to boating on the West Lake with Ling'er."

"I don't believe it, brother, let's go rowing."

"Okay."

Fang Ling and I rented a small boat and roamed on the West Lake, while Yuan Jian and Xiao Qi boarded another boat and followed us unhurriedly.

The water of West Lake is clearer in winter.

Occasionally, the southbound heron dotted by, leaving only a ripple.

"The West Lake is so beautiful, I've been coming and going many times, and I haven't rowed on the lake by myself."

"It's my first time, too, and it feels really good." It came to me that it was no wonder that Naja liked to stay on the bug ship.

"By the way, brother, what do you do for a living?"

"Well, of course I'm the emperor."

Fang Ling snorted and laughed: "Brother, you can pretend and want to pretend to be the emperor again." ”

I also laughed and said, "Then, if I'm not the emperor, I'll be the big proprietor of the Shifeng Trading House." ”

"Well, this one looks like that."

"Yes, why?"

"Because brother, you talk about deals at every turn, only businessmen like to talk about it."

"I see, what about you, Ling'er?"

"I'm a dart game, and I have a dart game called Chengwei at home."

"It turns out that Ling'er is a female dart master, and she has been looking up for a long time." I lowered my oars, clenched my fists and laughed.

"Hehe, brother, what's the matter, you're not my opponent, if you dare to bully me in the future, see how I clean you up."

"Ling'er, you are so fierce, who will dare to marry you in the future."

"Hmph, I'm not married, who is rare, row quickly, I'm rowing alone, and the direction is off."

Before we knew it, we were paddled to the vicinity of Leifeng Pagoda.

"Speaking of this Leifeng Pagoda, there is another story."

"I haven't heard of it, brother, hurry up and listen to it, I like to listen to stories the most."

I thought about the legend of the white snake that was widely circulated in later generations, and said: "A long, long time ago, there was a snake demon who had cultivated for thousands of years, when his path was low, he encountered danger, and fortunately he was rescued by a passing scholar. The snake demon assumed the alias Bai Suzhen, exerted his magic power, and skillfully met Xu Xian, the later generation of the scholar, and married him. After marriage, when the two were walking on the road, they met the monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple, who was also a cultivator, and saw at a glance that Bai Suzhen was not human, so he told Xu Xian that Bai Suzhen was a snake demon, and Xu Xian would be suspicious. Later, Xu Xian asked Bai Suzhen to drink wine with realgar during the Dragon Boat Festival according to Fahai's method, and Bai Suzhen had to show her original form, but Xu Xian was scared to death. Bai Suzhen was in pain, at this time, Bai Suzhen was pregnant, but she still desperately went to heaven and stole the fairy grass Lingzhi to save Xu Xian. Later, Na Fahai deceived Xu Xian to Jinshan Temple and put him under house arrest, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing fought with Fahai and flooded Jinshan Temple, but they hurt other living beings because of this. Because Bai Suzhen violated the rules of heaven, she was put into the bowl by Fahai after giving birth to a child and suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda. ”

"And then?" Fang Ling hurriedly asked.

Later, Bai Suzhen's son grew up to be the top student, went to the tower to worship his mother, rescued his mother, and reunited the whole family. and the cute Xiaoqing also found Xianggong. ”

"Although this Bai Suzhen is a snake demon, but he knows how to repay his kindness, compared to many people in this world, it is much cuter, that Fahai is also really, a cultivator, he can't tell the difference between the living beings in the world and the benefits of survival, this person must have ill intentions, and he can't see the love of other people's husbands and wives, but the worst thing is that Xu Xian, how can he not believe his wife, and listen to Fahai's words casually, fortunately, the ending is quite satisfying."

"Yes, Ling'er is right."

"Brother, where did you hear this story, it's very touching."

"I read it from an old book."

"Brother, you're really amazing, I thought my brother was just extraordinary, but I didn't expect to tell such a moving story, is there? One more thing. ”

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Of course, who called you my brother?"

"Okay, wait until I think about it."