- On the way back, the two were silent for a while. It wasn't until after coming down the mountain, looking back at the dark mountain beams, that Zhao Zongji said faintly: "You say, whose responsibility is it for the death of Yang Lao Linggong?" ”

"......" Chen Ke said after a long while: "Actually, the history we learned is a lie. The commander of the Liao State, Yelu Xian, did not respect Yang Lao Linggong. Instead, he cut off his head, first sent it to the Liao court in Mobei to ask for merit, and then taught the frontier, so that both the Liao army and the Song army could see the fate of Yang Wuving. ”

"I ask you whose responsibility it is?!" Zhao Zongji was stunned for a moment, and then said with some annoyance: "Why is Pan Mei so timid? He's the blade of the Great Song! There are also countless famous generals like Cao Bin who have destroyed the country, and he will behave so lamely! Even if they use their toes, they shouldn't be fighting like this! Could it be that they have not been fighting for more than ten years, have they degraded ?! ”

"According to the official conclusion of the imperial court, Cao Bin is the main culprit for the failure of the Northern Expedition." Chen Ke still said to himself: "His crime is to disobey the emperor's orders and act without authorization, which led to the reversal of the tide of the war. It is said that this crime is a capital crime in any dynasty, and it is Huang Enhao if it is not even the nine clans. But Emperor Taizong was too good to him, so good that people couldn't stand it, so he only demoted him, and the dispatch remained the same. The same is true of Pan Mei and other generals, everyone is punished, but they are only demoted and retained. ”

After a pause, he said lightly: "What's even more strange is that after only one year, Cao Bin didn't make any contributions, and he was promoted to the rank of servant and envoy of the Wuning Army, and completely restored his official position before the Yongxi Northern Expedition." Later, he was promoted to the rank of Pinglu Military Envoy. to the First Imperial Dynasty. He has become a school inspector, a Tongping chapter officer, and a privy envoy, and he is even more beautiful than before the failure of the Northern Expedition! ”

"What the hell do you mean?" No matter how stupid Zhao Zongji is, he can also hear the meaning of Chen Ke's words. Not annoyed: "You mean, history has been tampered with, and the truth is not like this, right?" ”

In fact, Zhao Zongji couldn't figure it out for a long time. Why did the defeated generals who lost their teachers and humiliated the country and completely cut off the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty actually sound and unharmed. is still a very popular minister and a great honor. And in the years that followed, his daughter and granddaughter all became the queen of the Great Song Dynasty, and the mother of the world!

Why? Is he worthy? Zhao Zongji has never been able to figure it out.

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"That's all for now. You tell me the truth! Back at the post house, Zhao Zongji still refused to give up on Chen Ke, who was spitting and spitting.

"I don't know the truth either." Chen Ke spread his hands and said, "The book I read." It is also an official historical document. After a pause, he said: ""Taizong Record", you must have read it, right?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Zongji nodded.

"Do you still remember what Taizong said about Cao Bin during the Yongxi Northern Expedition?"

Zhao Zongji shook his head, how many people in this world can have a memory like Chen Ke?

"The actual record says that when Cao Bin advanced by leaps and bounds at the beginning of the war, Taizong was 'surprised that he was too fast'; when Cao Bin ran out of food and retreated, Taizong was shocked again: 'How could there be an enemy in front of him, and the army retreated to transport food with aid?' And when Cao Bin entered again, he ordered again: 'Don't rush in again.' I want to join forces with Mi Xin'......" Chen Ke said slowly: "Do you have an impression?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Zongji nodded.

"What do you think of this paragraph?"

"Taizong is wise, he has insight into all opportunities, and he has calculated all the failure factors. It's just that Cao didn't follow the order, and it finally led to failure. Zhao Zongji said as if he was endorsing: "That's how the masters teach." ”

"What else?"

"......" Zhao Zongji thought for a while and said, "Someone should take Cao Bin's actions." Always report to the official family as soon as possible! After a pause, he said, "You mean, the prison army, right?" ”

"Yes. Only those who supervise the army are qualified to master the first-hand army. And in the fastest way, report to the emperor. The emperor kept an eye on his generals at all times through the supervising army. Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "And the power in the hands of the prison army is related to the emperor's trust in his generals. Inversely proportional! ”…,

"......" drums don't need to be hammered, and talking to smart people is good for that. Zhao Zongji already understood what Chen Ke meant. Because Emperor Taizong's distrust of the generals fueled the arrogance of the supervising army. These seriously inexperienced guys are all old people in the Qiandi who were promoted after Emperor Taizong ascended to the pole. They pretended to be the emperor's henchmen, the commander of Wei Ling, and became the actual commanders!

What happened to Yang Lao Linggong is the best example. In that tragedy, it was Wang Yu who really held the power, and Yang Ye and Pan Mei, who were the commanders and deputy marshals, could only be at his mercy......

Moreover, Yang Ye's tragedy is not unique. In fact, there have been several such incidents before, among which Guo Jin, the top five meritorious military generals in the Great Song Dynasty, was directly committed suicide, this is the fate of daring to confront the prison army!

So Yang Ye knows very well that if he disobeys, the ending waiting for him will be even more tragic. Those villains who are more trusted by the emperor have a way to kill him.

And Pan Mei also knew this, he had to succumb to Wang Yu, otherwise Guo Jin would be his end......

So when the autumn queen settled the accounts, Pan Mei was only demoted, but Wang Yu was assigned to the army. It can be seen that the imperial court is very clear about whose main responsibility it is. It's just that Wang Yu's fame is too small compared to Pan Meilai, so the later infamy is still Pan Meilai's back.

Knowing this, and then looking at Cao Bin's bizarre treatment, a conclusion came out - he carried the black pot for someone! Otherwise, why didn't Zhao Guangyi pursue him? Instead, he gave him the highest status and honor, and also chose his daughter as his daughter-in-law.

Obviously, this is to compensate him. compensate him for the loss of his fame, and compensate for the infamy he carried......

So who is Emperor Taizong paying off his debts for?

There is no need to guess, just compare Pan Mei, who is known as 'Da Song Shuangbi' with Cao Bin. No matter from which point of view, Pan Mei's sin is much smaller than Cao Bin's, but Pan Mei has been in a slump since then, and finally died of old age, and the evening scene is very bleak.

Of course, he deserves it - no matter how fierce the prison is, you are the commander, and the power to give orders is in your hands. Why listen to him? So a charge of 'cowardice, selfishness, and lack of responsibility', he can't run away.

So at least in Taizong's heart, Cao Bin must be guilty and useless. There is only one possibility, that is, Cao Bin's 'prison army' is too special! He is the emperor himself......

Only the emperor's orders must be obeyed unconditionally. Only the emperor's black cauldron is worthy of the first soldier of the Great Song Dynasty to pay for a lifetime of fame......

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All battles must be 'drawing formations, rules and temples to win, giving discipline, remote control cheap, the commander obeys, and the nobles supervise', which is the ancestral family law of the Great Song Dynasty.

It was the emperor's blind command that led to the failure of the Northern Expedition, and it was the unrestrained power of the supervising army that killed Yang Ye. This is Chen Ke's answer to Zhao Zongji.

In this country where ancestors are more important than the sky, if you want to accuse other people's ancestors, only in this way can you have a very iron relationship to make the other party listen.

Chen Ke said this, it did not benefit him at all, and his only motive was that if Zhao Zongji really had that day in the future, he might be able to get rid of these two vices of the Great Song Dynasty, give the officers a little more trust, and return the command of the battle to them. Otherwise, the military of the Great Song Dynasty is really hopeless...... Even if there is no gold country, there will be a silver country and a copper country to destroy it.

But these words touched on the emperor's most sensitive sphere of power. Any attempt to elevate the status of a military commander is considered a conspiracy. Even if the emperor doesn't pursue it, the ministers will kill him!

So I can only say it now, and we have to pay attention to the method, and we have to let Zhao Zongji figure it out by himself...... I believe that when he is still far from the throne, it is relatively easy to accept. Only in this way will it be possible for him to take the initiative in the future, the bastard ancestral family law. …,

For several days afterward, Zhao Zongji was silent. From childhood to adulthood, he was taught that what his ancestors said was a golden rule, and that his ancestors would never make mistakes. But now, he realizes that his ancestors also make mistakes, and their ancestors' rules are sometimes to let dogs go. The impact on his mind was too violent.

Chen Ke didn't persuade him either, because the sixteen states of Yanyun were the best place to think about this kind of problem. If you still can't figure it out here, you can't put the interests of the Great Song Dynasty above the interests of the old Zhao family, then you can only say that this person is not the one you expect......

In this way, all the way to the north for five hundred miles, far away from Yanyun, came to the boundary of western Liao, the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, Liaoguo, and was in front of me.

Zhongjing City was the capital of the Liao State and the base of the mission's trip, where they would await the summons of the Liao Emperor.

Arriving at the foot of Zhongjing City, Zhao Zongji and Chen Ke, in front of the Lema Zhuxia Gate, watched the capital of the Liao State. Don't say that you compare it with the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, it is purely self-inflicted. Even compared with the city of Youzhou, which is thirty-six miles high, the city wall is three zhang high, and the thickness is one zhang and five feet, it can be called the city wall is humble and the population is not prosperous.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that most of the Liao and slaves in the city followed their emperor's bowl at four o'clock.

However, when you see that such a shabby national capital can choke the throat of the Han people for nearly 200 years, you will naturally have a strong unwillingness in your heart!

Zhao Zongji took a deep breath and said quietly: "I finally believe that losing to others is our own reason!" Then he rode into the city.

After him, Chen Ke smiled and said in his heart, I don't seem to be wrong......

"What are you laughing at?" His watch fell into the eyes of that Jerod Jung.

"I'm just wondering, what should it be like to go to the capital?" Chen Ke smiled elegantly and also hit the horse into the city.

Yelu Derong didn't understand it for a long time, so he had to ask Zhang Xiaojie: "What does he mean?" ”

"He's laughing at us." Zhang Xiaojie said with a face: "From Nanjing to Zhongjing, the city walls are getting smaller and smaller, and so on, what should the capital be small." (To be continued)