Chapter 216 Committing the Offence

Yang Lian Zhenjia came to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion again, carefully examining this mansion,

A good mansion, Yang Lian Zhenjia praised after reading, precious, magnificent, dexterous, full of charm, although it is in a prosperous place but not vulgar, as much as artificial creation but take the essence of nature, from the perspective of feng shui, Jiafu is really a rare mansion, the law of feng shui, the water is the top, the Tibetan wind is second, although the Jiafu has not yet reached the realm of water, but it is the law of the deep Tibetan wind,

The two huge stone lions in front of the door show their teeth and claws, showing the majesty and dignity of the owner, but the little guys guarding the door look a little listless, which seems to be incompatible with this mansion.

Last time, I took the initiative to visit, but this time it was Jia Rudao who asked me to come over, and the difference was very big, Yang Lian Zhenjia thought,

"Master, you're finally here, the Grand Master is waiting for you in the hall." Jia Xuan, the housekeeper of Jiafu, said,

"Thank you, Steward Jia."

"Master, please."

After passing through several pavilions, Yang Lian Zhenjia came to the hall of Jiafu and saluted straight to the point: "The poor monk Lian has really seen the Taishi, but I don't know what the Taishi is recruiting for. ”

Jia Rudao sat on the Taishi chair, opened his confused eyes and pointed to the seat on the side and said: "Lian Zhen, sit down, the old man said a few days ago that someone went to Yanfu Temple to find you, and the monks in the temple said that you went to Yunyou, when will you return." ”

"Master, the poor monk returned to Lin'an last night."

"I can't see it, but the master seems to have lost a lot."

"Back to the Taishi, the poor monk is wandering outside, and he is no better than in Yanfu Temple."

"Well, Lian Zhen, the old man invited you to come because I wanted to ask the master if you would go north in the near future."

"Taishi, the poor monk has no fixed place to travel, it is fate to go south and north, if the Taishi has instructions, then the poor monk can also go north."

"Okay, Lian Zhen, last time the old man received a letter from a friend in the north that you forwarded, it's time for the old man to send a letter back and forth, if the master goes north, please bring a letter for the old man by the way."

"There is no question, the work of raising your hands, the master commands, and the poor monks dare not obey."

"Okay, Jia Xuan, prepare a banquet, the old man has to thank Master Lian Zhen, oh, by the way, the master's meat banquet is still a vegetarian banquet."

"Hehe, Taishi, the poor monk cultivates his mind but does not cultivate himself, the so-called wine and meat penetrate the intestines, the Buddha hides in his heart, and the poor monk is both meat and vegetarian."

"Refreshing, a good cultivator, Lian Zhen, then accompany the old man to drink three cups."

"Okay, the master invites you, the poor monk is honored, Lian Zhen thanked you first."

After three rounds of drinking, Jia Yidao seemed to be in a happy mood, and said with a smile: "Master Lianzhen, you have traveled all over the world and are well-informed, I don't know how to look at the current situation." ”

"Taishi, the confrontation between the north and the south today can be said to have their own merits."

"Oh, what do you say?"

"Master, the poor monk has drunk a few more cups, forgive the poor monk for talking nonsense."

"It's okay, it's just you and me here today, let's talk about it casually, just as a small talk."

"Taishi, the poor monk said bluntly, the poor monk went south and north, in contrast, the north and the south have their own advantages and disadvantages, our dynasty has a long history, the humanities precipitation is very deep, in terms of literature, my dynasty is far superior to Mongolia, but in terms of martial arts, my dynasty is inferior to Mongolia, the poor monk has seen ten Mongolian cavalry when he traveled to me towards more than 100 foot soldiers, so the poor monk thinks that if the two countries are at war, the victory or defeat may be biased to the north."

"Master Lian Zhen, in your opinion, there is no hope for my dynasty."

"Taishi, this poor monk can't say it well, the poor monk is just a monk, where can he understand the major events in the world."

"Lian Zhen, the old man listened to the people around Yanfu Temple, the master's medical skills, the number of lives is unique, the old man asked the master to calculate for me, how about it."

"The master has exalted the poor monk, Lian Zhen can look at the people's appearance, but he can't understand the heavenly phenomena."

"Yes, then show the old man."

"Taishi, the poor monk is better to obey than respectful." Yang Lian Zhenjia looked at Jia Rudao and said, "The appearance of the Taishi, with the Guanlu Palace being the most prominent, is upright and plump, and the complexion is yellow and purple, such a person has a strong foundation in his career, and it is destined to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but it is just ,,,,,。 ”

Jia Rudao suddenly felt a little flustered: "It's just what." ”

Yang Lian Zhenjia sighed and said, "Taishi, it's just that your Guanlu Palace has a slight black vein, which is not a good sign." ”

Jia Rudao said anxiously: "The master has something to say, but please speak up." ”

"In this way, it will forgive the poor monk's nonsense, although the Taishi is talented, it is easy to attract the jealousy of the upper force." Yang Lian Zhenjia looked left and right, and although there was no one else in the room, he still lowered his voice and said, "Master Tai, be careful of the next offense." ”

Jia Yidao looked weird, but then returned to normal and said: "The master is drunk, Hugh is talking nonsense, come, let's continue to drink." ”

"Yes, there are many poor monks, Master, the poor monks will give you another drink."

Jia Rudao drank it all: "Don't say this, master, you travel all over the world, tell the old man about the interesting things you traveled to." ”

More than an hour later, Yang Lian Zhenjia said goodbye to Jia Nidao drunkenly,

"Master, the poor monk farewell."

"Master Lian Zhen, don't forget about the old man, and hand over the letter to the people in the north as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, the matter of the master, the poor monk should do his best."

"Okay, when Master Lian Zhen comes back, the old man has his own heavy reward, hey, people are old, and they can't drink enough, so the old man won't send it, I'll see you later, Jia Xuan, send off."

Yang Lian Zhenjia, supported by Jia Xuan, staggered away from the Prime Minister's Mansion,

"Be careful of committing the following crimes, committing anything, above me is the emperor, have I committed it?" After Yang Lian Zhenjia left, Jia Rudao said alone in the house, "Even if I commit a crime, what will happen." ”

After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yang Lian Zhenjia quickly got out of the field of vision of the guards in front of the door, and returned directly to Yanfu Temple from the path.

Yun Ze welcomed Yang Lian Zhenjia into the secret room in the temple: "My lord, what is the matter with Najia calling you to go?" ”

Yang Lian Zhenjia smiled, took out Jia Yidao's reply, and said, "Jia Yidao asked me to bring a letter to Lord Hao Jing." ”

"Hey, why are there two letters?" Yun Ze opened the back road,

"Well, one of them is written by Wu Lihan, and Jia Rudao means to tell Lord Hao Jing that Wu Li Han is still alive."

"Yun Ze understands, does the adult want to return?"

"Of course, after the failure of the Xiangxi incident, I was still worried that I didn't know how to explain to Lord Shenzun, but fortunately, with this letter and the information of the forbidden army sent to Luzhou reported by Nanfeng in time, I can more or less make up for my sins, I hope Lord Shenzun will understand."

"My lord, if a young boy hadn't emerged in Xiangxi later, the adults wouldn't have fallen short."

"Yun Ze, you haven't seen the Divine Venerable, and naturally you don't know the Divine Venerable, the Divine Venerable has always had clear rewards and punishments, and only focuses on the result, as for the reason for it, I won't ask about it, but it seems that the fire priest Zhebal has not succeeded, and this return to the end of the world should be fine."

"Well, then Yun Ze will wait for the good news of the adults."

Xia Gui's battle report seems to indicate that the war in Luzhou is coming to an end.

The first battle report is that Xia Gui has arrived safely in Luzhou, and took over the military command of Huainan West Road, the current military morale is stable, morale is high, the second is that the Mongolian army from Luzhou to Anqing all withdrew to the north of Luzhou Anhua, Anfei Shuangzhen, when I saw this battle report, there was a very strange feeling, it seems that Ah Shu knew in advance that I was going to send a forbidden army, and retreated north so quickly, the third battle report is Xia Gui's plan to recover the two towns, I discussed with the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, approved Xia Gui's battle plan,

The Mongol invasion kept me in tension for a few days, but it also gave me a good excuse to rectify the army.

Ma Tingluan's efficiency is still very high, the signboard of the main hall of the palace has been replaced with the Daqing Palace, in the side hall, I held the first meeting of the military restructuring, the main officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War are all present, Wen Tianxiang of the Government Council and Zhao Kui, the old general of the Ministry of Agriculture, attended the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time the Mongolian Ashu suddenly invaded my Huainan West Road, although through everyone's efforts, the battle situation has basically stabilized, but it has greatly affected the defense line of my dynasty, although the heroic resistance of the defenders of Luzhou, did not cause serious losses, however, my Luzhou defender Fan Sheng, [***] and other four generals died, I feel very sad, although the battle of Luzhou has not completely ended, but from it can be found that there are many deficiencies in our army, so, I intend to put the restructuring of our army on the agenda in order to adapt to the changing situation in Song and Mongolia. ”

I looked at the different expressions of the officials at the meeting, and continued: "Five years ago, Mongolia marched into my Ezhou, if it wasn't for the division and the minister personally led the army to aid Hubei, if it weren't for the Mongolian Kublai Khan who was eager to go north to compete for the throne, maybe our dynasty has fallen into passivity, in the past five years, our dynasty has got a chance to breathe, the walls along the border have all been heightened and thickened, but the combat power of our army has not been improved with the height of the city, our dynasty has been established for more than 300 years, and it is said that the bad habits of the army, just like the officialdom [***], accumulate deeper and deeper, It's really come to a place where you have to change, you Aiqing, you are all important members of the military circles of our dynasty, you are familiar with military affairs, you have a cloud in the art of war, you know yourself and your opponent, you can be invincible, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of yourself and the other, only by finding out your own disadvantages, can you prescribe the right medicine, below, let's talk about it together. ”

Li Beiyang saw that no one spoke, so he said first: "Your Majesty, although I still have all kinds of criticisms as a sailor, relatively speaking, I have obvious advantages. ”

"Well, the matter of the sailor is not concerned for the time being, just change step by step, and today we will only discuss the issue of our army."

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our army has three advantages and three inferiors, and the first of the three is that our army is a righteous division, and it is really the people's desire to clean up the mountains and rivers, whether it is defense or offense, the division is famous; The second is that we have a strong city to rely on, to retreat and defend, to attack; The third is that our DPRK's military supplies are relatively sufficient, and the first of the three disadvantages is that our DPRK lacks horses and cannot build a cavalry army suitable for large-scale field battles; Second, the combat strength and morale of our soldiers were slightly weaker than those of Mongolia; Third, the military structure of our DPRK is cumbersome, and the implementation of government decrees is often not in place, and even the theory that there is a policy at the top and countermeasures at the bottom has been formed, which is far less concise than the command of the Mongolian army. ”

"Well, Junshi can make a summary, this is good, everyone Aiqing, no matter whether it is right or wrong, let's talk about it."

Jia Rudao knew that most of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War were his subordinates, and he should take the lead in making a statement, otherwise he would be on the right side with what Monk Lian Zhen said, "The following offenses are committed".

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu's words basically reflect the current situation of our army, our army's military strength can reach 200,000 horses in its heyday, since Emperor Gaozong crossed to the south, there is a shortage of war horses, and can only rely on the infantry army, which restricts the field combat power of our army to a certain extent, if it is purely defensive, it will not appear insufficient, and once it is attacked, it cannot be compared with the Mongolian cavalry."

With Jia Nidao taking the lead, the rest of the officials more or less expressed their opinions, but generally around Lu Hideo's views, there is nothing new.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what you said is very reasonable, let me make a summary." After listening to this, I said, "The weakness of our army is mainly reflected in the following aspects: First, the army is cumbersome, and the channels for conveying government orders are too long, so that when it comes to the grassroots level, many aspects have changed; Second, the army's combat effectiveness was generally low, and its morale and courage were inferior to that of the Mongol soldiers. Third, the reward and punishment system is virtually non-existent; Speaking of which, I once again remind you that the generals of the army must abide by the "Code of Conduct for Officials", otherwise the military ** department, if there are different proposers, they can supplement it. Seeing that everyone was speechless, I said, "Everyone, after you go back, you should think carefully about how to change the bad habits of our Korean army, and hold a second meeting here in three days." ”

When the meeting ended, I inadvertently made eye contact with Jia Nidao for a moment, and I knew that I had begun to touch Jia Nidao's bottom line.