Chapter VII: The Great Discussion on Military Reform (2)

"Please don't be suspicious. This ranking method has been used in the previous court reform debate competition, and the effect is very good, mainly to make the ministers present forget about the level of their official positions, regardless of age, around the military reform of our dynasty, speak freely, and discuss the state of the country. Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, raised his voice and said. Li Jingsui was very interested in this novel and effective form after the last debate competition, and this time he led the military reform, and naturally continued to use it.

Oh, I see! The generals present looked at each other, and quickly put this little thing behind, only Fuzhou Jiedu made Feng Yansi lightly glance at Lin Feng, who was sitting diagonally opposite him, and nodded thoughtfully, it seems that these are the new atmosphere that Lin Feng has brought to the Southern Tang Dynasty! Lin Renzhao, the deputy general of the quarrying alum, and Chen Decheng, Chen Desheng, the deputy generals of the Loyal and Righteous Army, handed each other excited eyes, if they want to fight, of course, they still want these young people to rush to the front!

"It is easy for the horse to return to the south mountain, and it is difficult to swing the troops out of the sheath! It is an indisputable fact that our soldiers are not strong in combat power, and yesterday's forbidden army competition is the best proof of this! The facts are in front of everyone, as the representatives of the elite in the army, the best soldiers in the forbidden army were easily defeated! Therefore, the Holy Lord has decided that from now on, the whole army will conduct a large-scale military training and hold a large-scale military parade and a large-scale military competition tomorrow spring! Today, we are mainly discussing how to train and compete. Li Jingsui stood up and said loudly.

"In this discussion, we will discuss the topics one by one in order of easy and then difficult. The first topic: the time for the big military parade and the big competition, do you think tomorrow is good for spring and March? Li Jingsui sat down and continued.

This is what the Holy God has already decided, what else is there to discuss? Everyone in the room looked at each other and said nothing.

Li Jingsui took the lead in raising his right hand, then looked around and said, "Okay, the first item, please raise your right hand and vote for it!" ”

This method was also new, and everyone raised their right hands in the same way.

"The second issue. The location of the competition, the saint and I intend to arrange it in Shouzhou, what do you think? Li Jingsui said. Since listening to Lin Feng's dream of the future, the Huaihe defense line has become a thorn in the hearts of the Li family brothers in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so when Li Jingsui discussed with his imperial brother, he strongly advocated that the location of the competition be placed at the most critical point of the Huaihe defense line - Shouzhou, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to strengthen the Huaihe defense line.

"King Qi, never!" Hearing this, Lin Feng hurriedly got up, bowed down and said. Just kidding, the current monarch of the Northern Han Dynasty and the envoys of the Zhujie Dynasty are fighting in secret in order to fight for power, and the big fight is imminent, Ye Du stayed, Tianxiong Army Festival Envoy and Privy Envoy Guo Wei will take this opportunity to embark on the road of dominating the world, and will officially claim the emperor to ascend the throne in the first month of next year, and become the ancestor of the Later Zhou. Whether the Southern Tang Dynasty can succeed depends on the strategic opportunity period during the period from this year to five years later, Zhou Shizong's expedition to Huai, and he must not dare to ruin the good situation by himself!

Lin Feng's rush immediately surprised Li Jingsui, and all the military ministers looked at it, and Feng Yansi, who was about to get up to object, also quietly pressed down his body.

"Lord Lin, please tell me the reason!" Li Jingsui asked.

Lin Feng raised his voice and said, "Your Majesty, King Qi, the ministers have different opinions. Looking around my Tang, the Han is the strongest in the north, and the others are all attached to the wall. If our Tang Dynasty ventured to deploy troops on the Huai River when Yu Ji was not in abundance, it would definitely provoke the eyes of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the surrounding countries would be shocked, which would only increase their hostility towards us, and might even directly trigger a war. Then we will be besieged by all enemies! Therefore, Lin suggested that this training and competition should be carried out in secret, and when the training is completed, first take the weak and small around to practice, accumulate enough strength and then show the battle outside, so that the north does not dare to look south from now on, it is a long-term and prudent plan! ”

There is a lot of truth in what this son said! Several veterans couldn't help but bow their heads slightly when they heard Lin Feng's words, and Wuchang Jiedu made Liu Renzhen and the others couldn't help but glance at Lin Feng with appreciation.

Liu Yanzhen glanced at Lin Feng gratefully, King Qi's proposal just now scared him out of a cold sweat. Since his family knows his own affairs, since he served in Shouzhou, the defense of the Huai River has deteriorated, if everyone arrives in Shouzhou, everything such as the defense of the front and even their own water and land may be exposed, and he has no way to directly oppose this proposal, fortunately, this Lin Feng took the initiative to stand up and oppose it!

Lin Feng felt a lot of eyes shooting over, and his heart was crossed, just shock you completely!

"Your Majesty, the King of Qi, the minister has chatted with some of the scholars in the north and south, and learned that the Han State in the north is currently very tense, and Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty is suspicious of the powerful powers, so he has exhausted all means, and the internal war of the Han State is imminent. Lin Feng raised his voice and said.

Historically, just this winter, Liu Chengyou, the hidden emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, was suspicious of Guo Wei and sent an envoy to Weizhou to kill him. Guo Wei was forced to raise an army against the Han Dynasty, easily invaded Bianjing, plundered the army, and forced the empress dowager to appoint him as the "prison of the country" and seize the state government. In the first month of next year, Guo Wei was officially proclaimed emperor, still taking Bianjing as the capital, the founding year name was "Guangshun", the country name was Zhou, and the history was called Hou Zhou.

As soon as Lin Feng said this, Cha Wenhui, the privy deputy who had been squinting at him, was unhappy, do you really think that you will become a military god after two military training, and dare to predict the general trend of the world? Cha Wenhui raised his voice unhurriedly and said: "Lord Lin, what year is there no civil strife in the north, which year is not tense, how can you make the decision of the Holy Lord because of your speculation?!" ”

You're just in time, I'll take you first! Lin Feng immediately stared at Cha Wenhui and said, "Lord Cha, do you dare to make a small bet with a junior?" ”

"Why don't you dare?" Cha Wenhui was suddenly stimulated by Lin Feng's tone, and immediately got up and said.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, who was about to get angry to stop the two from messing around, suddenly moved in his heart, and quietly put down his half-raised hand again. Cha Wenhui and others have always revolved around the emperor Li Jing, and they have always been respectful of themselves, and they wrestle with themselves from time to time for the interests of the Song Party, so let's take a look at the content of their bets first. Anyway, Lin Feng has never done anything meaningless, and this must have a deep meaning!

"What a boldness, Master Cha really deserves to be a talent in both civil and military affairs! Lin Feng bet that there would be large-scale civil strife in the Northern Han Dynasty at the end of this year and early next year, and he might even change the dynasty! Lin Feng raised his voice and said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked and silent, what kind of medicine did Lin Fenghu take? Wars in the north are common, but since the former Tang Dynasty, the Liang, Tang, and Jin dynasties in the north have lasted for 16, 13 and 10 years respectively, and the Northern Han Dynasty has only been established for three years!

Cha Wenhui is not stupid, he knows that large-scale civil strife is not easy to define at all, and it is easy to cause controversy, so he immediately said loudly: "It is subject to the change of dynasty, how is Lord Lin going to gamble?" ”

"Good! The deadline is the time of the martial arts competition in March next year, and if Lin is wrong, Lin will immediately resign from this military post and never talk about military affairs again. If Master Cha loses," Lin Feng said in a relaxed tone, and deliberately paused in the middle of speaking.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were alarmed. Especially Chen Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, he had heard that Lin Feng won the most successful bet with Li Hongji, the king of Yan, with his official position, and when he saw Lin Feng gambling with Cha Wenhui again with his official position so categorically, he immediately beat a small drum in his heart.

In everyone's surprised eyes, Lin Feng continued: "Just ask Lord Cha to say a humble word to Lin in front of the ministers!" ”

Chang Mengxi, the privy deputy envoy who had been watching the play with relish, moved in his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and his eyes were firmly fixed on Lin Feng. This Lin Feng, this trick is too poisonous, and he has used a radical method that hurts people's faces. Cha Wenhui returned from poisoning after being captured by Wu Yue's army, and he paid special attention to having face in front of people, how could this kind of promotion be endured.

"You junior! Zha doesn't take advantage of you, if Zha loses the bet, he will ask the emperor to demote him to the third level, and never talk about military affairs! Cha Wenhui was really fooled, and immediately said.

"Don't mess around in front of the saint, this matter is revealed!" At this time, Li Jingsui finished watching the play, and also got up and said, "Where does Lord Lin mean to put it in the martial arts competition?!" ”

Lin Feng's face was unusually calm, as if the matter of gambling with someone had never happened at all, he pointed to the west side with his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Lin suggested that it should be placed in the forbidden army training ground at the foot of Qingliang Mountain, first promote the exchanges of various armies through martial arts, and then drum the confidence of the people of the Tang Dynasty through the military parade!" ”