At sunset, the enthusiastic and grand military parade came to a successful end with the departure of the crowd and local officials from the city. The gentry and people who watched the excitement outside the city naturally returned to their homes with sincere fear and excitement, while Wang Kunjun and others returned to Jiedu Mansion in the congratulatory send-off of those local officials.

Because the military parade in the afternoon went very smoothly and was very successful, whether it was Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin, Xu Shaoan, Li Junwu and other committee members, or other travelers, they were in a very comfortable mood. Everyone talked and laughed and entered the Jiedu Mansion, preparing to celebrate in the evening. This is not only a congratulation on the success of this military parade, but also a reward for the hard work of the brothers in the past few months to fight the battle of Youyun and complete the "Zhuji No. 1 Operation" Jihua - from the end of the Battle of Youyun to the present, due to various things to deal with, the crossing team has not been able to hold a decent celebration banquet to celebrate this huge victory, and the banquet on the night of the seventh lunar month of the sixth lunar calendar of Xiande can be regarded as making up for this.

The banquet that night was quite warm and enjoyable, not only did the brothers push the cups and drink very happily, but even Wang Kunjun and several other committee members also relaxed, and were poured by those brothers who took turns to toast by Wang Kunjun's declaration that "this celebration banquet can be no big or small", and they were all carried back to the living room by the subordinates afterwards.

Although considering that there are still a few brothers who cannot participate because they are stationed outside, especially the old fourteenth Fan Wucheng stayed in the "Liangyuan" on the grounds of physical discomfort, not only did he not participate in the celebration banquet, but even missed the military parade, all the brothers couldn't help but feel a little regretful in their hearts while drinking and drinking loudly. However, as the so-called "flaws do not hide the jade", this little regret can still be ignored compared with the festive atmosphere at the entire celebration banquet and the happy mood of the brothers.

However, a one-night party naturally comes at a cost. When I woke up the next morning, almost all male traversers reacted the same way - headache plus stomach pain. Fortunately, the crossing physique of the traversers gave them a good body, and although they were a little dizzy from the hangover, it did not really affect their daytime work - of course, it is understandable that the brothers got up a little late.

On the second day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Wang Kunjun, who was easy to wake up from a hangover, rubbed his still somewhat drowsy head and walked into his dining room, eating a light and refreshing breakfast, while chatting with his wife Zhang Xiaofei - Mrs. Han is not in good health these days, and Han Qingwen will go to the house every day to greet and accompany her, so only Wang Kunjun and Zhang Xiaofei have breakfast at home.

After chatting for a while about last night's celebration banquet, the topic gradually turned to their righteous son Xing Zhengnan. Wang Kunjun took the opportunity to raise the committee's opinion that Xing Zhengnan wanted to leave the Ministry of Intelligence and change his career to study government affairs. He first gave Zhang Xiaofei a general explanation of the relevant content of the committee meeting a few days ago, and then put forward his own thoughts: "According to my original idea at the committee meeting, I hope that this child will either continue to stay by your side and engage in intelligence work, and become the right-hand man of the old twenty-eight and the Zhiwei brothers in the future." And in a few years, when you and the old twenty-eight and Zhiwei brothers retire, he can stand alone and become the new leader of the intelligence department, so that this important department can be in our own hands for a long time; Either follow Lao Qi, Lao Zhong Tongzhi and others to learn government affairs, and in the future, they will be released as officials and become local officials on the pastoral side. ”

After listening to Wang Kunjun's proposal, Zhang Xiaofei put down the chopsticks in his hand, shook his head after a little groaning, and said: "It stands to reason that Zhengnan has been helping by my side for the past two years, and he has learned a lot of knowledge about intelligence processing from the old twenty-eight and the Zhiwei brothers, and he has a lot of contact with those supervisors and spies of the Intelligence Department on weekdays, and he gets along very well with everyone, and everyone has a good evaluation of him, so it is logical for him to continue to develop in the Intelligence Department." However, no matter what the name of our intelligence agency is, what kind of intelligence policy it implements, or what kind of intelligence techniques it uses, in the final analysis, the Intelligence Department is a covert organization that uses extraordinary means and methods to spy on all aspects of information. No matter how sunny and cheerful a person is, if he has been working in such an organization for a long time, he will be affected by the atmosphere in it, and his psychology will become a little dark and suspicious, especially for teenagers like Zhengnan, the impact will be more obvious. The main reason why I asked Masao to come to my side to help in the first place was to be able to take care of him more time, so that he would not feel lonely and lonely because he was away from his biological mother, and I never thought that I would let this child do this kind of work for the rest of his life. ”…,

Proposing to let Xing Zhengnan continue his development in the Ministry of Intelligence is just a kind of inertial thinking of Wang Kunjun starting from the current situation of Yizi's work, from the bottom of his heart, he is more willing to let Xing Zhengnan take the road of politics, and in the future, he will be a civil official and glorify his ancestors, which can be regarded as fulfilling his original promise to Mrs. Xing. Therefore, hearing Zhang Xiaofei's opposition to letting Xing Zhengnan develop in the Ministry of Intelligence for a long time, Wang Kunjun did not insist on this suggestion anymore, but instead emphasized another development suggestion of his own, saying: "What my wife said is reasonable, intelligence work does have a negative impact on people, and it is really inappropriate to let Zhengnan do this business for the rest of his life." That being the case, then let's let him go on a career as an official, become a civil official, and shepherd one side in the future, become a feudal official, and glorify his ancestors for his Xing family. After all, in the history of the previous life, the Great Song Dynasty established by Zhao Kuangyin can be called the dynasty that has treated literati the most favorably in China for 5,000 years.

Even if Chai Rong did not die on the road of the Northern Expedition this time, but embarked on the return journey back to Kaifeng safely, no one can say whether Boss Zhao, who created the legend of "Yellow Robe Plus" in the history of his previous life, can repeat this classic episode in this life in the future. However, I think that my husband's understanding of history and Chai Rong's understanding of the person can still confirm that this Chai Tianzi, who had a high evaluation in the history of his previous life, is a wise monarch, and his ambition must be to unify the world and establish a peaceful and prosperous world. And once the country is unified and the world is peaceful, then the status of civil officials will inevitably rise and the status of military generals will inevitably decline.

Besides, even if Masao does not become an official of the Later Zhou court in the future, but only works within the scope of our own shili, it is the same reason. Because, no matter how far the crossing team develops in the future, it will eventually shift the focus of work from expanding its own shili range by force to consolidating and developing its own shili range by civil rule. Therefore, from both internal and external aspects, it should be a good choice to let Masao enter politics. ”

I thought that my second suggestion was already the best advice, and my wife should not have any opinions. But what Wang Kunjun didn't expect was that Zhang Xiaofei still shook his head slowly for his second suggestion, and said: "Politics is certainly a choice, but I think that whether it is for the present or in the long run, it is not the best choice to let Zhengnan go on a career and become a civil official.

For now, although we occupy the sixteen states of the Beiping Army, this is just a place for the generals to find a foothold. Not to mention that the Khitans outside the Great Wall will not give up with us, as long as they recover their vitality, they will inevitably come to avenge that arrow. Let's just talk about the Later Zhou court in the south, although it is now temporarily forbearing, and the sixteen states of the Beiping Army are in our hands. But I think that neither Chai Rong nor his civil and military generals will let us occupy the Beiping Army in a down-to-earth manner, and will not let you be comfortable as this powerful Jiedu envoy. It is certain that in the coming period, there will be constant disputes between us and the Khitan or the Later Zhou court. Once the dispute between the two parties cannot be resolved by peaceful means, then resort to force is inevitable. And within the scope of our shili, the military and the government are separated. In wartime, administrative officials are only responsible for providing the necessary logistical support for the army, and have no right to participate directly in the battle, let alone command the army. If a civilian official wants to make some political achievements, he is afraid that it will be difficult to do it in three or five years, but a military general may accumulate merit and be promoted several levels after a big battle. Therefore, it is far easier for a general to make meritorious contributions and be promoted than a civilian official who can only manage government affairs.

In the long run, with the current strength and development momentum of the team, anyone can see that its future prospects are absolutely limitless. No matter whether you, the leading brother, have that ambition or not, those brothers of yours will not be willing to be confined to the small space of the sixteen states of the Beiping Army. When the time comes, with the strong strength of the 'Flying Dragon Army' and the 'Security Army', the soldiers will definitely be invincible and unstoppable. In this way, I am afraid that the dust may settle in less than ten years. At that time, Zhengnan is only twenty-six or seventeen years old, if he is a civil official, at his age, even if he can learn the way of being an official from several seniors and make certain political achievements, at most he can be a county or a prefecture with the same knowledge, at most the position of the prefect. Unless you 'go through the back door' for him at that time, otherwise, it will be impossible to enter the court within ten years." But if it is a military general, it is completely different, because military merit is really there. Ten years of war, the military generals are far more clear and will have more credit than the civilian officials can accumulate. Even without your help, it is not impossible for Masao to become a general with his military merits. …,

Moreover, there is another point, which is also the most important point, that is, it is Masao's own wish to abandon the military and leave the Ministry of Intelligence to join the army. Since the training class classmates who beat him, such as Chang Mao, Zhang Zheng, Yu Xian, Zhao Chen and others, have been rewarded and promoted one by one because of their outstanding performance and courage in the battle of Youyun, especially after Chang Mao and Zhang Zheng were exceptionally promoted to major battalion commanders because of their outstanding performance in the battles of Baoxingzhuang and Gubeikou, the little guy began to move his mind. Not only did he go to meet with these classmates in the army from time to time, but he also often mentioned these people in front of me, and consciously or unconsciously revealed to me his yearning and envy for his classmates to be able to make such contributions and receive such honors at such a young age. Since the desire of children to join the army is so strong, and the benefits of being a military general are more than being a civilian official, what reason do we as fathers and mothers not let our children realize their ideals and aspirations? ”

Originally, when Zhang Xiaofei said that military generals were promoted faster than civilian officials, Wang Kunjun also planned to refute it with the ferocity of the battlefield and the lack of eyes of the sword. But at this time, the other party said that it was Xing Zhengnan's own will to join the army, and unless there was a special case like the Gubeikou Blockade Battle, with the strong combat effectiveness of the "Flying Dragon Army", it would be difficult for the enemy to pose a mortal threat to the commanders at all levels of this army. So after thinking about it for a while, Wang Kunjun no longer insisted on his opinion, and nodded in agreement with Zhang Xiaofei's point of view.

However, recognition is recognition, as a stepfather and mother, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Xiaofei still paved the way for Xing Zhengnan's military career within their own authority. The two decided that after letting Xing Zhengnan go to the "Feilong Village" to participate in the three-month recruit training with the new recruits recruited this year, they would first transfer him to Xu Shao'an as a herald for half a year, and then go to Qian Yuanshan to be a personal guard for half a year, and follow Xu and Qian to learn more common sense and tactics of marching and fighting. After accumulating some experience and combat knowledge, he can be asked to become a squad leader or deputy platoon leader in a company under Zeng Zhilin or Wang Feng, and rely on his solid military merits to rise step by step, and finally achieve the goal of making him a meritorious person and making his wife a son.

After the husband and wife finished planning, they sped up the pace of eating, planning to talk to Xing Zhengnan about this matter after breakfast, and took advantage of the opportunity that the brothers were basically in Beiping to go to Xu Shao'an, Qian Yuanshan and others in advance to say hello. As a result, before the husband and wife had time to put down their chopsticks after eating, the maidservant who was waiting outside came in to report that Zhang Weixin had come to ask for a meeting. Considering that Zhang Weixin came to see him early in the morning without waiting for him to finish eating, there must be something important to discuss. So, Wang Kunjun had no choice but to hand over Xing Zhengnan's affairs to his wife to deal with, and ordered the maidservant to invite Zhang Weixin to the main hall, saying that she would go to see him.