The two monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty and the Great General are the models and models of the world's monarchs and ministers, and all kings and courtiers want such a confidant.

The king wanted such a powerful courtier who could share his worries and solve problems and truly meet his urgent needs.

The courtiers wanted a king who trusted him in this way, who could carry out his ambitions at his own discretion and never have to worry about being suspicious of the king.

And to maintain such a relationship, in fact, it is the king who pays more, after all, there is a way out for a courtier, and even a big deal is to die, and if you get stiff with the emperor, you will be killed.

But the emperor can't, unless the emperor is dead, there is no way out, he can only keep moving forward, no matter how difficult the courtier in front of him is, as long as he has the ability, the emperor must find a way to use him where he should be used.

After the general once quarreled with Emperor Hecheng in the imperial study, the general arched his hand and said, the minister has a way out, it's a big deal to pat his ass and stop doing it, but His Majesty can't, Your Majesty doesn't want to, Your Majesty can't swallow this breath anymore, Your Majesty has to swallow it. If Your Majesty doesn't want the people to fall into fire and water, and wants more people to live a well-fed life, then you have to follow the rules.

After hearing this, Emperor Hecheng sighed and said, "Sooner or later, I will have to kill you." ”

"If you kill one minister, if you can get rid of one of the people, then the minister is willing to suffer reincarnation thousands of times!" General Li said.

This time, the general came back to see the Firearms Bureau, which also relieved His Majesty's heart a lot.

That's exactly what I was worried about, and you came.

And after hearing the sentence that Li Rongsheng may be able to go to the battlefield within three years, the emperor was very happy.

Is the Great Song Dynasty strong? Very powerful, like the sky. But the situation in this world has never been able to stand still, it has always been moving. It's the norm to choose between the best and the other. No matter how strong we are today, we dare not guarantee whether we will continue to be strong tomorrow, so it is imperative to continuously improve the combat effectiveness of the army.

Weapons are a very important part of combat power.

And if this firearm can really be used on the battlefield, it will cause earth-shaking changes in the war of the whole world.

That's why the emperor attaches so much importance to it.

In the afternoon sunshine, the emperor and the courtiers walked in the imperial garden, standing and talking beside a murmuring rockery.

"When you came back, you passed through the land of Bashu, did you hear any rumors?" the emperor suddenly asked.

The general didn't know what the emperor meant by asking, and subconsciously said, "What rumors?" Bazhong City was in a mess, and I heard that there were 20 officials in the county government who were in contact with the local bandits, and later there were rumors that the county officials were also in contact with the bandits.

The emperor glanced at Li Rongsheng, and the general immediately bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard some bad rumors in Shudi, in fact, it is still an old problem, the problem of corruption among officials, but what the minister heard this time is not only corruption, but also more serious bandits, as if it means that there is a county order that has been bought by bandits." I don't know if it's true or not. ”

The emperor said: "It is true that twenty officials and bandits are colluding. Earlier in the case, the King of Shu, the Governor's Mansion and the Lingxian Cheng of Bazhong County all wrote about this matter, and I wanted to send the imperial history down, but after thinking about it, I just gave the king of Shu a decree. The emperor couldn't help but shake his head, and said: "It's not easy for the people of Shudi, I... I'm about to be tempted to make a move..."

The general knew what the emperor meant by the move, cut the feudal domain, took down the last powerful vassal king, and completely incorporated the Bashu land into the bureaucratic system of the Great Song Dynasty, and truly appointed officials by the imperial court to govern with full authority.

But the general is a military general, and this kind of matter should have been discussed with His Majesty, not a military general like him, especially this kind of major event.

The emperor thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "But I will definitely not be able to do it in my lifetime, the first emperor has explained a few things that can only be done by the successor after me, and the king of Shu is one of them." People, living in this world, you always have to think about it in the east and think about it in the west, whether you are an emperor or a peddler, it is the same. ”

The general said: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to be in a good mood, but if the minister says something that shouldn't be said, Your Majesty is ordered to live forever in the sky, so you have to suffer this loss." Whoever called His Majesty's life is not good. ”

"You, if the emperor had killed you earlier, you would have said anything. The emperor smiled and shook his head, but he was relieved by the general's words, and recently he received a secret fold from Shu. In the secret compromise, he said that the county order of Bazhongcheng was suspected of being a bandit, so he was displeased, and the county order actually colluded with the bandits to rob the people's money. If this thing is a rumor, if it is true, then how bad is the official rule of Shudi.

Of course, there are general and individual cases, and the emperor certainly hopes that this is just an isolated case. "But there is one thing that is good as you can see from the rumors. The people of Shu can talk about officials and bandits relatively freely, which shows that the people of Shu have not been bullied to a certain extent. If you really get to the road and take the destination, the rumors will be gone, and everything will be the most terrible under the undercurrent. The emperor said.

"Holy Wisdom, that's exactly what it is. General Li nodded: "Generally speaking, the life of the people of Shu is getting better day by day, but maybe there are still many things that cannot be controlled in this progress, Your Majesty does not need to be in a hurry, you have to take your time." ”

The emperor continued to walk, and his footsteps were firmly on the bluestone slab: "I'm not in a hurry, in fact, not only in Shudi, but also in other places in the Great Song Dynasty, even at the feet of the Son of Heaven like the capital, there are also many dark places under the lights, and you can't come in a hurry, you have to come step by step." ”

Then, General Li told the emperor something about the Northern Army. There are big and small things, good and bad.

The emperor basically doesn't make an evaluation, and for General Li Da has some requirements that he put forward in his words, the emperor will reply, I'll talk to the household department when I go back, and I'll talk to Zhongshu Province when I go back...

"You will go back to the Northern Army tomorrow, a few royal brothers in the palace want to go to the Northern Army, you bring them with you. The emperor found a vacancy and said suddenly.

The general hesitated a little and said, "It's all... Which feudal princes are brothers?"

"It's not that I asked you to take it, I'm just passing on a word, they all know that they have to participate in the assessment of the Northern Army, they have to be assessed before entering the army, and they will have to observe for a few months after entering, they all know that they must come according to the rules of the Northern Army, you can rest assured, no favoritism. The emperor said.

The general breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not for himself, if you want to ensure the strength of the Northern Army, you must have a strict selection system, everyone will be stuffed into it, and in the end, it will not become a rabble." ”