Chapter 419, internal and external troubles
How can the Chinese people treat foreigners badly? This is too embarrassing and has lost all the face of the Chinese people. But Lord Ning was watching right here......
Lord Ning is a star in the sky, and he is also a big official among the literati, a close minister of the official family, where can he afford to provoke this little guy.
Peek at the generals, none of them spoke.
In fact, the general is also very strange, how much hatred this Ning Caichen Ning has for this Tangut people, how can he treat the Tangut people like this, it is really too unkind.
The ancients did not have humanity, but there was benevolence.
This foreigner should be as warm as spring, and as warm as brothers and sisters...
Of course, this Lord Ning has to be stingy, and they won't mess with Lord Ning.
If nothing else, just because of the status of civil officials, they know that they can't afford to offend.
Besides, this is a Tangut person, not a native of the country. And they are soldiers, not liters
They don't understand why we should be kind to foreigners in the global village.
This army is a monster, which is used to kill and fight, unleash the most primitive wildness of mankind, and intimidate the forces that defend itself by force.
In times of peace, this wildness is constrained by law and order. However, once it enters the period of war, stimulated by war, this wildness is bound to be vented.
It's just that if you don't vent it to the enemy, you have to vent it to your own person.
Of course, it is not that there is no disciplined army. Both internally and externally, there is no offense in autumn.
It's just that there are too few armies of such saints, and there are too few of them perfectly knotted with mercy and beasts.
This is obviously not the height that the Great Song army could reach at this time.
Just seeing that these generals did not stop Ning Caichen, but showed a lively look, they knew that there was a beast in their hearts. Apparently they also wanted to see the captives unlucky.
This is human nature, there is a good side and an evil side.
Suppress the evil side forever, and only have the good side, that is not a human being, it is a monster.
If you have been depressed for a long time, you will naturally vent indiscriminately. If you don't vent it on your enemies, you will vent it on your own people.
This is the case with regard to the armies in history that are more amateurs in foreign wars and more fierce to their own people.
There is the same reason why men are bullied outside and vent to their mother-in-law when they come home and are so vicious?
The generals don't speak, but the guys can't. As the lowest level of existence, they are not combatants, they are very simple officials of right and wrong, good and evil.
"My lord, there's not much rice left. With a bitter face, they brought a large tub like a bath bucket.
I saw that there was still a shallow layer of rice left inside.
"Did the steamed buns go down?" Ning Caichen asked.
"Send it down. β
"There is not a single steamed bun left. β
"What? how could it be?" Ning Caichen couldn't believe it. It's really a big enough steamed bun in this era, a steamed bun is not a catty, but also eight taels. Even Ning Caichen compares with his own amount of food, and he is full after eating two at most.
Okay! Even if they are literati and they are soldiers, this amount of food is too terrifying! Three steamed buns plus rice.
"Back to adults. Everyone eats rice every day, and they are also a little tired, so they eat so much at one time. In addition, there is a shortage of oil and water on weekdays, so ......" guy has a bitter face.
He didn't want Ning Caichen to misunderstand that he didn't let the soldiers have enough to eat. In ancient times, there was not much meat to eat, and there was a great shortage of meat. It is very difficult for ordinary people, as well as their armies, who have no combat mission, to get their hands on meat.
One reason is the objective reason mentioned above, there is not so much meat, and even if there is, the court will not allocate so much silver taels. Don't forget, this is an era of civility and military power, and if you pay a lot of money to support literati, you naturally can't support soldiers with a lot of money. Otherwise, how to prioritize. After all, not everyone can be an official, but most people are ordinary people, ordinary soldiers. ...,
If the army eats fragrant food, drinks spicy food, eats fish and meat every day, how can Ning Caichen be embarrassed by such a poor scholar before his crossing? This is not a world of nobility and martial arts, but the other way around.
The second is the reason for the military art of war.
The role of the army is to fight, to fight with life.
If it's a big fish and a big meat every day, it's time to work hard. If you use wine and meat to attract people to work hard, a fool will do it. This has virtually increased the difficulty of the army's operations.
Don't say anything else. When there is no war, there are big fish and big meat to eat, and there is no war. Who wants to go to war.
And if you send fresh fish and meat to the front line, it is obviously beyond the scope of the capabilities of this era, and it is not in line with reality.
After all, there were too few ancient kings like Emperor Wu of Han who took care of the army.
And even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mainly supplied fresh meat to Huo Quai's army. There were other troops, but there were many fewer of them.
Even so, the Han Dynasty did not hold out. For this reason, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even copied his own uncle's house.
The only thing left is that the veterans who retired back then reminisced about the time when they ate a lot of meat and drank wine, that is, they were old and disabled, and they were still willing to fight.
Song Jun can't do it. Song Ting would never have spent such a big price.
These sergeants can eat meat at other times of the year, except for festivals or big celebrations such as the Queen Mother's birthday.
Although it is only a green vegetable such as garlic sprouts fried in meat oil, after all, it is fishy, and you can eat two catties on weekdays, and it is not a big problem to eat three catties or four catties.
If there is less oil and water, the amount of food will also increase, which is inevitable.
After listening to the man's introduction, Ning Caichen was embarrassed.
There really is such an army. I eat bean sprouts and pickles all day long, and I eat like bean sprouts, but I let the enemy still beat the bad guys to eat meat!
Ning Caichen is not the kind of person who needs to keep eating vegetarian to lose weight, or in later generations, he is also a person who thinks that meat and vegetarian dishes are delicious. He has never reached the standard of living that thinks vegetarian food is delicious. Now it hasn't reached it either.
With some emotion, Ning Caichen said: "That's it! If you don't have enough to eat, add water." β
"Add water?" the guy was startled.
Others were surprised. Β°
He definitely has a grudge against the Tanguts.
The Song generals glanced at each other and didn't say a word. Make it clear that it's none of your business, and hang it high.
But the guys can't, they are the direct executors. "Really add water?"
"Add water. β
Well, anyway, it was an adult's order, and it was done. Anyway, the sky is falling, and there are tall men on top of it.
Isn't it the sky falling? How can the Chinese people be like this to foreigners?
The man went with his group.
They really did this, and the Tangut people were not calm. "How dare you do that?"
They didn't believe that Ning Caichen would put words into action. Because the Song people, who have the plot of the Heavenly Empire, even if they really do this, they will never do it in front of the envoys. Isn't this a shame on you people who went to the country in China?
In their opinion, this greedy Song man must have wanted to blackmail their gold, so he deliberately said this.
Careless! I really shouldn't show gold.
However, we are not so easy to deceive. Want gold? I can't see it in all my gear.
But now, they can't be calm. The dish was spoiled, and the rice was taken away, and now it is really boiled with water.
Anger, confusion, and panic blurted out.
Yes, panic. They were not the opponents of the Song people, but it was only because of the mentality of the Song people that they had a advantage to take advantage of.
Anyway, except for the land of China, as an envoy, he has never heard of any other country where the victorious country gives silver to the defeated country. This is something that only the Orthodox dynasty of China would do. ...,
Therefore, in terms of orthodoxy, whether it is Western Xia, Liao, or Tibet, all of them only recognize the Song State.
Now that Song Guo is starting to lose face, how can this be done.
Ning Caichen didn't care what they thought: "Hmph, why don't I dare, just a group of captives." Didn't let them exchange their labor for food, it was already cheaper for them. β
"Labor? By the way, you can still do this! This official will present to His Majesty tomorrow, and let them all go to the mines, and exchange their labor for their food. Ning Caichen suddenly had the idea of playing tricks on the Western Xia people.
It can only be a joke. No matter how good Ning Caichen thinks, but the mainstream of this world is "lenient to others and strict with oneself", and it is difficult to want the Song people to abuse prisoners!
Oh, it doesn't seem like the prisoners are tortured, right? It seems that the prisoners of the Great Song Dynasty also have to work.
No, the brain structure of the Chinese people is rather peculiar, and it is normal for their own people to suffer and starve, but foreigners, even captives, must not suffer the slightest mischief.
There are too many such examples, Ning Caichen only recalls them, and he is reluctant to think about them. He was afraid that he would not be able to kill these captives for a while.
"Okay! Hello! I will go to Zhao Guan's house to sue you!" the Western Xia envoy was very angry.
"Go and sue it. If you can sue him!" Ning Caichen didn't care about the threat to him.
It's a big deal. It is more important to rectify the enemy than to be trained.
To be honest, in the last life, Ning Caichen was not a good student. Since he often had to work part-time, this absenteeism was a common occurrence for him.
Teaching assistant talks, teaching office, he also did not miss in.
Compared with these people, Emperor Zhao Ji's eloquence is far worse. You can't kill the minister because of such a urine, right?
Ning Caichen did not enter the oil and salt, and was not afraid of threats, and the Western Xia people could only leave with great momentum.
"Adults γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" bullied the Western Xia people like this is very relieved, but the Song generals also seem very worried. How can it be said that the Great Song Kingdom has never dealt with foreigners like this.
Even if there is a do, it is also done by the soldiers on the front line. At least they, the forbidden army of the Imperial City, have not moved much since Zhao Guangyi's last imperial expedition.
Since he didn't fight on the front line, he naturally didn't have much hatred, and he was able to control his emotions, but he was worried about Ning Caichen's gains and losses.
"Lord Ning, will Your Majesty really be guilty of this?"
Ning Caichen...... I don't know.
I really don't know. Historically, Zhao Ji was undoubtedly greedy for money, otherwise there would not have been a rebellion against them.
Zhao Ji is greedy for money, so it should be theoretically feasible to let the captives make money by mining for themselves.
But on the other hand, Zhao Ji is also very generous to foreigners. Western Xia, Liao, Tubo...... As long as he can give money, he will give it all. Later, the Jin people entered Bianjing City and robbed all the gold and silver in the capital of the Song Kingdom, and he was not moved.
People in this era may not understand him, but only think that he is a contradictory person. But Ning Caichen knew that this was very popular in later generations, probably called serving political tasks.
Ning Caichen really doesn't understand politics, so he didn't have an in-depth understanding of what kind of political task this was in his previous life. Because he didn't understand, he naturally couldn't tell what Zhao Ji would look like and how much reaction he had.
At this time, suddenly there was a noise from the prisoner camp.
"What's so noisy?"
"Back to my lord, back to the general. Is it that the Western Xia captives are complaining about the bad food, unwilling to eat, and making a fuss?"
"What should I do, my lord?" the generals panicked suddenly, "If they mutinied, it would be trouble!"
There was some dissatisfaction between the words. They just wanted to watch over the captives in peace, and then hand them over, and their mission was successfully accomplished.
All those who joined the army knew that this army was most afraid of mutiny. If it was something else, they weren't worried at all, but the mutiny in the barracks was terrifying. ...,
Once it is a real mutiny, the dead man is certain.
As a general, he is a person of some knowledge. It is not so easy for them to become believers, even if they admire Ning Caichen, they do not admire it to the point where they can fellowship with their lives.
They didn't press Ning Caichen directly, they were already merciful. Of course, even if they gave the order, they wouldn't necessarily hear it. After all, there are many book lovers here.
In the era of no entertainment, who moves their stars, what will they do?
No one knows at the moment. Because this has never happened before, there is no precedent to follow.
In fact, Ning Caichen was also very angry.
This Xixia people dare to make trouble, it is definitely because the previous life was too good and comfortable. Don't forget who they are, they're captives, not VIPs.
And the Imperial City Janissaries of the Song Army were too wasteful. At this time, what are you doing in a daze, dispatching the army to suppress it!
It was not because of Ning Caichen's identity, coupled with the sensitivity of the Zhao and Song officials to military power, Ning Caichen deliberately gave the order. But he can't, he can't do that.
"Shut up!"
God's grace is like the sea, and God's power is like hell.
Ning Caichen himself has a priesthood, and the priesthood is a manifestation of his own brilliant divine might. "Wait for the captive, since you don't want to eat, then don't eat it. When you're hungry, when to eat again. β
A very simple sentence, but no one dares to refute it. With the blessings of the earth-back world, who would dare to resist?
Is that okay too?
The congregation will be sluggish. What seemed to them to be an extremely difficult uproar was solved in one sentence?
Incredible, incredible? It's really incredible.
Ning Caichen finished speaking, but looked into the distance.
Something seems to be happening in the distance.
Qiantang, a handsome teenager is studying medicine in a pharmacy. And the doctor in the pharmacy has a daughter, who has been staring at the young man with watery eyes.
"Little brother. Just as the boy was getting more and more red because of the girl's gaze, an old man who looked very ordinary, and as soon as he was thrown into the crowd, he could no longer recognize it walked into the pharmacy.
The old man who came suddenly relieved the young man and immediately greeted the old man: "Old man, do you want to see a disease, or do you want to take medicine?"
"This little brother, I don't see the disease, I don't take medicine. The old man said slowly.
The boy was startled. This man came to the pharmacy and did not look at the disease or catch the medicine, so what did he do?
Originally, such guests were unwelcome, but now for the teenager, it is more important than anything to have someone show up to talk to him, and to remove the embarrassment of letting the girl star.
So the young man continued to ask, "Old man, is there something wrong with you?"
"Alas!" said the old man, who sighed and looked sad before he said, "The old man is from a foreign country. β
"No wonder the old man doesn't have the same accent as we do here. The girl was also interested, and interjected.
The girl is not stunning, but she has her own bearing, which is pleasing to the eye. Just like the water of this West Lake, it is clear and clear, and it is a rare natural freshness.
The old man couldn't help but glance at the girl, enjoying the clarity after the rain for a while, and then said, "I'm here to visit my relatives." β
"Did you get there?" asked the girl.
"Alas!" the old man sighed again.
The old man sighed and let people know that he had not found it.
The boy glanced at the girl and immediately said, "Old man, I'm a local." I don't know what the old man's relatives are called, maybe I know. β
The girl immediately said: "Brother Hanwen's brother-in-law is a local head catcher, and there is nothing in this place that he doesn't know." β
That's right, this young man is Xu Xian.
Originally, Xu Xian went to Bai Suzhen every day to study medicine well, but he let his sister arrest him here. ...,
Xu Xian was unhappy, but Xu Jiaorong was also kind. In her opinion, her brother studied medicine under a woman, and even if he succeeds in his studies in the future, he will marry this woman. will also be a head shorter because of this. To study medicine, you still have to learn from men. This is how to become the head of the family.
Xu Jiaorong also discussed this matter with Li Gongfu, but she was almost angry with her. Li Gongfu smiled and said, "You see that I didn't learn art from you, but you are not the master of our family?"
Xu Jiaorong slashed Li Gongfu a few times at that time, and the matter was settled.
Coincidentally, this family of Song doctors has only one daughter. And his daughter Song Dan took a fancy to Xu Xian at a glance. is chasing Xu Xian backwards.
The old man thought for a while, and seemed to be unable to remember the names of his relatives, so he said after a while: "I can't remember the name clearly, I only know what to call uncle." β
Ning Caichen listened, and frowned: "There is no name and surname, there is only one 'uncle, the word, this is not easy to find." β
The old man's eyes were much darker.
The girl's eyes rolled, and she suddenly said, "By the way, Brother Hanwen, don't you have an uncle?"
Xu Xian smiled: "This is just a title, not a surname." β
They didn't see it, but the old man's eyes brightened.
When Xu Xian finished speaking to the girl, "Huh, where did the old man go?"
The old man is gone.
Not far away, the old man took out a pen and wrote on it: Tell the lord that Li Ji has found "uncle", and this person is the uncle of a Xu immortal in Qiantang. I'm going to keep track of itγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»