"Ah Sheng, what do you think, judging from the situation in Shazhou, how is Jin Wuwei in Chang'an?"

Just as Zhang Guangsheng was about to leave, Fang Chongyong suddenly asked a seemingly inconsequential question.

"The general wants to listen to the truth?"

Zhang Guangsheng leaned over to Fang Chongyong's side and asked in a low voice.

He had to be cautious, because it was a very dangerous and inappropriate thing to brazenly speak ill of his colleagues or even fire a map cannon in an army.

Even in the face of Fang Chongyong, he can't open his mouth and keep his mouth open.

"Honestly, of course. What's the point of being polite between you and me? ”

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said.

"No matter how you look at it, they're all window dressers, embroidered pillows."

Zhang Guangsheng commented with a disdainful face.

This is a hit on the head!

However, although he said this, he did not have much contempt for these "colleagues" in his heart.

The people in Jin Wuwei are still a little commendable, that is, they all know that they are waste. knows that now he is a "bad star" who is disliked by his father and mother, and is disgusted by Brother Ji.

It's not like Long Wujun, who is obviously a waste from the market, but they feel good about themselves one by one, thinking that they are Ji Ge's pro-army, they have become "strong and invincible", and they can walk sideways in Chang'an City.

Since the collapse of the government military system to the present virtual existence, the quality and establishment of the soldiers of the 16th Guard of the Southern Ya have fallen off a cliff.

The elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are now all from border towns, which is almost the consensus of the government and the opposition. Among them, the Hexi armies, which have long controlled the two directions of the grassland and Tibet, are the most elite, and the number of war horses is also the largest.

Zhang Guangsheng said that Jin Wuwei was full of embroidered pillows, but he really had the confidence to say this, not boring bragging.

"First of all, Jin Wuwei's armor is too heavy, just beautiful, and completely does not take into account the needs of battle. The last general wore this armor to the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion to be on duty, it looked good, but it could only walk casually, if you really want to wear this armor to fight, your body can't move, and you will die if you go into battle. ”

Zhang Guangsheng first complained that Jin Wuwei's armor was too bulky, not as good as the camel leather armor in Hexi. The armor and weapons of the border towns have been repeatedly verified in long-term practice. It's not that the imperial court gives them any weapons, they use whatever weapons, and they have a choice in private.

Wearing Jin Wuwei's armor, let alone fighting, even if he catches a thief, he can't keep up, so he can only be dragged to death by others.

"Yes, so-and-so has thought about this question too. Jin Wuwei's existence is just ......"

Fang Chongyong thought about it for a long time, and didn't know how to describe it.

You say that Jin Wuwei is useless, they are really maintaining the law and order of Chang'an City, and dealing with things that are inconvenient for those small officials who are levied and issued.

Once a serious public security incident occurred in Chang'an City, and it did not rise to the level of rebellion, this kind of trouble was settled by Jin Wuwei.

But to say that they are of great use, that is not necessarily true. Jin Wuwei couldn't solve any big cases, and the level of monitoring officials and inquiring about information was also very mediocre, and the number of people was very small, almost none of them accounted for anything.

If you really want to say it, Fang Chongyong thinks they are a typical "with it without it".

"What does General Fang want to do? Even these 500 people can't toss a flower. When I was in Shazhou, the general went on an expedition of more than 500 at a time. ”

Zhang Guangsheng said with some discouragement.

"Sitting still is not a certain style. Even if you are a Jinwuwei lieutenant general, you have to play a famous show. ”

Fang Chongyong tapped his finger on the wooden board that said "Why do you say that Jin Wuwei is a waste" and said.

Hearing this, Zhang Guangsheng was shocked, and he asked in disbelief: "Can General Fang only be a general of Jin Wuwei for a month?" ”

"Yes, at most one month, after the saint returns to Chang'an, this position will be replaced.

Do you really think that with a certain qualification, you can serve as the general of Jinwuwei Zhonglang for a long time, right? ”

Fang Chongyong sighed and said, he knew very well in his heart that this time he was used as a gun by Brother Ji again.

It's just that similar pain points are actually just the norm of being an official.

Anyway, in Brother Ji's eyes, everyone else is a dog, it's just a different species, and there is really no need to worry about what position he has in the emperor's heart.

As an official, do what you should do, that's all, everything else is delusional, don't mention it.

Fang Chongyong saw this very thoroughly, almost to the point of being rigid without desire.

"Alas, it turns out that I can only be Jin Wuwei for a month."

Zhang Guangsheng couldn't help but sigh and said, Jin Wuwei is not good, and it is still quite majestic to show off his martial arts in Chang'an City.

"It's all experience, don't be too greedy, there will be more opportunities in the future."

Fang Chongyong looked at the torches in the signing room and said with burning eyes. His days are still long, and there is still a lot of time. That's a long time, enough time to do a lot of seemingly incredible things.

"Go back and rest, have a good rest, we may be in big trouble lately."

Fang Chongyong sighed faintly and said to Zhang Guangsheng with a regretful face.

……

"This game was lost."

In the study of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, Zuo Xiang Zhang Shouqi shook his head in disappointment after listening to the report of his eldest son Zhang Xiancheng.

Jingzhao Mansion's yamen's response today is very appropriate, and it can even be described as amazing, he can't find a flaw!

Unless extreme measures are used!

There was also a thin and weak middle-aged man sitting next to Zhang Shouqi, who was Zhang Yi in the imperial history.

After some tossing and careful thinking, Zhang Yi still completely fell to the left minister Zhang Shouqi, thus rejecting the olive branch extended by the right minister Li Linfu.

No matter how Li Linfu tried to win him over, Zhang Shouqi's conditions for Zhang Yi to pay homage to the prime minister far exceeded the price of the former. Of course, Li Linfu could not support Zhang Yi and worship the prime minister, which would only weaken his authority.

So in this battle, in fact, holding Zhang Zheng is the key winner, but Li Linfu, who can already open champagne at half time, was still sideways by Brother Ji in the end.

In fact, the power that Zhang Yi now controls is very complementary to Zhang Shouqi, who is in charge of military affairs in the border town, and the effect of the two of them joining together is definitely not simply one plus one equals two!

And Li Linfu's power is basically in the six departments, if Zhang Yi worships the prime minister, he will definitely reach out to the six departments and snatch Li Linfu's authority.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Yi could only fall to Zhang Shouqi.

Animals of power, with only power in their eyes.

Li Linfu was close to Fang Chongyong, and even wanted to win over Fang Youde, the reason was also to strengthen his influence in the border town, which was also because of power, not because of how loyal Fang Youde was to Ji Ge and how clever Fang Chongyong was.

"Today, Zheng Shuqing can handle the past, why did we lose?"

Zhang Yi asked with some dissatisfaction.

Zhang Shouqi waved his hand, not wanting to explain too much.

But he saw that Zhang Yi seemed to have a look of displeasure on his face, so he still patiently explained: "Zheng Shuqing's set is just to retreat and advance, and to delay and wait for change. If we're here to spend time with him, we're really in the right place. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yi didn't seem to understand, Zhang Shouqi was tired of it in his heart, and he held back his anger and said:

"There are not too many cronies in the six departments except for the Ministry of War, and the right minister does not care about military affairs, although he is in charge of the Ministry of War, he is also tied to military affairs.

The sage asked Zhang Yushi to review the fraud in the imperial examination, in fact, he also hoped that you would not interfere in the imperial examination.

Therefore, it is obvious that a certain method of fighting with the right can only be carried out around the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, and the battlefield must not be expanded to the entire court, which is what the sage means.

Let Fang Chongyong serve as the general of Jin Wuwei, which is also to balance the strength of the two sides. Now that Fang Chongyong is clearly biased in favor of Zheng Shuqing, we can't attack by force, so we can only find another way. ”

Zhang Shouqi expressed his understanding.

Li Longji's recent personnel adjustment can be said to be very delicate. Vaguely, the struggle between the left and the right is concentrated in a small range, and he doesn't even want the imperial examination to be affected.

He also deliberately pulled the bias frame and asked Zheng Shuqing to release Zhang Zheng, the son of Zhang Yi in the imperial history, just to prevent the right minister from taking advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Don't worry, this official will definitely be staring at the right minister. Once there is any rumor about the preparation of the imperial examination, the official will investigate to the end. ”

Zhang Yi swore to Zhang Shouqi that when he said this, he didn't seem to remember at all, not long ago, his son Zhang Zheng openly went to Xinghualou to celebrate his first place in the imperial examination!

I didn't pass the exam yet, how arrogant this is, it is completely beyond the category of "cheating in the exam", but it is an authentic disregard for the law as nothing.

Perhaps, in the eyes of people like Zhang Yi, when the law is formulated, it is for others to abide by it, and if they can not abide by it, they will definitely find a way to avoid it.

"The wind has been very tight recently, and Zhang Yushi must also be cautious in his words and deeds."

Zhang Shouqi exhorted meaningfully.

Zhang Yi felt the sarcasm in the other party's words, snorted coldly, got up and saluted and left.

After he left, Zhang Xiancheng said to Zhang Shouqi with a worried face: "Father, a certain view of this Zhang Yi is not a person who has achieved great things, and it is very unwise to cooperate with them." ”

"You still talk about others, your own, I haven't had time to teach you a lesson!"

Zhang Shouqi couldn't help but complain, and then he immediately adjusted his mood and asked, "So far, can you still use that trick?" ”

"Back to my father, this trick is better to use now."

Zhang Xiancheng said disapprerovingly, obviously not thinking that his father's worries were necessary.

"Fang Chongyong is now a general of Jin Wuwei after all, and he still has five hundred soldiers in his hands.

If you do that, you're going to drag him into the water. At that time, we will not only deal with Zheng Shuqing alone.

Didn't you say that Fang Chongyong was very powerful? Why not avoid the enemy's edge? ”

Zhang Shouqi asked puzzled.

"Father, can't you still see that Fang Chongyong has fallen to the right?"

Zhang Xiancheng said eagerly.

Zhang Shouqi may not be in a hurry, but he is already in a hurry. Because he knew that he had offended Fang Chongyong to death. The grudge with the other party is just afraid that it will be difficult to resolve.

"Well, you have a point. It's just what the saints think, have you thought about it? ”

Zhang Shouqi said with a sigh.

"Father, the saint hopes that someone can divide the right and the right phase. He must not want this person to be too weak to suppress the right phase at all.

If the father is not such a person, then the saint will look for another suitable one. If the father doesn't fight, then he really loses. ”

Zhang Xiancheng said patiently.

Zhang Shouqi thought about it, and finally nodded slightly.

To put it mildly, the sage just wants him and Li Linfu to compete for a meat and bone like a wild dog in a mud pit! If you don't dare to fight at all, then you will lose your use value.

At this time, there is really no way to retreat. Even if you do something that may make the saint feel uncomfortable, you must not hold back when you should do it.

Li Linfu has absolute control in Shangshu Province, so only Zhang Shouqi has an overwhelming say in military affairs, or he has to unite with Zhang Yi and use the Yushitai as a springboard to find Li Linfu's stubble.

In short, as long as the border town is fine, it is all passive.

These yamen are Li Linfu's home turf, he has been in business for many years, has many party henchmen, and his influence is not small.

Only by avoiding the competition of the six yamen and jumping out of the basic framework can we pull the strength of both sides into the same dimension and compete for the general trend on this local battlefield. In fact, Li Longji's thinking is also like this, otherwise he would not have let Zheng Shuqing let Zhang Zheng go.

"In this way, remember to keep things clean and don't be afraid to spend money. No matter what time it is, we can cut it clean.

If the general trend cannot be reversed in the end, then the strong man must break his wrist. ”

Zhang Shouqi resolutely instructed.

Zhang Xiancheng was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Father, in order to feed those people, we have spent a lot of money, and when the time comes, we will really give up." ”

"Yes, keep the green mountains here, and I'm not afraid of running out of firewood. As long as we don't get caught by the saints, that's our chance. ”

Zhang Shouqi's tone was very cold.

"Understood, father, please rest assured."

Zhang Xiancheng crossed his hands and saluted.

"Go ahead."

Zhang Shouqi waved his hand helplessly, and his mood was extremely bad.

In this world, everyone has to fight, and only saints can not fight.

And what about the Prime Minister? As long as you sit in that position, everything is out of your own.

Whatever the saints say, it has to be. Li Linfu is like this, and he has to be like this.

He walked out of the study to the courtyard and looked up at the new moon in the sky, which was as bright as a picture.

"The fight is about to begin."

Zhang Shouqi sighed faintly, in the past four years, there has been nothing at the border, and the saint has also neglected government affairs.

All kinds of dregs in the court are overflowing, and his struggle with the right minister Li Linfu is all an appearance, and the saint has not established a prince for a long time, which is the root cause of the chaos in the court.

The crown prince is the foundation of the country, this sentence is not said casually!

However, why didn't the saint make a prince? He is about to celebrate his 60th birthday, since ancient times, how many emperors can live past 60?

Zhang Shouqi had a judgment in his heart, but he didn't dare to tell anyone.

Perhaps, the saint did not think about the aftermath at all; Perhaps, only when he is about to die will he think about the question of the heir.

This old puppet!

Zhang Shouqi couldn't help but secretly scold Li Longji in his heart for being greedy and shameless.

……

Jin Wuwei's current establishment is not large, but there are many officials in it, and it is still the same configuration as when it was "large-scale". It can be said that the classic situation is that there are too many officers and too few soldiers, and the phenomenon of redundant officials is extremely serious.

Take Zuo Jin Wuwei as an example, there is one Zhonglang general, one Changshi, one record and one military, two Cangcao soldiers, two soldiers Cao and two soldiers, one cavalry Cao and one military.

There are also two ranks, three candidates, five Sige, and five halberds.

If General Jin Wuwei, who is often not assigned to Chang'an officials and is basically regarded as a fictitious officer, there are 25 officers, but there are only 500 people, and an average of 20 officers is 20 soldiers, not including the "team leaders" at the grassroots level.

Many of these official positions are already in name only, but they are still installed by the imperial court to mess around with the children of powerful people, which can be said to be superficial to the extreme.

At this moment, just after the time of duty, Fang Chongyong called the more than 20 officers to his signing room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you should also understand what Jin Wuwei's current situation is like in your hearts.

So, I want to discuss a big matter with you. ”

Fang Chongyong said loudly, and wrote two big characters on the big wooden board painted with white paint:

Make money!

Now there is a chapter in addition to this one during the day. There are still more than a dozen of them are ordered to be boutiques, and those who have the ability can order them all.

(End of chapter)