"The party is good at firearms, but the things made by those craftsmen are too crude and extremely restrained, but if I improve them on the craftsmen, they will naturally increase their power. ”

When Wei Rui and Rong Yi mentioned Chen Qianru's true intentions and the party's firearms on the way, an old man in Jiankang City shook a pu fan, looked at the fireflies in the garden, and said similar words.

Around him, around the stone table in the pavilion, with him, a total of six people sat in a group.

These six people are all the top officials of the Southern Dynasty, and the lowest official positions are all Guanglu doctors of the thirteenth class.

The old man who spoke was wearing a plain silk shirt, slightly open chest, looking very casual and a little uninhibited, but he was the monk Bian of the Great Sima Wang.

Going back to several dynasties, the post of Da Sima was originally set up to avoid the prime minister's power being too centralized, and the military affairs, that is, the overall planning power of the prime minister's soldiers and horses, to the previous dynasty, the post of Da Sima was equivalent to the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and the commander-in-chief of the military power was above the three dukes.

At this time, the Southern Dynasty also followed the old system, but after the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty went to war, the emperor ordered Xiao Hong, the king of Linchuan, to lead the five border armies.

For many important ministers, the first consideration is not necessarily personal interests, but rules and systems, but the constraints on the emperor's actions.

In their view, in a country and a dynasty, many rules and constraints actually come from the mutual containment of these big players.

If a nation acts entirely on the will of one man, then the mistake is irreconcilable.

However, the senior officials of the DPRK and China contain and restrain each other, and they can constantly correct many things.

At this time, sitting on the right hand side of Wang Seng Bian, a middle-aged man wearing a purple shirt and patiently peeling the grape skin of a grape looked very elegant even when peeling the grape skin, not in a hurry or slow, but he was the prince and the prince Li Rongshi.

"Although Chen Qianru made a wrong step, he was able to make Chen Baxian sit in that position in the border army just by virtue of his past few years, and I would not be surprised if he was given a few more years to help Lin Yi become the next Chen Baxian. ”

He listened to Wang Seng Bian's words, ate a grape, smiled, and said, "Today, Lin Yi's letter of reward arrived in the palace, and I guess it was a good move he played." After suffering that big loss, Chen Duru's actions were either more cautious and meticulous, or simply crazy. ”

"Oh?"

The adults sitting around were all very curious, "Please reward the letter, what did Lin Yi say?"

Li Rongshi continued to peel the grapes while smiling and said: "He said that he is willing to give up his military exploits, and only ask the emperor to forgive Lin Wangbei's sins, let Lin Wangbei return to his hometown and enjoy his old age in peace, or let Lin Wangbei return to the army to lead the army." ”

Wang Seng Bian smiled with relief when he heard this, with a look that he had already expected, "Then how does the emperor react today?"

"The emperor was having morning classes in the temple, originally because of Zhongli's great victory, he began to fast, burn incense to thank the heavens, the mood was originally calm and joyful, but when he read his letterhead, he was naturally angry. Such a great victory, an astonishing achievement, the world knows it, and the next thing will definitely be a sensation among the people, and the morale of the people will be greatly boosted, such a merit, where can you give up if you say you give up, and if you say you don't want to reward, don't reward it?" Li Rongshi said with a smile.

Opposite Li Rongshi, an official wearing plain civilian clothes, with a face as good as fifty, and his temples were already snow-white, his face was originally solemn, but when he heard this, he had already heard the true meaning, and he couldn't help laughing, " This Lin Yi, as a courtier, even if it is indeed your credit, but the emperor has not said that it is your credit, you think that it is already your own credit, and the emperor has not said that the reward, but you seem to be sure that the emperor will definitely reward you, and then say that either let Lin Wangbei enjoy the scenery, or let Lin Wangbei continue to lead the army, this is not equivalent to blackmailing the emperor, how can the emperor not be angry. ”

Wang Seng Bian couldn't help but smile slightly, looked at Li Rongshi and said, "What did the emperor say?"

"The emperor is still thinking about it, but there is a general in the Mingwei border army, saying that he wants to transfer Lin Yi to the Mingwei army. Li Rongshi also smiled at him.

"Wei Rui, this old fox. ”

Wang Seng Bian was happy in his heart, but he sighed on his face, shook his head, and said: "In this way, the emperor is naturally more reluctant for Lin Yi to go to the border army to occupy a high position, and Xiao Hong is even more unhappy. Originally, the generals of Mingwei and Dingyuan didn't listen to him, and if Lin Yi came to be a stunned young man who didn't sell the face of the Xiao family when he was in Meishan, wouldn't he be sitting on pins and needles in the border army. Moreover, many of the northern border troops were originally Lin Wangbei's old troops, even if they just let Lin Wangbei hang up with Lin Yi for a spare post, many border army generals may listen to Lin Wangbei's meaning. ”

"Originally, the emperor estimated that he wanted to give at least a general of more than ten classes and a large amount of land and silver taels, but now Lin Yi and Mingwei Jun are making such a fuss, if Da Sima you say a word or two when you go to the court tomorrow, the emperor is afraid that it is really a disaster for Lin Wangbei to stay in the north, it is better to transfer him far away from the north, and get out of the party with Lin Yi, and stay away from the northern border army. ”

Li Rongshi couldn't help but want to laugh when he looked at Wang Seng Bian's eyes, but he still forcibly held back, and pretended to be serious: "Those who lack soldiers and major generals go to guard the border of the party, and at this time it is the time to employ people, and they have to worry about the people's will, and the emperor gave Lin Yi the position of general, I am afraid that it will be mentioned instead." ”

"That's just right to give a brave general. ”

Wang Seng Bian smiled slightly and said, "I heard that the party people especially like coral, especially red coral, and the price of the party item is amazing. Since General Lin Yi has made such an amazing feat, we should also show it, so we will help him think of a way, help him ask for more red coral, and when it comes to the party, it will be more convenient for him to act. ”

Li Rongshi and the rest of the adults all looked at each other and smiled, but immediately, Li Rongshi became really serious and said, "Tomorrow's court meeting, I want to speak out... The emperor has been chanting in the monastery for a lot more recently, and he is too addicted, and although he used to fast, he did not wear monk's robes, but now he has the same morning and evening classes as monks, and he still wears monk's robes. ”

"There are many benevolent and righteous rules in the history books, but they don't talk about the dynasty of swords and soldiers, which one of them did not perish quickly. ”

Wang Seng Bian frowned deeply, "It's just that it's not good to talk about monks and governing the country with compassion, but you need to be cautious, Tai Changqing suffered a big loss before." If you anger him too much, it will backfire. ”

Li Rongshi nodded solemnly, he glanced at the snow-white official opposite, and said: "Brother Qi and I have already discussed, tomorrow I said to list the evil things committed by many monks in recent days, Brother Qi immediately reprimanded me angrily, saying that even if ten fingers have long and short, among the monks, there are naturally unscrupulous people, but some thieves pretend to be evil to monks." In this way, the emperor could not punish Brother Qi as well, and then Brother Qi asked for an order to check the monks, which could be somewhat restrained. ”

Wang Seng Bian nodded, feeling that this was appropriate.