Chapter 19: How to Govern the Country

The black-haired monster behind the hill feasted, and the general in front of the hill walked like a fly, and had reached the foot of the mountain.

I saw Yang Yanlang rabbit falling up, fluttering on the ground and not continuing to run wildly, he could already see the stars and sparks a hundred feet away in front of him, and if he looked carefully, it was the thin scales riding on the torch and waiting in place.

Seeing the cavalry, the general also breathed a sigh of relief, and breathed three times in a row, calming the restless blood and letting the young man go.

After landing on the ground, Zhong Ming's head was still dizzy, and the general's movements were too fast, and the footsteps of nearly half an hour were completed in less than a quarter of an hour.

The feeling of the wind whistling in his ears and soaring in mid-air like a bird made the young man feel like a world away.

It's wonderful!

This feeling was more refreshing to the young man than riding a horse, and he couldn't help but yearn for it in his heart.

This is the first time that young people have developed a strong curiosity and yearning for something after coming to this era.

Which boy doesn't have a bloody dream in his heart, when the magical martial arts path is displayed in front of the young man and let him experience it himself, the young man immediately falls in love with this feeling.

"One day, I want to be like my uncle and become such a master. ”

The young man's heart was not unhappy, Yang Yanlang laughed when he heard this word that he didn't know whether it was a compliment or an ideal, he said: "Yes, nephew, your family's sword technique is much higher than your uncle's exercises, as long as you practice diligently, you will definitely be able to surpass your uncle and ascend the martial arts Tiangang list." ”

Hearing this, the young man was full of passion, and he immediately wanted to ask the general for martial arts.

Yang Yanlang looked back at the hill hidden in the night, and said: "This place is not suitable for a long time, the barren hill is a little evil, let's leave here first." ”

Zhong Ming also suddenly came back to his senses, looked back at the hill with palpitations, and answered yes, and the two continued to move forward.

The two walked quickly to the front of the military horse, and Sun Longhu stepped forward and said, "My lord, you are back." ”

Yang Yanlang raised his hand and waved his robe and said, "Don't say much, leave here first." ”

"Yes, sir!"

Seeing that the general's expression was impatient, Sun Longhu didn't dare to ask more, so he immediately summoned the fine scale rider and the group headed towards the silt village.

The Scales Dragon's Leader marched quickly, and it didn't take long to reach the Silt Village.

At this time, it was already a branch on the crescent moon, and there was a silent scene in the village.

The moon is dark and there are micro lights, and the starlight is full of fireflies.

Oil lamps lit up sporadically in the village, and from a distance, only a faint light could be seen in the dark outline of the village.

When the military cavalry came to the edge of the village, Yang Yanlang stopped his horse, turned his head to Zhong Ming, and said: "Zhong Ming, you go to the village to explain the matter of dividing the field to the head of this party, and then pack up the softness, and my uncle will take you back to the city mansion." ”

"Uncle, what do you mean by that?" Zhong Ming frowned slightly.

Yang Yanlang said as a matter of course: "Since my uncle has found you, he will naturally take you back to the city to live, and you don't have to suffer from this village anymore." ”

I want to come to the general to adopt a young man, and in the future, he will also live a life of fine clothes and fine food, clothes and food.

Although it is a great thing, but the young man does not want to, go with the general, it is inevitable that he will have no worries about food and clothing, but life will also change, after all, it is people under the roof, and they have to act according to people's faces, which is not the life that young people want.

Later generations of literati once said: Money is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away.

Compared with the life of fine clothes and food, young people want freedom more, not to mention the temperament of the above general, even if they don't go with him, this wealth is indispensable.

After all, the general had good intentions, and the young man could not refuse in a mouthful, so he could only reply with a procrastination: "The little nephew thanked my uncle first, but I am the village clerk of the silt village, and the village chief and villagers are all illiterate." If I leave, I'm afraid that this division of the land will not be done properly, and after a while, the things in the village will be completed, and the little nephew will go with his uncle. ”

Yang Yanlang frowned and thought about it, and before he could answer, Zhong Ming said again: "It's better for my uncle to go back to the village with my little nephew, and I will ask someone to make good food, so as to fulfill the friendship of the landlord and wash the dust for my uncle." ”

Sun Longhu was still beside him and said, "My lord, I think Young Master Zhong's proposal is very good. ”

The young man is so sensible, and he loves the general and helps him, and the general is not easy to shirk, so he can only smile and say: "It's okay." ”

So the cavalry entered the village again, and before entering the village, the general also ordered the men to tie the horses at the head of the village, so as not to alarm the villagers.

But the sound of the horses' hooves was deafening, and no one cared, and by the time the young man and the general entered the village, the head of the village was already full of people waiting.

Headed by the village chief Sun Laotou, waiting at the entrance of the village with his hands arched over his waist, beside him was Sun Luolian, the little girl looked at it, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and her eyes were full of worry.

Liang Yu and Fei Dacheng and a few teenagers squatted on the side of the big stone at the entrance of the village, Liang Yu muttered with a blade of grass in his mouth: "Brother Ming, what are you doing, there is no trace for a whole day." ”

Fei Dacheng scratched the fat on the back of his head and said: "Brother Hei, don't worry, Brother Ming has always been cautious, and nothing will happen." ”

After hearing the sound of horses' hooves, several teenagers immediately stood up and looked into the distance, their faces full of joy.

As soon as Zhong Ming entered the village, the crowd immediately rushed forward, and the young man was tired of coping.

"Brother Ming, you're back, I'm in a hurry Liang Ergou. ”

Liang Yu wanted to come up and pull the bell, but when he saw the majestic general beside him, he put his outstretched hand back again, and Fei Dacheng and they didn't dare to make a sound.

The moment Sun Luolian saw Zhong Ming, her pretty face was like a flower, and she wanted to come forward to talk, but she didn't know what to think, and she hesitated in place by pulling the corner of her clothes.

Only the old man Sun dared to come forward to talk, the little old man hunched his waist and walked in front of the two, wanting to kowtow to the general, but Yang Yanlang held the old man with both hands and said: "The old man has taken care of the little nephew for a long time, and he is kind to Yang, so he doesn't have to be strict with etiquette." ”

Zhong Ming also said to everyone: "Don't stand at the head of the village, hurry up and inform each family, prepare delicious food, and entertain my uncle." ”

Hearing the young man's words, Old Man Sun was overjoyed and said with a smile: "It's really a distinguished guest, I will order someone to prepare." ”

But it is a problem for the people in the silt village to eat enough, where to get the delicacies to entertain the hundred and ten soldiers and horsemen, Old Man Sun just came down and did it again, he thought about it and could only mutter: "It seems that you have to go to Hu Orion's house to see if there is any game." ”

The young man was prepared, and he whispered to Old Man Sun: "Uncle Sun, you don't have to worry about eating, let people go to my house to take out the rice jar and make rice, and I will call someone to Zhang Luo for wine and food, that is, there are a lot of soldiers and horses, and I am afraid that Liang Heizi and I will not be busy." ”

"It's so good, you know that you have a doorway, Xiao Zhong. ”

Hearing this, Old Man Sun smiled happily, his old face was wrinkled like tree bark, and he took small steps to Zhang Luo.

The young man turned his head and called Liang Yu again, and whispered in his ear, Liang Yu nodded frequently, and then waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, follow me." ”

A group of teenagers went straight to Zhong Ming's house.

Tonight was necessary for a lively dinner, and after the young man had given his orders, he said to the general, "Uncle, I will go to the house and put things away." ”

"Let's go with us, and I'll see where my nephew lives. ”

Yang Yanlang doesn't have much of an official position, he treats the people in the mud village very easily, and he smiles when he sees anyone.

The mud village is not big, walking on the path, there is still a strange smell, the thatched houses around are chaotic, the young people are used to it, and the general really doesn't care.

Thinking of the past, the general fought in the sea of corpses, rested in the pile of corpses when he was tired, and ate blood-stained naan when he was hungry.

If you want to be rich before men, you will surely suffer later.

The general was a man who had suffered a great deal of hardship and sin, and he was not surprised by the situation in the mud village.

One tall and one short, the general in a silver helmet and white robe walked side by side with a young man in sackcloth.

Walking through half of the village, Yang Yanlang also saw the same, so he asked: "It's really good that this village can be built like this on the border, it seems that every family has a house to live in." ”

"There was still some chaos during the war a year ago, but the situation improved after the first year, and everyone didn't even have rations at first, but now they can share 100 acres of fertile land, and they don't have to worry about food. ”

The young man shook his head and sighed, and said: "The so-called governance of the country is nothing more than the four characters of Guotai and Min'an, Guotai is easy, and the people's security is difficult!"

The mountains and rivers of New Tangnuo are only 300,000 troops led by generals like my uncle, which can be solved by slashing and killing, but these millions of people, if they want to make them healthy, it is difficult to climb to the sky just by having enough food and clothing.

The country takes the people as the sky, and the people take food as the sky. Only when they are full and do not starve, will the people not have the intention of rebellion, since the change of dynasties in ancient times, which time is not the time when the tyrant oppresses the people, or natural and man-made disasters, the people can not live in peace.

The people are water, the court is the boat, and the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat. ”

Yang Yanlang was shocked and stared at the young man strangely, but the young man's words were too extreme.

So Yang Yanlang retorted: "The national peace and security are also important, but the strength of the country is strong, and it stands in the prosperity of soldiers and cavalry, if it weren't for my 300,000 soldiers in the New Tang Dynasty, 70,000 New Tang Dynasty and 13 cavalry to deter Hou Chen, the Southern Han Dynasty, how could I come to the country and the people's peace, whether my nephew's words are too extreme, and I would be too light on the military of the New Tang Dynasty." ”

The young man was dumbfounded, and the general's entry point was not wrong.

It's just that the young man is used to enjoying the healthy life of later generations, and he doesn't pay much attention to the affairs of the soldiers, and his thinking is still slightly different from this era of soldiers.

"What my uncle said is also right, but from the beginning of the first century, the military of the New Tang Dynasty naturally has to be behind the civilian, and the most urgent thing for the New Tang Dynasty at the moment is why the people are full.

Uncle, look at this small town, but ten thousand ears, even if the field is divided today, only seven adults can eat, and the remaining three adults still have to worry about food. ”

Yang Yanlang couldn't deny it, and sighed: "What my nephew said is extremely true, but it's a pity that the New Tang Dynasty is in ruins, but today's monarch is obsessed with the way of immortality, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has been tired of state affairs and respected Baiyujing Fudi, and this worry of the New Tang Dynasty is unsolvable at the moment." ”

Talking about state affairs, talking about the pain in the general's heart, to the depths, the general lost his mouth for a while, and even said the biggest contradiction in the court.

Zhong Ming was silent, and he didn't say any more.

The things that the two are talking about are already the foundation of the country, and it would be a great rebellion to talk about it.

Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Zhen, who is respected by the whole country, is not the person he should talk about as a country boy, and the young man doesn't want to cause trouble, so he won't talk about it anymore.

Yang Yanlang saw that the young man was no longer speechless, and he could also know the young man's mind, and sighed: "My nephew has such remarks at a young age, he should be the pillar of the country, stand on top of the court and debate with hundreds of officials, govern state affairs, and should not be committed to this small village!"

The young man smiled heartily and said: "Uncle has a good reputation, and the little nephew can't figure out the affairs of this village, how can he rule the world." ”

Just when neither of them wanted to say this again, the young man diverted and said, "Uncle, you haven't mentioned the matter of the old Shankui yet, and the nephew is very puzzled, why don't you tell me about it." ”