Anonymous official letter

On this day, Ren Tianqi was thinking about the reform of the army's training in the big tent, and the flying bat Ma Benqing flew in with a letter in his hand and said, "Back to the master, Lin'an sent someone to send a letter." ”

Ren Tianqi stretched out his hand to take it and asked, "Where are the people now?" ”

The flying bat said: "The person who came looked like an official errand, I didn't have time to ask, the person who came sent a letter and turned around and beat the horse back, presumably people don't want to talk to me for fear that there are some monuments!"

Ren Tianqi nodded, held the letter in his hand and was silent for a moment, smiled secretly, opened the letter and took a look, there were only four words "do what you can", and there was no payment and date below. Ren Tianqi was puzzled, and sat there stunned.

Yuan Ren, the general next to him, cautiously probed and whispered: "My lord, isn't it a letter without a head and tail?"

Ren Tianqi was taken aback when he heard this, nodded, looked up at Yuan Ren, and said: "The general doesn't have to be polite, if there are no outsiders present in the future, there is no need to call you an adult in private, just these few people in the tent, you and I still call you brothers, you don't necessarily think I have never regarded you as an outsider, right?"

When Yuan Ren heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and thanked him: "Adults and young heroes, both grace and power, the last general is glad to be accompanied by adults." Now he has been loved by the adults, and he will definitely repay him with death and promise him with his life. ”

Ren Tianqi waved his hand and smiled: "The general's words are serious. However, as you expected, this is a letter without a head or an end. Thou shalt see. ”

Yuan Ren smiled slightly, got up, respectfully took the letter and read it carefully, handed over the letter, and said cautiously: "Back to your lordship, it is indeed a letter from Lin'an, this kind of official letter paper is a special paper for official correspondence between officials above the court squire, and many people have stolen it for private use, in order to show that their identity is extraordinary, and Lin'an is now a common practice;

Ren Tianqi frowned, smiled slightly, and sighed: "Reasonable, why? If he signs his name, we will also know how to repay it!"

Yuan Ren rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The adults are young, and they have never been an official, so they don't know the way to be an official in the court. As the saying goes, being an official is like being a prostitute, everyone laughs at the poor and not at the prostitute, and the power is in the eye. The imperial court named the lord Xuzhou to recruit envoys, according to the etiquette system, he was already the best official of the feudal territory, but the imperial court only gave the lord only 500 military horses, less than a battalion, but there was no real name, and many people were disdainful. Don't say that the adults in the imperial court and temples don't take the adults into their eyes, even this small Yangzhou prefect, Guangling County Order, and the general soldiers may not be able to sell the adults' accounts. Adults should know that there should be more than 30,000 people in this Yangzhou Prefecture alone, such as more than 100 people in the capital of adults, and everyone may disdain to interact with adults. But the person who wrote this letter is a unique eye, after some measurement and judgment, it is expected that the adult will fly in the future, is a genius to live, so the secret information has such a letter, but his person is in the officialdom and the mediocre generation of the same dynasty as the official is rare to pretend to be high and discerning, and the adult to say that the career is not 100% sure and afraid of being implicated for outsiders to know and laugh, so there is this helpless move. But when you think about it, this person must be undeniably a close minister of the Holy Lord. ”

Ren Tianqi heard this, pondered for a moment, and said: "What Brother Yuan said is true, my Ren family has been an official for generations, and it can also be called an official family, and it has a deep foundation in the imperial court, and the relationship is not thin. I don't know how Brother Yuan should look at the four words "do what you can"? ”

Yuan Ren pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, it must be that the imperial court has not yet made up its final opinion on how to use it. If you use it late, you are afraid that you will have to take the lead in the north; if you use it early, you are afraid that the adults will not be able to restrain you, after all, the adults are the noble sons-in-law of the old prince in the north, and the iron armor in the north echoes each other as a backing, and the greater the power, the greater the trouble; first, the court does not know the true ability of the adults, and has not yet seen the important surnames of the adults to the court, and the court is trying to use them; the first is afraid that if it is not used properly, it will provoke the troubles of the Song and Jin families, and it is difficult to clean up, after all, it is Jin Qiang and Song Weak at the moment, and Uncle Jin and Song nephews. According to the opinion of the lower officials, the imperial court has adopted the strategy of temporarily putting aside the bystander without replying or asking, and the imperial court is waiting for our performance in the next year and a half before making a decision!"

Ren Tianqi pondered for a moment and sighed: "Yes, Brother Yuan really woke up the dreamer with a word, but the ridiculous little brother is still waiting for the will of the Holy Lord, but now I look at it, we are dispensable chicken ribs in the imperial court, but it is just an ornament!"

Yuan Ren rolled his eyes, stepped forward and said with a smile: "My lord, you don't have to be discouraged! Lao Tzu said, woe is the place of blessing; Fu Xi, the place of misfortune is lurking." In fact, it is not necessarily a good thing for the court to ignore it so much, and the adults just take advantage of this to do some great things, show off the talents of the adults, and let the saints know your talents!"

When Ren Tianqi heard this, he stared at Yuan Ren with his eyes and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan believes in me so much, aren't you afraid that the little brother will break into a big leak and delay your good future?"

Yuan Ren shook his head and said with a smile: "The last general was originally a partial general, but fortunately he was promoted to a general, so it can be seen that the ambition of the adult is that he will never be willing to stay here and wait to die, and he must have a plan in his heart." The last general also knew that the lord had been a general in the north to conquer the south, so wouldn't he regard this gap between the Huai River and the Yangtze River as child's play!"

Ren Tianqi slapped the table and said, "Okay, it's not convenient to talk here, so please ask Brother Yuan to go back to the house with me, let's have a good chat today, don't get drunk and don't return!"

Yuan Ren smiled: "The lower officials listen to the adults." ”

Back in the West Hospital, Ren Tianqi ordered Ma Benqing to guard the hospital door and staircase.

The two of them went upstairs into the hall, and there was already winter snow to pour tea and bring all kinds of snacks.

Ren Tianqi waved his hand to tell Dongxue to retreat.

Ren Tianqi sat down and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, please take a seat." Brother Yuan doesn't have to be rigid here, and he doesn't have to worry that there will be ears next door, if you have something to say, please say it directly. Brother, I think that we should be good brothers and good partners who talk about everything; in the future, we will definitely share weal and woe with these 5,000-odd brothers! If we are small in number and weak in strength, if we no longer have one heart and one mind with each other, the Xuzhou soldiers will really have no place in the world and will be despised by others! How can you and my brother gain fame? Isn't it, Brother Yuan!"

Yuan Ren burst into tears, got up and said: "If the last general is willing to listen to the adult, he will know everything, and the man will die for his confidant! If the lower official no longer knows the adult's promotion, then he will be pedantic!"

Ren Tianqi nodded and said with a smile: "It's best to think like this." Brother Yuan, at the moment we only have 5,000 military horses in our hands, and we live in Yangzhou, it is very inconvenient, as far as the eldest brother thinks that the most important thing at the moment should be?"

Yuan Ren said: "According to Brother Yu, there are three major events that should not be delayed at present: first, the usual expenses of military horses, and the supply of grain, grass and ordnance during the war, not only need to be prepared in advance, but also have a fixed guarantee, and must not be fully relied on to be provided by the British Lord of Yangzhou; second, it is necessary to strengthen military training, and the various departments and battalions also need to be reorganized, and the composition of the imperial army is somewhat outdated, which is no longer suitable for today's situation, and it is even more difficult to stop the iron cavalry of the Jin State. The foolish brother heard that his brother was invincible in the north, so he must have gained insight into military training, and it was very useful at this time; third, he should pay close attention to recruiting new soldiers, and he should train and form an army as soon as possible, so as to prepare for the imperial court----- Yuan Ren saw that he was smug for a while, and he didn't understand Ren Tianqi's person, so he stopped uneasily and was nervous.

Ren Tianqi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, you don't have to worry too much. Brother Yuan said these three things, and the younger brother has been restless about it for the past few days. I became a general in the north, commanding tens of thousands of troops, no one knows, and I asked my eldest brother to keep it a secret on my behalf. I have already planned the three things mentioned by Brother Yuan, but I have not yet decided on the winner's opinion, so I am afraid that the court will change its order or change it every day. Brother Yuan, don't you see that we have all been reported to be generals, but we only have this 5,000 people at hand, and they can't reach the Sima of a city, how can our brothers' grand revenge only focus on these 5,000 people!"

Ren Tianqi laughed.

Yuan Ren nodded and said with a smile: "As long as my brother thinks about me and other military horses, what is there to scruple about?" This court, this saint, none of them said that they did not want to go north to recover the eighteen states of Yanyun, and none of them did not want to unify the world to go to the Han and Tang dynasties, and they also wanted to be a saint of the ages; As long as the brother has a plan, the foolish brother is willing to take the lead for the brother and never give up!"

Ren Tianqi grabbed Yuan Ren's hand and said with a smile: "The eldest brother is really a man with a bright and upright surname, and it is really a virtue of God for the younger brother to get the help of the eldest brother! Okay, the younger brother will tell me about the plan I have been thinking about for a long time." The grain and grass and ordnance materials of this army and horses, we allocated them to the British people, how can we eat and drink enough, and the supply of grain and grass has to rely on our own hands, so we want to get some oil and water outside, and think of ways that do not enter the hall of elegance: First, we can report more than 1,500 people's supplies to the imperial court each time, and the sand will become a mound; First, I have promised the Longqiu Zhuang Yuanwei Dart Bureau to send officials and soldiers to participate in the dart in the future, and each time you can draw 20% of the dart, this is the way to make money; first, I want to clear out the robbers and bullies on both sides of the Huai River, black households and black villages, which can relieve the worries of the people of the court, win the hearts of the people, and train the troops, and can accept their soldiers according to their wealth for my use！”

Yuan Ren's eyes lit up, nodded, and praised: "Okay, kill three birds with one stone, brother's assertiveness is really high." Also, this robber and wicked people's stockade, we only need to kill a few of its leaders, and then replace them with our own people, and then send more people to change and adapt, the people are the battalion, and the few are the stands, so we don't control the banks of the Huai River in a scattered manner, and add a lot of military horses, it must be a great increase in power, the golden dog is in the light, I am in the dark, the same on both sides of the Huai River?"

Ren Tianqi laughed on his back and said, "It's really the same thing that heroes see." The predecessor really underestimated the talent of the big brother, and he simply buried the talent. What the eldest brother is worried about, the dart game must not be opened by itself, and now I have to be silent and low-key in words and deeds, avoid giving people and handles, and avoid being afraid of blaming from above. What's more, the matter of the dart game also needs to be concealed and low-key, and I think this matter will be entrusted to the eldest brother in the future. ”

Yuan Ren nodded and said with a smile: "This is a trivial matter, I will handle it properly." ”

Ren Tianqi said with a smile: "Brother Yuan said that what weapons are commonly used?

Yuan Ren said: "In front of the battle, Brother Yu used a big knife, and usually used a sword. ”

Ren Tianqi nodded and said with a smile: "This army has been reorganized, and I have been preparing for a long time, I will add more cavalry, buy some gunpowder and oil, buy some grassland Hu Yong, and form a Hu Yong cavalry." The south of the Huai River, north of the Yangtze River, a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to live in, and there is no big room for interspersed detours, it is not suitable for fixed point prevention, only the maneuver is fast, and the method of rushing and killing can be used. ”

Yuan Ren nodded

Ren Tianqi said with a smile: "Hey, big brother, people often praise the Jurchens for riding bravely and becoming invincible in the world." But I think the tribes on this steppe are far more fierce than the Jurchens. The skills of the grassland tribes are indeed the strongest and most skilled in the world that I have ever seen; but there are many tribes on the grassland, and they are their own towns, and they have no intention of coordinating, and they are scattered, so most of them are controlled by foreigners; otherwise, looking at the world, there is really no one to fight against them!"

Yuan Ren nodded and said with a smile: "Then my Han family really has no elite soldiers who are symmetrical with this?"

Ren Tianqi shook his head and said with a smile: "No, the people of the grassland get on the horse for the army, get off the horse for the people, and never leave the saddle for the rest of their lives.

Yuan Ren sighed, nodded speechlessly, and his eyes were confused.

Ren Tianqi said with a smile: "Also, it's not impossible to expand the army and increase the army, why don't I want to command a lot of troops, but this also has to take into account the approval of the imperial court, and the need to have enough food, grass and money on hand to make it happen, so this matter can only be delayed and delayed." ”

Yuan Ren heard that Ren Tianqi's mind was unfathomable, and the depth of his scheming did not fit with his age of twenty, only to know that he would definitely be sloppy and arrogant in front of Ren Tianqi in the future, and he needed to be more careful, so he nodded and said, "My lord is wise, I listen to my lord!"

The two talked about the personalities of the four of them.

Ren Tianqi asked the Ming housekeeper to set up a banquet in the west courtyard, and Yuan Ren was not drunk and did not return; before leaving, Ren Tianqi also asked Dongxue to give a big black bear skin.

Ren Tianqi turned back to Dong Xue and said: "This person is a good general, he can be used but he can't be used, so he has to be guarded against! Even if he is not a secret envoy of the imperial court, he is not willing to live under others for a long time!"