retaliate

Chapter 959
Once upon a time, if Beiliao didn't come to attack Beijiang, the whole of Beijiang would be rejoicing.

But now, the Lord of Northern Border lazily said maybe!
Just like playing, decide the direction of attack.

He Lianrong sighed, feeling that if this situation continued, Beiliao would be in big trouble.

"Sigh what?" He Lianyan asked.

"The Duke has made up his mind to continue attacking Beiliao. At this time, the only hope for Beiliao is that those few can put aside their past suspicions and join forces to deal with it."

"Do you think it's possible?"

He Lianrong shook his head, "The grievances are too deep, and Lin Ya is determined to usurp the throne, so he and the emperor can only live forever."

"When the late emperor was there, the two sides fought hard to tell the winner. Now that He Lianchun is on the throne, his foundation is far inferior to the late emperor's. He can only bring in Princess Dachang as his helper. But it didn't take long for the two to turn against each other..."

He Lianyan shook her head, "It's God's will!"

"This is, fate!"

Back at the Jiedu Ambassador's Mansion, Yang Xuan and Song Zhen discussed sending troops.

The map is on the table and two cups of tea.

Song Zhen sat down, touched for a while, and took out an oiled paper bag from his cuff, opened it, and it turned out to be nuts.

"This thing must have strong alcohol, but strong tea is also fine."

Lao Song ate a nut and raised his head, "You eat it too!"

Yang Xuan shook his head.

"You are too tight, the old man will loosen it up for you!"

Naturally, Song Zhen is not the kind of absurd person who would pack nuts while discussing matters, so he only sent a pot of wine.

Yang Xuan couldn't help laughing, took a sip of tea, and said: "The weather is still cold now, and the roads are muddy after the snow melts, so it is difficult for the army to move out. This is why Lin Jun dared to send someone to talk about peace. Otherwise, just come, I can tell that his situation is not very good, and I can send troops to take advantage of the situation, even if I can't break through Taizhou, it will still make him burnt out."

"Hmm!" Song Zhen looked at the map, "Twenty thousand warriors are still eight or nine thousand short. You don't want to mobilize troops, do you want to wait for them to practice so that you can experience the battle formation?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you!"

Drilling is essential for recruits to mature.

Drilling is to teach them how to kill the enemy and how to protect themselves.But it's all on paper, Mister Best is the battlefield.

There will be an adaptation period for recruits entering the barracks. During this period, the drills will make people urinate blood.

Therefore, the real army generally does not recruit older people. For no reason, older people cannot withstand the viciousness of the recruiting period.

After the training, if there is no battle experience, these recruits are far from elite.

Song Zhen said: "Northern Xinjiang is in front of you, Kunzhou and Longhua Prefecture are on the left; Taizhou is facing you; Chenzhou and Tanzhou are on the right. Tanzhou is remote. To be honest, the only advantage of winning is to find a shelter for the grassland. place. But in the big picture, it doesn’t make much sense.”

Yang Xuan nodded.

Song Zhen used to be in the army for many years, and later stayed in the Ministry of War until he was driven home by the emperor. He can be called a living fossil of Tang Dynasty's military affairs.

Such a person, to be honest, Yang Xuan thinks it is a priceless treasure.

But Li Mi drove Song Zhen away lightly.

Damn!

I don't feel bad for cubs selling grandfather fields!

"Attacking Taizhou means digging out your heart and going deep. But there is a disadvantage. After taking Taizhou, you will face encirclement from both sides. If Ning Xing makes up his mind to cut off the connection between Taizhou and Neizhou with a force, That is the lonely city. The lonely city! It is the most difficult to defend."

In a few words, combined with Yang Xuan's strategic goals and the current situation, he analyzed the pros and cons clearly.

"To tell you the truth, it's a big loss for Li Mi to let you come to Northern Xinjiang!" Yang Xuan praised sincerely.

Song Zhen smiled, "To be honest, I didn't think about coming to Northern Xinjiang at the beginning. At that time, I was unwilling to be lonely at home. I inquired about the war in Northern Xinjiang all day long, but it was not for coming to Northern Xinjiang, but because I wanted to go back to Chang'an again and return again. Ministry of War. The old man was so excited when he received the news that Chang'an had summoned him!"

Yang Xuan smiled, "It's human nature."

"The old man ran to Chang'an in a hurry, full of joy, thinking that he could be reused again, but who knew that he was asked to come to northern Xinjiang. At that moment, the old man's heart was half cold."

"Isn't there still half of it left?" Yang Xuan laughed.

Song Zhen sighed: "At that time, I asked the old man to come to Beijiang to persuade you, but after all, the old man has been in the army for many years and knows that if you obey Chang'an, you will definitely end badly.

It's okay if you're stupid, I met you a few times by accident, and the old man found that you are extraordinarily cunning.In this way, the old man's trip will naturally return without success. "

"Then what was your mentality at that time?" Yang Xuanrao asked with interest.

"Is this a joke that I want to see the old man?" Song Zhen smiled, and then his eyes were bleak, revealing the color of memory, "The old man knows that this trip must be useless, but he just became the emperor's sword. After returning to Chang'an, he will definitely be punished again." hurry home.

I am old and old, but I have become the emperor's sword and dog. If the emperor is wise and powerful, it will be fine, but that man, mother, is best at fighting dogs and dogs.At that time, the old man thought, how about staying in northern Xinjiang? "

Yang Xuan was overjoyed, "You were thinking about..."

"Take care of you?" Song Zhen shook his head, "At that time, the old man wanted to pretend to be sick, and death would count!"

It was disheartened.

"Isn't it good to go home for the elderly?"

"If the country is stable, the old man will naturally be willing to go home, whether it is to play with his grandchildren, or to roam around in the forest.

Standing at the height of the temple, the old man saw the crumbling mountains and rivers, but the monarchs and ministers in the temple ignored it and only cared about fighting for power and personal gain.What is the old man doing at home?Go home and watch the mountains and rivers sway? "

"But when I came to Beijiang, I saw a fiery scene. In addition, you and Liu Qing strongly invited me, so I couldn't help being moved." Song Zhen laughed suddenly: "It was only later that I realized that I wanted to stay in Beijiang. Not only despair of Chang'an, but also expectations for you. At that time, there were many internal conflicts in southern Xinjiang, and only northern Xinjiang could not only resist powerful enemies, but also be more aggressive."

I was like a firefly in the dark night, attracting Song Zhenfei.

Yang Xuan smiled, "Did you ever think about the ending of Northern Xinjiang?"

Song Zhen nodded, "When you didn't reveal your identity, the old man thought about it too. The most likely one...is that you stand on your own and become a country on your own. Then if you can defeat Beiliao...you can't help but turn around, Roared at Chang'an. Then sent troops to destroy Datang."

"Then why are you still working for me?"

Song Zhen sighed, his eyes were bleak, "You, after all, are from the Tang Dynasty!"

"Isn't the emperor?" Yang Xuan felt that there was a problem with this logic.

Song Zhen shook his head, "His every move is more like an enemy of Datang!"

Yang Xuan was silent.

In the ear, Suzaku said: "Everyone in the world has a steelyard in their hearts, little Xuanzi, you have done a good job!"

Yes!

Yang Xuan smiled, I did a good job.

Song Zhen was able to assist Song Zhen wholeheartedly without revealing his identity.

Song Zhen knocked on the table with his fingers, "Where are you going to fight?"

Yang Xuan moved his fingers slowly on the map and raised his head.

"Soldiers are impermanent, move randomly!"

His finger was on Kunzhou.

"Kunzhou?"

"Kunzhou!"

……

"Kingdom."

After Yang Xuangang and Song Zhen finished discussing, a small official came to look for him.

"What's the matter?"

Yang Xuan rolled up the map—there are some lines drawn in charcoal on it, if someone with a heart finds out, this is important information.

The little official said: "There are students in the state school making noise."

"Why?"

"It's a waste of time to say that you can't study in the imperial examination..."

"Is this dissatisfaction with me?"

Yang Xuan smiled.

But his smile fell into Song Zhen's eyes, but it looked like a sinister smile.

Song Zhen persuaded: "Zitai, those are young people, it's easy to explain."

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "You know, I've always been reasonable."

Song Zhen nodded, and then went to look for Liu Qing.

"Trouble at the state school?"

Liu Qing was the busiest. He just got free, and before he had time to drink tea, he scolded: "A group of people have nothing to do when they are full!"

"Zitai won't..." Song Zhen was a little worried that Yang Xuan, who had become more decisive recently, would be ruthless.

"In the state school, there are many powerful children. You know Zitai's attitude towards the powerful." Liu Qing also had a headache, "According to his method, if he fails, the state school will be demolished and the stove will be restarted. !"

"That's right, the old man is worried about this." Song Zhen said: "Zitai was able to bear it before, but now he is becoming more and more sharp."

Liu Qing sighed: "Do you think Zitai, who can coerce Bei Liao, still needs to endure?"

"It seems that there is no need."

……

For the Northern Xinjiang Jiedu Mission, the most important thing is talent.

With Liu Qing, Yang Xuan was able to lead his army into battle unscrupulously.

With Song Zhen, Yang Xuan could give himself a vacation from time to time.

There are not too many talents, but at this critical juncture, talents must be trustworthy.

Before the state of Chen, most of the talents came from expropriation.And the objects of confiscation are mostly aristocratic families, powerful families.

Some people say that it is based on family background, but in that era, ordinary people were considered lucky if they did not starve to death, and the cost of studying could make them bankrupt.

Therefore, scholars are almost all from upper-class families.

Therefore, talent recruitment can only be selected from those families.

This is the top-rank unrefined scholar.

In Datang, the situation is better.There are schools all over the place. Although most of the people who enter the schools are wealthy people, there are also some ordinary people.

This provides opportunities for civilian counterattacks.

Although less.

But finally a gap was opened.

"Schools and imperial examinations are the greatest form of good governance!"

It was not until he took charge of Chenzhou that Yang Xuan deeply understood the great significance of the imperial examination to the Central Plains.

He is standing outside the state school gate at the moment.

Han Ji nodded, "Let's talk about this old man. If it was a thousand years ago, this old man would never have been able to stand out. Therefore, when mentioning Emperor Wu, this old man is always full of respect."

The imperial examination was invented by the previous dynasty, but at that time the social environment was rigid, and even if ordinary people could participate in the imperial examination, they were just killing them.

It was not until the period of Emperor Wu that the imperial examinations became a channel for the Tang Dynasty to obtain scholars.

Tang Wei, a professor of state studies, came out in a hurry. When he saw Yang Xuan, he breathed a sigh of relief and saluted, "I have met the Duke."

"Is it making a fuss?" Yang Xuan pointed inside.

Standing here, you can vaguely hear noisy voices.

Tang Wei smiled wryly, "Duke atones for sins. Ever since the Duke and Chang'an fell out, Chang'an has cut off our imperial examination path. The students who graduated from the prefecture can only stay in northern Xinjiang..."

"and many more!"

Yang Xuan interrupted him, "I can only stay in the northern border, what do you mean, is it wrong to stay in the northern border?"

The old man was talking too fast, damn it... Tang Wei smiled wryly, "Many students come from rich families, and the purpose of studying is to become an official. Chang'an is the holy place in their hearts. If you can't go to Chang'an for the imperial examination, studying will be useless..."

"understood."

Yang Xuan nodded, and Han Ji said: "After Mr. Lang took charge of Beijiang, many students from Beijiang became officials. They are not satisfied!"

These words were murderous, and Tang Wei's heart skipped a beat, "Duke, after all, they are all young people."

"Go and see."

Yang Xuan said noncommittally.

"Those young people like to make trouble, the Duke should not..."

Tang Wei followed Yang Xuan, transformed into a woman, chattering endlessly.

If it weren't for his age, the unbearable Yang Xuan would definitely kick him out.

Before Yang Xuan, there were not many students enrolled in Beijiang schools. For example, the county school had only 50 students.

After Yang Xuan started to pay attention to education, the first thing he did was to expand the enrollment and make the county school a place where there is no discrimination.

State studies are not easy to do.

If you want to go to the Chang'an imperial examination, you must pass the state school... In other words, the state school is a threshold in life, similar to high school in another world.

But state schools in this world have no more than 60 students.

It's not that Yang Xuan doesn't want to expand enrollment, there is a huge interest group around the state school, and it's not easy to get involved in the whole body.

Therefore, after he put Li Wenmin in charge of the Chenzhou School, it was still difficult to make progress.

According to Li Wenmin, unless the stove is restarted, the innovation of state schools is like walking in a muddy quagmire, which is extremely difficult.

"A muddy quagmire?"

Yang Xuan ordered: "Let Li Wenmin come."

"Yes."

Yang Xuan entered the school.

Ahead is the classroom, and noisy voices sweep over.

"When Emperor Wu inspected the Beijiang Academy, he once said that the students are the proud sons of heaven, disciples of the Son of Heaven. But now we can only stay dormant in Beijiang."

"If you can't take the imperial examination, what's the use of studying?"

"I, Aye, have already said that I plan to move my family to Guanzhong and move my household registration there. In this way, I can go to Chang'an for the imperial examination."

"Fuck! Your family can actually move their hometown?"

"Hey! Everyone."

A somewhat clear voice came, and after the classroom was quiet, I heard this person say: "In the foreseeable future, my students from northern Xinjiang should not be able to take the imperial examination within decades."

There were constant sighs in the classroom.

"Now there are two ways. One is to move the household registration to another place. The other is to give up studying and inherit the family business."

Yang Xuan tilted his head slightly and asked, "Who is this person?"

Tang Wei shivered, "Wang Hou."

"Not kind!"

Yang Xuan left the words that made Tang Wei tremble with fear, and walked in slowly.

"...I can go to the Jiedu envoy's mansion to petition, please Qin Guogong..."

"No need to ask, I'm here!"

Yang Xuan stood inside the door, looking at the students with his hands behind his back.

Compared with the county schools, which are taught without discrimination, the state schools are still in the pattern of no poor people coming and going.

The students maintained their respective movements just now, becoming stiff.

Yang Xuan took the position of Mr.

The gentleman who had been dozing off just now got up in panic.

"go out!"

Yang Xuan pointed outside.

The gentleman's face was ashen.

Yang Xuan looked at the students, "It's about you waiting! Anyone who doesn't want to study in the state school, go out!"

(End of this chapter)