The rise of the prince

Chapter 119

Apart from being busy receiving goods, Li Ye has been free for the past two days.

Good leaders have to learn to let themselves relax. There are strict arrangements for the New Year’s goods, Yan Kun takes care of Tingyulou, and the wine cellar is sealed and watched.

He greeted Chen Yu in the morning, taught Wei Yubai Bajiquan, and then taught Qiu'er mathematics. The day's plan is in the morning, and the morning is the best time to study because of concentration.

After lunch at noon, I went to Gufeng to see the fermentation of the grain. In the afternoon, I worked with Zhao Si on the feasibility study of the hydraulic drive device. Of course, Degong would bring Gillian to ask him what he said in the Yulou that day. The question of "strategy" and "tactics".

To explain this kind of problem, it is best to have examples. In fact, there are many classic battles for the most obvious comparison.

Of course it is not in the romance, but in the official history. The biggest difference between the two is that Liu Bei has great ambitions but no strategic thinking, while Zhuge Liang does.In the official history, there is no such thing as a fire, a grass boat borrowing an arrow, and Zhuge Liang's greatest achievement during the Battle of Chibi was to use diplomacy to promote the Sun Liu alliance. This alone is Liu Bei's great hero.

Li Ye used these examples to explain to Degong what is strategy and what is tactics.

Many times, Degong and Gillian were engrossed in listening, and then they had a meal by the way. Li Ye always felt that they had premeditated plans.

Zhong Daoyu rode on the war horse, and led a servant and galloped straight to the palace. Ordinary people at his age can't stand the bumps on the horse's back, but he has long been used to military horses all his life.

Most of the general's mansion is deployed by him from birth to death, so there are not so many rules, and he is not like other servants in the mansion.

It stands to reason that Jing Chao is not allowed to open a mansion even if he is a privy envoy or even a member of the Zhongshumen, but he promises that a general's mansion can support some people, but he does not have the power of self-government affairs. They still have to go through Zhongshu and the emperor, so most of the brothers under their command didn't get any good money, and they didn't care.

The so-called kaifu is to open up government offices, set up the shogunate and staff subordinates, and manage affairs by themselves.In the former dynasty, the prime minister can open the mansion, and the chariot general and above can also open the mansion.

But in this dynasty, the restrictions are much stricter.Especially after the first year of Yuanfeng, the emperor became more and more powerful, constantly weakening the power of important ministers, and even Wang Yue, who was civil and military in the Manchu Dynasty, could not open the mansion, and the same was true for him, the privy envoy.

At the beginning, Emperor Taizong Li Si set a precedent. In order to open the mansion, the official "Kaifu Yitong Sansi" must be added. This is a scattered official from the first rank, but only the founding prime minister Yan Shu was added. Set up staff, self-government affairs, etiquette and treatment are the same as Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao.

"General, why does the emperor suddenly want to see you today? It has never happened since the Ma Zheng's matter was dismissed last time." The horse galloped, and the pedestrians on the side of the road hurriedly retreated, and asked the middle-aged man behind Zhong Daoyu However, there were not many people who dared to ride horses in Kaiyuan City, because He Zhao's existence would not dare even the relatives of the emperor.

Zhong Daoyu shook his head: "I don't know, I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

When they were outside the Meridian Gate, the two stopped their horses, and the servants were watching the horses outside the door. Zhong Daoyu walked in alone. His steps were not big, but very fast. When he walked, his feet were blown by the wind, and his body seemed to be weightless.

Seeing him, many guards of the Wu De Division quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at him. Everyone privately commented that the old general's eyes were so compelling that people dare not look at him.

Zhong Daoyu was worried all the way, he didn't know why the emperor summoned him, but it probably wouldn't be a good thing.

He has been advocating the reform of the military system before, removing the three yamen, and merging the two divisions of the guard army. Regardless of the commander of the horse army of the guard army and the commander of the infantry army of the guard army, they are all directly trained and raised by the Privy Council.

Because when it comes to the battlefield, there will be no infantry command and horse command, the situation changes rapidly, and any delay will reduce the chance of winning.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Yang Hongzhao, the commander in front of the palace, and Tong Guan, the commander of the infantry guards, impeached him, saying that he wanted to monopolize power and plot wrongdoing.

At the same time, he also strongly advocated giving priority to the development of the horse army, and the infantry behind.

He has been fighting for decades and knows the advantages and disadvantages. The Jingchao official decided that the armor of the infantry and the gunman should weigh [-] catties, and the armor leaves should be more than [-].

With such a large investment, it is better to let the crossbowmen wear light armor, and the remaining money is used for livestock and horses to strengthen the horse army. Only when the horse army is strong can the Liao people have a chance to hit the Liao people in one fell swoop.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the whole court objected, and each of them spoke logically, saying that "one army horse is enough to raise five infantry", and some people proudly counted it for him.

These people have never even seen a battlefield, and they open their mouths when they talk about irresponsible words, showing that they have outstanding knowledge.

He was at a loss for words to refute, so the matter was dismissed. After that, he repeatedly mentioned that he was still opposed by the court, but in the end he could only let it go.

He was also disheartened in his heart, from then on he did not ask about the affairs of the court, and he kept silent and turned a deaf ear to the court.

The reason why he asked to help Wei Chaoren was because he worked together in Guanbei ten years ago. At that time, Wei Chaoren was just a small Xiangjun Commander, but he could see that he was a person who could fight, so he spoke.

It took a long time to walk into the palace from the Meridian Gate, but the eunuch who came to lead the way did not take him to the main hall, but walked around into the side hall.

The father-in-law outside the side hall went in first to report, and the emperor called him in after a while.

As soon as he entered the side hall, the one sitting above was the emperor, while the person sitting below was actually Wang Yue. At that time, there were only two people with a first-rank title in the court hall, and one was Wang Yue. Wang Yue, who was added to the Taifu, and him who was added to the general.

Zhong Daoyu saluted first, and then casually bowed to Wang Yue. The two of them didn't have a deep relationship, and they also knew in their hearts that His Majesty would not want them to have friendship.

"Your Majesty urgently summoned his ministers to see him, what's the matter?" He asked directly.

The emperor didn't answer him, but first said: "Give me a seat for General Zhong, the topic is very long today, let's sit and talk."

The two young eunuchs hurriedly brought up an old pear flower wooden chair, Zhong Daoyu sat down without being pretentious, and only then did Fu An, the eunuch next to the emperor, present a thick memorial to him.

The emperor said: "General Zhong, take a look. This is the memorial presented by Wang Qing. I read it all morning, and it was thought-provoking. I remembered what you said before, so I called you to take a look."

Zhong Daoyu was a little puzzled, he didn't participate in political affairs, but was the head of the generals, what did he do with the memorial Wang Yue handed over?

With doubts, he opened the thick memorial and looked at it. At first, he glanced at ten lines, then frowned and slowed down. The more he read, the slower he began to ponder over the words carefully.
(End of this chapter)