marquis of jingan

Chapter 512 The Source of Weakness

Facing this Marquis of Anping, who had a very high status in the court, Shen Yi was inferior in terms of status, vision, and city government methods.

After all, he is still too young and has not been in a high position for a long time.

In front of Zhao Lu, he will always inevitably be overwhelmed in terms of aura.

Therefore, Shen Yi didn't want to say anything more to General Zhao. After he handed back the book of war, he just bowed his head silently and said, "Thank you, General, for giving the book a look. Thank you General."

"It's not necessary to thank you."

Zhao Lu looked at Shen Yi quietly, wanting to say something, but still shook his head slightly, and said softly: "Forget it, Master Shen is leaving Beijing in two days, there must be a lot of things to be arranged at home, so I won't delay Master Shen .”

"I'm leaving Beijing in a few days, and I have a lot of things to do, so it's inconvenient to send you off. I'll ask Zhuo Er to take you out."

After all, General Zhao greeted him, and soon after, Young Master Zhao honestly came to Shen Yi, and politely sent Shen Yi out of the Marquis of Anping.

After sending Shen Yi off, Zhao Zhuo returned to his father's study. He stood in front of his father with his hands down, and said softly, "Father, Shen Yi has already been sent out."

General Zhao gave a "hmm", then looked up at Zhao Zhuo, and said indifferently: "I will leave Jiankang in two days and go back to the Huaihe Naval Camp, and I will leave Jiankang when my father is not in Jiankang." During the time, you are not allowed to see your little sister, let alone the king of Yue, do you hear me?"

Mr. Zhao took a deep breath, bowed his head and said, "My child understands."

But even though he said that, Mr. Zhao still looked at his father, and said in a low voice: "Father, my son doesn't understand why His Majesty suddenly gave the younger sister a marriage, so suddenly..."

General Zhao reached out and knocked on the table with a calm tone: "Your Majesty naturally has his reasons for doing this. There are some things that you can't just let your father teach you. You have to think about it yourself."

"But no matter what you think, you are not allowed to have any contact with Yue Wang's mansion until your father has not returned to Jiankang, or you have not given you a letter of approval. If His Highness Yue comes to visit at home, you will only treat him as your son-in-law. The normal treatment is, don’t have any deep contact with him.”

"but…"

General Zhao's face was calm: "But if His Royal Highness Yue Wang is smart enough, he should not have much contact with our family."

Zhao Zhuo nodded: "My child understands."

"But there's one more thing my child doesn't understand."

Zhao Zhuo looked up at his father, and said in a low voice, "Father, why did you show the great-grandfather's art of war to that Shen?"

"The man surnamed Shen, what kind of anti-Japanese army is in the southeast, it is obviously a threat to the Huaihe Navy..."

Zhao Lu looked up at Zhao Zhuo, and sighed slightly: "Why do you think it's a threat?"

"A mere Japanese plague..."

Zhao Zhuo said in a low voice: "It's just a mere Japanese plague. We just need to send some men from the Huai River Navy to go back, and we can plow the courtyard and sweep the holes..."

"Your Majesty insists on sending a clan and a civil servant to the south to fight against the Japanese army..."

General Zhao stood up, walked to the door of the study, locked the door, and then quietly looked at his son with his hands behind his back, as if he was taking a school exam.

"Then tell me, what is the purpose of His Majesty doing this?"

"Your Majesty clearly doesn't trust our family anymore...!"

"The anti-Japanese army came out, most likely to replace our family!"

Zhao Zhuo gritted his teeth fiercely.

After hearing this sentence, Zhao Lu shook his head slightly, lowered his eyebrows and said: "In the seven years of Hongde, we fought with the people of Qi for almost a whole year, and you should know the result. More than half of the [-] forbidden soldiers were killed or killed. It also caused thousands of casualties, and caused the imperial court to pay money and property to the people of Qi."

"It should be said that we have broken our promise to His Majesty."

Zhao Zhuo's face turned red, and he said in a low voice, "Father, the national strength is not as good as others..."

"All right."

General Zhao frowned, and stopped his son from continuing. He glanced at Zhao Zhuo with a blank expression on his face: "During the reign of the first emperor, the king who conquered the north would be wiped out of the three clans. At that time, he had no chance to say anything to the court. A country is not as powerful as a person."

The Marquis of Anping sat back in his seat silently. He stretched out his hand and flipped through a few pages of the old book sent back by Shen Yi, then looked up at his son, and said slowly: "Son, our Zhao family, now It's been stormy."

"once."

Zhao Lu rubbed his head wearily, and said in a low voice: "As long as there is another big defeat, our young Majesty will completely lose trust in our family. You have also seen the fate of General Fu's family. At the beginning, his family's status among the generals was no lower than that of my Zhao family, and there was only a piece of paper, saying that the three clans would be wiped out."

Zhao Zhuo took a deep breath, and his expression was a little unsightly.

"Father, what does this have to do with the Art of War..."

General Zhao said in a low voice: "The art of war is dead. If you show him, he won't learn anything."

"And as long as he reads this book, even if the Huaihe Navy loses again, there may be a reason to lose again..."

Today's Huaihe Navy is completely different from the Huaihe Navy of 60 years ago.

This is not because Zhao Lu, the main general, has any big problems. On the contrary, Zhao Lu is very aware of the root cause of the weakness of the Huaihe Navy. Unfortunately, he has no way to stop this weakening trend.

This is caused by the basic power structure of the Huaihe Navy.

The Huaihe Navy is essentially an army of the imperial court, and should be under the command of the imperial court. Even though the Zhao family has been the chief general for generations, the other generals are all appointed by the Ministry of War and the imperial court.

These people can obey the command of the general during the war, but they may not be willing to be named Zhao with the Zhao family, and they may not be wholeheartedly with the Zhao family.

To put it bluntly, when the emperor's order is issued one day, they may not be willing to "rebel" with the Zhao family.

Under such circumstances, how did the Huaihe Navy become the Zhao Jiajun with an iron bucket?
During the period of General Zhao Chong, relying on his own lofty prestige and military status, General Zhao could command his subordinates like an arm, and easily let himself be in the Huaihe Navy, out of a one-size-fits-all position.

But when it comes to the second generation, the third generation...

You need to bind with interests.

Simply put, it is to give benefits.

Give benefits to the group of people who are close to you, let them get promoted and get rich.

And this kind of wooing...means bottomless connivance.

In other words, as long as the person you woo has done with you loyally, no matter what he does in private, sometimes you have to turn a blind eye.

Only in this way can the entire interest group be loyal to you.

Even, let your status in their hearts be higher than the imperial court and the emperor.

Under this kind of bottomless connivance, after two or three generations, some people will naturally indulge in pleasure, slack off training, corrupt the law, and even...

False report head, eat empty pay!

These situations basically exist in the Huaihe Navy.

In this context, the Huaihe Navy will naturally become weaker day by day.

As long as the Zhao family still treats the Huaihe Navy as the Zhao family army, this situation is actually inevitable.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lu silently glanced at Beibei, he reached out and patted his son's shoulder with a hoarse voice.

"Son, you should be more steadfast in Jiankang these two years, and in two more years, I will take you to the Huaihe Navy as my father, and get to know your uncles and uncles better."

Zhao Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard the words, and then bowed his head respectfully.

"My son obeys!"

(End of this chapter)