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"I'm different from them. I don't have any expensive gifts to give you. I just sent you a book."

Sheng Changbai gestured to the booklet in his hand and said that he would continue to find trouble for Gu Tingye this time.

"Etiquette is light but affection is heavy. There is no need to give too much. You know I am not short of money." Gu Tingye spoke more proudly now than before.

Gu Tingye was already rich after inheriting the Bai family's assets.

Now he has inherited the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. Although the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion experienced an economic crisis 30 to 50 years ago, it was Gu Tingye's mother Bai who married the Gu family with [-] taels to help the Gu family survive the crisis.

However, over the past 30 to [-] years, the Ningyuan Hou Mansion has accumulated a lot of family property, without a house, and various assets add up to hundreds of thousands.

In addition, the new emperor rewarded Gu Tingye with a lot of rare treasures, gold and silver goods.

Gu Tingye can already say that he has become a boring person who doesn't like money.

"This is a set of military training methods that I compiled from many military books from ancient times to the present, and I give them to you."

After cleaning up the redundant personnel, the next thing to do is to train troops.

Gu Tingye is now the deputy capital commander in front of the palace, in charge of the Forbidden Army, and is actually responsible for military training.

"I remembered that when you were in Xuzhou, you trained really good archers. If you don't give this to me, I will forget about it. Zicheng, you still have the ability to train troops." Gu Tingye took the book and said.

"You take a look first. If you don't understand, I'll explain it to you."

This booklet is a military training method summarized by Sheng Changbai based on the infantry drills of later armies and combined with the national conditions of the Zhou Dynasty.

I can't say how perfect it is, but it must be much more scientific and advanced than Da Zhou's mother's training exercises.

"What's the point of your queue training? Is it a bit redundant?"

"Of course, it is to train the obedience of soldiers so that each soldier can do what is ordered and prohibited. Only by training the queue and practicing the formation can we get twice the result with half the effort. When I was in Xuzhou, I only trained a few archers. Yue looks like a veteran, all thanks to this training.”

After all, the imperial army of the Great Zhou Dynasty had elite standards at the beginning. Of course, they also had queue training and formation drills.

But this kind of formation starts training directly from square formation, circle formation, number formation, wild goose formation and sparse formation.

It is obviously inferior to modern queue training methods and more efficient.

"This is endurance training and strength training. What are the following exercises?"

"These are for training soldiers."

Next are some physical fitness, strength, balance, flexibility, and explosive training methods. Sheng Changbai explained them to Gu Tingye one by one.

Compared to this era, soldiers only exercised endurance by running, lifting stone locks, wrestling, and building strength.

The modern program that Sheng Changbai joined is obviously more targeted, comprehensive and scientific in exercising various parts of the body.

"This is gone?"

"No, for the rest, you can continue to practice according to the original training code."

Even in the age of cold weapons, in the face of an integrated military formation, the individual bravery of soldiers still had little effect.

For specific weapon training, Da Zhou's current training methods are also sufficient.

Just follow the simplest, most practical, and most universal guidelines and train.

Military operations don't need to be fancy, the simpler they are, the more effective they will be.

In the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the crossbowmen were the ones who were really capable of attacking the outside world. Soldiers trained their endurance well enough to have enough strength.

Real legion combat only requires fire coverage, and the accuracy of soldiers' shooting is actually not that high.

"After reading this military manual of yours, I feel like I still have something to say about it."

Gu Tingye said doubtfully, if there is only practice without fighting, of course there will be shortcomings and incompleteness.

"We'll talk about the future later. Now it's time to get the basics right. You can try this training method on a small scale first. After you get the results, it's not too late to promote it."

Sheng Changbai always had to see with his own eyes how to fight against Xixia and Liao in order to know where to improve.

At this time, Sheng Changbai felt that it was increasingly necessary for him to go to Bianzhou first and serve.

Otherwise, Sheng Changbai would be just like the emperor of the Zhao family, meddling in the army would be nothing more than talking on paper.

Generals who lead troops in battle have no autonomy at all.

All actions must be carried out according to the "array map" awarded by the emperor before departure.

Where to set up camp on any day, when to bury pots to make rice, and where to fight on any day, all need to be completely controlled by the emperor's remote control thousands of miles away.

It sounds beautiful to plan between the tactics and win the battle thousands of miles away.

However, in actual operations, fighter planes on the battlefield change rapidly and disappear quickly.

This kind of rigid command will only waste good opportunities and be counterproductive, causing Zhou's army to suffer defeat after defeat.

The old Zhao family himself became a military commander who became an emperor.

Therefore, the generals are naturally wary of and distrustful, and the generals are not given autonomy at all.

Therefore, Gu Tingye, a general whom the emperor fully trusted, was actually quite useful.

"In the past few days, there will be less entertainment at home, so I will live in the military camp."

"Yes, you are now clean and carefree. It is the time to do your career. It would be good to be more busy with official matters. If you stay in this huge Chengyuan, you will only be able to deal with the large family members of the Hou Mansion over there. What's the point.

Although you are now in a high position, a very popular minister, and have reached the ultimate level of a military general, the Great Zhou Dynasty is far from peace now. It is not yet time for you to put your horses in Nanshan, store your weapons in your warehouse, and enjoy a peaceful life. "

Sheng Changbai thought Gu Tingye's idea of ​​requiring him to live in a military camp was very good and he agreed with it.

A big military boss in Zhou Dynasty, instead of doing business, he hides at home all day long, playing house fights with his stepmother.

What hope does the imperial army of the Zhou Dynasty have, and what is the talk of a strong force in the Northern Expedition?

"Dazhou is currently facing internal and external troubles, and I can certainly see the dangers lurking everywhere."

Gu Tingye is still a sober person.

Many uninformed people in Dazhou just think that Dazhou is now economically prosperous and its taxes are getting higher year by year.

Looking only at Bianjing, the Great Zhou Dynasty was a scene of flowers blooming and burning oil cooking. It was the best era.

"If Yan Yun cannot be taken back, the Khitan can march straight into the Great Perimeter at any time. Bianjing is always under the threat of military fronts. You and I should always have trouble sleeping and eating, and cannot relax."

We still need to convey some sense of crisis to Gu Erduo.

Otherwise, Gu Tingye would have basically reached the peak of his life now.

Whether it's power or wealth, there is nothing left to pursue, and everyone is starting to lie down.

……

The emperor played a trick on the queen mother and roguely took back the jade seal.

The Queen Mother vented her anger and dispelled her anger.

The emperor had already taken advantage and did not dare to push further and continue to stimulate the queen mother.

The Queen Mother was defrauded of Yuxi, and she was completely at a disadvantage in the court.

Without the ability to retaliate, now he can only choose to wait for the opportunity, waiting for the emperor to make mistakes and reveal his flaws.

Then the imperial court temporarily entered a period of peace again.

The emperor, the queen mother, and the prime minister can all get together and handle the official affairs of the court with peace of mind.

When it comes to doing business, the most important thing is to deal with natural and man-made disasters everywhere.

The land area of ​​the Great Zhou Dynasty was not too small, spanning from north to south and east to west.There is basically no time of complete peace. There are droughts in some places, floods in other places, earth dragons turning over in some places, rivers changing their courses in some places, and alien rebellions in some places.

In a feudal society, infrastructure capacity was limited, and the people's ability to resist natural and man-made disasters was also very limited.

As long as something happens, it can easily cause disaster.

This year's Great Week was generally peaceful, with no large-scale abnormal weather, but some places were inevitably affected by natural and man-made disasters.

In short, every time the court collected taxes, it was impossible to collect them in full.

In places where the disaster was less severe, the court needed to reduce or reduce taxes.

The severely affected areas need more help from the imperial court.

Every time you encounter something like this, you need to investigate whether there is any concealment in the local area.

Some people will conceal the actual disaster situation for the sake of political achievement.

There are also people who create disasters where there are no disasters just for money.

These have little to do with Sheng Changbai, but Sheng Changbai still made a summary. The most experienced things in the Zhou Dynasty were droughts and floods.

This is also a natural disaster that human beings can try to intervene as little as possible.

Build more weirs, canals, and dig more wells. If there is a minor disaster, we can obviously avoid losses as much as possible.

Sheng Changbai also wrote a memorial to build water conservancy.

I hope Zhao Zongquan can be a little different from the old emperor and be willing to do something serious.

However, the memorial for building water conservancy was ignored by the emperor because the court had no money.

Sheng Changbai temporarily put aside the matter and stopped paying attention to the court.

The Zhou Dynasty just has no money and can't do anything.

The military must be given priority in everything, and everything else must come later.

The imperial court really needed to recuperate, so Sheng Changbai gave himself a vacation. Apart from going to the Yamen to do some work, he also arranged to do his own things at other times.

He searched for information about border states and picked a suitable location for his next stop.

Find a place where you have room to perform and are suitable for you.

After staying at this house for a long time, Sheng Changbai discovered that He Hongwen started running to Sheng's house again.

"Brother Hong, I haven't seen you for a while, how is Auntie doing?"

After the head-on collision, of course Sheng Changbai wanted to say hello.

Now that he saw the person, Sheng Changbai also wanted to chat with He Hongwen.

He urged the child to quickly go through the six etiquette procedures with Minglan.

At least two more things have to be done. After exchanging Geng Tie, the two families formally settled the marriage.

With the matter settled, Sheng Changbai felt at ease.

If Minglan doesn't decide on the marriage, Sheng Changbai will always be wary of Gu Tingye.

Sheng Changbai kept thinking about it in his heart and wanted to let things go, but he didn't feel at ease when he did.

I am always worried that my cabbage will be stolen.

"It's getting better."

He Hongwen said reluctantly. It seemed that He's mother's recovery was not ideal.

Like Gu Tingyu, He's mother is also a sick child. Her mother-in-law and son are all highly skilled doctors.

What I got was inherited from a family of royal doctors, and I knew countless famous doctors.

It can only barely save He's mother's life.

He's mother was often bedridden, and her health was good and bad.

"As long as it's better, you've been trying to embarrass your mother a lot during this time. You've lost a lot of weight. Brother Hong, you are really a filial person. You've been working hard these days."

"Being filial to your mother is your duty, it's not hard work."

"In your situation, you really should try to find someone who can also help you."

As the woman's brother, Sheng Changbai couldn't be so eager and could only give He Hongwen hints.

"Fortunately, my aunt and her family will be able to return to Bianliang in the near future. After my aunt returns to Beijing, she can always help me."

He Hongwen is a medical student and can be regarded as a technician. He is not involved in officialdom, does not engage in politics, and does not have that many ambitions.

Looking at this answer, it was clear that He Hongwen did not understand Sheng Changbai's hint.

"Aunt?" Hearing this aunt, Sheng Changbai remembered that He Hongwen had a childhood sweetheart cousin, and then Sheng Changbai asked knowingly:

"Brother Hong also has an aunt. Did she also live in Bianliang?"

He Hongwen and his cousin were childhood sweethearts and grew up together.

But the two people are not actually a couple, and the two families have no intention of getting married.

Because He Hongwen's aunt, the Cao family, was originally a family of officials and wanted their daughter to marry well.

He didn't like the doctor He Hongwen at all. The He family was orphaned and widowed, and had no family background to rely on.

So Sheng Changbai wanted to stop what happened to Cao Jinxiu and He Hongwen, and he was not guilty at all.

"My aunt's family was originally a family of officials, but because my uncle was convicted of being an official a few years ago, my aunt's family was sentenced to exile. Now that the new emperor has granted amnesty to the world, they have the opportunity to return to Bianliang." He Hongwen explained with a gloomy expression. .

"Oh, the late Emperor was kind throughout his life and always treated his courtiers favorably. When had he ever been sentenced to such a serious crime as exile?"

He Hongwen's expression turned bad. Logically speaking, Sheng Changbai shouldn't ask further questions.

But Sheng Changbai's original intention was to cause destruction, so he went too far and deliberately broke the casserole to ask the end.

He Hongwen and Minglan have already gone through the ceremony of acceptance and started the process of six ceremonies.

Sheng Changbai was also considered a good uncle, so if he wanted to know more about the He family's family background, he couldn't be completely rude.

Because of the ancestral motto of the Lao Zhao family not to kill scholars, sentencing scholars to exile was the most severe punishment imposed on Jinshi officials by the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Civil servants in the Zhou Dynasty made ordinary mistakes and were simply demoted.

No matter how serious it is, if you make a big mistake, you will just be dismissed from office.

A civil servant who could be sentenced to exile would have been beheaded many times if he were a civilian.

"My uncle was convicted because he was implicated in the mining accident case."

"Is it the Xiaoliangshan mining disaster that happened a few years ago?"

"Exactly."

He Hongwen's uncle committed a crime that really couldn't be considered a small crime.

A few years ago, a mining accident occurred in Xiaoliangshan. The mine collapsed and hundreds of workers died.

Then the mine owners colluded with local officials to withhold pensions and bring the orphans and widows of the dead men to trial, which almost aroused public outrage and led to chaos.

He Hongwen's uncle Cao was one of the officials who was colluded by the mine owner. The family was exiled, and it was indeed a loss.