The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 35

"Your Majesty's intention is that there is a need for a balance between civil and military?" Li Tingzhi said.

"Well, this balance is not simply one-to-one. From the comparison with the previous dynasty, it can be seen that emphasizing literature will cause external troubles, and emphasizing martial arts will cause internal troubles. We said yesterday that internal factors are the fundamental factors that determine things, so this civil and military relationship You have to surpass your opponent in Taoism. Wen Zhang, you are proficient in martial arts. You know that only speed without power, or power without speed will not work. Any dynasty that wants to maintain long-term stability must pay equal attention to civil and military, but it should have Focus, for example, if Mongolia is currently our dynasty’s great enemy, then we should favor military affairs, and once the world is peaceful, then we should favor civil rule again.”

Wen Tianxiang nodded and said: "According to the local conditions and the time, we must be ahead of our opponents in all aspects."

"Yes, we must look at the problem from a holistic perspective. We can't simply think that it is our dynasty that emphasizes civility over military affairs, which leads to the loss of land. If it is rotten, then no matter what it is, it will be useless. The Jin destroyed the Liao, and the Song and Mongolian allied forces destroyed the Jin. , all because of the decay of the Liao and Jin Dynasties."

Li Tingzhi said excitedly: "Your Majesty, it would be great if Marshal Meng was still alive."

"Why?" I asked.

"The Marshal was still discussing this matter with his ministers before he died. If the Marshal can hear His Majesty's words, he will be very impressed."

I chuckled and said: "I learned from the internal strife of the previous vassal lords, but failed to deal with foreign aggressions well, and later became even more biased. Looking at it, it is right to use the right people to do the right things, and you all need to keep this in mind.”

The four stood up and saluted at the same time: "Your Majesty's most reasonable and famous words, I will remember them by myself."

"Junshi, how is the progress of Dragon Tooth's intelligence department?"

Lu Xiufu hurriedly said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the progress is going well. The ministers will establish contact points in various places including Mongolia by opening restaurants and inns. It's just that the cost is huge and needs to be deployed by Your Majesty."

"That's right, it's not enough to rely on the top-quality lion peaks that I took out from the palace. At the beginning of the construction of Longya, it required a lot of funds. I will think about it in the next few days and commercialize Longya as soon as possible." By the way, when it comes to Longya, what does Xiangfu think?"

Li Tingzhi said: "I agree with this matter very much. People with lofty ideals, with one heart and one mind, will fight together for the rise of the Great Song Dynasty. I will develop our Longya members in Yangzhou City."

"Very well, our Longya members must play a leading role in their industry, so that our people can be proud of being a member of Longya."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Okay, you guys go down, Xiao Qi, call Yuan Ji, it's time for us to go out."

In the West Lake in winter, the bright autumn colors of the trees and flowers have not completely faded, and the plum blossoms that represent winter have bloomed everywhere. There is no intrusion from the humidity and heat in summer, and there are few tourists. At this time, there is a kind of quiet beauty.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, do you miss Linger?"

"Of course there is. I'm looking forward to going boating on the West Lake with Linger."

"I don't believe it, brother, let's go rowing."

"Okay."

Fang Ling and I rented a small boat and sailed on the West Lake. Yuan Ji and Xiaoqi boarded another small boat and followed us leisurely.

The water of West Lake is clearer in winter.

Occasionally, the frightened heron that goes south will touch it, leaving only a wave of ripples.

"West Lake is so beautiful. I have come and gone many times, but I have never rowed a boat on the lake by myself."

"It's my first time too, this feels really good." I thought, no wonder Jia Sidao likes to stay on the worm boat.

"By the way, brother, what do you do for a living?"

"Well, of course I am the emperor."

Fang Ling chuckled and said, "Brother, you can pretend, and you want to pretend to be the emperor."

I also laughed and said: "Then, if I am not the emperor, I am the big owner of Shifeng Trading Company."

"Well, this one is quite similar."

"Really, why?"

"Because you always talk about the deal, brother. Only business people like to talk like that."

"I see, what about you, Linger?"

"I am from the Escort Bureau. My family owns an Escort Bureau called Chengwei."

"It turns out that Ling'er is a female bodyguard master, she has been admiring her for a long time." I put down the oars, clasped my fists and said with a smile.

"Hehe, brother, how about it, you are not my opponent, if you dare to bully me in the future, let's see how I deal with you."

"Ling'er, you are so fierce, who will dare to marry you in the future."

"Hmph, I don't want to marry, who cares? Hurry up and row the boat. I'm rowing alone, and the direction is off."

Unconsciously, we rowed to the vicinity of Leifeng Pagoda.

"Speaking of this Leifeng Pagoda, there is another story."

"I've never heard of it, brother, hurry up and listen to it, I like listening to stories the most."

I thought about the legend of the White Snake, which was widely circulated in later generations, and said: "A long time ago, there was a snake demon who had cultivated for thousands of years. , this snake demon cultivated his real body. In order to repay the life-saving grace of the scholar in his previous life, he turned into a human form to repay his favor. Later, he met the green snake spirit Xiaoqing, and the two came to Lin'an together. The snake demon's alias was Bai Suzhen. Shi Miaoji met Xu Xian, the descendant of the scholar, and married him. When they were walking on the road after marriage, they met Fa Hai, a monk of Jinshan Temple. Bai Suzhen is a snake demon, Xu Xian was skeptical. Later, Xu Xian made Bai Suzhen drink realgar wine on the Dragon Boat Festival according to Fa Hai's method. Bai Suzhen had to show her original shape, but Xu Xian was frightened to death. Bai Suzhen was in pain. She was pregnant, but still desperately went to the Heavenly Court, stole the celestial grass Ganoderma lucidum and rescued Xu Xian. Later, Na Fahai tricked Xu Xian to Jinshan Temple and put him under house arrest. Bai Suzhen was put into a bowl by Fahai after giving birth because she violated the rules of heaven, and was suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda."

"What happened next?" Fang Ling asked hastily.

"Later, Bai Suzhen's son grew up to be the number one scholar, went to the pagoda to worship his mother, rescued her mother, and reunited the whole family. And the lovely Xiaoqing also found his husband."

"Although this Bai Suzhen is a snake demon, but she knows how to repay her kindness, and she is much cuter than many people in this world. That Fahai is also true. People who practice can't tell that all living beings in the world have the benefit of survival. This person must have ulterior motives and despise the love between husband and wife, but the worst thing is that Xu Xian, how could he not trust his wife and just listen to Fa Hai's words, fortunately, the ending is quite happy."

"Yeah, Ling'er is right."

"Brother, where did you hear this story, it is very touching."

"I read it from an ancient book."

"Brother, you are really amazing. I thought my brother had extraordinary knowledge. I didn't expect to tell such a touching story. Is there any more? Tell me another one."

"Do you still want to talk?"

"Of course, who told you that you are my brother?"

"Okay, let me think about it."