back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 716

"clang!!!"

After the sound of the gong, on the stage in the middle of Fan Lou, a refined middle-aged man in thick black clothes and black shoes came on stage. "Papa papa...", as soon as this person appeared, the fan building, which was already full of guests, immediately burst into applause.

"Huo Si, what are you talking about today?"

"Come on for a three-pointer!"

"Hey, let me tell you, let me tell you about the generals of the Yang family. I don't know when the court will start fighting with Khitan again. I guess the knives of the frontier soldiers are all rusted?"

"If you want to start a war, you're looking for Cochin, you don't even know Cochin people, your nose is up to the sky..."

Huo Si held a fan in his hand, patted the ruler, and said with a smile: "Today, I don't want to talk about three points, and I don't want to talk about the generals of the Yang family. I want to talk about what happened a few days ago..."

"Could it be something about the Jinluan Palace?"

Everyone guessed one after another, and Huo Si waited for them to guess a lot wrong before clapping the ruler.This ruler is a bit like the gavel wood in the yamen, also called "Xingmu". It is a rectangular piece of hardwood with corners and edges, which means "rule". role. "Gavel" has been used as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. It is recorded in "Guoyu Yueyu": "The gavel wood is six inches long, five inches wide, and two inches and eight inches thick. Adding hall prestige is also..." In the previous dynasty, this gavel wood was only used in government offices, and it was not used. There is no pattern, but the top surface is made into a curved shape for convenience.Later, for the sake of aesthetics, animal patterns were carved on the gavel wood, including dragons, tigers, and lions.

At this time, the use of gavel has different names due to different users.The name used by the emperor is "Zhenshanhe" to show the supreme authority; the name used by the queen is called "Fengxia", which is also very dignified; The one used by generals is called "stunning tiger guts"; only the small piece of wood in the hands of ordinary officials is called "gavel wood", which is commonly used by "seven-grade sesame officials" in dramas or movies.There are also items similar to "gavel wood" in other industries: monks use "xing wood", storytellers hold "stop words" and so on...

Why didn't Lu Chengqi use "Suppressing Mountains and Rivers"?This is also related to Dashun's officialdom culture.Dashun is different from the previous dynasties, and it is often the emperor's words.Dashun attached great importance to civil servants and wanted to "govern the world together" with scholar-bureaucrats.Of course, this is just talk, if anyone takes it seriously, he must be unlucky.But Dashun is indeed different from the oppression of the previous dynasty, and the literati also have many opportunities to display their ambitions.Moreover, the emperor’s decree was first drafted by the Zhongshu Sheren, and it still needs to go through the Second Court (the Privy Council for the military, the Zhongshu Ministry for politics, and the cabinet after the abolition of the three provinces). Definitely dismissed.So after Lu Chengqi hit a wall a few times, he could only obediently pass the court discussion and then draft the imperial edict.

If you don't have any opinions on the recording, you can sign your name to indicate that it has passed the review. This is called "shudu".If there is no "reading" in the matter, and the cabinet chief and assistant sign first, it is "violating the system".Obviously, Zhongshu Sheren does not "write books" and does not "book read" in things, which constitutes a legal refutation of the emperor's imperial decree: After the book is completed, it will be recorded and recorded, and Huang Guo’s political affairs will be recorded and implemented. If it is not feasible, it will be played without writing, which is called refutation.”

It can be seen that even the emperor does not do whatever he wants.Of course, Lu Chengqi is very smart, if he replaces all the people from Shizhong and Zhongshushe with his own people, then there will be no problem.This "insider" was not a person without virtue or talent, but an official who Lu Chengqi thought was smart, knew how to turn a corner, and was honest after careful inspection.Liu Geng is one, and Kong Lin is the second.

Because in this environment, the emperor does not need to use "mountains and rivers" to suppress the scene.If you want to "repress the mountains and rivers", it proves that the emperor's control is too weak, and even his courtiers refuse to obey him.So this "Zhen Shanhe" was thrown in the imperial study by Lu Chengqi, and he never took it out.

Huo Si's ruler is definitely not as expensive as Lu Chengqi's "Zhenshanhe". You must know that this "Zhenshanhe" is carved from golden nanmu. Huo Si's ruler is probably a kind of camphor wood, which is very common .It's also fortunate that Dashun's political environment is relaxed, otherwise, the crime of using the gavel tree alone would be enough for you.

"Snapped!!!"

After patting the ruler, the inside of Fanlou immediately became quiet.Huo Si cleared his throat, and said: "On the day of the court meeting, the Holy Majesty shot at the Nanyu Garden with the envoys from various countries on a whim. He sent the imperial army into the city, oh, good guy. I saw banners hunting in front of the Nanyu Garden, spears like forests, and bows. The crossbow is like frost, iron armor and silver armor, and the sound of drums is like thunder. Pearl foil. Six exotic flowers are flying and billowing, filling up the hills and valleys in the mountains. Tigers are mad, and lins are rampant, cutting off the pearl ropes. Jade dragons are fighting fiercely, and scales are falling all over the sky. Touch the foot of the flag. The color reflects the spear, the light shakes the sword and halberd, and the murderous aura spreads across the curtain. The brave tiger is heroic, but it is heroic, and we discuss military strategies together. You must fight to get drunk and see the blue sky. Dear envoys, look at me Jiaerlang, how is the heroism?'"

"it is good!!!"

People at that time were not lacking in blood, and when they heard that the imperial guards were so brave, there was a burst of yelling, and they "donated generously" one after another, throwing some rewards into the gong.When Huo Si saw it, he immediately got excited: "But he said that the envoys of the vassal state were submissive and insincere. The Holy Majesty saw it as funny, so he ordered the forbidden army to perform formations."

At this time, someone from below asked: "Huo Si, this practice formation has been learned by these barbarians, isn't it a loss for us Han people?"

Huo Si shook his head and said: "Our Han people have many battle formations, including Jiugong Bagua formation, square formation, circular formation, female formation, male formation, Chong square formation, Fuzhi formation, wheel formation, wild goose formation, and mandarin duck formation. Formation, Crouching Tiger Formation, Ping Rong Wan Quan Formation, One-word Long Snake Formation, Two Dragons Out of Water Formation, Heaven and Earth Three Talents Formation, Four Gates Pocket Formation, Five Tigers and Sheep Formation, Six Ding Six Armor Formation, Seven Star Big Dipper Formation, Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, nine-character chain formation, ten-sided ambush formation...there are all kinds of formations, how can barbarians understand these?"

In fact, Huo Si was just talking on paper. At this time, there were only eight battle formations in Dashun, also known as the eight formations of the current dynasty, which were the square formation, the round formation, the female formation, the male formation, the Chong square formation, the Yuzhi formation, and the wheel formation. Array, goose-shaped array.Each formation is formed by a total of 4000 horse infantry.Among them, the infantry was organized into 50 teams, each with 1 people, totaling 50 people; the horse army was 4000 teams, each with [-] people, totaling [-] people.Each type of formation is divided into seven armies: the central army, the left and right Yuhou, the left and right, and the front and rear, according to the army of the Tang Dynasty.Every ten people in each formation are in a row, facing each other face to face, back to back.A pawn takes up two steps, and a horse takes up two steps.

In essence, these eight formations have all become four-sided defensive formations.In other words, the main force of each formation has not yet broken away from the purely defensive mode, and has not inherited the offensive spirit of the army at the founding of the country.This is also related to the threats faced at this time, because Dashun is different from the previous dynasty, lacking good horses and cavalry, and facing the mobile northern nomads, so the two wings and the rear are always threatened. The formations facing the four sides of the defense, such as the round formation, are indeed defensive cavalry outflanking, while the ancient eight formations were set up in the shape of geese, cones and other formations with the main force, which is an offensive formation facing a certain direction, and the defense of the flanks is greatly weakened. up.In the absence of sufficient cavalry, it seems impossible to use the formation of infantry to attack the highly mobile cavalry, because when the battle situation is unfavorable, the cavalry can leave the battle at any time, or turn around to attack the side and rear. The formation of a square or a circle is still suitable for defending cavalry in field battles.

It's just that these formations are too complicated and difficult to practice, and the Imperial Army has long since abandoned them.Even if there were reservations in the imperial army, it was just a pretense to bluff those foreign envoys.The real killer weapon in the Forbidden Army is the firearm of the Forbidden Army.Huo Si didn't understand the mystery of this, but it's understandable for a storyteller to add fuel to the story.

(End of this chapter)