Mingshi

Chapter 323 A visit from Xinyin
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The two master and apprentice came to the study, saw that Shen Lian was already sitting in the study, saw the two come in, stood up smiling and poured tea for them.Luo Xin hurried over to grab the teapot and pour tea, and then the three sat down.Shen Lian stared at Luo Dao with burning eyes:
"Xin'er, you personally participated... No, you personally planned the battle to defeat Alatan Khan. Do you think the frontier will be able to settle down in the future?"

Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "If General Ma can capture or kill Alatan Khan alive, the border will be stable for ten years, or even longer. However, if Alatan Khan can return to the grassland safely, he will definitely Will come back."

Shen Lian's expression was startled and he said, "Killing Altan Khan can only bring you ten years of stability?"

At this time, Luo Xin frowned deeply, he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse that he brazenly defeated Alatan Khan this time, and his elder brother cut off Alatan Khan's arm.After all, although Alatan Khan was defeated by Ma Fang in Datong in history, he definitely did not lose so badly. If Ma Fang was lucky and really killed Alatan Khan, the golden generation of Mongolia would probably decline.That's what changed history.

So, will the Jurchen become stronger in advance and eventually destroy the Ming Dynasty?

After pondering for a while, Luo Xin looked at Shen Lian and said, "Master Shen, do you know about Jurchen?"

"Jurchen?" Shen Lian frowned and thought for a while, but finally shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Luo Xin took a deep breath and said, "If Alatan Khan dies, the grassland will definitely be in chaos. Jurchen is a powerful nation. If there is ten years of chaos in the grassland, Jurchen will definitely stand out and become a nation even stronger than Alatan Khan." There is a threat."

"Who did you listen to?" Shen Lian asked in surprise.

"My master!"

Shen Lian's eyes shrank. He had also heard that Luo Xin had a master, and he had investigated it, but he didn't find the slightest clue. At this moment, he couldn't help asking:
"Who is your master?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said thoughtfully: "I don't know, my master has never told me his identity, and I haven't seen him for several years."

Shen Lian was silent, thinking in his heart that there were such strange people in Daming, but he refused to serve the court, which shows how disappointed the court was by such strange people!Fortunately, this strange man also taught disciples like Luo Xin to work for Daming.Thinking of this, the previous topic resurfaced, and he decided to issue an order tomorrow for Jin Yiwei to start investigating Jurchen.With a decision in mind, he looked up at Luo Xin again and asked:

"Xin'er, even if Alatan Khan is not dead, after such a big defeat, our Daming should have the upper hand, right?"

Luo Xin thought about the history, then nodded and said: "It should be so."

Shen Lian thought for a while and said, "Why did my Ming always fail in the past? I even fled when I heard the Mongol invasion? Now you, a little scholar, defeated Alatan Khan. Does this mean that we literati were in charge of military affairs in the past? Isn't it thorough enough?"

"No!"

Luo Xin was taken aback by Shen Lian's words, if Shen Lian really reported these words, and then was adopted by Emperor Jiajing, Daming would not be far from subjugation.Shen Lian was startled by Luo Xin's sudden exclamation, and looked at Luo Xin in confusion.

"Master Shen!" Luo Xin took a deep breath, he thought this was a serious question, so he lost his modesty and became extremely serious.

"Students believe that an important reason for the decline in the strength of the Ming border army is that civilian officials command the troops. Although this is to prevent generals from becoming bigger and causing rebellion, it has caused laymen to command experts. Soldiers, deceitful methods, are the only ones in the family. study."

When Luo Xin said this, he stopped talking, but the meaning was already very obvious.Today's scholars are almost all Confucianists, not to mention those literati who have passed the exam.But Confucianism is just the opinion of a family, and it cannot be praised to the level that those scholars today praise Confucianism, as if Confucianism is omnipotent.Military matters still depend on military strategists.

Shen Lian naturally understood what he heard, so he frowned and said, "But you defeated Alatan Khan's 20 army with more than [-] men."

"Family!"

Luo Xin only said two words, and Shen Lian suddenly understood.Luo Xin is not a pure Confucian disciple, he is also a military disciple.Even Confucianism after military strategists.Shen Lian couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. He originally thought that after Luo Xin's case, military generals would become less important, and the failure of border gates year after year was due to the incompetence of generals.If the military is completely controlled by literati, it will definitely not be the case.He was excited in his heart, but unexpectedly, Luo Xin poured a bucket of cold water on him. It turned out that the reason why the frontier army's combat power was low was because they were literati in charge of the army.

As a literati, Shen Lian was still very dissatisfied, and said in a condensed voice: "Warriors are vulgar and greedy. Which one of the Ming army is not corrupt, and which one is not paid? I think the low combat power is caused by these generals."

Luo Xin kept silent, this was indeed caused by generals, but there were historical reasons.This was caused by Zhu Yuanzhang's policy, so Luo Xin naturally did not dare to say more.Moreover, although Shen Lian was upright by nature, he was not a tight-lipped person. Once Luo Xin's comment on the government was spread, it gave Yan Song and Xu Jie a chance.

As a result, the study fell silent.The atmosphere was a little awkward.And at this moment, Lu Zhong's voice sounded outside the door:

"Sir, there are visitors outside."

Lu Tingfang stood up, opened the door and saw Lu Zhong standing outside the door holding a famous thorn in his hand.He stretched out his hand to take it, glanced at it, his eyebrows trembled, his face showed joy, and he turned to Shen Lian and said:
"Chunfu, He Xinyin is here!"

"Really?" Shen Lian also stood up excitedly: "Let's go, let's meet Brother He."

Luo Xin followed behind but with a wry smile on his face, he knew that He Xinyin came here probably not for Lu Tingfang, but for himself.He Xinyin knew that Luo Xin would definitely come to pay New Year's greetings to Lu Tingfang on the fifth day of the lunar new year, so he probably still wanted to draw Luo Xin into the Xinxue school.

I am afraid that this is also the sequelae of leading the army to defeat Alatan Khan, which made all the factions in the DPRK start to pay attention to themselves.I don't know how Yan Dang, Xu Dang... and Jin Yiwei will treat themselves now?
"Brother Lu, Brother Shen!" Seeing Lu Tingfang and Shen Lian coming out, He Xinyin laughed and stepped forward.

"Brother He, please hurry up!" Lu Tingfang and Shen Lian stepped forward, holding He Xinyin's arms from left to right, and the three of them laughed and walked towards the study.Luo Xin was completely thrown aside.Luo Xin rolled his eyes.So he deliberately slowed down his pace, thinking in his heart that he would go to say goodbye to his wife in a while, and then leave secretly without meeting He Xinyin.But at this moment, He Xinyin turned her head and said:
"Brother Lu, could that little brother behind you be your proud disciple Luo Xin?"

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