Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 75

Zhao Zhen now thinks about having a strong army day and night because of his side illness, and he is in a hurry to go to the doctor. In fact, after Li Buqi made a comment that day, he really hoped that Li Buqi would go to train soldiers.But Li Buqi flatly refused, and the prime ministers disagreed with Li Buqi's method, and he didn't know how to use the emperor's authority to carry out this matter, so he had to let go.But in fact, he still hopes that Li Buqi can create a miracle.

Today, the three ministers agreed to recommend Li Buqi for military training, which really made him overjoyed, and his perception of Lu Yijian and Zhang Dexiang immediately improved a lot-the two old ministers completely refused to change!
The three chief executives even thought about how to meet Li Buqi's request, which moved Zhao Zhen even more—look, the chief executives can still do things and know how to do things.

They had done all the preliminary work, and Li Buqi couldn't refuse.

But Li Buqi has been working in the workplace for so many years, and he has already learned to speculate on the leadership's decision with the darkest psychology. Therefore, in order to prevent being cheated too badly, he proposed that the officers and soldiers who command the Xiang Army should be screened according to his standards. , He resolutely refused to pass.

It's just a commanding review army, and no one really cares about this kind of people.That being the case, the emperor and the chief executives readily agreed.

Then Li Buqi made another request.Since this is a new army for experimentation, there are bound to be many differences, so Li Buqi asked the new army to be singled out and sent a middle-ranking official to supervise the army, so that he can directly ask the emperor for instructions if there is anything to do.

Of course the three prime ministers could not agree to this condition.Let Li Buqi go to train soldiers to cut off Li Buqi's connection with the emperor. If you contact the emperor directly through the middle officials, wouldn't the plans of the three prime ministers be in vain?

Lu Yijian said: "This matter is not in compliance with the rules. The Fanxiang Army should be under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and even the Xiangjun that does not review should be under the management of the Third Division. How can we report directly to His Majesty if there is something to do? If this is the case, wouldn't it be a mess? "

Zhang Dexiang also said: "This is absolutely impossible!"

This request was indeed against the military system, and Zhao Zhen looked at Li Buqi again.Li Buqi said: "The reason why I want to list this commander separately is because the training method of the minister is too different from the existing imperial army and Xiang army, and it is completely incompatible. Moreover, the method of leading the army and the method of educating the soldiers are different from the past. , Many things require His Majesty's leadership. If it is time-consuming to report through the Privy Council layer by layer every time, this soldier will not be able to train."

Zhang Dexiang immediately retorted: "Are you lying to us that we haven't read military books? The method of training soldiers is always the same. How can your method be incompatible with the current method of training soldiers?"

Li Buqi didn't argue, just said: "If Xianggong doesn't believe it, the next official should write down his ideas first, and Xianggong can see if it can be compatible with the current method."

Zhao Zhen is used to reading memorials. Since this matter cannot be decided, he habitually said: "Okay, since that's the case, let's write this method first, and I will see how different it is."

So the emperor drove back to the palace, and the honorable ministers also went to calculate the winning or losing of the game.This time Zhang Xianggong lost a hundred coins, which was a trivial matter, but scratching his cat's paw and falling his buttocks became a joke that people talked about.

In the evening, Gao Zunyu came to Li Buqi and said, "It's a good thing my brother didn't accept this job today, otherwise it would be a trap. Brother must remember that we must not change culture to martial arts. If we want to change it back, it will be difficult." Look at that kind of Shiheng, who is the nephew of a great Confucianist, who could have been a civil servant by relying on his kindness, but ended up as a military officer, and now he is still under the tutelage of others? Brother must kill this matter."

Li Buqi had other ideas.If the emperor can feel at ease and have a strong fighting force to fool the emperor, it can be regarded as digging a corner of the "ancestral system".

Therefore, Li Buqi directly threw the matter of distilling alcohol to Mao Xiaoyi and others, and devoted himself to writing the army building outline.Anyway, consumers of alcohol nowadays are either nobles or Taoists. If they have money, the price of alcohol is more expensive than silver of equal weight, so it’s okay to waste a little.

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It was almost three o'clock when Lu Yijian saw off the last visitor, and he walked under the plane tree in the garden as a habit.Today, however, it was going to rain and it was very cold. His son Lu Gongchuo hurriedly put a fur on him and said, "My lord, it's getting cold, let's go back to the house."

Lu Yijian felt that compared to the quarrels and intrigues in the court, this place made people feel more peaceful, so she didn't say anything.

Lu Gongchuo hesitated for a long time before asking in a low voice: "Why did your lord give such generous conditions for recommending Li Buqi for military training? You didn't care about the customization."

Lu Yijian saw that the servants were far away for fear of disturbing him, and it was impossible to hear what they said, so he asked, "What do you think?"

This is the exam school.Lu Gongchuo hesitated for a moment and asked: "But Li Buqi really has the ability to train soldiers?"

Lu Yijian shook his head: "The most important thing is not to let Li Buqi stay with His Majesty."

"Why is this?"

"In the past, officials were surrounded by scribes. No matter how they fought in private, there were still rules for what officials should know and what not to know before His Majesty. But look at Li Buqi's behavior. He is not at all like scribes. One mind. With him in front of the officials, there will be many disputes. This time, the scholars in the capital discussed the "Zhou Li" matter. Did he do it on purpose? You see, this matter is not so easy to calm down. "

"And he knows a lot of things that everyone in the court doesn't understand! In the past, disputes in the court were just quoting scriptures, and the truths were all from ancient books. Everyone understands, and so do the officials. It is very clear what others will say and how to refute it. But who can refute what Li Buqi said? You don’t even understand, how can you refute? By making up?”

"What Li Buqi said is verifiable. The officials said that every time the pigs were fed, they knocked on the trough. Even if they were not fed for half a month, the pigs would still come running just by knocking on the trough. Who cared before? This This time, he showed the officials that the cat's nature will wear off, and the officials will trust him more and more in the future."

At this point, Lu Yijian glanced around and saw that the servants were far away before saying: "What is even more worrying is that the officials now trust Li Buqi more and more, and they often call Li Buqi for questioning, but Li Buqi does not agree with him." There will always be some opinions on political affairs, which is not good. In time, the officials might think that Li Buqi is his Dongfang Shuo."

Lu Yijian snorted and made a further point: "The officials are still young, so they may not want to learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so it is normal to be dissatisfied with the status quo. But the officials were born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women. The truth is, I only see that the ancient Mingjun has been passed down through the ages, but he has never dealt with the details. How can he know that it is not easy to do things? In addition, there are many clamors for reform in the court. The more things you know, the more urgent you want to reform, otherwise there will be big troubles."

(End of this chapter)