"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, "I will continue to find trouble for Gu Tingye this time."
"The etiquette is light but the 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 twenty or thirty years ago, it was Gu Tingye's mother Bai who married the Gu family with 500,000 taels to help the Gu family survive the crisis.
However, over the past twenty or thirty years, the Ningyuan Hou Mansion has accumulated a lot of wealth. Without a house, the total of various assets is hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In addition, the new emperor rewarded Gu Tingye with many rare treasures, gold and silver.
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 eliminating 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 using 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 is definitely much more scientific and advanced than Mother Dazhou’s training routine.
"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, who looks like a veteran for many years, is all a result of this training."
After all, the Imperial Guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty were required to be elite 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 not as good as the modern queue training method and is 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 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.
"Is this gone?"
"No, for the rest, you can continue to practice according to the original training instructions."
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 weapons training, Da Zhou’s current training methods are also sufficient.
Just follow the simplest, most practical, and most popular guidelines and train.
In military operations, there is no need for bells and whistles. The simpler the military operations, the more effective they will be.
In the Zhou Dynasty's army, the only ones that could really deal with the outside world were the crossbowmen. Once the soldiers had trained their endurance, they would be strong enough.
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, no matter how I read 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 military training method on a small scale first. After you get the results, it won't be too late to promote it."
Sheng Changbai had to see with his own eyes how to fight against Xixia and Liao in order to know which aspect would be better.
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 had 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 general and became an emperor.
Therefore, the natural wariness and distrust of military commanders does not give military commanders any 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 clean and carefree now. It's time to do your career, so it would be nice to be more busy with official matters. If you stay in this huge Chengyuan, you will just deal with the big family members of the Hou Mansion over there.
What's the meaning.
Although you are now in a high position, a highly respected minister, and have achieved the ultimate level of military general, the Great Zhou Dynasty is far from peace now, and 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, 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 how can we talk about the Northern Expedition with strong troops?
"Dazhou is currently suffering from internal and external troubles and is surrounded by crises. Of course I can see them all."
Gu Tingye is still a sober person.
Many uninformed people in Dazhou only 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.
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The emperor played a trick on the queen mother and took back the jade seal roguely.
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 deceived into using her jade seal, and she was completely at a disadvantage in the court.
Without the ability to retaliate, now we 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 from east to west.
Basically, there is no time of complete peace. Some places are drought, some are flooded, some are earth dragons, rivers are changing their courses, and aliens are rebelling 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 that were less severely affected by the disaster, 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 achievements.
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. What the Zhou Dynasty experienced most were droughts and floods.
This is also a natural disaster that human beings can 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 projects.
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 army must be given priority in everything, and everything else must come later.
The imperial court really needed to cultivate and recuperate, so Sheng Changbai gave himself a holiday. Except for going to the Yamen to order Mao, he arranged to do his own things at other times.
Check the information of various border states and choose a suitable location for your next stop.
Find a place that has space for you to perform and is 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. Is Auntie's health okay?"
After the head-on collision, Sheng Changbai naturally 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 need to be done. After the Geng Tie is exchanged, the two families officially decide on the marriage.
With the matter settled, Sheng Changbai felt at ease.
If Minglan doesn't settle the marriage, Sheng Changbai will always be wary of Gu Tingye.
I have been thinking about it all the time. Sheng Changbai wants to let things go, but he doesn't feel at ease when he does.
I am always worried that the cabbage at home will be stolen.
"It's getting better already."
He Hongwen said reluctantly, it seemed that He's mother's recovery was not ideal.
Like Gu Tingyu, He's mother was also a sick child. Her mother-in-law and son were both highly skilled doctors.
What I got was inherited from a family of royal doctors, and I met 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 doing a lot of things to embarrass your mother 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 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. He is considered 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 originally 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.
I simply don't like He Hongwen, a doctor. The He family is orphaned and widowed, and has no family background to rely on.
Therefore, if Sheng Changbai wants to stop what happens to Cao Jinxiu and He Hongwen, he will not feel 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.
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"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 was already bad. Logically speaking, Sheng Changbai shouldn't ask further questions.
But Sheng Changbai's original intention was to cause damage, so he went too far and deliberately broke the casserole to ask the truth.
He Hongwen and Minglan have already gone through the ceremony of accepting gifts and have started the process of the 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 old Zhao family's ancestral motto 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 common 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 with by the mine owner. The family was exiled, and it was indeed a loss.
