Why did Mr. Kong turn into a mangy dog? Qiao Mu was very curious and hurriedly said: "What's going on? Please tell me quickly."
"That's it, today..." Zhang San told Qiao Mu exactly what happened in the Star-Zhaing Tower today.
"The person surnamed Kong lost. It was time to fulfill the agreement. She went to the street to shout, but suddenly ran away. Do you think she broke her promise? Is she a mangy dog?"
Qiao Mu shook his head and said, "I really didn't expect that Kong Ruyan would be such a person."
He asked why she was standing on the street today, surrounded by a group of people! It turned out that she had lost a competition with the eldest lady and wanted to shout "I am a talented woman" on the street.
The eldest lady is really awesome! She even surpassed Kong Ruyan.
"Fortunately, she is not the eldest lady's husband now, otherwise the eldest lady would have been taught bad things by her."
"That's true, but you haven't read the word "Da Madam" yet?"
"That's right, just read it out and let us listen!"
Zhang San had already forgotten the words and poems. He only remembered what he was saying: ten years of life and death, and what if a knife cuts off the water, the water will flow again.
He pretended to be impatient and said: "If you want to know so much, just ask the eldest lady!"
"Hey! I think you just didn't understand or remember."
"that is."
Zhang San rolled his eyes at the two soldiers who were chasing him, and said angrily: "I'm just stupid, I can't remember it."
"Haha..." All the soldiers laughed.
next day
After Song Heng came down from the court, he walked out of the palace with Xuanyuan Liuyun and several generals.
"My young prince, I am afraid that disarmament is not possible! Although there is no war now, once disarmament occurs, the military strength will be weakened. What if the surrounding countries suddenly invade?" Wang Cangping, the general of Bixi, said with a frown.
He only has 80,000 troops and horses at his disposal. If he goes by the Ministry of War's instructions and cuts another 20,000 troops, then he will only have 60,000 troops. What can 60,000 troops and horses do in the event of a war?
Song Heng also nodded and said: "Yes! The border is still peaceful now, but who can guarantee that it will still be like this one or two years later?"
There is nothing wrong with the south and west. After all, Nanyue has just put down the civil strife, and the new king has just ascended the throne. What will he do if he can't free his hands for three to five years? The whole country in Xiling believes in Buddhism and will never stir up trouble. The north is not stable, and the northern region is not stable.
They are strong and warlike by nature. Because their land resources are scarce, the people from the Northern Territory have always wanted to occupy the Dongchen territory.
A few years ago, they attacked Dongchen once, and they happened to encounter a natural disaster. At that time, the Dongchen Kingdom almost experienced annihilation. Fortunately, the whole country was united at that time and forced the Northern Territory people back to their homeland.
Four years have passed, and the people from the Northern Territory have not dared to invade the border again. However, this is not a guarantee, and they will not come back again.
"Who says it's not the case!" Xuanyuan Liuyun frowned and said, "It is said that raising an army takes a thousand days and only uses it for a while. When there is a war, all the soldiers rush to the front. When there is no war, we become the enemy.
Those who work hard will get silver coins for free."
As he spoke, he rolled his eyes at the few civil servants who were walking in front.
This matter of disarmament was brought up by a few old men with pens. They said that there is no war now and raising so many soldiers is a complete waste of food from the national treasury. Moreover, last year's drought caused no grain harvest in several states and counties.
The treasury was empty. Therefore, after the emperor thought for a long time, he asked the Ministry of War to come up with a disarmament plan. However, due to the opposition of these generals, although the plan was proposed, it was not finalized.
Song Hengdao: "The soldiers in the army don't want to be the ones who hang their heads on their belts. However, if they are laid off now, and when there is a war, they recruit soldiers again, and they have to be trained from scratch, and the new recruits are not trained enough.
, the combat effectiveness will also be very low."
Wang Cangping nodded in agreement and said: "So! There is no real rule in this army."
He doesn't want to dismantle the army. After all, he is not like Song Heng and the young prince. They each have 200,000 troops. He only has 80,000. If they are further reduced, he, the great general of Yixi, will
What does it mean to be in front of others?
"Isn't there a perfect solution?" Xuanyuan Liuyun raised his head and looked at the sky, feeling a little irritable.
The group of people separated after leaving the palace gate. Song Heng got on the horse led by Qiao Mu, and then went directly to the breakfast store at the city gate. He planned to go to the breakfast store, have something to eat, and then go to the camp.
When they arrived at the breakfast shop, Song Heng and Qiao Mu got off their horses. The waiter hurriedly greeted them, took the reins from their hands, and tied the horses to the pillar outside.
Song Heng and Qiao Mu walked directly into the shop and sat down in the corner where they usually sat.
"Gentlemen, are you still the same?" The waiter served tea and wiped the table with a rag.
Qiao Mu smiled and said: "It's still the same."
"Okay!" The waiter put the rag on his shoulder and went to the back kitchen to bring the buns and porridge.
After a while, the waiter brought six steamed buns and two bowls of porridge.
"General" Qiao Mu pulled out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick bucket and handed them to Song Heng.
Song Heng took the chopsticks, picked up the buns and ate them. He liked the buns here the most. They were thin in skin and filled with big fillings, and they tasted good. He could eat four of the six buns by himself.
Two young men who looked like scholars entered the breakfast shop, sat down at an empty table, ordered something, and started chatting.
"Brother Chen, have you listened to the poem and lyrics that Mrs. Song composed yesterday when she was competing with Kong Ruyan in the Star-Zhaing Tower?"
Song Heng's ears twitched. Yesterday, Wan'er and Kong Jieyian competed in the Zhaixing Tower. Why didn't he know? Why didn't Zhang San report it to him?
The instructions Zhang San received from him were to protect the safety of the eldest lady and to report to him if anything unusual happened to the eldest lady. Zhang San felt that there was nothing unusual yesterday, so she did not report it to him.
"Of course I heard it. It was the best word and the best poem I have ever heard in my life. For ten years, I was confused between life and death. I didn't think about it, and I couldn't forget it... What a beautiful and sad word!" Now, this
This poem and the poem written by Mrs. Song are all being circulated in the imperial city!
"There is also a toast to relieve sorrow, which will make the sorrow worse, and a knife to cut off the water, and the water will flow again. It is really an eternal quatrain!"
"Yeah yeah!"
"Hey!" The scholar named Chen suddenly sighed.
"Why did Brother Chen sigh?" another scholar asked.
The scholar named Chen raised his head and looked up at the roof at a 45-degree angle. He shook his head gently and said, "I was just thinking that a talented woman like Mrs. Song is as wise and powerful as General Song."
How could a man raise such a naughty bastard son?"
Naughty? Bastard son? Song Heng frowned. Zi Ling was young and had been a bit naughty and bastard in the past few days. How come this outsider knew about it?
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