"Why are you laughing?" Di Zi didn't have much friendship with Chen Ke. Seeing that he was so disrespectful to his father, he was naturally unhappy.
"I laugh at the fact that Marshal was wise and confused for a moment!" Chen Ke didn't look at him, only stared at Di Qing and said.
"Presumptuous!" Di Zi reprimanded Chen Ke.
"Shut up." Di Qing glanced at Di Gao and said, "You all get out."
"Yes, father..." Di Zi lowered his head in depression, and went down with Di Yong.
"Sanlang, tell me, where am I confused?" Di Qing asked Chen Ke when they were the only two left in the room.
"You know clearly that it is Wen Yanbo who wants to harm you." Chen Ke sneered: "You still believe his lies, aren't you still confused?"
"What?" Di Qing didn't believe it: "I and Mr. Wen had no enmity in the past and have no enmity in recent days. How could he harm me?"
"Alas..." Chen Ke finally understood why Di Qing was killed so easily by Wen Yanbo... In his opinion, this invincible general on the battlefield could not even reach a passing grade in politics.
.
However, Chen Ke was criticizing the ancients harshly. You must know that except for him and the future lawless Xianggong, no one can transcend the era in which they live, and Di Qing is no exception.
Before the Song Dynasty, the status of military generals had always been superior to civilian officials. They were ambitious, actively participated in politics, and often even killed the emperor. History was always controlled by them. However, the Song Dynasty summed up the lessons of the Five Dynasties, and Zhao Kuangyin was
The country was not upright, so in order to prevent others from imitating him, he began to take strict precautions against military generals. However, because Zhao Kuangyin himself was the number one soldier, he could still balance the civil and military affairs, allowing civil servants and military generals to perform their respective duties.
But during the Taizong period, the situation completely deteriorated. Because Zhao Guangyi killed his brother and usurped the throne, and before he became emperor, he was isolated from the army by Zhao Kuangyin, so he took it as a relationship to be wary of the arrogant and powerful generals left by Taizu.
The top priority was the safety of the throne. Although the generals were still mainly responsible for recruiting troops and garrisoning defenses, and the Privy Council continued to maintain a high proportion of soldiers, the selection of candidates had completely changed.
For example, the Privy Council President II, the three generals and the frontline commanders were all incompetent confidants of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. The officials he employed, including Wang Xian, Chai Yuxi, Zhang Xun, Yang Shouyi, etc., were all former subordinate officials of the vassal and were named military attachés, but almost none of them were military attachés.
Experience on the battlefield. The only reason why they can command the military is to be loyal and reliable. In fact, most of them are mediocre people. Even if they have hundreds of thousands of troops, they are afraid of fighting in the face of battle. They even use greed, sinisterness, and flattery to attack as if they are capable.
However, the founding generals, represented by Cao Bin and Pan Mei, had no choice but to obey Taizong's advice in order to avoid being shaken by their great achievements. Even knowing that the imperial edict was absurd, they did not dare to disobey him, but sacrificed their lives to save themselves... Yong Xi
This is how the Northern Expedition was defeated, and how Yang Ye died.
As for those generals who had no political acumen but still fought bravely for the first place, such as Guo Jin, Yang Ye, and Hu Yanzan, they all either died tragically or were demoted, and they all fell into a miserable situation.
Under the background of Zhao Guangyi's efforts to suppress the military generals, the military generals have the characteristics of obeying the rules and submissiveness. This time Wen Yanbo used a vague letter to get rid of Di Qing. This is not a pioneering work, but a reference to the previous work.
"People"... In the third year of Emperor Taizong's reign of peace and prosperity, Li Feixiong, the son of Qinzhou Jiedu judge Li Ruoyu, pretended to be a border patrol envoy sent by the emperor. He took a few followers with him and headed west to Qinzhou. Faced with Li Feixiong, who did not hold any credentials.
, the local general actually bowed his head and was willing to be bound and punished, but he alone took control of the army.
This incident is enough to reflect the submission and docility of the military ministers, and the strong qualities they should have are gone. And Di Qing, even though he is a talented person, cannot get rid of this kind of rule-abiding in his bones, so even if it is an unofficial prime minister's command, his
The first reaction is to accept, rather than question.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fortunately, the butterfly Chen Ke appeared. He sighed and said: "Enmity does not have to be made in person. Your existence is an offense to him. People often compare the marshal to him. Back then, we recovered
In the city of Beizhou, Wen Yanbo became the prime minister. How can he compare it with the marshal who pacified the entire south? He deceives the world and steals his reputation, which is not worthy of his name! As long as the marshal is around, he will feel uncomfortable."
"Alas." At this time, Di Qing still helped Wen Yanbo: "The prime minister can hold a boat in his belly, how can he be such a small weapon?"
"Does the marshal know?" Chen Ke said quietly: "After you expressed your humiliation in front of the emperor, he once had a confrontation with the officials?"
"Know."
"Where is the content of the performance?"
"How did the foreign minister know?" Di Qing shook his head and said. He disdains or does not know how to play those tricks, which is why he was applauded by Wen Yanbo.
Chen Ke then told Di Qing what he said, "Di Qing is a loyal minister." "Isn't Taizu a loyal minister of Zhou Shizong?"
Di Qing was horrified after hearing this. The prime minister of a country actually had to use this method to know the inside story about himself. It is pitiful and pathetic, but it can also be taught. "...Those gentlemen keep saying that they want to be upright, but is it possible to pry into the matter of palace confinement?
Are you upright? Unfortunately, in this world, truly upright people are always the most vulnerable to harm.
"What is the attitude of the officials?" After a long silence, Di Qing looked at Chen Ke.
"The officials did not believe Wen Yanbo's nonsense, but if there are too many people impeaching you, they will probably ask you to leave the capital to calm the turmoil." Chen Ke said firmly.
"Why?" Di Qing asked confused.
"Throughout the Qingli New Deal, the official's motivation for governing is that one thing is worse than one thing less, and one thing less is worse than nothing." Chen Ke explained for him: "If the officials find out, your existence will be irritating. When the civil servant group continues to make trouble, he will inevitably tend to aggrieve you alone to appease the entire civil servant class, instead of going against the civil servant group that is so large that it is already holding the emperor hostage."
"Let Sanlang say this." After listening to this, Di Qing said with a depressed expression: "I should recognize you and resign to relieve your worries...
"My feelings have been wasted for a long time." Chen Ke sneered and said: "The marshal went back on his promise, which is really disappointing. Last month, I advised you to resign. What did you say? You said you wanted to set an example for the world's scoundrels.
, so you have to persevere to the end. The conclusive words at that time are still in my ears. Why do you want to resign now?"
"I originally just said that no matter what, the officials would support me." Di Qing blushed and said, "Who knew that I would have become a problem for the officials."
"Could it be that on the battlefield, a marshal would be timid before fighting?" Chen Ke said: "When you find that the enemy is too strong, you abandon your soldiers and run away?"
"Of course not!" Di Qing said loudly, as if his pride was hurt: "I, Di Hanchen, have been in the army for half my life, and I have never abandoned my subordinates!"
"Now, if you become a deserter.
"Chen Ke became excited and said: "The generation inspired by you will all lose their ideals, lose their goals, lose their hope in life, and become the most tragic abandoned soldiers!"
His words, like drums in the evening and bells in the morning, vibrated Di Qing's lungs, peeling off all the worries, slanders, taunts, frustrations and frustrations that were attached to his heart. Di Qing was lost in thought for a long time, and exhaled a long breath: "Ruo Wu Sanlang
After trying so hard to persuade me, Di Qing is quite wrong!"
Seeing that Di Qing finally got rid of his failure mood, Chen Ke's tone softened and he said with a smile: "The authorities are confused, but the observers are clear."
"Sanlang is humbled." Di Qing finally cheered up, reconsidered his situation and said, "What should I do now?"
"Without it, we can cope with all changes by remaining unchanged." Chen Ke said with a smile: "The marshal has merits and no faults. If you don't take the initiative to resign, there will be nothing anyone can do."
"Are we going to have to die?" Di Qing said with a bitter smile. A person has a face and a tree has a skin. He doesn't want people to poke his spine and accuse him of being an official.
"There is a lot of knowledge in the way of advance and retreat in officialdom." Chen Ke said softly: "Marshal Shuan is familiar with the art of war, why not use it in the management of officialdom? Now the marshal treats the situation of the enemy and ourselves as a war, you see, how should we deal with it?
?”
"Is this okay?" Returning to the business, Di Qing immediately entered the state of mind and said: "If it is compared to a war, I am now going deep alone, with no reinforcements behind me, the enemy is outnumbered, and I am completely unable to fight back.
"How should we respond?" Chen Ke asked in a deep voice.
"At this time, we should avoid meaningless sacrifices, quickly withdraw from the front line, get support, stabilize our position, and then make other plans." Di Qing asked strangely: "So, I still have to leave Beijing?"
"You can't leave the capital." Chen Ke shook his head and said, "If you leave the capital, those people will have a hundred ways to make you die inexplicably."
"What about that?"
"Resign without leaving Beijing." Chen Ke said solemnly: "To put it bluntly, Wen Yanbo is so eager to drive you out of office. He has a deeper purpose, which is to make Han Qi become the Privy Councilor, and on this condition, he can unite with him to fight against Jia Changchao.
Mr. Jia. So Wen Yanbo needs this seat, and so does Han Qi. Anyway, this puppet-like Privy Councilor is not interesting in front of him, so the marshal simply gave up this seat, but he must impose conditions..."
"Conditions? Do you want to resign without leaving the capital?" Di Qing smiled bitterly and said: "I am already the Privy Councilor. If I want to move to the capital, I can only become the prime minister..." This is obviously impossible.
"If there is no seat, we can create one." Chen Ke said whimsically: "How about Marshal going to teach and educate people?"
"Hey..." Di Qing was full of expectations, thinking that he would have some good ideas. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Sanlang is joking. If I am a martial artist, won't I be misleading someone's disciples?"
"Do only literati need education?" Chen Ke said leisurely: "Don't warriors need it?"
