Chapter 322 The Song Dynasty Forbidden Army (Part 2)
"Hua." Commander Qin was pushing the bull when a majestic voice sounded and Wang Kai appeared on the scene.
Zhao Zongji also walked out and said with a smile: "It's just a normal rule. Commander Qin, don't worry too much."
The two bosses spoke, and Commander Qin had no choice but to sign and post.
Sima Guang ordered the roll call to continue in the capital.
Wang Kai looked at Zhao Zongji and saw that the other party was smiling at him, so he said nothing.
Near noon, the roll call was completed, and there were a total of 312 people, but none of them could call their names.
Seeing that the roll call was over, Wang Kai pulled Zhao Zongji and laughed and said: "The world is big and the earth is big, and eating is the most important thing. Let's talk about it after dinner."
Zhao Zongji nodded and smiled and said, "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful." He returned to the meeting hall with all the officials. The other attachés were greeted by middle-level officers, so they would not treat them badly.
Entering the hall, the food and wine on the table have been placed. Ginger shrimp, wine crab, steamed chestnut duck, spicy yellow river carp, deer breast, deer breast, silk-shredded sheep head in empty juice, oven-roasted lotus seed chicken...the room is full of fragrance.
.After all, it is a military camp meal, without all the fluff.
After the guest of honor took his seat, there were actually court prostitutes, each with an official attached to sit with them to encourage them to drink.
Wang Kai made a few opening remarks, raised his glass to toast, and for a while, the officers clinked their glasses a few times, and the officers became a little bit wild. The singers also played the pipa, and sang to cheer for the entertainment. What they sang was charming market tunes... They all
They are prostitutes who rely on military camps to make a living. The taste of their customer base determines it, and they can't sing anything else.
Seeing this smoky scene, Sima Guang felt affectionate but not a drop of the wine in front of him.
"Brother, I offer you a toast." It was Wang Kai who came to him with a glass in his hand and a rosy face.
"I don't know how to drink." Sima Guang shook his head.
"It's just one cup," Wang Kai said with a smile, "You can't get drunk."
"I really can't drink." Sima Guang still refused: "I'd better use water instead of the bar."
"Can you do that?" A group of generals just accepted his arrogance and naturally shouted, "Isn't that too disrespectful?"
Chen Ke looked at Zhao Zongji, who stood up knowingly and said with a smile: "Mr. Sima is a gentleman. A gentleman will do what he says, so don't embarrass him, Commander Bu." After saying that, he took the glass of wine and drank it himself.
Said: "I drank for him."
On this day, who dares not to give Zhao Zongji face? The generals shook their heads in dismay. Wang Kai also laughed and said: "When I was young, I also had a bad temper. It's a pity that I don't know why it disappeared later." He looked at it.
Sima Guang looked at him and said, "You have to persevere."
"Yes." Sima Guang responded in a low voice.
A small interlude that did not affect the harmonious atmosphere of the banquet. After having a full meal, Wang Kai invited Zhao Zongji to the back hall to change into clean clothes. The purpose was of course to talk alone.
The servant took off their wine-stained robes and served them strong tea.
Wang Kai picked up the cup, rinsed his mouth, and said to Zhao Zongji: "These 312 people, no matter what the reason, just cross them off." He said with a smile: "If you cut off 442 places in one army, it's not enough.
It’s a good start.”
"Yeah." Zhao Zongji nodded and said, "It's quite a lot."
"Is that settled?" Wang Kai smiled.
"Yeah." Zhao Zongji nodded again.
"Look at the subsequent inspections, will they follow this pattern?" Wang Kai said with a smile: "It must make your face look bright."
"Thank you, Bu Shuai, for taking care of me." Zhao Zongji cupped his fists and said.
"Hahaha," Wang Kai laughed and said, "I, the Eighth Prince, are close friends, how can I not take care of his descendants?" He sighed and said, "Hey, I will be blamed for this."
"I miss you so much." Zhao Zongji smiled and said, "If it's really troublesome, forget it."
"It's okay. I'm going to go down after the New Year. Let those brats scold you for a few words, and you won't lose a few taels of meat." Wang Kai laughed.
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I originally planned to conduct an inventory of the two armies today. But the drinking time passed too quickly. By the time I left Xuanwu and went to the military academy grounds, there were already many people on the ground.
"It seems that we can only go here today." Zhao Zongji's face was slightly red and he said: "Go and talk to the next family and go back tomorrow morning." The guard followed the order and left.
"It's nothing, I'll take my leave first." Sima Guang saluted.
"Hey. Don't go, don't go. Let's have a meeting and figure it out." Zhao Zongji refused to let him go, and said to Chen Ke: "Go to Chuanfu's place. I couldn't eat anything with chopsticks this noon. I'm already hungry now.
.”
"Okay." Chen Ke asked Chen Yi to rush in and make arrangements.
"There is something else going on at the lower official's house," Sima Guang said with a slight frown, "If it's not too important, can you tell me about it tomorrow?"
"It's very important." Zhao Zongji refused to let him go, and he and Chen Ke half pulled and half dragged him to the first floor.
In that room, Chuanfu had already arranged everything and came out of the store to greet them personally. He led them to the clean room on the top floor. The guards guarded the stairs to prevent anyone from approaching them.
Seeing that there were no singing girls to accompany the meal, Sima Guang sensed something, so he sat quietly, watching them order and serve the food, and patiently waited for Zhao Zongji to speak.
Zhao Zongji was really hungry. After eating for a while, he raised his head and asked, "Sir, why don't you move your chopsticks?"
"I'm too tired to eat at lunch, so I'm not hungry." Sima Guang clasped his fists and said, "I haven't thanked the young prince enough for relieving Xiaguan from the siege."
"That's what you're talking about..." Zhao Zongji was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "When a scholar meets a soldier, you can't explain why. Don't take it to heart."
"No." Sima Guang smiled.
"In today's situation, I remembered a person." Chen Ke interjected.
"Who?" Sima Guang looked at him.
"Wang Jiefu." Chen Ke replied with a smile: "Two and a half years ago, during the Spring Festival, at Duke Ouyang's house, a drunkard offered him a drink, but he insisted not to drink. Your expressions of refusal are almost the same."
"I'm not as good as Jiefu..." Sima Guang said frankly: "A drunken man makes a toast, or in the end of today's situation, I will still drink." After a pause, he said: "But Jiefu won't, he won't do anything for anything.
People, change their own principles.”
"But that day, he finally drank." Chen Ke said with a smile.
"Really?" Sima Guangqi asked.
"He took the initiative to drink." Chen Ke said: "At that time, no one forced him to drink."
"That's it." Sima Guang said with a smile: "No one can force him to change his ways."
With Wang Anshi's topic, the atmosphere finally became less cold. Chen Ke was a veteran at building relationships, and he immediately became close to Sima Guang.
Helplessly, Sima Guang saw through his thoughts at a glance, distanced himself again and said, "What else do you want to give me, the young prince?"
"I don't have any instructions." Zhao Zongji put down his chopsticks, rinsed his mouth and said, "Didn't I say that I would have a meeting to summarize and see how to deal with it tomorrow."
"Yeah." Sima Guang nodded, you go ahead and I'm listening.
"Today, Mr. Zhao is mainly investigating." Zhao Zongji said, "You should talk about it first."
"I don't like to tell lies." Sima Guang thought about it and said calmly: "The young prince may not like it."
"True words are harsh to the ears, but I still understand this truth." Zhao Zongji smiled and said, "Just say it!"
"That's good." Sima Guang said, "In my opinion, we were fooled today."
"How do you say it?" Zhao Zongji said, "You don't see anything wrong?"
"Their performance is indeed very good, and the vacancy of over 400 is completely acceptable. In short, everything goes smoothly and looks perfect." Sima Guang said.
"Isn't it good?" Zhao Zongji asked.
"The three problems of the Song Dynasty are redundant troops, which is known to all women and children. If disarmament was so simple, it would not have troubled the Song Dynasty for decades." Sima Guang paused and said: "Because it was too smooth, it was too abnormal, and something went wrong.
He must be a monster."
"Where is the demon?" Zhao Zongji said, "I can't see any flaws. Those soldiers are all genuine."
"Yes, it can be seen at a glance that they are all veterans." Sima Guang nodded and said: "But the strategies that Dong Zhuo can think of are not something we Song people can't think of."
"What's the plan?" Zhao Zongji asked.
"When Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he wanted to use force to subdue the ministers. But he didn't have many soldiers and could not achieve the effect of deterrence." Sima Guang had a habit of telling ancient stories and opened up the conversation: "In order to overwhelm everyone and cover up others, Dong Zhuo
He used a trick of 'bluffing' - for four or five days in a row, he ordered his troops to enter the city in a show of force during the day, and then quietly left the city at night, and then entered the city beating gongs and drums during the day. The people in the capital did not know what was going on.
They all thought that his troops were too numerous to count, but they didn't know that this was a deception he used."
"You mean, they used a blind trick?" Zhao Zongji said with wide eyes.
"It's very possible." Sima Guang said calmly: "Bianjing City has 400 military camps and 36 school grounds. They can definitely combine the strength of the two armies or even the three armies to deal with our inspection." He paused and said.
: "In fact, there are still civil servants and old officials in the Sansi Yamen. These people can definitely make a complete list of the forbidden army, but they deliberately make it messy, just to take advantage of the loopholes."
"What you said makes sense." Zhao Zongji nodded and said, "What should we do next?"
"It depends on what the young prince thinks." Sima Guang looked at him, his tone was calm, but it always seemed a bit teasing: "Do you want to handle the errand, or do you want to handle this matter in a down-to-earth manner.
"
"How do you say it?" Zhao Zongji said.
"If you want to deal with it, just turn a blind eye and close it." Sima Guang still said in the same tone: "I think that as soon as the precedent is set today, the army behind will follow the prescription. By then, they will almost be able to detect a
The vacancy of about ten thousand is enough for the young prince to do business." After a pause, he said softly: "The number of ten thousand is actually the bottom line of the rich husband..."
