After the great victory in Lanzhou, the emperor was in a very good mood. Recently, several imperial doctors diagnosed and treated him and said that the emperor was in good health. The emperor also felt that he was completely refreshed, and all his open and covert illnesses were gone. Only Qian Yi
However, he worriedly advised the emperor to continue to take good care of his body and to exercise restraint and abstain from sex.
After listening to Qian Yi's words, the officials knew that it was not good to conceal the disease and avoid medical treatment, but they still sent him out of the palace and asked him to work hard to establish the Imperial College of Medicine.
"Are there any new beauties in the palace recently?"
The official asked Shi Deyi.
"Yes, yes. The minister will order someone to bring the portrait."
The official nodded, and soon Shi Deyi presented the portrait to the emperor for viewing.
The official looked at it a few times and said with a smile: "I can tell at a glance that it was painted by Cui Daizhao."
This Cui Daizhao was named Cui Bai, and he was the number one painter in the court. His paintings of birds, trees, and landscapes were unparalleled in the world. The officials liked his paintings very much and promoted him to Daizhao.
Everyone knows that Cui Bai is good at painting flowers and birds, but they don't know that he is also good at painting beauties.
The officials looked at the paintings of beauties painted by Cui Bai. The beauties were either sitting leisurely leaning on the railings, or had bright eyes. It was just a picture that conveyed the beauty's appearance and spirit to the officials' eyes.
The officials were very satisfied and thought that Cui Bai and Qian Yi were both outstanding talents from the people, but they were far better than those from the Taiyuan Hospital and the Painting Academy.
Immediately, the official looked at the beauties in Hua Zhong again, and couldn't help but feel a little distraught.
As you conquer more lands, you will inevitably want to conquer more women to match them. This is something engraved in men's genes.
The official was a little impulsive at the moment. Thinking of this, the official paid attention to the woman in the painting for a moment, and Shi Deyi immediately understood.
After the death of Empress Dowager Cao, there were fewer people who could restrain him, so some were more free to do whatever they wanted.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Yue and Zhang Dun were quarreling in front of the palace!"
After hearing the report from the chamberlain, the official felt happy at first, and then sighed.
Zhang Yue and Zhang Dun were both talents that he admired very much. Zhang Yue served the emperor with sincerity, and Zhang Dun served the emperor with straightforwardness.
Zhang Dun also had another advantage that he admired very much, that is, he did not form any clique. Of course, the emperor also knew that it was impossible to be truly non-partisan in the officialdom.
But at least Zhang Shangying and Li Hao recommended by Zhang Dun were both outstandingly talented.
In this regard, Zhang Yue has both public and private interests.
All emperors hate cliques, and the officials are also somewhat paranoid that only ministers who like to be alone can be clean in heart, noble in character, and truly loyal to their emperor.
From this point of view, Zhang Dun is one of the few officials who does not engage in cliques, and he is indeed much better than Lu Huiqing.
Lu Huiqing is good with good things and very bad with bad things.
Lu Huiqing will try every means to deprive others of their benefits, and even attack others to favor or benefit those close to her own circle.
Therefore, his reputation is polarized, and most people even dislike him.
The official said: "Let them come to see me."
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The official walked to the outside of the palace and saw Zhang Yue and Zhang Dun, one standing in the west and the other standing in the east.
The official walked up to the two of them and said, "You two, please come closer."
The two men walked in front of the emperor, and the official said: "A prime minister and an official are both important ministers of the country. They should work together to support me. How can this be done?"
"I know that you two have a lot of grievances, but as we are officials in the same palace, it is not appropriate to talk about these things. How about I make peace for you?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the dispute between me and Zhang Dun is not a private matter, but a public matter."
"The soldiers in Baojia are obviously not good at fighting. The generals along the border in Shaanxi would rather hire extra soldiers than abandon them in Baojia."
"This is not my bias. The Khitan party members also gathered together as soldiers, but the tribal soldiers and horses usually chase the water. How can they be trained by hunting and training like Baojia. If Baojia soldiers replace the regular soldiers according to what Zhang Dun said, there will be no burial place.
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The Qing Dynasty also experienced an early collapse of its combat power, so the Qing Dynasty recruited Sauron soldiers to fight. There was a saying in the Qing army that war was not allowed if Sauron soldiers were not available.
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In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Sauron army, the Qing Dynasty ordered that the Sauron people were not allowed to farm, but only hunted.
Zhang Dun then said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yue advocates building forts on all roads in Shaanxi and advancing in sequence along the border. It is really not advisable."
"This is easy to connect up and down."
The official looked surprised and said, "Why do you say this?"
Zhang Dun said: "Your Majesty, does your Majesty know that officials have built a city in the northwest? What is the fort?"
"This has three advantages. The first advantage is that you can be appointed as a military commander, and you can record your merits and report them to the court in the future."
"The second benefit is that by building cities and forts, these officials can work their way up and benefit themselves."
"The third advantage is that you don't need to train troops. If you want to fight with the party in the field, you must train troops. If you build a fortress, you don't need to train troops. You can blatantly embezzle military pay and military resources."
"So over the years, the imperial court has raised a bunch of useless soldiers and built a bunch of useless cities."
"They don't want to use the money spent on building forts to distribute the profits to the frontline soldiers to build a strong army that can conquer and fight well, but pile them all on the forts. This is the harm of focusing on things and neglecting people."
"I think that instead of doing this, I would rather use armored soldiers to defend the stronghold, so why use regular soldiers?"
The officials' expressions changed after hearing this. Zhang Yue looked sideways at Zhang Dun's words, which shows how many local officials in Shaanxi he had offended. Without Wang Gui taking action, all the officials in Shaanxi Road could drown you in their saliva.
The official asked: "Is this the case with Qing Zhang? Is this how the court's money can be used?"
Of course Zhang Yue knew that what Zhang Dun said was true. He had long wanted to report the matter to the emperor, but he was worried about offending the officials in Shaanxi. Now Zhang Dun revealed the truth regardless.
This is also unintentional.
What Zhang Dun said was used by Zhang Yue in the past to evaluate Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty. However, it was not entirely correct when it was placed in Shaanxi during the Song Dynasty.
Zhang Yue said: "The method of fortification was proposed by Fan Wenzhenggong, and the strategy of shallow attack and fortification advocated by Chen also came from this."
"As for what is said in the chapter, Shaanxi does not have a strong army. Could it be that Yao's troops are not elite by planting and breaking? There are also Miao Shuo, Liu Changzuo, Li Hao, Wang Wenyu, Peng Sun and other troops who dare to fight in the Xixia field.
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The official said: "But it is an indisputable fact that Shaanxi armies embezzled military pay, but it is better than other forces. No wonder most of the military resources of the imperial court have been spent on building forts in recent years."
Zhang Dun said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court does not allocate enough soldiers' wages, and the generals also withhold the soldiers' wages. After the generals withheld the soldiers' wages, they tried to save trouble and did not train their soldiers and horses. Therefore, most of the soldiers worked part-time to make a living."
"A good soldier becomes worse every day."
Zhang Yue remembered that Zeng Guofan suffered this loss. He forced the Green Camp soldiers to practice with the Hunan Army every day. However, the Hunan Army had food and pay, and the Green Camp soldiers had almost no food and pay. They worked odd jobs to make a living. In the end, the Green Camp mutinied and Zeng Guofan was forced to
Jump over the wall and escape.
From then on, Zeng Guofan no longer trusted Lvying.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Zhang Dun really dared to say, yes, he already knew that Wang Gui was going to kill him. Instead of doing this, it is better to give it a try, which is also in line with his outspoken character.
The more others attack him, the more officials will protect him. No one in the officialdom is an economical person.
The official's face was solemn, which poured cold water on him who was somewhat complacent after the great victory in Lanzhou.
The official said: "Both of the two ministers are loyal ministers who seek the country. I didn't expect that I would gain a lot from hearing about this dispute. It is true that my ancestors said that there should be different opinions in the court."
Having said this, the official paused and said, "For my sake, you two should put aside your prejudices and work together to assist me in my national affairs in the future."
Zhang Yue sneered in his heart after hearing this, while Zhang Dun's face was also extremely cold.
Zhang Yue speculated that what the official really wanted to say in his heart was that I would feel relieved if you two continue to fight like this.
In this way, family affairs have become national affairs.
