After Zhou Tong woke up, he felt that all the bones in his body were broken. He stared at the roof for a while before he felt that his limbs were still there. The nightmare-like two days made him have a deep understanding of the man lying next to him.
New understanding.
This may be a bit ambiguous, but there is nothing aesthetic about a big bunk with naked men lying on it. All kinds of weird snoring sounds and all kinds of pungent smells make the whole house feel like a hell on earth.
I twisted my neck, and there was a very painful crunching sound from the bones rubbing against each other. Fortunately, I saw the general lying next to me, looking melancholy at the roof, and I felt a little better.
"General, can our cruel trick really impress Bao Zheng and make him not take us to the capital? In fact, I think going to the capital is not a bad thing. After all, it is closer to the emperor."
"I don't know, let's leave it to fate. God decides what we want to do. We have done what we should do, and the rest depends on God's arrangements. Bao Zheng is a pragmatic person and will not let other people's hard work go to waste.
, I have great confidence in his character."
"But we really walked three hundred and fifty miles carrying armor and weapons!"
"Nonsense, doesn't the bitter flesh trick hurt? Wasn't it true that Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai back then? It's the business of the court bosses to turn the rain over with his backhand. All we can do is work hard within the scope that we can control.
Survive, work hard to create a relaxed environment for yourself, don't expect others, the suffering we suffer today will benefit us endlessly in the future.
Ah Tong, don't think about going to the capital to be an official, and to be an idle official. For us, being an official like that means that you are dead. If any of you brothers wants to be an official, I will spare no effort to help you.
He has achieved his goal. Jiaziying will do things in the future, big things, and we will not wait for those who cannot keep up."
Zhou Tong turned to the side with difficulty and looked at Yun Zheng and said: "Actually, I don't understand your idea. In the past, we all thought of learning martial arts and selling them to the emperor's family. Relying on knowledge to complete the change in status would be enough to honor our ancestors."
You seem to be thinking further, struggling to survive in the cracks with the Jiazi Battalion, why do we have to carry such a big burden?"
Yun Zheng thought for a long time before saying to Zhou Tong: "I plan to change the future. Over the years, we Chinese have always been a group of people who are brave enough to explore. Some of our ancestors reformed, some rebelled, and some died to remonstrate.
Some people died in battle and were shrouded in horse leather. They made great sacrifices. However, if you think about it carefully, have there been any fundamental changes in our ethnic group since the Qin and Han Dynasties?
No, from the most ancient Chinese riots to Taizu Chenqiao's rebellion and the yellow robe, the rulers are always changing. The only thing that remains unchanged is our world, which always goes through a strange cycle of rise, prosperity, mediocrity, and decline. Is it true?
Is there no way to continue the prosperity of a dynasty?
No matter who is the emperor, to put it bluntly, I don’t care at all who sits on the emperor’s throne. The emperor has never been the foundation of this ethnic group. As long as this ethnic group does not indulge itself, there is no reason why it cannot prosper forever.
Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was inherently deficient. The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, an important pass to resist the barbarians in the north, was dedicated to the Liao Dynasty by the son emperor Shi Jingtang. As a result, the Song Dynasty could only maintain a defensive posture militarily and wanted to conquer the Great Plains.
To defend others' cavalry, there is no other way than the human sea tactic.
The richer our Song Dynasty is, the more attractive it will be to those barbarians. In this world, there is a principle of guarding against thieves for a thousand days. One day you will find that the defense line composed of the Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army is not enough to withstand other people's iron hoofs. Therefore,
I want to try the path of elite soldiers, supplemented by the technique of weapons, to see if I can find a new path."
Zhou Tong slapped his lips and said, "Your idea is very dangerous. It is a statement without a king or a father. If others hear it, you will never have a chance to get ahead in your life."
Yun Zheng laughed, but accidentally touched his abdominal muscles. He kept coughing in pain. He patted the bamboo mat with his hand and said to Zhou Tong: "Do you think I am a stubborn person? I am just watching the imperial palace.
How much tolerance do the members and His Majesty the Emperor have for me? Let’s see what the bottom line is that they can accept. If everyone in the Song Dynasty disapproves of my attempt, I will immediately disband Jiaziying and return to my hometown of Douchuan to farm.
I raise cattle, teach, and go to Yuanshan to bully the Tubo people for fun in my spare time. I have no idea of devoting myself to death. To be honest, the attempt at Jiaziying was just a whim. I was tired of it long ago, just for the sake of it.
My reputation is struggling to be maintained. If they feel threatened and think that I am a big trouble, I have no intention of making enemies of the world. As a player in the game, they will not support me, so why should I support it."
"The way of a gentleman is consistent, Yun Changsheng, is this how you learn?"
This was not Zhou Tong's voice. Yun Zheng opened his eyes and saw Bao Zheng's dark face, and Zhang Fangping's angry face next to him.
"Ming Gong, I really can't stand up. Please forgive me. Ming Gong seems to be unbecoming a gentleman when he peeps into people's privacy."
"This is a military camp, or a military camp under my control. You are just a soldier in the camp, how can you have any privacy? If I want to chop off your head, it is just a matter of issuing a warrant. I guarantee that no one will say a word. Age
You are so spoiled that you can't talk to your superiors like this? Get out of here!"
Bao Zheng was a guest officer, and Zhang Fangping was the principal officer. There was no need to pay attention to the way he spoke. The army was a place where superiority was the most important thing. Yun Zheng had to get up hard and listen to Zhang Fangping's lectures.
Before Bao Zheng could ask questions, Yun Zheng said: "Ming Gong, Jiazi Camp is very small, with only a thousand men. Even if the entire Wu Sheng Army is added, it is only ten thousand. The Song Dynasty has more than two million soldiers, and the humble rank is just
I plan to make a small transformation of these 10,000 people, without any effort or money from the court, and get an elite army for nothing. This is beneficial to the country, your Majesty, and the people. Why do you object? Are you worried about me?
Are you going to rebel with these ten thousand people? If you think about it this way, what kind of army does the Song Dynasty need?
According to this idea, all common people are likely to become criminals, all officials want to be corrupt, all princes want to seize power, and all generals are ready to rebel at any time. Does such a country still need others to attack? It has long been torn apart, which is appropriate.
It is appropriate to have a method of restriction, but the imperial court has tied up all the hands and feet of the army to prevent it from moving. When the time comes to fight, the army will have no fighting power, and something big will happen."
Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "I see that you are just entrusted by others. Fu Bi asked me to bring the money to buy horses. You will be in big trouble if you don't have horses to give to others. As far as I know, the Song Dynasty
No one dares to accept Fu Bi's money and not give others goods. Furthermore, Zeng Gongliang asked me to bring you a construction book from the capital. He said that the one he showed you last time was not complete, and this one is more complete.
, but he has left the gunpowder section empty, waiting for you to fill it in. Write it quickly, I will return to Beijing via Guangyuan the day after tomorrow."
Seeing that Lao Bao didn't talk about taking him and Jiaziying back to Beijing, Yun Zheng naturally didn't talk much. He frowned and said, "The merchants in Dousha County are already preparing for the war horses that Prime Minister Fu Bi wants. This year, the Tubo people behind the snowy mountains are fighting endlessly.
The more logical Tubo people planned to unify Tibet. The local tribes quit, and both sides stopped grazing. They had been fighting for a whole year, and it was estimated that they would continue fighting next spring. It happened to be a good time to do business. He wanted
It’s easy to get five hundred horses, it’s not difficult.”
Bao Zheng smiled and shook his head and said: "One thousand horses, you teased me on Qinfeng Road. If you want to calm down your anger, you have to sell them to me one thousand horses. Fu Bi is not as easily fooled as you think."
"Actually, life is not easy for Jiao Si Luo. Xixia is now in poverty. In order to maintain relations with the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, he does not dare to pick up provocations, so he targets Jiao Si Luo, who is closest to him, without hiding it.
Yupang also wanted to wash away the shame of the last defeat. Now he is stationing troops in the Yellow River again. There is big business to be done here. War horses should not be on the list of untradeable goods. The next batch of caravans going to Qingtang to trade only need to trade with them.
War horses, it is estimated that it is not difficult to get 500 war horses. Qinzhou is right next to his Qinfeng Road, why don't you trade it yourself?"
Zhang Fangping laughed and interrupted: "I don't want to sell horses to Fu Bi. When he was in Qinzhou, he deceived Jiao Siluo miserably and lost more than 300 miles of land. Fu Bi is still very proud when he talks about it.
"
Yun Zheng knew that most of the high-ranking officials in the Song Dynasty had the habit of deceiving the barbarians. They took this as proof that they were intellectually superior to the barbarians. The reason why it was becoming more and more difficult to deal with the barbarians now was because they were afraid of being deceived.
An honest gentleman like Zhong Shiheng can no longer be seen, so the barbarians in Hengshan miss Zhong Shiheng's death very much.
Yun Zheng didn't care about Fu Bi's request. A thousand war horses was either more or less. Whether it was the tribes behind the snowy mountains or the Tubo people in Qingtang, their demands for iron tools and food were almost endless. They wanted real
To make a suitable bow and arrow, they needed to import isinglass from the mainland of the Song Dynasty, so they didn't have many choices.
As for Zeng Gongliang's suggestion that his head was kicked by a donkey, Yun Zheng simply didn't want to pay attention to it. After the gunpowder formula was handed over to him, people all over the world would know about it in less than ten days. This kind of thing that benefits the whole world is not
Zheng had no intention of doing it at all.
The only weapon left in the Song Dynasty was gunpowder, which could restrain the cavalry. If those barbarians who were good at learning knew about it, the consequences would be terrible. Yun Zheng could not imagine the terrifying appearance of the cavalry charging into battle with scimitars in their hands and simple grenades in their waists.
"Without the gunpowder formula, Zeng Gonggong made it known to the whole world. I have copied a copy to the Secret Service. It clearly states that it is not allowed to be shown to Zeng Gong. A "Martial Classics General Essentials" is already considered treasonous.
I don’t like this kind of behavior of inserting bids and selling out. His head was kicked by a donkey. We must not do it again. There are not many good things in the Song Dynasty!" (To be continued)