"Dangxiang is good at firearms, but the things made by those craftsmen are too crude and very restrained. But if I improve them with the craftsmen, their power will naturally be greatly increased."
When Wei Rui and Rong Yi mentioned Chen Jinru's true intentions and Dang Xiang's firearms on the road, in Jiankang City, an old man shook his cattail leaf fan, looked at the fireflies in the garden, and said similar words.
He was surrounded by the stone table in the pavilion. Together with him, there were a total of six people sitting together.
These six people were all top officials in the Southern Dynasties, and the one with the lowest official rank was Dr. Guanglu of Class 13.
The old man who spoke was wearing a plain silk shirt with his chest slightly open. He looked very casual and a little unruly, but he was actually the Great Sima Wang Monk Bian.
Going back several dynasties, the post of Grand Sima was originally created to prevent the Prime Minister from over-concentrating his power. The Chief of Military Affairs, in other words, divided the Prime Minister's power to coordinate military affairs. In the previous dynasties, the post of Grand Sima was equivalent to
Therefore, the Grand Marshal of the world's soldiers and horses has total military power and is placed above the three princes.
At this time, the Southern Dynasty also followed the old system, but after the war between the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the emperor ordered Xiao Hong, the king of Linchuan, to command five border troops. At least in the eyes of all the nobles in the Southern Dynasty, the actual power of the Great Sima position was invisible.
Weakened by half.
When you are in your position, you will fight for your affairs. For many important ministers of the country, the first consideration is not necessarily their personal interests, but the rules and propriety, but the constraints on the emperor's actions.
In their view, many of the rules and constraints of a country and a dynasty actually come from the mutual restraint of these senior officials.
If a country acts entirely according to one person's will, the mistake will be irreversible.
But the senior officials in the DPRK check and restrain each other, so they can constantly correct many things.
At this time, sitting on the right hand side of Wang Sengbian, a middle-aged man wearing a purple shirt was patiently peeling the skin of a grape. Even the gesture of peeling the grape skin seemed very elegant and unhurried.
He is the Crown Prince and Grand Tutor Li Rongshi.
"Although Chen Jinru made a mistake, he was able to make Chen Baxian sit in such a position in the frontier army just by relying on his past few years. If he is given a few more years to help Lin Yi become the next Chen Baxian, I would not be surprised.
"
He listened to Wang Sengbian's words, ate a grape, smiled, and said: "Today, Lin Yi's letter asking for a reward arrived at the palace. I guess it was another good move by him. I ate it that time.
After the big loss, Chen Jinru's actions were either more cautious and meticulous, or simply crazy."
"oh?"
The officials sitting around were all very curious at once, "Please give me a letter. What did Lin Yi say?"
Li Rongshi continued to peel the grapes and said with a smile: "He said he was willing to give up military glory and only asked the emperor to forgive Lin Wangbei's sins and allow Lin Wangbei to retire and return to his hometown to enjoy his old age, or let Lin Wangbei return to lead the army.
"
Wang Monk Bian smiled in relief, as if he had expected it, "How will the emperor react today?"
"The emperor was having morning classes in the temple. It was because of Zhongli's great victory that he started to fast, burn incense and thank heaven. His mood was calm and joyful, but after reading his letter, he became furious. Such a great victory, a shocking achievement, all the world
You know, the people will be shocked next and their morale will be boosted. With such merit, why should we give up if we say we should give up, and should we not reward if we say we don’t want rewards?" Li Rongshi said with a smile.
Opposite Li Rongshi was an official in his fifties who was wearing plain casual clothes and had snow-white temples. His face was originally serious, but when he heard this, he already heard the true meaning and couldn't help but laugh.
"This Lin Yi, as a minister, even if it is indeed your credit, but the emperor has not yet said it is your credit, you think it is your own credit, and the emperor has not yet said the reward, but you seem to be sure that the emperor will be great.
reward, and then said that either Lin Wangbei should be allowed to enjoy the glory, or Lin Wangbei should continue to lead the army, this is not tantamount to threatening the emperor, how can the emperor not be angry."
Wang Seng Bian couldn't help but smile again, looked at Li Rongshi and said, "What does the emperor say?"
"The emperor is still considering it. A general from the Mingwei Frontier Army has written a letter saying that he wants to transfer Lin Yi to the Mingwei Army." Li Rongshi also smiled at him.
"Wei Rui, this old fox."
Wang Seng Bian was happy in his heart, but with a sigh on his face, he shook his head and said: "In this case, the emperor is naturally not willing to let Lin Yi go to the frontier army to occupy a high position, and Xiao Hong is even less happy. Originally, Mingwei and Ding
These generals didn't quite listen to his orders, and Lin Yi, who had given up the favor of the Xiao family when he was in Meishan, would be on pins and needles in the frontier army. Moreover, many of the northern frontier soldiers were originally from Lin Wangbei.
In the old department, even if we just ask Lin Wangbei to serve as a sinecure next to Lin Yi, many generals in the frontier army will probably listen to some of Lin Wangbei's ideas."
"Originally, the emperor probably wanted to give at least ten generals and more, and a large amount of land and silver. But now that Lin Yi and the Mingwei army are making such a fuss, if you, Da Sima, say a few words when you go to court tomorrow, the emperor will probably
You may think that it is really a disaster for Lin Wangbei to stay in the north, so it would be better to transfer him far away from the north and go to Dangxiang with Lin Yi to stay away from the northern frontier troops."
Li Rongshi couldn't help but want to laugh when he looked at Wang Sengbian's eyes, but he still held it back and pretended to be serious: "We are short of major generals to guard the Dangxiang border. At this time, we are employing people, and we have to worry about the public opinion."
Xiang, the emperor gave Lin Yi the general position, I am afraid that he will be promoted to the top."
"Then it would be just right to give him a brave general."
Wang Seng Bian smiled slightly and said: "I heard that Dangxiang people especially like corals, especially red corals, and the price in Dangxiang is amazing. Since General Lin Yi has made such amazing military exploits, we should also express our gratitude, so we helped him think of something.
Find a way to get more red coral for him, and it will be easier for him to do things when he gets to the party."
Li Rongshi and the other officials looked at each other and smiled, but immediately, Li Rongshi became really serious and said: "I want to speak out at the court meeting tomorrow... The emperor has only spent a lot more time chanting in the temple in recent days.
, is too addicted, and although he fasted before, he did not wear monk's robes. Now he attends morning and evening classes like a monk and wears monk's robes. I am worried that in the long run, it will get worse and make him feel a lot.
Things can be enlightened and solved.”
"There are many dynasties in the history books that were governed by benevolence, justice and etiquette but did not pay attention to weapons. Which one did not perish quickly."
Wang Seng Bian frowned deeply, "It's just that it's not good for monks to govern a country with compassion, but you need to be careful. Taichang Qing suffered a big loss before. If you anger him too much, it will be counterproductive."
Li Rong Shi Ning nodded. He glanced at the official with snow-white temples across from him and said, "Brother Qi and I have already discussed it. Tomorrow I will list the evil deeds committed by many monks in recent days. Brother Qi will immediately
The emperor scolded me angrily, saying that even if all ten fingers are long and short, there are naturally unscrupulous people among the monks, but some thieves are just pretending to be monks to do evil. In this way, the emperor will not be able to punish Brother Qi.
Brother Qi then asked for orders to conduct an inventory of the monks, so that they could be somewhat restrained."
Wang Sengbian nodded, feeling that this was done appropriately.