Zhou Ping did not answer, but sneered in his stomach. It turned out that in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the treatment of the soldiers of the imperial guards gradually decreased due to various reasons, and the officials of the court believed that there was no need to fight anyway. Not only did they not change this situation, they used various methods to deduct the soldiers' salaries. When it was time to fight temporarily, they would pay a large price to reward or recruit heroes to replace them. This practice of reducing the basic salary and increasing the bonus was very common in modern society to run enterprises, and it was quite effective when suppressing small groups of bandits. However, it was extremely stupid and short-sighted in large-scale wars between countries. Because the army is not an enterprise, the combat effectiveness of the army depends to a large extent on the soldiers, between soldiers, between soldiers, and this collective

The close connection between them; this practice invisibly weakens this connection, and simply turns this connection into a kind of transaction relationship in which you pay and I fight, which is very harmful to the combat effectiveness of an army. More importantly, this practice sets an invisible gap between ordinary soldiers and the effectiveness of temporary recruitment with high salaries. Once a war starts, it is easy to have mutual hostility and lead to a crushing defeat. Moreover, the meager salary in normal times makes soldiers full of resentment for the court. Even if they are given a large amount of salary temporarily, it is difficult to eliminate all this. As a result, if there is a little dissatisfaction, it will occur without fighting, mutiny, etc. For example, in the battle between the Song and Jin Dynasties, there was a strange situation where archers refused to shoot archers and caused great defeat because of the untimely rewards.

As a time traveler, Zhou Ping did not know the strange examples of the war that occurred in the Song-Jin War that happened soon after, but he could not use much profound wisdom to imagine the terrible consequences of this practice. On the Northeast Asian continent at that time, the relationship between several empires completely followed the naked jungle law. In this case, any practice of weakening the combat effectiveness of its own army was almost the same as suicide, while the rulers of the Song Dynasty were doing this.

"It's really Qingge leaking the boat, drinking hard inside the burning house!" Zhou Ping sneered and said intimately: "But no matter what, I won't let you destroy me together!"

Seeing that Zhou Ping did not speak, Xue Liangchen thought that the other party had made a difficult situation, and smiled bitterly: "It seems that it will not be possible to take down Liangshan in a short time!"

At this time, a person from the audience came up, but Luo Sheer, with a hurried look on his face, walked to the two of them, sang a fat look, took out a letter from his arms and presented it with his hands: "Outside the city, Langjun Zhang sent someone to send a letter, saying that it was sent by his patron named Lu Xun!"

"Oh!" Xue Liangchen and Zhou Ping looked at each other, took the letter and read it in a hurry, raised their hands and said, "I asked the court to be blessed. I didn't expect that there was no way out. There was another village with dark flowers and flowers. Those twenty whips were really not in vain!"

Zhou Ping took the letter and read it carefully. After asking for a candlelight from the side, he asked in a low voice: "Mr., according to your opinion, how should we do next?"

"Of course, I will report to my husband quickly, prepare the ship, and contact the Li Cheng brothers for a long time, and work together inside and outside to pacify this group of Liangshan bandits!"

Zhou Ping shook his head gently. Xue Liangchen was stunned when he saw this and asked, "A Ping, is there anything wrong with it?"

"Langjun, the fewer people know about this, the better. If you tell Mr. Han, Li Cheng will be more dangerous. Then Song Jiang has been hanging in the yamen for many years, but I am afraid there will be a lot of spies in this Jeju city. If we suddenly prepare the ship, how can he know if he will get the news and be prepared?"

"Aping, you said that, then we will do nothing?" Xue Liangchen asked.

"Mr. Langjun, the letter mentioned that Song Jiang was quite willing to attract peace, but the Ruan brothers were very opposed. It can be seen that this group of thieves were just a mob. They had no other way to resist. If the government issued a document to urge him, I am afraid that if we didn't have to do it, the group of thieves would kill each other!"

Xue Liangchen thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Aping, what you said is good, but Song Jiang offended the Grand Tutor. How can he issue this trick? Even if he can send it, how can Song Jiang trust him? Not to deceive him?"

"It depends on Mr. Han's ability!" Zhou Ping smiled and said, "We are so humble in our official position, even if we want to worry about it!"

Xue Liangchen couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, this matter is still a matter of hard work!"

In the evening, Han Xiaozhou, the study room of the prefecture, heard the report of Zhou and Xue, and replied after pondering for a moment, "It is not difficult to recruit documents. I have an old relationship with Mr. Cai Wu, so I can write a letter to him. After all, the incident of the bandits in Songjiang is so big that the court has long had a voice to recruit people. But the Grand Master hated him to the core, and I am afraid that this person would not be allowed to survive."

"What's the difficulty!" Zhou Ping smiled and said, "There are already hesitating among the bandits of Liangshanpo. You only need to arrange a fire and kill Song Jiang in the fire and combine."

"If this is the case, then the official will compile a book with the fifth young master Cai later." Han Xiaozhou smiled and said, "I just want to bother Aping to travel to Tokyo!"

Zhou Ping hurriedly smiled and said, "This is my due responsibility!"

The next morning, Zhou Ping brought a letter and galloped towards Tokyo Bianliang with Xue Liangwu. The two of them slept on the wind and hung out all the way. It took four days to arrive at Tokyo and came to Cai Jing's mansion. The Cai Jing's mansion was located at the entrance of Laoya Lane, Linbian East Street, and was named because it was close to a Taishi Bridge on the nearby Bian River. Although Cai Jing was named Taishi at that time, he had actually retired and his real power had been seized by the Shaozhao Wang Fu at that time. However, perhaps to make up for the lack of power, Cai Jing spent a lot of effort on his mansion, red railings, red carvings, jade steps and stone piers, and dazzling black painted gates that emitted golden nails and copper beast rings. It seemed to be announcing to everyone who came and went that the eighty-year-old man who lived in this mansion was the real prime minister of the empire.

"What a big mansion, I'm afraid the official's ban will be like this!" Xue Liangwu said astonished. He is different from Xue Liangyu. This time he came to Jeju for the first time. He was shocked by the bustling atmosphere.

"Don't talk nonsense. The capital has many people and talk nonsense. Be careful to cause trouble!" Zhou Ping hurriedly whispered.

"Yes, yes!" Xue Liangwu nodded quickly: "Hey, if I had known this, I would have made some contributions to my life last time. Maybe I would have followed Mr. Han to see the world."

Zhou Ping laughed when he heard this: "Isn't it still time now? If you make your first contribution this time, you will be the leader. The team leader, why is it difficult to come to Tokyo to see the world?"

"Aping said it right. With the steel knife on my waist, I must kill a few more water thieves and make a first effort to see everyone!" Xue Liangwu was gritting his teeth and swearing and cursing. The manager at the gate of the Taishi Mansion had already walked over lazily and shouted: "Where did you come from? You dare to turn around in front of the Taishi Mansion? Be careful to get dirty. The master wants you to lick it clean with your tongue!"

Zhou Ping hurriedly took out the letter from his arms and handed it over, and said with a smile: "The youngest one was sent by Mr. Han from Jeju Prefecture. There was a letter written to Mr. Cai Wu. I would like to ask the supervisor to help me!" At this point, Zhou Ping took out his usual money from his arms and stuffed it over.

"Grandpa Han? A mere fifth-rank magistrate can also be called a gentleman in front of our Grand Tutor's Mansion!" The in charge sneered, saw the copper coins stuffed by Zhou Ping, and said, "Well, you are also servants who run errands, and you don't have to make things difficult for you. The fifth young master is not in the mansion now, so you come in from the side door to wait, don't walk around, otherwise no one can help you if you hit the noble man!"

"Thank you, the steward, for following me!" Zhou Ping hurriedly sang a fat nod, and led his horse with Xue Liangwu into the mansion through the side door, and waited from a child servant to a side courtyard. The child servant pointed to an ear room and said, "You two are here, don't run around!"

When the boy servant left, Xue Liangwu said angrily: "Even if the magistrate meets Aping, you have to say that you are working hard. You are just a servant, so arrogant!"

Zhou Ping smiled and said, "The seventh-rank official in front of the Prime Minister, Cai Jing has been in charge of the government for more than 20 years. How can he be together? You and I should act carefully and send the letter early before going back!"

But Zhou Ping and Xue Liangchen waited in the room for a long time, and no one said he could say anything, he didn't even have a cup of cold water. They just entered Tokyo and came to the Grand Master's Mansion. Their belly was empty and they were already hungry and thirsty.

"Maybe this guy forgot us here! Even if there is no food, there should be a cup of tea!" Xue Liangwu stood up and said, "I'll go out and ask someone for some food, at least I have to ask for some food!"

Zhou Ping looked outside the yard and saw that there was no one around, afraid that Xue Liangwu would be reckless and cause any trouble. He smiled and said, "Sanlang, you have never been a mate in an official family. Why not let me go and ask around, you are waiting here!"

"Okay!" Xue Liangwu sat down: "I came back earlier, the Grand Tutor's Mansion did not treat us as human beings at all, and I didn't want to stay for a moment!"

Zhou Ping came out of the yard and looked around. He had to walk out along the courtyard wall. Along the way, he saw carved beams, painted buildings, water pavilions, towers, and towers. He could not see the end. As a time traveler, Zhou Ping had seen such large-scale gardens in his previous life, but at that time he was a tourist, following the tour guide and group of tourists walking through a ruin. The huge garden no longer belonged to a certain person; instead of walking through a person's house now, when he realized that everything he saw and what he had not seen in front of him was around and running around just four or five people, the huge impact was incomparable to a tourist.

"Sister, sister!"
Chapter completed!