Chapter 4 Discussion on the future of the atypical Tang people ()

The reason why the Tang Dynasty is called the Tang Dynasty is based on these simple and powerful things.

Ning Que is not a typical Tang man. He often seems not brave enough on the battlefield, nor does he end up living to death. He burned his house to make a happy and powerful spirit. I believe that he would not be able to write a life drama of growing from a beggar to a general.

But he stayed in the army for a long time, so that he could accurately grasp the precious or terrifying temperaments of the Tang people in this era. So when he discovered the arrows on the princess' convoy, he immediately deduced something very headache--the successor Shanyu on the grassland actually dared to chase the Tang princess. If he wasn't really crazy, it was that there were real big figures in the empire colluding with him and promised not to be pursued by the empire to retaliate against the empire.

"The Fourth Princess has entered the border and entered Weicheng, but she still has not fully identified her identity? Why? Because she no longer has the word trust in her mind now. She may trust Your Majesty, but she will definitely not trust Your Majesty's ministers, such as General, such as our border troops, or even the entire court."

"Because she knew very well that if there were no major figures in Chang'an City nodding, there would be no barbarians on the grassland who dared to commit murder on her. There were no more than four people who could give the barbarians such a promise and make the Shanyu believe... at most, and those four characters who could not even afford to offend her."

"Even generals can only hide from this kind of war between the upper classes of the empire, even generals, you can only hide from a distance, let alone a small person like us..." Ning Que crushed the slightly wet mud with his heels and whispered: "What's going to happen on the road. People like me can only deal with three or five people at the top, and it will not be of any effect when they join in."

"I have one more in the escort princess team, that is, there are more corpses on the mountain roads; I have one less, and Weicheng can also leave another kind little soldier with good military discipline."

"Sir, you treat me as the energy of the world. It's useless, so you can't even see it."

Ma Shixiang looked at the seemingly humble young man, rubbed his head and said in a muffled voice: "Compare yourself to the vitality of heaven and earth? Is this humility or boastful? If you really want to convince me to take back this military order, it may be more appropriate to say that you are a fart."

Ning Que laughed twice and replied, "I'm going to the academy soon. The words must be more elegant."

Ma Shixiang did not continue to make fun of the child. After a moment of silence, he frowned and explained: "I asked you to be a guide for the princess's convoy. In fact,... it is also related to your going to the academy. Your military achievements are indeed enough and you passed the first exam. I asked Shangfeng to write a letter of recommendation for you. The military headquarters' receipt has arrived, but do you think you can enter the academy in this way?"

"You have been staying in the border of Weicheng for many years. Even if you have heard some legends about academies, you don't know where there is."

The general's expression was solemn and serious: "In the hearts of the military and civilians of the Tang Dynasty, the academy is the most sacred and noble place that cannot be violated. Having obtained a military receipt only means that you can participate in the academy admission examination, but if you really want to step into the academy's red door, you have to go to at least three ministries to stamp it..."

"The recommendation letters written by generals of our level will not be seen by those departments. Even the military receipts have no power. As long as they are willing, they can delay your admission exam for several years at any time. In recent years, this has become a common sight. Except for the students accepted by the gentlemen of the academy, any candidate who takes the court recommendation path will have to spend a lot of money to clear the way. I don't know how many Yin Fu family lost all their money for that exam."

"I know you have saved some money in Weicheng in the past two years, but do you think you can feed those guys with those hundreds of taels of silver?"

Ning Que scratched his head and said with emotion: "No one told me about this before."

"Because there is a solution to this problem now, so naturally there is no need to tell you."

Ma Shixiang looked at him and said unhappy: "As long as you make contributions on the road and get the eyes of the nobles, you even need to remember your name. At that time, any manager in the princess's mansion will say something, which yamen dares to blackmail you without any eyes?"

"This means that I have to bet on my life to be a college for admission. Why does it always sound like a bit unprofitable?" Ning Que continued to scratch his head.

Ma Shixiang glared at him fiercely and scolded: "Hu Tu! Bastard! In order to enter the academy, countless people want to sell their mother and kill their father! Now they just want you to take some small risks, but you are still unwilling to do it!"

After a while, the general calmed down and gasped heavily and advised: "From my analysis, Your Highness should also understand that her whereabouts cannot be kept secret. You can guess her identity, and everyone in Weicheng can guess that her enemies in the empire cannot guess? Since this is the case, she still insists on going on the road as usual, which means that reinforcements must be taken in front of the road. Your mission is just to take her to take the shortcuts in the mountains and meet those people as soon as possible. How can you talk about gambling your life?"

Ning Que lowered his head, silently calculating the gains and losses and benefits.

Ma Xiangsheng looked at his expression and remembered the most annoying strange tempers of this young man on weekdays. He knew that it would be difficult to convince the other party to take risks without giving out some visible benefits. He couldn't help but sigh and lowered his voice and said, "There is an old man in His Highness's team. His surname is Lu. I heard that he was practicing the South Gate of Haotian Dao."

Hearing this sentence, Ning Que suddenly looked up, and his usual calm and lazy eyes suddenly became extremely bright.

Ma Xiangsheng looked at him and sighed: "You came to Weicheng when you were still a little brat. You relied on your sweet words and abilities to please the old and young men in the city. The camp soldiers changed batch after batch. Even if the meat pie shop in Dongcheng changed two bosses, you are still the most favored little brat in the bandit nest of Weicheng."

He rubbed Ning Que's head, as if he was looking at a spoiled child, and said, "Before the former general passed away that year, he got you military registration through the gateway. Then in the autumn, everyone went to the grassland to collect firewood, and almost got surrounded by those barbarians. We escaped. At that time, the people of Weicheng unanimously decided to reward you well. We even thought about it. Even if you proposed the condition to use the most popular Qing Gongren in the capital to deflower, we all had to raise money to do this beautifully."

The general whose hair was already gray, changed his tone and said bitterly: "But no one expected that you would actually want to learn those extraterrestrial methods. It was helpless. All the people of Weicheng and even the entire Qichengzhai couldn't find you a teacher. We can only watch you turn the book "The Supreme Inspiration Chapter into pieces and it was broken and ragged, but there was no idea."

“But now is the opportunity!”

Ma Xiangsheng's eyes suddenly became sharp, "Whether it is the academy or the old man named Lu, you must catch it, and you must catch it."

Ning Que was silent for a long time, lowered his head and sighed softly, "Actually... he is still a little reluctant to let it go."

The stars outside the window were clear and quiet. Ma Xiangsheng looked at the boy and said, "Weicheng... After all, it's too small. You should go to the capital Chang'an and go to those real big worlds. Maybe there are many ferocious dragons and tigers in those places, but who have you ever been afraid of?"

"At least... there won't be only a ragged inspirational chapter in those places."
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