Volume 8: The end of prosperity is my hometown Chapter 702: The lakeside

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"On the fifth day of the lunar month, people came to the west again. This time it was much more grand than last year. Eighteen big trucks were filled with medicinal materials, fur goods, everything. They also brought two yak cubs with special products from Tubo, five Tubo white eagles, saying that they were for the young master to play with, and there were two full trucks of gold, silver, and fine soft......"

"Hey, that person seems to be getting bigger and bigger in the west, but with such a big fanfare, it is probably going to trigger discussions between the government and the people. I have asked the accompanying person to take the message back and let the person restrain himself. What do you think?"

It was the ninth day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Xianning, the Great Qin Dynasty. It snowed heavily in the first lunar month. Looking around, the mountains and rivers were covered with silver. The noon sun shone on the thawing Cheng'en Lake, reflecting dazzling golden light. On the shore of the lake, a group of people walked slowly as cars.

Nan Shiba was wearing a thick cloak, talking on his mouth while enjoying the rare scenery. In addition to being a little cold, he was also very comfortable.

The one he was walking half a step ahead was General Zhao Shi. This year was not as turbulent as in previous years. The court was a little turbulent, because there was no need to say anything about it. With his current status, although he didn't have much weight to speak at the court meeting, he was always the one who was the court leader, and his favorite minister, and he often accompanied him in the palace. Therefore, there were really many officials who came to visit this door this year. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, more than ten court officials who came to visit the door under the banner of one kind were sent.

Naturally, there was a shadow of others behind these people, and they didn't know enough. If you want this general to make a statement in front of His Majesty, most of them were trying to find out. In fact, what these people wanted to know the most was what His Majesty wanted to achieve in this measure. After all, the Zhao clan is a relative of the foreign country, and the impact of the land distribution system on such a large clan is self-evident, so if you come to this house, you won't be afraid of anything else...

But how could Zhao Shi be willing to get involved here? Whether the aristocratic families will pay food or pay taxes? From his own perspective, his attitude is clear. So many people in the world pay, why don’t you pay? And they are all in power, but they cannot be a model for the world. They take all the benefits but don’t pay any money. No wonder so many people want to be officials.

Although he had already stepped into the ranks of aristocratic families, he was not very conscious in his heart and had a natural resistance to these so-called aristocratic families with prominent power.

However, he understood the importance of this. He thought so much in his heart, but he would never say it. Anyone who came to the door would be perfunctory and easy to find excuses. How could he, a leader of the army, take charge of the affairs of the court?

Therefore, those who come to the door don't know how to get the answer, and he himself was a little annoyed. On the third day of the first lunar month, he took people out of Chang'an City and went to the Guowu Supervisory to hide in his spare time. Yes, although the power is good, once he enters the officialdom, he will not be free. The higher the position, the more authority, the more things he comes to the door. It is like a fool to think about everything to be perfect.

However, even if you come to the National Military Supervision, it will not be too late. The Tiger Martial Victory Army has gradually taken shape. It can be said that this is an army of complete professional soldiers, a brand new and energetic, rigorous structure, young officers and trained soldiers who are proficient in various military skills, strict and even strict military rules, which are all his hard work over the years.

But from another perspective, this army is also fragile, just like a newborn seedling. Even if it has not experienced even a storm of wind, frost, rain and snow, the sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold. Without being tempered by fire and blood, it is not considered an elite soldier.

And opportunities should not be for too long... So, in the next year, the training of the Tiger Wusheng Army will be more stringent and cruel, because once the opportunity comes, he hopes that these young soldiers will be less injured, and these must be planned at the beginning of the year.

In addition, the Guowu Supervisory Commission will officially recruit children from this year, and the age is between 12 and 15 years old. This is another energy-consuming thing. With the lessons of martial arts, I don’t know how many people are willing to send their children to the Guowu Supervisory Commission for school?

If there are not enough people, I can't say it, but I have to learn from various counties and force the recruitment of boys from all over the country to prison. But in that case, it seems like a matter of one sentence, but there will definitely be no less troubles in this way. In that case, in the new year, 250,000 taels of silver will not be enough...

Things are trivial and complicated, so even in the National Military Supervisory Office, Zhao Shi would never be idle. He just found a good excuse to avoid the new round of storms in the court. Of course, he had to pay the price of neglecting his concubines.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Nan Shiba came over again and said a lot. The court was in turmoil. Although he did not want to get involved, several people in the mansion did not dare to neglect them. He still found out a lot of big and small matters. All of them were reposted by Nan Shiba. The master, who was deeply rooted in the hearts, finally commented on him. Your Majesty was too anxious... Now the ministers are speechless and agree to him silently, but troubles will definitely be indispensable in the future. If they can wait for another three or two years, and wait for Shu to recover and the national treasury is abundant, then they will be much better than they are now...

Zhao Shi didn't say anything, but he didn't think so in his heart. The world was chaotic. Even if the Emperor was not anxious, those generals who were eager to try were anxious. For example, Zhao Shi, who had been patient for so many years, let alone others. It has been two years since Tongguan gradually gathered troops and led them to the point of not being sent. The generals must have been red-eyed. Otherwise, in the battle two years ago, the Zhehui who led the troops out of the pass would not have brought people to the city of Luoyang. It seemed that the achievements were brilliant. In fact, maybe they could not stop... In other words, the ministers in the court who were worried about the gains and losses were all slow. Have they ever considered the thoughts of those generals?

The major lords in Beijing were very shocked, but have you ever seen any actions of generals and other generals? What have you done? Is the interests never touched, or do you think that soldiers cannot interfere in politics? That is nonsense, just because the generals have already looked at a wider place, eager to keep their name in history, and eager to glorify their descendants by relying on the achievements of expanding territory. Therefore, they may not want any turmoil in the court at all... Hey, maybe, when necessary, the Emperor's order, these generals will wave their butcher's knife without hesitation and tear everything that is blocking...

The current situation is somewhat related to him. If it weren't for the time being, Emperor Jing would not have insisted on sending troops. Once the troops were sent to fight for the world, the greatest benefit would naturally be the generals who led the troops, expanding their territory, leaving their reputation in history, etc., which is an irresistible temptation.

If it weren't for the Eastern Expedition that the battle for the throne was mixed with, causing the King of Wei Li Xuandao, who led the Eastern Expedition, to return to Beijing sadly, there would be one or two people involved. Otherwise, Tongguan would definitely be safe than today, but then there was the Battle of Pacifying Shu. Although this battle had undergone several twists and turns, it also opened the horizons of everyone in the Qin Dynasty. It turned out that this world could be taken as the land of the world...

In fact, to put it in a general way, such a war will not stop casually once it starts. The fundamental reason is not the treasury, the emperor, and the people. Many times, generals who are eager to make achievements are the culprits that promote all this...

Like the Zhe family and many generals who are deeply rooted in the Qin army, who are no longer eager for the arrival of war?

The Jingxing Political Revolution has been underway to this day, and the court has never stopped. But in terms of the military, have there been fewer reform measures in recent years? No, there are many places where the group training, the reorganization of the imperial guards, and the Beijing army have affected the town army. However, compared with the various obstacles encountered by political reform, the army has been unusually smooth. Such military and national affairs have been carried out in a few years. Think about it, no one is harmed? Or are everyone deeply aware of the righteousness and no selfishness?

No, it is just because the generals are no longer on this. They are serious about accumulating food and grass as quickly as possible during the break between the court's rest and recuperation. They are fortunate to gain the due status and benefits for themselves and even their families in the war that is about to come. This is the real reason?

The general holding military power will never leave the battlefield. Zhao Shi firmly believes that.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shi felt a sudden lit up in front of him. Perhaps, the cunning and profound emperor, who thought of this, was like this?

Although there is no basis for conjecture, he knows that he still feels that he is indifferent to the power of the gun, but this is really not related to him, and there is no need to argue with others about it.

Facing the cold wind in late winter, he exhaled gently and nodded, "I did a good job, but when they turned around in a few days, they sent someone to go back and take a look. What I was so arrogant was that my fourth brother was so proud. The gentleman wrote a letter for me and asked someone to send it back, making him more harsh and cautious. Although I have not seen the situation there, I think that when I come to the wild world, most of them are respected by the strong, and he is a Han Chinese... So in the end, I have to work steadily to stand firm and stand firm."

Nan Shiba responded with a smile. Li Fei, who was far away in Tubo, only knew the previous year that Tubo declined from victory, and it was only less than a hundred years. In many people's minds, Tubo was still a giant that could even be compared with the Han Empire in the Tang Dynasty. Especially at the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was also when Tubo was at its peak. At that time, Tubo was condescending, changed his friendly face to Tang, sent troops many times, swept down, occupying a large area of ​​Han rivers and mountains, and thus the separation of lowlands and highlands was later, because most of the territory on the lowlands were originally the Han land.

But what is strange is that after the founding of the Great Qin Kingdom, he never looked at this powerful neighbor with a vast territory and a strong folk custom. There are many reasons for this. One is that the rise of the Western Xia Qiang people and the Great Qin Dynasty completely suppressed the expansion momentum of Tubo.

Secondly, Tubo also responded to the old saying, and its rise and fall suddenly. After reaching a peak, the national strength of Tubo quickly weakened, and the continuous civil strife, the conflict between the nobles and herdsmen was sharp, almost at the point of inconsistent. Although the influx of Buddhism eased the further intensification of this contradiction to a certain extent, it only made the herdsmen make their temperament more docile and more patient according to Buddhist ideas, and could not eradicate the social ills of Tubo. Instead, the greed of those nobles became more intense... In addition, Tubo, which is still in a semi-feudal and half-slave society, the chronic diseases of the Tubo dynasty were far more than this, and the continuous slave uprising also well illustrate this point.

Therefore, facing the gradually becoming stronger between the Qin and the Western Xia countries, Tubo is like a staggering and seriously ill person, showing his weakness and old age. If Tubo had not been harsh in the climate and barren land, it was not the place to support the people, otherwise, it would have become the first choice for the Qin and Western Xia to use their troops. How could it be safe to this day?

After hearing this, Nan Shiba was really shocked and couldn't help but feel a little shocked. This Dongweng actually...is so good a way out? His vision is so long, it really makes people feel powerless from the bottom of their hearts.

So he had no doubt about how hard the youngest general of the Qin Dynasty would have to manage the place thousands of miles away, but how could this matter be hidden? He was not optimistic about it...

"Is everything in the mansion still safe?" Zhao Shi asked casually.

Nan Shiba nodded with a smile, knowing what he was trying to ask, it was just the extra young lady in the mansion. He also knew that although this person had not seen him for a year or not, he was very young. However, this time he came, he was about to talk about these things.

"Don't worry, my husband is that everything is in peace in the mansion, especially the old lady. Someone is happy and happy. I have never let the young master and the young lady leave these days. The ladies also like the young lady very much. They all say... Haha, it is said that although the second master is not determined and acts a little rashly, what he did this time is very popular. I don't have to worry about it."

Zhao Shi also smiled, "It's up to people to think about it? What's the point of throwing the child here? Why do you think of a father?"

Nan Shiba held back his laughter and said softly, "Brother and General Zhang are brothers, and the two families should always communicate with each other... But Mr. Zhang and General Zhang have their own achievements, but they are not free... Mr. Zhang and General Zhang are both my great Qin heroes. This friendship is hard-won. You have to be careful to maintain it. According to Mr. Zhang, what General Zhang means... Haha, although the young master is a concubine, he is the eldest son of Mr. Zhang. Is it impossible to see that?"

Zhao Shi stopped and looked up in shock. He really didn't expect that the little child would get married in this section. Zhao Shi was so amused and crying, "Why didn't you say it earlier? That boy is so joking..."

Nan Shiba was stunned and asked back, "Don't you want to?"

Zhao Shi touched his chin to save this from being a big deal in the eyes of people at that time. Maybe it was still a beautiful story. He took a deep breath of fresh air and smiled helplessly: "This matter... I really didn't think about it... The children are still young, so let's talk about it later."

Nan Shiba nodded. What he wanted to say was not actually this. Following this sentence, he continued: "What Master said is that the young master has not yet tied his hair, and he is not in a hurry. The young man is not guessing it, and it will be natural... But the old lady..."

"What? The old lady is talking again?" Zhao Shi's lips ***ed. Isn't what he feared the most the old lady is to make a random match between mandarin couples?

Nan Shiba shook his head, but laughed in his heart, but said, "The old lady didn't say anything about this, but... what came from the inner house in the mansion... The old lady has often nagged me in the past two years, saying that my uncle... the offspring is thin, and now I still have only one son. My uncle is not in a hurry. The old lady is not easy to pass, and several wives..."

Speaking of this, Nan Shiba also blushed a little. He was over fifty years old. Such family matters were not something he could say, but this power was growing, and everyone in the mansion was in awe. Even the closest relatives were afraid of saying something to the young general, so the old lady asked him to do this. Although it was not very suitable, it was said that in Desheng Bo's mansion, he was half a teacher and half a friend, so... After waiting for so many days, seeing that today was a slit, he said it... But if you talk further, it would be impossible.
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