There was a pause in the movement of drinking tea with his hands.
"Bandits in Yuezhou?"
Ning Chen repeated it, and then glanced at Xia Zhu, who was pouring tea.
Ning Chen remembered that a few days ago, Xia Zhu said that her parents came to her from Yuezhou because of famine and banditry.
How come several days have passed and the banditry in Yuezhou has not subsided.
On the contrary, it alarmed the Minister of War, Wang Lin.
After pondering for a while, Ning Chen said: "I have heard about Wang Bingxiang's banditry.
My maid's family escaped from Yuezhou.
So I want to know more about the situation in Yuezhou before making a decision."
This matter must be understood in detail, after all, an event has been triggered.
You have to plan carefully.
In the past, the Holy Path was established, and anything related to the Holy Path could not trigger events.
Now, with great difficulty, another incident has been triggered, so we must plan carefully.
After all, this is something rare and requires hard work.
While taking the time to look at the event options, I listened to Wang Lin talk about Yuezhou.
【Event Selection】
[1. You refuse the Wang Lin Mansion Guards’ expedition and gain 100 points of [Loyalty]. Subsequently, all evaluations related to the event will be automatically converted into corresponding reputation points.]
[Two, you agree to the expedition of the Wang Lin Palace Guards and get 100 [佞] points. Subsequently, all evaluations related to the event will be automatically converted into corresponding reputation points]
After looking at the options, Ning Chen restrained his thoughts and listened carefully to Wang Lin's talk about Yuezhou.
After listening to Wang Lin's account of what happened in Yuezhou, Ning Chen really felt that the gangsters in Yuezhou were really arrogant.
The reason why this matter came to Wang Lin.
Mainly because the fierce bandits in Yuezhou directly tied up all the officials sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect grain.
If you rob ordinary people, the local government will naturally take care of this matter. As for whether to use force or not, there are two opinions.
But now you directly tie up the officials who have been ranked down by the imperial court.
Especially now, when there is an urgent need to harvest food, this is simply suicidal.
“We’ve had two good harvests, are these bandits in Yuezhou just trying to die because they’re so full?
I have heard that bandits are everywhere in troubled times, but I have never heard of good harvest years and bandits being so rampant." Ning Chen really couldn't understand these bandits in Yuezhou.
Wang Lin also analyzed for Ning Chen: "These bandits are most likely worried that after this good harvest, the government will turn around and liquidate them.
There was a famine in Yuezhou before, and the bandits in Yuezhou were quite ferocious.
Now that the harvest is good again, they are of course worried that they will be liquidated.
So we stopped the grain harvest and kidnapped court officials so that we could negotiate with the court."
Ning Chen nodded after listening to Wang Lin's analysis.
According to Wang Lin's analysis, those bandits most likely thought so as Wang Lin said.
The Dawu Dynasty is not the world that Ning Chen came from.
In the Wu Dynasty, things like recruiting troops still happened from time to time.
It is estimated that the bandits in Yuezhou also have such calculations.
After looking at the event options again, Ning Chen continued to ask: "Mr. Wang, isn't the matter of suppressing bandits a matter for the Imperial Guard? Why do we still have to fight about it?"
Hearing Ning Chen ask this, Wang Lin couldn't help but said with some shame:
"Master Ning, I think you already know what the palace guard was like before.
It can be said that the previous government guards were completely useless."
Ning Chen continued and asked, "So if something like suppressing bandits happened before, who would do it?"
Wang Lin said: "Basically, it is the generals in the imperial court who bring their own private soldiers to do such things. The government guards, at most, just cooperate."
According to the rules of the Wu Dynasty, military generals could raise a certain number of private soldiers according to their rank.
For example, a fifth-grade general can raise up to twenty private soldiers.
A general of the fifth rank can raise up to fifty private soldiers.
From level 4, you can raise up to a hundred private soldiers.
The private soldiers here refer to real military personnel, not counting the servants in the general's family.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, the number of arrogant and arrogant fifth-grade generals, including the number of servants at home, is roughly equivalent to a brigade.
A brigade was an organizational unit in the Wu Dynasty army. Each brigade had one hundred people and a brigade commander.
Although there are only a hundred people, there is no problem at all in dealing with ordinary bandits.
Because among these one hundred people, not all of them are ordinary people.
There must be some top-notch warriors among them.
A top-grade martial artist is equivalent to at least ten well-trained elite soldiers.
Among a hundred people, there are three or five first-grade martial artists, even if they are ninth grade.
The fighting power is very terrifying, and it is absolutely easy to deal with ordinary bandits.
…
Now that Wang Lin asked him to fight for it and let the guards go to fight, Ning Chen understood what he meant.
It's just to rectify the name of the Fu Wei Army, and by the way, rectify the name of his Military Prime Minister.
But there is one thing Ning Chen still hasn't figured out.
Suppressing bandits is certainly beneficial.
For example, after the bandits are successfully suppressed, various rewards will inevitably be given by the court.
The most direct ones are money and official promotion.
But fighting bandits is not without risks.
Everyone shouldn’t be rushing to get there.
Ning Chen couldn't figure out why he had to ask Wu Zhao to find a back door for this matter.
After hearing Ning Chen's question, Wang Lin sighed helplessly and said:
"If Mr. Ning were from the past, no one would really compete with me for this job.
But it’s different now.”
Ning Chen asked: "What's the difference?"
Wang Lin said: "Master Ning, you used to open farm roads and set up Jiuding.
Then the subsequent suppression of bandits is directly linked to the national destiny.
The suppression of bandits in Yuezhou clearly demonstrated the merits of Bai Zhan and the destiny of the country.
After returning, the rewards from the court will definitely be greater than before.
So at this time, everyone has to grab this kind of work."
"So that's it."
Ning Chen didn't think that deeply.
"I want to ask you, Minister of the Army, what is the combat effectiveness of our guards? After I snatched them away, the guards were captured by the bandits as soon as they came up. Then I will lose face?" Ning Chen asked Wang Lin
asked.
"Master Ning, you can rest assured. After these two months of rectification of the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards have still gathered a certain amount of combat effectiveness. There will still be no problems in dealing with some bandits." Wang Lin assured, patting his chest.
When Wang Lin said this, Ning Chen knew what he should do.
Ning Chen would approve of the imperial guards' expedition, but he would only approve of it.
What a joke.
You, Wang Lin, have strengthened the palace guards, and when the time comes, you can go and defeat the bandits directly.
I directly eliminate harm for the people, what should I do if I am so [nice]?
So I definitely approve of the Fu Wei army going out for the expedition, but if Wu Zhao doesn’t choose the Fu Wei army, it has nothing to do with me.
"With your words, Minister of War, I feel relieved.
Don't worry, Minister of War, when the time comes, I will definitely fight for the opportunity for the imperial guards to fight."
After Ning Chen had some concerns in his mind, he patted his chest and promised Wang Lin.
After receiving Ning Chen's guarantee, Wang Lin said with joy, "Then I'd like to thank Master Ning. I'll send some men right away to prepare for the expedition."
Ning Chen said: "Mr. Wang, you are too polite. I am also the right minister of the Ministry of War. I am honored to be able to revive the Imperial Guard Army."
Wang Lin repeatedly praised: "Master Ning is absolutely right."
After a pause, Wang Lin said to Ning Chen: "By the way, I heard that there is a new student coming from the military strategist group, who once came from Yunshan Academy.
Later, because I admired Lord Ning, I gave up my studies at Yunshan Academy and joined the military."
Ning Chen did not hide anything about Li Ziqiu.
So many people know about Li Ziqiu.
After all, with Li Ziqiu as a living example, it will be easier for Baijia College to recruit students.
"Is the Prime Minister planning to let him lead the army?" Ning Chen asked tentatively.
Wang Lin said: "What do you think, Master Ning?"
Ning Chen smiled and said: "Wang Xiang really has a pair of wise eyes.
Let me tell you this, Mr. Wang, Li Ziqiu is definitely a military genius.
From the current point of view, there is absolutely no problem in ranking among the top three military strategists."
Ning Chen's words are definitely not deception.
Because so far, there are only three military strategists.
So Li Ziqiu must be in the top three.
As for the wizards, they are really wizards.
It just depends on which aspect is strange.
When Wang Lin heard that Ning Chen was so sure of Li Ziqiu, he immediately said with joy: "Since Master Ning values him so much, then I must be right to make him handsome."
Ning Chen smiled and said: "Yes, it must be true."
If Wang Lin is willing to do the hard work, then let him go. Anyway, in the end, the imperial guards will not be able to go out.
"Master Ning, I'm going to talk to Li Ziqiu now and ask him to serve as the commander-in-chief of this bandit suppression."
Ning Chen nodded: "Your Majesty, please do so. Don't worry, Mr. Wang, Li Ziqiu will definitely go into battle confidently."
Wang Lin's face was filled with joy.
Wang Lin felt that this time, the Fuwei Army would be able to make a great turnaround.
Wang Lin left Ning Chen happily.
Ning Chen was equally happy.
Why?
Because this time, Ning Chen can get 100 [佞] points by lying down.
When the time comes to convert it, it will be 10,000 reputation points.
There is nothing more comfortable than lying flat and having money fall from the sky.
The morning of the second day went without any surprises.
Lu Gao spoke directly and indignantly about the banditry in Yuezhou.
After Lu Gao finished speaking, most of the generals stood up immediately.
Each one of them was fighting bravely and wanted to personally lead the troops to eliminate the bandits for the imperial court.
There is no way, after thinking about it all day yesterday.
No matter how slow their reaction was, these generals now understood that this time the cross-state bandits were invading, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make great achievements.
And after this meritorious service, the imperial court must have given him a lot.
After all, this time he directly accumulated luck for the court.
If the court doesn't give you more, who can work hard to accumulate luck for the court?
Wang Lin, after those generals scrambled for the first place, grabbed him.
Finally, he came out in front of the crowd holding a wat tablet and said: "Your Highness, I believe that suppressing bandits is the responsibility of the Ministry of War.
I think that in this Yuezhou campaign to suppress bandits, I should send the imperial guards to go out."
After hearing Wang Lin's suggestion, the general was quiet for about half a minute.
Then the generals made sarcastic remarks one by one.
"Fu Guards? Can we still fight?"
"If you didn't say anything, Wang Bingxiang, I would have forgotten that we still have the Imperial Guards?"
"Wang Bingxiang, if you ask the palace guards to go, are you going to suppress the bandits or to deliver weapons to the bandits?"
"I am a straight-talking person, Prime Minister of the Army. I feel that if you send the Imperial Guards there, you are just sending yourself to death. The Imperial Guards can still fight, but they can't run fast enough to escape."
These generals are indeed quite upright, and the most important thing is that they are truly merciless when they speak.
Wang Lin said that his face was like running a dyeing shop, it would turn blue, white and red.
Seeing Wang Lin being attacked by military generals, other civil servants had no intention of stepping forward to help.
no way.
The government guards are really bad.
Helping at this time is tantamount to admitting that your brain is not working well.
Wang Lin couldn't count on anyone else, so Wang Lin could only look at Ning Chen.
Ning Chen saw Wang Lin looking at him, nodded to Wang Lin, and then stood up: "Your Highness, I second the proposal of the Minister of War."
After saying that, Ning Chen stood back.
Wang Lin looked at Ning Chen who was retreating and was a little confused for a moment.
If you second the suggestion, it will be considered as helping?
Is this help too perfunctory?
Not to mention Wang Lin, even Wu Zhao saw it.
Ning Chen was really perfunctory.
As for the generals, because Ning Chen retreated too quickly, they didn't react at all. Ning Chen even came out to do this.
They are still attacking Ning Chen.
Lin Dunxin, on the other hand, after listening to Ning Chen's proposal, stood up with a wat board in hand and said: "Your Highness, I think we can let the guards go to suppress the bandits."
Ning Chen, who was standing there looking at his nose and eyes, suddenly heard Lin Dunxin's words.
He looked directly at Lin Dunxin with a murderous look on his face.
"I helped you clear the way, and you stabbed me in the back. What you did was too unethical."
Wang Lin, on the other hand, couldn't help but feel happy.
At the same time, he looked at Ning Chen and showed a smile that I understood.
Seeing that the [轞] points that can be obtained by lying flat are about to disappear.
Ning Chen planned to stand up and argue with reason.
However, before Ning Chen could stand up, Lin Dunxin spoke again: "His Royal Highness, the veteran feels that, in addition to the palace guards.
Similarly, one or two generals should be selected to go out at the same time as the imperial guards.
With this two-pronged approach, the banditry problem in Yuezhou can be solved early."
After listening to Lin Dunxin's words, Ning Chen stopped taking a step forward.
Obviously Lin Dunxin did not believe in the capabilities of the imperial guards.
The reason why he stood up was obviously to repay Ning Chen's favor for helping to clear the way.
Wang Lin heard this proposal from Lin Dunxin.
His brows couldn't help but frown.
The government guards and generals went out together.
This competition is all about speed.
The quality of the government guards is completely different from the quality of the generals and private soldiers.
If the two were to compare in speed, the Imperial Guards would probably not even be able to catch up.
Just when Wang Lin was planning to continue fighting for it.
Wu Zhao said directly and decisively: "Just follow the method mentioned by the Prime Minister and adopt a two-pronged approach.
The government guards and three of the generals went out to Yuezhou to suppress the bandits."
"My lord, take your orders!"
When Wu Zhao spoke, it was the final word.
You have to accept it even if you don’t accept it.
And such a result is not unacceptable to Wang Lin.
After all, the Fu Wei army was hard pressed to return, so Lin Dunxin and Wu Zhao wanted to immediately believe in the Fu Wei army's combat effectiveness.
It's really too difficult.
It is already very good to be able to get an opportunity to go on an expedition together now.
Wang Lin accepted the order, while the generals started making a fuss.
There are only three places.
There were more than twenty generals who stepped forward.
Who is going and who is not going?
This is a problem.
Fortunately, Wu Zhao still has experience in handling such disputes.
Draw lots!
Whoever is caught is the one.
This is fair and just, and the province has to reason with them.
If you want to reason with a martial artist, it's only because you are tired of living.
After a rigorous lottery drawing process, a total of three generals successfully stood out.
After determining the appropriateness of sending troops, Wu Zhao directly dispersed the dynasty.
Wu Zhao didn't pay much attention to the banditry in Yuezhou.
It's just a bandit problem. There are three generals with private soldiers, plus the government guards, so it's not a big problem.
What Wu Zhao needs to worry about is far away from Yuezhou.
But in the northern border, southern border, and western region.
These three sides are not very peaceful now.
The Wu Dynasty Jiuding appears in this world, and no one wants to see the Wu Dynasty grow bigger.
It's just that everyone is relatively restrained right now.
But if the Wu Dynasty had gathered the three tripods of luck in advance, then everyone would not be so restrained.
But what the three parties don't know is that Wu Zhao has secretly gathered half a tripod of luck.
Wu Zhao discovered this half-caulding luck when he left the East Palace after Ning Chen's breakthrough.
Although he didn't know how he got half a tripod of luck, Wu Zhao knew that this half tripod of luck must be related to Ning Chen.
The fact is of course relevant, because this was after Ning Chen exchanged books with Wen Shan.
Wenshan's sea of books exploded in power, directly making the Great Wall of Righteousness more stable and feeding back Wu Zhao's Half Cauldron luck.
…
After the court was dismissed, Wang Lin quickly caught up with Ning Chen and whispered to Ning Chen: "Master Ning, you should argue with reason."
Ning Chen said to Wang Lin helplessly: "Wang Xiang, think about what our palace guards were like before.
You really made everyone believe in the Fu Guards and their ability to suppress bandits.
I’m afraid this is not realistic, and the current result is already the best.”
Wang Lin sighed helplessly, then cupped his hands to Ning Chen and said, "I know Lord Ning has tried his best. This result is indeed excellent. I shouldn't have complained to Lord Ning just now."
Ning Chen waved his hand magnanimously and said: "Prime Minister, we are all from the Ministry of War. We are all for the good of the Ministry of War. Prime Minister Wang is anxious, and so am I.
But no matter how anxious we are, we can't change everyone's impression of the Guards all at once.
We can't be in a hurry, we must take it step by step.
This time we can send troops together, and next time we may be able to send troops alone.
Let’s change everyone’s impression of the Fu Guards, and we can’t rush this moment.”
After all, Wang Lin was paid a favor for nothing, so Ning Chen couldn't get angry when Wang Lin complained to him about it.
As for Lin Dunxin, it would be great if Ning Chen doesn't blame him.
Thank you, it is impossible to thank you.
If it weren't for Lin Dunxin, at the critical moment, he expressed the idea of everyone sending troops together.
Ning Chen broke Lin Dun's heart for Xin Shengdao.
"Master Ning, do you have time?" Wang Lin asked Ning Chen.
"What orders does the king have?"
Wang Lindao: "Master Ning, follow me to the Fuwei army camp outside the city, and come with me to see the Fuwei troops who are preparing to go out."
"That's fine."
Ning Chen nodded and agreed.
An hour later, Ning Chen and Wang Lin arrived at a guard camp outside Fengjing City.
In addition to the capital city, Fengjing City is also surrounded by four prefectures and twenty counties.
The four prefectures are located in the blind spots of Fengjing.
The twenty counties are dotted in the blank spaces between the prefectures and cities.
Cao Xing's Jing Zhaoyin managed these four prefectures and twenty counties, plus some cities and towns near the city gate in Fengjing City.
The Fuwei Camp where Ning Chen and Wang Lin are currently located is the Fuwei Camp of Dongning Mansion.
According to regulations, the four palace guards around Fengjing are all superior palace guards.
Each government should have a population of 1,200 people.
But at this moment, Ning Chen saw that there were only 800 people in Dongning Mansion.
And even these 800 people can barely be considered a neat military appearance.
The guards who are so close to Fengjing all have this virtue.
It is conceivable what kind of virtue a guard who stays away from Fengjing must have.
Therefore, it is natural for Lin Dun to trust them and not have confidence in the guards.
"Master Ning, please tell everyone some words of courage." Wang Lin said to Ning Chen.
Ning Chen glanced at the guards below and hesitated.
I decided to say something truly powerful.
Anyway, these government guards don't even have a chance to go to Yuezhou, so why should we be mean to them anymore.
Ning Chen cleared his throat, and then said loudly:
"Everyone!
Although I am the right minister of the Ministry of War.
But I don’t know much about the Ministry of War.
But I know the grievances in your hearts,
I also know the pain in everyone’s hearts.
I know that you all have a heart to serve the country.
It's just the old impression that makes everyone look down on our guards.
We all pee standing up.
No one is less than anyone else.
If others can do it, I believe you can do it too.
I can't follow you all over the country to support you.
But I will send you Li Ziqiu, who is from my Hundred Schools and has a deep research on military strategism.
As long as everyone does what he says,
I don't believe that our guards can't turn the sky upside down.
Face is earned by ourselves, and we don’t look down upon what others give us.
I might as well tell you straight away, that [Huwei] wine is made by me.
I also came up with the name.
What I want is that from now on, our guards will be tigers! Tigers! Tigers!"
Ning Chen's words of encouragement directly caused the distracted guards below to dazzle.
Seeing this scene, Ning Chen felt that he might have used too much force.
So Ning Chen changed the topic directly and said:
"But even if we really can't earn back our face this time.
That doesn't matter, we don't judge heroes based on a moment.
Only when it hits bottom can it rebound and be suppressed again.
It's not a bad thing for our guards.
The harder we are pressed, the higher we can fly when we fly.
Let more people see that our guards are full of courage!"
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"
Li Ziqiu, who was standing at the front, took the lead and shouted after hearing Ning Chen's words.
But after Li Ziqiu yelled once, no one paid any attention to him.
Instead, everyone was looking at Guanwang, looking at Li Ziqiu.
It seems that such a fool has appeared out of nowhere.
Such government guards really made Ning Chen feel at ease.