The complete defeat of three sixth-grade warriors with more than 500 private soldiers and servants surprised Ning Chen.
But the smile and excitement on Wang Lin's face at this moment puzzled Ning Chen.
"Prime Minister Wang, there is a big defeat ahead. What do you mean by being so excited? Could it be that Prime Minister Wang, you are the bandit leader?"
After listening to Ning Chen's words, Wang Lin finally realized that his excitement was beyond words.
He quickly controlled his expression and then said seriously to Ning Chen: "Master Ning, don't be joking. How could I be the bandit leader?"
"Then I don't understand even more. Why are you so happy, Mr. Bing?"
Wang Lin looked around, then lowered his voice and said to Ning Chen: "Master Ning, please don't hide this from me. The defeat on the front line is now an opportunity for our guards and military strategists, isn't it?"
After hearing Wang Lin's words, Ning Chen looked at Wang Lin in surprise.
Ning Chen's expression at this moment, in Wang Lin's opinion, was a surprised expression that Ning Chen didn't expect to see through.
But what surprised Ning Chen was who gave Wang Lin such confidence.
It made Wang Lin feel that the banditry problem could not be solved by three generals who had cultivated to the sixth level on the battlefield all year round.
It can be solved with his palace guards.
At this time, shouldn't we invite Tathagata Buddha... No, should we go to Wu Zhao and ask the imperial army to come forward to clean up the mess?
"Don't blame me for talking too much, Mr. Wang. I'm really curious about that king... uh, who gave you such confidence, Mr. Wang."
Wang Lin said directly, "My dear, you still want to hide it from me": "Master Ning, please stop hiding it from me. I already know your good intentions, Master Ning."
If it wasn't in front of so many people, Ning Chen would have cursed a lot.
You fucking know shit.
You said it as if I had given you such confidence.
Seeing that Ning Chen was still pretending, Wang Xiang made the matter clear.
"Master Ning, you have foresight and sent military strategists to learn from Li Ziqiu.
I went to lead the Fu Guards to suppress the bandits, and wanted to see if the military style was compatible with the Fu Guards.
Master Ning, this is a good thing, there is no need for you to hide it from me."
After speaking, Wang Xiang sighed deeply and said to Ning Chen with emotion:
"Master Ning, I know that you are doing this just to keep my position as military minister.
But Master Ning, my military skills are entirely due to the fact that I have not found the founder of the military strategist.
It was only then that I was put on the shelves and given the position of Prime Minister of the Army.
In fact, I know very well that I am not worthy of the position of military prime minister at all.
I am willing to accept that it is not because I am greedy for power.
I really can't bear to see the once glorious Fu Guard Army, and those who are still willing to stick to the Fu Guard, sink like this.
To be honest..."
Ning Chen interrupted Wang Lin, who was in deep dissatisfaction and was about to continue to stir up emotions.
"I would like to ask, Prime Minister Wang, who told you that Li Ziqiu is a military strategist?"
Wang Lin sighed deeply: "Master Ning, please stop hiding things from me. Those guards who followed Li Ziqiu have already told me what happened.
Now those government guards are all fighting bravely, vowing to quell the Yuezhou banditry!
So Lord Ning, don’t worry.
Today, I will definitely support the government guards and continue to suppress the bandits."
After hearing Wang Lin's words, Ning Chen knew that his guess was right.
Sure enough, it was Li Ziqiu who stabbed him in the back.
"Scientific military strategist?
How dare he say that.
I have been here for less than two months, and I can already say that I am a serious military strategist.
If he comes half a year from now, he won’t be the leader of hundreds of families!”
Although I have made up my mind to come back and sort out Li Ziqiu's thoughts.
But Ning Chen still agreed with Wang Lin's proposal.
Why do you agree?
Because Wang Lin’s proposal, in Ning Chen’s opinion, is,
No loss when you win, big gain when you lose.
Everyone knows the virtues of the government guards.
Three generals of the sixth level of martial arts, with more than 200 warriors and more than 200 elite soldiers.
The banditry was not quelled.
The government guards can pacify it.
If you tell me this, except for Wang Lin who believes it, not a single person in the civil and military circles of the entire dynasty believes it.
This will definitely provide Ning Chen with a lot of [Niege] points.
When the Fu Wei army loses, these [佞] points can be directly converted into reputation points.
On the other hand, if the government guards were really lucky, they would have suppressed the banditry by accident.
This is a big unexpected surprise.
Wang Lin will definitely notify all the guards, and the [佞] provided by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will also be converted into [loyalty].
In this way, hundreds of thousands of government guards and their families, plus the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, plus the [loyalty] that various people can provide.
A conservative estimate is over one million.
One million [Loyalty] points, converted into more than 10,000 reputation points.
Ten thousand reputation points have fully met Ning Chen's initial expectations.
In this incident, Ning Chen originally thought that 10,000 reputation points would be enough.
Expecting too much will only break your heart.
If you walk on two legs, you will not lose anything.
"Prince Wang, since you know everything, I won't hide it from you.
Li Ziqiu was indeed arranged by me.
Now that the matter has reached this stage, I will also argue with the Prime Minister.
Let the government guards continue their mission of suppressing bandits!"
Wang Lin saw Ning Chen's 'showdown', and his face showed the expressions of 'You still want to hide it from me' and 'As expected of me'.
The drums of the court sounded, and hundreds of officials entered the palace.
Today's morning meeting was just like what Ning Chen and Wang Lin said outside the Meridian Gate.
Three guerrilla generals failed to suppress the bandits.
How should the court deal with it next?
Should we directly mobilize the Fengjing Forbidden Army to suppress the bandits, or send more generals and private soldiers to suppress the bandits?
As for the government guards.
This is completely outside the scope of everyone's discussion.
Wu Zhao himself did not even mention this.
It can be seen how miserable the government guards are in everyone's eyes.
Totally untrustworthy.
"Your Highness, we still have a group of soldiers and horses closest to Yuezhou. I think there is no need to spend any more money and food to mobilize troops and horses." Wang Lin saw that everyone ignored the imperial guards, so he could only mention it himself.
After Wang Lin finished speaking, it took a few breaths for many people to remember what Wang Lin meant by the other line of troops.
"Prince Xiang, the banditry was not quelled by the three generals.
The king also hoped that the palace guards could calm down.
Does Wang Xiang think that the bargaining chips in the hands of those bandits are not enough now?"
As soon as Wang Lin finished speaking, a minister choked and said.
Before more people could choke, Lin Dunxin said:
"The Prime Minister Wang has now gained great confidence in the bandits in Yuezhou, who have won consecutive battles.
What we need to do now is to use thunderous means to quell the banditry."
What Lin Dunxin said was already very cryptic, and it gave Wang Lin a lot of face.
But Wang Lin has already made up his mind that this time he must let the palace guards take over.
Not only for the sake of the Fu Wei Army, but also to be worthy of the opportunity given by Ning Chen to the Fu Wei Army.
"Your Highness thinks that the imperial guards can suppress the banditry in Yuezhou. Now we are sending more troops from Fengjing.
First, more people will know that the banditry in Yuezhou has not been quelled.
Secondly, it will take time, and during this time, greater changes may occur in Yuezhou.
For these two reasons, I believe that the imperial court should now fully support the imperial guards in suppressing the bandits."
Seeing that everyone was still unmoved, Wang Lin directly launched a big move: "I am willing to use my position as a guarantee, and the guards will definitely be able to put down the banditry."
Wang Lin's ultimate move was thrown out, but everyone was still indifferent.
After Wang Lin finished speaking, Ning Chen stood up and said, "My lord, I also agree to let the government guards quell the banditry."
Ning Chen was considered a lonely minister in the court.
But the weight of this lonely minister now is completely different from when he was still a young Hanlin.
He was the leader of hundreds of schools, the pioneer of agricultural roads, held important positions in three ministries, and was Wu Zhao's confidant.
In comparison, his background as a disciple of Kong Jijiu seems a little bleak.
Therefore, standing up and supporting the Fu Guards at this moment will inevitably lead to more associations.
This is the trouble of those in high positions.
Ning Chen stood up to support, just because he wanted to feel comfortable anyway.
But others don't dare to think it's that simple.
They had to think carefully about whether Ning Chen had any other considerations when he stepped forward.
Wu Zhao glanced at Ning Chen and said directly: "Since Ning Aiqing also thinks that the Fu Wei army can be used, then give the Fu Wei army a chance. Send a message to Yuezhou to ask everyone to cooperate with the Fu Wei army to suppress the bandits."
Ning Chen, who was already prepared to engage in a verbal battle with Wu Zhao, did not expect that Wu Zhao would immediately disarm him.
Wang Lin was also stunned when he heard Wu Zhao agreed.
Wang Lin didn't think his position was good enough, so he really couldn't risk his life to argue with reason.
In the end, Wu Zhao agreed.
Isn't this too easy?
Then when he thought about it again, Wang Lin became depressed.
I bet on the position, but it didn't cause any trouble.
Ning Chen just said something, and Wu Zhao immediately agreed.
Looking at the officials, no one seems to have any objections.
Although Wang Lin knew that many people below were waiting for the defeat of the imperial guards so that they could attack Ning Chen.
But this still couldn't stop Wang Lin from eating.
Obviously speaking from an official position, he is the military minister.
It's a first-class official residence.
Ning Chen is just a fourth-grade servant.
As a result, my first grade was obviously not as important as Ning Chen's fourth grade, and was more important in everyone's eyes.
"Forget it, it was successful after all. Now it depends on the guards."
After this matter is confirmed, there will be nothing major next.
When no one came forward, Wu Zhao immediately announced that the dynasty would be dismissed.
After the officials retreated, Wang Lin also caught up with Ning Chen and wanted to discuss with Ning Chen how to quell the banditry in the future.
But there was another person who also caught up with Ning Chen.
Prime Minister - Lin Tunxin.
"Master Ning, I know you want to use the imperial guards to test your military skills.
However, the Fu Wei Army is not a good choice.
I can recommend some powerful generals to you, Mr. Ning, so that they can travel day and night and quickly quell the banditry!"
After hearing what Lin Dunxin said, Wang Lin said righteously: "Prime Minister, suppressing bandits is a matter for my military. Prime Minister, your hand has been stretched too long."
After hearing Wang Lin's words, Lin Dunxin said to Wang Lin with an unhappy face: "Prime Minister, I originally wanted to talk to you later.
Since you said it, I will talk to you carefully.
Ning Chen was the leader of hundreds of schools and even created agricultural roads.
Ning Chen's future is bright.
Mr. Wang, you must drag Ningchen into the water for your own selfish reasons.
Are you worthy of the imperial salary by doing this?
Is it worthy of the support of thousands of human beings?
Do you still remember the four maxims Ning Chen once wrote?
Your salary and salary are the blessings of the people!
For your own selfish desires, you have abandoned all peoples and what a situation you are in!"
Ning Chen heard Lin Dunxin’s impassioned words.
I don't feel calm inside anymore.
How bad must the guards be in order for Lin Dun to trust him?
They brought out the righteousness of the human race to suppress Wang Lin.
Wang Lin was intimidated by Lin Dunxin's momentum and was speechless for a moment.
Seeing Wang Lin who was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak, Ning Chen said:
"Xiang Lin, there is no need to be so excited.
As for the Fu Guards, I am still willing to trust them once."
This Ning Chen really believed it.
After all, this is a good thing that you won't lose even if you lose, and you will make money even if you lose blood.
How could you not believe it?
Lin Dunxin saw that Ning Chen was so sure, and knew that he could not persuade Ning Chen.
"Since Mr. Ning is like this, I won't advise you anymore.
But don’t worry, Mr. Ning, I will restrain all officials..."
After hearing what Lin Dunxin said, Ning Chen directly interrupted Lin Dunxin and said: "Xiang Lin, wrong is wrong and right is right.
You don't need to restrain anyone. If I am wrong, I should naturally be criticized by hundreds of officials.
If I am right, I will not let them get off easily."
After hearing Ning Chen's words, Lin Dunxin looked at Wang Lin with a fierce look and said, "Wang Lin, be careful and become a sinner for the ages!"
After Lin Dunxin said this, he threw up his sleeves and left.
"Prime Minister Wang, Prime Minister Lin has left, let's go too." Ning Chen waited for Lin Dunxin to walk away and said to Wang Lin.
Wang Lin came back to his senses, gritted his teeth and said: "What's the point of being proud of you for taking a political path? When I lead the guards and clear the military path, you will still dare to be so bossy in front of me."
After saying these completely uncharacteristic words, Wang Lin suddenly realized that Ning Chen was still here.
Looking at Ning Chen who was looking at him playfully, Wang Lin couldn't help but blush and said, "Mr. Ning is laughing."
Ning Chen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, who can't have some teenage madness?"
Wang Lin calmed down his emotions and said to Ning Chen seriously: "Master Ning, let's go to the Ministry of War to discuss the next countermeasures against the enemy?"
Ning Chen thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine."
The two people came to the Ministry of War.
Only then did Ning Chen realize that the Ministry of War had gone to the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment.
That's really incomparable.
Although everyone's location is the same, the area they occupy is not much different.
But the Ministry of War was really deserted.
Just take a look at these old facilities in the Ministry of War. They all make people feel sad and shabby.
"No matter how bad the government guards are, they won't make the Ministry of War so miserable. The Ministry of War doesn't just control the government guards. Isn't the military controlled by the Ministry of War?" Ning Chen looked at the downtrodden Ministry of War and couldn't bear it.
I couldn't help but sigh.
When it comes to this, Wang Lin is also a little embarrassed.
"Master Ning, the environment is a bit rough, but as long as the Fuwei army makes a good turnaround in Yuezhou, our military department will be able to feel proud in the future."
Ning Chen looked back at Wang Lin and said that Wang Lin had not answered the question he had just asked.
Wang Lin sighed and said: "Our Ministry of War can indeed control the world's soldiers and horses in terms of rules.