There was a lot of neglect in the past, please punish me!"
Li Ziqiu looked at Wu Laosan kneeling on the ground, his face still calm as usual.
A person who can dare to bet three thousand taels without even one tael of silver has an extraordinary psychological quality.
What's more, from Li Ziqiu's point of view, he was just following Ning Chen's words and speaking truthfully.
What other people think is their business.
He can't control it.
"Now is not the time for Lieutenant Wu to blame anyone. Please ask Lieutenant Wu to prepare food and fodder for me quickly." Li Ziqiu said in a serious tone.
Wu Laosan did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered people to prepare food and fodder.
As for Captain You Guoyi on the Dongning Prefecture guard side, no one needed to stop him.
After kneeling down on one knee to apologize to Li Ziqiu.
I took the initiative to collect the punishment myself.
At the same time, he handed over all the seals of Captain Guo Yi.
Express your willingness to start from the lowest level of the soldier.
Seeing such a scene, Li Ziqiu felt that these guardsmen were not rotten to the core.
They still have pursuits, but no one took them seriously before, and no one gave them a chance.
At the same time, Li Ziqiu felt that he was definitely a military genius.
With just a few words, these government guards were given a new lease of life.
With Wu Laosan's help, the food and fodder were soon ready.
"Master Li, I have ordered someone to take my military seal and set off immediately to the next palace to deliver the message.
There will be no further delay, Mr. Li, at any time."
Li Ziqiu nodded: "We have Captain Lao Wu."
Wu Laosan said: "This is what a general should do.
Mr. Li, the head of Ningyuan is willing to give our palace guards this opportunity.
If I, Wu Lao San, were not allowed to do so because of my responsibilities,
This trip I must accompany you to suppress the bandits."
Before Li Ziqiu opened his mouth, Qu Zhong said to Wu Laosan: "Don't worry, we will all have a chance."
Wu Laosan listened to Qu Zhong's words and warned Qu Zhong: "You are now carrying the hopes of all our guards.
If you cannot make a triumphant return this time, you will be the sinner of all our guards.
It’s not easy for the leader of Ningyuan to give our guards this opportunity!”
Qu Zhong patted his armor and said, "Don't worry, this time, unless I, Qu Zhong, die in battle.
Otherwise, I will put an end to the Yuezhou banditry.
I will never let down the trust of the head of Ningyuan."
Wu Laosan said: "I don't care whether your Qu Zhong dies or not, but the Yuezhou banditry must be put down.
The captain of Lanping Prefecture is an old friend of mine, and I have already sent someone to deliver a message to him.
Lanping Prefecture is the largest prefecture in Yuezhou.
After arriving, he will provide you with all help.
Whether you need food, grass or people, he will definitely support you with all his strength."
After hearing what Wu Laosan said, Qu Zhong said with a serious expression: "Okay, even if I, Qu Zhong, die, I will put an end to the Yuezhou banditry this time!"
Li Ziqiu watched the two captains "talking to each other".
He looked at them with an incomprehensible expression.
Li Ziqiu's expression is just a simple expression. What you think has nothing to do with me.
But in the eyes of Qu Zhong and Wu Laosan, this expression was a kind of affirmation.
Li Ziqiu was affirming their efforts to strengthen the military strategist.
Li Ziqiu's operation caused Ning Chen, who was listening to a ditty at home, to shake his hands and spill hot tea on his hands.
But fortunately, Ning Chen is already a seventh-level martial artist. Let alone hot water, it is difficult for ordinary swords to hurt Ning Chen.
So a little hot tea is nothing.
Moreover, what Ning Chen cares about now is not the hot tea, but the [loyalty] point jumping backstage.
In just a short while, the [Loyalty] points jumped to over a thousand.
【loyalty】Click to jump like this, Ning Chen felt very unhappy.
This time Ning Chen was not upset because of the backstab.
It's not like Ning Chen has never been stabbed in the back.
Being stabbed in the back, Ning Chen still has experience.
But the current situation is completely inconsistent with my own experience.
If you say that the imperial guards were lucky enough to get ahead of the three generals and put an end to the Yuezhou banditry in advance.
Ning Chen had nothing to say.
But, if such a situation really occurs.
Wang Lin has been here a long time ago.
Besides, the time is completely wrong now.
It's only been three days, according to the speed of the imperial guards.
It is impossible to get to the border of Yuezhou now.
Therefore, this is what makes Ning Chen unhappy.
You have to say how much Ning Chen is looking forward to this time.
That's not necessarily the case.
Ning Chen's pressure on Shouyuan is no longer as pressing as before.
Being stabbed in the back for no reason was what made Ning Chen unhappy.
This time, he could obviously lie down and gain 10,000 reputation points safely.
In the end, something like this happened.
The key is that I still don't know where the flaw occurred.
After thinking for a moment, Ning Chen asked Xia Zhu to call her brother over.
Xia Zhu's younger brother is a boy who is not tall and introverted, but has a strong sense of resilience in his heart.
Otherwise, when I was fleeing famine that day, I wouldn't have gritted my teeth and left all the food to my parents, and endured three days of starvation.
When I came here after escaping from famine, I was always hungry, my skin was sallow, and I was as thin as a bamboo pole.
After these few days of self-cultivation, I have slowed down a lot, but I am still very thin.
"I've met you, sir." Xia Yian lowered his head and greeted Ning Chen.
Xia Zhu's name was given by Wan Hong after he came to Fengjing.
The name Xia Yi'an was given by Xia Zhu's parents, using a hen that lays eggs, and asked a teacher from Murakami to give it to him.
The old couple are still relatively conservative in their thinking, but it cannot be said that they treat Xia Zhu badly.
They treat Xia Zhu much better than ordinary parents treat their daughters.
It's just that they hope that Xia Yi'an can be better, be able to read well, and preferably be on the gold list.
The wish is good, and Xia Yi'an does have a talent for reading.
It's just that my family's financial situation is so poor, and there are constant banditry in Yuezhou.
Xia Yi'an was delayed.
"No need to be formal, I just want to ask you a few questions." Ning Chen said casually.
Xia Yi'an still maintained a humble attitude.
Ning Chen was no longer polite to him.
"How much do you know about the banditry in Yuezhou?"
Xia Yian said: "I wonder what kind of situation you want to know?"
Xia Yian asked this, and Ning Chen really didn't know how to answer.
"Just introduce them all to me." Ning Chen thought for a moment and said.
"Yes, sir."
Xia Yi'an responded, and then began to tell Ning Chen about the geography and history of Yuezhou.
According to what Xia Yi'an said.
There are three prefectures and twenty counties in Yuezhou. The three prefectures are where the three clans that were destroyed by Dingguohou were stationed.
The following twenty counties are basically built around three prefectures.
Apart from the county town, the rest are villages scattered in the countryside.
Yuezhou is not the best in terms of geographical environment and climate environment.
But Yuezhou has its own aura.
Yuezhou is the place where the Wu family flourished. The Wu family came from Yuezhou and made their fortune from Yuezhou.
This gives Yuezhou some special aura.
Therefore, there were many nobles and nobles in Yuezhou before. In the former Yuezhou, nobles and nobles were the laws there.
However, after Marquis Dingguo became angry, all these clans and nobles moved away one after another.
There is no way, they are also afraid.
Marquis Dingguo defeated three families, and the final results were so painless.
If Marquis Ding of the Kingdom thinks of something, he will do it again.
It doesn't matter who is unlucky.
So it's better to run, run to Fengjing, it's safer.
As for those who didn't leave, they were basically the old and the young who couldn't leave.
No more aristocratic families.
Yuezhou's economic level plummeted.
At the same time, from that time on, banditry in Yuezhou began to increase.
Yuezhou also changed from a Longxing place to a bandit-infested place.
In the past, those wealthy families and nobles were here, and life was difficult.
Now that there are no wealthy families and nobility, life is still difficult.
Although the imperial court deployed successful officials in Yuezhou, it also stationed a large number of forbidden troops.
However, what can be guaranteed is that the prefectural cities, prefectural cities and several more important county towns are safe.
The remaining counties and villages can only consider themselves unlucky.
Within Yuezhou, there are at least one hundred bands of bandits numbering more than one hundred.
For those with more than 300 people, there are about fifty groups.
If there are more than 500 people, there are five branches.
There are more than 500 bandits, which is equivalent to the number of guards in a lower house.
In addition, Yuezhou is a martial artist, so among the five hundred people, there must be many warriors.
With such strength, it's no wonder that the Fuwei Army has always been unable to deal with the situation.
The only advantage is that these bandits are scattered in various places.
There isn't much connection between them.
What if so many bands of bandits were all linked together?
This is a bandit team of tens of thousands.
If you want to wipe out a team of more than 10,000 people, even if the opponent is an unorganized bandit, it will probably take some effort.
According to what Xia Yi'an said, whether it was the three generals sent by the court this time or the government guards.
Basically, it is impossible to completely quell the Yuezhou banditry.
It's no problem to pacify one or two teams of about 300 people.
After understanding the basic situation of Yuezhou, Ning Chen still couldn't figure out where the mistake was.
"Could it be that Li Ziqiu is doing some extravagance?" Ning Chen finally thought of the only possibility.
It's just that Ning Chen doesn't know what kind of sex work Li Ziqiu did.
"Forget it, just be careful with this guy from now on. If you can let him out, I won't let him out."
"I've seen you speak and act very logically these days.
Your sister also told me that you have been reading for a few days.
Do you want to continue reading?" No longer thinking about Li Ziqiu's situation, Ning Chen turned to Xia Yi'an and asked.
Xia Yi'an glanced at his sister Xia Zhu, and Xia Zhu said, "Just answer whatever the Lord asks you. The Lord is the biggest in the house."
Ning Chen glanced at Xia Zhu and felt that he had not exposed any secrets to Xia Zhu.
How did Xia Zhu know that she was older?
Xia Yi'an listened to her sister's words and said truthfully to Ning Chen: "Sir, I want to study."
"Then do you want to take the imperial examination, or do you want to follow the path of Confucianism and Taoism?" Ning Chen continued to ask.
"Sir, I want to follow Confucianism, but I want to join the Hundred Schools of Thought you created."
Xia Yian's answer surprised Ning Chen.
It is not unusual for Xia Yi'an to know the ways of hundreds of schools of thought.
But how to say it.
Hundreds of universities are now equivalent to at most two universities with one academician.
Confucianism is equivalent to Tsinghua University and Peking University, with dozens of academicians.
Now Xia Yi'an plans to study the topic of Tsinghua University and Peking University in the second book.
It’s not that it’s impossible, it’s just that it’s twice as difficult.
However, Ning Chen is still very satisfied with Xia Yi'an's choice.
After all, not everyone has a discerning eye,
It was immediately obvious,
My own family,
It will become the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the future!
"Tell me what you think?" Ning Chen asked Xia Yian.
After hearing Ning Chen's question, Xia Yi'an did not answer immediately, but looked at Xia Zhu again.
Xia Zhu saw that her younger brother was so unsatisfactory and so ignorant, and she was worried for her younger brother.
"Why do you always look at me? I've already told you, just answer whatever the adults ask you!" Xia Zhu said angrily.
"Sister, I'm afraid I'll be beheaded if I tell you." Xia Yi'an said weakly.
Xia Zhu was shocked after hearing Xia Yi'an's words, but Ning Chen became interested in Xia Yi'an's words.
If you say anything, you will be beheaded.
"It's okay, you can tell me. There are no taboos in our family, so just say whatever you want." Ning Chen gave Xia Yi'an a reassurance.
Xia Yi'an lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Sir, I discovered it when I read the sage's words.
The sage said he was very fair and selfless.
However, the words of saints left behind by the Confucian sages, especially the semi-sages after the sub-sages.
It's very narrow-minded. I don't think this is the Confucianism created by Confucian sages.
This is not the Confucianism and Taoism in my heart, so I want to go to hundreds of schools of thought to find the real Confucianism and Taoism in my heart."
After Ning Chen heard this, he looked around at Xia Yi'an.
I didn't find any aura in Xia Yi'an.
So Xia Yi'an is not the protagonist with the halo turned on.
"It seems that it is probably the problem with my protagonist's aura that directly attracted this little Natsuko."
Ning Chen said in his heart.
Xia Zhu's face turned pale after listening to Xia Yi'an's words.
Xia Zhu has never read any books, but Xia Zhu also knows how rebellious what Xia Yi'an said is.
"You want to die. Your parents ask you to study every day, and you have learned this."
Xia Zhu said and went forward to beat Xia Yi'an.
Ning Chen stopped Xia Zhu directly: "Compared with your brother, who do you think is more rebellious than the adults?
Your brother is just talking, my lord, I directly opened Baijiadao, intending to have a head-on confrontation with Confucianism and Taoism."
Xia Zhu didn't know what to say. After struggling for a long time, Xia Zhu said, "That's different."
Ning Chen asked in return: "Where is it different?"
Xia Zhu said: "Sir, you have such a noble status, what you say must be right. My silly brother is just stupid in reading."
Ning Chen looked at Xia Yian and asked, "Do you think it's different there?"
Xia Yian thought for a while and shook his head: "My lord, I think they are all the same. If I have to say something different, I just don't have the courage like your lord."
Ning Chen nodded and confirmed Xia Yi'an's answer: "You're right, it's just not different.
The only difference is that you lack the courage to challenge authority.
So I have to ask you again, have you decided whether you want to follow my path?"
Ning Chen looked at Xia Yi'an with burning eyes.
Under Ning Chen's gaze, Xia Yian did not dare to raise her head to look into Ning Chen's eyes.
Ning Chen was not in a hurry to urge Xia Yi'an.
Ning Chen saw that Xia Zhu wanted to urge him, so he stopped Xia Zhu with his eyes.
After about half a cup of tea, Xia Yi'an raised his head.
He looked at Ning Chen with clear eyes and said firmly, "Sir, I am willing to follow the Baijia Road."
Ning Chen smiled after hearing Xia Yi'an's answer and said, "Okay, from today on you will officially enter Baijia College.
Tomorrow you go to the Imperial College and go directly to my senior brother Liu Zhongzhi.
From now on, you will study in the Imperial College. I will not teach you or order you anything.
Just find the true Confucianism and Taoism in your heart."
Ning Chen really doesn't need to teach Xia Yi'an, who has obvious protagonist attributes.
If you teach, it is easy to teach people wrongly.
Just let him grow on his own.
To be honest, Ning Chen has no idea what he can look like.
For Xia Yi'an, Ning Chen just planted a seed.
We will see what kind of fruits it can bear in the future.
Maybe you'll surprise yourself.
Xia Yi'an only remembered to thank Ning Chen after being urged by her sister.
In the next few days, Ning Chen watched his [loyalty] point behind the scenes.
You can grow thousands of points every day.
Ning Chen knew that in this round, he had no hope of earning reputation points by taking the [Sneak] test.
But fortunately, this [loyalty] point grows quickly and steadily.
Finally, cooperate with Wang Lin and let all the guardsmen express their gratitude for his kindness.
You should be able to exchange it for several thousand or ten thousand reputation points.
If you calculate it this way, you won't be at a loss.
Another five days passed like this.
Just when Ning Chen was preparing to go to court as usual.
Wang Lin suddenly came to him and told Ning Chen some news.
Three generals sent by the imperial court have arrived in Yuezhou.
But the final result was that the three sixth-grade generals were completely defeated in Yuezhou.
The three generals were accompanied by private soldiers and servants, a total of five hundred people.
Except for two generals who ran out with more than a hundred people, the rest were all captured by the bandits.
Ning Chen was really surprised when he heard the news.
Didn’t you say well before that you can just go and take the credit?
Why can't he get the credit for this, but instead lose his wife and lose his troops?
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 huge 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, Bing Xiang, why are you so happy?"
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 at this moment is an opportunity for our guards and soldiers, isn't it?"
After hearing Wang Lin's words, Ning Chen looked at Wang Lin in surprise.