The imperial examination was hastily ended because Li Shimin wanted to lead the imperial examination in person, and the resignation of the new officials was postponed until after the campaign.
Li Shimin happily took his men to personally conquer the disobedient Xue Yantuo, leaving all state affairs to those who stayed in the capital.
The envoys from Baekje, Fusang, and Japan, who were supposed to arrive in the capital before the Chinese New Year and the start of the exams, somehow delayed their arrival in Chang'an until a month after Li Shimin left the capital.
Fang Yiai was not the only one to express deep suspicion. He suspected that these people had known about Xue Yantuo's unusual movements in the northwest for a long time, so they did not go to Beijing as promised, but delayed the formation and kept watching the progress of the situation.
If Li Shimin had not achieved a great victory this time as soon as he arrived in the northwest, I believe these people would not have entered Chang'an so readily and reported to Honglu Temple.
Regarding these people's "pragmatic" actions, Li Chengqian, who was responsible for supervising the country and temporarily acting as an agent for state affairs, naturally did not want to see these people and sent them all to the posthouse to let them reflect on their mistakes.
Because of the actions of these envoys, the prince Li Chengqian became more convinced of the importance of strong force.
Wu An Bang Wen Ding Guo, the summing up words that our ancestors drew from the bloody lessons for thousands of years are not empty words.
A country that is not deterred by force, even if it has a prosperous culture and prosperity, is nothing more than livestock raised for killing by its wolfish neighbors.
Only a prosperous and prosperous country protected by strong force can truly have a prosperous country and a strong people!
The stability of a country and the stability of its foundation are absolutely inseparable from the joint efforts of civil society and martial arts!
Wenzhi and martial arts are like two legs for a country. If there is something wrong with either leg, the person will be in trouble. The road is difficult and it is impossible to move forward for a long time. The same is true for the country!
Thinking that the Tang Dynasty now has a school dedicated to training scribes, but there is no place dedicated to training potential generals for the country. The older generation of generals who followed Li Shimin in the war are facing aging, and the younger generals are expected to be independent in the future.
There are only a few people who can take the leading role.
Guarding the border and defending the capital. To stabilize the country, generals who can take charge are indispensable. With such a limited number of people, it is impossible to guard the border everywhere. Not to mention the safety of the capital and the entire Tang Dynasty!
After handling the political affairs for the day, Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel a little worried when he thought that Li Shimin also wanted to extend the martial arts examination from five years to eight years.
In the future, if there were numerous strong soldiers but no generals capable of commanding them, such a situation would undoubtedly be a disaster for the Tang Dynasty.
The management of soldiers in Li and Tang Dynasties continued and developed the government military system left by the Sui and Yang Dynasties. Each state government had subordinate soldiers and generals.
Li Shimin was afraid that if the martial arts competitions were held too frequently, too many capable military generals would be recruited. If the court could not place them, these people would be poached by major aristocratic families or ambitious governors from various states. Maybe one day in the future
It would be detrimental to Li Tang.
But has he ever thought about the folk saying that "Learning martial arts will bring you wealth and wealth to the emperor's family". But among those who have the ability, how many people are really willing to be ordinary?
What's more, there are many people who are in the prime of their lives, possess all their abilities, and want to build a great career, honor their ancestors, have their wives and children, and return to their hometowns in splendid clothes.
And people who have the ability to lead troops to fight, who are bloody and aggressive, and who have the kind of temperament that seeks wealth in danger as Fang Yiai said, since the court does not give them a chance, they will naturally go elsewhere to find someone who can provide them.
When they want something, how can they be indifferent to the imperial decree?
In this way, the court lost more good generals and talents, and even gave those ambitious people the opportunity to recruit more talents so that they can look for opportunities to go against the court in the future.
It was not that he had not raised this issue with Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji in a circumstantial manner, but each of them advocated the ban on martial arts. They felt that other suggestions were not good, so they rejected them all before anyone could speak.
Li Chengqian has always felt that regulating warriors is like regulating rivers. Banning martial arts is undoubtedly equivalent to blocking the river, but it often causes the river to flood even more, bringing greater disasters to the people and the country.
Only by combing the rivers to rectify the warriors can the warriors be used by the country and benefit the people of the country while also earning the honor and status they deserve. Only in this way can we truly be satisfied with each other, or the court, the warriors and the people
, all three parties are satisfied.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian let out a long sigh. It is better to discuss this matter with Fang Yiai and others first. The way to convince his father, uncle and others still needs to be slowly figured out, and there is a long way to go.
However, I can understand the thoughts of Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others. They have been fighting for many years, but they have suffered from being harmed by the rangers who come and go.
The knights who are obedient and causing trouble are all kept in a trap, so that they can do whatever they want, or they can completely put all martial arts training under the management of the imperial court, so as to avoid breeding some annoying and disobedient fleas under the eyes of the imperial court.
When the news of the success of the Western Expedition came, Fang Yiai, who was still waiting for Feng Tiejiang, who was not breathing much, did not let go of his worries. He just raised his eyebrows to show that he understood and had no more expressions to express his gratitude.
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Fang Qi, who went to the small courtyard to deliver news, felt that Fang Yiai was worried about Feng Tiejiang's condition and was not concerned about national affairs.
Blacksmith Feng's current situation is really like that of a lamp that is out of oil. The flickering flame on the wick may go out at any time.
Fang Qi opened his mouth, saw Fang Yi'ai's expression, and tried to comfort Fang Yi'ai to relax, but in the end he couldn't say it out, and closed it again with a silent sigh.
He only turned around and told the two followers following Fang Yiai, asking them to take good care of Fang Yiai's body and not let Fang Yiai collapse from exhaustion. He should be smarter on weekdays. Only then did Fang Qi follow Fang Yiai's instructions and go back to look for him.
Northwest map.
Since Feng Tiejiang was rescued from a coma ten days ago, Fang Yiai left the two children in the care of Shu'er. She moved to the small courtyard with two personal attendants, and took a leave of absence from Li Chengqian to concentrate on her work.
The small courtyard serves Feng Tiejiang and comforts Sun Yunniang, who has become thin and weak since Feng Tiejiang fell ill.
Both Fang Yiai and Sun Yunniang knew very well that Jinqi and Jinlin were Fang Yiai's children, and Fang Yiai would not treat them badly. Therefore, since Feng Tiejiang became unconscious, Sun Yunniang also followed.
Extremely thin and weak.
Fang Yiai was really afraid, fearing that Sun Yunniang, who carried her emotional sustenance in her previous life, would die along with the precarious Feng Tiejiang.
What is the deep love between butterflies and luan, what is it to help each other, what is it to be together in life and death, what is the true love stronger than gold.
Seeing that she was determined to accompany Feng Tiejiang and didn't want him to be alone, and she didn't want him to be alone on the road to hell after suffering most of his life, Sun Yunniang's heart had already withered as Feng Tiejiang's life slowly passed.
Even though Fang Yiai tried her best, she couldn't leave Sun Yunniang with any worries for her life.
Fang Yiai couldn't help but be angry, but she couldn't bear to blame the deceased Jin Ling'er for why Sun Yunniang would guess that Jin Qi and Jin Lin were her children.
If Sun Yunniang didn't know that Jin Qi and Jinlin were her children, could she worry about the future of the two children? Would this give Sun Yunniang a reason to continue living?
Fang Yiai really wanted to make up her mind and told Sun Yunniang, wasn't she afraid that Shu'er would mistreat the two children in the future after becoming pregnant? Or maybe Shu'er would mistreat the two children after knowing that they were hers.
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But looking back and forth, Shu'er has personally taken care of the two children these days, and brought them to the courtyard to visit Feng Tiejiang and Sun Yuniang every day. She has indeed taken good care of the two children and can fully afford it.
mother's title.
Fang Yiai really couldn't say those lies and deceitful words out loud, and even Sun Yunniang wouldn't believe them.
Precisely because he knew that persuasion was ineffective and understood that Sun Yunniang and Feng Tiejiang were determined to live and die together, Fang Yi's love became even more painful.
In the prosperous and chaotic world of the previous life, the so-called faithful love was just a boring game that everyone played to kill time after having enough to eat. When it comes to love, there are a few people who have actually achieved love like Feng
The steadfast love between the blacksmith and Sun Yunniang?
Touching love stories are flying all over the sky, and TV is full of movies and TV shows that proclaim the beauty of love. They all show how lacking this kind of emotion is in reality, and how much people long for this kind of emotion.
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I was used to seeing people around me not taking love seriously, and there were some shameless stories on movies and TV shows about love coming and going. Fang Yiai herself didn’t really believe in love.
It was precisely because he believed that the satisfaction of real life was more important than the emotional need for love that he never had a taste of love until he was thirty years old in his previous life.
I would rather devote my free time to the library than play this ridiculous game with the opposite sex that wastes time but does not get any material or emotional rewards.
Looking at the relationship between Feng Tiejiang and Sun Yuniang, Fang Yiai fell silent.
After finding Sun Yunniang in Lizhou, Fang Yiai was able to fully confirm that Feng Tiejiang was not dead because of verification. However, Sun Yunniang, without any source of information, only relied on her inner feeling to definitely conclude that Feng Tiejiang was not dead.
The blacksmith is not dead!
As for Feng Tiejiang, it was also because he was obsessed with the fact that Sun Yunniang was not dead that he hid in the south of the Yangtze River without fear of hardships. At such an old age, he served in the army for several years!
How deep of a relationship can two people who are not related by blood have such a profound connection in their hearts? (To be continued...)