"The so-called military secrets are actually just a way of cultivation. The reason why only the Shi family knows it and others cannot learn it is simple."
Taishang Shengjun was reading a book while chatting quietly with Lin Ye, and Lin Ye was reading records about the Shi family at this time.
Although Dayu had experienced a dark moment before, when the government was in ruins and powerful ministers were in power, fortunately, the foundation left by the glorious period had not been completely destroyed.
For example, because no one really cares about this scroll library, it is relatively well preserved.
The Supreme Saint continued: "The Shi family has a special physique. Only their people can master the secret skills of the military."
"Back then, Emperor Taizu valued the Shi family very much, but in fact he was a little afraid of it. After Dayu was founded, there were not many people in the Shi family who could practice the secret skills of military strategists. Otherwise..."
The Supreme Saint did not say the next words.
Lin Ye nodded slightly.
He looked at the Supreme Sage and asked: "Later on, the Shi family has never been prosperous. Is it..."
The Supreme Saint glanced at Lin Ye, but did not answer.
No answer, the answer is already within this glance.
The Supreme Sage said in a calm voice: "At its peak, nearly 700 members of the Shi family were able to practice the secret arts of the military. On the battlefield, I cannot clearly know how useful these 700 people can be."
"The records say that when the Shi family went to the battlefield, they had great power and were invincible when they charged."
"I guess that their physique determines that they can use all their strength to display powerful military secrets for a period of time, so they are always used to charge and break formations."
"But it won't work after a long time... Later, after the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu had a long conversation with the Shi family. As for what they talked about, I'm afraid only the Shi family knows."
Lin Ye read through the records, sat up straight and asked, "Nowadays, the people in the Shi family who can still use the secret skills of the military seem to have changed."
The Supreme Saint nodded again.
Initially, because he was afraid of the inheritance of military secrets, and the country had just been founded at that time, it was impossible for Emperor Taizu to target the Shi family without any reason.
In addition, the ancestor of the Shi family had extraordinary wisdom and only received a title but no official position, so for a long time, the Shi family lived a relatively stable life.
A hundred years after Dayu, a secret report was sent to Geling, which shocked the reigning Emperor Yu at that time, so he immediately made targeted arrangements.
Although the Shi family did not serve as officials at that time, their ancestors also had a legacy saying that future generations were not allowed to lead armies.
But the Shi family has a passion for leading soldiers in their bones, so this kind of thing is almost impossible to restrain.
Especially after practicing the secret arts of military strategists, they are even more eager to prove their strength on the battlefield.
Later, a patriarch of the Shi family thought of a way.
At that time, the state where the Shi family was located had been plagued by bandits for many years, so the head of the Shi family approached the local government and said that the Shi family could not lead troops due to ancestral precepts, but could help the state government train the people to fight bandits bravely.
At that time, the state official did not think this was anything inappropriate, but was overjoyed.
Two years later, the Shi family had trained a team of more than 5,000 people locally.
This team won consecutive battles and eliminated many disasters for the local people.
The intention of the head of the Shi family is that the Shi family has ancestral precepts and cannot ask the Shi family to lead troops in battle.
It happened that both the Western Regions and the Dongbo people were frequently invading the border at that time, and Dayu also urgently needed a few big victories to stabilize the situation.
The head of the Shi family thought that once the emperor knew about the effectiveness of the Shi family in training the bandit-suppressing civilian brave team, the emperor would naturally take it seriously and would re-enable the Shi family to lead the troops in battles if possible.
As a result, after the secret report was sent to Geling, the reigning emperor heard that there were nearly a thousand members of the Shi family who could practice secret arts. Suddenly, the emperor was filled with worry.
When more than 600 members of the Shi family helped Emperor Taizu conquer the world, they became famous.
Nowadays, there are nearly a thousand members of the Shi family practicing secret arts, and they have even begun to train civilian warriors.
The emperor thought of a way at that time and sent an imperial envoy to the Shi family to announce the decree. He praised the Shi family's loyalty and patriotism in extremely strong words, and gave the Shi family three full carts of royal wine.
There is no poison in the royal wine, and the Shi family's cultivation level is not low. Ordinary poisons have no meaning at all to the Shi family, and may even drive the Shi family to rebel.
At that time, the emperor sent someone to find the owner of the Wanxiang Sect and obtained a unique medicine from the Wanxiang Sect.
Mixed into the royal wine, the imperial envoy sent it to the Shi family. After the men of the Shi family drank it, their fertility would be greatly weakened.
Since then, the Shi family has entered a cycle of underpopulation.
When it came to Shi Xianfeng's grandfather, in order to improve the situation of the Shi family, he made a bold decision, which was to allow outsiders to be admitted into the family, and the children he gave birth to would be raised according to the status of the direct descendants of the Shi family.
As a result, the population of the Shi family increased to a certain extent.
But there are also drawbacks, that is, the number of people who can practice the secret arts of the military has not increased much, and it has even caused the Shi family's unique physique to become weaker and weaker.
In Shi Xianfeng's generation, there are only a few dozen people left who can truly practice the Shi family's secret arts.
Emperor Taizu's evaluation of the Shi family's secret technique at that time was... Six hundred people in a battle can be as frightening to the enemy as a team composed of thousands of veterans.
Therefore, the greatest power of military secrets is actually to charge into battle in groups.
The Supreme Sage said: "I only learned about the Shi family after I ascended the throne, and I investigated it carefully for a while."
He stood up and moved his slightly stiff and numb body.
"At that time, the Shi family was really not a threat, because even though they already knew that the problems in their family were caused by the imperial court, they still had no resentment. This is really admirable."
The Supreme Sage walked slowly and said: "It wasn't until ten years ago that I had almost settled the matters in the court, and then I asked Xiao Gu to arrange for someone to go to the Shi family."
Lin Ye was shocked.
"You also know now..."
The Supreme Saint continued: "Only on the battlefield can those who practice the secret arts of military strategists truly test their strength, and those who practice the secret arts of military strategists will have an uncontrollable desire to kill. "
"The people sent by Xiaogu came back with a secret report and said that the people of the Shi family were extremely angry when the powerful officials handed over the throne to your grandfather. When I came to the throne, they even thought about starting an army to rebel."
"At that time, I knew that the Shi family would use it sooner or later. They were eager to kill on the battlefield, and they didn't have a reasonable reason to kill..."
Lin Ye understood after hearing this.
The people Taishang Shengjun asked Xiao Gu to send to the Shi family must still be in the Shi family now.
For ten years, this man's continuous efforts and insinuations made Shi Xianfeng feel that the royal family that the Shi family was loyal to was the previous lineage, not Xie Fuwei's.
The Shi family has the responsibility and obligation to return Dayu to orthodoxy.
Originally, this was what the Shi family thought, coupled with the constant encouragement from people around them, that's why Shi Xianfeng had the so-called feat of directly issuing a counter-repudiation.
"The Shi family actually has nothing wrong with them."
The Supreme Saint said: "From the perspective of the previous royal family, they are even more commendable for their loyalty."
Speaking of this, the Supreme Saint looked at Lin Ye: "So of course they want to exterminate the clan."
Lin Ye nodded silently.
"The morale of Pioneer Shi is now strong, and the Shi family has a strong sense of bravery in their hearts, so if nothing unexpected happens, the rebel army will arrive at the city in a few days."
The Supreme Saint looked at Lin Ye and asked, "What do you think is the first thing to do?"
Lin Ye replied: "There must be quite a few members of the Shi family in Geling City. Shi Xianfeng has the talent to lead troops. He must have already agreed on when to cooperate with the people in the city."
Taishang Shengjun hummed: "Go and deal with this matter with Xiao Gu. You couldn't hold back when Nie Lingshan and Zhu Xiaozhu were injured before. I didn't let you move at that time because I had to wait for the rebels to hurry up. With the news coming to Geling, once you take action in advance, Shi Xianfeng may change his style of play."
Lin Ye stood up and said, "I obey your order."
The Supreme Sage said: "There is one more thing."
Lin Ye stopped and asked, "What is it?"
The Supreme Sage said: "Prepare yourself. When the rebels besiege the city, I will declare you...as the crown prince."
Lin Ye was shocked.
Taishang Shengjun may have thought about this step a long time ago. Although Lin Ye deviated from Taishang Shengjun's original plan before, Taishang Shengjun must have made adjustments later during his time in Loufan.
Use various methods to lure and force those rebels to rebel.
There is a critical situation like the rebels besieging Geling, and then conferring the title of prince on Lin Ye at this time is of course to gain Lin Ye's reputation. Once Lin Ye defends Geling as the prince and then wipes out the rebels, then... ....
"Go ahead."
The Supreme Sage waved his hand before Lin Ye could speak: "I'm not discussing with you, I'm just letting you know."
Lin Ye leaned over to salute again, and then walked out of the imperial study.
Just as Xiao Gu was about to go out, the Supreme Saint gave Xiao Gu a look. There was no need to say anything to understand the tacit understanding between the two.
After Gu Xiujin walked out of the door, he quickly caught up with Lin Ye and said with an apologetic look: "Your Highness, please wait for me in front for a while. I will go and gather my subordinates."
Lin Ye nodded: "Okay."
Gu Xiujin left quickly and arrived at a relatively remote side courtyard, where many Ouchi masters were already waiting.
These people are the elites in Xiaogu's story, and they have been in Geling before, so there is no problem with their loyalty.
"I already told you yesterday."
Gu Xiujin looked over and saw that his men had been divided into two teams according to the previous selection.
"Team A will follow me out for business in a while. There is no need to hide anything at this time. This time I am following His Highness on business. You all must behave well."
"Team B, according to what I told you yesterday, publicize the fact that His Majesty will confer the crown prince in a few days. No matter what method you use, you must make this matter known to the whole city as soon as possible."
Both teams leaned forward and agreed.
Gu Xiujin said: "Whether it is Team A or Team B, I will hand over your list to His Highness in a moment. Team A has the credit of Team A, and Team B has the credit of Team B. No one has to think about whether they are in Team A or not." The team has a better chance, it’s the same.”
"After the affairs of Team B are finished, they will be merged into Team A. His Highness is going to start a killing spree in Geling City. You are the sword in His Highness's hand. Let me remind you one more time."
"Your Highness has his own sword in his hand. For things like credit, it depends on whether you are willing to put in more effort. When the time comes, if the credit goes to the bamboo hat and the knife, and Xiao Gu said that there is no loss here, then that's You can’t do it yourself.”
"yes!"
The two teams agreed in unison.
This matter spread faster than Gu Xiujin expected.
Within a few days, almost everyone in Geling City knew that the Supreme Saint was going to confer the title of crown prince.
The news soon reached Fengyu Temple.
Bang!
In the Fengyu Temple Hall, there was first a muffled sound, as if something had been smashed, and then a huge incense burner flew out and hit the open space outside, smashing the floor into countless pieces.
Gao Entropy and others stood at the door, not even daring to breathe. Gao Entropy even regretted telling the news to the Master in such a hurry.
But he didn't understand why the master of the temple was so angry?
This doesn't make sense.
Even if the master of the temple had a grudge against Lin Ye,... the reaction of the master of the temple still seemed too much.
