Why martial arts exams and martial arts are so difficult, in the final analysis, is due to the long-standing habit of the Song Dynasty to emphasize literature over martial arts (Chapter 331 of The School Belle’s Personal Master). Scholars suffered too much abuse from military commanders in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Once they turn around, how can they continue to work harder? revenge.
Although no one has experienced the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms today, suppressing military generals and preventing military generals from turning over has become a subconscious behavior of the civil servants who hold power.
It is a well-known consensus that the decline of the status of generals directly led to the decay of the military power of the Song Dynasty. It was only the selfishness of the scholar-bureaucrats who turned a blind eye that allowed the situation to worsen to this day (Chapter 331 of The School Beauty's Personal Master. But it is not All scholar-bureaucrats are selfish, and there are always people who can think about problems from the perspective of national interests, such as Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang.
Throughout the history of the Song Dynasty, there were only a few instances where the two prime ministers served the country equally selflessly. It is said that each time it would create a golden period. Only this time, the official family has no heir, the throne is destined to fall by the wayside, and people are impetuous. Everyone is thinking about how to please the next emperor. No one works hard, so this time that is hard to buy is wasted.
Although Chen Ke was also helping Zhao Zongji fight, he wanted to do things even more. It was when he realized that there was much to be done now that he threw out in advance "Wu Xuebin selects a general, the theory of the trinity...", which he originally wanted to do. After Zhao Zongji seizes the power, he will calmly arrange it, but when he thinks about how lofty the goal is, now that the opportunity arises, he can only seize the day and night.
Even if you try it first and accumulate some experience, it will be better than improvising when the time comes.
However, Zeng Gongliang was more enthusiastic than he thought and actually agreed to go to Mr. Fu to discuss the matter. In his opinion, Mr. Fu's drastic military reorganization was a good time to strike while the iron was hot. If he could go all out and continue the reform, it would be a great good.
But Chen Ke didn't have much confidence, because in his opinion, Fu Xianggong's reduction in the army was forced by finance and had to cut expenditures, and he was not necessarily interested in reorganizing the army to practice martial arts and training new generals. Anyway, let's go and see. Anyway, taking advantage of this enthusiasm, Zeng Gongliang has promised to use the Wuchengwang Temple for the martial arts academy, and the salaries and food of the teachers and martial arts students have also been guaranteed to be paid out as soon as possible. The purpose of this trip has been achieved. .
After leaving the prime minister's signing room, Chen Ke came out to the review room. The doctor, Du Chengzhi, had just accepted his insults, and naturally he didn't have a good face at this moment. It is better to be a county magistrate than to be in charge now. Even if you are the number one scholar, I am in charge now. If you dare to look down on me, you will inevitably suffer.
Naturally, Chen Ke didn't look good on him. He put Zeng Gongliang's wristband on his desk and said, "Classes at our school will start tomorrow. Please come and give me guidance."
"Class?" The doctor picked up the wristband, looked at it, and sneered: "I'm afraid I won't be able to attend for a while."
"The Prime Minister's notes don't count?" Chen Ke narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Of course." The doctor said with a smile: "It's just that the Wuchengwang Temple has been lent to the Ministry of War, and we can't take it back until the time is up."
"You don't have to worry about it." Chen Ke smiled and said, "Just go to the class tomorrow."
"What do you mean?" The doctor frowned.
"I would like to inform the Ministry of War that Wucheng Wangtang has been owned by the Wushu Academy. Let them find another place." After Chen Ke finished speaking, he paused and said: "Also, the money and food for the teachers and students of the Wushu Academy should be Is he the house manager?"
The doctor had never seen this kind of guy who came to the Yamen to do business and acted like an uncle. He couldn't figure out the details for a while and nodded with a guilty conscience.
"Then I'll go find him."
"He's not here today..." The doctor didn't know why he kept saying this.
"Thank you." Chen Ke smiled slightly and said, "Please tell Mr. Du Chengzhi of the branch office to see if he will send the food and salary to King Wucheng Temple, or will you trouble me to go to Xifu again?" After saying this, he cupped his hands and asked Mr. Step away.
"Me." The doctor then realized what he was doing and looked at his back angrily: "Why should I bring you a message?"
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The future is bleak and they have left Di Qing again. The teachers and students of the Royal Martial Arts Academy are in low spirits and feel like a lost dog. Even if Chen Ke did let them move into the Wuchengwang Temple, the feeling of precariousness was still very strong.
"Sir, many people want to go home." In the temporary public house, the guards were pouring water to wash the floor. Chen Ke sat under the old locust tree in the courtyard, drinking tea while listening to Su Jin's report: "The martial arts academy can't see a future. They stayed purely for the marshal. Now that the marshal has left, they will never stay again." The reason." He paused and said, "I just promised the marshal to stay for at least another six months, so we didn't break up."
Chen Ke originally planned to start class today, even if he didn't teach anything, so that the students could get into the mood early, but looking at the listless faces, he gave up this idea. Turn them to basic conditioning and queue training. The boring and overloaded training made everyone breathless, and the sky above the school field was lifeless.
Feeling that something would happen if he continued, Su Jin had no choice but to come to Chen Ke to intercede.
"Brother Deng, you have been in war." Chen Ke asked irrelevantly: "Have you ever experienced despair in war?
"Of course..." Su Jin said with a bitter smile: "Back then, there was a fierce battle in the northwest, and the frontier commanders gave random orders. Tens of thousands of our brothers were sent to the slaughter of the Xixia people. It was a despair."
"How is it better than how they feel now?"
"It's definitely incomparable." Su Jin said: "At that time, there was no hope of survival. Their lives were not in danger at least."
"That's the kindness." Chen Ke nodded and said: "A person's quality can best be seen in adversity. Only those who can remain calm in despair can become great people." After a pause, he smiled and said: "Actually, as long as we analyze it , you will find that it is not completely hopeless, it depends on whether they can think calmly."
"What do you mean, sir?" Su Jin understood somewhat.
"Yes, they have proven their loyalty by following the marshal until now." Chen Ke said seriously: "I want to see if there are any talents among them, so that I can focus on cultivating them in the future." He glanced at Su Jin and said: "Don't let this slip."
"My subordinate understands." Su Jin nodded.
"Okay, I'm going home." Chen Ke stood up and said, "I won't show up for a while. If anyone wants to leave, just let him go. When I come back, I'll see how much is left."
"I understand what you mean, sir." Su Jin pleaded softly: "It's just that, isn't it a bit cruel to those who persisted until now and then gave up?"
"The battlefield is ruthless, and almost everyone is a loser." Chen Ke shook his head and said: "Don't even think about helping them. Don't forget why the marshal worked so hard to run the school."
"Yes." Su Jin responded in a low voice.
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Chen Ke returned home and found Wang You coming.
"Yuanze, why did you find me?" Chen Ke smiled affectionately and said, "I planned to visit you tomorrow to visit the capital."
"There's still time to play." The prince, wearing a white Confucian robe, said with a cold face: "Today, the officials met with Mr. Long, accepted his hundred volumes of manuscripts, and issued the pavilion and two systems. Waiting for the official reading, I heard that his book will be discussed at the next sutra banquet.
"Yes." Chen Ke nodded.
"If his book is published in the Sutra Banquet." Seeing that he was calm and calm, Wang Qiong said angrily: "Do you know what the consequences will be?"
"What consequences?"
"He is not as devoid of desires as people think." Wang Qiong said solemnly: "At his age, what he wants is not an official position but a reputation! He wants to become a saint immediately!"
"This isn't something he can do just because he wants it, right?" Chen Ke shook his head.
"As long as his books are mentioned in the Sutra Banquet, it means that the imperial court recognizes his orthodox status." Seeing that Chen Ke was not in a hurry, Wang Fang said angrily: "Plus there are so many people making fun of him, why can't he be sent to heaven? go?"
"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded and said, "How do you plan to break it?"
"I can't help it." Wang Chuwu said angrily: "I came to you to ask for his manuscript to see if there are any loopholes to catch." He looked at Chen Ke and said, "Can you get it?"
"It is said that Ouchi is already printing." Chen Ke said: "As long as the printing is open, there will be no problem in getting a copy, right?"
"It must be done as soon as possible. The sutra feast will be held in ten days!" Wang Qiong said decisively: "Once the lecture begins, the court will have to help him plug any loopholes, and we will be completely out of options."
"Okay." Chen Ke nodded and said, "I'll get it for you as soon as possible."
"Yeah." Wang Qiong suppressed his thoughts and said, "The method of using salt to eliminate green salt is not bad."
Chen Keran was stunned. He was really not used to talking about these confidential matters with a sixteen-year-old boy. But it seems that Wang Anshi does not avoid him at all. He was stunned for a moment before nodding: "Thank you."
"But." Wang Chu sneered: "Have you ever thought about whether the salt dealers from Shaanxi and private salt dealers from other roads will swarm here?"
"This is inevitable." Chen Ke smiled nonchalantly: "But how much can private salt dealers resell? Besides, there is no harm in reselling it, right? The cost of a pound of salt salt is only one penny, but official uniforms in various places cost Selling it for thirty or forty cents a pound, it’s too cruel to exploit the people! Let the private salt dealers attack it."
"You really are..." Wang Qiong thought about it carefully and felt that the advantages of this method indeed outweighed the disadvantages. The benefits are obvious. In addition to killing Xixia, it can also benefit the people and allow the government to sell mountains of salt solution. The only ones who will suffer a little bit are the salt courses nearby, but it is still much smaller than the losses caused by the war.
"That's it." After talking about the matter, Wang Chu stood up and said: "Give me his book as soon as possible, and then you arrange the people and wait for my news."
Fortunately, Chen Ke is now better at cultivating Qi than before, otherwise he would have to throw this ignorant boy out the door.
