On the way to the palace, naturally some ministers told Wen Dunsizhong what had happened in the past few months.
Wen Dun Sizhong just listened silently and said nothing.
When he arrived in front of Wan Yanliang, Wen Dun Sizhong sighed deeply and shook his head slightly when faced with Wan Yanliang's condescending and kind greetings.
"I know that Your Majesty will never bow to me unless absolutely necessary. I also know what has happened outside in the past few months."
Wan Yanliang felt unhappy, but had to patiently ask Wen Dun Sizhong for advice.
"Then does the old Lingjun have any good ideas? The Han Liberation Army is becoming more and more arrogant and growing in power. If it is not curbed in time, it may become a serious problem."
"They have defeated me twice in a row and become regular soldiers. They are still led by young heroes. This is not a serious trouble. What is a big trouble?"
Wen Dun Sizhong was not polite at all: "I have heard about both Wanyan Alin and Yelu Yuanyi. Although they are young and have little military merit, they are not incompetent. They both suffered a disastrous defeat, which is enough to prove that the leader of the thieves, Su Yonglin, is the leader." The ability of soldiers is extraordinary, isn’t this a serious problem?”
Wan Yanliang felt angry after being contradicted, but he did not dare to get angry again no matter what.
But he also had no patience to listen to Wen Dunsizhong criticizing him based on his seniority.
"The matter is at this point. Major and minor troubles no longer matter. I will win this southern expedition no matter what. Does the old Lingjun have any good ideas?"
Wen Dun Sizhong sighed heavily.
"A few months ago, if Your Majesty had listened to the advice of my veteran minister, I still had ten good strategies for your Majesty to choose and use to annihilate the Soviet thieves. But now, it is an unchangeable fact that the Soviet thieves have become powerful. No matter how much the veteran advises, It doesn’t make much sense anymore.”
Wan Yanliang's face gradually turned livid.
"Even if things have reached this point, our dynasty still has hundreds of thousands of troops. Why does Mr. Lao Ling want to gain other people's ambition and destroy his own prestige?"
Wen Dun Sizhong sneered.
"When Emperor Taizu started his army, he captured a city of the Liao army with only 2,500 men and won the first battle. Later, the Liao army used 7,000 people to attack Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Taizu defeated him with 3,700 people. Defeated the Liao army and won World War II.
Later, Emperor Taizu captured Huanglong Mansion. Emperor Liao learned that more than 100,000 Khitan and Han troops were sent to attack Emperor Taizu. At that time, Emperor Taizu had only 20,000 soldiers. Without fear, he faced the Liao army head-on and defeated it. The Liao Emperor fled and never dared to look eastward again. It has only been more than forty years since. "
Wan Yanliang knew what Wen Dun Sizhong meant.
His ancestors were able to use 20,000 men to defeat the Liao army, which was several times their size, and established a huge foundation. This shows that the size of the army is not the only important factor in the rise and fall of a great country.
If Wan Yanliang believes in the rise and fall of great powers like this, then he is the Emperor Tianzuo of Liao back then, and Su Yonglin now is Taizu Jin back then.
Who is the final winner?
Wan Yanliang took a deep breath and gradually couldn't hold back the anger surging in her heart.
"Does Mr. Lao Ling have to exalt his enemies and belittle his own people in this way?"
"It would be better if this were the case."
Wen Dunsizhong said in a low voice: "It would be better if the old minister did it deliberately. This means that this matter is just because the old minister is old and confused. None of this is true. The Kingdom of Jin still has the ability to save the situation, but this happened It’s the truth, not the old minister’s lies. The Kingdom of Jin is in danger, how can this make the old minister feel so embarrassed?”
Wan Yanliang was stunned for a moment, then glared angrily, grabbed the tea bowl on the table, and threw the tea bowl to the ground with a flick of his hand.
With a bang, the exquisitely crafted royal tea bowl was smashed into pieces.
Wen Dun Sizhong said nothing, without any disturbance in his heart. He just looked at Wan Yanliang quietly, without any reaction at all.
"I asked you here to offer your advice, not to confuse people with your monstrous words! Old Lingjun, don't go too far!"
Wan Yanliang's suppressed anger was already uncontrollable.
In this regard, Wen Dun Sizhong just sighed heavily.
"Your Majesty asked the old minister for advice. The old minister no longer has ten strategies, and only the last one is left for your majesty's reference."
"explain!"
Wan Yanliang gritted his teeth and tried his best to suppress his urge to kill.
"Stop the southern expedition, defend on the spot, use the advantageous terrain to implement the strategy of southward defense, make every effort to quell the Khitan rebellion, calm the rear, and stabilize the rear.
In this way, we can calm down internal troubles, reject the Soviet thieves externally, recuperate and recuperate, gather troops and store grain, and wait until the logistics are sufficient and the soldiers are well-prepared, or take the initiative to bribe the Soviet thieves' subordinates with high-ranking officials and generous salaries to cause civil strife.
Or when the situation changes and Su Thief can't stand it anymore and takes the initiative to attack Yanyun, he will use a defensive stance and ask Su Thief to be the second Zhao Guangyi. Only in this way can it be possible to completely pacify Su Thief. "
Wen Dunsizhong said his only suggestion slowly.
Wan Yanliang was silent for a while, and suddenly he was no longer angry.
"Old Lingjun seems to be really old. He has no courage at all. He keeps telling me how brave Emperor Taizu is, but now he wants me to give up the conquest and defend on the spot? He also wants high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Bribing the Su thief?
He is a thief! It's a thief! Since he is a thief, he must not compromise with him! If you compromise with the thieves, anyone can use rebellion to get high-ranking officials and generous salaries from me! If so, what will the world look like? It seems that I asked the wrong person. Please come back, Mr. Lao Ling! "
Wen Dun Sizhong took a deep look at Wan Yanliang, silently saluted him, turned around and left the palace slowly.
When he returned home, a minor official who came from the palace to convey the emperor's latest order was delivered to Wen Dunsizhong.
Wen Dun Sizhong, a veteran of the four dynasties, had outstanding achievements and should have been reused. However, Wen Dun Sizhong was old and feeble and could not be used. Wen Dun Sizhong was ordered to resign and serve as an official. After the chaos was over, he returned to his hometown in Liaodong to take care of himself and never came to Zhongdu again.
At the same time, he remembered that Wen Dunsizhong had made great contributions to the establishment of the Kingdom of Jin, so he was made king and rewarded with land, houses, slaves, and rich money as a reward for his lifelong fighting for the country.
Wen Dun Sizhong's family members looked at Wen Dun Sizhong with a calm face in astonishment, completely unaware of what had just happened.
Wen Dunsizhong went to the palace and came back soon. Immediately afterwards, the emperor ordered him to become an official and never have to be an official again.
Although he has long been relegated to the second line, he is still nominally the head of the official list. To suddenly ask him not to be an official is to show no dignity at all. This...
What's going on?
Faced with the doubts of his family, Wen Dunsizhong did not give any explanation. He just laughed and told his family that he could finally take care of his old age easily, and then ordered his family to hold a feast. He wanted to have a good celebration meal with his family.
That night, Wen Dunsizhong ate a lot of meat and drank a lot of wine for the first time. He was so drunk that he fell into unconsciousness. When he fell asleep at night, he snored like thunder.
Early the next morning, when his family went to wake him up as usual, they called him for a long time but there was no movement. The family was worried, so when they entered his room, they found that Wen Dun Sizhong had passed away in his sleep.
Wen Dun Sizhong's death shocked the government and the public, and officials were very surprised. They didn't know why Wen Dun Sizhong was released from house arrest yesterday and died today.
What happened in the brief meeting between him and the emperor, and why did the emperor let him serve with honor?
Why did he die after eating and drinking so much that he fell asleep?
People don't know.
But people know very well that Wen Dunsizhong is a veteran of the Four Dynasties, a rare old man of the country, and even vaguely means a mascot. His existence is regarded by many people as a symbol.
Before the war started, the elders of the four dynasties passed away, and this symbol was suddenly cut off. This was not a very auspicious omen no matter how you looked at it.
Could it be that a big disaster is about to happen?
Then a feeling of uneasiness permeated the entire Zhongdu.
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ps: I would like to recommend Wang Zijun’s new book "I". The background is the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty, which can be called one of the most desperate periods in ancient Chinese history. Droughts, floods, locusts, plagues, wars... This is something I have never dared to touch. period.
The protagonist in Dabo's novel is a refugee boy who has lost his parents and has only one younger sister. His starting point is not much different from that of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is even very "strong". In troubled times, people are not as good as dogs. He will do anything for a bite to eat. With such an origin and situation, he will kill everyone. Paving a bloody road and embarking on the road of calling me, there are only a lot of difficulties and dangers. I am looking forward to how his road will be taken.
