Ye Xianggao and Sun Chengzong were at loggerheads!
Their many years of friendship had come to an end!
"This Viceroy has been learning military tactics since young, and I'm proficient in all kinds of schemes. Elemental (Yuan Chonghuan's word), study with me, and one day, I'll definitely be conferred the title of Marquis and General!”
Sun Chengzong was ruthless. He didn't care about the emperor's presence and announced that he would be conferred the title of marquis and general. He was very sincere!
Wei Zhongxian, who was quietly waiting at the side, suddenly looked up at him. He was about to open his mouth when the Emperor stretched out his hand to stop him!
"Heh, a marquis or general?"
Ye Xianggao squinted his eyes and snorted,""How can you say such shameless words?
Putting aside the title of marquis, he was definitely a general. After Minister Yuan took over the Bureau of Military Personnel, he would rush to the battlefield of Ji Liao and become the governor of Ji Liao. He would lead an army of 180,000. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was a marshal!”
That's right. The virtuous officials present frowned collectively. Yuan Chonghuan had ascended to the heavens in a single step. He had just taken over the Ministry of War, yet he had to command 180,000 generals in battle. It seemed like child's play!
As the assistant minister of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe felt that he had to do something. Before he could get up, he saw the Emperor's cold gaze and silently sat down.
Quietly, the group of virtuous officials changed. They faintly sized up the calm Yuan Chonghuan and sighed in their hearts!
At the very least, this commander was thick-skinned enough!
"Your Majesty, do we still need to discuss the matter of the Ji Liao Governor?”
Sun Chengzong was once the emperor's teacher. He noticed the change in the atmosphere and couldn't help but say,"The matter of the Later Jin Dynasty is rather urgent. In addition to Nurhachi's resourcefulness and improper handling of the elements, I'm afraid it will lead to a disaster!”
In recent days, Sun Chengzong had carefully studied Nurhachi and the Jurchen tribe. He discovered that it was not as the officials had imagined. Houjin was a place where one could easily obtain military achievements!
Nurhachi was like the wolf king of the plains. He had sharp judgment and strong execution ability. Often, when he gave an order, hundreds of his clansmen would be sacrificed, but he did not care!
"According to Sun shi's thoughts, what should we do?”
Sensing the gazes of the virtuous officials, Zhu Youxiao broke away from watching the show and looked at his former teacher. His eyes were calm!
"I think that the war in Ji and Liao should be led by the five armies, with this old minister, Lu Xiangsheng, or Cao Wenzhao as the overseers to fight against the Houjin!”
"Why not Yuan Chonghuan?"
"This old minister believes that to become a commander, one must immerse themselves in military tactics for a long time. As for the elements, they still need to be trained!”
"In that case, does Teacher Sun think that he can become the general of our Great Ming Dynasty just by reading through the military books? Humble scholars who did not read military books and did not see military strategies could only be soldiers?”
Zhu Youxiao's eyes were cold as he said indifferently,""Do you think I should abolish you and appoint a doctor (official title) who is familiar with the world's military books as the governor?”
"This subject is terrified!"
In an instant, Sun Chengzong knelt on the ground, sweating profusely!
At this moment, he realized that the once submissive Crown Prince was now a domineering Emperor who had killed dozens of ministers in the court and ordered the death of two imperial concubines!
"I pardon you!"
Zhu Youxiao reached out to help the teacher up and dusted off the sawdust on his official uniform. He smiled and said,"In the past, Teacher Sun once said that we should voice out injustice. Since we are wrong, we should speak out.”
"I dare not!"
After waking up from his drunken stupor, Sun Chengzong seemed a little panicked and uneasy. He realized that he had said a lot of wrong things earlier!
"Yuan Chonghuan!"
"Your subject is here!"
"Tell me, can the war in Ji Liao be settled?”
"If I can't return with honor, I will definitely be wrapped in a horse's leather!”
Yuan Chonghuan's eyes were filled with stubbornness and self-confidence. Perhaps he had never come into contact with the orthodox generals, but he believed that he had the talent to guard the border!
"Since that's the case, then let Zhen take a good look, let the five military governors take a good look, let the 200 million people of Great Ming take a good look!”
Zhu Youxiao's body rose with an imposing manner as he said sternly,"It is decreed that the five armies will be rebuilt. Governor Sun Chengzong will patrol the nine sides. The first stop will be Liaodong!”
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
"From today onwards, the Profound Language Pavilion will be changed into a library. All officials above the fifth rank can enter to read and borrow books!”
"The decree is to recruit 50,000 scholars to copy books in the Profound Language Pavilion for a month. I want to establish a library in all the prefectures and counties of the country!”
"For the above two imperial edicts, the cabinet will draft the regulations!”
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
The Profound Language Pavilion was under the control of the cabinet. While Ye Xianggao was shocked, he quickly bowed and obeyed the decree!
Throughout the history of the world, this was the time when Chinese culture was declining!
The culture and economy of the Tang and Song dynasties rose one after another in the world. However, the scholars of the Tang and Song dynasties loved to collect books. The Five Wangs and Seven Families of the Tang dynasty and the Eight Great Nobles of Jiangnan of the Song dynasty were the most typical examples!
Poetry and books?
Motherf * cker!
Borrowing the power of the Tang and Song royal families, they had collected tens of thousands of books, hundreds of thousands of books, and had not shown them to the world for hundreds of years. They would rather be eaten by worms, aged, and brittle than let people with lofty aspirations take a look?
Ever since Zhu Xi, China had not produced a 'saint' for 400 years. Their thoughts were bound by the rulers, and the people became slaves to the royal family and aristocratic families!
Their thinking stopped improving, their culture stopped spreading, and the entire Chinese civilization was almost at a standstill!
If one were to look at the world at this moment, Dante would be composing the Divine Comedy, Da Vinci would be painting the Mona Lisa, and shakespeare would be dancing Hamlet!
One withered and one flourished!
China fell into ignorance!
The European countries opened their minds!
In the later generations, China was constantly at war. Other than the fact that it was closed off from the outside world, it was all thanks to these poems and books that were passed down from generation to generation!
After saying that, Zhu Youxiao looked coldly at the new Viceroy of the Five Armies and Wei Zhongxian left the pavilion in the middle of the lake!
Perhaps, in Sun Chengzong's eyes, Yuan Chonghuan was more like a wild man. He had never studied the real art of war and had never visited a real master!
However, in Zhu Youxiao's opinion, all of this was caused by these people from aristocratic families!
The emperor left in anger!
The expressions of the chief assistant and the second assistant turned ugly!
The Imperial Teacher Viceroy was terrified!
The rest of the virtuous ministers looked down!
"The banquet is over. I'm not feeling well, so I'll take my leave first!”
Yuan Chonghuan, the main character of the storm, had completely lost his desire to become his disciple and left the pavilion in the middle of the lake apologetically!
"Take care of yourself!"
The chief assistant and the second assistant left a cold sentence and then left!
"The day of the martial arts examination is approaching. We still need to familiarize ourselves with the regulations.”
Sun Yuanhua and Zheng Chongjian belonged to the Five Armies Governor's Office, but they were in charge of the military officer's imperial examinations. They were not restricted by the Governor, so they bowed and left!
The pavilion fell silent!
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