Chapter VIII On Soldiers and Gambling
"I wonder what your highness thinks is the greatest reliance for an emperor or regime to unify the world?" In the study of the Zheng Wangfu, Lin Feng was already wearing a Confucian robe, fumigating a faint fragrance, and looking like a handsome young man.
Early the morning of the morning after moving from the floor of the incense and candle shop to the small courtyard of the Zhengwang Mansion, Lin Feng came to see Li Yu.
The night before, looking at the bright moon outside the window, Lin Feng thought for a long time and sorted out the advantages or specialties he had after passing through.
He was depressed to find that after a month of repeated examinations and tests, in addition to his physical fitness, which may have been tempered in time and space, and seemed to be stronger and stronger than before, he seemed to have no additional gifts. His intelligence value is still so much, and his mind will hurt even if he thinks too much; he did not suddenly find a lot of magical knowledge and memories in his memory, and he is still the original cast. Lin Feng BSeded a host of time travel in his heart. If he had known, I wouldn't have gone to get a fruit knife. I came over with my laptop. At least there were several time travel masterpieces, politics, economy, culture, technology, and steps. I could just move them as I did!
I didn't think about it when the road was blocked, so Lin Feng threw this idea aside. What should I do in the future when I live in the present? This is the most critical issue. Lin Feng sat in front of the table for a long time, his fingers slashing around the table, and the moonlight seemed to be getting brighter and brighter. Well, a very environmentally friendly environment and suitable climate are considered an unexpected gift for time travelers.
The night is getting deeper, the night is like a dream, and the night is as cool as water, giving people a feeling of tranquility and comfort.
"I think it's nothing more than what Mr. said a few days ago, national strength and force." Li Yuyu said respectfully. It seems that he really listened to Lin Feng's words.
"Yes. "Shang Jun's Book? Agricultural War" once recorded: "National strength builds up the country." National strength should simply be the full strength of a country, it should be a comprehensive reflection of all the national politics, economy, science and technology, culture and education, resources, national defense, diplomacy and other forces, and it should be a sign of the strength of a country. And force mainly refers to military power. "Records of the Grand Historian? Biography of Wu Zixu" once recorded: "Now the king acts by himself, and he is all in the country to attack Qi."
If force is compared to a person's double fists, then national strength refers to the strength of the whole person. How long can the fists dance depends on how long the person who dances the fists can last. For our Tang Dynasty, infantry and sailors are like our two fists. What kind of generals and soldiers we can select, how many soldiers we can send to the battlefield, and how long we can last on the battlefield depends on our comprehensive national strength." Lin Feng said slowly while sorting out his ideas.
The furniture in the entire bookstore is made of solid wood, hollowing, and carving techniques. Each furniture pays great attention to details. The chair cushions are painted with gold wire, and even the tea sets are all "shuiqing". The collection of books is filled with two walls, and is protected very meticulously. Lin Feng sighed inwardly that these objects are comfortable and refreshing, and they are extremely self-cultivated, but they are not even a single object of military and government affairs, which is completely in line with Li Yu recorded in historical books: "He is arrogant and extravagant, has a good voice, and likes to be floating pictures, and is a high-profile person, and does not care about political affairs."
There were not many people in the house, one was Wang Chenming, the other was Liu Cheng, and in the corner, there was Li Yu's ninth brother Li Congqian. The middle master Li Jing had ten sons, but the first four sons died young. Among the remaining six brothers, Li Yu and the ninth brother Congqian had the best relationship, and they were inseparable in daily life. The day before yesterday, when Li Yu was not here, he sneaked out early today and found the Zheng Wang Mansion.
"For us now, we can only tap on the side and lead quietly, just like slowly pouring clear water into a river, slowly driving the entire river to remain clear and maintain the correct waterway. The strategy we can adopt should be to pay equal attention to both civil and military, rural and commercial, gather the greatest internal strength, unite the strongest external strength, lead the national elites to actively strive for progress and strive for strength." Lin Feng continued.
The Southern Tang can be said to be a strange flower in the development of ancient Chinese history. Its economy and culture are prosperous, and "the scholars from the Northern Tu are all vacant." The prosperity of social and cultural power can even be said to be unique among all separatist regimes in Chinese history, but they hid their blades in the national policy of "stopping troops and calming the people". The first half of the reign of the Central Lord Li Jing came in a fierce momentum, like a tiger. He destroyed the Min Kingdom in 945 AD, and took Chu Kingdom in 951 AD, and then became a sick cat. The Southern Tang Dynasty was taken out by the Later Zhou Dynasty from time to time. After losing the important land in Jiangbei in three years and three battles between 955 and 958 AD, he "flyed down three thousand feet" and never rose up until the country was destroyed. It is really impossible to say.
"With the increase in national strength, we can work hard in terms of technology, business, diplomacy, etc. Now the matter is large, we must make long-term plans. And force, I think, start with the guards of the royal palace." Lin Feng knew that everything was difficult at the beginning, and he could not eat too much, so he could only start with the things around him.
"Starting from our guards? Are you crazy?!" Liu Cheng jumped up immediately, put his hand directly on the knife handle, staring at Lin Feng with gritted teeth. Liu Cheng started from Liu Yu's understanding of Lin Feng, basically watching coldly. That was really Xu Shu entered Cao's camp - he didn't say a word.
In his opinion, what if a group of nerds spitting lotus flowers on their mouths? In the end, we are not the ones who use our knives to conquer the world? Unexpectedly, Lin Feng's first fire burned to himself after entering the mansion, and immediately jumped out like a cat's claws.
"Zhiqing, don't worry, let's listen to Mr. Lin's words." Li Yu reached out to comfort Liu Cheng.
Lin Feng looked at Liu Cheng and smiled and said nothing. Liu Cheng was also a typical surrender faction. In the original history, when the Later Zhou Dynasty joined forces with the heavy troops of Wu and Yue to face the border, Li Yu sent this personal guard to guard the life passage east of Jinling - Runzhou. Facing Li Yu's farewell and trust, Liu Cheng also responded with tears. After returning, Liu Cheng pulled all the gold and silver treasures and set off, and declared to the outside world that these were awarded to me by the current emperor. Now that the country is in trouble, I want to donate all of it to do my best to defend the country. After arriving in Runzhou, Liu Cheng, as the commander of the city defense (the governor of Runzhou and the rear guard), faced the few soldiers of Wu Yue, and refused to go out and lost the opportunity to fight. Then he deceived the loyal Lu Jiang's elite soldiers back to defend Jinling. As soon as Lu Jiang left, he immediately opened the city gate and asked the people of Wu Yue to surrender, and changed the master's home.
"Brother Zhiqing is very skilled in martial arts, and I admire him very much. But the responsibility of waiting for the royal palace is heavy. If His Highness wants to make a big splash, he will attract many covetous people. At that time, the test of the guards' strength of the royal palace will double. Therefore, Lin wants to work with Brother Zhiqing to improve the defense ability and efficiency of the guards." Lin Feng said slowly without any haste. In fact, there is the most important point. Lin Feng did not reveal that he hoped to find some good seedlings from the guards, not only as his martial arts teacher, but also use modern war thinking to arm them and cultivate them into the seeds of the future Southern Tang army's fire.
"I wonder what Lord Lin has to give me advice." Liu Cheng asked arrogantly.
"I know that this move will definitely make Brother Zhiqing unhappy and unwilling to accept it. But when something urgent is happening, I have to do it. Let's do it like this. I want to make two bets with Brother Zhiqing, but I wonder if Brother Zhiqing dares to agree?" Lin Feng began to use a provocation method.
"Of course I dare, you can draw the bottom of the way." Liu Cheng was indeed unbearable.
"I have an idea, don't know if it works? A literary fight, a martial fight, the winner will be the winner. Of course, the literary fight is not about chanting poems and essays, but about a polite physical competition. It is me, a scholar, who competes with Brother Zhiqing for a long-distance race, and the winner will be the winner. As for the martial fight, Brother Zhiqing chooses the three most capable people among the guards to play the assassin, and the rest of the guards are responsible for arranging the remaining guards to defend. If you succeed in assassination, you will win for you. If we capture you alive, you will win for us. If you don't, you will choose the topic. Of course, if you insist on competing with me, I will admit defeat."
In fact, Lin Feng is very confident in the two races. He is a marathon enthusiast before crossing. He has participated in the Beijing Marathon, Xiamen Marathon, and Zheng Kai Marathon without missing a single one, and he ran the entire journey. What is that? It is 42.195 kilometers. After crossing, Lin Feng ran around the Qinhuai River early every morning.
Although Liu Cheng is a trainer, looking at his pampered and well-behaved figure, he must have insufficient endurance and will definitely not win through his own enhanced body. As for the drills, traps, ambush, and cooperation in modern special operations, he has studied hard one or two seriously. It is definitely no problem to deal with the ancient stupid assassin more than a thousand years ago. Moreover, from observing Liu Cheng's expression, he knew that this person was quite arrogant and subconsciously looked down on the scholar who danced and pen and ink, and would definitely be fooled.
Liu Cheng never thought that this nerd dared to ride on his head and showed off his power. He was angry: "If you don't change, that's it. When did you compare?"
Chapter completed!