"Dalang, what did the official's edict say?"

"What else can I say? Of course it's a matter of the house..."

"He won't give it?"

"I didn't say whether to give it or not, I just said that I would never use the Kaifeng Mansion house to inspire the morale of the army in the future."

Mingtangchuan, Song army camp, and in the tent of the commander, Gao Taiwei and Wu Hao Ancient Capital changed into casual clothes and sat leisurely on the Persian carpet made by Jiehe, drinking fragrant tea while chatting and talking. Except for the two of them, there was only one Arhat maid serving in the tent.

Wu Haogu had received the edict for promotion, and now he is a dignified Yunzhou Defense Envoy. This is an amazing official. The military officer who is larger than the defense envoy is the fourth rank of Observer, the Jiedu, the Jiedu and the Taiwei.

In other words, Wu Haogu has now become the first-class senior military officer in the Song Dynasty!

With such a regular official (Judgment governor, observation envoy, defense envoy, regiment envoy, governor, etc., as fifth-level officials), Wu Haogu was qualified to be a regular official in the three yamen military or a strategic and appeasement envoy along the way.

Although Wu Haogu's current official promotion has been promoted, no one dares to say that he is "lucky to approach". His official robe was dyed red with the blood of the Dangxiang people! Yin and Xiazhou were all recovered by him. Tongwan Blood Fighting killed more than 10,000 Western thieves, and his cut-off heads became Jingguan, which was piled outside Tongwan City.

Moreover, the credit for the blasting of the cave and attacking Tongwancheng was his! The world-famous city plus ten thousand Xixia defenders could not be exchanged for a full-time official?

In addition, Wu Haogu also led his troops to build the "Yinzhou One-Second City", so the ability to attack and build a city is undoubtedly the first priority.

However, in the Song Dynasty, it is not necessarily a good thing that military officers have too much ability!

Look, Zhao Ji, the official who has always favored Wu Haogu, has now rebuked him in his hand edict.

Not only did he denounce it, he didn't even confirm the short-term deed that Wu Haogu had issued.

"Let's relax," Gao Qiu comforted with a smile, "The official will not let you pay out of your own pocket... He will definitely give these 2,000 apartments. The official will not give you the right words, just because he is afraid that you will use the real estate to inspire the morale of the army."

"What can I use without a house?" Wu Haogu smiled bitterly.

"Land!" Gao Qiu smiled, "When Tong was in charge of the city, he used land to motivate the soldiers in the palace. It was a good effect."

"Oh, that's just a deceiving of uninformed farmers." Wu Haogu shook his head, "I don't know if one acre of land in Shuofang is worth 100 citrus? 250 acres are only a few dozen citrus."

Gao Qiu said, "Isn't there any promotion?"

"The army of the government is promoted to a nonsense," Wu Haogu shook his head, "It's the first level than the lower-level soldiers. Only when there is a deputy envoy of Guard Que Jinyong. How many heads will it take to be cut to level five?"

To some extent, the promotion map of military officers of the Song Dynasty was used to pass the time for mercenaries with long service periods. From the lowest level of the rankless lieutenant, the deputy envoy of the guard Que Jinyong, counted up to the 60th level of the Taiwei! There were also horse soldiers below, upper troops, intermediate troops, and lower troops.

I really think too much about being a soldier! Moreover, the service period of the military soldier is only five years, and it is already very hard to be promoted to a soldier.

"Oh, don't think so much." Gao Qiu smiled, "This dynasty is the rule of valuing culture over military affairs... The so-called severity must be linked to money!"

To emphasize culture over military affairs is not just a simple statement, but involves a mechanism for distribution of interests. Didn’t Song Zhenzong’s "Lixue Chapter" mention land, house and beauty in pure reference?

And land, real estate, and beauties are always limited. If a scribe takes the big head, there will naturally not be much that can be given to the samurai.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty's emphasis on culture and military affairs was fundamentally inclined toward scholars and suppress warriors when social wealth was distributed.

The problems caused by this interest distribution orientation will not be alleviated because the recruitment system has been changed to the recruitment system. In fact, there is only one reason why the service system was favored by the officialdom in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, the service system seems to be more cost-effective than the recruitment system, which means that the country can spend less money on military men, and scholars can naturally get a bigger cake...

"I won't talk about this anymore," Gao Qiu felt a little headache when he thought of the military system of the government, and waved his hand, "The official's handwriting to me said that you must not provoke it. You just need to block the Khitan people in the Mingtangchuan area.

Dalang, these days, Mingtangchuan is still safe?"

"Stable," Wu Haogu smiled, "Stable as Mount Tai..."

He had just said halfway through his words, and Oliga's voice came from outside the tent: "Taiwei, please see Zhao Kesheng."

Zhao Kesheng is Brother Zhao Zhong. Gao Qiu also brought an edict to promote Brother Zhao Zhong. He is now the deputy envoy of the seventh-rank Kesheng. However, his official position has not changed and he is still Wu Haogu's military commander.

Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu looked at each other and said, "Please come in."

As soon as Oliga picked up the curtain, Brother Zhao Zhong, dressed in military uniform, walked in quickly, holding a letter in his hand.

"Taiwei, Xiao Delis, the governor of the Heqing Army of the Khitans, sent an envoy and proposed to meet you and Taiwei Gao."

Gao Qiu frowned, "Meet?"

Wu Haogu Ze stretched out his hand, took the letter from Brother Zhao Zhong, and opened it and looked carefully.

"I want to divide the defense zone with us." Wu Haogu smiled, "Brother Gao, it seems that the Khitans are afraid of you."

"Don't talk nonsense, they are Khitans!"

Wu Haogu smiled: "Brother Gao, why not let them retreat east of Daheng River, so that both sides can be farther apart."

The Daheng River is also a tributary of the Yellow River, between Mingtang River and Quye River.

Wu Haogu said again: "They retreated to the east of the Daheng River, and we still stayed west of Mingtang River. In this way, the Daheng River and Mingtang River will be empty, as a buffer for both sides."

Of course, Wu Haogu had a conspiracy! After he led his troops to Mingtangchuan, he immediately ordered Zhao Zhongge and his most confidant military methods to formulate a combat plan to attack the Khitans. The best plan is to deceive the Khitans from Mingtangchuan and then start a surprise attack.

"Are they willing?" Gao Qiu asked.

"Why don't you?" Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Our strength is stronger than theirs, and you are here with Brother Gao. If there is a friction, the one who suffers will definitely be the Khitans. Brother Zhong, do you think this is the reason?"

"That's right," said Zhao Zhongge, "we didn't ask them to retreat to the territory, but we just use Daheng Water as a temporary division."

Gao Qiu thought for a while, "Okay, let's mention it!"

...

The place where the two minds met was on the river beach of Mingtang River. Gao Qiu and Wu Haogu stood together on the west bank and shallows of Mingtang River. In front was a river channel of seven or eight feet wide, with a depth of more than one meter, so it was impossible to cross. Xiao Delis and Xiao Gan stood on the river channel near the east bank of Mingtang River together. Neither of the four people on both sides carried weapons and were wearing armor. Before the meeting, both sides sent people to cross the river to check to ensure that the other party had no hidden weapons.

"I wonder which one is Taiwei Wu?" Xiao Delis, who was not good-looking, bowed first and said fluent Kaifeng words, "I am the governor of Heqing Army, Xiao Delis."

"I'm here." Wu Haogu also replied with a bow. He was a little surprised. Why didn't this person ask about Taiwei Gao, but asked about his Taiwei Wu first?

"Look for a long time, long time!" Xiao Delis smiled, "I have read your "Empirical Theory" long ago, and I am quite inspired!"

In fact, the "Personal Theory" has not been completed yet. What is now completed is only the "general outline", that is, a large theory. As for how the "Personal Theory" should be applied to all fields of natural science and social science, it is a great science. It cannot be understood clearly in a short period of time.

"Is that true?" Wu Haogu smiled, "I didn't expect that Master Xiao is still a soulmate."

"No," Xiao Delis shook his head, "I am not the soulmate of the Taiwei. Although the "Personal Theory" has its merits, most of them are fallacies! Because there are nine consciousnesses in all sentient beings, the "Personal Theory" only knows the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body, which are too shallow and ignorant."

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth in later generations, not to mention in the Song and Liao dynasties? The words of saints and the sutras of Buddha are more accurate than what you observed in person, right? Not to mention the principles derived from practice.

The "nine consciousnesses" mentioned by Xiao Delis are Buddhist views, which can be used to criticize the "Personal Theory", because the "Personal Theory" only focuses on the understanding of the senses, such as the five consciousnesses such as "eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body". Buddhism also has "consciousness", "manas consciousness", "Alaya consciousness", and "Amora consciousness", in short, it is very clever...

Wu Haogu just smiled. He was not interested in debating positivism with a Khitan Buddhist. You can burn incense and worship Buddha. Just scientific practice or something, just come to the Han people!

"I'm going to go to Gao Qiu!" Taiwei Gao interrupted impatiently, "Master Xiao is not here to defend us, right?"

When he heard Gao Qiu’s self-introduction, Xiao Gan, who was following Xiao Delis, immediately looked shaking, and his sharp eyes stared at the No. 1 General of the Song Dynasty!

"So it's Grand Marshal Gao!" Xiao Delis bowed to Gao Qiu, and then pointed to Xiao Gan beside him, "This is Xiao Huilibao, the chief supervisor of the recruitment department in the southwest of the Great Liao Dynasty."

Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu didn't know who Xiao Huilibao was. The official position in the Ministry of Supervision didn't sound very good, so they didn't care, but just politely treated them.

Then Wu Haogu asked, "Teacher Xiao, don't you think your country's troops have already penetrated into my Song Dynasty?"

"In the territory of the Great Song Dynasty?" Xiao Gan snorted, "This place is clearly the land of the Niding Kingdom, a subordinate of the Great Liao Dynasty! It is clearly that you invaded the vassal land of the Great Liao Dynasty, and now you have turned down to make a raid!"
Chapter completed!