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The master and apprentice came to the study, saw that Shen Lian was already sitting in the study, and when they saw the two coming in, they stood up with a smile and wanted to pour tea for the two. Luo Xin hurriedly went over and grabbed the teapot and poured tea, and then the three of them sat down. Shen Lian stared at Luo Xindao with burning eyes:

"Xin'er, you are personally involved...... No, it was you who personally planned the campaign to defeat Alatan Khan, do you think the border passes will be able to settle down in the future? ”

Luo Xin thought for a moment and said, "If General Ma can capture or kill Alatan Khan alive, the border pass should have stability for ten years, or even longer. However, if Alatan Khan is allowed to return safely to the steppe, he will definitely make a comeback. ”

Shen Lian's expression was shocked: "Killing Alatan Khan can only be exchanged for ten years of stability?" ”

Luo Xin frowned deeply at this time, he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for him to defeat Alatan Khan this time, and the eldest brother also cut off Alatan Khan's arm. After all, although Alatan Khan was defeated by Ma Fang in Datong in history, he was definitely not defeated so badly, if Ma Fang was lucky enough to really kill Alatan Khan, the Mongolian golden generation may fall. This is what changed history.

So, will the Jurchens become strong in advance and eventually bring the Ming Dynasty to its end?

After a deep groan, Luo Xin looked at Shen Lian and said, "Lord Shen, do you know the Jurchen?" ”

"Jurchen?" Shen Lian frowned and thought for a while, but finally shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Luo Xin took a deep breath and said, "If Alatan Khan dies, the grassland is bound to be chaotic. The Jurchens are a powerful nation, and with ten years of chaos in the steppe, the Jurchens will definitely stand out and become a more threatening existence than Alatan Khan. ”

"Who do you listen to?" Shen Lian asked in surprise.

"My Master!"

Shen Lian's eyes shrank, he had also heard that Luo Xin had a master, and he had investigated, but he didn't find the slightest clue. At this time, I couldn't help but ask:

"Who is your master?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said with a look of longing: "I don't know, my master has never told me his identity, and I haven't seen my master for a few years." ”

Shen Lian was silent, thinking in his heart that Daming still had such strange people, but he refused to serve the imperial court, which shows how disappointed the imperial court was for such a strange person! Fortunately, this strange man also taught disciples like Luo Xin to work for the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hear the previous topic again, so he decided to issue an order tomorrow for Jinyiwei to start investigating the Jurchens. With a decision in his heart, he looked up at Luo Xin again and asked:

"Xin'er. Even if Alatan Khan didn't die, after this defeat, our Ming should have an advantage, right? ”

Luo Xin thought about history for a while, then nodded: "It should be so." ”

Shen Lian pondered for a moment and said, "Why did my Da Ming keep failing in the past? Or even flee when you hear about the Mongol invasion? Now that you have defeated Alatan Khan by a small showman, does this mean that in the past, we literati were not thorough enough in charge of military affairs? ”

"Definitely!"

Shen Lian's words startled Luo Xin, if Shen Lian really reported these words, and then was really adopted by Emperor Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty would really not be far from the death of the country. Luo Xin's sudden exclamation of disappearance also startled Shen Lian, and he couldn't help but look at Luo Xin in confusion.

"Lord Shen!" Luo Xin took a deep breath. He thought it was a serious question, so he lost his modesty and became extremely serious.

"The students believe that an important reason for the deterioration of the combat strength of the Ming border army is the civilian command of the army, although this is to prevent the generals from becoming bigger. It caused a rebellion, but it caused the layman to command the insider. Soldiers, sophistication, is a single family of learning. ”

Luo Xin said this and stopped talking. In fact, the meaning is already very obvious. Today's scholars are almost all Confucians, not to mention those literati who have won the examination. But Confucianism is just a family's words, and it can't boast of Confucianism like those scholars today. It was as if Confucianism was omnipotent. Military affairs still depend on soldiers.

Shen Lian naturally understood it, so he frowned and said, "But you defeated Alatan Khan's 200,000 army with more than 2,000 people. ”

"Family heirloom!"

Luo Xin only said two words, and Shen Lian's heart suddenly changed. Luo Xin was not a pure Confucian disciple, he was also a disciple of a soldier. Even the soldiers first and then the Confucians. Shen Lian's heart couldn't help but be a little discouraged, originally thought that through Luo Xin's case, the generals would become more unimportant, and the border passes failed year after year, all because of the incompetence of the generals. This would not have been the case if the literati had been in charge of the army. was excited, but unexpectedly poured down by Luo Xin with a bucket of cold water, it turned out that the reason for the low combat effectiveness of the border army was precisely because of their civilian commanders.

As a literati, Shen Lian was still very unconvinced, and said in a condensed voice: "The martial artists are vulgar and greedy, which one of the Ming army is not corrupt, and which one does not eat empty salaries?" I think this low combat power is caused by these generals. ”

Luo Xin kept silent, this point was indeed caused by the generals, but there were historical reasons. This was caused by Zhu Yuanzhang's policy, and Luo Xin naturally didn't dare to say more. And although Shen Lian is upright by nature, he is not a tight-mouthed person, once Luo Xin's comments on the government are spread, it will give Yan Song and Xu Jie a chance.

As a result, there was silence in the study. The atmosphere was a little awkward. And at this time, Lu Zhong's voice sounded outside the door:

"Sir, there are guests visiting outside."

Lu Tingfang stood up, pushed open the door, and saw Lu Zhong standing outside the door with a famous thorn in his hand. Stretched out his hand to take it, his eyes swept away, his eyebrows twitched, his face showed joy, and he turned to Shen Lian and said:

"Chunfu, He Xinyin is here!"

"Really?" Shen Lian also stood up excitedly: "Let's go, let's go meet Brother He." ”

Luo Xin followed behind, but a wry smile appeared on his face, he knew that He Xinyin came here, probably not for Lu Tingfang, but for himself. He Xinyin knew that Luo Xin would definitely come to Lu Tingfang to pay New Year's greetings on the fifth day of the first month, and I was afraid that he still wanted to pull Luo Xin into the Xinxue faction.

I am afraid that this is also the sequelae of the defeat of Alatan Khan by leading the army, which made all factions in the DPRK and China begin to pay attention to themselves. I don't know if the party is strict now, and the party is ...... Xu And how will Jinyiwei treat himself?

"Brother Lu, Brother Shen!" He Xinyin saw Lu Tingfang and Shen Lian coming out, so he stepped forward with a laugh.

"Brother He, please!" Lu Tingfang and Shen Lian stepped forward, grabbed He Xinyin's arm left and right, and the three of them laughed and walked towards the study. Completely threw Luo Xin aside. Luo Xin's eyes rolled. deliberately slowed down, and secretly said in his heart that he would go to say goodbye to his master after a while, and then leave secretly without meeting He Xinyin. But at this time, He Xinyin turned his head and said:

"Brother Lu, isn't that little brother in the back your proud disciple Luo Xin?"

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