Chapter 119: Seeking Perfection
Now the hole house covers an area of more than 40 acres, quite large, the front house gatehouse, the instrument door, the second door, the shadow wall, the main hall, the two compartments, the left and right sets of courtyards, and then the inner courtyard and several sets of courtyards, are a positive and two-compartment pattern, plus the back garden, kitchen, thatched house, stable, the house has a total of more than 80 rooms, plus it is the military and political department sent people to renovate it, it looks really a bit of a magnificent bell ringing the feeling of the family deep house compound. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Sun Yuanhua looked at it with admiration, really envious, this is not to blame him, in a metropolis like Beijing with a permanent population of more than one million, the housing problem is also a big deal for officials, the people can live in a little more remote, but the officials have to live closer to the imperial city, the location is limited, the noble eunuchs have robbed a large number of good places, civil officials can only find a place to live in a place where every inch of land is valuable, seven or eight out of ten are unsatisfactory, only to be a high-ranking official in the cabinet, there will be a grand mansion given, ordinary officials, even if it is a capital hall of more than four grades, It's also hard to get a good place to live.
"My house is only two entrances, with more than ten ear rooms, and there are many families, so it's too crowded to live in." Sun Yuanhua kept looking around, unable to hide his envy.
"You don't say you're in Jingshi, I'm in Qingcheng." Kong Minxing smiled angrily: "Can these two places be compared?" Just talking about a glass factory, you will visit every few days in Beijing, there is no place for you to visit, there are only a few bookstores, or Zhang Wenlan specially asked people to come and open it, he said no matter what, the bookstore can not be missing. ”
"Zhang Wenlan is still very broad-minded." Sun Yuanhua praised and said, "The population of the Zun family is too small, right?" I didn't see a few people for half a day. ”
"Clumsy Jing doesn't like luxury, and I don't like those vain articles." Kong Minxing led Sun Yuanhua into his study, asked someone to make tea and bring it up, and after inviting Sun Yuanhua to sit down, he smiled again: "There are only four people in my family, and there are already seven or eight people to serve, which is enough." If I go on, it's not the same as the noble eunuchs, I'm a scholar, and I still have to keep in mind my duty. ”
"Hmm......" Sun Yuanhua replied in a long nasal voice, with a rather strange attitude.
Kong Minxing knew that he must have something to say, but he was not in a hurry, and introduced him to the big characters he had written recently, and asked Sun Yuanhua to bring them back to Beijing after the New Year...... Xu Guangqi often writes to ask Kong Minxing about his homework, in order not to disappoint the teacher, Kong Minxing tries to write some every once in a while, and asks someone to bring it to Beijing.
After the next person served tea, Sun Yuanhua groaned: "There are some things that I feel should be said, but I am afraid that you will not be very happy after saying them......"
Kong Minxing smiled: "When did you learn to say kind words?" ”
The friendship between the two is quite deep, and in this room, even the font size is saved, and you and I are commensurate directly.
"That's fine." Sun Yuanhua said: "You are quite proud of Heyusheng, mansion, Houlu, I heard that you can get a few thousand taels a year, right?" ”
"That's right." Kong Minxing said calmly: "I studied all the way out, and my family contributed a lot, and now in addition to the exemption of the Yin Pi clan, I have paid back a lot of the money and favors I owed at the beginning, so I feel a lot more at ease." ”
"You mean that no matter what the outcome will be in the future, you don't have to worry about it anymore, don't you?"
"Yes!" Kong Minxing said calmly: "I also persuaded Humble Jing to take her children to live in the south, which can be regarded as avoiding possible disasters in the future, but Humble Jing said that if there is really that day, she will definitely die, as for the children, they will survive if their lives are good, otherwise the family will die." She has this kind of insight and thoughts, and I know I can't persuade them......"
Sun Yuanhua was stunned when he heard this, but he was relieved when he thought about Mrs. Kong's character, that woman was indeed such a strong and resolute personality......
Kong Minxing smiled and said, "But looking at the current situation, it can't be worse at worst." ”
"It depends on how soon the imperial court can be revived again." Sun Yuanhua also said frankly: "If the imperial court is still half-dead like now, and Yusheng can at least maintain the pattern on the grassland, if there is another figure like Zhang Jiangling as the first assistant, after more than ten years of hard work to revitalize the country, after destroying the Dongyu, the imperial court will definitely send a large army to the north." ”
"That's almost unlikely."
"Not necessarily." Sun Yuanhua said: "Sun Gebu is the dragon and phoenix among people. ”
"Huh." Kong Minxing said with a smile: "Zhang Wenlan often has a discussion about Sun Gebu......"
"How?"
"Minister Sun Ge is short of officials and talents, long in trivial and short in planning, long in favor and inevitably wasted in law, long in seeking life and inevitably losing sharpness...... Looking at the overall situation of western Liaoning today, almost all of them were said by Zhang Wenlan. ”
"Liaoxi is now recovering countless forts, all the way north to Jinzhou and the Daling River area, once the rebuilding of the Dalinghe City is successful, Guangning will be restored, and Guangning will control the Sancha River again, and the east is trapped in Liaozhong and Liaonan can not come back, this is the work of the Cabinet Department. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Anliao, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Fuliao Town, so that the eastern captives will not be able to peep into western Liaoxi for two years, and not an inch of land has been lost, is there anything to complain about in such a situation? ”
Sun Yuanhua is quite angry, Kong Minxing discussed something else with him, talking about his evaluation of Sun Gebu, and it was not so respectful, which made him angry, and he was straightforward and temperamental, and he was angry at the moment.
"Let's talk well...... Kong Minxing was very calm, and said with a smile: "We must not leave a principle when discussing these, this is also what Wen Lan said, is Liaoxi a peaceful place in Tuntian, or is it the front line of the battlefield?" ”
"This ......," Sun Yuanhua hesitated, "of course it's the front line." ”
"Since it's the front line," Kong Min said, "Has the Sun Pavilion Department ever had a real record?" In the past few years, it is nothing more than that the captives have never really gone west, trained hundreds of thousands of soldiers, never tried actual combat, and repaired hundreds of forts. ”
"That's too much of a reproach!"
"It's not a reproach." Kong Minxing's attitude was mild, but he was also quite persistent: "If the cabinet lord is training the army, and at the same time sending generals to continue to lead a small number of elite troops to harass and train soldiers and horses, there must always be actual combat. If we talk about difficulties, isn't Dongjiang even more difficult? Mao Wenlong led 200 people to the rear of the enemy, and now there are tens of thousands of soldiers, and continue to send fine poisoning rooms, send small units of troops to fight with the captives, and successively hundreds of Zhiyi heads have been handed over, in addition, under the dispatch of Yuan Gong and the naval division Dengzhou Town together to harass southern Liaoning, recover Lushun, once regained Jinzhou, so that the two blue flags and two red flags had to be stationed in southern Liaoning and Kuandian area, more than 100,000 troops in western Liaoning, with a salary of up to more than five million, all used to repair the city and cast artillery? Where is the actual battle? And in fact, the generals still have no confidence and dare not fight, and the cabinet lord does not dare to touch the Liaoxi generals at all for the sake of grace, so what's the use of just pushing a Ma Shilong out? Repair the fort without fighting, that is, it is long in the officials and lack of generals, can not break the barrier of the gate, and force the generals to take the initiative to fight, that is, it is long in human favor and inevitably abolish the law, and for a long time in the gate even Ning Yuan refused to go, let alone go to Jinzhou or the Daling River area, compared to the courage of Xiong Gong when he passed through Liaodong, it is really far away, and from the second year of the Apocalypse to the present, he has been on dozens of sparse requests to return to Beijing, and recently Shangshu has been resigning, this is long in seeking life and losing sharpness, Chu Yang, maybe I said it too bluntly, but also a little mean, After all, the Sun Pavilion Department has contributed to stabilizing the overall situation in Liaoxi, but I dare to assert that in this way, millions of dollars a year are smashed in Liaoxi, and each party has such a huge wealth, and the forces of all parties have been deeply rooted. At that time, Liaoxi will become a feudal town, and in turn, it will hold the imperial court hostage......"
"Enough, enough!" Sun Yuanhua's face was quite ugly, and he waved his hand to stop Kong Minxing.
The Liaoxi army only repaired forts and did not fight, this is a fact, the salary is too much, and even the imperial court can not afford it, Sun Chengzong took the initiative to reduce the military salary this year, and the total reduction was less than 200,000 taels, not even a fraction of it. In addition, Sun Chengzong's deployment is not as good as Yuan Keli, although from Sun Chengzong to Li Banghua to Yuan Keli are all cooperating with each other, but the water division and Dengzhou, Dongjiang, these places are directly dispatched by Yuan Keli, without the permission and approval of Sun Chengzong. There is also the fact that Sun Chengzong, no matter what the reason, is indeed constantly asking to leave Liaoxi in Shangshu, how can the Emperor of the Apocalypse have great trust in this master, and these major strategic situations have improved, so the emperor thinks that Sun Chengzong can't leave, and he is as safe as a rock in Liaoxi, so Sun Chengzong can't get out of his body for a while, so he can only continue to stay in Liaoxi and stay in Liaoxi.
And for Sun Chengzong, it is best to play a greater role in the center of the imperial court, now he is a scholar, after the battle between Donglin and the eunuch party, Sun Chengzong is the only remaining boss of the Donglin Party, with him is also equivalent to having a Dinghaishen needle in the center of the imperial court, in addition to helping the Donglin lineage, of course, Sun Chengzong's own development is also better to return to the cabinet, although he is full of words in Liaoxi, but after all, far away from the center, in the heart of the scholar, the cabinet is the real talent and ambition, It is the place responsible for the entire Ming Dynasty, and it is a strategy in the local area, after all, it is still a step behind.
It is impossible for Sun Chengzong not to talk to Sun Yuanhua in detail about these subtle thoughts, but Sun Yuanhua himself knows very well in his heart, and for Kong Minxing's analysis and even accusation at this time, Sun Yuanhua certainly can't accept it emotionally, but from a practical point of view, he also understands that what Kong Minxing said is the truth.
Sun Yuanhua's remaining anger did not subside, and he said angrily: "The cabinet is not doing well, does it depend on Mao Wenlong or Shen Congrong, or your Zhang Wenlan?" ”
"We and Yusheng will definitely do it." Kong Minxing said unhurriedly: "A few years later, the one who will return to Liao must be the merchant soldiers of Hutchison, let's wait and see." ”
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