Guo Xiancheng and Cao Hui sat opposite each other, their faces full of frustration. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the state of Qi, the war is over. This Qi State took great pains to link up with several forces to suppress the newly rising Ming Dynasty, and finally ended in failure.

Now we can only see the military defeat, but the next political continuation will be the main event, it is conceivable that because of the defeat on the battlefield, the next Qi country will fall into a passive situation.

"Look down on them." Guo Xiancheng blamed himself and said: "Lord Cao, I underestimated them. I, Guo, have fought countless big battles in my life, but this time I fell in this place, and for nearly a month, I had tens of thousands of troops, and I didn't even take down a single Shayang. If I can take Shayang in time, the barbarians of Zhengyang County may not collapse so early, and things are still promising. I will plead guilty to Your Majesty. ”

Cao Hui shook his head, "General Guo doesn't need to blame himself, this time because of an accident, he had to start the war in a hurry and in advance, and the preparations in all aspects were insufficient, and it was not a simple disadvantage for the army. From the analysis of the intelligence I can receive now, our plan has been known to the Ming people very early, Li Wei and Ge Xiang are just two chess pieces that the Ming people have put in stock, and they have long been under Qin Feng's control. Using these two people to mobilize the barbarian army to dispatch in advance and catch all parties off guard was something they had planned a long time ago. Qin Feng is really bold, and he admires it so much. ”

"How could such a secret plan be leaked? Is it our internal problem? Guo Xiancheng asked.

"It's not." Cao Hui shook his head: "The leak is still in Li Wei and Ge Xiang." The two were too greedy, thinking that Zhengyang was their world, doing whatever they wanted, without scruples, which was noticed by the Ming people, so they planned to do what they wanted, resulting in today's situation. ”

"Even so, but the strength of the Ming army, from this battle has given us a clear understanding, I am afraid that from now on, our strongest opponent will not be the Chu people, but the Ming people." Guo Xiancheng was a little melancholy: "Lord Cao has also looked at the weapons and armor of the Ming people we have seized these days, and they are not a little better than us." Although these are all external things, we must admit that on the battlefield, these things can sometimes determine the success or failure of an army. Our military industrial system must reflect on what the Ming people can make, why can't we make it? ”

Cao Hui smiled bitterly: "General Guo, do you know the reform of the Ming people's official governance?" ”

"I've heard a little bit, but it has nothing to do with me, so I don't pay much attention to it, what does this have to do with this war?" Guo Xiancheng asked strangely.

"There is a relationship, not only is it related, but it also has a great relationship." Cao Hui sighed: "Qin Feng has abolished the way that countries have always been taking scholars, in our Daqi, the selection of officials is now a two-legged walk, one leg is a scientific examination scholar, an article is set for life, and the other leg is to recommend talents and talents, and they are recommended and appointed by officials. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that!" Guo Xiancheng said: "Scientific research is a path for everyone, and recommendation can pick up the missing pearls and select those with special talents." ”

"Of course, the original intention was good, but now, it has changed its taste." Cao Hui said: "Scientific research, an article is set for life, this is good, everyone is thinking about how to write this article?" What about pragmatism? No, General Guo, you have heard the joke made by our new champion during last year's spring ploughing, right? ”

Guo Xiancheng laughed, "It's the champion who can't tell the difference between wheat seedlings and leeks, right?" It's unlucky enough, there was such a big ugly in front of the emperor, he should have entered the Hanlin Academy as a noble official, and he was promoted quickly, which is good, and he was directly kicked by the emperor to the poorest county to experience life. ”

"It's funny, but it's not funny when you think about it. In fact, there are many such jokes, and how many are there that really let the emperor know? The year before last, the river governor who was appointed by the ministry to manage the river was completely ignorant of river engineering, but he was full of anger, stubborn and self-serving, and stubbornly copied the knowledge in books, causing a big disaster, and finally lost his head, which also made the people of Daqi suffer enough. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Xiancheng also fell silent. "I have a lieutenant under my command, and his home is in that place, and the flood has left him with no relatives."

Cao Hui sighed heavily: "This leg, there are very few talents who can really be selected, and the other leg has become even more flavorful, and it is about to become a sharp weapon for our Daqi officials to form gangs and factions, and form parties for personal gain. After a few years, the emperor noticed some clues and ordered a strict inspection, which is good, he doesn't recommend his own people, but the officials collude and recommend each other's people, which is impossible to prevent! ”

Guo Xiancheng spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and didn't dare to speak much, because he often did such things.

"On the other hand, in the past two years, the Ming people have reformed the rule of officials, eliminated redundancy and eliminated inferiority, recruited officials into officials, and there are more than a dozen scientific research projects, and the articles are well written, but they have become insignificant, Qin Feng is more pragmatic, he values characters who can really do things, no matter how many books this person has read? As long as you can do things, even if the person is only a little good at a certain aspect. Their official inspection system, I have seen it, Qin Feng put forward an assessment principle, called reactive is to have it, has General Guo heard of it? ”

"Reactive power is overpower?" Guo Xiancheng was slightly surprised, "This proposal is very novel." ”

"It's also very powerful, to put it bluntly, this is against those guys who occupy the pit and don't." Cao Hui said: "The Ming people have a small test every year and a big test every three years, forcing the officials to work hard one by one. There are very few of their officials who stay in the yamen and wait for things to do, and these officials are going out to find things to do. Such officials, one or two, are not terrible, but the whole country is like this, it is very scary. You once quietly went to Changyang, originally wanted to go to Baoqing Port to see, but on the way, you saw their county guard horse to the south, dignified county guard, rolled up his trouser sleeves, sat on the ridge and discussed with the old farmer how to make the fertilizer better, and asked his subordinates to take a paper note down, saying that it would be promoted in the whole county. At that moment, I really wanted to kill this county guard. But when I came back, I passed through Shayang, I paid attention for a while, but I didn't expect to meet the county guard Fang Dazhi of Shayang County again, why can't you imagine what he is doing? ”

"What is he doing?"

"He's talking to a group of businessmen about how to make the world? Among them, there are a few merchants from our Qi country. Cao Hui shook his head: "A county guard, talking about how to make money, how to make money, thinking about how to provide convenience to businessmen, how to loosen restrictions for businessmen, how to reduce unnecessary taxes and fees, hehe, General Guo, don't think that this guy is digging the corner of Mingguo, he, he, think further." Later, I found those businessmen, do you know what Fang Dazhi thinks? He thought that when the businessman's business became bigger, he would naturally collect more taxes, and when these merchants did a big business, they would be able to hire more people, and when these people got paid, they could buy more things, and he called it stimulating consumption, and in turn, consumption was pulled up, which would stimulate the prosperity of commerce even more. ”

Guo Xiancheng shook his head.

"Besides, Daye Iron Mine, why can the ironworks make such good quality steel? Because Qin Feng generously turned those master craftsmen who didn't recognize a few big characters into officials, the craftsman who was named a big eunuch by Qin Feng, and the salary he received was comparable to that of their first assistant Quan Yun, this master craftsman could not be grateful, and even moved the cover rolls to the iron factory, where to eat, drink and Lazar, and all he thought about all day long was how to improve the quality a little more. And such people, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, abound now, can we do this? Let these people who have not even read books become officials and enjoy the benefits of officials, but I am afraid that there will be a lot of noise in the court immediately! ”

Guo Xiancheng smiled bitterly.

"When it comes to the welfare of officials, the welfare of our Daqi officials can be said to be the best in the world, no taxes, no contributions, everyone has a large amount of land but has not contributed a penny to the imperial court. As for the officials of the Ming Kingdom, these benefits are not available at all, and they should be paid, and not a penny less. A clear acre of land dug up millions of acres of fertile land hidden in Qianyue. Cao Hui sighed: "Every time I see this information, I feel like I'm on pins and needles, our Daqi is still a giant, although Ming Guo is still like a minor young man, I can see that every muscle of him is getting stronger and stronger day by day, I am good, the emperor is good, I can see where the problem of our Daqi is, but I can't change it, this is the most helpless thing." ”

"Now that we see the threat, we must first destroy them before they are stronger." Guo Xiancheng said.

"That's exactly what we thought, but unfortunately, this time we failed." Cao Hui said: "The war in Zhengyang County has ended, the main forces of the Ming army, such as the Panshi Battalion, the Ruijin Battalion, the Blue Wolf Battalion, and the Shaoshan Battalion, are advancing to Shayang County under the command of Zhang Xiaozheng. For us, this war is over, and we must think about how to end this war with dignity. Otherwise, if one is not good, it will turn into a battle for the whole country, if this is the case, wouldn't the Chu State faint with laughter. ”

"Over there in Zhongping County?" Guo Xiancheng asked.

"The news from Zhongping County has not yet arrived, but just looking at Zhang Xiaozheng's main force coming towards Shayang, it can prove that Qin Feng was at least not defeated in Zhongping County, which is already very revealing. So far, Xiao Qiang has still not sent troops, and I am afraid that the Qin people will be defeated. Considering the situation in Qin's country, we have to worry about them turning against each other! Cao Hui was worried.

The two were relatively silent.