Chapter 241 Encouragement to learn!
“The era of recklessness is over!”
Xia Zhibai’s loud words echoed in the palace for a long time.
Even though he was as arrogant as Sapphire, he was stunned at this moment. He looked at Xia Zhibai in a daze, his eyes full of disbelief and astonishment. This was the first time he heard this after leading troops in war for so long. Some say their way of fighting is 'reckless'.
Not only Lan Yu, but also veterans such as Tang He and Fu Youde were also stunned.
Xia Zhibai stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the generals below with a cold face, and said indifferently: "I know you don't obey me, and I also know that you don't take my words seriously, but what I want to tell you is that the generals belong to the generals. The times are gradually shrinking.”
“If you cannot change in time, sooner or later, there will be no place for you in the great court of Mingnuo.”
“There will be no place for you. Just like the Song Dynasty."
"This is definitely not alarmist."
"Before the steam-driven salt was popularized, how many people in the world dared to say that it affected dozens of people in the world. The salt-making industry, which is the livelihood of tens of thousands of Zao households, will collapse overnight, and hundreds of thousands of Zao households will lose their jobs at once. They are a lesson for you.”
"However, the fact is that the emergence of steam-powered salt has completely destroyed the old salt-making ecology."
"Stove households that cannot keep up with the trend are destined to be eliminated by the times."
"Military generals are no exception."
"Now the Beiyuan Dynasty is indeed the most important concern of the Ming Dynasty."
"It is not only because the Beiyuan Dynasty has a large number of people, a vast territory and a strong military force; Having ruled the north for hundreds of years, it has a great influence on the north. As long as the Northern Yuan Dynasty exists, the scholars in the north will always have a certain sense of luck and hope that the Northern Yuan can regain the power of the Central Plains."
"But as generals who lead troops to fight."
"As the ones who best understand the military strength of the Ming Dynasty and Beiyuan."
"You should understand better than anyone else in the world that Beiyuan's new It is simply impossible to conquer the world."
"It is only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty destroys the Northern Yuan Dynasty."
"In your hearts, as military generals, you should seize this only window of war and fight for it. Make greater contributions to yourself and bring greater wealth to yourself and your family, but you must not forget that the reason why you have achieved what you have today mainly comes from leading troops to fight.”
"Abandoned from leading troops to fight, you are actually a burden and burden to the Ming Dynasty."
"I believe you have heard over the years that His Majesty has often criticized and complained about you. Many of you have done evil and violated military discipline. Now, It's just because of their outstanding military achievements that His Majesty, His Highness, and the officials of Ming Dynasty chose to be patient. However, will this kind of patience last long? "
"Once the court can't bear it anymore, it won't be patient anymore? "
"What's more, His Majesty has repeatedly ordered you to strictly restrain your behavior."
"It's just that you can't do it yourself."
"Anyone who commits unjust acts will be punished by his own death!"
"You will bring your own consequences in the future."
"And you are ruthless in your actions. Who among the officials in the court knows this?"
“Do you really think that the court doesn’t know about the dirty things you have done in private? Do you really think that no official has ever been impeached? It was just suppressed by His Majesty and His Highness, but just because you are too tough, in the future It is also destined to be suppressed by the court. No court can allow the court to be full of arrogant soldiers."
"You have not considered your own way out."
"Many people in the world know the saying 'When the birds are gone, a good bow is hidden; when a cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked', but many people do not understand why this is the case, because some people do not understand current affairs and do not know how to assess the situation, let alone The current situation is unclear. "
"The situation in the world will change."
"The generals are indeed noble now, but they will not always be like this."
"Because there is no such thing in the world. So many wars.”
“The focus will be on recuperation for a long time to come. If your generals are still as hot-tempered as they are now, ask yourself, who can tolerate it?”
"Everyone in the court is bent on developing people's livelihood, but as a result, you are all arrogant and domineering behind the scenes, using your own power to bully the local area, relying on your own contributions and bloodshed for the Ming Dynasty, and you are unscrupulous."< br>
“I can tell you very clearly.”
“In the court after tomorrow, there will be no such thing as a hero!”
“Because everyone in this world has made contributions. , What you have accomplished is military merit, what civil servants have accomplished is political merit, and the common people have behaved themselves and are also meritorious. Their achievements may not be smaller than yours, or even greater than yours.”
“Construction is forever. Much more difficult than destruction.”
"In your imagination, in the next one or two years, the Ming Dynasty will make an expedition to the north of Liaodong, completely defeat Nahachu, then rest for a few years, go north again to carry out plowing and clearing holes against the Beiyuan Dynasty, and then carry out a campaign against the Beiyuan Dynasty every few years. After the Qing Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty completely collapsed and split."
"I dare to ask you, have you ever considered the supply of food and grass?"
"This? In such a long war, the ultimate competition is national strength and logistics. The economy in the north of the Ming Dynasty is already sluggish, and hundreds of thousands of troops must be maintained to attack. This will be a huge loss to the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and you are fighting. All food and supplies come from the people.”
“That is to say”
"You took the food and grass that the people gave in from eating grass and milking the cows, and went to fight a few battles that had no real effect."
"The Ming Dynasty cannot afford to fight such a battle!"
"It is not appropriate to fight."
"Sun Tzu said: The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city."
"But now everyone from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has arrived happily. , just to carry out the "inferior" "siege". How can such a general be respected by the people of the world and win the support and recognition of the court with only the courage of an ordinary man?"
"I, Xia Zhibai, am not talented."
"But I came up with the idea of 'conquering the enemy' and 'conquering the diplomatic relations' in order to capture Beiyuan."
"And it was approved by His Majesty. "
"I am just a scholar, not good at military affairs, but I did what the generals should do. Shouldn't you feel ashamed? "
The palace was dead silent.
Lan Yu and Chang Sheng glared at Xia Zhibai, while Fu Youde's eyes darkened, not knowing what he was thinking.
Feng Sheng twirled his beard, a strange color appeared in his eyes, but he looked confused.
Only Tang He nodded secretly.
Xia Zhibai was actually right. These generals of the Ming Dynasty are able to act so wantonly because of His Majesty's favor. Once the war in the north stops, at least most of them will There will be no use for them. If you continue to be arrogant in the court, even if His Majesty can tolerate it, His Highness may not tolerate it.
They must find a way out for themselves.
He thought about it early on.
As a result, I started to "think about quitting" early, and I have always wanted to withdraw from the court. I rarely participate in court disputes, and I will never easily get involved in some disputes. I am extremely restrained by my family, just because I am worried about what will happen to me. He dropped the topic and finally cleared His Majesty. He considered this, and so did Xia Zhibai.
It's just that the direction of his thinking is different. He only considers his own escape. Xia Zhibai thinks more. He wants to maintain the basic status of military commanders in the world. Rather than 'when the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden'.
He wants to transform these generals.
Let these generals who only know how to fight learn to use their brains.
In particular, I want to actively increase the voice and importance of these generals.
The legitimacy he gave was that 'no matter how big the country is, if it is warlike, it will perish; no matter how safe the world is, if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger'. Based on this great foundation, he also put forward more suggestions for generals. The highest requirement is that military generals must understand the art of war and know how to "conquer the enemy without fighting."
More importantly, we must understand the foundation of a general's life: "The first is to attack the enemy, then the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the third is to attack the city."
Only by grasping the necessity of military generals and the imaginary enemies on the Ming's border can the military generals of the Ming Dynasty firmly stand in the court and avoid repeating the mistakes of the Song Dynasty and completely falling into the strange circle of using civil society to control military affairs. , these suggestions can be described as insightful, and come from the heart, and they are really considered for the generals.
All this is just to prove one thing to the court.
Generals are still useful!
It’s just
Tang He raised his head and looked around. There were very few people who could really listen. Lan Yu, Chang Mao and others had long been accustomed to fighting on the battlefield, so let They calmed down and thought about more complete strategies to deal with the enemy, which really made things difficult for them.
As for Fu Youde and other veterans, they have long been over fifty and have lost their drive, so they will not think too much about it.
What's more, fighting is straightforward and straightforward.
Warriors prefer this straightforward style.
Although Xia Zhibai's suggestion is sincere, it may be difficult for others to believe it.
Tang He withdrew his gaze.
What Xia Zhibai said today was completely beyond his expectation.
He seemed to have no scruples at all.
He directly said the treacherous saying of "When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden".
And from the beginning, Xia Zhibai has always firmly occupied the initiative. From the initial shooting to threaten, and then later said a lot of specious and unpredictable words, all the time Deliberately leading everyone's thoughts, even if his temper is as grumpy as Sapphire, he can't say anything at the moment.
Because they could also hear the deep meaning in Xia Zhibai's words.
Xia Zhibai stood tall, with a lot of sweat overflowing from his forehead. He looked at the general in front of him and continued: "Since you have no objections, I think you agree with what I said. I say However, the world’s fighting style is changing.”
"The requirements for generals will also become higher and higher."
"During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan once encouraged students to learn, and then there was Lu Meng who "not restored Wu to Xia Amen". Today, I, Xia Zhibai, do the same. A few words of advice to you, in your spare time, you can read more books, whether military books or other books, at least read more, military and economics are part of politics."
"Discuss military affairs apart from politics. Economy itself is undesirable. "
"With the promotion of firearms, it will have a very big change in the future military direction, just like steam-powered salt. Many existing tactics and operations will be changed. Gradually being eliminated, you are the best generals of the Ming Dynasty, but you must also understand the principle of sailing against the current and retreating if you do not advance."
"When the times abandon you, I will not say goodbye to you. ”
"In the next few months, some new weapons will be sent to Beiping one after another. Then you can study them and combine them with these new weapons to re-formulate the plan for the conquest of Beiyuan. Of course, during this period Here, I also hope that you generals will be less selfish and put the world first."
"I believe that when you see those new weapons, you will have a new perspective on the world's military."< br>
“You will also understand why it is right to postpone the Northern Expedition.”
“The Fifth Army Governor’s Mansion, to some extent, should play some role.”
“At least not It should not only be a place to house military commanders, but also a place to provide "upper, middle and lower" military strategies for the court. This is the original intention of His Majesty in establishing the Fifth Army Governor's Palace."
"I'm not here to persuade you today."
"Because it's impossible to persuade."
"I'm here this time just to tell you, hoping that you will open your eyes and see the world."
“The world has changed!”
“If you don’t wake up in time and catch up with the times, then you will be abandoned by the times in the future. Don’t say anything that no one reminds you. , because I once reminded you, but you didn’t take it to heart.”
"Okay."
"I have said everything I should and can say."
"If you listen, then listen. If you don't, forget it."
< br>"I'll take my leave first."
Xia Zhibai handed over to the generals, and then slowly walked out of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. The spear he brought was not taken away, but was left in the mansion. .
Watching Xia Zhibai go away, Lan Yu snorted coldly, her eyes a little angry and dissatisfied.
He was already arrogant enough, but this time Xia Zhibai became even more arrogant.
In front of them, he called them reckless people and a bunch of brainless people. He still tried to teach them how to fight and talked a lot of useless nonsense. In fact, it was not as good as that spear. , which is very attractive to him.
Lanyu said: "Haha, you won't be fooled by him, will you?"
"He is a scholar who knows nothing about fighting."
"What else can you say about attacking with troops? In the end, you still have to fight with real swords and guns. Big fists are the last word, and everything else is empty."
"His Majesty's response to Bei Yuan But I am so disgusted, how could I give up the Northern Expedition so easily? In my opinion, it is probably scholars like Xia Zhibai who came and slandered Your Majesty. I don’t know why Your Majesty would listen to these slanders. Your Majesty is not the threat of Bei Yuan to the court. I don’t know.”
“I will write a memorial myself when I get back. Didn’t Xia Zhibai say that we are brave and foolish?”
"I would like to let these scholars take a good look at whether our generals are brave and foolhardy!"
Lanyu looked arrogant.
He had been stunned by Xia Zhibai's words before, but now that he realized it, he was also a little embarrassed and angry, with a red face and a carefree expression of dissatisfaction.
Lanyu’s words were recognized by many generals.
But veterans such as Tang He, Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and others were all silent.
Tang He sighed and said: "Lanyu, it's time to calm down your temper. Xia Zhibai has come to announce this in front of us. This must have His Majesty's thoughts. Now the Northern Expedition I’m afraid the matter will have to be postponed for a while.”
“But that’s fine.”
"With a little more preparation time, the Northern Expedition will be smoother."
"And I think what Xia Zhibai said is not unreasonable. There will be wars during wars, and the world will be unified after it is unified. Don’t talk about it.”
(End of this chapter)