"Don't leave." Chen Dujing called out to his son who was about to leave and said lightly: "You are a man and you will be the leader in the future. Don't learn from women. You are full of talking nonsense. Are you afraid that no one will pass the message when you are young sister?"

Chen Zhengzhi planned to meet his younger sister, share the joy, and make fun of her.

After the salt drying matter was confirmed, the Chen family assumed that they had no objection to Chen Dujing's decision. After Chen Dujing strengthened his authority, he was also considering supporting his son.

Now Chen Dujing is in his early fifties and has black hair. Chen Zhengzhi is less than thirty years old and is gradually becoming steady. After more than ten years, Chen Dujing and the older generation can abdicate and give way to the virtuous, and gradually hand over family affairs and external affairs to the next generation.

Of course, Chen Zhengzhi knew very well. The most important thing was that he and Xu Zixian had a very deep friendship. They established friendships when they were in Nan'an Town and were also very good at meeting the senior officials and generals of the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion.

He was even more a disciple of the great scholar Wu Shi. However, with Chen Zhengzhi's level, he could not learn the classics. He also shamed the ancestors of Changwenhou's mansion... You should know that the first generation of Changwenhou's mansion was also a martial artist. He could lead troops and was worthy of praise in literature. He was a famous Confucian minister on Fujian Road at that time, otherwise the name of the mansion would not have been given the title of "Changwen".

Chen Zhengzhi just learned painting with Wu Shi Middle School, which was a dissatisfaction. After all, he was a disciple of the great scholar.

With such a connection, Chen Dujing now supports his son, and his clan members don’t have any gossip to say.

After all, he will be the future patriarch and the next generation of Changwenhou. Even if he intervenes in major events in advance and involves some money and food power, it will be natural.

"I've heard from my son." Chen Zhengzhi smiled slightly and sat at his father's lower head.

It was the first time Chen Zhengzhi had been able to sit here for the first time, and he should feel very accomplished.

This is an exquisite study room connected by two small rooms, light and dark. The outside of the Mingwen is decorated with tables, chairs, screens, tables, and bonsai and vases of flowers, mainly for daily rest and occasionally for close friends they know each other. Now, the butler Chen Bao led the guests into the room inside.

The guests soon appeared.

Walking in front was Chen Duzhu. He was short and fat, square face, big mouth, small eyes, and faint eyebrows. He always looked happy. In the eyes of ordinary people, he was straightforward and had no brainstorm. Only a few people like Chen Dujing knew that this person was actually very smart, smart and capable, and was not exposed.

The one who walked behind was Chen Dujing's wife and brother Lin Yangxian. Because he was a relative, Chen Dujing didn't treat him very well, so he bowed to each other and sat down with the guest. The old servant Chen Sheng brought tea. Chen Dujing knew that Chen Duzhu was very picky when tasting tea. When he asked if it was "Mao Jian", he waved his hand and ordered that he had changed the "mustard slices" that cost three jin of money per kilogram.

The two servants retreated. The three of them drank tea at the table and each had a snack or two. The two relatives invited Chen Zhengzhi to the table. Chen Zhengzhi smiled and thanked the elders for their kindness, and sat down and waited for them to speak.

The two people in front of them are both engaged in foreign affairs for the Chen family, making friends with powerful people outside, running to the docks, and discussing business, and they must not be neglected.

Chen Dujing knew that Chen Duzhu, a clan brother, had just returned from the north, and his family was talking in private, so he didn't get to the point at once. He said, "Brother Zhu, what is the news worth talking about in the north recently, especially in Yanjing?"

Chen Duzhu's mouth was filled with honey orange cakes. He nodded his head ah, blinked his eyes, swallowed the cakes again, took another sip of tea, and then said, "It's not a big deal, but it's also terrifying. When I was in Beijing last year, I heard that last year, when I was in the capital, the ministers first went outside the hall gate to wait for the gate. At that time, the gate was not open, and suddenly there was a strange noise inside. Everyone was shocked and asked questions. The gate of the hall was wide open, and more than ten great husbands with dragon robe and emperor crowns slowly walked out of the inside, but they disappeared in a blink of an eye. When they looked at the hall gate, they were all shocked and dared not speak. When the emperor arrived and the ceremony was held, the strange wind in the hall suddenly rolled up and the lights and candles were all gone.

He was accompanied by the ministers to worship all the ministers, and all of them fell down. The emperor was also frightened and became sick. His lower body was soft and numb, and he could not stand. He was cured for more than ten days. When Han Zhong returned to the temple, the weather was sunny and there was no strange phenomenon. He heard the dragon's face and sighed to his left and right: "Mr. Han is a blessed person after all!"

After Chen Duzhu finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, picked up half a piece of honey cake and put it in his mouth and chewed it, his face still full of joy.

He deliberately did not add annotations, and knew that Chen Dujing would definitely understand his meaning.

Even Chen Zhengzhi sneered slightly. Fuzhou was also a little heard of the Taimiao worship and spread widely.

The emperor-like figures wearing crowns came out of the Taimiao. People said that Yanjing had vented the royal aura of the Great Wei, and the emperor felt worried because of the rumors.

In fact, this was a rumor intentionally made at that time. In order to resign Han Zhong and retire, he was responsible for the affairs of the Taimiao.

Later, when the tide of great politics emerged, Han Zhong returned to the prime minister, and of course he became Mr. Han a blessed person after all.

The emperor is really shameless.

Of course, Chen Duzhu didn't want to chat when he mentioned this matter. He said seriously: "From the capital to Shandong, Henan, and Hedong, wherever I see, the prefectures and counties I pass, there are people carrying food and grass everywhere."

"In this way, are prices in the north soaring?"

"Yes, yes." Chen Duzhu said with certainty: "Now all affairs in the northern region are based on the northern expedition. If local prefectures and counties cannot support the full grain, not only will the emperor not let him go, but the two governments will not let him go. Therefore, not only will the local oppression, but there are more white lists. In a county, at least, more than ten thousand stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of bunches of grass, thousands of mules, horses and carts, and more than ten thousand people. In addition to cured meat, vegetables, salt, sugar, medicinal materials, gauze and other things, it is simply crowded with people, and there are endless pedestrians. Moreover, most pedestrians carry bows, arrows and weapons, which are said to be the decision of the two governments. In this battle, in addition to the 300,000 imperial guards and 200,000 wing troops, there are also millions of people. The civil servants must also participate in covering the food road, building castles, and covering the rear of the army. This battle cannot be made a rashly, and attack slowly towards Yingzhou, and take steady steps, and take action step by step."

Chen Dujing glanced at Chen Zhengzhi and said, "This situation reminds me of Du Gongbu's poems."

Chen Zhengzhi understood and stood up and chanted, "Cars, horses, and pedestrians, bows and arrows are all on their waists.

The grandparents and wives walked away and saw each other, but the dust disappeared from Xianyang Bridge.

He held his clothes and stamped his feet and stopped him and cried, and the crying sounded straight up to the sky.

Those passing by the road asked the pedestrians, but the pedestrians were walking frequently.

Or from the 15th North Fighting River to the 40th Xiyingtian.

When I went there, I was wearing my head and I returned to the border.

The border bleeds into sea water, and the Emperor Wu's intention to open the border is still unsatisfied."

Lin Yangxian beat his waist and sighed: "Everyone likes Li Taibai, who is majestic and heroic, strange and magnificent, and is truly the number one poet of the ages. But I still like Du Gong's Ministry even more, sad and passionate, and caring about the Tang Dynasty, but always forgets the people. The poems of the three separates are regrettable since I read them."

"The three separate situations have reappeared on that day." Chen Dujing didn't need to hide anything in front of his confidant Yan. He said now: "The large-scale Northern Expedition is used to spend tens of millions of yuan, and the treasury cannot support it. In order to fear that the two governments have no money to fight halfway, they have already assigned all the money and grain to local governments. Of course, the local governments are urging the people to the local governments, and corrupt officials and clerks have to increase their investments layer by layer, so the people's life is extremely difficult. I have the Tangbao for the past ten days, Huaxian, Zhengxian, Shangqiu, and Guide, and all have civil unrest. The local prefectures and counties sent officials in front of the Yaxian to join the army to fight, but they were defeated by the bandits. It is said that more than 10,000 people gathered together and went to Shanzhou."

"It would be amazing if we gathered with the Northwest Thief."

"No, no!" Chen Dujing made a powerful hand gesture and said, "Now it is not that they are afraid that they will go northwest, but that the bandits in the northwest will come to Henan. Most of the imperial guards in the north gathered in the northern expedition, and only the capital had a small number of Beijing troops. In addition, the Qinfeng Hedong area had more than 100,000 imperial guards to defend the northern captives of the Western Qiang. In addition, Guanzhong was empty, Henan and Shandong were extremely empty. If two thieves gathered together and disrupted the various routes in Shandong, Henan, and Hebei, then chaos would be a great event."

If Xu Zixian is here, he would also like to praise his father-in-law as a civil servant leader who has been in charge of Fujian Road for many years, and his knowledge is really extraordinary.

In fact, it's just that messy.

Originally, the Great Wei Dynasty had 600,000 imperial guards, more than 100,000 imperial guards were in the capital, and the towns along the northern defense line of the capital were also heavily defended. In addition, there were about 400,000 imperial guards and 500,000 600,000 100,000 imperial guards and 500,000 600,000 100,000 imperial guards in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and tens of thousands of imperial guards in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, forming a complete system of defense for the Great Wei Dynasty.

It can also be seen from this system that the defense center of the Great Wei is completely in the north. Decades ago, there were more than 100,000 imperial guards in the south and more than 10,000 navy forces. At present, the threat of the Donghu is too great, and the center of the focus of the imperial guards' defense is already in the north, especially in the northeast.

This Northern Expedition was not only mobilized by imperial guards in the Northeast and the capital, but also almost all the imperial guards in the heart of the country.

This is also impossible. The 300,000 imperial guards dispatched by the Northern Expedition will leave a large area of ​​empty space. The imperial guards in the inner town must be transferred to make up for the gaps and the gaps.

As for the Nei Town, especially Chang'an, Tongguan, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Jinan, Guide, and Huai'an, this large area has almost become a hollow place.

If it is a peaceful year, it doesn’t matter. At least it will leave a wing army of about 200,000 to 300,000 people, and daily garrison will be enough.

But now it is obviously not the peaceful time. The bandits in northern Shaanxi and northern Shanxi have already shown signs of moving to Guanzhong. If Tongguan in Shaanxi is broken, or the bandits cross the river from Puban, east of the river and south of the river, they may immediately become the world of bandits.

That's the evolution in Xu Zixian's memory.

In two to three years, due to the loss of a large number of elite imperial guards, these troops have been trained for many years and have been equipped with armor. After long-term training and practical experience, thousands of imperial guards fought tens of thousands of thieves and were like playing. These elite troops were consumed in the Northern Expedition, and then the wing army and the thieves were beaten. On one hand, they were thieves who wanted to survive, and on the other hand, they were thieves who lacked motivation and ability. The outcome can be imagined.

The bandits grew rapidly in the years when the Imperial Guards were restored and developed to more than one million people. Later, in the field, the Imperial Guards were no longer the opponents of the bandits. At the last moment, the Imperial Guards had their own strength and were torn apart by the bandits and Donghu, and they continued to lose blood. Finally, they fell to the ground with the Great Wei.

Of course, the thief is no match for the Donghu people at all.

The imperial guards at their peak were fully armed, and everyone was wearing armor, from pure cotton armor to inlaid with triple iron leaves, to half-body mail inlaid with iron rings, to pure iron armor with full body protection, from long scepters, horizontal swords, barrier swords, long swords, spears and stair bows, plus small slash bows, divine arm bows, waist-open crossbows, slash-open crossbows, bed crossbows, and eight-ox crossbows. The imperial guards with so many armors and exquisite weapons were defeated and won more than defeats in the wars of the Donghu people, let alone those peasant soldiers who only took advantage of the weakness of the Great Wei.

If they were given longer, the thieves would have a stable base, build more armor and weapons, choose their generals and abilities, and gain more elite soldiers and strong generals in the war until they drove the Donghu people out.

But they rose too fast, reaching a million in a few years. Before they met the Donghu people, the thieves had never fought a decent tough battle. When they met the Donghu people and faced a heavy cavalry assault made of thousands of war horses, the thieves directly crossed.

They are not imperial guards. Even when the Northern Lu and Donghu are the strongest, they will most likely avoid fighting when they meet the Great Wei imperial guards who have formed formations in the wild.

Formation without fighting is a basic principle for cavalry to gather formations against infantry.

It was roundabout, harassment, cut off the food road in the rear, and constantly involved it until the military formation collapsed and was in chaos. That was the time to attack and harvest.

But the thieves could not even stop the first wave of frontal assaults. When the Donghu people's cavalry formation appeared, they would collapse immediately.

The mountains and fields were everywhere, and they were thrown away their armor, and they were defeated. They were defeated for thousands of miles and buried corpses everywhere.
Chapter completed!