Yang Ling did not have the awe of the scholars at that time as a scholar. Besides, when he was hungry, he was very patient and had no mood to say anything that the ministers were afraid of, and he did not dare to slap. Then he waited for the emperor to laugh twice, waved his hand and said something like "I am not guilty of shooting you." Therefore, after hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, he immediately raised his head and looked behind Longshu's case.

This emperor was rich and majestic. He wore a winged crown and a narrow-sleeved dragon robe with his eyebrows and eyes. When Emperor Hongzhi saw his appearance, he couldn't help but stand up suddenly, raised his eyebrows and laughed, "So it's you."

Yang Ling said "ah" and suddenly remembered the father and son I met last night. It turned out they were. Yang Ling said in surprise and joy: "It turns out that the emperor is."

Emperor Hongzhi coughed quickly and gave him a wink. Yang Ling suddenly woke up and swallowed the second half of his words. The emperor's private visit was enough to attract all officials to give advice. Although there were currently all the emperor's servants around him, and they knew about the emperor's secretly leaving the palace, it was another matter to say it in public.

Seeing that he was quite clever, Hongzhi couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. He sat down slowly and smiled and said, "It turned out to be you. I just read your name to save you from the fact that you are the Jiming Yizheng who wrote straight and criticized the bad politics. Hahaha, do you know that my court is now quarreling about your letter."

He said, pinching his eyebrows gently. Although he was smiling, he showed an unconcealable feeling of fatigue. As the Jinyi Admiral Zhang Xiu expected, the Ministry of Revenue issued a memorial to defend himself and removed the responsibility. Originally, Hongzhi had only ordered the Three Justice Departments to discuss the crimes of He Gan General, but now General He Gan was squatting in the prison of the Ministry of Justice for more than half a month. The officials in the court had forgotten him aside and began to argue with each other, causing all unrelated issues, which made Hongzhi feel a headache.

An old eunuch next to him saw the emperor showing fatigue, hurriedly walked up to him and opened a small box. Yang Ling smelled a faint fragrance at the end of his nose. Looking up, he saw a red pill as big as a longan on the satin pad in the box. Hongzhi picked up the red pill and put it in his mouth and swallowed it with tea.

Yang Ling felt aroused in his heart. He remembered that most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty lived a short life, and few of them seemed to live past forty years old. Because the emperors of the Ming Dynasty always regarded Taoism as the national religion, every generation of emperors liked to take elixirs practiced by Taoists. Although those elixirs can refresh their minds, most of them have chronic toxins. Could it be that Hongzhi took this elixir?

Seeing him dazed, Hongzhi thought he was frightened by his words just now, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Haha, I dare not forget the worries of the country. I feel very comforted, Yang Qing doesn't have to be afraid."

"Yes!" Yang Ling took the opportunity to cheer up and said: "Long live my life. I once fought with the Tatars at Jiming Post and had some understanding of the situation at that time. I think that the Tatars gathered more than 20,000 people to invade our Ming Dynasty, Zhuo County and Chi County, both of which made great contributions. Although Huailai suffered losses along the way, their merits and demerits were enough to offset each other. I took the liberty to think that there was no reason for the general to be punished."

Yang Ling actually felt quite sympathetic to General He Shen. Although General He Shen also had selfish thoughts and was not the main attacker of the direct troops when fighting in the enemy, when facing the Tartars, he was indeed afraid to think and dare not relax. If the two soldiers had not repeatedly urged him that day, he might not have been so impatient.

Now that he has become a scapegoat and is being imprisoned, Yang Ling feels that it is too strict, so while the emperor is happy, he plucks up his courage to express his opinion. After saying that, his heart is pounding, extremely nervous, afraid that the emperor will also be a moody master.

Hongzhi took the red pill and became much more energetic. After listening to Yang Ling's words, he glanced at Yang Ling with interest and said, "Tell me, what reason shouldn't be cured of his sins?"

This morning, the Ministry of War, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue, and the Governor's Office of the Five Army set off another snare. Hongzhi was having a headache about this matter, but now he is in trouble. If Yang Ling can give up a reason to waive General He Shen, then all those who want to be punished will be released. The officials of each department will naturally not be entangled in this matter anymore. This is exactly the ending he wants now.

Yang Ling heard Hongzhi's tone was gentle and courageous. He briefly sorted out his thoughts and said, "Long live, the Tatars attacked me with five thousand elite cavalry. At that time, there were less than 400 defenders in the city. Fortunately, they were able to hold on for a while because of the strong cannons in the city. Behind the city gate was bombarded by the cannons captured by the Tatars, and the lives and deaths of the people in the city were hung on the front line. If General He Gan led his army to arrive in time, the people in the city were spared from the disaster, and the ancient post of the Chicken Crown did not fall into the enemy. This was a merit."

"When the mountain was blocked with heavy snow, General He Shen was eager to kill the enemy and accidentally ambushed. This is a mistake, and his merits and demerits can be overcome. After our army was trapped in the ambush of the enemy, General He Shen was able to make a quick decision and retreat decisively, making the Tartars unable to line up and kill and kill, minimizing our casualties. The consequences were almost the same as those of head-on confrontation. Therefore, although the plan was real, the loss might not be able to achieve the result of the plan."

Yang Ling did not mention the losses of horses, chariots, supplies and other losses that the Ming army abandoned when they seized the valley and fled, nor did he mention the stupid interference of the two blind military supervisors. If he proposed it, he would be slight at this time, and he would probably not have much effect, but instead he would have dragged himself into this vortex.

He turned his words and said, "Long live, so I think why the generals and soldiers are not as good as the other party's members. If they can get this battle, they will be a good general. If they punish them too much, they will be afraid to take their lives and fight with the enemy in the future. They only seek no mistakes and no merits. By then, they all shrink to the enemy. Wouldn't they become more arrogant?"

"Well", Hongzhi nodded slightly, thinking about something. When he received a report from Liu Jin's quick horse, he learned that the soldiers and generals in front of him were damaged, and in furious, he immediately issued an edict to order the Jinyiwei general He Shen to pass the crime of being released from the Beijing-based discussion.

Since ancient times, the officialdom has been overturned by everyone. People in the court have taken the principle of calculating the saint's will as the first priority. The emperor wants to punish a person, but they have racked their hearts and thought about how to make the crimes for this person, so that the emperor can punish him more righteously. It would be good if he had noble moral character and not put a bad point. How many people are willing to tell the truth for him?

This was the first time Hongzhi heard about these things Yang Ling said, so he suddenly felt moved. He always regretted that he had no talent like Taizu and Chengzu, and let the Tartars escape. But as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, he still hoped that he could at least not make the Tartars dare not invade easily and not let the people of the Ming Dynasty ravage the barbarians.

Whether a general He Shen is punishing is not a big problem, but if the border troops are too strict in the future, it is not what he wants to do.

It seems that the "crime" storm in the noisy capital can be calmed down. Hongzhi was secretly thinking in his heart, and had an idea, but he smiled without objection, and asked again: "Wang Shouren of the Ministry of War has submitted a memorial, and he highly praised the way of training you mentioned. Today, you can speak freely and let me see what is unique."

Yang Ling was a little depressed. What was the attendant? Wasn't it your son's companion? Why did he feel like he was hired as a teacher and he would not have to take the exam first? But he didn't know that the emperor had to worry about many things. If he was willing to take the exam better than a person's ability, he would have the idea of ​​cherishing talents and using them. If there was an official who was familiar with the rules of the officialdom, he would not be excited at this time, and he would want to take out all eighteen martial arts and show them to the emperor's favor.

Yang Ling thought about it and compared some of the situations he saw, combined with the situation of the army in later generations, he said: "Long live, the generals in the army have uneven abilities. Although there are brave generals, most of them only pay attention to personal martial arts, and Yu Zhijun has no strengths.

Moreover, in today's world, people emphasize Taoism and weapons, and they value culture and military achievements in a hundred battles are less than a beautiful article. Most of the people who can be civil and martial arts abandon martial arts and become literary, which is even more difficult to find a good general.

Furthermore, the army has different orders, weapons and armor, and supplies of food and grass. They are rarely trained in daily life, and even if they have combat power, they are difficult to exert. When the ministers crow the roosters, they are often in the army. They have clear-cut flags, dazzling clothes, dazzling swords and guns, and loud gongs and drums. They look majestic. But a lot of time is spent on these formation exercises, focusing only on appearance but not on effectiveness, which is of little use.

If the daily exercises in the army are only taken out a little time for field exercises, new soldiers can become veterans and veterans become elite soldiers. As for the firearms equipped by our Ming army, it is a rare weapon. If used well, the Tartars are vulnerable, but no matter how good the weapons are, they must be used. However, it is rare for soldiers to use firearms today, let alone be good at talking about their proficiency. Therefore, I think that practical combat training is the most effective way to strengthen the army."

Hongzhi's face slightly darkened. The soldiers did not know the generals, and they did not know the shortcomings of the soldiers. However, division of troops and power was an important means for the emperor to firmly control the monarchy. If the generals were allowed to firmly control the army and practice exercises at all times, wouldn't it be a mandatory authority to others?

Yang Ling saw Hongzhi's expression and knew it was bad. Since ancient times, the most worried thing for emperors was to usurp the throne and seize power. Isn't what he said exactly what he feared? Yang Ling hurriedly said: "So, I think that you can select good generals to teach the soldiers, use thousands of people as a regiment to train the ability to take the initiative to fight and respond to the enemy. The commanders are just dispatched in the middle when fighting. Even if the commanders are not present, at most, there will be a difference in cooperation between the armies, and there will be no situation where the generals are not present, and the entire army will be defeated.

In a nutshell, I think that since ancient times, I have always valued generals but not soldiers. I often say that it is easy to get one general but difficult to find a thousand troops. Using this method to train troops, it is a heavy army but not a general. Look at the Mongolian cavalry in the past. How many of the generals who led the troops have read military books and strategies and understood the civil and military strategies? If the whole army is brave and good at fighting, even if there is no good general, who can compete with them?"

He thought about how to change some modern words into words that Hongzhi could understand to him, so some words were not fulfilled. In fact, what he wanted to say was to strengthen the active combat capabilities of military units below the regiment level. Senior generals were only responsible for the central dispatch, rather than doing everything themselves. Although the power was decentralized, they surpassed the senior generals, so the emperor's actual control was actually enhanced.

After hearing this, Hongzhi vaguely felt that what he said seemed to avoid the situation where powerful ministers held their own troops and fully improved the combat capabilities of the Ming army, but he was not so thorough at the moment.

Just as he was about to ask more details, the old eunuch next to him came up gently and whispered: "Your Majesty, the afternoon is about to begin, look."

Hongzhi said lightly and said to Yang Ling: "Well, what you said is reasonable, I will consider it. The person who comes here will be given the imperial plaque in Yangling Palace and the title of a Jinshi. From now on, he will be the attendant of the Eastern Palace and take Yang Qing to Chunfang."

"Long live thanking!" Yang Ling knelt down and thanked him, took the jade plaque handed over by the eunuch with both hands to enter and exit the palace ban, and then retreated with the little eunuch who led him in.

Yang Ling followed the little eunuch past the Ganqing Gate and went straight to Chunfang where the prince lived. He entered a palace. Yang Ling was waiting outside the door. The little eunuch came in to report. After a while, the palace gate opened and an official in his fifties walked out. He didn't even look at Yang Ling, and he whipped his sleeves and rushed out angrily.

Yang Ling looked at his back and was stunned. The eunuch who was summoning him also followed and said to Yang Ling: "Yang Shidou, please wait here. Eunuch Gu already knows it. The prince will summon you later. Our family will go back first."

Yang Ling stood there, his heels were sore. Seeing that the palace was deserted, there were neither palace maids nor even eunuchs, he took the opportunity to bend down and move his sore body. Suddenly, the back of his waist sank, and then his shoulders tightened. It seemed that something had rushed up to his shoulders, and Yang Ling jumped.

He turned his head and was facing a furry Thunderbolt face. On the sharp-mouthed monkey's face, a pair of dripping little eyes were staring at him without blinking.
Chapter completed!