Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Chapter 11 Ling Yunzhi's No. [-] Scholar Overcomes Dangers and Obstacles

"This is a way to benefit civil servants, sir, is there a way to win over generals?" Situ Sheng asked.

Jiang Yuan really had his fallacy, he asked back: "Your Highness, do you know why Qin died because of the Second Emperor?"

There has been a consensus on this question for so many years, Situ Sheng opened his mouth and answered: "Qin laws are strict, there is no benevolence and righteousness, and Qin II is extravagant and fatuous."

Jiang Yuan said: "There has never been an emperor in all dynasties who did not practice palace gardens. As long as it does not harm the treasury or the people, what is the crime of extravagance? Although Hu Hai is fatuous, but his reign is short, how can he attract the wrath of the world by himself ? It is said that the Qin law is strict, and the Qin law has been strict for a long time, and the people of Qin do not feel bitter, but the Qin state is prosperous day by day. Why did the Qin law lead to the collapse of the country because of the strict Qin law as soon as it took over the world?"

"This..." Can Situ Sheng say that teachers teach like this?cough cough...

"The reason why Qin died was that he no longer fought wars." Jiang Yuan began to instill his evil thoughts, "At the time when the Shang monarch reformed and Qin became more and more prosperous, the reason why Qin was able to defeat the six countries was to emphasize agriculture and suppress business and encourage agriculture and mulberry. , also benefited from his special military merit system."

"Shang Yang stipulated that everyone who joined the army, regardless of their family background, should receive rewards based on their military merits. Beheading one level can get the title of 'gongshi', one hectare of land, one house, and one servant. The more enemies you kill, the more you will be rewarded. The higher the title. If a soldier kills two enemies, his parents who are prisoners can be released, and his wife who is a slave can also become a commoner. Bing, as long as he can keep killing the enemy and not being killed by the enemy, he can become an officer, even a general, and a marshal! Therefore, everyone in Qin State likes to fight, because when the war comes, people have hope. Even a low-born slave, You can also become a commoner by virtue of military merits, and a soldier can also become a general through war. This is the reason why the Qin army was so powerful that it was able to destroy the six countries. They had to be civilians. Soldiers could never get ahead for a lifetime, and it was difficult for officers to be promoted. The way for civilians to be officials was completely cut off. The tragedy of death."

Jiang Yuan is not all alarmist. Why do so many young people in modern times go to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to develop in the basement without enough food and clothing?It's because there are more opportunities.What people are most afraid of is not being displaced, but having the ability but not being able to get the opportunity.When a country is most prosperous, people with abilities have opportunities, and they can be promoted as long as they put in their minds and efforts.Once the society is out of balance, those who are capable can't compete with those who are related, those who work hard can't compete with those who flatter, and no matter how hard they work, they can't get ahead, then society will stagnate, and even turmoil will occur.Is this still true in modern times, let alone ancient times?

The imperial examination solved part of the problem, but it was the literati who got the most of the money, and the generals fell into an endless loop.In troubled times, there will be a bunch of strong generals and talents, but in peaceful times, it seems that these people are all dead.This is where the problem lies.

"There are two ways to let the generals gain sweetness. The first way is to promote a military merit system with Dajing characteristics like the Qin Dynasty. Anyway, there are still many enemy countries around us. We will fight the Northern Man first, and then there will be Qian Xiangguo, Shanyue in the south, and Tubo in the west, all of which can satisfy the promotion of generals. The second is to establish a promotion inspection system for generals during the peace and truce. Since civil servants can be promoted, it makes no sense that generals cannot. Your Highness can invite veterans They set up military academies at different stages as masters, so that officers who are about to be promoted can learn the art of war at the corresponding stage in the military academies, so that they can be competent for the command of their positions. In this way, the promotion ladder for the army officers and soldiers has been opened, and they must be grateful Your Highness."

Situ Sheng nodded his head.

The two chatted happily, talking about sunset from daytime.In the evening, Situ Sheng, who got his mastermind, decided to spend money to treat Jiang Yuan to a meal. The young man confided his heart and made him, the new protagonist, even closer to him.A feast was enjoyed by both guests and hosts, and they didn't return home until the lights came on.

Situ Sheng has always been steady, but this night when he entered the house, he almost wanted to jump up. He suppressed the joy in his heart and went to the backyard to play chess with his sister. Situ Sheng, who is usually victorious in all battles, lost three games in a row, scaring his sister Yuehua. .

"Brother, what happened?" Are you so restless?But the emperor made trouble for you again?Yuehua imagined a bunch of scenes of her brother being bullied by her father, and she was frightened by herself.

"No, no." Situ Sheng didn't suppress his joy anymore. There are few people in his mansion, but there are also advantages to having fewer people. He has not poured water into the mansion for the past few years, and nothing in the mansion will happen. flow out.He suppressed his voice and said: "I met Mr. Jiang Yuanjiang today, and he actually worshiped me as the master, and he also proposed three strategies for me. In the past few years, I have felt like a fog, and it is difficult to break free. Listen to him today. I actually feel that the sky is bright and the air is clear, the fog is gone, the sun is shining, and everything is bright. Listening to your words is really better than reading ten years of books."

Seeing her brother happy, Yuehua was also delighted. She knew that Situ Sheng had been depressed all these years, and now that the clouds opened to see the moon, it was no wonder that she was so ecstatic that she lost three games in a row.

"That Mr. Jiang is so powerful?" She had already regarded that young man whom she had never met as a world hero, but she never thought that he would have such abilities.

Situ Sheng nodded, "The ministers are easy to get, and those who reach the source of the river are unparalleled."

Yuehua didn't expect his brother to say such a thing, the country is unparalleled!The girl couldn't imagine how elegant it was to be honored as a national scholar, she was just happy for her brother at this moment.

Situ Sheng smiled and talked about how Jiang Yuan teased the guy in the antique shop when the two of them met, making Yuehua laugh continuously.Looking at the "Picture of the Elderly" brought back by her elder brother, Yuehua smiled and said, "My elder brother got such a good treasure, but it's hard for my younger sister. What should I give for my mother's birthday?"

Situ Sheng tapped the tip of Yuehua's nose, "You are the best treasure. What mother values ​​is not money, but heart. If you can embroider a purse for mother and concubine, she will be satisfied."

Yuehua smiled, "I'm lying to you, I have already prepared the gift for my mother and concubine. I made a dress with my own hands. I don't know if it will fit my mother."

The siblings laughed for a while, and felt that the depression in their hearts was swept away...

After returning home, Jiang Yuan was also inexplicably excited, and suddenly thought of Wang Anshi's "Lang Tao Sha Ling" and Wang Bo's "Tengwang Pavilion Preface".

Iro's two declining wrestlers have gone through the poor.One is to catch the old man and the other is a farmer.If you don't meet him at the time, you will become an old hero.

When Tang Wu meets by chance, the wind, the tiger, and the cloud are like dragons.King Xing was only joking.Until now, thousands of years later, who will compete for merit.

Sigh!Bad luck and ill-fated fate.Feng Tangyi is old, but Li Guang is hard to seal.Qu Jiayi is in Changsha, and there is no holy master; is there a lack of time to flee Lianghong to Haiqu?It depends on the gentleman who sees the opportunity, and the master knows his fate.Old and strong, would you rather move the heart of the white head?Poor and strong, with the ambition not to fall into the blue clouds...

In his previous life, he didn't have the ambition to become a blue cloud!But poverty shattered his college dream.When he was a soldier, he must be the king of soldiers, and he was persistent as a special soldier, but in the end he was injured and forced him to retire.It's okay to become a businessman in the end, since he is a businessman, he also wants to be a successful businessman!But in the end, he was lying on the hospital bed.He never gave up, was optimistic and determined, but a miracle did not happen to him, and he finally died of terminal illness.

It is said that in a person's life, one is fate, two is luck, three is geomantic omen, four is accumulating merit and five is reading, six is ​​famous, seven is eight, and eight is worshiping gods.Destiny is said to exist, it is invisible and intangible, and if it is not, Jiang Yuan hits a wall with every step.

Reborn, poor at a young age, parents died early, and enemies obstructed him, he faced difficulties every step of the way, and deserved disasters everywhere, just like the Tang monk, he had to overcome nine, nine, and 81 difficulties before he could be considered a success.Then Tang Seng finally achieved Taoism and became a Buddha. Why didn't he miss his path to Qingyun?It is not in his character to go through the qualifications step by step. In the past, he had no chance, but now he wants to make a way to reach the sky amidst the turbulent wind and waves.

The old hero Mao said it well, "Ask the vast land, who is in charge of the ups and downs?" Then let him go through the sea, show his true qualities as a hero, stand upright with green mountains, and not fall into the aspirations of the clouds.In this life, he will be a hero in life, and he will be a hero in death!He never bows his head!

After the [-]th vacation, Jiang Yuan went to the Imperial Academy to report.The Imperial Academy of the Jing Dynasty is actually a bit like the emperor's secretariat, but there are too many secretaries here. Some can meet the emperor every day, and some just organize documents until they die.Jiang Yuan is a newcomer and has almost no work to do, so he is very leisurely every day.It took half a month to figure it out, and Jiang Yuan's mind was no longer in the Imperial Academy.

His main task now is not how to sneak into the emperor's secretary team, but how to help Situ Sheng get out of the current predicament.

Thinking about it carefully, Situ Sheng is simply a combination of the fourth master and the eighth master when Kowloon seized the throne in the Qing Dynasty. His life experience of the eighth master's copy is indeed quite a headache.The emperor's small thoughts are actually quite easy to understand. He is greedy for beauty and does things to others, but he also dislikes his low birth and refuses to admit that he is a member of the Yan Control Party. To put it bluntly, he is hypocritical.So what if she is a court lady, your ancestor was not a mud leg back then, and he didn't know a lot of Chinese characters!Now, looking at that pair of children is like seeing evidence of their lustful past. That's why Situ Sheng and his sister are so tragic...

Ba Ye put himself in the shoes of us and proved that his own efforts cannot solve the hypocritical thinking of this self-righteous crowd.Comparing Qianlong and Concubine Ling, and Concubine Kangxi and Concubine Liang, on this issue, Grandpa Kangxi is definitely a fighter among scumbags, Ouye.Thinking that the Eight Sage Kings can be regarded as a talent among talents, he has no ability to break Master Kong's fragile glass heart. It is conceivable that his own development is not enough to knock down this stubborn old man today, so Situ Sheng also Don't go all the way to the dark, it's better to find another way.

Then the way to solve the problem is to directly change the stem of the question... Hey.

What if Concubine Liang is not Xin Zheku's servant, but it is suddenly found out that she is the direct descendant of Wanyan Aguda?Then Master Kang will definitely treat Ba Ye kindly even if it is for the sake of face.In the same way, if Concubine Shu has an unknown hidden identity, which is admired by all kinds of talents but has little power, then it will not arouse the emperor's suspicion, and it will make his heart fall to the heel The little heart returned to its original position.

Very good, the question now is how to make up the issue of life experience.

Jiang Yuan had inquired before, Shu concubine surnamed Jiang, her parents died leaving only one elder brother Jiang Yan, thinking that the recruitment of court ladies in the palace was not based on small elections, but was voluntarily recruited from the people, her elder brother Jiang Yan suffered from smallpox, and she She sold her body into the palace in exchange for money for medical treatment, and it seems that Concubine Jiang Shu is also from Chengdu, Sichuan.

Jiang Yuan began to recall in his head the list of celebrities from all dynasties and dynasties in the world, hoping to find a celebrity named Jiang.After Jiang Yuan even remembered Jiang Feng, Jiang Bie, He Jiang Xiaoyu Jiang Yulang, he finally remembered a famous person——Chu Dynasty Jiang Chen Jiang Xiwen.

If Jiang Chen's life was to be described in one word, it would be cheating.The life of Huo Qubing in the Han Dynasty was very interesting, Liu Xiu was even known as the great magister, and Jiang Chen's life was like a composite of these two people from any angle.

Jiang Chen's background was humble, but he was born as a slave.Fortunately, when his master was ransacked and exterminated, he somehow became a free citizen.Then this Jiang Chen defected to the border and became a soldier, starting his life of cheating. He joined the army at the age of 14, and was promoted to the captain of the hussars at the age of 17. He led 19 cavalry to fight against the Huns. In the end, he defeated ten times the enemy, beheaded 10, captured 21, and even captured the right king of the Huns. At the age of [-], he served as a general and led the army to wipe out [-] Hun soldiers within a year, and even let him directly copy the royal court of the Huns and rob almost all the nobles of the Huns, including the King of the Huns. At the age of [-], he led the army again, and this time directly expelled the Xiongnu from the territory currently known to the Han Dynasty.I heard that during the great war, the sky collapsed and the earth fell apart, and fire meteors fell from the sky to help...how fantastic it sounds, and what's even more fantastic is that these things are still recorded in the official history...

Sure enough, sometimes history is better than mythology... You can encounter local earthquakes, hailstones and meteor showers at the same time in every battle. Don't you really work for the Meteorological Bureau?

Well, Jiang Yuan didn't know at this time that his fantasy road was about to start. In the end, his and Situ Sheng's titles were... Tianzun and Tiandi... So, young man, your journey is the sea of ​​stars...