Zhurou

Chapter 191 City Gate
Seeing his appearance, Zhao Mingzhi was about to ask him, but he saw Lu Xianzhang closed the memorial in his hand and handed it to Huangmen beside him.

He didn't speak for a while, and after a long while, he cupped his hands and saluted, saying: "The military situation is no small matter, the court's civil and military moves to the south, and there are few people in Beijing who are good at strategy and tactics. Your Highness may wish to send an envoy to the east and ask Pei Jiedu for his opinion. .”

In fact, he said this just now, but now he changed his expression slightly, and it sounds like his attitude is completely different.

Zhao Mingzhi took the brochure from Huangmen, and after reading it, he quickly understood the reason for Lu Xianzhang's change.

The two reports sent by Pei Yong were simple in writing, but the content was not perfunctory. Regarding the report on the troops led by Zongge appearing in many places in the north, the real location of the troops was directly pointed out at the beginning. In addition, an autopsy was done later. , explaining how he screened letters from all over the place.

For example, there are more than [-] words in the Fu County Memorial. It first describes the brutality of Di Bing, and then says that Fu County suffered heavy losses, with countless soldiers and civilians killed and injured. The letter threatened officers and soldiers to open the city.

However, apart from the crisis, Fu County is not devoid of warmth. The whole county is united as one, the rich contribute money, and the poor contribute their strength, and they all vow to defend the city to the death.

Although this urgent report is not so parallel, it is well-structured and well-structured with references to scriptures. At a glance, it is well-balanced and the writing is full of appeal.

However, among the excerpts from the east, it can be judged that there is no serious fighting in Fu County, and most of them are only scattered soldiers, or only a small group of troops passing by.

Zhao Mingzhi looked at the conclusion first, and then analyzed it later. He said that the letter from Fu County was incomplete and untrue. It may be that there are more casualties in remote places. For example, a certain town under its jurisdiction has no more than [-] households. This time, more than [-] people were reported dead and countless injuries were reported. How can a thief be killed in just one day?
There are also one, two, three, and four examples.

There are more than [-] places that Zongge discovered. Although Dongmian will not have time to do detailed demonstrations one by one in the future, he only cited three or four places, but seeing this analysis and analogy, it is enough to convince people.

And at the end of the memorial, Pei Yong made a self-report, only saying that the battlefield is changeable, it may not be the same situation tomorrow, and today's compromise analysis can be used.

After reading the excerpts, Zhao Mingzhi already had some calculations in his mind, so he said: "What you said about participating in politics is reasonable, Beijing Central is now in charge of logistics, reinforcements, food supplies, supplies, and countless other matters, and there is also a shortage of manpower. After all, it will take time to have a front-line inspection. Pei Jie has been in the battlefield for many years, so he must have experience, but if there is a slight discrepancy, the two governments have their own capable ministers to correct the deviation..."

He also personally handed Lu Xianzhang the ladder to go down the steps.

After finishing speaking, she sent the memorial back to the yellow gate.

Lu Xianzhang didn't say anything else, he just nodded and said yes, stood for a while, and then submitted another document, talking to Zhao Mingzhi about the urgent report today.

Compared with the past, today, there are indeed more urgent military situations on the front line, and there are countless disagreements.

After Lu Xianzhang finished speaking as usual, his voice was a little lower, and he said: "The minister has also made a report based on this, but compared to Dongfang, I'm afraid it's still a little bit scratchy."

Zhao Mingzhi said: "Participating in politics comes from the position of the government office in the capital. It is reasonable to see and know that it is different from the front line in the east. As for the balance of pros and cons, it is up to His Majesty to decide."

When the routine report was over, there were still countless things waiting to be dealt with in the government office, and Lu Xianzhang had no time to stay, so he had to leave in a hurry, but before he left, he saw that there were few idlers around, he hesitated for a moment, he took a step forward, and said in a low voice: " In frontline battles, the soldiers should sacrifice their lives, provide supplies, and have their own ministers do their best. Your Highness, please relax your mind..."

He felt that there was a little distance, and after he finished speaking, although he felt a little guilty in his heart, he seemed to put a long-hanging stone back on the ground safely, and left the hall.

Lu Xianzhang was not in a hurry to go back to the Kyoto government office, but turned around and went to the Yintai Division.

The Yintai Division handed out the left and right memorials, and the memorials inside were piled up like a mountain, and there were countless yellow gates going in and out, and there were also officials from the Kyoto Prefecture government working here.

He found one of the Huangmen who was in charge of transcribing, and handed over a few notebooks in his hand. After seeing that the person had made the return registration, he did not rush to leave, but waved for a familiar officer and pointed to one of them. This memorial is ordered: "Before it is sent out in a hurry, quickly copy a copy of this memorial and send it to the Kyoto government office. Please come and discuss with several conductors."

The officer hurriedly accepted the order, and sure enough, he sent out the transcribed papers at noon that day.

When he returned to the office, seeing that the conductors had not yet arrived, Lu Xianzhang simply summoned several of his trusted subordinates, distributed the memorial, and asked everyone to analyze it.

Lu Xianzhang's qualifications are still relatively low, and he was sent to the capital. Everyone knows that the imperial court has moved to the south, and the more dangerous it is to go north, but it's just a matter of tying your head to ask for a future. If there is another way out, you won't bet on your life. In fact, the qualifications that are willing to invest in his sect are limited.

And the so-called trustworthy ones are just the tall ones out of the short ones.

When everyone saw the memorial, they didn't look at the other ones. They looked at the title first, and then the inscription at the end. They could see that they came from the east.

One of them pointed to the memorial and said: "The situation of the war is no different than the rest. It is about the life and death of tens of millions of soldiers and countless people. Pei Jiedu only speculates, but he even speaks in words. Don't you know that the magistrate of Fu County is the first emperor of the late emperor?" He was born as a Jinshi, and writing a thousand words takes only a moment, and it is all about basic skills, so how much time would it take? Actually, I can’t testify to it!”

Another person echoed: "Exactly. Maybe there are many exaggerations in the letter from Fu County, but it may not be completely unbelievable. If there are indeed Di soldiers coming from there, and the court is completely unprepared, wouldn't it cause a catastrophe?"

Another person said: "It's really too arbitrary. Pei Guan is self-reliant on his talents, so it's inevitable that he didn't act carefully enough. Although we can hear the essence of it, we can't fully believe it. We must..."

This person hadn't finished speaking when he was suddenly pulled by the person next to him. Before he could react, he was about to continue when he was pinched on his arm a few times. He finally came to his senses and turned his head quickly. Sure enough, he saw Lu Xianzhang. Sitting alone at the desk with a gloomy face, he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

He had to keep silent.

Only then did Lu Xianzhang raise his head, and looked at the doormen one by one, holding the teacup in his hand, he asked: "Did the words just now come from your sincerity, or were they just perfunctory?"

Everyone was at a loss for words.

Lu Xianzhang said again: "Although I don't think I can pull a boat with my belly, I have always discussed the matter and kept my body upright. Now I sit in the north and guard the rear, so I won't be dragged back. You don't have to look forward and backward and make blind guesses. , let alone treat me as one of those small-minded people who only listen to bad things from others and don't see the benefits."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly asked: "Also, if you get the prelude to the battle, why can Dongmian respond immediately and distinguish the authenticity from it, while Jingzhong can only screen and collect, and can't do anything useful at all?" ?”

"Simple tasks such as screening and classification can be done by anyone as long as they know a few big characters. How much use will it be worth? In the future, if you are placed on the front line, if the Shangguan wants to make decisions, should you give this to him?"

Lu Xianzhang didn't take the teacup either. While speaking, he took something out of his sleeve and threw it on the table beside him.

Everyone looked at it one after another, and they all felt familiar - it turned out to be the memorial they reported earlier.

What I wrote, I naturally know how much content is in it, and how much is useful, so everyone keeps their breath and bows their heads, not daring to talk to them.

Seeing the reaction of a group of people, Lu Xianzhang secretly sighed in his heart, but he also knew that his ability was limited, and it would be useless to force him, so he pointed to the memorabilia copied in everyone's hands, and ordered: "How did Dongfang write it? With such a result, if you don’t know it for a while, don’t you know it for a lifetime? So you can’t learn? Can’t you follow suit?”

After a long time, one person had the courage to say: "I want to know about politics. It's not difficult to learn, but I haven't fought a few battles before, so I'm afraid of making mistakes. There's another one - what I said may not be entirely true." , once there is a discrepancy, it doesn't matter to the east, but you have to take Caizhou's words into account when you participate in politics..."

These words are already very straightforward, pointing out Lu Xianzhang's embarrassment at this time.

——Pei Yong has a strong army in his hands, and he has the basis of the Northwest. Even if he says or does something wrong, as long as he has a thick skin, what can Caizhou do to him?

But Lu Xianzhang is different, once there is a mistake, there are many people waiting to correct the mistake, even if no one catches it and speaks out for a while, it is also afraid that it will become a hidden danger in the future.

Lu Xianzhang stood up with a sullen face, and said: "Since I am willing to go north to the capital, am I the kind of person who only cares about myself and ignores the overall situation? Don't I know how much I say and do too many mistakes? It's just that everyone is like this, no one will come." Doing things? Everyone was like this in the past, and that’s why today’s Di thief is suffering, and the former emperor Xiazhou’s disgrace!"

He shouted: "Since you have voted under my door, you know my attitude today, how to do things and how to speak in the future, so don't I need to talk anymore?"

"If there are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, go south while the city gate is still open, so as not to complain again in the future. Otherwise, you should do your best and stop making excuses."

After finishing speaking, he walked out in a huff.

The few disciples looked at each other in shock, and after a long silence, someone asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with participating in politics? Why is it wrong to pick and choose Pei Guan the day before yesterday..."

"Shut up, is this something we can talk about?" Someone made a point, and said, "I'm afraid the situation in the north is not good. I don't know when. I really want to participate in politics."

"What is it? When did you participate in politics and fought any big battles? Could it be that we..."

This person didn't want to finish his sentence, for fear that it would come true.

Everyone was silent again, but looked at each other for a long time, and finally someone asked: "I just joined the government and said 'while the city gate is still open', did I mean it or didn't I mean it?"

(End of this chapter)