I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 511: Clash in the Secretary's Office! Your Excellency is Wise and Infallible!

Times of chaos have always been the peak periods of population migration.

If the butcher's knife is at hand, even if it has not actually fallen on people, people will actively seek to go to a safe place if they have a choice.

When the two Jin dynasties came together, there was a massive migration of people to the south. Although the process was cruel, it is undeniable that it was that great migration that laid the foundation for the development to the south.

The saying that Jiangnan is prosperous also originated from this.

The Jiangnan region of this world has long been prosperous and is the foundation of Confucianism. It is undoubtedly more attractive to the people of the eight states who are fleeing the war.

Take Jing, Yang and other states for example, heaven and hell are truly separated by only a river.

Therefore, the foreseeable result of this Huang Tian Rebellion is that when the great order comes after the chaos, Jiangnan will only become more prosperous.

However, Han Shao knew that he could not compare with this natural population siphoning ability, and he was too lazy to compare.

Compare? Compare chicken feathers?

Youzhou has long been known for its cold and poverty. How can it be compared with Jiangnan?
But it is not important.

If the mountain doesn’t come, I’ll be there. I’ll go to the mountain!
Youzhou has nothing to attract these refugees and cannot become their subconscious choice.

But Youzhou also has its own specialties!

Youzhou doesn’t have much, but it has a lot of cavalry!

This is the specialty of Youzhou!

Now I, Youzhou, need someone, and I, Han, need someone, and you won’t give them to me?

That’s the worst that can happen. I’ll just rob it!

Han Shao could no longer suppress the thought in his mind.

After all, let alone delaying it for a day or two, even if it was delayed for a moment, how many people would die!

"Let Li Jing lead a battalion of cavalry south immediately!"

"The government offices are fully committed to assisting in the allocation of supplies! Within one month, we must gather enough food and fodder to feed at least 100,000 people!"

When Han Shao's divine consciousness traveled thousands of miles and landed at the Zhenliao City Military Office, the officer on duty was horrified.

My first reaction was, "Something bad has happened! Huang Tiandao is calling me!"

But when he looked at the battle report in his hand, which had been verified by both the Xiezhi Guards and the Six Gates, the head of the military department was stunned.

It clearly states that there has been no unusual movement in Huang Tiandao recently.

"So... Your Majesty's sudden deployment of troops is to take the initiative to attack Huang Tiandao?"

With this thought in mind, the military officer did not dare to delay and responded hastily.

After writing the military order, he quickly went to the Secretary's Office to let Zhou Xuan use the seal.

In fact, the organizational structure constructed by Han Shao has become increasingly perfect and has formed a system to some extent.

Even if Han Shao, the head of the family, wants his order to be carried out, it has to go through a complete and detailed process.

Procedural justice sometimes does seem bloated and redundant, but it is the beginning of the transformation from a makeshift team to a powerful force.

When Zhou Xuan saw this military order, he was dumbfounded for a while.

This... sending troops now?

Due to his long-standing inertia of obeying Han Shao's orders, although Zhou Xuan was full of doubts about this sudden military order, he was still prepared to bite the bullet and stamp it.

But at this moment, Cao Wu on the side resolutely stopped him.

"Wait a minute to use the seal!"

Zhou Xuan frowned, glanced at his new colleague with some dissatisfaction, and said lightly.

"Secretary Cao, do you have any objections to the king's military order?"

But who knew that this guy would just nod directly.

"Not bad!"

"The imperial court has always been suspicious and wary of border garrisons. Your Majesty has used troops without an imperial decree. If the news reaches the Divine Capital, it would be like giving others an advantage!"

"If those scoundrels take advantage of this situation, we will inevitably be targeted by the imperial court!"

As he spoke, Cao Wu gave some advice.

"Please Secretary Zhou, please think twice before you act!"

"It is best to report to the God Capital first and wait for the God Capital to give the order before proceeding!"

Just as Han Shao now emphasizes procedural justice, Dayong, which has been established for more than 2,000 years, naturally also has a set of rules.

Let alone anything else, if all the soldiers in the world were like Han Shao, raising an army at the thought of something, wouldn't the world be in chaos?

After hearing what Cao Wu said, Zhou Xuan's face stiffened.

He came from the Shendu Tongzhengsi, he understood the rules of the court, and he admitted that what Cao Wu said made sense.

But looking at Cao Wu's defiant appearance, he couldn't help but feel a bit of rebelliousness and anger in his heart.

He immediately scolded him.

"Secretary Cao! This is Youzhou! Not the Capital of Gods!"

"No matter how great the rules of the Divine Capital are, they are not greater than your Majesty!"

"You and I are subjects, and we only need to follow orders!"

Zhou Xuan's dissatisfaction and hostility towards Cao Wu did not lie in the fact that he, an outsider, suddenly ascended to the same high position as himself.

It just depends on his background.

These children of noble families are proud of their family background and always think themselves superior.

Not only does he disrespect these poor kids, but he also has no respect for his superiors!
It has to be said that human prejudice is a natural mountain.

With such a thorn in the side, it was impossible for Zhou Xuan and Cao Wu to pee in the same pot.

Seeing Zhou Xuan's attitude, Cao Wu, who was already furious because of the innocent deaths of hundreds of his comrades, also became angry. He slammed the table and stood up and said.

"Eating the emperor's salary is the only thing to be loyal to the emperor!"

"Now that Cao has received the emperor's salary, he should serve the emperor loyally! How can he disregard everything and just act like a servile kowtow-worm?"

Zhou Xuan, who was called a praying mantis, had his fair face flushed red in an instant.

"Shut up!"

"Since Your Majesty is not here, this secretariat has always been run by Zhou! How can you, a lucky person like you, have the right to make comments?"

Ape you regret, group my shadow!
boom--

Well, Cao Wu didn’t really slam the door and leave in anger.

The chief of the military department, who was standing nearby, was dumbfounded to see the two secretaries acting so tactfully in front of him, and hurriedly tried to persuade them.

After finally making people happy and angry for a short time, the head of the military department had an idea, then looked up at Zhou Xuan and made a suggestion.

"In your opinion, before using the seal, Secretary Zhou should go to Li Changshi for advice?"

After saying this, Zhou Xuan pondered for a while, and finally nodded slightly after taking a look at the seal in his hand.

Just as he put away the military order and prepared to leave, Cao Wu said.

"Cao is going too!"

Zhou Xuan, who was once again aroused, looked at him coldly and said sarcastically.

"You? Do you recognize Li Changshi's door?"

Cao Wu refused to give in and sneered in response.

"Since Secretary Zhou is Cao's senior, why wouldn't he help and guide a newcomer like Cao?"

"Follow Secretary Zhou and you'll recognize it!"

From the moment he decided to wade into the muddy water of the Secretary's Office, Cao Wu never thought of getting along with Zhou Xuan.

Taking advantage of today's opportunity to actively complete the separation will certainly attract hostility from the entire civil service system, and may make it difficult to move forward in a short period of time.

But correspondingly, it will inevitably be favored by the other party.

This is called losing in one place and gaining in another!

Zhou Xuan squinted his eyes and looked at Cao Wu for a while. Seeing that the other party was looking at him without dodging, a solemn look finally flashed in his eyes.

To be honest, he did not take this wealthy young man named Cao seriously at the beginning.

But now he found that he was wrong and had to admit that this man named Cao was indeed a character.

And the most important thing is that the monarch is still the monarch, and the seemingly casual actions will not be redundant.

This applies to doing things and employing people.

Zhou Xuan slowly withdrew his gaze from Cao Wu, suddenly reopened the military order, and then stamped it in front of the shocked and surprised eyes of Cao Wu and the head of the military department.

After completing this step, Zhou Xuan folded the military order again and said lightly.

"Since Secretary Cao wants to follow, then follow him."

After saying that, he strode away without looking back.

……

"Are you the new secretary...Cao Wu?"

After taking the military order document respectfully presented by Zhou Xuan, Li Wenjing did not rush to open it. Instead, he habitually narrowed his small eyes and looked Cao Wu up and down.

Then he nodded slightly and commented with a smile.

"After the economic crisis, they are still as sharp as ever."

"My son-in-law's judgment of people is still the same as always."

"Yes, the qualifications are indeed excellent."

In Zhenliao, and even in the entire Youzhou, apart from General Zhenliao Gongsun Du, the usually low-key Li Changshi is definitely an unavoidable figure.

Putting aside the pressure of cultivation, the bright starlight condensed in the other party's bean-sized eyes alone was enough to make Cao Wu sweat on his forehead, secretly feeling that the pressure was huge. He hurriedly saluted Li Wenjing and Cao Wu responded respectfully.

"My secretary, Cao Wu! Greetings to Li Changshi!"

"I don't deserve the praise from Li Changshi!"

The humble tone was in stark contrast to the previous confrontation with Zhou Xuan in the Secretariat.

Seeing this, Li Wenjing's smile widened.

After saying "good" several times, he turned to Zhou Xuan and smiled.

"Kang Cheng, you are older and have been with your master longer."

"Cao Wu is new here. As a colleague and senior, you should help him as much as you can."

At this moment, the Chief of Zhen Liao did not show any of the cruel and ruthless appearance as rumored. Instead, every word he said showed the generosity and kindness of an elder.

When Zhou Xuan heard this, he immediately realized that the expression on his face when he came here had already been seen through by Li Changshi.

In other words, who can guarantee that there are no Xiezhi Guards in his secretariat?

Zhou Xuan, who was sweating on his back, hurried forward and responded respectfully.

"The Chief Secretary has given an order, how dare Kang Cheng disobey it?"

Li Wenjing smiled with satisfaction after hearing this, and then said.

"I am old now, everything from now on will belong to you young people."

As he spoke, Li Wenjing shook the military order in his hand and smiled.

"Like this, whether I look at it or not, what's the point?"

"What your Lord wants to do or doesn't want to do is none of my business."

Seeing this, Cao Wu opened his mouth to speak, but Li Wenjing's instantly cold eyes blocked his throat.

"Do you think your family has done something wrong?"

The gazes of the eight realms of celestial beings fell on Cao Wu, who was as tall as a mountain.

Li Wenjing explained in a calm tone.

"Cao Wu, today is the first time I meet you, so I don't have anything good to give you."

"I'll just give you a message, remember it."

Li Wenjing paused here before continuing.

"Sir, you will not make mistakes."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

A king is a noble one, and he is wise and can make no mistakes.

Being wrong is also right, so how can you make a mistake?
Seeing Cao Wu's stunned expression, Li Wenjing didn't care whether he understood or not. With a wave of his hand, the military order returned to Zhou Xuan's hands.

From beginning to end, it was never opened at all.

They were not even given the opportunity to tell what the military order was.

"Go ahead, what should be done? I think your master has his own plan, so just do it according to it."

"No need to ask me."

"There can only be one sun in the sky. If there are too many suns, people will die."

When Li Wenjing said this last sentence, a kind smile returned to her face.

But at this moment, neither Cao Wu nor Zhou Xuan felt any warmth from this smile, but only felt a chill all over their bodies.

After saying goodbye in a hurry, the two stood outside the Chief Secretary's Office for a while, basking in the scorching summer sun in mid-June before they recovered.

After slowly exhaling the foul air that had been suppressed for a long time, Zhou Xuan originally planned to leave directly.

But as he moved his feet slightly, he seemed to have thought of something.

"Zhou is going to pass on a message to Li Zhonglang. Will Secretary Cao go with you?"

Cao Wu, who was thinking with his eyes down, heard this, looked up at Zhou Xuan, and then grinned.

"Go! Why not go?"

……

A few days ago, Han Shao got married. Not only did the whole city of Guanjun, Zhenliao and other cities celebrate together, but the army also made it as if it were a festival.

After a few days of slacking off, and with the Youbei grassland now pacified, the nerves that had been tense for a hundred years suddenly relaxed, and it seemed that they could not be retracted.

This made Li Jing, who was patrolling the camp, very annoyed.

When Zhou Xuan and Cao Wu came together with orders, the number one man in the army under Han Shao was sitting on the podium with a gloomy face.

In front of him, Feng Can, one of the three deputy generals, was lecturing with spit flying.

What he is talking about is nothing more than reminiscing about the past.

During this period, perhaps out of consideration for Gongsun Du's face, he did not talk much about the disastrous defeat of the Zhen Liao army the year before.

Instead, he changed the subject and told about the battle between the Shen Ce and Tian Ce imperial armies at Jishui River in Yanzhou a few days ago.

They win first and then lose, which means that arrogant soldiers will eventually be defeated!
It tells how the imperial army once suppressed the world and was invincible, but now it has fallen into such a shameful situation of being completely wiped out.

In short, there is only one purpose.

Using the past and others as a mirror, soldiers can understand the reasons for rise and fall, victory and defeat.

Just as Cao Wu was listening intently, he heard Feng Can on the stage suddenly turn his gaze to him.

"Soldiers! You are lucky today. This Secretary Cao is the one who was involved in the battle of Jishui!"

"Do you want to hear what he has to say?"

On the martial arts training ground, the soldiers, already exhausted by the scorching June sun, didn't care about the secretary at all.

He was stunned at first, and then he started to clamor.

"miss you!"

Just like that, Cao Wu, who was instigated by the crowd, stood on the platform for selecting generals in a daze.

Facing the dark mass below, Cao Wu, who was usually eloquent, felt dizzy. For the first time, he understood what it meant to have something stuck in the throat.

After a long silence, he finally managed to utter a word.

"My comrades, they are all dead..."

"A full 100,000 armored cavalry! Two days! Just two days! They were gone like mowing the grass—"

……

On the martial arts training ground.

Cao Wu did not make any evaluation on the 100,000 armored cavalry of Shen Ce and Tian Ce like Feng Shen did.

He only talked about the battlefield, how they traveled thousands of miles to fight after leaving Luoyang in the east, how they won, and how they were defeated in one battle.

Even just this alone made the soldiers, who had only fought against the Wuhuan tribe of grassland barbarians before, extremely fascinated.

But ordinary soldiers do not understand these processes.

Li Jing and others had already learned everything from the secret reports.

So after listening to just a few details, they left Cao Wu alone on the platform and went to meet Zhou Xuan.

One is casual, the other is serious.

But Zhou Xuan knew that these warriors treated Cao Wu differently because they regarded him as their own.

With a sigh in his heart, Zhou Xuan lost interest in exchanging pleasantries. He directly took out Han Shao's military order and read it out.

"Jing, I will obey your orders!"

Like Zhou Xuan and others, facing Han Shao's sudden military order, a group of warriors including Li Jing were also confused.

I have no idea what Han Shao is trying to do.

A battalion of ten thousand cavalrymen immediately marched south.

These people say it’s not too much, but it’s not too little either.

If we really want to go south to face those yellow ant thieves who number in the hundreds of thousands, it is definitely not enough.

"Could it be... to scare people?"

It has to be said that there is a reason why Li Jing is so valued by Han Shao.

After receiving the military order, he asked Zhao Mu and others to prepare immediately.

But out of his cautious nature, he decided to go to Han Shao in person to ask for clarification.

Anyway, with his current cultivation level and speed, this distance is not too far.

So after Zhou Xuan left, Li Jing gave Zhao Mu some instructions and then took a step forward.

When he followed that familiar breath and appeared in the main hall of Longcheng Palace, Li Jing, who was about to step forward to greet his monarch, froze when he saw him.

“Your Majesty, this is…”

Li Jing, who was always calm, looked at the baby in Han Shao's arms in silence. His mind was a little confused, and his words became confused as well.

Han Shao, who was not too surprised at Li Jing's coming, laughed.

"I used to envy your magical powers, but now I don't need them anymore."

As she spoke, she waved the baby's hand in her arms with great interest.

"Come on, Ping An, say hello to your Uncle Li."

……

(End of this chapter)