Chapter 189 Everything in the world must be done in detail
Chapter 189 Everything in the world must be done in detail
Near noon, I finished washing up.
Lan Yu, wearing a dark blue robe, sat in a sedan chair and came to Prince Yingtian's mansion with his guards.
After Crown Prince Zhu Biao came of age, he established his own government and worked independently.
As soon as Lan Yu's sedan chair arrived, the guards of the Prince's Mansion saw the big word "Lan" written in graceful strokes on the sedan chair. They immediately understood and straightened their backs.
The guard leader stepped forward, bowed slightly, and put his hands together:
"Greetings to the Duke of Liang."
Although the news of Lan Yu's promotion to the rank had not yet been announced to the world,
But all the major government offices and many powerful families in the capital had already known about it, and the Prince's Mansion was the first to know.
The curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and Lan Yu walked out.
The guard beside him handed over a box with intricately carved wood patterns.
Lan Yu did not reach out to take it, but pointed at the guard leader and ordered:
"search."
The guard leader looked embarrassed and spoke with difficulty:
"Sir, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered that no search be conducted."
Lan Yu frowned slightly:
"I'll do it if you ask me to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? If I refuse to search you because of your identity, what if something goes wrong?
The safety of the royal family depends on you. If you don't guard strictly, can the prince's mansion still be safe?"
The commander of the guards bent down, stammering and not daring to speak.
Lan Yu felt annoyed for no reason and kicked him:
"Your Highness is kind and benevolent. You guard more strictly. Search!"
The guard leader heaved a sigh of relief, with cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
He quickly bent down to take the wooden box and gently placed it on the ground. Just as he was about to open it,
Lan Yu's voice came again:
"Be careful, these are all military secrets. If you get into any trouble, I won't forgive you."
"Yes."
Since it was a military secret, the guard commander did not open it in public.
Instead, he walked to one side with the box in his arms and checked it himself.
Soon, he brought the box back and said respectfully:
"Reporting to the lord, there is nothing unusual."
Lan Yu then nodded, took a step forward and opened his arms.
This action made the guard commander's eyes widen, and he began to wonder if General Lan had changed his personality today.
In the past, if there was a search, he would get angry, but what happened today?
But the guard leader did not hesitate. He stepped forward and searched Lan Yu from top to bottom. After confirming that everything was correct, he nodded heavily:
"Sir, there is nothing unusual."
Lan Yu nodded, looking thoughtful, and then ordered:
"Go to the sedan chair and take out the blue booklet in the secret compartment on your left hand, the top one."
"Your sedan chair is a secret of the imperial court. It would be inappropriate for me to go there."
The commander of the imperial guards had a strange look on his face, and was already wondering in his heart whether General Lan Yu was looking for a reason to send him away.
In this capital city, everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is particularly respectful to his uncle.
A trace of haze flashed across Lan Yu's eyes. An oversight! An oversight! All oversights!
He said in a deep voice: "I have already conducted a search, so I cannot leave your sight.
What if I return to the sedan chair, take the murder weapon and hide it?
As the commander of the guards, you don't understand this?"
The guard leader's face darkened, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and without making any excuses, he lowered his head and rushed over.
He quickly took out the booklet from the sedan chair and handed it over respectfully.
"Check. If there is a hole in the booklet, you can put a dagger there."
Lan Yu's expression became increasingly grim. He had gotten used to the strictness of the new guards these days.
Now this is Yingtian City, the Prince's Mansion.
It was almost unbearable for him to see these guards act so roughly.
In just less than half a quarter of an hour, Lan Yu had already thought of several ways to bring the dagger in.
The commander of the guards hurriedly opened the booklet, and when he took a look at it, his brows immediately frowned. The handwriting was so ugly.
But now is not the time to delve into this.
He flipped through the book from beginning to end, and after finding nothing unusual, he handed it over.
"Sir, your book."
Only then did Lan Yu snort coldly, took the booklet, and walked towards the Prince's Mansion.
As soon as he stepped into the gate of the Prince's Mansion, he saw the Prince hiding behind the door. His heart beat rapidly and he was frightened.
"Your Highness, you...you...ah...why are you playing this kind of trick again?" Lan Yu shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao showed a happy smile on his face:
"Haha, when I was a kid, my uncle used to scare me like this all the time."
"You are now the crown prince of a country. You can't do this anymore." Lan Yu said with a stern face.
"Yes, yes, yes." The prince agreed with a smile, and took the wooden box from Lan Yu:
"My nephew is here to tell you that your uncle has fought hard all the way and needs to rest more."
Lan Yu did not refuse and handed over the blue booklet in his hand as well.
The prince took it, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, and asked:
"Uncle, what is this?"
"Some of these defensive methods were obtained from the Northern Yuan Dynasty court by the generals of the front army after they saw that the defense of the central army's main tent was negligent. They are rigorous enough."
"Oh?"
As the prince walked, he looked at the booklet, his eyes gleaming:
"Is it the Lu Yunyi that my uncle mentioned many times?"
"Yes, it was compiled by him. Not only that, most of the items in this box were also made by him.
I am not bragging, if this northern expedition
If I hadn't found such a hero in Qingzhou, the northern expedition would have been much more difficult, and the number of casualties would have been more than 10%. "
Lan Yu's face was solemn. Just to kill 20,000 Beiyuan soldiers and determine Beiyuan's location,
This is enough to make Lu Yunyi the first meritorious person in this northern expedition.
It was precisely because of his existence that this Northern Expedition was able to be successfully completed without any difficulty as in the previous ones.
Hearing Lan Yu say this, the prince's face became more and more strange, and he was secretly surprised.
He knew a lot about his uncle.
He has always been arrogant in the military, and I have never seen him praise any general so sincerely.
Soon, the two came to the prince's study.
The door opened, and the smell of books almost drowned them.
The huge long table was also filled with memorials, piled up one after another, even spectacular.
When Lan Yu saw this, he immediately looked helpless and said in a deep voice:
"Your Highness, you'd better work less and don't sit for too long. Get up and move around every 15 minutes.
This way, your spine and waist will not have any problems. You should also look far away from time to time to protect your eyes.
In addition, you need to get at least four hours of sleep every night to stay healthy."
Lan Yu chattered non-stop, from official business to rest at night, and then to food and daily activities.
The Crown Prince was stunned when he heard this. It was not until Lan Yu's voice fell that Crown Prince Zhu Biao showed a strange expression:
"Uncle, after hearing what you said, I feel like I'm dying."
Lan Yu frowned immediately, stood up with a bang, bowed quickly, and said quickly:
"I have no such intention, but Your Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of our Ming Dynasty. You must take care of your health so that you can live longer."
"Sit down, uncle, I don't mean to blame you.
But I feel that my uncle's personality has changed a lot since he came back from this trip. In the past, he never paid attention to such details."
As he spoke, the prince picked up the blue booklet on the wooden box and flipped through it.
His brows wrinkled instantly, his palm paused slightly, and he said in a strange tone:
"Could it be that all this is because of this book?" Lan Yu sat down again and said in a deep voice:
"On my way back south, I have been studying this book. The more I study it, the more I feel that the principles in it are similar to those on the battlefield.
I even couldn't help but recall the past wars in my mind, and found more than one omission.
I dare to assert that if the ministers of the present were to fight against the ministers of the past, they would be easily defeated. "
"Oh?"
With that said, the prince had no choice but to look at the booklet seriously.
The first sentence that caught his eye made him frown.
The prince turned his eyes away from the book and glanced at Lan Yu:
"Just now at the gate of the mansion, my uncle got angry at the guards. Was it because of this?"
The prince pointed to the first page of paper, where a line of words was written crookedly like a puppy's paw print.
“Everything in the world must be done in detail, and details determine success or failure.”
Lan Yu nodded solemnly:
"Your Highness, your safety is of utmost importance. You must not be careless.
The guards at the door looked stern, but they were just fooling around.
If there are indeed evildoers who want to commit illegal acts, they can still find many loopholes, so you must be on guard, Your Highness."
Lan Yu's expression became more and more serious, and his concern was barely concealed.
He had reached the end of his military career, and held the highest military rank in the world.
The road to the title has also come to an end. Now the only thing Lan Yu can look forward to is this nephew.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao looked solemn and somewhat suspicious:
"Is it really that serious? Then I will order the guards to take strict precautions. There are also Jinyiwei in the mansion, so you don't have to worry about your safety."
But soon, Zhu Biao's face looked a little strange, and so did Lan Yu.
They both thought of Jiang Li's death. Jiang Li was almost the most capable person in the Jinyiwei, but he died in an unclear manner.
It seems that it is not so safe to have the Jinyiwei in the mansion.
The study was quiet for a moment, and the coolness of the ice cube that had not been felt just now began to spread.
Lan Yu said firmly:
"Your Highness, your safety depends on the lives of all the people in the world. Please be cautious and follow this method to train more personal assistants.
I have come to realize that it is indeed detailed and rigorous enough. "
His Royal Highness nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at the crooked characters:
"My nephew knows, is this sentence really so magical?"
"Based on this sentence alone, this boy can become a famous general in the world." Lan Yu spoke again in a decisive tone.
A gleam of light flashed in the eyes of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and he was a little surprised:
“Uncle thinks so highly of it?
If I remember correctly, there is something similar in Chapter 63 of the Tao Te Ching:
To plan for something difficult is easier than to start with something easy, to do something big is easier than to start with small things; the most difficult things in the world must be done from the easy; the most important things in the world must be done from the small things. Therefore, the sage never seeks great things, so he can achieve great things.
There is a similar statement in the Book of Rites: “A gentleman should be cautious at the beginning, for a slight error can lead to a great error.”
Lan Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"Your Highness, there are truths everywhere, but they must be put into practice. And this boy really pays attention to details and rules when marching and fighting."
After a pause, Lan Yu pointed at the wooden box again:
"Most of these things are used to refine the battlefield.
A telescope that allows generals to better control the battlefield situation.
The trumpet that quickly conveys military orders, the smokeless stove that can secretly light a fire and cook smoke,
And the horseshoe he first presented to me. When these things are gathered together, the battle will be much easier.
Moreover, the 5,000 soldiers under his command were particularly thorough in carrying out military orders.
The flexibility of the transformation of war tactics is no less than that of the elite troops under my command, so this is not an empty talk. "
Crown Prince Zhu Biao's expression became more and more solemn. His uncle was a man who was cautious in his words and actions.
Now he was talking so much about a general, which aroused a little interest in him.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao brought up the wooden box and gently opened it.
The strange thing that came into his sight made him slightly stunned.
He took out a long bronze tube and looked at it.
When I saw the blurry shadows and lights at both ends, a flash of enlightenment came to my mind:
"Is this the telescope? The thing that is said to be able to change the situation on the battlefield?"
Next, Lan Yu taught in detail how to use the telescope.
Although he was mentally prepared, when Crown Prince Zhu Biao put it in front of him,
Still startled by the scene so close to him, he tilted his head back slightly and looked at the bookshelf at the end of his sight.
The words that were originally unclear appear as big as a cow in this telescope.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao closed one eye again, moved the other eye closer, and muttered,
"Taiping Guangji... the essence of literature is revealed in the essence of heaven."
These are the Song Dynasty books on his bookshelf.
Lan Yu explained:
"If a general in the army has this, he can quickly see the entire battlefield situation at a glance without having to use messengers to pass on messages.
When Lu Yunyi plotted to kill 20,000 Northern Yuan soldiers, I personally commanded the battle.
I have never felt so at ease with the soldiers.
Deng Zhen predicted that there would be 1,000 casualties in that battle.
But the actual casualties were only 400, and a telescope saved the lives of 600 soldiers. I am deeply moved. "
The prince has already pointed the telescope outside the house.
The emerald green that hit him continued to startle him, and a look of shock appeared on his face:
"This thing is indeed quite magical.
Although I don't know much about military affairs, I know how powerful it is to lead a general and control the battlefield.
This is a sharp weapon for the army, so it must be carefully guarded and not be sold to foreign countries."
"Your Highness is wise."
Lan Yu bowed, and then he introduced the copper trumpet and the improved horseshoe.
He also described the smokeless stove and the multifunctional tactical backpack that was being tested.
Hearing this, Crown Prince Zhu Biao looked strange and said with a smile:
"Hearing what my uncle said, I feel that this person should go to the Ministry of Works and have him repair riverbanks and build cities."
Lan Yu also laughed and said, "I have mentioned this to Lu Yunyi many times.
Judging from his behavior, this guy probably only likes fighting. A few days ago, he came to me and wanted to go to the southwest to fight, and I agreed. "
"Oh? He is too young to be promoted, but your uncle still wants him to make meritorious deeds?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a little surprised. Such a young man should be well protected. Climbing to a height suddenly is not a good thing but a fatal disaster.
Lan Yu sighed softly:
"I want to keep the front army scouts. I wanted to place them all in the Daning Guard.
But if 5,000 soldiers were suddenly squeezed in, it would inevitably cause resentment, and some of them would definitely be dismissed.
It would be a pity if such an army that is so skilled in scouting were to be easily disbanded.
It just so happened that Lu Yunyi wanted to go to the southwest to fight, so I agreed to do it.
And it was decided that he would become a young general and make a name for himself in the army.
As for the difficulty of being promoted at a young age, that is a matter for Your Highness, Your Majesty, and the court officials. I will not worry about it, hahahaha."
"Uncle, you are already a general in charge of conquering the enemy, yet you are still playing tricks on a child."
Zhu Biao also shook his head and smiled bitterly, with helplessness on his face.
"Hahaha, that kid is very smart.
Normally, when talking to him in the army, the ministers would keep a straight face and be distant.
Otherwise the boy would have climbed up the pole without any youthful restraint.
Your Highness, let me tell you another interesting story.
Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan were in his army, and they were completely subdued and had become elite soldiers."
"Oh? Zigong has such a naughty temper, is there anyone who can control him? That's rare."
Crown Prince Zhu Biao showed a strange look on his face, his eyes flickered:
"Uncle, since you admire Lu Yunyi so much, I want to meet him."
The prince was very interested in this young general whom he had never met before.
"Your Highness, please don't be alone with me.
He made great contributions right after joining the army and was summoned by the Crown Prince of Ming.
This title is too big, I am afraid something bad might happen."
Lan Yu's expression became solemn, as did Crown Prince Zhu Biao. After a long moment, he sighed softly:
"Then let him come to the palace tonight to attend the dinner. See you then.
As for the intentional suppression of young generals, I have also heard about it, but I didn’t expect it to have reached such a serious level.”
(End of this chapter)