Chapter 1193 Ability
Chapter 1193 Ability
After the Yuwen cavalry performed for a while, they retreated.
The commander of the Hengchong Camp and the cavalry commander Pugu Zhongchen watched them go away and thought to themselves that these soldiers were no different from the Baba tribe - the same kind that would be defeated at the first charge.
Among the five hundred people, at most a few dozen of them made him feel good. Among these dozens of people, at most half of them could join the Ten Battalions of New Army.
A while ago, the emperor commented on the cavalry of the grassland tribes, saying that out of a hundred people, only a quarter were brave warriors who dared to fight, another quarter could charge and kill under the leadership of these warriors, and the rest were all "loafers".
These five hundred Yuwen cavalrymen perfectly met the emperor's comments: one hundred of them dared to fight, one hundred could follow the fight, and the remaining three hundred habitually controlled the speed of their horses when charging on horseback, letting the warriors die in front and focusing on saving their own lives.
No wonder the emperor ordered them to strictly control the speed of their horses when they charged. In fact, this was the training method of the Yicong and Luoyan armies. There were also "slackers" in these two films. If the warriors charged too fast, the slackers would fall behind. Therefore, they could only jog at first, then run fast, and then really speed up.
The Hengchong, Shediao and other camps continued hunting.
There was smoke and dust billowing on the mountain. A large number of deer were driven out and were running around in panic.
However, there were long rows of infantry on both sides driving them away, and in the end they could only "escape" along the planned route.
In the distance, another group of gazelles were driven around and joined the deer herd.
Suddenly, smoke and dust billowed, and the entire mountain valley was filled with fat prey.
Just as Pugu Zhongchen and others were about to step forward, they heard a clear sound of a gong.
He thought he had heard wrongly.
There were continuous “ding ding” sounds, I heard it right!
He looked back in disbelief at the direction where the emperor was, and indeed, the flag of withdrawal was raised.
The soldiers of the Hengchong Camp were a little noisy and looked at Pugu Zhongchen and several centurions.
The same is true for the nearby She Diao Yuan, Zhang Qian, and Jue Sheng camps.
However, just when Pugu Zhongchen confirmed the flag, Balie, the commander of the Shooting Eagle Camp who was given the name Su Baochen, did not hesitate and led his troops to turn their horses and retreat towards the direction where the emperor's canopy was.
Pu Gu, a loyal minister, cursed inwardly, and was a step slower than him, so he also led his troops to retreat.
Next came the Zhangqian, Maqian, Zhenwu, Juesheng, and Huangjia camps. They all gave up the prey that was within their grasp, obeyed military orders, retreated, and then gathered in the wilderness.
Shao Jin, Chen Kui, Yuan Dan, Yu Zun and others stood on a hillside, quietly looking at the smoke and dust in the valley.
"Hunting is also a form of training. Your Majesty is enforcing strict military discipline among the ten battalions of Hu soldiers." Yuan Dan seemed to be unable to bear the cold mountain wind. He tightened the thick fake clock and said.
Yu Zun nodded in agreement: "After this, these undisciplined barbarians should be deeply impressed. The world is vast, but military discipline is the most important. Once a military order is issued, no matter what you are doing, you must stop and obey it."
Chen Kui did not brag or chat with the two men. He quietly approached Shao Jin and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you want to..."
Shao Jin nodded slightly.
Chen Kui no longer hesitated, called a few soldiers from the royal palace, and escorted Shao Jin into a dense forest.
After sending the guards to stand guard at a distance, Chen Kui helped Shao Jin take off his pants.
Shao Jin grimaced in pain, but didn't dare to shout out loud.
Chen Kui saw the bloodstained trouser legs and sighed, "If Yaoyao saw this, I don't know how sad she would be."
Shao Jin was stunned, and the pain seemed to have eased a lot. But he forced himself not to think too much. If he made a fool of himself, he would want to die, although Chen Kui would definitely not say anything.
His father Chen Jing was one of his father's most trusted founding fathers.
Because there were not many military talents among the Yingchuan gentry, Chen Kui studied both civil and military skills since he was a child, and worked hard to become a military general. After entering the palace, he served as a lieutenant to accumulate experience.
Most importantly, Shao Jin had known Chen Kui's sister two years ago. This girl was very beautiful, talented in literature, charming and attractive, making people unforgettable.
To be honest, Chen was fully qualified to be the Princess of Qin, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that Yingchuan already had a queen, and neither the emperor nor the scholars from other places wanted to see the emergence of a second Yingchuan queen.
If Shao Jin dared to ask his mother about marrying Chen as the princess, he would not only be spanked on the palm of his hand, but also on the face.
But she is still waiting for him and has not married yet, which makes Shao Jin feel a little guilty.
After taking off his bloody pants and putting on a new pair of pants, Shao Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go. We've caught enough prey today. We won't be embarrassed."
"Your Highness is quite skilled." Chen Kui said with a smile.
"Among all the brothers, my skills can't even rank in the top three. You don't even know some of them. Qu Ji's archery skills are better than mine." Shao Jin shook his head and walked out of the woods first.
The group packed up their prey, loaded the wild deer and yellow sheep onto the horses' backs, hung hares, foxes, pheasants and the like under the saddles, and then led the horses slowly to the emperor's canopy.
The soldiers had already started to clean up their prey. Shao Xun waved his hand and asked Shao Jin to come over.
The father and son sat down in a leeward place, one in front of the other. Shao Xun said, "I have roughly understood the matter of disaster relief, and I want to hear you talk about it again."
"My son went to Shangdang first..." Shao Jin told the story slowly. As far as the facts were concerned, it was no different from what others said.
Shao Xun listened very carefully and asked a few questions from time to time.
Shao Jin was sweating a little as he dealt with it, because his father often liked to dwell on details and liked to ask what he thought, such as -
"You did a great job in providing disaster relief in Taiyuan," Shao Xun said, "but I still want to know why you did it."
Some people may do the right thing by accident, so we have to find out the reasons behind it.
"The most important thing in the world is moderation." Shao Jin started by bringing up what Shao Xun often said, and then continued, "In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were scholars who were idle and idle, and there were also people with outstanding talents, but at that time, good and bad were not distinguished, and both mediocre and shameless people and talented and intelligent people were employed. After the founding of Daliang, the world was cleared up and the atmosphere became solemn. People like Wang Pingzi (Wang Cheng) were never employed, but people like Xi Daohui and Wen Taizhen were entrusted with important tasks. This is called selecting the essence and discarding the dross."
"I have traveled through more than ten counties in Yongzhou and Bingzhou, and found that the Hu people, military students and officials are far inferior to the scholars in terms of how they conduct themselves and how they handle government affairs. Therefore, if we want to govern the world, we cannot do without scholars."
To put it bluntly, officials who were of Hu ethnicity or military student origin were not as successful in governing the local areas as officials who were of scholar origin.
There are many reasons. It may be that their own abilities are not as good as others, or their knowledge and experience are not as good as others, or there may be other reasons, such as local connections, etc. - when promoting something, the degree of local cooperation is very important. It is difficult for the first generation of martial arts students to have such connections and influence, except in a few counties.
Shao Xun listened and nodded, motioning him to continue.
"Since the Later Han Dynasty, scholars have been deeply rooted for more than 200 years. Even the warriors and the Hu people, once they gain power, are proud to marry women from aristocratic families." Shao Jin added: "Liangzhou Sun Shijun (Sun He) borrowed a lot of money to marry his son to a woman from the Wei family in Hedong. In order to marry into an aristocratic family, Liu Shizhong would give a large betrothal gift or dowry as long as the other party agreed, whether marrying a wife or a daughter."
Shao Xun nodded slightly again.
After more than two hundred years of ideological imprint, social concepts cannot be reversed in a short period of time.
In the eyes of the nouveau riche, girls from aristocratic families have diamonds on their feet and are valuable.
Let alone others, Shao Ze should ask himself, why do you like to climb up to Pei Lingyan and Yang Xianrong so much?
Wouldn't the sisters Wang Jingfeng and Wang Huifeng be overjoyed if they had just shown the slightest willingness to obey him?
It seems that sleeping with a woman like this feels different psychologically.
In this matter, Shao thief is not the first, nor the last. There will still be endless examples of him hundreds, a thousand, or even two thousand years later.
"So, everything should be done well. We should treat scholars with courtesy, employ them, and give them respect. Didn't my father reserve Jiangnan for them?" Shao Jin said confidently.
Shao Xun hummed and asked, "You have said so many good things about scholars, so what do you think is the best thing in this world?"
"It is best if scholars, warriors and barbarians compete with each other," said Shao Jin.
"Finally I'm not confused." Shao Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "That's what I said, but it's not that easy to do. If the scholars are strong, how do we suppress them? If the warriors are domineering, how do we restrain them? If the Hu people fear power but not virtue, how do we control them? Even each person is different..."
This is the difficulty of governing a country, there is no standard answer!
For example, if you control a Hu force, this system is effective when leader A is in power. But when leader B comes to power, this method is no longer effective because A and B have different personalities and values.
The most frustrating thing is that many times the system does not work, and it must be combined with the personal ability and influence of the specific person in charge, and a two-pronged approach to be effective.
It is easy to design a system, but it is difficult to use the right people, after all, the system is implemented by people.
The governance of an ancient country really tests one’s personal ability.
"But..." Shao Xun looked at his son, smiled, and said, "It's great that you can understand the principle of checks and balances between scholars, warriors, and barbarians at the age of sixteen."
Shao Jin also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sat there, pretending to be willing to learn.
Shao Xun stood up and suddenly asked, "Do you think the scholars around you are the essence or the dregs?"
Shao Jin was stunned and found it difficult to answer for a moment.
"Don't rush to answer." Shao Xun said, "Think about it carefully first. Tell me after you figure it out. Why is it the essence and why is it the dregs? Is it possible for the essence and the dregs to change? Think about it carefully and tell me in a few days."
After saying this, when he was about to leave, he saw his son thinking hard and finally couldn't bear it, so he said, "This is the ability to judge people and use them, don't take it lightly."
After that, he turned around and left.
On the 28th, Shao Xun returned to Pingcheng. The third batch of troops were disbanded and went home to rest.
He was also preparing to return to the capital. Before leaving, he met with the captured Changsun Rui's family and the envoys of the Murong clan who were hiding in their tribe.
After Liu Hu was defeated and fled, his nephews, Liu Lugu's sons Liu Kuren and Liu Juan, were also sent over.
Shao Xun called Shi Yijian over to listen.
(End of this chapter)