My country is dead again [Rebirth]

Du Ruo listened quietly, since he joined Sun Bingde's sect, the teacher has taught him all court affairs without reservation, and he also understood the relationship between scholar-bureaucrats and emperors that the teacher said very early, but at this time he has nothing to say. Looking back at his teacher in fear, he said: "The student admits that what the teacher said is right. But the teacher also said that civil servants are fighting each other, which shows that we not only don't trust the emperor, but we don't trust ourselves either. The teacher may say ,The battles in the court are everywhere. Where there is power, there will be battles. Students also think that party struggles are difficult to contain. Even the emperor can't make everyone have only one idea. But the teacher looks at the current court, party struggle How much guilt should you bear?"

"It's been nearly a hundred years since the founding of Dayu, and the threat of foreign enemies has never disappeared, and the internal worries have never ceased. Are feudal lords, bandits, and natural disasters rare these years?" Du Ruo's tone was no longer respectful and polite, and his eyes were like torches, "But What are the scholar-bureaucrats who should rule the world with the emperor? We are fighting among ourselves, exhausting Dayu's last vitality. The four generals in northern Xinjiang may have evil intentions, but they are at least guarding what is left of Dayu In the territory, the civil servants who live in peace in the capital are fighting each other, thinking about how to fight against the emperor. Is this the scholar-bureaucrat who ruled the world with the emperor? The student would rather not be such a scholar-bureaucrat and go to northern Xinjiang as an ordinary soldier. Fight to the death for the country."

The two of them, the teacher and the student, once quarreled. In fact, when Du Ruochu joined the teacher's school, he realized that he might disagree with his teacher's political views in the future. He tried to become the same person as the teacher, but he always raised his head. Looking around the world of internal and external troubles, he could not do it and walked into the muddy pool, deceiving himself and others together with everyone, drunk and dreaming of death.

Hiding in the Hanlin Academy for seven years, he felt both fortunate and anxious. Now that the Dayu Kingdom is dead, that bit of happiness has vanished.

He thought, it will always come to this day, he will not stand with the teacher after all.

"Teacher, maybe what you said is right. The destiny of civil servants is to fight against the emperor, but at least for now, the students think you are wrong." Du Ruo stood up, "The capital of the country has been lost, and the country is in ruins. Teacher still thinks that civil servants should be guilty." Do you fight against the emperor?"

Sun Bingde sighed lightly: "You should know that it is not wise to go south at this time."

"The teacher doesn't know His Majesty, so he doesn't trust His Majesty." Du Ruo said, "What Your Majesty said is not completely unreasonable. The teacher also dealt with Xu Zishen in the court before. He is not conceited, but he can be called a famous general in the world. , will never shrink back after suffering a loss, sending troops by surprise in Dongyue is indeed very likely to be his choice."

Sun Bingde seemed a little tired. He didn't show any disappointment when faced with the idea that his favorite student was going against him. He just said calmly and plainly: "Since that's the case, let's see whether we win this time or His Majesty wins."

It seems that there is no room for discussion on this matter, Du Ruo was silent for a while, and said: "Student still has to say, His Majesty is not an emperor who can be easily manipulated by others, and the teacher's wish may not be realized."

Sun Bingde didn't speak any more, Du Ruo bowed silently, turned and left.

On the same day, Du Ruo sent a message to the palace, saying that Sun Bingde was still unwilling to agree to go south.

Xie Ruzhuo couldn't tell what mood he was in, he was even more irritable, but he felt it was reasonable.

The next day when he went to court, Xie Ruzhuo patiently explained to Sun Bingde the merits of this trip to the south: "When Xu Zishen became the governor of Jiangbei, the imperial court did not give him many soldiers and horses. All his soldiers came from Jiangbei. The winter in the land boundary is not as severe as the south of Hebei and the north of Hebei, so the Jiangbei army is not good at fighting in winter. If Xu Zishen wants to send troops, he must fight for a quick decision. Now Song Qingge has agreed to go south from Wanyang, and Wu Xianrong is also willing to send troops to the north. Will the soldiers in Xinjiang still be afraid of fighting in winter? As long as we drag Xu Zishen for a while, Xu Zishen will be impatient, and if we wait for the opportunity, the possibility of victory is very high."

Sun Bingde was unmoved, and retorted: "How will Your Majesty get from Suifang to Hengchuan? Don't forget, there is Chizhou in between, and now it is Xu Zishen's lair."

"It is precisely because Chizhou is his old nest, and he cannot take it for a year or so, that I want to go to Hengchuan. We bypass Chizhou. If we can take both Hengchuan and Ningya in the future, Chizhou will be in the middle." The turtle in the urn?" Xie Ruzhuo signaled the courtiers to open the huge map to show the courtiers, and he had already memorized all the places on the map, and said familiarly, "The whole Chizhou is in the shape of a ladder on the map, and the east boundary line just slopes from northwest to southeast. It is like a steep slope, so the southeast of Suifang can be extended to a position very close to Hengchuan."

Seeing that Sun Bingde was still looking at the map with dignity, Xie Ruzhuo continued: "There is only a county in the southeast corner of Chizhou between the southeast of Suifang and the northeast of Hengchuan. It is called Jiyuan County. As long as we pass Jiyuan Yuan Weng imagined that if Xu Zishen took the opportunity to go to the north bank first, we could only fight against him in Jiyuan County, and if he was not careful, he would enter Suifang. Therefore , we might as well pre-emptively occupy the north bank, and then cross the river to the south bank, and take the northeast of Hengchuan. In this way, the northeast of Hengchuan, Jiyuan County and the southeast of Suifang will form a line, and we will be able to seal off the old lair of Chizhou Wouldn't it be wonderful to see the southeast corner of it?"

Many civil servants with no knowledge of military matters have settled down like old monks - they were so sleepy that they couldn't open their eyes, only a few cabinet ministers were still frowning and staring at the map, Sun Bingde was even more energetic, and immediately said: "Your Majesty What I said is indeed feasible, but I still want to say that this matter is not afraid of [-], just in case, if Jiyuan County will not be taken down for a while, and Xu Zishen reacted quickly, we are not only dying in vain, Suifang Southeast will also There is danger, Your Majesty, think twice."

Having said all this, Sun Bingde still didn't let go, Xie Ruzhuo's patience was almost exhausted, and said: "Yuanweng, our treasury is empty, and Xu Zishen is also short of money at this time. After the severe drought in the north of the Yangtze River and the riots caused by bandits, I'm afraid The land is still barren, Ningya in the south of Hebei is in the hands of King Yan again, Hengchuan and Chizhou have just experienced turmoil, many merchants have withdrawn from the middle of Shu, the city is empty, and Xu Zishen must not have much money Therefore, Xu Zishen will be more anxious than us if he disrupts his plan for a quick battle, and there will be many loopholes when he is in a hurry, and then it will be our opportunity."

Sun Bingde did not move, and said: "Such a major matter is going to be discussed by the court. Your Majesty can ask all the officials in the court to see how many people agree to go south this time."

Xie Ruzhuo not only ran out of patience, but also was so angry that his chest was tight and short of breath, he said coldly: "Does Yuan Weng feel that this move is inappropriate, or does he have other selfish motives?"

The hall was as quiet as when Xie Ruzhuo got angry half a month ago, all the ministers subconsciously held their breath and their backs felt cold.

When he was in an anxious stalemate, a courtier suddenly came out from the inner hall, walked up to Xie Ruzhuo and whispered in his ear, Xie Ruzhuo's eyes were dim, as if he had encountered something that bothered him even more.

The minister bowed and waited for the order, Xie Ruzhuo was silent for a moment, then said: "Call the companion to come over."

Sun Bingde shook his head slightly at the cabinet ministers, not knowing why.

After a while, He Xiaoman came out from the inner hall, holding a playbook in his hand, Xie Ruzhuo took it, after reading it, he didn't say anything, and handed it back to He Xiaoman, winking.

He Xiaoman understood, went down and handed the memorial to Sun Bingde, then returned to Xie Ruzhuo, and said to the courtiers: "Just now the commander of Suifang sent the memorial to the Ministry of War, saying that there is an urgent matter, and the adults in charge of the Ministry of War are all While still in Chongzheng Palace, the playbook was passed directly to the Supervisor of Rituals. The playmaker was Suifang Metropolitan Commander Si Experienced Shenci, and said in the playbook that he had a detailed plan for the southward battle. He will definitely win. As long as the imperial court agrees with His Majesty's proposal to send troops south, he is willing to go with Song Zongbing."

The ministers did not dare to whisper to each other in the hall, but the meeting of eyes was enough to show what it means to be truly wonderful. It happened that Sun Bingde had finished reading the memorial and handed it to Han Zhen with a complicated expression. Liang Qian said bluntly: "He Shen Ci has a plan to win, so he should listen to him? How can the two armies fight for fun?"

"Mr. Yu Ge please be at peace." He Xiaoman said, "I haven't finished my words just now. Shen Ciyan, before sending troops, he is willing to issue a military order. If this plan fails, or there are other variables, it will be up to you to deal with it at that time."

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers couldn't care less about etiquette, and the court was in an uproar.

Yu Liangqian didn't seem to believe it, and together with a few people, he moved to Han Zhen's side to read the playbook. Then, the playbook was passed on to the back, and Xie Ruzhuo didn't stop him, and all the officials passed it on one by one.

Several people in the cabinet looked at each other, not knowing what to say. If Shen Ci dared to beat Xu Zishen, the famous general in the world, it would be arrogant and conceited, but he made it clear that he was willing to gamble with his life, which made people speechless .

Seeing that the emperor was frowning tightly, it didn't look like he was acting. Shen Ci acted on his own initiative. Even the emperor didn't know about it, and everyone thought about it. Suifang ordered the envoys to say the two things before. Shen Ci was right. Crazy really everyone is afraid.

Xie Ruzhuo asked: "Yuan Weng has read the memorial, what do you think of this matter?"

"If the minister agrees to go south..." Sun Bingde looked up sharply, "Your Majesty is also willing to agree with Shen Ci to go south, and let him issue a military order as he said?"

Xie Ruzhuo was a little annoyed and laughed. The old fox was crackling with his calculations. Now everyone knows that Shen Ci is the person he likes, and they all know that Shen Ci will have a pivotal position in the army in the future. It is him The most important force cultivated.

When he asked just now, Sun Bingde was trying to test whether he was really determined to go south, and whether he was willing to gamble with Shen Ci's life. After all, he was really defeated at that time, and it was not their civil servants who suffered, but him, the emperor. .

As for Shen Ci's sudden play at this juncture, he is also in a messy mood. Others think that Shen Ci is too crazy, but he knows that Shen Ci is by no means an arrogant person. His arrogance stems from his self-confidence, but the facts are It proves that his self-confidence comes from strength.

Therefore, since Shen Ci dared to say that, it meant that he was sure and not betting on his life.

But Xie Ruzhuo didn't answer Sun Bingde's question until the end of the dynasty.

He thought, in this life, he was really worried about gains and losses.

In this life, he tried his best to get close to Shen Ci, and acted stupidly in front of Shen Ci, all because of his inner fear.

He was too scared.

Afraid to see Shen Ci's leaving back, disappearing in the boundless rain, what returned to him three years later was a jar of ashes.

Since then, Shen Ci's face has never been seen in the dream again.

He can only shut himself in the room every day, holding the altar of ashes, thinking over and over again what he and Shen Ci have said and done, wanting Shen Ci to smile at him, call his name, kiss his lips, quarrel with him.

In those 17 years, when he arrived, he also felt that he might have gone crazy. When he had nothing to do, he was thinking about Shen Ci. He could stare at a jar of ashes all afternoon, and put the ashes on his pillow when he went to bed at night. side.

Shen Ci didn't leave him anything, so he always thought that if he couldn't see this altar of ashes all the time, he might forget what Shen Ci looked like, and he would never find Shen Ci after his death.

This was the only person he liked in his previous life, which was lonely all day long, without joy or sorrow, and the only person he thought of and saw before he died. God gave him a chance to be reborn, and he didn't want to and dare not lose this person again.

He has experienced the pain of heart-wrenching longing and the pain of self-loathing regret for 20 years in his previous life. In this life, only he knows his feelings for Shen Ci, which is madness and paranoia that no one knows.

He would not allow himself to lose Shen Ci again, nor would he allow Shen Ci to disappear in his life without authorization.

The author has something to say: In the last life, Xiao Xie became a crazy critic orz, and in this life, sometimes he is a bit crazy (emotionally), especially afraid of losing someone, but he doesn’t know how to keep it.