"Dangxiang is good at firearms, but the things made by those craftsmen are too vulgar and very restrained. But if I improve them to skilled craftsmen, their power will naturally increase greatly."

When Wei Rui and Rong Yi mentioned Chen Jinru's real intention and Dangxiang's firearms on the way, an old man in Jiankang City shook his palm-leaf fan and looked at the fireflies in the garden, and said similar words.

Around him, the stone table in the pavilion, and together he sat in a total of six people.

These six people were all top officials in the Southern Dynasty, and the one with the lowest official positions was the Guanglu doctor in Class 13.

The old man was wearing a plain silk shirt with his chest slightly open, looking very casual and a little unruly, but he was the Grand Sima Wang Seng Bian.

Looking back a few dynasties, the position of Grand Sima was originally intended to avoid the prime minister's power being too concentrated and the military affairs were in charge of military affairs, which means that the prime minister's military power was divided. In the previous dynasty, the position of Grand Sima was equivalent to the Grand Marshal of the world, the general leader of military power, and was above the Three Dukes.

At this time, the Southern Dynasties also followed the old system, but after the war between the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the emperor ordered the Linchuan King Xiao Hong to lead the five border troops. At least in the eyes of all the powerful people in the Southern Dynasties, the actual power of the Grand Sima position was invisibly weakened by most of the people.

When you are in your position, you will fight for things. For many important officials in your country, the first thing you consider is not necessarily personal interests, but rules and conventions, but constraints on the actions of the emperor.

In their opinion, many rules and constraints come from the mutual restraint of these senior officials.

If a country acts completely according to one person's will, then a mistake will be out of control.

However, the officials in the court can restrain each other and restrain each other, and many things can be corrected continuously.

At this time, sitting on the right side of Wang Sengbian's right hand, a middle-aged man wearing a purple shirt and patiently peeling a grape skin. Even the posture of peeling the grape skin looked very elegant, neither anxious nor slow, but he was the prince's tutor Li Rongshi.

"Although Chen Jinru took a wrong step, he could have Chen Baxian in such a position in the border army just by relying on his past few years. If he gave him a few more years and helped Lin Yi become the next Chen Baxian, I would not be surprised."

He listened to Wang Sengbian's words, ate a grape, smiled, and said, "Today, Lin Yi's invitation letter came to the palace, and I guess it was another good move he played. After that great loss, Chen Jinru's actions were either more cautious and meticulous, or simply crazy."

"oh?"

The officials sitting around were immediately curious, "Please give me a message, what did Lin Yi say?"

Li Rongshi continued to peel grapes and said with a smile: "He said he would give up his military merits and only asked the emperor to forgive Lin Wangbei's sins, let Lin Wangbei return to his hometown, enjoy his old age, or let Lin Wangbei return to the army to lead the army."

Wang Sengbian smiled relievedly, looking like he had already expected, "How would the emperor react today?"

"The emperor was in the morning class in the temple. It was because of the great victory of Zhongli that he began to fast and burn incense to thank the heavens. He was originally calm and happy, but after reading his letter, he was naturally furious. Such a great victory and a shocking achievement will be known to the world. The people will surely cause a sensation in the next place and boost morale. Such contributions will be given up if you say you want to give up, and if you say you don't have to give up, you don't have to give up if you say you don't have to give up?" Li Rongshi said with a smile.

A official who was wearing plain casual clothes, with a fifty-year-old face and snow-white temples opposite Li Rongshi was originally solemn, but when he heard this, he could not help but laugh, "This Lin Yi, as a minister, even if it was your credit, the emperor had not said it was your credit, so you thought it was your credit. Moreover, the emperor had not said it was your credit, but you seemed to have a reward for the decisive emperor. Then he said that either let Lin Wangbei enjoy the scenery or let Lin Wangbei continue to command troops. This is not equivalent to threatening the emperor. How can the emperor not be angry?"

Wang Sengbian couldn't help but smile again, looked at Li Rongshi and said, "What should the emperor say?"

"The emperor is still thinking about it. The Mingwei border army has a general who wrote a letter saying that he wants to transfer Lin Yi to the Mingwei army." Li Rongshi also smiled at him.

"The old fox Wei Rui."

Wang Sengbian was happy, but sighed, shook his head, and said, "In this way, the emperor naturally refused to let Lin Yi go to the border army to occupy a high position, and Xiao Hong was even more unhappy. Originally, generals such as Mingwei and Dingyuan didn't listen to his orders. Let's come to Lin Yi, a young man who had no longer sold the face of the Xiao family when he was in Meishan. Wouldn't he feel like he was in a pin and needle in the border army? Moreover, many of the northern border troops were originally Lin Wangbei's old subordinates. Even if they just asked Lin Wangbei to take a free position next to Lin Yi, many border generals might listen to some of Lin Wangbei's intentions."

"Originally, the emperor probably wanted to give at least ten generals to a large number of land and silver. But now Lin Yi and Mingwei's army are having such a fight. If you say one or two more words when you go to court tomorrow, the emperor may think that it is really a disaster for Lin Wangbei to stay in the north. It would be better to transfer him far away from the north and get out of the Dangxiang with Lin Yi. It would be nice to stay away from the northern border army."

Li Rongshi looked at Wang Sengbian's eyes and couldn't help laughing, but he forced himself to hold on and said seriously: "If you are short of soldiers and major generals, you will go to guard the border of Dangxiang. At this time, it is time to use people, and you have to worry about what the people want. The emperor gave Lin Yi's general position to be raised."

"Then it's just right to give a brave general."

Wang Seng Bian smiled slightly and said, "I heard that Dangxiang people especially like corals, especially red corals, are at an astonishing price in Dangxiang. Since General Lin Yi made such amazing military achievements, we should also express it, so I will help him think of ways to help him find more red corals. When Dangxiang comes, it will be more convenient for him to act."

Li Rongshi and the other officials smiled at each other, but then, Li Rongshi became serious and said, "I want to speak out tomorrow's meeting... The emperor has only been chanting scriptures in the temple recently. He is too addicted. Although he had fasted before, he did not wear monk's robes. Now he is like monks, and he is wearing monk's robes. I am worried. In the long run, the original will be intensified and will make him feel that many things can be taught."

"There are many dynasties in history books that have been benevolent, righteous, rituals, but not wars, and no one has ever perished quickly."

Wang Seng Bian frowned deeply, "It's just that it's not good to say that monks and govern the country with compassion, but you need to be cautious. Taichangqing suffered a great loss before. If he angered him too much, it would be counterproductive."

Li Rongshining nodded heavily. He glanced at the snow-white official opposite and said, "My brother and I have already discussed it. Tomorrow I will list the evil things that many monks have committed in recent days. Brother Qi immediately scolded me angrily, saying that even if there are ten fingers, there are naturally unworthy people among the monks. But some thieves used monks to commit evil deeds. In this way, the emperor could not punish Brother Qi. Then Brother Qi would ask for orders to investigate the monks, and there would be some restraints."
Chapter completed!