Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 518: Repay the favor
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Guo Shao took a sip of the tea cup, and he was so hot that he stretched out his tongue, took a breath, and then the smell was not quite right, he didn't pay attention to frowning a little. He is not a tea ceremony person, and he is not picking at all, but he is used to drinking things that suddenly feel wrong or he notices it.
At this moment, Dong Sanmei's voice said timidly: "Your Majesty, is it too hot?"
"It's okay, it will be good for a while." Guo Shao said kindly, and said casually, "Boil the water, it is best not to make tea right away."
Guo Shao heard her reply in a low voice, and ignored it, picked up a cloth bag on the table, and took out a large stack of paper inside. Then sit there and flip through. Seeing this, Dong Sanmei carefully exited the study, not daring to disturb him.
These papers are military orders left over from the battle of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is not a military order of the Chinese army, but an important military order recorded by the civil servants sent by the "Jiangnan Qianying Military Mansion" to all levels of the establishment. Guo Shao had already read it once when he admired the merits of the soldiers, but he only looked at it roughly, mainly because Wang Pu and other military staff carefully studied it in order to evaluate the merits.
This "command system" is an evolutionary version of the messenger system that Guo Shao fiddled with a few years ago. During the War of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Guo Shao found it to be very useful... Compared with the earlier system, after sending officials from the Privy Council to form the "Jiangnan Qianying Military Mansion", which was integrated into all levels of the army, it issued more regular and large numbers of military orders. The retention of written materials facilitates the management of rewards and punishments after the war.
However, the nature of military power has not changed. The decision makers are still the chief generals, and the staff and officials and the messengers only play a supporting role; it is mainly an effective transmission and record-keeping management that can also play a supervisory role.
...Now Guo Shao has a new idea. If the system of staff and generals are divided into powers, military commanders with military talents are in charge of decision-making power, and the staff is in charge of execution; subordinates only follow the official military orders of the staff, then the military power of generals will be restricted and weakened?
Guo Shao hurriedly recorded this idea on paper. It can even further improve the distribution of power by dividing the executive power of the staff, the power of military rewards and punishments, the management power of weapons and armor, the power of dispatching munitions, etc., to different departments, and then integrate them in wartime. In this way, it is almost impossible for a certain force to control the army alone and start a war.
Even the main force in the central field, the generals who command and organize training, and the generals who go out and lead troops can be separated. When the generals take control of the army and leave for conquest, the subordinates are not the ones that the main general usually draws in, and it is even more difficult for the generals to gather around them to seek rebellion.
... But Guo Shao soon realized that this method was at least not suitable for the current situation.
He thought of a typical military commander, Shi Yanchao. Shi Yanchao's cavalry is very powerful in battle, and they have always been sharp blades of the Forbidden Army; but if Shi Yanchao is not leading the troops, the cavalry soldiers will go to battle, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced!
Guo Shao looked at the slightly swaying shadow on the water surface of the tea cup, and a lot of pictures appeared in his mind for a while.
He has risen step by step from a young pawn, a low-level military commander, and has experienced various battle formations, and colorful battlefield scenes come to mind. The battlefield of cold weapons, fighting face-to-face, is very brutal, courage and morale play a key role.
He seems to be on a chaotic battlefield, with sharp arrows flying above his head, and the crazy enemy with sharp knives and guns in front of him is stabbing people! It is not easy not to be afraid or not to escape, especially when the killing enemy is rushing towards you.
Privy Envoy Wang Pu once went to the battlefield where the war broke out to count the wounds of the dead and wounded soldiers. One thing is confirmed. Although there is armor protection, the number of people killed by long-range weapons such as ballistas and bows is far greater than that caused by melee weapons; but the moment of victory or defeat is not long-range, but melee rush. As for the melee rush, the most test is the courage and morale...think of the heavy war horse rushing towards you with the dazzling swords and guns, and the psychological feeling of being hit by a car in the middle of the road, and the person who can stay there and decide to fight hard, no Whatever you can do.
At this time, the prestige and ability of the generals who lead the soldiers are particularly important. A familiar general can give them a sense of trust and security.
Guo Shao now truly understands why "soldiers do not know the generals, and will not know the soldiers" on the cold weapon battlefield so that combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.
So at least for now, we can’t do that, and we can’t disperse power too much; otherwise, the actions of the army and generals will be rigid and inflexible... In order to maximize combat effectiveness, Guo Shao intends not to rush to change the military power structure. Only fine-tuned and improved the "Morning Soldier" and "Shogunate".
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In a house next door, Yulian stopped her needlework, raised her head and asked: "I asked you to stay with Alang to serve, what are you doing?"
Dong Sanmei said embarrassedly: "A Lang is busy reading and writing, I am clumsy, afraid to disturb him and make him angry."
"Then you will go by for a while, don't stick to me." Yulian said, she didn't say much, and she continued to do her own work, as if she had no idea about everything.
Sister Dong stayed for a while, then picked up a rag and wiped the furnishings in the room. She is also used to doing housework, and she does it very quickly.
But there are still many things that will make her "lazy". At this time, the two pots of flowers on the window attracted her attention. The green, red and yellow pots were very bright and beautiful. She stopped, bent over and looked at one of the potted flowers. It was not a real flower, but made artificially; but it was so beautifully done and exquisite, making Dong Sanmei very curious and rare.
Looking closely, the flowerpot is carved with jade. The green leaves are made of emerald, the flowers are gems, and the stems and branches are gold! The materials are expensive, and the carvings are very fine...How much work is needed for such an ornament.
Sanmei Dong couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's so beautiful."
Yulian said: "No matter how beautiful it is, it is fake."
Dong Sanmei said: "It's more expensive than real, right?"
"That's true." Yulian said without raising her head. "I found that this is the case in this palace. There are few trees and everything is precious, but it feels a little lifeless after a long stay... Only this kind of thing is so beautiful in winter."
Dong Sanmei said: "It's so small, what should I wipe with?"
Yulian said: "Don't care about those things, there are people who specialize in these things."
Night has fallen, and the courtyard is very quiet. In fact, there are dozens of people on duty here. But without Yulian nodding, the women could not approach the suite where Guo Shao lived, and of course they did not dare to make noise.
After a long time, it is almost time for Guo Shao to take a shower and change clothes. Yulian asked Dong Sanmei to go to work and asked her to serve Guo Shao alone. Yulian said: "I am not bullying you, I am giving you a chance."
Dong Sanmei's face blushed slightly, and she lowered her head and said: "I know Sister Yulian is good to me."
Suddenly Yulian asked: "Are you willing?"
Sister Dong said nothing, Yulian glanced at her: "If you really don't want to, I won't force you."
Dong Sanmei was silent for a while, and murmured: "I am willing... A Lang has treated me so well, I have always wanted to repay me."
"You would think, thinking of repaying kindness. You are reluctant, but people are willing. If I send someone to A Lang to serve, that person will not remember me as an adult?" Yulian laughed." Besides, when he was at Guo's Mansion, Alang didn't seem to pay much attention to you, how could he treat you well?"
Dong Sanmei's mind came to mind when she met a gangster in Hedong a few years ago. The moment Guo Shao covered her eyes, his palm was rough but warm, and Dong Sanmei still remembers the faint warmth. But she didn't want to mention it to anyone, including Yulian.
She thought for a while and said, "Sister Yulian, when I was a child, I couldn’t get enough food, and everyone around me couldn’t eat enough. The house is broken and dark, and I’m scared every night when I’m hungry, cold and hungry. I'm afraid..."
Yulian stopped her work and couldn't help but look at her.
Dong Sanmei pursed her lips and said, "No one can survive the hardship. I heard people say that some people went out to be thieves, but most of them died later... there is still a long way to go. A young lady was accepted as a concubine by a big family. She stayed up from 13 to 19 and was bullied miserably; but she was finally driven out by her master because she was too old. She usually saved up some money, and her life would be better when she came back. ..."
Yulian sighed.
Dong Sanmei continued to whisper: "We are born like that, it is difficult to live a better life; but I did nothing, use nothing, but A Lang gave me such a good day and treats me lightly. Do not beat or scold if you speak softly."
Yulian said: "This world is like this. So many people have not eaten so much in order to be able to eat, and in the end they can’t even afford a coffin; some people don’t know that Why are you having fun? I dislike everything!"
Dong Sanmei said: "Sister Yulian, I am not that kind of person. I am very happy at the Guo Family Mansion and in the imperial palace. I think this place is also very good..."
She looked back around, the intricately carved window lattices, the decorations made of gold and jade, the emerald green screens, the silk curtains, and the many candles on the copper lamp holders, illuminating the house brightly, from the tables, chairs and cabinets to the ground. Clean and tidy, spotless. Although Dong Sanmei's clothes are relatively plain, the materials are also very good, and the daughters of many large families may not be as good as her materials.
There was a smile on Dong Sanmei's face, but there was a very secret emotion, as if a person wanted to give something. She whispered: "Sister Yulian, then I'll go by first."
"Hmm." Yulian replied, without saying much.
Sister Dong gently lifted the hem of the skirt, stepped out of the door, and walked along the corridor illuminated by the lantern under the eaves. When we arrived at the door of the suite where Guo Shao lived, the door was open, and the warm orange-yellow light came out.