The eldest son of the red mansion

Soon Lan Xiang came in with two bowls of tea.In front of Jia Ke and Fan Kang, each placed a bowl, and then retreated.

Only then did Jia Ke ask: "What is the identity of the sir who came here this time? Can you stay for a long time?"

Fan Kang said with a smile: "I'm lucky this time. Kaipingwei was upgraded to Kaiping Town, and a county magistrate is needed here. I still have some contacts in Jiedushi's mansion. In addition, Wang Tao saw that I was in Jiedu. For the sake of the embassy for so many years, let me be the county magistrate, which is one level higher than the marching master I originally asked for. And the real power is much greater."

Chapter 140 Long Talk

Jia Ke was overjoyed after hearing this and said, "I was always worried that an unknown county magistrate would come to monitor and restrict me, but I didn't expect that it was Mr. who came here. So I don't have to worry about it."

Jia Ke then asked again: "Sir, you already have a place to live? If you haven't made arrangements, how about living in my garrison mansion?"

Fan Kang immediately declined, "My lord, is this absolutely impossible?"

"Why not?"

Fan Kang explained: "Now my superficial identity is the county magistrate sent by the imperial court. If I live in the garrison mansion and let others know, it will even hinder my lord's great cause."

Jia Ke understood what he meant when he heard it. He was too excited just now.The county magistrate is a civil servant, and one of the purposes of coming to Kaiping town is to monitor Jia Ke's garrison. If Fan Kang lives in the garrison mansion, it's not like telling everyone that Fan Kang is Jia Ke's person.At that time, I am afraid that Fan Kang, the county magistrate, will not be able to be the county magistrate. The court will definitely send other people to serve as county magistrate to monitor Jia Ke.

Jia Ke said with emotion: "I didn't expect the official to get bigger and bigger, but he couldn't help himself."

Fan Kang smiled and said to Jia Ke: "There is no way to do this. Although the world is peaceful now, the imperial court has not relaxed the surveillance of the leading general. Although the general is only a garrison now, he is commanding 1 troops. , has already surpassed many commanders. To be honest, one-fifth of the people in Xuanfu Town have gathered here. The imperial court will naturally send people to monitor. I think besides me, among the 8000 people, there are many The eyes and ears of the court."

Jia Ke nodded in agreement with him, and then asked him, "Do you think the Tatars will invade next year?"

"It will definitely be. This year the Tatars invaded, and the imperial court was completely powerless to resist. Except for your lord's repelling the Tatars twice and winning big victories, the other borders were breached by the Tatars. The northern land except the capital was under the Tatars' attack." The ravages of the Tartars."

Hearing what he said, Jia Ke couldn't help frowning, her face full of gloom.

Looking at Jia Ke's gloomy face, Fan Kang continued, "This time this year was just a temptation by the Tatars. Now that the Tatars have seen through the weakness of the imperial court, I think the scale of the invasion next year will definitely exceed this year."

Jia Ke looked at Fan Kang and said, "Then what do you think I should do?"

Fan Kang said confidently: "Everyone at the border will see through me. I'm afraid they won't be able to resist the Tatars' attack. My lord will only need to go up to the table to attack and encircle Wei to save Zhao. At that time, the Tatars will be empty inside, and my lord will surely win." Great victory. At that time, the lord will definitely be promoted to a noble. According to the ideas of the court lords, Xuanfu Town must be split into two. At that time, the lord can use his military merits to manage the court, and he will be alone at the age of Ruoguan. It is not difficult for a town to be a Jiedu envoy."

Jia Ke asked, "How do you know that the Tatars won't attack Kaiping Town?"

Fan Kang showed a funny expression on his face, and said to Jia Ke: "My lord, is this trying to imitate me? The Tatars went south to steal money and people, not to die. Even the great Khan of the Tatars has returned home. Next year they will not dare to invade from here, at most they will send a small number of troops to monitor the lord. Why should the lord worry?"

Jia Ke was overjoyed. After hearing Fan Kang's words, he was sure about the arrangements for the next year.At the same time, I also admire Fan Kang's talents. It seems that I still underestimate the ancients. Their wisdom is not inferior to modern people, and many capable people even surpass modern people.

Jia Ke excitedly said to Fan Kang what Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang back then: "My husband is like a fish in water, just like the nectar after a long drought. Sir, please accept my worship."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and bowed to Fan Kang to thank him. Fan Kang quickly stood up and sideways avoided Jia Ke's bow.He waved his hands again and again, and said with fear on his face: "I am doing my duty as a minister to advise the lord. How dare you give the lord such a big gift?"

Seeing Fan Kang's refusal, Jia Ke took advantage of the situation, and the two sat down again. Jia Ke tapped the pattern with his fingers and carefully thought about the plan for the next year.Then he said to Fan Kang again: "Since this is the case, I should train more cavalry and follow me to the fort next year. At that time, I will leave the defense to the sir."

Fan Kang replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, don't worry, but if I'm here for a day, Kaiping Town won't be lost."

"Since Mr. has this confidence, I feel relieved. The next step is to train these new soldiers. I don't know what advice Mister has?" Jia Ke asked Fan Kang.

Fan Kang shook his head and said: "Although I know some strategies of war, I also have some experience in training soldiers. But when I came here yesterday, I saw the soldiers and horses trained by the Lord, and then I realized that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky. In terms of military training, the Lord has nothing to ask for. Someone else asked for advice."

Jia Ke laughed, pointed at Fan Kang and said, "I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to flatter me."

But Fan Kang said seriously: "It's not that I compliment the lord, it's because the soldiers are so well trained. If all these 1 people become such elites, the lord will be safe in my court. With 10 people like this, the lord can rule the world."

For the first time, Jia Ke didn't laugh, but thought about it calmly, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Could it be that the soldiers and horses in my court have weakened to such an extent? Are there any troops similar to the soldiers I trained? "

Fan Kang must tell him, "No, let alone similar, there is no one or two grades away."

After Fan Kang finished speaking, he shook his head sadly, "If there are elites like the lord, how dare the Tatars invade the south. Now the court is nothing more than a giant with mud feet, relying on its previous prestige to frighten the world."

Jia Ke couldn't help but feel a little happy after hearing his words, although from the standpoint of the Han people at the same time, this would be a disaster for the entire nation.But if you only consider it from his point of view, this might not be his chance.

For the next whole day, Jia Ke saw no one, but had a long chat with Fan Kang, starting from Kaiping Town, then going all the way to Xuanfu Town, and finally the whole world.Fan Kang has a clear understanding of the situation in the world, and for Jia Ke, he explained the situation between the court and China, the contradictions between the North and the South, the contradictions between civil servants and generals, and the contradictions between landlords and civilians.After talking about it all, Jia Ke had a clear understanding of the whole situation.

The situation of the current court is similar to that of Emperor Han Jing in the time and space of the earth. The Tatars are becoming stronger and stronger, and have even conquered the Western Regions. When the previous Khan was afraid of the power of the court, he still restrained himself, but the new Khan is young and vigorous. , ambitious.This year's invasion is his temptation, and at this time in the imperial court, the world is at peace for a long time.The combat power of the army has declined very seriously.

So in this battle against the Tatars, he was defeated in one blow. If Jia Ke hadn't shined brilliantly, a thousand households could have blocked the Tatar Khan's tens of thousands of cavalry, and the court would have lost face. lose.

This is not the most important thing, the dispute between the north and the south in the imperial court is already very fierce, because the south is rich and rich in humanities.Therefore, the southerners accounted for more than two-thirds of each test, which aroused extreme dissatisfaction among the northerners. The northerners believed that they could live and work in peace and contentment only by blocking the Tatars’ continuous attacks for the southerners. .But when he was an official, he didn't have anything to do with the northerners, which was extremely unfair.In this way, two factions were formed in the court, and the two sides came and went, and the struggle was very fierce.

Fortunately, the current emperor is very sophisticated politically and has been balancing the forces between the north and the south, so no major disturbances have been caused.

However, if the current emperor dies, it is hard to say whether the new emperor can control these two forces.If one is not good, it will be like the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the emperor was almost emptied.

Chapter 141 Information

Jia Ke had a long talk with Fan Kang all day, until late at night, Fan Kang had dinner in Jia Ke's residence, and then he said goodbye to Jia Ke.

Jia Ke reluctantly grabbed Fan Kang's hand and said, "Where is there any place to live when you first arrive, why don't you stay for a day first, and leave tomorrow at no later time."

Fan Kang shook his head and said: "Now I have found an abandoned government office in the city. Although it is dilapidated, it can still be lived in. I will clean it and find three classes of government servants, and then I can work. I am in the lord. I'm afraid people will criticize me if I live here, if my lord has something to do, just call me. Don't lose the big because of small things."

Jia Ke reluctantly let him go, and returned to the study only when Fan Kang was nowhere to be seen.

As soon as Jia Ke returned to the study, he ordered someone to call Wei Kun who was monitoring Fan Kang.

Wei Kun actually returned to the Garrison Mansion yesterday, but at that time Jia Ke was drunk and did not have time to summon him.

I chatted with Fan Kang for another day today, and only now have time to see him.

When Jia Ke saw Wei Kun this time, he still looked like an honest man, but the clothes on his body had turned into silk.

Jia Ke looked him up and down. He looked like a small businessman with integrity, and no one would have thought that he was Jia Ke's personal soldier.

Wei Kun felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by Jia Ke, so he quickly kowtowed to Jia Ke.

Jia Ke didn't make things difficult for him, but directly asked him, "What is Mr. Fan doing these days? Who is he in contact with?"

Wei Kun replied honestly: "On the second day after you left, Mr. Fan went to the home of Gao Hong, the Jiedu envoy's sacrificial wine. He stayed for about an hour and then went home. He stayed at home for the next few days. He didn’t go either. Then one day he was summoned to the Jiedu Envoy’s Mansion and appointed as the county magistrate of our Kaiping Town. After that, he waited at home until the army was dispatched, and followed the army to Kaiping Town. Other than that, there was nothing something special."

Jia Ke didn't care about other things, and when he heard the name of Gao Hong, the military sacrificial wine, his expression became serious.

You must know that the military sacrificial wine is not an ordinary official position. The full name of the military sacrificial wine is the military division sacrificial wine, which is equivalent to the current chief of staff of the military region, and now it is only the confidant of the Jiedushi.

Is there any relationship between Fan Kang and Gao Hong?It is still related to Jiedushi.Are the strategies you said to yourself deliberately guiding yourself?Let yourself go astray.Or directly lead yourself to rebel, and then be wiped out by the court.

When I came here, Wang Tao was the only one who had conflicts with me. What was the relationship between Fan Kang and Wang Tao's military advisor?What else is there that I don't know.

After listening to Wei Kun's words, Jia Ke couldn't help but feel puzzled. It seemed that he wanted to be suspicious of people and employ people, because now he was walking on the edge of a cliff with every step, and he couldn't tolerate any mistakes.

Jia Ke turned around and said to Wei Kun: "Those of your partners are all a hundred households now. You know this, right?"

Wei Kun thought that Jia Ke would also let him become a hundred householder, so he nodded excitedly. If he became a hundred householder, this would be the first time his family's ancestors became an official.

Seeing his excited appearance, Jia Ke couldn't bear to say the following, but there were still some things to say, "Cough, cough, that Wei Kun, you know, I'm a smear to the surrounding people now. You are the most talented in intelligence among us people. So, I think you should stop being a hundred householder. I will arrange another errand for you. What do you think?"