This sleeve is broken secretly

As promised, Shen Bing invited a boxing master to come to his home to teach his little bookboy martial arts after the Chinese New Year.But he has also made an agreement with the little book boy for three chapters - it is okay to practice martial arts, but one thing that should be learned in literacy must not be left behind.Perhaps it was the words Shen Yan said on New Year's Day that planted a small flame in his heart. This child became more diligent, not only finished his writing homework on time, but also made rapid progress in martial arts.

Some people may question why he bothered with a mere book boy.But Shen Bing knew in his heart that he already regarded the old servant and this child as his own family.

Meanwhile, the northern frontiers have temporarily returned to calm.Lou Changfeng used Xinping Fort as a barrier to resist the enemy soldiers in the north. Although there were occasional surprise attacks by grassland cavalry, he did not capture a single stone or tree in Xinping Fort.

The Zhagan people, who were the main offenders this time, finally realized that the Central Plains court, which seemed to have an empty defense and weak soldiers, was not completely incompetent.Although they shot down the twilight of Lou's army, a new sun will rise on the fertile soil of the Central Plains immediately.As long as the blood is not cold, there will be countless young children who will take up weapons, spears and halberds, and bravely fill up the fortresses on the frontier with their own flesh and blood.

Although the Zhagan people have strong horses and brave fighters, they are only a medium-sized grassland tribe after all.When they first tore up the peace treaty and invaded the territory of the Central Plains, the Jagan still had a few small tribal allies.But then the time dragged on and the battle line became longer and longer. Those small tribes who had no food and new combat power quickly withdrew from the alliance. After leaving Xinpingbao, he was finally unable to survive anymore, and returned to the northern grassland in despair.

There are more than 50 tribes distributed on the grassland, and their relationship with each other is also intricate. Not everyone wants to see the Jagan tribe win this battle.

Just after the 29th year of Hongwu, a tribe named Dari Achi begged for tribute.Zhu Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, understood that the matter was serious, so he went to the imperial court and begged Emperor Hongwu to make a decision.

The matter of paying tribute involves the relationship between the Central Plains and the grassland in the future, which is no small matter.Emperor Hongwu, together with important cabinet ministers, discussed secretly with the military ministers for four or five days, but it was still difficult to make a decision.

It was colder in the capital at the end of January.After another four or five hours of discussion today, Li Chenfu returned to the Ministry of Rites exhaustedly to check some documents.At this time, except for the shift room on duty, most of the rooms are dark with lights.Li Chenfu was rubbing his tired eyebrows and was about to finish his work and go back. When he was hurrying through the corridor, he suddenly saw a door curtain raised, and the warm orange light poured down on the ground. The young man standing by the door was Leaning out, slightly surprised Qiu Chang looked over.

"Teacher?" Shen Yan was slightly surprised, and raised the curtain with a side step, "Teacher, do you want to come in and warm your hands?"

Li Chenfu paused.He was indeed a little frozen, and the heat from the room really moved him a little.Plus--

Li Chenfu's eyes fell on Shen Bin's face - he also wanted to ask his students something.

The two walked into the house together.The layer of frost that condensed on Li Chenfu's coat instantly turned into melted snow under the wrapping of the charcoal fire. Shen Bing carefully helped the teacher take off his cloak, and wrapped a hot towel to wipe his face and hands.Li Chenfu sat in front of the red-hot charcoal fire, slowly wiped his hands and face, and finally felt that his frozen skin slowly regained some consciousness.

At this time, Shen Yi poured two more cups of red dates and ginger tea.Li Chenfu took a sip of the drink, closed his eyes and enjoyed the warm feeling in his dantian for a while, and asked for a while, "It's so late, what are you still doing here?"

Shen Yan said softly: "The students know that the emperor and all the senior members of the cabinet have paid tribute to Dari'achi these few days. I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to stay and look up some information, so as to share the worries of the emperor and the teacher. "

Since Shen Yan brought up the matter on his own initiative, Li Chenfu asked casually: "Then what do you know about this tribe now?"

"The students are incompetent, and they only know a little superficially for the time being." Shen Yi bowed his body slightly, and pondered, "Dari Achi is a new trend on the grassland. As early as ten years ago, this tribe lived under the hands of the Tumozhong tribe I live on a small piece of pasture donated by Tumozhong. But since Dari Achi broke up with his old master Tumozhong and ran away from home, his power has grown day by day. According to legend, Dari Achi bred a short-legged pony that runs as fast as the wind and has a strong impact force. It is this kind of pony that helped Dari Achi not to fall behind in several confrontations with Tu Mozhong The wind slowly took over a large southeast grassland."

Li Chenfu closed his eyes and listened, nodded slightly: "Then what do you think of this tribute?"

Shen Bing hesitated for a while, then bowed his head and said: "This is a big matter, students dare not rashly—"

"It's a good thing for you to be vigilant." Li Chenfu opened his eyes and said calmly, "But there are only you and my master and apprentice here. Whatever you think, it's okay to say it."

"Yes." Shen Bing replied, "Students are bold and selfishly think that... not only should we agree to this tribute, but also have long-term friendship with Dari Achi and other emerging tribes."

A trace of surprise flashed across Li Chenfu's eyes.

"How do you know?" he asked.

Shen Yan picked up the tongs and touched the charcoal fire, thinking slowly: "In fact, since the defeat of General Lou, the students have been thinking about how to fight against the menacing grassland tribes. In fact, confrontation is the worst policy. We Even though the court had firearms and strong passes, they were not afraid of them, but the grassland soldiers were also very brave. Fighting head-to-head, not to mention the waste of people and money, may end up causing a loss to both sides.

"The biggest defect of the grassland tribes is that the tribes are scattered and the power struggle is fierce. For example, the old kings Tumozhong and Zhagan had the most people, pastures and war horses, but their sub-clans fought fiercely; and the emerging tribes Dari Achi is like a newborn wolf cub, eager to put the former wolf king under his feet, but he has enough energy to spare."

Shen Ting paused, and continued: "In such a situation, why not adopt the strategy of 'combining vertical and horizontal'?"

Li Chenfu stared at him with great interest, smiled slightly and did not speak.

"Tumozhong and Zhagan are wolves and ambitious, but they can't resist the wolves in the front and the tiger in the back." Shen Yan slightly lowered his eyes and said, "Why don't we take this opportunity to make friends with Dari Achi, fight against the enemy outside, and fight against the enemy inside?" Communicate with friends and neighbors, and consume their power together with internal and external attacks. Dari Achi wanted to compete with Tu Mozhong for the position of the overlord of the grassland, so he let him fight. We can also feed him food and help him pass the knife, as long as we borrow his The knife kills the enemy we want to kill, why not do it?"

Li Chenfu said with a smile: "Then what if one day Dari Achi becomes the overlord of wolf ambitions?"

Shen Yan smiled slightly: "Today there is Dari Achi who can restrain Tumozhong, and tomorrow there will be Dayue Achi who can restrain Shimozhong."

This leek, after cutting a stubble, it will grow again.

Inexhaustible cutting, inexhaustible taking.

Li Chenfu finally laughed, and said with deep meaning: "You have always hated evil like an enemy. As a teacher, I thought you would oppose this tribal peace negotiation."

"How could it be?" Shen Yan said, "Students put the overall situation first, and they are not so irrational."

Li Chenfu narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's a pity that not everyone can think like you."

Shen Bing was slightly taken aback.

However, Li Chenfu had already put down his teacup, stood up and said, "It's getting late, you should go back earlier."

Shen Yi bowed and saluted him.But when the door curtain was lifted and closed again, a gust of cold wind blew, and Li Chenfu had already left.