Chapter 492

Su Licai promised to evaluate the ability of Wang Jianren for Ji Zheng, but he didn't expect to see the red mountain guard wandering at the gate of his courtyard that night.

"General Wang doesn't go to rest, but he has something important to come to me?" Su Li said calmly.

Wang Jian quickly hugged his fist and said, "I've seen the national teacher, the last general... The last general is just..."

He didn't seem to have figured out how to speak... Indeed, Su Li's sudden appearance caught him off guard.

Su Li did not answer, but waited patiently for the king to see what he could say.

But unexpectedly, under his expectation, the king suddenly took out a brocade box from behind, and then respectfully handed it to Su Li and said, "come here at the end, just want to ask the national teacher to say a good word in front of the king, the end general... The end general..."

Su Li blinked and didn't expect that he would encounter such a grounded thing.

He curiously took the brocade box and asked, "what's this?"

Wang Jian's eyebrows jumped violently. He felt that the reaction of the National Master seemed different from what he imagined.

But he didn't dare to neglect it. He hurriedly opened the brocade box and said, "the end general knew that the national teacher was a strange person outside the country and wouldn't like worldly things, so he sent a strange stone unexpectedly obtained at Hongshan pass as a gift."

Su Li saw that the brocade box contained a dark red stone the size of a palm. The stone has a smooth surface and oval shape. In fact, it is not ordinary.

Just lying there quietly, it can attract the vitality of heaven and earth to contract regularly to it, as if it were breathing.

So it also has a very appropriate name, called 'lung stone'.

The value of this strange stone is not mentioned. Carrying it is equivalent to bringing a soul gathering array.

It can be seen that Wang Jianxiu has just reached congenital, but his vision and luck are good... But I'm afraid such a treasure will be very precious for a congenital friar who officially began to contact the vitality of heaven and earth?

"Many monks also use lung stone as the main material of their life magic weapon." Haitang muttered in Su Li's hair.

"It's a good thing. I'll take this gift." Su Li's gift is called peace of mind.

Wang Jian's face showed a disappointed look, but when Su Li confirmed that he wanted to accept it, he was immediately happy... It can be seen that in his heart, it's better to give it to the current dignitaries than to occupy this strange stone.

"Excuse me, master, your majesty will check the armament of hongshanguan tomorrow. I wonder if you can say something good for the end?" Wang also saw that Su Li received something, and he was relieved to say what he wanted.

Su Li listened a little strange, and then asked, "you have a problem in Hongshan pass?"

Wang also hesitated for a while, some don't want to say it clearly.

Su Li said angrily, "I've taken all your things. What else can I do to you?"

Wang Jianyi thought it was right, so he said with no confidence: "because Hongshan pass is poor, and the one who should have been rotated three years ago didn't come, so many people can't stand it and left... Now there are only 22000 people left in Hongshan pass... I'm afraid that there are deserters here, so I didn't dare to report it."

Su Li understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. This guy is still empty!

He was speechless for a moment, and then said to him, "you really want to be beheaded, but it's not your fault to investigate the root cause... Well, you can list the situation of Hongshan pass... You can't hide it right now. You can only commit a crime and make contributions."

Seeing Wang Jianyi's anxious face, Su Li seemed unwilling to "explode". Su Li said with relief: "what do you know? Now the battlefield in the western regions almost determines the direction of China's great Qin movement. What matters now is not what mistakes you have made before, but whether you can participate in the war after that!"

"As long as you can perform well in this war, it's a matter of showing your face directly in front of the king. Are you afraid you can't balance your merits and demerits and even make a fortune?"

Wang was stunned. Suddenly, he felt that his vision was too far from that of the national teacher.

Seeing his sudden look, Su Li stopped talking and asked him to go back and prepare himself.

At this time, Beiguang quietly appeared in the back. He looked at the king and went away, and asked in a puzzled tone, "master, we don't need the gift from him? How do you..."

Su Li shook his head to stop him from asking, but said, "thousands of people have thousands of faces. People can't always get along with people with the same temperament. Just watch and listen. This is the way to be a king, which can't be done by personal preference."

With that, he simply treated the lung stone as a pendant and put it in Beiguang's hand. "Talking is better than nothing."

Beiguang doesn't seem to understand, but he remembers Su Li's words... Next, he should read and listen more with a learning attitude. He was also curious about what Ji Zheng would do with this man

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The next morning, Wang Jian, who seemed to have stayed up all night, came to Ji Zheng with many account books.

Instead of wearing armor, he was dressed in coarse cloth, bowed his back and lowered his head, waiting for Ji to look through the accounts.

Ji Zheng turned for a long time... It's not that he's looking for Wang Jian's fault, but that he found that all the items in these account books listed clearly. What's missing and what's missing in Hongshan pass is really clear at a glance.

But similarly, he also saw many problems

There are only 22000 defenders in hongshanguan!

But the military pay allocated here every year is 30000 in full

But there is another problem... The expenditure and income of Hongshan pass are not balanced every year.

Naturally, income refers to the materials and military salaries allocated by the imperial court, while expenditure refers to the actual distribution of things and the loss of daily expenses

The expenditure actually exceeds the income every year.

Ji Cheng remembers that Su Li only "taught" him yesterday to be happy and angry.

Otherwise, he would be furious when he saw such a big shortage in the army... But now, after he looked patiently, he found a problem.

Hongshan pass is definitely the most difficult border pass in the Western Qin Dynasty. It was originally rotated every three years, but when it was supposed to rotate three years ago, it ignored this place for various reasons... So this is the sixth consecutive year that Hongshan pass soldiers have been stationed here!

As for what the "various reasons" are, Ji Zheng also knows... At that time, the sons of Qin wangba in Anyang City were striving to be kings, so naturally they didn't want to take into account here.

Moreover, at the beginning, his anger over Wang Jianbing's empty pay gradually subsided, because he found that it was not Wang Jianbing's intention to eat empty pay, but that he gave some of the empty pay to his men as welfare... Even he posted a lot!

Otherwise, I'm afraid there are not even these 22000 people in Hongshan pass.

"Stupid!" Ji Zheng couldn't help scolding.

"Poop!"

Wang Jian knelt directly... It should be wartime at this time. He came to see Ji Zheng but didn't wear armor. Sure enough, he wanted to be easier and more convenient when kneeling.

Ji Zheng almost burst into laughter.

But he said with a straight face: "the rotation of the imperial court is wrong. It's the fault of those imperial officials. You dare to hide the situation of deserting soldiers for years. Can your head stand the things that have been shut out in Hongshan?"

"The officer was wrong." Wang Jian immediately admitted his mistake and was very obedient.

Ji Zheng wanted to reprimand again, but considering that the situation is urgent enough now, she can only say: "you should have been removed from your post to reflect on yourself, but now when hiring people, let you commit crimes and meritorious deeds."

Wang Jianhe immediately breathed a sigh of relief and admired the wisdom of the National Teacher... He knew that even if he lost the war, as long as he could protect the king of Qin to return to Anyang, his career would be smooth.

"OK, I'm going to review the military appearance in this pass this afternoon. You prepare yourself." Ji Zheng hurried again.

Knowing that he had passed this level, Wang Jian quickly bowed his head and back and walked out of the house

Looking at Wang Jiancai's departure, Ji Zhengcai pondered for a moment, and then asked Su Li, "Mr. Su, do you think Wang Jiancai is such a person..."

He paused, thought again, and then continued, "how should he compare with Meng Zhi?"

When this question is asked, in fact, Wang and Ji are already talented people in Ji Zheng's heart. Only this man's temperament was so uncertain that he would ask Su Li again.

After hearing this, Beiguang wanted to suggest that this man could not use it, but thinking of what Su Li said last night, he quickly kept silent and wanted to hear how his master judged.

Who knows, Su Li said without any hesitation: "if general Meng, today's Zhenbei general will come to an end. At best, let him change his place and sit in the town level. Where he is, he can protect one side."

"As for General Wang, how talented he is can make him an official. This man only needs to knock from time to time, and it will be very easy to use."

"Eh!" Beiguang couldn't help but be surprised. His response was obviously completely different from what he thought.

After Ji Zheng was slightly stunned, she said something clearly: "indeed, Wang and this man can be said to be a real villain. He has too many handles and can easily be controlled... Or this is his way of doing things."

"But general Meng... General Meng is loyal. I believe that if I have my life, he will go through fire and water without frowning... Indeed, as Mr. Su said, I can rest assured wherever he is. He is the most solid shield for me."

"Why can't I reward such a loyal general?"

Su Li sighed and said, "it is because general Meng is loyal and arrogant, so the relationship between him and his colleagues will not be very good."

"It's peaceful for him to lead an army to guard outside, but I'm afraid he will be hated if he is allowed to serve as an official in the DPRK and work with those high-ranking officials and nobles..."

"So I suggest that in order to protect general Meng, the position of general Zhenbei is the upper limit. If your majesty wants to compensate, you can add more false titles and honors or property rewards, and reward general Meng's credit to his family."

Ji Zheng suddenly... He hugged Su Li and bowed: "thank you for your advice. I almost did something wrong again."

Beiguang is also confused. It seems that he has learned some more, but it is a little vague. He only knew that his master's advice to the two generals was very reasonable

Wang was talented, ambitious and smart enough, so he let himself strive for a lifetime of glory by virtue of his talent.

Meng Zhi's loyalty was upright and did not know how to change, so he kept him safe all his life and rich from generation to generation