"The failure of the northern border of our Great Yue Dynasty is not because of the fierce and good fighting skills of Gui Rong, but rather because of the general care of the troops on my frontier. Everyone, think about it, Ba, Ding, Yun... The cities are more than a hundred miles apart, but they were successively defeated by Gui Rong in just over half a month. This is definitely not a normal battle. The only explanation is that Gui Rong is divided into troops to attack, and there are not too many soldiers and horses in each route.

"From this, we can also draw another conclusion that the loss of a city is not a crime of war. Anyone can think that under the favorable conditions of few enemies and me and I have cities to defend, Gui Rong will never be able to break through the city. The only explanation is that there are other conspiracies. For example, there were internal supporters in each city, but this was the only way to achieve the results today.

"In this way, I can come to another conclusion. Even if the situation is now, more than a dozen cities have been lost in the northern border, but the enemy is weak and strong has never changed. It is just a ghost army that succeeded in a sneak attack and won for a moment. Once our northern border defenders come back to their senses, when our court really gathers the army to head north, it will be impossible to break the enemy.

"Not to mention that Luoyang, the capital, is as stable as Mount Tai, even the cities in the northern border that can still be defended, I think there will be no mistakes anymore, because our border army is already prepared, and even if the Guirong uses his old tricks again, it will be difficult to achieve any results."

After a detailed explanation, Xiaoyaozi changed the topic again and fell to a higher level of enemy-to-we. Although Li Ling did not understand military affairs, his eyesight was still quite good. In addition to his intentional guidance, he also wrote a simple and easy-to-understand prerequisite for the seven major enemies to defeat me and win:

"In terms of national strength, our Dayue is in its prosperous era, the national treasury is full, and the troops are in order. Although Guirong has accumulated over a hundred years, the conditions in the northern desert of the grassland are harsh and there is especially lack of iron tools. Even if the army is hasty, it is difficult to fight against the millions of elite troops of our Dayue. One of us wins and one of the enemy defeats;

"I have been peaceful for a hundred years, and the whole world is united. Under the imperial orders, all directions respond. Looking at Gui Rong, the tribes are united, and they have small victories and achievements, and they may be able to cooperate with each other. However, once they encounter setbacks and the casualties gradually increase, the tribes of Gui Rong will inevitably become disunited and become a scattered sand. These two victories of ours and two defeats of the enemy;

"The way of combat is the key to the right time and place. For our soldiers of Dayue, the northern borders are all our land, and all the mountains, rivers and rivers are in our hearts. On the other hand, Guirong, the troops are tired from afar, and the people and the land are separated, which is not suitable for a frontal battle. These are the three victories of our enemies and the three defeats of our enemies;

"Although the cities in the northern border were destroyed by Guirong, half of the soldiers and civilians were still there. They could take advantage of the situation when the court issued an order. However, Guirong cavalry penetrated deep into the hinterland of our Dayue, with the support cut off, and the surrounding enemies were all around. How could they compete with the military and civilians who were united in our unity? These are the four victories of our enemies and the four defeats of our enemies;..."

In Li Ling's writing, the defeat in the northern border was just the beginning of the battle between the two sides, so he used various methods and angles to prove that the final direction of this battle would inevitably be the great defeat of Guirong, and Dayue would inevitably be the winning side. As for the capital, it is naturally the most stable. The people of the world don't have to worry about one day foreign enemies coming to the front. Everyone just need to live their own lives.

...

"Okay, it's really a good article!" Lu Zhen slapped the table with a bang, then stood up from the chair and walked around the study excitedly, praising him again, "Li Wenzhong is really a talented person. With this article, you can reach the millions of soldiers of our court. With this article, why worry about the uneasiness of the capital and the unbreakable foreign enemies!"

It was late at night and he should have had a rest, but because of the extra newspaper and the contents on it were something he cared about, Lu Xiang stayed in the study for a while. But when he saw it, his whole spirit was refreshed, and the little sleepiness disappeared. He wished he could send this article to the emperor now so that every official and civilian in the capital would know.

During this period, Lu Zhen was under a lot of pressure. Although the mistakes in the border were not very related to him, the left prime minister, as the prime minister, the relevant responsibilities were still very heavy, especially when all kinds of rumors in the capital were flying everywhere, making the government exhausted, and the 70-year-old man was helpless. He even thought of using tough means to capture some people to control the rumors.

Then today, he saw this article published in the Zongheng newspaper at home.

Although this article has almost no essay style, and it is the most unpopular among scholars, Lu Zhen can clearly grasp the most valuable thing in this article from an official's perspective. It is to use the most sincere and simple words to tell readers and tell every ordinary person its views, convince them that the previous worries were disturbed by mediocre people and worrying about the world. Da Yue is still strong, and the invasion of Gui Rong is just a small episode. It won't take long to pay a heavy price and then everything will be restored to its original state.

It is not just a preaching and empty preaching, but a real example, and it also uses words that the people can easily understand... In Lu Zhen's opinion, perhaps Li Ling is the only one who can write such a writing style.

So he praised Li Ling continuously, and his heart was even more excited. It was not until he drank two cups of tea that he calmed down and said with a smile: "Although Li Wenzhong no longer serves in the court, his loyalty has not changed at all. I should repay Your Majesty for this matter, and it is not a shame to the hearts of scholars in the world."

"What the master said is that the young man also thinks it is." Lu Yuan echoed next to him, "Mr. Li is indeed one of the few good officials who can do practical things. Not to mention anything else, just in the past few years when he was the prefect of Yangzhou, the local taxes have increased by 20% compared to before, and the people are still rich, so we can tell that he is a real capable official."

"Yes, such a capable minister is unable to serve the country because of some treacherous slander. This is indeed not a blessing for our Dayue court. I am old, and the world in the future should be handed over to young people like them." Lu Zhenshen nodded with consent, and had an idea in his mind.

Tomorrow, when I met the emperor, I would present the newspaper and then help Li Ling get a real position. Now the situation is unstable and the north is in chaos. It is the time when such a capable official works hard!

...

The article "What is the invasion of the Ghost Rong? What is the small matter!" has a greater impact in the capital than Li Ling imagined.

Originally, after years of operation, Zonghengbao has a considerable circulation in Beijing, and more than 50,000 copies can be sold in each issue. This time, because the newspapers are directly reduced by half, many people naturally spent money to buy them.

Then this article was placed on the front page and quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital through people who bought newspapers.

At the beginning, some people also decided that this was a sensational or a public eye for the government, thinking that this article was not worth reading. However, as half a day passed, more and more people read the article and understood the contents of the article, some of their opinions also changed.

Yes, for the past hundred years, I have been steadily suppressing Guirong in the north. How could I believe that the crisis has come just because of one or two big defeats?

The invaders of the Guirong are still thousands of miles away from the capital. We are in the richest and most important and most solid city in the world, but we are worried about what we are worried about? The court has a million troops and many elite soldiers in the north guarding them. How can we let them successfully enter the Central Plains?

These ideas quickly spread among the crowd and could not affect them. Originally, those who could buy newspapers and read newspapers were all scholars with certain identities. They were the opinion leaders of the people. Now, influenced by the article, they are naturally willing to share their views with their relatives and friends around them to appease their panic.

Then, some people with different opinions had a dispute with them and determined that this article was just a means by the court to deceive the people. After facing such doubts, some people finally started to fight back unconvincedly, and the statement of criticizing the other party was also ready-made. The article mentioned that the loss of Zhucheng in the northern border was probably due to traitors. Could it be that you are also a traitor of Guirong, just to disrupt the hearts of the people in the capital?

When this suspicion began to emerge, without the government's intentional guidance, many people understood it. Then the pessimistic statements before, the rumors that Gui Rong might kill Luoyang City at any time and that everyone must escape as soon as possible were naturally suppressed, refuted, and finally disappeared completely.

Perhaps as today's people still have little deeper concepts about family and country, but at least the people in the capital have to be stronger. Before, everyone was only bewitched by the gods. Now, after understanding that everything might be conspired by foreign enemies to disrupt our hearts, everyone naturally resisted and opposed it.

So, just four days after this report went out, the public opinion in the capital had a 180-degree turn, from everyone's panic to everyone's support for the court to send troops north. Although it was not enough to everyone's wholeheartedness and generous donation, the public security in the capital had greatly improved.

After the government learned that this article had such great influence, it naturally worked hard to promote it. Not only did it copy the article and post it in various places, it also posted it in the form of a mansion report. It was then sent to various places for government officials to print it out and spread it out to various cities to soothe the people and boost morale.

In the winter of the New Year, Xiaoyaozi was completely famous. His articles were almost spread throughout the country. His simple, simple, and completely plain style of writing has become the object of imitation by many local scholars. By the way, the more than ten volumes of novels he had written before have become the most popular books. By the second year, the sales volume increased by more than five times, and it was very striking to catch up with the Four Books and Five Classics. Of course, these have nothing to do with Li Ling. One is that most people do not know that Xiaoyaozi is him, and the other is actually pirated. As the author, he cannot even get the benefits of a penny...
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