Chapter 238: Leaving Liaodong
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"Congratulations to U-sama! Before you reach the weak crown, you were promoted to the rank of squire of the military department and the marquis of Liaodong, and His Majesty also intends to make you the chief general of the conquest of the Turks. Now the adult is young, the official position is already from, I have been the founding of the country for more than ten years, with the age of less than the weak crown, the only one who served as the squire of the military department, Marshal Yu, which shows the favor of the saint to the adult, as long as the adult is diligent in the government and loves the people, the public body is for the country, loyal to the court, and the future may be above the Lingzun or even the ancestor. Now that the adults have been promoted again, they have entered the Eastern Capital as an official, and this seat is here to congratulate the adults! ”
It was Yuming's old acquaintance Yue Zengxing who came to announce the decree, and this old eunuch who was close to the sixtieth birthday seemed to be in better and better spirits. Moreover, Yang Guang asked him to announce the decree, which also shows the importance he attaches to Yuming, after all, not everyone can let the chief eunuch of the inner court dispatch.
"Hehe, Father-in-law has won the award, and the saint is so loving, which also flatters the last general! My father-in-law did not hesitate to come all the way to come, and it must have been a hard journey. Come on, serve tea to my father-in-law! Yuming was still a little uncomfortable with his title, and suddenly changed from "marshal" to "adult".
Immediately, a maid came and brought a cup of oolong tea for Yue Zeng.
Yue Zeng was already thirsty, so he took the teacup and drank it all, and then wiped the water stains on his lips with his sleeve.
"By the way, father-in-law, why did the Holy One suddenly issue this holy decree and return at the end of the year? This made the last general feel a little sudden......" Yuming asked in a low voice.
After he received the holy decree, he stuffed a small pocket for Yue Zeng Province according to custom, which contained ten taels of gold worth a lot.
Yue Zengxing opened it and looked at it, and immediately opened his eyebrows and smiled: "This matter is unknown to the seat, it is estimated that the saint is Lord Nianyu who has been fighting for many years, and he has worked hard and made great achievements, so he was specially promoted!" This Liaodong is a desolate place outside the Saiwai, Liaodong City is far from the Eastern Capital, Chang'an, and Jiangdu City in this place, and it is said that there are many barbarian tribes nearby, which is completely the place where prisoners are distributed! Yu Dacai is a soldier at the age of seventeen, and it is very possible to be promoted to Shangshu in the future, and even to be named the prince of the country! ”
"Oh......" Yu Ming looked at Yue Zeng's appearance, and it was estimated that he didn't know the inside story, so he pretended to be curious and asked, "Does my father-in-law know who will replace the last general?" ”
When Yue Zeng heard this, Fang pretended to be mysterious and said: "Master Yu, fortunately, it is me who came to announce the decree this time, if it is replaced by someone else, I really don't know." I also heard about it by chance when I was serving tea to the Holy One. The new Liaodong guard who came to replace you is the general of the Right Wuwei, and Chen Ling, the envoy of Jiangnan Recruitment. When he conquered the Jianghuai bandit Du Fuwei last year, due to a series of defeats, the army suffered heavy casualties, lost many cities, and was almost beheaded by His Majesty. Fortunately, because he was born in Jiangnan, he is not from the Guanlongmen valve. His Majesty did not behead him out of consideration for balancing the forces in the army. This person had been idle in the military department, but this time he climbed to Pei Ju and got this position. ”
"Oh? It turned out to be Pei Ju's person. Yu Ming's heart suddenly tightened, he knew very well that the relationship between the Yu family and the Pei family was poor, and the two gate valves had been fighting openly and secretly for many years, since this Chen Ling was Pei Ju's person, then the imperial court sent him to replace him, I am afraid there may not be any goodwill.
After greeting Yue Zeng for a while, Yu Ming ordered his attendants to take him to the guest room in the mansion to rest. Then he returned to the courtyard where he was staying.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw Red Sleeves and Yu Yuqing standing in the courtyard, staring straight at the door. When Red Sleeves saw him come in, he immediately greeted him and asked nervously, "Husband, I heard that the Holy Lord is going to transfer you back to the Eastern Capital to serve again?" ”
Seeing that she looked so nervous, Yu Ming also glanced at her and said, "Let's go into the house and talk!" ”
When people walked into the living room in the courtyard, they saw Hu Sizheng, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Wei Chi Jingde, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and other military generals all gathered.
"Hehe, you're really well-informed, you know so quickly?" Yu Ming was also very surprised to see them arrive so together.
"Of course! Husband, if you want me to collect information well, I must do my duty! As soon as Yue Zengxing, who announced the decree, arrived in Liaodong City, I sent someone to follow, and now his every move is under my surveillance, and the situation when the decree was announced just now is naturally no exception! Redsleeves said smugly.
Yu Ming smiled slightly, and was about to praise her a few words, but suddenly remembered that since she had extended her eyeliner to her headquarters, wouldn't it mean that her every move was also under her surveillance? I'm afraid that whatever whispers I will say to the eldest grandson Wujian in the future will also enter her ears. ”
It seems that handing over the brocade guard to his wife is not necessarily a good thing! Yu Ming couldn't help but be secretly vigilant.
After Yuming sat down, Wei Chi Jingde immediately said: "Marshal, Shengsheng you will be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, nominally from Zhengsi to Cong, but you have to obey the command of Wang Shichong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and you have to be bound by several ministers. Moreover, almost any major decision of the Ministry of War must be approved by His Majesty, and the Ministry of War is actually only an executive body and does not have much real power. This is obviously to raise you up and down! I want to calm us down, and Liaodong, who has just improved a little, take it with one hand! ”
After hearing this, Yu Ming smiled bitterly and said: "Even if we know that this is the case, there is nothing we can do, after all, the world is not in chaos now, and our strength is not enough to compete with the Holy One, and we can't resist and disobey the order." ”
Everyone is silent, although Liaodong has entered a stage of great development, but the bottom is thin, although there are more than 20,000 people under its jurisdiction, but nearly half of them are the surnames of the original Goryeo, plus the civilians of Liaodong, I am afraid that two out of two are not Sui people, and even if they are Sui people, how many of them are willing to stand on the side of Liaodong Xingying when Yuming and Yang Guang clash? After all, nominally they are all ministers of the Great Sui, and the Great Sui is still angry.
Although their strength is quite large, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers. But this strength is still weak compared to the behemoth of Great Sui. If there is a real rebellion, the imperial court will definitely gather troops from all over the country to attack Liaodong again, and maybe land from the sea. Most of these soldiers under his command may surrender when the time comes.
Moreover, even if the imperial court did not attack, it only needed to blockade the coastal ports and block the merchants from other places from entering Liaodong, which would be enough to put Liaodong in a desperate situation.
Yu Ming thought a little more. He secretly thought that if he raised the flag to rebel now, not to mention that most of the soldiers and surnames were still loyal to the Sui family, it was really difficult to say how many were willing to follow him as a rebel. And it will have a series of serious consequences.
First of all, the eldest grandson's family, this Honglu Siqing actually married his sister to a thief, how will the court treat their family? I don't dare to do this kind of immoral thing that harms the pond fish.
The second is the Yu family's side, his father Yuhua is preparing for a rebellion, but he is not ready yet, if he starts something in advance, he will inevitably be affected. even led to the entire Yu valve being uprooted by the imperial court. Although Yuhua and the people of the Yu family are not good to him, Yushu, the grandfather, is really good to him. He really didn't dare to do such a thing that would harm the entire family.
Therefore, under the current situation, Yu Ming knows that he can only go to the Eastern Capital to take office. However, looking at Yang Guang's actions, he should only be suspicious of himself, and he didn't plan to deal with himself. If you don't do anything excessive, you should be safe.
Thinking of this, Yu Ming sighed and said: "I think that although the Holy Lord will replace me, he will never replace the upper and lower officials and generals together, which will shake Liaodong, which has an unstable foothold and a weak foundation, and may even inspire mutiny and popular rebellion." As long as you are humble and cautious, I don't think the new Chen Ling will be too embarrassed for me. In a few days, I will return to the Eastern Capital to take up my post, and you should remember that as long as Chen Ling does not do anything out of the ordinary, you must not touch him. There are some big rebellious words, let's just talk about it, but after this Chen Ling comes, you have to be very careful, don't let him grab the handle! ”
After listening to Yu Ming's words, everyone felt uncomfortable, but they also knew that this was the current truth, so they all looked depressed. The two women, Red Sleeves and Yu Yuqing, even hugged each other and cried bitterly.
"I'm promoted, and I'm not going to the execution ground, what are you crying about? It's not like I'm not coming back to see you! When I arrived in Dongdu, I could be with my parents, and I could say that I was honored to return to my hometown. When the matter is on the side of the military department, I will ask for leave to come back to Liaodong to see you after a while! Seeing everyone's scene, Yu Ming couldn't help but laugh and scold.
"Husband, I'll go to the Eastern Capital with you!" Redsleeves tugged at his sleeve and pleaded.
"Redsleeves, you can't go yet!" Yu Ming refused in one bite.
He looked at this flower-like wife and sighed lightly: "Red sleeves, now Liaodong is in ruins, although we have established a system of protecting the armor, and the various departments of the grassland, Jihe and Silla have also been pacified, but there are many people with ill intentions. You are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and there are thousands of intelligence officers under you, and the work has just begun. If you leave at this critical moment, Jinyiwei must be paralyzed. And with you in Liaodong, I'm a little more relieved. ”
The red-sleeved Dai frowned slightly, and wanted to refute it, but found that this was indeed the case, if Jinyiwei had been established for a long time, maybe he could still find a deputy. But now, I really can't find anyone who can take over my job.
"And, look at your belly!" Yu Ming said with a wry smile.
After Red Sleeves heard this, a flush immediately appeared on her pretty face, and she hid her face and left in shame.
She was pregnant with a child when she returned from the Woomyung expedition to Silla, and now she is more than two months pregnant, and she really can't travel long distances.
Subsequently, Yu Ming began to sort out the book case, the official seal and the military book one by one, and handed it over, because the new left-behind guards had not yet arrived, these things were temporarily handed over to Hu Sizheng, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui for safekeeping, and then handed over after the arrival of the new left-behind Chen Ling.
"Brothers, after I leave, everyone may be a little angry with the new appointment, just bear with me for the time being, I will definitely come back!" When he went up with Yue Zengxing, Yuming waved to the people who saw them off at the city gate. As soon as he said it, he felt a little funny, how could this last sentence feel so like a gray wolf!
Everyone's expressions were unnatural, and after the backs of Yuming and his party were out of sight, Hu Si Zhengfang sank his face and whispered to everyone: "We have to go back and discuss how to deal with this newcomer left behind Chen Ling." I had dealings with this man in the past when I was in the DPRK. Knowing that he is a cowardly, incompetent in battle, and greedy for vanity, if we can create some incident, scare him. Maybe you can force it to comply, and completely empty it. In this way, it will no longer be an obstacle to the marshal's struggle for world domination......"
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