Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume III: The Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 3 Sweeping away troubles and making meritorious contributions

Section 11 Chaotic Situation

Liu Yunwei was stunned for a while, and then asked cautiously: "My lord, is it possible that we are involved in the battle for storage positions?" Does Your Majesty want us to stabilize the place by then? ”

Li Linbin shook his head and said, "That's not true, after all, there is no suspense about the position of the prince, okay, let's not talk about this for now." In this case, I will tell you about the recent situation in the imperial court, and after listening to it, you should be able to understand His Majesty's intentions. ”

Everyone just couldn't ask for it, and Liu Yunwei also said: "Then there is Master Lao, I'll listen to you." ”

Li Linbin took a sip of wine, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "This has to start from the beginning of this year: Your Majesty Since the beginning of the year, the dragon body has been deteriorating, and Huang Shangshu once entered the palace to face the saint before I left Beijing...... Alas! As for the government affairs, due to His Majesty's current situation, the yamen of all ministries are now fluctuating, and some government affairs have even begun to have a backlog, and Liaodong is urging troops and salaries three times a day and no one cares. At present, although His Majesty is still in the sickbed, he still knows something, and has begun to deal with it, and a series of wills for the Hanwei camp is one of them. ”

When everyone listened to Li Linbin's words, their hearts were heavy, especially when they heard that the affairs of Liaodong had been delayed, and they were even more anxious. The situation in Liaodong is already dangerous, and if the ministers of the DPRK and China are still blindly perfunctory and slack in government, then the situation in Liaodong will not be able to return to the sky!

Liu Yunwei frowned and asked, "I listened to the meaning of the adults, Your Majesty has also made some other countermeasures, right?" I'm just a part of it? ”

"Yes." Li Linbin nodded and said, "Our Majesty is a heroic lord who has made great achievements, and what a brilliant martial arts in his life!" The previous battle of Salhu has always been regarded by His Majesty as the greatest shame in his life, and he has always wanted to fight Liaodong again and sweep away Jiannu, but no one is as good as heaven, and now His Majesty's body can no longer support this grand wish to the day when this grand wish is achieved. Therefore, His Majesty began a series of preparations, wanting to lay a solid foundation for his successor, so that the dynasty could win the next battle against Jiannu! The disposition of the Hanwei battalion is one measure, and the other measure is the new army training yamen set up by His Majesty in Tongzhou before! ”

Liu Yunwei suddenly woke up when he heard this, and said excitedly: "But the training yamen presided over by Mr. Xu Guangqi? Is His Majesty planning to involve the Hanwei Camp as well? ”

"It's not about getting involved, it's about getting ready to preside over the big picture!" Li Linbin said: "I think Mr. Xu will return to his hometown soon, and at that time, His Majesty will probably recruit Yunwei and the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion to go north to Tongzhou to preside over the overall situation." ”

Liu Yunwei was stunned for a moment, and the rest of the people also looked at each other, in everyone's impression, Mr. Xu Guangqi presided over the training of the new army not long ago, why did he have to return to his hometown? Could it be that Mr. Xu's body also has something wrong?

Lu Ying asked in a low voice on the side, "My lord, why is this?" ”

Li Linbin shook his head and said, "Alas! Who made Mr. Xu always advocate learning from the West to the East, and he is not a person from the old side of the Fang Pavilion? After speaking, Li Linbin just shook his head and sighed, and drank the wine in the cup as soon as he raised his head.

When Liu Yunwei heard this, he understood everything: it's another damn party struggle! Is it possible that even the state can ignore it in order to exclude dissidents? What qualifications does such a person have to rule the country!

"Isn't there anyone who speaks up for Mr. Xu?" Liu Yunwei asked angrily.

Li Linbin said: "Yunwei, don't be angry first, this matter is far more complicated than you imagined. The reason why everyone spoke for Mr. Xu was not only that Fang Ge Lao wanted Mr. Xu to return to his hometown, but also that His Majesty also wanted to vacate the seat of the new army training yamen, so that the next layout could be completed and the Hanwei battalion should be transferred north to Tongzhou. Judging from His Majesty's recent actions, this conclusion is not difficult to guess, so almost all the ministers of the DPRK and China have remained silent on this matter. ”

"Quanju! It's all just a trick. Li Linbin continued: "It is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong in this matter, but everyone has a different understanding of the government. His Majesty wants to train an elite army, Fang Ge Lao wants to promote his own party to govern the country, and Mr. Xu Lao wants to introduce Western studies to innovate the political and strong country, everyone's original intention is to want our Ming Dynasty to regain its majesty, and the contradiction is that everyone chooses different paths. Since the Tao is different, someone must make concessions, someone must make sacrifices, this is the government! ”

Liu Yunwei's eyes were slightly red and said: "But in this case, everyone wants to save Da Ming according to their own ideas, and they are not convinced by each other, and even dump each other, exclude, and fight, and over time it will evolve into a life-and-death struggle between you and me, and Da Ming's vitality may be consumed little by little in such an endless struggle." At that time, what will Daming do? What about Huaxia? Could it be that everyone has collapsed a good Daming Dou by infighting, just to let Jiannu kill him and pick up the cheapest? ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, after all, everyone here was a small role that could not control the situation. Li Linbin looked even more sad, almost crying. Li Linbin is far clearer than Liu Yunwei and others about the affairs of the DPRK and China, and Li Linbin knows very well in his heart some of these things that cannot be put on the table, and he has seen too much; Perhaps, the future of the Ming Dynasty is the kind of situation depicted by Liu Yunwei, everyone only knows about infighting, and gave up a great river and mountain to the Tartars outside the Guan, and the people of the Han family once again became the servants of the Hu people! Thinking of this, Li Linbin couldn't help but tremble, and said secretly: "If Da Ming really becomes like this in the future, it will be hell, and life is worse than death!" ”

After a long time, Li Linbin let out a sigh of relief and said: "As long as we have the Ming Dynasty, Huaxia, and the people in our hearts, then let's do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." The old man believes that the Ming Dynasty will be able to inherit it forever! ”

Liu Yunwei shook his head and said solemnly: "Sometimes, God is also blind!" What we have to do is to fight the heavens and the earth to help Huaxia! As long as it is a foreign race that is the enemy of China, the soldiers of my Hanwei battalion will definitely kill it! God blocks and kills God, Buddha blocks and kills Buddha! Even if God wants to destroy my Huaxia, I will poke a hole in this muddy God, so that God knows that Huaxia will never die! ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Linbin said goodbye to Liu Yunwei and returned to Beijing. Before parting, Li Linbin went to worship Liu Ling's father and son and Xu Wanxin, and instructed Liu Yunwei to say: "Yunwei, time waits for no one, you must return to Sichuan as soon as possible to deal with the old general's afterlife, and arrange the affairs at home as soon as possible; The old man thought that it would not be long before the imperial court would order the Han Wei camp to go north to Tongzhou. To say a big disrespectful word, Yunwei, you must rush to Tongzhou before His Majesty returns to heaven, and firmly hold the real power of the new army training yamen in your hands, this is the absolute main force to counterattack Jiannu in the future! ”

Liu Yunwei nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, my lord, before I wanted to return to Sichuan to accumulate strength, just to prepare for returning to Liaodong to fight against Jiannu, and now going north to Tongzhou is also to prepare for returning to Liaodong, which can be said to be the same way." I am bound to win this new army training yamen, and once the imperial court gives an order, I will rush to Tongzhou as soon as possible! ”

Li Linbin saw that Liu Yunwei did not insist on returning to Sichuan as a way to serve the country, and he was very relieved and said, "Does Yunwei have any other requirements?" Or if there is any difficulty, you might as well bring it up now, and I will bring it back with me to fight for the soldiers. ”

"Yes! Grain and grass! Liu Yunwei said with a sad face: "There is an extreme shortage of grain and grass in my camp, and now I have more than 300,000 horses here, and the daily consumption of grain and grass can be said to be massive. ”

"You can rest assured about the problem of grain and grass, the military department and the household department have already ordered before I came, and now a large amount of grain and grass is being mobilized from the surrounding areas of Yiyang and the Beijing division, I believe it will not be long before the first batch of grain and grass will be transported."

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "If this is the case, I can go back to Sichuan with confidence." ”

Li Linbin said: "Okay, since Yunwei is at ease, then I will leave and go back." ”

Liu Yunwei clasped his hands into fists and said solemnly: "Take care all the way, adults." ”

That night, Liu Yunwei convened Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu, Li Tianhao, Wang Gandang, Gao Hongguang, and Huang Fuming to discuss the big tent, and said in public: "I have decided that I will lead Long Xiang Iron Cavalry to transport the coffins of my father and Wanxin back to Sichuan for burial early tomorrow morning; When I left, the army was under Lu Ying, in charge of all things in the Hanwei camp, and everyone had to perform their duties and prepare for the army to go north to Tongzhou. ”

Hearing this, Lu Ying suddenly felt a mountain of pressure and asked, "What do you have to ask the eldest brother?" ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said: "These captives and displaced people must be settled, the supply of grain and grass must be guaranteed, and seize the time to conduct simple training for these prisoners, these people will be our soldiers against Jiannu in the future!" At the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to any movements on the side of the Henan Political Envoy, in case those civil officials will do some inferior things. ”

Lu Ying nodded heavily and said, "Don't worry, big brother, I remember everything." ”

After that, Liu Yunwei instructed Wu Xing and others for a while, and told everyone to pay attention to the news of Yuan Mingxuan and his party, and keep in touch with him in time. Finally, Liu Yunwei said loudly: "Brothers, after I return to Sichuan this time to take care of my family affairs, I will come back as soon as possible to meet you." On the day Long Xiang returns, it will be the time for the army to go north! This is the beginning of my Hanwei Battalion's return to Liaodong! ”