Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 4 Recruiting Troops and Gathering Strength

Section 5: Rewards with ulterior motives

Liu Yunwei comforted the horse steward for a while, and promised on the spot that everyone would definitely lead the army back to Liaodong to avenge Qian Yuanwai and thousands of Liaodong souls. After that, Liu Yunwei ordered someone to take the horse steward and others to settle down first, stay in Tongzhou Town to do some things first, and talk about the future later.

After Liu Yunwei sent away Steward Ma and the others, he said to everyone in the council hall: "You must remember everything that happened today, the people of Liaodong died tragically under the butcher's knife of Jiannu, and we can only watch and do nothing, this is the shame of our warriors!" One day, I, the Hanwei Army, will let Jiannu double the return! ”

Yuan Mingxuan wiped his tears with his sleeve and sighed uncontrollably. And Sun Yuanhua said: "Little general, I think it's better to send someone to Tianjin Wei first, since Qian Yuanwai donated all his family wealth to our Tongzhou Town, we just used it to save the emergency." ”

Liu Yunwei thought about it for a while and said, "Of course, I want to send someone to get it back as soon as possible, but I don't want to use this money to pay off my debts." ”

"What?"

Not only was Sun Yuanhua a little stunned at this time, but everyone present didn't know what Liu Yunwei meant, and they all felt very strange.

Liu Yunwei said to everyone: "No matter how much money is left by the money clerk, it will run out one day, and then my Tongzhou Town will still face a situation where there is no money available, and you must know that the money and grain allocated by the imperial court every year cannot meet the huge expenses of our Tongzhou Town." Therefore, let's find a way to make good use of the money left by the money clerk and use the money to make money! ”

Sun Yuanhua frowned and asked, "What are the specific plans of the little general?" ”

Liu Yunwei sighed and said, "Maybe it's God's free arrangement, and I sent the horse steward over at this time." I decided to use the money from the money to build a merchant fleet, and let's go to the sea to make money, and let the horse steward and others preside over this matter. As long as our fleet is up, Tongzhou Town will have a stable and lucrative income. ”

"This is also a solution, but what about those rich businessmen in the capital? But every now and then they send men to collect the money. It is impossible to build a fleet for a while, and far water cannot quench the thirst of the near. Sun Yuanhua said.

"Haha, it's not that hard." Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Master Sun told those rich businessmen that now I don't have any cash in Tongzhou Town, and I can't pay off the arrears for a while, so I need to wait a little longer." However, there is a big business waiting for them here in my Tongzhou Town, and Lord Sun can ask them if they are interested in investing some money to support it. ”

Sun Yuanhua immediately understood, laughed and said: "Haha, the little general is preparing to tie up those rich people in the capital with our Tongzhou Town, this trick is too ruthless." ”

Yuan Mingxuan also said with a smile: "Haha, the possibility of success in this matter is very high, after all, the return of being a maritime merchant is so huge, I am not afraid that those rich businessmen will not agree!" ”

Everyone discussed the specific details again, and Liu Yunwei said: "I think this matter will be led by Lord Sun, and the horse stewards are responsible for the specific affairs, and we must use the shortest time to build our own fleet." ”

After everything was finalized, Liu Yunwei wanted to discuss with everyone about replenishing the soldiers of each battalion, and was just about to ask everyone's opinions, when he saw Guo Yi hurriedly walking in.

"What's going on again?"

Guo Yi said with a strange expression: "Qiqi General Town, someone from the Ministry of War has come, saying that he wants to reward our Hanwei Army for its victory in thousands of mountains, but what it brings is not His Majesty's will, but the official document of the Ministry of War." ”

Liu Yunwei couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said: "This is strange, now that the situation in Liaodong is like this, the imperial court should vigorously reward our Han Wei army and hype up the achievements of the national dynasty, how can you act so low-key?" This doesn't make sense. ”

Thinking of this, a person's name popped up in Liu Yunwei's mind: Wei Zhongxian!

"Humph! Now that our father-in-law Wei is powerful, and the Donglin Party has also been destroyed, he wants to give me eye medicine for Tongzhou Town! Liu Yunwei said resentfully.

Yuan Mingxuan and Sun Yuanhua glanced at each other, and they both saw a strong worry in each other's eyes, and both of them persuaded Liu Yunwei to go out to greet the visitor, but they were rejected by Liu Yunwei.

"Just let someone leave the official documents, you don't have to put them in the camp!"

Yuan Mingxuan persuaded: "Little general, although it is said that it is a person from the military department, but the representative is Wei Zhongxian, have we done enough to save face?" At this time, it is not appropriate for us to form a grudge with Wei Zhongxian. ”

"No! Think about it, according to Wei Zhongxian's temperament, without shaking the country's foundation, he will definitely continue to embarrass our Tongzhou Town, no matter whether our Tongzhou Town is obedient to it or not, the result will be the same. Now that the Donglin Party has been completely defeated by the Eunuch Party, and the Qi, Zhejiang and other henchmen are all attached to Wei Zhongxian, the only force in the entire court that can threaten Wei Zhongxian's status and power is only our Tongzhou Town and Han Wei Army. If you were Wei Zhongxian, would you be indifferent? At least I won't, and I will do my best to fight all possible opponents, just like Wei Zhongxian, in order to consolidate my position of power. ”

After listening to Liu Yunwei's words, everyone in the council hall was silent, and Jiannu outside the gate and Wei Zhongxian in the court were like two thousand mountains, pressing on everyone's hearts, making everyone feel almost suffocated.

After a while, Guo Yi returned to the council hall, and there was already an extra official document from the Ministry of War in his hand.

Liu Yunwei took it and opened it to take a look, and immediately laughed out loud and said, "Haha, I propose that Lu Ying have a treat tonight, let's all have a good meal, and the imperial court has promoted Lu Ying to be a guard." However, the rest of the soldiers were not so lucky. ”

After speaking, I saw Lu Ying stand up suddenly, and said with an angry face: "Wei Zhongxian is too deceitful!" What does he mean by that? ”

Liu Yunwei first signaled Lu Ying to be calm, and then threw the official document on the desk very contemptuously, and said: "The official document said that the four guerrilla generals who participated in the victory of Qianshan had different degrees of negligence in the follow-up campaign, so the merits and demerits were offset and no reward was given, and Lu Ying had military merits when he led the army to attack Liaoyang, so he was promoted to garrison because of his official duties. This is obvious, Wei Zhongxian is deliberately dividing our Han Wei army. ”

As soon as the words fell, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu and other generals were furious, and Zhao Kaishan and Wang Dangdang even clamored to carry out military admonitions and completely eradicate Wei Zhongxian and his henchmen; Yuan Mingxuan, Sun Yuanhua and other shogunate officials were worried, full of worries about the future of Tongzhou Town and the Han Wei Army. As for Lu Ying, he was so angry that he couldn't speak, and even prepared to ask Liu Yunwei for his resignation, clamoring to hand over the military power, and immediately return to Sichuan to support Liu Yunwei's mother.

Liu Yunwei waved his hand at everyone, and then said with a smile: "Everyone be quiet, I know that everyone is very angry now, very dissatisfied with what Wei Zhongxian has done, and very worried about our future." However, what I want to say to you is that I, Tongzhou Town, and the soldiers of the Hanwei Army will not be afraid of Wei Zhongxian's petty methods, and I, Liu Yunwei, also have absolute trust in my fellow brothers, and I will not have the slightest suspicion! Wei Zhongxian wants to embarrass us, what will we do? It is nothing more than using money and food as a threat, rewarding and punishing us in the name of the imperial court. ”

Yuan Mingxuan nodded, and said: "The two points that the little general said are indeed to the key, in the name of the imperial court, I don't have to worry too much about the reward and punishment of us, after all, with the great exploits of the Hanwei army, I am not afraid of Wei Zhongxian's black hand, at most, it is just like this time, Wei Zhongxian will not do too much." It's just that if Wei Zhongxian threatens our Tongzhou Town with money and food, it will be really difficult to do. ”

The crowd began to talk about possible countermeasures.

At this time, everyone heard Liu Yunwei say with a smile: "It's okay! This time, the legacy left by Qian Yuanwai is the timely rain that God gave me to Tongzhou Town. After Master Sun and Steward Ma build the fleet, I believe that our Tongzhou Town will soon be self-sufficient! At that time, in addition to Wei Zhongxian's inability to use money and food to blackmail us, there is another advantage: once our Han Wei army has the opportunity to go to Liaodong again, with the rich money and food accumulated by the fleet running to the sea, the soldiers will not have to withdraw with regret because of lack of money and food, as they did this time! ”

"Big brother is right! It seems that the fleet is really going to step up its preparations. ”

"It's not easy to build a fleet, we need time."

"Let's take one step at a time, it's better than doing nothing at all."

After Liu Yunwei finished speaking, everyone began to discuss.

After a while, Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Okay, the matter of the fleet is decided like this first." Early tomorrow morning, Mr. Sun will send someone to Tianjin Wei to get the money back, and the affairs of the fleet must be prepared immediately; In addition, three days later, I will mourn for the money in Tongzhou City, and all the officials in Tongzhou Town and all the soldiers of the Hanwei Army will participate! ”

"The last will be ordered!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

"Now, let's discuss Lu Ying's promotion to garrison." Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Since Wei Zhongxian has given us a garrison position, it is not easy for us to push it out, I think Lu Ying, you can do it with peace of mind." In addition, I will not forget the meritorious soldiers who went to Liaodong this time, the imperial court does not reward the soldiers, and I Liu Yunwei will reward them. Also three days later, after the funeral for the money clerk, I was next to the mound outside the money clerk to award the soldiers; On the one hand, it comforts the soldiers' heart to serve the country, and at the same time, it also allows the spirit of the soldiers in the sky to take a look at the majesty of our Hanwei soldiers, so that the soldiers of the Hanwei Army can rest assured that our Hanwei soldiers will be able to avenge the thousands of souls who died tragically at the hands of Jiannu! ”