As a scholar who once had enthusiasm, ideals and pursuits, Wang Xijue had a dream, but then struggling and wandering in Vanity Fair, Wang Xijue gradually lost his original intention, and the degenerated Confucianism has been unable to create the grand occasion of Confucius and his three thousand disciples, although his disciples are not less than one million, but there are less than three thousand who have really inherited his ideas, and the ideas inherited by Taoist scholars and physicists are extremely conservative and outdated doctrines, and they cannot produce saints. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Xijue is obviously not a saint, he is just a bureaucrat, not even a scholar, although he once had ideals, but now only the heart of survival remains.

Wang Xijue's condition for survival is to live under the surveillance of the royal family for the rest of his life, he will clearly know that he has the eyes of the royal family by his side, and he will know very well that the concubines sleeping next to him may be members of the royal family, but he has no choice, he must dance with these people who will take his life at any time, because he has a shocking secret, a secret that is enough to shake the emperor's rule.

Although he succeeded in preventing the tragedy from happening, but the price was to pay the rest of his life, he will resign in three months at the latest, leave Jingshi, leave this vanity fair forever, return to his hometown, live the rest of his life, life and death are destined, he is powerless to resist, thinking like this, he gradually saw through the red dust.

The day before the army arrived in Beijing, Li Chengliang finally couldn't bear his own communication, and ran to Wang Xijue's house to ask for a meeting, Wang Xijue did not stop Li Chengliang this time, and met with Li Chengliang generously, smiling and telling Li Chengliang about the past, but he didn't say anything about Li Chengliang's most concerning, which made Li Chengliang depressed and puzzled.

Finally, Li Chengliang couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart and asked, "Elder Ge, what should I say about Xiao Ruxun's matter and my son's Rusong's matter?" Xiao Ruxun has made such great feats, Your Majesty should not want to replace my Li clan with Xiao Ruxun to guard Liaodong, right? ”

Wang Xijue smiled and said, "Why do you think so?" ”

"Isn't it?" Li Chengliang said anxiously: "Xiao Ruxun can fight, can lead troops and train soldiers, and obediently packs up the Wa State, and has made so much silver for the imperial court, the emperor will definitely think of using Xiao Ruxun to completely solve the problem of Mongolia and Jurchen, and now that Xiao Ruxun's prestige has risen sharply, seeing that many lords in Beijing don't take me seriously, they all go to Xiao's house to befriend Xiao Wenkui, how should I deal with myself?" ”

Wang Xijue looked at Li Chengliang, who was jumping up and down in a hurry, as if he saw his former self through Li Chengliang.

"Don't worry, after this battle, Li Rusong will be the chief soldier of Liaodong."

Li Chengliang was first surprised, then overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Ruxun won't replace my Li family?" That's great! That...... Xiao Ruxun ......"

Li Chengliang has become troubled again, it seems that he is frightened by the ferocity of Xiao Ruxun, a rising star, Li Chengliang who swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger is no longer seen, and now Li Chengliang, who has no ambition and has degenerated into a politician by the years, is really old.

"Xiao Ruxun will be appointed by His Majesty as the commander of the Yunnan Imperial Border Army, commanding the troops of Yunnan to conquer the Dongwu Kingdom, and completely clean up the Dongwu Kingdom that has been harassing my border for more than ten years, and at the same time, enter the Marquis of Pingping."

"Sealed?" Li Chengliang was stunned: "I, Li Chengliang, have been in the border for more than ten years, fought hundreds of battles, and won ten great victories before I got the title of an earl, Xiao Ruxun can be crowned a marquis in just two big battles?!" ”

Li Chengliang looked unwilling, feeling that the glory of his lifelong struggle had been surpassed, and the position of the first military general in the Wanli period was taken away, which made him very unhappy.

Wang Xijue sneered, he couldn't say it in front of him, but how much water was in Li Chengliang's top ten victories, he knew that the title of earl was just a Liaodong Wenchen who took advantage of the situation, and created the role of Li Chengliang, the god of war, for the sake of political struggle, but Xiao Ruxun brought benefits to the country that could not be ignored in both wars, especially the Battle of Korea.

Tens of millions of taels of silver are equivalent to decades of central tax revenue in the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to two years of tax revenue in the Ming Dynasty that can be used in a year, which greatly eases the financial burden of the imperial court, which is a great plus in the eyes of the ministers who do not know the news of the emperor's coup.

Therefore, when the emperor took back the three kings and sealed the summoning order, and ordered Xiao Ruxun to enter the knighthood, he was passed by the ministers without any resistance, so that Xiao Ruxun became the first military general to be crowned marquis during the Wanli period, which is well deserved, there is no controversy, but the controversy of your Li Dashuai has not dissipated so far, and the comparison of this gold content is not an order of magnitude, so, what else do you say?

"Xiao Ruxun brought tens of millions of taels of silver to the imperial court, and the finances of the imperial court will be much more abundant in the next ten years, so Xiao Ruxun's reputation among the courtiers is quite good, especially the officials of the household department and the military department, they respect Xiao Ruxun very much, and they also privately praise Xiao Ruxun as the first general of the Ming Dynasty, General Li, you, don't be more entangled in this matter, besides, Li Rusong will be named the general soldier of Liaodong, isn't it something you dream of?"

Li Chengliang was blocked by Wang Xijue and had nothing to say, but he was unhappy in his heart.

"Ge Lao, I also know this, I just can't get used to that kid going against me as soon as he comes to the capital, and he is competing with my son for the position of the main general, if it weren't for him, this battle would be fought by my son, and my son will definitely be able to make such a great achievement, and it will be my son who will be knighted at that time, not Xiao Ruxun!"

Li Chengliang's words were very unstandard, so Wang Xijue smiled coldly: "Don't put Xiao Ruxun's exploits on Li Rusong's head, the result is really different if you change someone, Li Rusong is good at using cavalry, not good at using firearms, this time Xiao Ruxun used more than 600 artillery pieces and countless bird guns and Japanese wars."

Such a general who is good at using firearms to fight, Xiao Ruxun is still the first one in the Ming Dynasty since Qi Shaobao, this battle Xiao Ruxun only has a cavalry under Li Rusong, and the scale has never been more than 5,000, replaced by Li Rusong, okay? ”

Li Chengliang was depressed, he really couldn't say this, the Liaodong Army has always despised firearms, and they don't use them at all, they still use three-eyed guns, and it is said that Xiao Ruxun doesn't like three-eyed guns very much, and admires the large-scale Franc machine and bird guns, and advocates the method of firearms big array of hot and cold.

Even Xiao Ruxun suggested in an official letter to the Ministry of War that firearms of the previous generation should be completely eliminated, such as the three-eyed gun, the thunderbolt gun, and the bowl gun, and the Ming army should establish a special firearms unit, equipped with Franc machine guns and bird guns, to achieve long-range and short-range firepower strike networks, and the cavalry should also cooperate with the cooperation of fast-moving firearms units such as vehicle artillery.

The Liaodong Army and some troops in coastal areas naturally strongly protested, the bird gun was too difficult to use, there was no musket gun at all, it was not easy to use, they were unwilling to renew, there was no more powerful threat, and it was a waste of money, so the resistance was not small, and the internal protest of the Liaodong Army was not small, plus Xiao Ruxun had a holiday with the Liaodong Army before, but it was only because of Xiao Ruxun's unparalleled prestige that the Liaodong Army did not dare to make trouble.

But the unhappiness of the Li family's father and son is indelible.