Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 1 The military is shaking the sky and raising the prestige of the Han

Section 3: Discussion on Establishment (2)

After Liu Yunwei left, Wei Zhongxian locked himself in the room, constantly thinking about Liu Yunwei's proposal to reorganize 100,000 Tuntian soldiers. Although Wei Zhongxian has been wooing Liu Yunwei before, he wants to use him as a foreign aid for himself, so as to maximize his power, and even after the funeral of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he can leave a way back for himself. But this does not mean that Wei Zhongxian will be angry with the public for Liu Yunwei and will help Liu Yunwei unconditionally.

"What is this Liu Yunwei thinking? Is it really just to recover Liaodong and serve the country loyally, as he himself said? ”

Wei Zhongxian kept thinking about it, and he never wanted to believe that Liu Yunwei was dedicated to the country: "Hmph! Where are there still loyal ministers in the country today who are dedicated to the country and do not care about life and death? The miscellaneous family must not let Liu Yunwei's army expansion succeed, and now there is a Jiliao governor who frequently contradicts the miscellaneous family, if Liu Yunwei's power soars, and he is not of the same heart as the miscellaneous family, then the miscellaneous family will not give themselves a stumbling block? If the two most powerful generals of the Ming Dynasty can't get along with the miscellaneous family, then the miscellaneous family will never have peace! ”

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian prepared to convene the officials of the eunuch party, wanting to let out the wind about Liu Yunwei's reorganization of 100,000 tuntian soldiers first, and at the same time gather the eunuch party to make a big fuss about the officials placed in the Yushitai, and not give Liu Yunwei any chance.

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian inadvertently saw a fold on the table, which was the information collected by Dongchang and Jinyiwei about the construction of slaves in Liaodong. After seeing this excerpt, the news about Liaodong Jiannu kept tumbling in Wei Zhongxian's mind.

"Yuan Chonghuan, the military commander of the Ministry of War, has completed the construction of Ningyuan City, and is now recruiting soldiers and horses to garrison this city, and the Jiannu rangers harass from time to time, and the situation in Liaodong may continue to deteriorate."

"The people of Liaodong hate the harsh government of Jiannu, fierce resistance, sneak attacks, assassinations and poisoning incidents against Jiannu continue, after the slave chief Nurhachi heard about it, he slaughtered the city in various parts of Liaodong, and wanted to use this to establish his authority and completely defeat the will of the people of Liaodong to resist, and now dozens of cities in Liaodong have been slaughtered, the old people and men in the city have almost been killed, and the surviving young women, children and livestock have been distributed to the soldiers in the banner by the slave chiefs."

"The slave chief ordered all Han people in Liaodong to shave their hair and change clothes, in an attempt to cut off the inheritance of the Han family's clothes and crowns in Liaodong, and turn all the thousands of miles of Liaodong into a barbarian land, and all those who did not want to shave their hair were slaughtered by Jiannu, and all parts of Liaodong became hell on earth."

"The slave chief ordered to forcibly capture and plunder the strong men in various parts of Liaodong to become the Han army, led by the rebel generals, in order to expand the military strength, and now the Jiannu has expanded the army by 100,000, and the army is extremely strong!"

Wei Zhongxian recalled these news about Liaodong, and suddenly seemed to be deflated, sitting on the chair speechless for a long time, and the whole person was in a daze for a long time, until the sun was setting.

"If Liu Yunwei is attacked by the Manchu civil and military groups, the consequences will not be controllable by the miscellaneous family, and the Han Wei army will also suffer from it. The situation in Liaodong is like this, is it a bit inappropriate for the miscellaneous family to do this? That's it! The miscellaneous family will help this Liu Yunwei again! ”

After Wei Zhongxian made up his mind, he said secretly: "However, the miscellaneous family can't help that Liu Yunwei in vain, everyone must take what they need!" ”

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian convened the main cadres of the eunuch party to discuss the meeting. More than a dozen eunuch officials discussed in Wei Zhongxian's mansion for a long time until the next morning.

This morning, Wei Zhongxian ignored the fatigue of not sleeping all night, and hurriedly sent someone to find Liu Yunwei to discuss the matter. At this time, Liu Yunwei had not yet left Beijing, and was still resting in the pavilion, wanting to wait for Wei Zhongxian's news before returning to Tongzhou.

After receiving Wei Zhongxian's news, Liu Yunwei's heart was suddenly ecstatic, and he said secretly: "Wei Zhongxian must have agreed to help me, otherwise he wouldn't have called me for an interview!" It's just that I don't know if Wei Zhongxian will take the opportunity to put forward any conditions, and I'll have to improvise later. ”

It didn't take long for Liu Yunwei to come to Wei Zhongxian's mansion with the little eunuch who sent the news.

After seeing Wei Zhongxian, Liu Yunwei couldn't help but say that he paid a direct salute, hugged his fists and said: "Yunwei thank my father-in-law for his success!" ”

Wei Zhongxian was slightly stunned when he saw this, then laughed, and after helping Liu Yunwei to sit down, he said with a smile: "How did Mr. Liu know that the miscellaneous family would definitely help you?" Mr. Liu, don't be too confident. ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Yunwei remembers that his father-in-law once said that no matter what time it is, he will not let Daming be threatened, and he will try his best to protect the fortunes of the country." Therefore, Yun Wei decided that Gonggong Wei would definitely support the reorganization of the Tuntian soldiers. ”

Wei Zhongxian nodded with a smile and said, "The miscellaneous family is saying such things, Liu Zongbing's memory is really good." However, today, the miscellaneous family invited Mr. Liu over, not to discuss the reorganization of the Tuntian soldiers, but to make a deal with Mr. Liu! ”

Liu Yunwei was stunned when he heard this, and asked with a frown: "I don't know what Gonggong Wei is referring to when he talks about the transaction?" ”

Wei Zhongxian stood up, walked up to Liu Yunwei, and whispered: "The miscellaneous family will do their best to help General Liu to promote the reorganization of 100,000 Tuntian soldiers, and ensure that the imperial court will support them as much as possible in terms of money and food. But in exchange, Mr. Liu also had to do a small favor to the miscellaneous family. ”

Liu Yunwei suddenly became alert when he heard this, slowly stood up, and asked, "What does Gonggong Wei mean by being a little busy?" Gonggong Wei is powerful, where do you need Yunwei's help? ”

Wei Zhongxian laughed treacherously and said in a low voice: "The current Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, has always been at odds with the miscellaneous family, and he is embarrassed by the miscellaneous family everywhere, which is not good!" Some militaristic events have been deeply affected. Therefore, the miscellaneous family considered changing the person to do it, and the person who could be consistent with the miscellaneous family. The miscellaneous family felt that General Liu had outstanding military achievements, strong troops, and close contacts with the miscellaneous family, so he could serve as the secretary of the military department and the governor of Jiliao, so they didn't know what happened to General Liu's intentions? ”

Liu Yunwei was furious when he heard this, and said sharply: "Father-in-law Wei, you are trying to make me Liu Yunwei cut himself off from the world!" ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "The miscellaneous family is completely out of public interest. As long as Liu Zongbing can serve as the secretary of the military department and the governor of Jiliao, then as far north as Shanhai Town and south as Tongzhou Town, the army of several towns will be under the command of Liu Zongbing, and the proposal to increase the number of troops by 100,000 does not need to be reported to the imperial court at all. And the huge amount of money and grain allocated by the imperial court to Liaodong every year will also be allocated to General Liu, and it will not take a few years for the Han Wei army to accumulate a large amount of belongings. In this way, all the problems are gone! That way, we can both take what we need. ”

Liu Yunwei sneered and said, "Hmph! There really isn't any problem, except for my Liu Yunwei's disrepute, right? ”

"Fame?" Wei Zhongxian sneered and said, "General Liu is not even afraid of death, is he still afraid of a bad reputation?" Besides, you don't need to make a move from General Soldier Liu to squeeze out Sun Chengzong, as long as the time comes for the miscellaneous family to recommend a successor, General Bing Liu can be more active, and after serving as the secretary of the military department and the governor of Jiliao, it is better to remember to help and benefit each other with the miscellaneous family. ”

Of course, Liu Yunwei understood that Wei Zhongxian wanted to pull himself into the water and wanted to make himself a big help for the eunuch party, so he immediately sneered and said: "Father-in-law Wei, it's not that Yunwei deliberately disagrees with you, even if Yunwei agrees to your conditions, do you think this matter can be done?" Yun Wei Ke has never heard that the Ming Dynasty has a military department Shangshu and a Jiliao governor in his twenties, and he is also a pure martial artist! In Yun Wei's opinion, the difficulty of this matter is far greater than the difficulty of reorganizing 100,000 Tuntian soldiers! If Grandpa Wei doesn't want to help Yun Wei, just say it bluntly, you don't have to use such an excuse to prevaricate me! ”

Wei Zhongxian laughed out loud when he heard this, and the whole person laughed breathlessly, as if he had heard some funny joke, and laughed for a while before he stopped and said: "Mr. Liu, in the eyes of the miscellaneous family, although it is difficult to organize 100,000 Tuntian soldiers, it is not beneficial to the miscellaneous family, so it is not easy to do it, and the miscellaneous family is unwilling to do it; And let Liu Zongbing replace Sun Chengzong, although it seems to be a lot more difficult, but once it is done, the miscellaneous family will have a strong backup, why don't the miscellaneous family give it a try? ”

"Even if it's the anger of the people? Even if His Majesty comes forward to oppose it? ”

"Haha." Wei Zhongxian laughed and said, "Maybe this matter is impossible in the eyes of General Liu Bing, but it is not a difficult thing in the eyes of the miscellaneous family. Does Liu Zongbing know what those ministers are called miscellaneous families? ”

"What's your name father-in-law?"

"Nine thousand years old!"

Liu Yunwei was shocked when he heard this, forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Hmph! Father-in-law is not afraid that His Majesty will know that Long Yan will be angry? ”

"Afraid of what? Your Majesty has known for a long time! But Your Majesty doesn't care, because the miscellaneous family can share state affairs for Your Majesty, and can handle the government for Your Majesty, which is far stronger than those rotten Confucians who have read the books of sages and sages all their lives. ”

After listening to this, Liu Yunwei walked to the door and asked coldly: "Then Gonggong Wei is not afraid that after Yunwei became the Shangshu of the Ministry of War and the governor of Jiliao, he will be the same as Lord Sun Chengzong, and he will disagree with Gonggong Wei everywhere?" You must know that Yun Wei is a powerful general soldier with heavy troops, and it is not something that Gonggong Wei can take at will. ”

Wei Zhongxian laughed even more when he heard this, pointed at Liu Yunwei and said: "At that time, the whole world will know that you Liu Yunwei is a member of my eunuch party, what else can Liu Zongbing do besides being close to the miscellaneous family?" Do you want to be a complete loner from the outside of the entire Ming officialdom? Ha ha! ”

Liu Yunwei looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was wandering with a pale face, and clenched his fists and said, "Today, I have been taught!" However, I, Liu Yunwei, have my own bottom line in being a man and doing things, and I will never do anything that harms loyalty! Leave! ”