Xiao Ruxun angrily scolded Mao Wenlong, and scolded Mao Wenlong with a face full of anger.

Then Mao Wenlong turned around and lay down in front of Xiao Ruxun, and said loudly: "The minister knows the mistake, the minister knows the mistake!" Please also ask Your Majesty to punish the ministers! ”

"Punishment? What is the punishment? You have made great contributions, you have beheaded the head of Jiannu, I want to reward you, what will you do? I said, you didn't make a mistake, you did the right thing! How do you want me to cure your sins? ”

Mao Wenlong couldn't say a word.

When Xiao Ruxun saw that his goal had been achieved, he no longer threatened him, paused, and asked again: "Mao Wenlong, I heard that you are from Hangzhou?" ”

“…… Be. ”

Mao Wenlong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied.

"Hangzhou, a land with beautiful mountains and clear waters, has raised countless gentle scholars, how can you raise such a stingy hob meat for Hangzhou? As the saying goes, one side of the water and soil raises the other side, and your style of acting is very different from the water and soil in Hangzhou. ”

Xiao Ruxun said as she walked back to her seat and sat down.

"Minister...... Although Chen grew up in Hangzhou, his ancestral home is Pingyang, Shanxi, and his behavior is very different from that of Jiangnan, and his grandfather's generation migrated to Hangzhou because of business needs. ”

"Oh, that's it, it's no wonder, Shanxi, Pingyang, a few years ago, I also fought in Shanxi, together with the Beiyu, passed through Pingyang, and also fought in Pingyang."

Xiao Ruxun recalled the past for a moment, and then asked, "I heard that you have also read the Four Books and Five Classics, and you have also taken the imperial examination?" ”

"Yes, when he was young, he was mentioned by his maternal uncle Shen Guangzuo, and he was able to study under the Shen family and prepare to raise a child's business, but when he was young, he was inferior to play, loved military books, and hated the child's business, so he has not been able to get fame."

"Shen Guangzuo? Isn't this my Shuntian Mansion Yin? How did he never mention your name to me? ”

Xiao Ruxun suddenly remembered Yin Shen Guangzuo of Shuntian Mansion, he was a native of Hangzhou, and like Li Tingji during the Northern Expedition, he fled back to his hometown with oil on the soles of his feet.

His family is well-off, and he took refuge in Hangzhou very comfortably, but when the Northern Expedition army hit Hangzhou, he immediately abandoned his family business and took his family to Nanjing to find Xiao Ruxun to survive.

After that, this person followed Xiao Ruxun all the way to the north to Beijing, and then asked Xiao Ruxun to ascend the throne as the emperor together.

Later, because of his qualifications in the Ming court, Shen Guangzuo was appointed as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and is currently assisting Li Tingji in handling Ma Zheng, doing well, and was given a piece of land in Beijing, which seems to have forgotten the ancestral industry in Hangzhou, and started from the beginning from Beijing, which is a bit interesting.

It's just that Xiao Ruxun didn't know that this person was actually Mao Wenlong's maternal uncle.

"The one who promised to let the minister join the army in Hangzhou was my uncle."

Mao Wenlong said.

"Oh? And such things? ”

"Yes, because the minister doesn't like to read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and there is no progress in his career, and his maternal uncle doesn't like the minister very much, before the army arrived in Hangzhou, his maternal uncle suddenly said to the minister, 'If you don't like to study, then go to the army, the opportunity is in front of you, and see if you can grasp it'."

Then he left some entanglement with the minister, and left with the whole family, and the minister only later joined the army to know that his maternal uncle's family actually went to Nanjing to seek refuge in His Majesty. ”

Mao Wenlong honestly explained his relationship with Shen Guangzuo.

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and then said: "This time the imperial court used troops in the southwest, you have lived in Jiangnan for a long time, do you know where the main points of the imperial court's use of troops are?" ”

Mao Wenlong raised his head, looked at Xiao Ruxun, and then lowered his head again.

"What Your Majesty said about the use of troops in the southwest, but what you are talking about is the four major Tusi of Guizhou, An Song Tianyang?"

"Yes, An Song Tianyang, do you understand?"

Mao Wenlong nodded.

"When I was young, I lived at my mother's uncle's house, and I heard that local merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou bought wood, minerals and lacquer sent by the southwest toast, and these four families were the most popular."

"Oh!"

Xiao Ruxun figured out the relationship between this: "I decided to use troops against them, get rid of their threat to the central government, and thoroughly implement the policy of changing the land and returning it to the stream." ”

Mao Wenlong was a little surprised.

"What Your Majesty said is that it is the four major toasts of An Song Tian Yang, and he will not let go of any of them?"

"Yes, not a single one."

Xiao Ruxun's eyes flashed: "It's all the land of Great Qin, how can you tolerate the existence of an earth emperor who is not controlled by the central government?" They all have tens of thousands of soldiers, so it is difficult for me to sleep and eat! On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly? On the land of Great Qin, I do not allow the existence of forces that do not obey orders. ”

Mao Wenlong swallowed.

"Even if the minister lives in Hangzhou, he also knows that the power of the four major toasts is very strong, if the four major toasts are united, I am afraid that no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses can be mobilized, and it is not so easy to eat, please think twice!"

"Two hundred thousand? Hmph, I think I can take out 300,000! ”

Xiao Ruxun took a deep breath: "But the more this is the case, the more I can't tolerate them, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, I don't like the existence of land in the Great Qin country that is not controlled by me, if there is, then take it." ”

Mao Wenlong swallowed another mouthful of saliva.

The strength of His Majesty today is rare in ancient and modern times, and I am afraid that only the Taizu of the previous dynasty and Qin Shi Huang can be compared.

"But how can 300,000 native soldiers be wiped out?"

Mao Wenlong didn't understand where the emperor's confidence came from.

Xiao Ruxun looked at Mao Wenlong and suddenly smiled.

"Don't you kid like to steal credit? I give you this credit, if you can come up with a way, I will let you lead the army to attack the southwest, how about it? ”

Mao Wenlong was startled, and looked up at Xiao Ruxun: "Is what Your Majesty said true?" ”

"You don't joke."

Xiao Ruxun smiled.

"Minister...... Chancellor is not without ideas! ”

Mao Wenlong couldn't resist the temptation of his huge military exploits, and immediately spoke: "From the minister's point of view, if the four toasts are united, of course they are a giant, and they are very difficult to deal with, but the four toasts have their own contradictions, and there are feuds between them. ”

After speaking, he looked at Xiao Ruxun very excitedly.

Xiao Ruxun picked up the tea bowl in front of him, blew a breath, and slowly took a sip of tea.

"As long as you know how to drive tigers and devour wolves, they don't know that their lips are dead and their teeth are cold? Do you think they are illiterate savages? They read no less books than you do! They don't know less words than you, they know no less allusions than you, don't think that people's names with the word "soil" are very earthy, from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, they can survive in the cracks for hundreds of years, even if it is a pig, it is also a pig that has become a sperm! ”

Mao Wenlong blinked, as if he was stunned and speechless.

"And if I can mobilize them to devour the Yang clan and kill each other with a holy decree, why should I mobilize a large army to attack them? Do you really think that my decree runs rampant and unimpeded? If the decree can be done, what do you want the army to do? What do you want you to do? ”

Xiao Ruxun put down the tea bowl, stood up, and looked at Mao Wenlong with dissatisfaction: "Military affairs, the place of death and life, the way of survival, what you say is like child's play, if the problem can be solved so simply, the former Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces and the think tanks under my command will not be able to think of a solution?" You think they're all fools? Or am I a fool? ”

Mao Wenlong came back to his senses and quickly leaned down to plead guilty.

"The minister is frightened, the minister is speechless!"

"A mind full of small wisdom, but great wisdom? Why can't I see it? If you do great things, how can you not have great wisdom? You look down on your colleagues and think that they are all burdens, and you can do things by yourself, and that is the remnant of the 5,000 soldiers left! But now, the four major toasts, 300,000 soldiers, you alone, how to solve it? ”

was scolded by Xiao Ruxun, Mao Wenlong knelt on the ground and couldn't say a word, and his body was still a little trembling.

"No matter how strong a person's force is, no matter how elite an army is, it is always powerless in the face of an enemy several times its own, if you don't know how to coordinate your comrades to fight together and share the pressure, then you will definitely lose, and there is no need for lone heroes in the army!"

Xiao Ruxun walked up to Mao Wenlong and scolded him angrily.

Mao Wenlong hurriedly said: "The minister lost his words! The minister is guilty! Please forgive your majesty! ”

"Someone!"

Xiao Ruxun ignored him: "Mao Wenlong said wildly, he lost his honor in front of the emperor, he was disrespectful, he was punished with a cane for twenty, he was removed from his military position, and sent to Zheng Ying, the chief general of the Xuanwu Battalion in Wuchang Mansion, to listen to it!" ”

Mao Wenlong was shocked and hurriedly begged for mercy, but the guards outside the palace did not wait for mercy and immediately rushed in and pulled him away.

While being pulled, Mao Wenlong begged for mercy, but suddenly, as if he had figured out something, he didn't ask for mercy or struggle, and turned to a look of surprise on his face.

"Minister Mao Wenlong! Thank you, Your Majesty!! ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ruxun picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked.