Chapter 13: Morality (II)

"Where does the Prime Minister want to go?!" Chef Lu Wen shuddered in his heart, and forced an impulsive question to agree.

With the maps, household registration manuscripts, and official registers of the three provinces of Zhongshu, Shaanxi, and Gansu, the Huai'an army will not only save a lot of effort during the Northern Expedition, but will also achieve twice the result with half the effort if it wants to establish effective rule in the newly recovered territory. And what Hama wanted in exchange was to escort him out of the city to Zhigu. As long as the Mengyuan Imperial Court does not find out, it will be a gesture for most of the military intelligence department to complete this matter!

"You just say yes or no, as for where the old man will go after he gets on the boat. If it's not the content of this transaction, you don't need to care! Hama glanced at Lu Wen coldly and emphasized in a deep voice.

"This," Chef Lu Wen muttered, looking him up and down. Five short figure, slightly fat, the lower abdomen is faintly bulging three inches high, and the roots of the two thighs are all fat. There are a lot of people with such a stature in the capital. The vast majority of them are shopkeepers, bookkeepers, and brothel tortoises, and are easily overlooked. And Lu Wen himself also found that he had indeed underestimated the other party before, so that from the time the two sides met until now, he has always been in a passive position, and it is difficult to bargain on an equal footing.

"You can go and ask for advice, or talk to your colleagues. The old man is waiting for you here for half an hour! Knowing that Chef Lou Wen was competing with him to see who was more determined, Hama casually pulled over a chair and pretended to sit down easily. While drinking tea, he said with a smile.

"No need, the late life promised you that!" After calculating twice, Lu Wen found that it was difficult for him to turn the situation around, so he simply gave up the idea of competing with the other party, and simply replied neatly.

When the words fell, Hama immediately got up with a smile, "Young man, are you decisive?" No wonder your housekeeper is relieved to let you be on your own! ”

"Compared with the Prime Minister, it's still not enough to see!" Lu Wen arched his hand, telling the truth.

The other party is a person who can climb to the high position of the prime minister of a country, and in terms of wisdom, scheming and determination, he will definitely not be worse than his own small lieutenant. So instead of continuing to dry up, it is better to take the initiative to back down and then take what you need.

"When the old man is as old as you, he is far inferior to you!" Hama waved his hand politely, and his smile was a little proud.

"Your Excellency has won a prize!" Lu Wen shook his head with a smile, and then began to discuss the specific details of the escape with the other party, "When are you going to leave?" Do you need to go back to the house to pack up, or bring a few people with you? If you want to go, it's best to go around midnight every afternoon. The sun is poisonous, and the generals guarding the city gate are sleeping. And the ordinary soldier is also preparing to eat the second meal of the day, and he doesn't care which one to go out! ”

"If you don't go back, we'll leave today. Those who remained in the house were inconsequential. If you bring too much, it will be easy to be noticed by the emperor's eyeliner! Hama thought for a moment and shook his head lonely.

As the prime minister of a country, what he can really trust absolutely at the moment is only a dozen cronies of his family. The rest of the guards, the housekeepers, the clerks, and the account room, none of them could trust their lives.

Lu Wen groaned slightly, and suggested very thoughtfully, "I remember that General Xuexue once sent you a cavalry. Adults can leave a token, and tomorrow morning, the late students will send someone to inform them to go out of the city and return to the south. One can distract the attention of the court, let Tu Huan, and let the emperor think that you are also in this team. Second, if this army can return to his side smoothly, General Xuexue's cost of self-protection will also increase somewhat! ”

"They? You have a bodhisattva's heart! Hama frowned slightly, then smiled. If the cavalry had been left in the palace, the soldiers would have dispersed in a hurry when they learned that they had escaped. Immediately, they were about to face the full force of the inner palace cowardly Xue. And before the news was exposed, blatantly transferring them out of the city was equivalent to giving this cavalry a way to live. After all, four legs are faster than two legs, and after the imperial court found out, it wanted to send troops and horses to chase and intercept them, but they might not be able to kill them all on the way back to the south.

"It's not a bodhisattva's heart. If they are cornered in the city, I am afraid that no one will be killed. In that case, I don't know how many innocent people will die! Levin shook his head and explained very frankly.

"It's good to have this heart. It's better to have such a good heart than to deny your relatives like a beast! Hama glanced at him, with a little appreciation on his face, "The old man didn't understand it when he was young, and he always felt that being able to kill people was the ability." When he became the prime minister of a country, he realized that it was easy to kill people, but it was difficult to live people. Okay, the old man is hungry, so I'm bothering you with this vegetarian meal. Please call the brothers outside the door and have a few bites with the old man. From now on, the lives of the old man and these relatives will be handed over to you together! ”

With that, he sat down again and picked up his chopsticks to taste the already cold dish. The demeanor is elegant and generous, as if eating delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"Although the prime minister is slow to use, he will arrange manpower in the future!" Lu Wen was a little stupid by Hama's actions, thought about it, and turned around with a smile and walked towards the outside of the meditation room.

"Wait a minute!" Ha Ma urn stopped angrily, then put down the chopsticks, and added with a smile, "For the sake of your good heart, the old man will send you another favor." When you turn around, remember to send someone to remind your lord that if he wants to gain a firm foothold in Dadu, the key is not us Mongols, but those Han people in the north. After all, the total number of Mongols in the whole world is less than five million. And the one who led the troops to kill the Song family back then was not Prime Minister Boyan! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Luwen's footsteps stopped abruptly, then he turned around and slammed to the ground.

"No, it's the deal. You saved more than 1,000 soldiers and horses for my brother Xuexue, and I just gave you a favor! Hama shook his head and said with a smile. Besides, the country finally fell into the hands of your lord, and for us Mongolians, it is better than cheapening others! ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I know what to do!" Lu Wen thought for a moment and nodded and went out.

After a while, all the henchmen brought by Hama were led into the meditation room. Knowing that the next meal was not yet known, everyone did not dare to be formal, crowded around the table, opened their mouths and devoured it.

Seeing that his cronies had fallen into such a state, Hama felt sad in his heart. casually picked up a small bowl of rice, and said that he was full, and tasted it slowly with a light wine.

Among the cronies were two thoughtful staff. Seeing that he put down his chopsticks, he also stopped eating nonsense one after another. Slowly stepped forward and explained in a low voice, "Prime Minister, the broken ship will sink sooner or later." The prime minister has done his best, there is no need to be in a bad mood for this anymore! ”

"The old man is not because of Dayuan, the old man is just unwilling!" In front of his own people, Hama does not pretend to be calm. Shaking his head, he sighed: "They Han people have an old saying, saying that Hu has no luck for a hundred years. The old man was not convinced, but now that I think about it, I have not survived for a hundred years since I entered the Central Plains! ”

When the two henchmen heard this, they couldn't help but sigh faintly. As the core figures of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they know a lot of what is going on in the dark. The crown prince Aiyou knew that Litara and Empress Qi were preparing to join forces to force the palace, and Tuhuan Timur secretly recruited Chakhan Timur and Li Siqi to lead troops into the guard in order to deal with Hama. Among them, Chakhan Timur had already accepted the prince's solicitation, while Li Siqi was only willing to be a loyal minister of Kuang Fu Sheji

In addition, the bald Timur in the Imperial Forest Army, who had secretly taken refuge in Tuhuan Timur, and the vacillating Taiwei Yuekuochaer, once they started, no one knew when the tragedy would end. And the vitality of the Great Yuan Dynasty is probably about to be lost in this cannibalism between father and son. Then, Zhu Tuhu led the Northern Expedition

Frustration is frustration, but as confidants, they must coax Hama to be happy. So, the two looked at each other and whispered one after another: "Prime Minister, in fact, we Mongolians have not reached the point of exhaustion. Although the emperor and the crown prince are gone, you can also go to Liaodong by water with General Xuexue. As long as you can grab a piece of land, recuperate. It may not be long before we can make a comeback! ”

"Yes! The Yelu family in Liaodong has raised the banner to rebel, and the Goryeo side has always been weak. The prime minister and General Xuexue first occupied the lion's mouth, and then went straight to the northeast to take Helan Mansion. In front of it is the Yelu family, and behind is the soft-boned Goryeo. In time, it may not be impossible to lay a foundation for the world! (Note 1) "So what? Is there any hope of returning to the Central Plains?! When Hama heard this, he shook his head with a wry smile. It's just a daydream! Although the old man had a hard mouth just now and bluffed the surname Lu with his words, what the Zhu butcher has now is not only a strong gun, but workshops everywhere? Morality, do you understand? Morality is already in his hands, no matter how much others toss and lose moral support, they are just clowns jumping off the beam! ”

Raise the wine cup and drink it all!

Morality is something that cannot be seen or touched, so most of the time, some smart people will disdain it. Three thousand miles away in Quanzhou, the Pu family is full of such smart people.

At that time, their ancestor Pu Shougeng, relied on more than 3,000 heads of the children of the Great Song Dynasty and the wounded soldiers of the two Huai in exchange for the Pu family's more than 70 years of rule over Quanzhou Port. Now, the stars are changing, and Kublai Khan's descendants can't cover the Pu family anymore. Therefore, they must change another group of people to betray them, and use their bones to pave their own Cotai Strip.

It was easy to find the target of the betrayal, and Meng Yuan appointed a large number of local officials on the three roads of Quanzhou, Xinghua and Zhangzhou. And these people used to be supported by the Pu family for more than ten years, and now their brains are full of fat, and they just killed the "meat-eating" with one knife. After the confiscated goods offset the Pu family's bribes over the years, there is still a large surplus left.

However, the Pu family did not agree on who to sell the heads of these local officials. The second son-in-law of the Pu family, Quanzhou Tongzhi Lin Zude, led by several foreign surnames, believed that the Huai soldiers were strong, and the Pu family should temporarily form an alliance with them to watch the changes in the world. However, the powerful faction led by the great elder Pu Shiren, the second elder Xia Yangou, the third elder Tian Dingke, and the son-in-law of the Pu family, Na Bena, were instigated by the preacher Abdullah, and prepared to lead the Yisi Pa Xi soldiers and escort warships under the Pu family to find an opportunity to kill the Huai'an army, swallow Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and then establish an earthly heavenly kingdom with the support of the Heavenly Fang Sect. (Note 2) The ancestors of these powerful factions also followed Pu Shougeng to kill the Song clan and the two Huai wounded soldiers, and made a lot of money together. Therefore, the inheritance of the family is betrayal and betrayal, and I don't care that Lin Zude went to Fuzhou on behalf of the Pu family in Quanzhou a few days ago, and made a gentleman's covenant with Zhu Butcher of the Huai'an Army not to attack each other within three years.

"Not to mention that the Huai'an army is sharp, even if the sneak attack is successful, my Pu family will be discredited after that. No one will dare to be in alliance with it again! Lin Zude was lonely, stomped his feet hatefully, and reminded loudly.

"Lions and sharks never need friends!" Second Elder Xia Yangou pouted and stood up and retorted loudly.

"Deceiving the faithless is not called deception, but wisdom!" Great Elder Pu Shiren also stood up with a sneer and reminded loudly.

"Punish the hypocrites and the disbelievers and they will go to Hell and dwell in it forever!"

"Hell is enough to punish them. The Lord has cursed them, and they will receive eternal punishment! ”

"Fight against the disbelievers and hypocrites and deal with them severely, and their destination is Hellfire"

All the elders recited the scriptures one after another, and one by one they looked full of grimness, as if they had escaped from the eighteenth layer of hell! (Note 3) Note 1: Halan Province, in the area of present-day South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, north to Vladivostok.

Note 2: Non-apocryphal. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Pu family raised troops and forcibly promoted the Tianfang Religion, triggering a large-scale religious massacre. It took ten years before it was exterminated by Chen Youding. The port of Quanzhou has been in a slump since then.

Note 3: There are many factions in the Celestial Sect, most of which are supposed to be moderate. But the Quanzhou Pu family is by no means a good one.