Chapter 81: The Fangs (II)

The Huai'an Army had a total of seven legions.

Among them, the largest Sixth Army, that is, Wang Xuan's Yellow Army, is now stationed east of Mount Tai and confronts Xuexue, the first general of Mengyuan; The Second Army was stationed in the area of Jiqing Zhenjiang to deter Zhang Shicheng and the Yuan soldiers of Liangjiang Province. The Fourth Army was responsible for the defense of Suiyang and Xuzhou, and at the same time had to be vigilant against the Bianliang Red Turbans. The First Army remained in Yangzhou, ready to fight fires everywhere.

The remaining 3rd, 5th, and 7th legions, as the Grand Governor's Office was temporarily unable to continue to expand its territory, became "idle" forces. If they can go out and fight a few battles without affecting Huaiyang's own development without affecting their own development, it is undoubtedly much more appropriate than keeping them at home.

In particular, Wang Kerou's Seventh Army, because it had just been reorganized, was far inferior in strength to the other Sixth Route Army. Most of the junior officers in the ranks are novices who have just graduated from the lecture hall, and they also lack experience. If it is hastily pulled to the battlefield as the main force, it is definitely an irresponsible behavior for both the Grand Governor's Mansion and the Seventh Army itself. Therefore, it is undoubtedly the best choice to find a battlefield with less intense intensity to hone the blade.

Thinking of this, even if Zhu Chongjiu was no longer satisfied with the self-made claims of Wu Liangmou and others, he could only pinch his nose and admit it. nodded, and said to Su Mingzhe in a low voice: "It's okay... Since even you think Wu Youtu has done a good job, I will let him go for the time being. Gather everyone to the front later, and listen to what others have to say. If everyone is not against it, I will put a seal on this covenant. However, "

Before Su Mingzhe opened his mouth to pat his ass, his face sank, and he continued to add: "But you should beat that guy, and you must beat it." If every commander and envoy made their own decisions like him, it would be better for the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion to disperse as soon as possible. lest everyone get more and more awkward, so that in the end they turn against each other..."

"The Lord has spoken heavily... The old minister can swear to the sky that he will never dare to betray the lord in this life..."When Su Mingzhe heard this, he immediately stood up and cursed with anxiety on his face. "If Su has the slightest thought of disobedience in his heart"

"Come on, I'm not suspicious of you. It's not that I suspect Wu Liangmou..."Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand and interrupted with interest, "I'm just not very happy in my heart." That is, in front of you at this time, I can still say it clearly. When I got to the front hall later, I had to pretend to be graceful and generous. Otherwise, it will inevitably be another pile of saliva..."

"Doesn't the lord hear, 'The monarch is upright and upright'?" Su Mingzhe blushed when he was said, lowered his head, and explained curtly.

Zhu Chongjiu advocates speaking freely and not sinnering people because of his words. After a long period of implementation, the result is that in the current council room, everyone's words are becoming more and more weighty. And Zhu Chongjiu, the chief manager, compromised with everyone more and more times, and many times even had to wronged himself and respect the choices made by most of the people present.

Throughout the process of change, Su Mingzhe's role is very subtle. Although in the vast majority of cases, he is unconditionally on the side of his own lord. But almost every time, his position was not firm. always took the lead in making some concessions, and Zhu Chongjiu had to take the initiative to retreat, so that the ministers' plans succeeded again and again.

But concessions are concessions, and in terms of loyalty, Su Mingzhe cannot be doubted. So Zhu Chongjiu's annoyance is annoyed, and it is not good to hurt the heart of this old minister too much. So he sighed again and muttered, "Yes, you always have a point anyway." You are all retainers, and I am myself stupid, so I always risk death to admonish you..."

"The lord is not stupid, but benevolent..."Su Mingzhe smiled again, and continued to pat Zhu Chongjiu's ass cheekily. It is precisely because of the benevolence of the lord that I dare to repeat the offense. It is precisely because the lord is benevolent that the ministers must become insidious and cunning, and do not give the villain a chance... Our monarchs and ministers are called complementing each other..."

"Phew..."Zhu Chongjiu was so photographed that he couldn't cry or laugh, and pouted again and again. But deep down, there is still a little pride. Although the Governor's Office is far from his ideal people-oriented government, after all, the way has been opened. If it is properly used, it may not eventually become a model similar to that of the later generations.

Thinking like this, the depression in his heart has somewhat dissipated a little. Nodding at Su Mingzhe, he stood up and walked quickly towards the front yard with the latter.

The two gentlemen and ministers said things out of tune, one after the other, and came to the council hall in a moment. Su Mingzhe ordered people to ring the bell and drum at the door, and summoned the ministers at all levels of the Great Governor's Office and the chief officials of various ministries to discuss state affairs.

After a short time, Lu Luzeng, Liu Bowen, Liu Ziyun and Hu Dahai and others arrived one after another, and sat down in both civil and military compartments. first took over the covenant concocted by Wu Liangmou and others from Su Mingzhe's hands, and circulated it in turn. Then they began to express their opinions.

Sure enough, as Zhu Chongjiu expected in advance, except for some objections to some details, most of the civil and military forces present were full of praise for the main terms of the covenant. In particular, Liu Ziyun, Hu Dahai and other senior generals simply praised this covenant to the sky, and they hoped that it could be implemented immediately, so that they could take their soldiers and horses to Jingzhou to show their strength.

Yu Changlin, the director of the Commercial Bureau, and Huang Lao, the director of the Industrial Bureau, were keenly aware of the huge benefits that could be brought to Huaiyang after the implementation of this covenant. According to their ideas, the covenant seems to be fair, but in fact, as long as it is implemented, all kinds of items produced by the Huaiyang Hundred Workshops can be quickly sold in Jingzhou. And the local goods in the hands of the other party are even more vulnerable than their army, and it will not be long before they will be completely ploughed and swept away.

Different from what the previous two departments saw, the focus of the Rite Bureau was that as soon as this covenant was signed, Huaiyang completely established its status as the leader of the princes' alliance. Although on the surface, the northern red scarf still has Han Lin'er as the co-master. But Zhu Chongjiu has become the Duke of Qi Huan who took the lead in proposing "respecting the king", but this king has changed from a specific puppet to a "Gaoyou Covenant" in black and white.

"What you said is ridiculous..."Liu Bowen, a Chinese soldier who joined the army, couldn't bear it anymore, stood up, and said angrily, "Since ancient times, there have been those who have raised troops because of righteousness, and those who have raised troops because of anger, Liu has never heard of them, and there are also those who fought because they didn't make money in business. Once this agreement is signed, where will I be placed in the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion? The monarchs only see the small profits in front of them, so they are not afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Qi country in the Spring and Autumn of that year? …”

"My lord, Weichen thinks that what Liu Senjun said must be ignored... At that time, the state of Qi prospered with business, but also lost its position as the overlord because of the competition for profit among hundreds of officials... The lessons of the past can be the teachers of future generations..."Lu Kun, the director of the School Bureau, stood up and expressed his support for Liu Bowen.

His eyes quickly swept around the group, and he continued to add loudly, "Although forcing Xu Shouhui to go to the emperor's name, respecting the appointment of Gaoyou is the best policy, and it will be beneficial to my Huaiyang without any harm." But if you make a good covenant, why do you have to mix things up with business? Once it is made public, won't it make the heroes of the world laugh at me Huaiyang is full of copper smell, chasing small profits and forgetting the great righteousness? This is Tai'a's upside-down move, please forgive Weichen for not agreeing..."

"The lord, the minister does not dare to approve of the lord signing this agreement..."Shi Zhangyi, the commander of the Sixth Army, who was sent to Shandong to assist Wang Xuan, rarely came back, and he also stood up and spoke out." Not to mention that General Wu made an alliance with Xu Shouhui without the authorization of the lord, and he was guilty first. As soon as this agreement is signed, the scholars of the world will inevitably regard Huaiyang as the country of merchants, and they will stay away from it from now on..."

"Weichen thinks that what Liu Senjun said is very true..."

"Weichen, please be cautious..."

"Weichen asked the lord to quickly issue an order to recall General Wu and ask him about the crime of betraying the lord's alliance..."

In an instant, several major officials of the School Bureau and the Rite Bureau all stood up one after another, and together with Liu Bowen and Lu Kun and Zhang Yi, they set off a frenzy of opposition.

Different from Zhu Chongjiu's previous fears, what everyone cared about was not the harm that this treaty would bring to the people in the southern faction of the Red Turbans and Qihuang, but the annoyance that Wu Liangmou, Lu Deshan and others actually tied the interests of the merchants and the Huaiyang firm with the interests of the Grand Governor's Office. You must know that at present, the Great Governor's Office advocates the equality of the four people, which has given the outside world the excuse of "valuing the small people and ignoring the doctors". If the connection between the interests of the merchants and the Grand Governor's Office were strengthened, rather than weakened in time, it would inevitably provoke greater criticism among the scholars. Even the gentry in other regions turned to the Mengyuan government more quickly, rather than obeying the Huai'an army to win food.

However, Yu Changlin, the head of the household bureau, only used a few words to ask the opponents, "My lord, Weichen also thinks that what Lord Liu said sounds very reasonable... However, Weichen didn't know that since the lord started his army, how many gentry in the world have supported the lord? Weichen doesn't even know that how many scholars in the world have once waved their flags and shouted for me? ”

Taking advantage of the fact that Liu Bowen and the others were so angry that they couldn't answer, Yu Changlin took a big step forward, and his voice suddenly turned higher, "But the clothes on the bodies of all of you, the food in the bowls, and the weapons and armor in the hands of the front-line soldiers are all from industry and commerce... Since I, Huaiyang, founded the country with industry and commerce, and do not show up for industry and commerce, but I want to seek the support of scholars and gentry in the world, isn't it a sacrifice of the basics? In the end, the gentry of the world may not be willing to be used by my Huaiyang, but the foundation of my Huaiyang is destroyed because of this, and that is the real way to lead everyone to a dead end..."

"That's true, Lord Yu is right. We don't need to please the gentry. They are willing to follow the lord to do it, and if they don't want to do it, they can leave. Without a few rotten eggs, if you don't believe it, you won't be able to eat..."Huang Lao Crooked couldn't wait to jump up, blushing and roaring.

"The world's scholars, the world's scholars have long hugged Meng Yuan's thick legs, how many dare to risk losing their heads to advance and retreat with us?" Liu Ziyun, the deputy commander of the First Army Corps and the head of the Military Bureau, had also read for a few days, and his words were slightly milder than his, but the smell of gunpowder contained in it was also extremely strong. "It's a few peddlers and pawns that adults have always looked down on, and they have always lived and died with me Huaiyang..."

"Except for Zhang and Feng, Wei Chen didn't see many scholars taking the initiative to join the lord. However, all the traders from all over the world, almost all who can rush to Huaiyang, have come. And even if many businesses are opened in Dadu, they are secretly in contact with me Huaiyang..."Zhang Song, the director of the Internal Affairs Department, was a tailwind, and when he saw that Liu Ziyun and others were powerful, he immediately chose to take sides.

"The world is crowded, all for the sake of profit..."The commander of the Seventh Legion, Wang Kerou, was born in Yanfang, and saw the conflict of interests very thoroughly, and unknowingly, he became Sima Qian's "disciple". He also stood up and quoted scriptures. "Scholars who win the imperial examination seek to show their ambition in their chests and leave a name for eternity. In fact, it is also a bonus for reading... It's just a nice thing to say. If the lord wins the world in the future, and then opens the imperial examination, he will not believe that they will not come. ”

"That is, even Meng Yuan's imperial examination is eager for them, how can they refuse the lord? …”

"It doesn't matter if they don't come, in time, the descendants of my Huaiyang schools at all levels may not be worse than those nerds..."

"Those nerds, full of righteousness, aren't they just messing with whoever is hard? I didn't see a few scholars who were willing not to be officials of Mengyuan and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests..."

"Don't say that the gentry of the world, the soldiers and horses in the hands of Chahan Timur and Li Siqi are all provided by the gentry... They don't take the initiative to be my Huaiyang enemy, they are already acquaintances. How is it possible to switch to the lord? …”

"Your lords don't look down on Huaiyang Firm, who has refused the dividends of Huaiyang Firm? Who dares to guarantee that if I lose the Huaiyang business, my Huai'an soldiers will still be able to worry about food and clothing? …”

Other civilians and warriors also spoke one after another, confronting Liu Bowen and others.

Of course, Liu Bowen and the others were unwilling to be refuted by the other party like this, and soon organized their rhetoric and launched a counterattack again. On both sides, you say a word, I say a word, and each expresses its own opinions. Before you know it, the sky outside is already dark. There was a dark cloud of late arrival, rolling and obscuring the first starlight. Huge clouds of water vapor wafted back and forth in mid-air...

Su Mingzhe shook his head with a wry smile and ordered someone to light the oil lamp. The leaping light instantly illuminated the council hall as bright as day.

It is good to have a lord who is like a stream, but every decision of the Grand Governor's Mansion is introduced, because Zhu Chongjiu is unwilling to make a decision early, and the process has become very lengthy. Arguments like this happen several times a month. It is often not until one party is completely speechless that the final result can be distinguished...

"Lord, since ancient times, businessmen have pursued small profits and forgotten the righteousness" Under the beating light, Liu Ji, Zhang Yi and others continued to argue with reason, but every word they said was quickly swallowed up by everyone's refuting voices.

"Who said that businessmen were unrighteous, there were Xuangao priests in ancient times, and there were also righteous businessmen in the late Song Dynasty who broke their homes to raise military funds. Even Li Pingzhang was born as a sesame seller. If he hadn't raised his arms and shouted, how could I be in Huai'an now? ”

"Merchants seek profit in the open... Unlike some people, who are full of loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, but lick the hook to the Mongols, saying that Yidi enters the summer and then the summer..." (Note 1)

Most of the civil and military officials, who had already tasted the sweetness of industry and commerce, and who had a large amount of dividends to receive from the Huaiyang firm every year, did not feel that there was anything excessive in the alliance concocted by Wu Liangmou and others. On the contrary, they also hoped that all the other princes could sign the same thing according to the "Jingzhou Alliance", so that Huaiyang's goods could be popularized in the world as soon as possible.

"Lord, if it goes on like this, if I declare war on Huaiyang again in the future, it will not be to relieve the people from hanging upside down, but that someone dares not to buy the account of Huaiyang business..." Angry, he turned his head to Zhu Chongjiu and said angrily.

"So what, as long as my Huaiyang Bingge is sharp enough, what reason is not a reason?" Yu Changlin, Huang Laowei and others pursed their lips and responded with a sneer.

"Click..."There was a thunderclap outside, and the midsummer night rain came in a hurry.

Lightning streaked across the night sky, like a freshly weaned beast eager to show its fangs to the world...

Note 1: Yidi's entry into Huaxia is an invention of the great Confucian Xu of the Yuan Dynasty, which was intended to seek the rationality of political power for the rulers of the Mengyuan Dynasty. Later generations do not learn and do not know, and often rely on Confucius. I don't know if Confucius will be so angry that he will jump up and settle accounts with him.

Note 2: It would be more appropriate to change the title of this chapter to Fangs. It is hereby noted.

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