Chapter 163: The Frog at the Bottom of the Well
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"What?! actually announced that I would enter the court and serve as a general of the Shenji Battalion? No, Senior Brother and Mr. Xu quickly help me find a way to push it off, now is a good time for my dangerous mountain army to control the entire Liaodong, if I leave, won't I give up halfway? ”
Stunned to take the holy decree, Li Rusong gritted his teeth and accompanied the smiling face, arranged for the eunuch who passed the decree to go down to rest, and after preparing the banquet and bribes, he came to the back hall impatiently and said.
Li Rusong is very anxious now, after exterminating Atai, he received a report from Liu Changchun that someone actually robbed the wild boar skin brothers one step earlier than himself, and the Jianzhou Jurchen Zuowei also gave up the castle where he had lived for decades and moved elsewhere.
Li Rusong was keenly aware that someone must be secretly working against him in this matter, and this kind of thing is only dared to be done by those wealthy families in Liaodong, and they have the ability to do it. They were obviously afraid that after Jue Chang'an's death, the Jianzhou Jurchen Zuowei would be leaderless and damage their interests in Liaodong, so they took the first step to rescue Jue Chang'an's heirs, and at the same time helped the Jianzhou Jurchen Zuowei to find another place.
Now, as long as there is half a month, find the new camp of the Jianzhou Jurchen Left Guard, send thousands of Liaodong iron horsemen, pretend to be horse bandits to slaughter the entire camp, and completely eliminate all threats such as wild boar skins. In this way, his only threat in Liaodong will disappear completely, and history will not repeat itself.
But just when Li Rusong dispatched troops and was about to find out the hiding place of the wild boar skin brothers, a holy decree suddenly came from the imperial court: Li Rusong, a general in the dangerous mountains, had made outstanding achievements in war and was promoted to the general of the Shenji Battalion, and Li Rusong must feel the capital within 20 days.
In this way, not to mention that there is no way to spend the New Year at home, the operation to exterminate wild boar skin must be completely shelved. Although according to the holy decree, the post of general of the dangerous mountain was temporarily replaced by Cheng Yi. However, at the same time, the holy decree also vaguely pointed out that it is better not to provoke a war in Liaodong recently, and it is better to rest and recuperate, and get along with various Jurchens in Liaodong.
Li Rusong suddenly jumped like thunder, at such a critical juncture, he actually let himself leave, and ordered himself not to move troops unless the Liaodong Jurchens or Mongolian Tatars took the initiative to provoke trouble? Isn't this the feeling of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition being recalled by the emperor's twelve gold medals?
According to Li Rusong's temper, he planned to resist the disrespect, first destroy the dog and the wild boar skin, and then talk about it, regardless of the flood in the future, and then destroy it forever.
"Senior brother, you sit down for me" He Xinyin, who had been standing aside silently, suddenly stepped forward, pressed Li Rusong's shoulder, and said calmly.
Before Li Rusong could say anything, He Xinyin suddenly frowned, and pressed Li Rusong on the chair. Glancing at Li Rusong's surprised expression, he handed him a cup of tea unhurriedly, and said with a smile:
"Boy, the old man has learned Tongzi Gong from several senior monks of Shaolin Temple for a few years, and he has not yet dispersed his skills. Do you want to make a few gestures first? When I can't beat you anymore, let's talk about it again? ”
"Shhh Senior brother, you say, I'll just listen honestly, hehe, don't do it, let go of your hand first, your arm is about to fall apart" Reluctantly squeezed out a smile, Li Rusong gritted his teeth and said.
"I really didn't see it! The master is in the folk, this Chinese martial arts is really broad and profound" Li Rusong couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, he had known He Xinyin for more than ten years, the latter has always been a polite pedant, usually seems to be powerless, but I didn't expect to be a child, and I don't know how many times more powerful than a person like himself who practices martial arts all day.
You must know that since Li Rusong crossed into this world, he has followed Li Chengliang to practice martial arts since he was a child, and then he has been constantly fighting on the battlefield and constantly tempering himself on the battlefield. He himself always thought that in terms of martial arts, that is, his father Li Chengliang could clean himself up.
But He Xinyin's dry palm was pinched on his shoulder, but Li Rusong felt ten times more painful than the scimitar of the tartar on his shoulder. If I hadn't gritted my teeth and insisted, I'm afraid I would have screamed out a long time ago.
At present, the situation is stronger than people, and it is better to pretend to be garlic honestly, and it will be a big deal to act privately after a while.
"Hehe, junior brother doesn't have to be polite. You take a closer look at these things, do you really think that my dangerous mountain army has completely controlled the entire Liaodong? Or are you ready to do the opposite? The old man hasn't lived enough, but he doesn't dare to accompany you to do this kind of thing, knowing that Lu Dao is to be sent to death, and still clubbing his head" Looking at the honest Li Rusong who was tortured by himself with a smile, He Xinyin let go of the hand holding Li Rusong's shoulder, took out a small book from his arms, handed it to Li Rusong and said.
With a hint of doubt, Li Rusong opened the small notebook, and after only a few glances, he was already scared into a cold sweat!
"Hehe, Rusong is really a frog at the bottom of the well! If it weren't for the dissuasion of Senior Brother and Mr. Xu, I'm afraid Rusong would have made a big mistake" Standing up, Li Rusong said respectfully to He Xinyin and Xu Wei Shili, there was no longer the previous restlessness in his eyes, and the whole person completely recovered the appearance of the Yama King of the dangerous mountain with the wisdom bead in his hand and the clouds and the wind light.
Originally, in Li Rusong's heart, although the Ming Dynasty flourished in the Wanli period, it only relied on Zhang Juzheng's hard work. As soon as the latter died, the entire dynasty began to go downhill inexorably.
After fighting with the Mongols and Jurchens before, and seeing the corruption of Li Yongfang and other border army generals and officials, Li Rusong miscalculated the form of the entire Ming Dynasty, thinking that he could easily and completely control the entire Liaodong by relying on the powerful and dangerous mountain army.
But the fact is that all this is just Li Rusong's wishful thinking: the Tong family and other wealthy families in Liaodong, as well as the court officials, are powerful and powerful, and their foundation in Liaodong is not as weak as they imagined. On the contrary, these forces are just hidden underground, not exposed, once completely exploded, killing one's own home is no different from pinching an ant to death!
One of the most obvious examples: Han Yankai, a hundred households in Jinyiwei, Liaodong, actually has a secret superior, Liu Zizhong, a hundred households in Liaoyang Jinyiwei. This person is actually the nephew of Liu Shouyou, the current commander of Jinyiwei, who came to Liaodong secretly five years ago, and has been very low-key and has no political achievements, and he eats, drinks, bribes, and buys spring pleasures all day long. But secretly, he actually installed a large number of cronies on Han Yankai's side to secretly investigate his every move.
"If it weren't for the fact that we had prepared it before, we would have transferred most of the unsightly things overseas through the Wufeng fleet. and with the Jin merchants and the Qingliu gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, using the sea trade, to lay a stable and solid relationship of interests, I am afraid that this time it is not an order, but the Jinyi Wei who will arrest all of our chaotic parties" glanced approvingly at Li Rusong, who had regained his composure, and He Xinyin said unhurriedly.
"Hmm, Senior Brother He is very right. The major general killed Li Yongfang before, and I designed to kill and cripple a large number of people who coveted the land of the dangerous mountain army, and also killed the commander of the Jianzhou Jurchen Left Guard, Jue Chang'an, which is really a bit big. Whether it is the guys who are worried about threatening their own interests, or those capable people in the court who are loyal to the court, they have already begun to pay attention to the dangerous mountains. At this juncture, what we need is to be honest for a while, and expand our political circle with allies. When we get through the difficulties of the court's distrust of us, everything is up to us," Xu Wei said, wearing a robe and padded jacket, brushing his beard on the side.
"Thinking about it makes people break out in a cold sweat behind their backs, I originally thought that with the help of the powerful dangerous mountain army, in the chaotic land of Liaodong, except for the Tartars, we are the biggest. I never thought that there were so many powerful forces and groups that had interests connected here. Xungui is still easy to do, what should I do on the royal side? Thanking Xu Wei, Li Rusong immediately frowned and asked.
According to the news obtained by He Xinyin through various channels, in addition to the border army, Tartars and local wealthy families in Liaodong, there were also merchants and horse bandits supported by the nobles of the imperial court, as well as caravans under the jurisdiction of the town guards and eunuchs who specially provided the royal family with precious Liaodong specialties: ginseng, Dongzhu and other luxury goods.
The former is a little easier to do, after all, after the battle of Tumen Fort of Ming Yingzong, the essence of the Ming Dynasty was lost, and what remained was nothing more than a group of wine bags and rice bags, corruption, bribery, selling officials, eating empty salaries, eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, smoking, cheating, cheating, stealing, and having no other skills. Li Rusong believes that these people are just a swarm of ants.
But the latter guarded the eunuchs and their caravans and merchants, and it was not easy to deal with. These guys are the product of the royal family to deal with the ministers and balance power, and in addition to their penchant for embezzlement of money, their loyalty to the royal family is unquestionable. Although this kind of person is very annoying, insatiable and incompetent, the whole thing is a piece of, and you can't easily offend, otherwise a secret twist can easily ruin your family.
Although Li Rusong used the power of the imperial court to kill a eunuch guarding the town before, after all, the imperial court took the initiative. If Li Rusong himself had borrowed ten guts, he would not dare to do it at this time.
"Now is not the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, although the Jiajing period of the Jiajing period of the Taka and the Japanese Rebellion, the vitality of the Ming Dynasty is still there. If you make trouble at this time, you will definitely die" Thinking in his heart, Li Rusong understood:
He had always done things in accordance with the environment of the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, although he broke strong enemies such as Alta, Tumen Khan, and Dong Fox, and killed Wang Gao, Meng Gelu and other Jurchen Tartars who caused trouble in Liaodong. But what followed was the rapid expansion of the dangerous mountain army, as well as his own cross-cutting and maverick behavior in certain matters, all of which had attracted the attention of the imperial court.
"Little rabbit cub, you know that you are a toad at the bottom of the well, right? Hehe, I didn't expect you, this guy, to have a day of knowing your mistakes! The children can be taught, you hurry up and pack your bags, bring more wealth and silk, and follow the Huang Gonggong to the capital the day after tomorrow. The affairs here in Liaodong, with me and your father staring at the two old things, nothing will happen for a while. When everything is arranged and the court's suspicion of us is eliminated, it will naturally be when you come back" patted Li Rusong's shoulder with a smile, He Xinyin admonished:
"This trip to the capital must be extremely dangerous, I don't know how many people in Lu Dao are waiting to deal with you quickly. Your only reliance is on the young emperor and the power of the Jin merchants in the capital. Remember: Honorable and honorable civil officials. Old man Xu will accompany you, you will listen to his orders in everything, remember to bear the burden of humiliation, and don't do it casually."
"Hehe, senior brother, rest assured, with Mr. Xu's help, Rusong will definitely be an official in the capital honestly. The affairs of the family and my younger brothers, please leave it to the senior brother" Li Rusong suddenly showed a smile and said to He Xinyin.
"Beijing? Hehe, just take the opportunity to learn the power of the Ming Dynasty and complete the shortcomings of the dangerous mountain. We, the toad at the bottom of the well, are going to take this opportunity to incarnate Jackie Chan and soar into the sky."