Chapter Seventy-One: The Return of King Yama
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Liaodong Dangerous Mountain Counselor's Mansion:
"Don't talk nonsense! The miscellaneous family came today to ask you to give an explanation, and you are also worthy of talking to our family! ”
A male duck's voice came from the lobby of the General's Mansion, and his tone was full of contempt and arrogance.
"Father-in-law, Li said again, General Guangwang of the Kingdom died at the hands of the Mongol Tatars, and it has nothing to do with my father and son. Don't spew blood and frame loyalty. If the prince is short of money and is nervous, I, Li Chengliang, should have a heart to give! In the lobby, Li Chengliang endured his anger and took the initiative to salute the eunuch Wang Jie in front of him, his tone was full of anger that could not be concealed.
"Hehe, you still dare to threaten the miscellaneous family? Do you know the identity of the miscellaneous family?! Just rely on you, a small dangerous mountain general, an illiterate rotten hill eight, and you are also worthy of threatening the miscellaneous family! Don't talk nonsense, immediately allocate 80,000 acres of fertile land to miscellaneous families, and prepare another 500,000 amounts of silver. Miscellaneous family can consider not tidying you up, if not giving? Wearing a cotton robe, the white-faced bearded prince cocked his orchid fingers, sneered, revealing a thick yin qi, and the whole person was like a ghost running out of the graveyard.
"Jiji, General Li, several daughters-in-law and women in your mansion are very beautiful! If it is sold to the women's branch in the capital, I don't know how many princes and nobles will be fascinated by it! Drinking tea with an orchid finger, the prince smiled sadly and threatened.
Hearing this, Li Chengliang suddenly became angry, this insatiable dead eunuch, the entire dangerous mountain city, including several tunbao built nearby, the total amount of fertile land that has been reclaimed is only 200,000 mu, and this guy actually has to occupy nearly one-third of the lion's mouth.
You must know that these fields are all things used by the Li family's father and son to win the hearts of the army and make the dangerous mountain army dare to fight and fight. Once the fields are handed over, the dangerous mountain army will definitely be disheartened and lose confidence in the Li family's father and son, and what will they do to achieve war exploits at that time!
"But! Alas......" Li Chengliang thought of the identity of this prince, and a sense of powerlessness rose again, this person is the eunuch of Liaodong Town!
Although these eunuchs were firmly suppressed by Jiajing in the early years of Jiajing, and their power was not as strong as before, after all, the eunuchs guarding the town were the important eyes and ears of the emperor to monitor various officers, and their power was extremely great. can exercise the privilege of the secret fold monograph, but it is not something that a small border general like Li Chengliang can offend, even Yang Zhao, the general soldier of Liaodong, is not willing to offend.
"Hehe, if you don't give it, what do you dare to do? Dog minions without eggs! Just when Li Chengliang was at a loss, a clear voice came, and a young general dressed in a whole body walked in with unhurried steps and a murderous aura.
"Smack!" Before everyone could react, the young general took a few steps, stepped forward and grabbed the prince's collar, and slapped him with a backhand.
"Ahh The prince let out an inhuman scream, fell to the ground, his face was covered in blood, and the whole person looked at the person in front of him with a frightened face.
"You are just a eunuch, a servant of the heavenly family! You should have done your duty to serve the Heavenly Family wholeheartedly, but you are only bent on money, and you are swaggering and deceiving everywhere in the name of the Heavenly Family, oppressing the good and ruining the reputation of the Heavenly Family! Is there still a saint in the eyes of you? Before the prince could get up, the young general went up and beat him again, scolding as he scolded.
"You yellow-mouthed boy! An dares to bully the miscellaneous family like this! Wait, you're waiting to be beheaded all over the house! I'm not afraid to tell you, in this Liaodong miscellaneous family is the sky, and the miscellaneous family is the earth! What about the heavenly family, it's just being deceived and tricked by the miscellaneous family! As a eunuch guarding Liaodong Town, Wang Gonggong is a high-ranking and powerful position, and even Yang Zhao, the chief soldier of Liaodong, usually respects him, how has he ever been treated like this, and the prince who was provoked struggled to push away the young general, with a blue face, and said with compassion and no scruples.
"Oh? So, in this Liaodong today's saint, the words are not as good as your old dog? Holding his arms, the young general looked at the hysterical prince with a sneer on his face, as if he was looking at a dead man.
"Phew! You hills, wait and see. The miscellaneous family is a eunuch in Liaodong, and the words of the miscellaneous family are the truth, even if you are really loyal people, the miscellaneous family also has a way to make you become a corrupt official who is corrupt and perverts the law! Holy? Ha Lu Ha
"Oh! The prince is really powerful, it seems that Ben Shangshu will have to kneel three times and bow nine times when he sees you in the future? Suddenly, a voice full of banter came, and an official wearing a brocade robe and a six-beam crown, a rhino belt around his waist, and a four-color ribbon of Yunfeng walked into the hall slowly, looking at the arrogant and domineering prince in front of him with eyes like a dead man.
"The slave meets Li Shangshu!" As soon as he saw Li Henian, the secretary of the military department in front of him, Wang Gonggong suddenly did not have the arrogant and domineering appearance just now, and fell to his knees and shouted trembling all over.
"Hehe, I can't afford such a big gift from the prince. We are all holy courtiers, where can we compare to a chaotic minister and thief like the prince who has no king and is greedy and perverts the law? Someone! Take down this thief for me! Looking at the prince who was kneeling on the ground with a murderous face, Li Henian ordered in a fierce voice.
"Obey your lordship!" Li Henian gave an order, and immediately came out behind him, seven or eight brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives on their waists and hips, and pounced like wolves and tigers, dragging the frightened prince who was paralyzed to the ground like a dead dog.
"Li Gongzi is loyal and patriotic, and he deserves to be a young man highly praised by Xu Gelao!" Without looking at the princess, Li Henian immediately changed his expression and said to the young general with a smile.
At this time, Yan Song had fallen, Xu Jie became the first assistant of the cabinet, and the power was for a while, and no one dared to offend the entire Ming Dynasty Wenchen system. As He Xinyin's fellow disciple and brother, Xu Jie naturally praised Li Rusong after receiving a valuable Liaodong treasure. and took the initiative to arrange a doorman to build momentum for Li Rusong above the court.
Li Henian is a disciple of Xu Jie, so he knows that Xu Ge Lao favors Li Rusong, so he has a certain respect for Li Rusong.
"Hehe, Li Shangshu praised, Rusong father and son are just the duty of courtiers, and the affairs of the dynasty still need to be strategized by Master Li and other well-educated people, and the boy and son are just lowly generals under the command of your lords" The young general hurriedly bent down and saluted, with a humble smile on his face, it was Li Rusong who rushed back to the dangerous mountain from the mud.
"Ha Luha, you don't need to be too polite, General Li Shen, your father and son are loyal and patriotic, and have repeatedly made military exploits, and the Holy Dragon Heart Dayue specially ordered the officials to come to pass the decree, and General Li is ready to receive the decree" Li Henian smiled slightly, and said to Li Chengliang who was stunned on the side with a spring breeze on his face.
At this time, Li Chengliang came back to his senses, glanced at his son with relief, and hurriedly ordered someone to put down the incense case to receive the order:
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said! Li Chengliang, the general of today's dangerous mountain, is brave and good at fighting, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, repeatedly defeated the Mongols, Jurchen and prisoners, and made outstanding achievements in war, and was promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong. His son Li Rusong was brave and good at fighting, and did not retreat when tens of thousands of Tartars committed vicious battles, beheaded countless people who inherited his father's command of the affairs, and temporarily took the position of general in the dangerous mountains! Wanger and others will live up to the emperor's grace and make new contributions! Chin this! ”
Li Henian read out the decree in a joyful manner, Li Chengliang knelt to accept the decree, and both father and son had smiles on their faces.
"Li Shangshu has been tired all the way, and he has redressed my father and son's grievances, which is really fortunate. Cheng Liang prepared a little thin wine in the back hall, and implored Li Shangshu to appreciate the light, "After receiving the holy decree, Li Chengliang stepped forward with a smile, and said after bowing humbly.
"Lord Li will rest for the time being, Rusong will order someone to settle the attendants of the Lord, but please rest assured" Li Rusong also gave a big salute to Li Henian, and conveniently stuffed a silver ticket of five thousand taels into Li Henian's sleeve.
Without showing a trace, he quickly put the silver ticket into his sleeve, and the smile on Li Henian's face suddenly became brighter, and he walked towards the back hall under the leadership of Li Chengliang with a smile.
And Li Rusong turned his head and went out of the way, arranged a banquet and accommodation for Li Henian's attendants and guards, and sent one hundred taels of congratulations to each person. Suddenly, everyone favored Li Rusong, and they hugged their fists one by one to thank him.
"Two brothers, I don't know where the dead eunuch is now?" After entertaining these people, Li Rusong came to the yamen of a brocade guard in a dangerous mountain, and asked with a smile to the two brocade guards in front of him.
As he spoke, Li Rusong had already stuffed two fifty silver ingots to these two people, and the two brocade guards pinched the heavy silver, and immediately smiled.
"General Li already has an official position, why do you need to be so polite when you are an official in the same dynasty in the future! The Lord of the Hundred Households has already taken him to prison for interrogation, and he will lead the way for Li Gongzi" One of the brocade guards smiled and stretched out his hand to make a "please" gesture, half-bending down to personally lead the way for Li Rusong.
The dangerous mountain is the Jinyi guard yamen that was just set up this autumn, and a hundred households were sent to guard it, this person is named Han Yankai, who secretly became a brother of the opposite sex with Han Bianwai, and has reaped a lot of benefits in the dangerous mountain, and is extremely close to the Li family's father and son.
"Ha Luha, Li Gongzi has been gone for a few months, and you can be regarded as coming back. Brother misses you so much! Come and take a seat" As soon as he saw Li Rusong coming, Han Yankai suddenly smiled.
This Han Yankai was just a small flag officer at the beginning of this year, when Li Rusong led the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to fight fiercely with the Mongolian army in Pingshanzhai, he once led the Jinyi Guard to help Liu Changchun's night to find out the news, and successfully provoked the battle between the barbarians and Duoyan, and made great contributions.
After the war, Li Rusong not only gave Han Yankai 2,000 taels of silver, but also gave him eighteen Tartar heads.
"Brother Ha Lu Ha Han is polite, Rusong worshiped Mr. He Xinyin He as a senior brother some time ago, and went to Jiangnan to pick up Senior Brother He's family, there was a delay on the way, and I just rushed back. If you are free another day, you will definitely have a good drink with Brother Han," Li Rusong did not refuse, and sat on the chair with a smile and said.
"I wonder what Brother Han plans to do with this dog minion?" After some greetings, Li Rusong asked casually.
"Well, this person was corrupt and should have been escorted to the capital for questioning, but this Liaodong war is endless, and there are many horse thieves and Tartars along the way. It seems that the old brother is still better to be executed on the spot, and little brother Li is waiting for the good news of the old brother tomorrow night" Han Yankai is not stupid, he knows that if he really escorts the prince to Beijing, the other party may have to overturn the case.
He and the father and son of the Li family in the dangerous mountain have long been inextricably linked, and today he personally led someone to arrest this dead eunuch, if this guy turns over, he will definitely redouble his revenge on himself and the Li family father and son, and then his hard-earned fame will disappear.
Han Yankai has also been in Liaodong for several years, and he also has a backer in Jinyiwei, and now he is connected with the Li family's father and son, and there is no shortage of money to bribe Shangguan. Killing a town guard eunuch and fabricating a few charges at will seem nothing to him.
"Ha Luha, in this way, you can rest assured, Brother Han has been cold recently, this bit of silver is not a tribute, so I should buy some cotton clothes for the brothers of Jinyiwei. These three thousand amounts can be regarded as the wedding of the eldest brother of Han, and the happy money that the younger brother failed to catch up" Hearing this, Li Rusong suddenly smiled all over his face, took out a brocade box in his arms and put it in front of Han Yankai, and then got up and said goodbye.
Quickly pocketed the brocade box, Han Yankai personally sent Li Rusong out of the mansion with a smile, and then led people towards the cell where the prince was imprisoned.
In the afternoon of the same day, a piece of paper full of Wang Gonggong's crimes of perverting the law for bribes, colluding with Tartars to betray the intelligence of the Ming army, reselling military materials without permission, and forcibly occupying the fields of military households, etc., was sent to Li Henian with a confession of tens of thousands of words.
As a result, the prince, who knew that he was guilty of a great sin, hanged himself in prison because he was afraid of the criminal law.
And Li Henian and Han Yankai, when they heard this, they all showed knowing smiles!