Chapter 428: Restless Ambition
An old servant dressed in a typical pale head is taking small steps in the house, looking for Zeng Sheng's youngest son Zeng Sheng all over the world. Judging from his demeanor and dress, he can't see any Jurchen characteristics on his body at all, in fact, this is a true portrayal of a tiny microcosm in Zengtou City. In addition to a certain characteristic contained in their bones, it is difficult to find out the difference between them and the ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty from their appearance and language.
"Fifth master, the master and the master are discussing major matters in the backyard, and they call you to go!" Finally looking for the elder Zeng's favorite youngest son on the martial arts training ground, the old servant took a breath and hurriedly reported it.
Zeng Sheng said, don't ask what is the matter, throw the spear in his hand to the sparring partner, go to the backyard alone, just arrived at the place, only to see the father and the eldest brother arguing about something, Zeng Sheng hurriedly greeted him, and the two of them greeted each other, only to see Zeng Rong pointed to the younger son, and said to the eldest son: "If there is anything you don't understand, ask your brother!" ”
Zeng Tu looked at Zeng Sheng suspiciously, and asked, "Old Five, you went to the north by boat last time to buy stallions, so tell me the truth, did you go to Liaodi?" ”
"Yes! What's wrong? Zeng Sheng blurted out and replied to his brother's question, while subconsciously glancing at Elder Zeng, seeing that his face was calm, facing his gaze and bowing slightly, Zeng Sheng instantly understood what his father meant, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then met the eldest brother's confused gaze, and said calmly: "At that time, it was indeed Liaodi, but now, it is estimated that it is already my Jurchen fishing, hunting and grazing land!" ”
Zeng Tu was shocked when he heard this, and said incredulously: "Liao has a vast territory and a population of 10 million, and it has been overwhelming for hundreds of years that the Great Song Dynasty has been overwhelmed, and we have paid tribute and begged for softness, how many mouths can we Jurchen have, dare to compete with the Great Liao!?" ”
Zeng Sheng smiled contemptuously, and impassionedly pointed to the north side:
"Big brother. You have lived in the Central Plains for a long time, so naturally you don't know what's going on outside! At this time, there was a heroic man in my clan, named Yan Aguta, who took over as Du Bo Jilie (Jurchen Great Chief) in the third year of Zhenghe, and since then the hard days of Liaogou and the days of our Jurchens have come! In the second year, our people broke the Liao army in Ningjiang Prefecture, which was the first time that my Jurchens raised troops against Liao, and won the first battle. And repel Xiao Tart Buye! From now on, Jiangning Prefecture does not belong to Liaoye! ”
"Conquering a small border state is rising?" Zeng Tu's eyes widened and said: "Not long ago, Liang Shanbo broke through the Great Song Dynasty and the capital of Beijing, do you dare to say that Wang Lun has the strength to replace Zhao Song?" The Great Song is about to collapse? ”
Seeing that the fifth brother looked at him and didn't speak, Zeng Tu felt that his words just now were a little too much, after all, it was a big victory for his distant and ethereal clansmen, and immediately softened his tone and said:
"Old Five, you are calm and calm, don't you remember that Master once said that a small victory may not be able to change the overall situation, and the sum of my clan is not as good as the people of a state capital in Liao, that is, everyone goes into battle to fight. It is not necessarily the opponent of Liao. There is an excellent example in front of you, you don't know that after Liangshan Bode City, he quickly retreated, and the master also said that Wang Lun was sober-minded. If you wait for the Song Dynasty to take him seriously, it will be too late to regret it! ”
When Zeng Sheng heard this, he laughed out loud, laughing so much that Zeng Tu was inexplicable for a while. looked at his father suspiciously, only to see Zeng Lang shaking his head and sighing: "We have been in the Song Kingdom for a long time, and the blood on our bodies has been worn off." Of my five sons, only the fifth child is the most like a Jurchen! ”
Zeng Tu heard his father's words, and he only felt panicked in his heart, and was about to speak out to defend himself, only to hear Zeng Sheng say: "Big brother, we were born in the Song Kingdom, have we been assimilated by the sheep-like Song people!" If they are all as cowardly as the Song people, when will our people come out? ”
"It's true that a small victory can't decide the overall situation, but a critical big victory makes Liaogou frightened, and he doesn't dare to look down on my Jurchen people from now on!" When Zeng Sheng said this, a sense of pride arose from his heart, and he continued: "After the battle of Ningjiang Prefecture, Liaogou attached great importance to our people, and a few months later raised an army to retaliate, but in the end it still ended in failure! Speaking of which, Zeng Sheng saw that his brother was about to speak again, why didn't he understand what he was thinking? It must be known that Master Shi Wengong talked to the five brothers about the details of the battle of the Daimyo Mansion in his spare time, and immediately raised his hand to interrupt him:
"I know that my brother is using Liang Shanbo as an analogy again! Yes, our people only destroyed 20,000 or 30,000 enemies in these two battles, and they couldn't hurt the vitality of the Liao State at all! But listen to me! ”
Zeng Tu called Zeng Sheng to stop him, but he simply stopped talking, and said negatively: "You say you say!" ”
Zeng Sheng smiled, and he didn't sell it at the moment, and said bluntly: "Afterwards, the Liao lord raised 700,000 elite soldiers in the country to drive the expedition, and the result!" But the whole army was wiped out in Hubu Dagang, and our army was less than 20,000 people at that time! Big brother, hearing this, aren't you happy as a descendant of the Jurchens? ”
Looking at his brother with a wide mouth, Zeng Sheng was extraordinarily proud, and said casually: "By the way, I forgot to say it, just before the battle of Hubu Dagang, Wanyan Aguta has officially established the country and called the emperor, and the country is called Dajin!" ”
"Although the iron is strong, it has decayed, but the gold will last forever, and it will never be broken!" Elder Zeng's high-pitched voice sounded at the eardrums of the two, making the best footnote to this conversation.
"Really...... Is there really 700,000 Liao troops? Zeng Tu was still immersed in the shocking news just now and couldn't extricate himself, and at this time he looked at his little brother who was arrogant but never spoke. To be honest, whether to build a country or not is nothing in his heart, and he is not so shocked, after all, there are countless emerging forces that have perished in the blink of an eye in history. The most important thing is whether you have the strength to protect this new country.
"It's not all Liao troops, it is estimated that there are a lot of Fanhan vassal armies! But in any case, there is no doubt that the field elite of the Liao State lost all their losses in this battle! Since then, they have been like exquisite dishes on the table of the Song people, when to eat, how to eat, it depends on the mind of our emperor! Since then, the North Female Leader, the South Female Straight Girl, the Changbai Mountain Female Straight , the Yalu River Female Straight, the Lihai Nu Straight, the Huanglong Mansion Jurchen, the Hosu Pavilion Jurchen, the Hue Jurchen, and the Huiba Jurchen have their own real masters! ”
Zeng Sheng looked at his eldest brother with a smile, at this time, the emperor of our family in his mouth, no matter who hears it, he will not think of the player emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Elder Zeng nodded at his youngest son with a smile, and said: "It is not easy for our people to survive, and the vast area scattered between the black water and white mountains, even if they all add up, they are not as good as the Liao eleven, let alone the Han people, so we have to huddle together to keep warm, so we can go further!" Boss, do you know what I mean? ”
Zeng Tu came back from the initial shock, heard his father's question, and said: "We are 108,000 miles away from there, how can we have a heating method?" It's been more than 100 years since we came out, and it's still the same thing whether they recognize us or not! ”
"How our ancestors came, how can we go! It's all trifle! Let's say that there are more than 3,000 households in my market, with a population of no less than 20,000, and I have never intermarried with Han people, and I have the blood of Jurchens on my body! Moreover, the soldiers and horses have also gathered five or seven thousand people, and since Wanyan Aguda is a generation of heroes, he can naturally weigh our weight! I haven't thought about the origin of the contact, but now I didn't ask that Yu Baosi to send it up? ”
Elder Zeng smiled, calmly told his youngest son about the origin of the jade seal, Zeng Sheng was overjoyed, took his father's hand and said, "Daddy, can this thing be true?" ”
Zeng Tu suddenly said: "Why don't you ask a few pedants to appraise and identify?" ”
"What does the pedant know, but leaks the news!" Zeng Sheng shook his head and vetoed.
Elder Zeng waved his hand and said, "Although I am not completely sure that this thing is authentic, I also don't believe that it is forged!" But this matter can't be judged by me as a layman, after all, it is to be dedicated to our emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, and if you don't get a bad one, it will ruin the future of our family! ”
"What then? Old Five, Master said that you have the most ideas, and you have the ability to do it better than a few of us, so quickly think of a way to come out! Zeng Tu said urgently.
Zeng Sheng didn't want to have a clever plan to solve the current dilemma, but he really didn't have a clue for a while, he just kept silent, Zeng Tu was an anxious man, seeing that it was not the head, he couldn't help but complain: "We have been raising horses and selling horses for the Great Song Dynasty for generations, and the life is very comfortable, you want to be smart and go to the north to buy horses, now it's okay, our eyes are opened, and there are more things, so that we have become dogs and hedgehogs, and we can't eat!" If you want me to say, just give it back to the emperor of the Song Dynasty! Let's still raise horses, what are you doing with so much leisure, and we'll talk about it when Yan Agu comes to the Song Kingdom! ”
"If it weren't for Liangshan's large-scale collection of horses in the past two years, and swept away several horse supervisors in the Daimyo's Mansion, would we be short of good horses for breeding? I'm crazy, go all the way to that barren land? Besides, we have the heart to return, do you think it's better to be icing on the cake, or is it better to send charcoal in the snow? Even if you take 10,000 steps back, according to what you said, let's return the jade seal to the emperor of the Song Dynasty, don't we have to argue the authenticity first? The Song people have too many legal principles, and sending a fake one up is called the crime of bullying the king! ”
Zeng Sheng was still aggrieved and had nowhere to say, and when he heard the eldest brother standing and talking, he didn't feel a backache, and he couldn't help it.
Seeing this, Zeng Lang even scolded the boss for being ignorant, and appeased his younger son's affection, Zeng Tu said helplessly: "I'm a rough person, I don't think long-term without the fifth child, isn't it okay to be considered mine?" But the key is to come up with a way now, this Yu Baosi will live in our house, and this matter will not be hidden for a long time! ”
Yu Baosi's group first ate and drank and greeted them, and said that Liu Zhizhou didn't return, so they delayed first! In addition, don't say anything about this, including your master and Su Ding! Elder Zeng set the tone.
"Master is also hiding it?" Zeng Tu was stunned, the relationship between Shi Wengong and the Zeng family has been very good over the years, and his father has never ordered him to be sealed so solemnly, and he was puzzled.
"The Han people have a saying, called non-my race, their hearts will be different! We used to live on the Song Kingdom, and there was no fundamental conflict, so he was naturally safe and stable, but if it ......" Elder Zeng sighed halfway through his words, and did not finish his words.
When the two sons saw it, their reactions were different, compared with Zeng Tu's unacceptability, Zeng Sheng seemed much calmer and thoughtful. Elder Zeng personally took the box and carried it back to the house, and the two sons also left. At this time, a figure on the roof stood up, with a sneering look on his face, and calmly withdrew from Zeng's mansion. (To be continued......)