Chapter Seventy-Three: The Dragon Shadow General
"Flat." Zhu Houxi said and ran down the dragon steps, grabbed Lu Bing's wrist and walked to the hall, Lu Bing hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty can't." ”
"Why not, although I rule the country with etiquette, there are exceptions to everything, and the occasional violation of etiquette is understandable, don't worry, no one dares to say anything about me." Zhu Houxi responded in a low voice.
Lu Bing stood in front of the hall with Zhu Houxi, looking at the ministers below, Zhu Houxi said: "Today, I have appointed Lu Bing as the general of the Dragon Shadow, leading me to go out on the expedition, commanding the whole army, and mobilizing the whole country without the Tiger Charm Token, except for the holy decree, all other orders can be exempted. ”
Everyone was in an uproar, but they didn't dare to shout loudly in the court, and at this time, Lu Bing's mood was also extremely worried, he had already known that he was going to fight, and it was expected that he would be appointed to go on the expedition, but this Dragon Shadow General was very surprised. Except for the saints of today, who can still be called a dragon in the world, and whoever dares to deceive the king and commit the crime of intent to rebel is a great disrespect, and he should be killed. Even those vassal kings can only be described as pythons, at most when they were teenagers, when the first emperor was still alive, they were called dragon species, which is the only dragon word.
"Yesterday, I received a secret report from the Ministry of War, saying that the mob near Gutian was about to rebel again, and later there was a military report to me that the Ordos Department, the Yarkand Khanate, and the Japanese along the coast were all about to act, and the country of Annam was also ready to move. My Ming can be said to be under enemy on all sides, and I am in danger. At this time, it is necessary to have manpower to turn the tide and fight the world. I want to go on an expedition, but because I have no heirs so far, I will be the crown prince and the country, in case there is a three-long and two-short one who is ashamed of the ancestors, and the country cannot be without a king for a day. So he chose a dragon shadow general, replaced me, and became my shadow. On behalf of me, I drove the expedition. This person is Lu Bing, and Lu Bing should be the Dragon Shadow General. Zhu Houxi said.
As soon as the words fell, a courtier walked out of the column and said righteously: "Holy Lord, please think twice, this matter must not be, and the king with a foreign surname is worthy of the ancestors." ”
"Why not? What's more, when did I say that I made a king? Zhu Houxi didn't know the person in front of him at all. It's just that I saw it a few times when I was in the last dynasty, and it was a royal history. Regarding the imperial history, Zhu Houxi's impression has always been bad. The imperial history is the official investigation of the government. When Yang Tinghe was there, Yushi followed Yang Tinghe and scolded the emperor, and when Yang Tinghe left, Yushi took refuge in Yang Yiqing again. In the end, he abandoned Yang Yiqing and followed Zhang Xuan. became a sharp blade for Zhang Xuan to scold the scolding shelf.
In short, this group of imperial historians strictly abides by their duties as officials, and it is indeed not pleasing to people, and it is their mantra to criticize ugliness and promote righteousness, but there are few who can really do it, but it adds a lot of blockages to Zhu Houxi all day long. At this time, he came to add to the blockage, how could Zhu Houxi not be angry, he first held back the fire in his belly, and the imperial history didn't say a few words. Zhu Houxi saw that his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes.
Zhang Xuan was also shocked in his heart, and secretly scolded in his heart. The heart said that who is so ignorant of current affairs, secretly looked sideways, and turned out to be a stunned young man in the imperial history team, and said that even if the emperor does not blame you today, I will take care of you when you go down. Zhang Xuan thought again: The saint is not stupid, he knows that most of the imperial history is my person, and you talk casually, as if I instructed it. Not only the saint, but even Lu Bing, who is now about to be extremely noble, has to make a feud with me and me, and he actually causes trouble for me, and it is light to kill you.
After listening to Zhu Houxi's question, the imperial historian hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "What the minister means is that the matter of going out needs to be considered in the long run. The saint must not listen to the villain's slander, so he rashly set out to fight, but he didn't know that the orthodox emperor listened to the slander of the traitor Wang Zhen and rashly sent troops, resulting in the exhaustion of my Ming elite, 400,000 people were buried in the civil fort, and there was almost the danger of losing the country. Now, someone may also be demagogic to the saints, seek private power, and may even collude with foreign vassals, creating the illusion that the situation is critical, so as to seize real power, and one day it is unknown to turn against the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Nonsense!" Zhu Houxi roared: "What some people, don't they mean Lu Bing, why do you refer to Sang and scolding Huai with insinuations, why don't you want to say it bluntly?" The dignified seven-foot man didn't even dare to say other people's names, and he still needed to make such an allusion, I despised you the most for being poor and sour. Are you laughing at me for being stupid and not being able to see other people's behavior? ”
Zhu Houxi pointed at Lu Bing and said: "That's right, the information was sent by him, but the situation of the Gutian mob he said was more detailed than the information sent by the Ministry of War, and his information was investigated by the personnel who supported him with other people's own money." Lu Bing is always concerned about the rise and fall of the country, and he wants to give these people to me and let me personally command, these people are not loyal ministers. Not to mention these, the national economy, the tax burden first, the world, the people first. Lu Bing was in Shandong, how many good things he had done, and how many taxes he had added to the imperial court. He himself has made a lot of money, that's right, but you see how much of the palace you are in now is repaired by Lu Bing himself, relying only on the money in my treasury and the treasury of the household department, I am afraid that this Fengtian Temple will rot and collapse, and there is no money to repair it. And the people of Shandong have lived a very solid life in recent years, and it is not also the credit of Lu Bing. In the rivers and lakes, my good name is preached everywhere, and among the people, there are many people who know my name and good deeds, Lu Bing preaches my prestige everywhere, and such talents have to abandon it, and endure others pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, which is really unbearable! ”
"Come on, strip off the official uniform and beat the palace gate with a stick." Zhu Houxi pointed at the man and shouted.
Lu Bing wanted to speak and stopped, he wanted to persuade Zhu Houyu not to be like this, since ancient times, those who have beaten officials have been faint, but thinking that Zhu Houxi is for his own good, he has established his authority, and he is not the kind of person who abuses good people, so when the words came to his mouth, Lu Bing swallowed back again.
Zhu Houxi saw that the imperial history was dragged out by the left and right guards, and continued: "Although those who offend me will be punished from a distance, this is a matter related to my great prestige, how can I tolerate it?" From now on, Lu Bingdang deployed the generals of the whole country to fight all over the world, quell the rebellion, and return the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a disobedient person, behead! If there is a delay in military intelligence, behead! If there is anyone who does not respect the dragon shadow, slash! On the same day, two reports of the war were given to me and Lu Bing, just listen to Lu Bing's orders, can Zhong Aiqing hear clearly! ”
"The ministers obey the order, and the saints are wise." The ministers replied with a long live.
Zhang Xuan walked out and hugged his fists and said, "Holy Lord, I don't know what kind of official title I should give Lord Lu, so we might as well make rune seal ribbon official robes and armor in advance." ”
Zhu Houxi smiled and pointed at Zhang Xuan and said, "It's still Zhang Fujing that you know about current affairs, but this time you are wrong, and it's no wonder that I didn't explain it just now." Lu Bing is the general of the Dragon Shadow, and the whole country sees Lu Bing as if he sees me, but Lu Bing previously said that he would rely on himself to be promoted to the knighthood, so his official position is still not a thousand households, and the seal ribbon remains unchanged. Okay, if you have something to do, let's retreat if you have nothing to do. ”
The mountain is not high, there is a fairy name, the water is not deep, there is a dragon is spiritual, and now there is another sentence, the official is not high, just have the right.
Lu Bing has become a figure above 10,000 people under one person in the world, and he has become the most powerful deputy thousand households in history, which can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented.
Lu Bing became the hottest figure in the court for a while, and he also became the most feared person. Although Lu Bing has been very low-key in recent years, and he has been a person who has mostly paid for smiling faces and sent gold and silver, it can be said that he is kind and can no longer be kind, but now he has regained his power, and he has become the shadow of the saint Dragon Shadow General, which reminds people of the killing god Lu Bing who killed the head and blood flowed like a river, and the corrupt officials were terrified when they heard his name.
Guo Xun and others humiliated Lu Bing back then, and although they no longer opposed him, they all looked at Lu Bing's annual offerings, so they acted kindly. Now people like Guo Xun are beginning to worry, for fear that Lu Bing will take the opportunity to retaliate. Lu Bing has a fierce temperament, and he kills from the heart, which is what everyone panics about. But this time, Lu Bing's ascension did not eradicate all unfavorable factors as before, and he was as jealous as hatred and righteousness, turning the officialdom upside down. Lu Bing already understands the truth that cutting off people's financial means is like killing his parents, and after taking the position, only those who have been promoted have not been demoted, which makes everyone breathe a long sigh of relief.
In fact, in addition to the fact that the national disaster is at the head and it is not easy to fight in the civil war, there is another important reason, that is, Lu Bing really has no time to deal with Xiaoxiao in the DPRK. Mi 13, the Japanese Invaders, the Gutian rebels, the Annan wait-and-see, the threat of Ordos and the pressure of the army of the Yarkand Khanate made Lu Bing almost breathless, and the plan was simple but the implementation had to be carefully considered.
Zhu Houxi became the big shopkeeper, so all the pressure overwhelmed Lu Bing alone, and reports on the war came from both the court and his own private army.
Lu Bing made several decisions at the moment, first of all, he sent his old brother to various theaters to command the battle, firmly controlled the local military and political power, and removed and replaced him in the fine-tuning. Although he has the power of life and death in his hands, once the war breaks out, those who disobey the military order will delay the fighter, and it will be difficult to make up for the defeat by killing one person at that time, and thousands of people will be lost. Therefore, we must first act and control the rights.
Secondly, contact Shen Yew and ask him to prepare those big killing weapons that have been discussed and studied for a long time, and transport these things to the fleet docking place through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. When Lu Bing went to the Ryukyus, he had built an invincible armada, and now the power of this fleet is still there, and it is classified as the dispatch of the Ming Naval Division.
In addition, Tang Kekuan was sent to Liangguang, mainly to prevent riots in Guangdong from time to time, and the riots in Guangdong were usually not large-scale, but they were afraid that the mob would be bewitched by others, or blinded by hatred, so as to open the country widely, lure the Japanese into the Ming Dynasty, or do not resist the Annan country, and those who were strong ships and guns a few years ago also need to worry. You must know that the barbarian countries in the jungle in the south are also looking at Da Ming with fierce eyes, and the ambitions of the wolf are known to everyone.
Therefore, Tang Kekuan went to Liangguang this time to prevent a fire in the backyard and let the enemy cut off the road for transporting troops and grain and grass supply from the east, west, north and south. (To be continued......)