Chapter Fifty-Seven: One Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves

Zheng Dao legend said: "There is an opportunity here. An opportunity for the general to live in Haidong for generations. ”

Li Chenggui was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses. said: "What does Mr. Zheng mean?" ”

Zheng Daochuan leaned forward slightly, and said in high spirits: "The Wang family has enjoyed the country for five hundred years, and now it has come to an end. Wang Yu has no way, he provokes the Celestial Empire to raise troops, offends the family, and is in trouble both internally and externally, and is already a lone husband and a thief. Now is the great crisis of the Wang family, it may not be a great opportunity for the general, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, there is no intention of going east, otherwise our dynasty will not be listed as a country without conquest. It's just that the situation dictates that the border ministers are greedy for merit, and now the general has a large army in hand, blocking the Ming army from advancing an inch, and there are ministers connected inside. As long as you can stalemate with the Ming people for a period of time, the general will return to Kaijing with light troops, rise and abolish the matter, and pass the throne to Shuzong, after three or five years, it may not be impossible to concede. ”

"This is a big crisis, but it's also a big opportunity."

"Is the general interested?"

Whether Li Chenggui is intentional or not is still between the two, but Zheng Daochuan is very intentional. Zheng Daochuan is a person who can be compared to a person in Chinese history, and that is Zhao Pu.

Zheng Daochuan was born at the bottom, and his father and ancestors were not prominent. When he was a child, it was a difficult thing for him to study. It's easy to read some names, but I find that the path to getting ahead has been occupied by famous and powerful people.

Even if he is full of talent, he can only be reduced to a subordinate.

Naturally, he was not willing to admit defeat.

Chung Do-chuan could only come to the northwest of Goryeo and defect to the Lee family.

On the one hand, the Lee family has a short time in Goryeo, and many habits are not as conservative as the Goryeo clan. Second, Li Chenggui is not an ordinary person. He is also very bold in employing people. As long as he uses his talent, no matter what his background, he is willing to use it.

The Chao-Xian Gongchen faction, which rose during the Li Chenggui period, also became an important member of the party struggle in the early period of the dynasty-Xian. And Saint-Chuan Chung is one of the leaders. It's just that Zheng Daochuan also died in the fierce struggle.

It was not until later that the so-called Shilin sect rose. Only then did the meritorious faction withdraw from the stage of history.

Zheng Daochuan is under Li Chenggui, and he is not so happy. It was because he felt that with his talent, he should not just be a staff member under a general. I don't want to go to the court all the time. And today, he found that opportunity.

Chung Do-chuan understands very well that the tradition of Goryeo. Only the ancestors can have a certain rank above the court. will be regarded as a member of the noble clan. Only those who are born in the noble clan can ascend to high positions. That's the problem. How can ordinary people ascend to the court? It's an infinite loop.

This can only be done at extraordinary times.

As long as he can follow Li Sung-gui to overthrow the Goryeo court, he can not only be ranked above the court, but even become the head of the courtiers. For Li Chenggui, this is naturally the benefit of the Li family dynasty for all generations, and for Zheng Daochuan, it is also a matter of washing the white body of his ancestors, and he became the ancestor of the Zheng family of Goryeo. Let the Zheng family become one of the famous families in Goryeo.

The temptation is too great.

Li Chenggui was also moved. But it was only for a moment. Just for a moment. The reason is very simple, Li Chenggui is more realistic and can become a general. None of them are unrealistic, because any camouflage is useless in front of real knives and real guns.

Li Chenggui didn't want to know how good this blueprint was, he could only know how much this thing could be done.

Li Chenggui said; "The retreat of the Ming army in front of me is because of the fall of Xicheng, and I have no merit. The Ming army may not come this year. But come back next year, what will happen. I don't know. If the Ming army does not solve it, everything will be empty. ”

"Not really." Zheng Dao legend said; "The scourge of Goryeo is on the inside and not outside. This year is already late autumn, and no matter how powerful Daming is, it is impossible to attack in winter. If the Ming Dynasty really came against the time, I believe that the general will definitely let them know the prestige of the Goryeo army. "The legend of Zheng Dao is here. looked at Li Chenggui, but saw that Li Chenggui did not refute, which shows that Li Chenggui is confident. Confident that in the special environment of winter, it resisted the attack of the Ming army.

After all, winters in Goryeo are very cold.

Zheng Daochuan continued: "Now the matter of opening Beijing is just after the beginning of winter. This winter, a new king can be set up, and someone can be sent to Nanjing to bear the guilt, but it is just to cut the land and pay tribute to the horses. Goryeo can still survive. ”

Li Chenggui listened to Zheng Daochuan's words, was silent for a while, and said, "Who told you all this. ”

Zheng Dao said: "Cui Xiang. ”

Li Chenggui was shocked and said; "It's him."

He couldn't have imagined it was him.

The Cui family is a well-known family in Goryeo, and the Cui family is a branch of the Cui clan of Qinghe. And Choi Sang, who is a powerful minister of Goryeo, is the teacher of the current king Wang Yu.

Although Wang Yu is not a king who loves to learn, he still has some incense for his former teacher. Therefore, it is very trustworthy.

Under such circumstances, Wang Yu appointed officials at all, never looking at talent, but looking at whether they could be trusted. It was Choi Ying who became the minister of state of Goryeo and held great power.

It's just that Li Chenggui didn't expect that Cui Ying, as the emperor, would also betray.

Zheng Dao legend said; "It's not that Choi Xiang is ungrateful, it's just that in Choi Xiang's eyes, Goryeo Sheji is the most important."

Li Chenggui said: "Goryeo Sheji, then wait." ”

Zheng Dao legend said: "General, once Cui Xiang is allowed to monopolize the credit, what will happen in the future?" ”

Li Chenggui said; "I said, just wait."

Li Chenggui had a lot of ideas, but he thought about it, and finally decided not to participate in this matter, it was not that Li Chenggui became a loyal minister of Goryeo at this time, but as a military general, at any time, he felt that force was the most important.

Now half of Goryeo's army is in their own hands, no matter what happens behind them. None of them will miss their own.

And the most important thing now is to let the Ming army retreat, no matter what method is used. Defeat the Ming army, negotiate peace and surrender. As long as the Ming army, an unexpected participant, is expelled from Goryeo, the rest of the matter will be logical. Up and down Goryeo, no one could resist his attack.

A little better, in one fell swoop, a little bit, but a few years of fighting.

In the matter of war, Li Chenggui has not been afraid of anyone in Goryeo.

So in his opinion, the most important thing is not the things that follow, but to seize the military power and turn these troops temporarily under his command into his own army.

It's just that the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop.

Li Chenggui thought too simply. He held nearly half of the Goryeo army and became the focus of the Goryeo court. The focus that can't be bypassed.

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Goryeo, Kaegyong, Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Wang Yu, the king of Goryeo, held the letter in his hand, and He Xi must be very familiar with this letter, because it is nothing else. It is He Xi's letter to recruit Li Chenggui. As for how this letter got into Wang Yu's hands, as expected, the Goryeo clan in Xicheng was still emotionally closer to the Goryeo court.

Therefore, after leaving Xiseong, the messenger bypassed the defense line of Pyongseong, came to Kaesong, found a way, and delivered the letter to the king of Goryeo.

After reading it, the king of Goryeo did not immediately say it, but pointed to the messenger in front of him and said, "Kill." ”

The messenger was astonished and said, "My lord, I am so loyal to him, that I have taken such a risk to deliver the letter, even if I have no merit, but I have also toiled." ”

Wang Yu, the king of Goryeo, asked lightly; "Where are you from?"

The messenger did not know what the King of Goryeo meant by asking this. But he said it immediately; "Xicheng."

King Wang Yu of Goryeo said; "Xicheng has fallen, as a lonely's loyalty, you should fight to the death with the thief when it falls, why are you still alive now? Since the thief sent you to deliver the letter, he must know your identity. Why did he send you? ”

"That's because you've betrayed the widows and betrayed Goryeo. Isn't it? ”

The messenger was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly denied it: "No, my king, no, my king." It's just that he didn't know how to explain it for a while.

In fact, Wang Yu, the king of Goryeo, guessed not badly at all. How could the local family die for the king of Goryeo. For the sake of family inheritance, it is natural to make some gestures for Daming. But most of them secretly supported Goryeo.

It was originally a trick to see through but not to say. was carried on the table naked by Wang Yu, and suddenly didn't know what to do. What to say.