"Share the blessings and share the difficulties!"

At first glance, these words can always make people's blood boil, as if they have dominated the world and become a flat-shouldered king. But in reality, such words have to be heard in reverse.

Tong Guan felt that this was a huge irony for him.

He pondered for a long time, then looked up at Gao Yu aggrievedly: "Why are you so cruel to our family?" ”

"You're not a brother!"

Gao Yu didn't think about it, and said casually. Probably because Li Kui came, he was confident enough and accidentally told the truth in his heart. As soon as the words came out, Gao Yu knew that it was bad, and Tong Guan's careful eyes, not the evaluation of his brothers, were enough to give an all-round blow from physical defects, identity, etc.

Gao Yu hurriedly explained: "Father-in-law, you are different from us, you are a noble person who follows His Majesty to do things, if a rough person like us wants to have a bright future, he has to fight with his life, hit his head, and hope to get out of a way to live." ”

"Don't think about it, on the battlefield, if you make a mistake, we coarse people deserve it, but my father-in-law doesn't have to do it."

"Just because our family is doing things for Your Majesty, do you think our family shouldn't come?"

Tong Guan was angry, but he didn't have any resentment towards Gao Yu. This is a person who knows what is important, but he can't see clearly what his ability is. Since Tong Guan came to the Western Army, he had to attract talents who could really be used by him, Gao Yu had a background from the court, although he was not a eunuch, but the identity of the emperor's head of the Juju sect would also make Tong Guan unconsciously close.

As for the other generals of the Western Army, they were either scared by Li Xiankeng at the beginning, and always thought that how could a eunuch lead troops?

For all kinds of reasons, they all stay away from Tong Guan's wooing. At most, it's just a familiar face.

There are also some identity reasons, such as Liu Yannian, Tong Guan has no confidence at all, the other party's status is too high, and he is not an object that he can control as a prison army.

Gao Yu said: "Father-in-law, you can't say that, you don't know Renjie's temper in the army, I know something." He doesn't like talkers, and he doesn't like people who point fingers. Not only that, but anyone who disagrees with him will be warned by him. And Gao assured that he was not right about things. ”

"Besides, father-in-law, didn't you go to check the battle merits and the head, and there was no problem, right? In terms of the character of the hero, you will also have a credit when the time comes. ”

"Do I have it too?"

Tong Guanhu said suspiciously: "You said that Li Kui would not maliciously slander our family?" ”

"Not only will it not, but it will also give my father-in-law a wealth and wealth. The premise is that you can't control him, you have to be obedient. ”

"I ......"

Tong Guan felt that he was a little wronged by this whip, and at the same time, he didn't believe that Li Kui had such strength that he would ignore his previous suspicions?

Gao Yu saw that Tong Guan seemed to be moved, and added: "He has been under Master Su with me for many years, can I still not know him?" He is talented, but he is also a very proud person, and many things are opposed to him, and he disdains to refute them, so he can only use means. You must know that at the beginning, my brother and I followed Hao Sui father-in-law from the capital to Yanyan Road. ”

"When he crossed the Kunshan Pass, Renjie decided to train his troops. At that time, he was training in the mountains, and the brothers in Jingying were all lords who grew up in the imperial city, so of course they were not convinced that he was a civilian official meddling in military affairs. Guess so......"

Tong Guan seems to be attracted by Gao Yu's story, and to understand Li Kui, you have to learn from Li Kui's style of doing things. He was curious: "Did he use military law?" ”

"No, he said a word at that time, as long as you are better than him, you don't have to listen to him."

Gao Yu squeezed his eyebrows and said with a smile, Kunshan military training is something he can brag about for the rest of his life. At that time, there were more than 1,000 infantry in the Beijing battalion, but they were all his subordinates.

"He punished the thorns?"

Tong Guan hadn't heard of the training in Kunshan, but his curiosity was aroused, so he naturally couldn't help asking.

"Nope." Gao Yu pretended to be profound, shook his head and said: "At that time, a tiger ran down from the mountain, and Li Kui rushed up and killed the tiger, and then told the whole army that whoever can kill the tiger can ignore the military regulations." ”

"This ...... It's fake, right? Tong Guan said that he would not believe that Li Kui was in charge of the soldiers so casually. The most wronged is the tiger, he barked a few times when he went down the mountain, and he met a bad star, lost his life, and the little baby was soaked in wine.

Gao Yu said: "Really." Later, during the training, all the soldiers did not dare to refute, no matter what he said, he practiced like this. In one month, it took only one month, and the soldiers in the Beijing camp took on a new look, and even more than 30 people died during the training, and no one complained. After the brothers came out of the mountain, they seemed to have come out of hell, and their eyes were full of murder. But at that time, Father-in-law Hao and I were very worried, because the soldiers were suffering, and it was impossible not to complain, but we didn't dare to say it. ”

But Renjie said that of course the soldiers have anger, but with him in the army, anger can only be vented to the enemy. Unless someone is stronger than him. Later, you have also heard about it, in our first battle in Yan'an Mansion, more than 1,000 infantry, blocked 3,000 party cavalry in the canyon, and used the terrain to annihilate the opponent at the cost of nearly half of the casualties. ”

"Then it was the battle of Jinmingzhai, the party was swept by our army, and now the party heard the name of the master, all of them were frightened. But the old man in the army, when he heard Renjie's name, those who survived were grateful to him. Because those who survived got the wealth and official positions they wanted, and there were no complaints. ”

This should not be heard as a story, but should be dug deeper. Tong Guan finally found out the reason why he was beaten, and he talked too much.

Before Anxi Prefecture was ready to leave, he wanted to stop Li Kui's plan to go straight to Lanzhou City many times. As far as Li Kui's temper is concerned, if he doesn't kill him, it can already be regarded as restraint.

Tong Guan is embarrassed, he offended Li Kui, what should he do next?

"But our family has already offended Li Kui, and now if we want to ease it, I'm afraid it won't be possible if there are fewer Chinese people." After Tong Guan finished speaking, he stared at Gao Yu in a daze.

Tong Guan hoped that Gao Yu would go to the middle with Li Kui to ease the contradictions between them. But does Gao Yu's words work?

Gao Yu also knows that it doesn't work.

Once Tong Guan understands that Gao Yu is useless in front of Li Kui, he will naturally look down on him. But he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only ask: "Is there a problem for my father-in-law?" ”

After all, Tong Guan was anxious to ease the conflict with Li Kui, and he must have something to ask for. Tong Guan said simply, directly: "The main thing is that Lanzhou City has been taken, and the military prisoners are all real." How to distribute military merits now, and whether to sacrifice prisoners to His Majesty. Although it is just a ghost pupil, at best it is just a general, but as long as His Majesty wants to, we have to send it over. ”

"In addition, the excerpt of the merit must also be written. But you also know that if our family and Li Kui's excerpt is too big, I am afraid that people will be criticized! ”

Why does Gao Yu think it's difficult? It turned out to be a military newspaper, and this kind of chapter was written by Father-in-law Hao before, but Li Kui just signed it, and immediately took care of it: "Father-in-law, this matter is simple." You only have to give half of the credit to the cavalry, and half of the credit to the infantry, and capture it to the soldiers who participated in the battle. The other thirty percent of the battle exploits can be sent to the brothers and families who were injured and killed in the battle. ”

"It's not very easy to post!"

If it's all money, of course it's easy, but what about cattle, sheep and horses?

Although Tong Guan had seen a lot of things in the army under Li Xian before, it was really not easy to issue military merits.

Gao Yu said with a smile: "Ask the friendly army, if you want the first level, let's sell one or two thousand, and when the money is delivered, we will send the money first." ”

"Is this okay?"

Tong Guan was so frightened that the chrysanthemum tightened, selling military merits? If this happens, he'll have to lose his head. Of course, it is also common for the Western Army to buy and sell military merits after the war. The main thing is that military merits are not good, and some generals and colonels who have made meritorious contributions have worked hard for several months, going back and forth as if they were rushing to the field, but there are many people who have not caught anything.

If you buy dozens of military merits, it's easy to make a difference.

But generally speaking, it is purchased by generals above the command level, the purpose is to keep the official position, and the number is not much, just dozens or hundreds of first-level transactions are rare. One or two thousand at once, Tong Guan's heart was a little uncomfortable.

Tong Guan felt that Gao Yu was harming him, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Gao Yu, if this matter spreads, our family will die?" ”

"You're not going to ask Jay to sign the list?"

Gao Yu thought that Tong Guan was too cautious, and Hao Sui was also nervous before. But selling military merits is something Li Kui came up with by himself. Sergeants in the army, there is always a time when there is a shortage of money, although the monthly salary of the forbidden army is a lot, it is a full three months. But the soldiers couldn't save money, mainly in the military town, there were too many people to play, and there were no families, and the soldiers often couldn't make ends meet.

Either eat and drink nonsense, like Ruda.

Either you like to gamble, you have a bright appearance, but you owe a lot of debts.

Either you go upstairs, go through the door, and don't say anything, or you're lonely.

The military salary for three runs a month is really not enough for a group of men with strong blood.

But many people have a high hall to support at home, and a wife and children to live in. It is not a matter of bringing back small money, and it is impossible to get big money, and selling military merits is the fastest business in the army.

Of course, there is a premise, that is, the main general must be fierce enough, always able to win battles, and have rich military merits.

Tong Guan finally understood the truth of this, and then he breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, let's write a copy, and let Li Kui watch it when the time comes." ”

Following.

Li Kui counted the granaries in the city, and Tong Guan gave Li Kui the proposed strips. In particular, the folds were written after careful consideration word by word. It takes the spirit of a child's sleep. So much so that Tong Guan, who didn't rest all night, looked a little sluggish.

Li Kui looked at the ink that had not yet dried, and after reading it carefully, he raised his head and glanced at Tong Guan. The latter was like a panic being watched by a tiger, and he didn't know how to store his hands and feet, and a look of uneasiness appeared on his face.

Li Kui said curiously: "Why didn't you mention you in the twists and turns?" ”

"Me!" Tong Guan chuckled in his heart, and said in his heart: "It's over, Li Kui is going to poison our family." Tong Guan pondered with the thoughts of a normal person, and knew that he must have played a role in the army, and he was beaten. If this is seen by the emperor, won't it ruin His Majesty's trust in him?

Tong Guanputong knelt in front of Li Kui and shouted, "Our family is wrong!" ”

Tong Guan's method really scared Li Kui. He touched the beard on his chin, limp, too young to be as ostentatious as a steel needle.

He didn't speak, but then he brought pen and ink under a straw hut in the granary, and began to write on the cantata.

Tong Guan was sometimes unwilling, sometimes angry, and afraid that Li Kui would see it, so he lowered his head. Hold your thighs hard with both hands to wake yourself up.

Seeing that Li Kui ignored him, he didn't do this poor man who wagged his tail and begged for mercy, but stood up and walked in front of Li Kui. Not long after, Li Kui threw the corrected piece to Tong Guan, and then Lazy Sheep said: "Copy two copies according to what I wrote, one without signature, give it to me." I reported to the province, and a copy was sent to Xuanfu, and Gao Yu's copy was copied to the Privy Council, and you can do the rest. ”

Tong Guan hurriedly looked down at the recital he had been pondering all night, and he remembered Gao Yu's reminder to him not to write about Li Kui's performance on the battlefield. just wrote an understatement that Li Kui, the governor of Anxi Prefecture, returned to Lanzhou City. However, Li Kui crossed out this sentence, but added a sentence 'The prison boy is gracious and disciplined, the discipline is strict, and the soldiers are all guilty'. ”

This should be considered a good word.

It is said that Tong Guan did not live up to the emperor's trust, came to the army, dutifully performed the duties of supervising the army, rectified military discipline, and the soldiers had a good impression of him.

Is this an assessment of yourself?

Tong Guan didn't dare to believe anything. The thing he had to do with military law was that he became the unlucky guy who was suppressed by military law. What is the discipline? All the soldiers feel guilty? This is simply nonsense.

Tong Guan felt at first that Li Kui was tempting Hua Lang in a dignified manner, and would he dig a pit for him in the recital. Relying on the words he recognized in the palace, he couldn't guess the meaning behind this sentence.

As a last resort, he still went to find Gao Yu.

After Gao Yu saw it, he smiled and said, "Father-in-law, did you reply this time?" ”

Tong Guan cautiously reminded Gao Yu: "This will not be a ridicule of our family, or there are allusions and metaphors, our family has little reading, and I always feel that this seems to be a good word, but I am afraid that there will be something in the words." ”

"That's a good word! That's the way it is, and that's how Hao's comments were made before, you won't have seen it in introspection, right? Gao Yu was surprised.

Under Gao Yu's reminder, Tong Guan relieved his heart. found Li Kui again, and said with a deep salute: "Master Li doesn't care about his past suspicions, but our family only speculates about other things, and I dare not be ashamed." ”

Li Kui waved his hand and said, "You and I have no contradiction, I beat you for your own good." ”

If Tong Guan still had the heart to fight with Li Kui before, he would definitely teach Li Kui such an unreasonable lesson, and he would have jumped up and confronted him. But now, Tong Guan has taken it, but he doesn't understand, why 'beat you for your good'?

This is the logic of the father beating his son, right?

But Li Kui spoke so wildly, which made his face dull and quite embarrassed.

But Li Kui said bluntly: "The court will not allow eunuchs to lead troops to gallop on the battlefield and achieve immortal feats." Even if you lead troops to fight, you have committed a great taboo. You are in the Western Army, befriending the feudal towns, interfering in the battle, and if you win, you are lucky. What if I lose? ”

Some things can be said, some things can't.

An Tao has long been dissatisfied with Tong Guan, and Li Kui attacked Tong Guan, just taking advantage of the situation.

"Thanks for the reminder. But ......" Tong Guan still couldn't accept it: "Can't you talk well?" It is necessary to be punished. ”

But Li Kui rolled his eyes and said: "Say two irrelevant words, you are not impressed, in case you don't remember it, I won't say it in vain?" In addition, the contact between Deshun Army and Huai Dejun depends on you, sell military merits at a high price, don't sell them cheaply. Are the brothers waiting for money? ”

Even if Tong Guan no longer hates Li Kui, after all, he was mentioned in the recital and let him show his face, and this credit cannot be small. According to the promotion system of the Great Song Dynasty, military generals can be promoted to meritorious service, and eunuchs must be promoted by two levels. Li Kui added two sentences lightly, and let him find his military merits, if he could be beaten, he could have such a good thing, Tong Guan was even willing to be beaten every day.

Tong Guan thought so, and found that he was a little cheap.