Chapter 70: The Foundation is Beginning
After counting the treasures in the secret treasures, Yuan Qi rewarded his subordinates separately. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xu Fang got a Tiangang axe, Xu Chu got a Chaos Heaven Opening Knife, and Dian Wei got a pair of Earth-splitting twin guns.
After the reward, there were still twenty-one divine soldiers left in Yuan Qi's hands, he carefully wrapped the remaining divine soldiers with oil paper, carefully collected them, and at the same time sent someone to return to Beiping with his dispatch order to transfer troops, Xiahou Ruo rushed over with a thousand days to return to the camp elite and two thousand infantry troops, Yuan Qi stayed in Wancheng for a few days, and then asked him to secretly escort the weapons and armor taken out of the secret treasure back to Beiping, leaving only five hundred days to return to the camp elite to follow his own side to obey orders.
The days that followed were much easier, he asked Zhao Hu to continue to train 2,000 veterans, let Xu Ban and Ma Yue train 30,000 new soldiers respectively, and handed over all the political affairs in the county to the two brothers Song Xi and Song Qiong, and became the shopkeeper himself. The shaker stayed in Beiping and did not follow Nanyang, so no one forced Yuan Qi to undergo hellish training, which made Yuan Qi's mind all devoted to collecting talents.
You must know that Nanyang is a good place, and if you can recruit one or two to join your command, it will be of great help to you. And Yuan Qi's favorite character in his previous life, the famous Mr. Wolong Zhuge Liang is ploughing in Nanyang, for such a person who can rely on his own strength to influence the general trend of the world, even if he can't communicate in the end, it is good to be able to see it.
Just when Yuan Qi hollowed out his mind to collect talents in Nanyang, he passed the good news of 6,000 enemy troops to break the red scarf and 150,000 people, and beheaded Zhang Shao from the 10,000 army.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Yuan Qi's achievements shocked the civil and military officials and powerful families in the capital.
In an inconspicuous courtyard, Huang Fuchu and Zhu Huan are still playing. Glancing at Zhu Huan, Huangfu Chu smiled and said, "How about it?" The old man is not wrong, this Yuan Qi has now defeated the Red Turban Army, should you send those two jars of burning knife wine to the old man?"
Zhu Huan was not frustrated at all after losing the bet, but was excited: "Brother Huangfu is really as wise as a torch, this little overlord is really good, and Huan is already convinced of him." As for the gambling contract, tomorrow a certain person will definitely send it in person. ”
The two glanced at each other, and they both looked up to the sky and laughed. The empire has a rising star like Yuan Qi, and the mood of the two seems to have become much more relaxed all of a sudden.
Imperial Palace, Deyang Palace. Yuan Hong was sitting on the dragon chair and watching Yuan Qi's good news. A group of civil and military officials stood quietly in the hall with various thoughts.
After Emperor Yuanhong read the good news of Yuan Qi word by word, Long Yan Dayue handed the good news in his hand to the back: "Someone will copy a thousand copies of the good news of Yuan Qi's nephew, and post a notice in the city tomorrow to calm the people's hearts." ”
Yuan Hong turned his head, looked at the civil and military officials standing in the main hall, and said loudly: "Yuan Qi's nephew is loyal to the monarch and defends the country, his ambition is commendable, and he is also the brave champion of the three armies, and he broke Zhang Shao and other red turban thieves of 150,000, and pacified the Wancheng Rebellion.
Fan Jin, the first general to stand up, was obviously not smart enough: "Shengshang, Yuan Qi is just a teenage yellow-haired boy who has been lucky enough to get some credits, how can he easily bestow such an honorable title as a high-ranking official and a champion marquis on him like a hussar general? ”
There is a natural foil for demolition, and the counselor Yuan Tao stood up and said: "The minister thinks that the general said the difference, although Yuan Huwei is young, but his cultural and martial arts can be called a momentary handsome, put such a person, the court does not reuse it, it is the way to take chaos, it is not a wise move." Moreover, the saint personally promised that if Yuan Huwei beheaded Zhang Shao and broke the Red Turban Army, he would be named a hussar general and a champion marquis, and the saint was a true dragon emperor, how could he go back on his word?"
Yuan Qi's eldest brother Yuan He stood up and said: "Shengshang, although Yuan Qi is the minister's own brother, the general Huangmao Boy said that the minister does not dare to agree. ”
With the opening of these three people, the rest of the civil and military officers stood up more than a dozen one after another, belonging to two camps, and argued with each other. Just when the two sides were arguing, a guard hurriedly ran to the door of the main hall, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Qi Song Sheng, there are tens of thousands of people in the capital outside the palace. ”
Yuan Hong was in the middle of the controversy of the hundreds of officials in the court and was pained, and when he heard someone write tens of thousands of words, he hurriedly said: "Take the leader to the temple!" In this world, the people spontaneously wrote to the people, which has two meanings, one is to show that the current saint is a great king, so the people will speak directly to the Son of Heaven; the other is that the things that will be performed must be a feat that conforms to the will of the people.
A gray-haired old man, led by the guards, walked into the main hall tremblingly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yuan Hong.
Yuan Hong said: "Hurry up, I don't know what happened when my husband led the people in the city to write thousands of books?"
The old man stood up and said a little nervously: "Qi Song Sheng, the grass people have lived in the capital for generations, and they have a little prestige among the neighbors and villagers, so the fathers and villagers in the city entrusted the grass people to write a book of ten thousand people, and a total of more than 80,000 people have put their handprints on the book of ten thousand people, and the grass people and others are here to protect the promotion of General Huwei Yuan Qi to the rank of hussar general. ”
After listening to the old man's words, Fan Jin couldn't help but reprimand angrily: "A group of ordinary people, what do they know about the world's major affairs?
Yuan Tao immediately responded: "The general's words are wrong, the people are the foundation of the country, the people's health is peaceful, the lessons of the Red Turban Rebellion are in front of you, the so-called skin does not exist, and General Mao is attached?" Yuan Tao is notoriously hard tempered, no matter who it is, he dares to speak out, although his temper is not treated by hundreds of officials, but his prestige among the literati is very high, the pen in the hands of the literati is better than the knife in the hands of the generals, the fame of the literati can even affect the development direction of some major events, plus Yuan Tao is also a royal family, although Yuan Hong does not like Yuan Tao very much, but also knows that what Yuan Tao says most of the time has a certain truth.
So Yuan Hong spoke out to help Yuan Tao: "That's right, the root of Jiangshan Sheji is the people, the world of those who win the hearts of the people, Fan Aiqing, you step back for the time being, there is no need to say more." ”
When Fan Jin heard Yuan Hong's words, he was speechless for a while, and retreated.
Yuan Hong looked at the old man with a pleasant face, and said with a smile: "Old man, why do you want to promote Yuan Qi's nephew to the position of hussar general?"
The old man replied: "Although the grass people and others are not the people under the rule of Yuan Huwei, but I have long heard that Yuan Huwei loves the people like a son, treats people generously, and is a good general who really puts the people in his heart. In addition, some time ago, Zhang Shao in Wancheng with hundreds of thousands of people gathered to make a rebellion, the soldiers pointed directly at the capital, so that the people in the capital are all in danger, panic all day, ready to leave their hometown to avoid the war, there are many people, it is Yuan Huwei to break the Red Turban Army, stabilize the situation in Wancheng, save the people in the capital, the grass people do not know what the general trend of the court, but the grass people and others know that Yuan Huwei is both loyal and courageous, and at the same time put the people in the heart of the hero, if you can't worship the marquis, the grass people and so on are deeply regretted. ”
The old man's words were speechless for the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty. Everyone can say high-sounding beautiful words such as benefiting the people, but there are very few people who really do practical things for the people and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. It is precisely for this reason that Yuan Qi won the hearts of the people in the capital with his unique tolerance and cordial attitude.
"Okay! Well said!" Yuan Hong laughed and applauded loudly, but there was a strong sense of jealousy in his heart, and those who won the hearts of the people won the world! ”
Yuan Hong's official appointment can be regarded as a definitive conclusion for Yuan Qi's merits, that is, to worship the general and seal the marquis, to be a second-class general, and to eat ten thousand households!
Yuan Tao and other ministers loyal to the court were all happy in their hearts, and together with the old man with tens of thousands of words, they bowed to Yuan Hong and thanked him: "The saint is wise!"
The news of Yuan Hong's canonization of Yuan Qi was recited by the eunuchs and guards, and reached the ears of tens of thousands of people waiting outside the palace, and the people suddenly sent out a burst of joyful celebrations.
Nanyang, Wancheng is too guarded. Yuan Qi sat in his chair with a sad face, worrying about the search for talents. Calculating the days, he has led his troops to be stationed in Wancheng for more than a month, but no matter how he explores, he has not been able to find a person who is familiar in his impression, not to mention a big man like Zhuge Liang, and even a little famous person has not found one.
Zhao Hu walked in quickly and said to Yuan Qi: "My lord, the imperial court has sent an envoy here. ”
"Oh, let's go out and meet them at once. Yuan Qi temporarily let go of the troubles in his heart and walked out.
When he came to the Taishou Mansion, Yuan Qi saw a messenger about forty years old sitting in the carriage, walking quickly to the front of the carriage, and was just about to bow his hand, the messenger on the carriage hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, stopped Yuan Qi's movements, and said: "It's a villain, the villain can't afford to be a prince, but the prince has been canonized as a hussar general and a champion by the saint." ”
Yuan Qi was not polite when he heard this, and invited the envoy to enter the Taishou Mansion.
After coming to the middle hall, the envoy took out the edict of the Son of Heaven and read it aloud: "Emperor Yuanhong's edict said: General Huwei and Zhongyi Hou Yuanqi bravely crowned the three armies, broke the crowd with outnumbered, broke the Red Turban Army of more than 100,000, killed the thief Zhang Shao, calmed the rebellion of Wancheng, saved Nanyang from war, and made great contributions. Chin!"
Yuan Qi hurriedly saluted and thanked him: "Thank you, Shengshanglongen!"
That night, Yuan Qi set up a banquet in the Taishou Mansion to entertain the envoys, Zhao Hu, Ma Yue and others were also present to accompany them, during the banquet, the envoys told Yuan Qi in detail about Fan Jin and Yuan Tao and other ministers of the court, divided into two factions to argue the process, and tactfully reminded Yuan Qi to be careful of the open guns and hidden arrows from the two parties of relatives and eunuchs. Through the envoy's story, Yuan Qi had a further understanding of the situation in the DPRK and the position of the hundred officials.
At the same time, Yuan Qi also realized that there are still many loyal people in the heart of the Yuan family, according to the current rhythm, more than ten years later, Mount Tai should be able to gather a large number of people to work for him, so as to establish the Yizhou regime, then now themselves, have more advantages than Mount Tai at that time, can gather a group of people with lofty ideals, dominate the world, so that the people of the world can live a stable and happy life.