Chapter 243: Human Affection
What a good opportunity to show favor to Zilong, how could Xu Guangzuo let it go.
It's just that Xu Guangzuo also knows that what is too easy to get, others will not cherish it, so he immediately said: "General Xu's brothers are so loyal and brave, and I am also envious! It's just that this deserter has always been a serious crime in the army, and he should be beheaded according to ...... convention."
"Please open the net!" Zilong heard Xu Guangzuo say this, his heart jumped, and he immediately pleaded again.
"Hey, that's it!" Xu Guangzuo waved his hand and said, "Since General Xu is bent on interceding, I'll give it a try, and I'll discuss it with Min Yushi and Wei Gonggong later, and see if I can expose this matter!"
"Thank you for being so subordinate!" Zilong heard that Xu Guangzuo was willing to come forward and end the matter, and immediately knelt down on his knees.
Fortunately, Xu Guangzuo was not far away, and he knew that he could not bear this kneeling, so he immediately helped Zilong and said: "General Xu, why is this? You must know that the man has gold under his knees! Not to mention the armor of the whole body, how to perform this great gift!"
While speaking, Xu Guangzuo also helped Zilong up.
Zilong also disobeyed Xu Guangzuo's kindness, stood up, and said: "My lord is really kind to his subordinates and his subordinates.
"Hehe! As long as you are loyal and brave to the country and do everything with public heart, even if you repay me this favor!" Xu Guangzuo patted Zilong's shoulder with a smile and said.
He knew that for a person like Zilong, it was best not to coerce him to repay him, but to say this to make Zilong more convinced.
Sure enough, after hearing Xu Guangzuo's words, Zilong's eyes lit up, and he solemnly gave a big gift and said, "Zilong has been taught!"
Zilong has always used his subordinates to refer to himself before, although it is logically true, but it is also not lacking in the meaning of estrangement.
At this time, Zilong called himself by his name, which is really different.
When Xu Guangzuo heard Zilong's words, he also smiled heartily and said: "No need to do this, General Xu can pacify the Hetao for the country and help me repel the Ordos Department, such a great achievement, I will report to the imperial court and reward it well! As for your subordinates, don't worry, I will intercede for them!"
"The grace of the adult, Zilong will always remember it in his heart!" Zilong thanked again.
"Okay, okay!" Xu Guangzuo knew that at this time, Xu Zilong's good impression of himself was only far above Min Yushi and Wei Bin, and it was almost the time to measure Zilong's person, but Zilong said that there was one more thing, Xu Guangzuo asked, "You just said that there are two things, and I have solved the first thing for you, I don't know what the second thing is?"
In fact, Xu Guangzuo is extremely shrewd, so he naturally knows what this second thing is! Sure enough, he only heard Zilong say: "Back to the words of the adult! The lord agreed with me a month ago that if he broke the Heavenly King faction, he would no longer take Ma Fengyue, the leader of the Fengyue Gang, as a hostage! Now that I have complied with the deadline and completed the task of the adult, I hope that the adult will release the Ma gang leader!"
"Hehe! Even if you don't say it, I'm ready to let go of the Ma gang leader!" Xu Guangzuo didn't know the relationship between Zilong and Ma Fengyue at this time.
But he is shrewd and sophisticated, so he can naturally see that the relationship between the two is not ordinary, and he immediately said, "It's just that this war continues, and I almost forgot it for a while, if you don't mention it, I really can't think of it! Since you say it now, after you get out of the account later, go with my soldiers to find her!"
The first thing can be solved smoothly, and Zilong is even more sure of this second thing. At this time, when he heard that Xu Guangzuo agreed to release Ma Fengyue, Rao is Zilong, who had long known about this matter, was also very surprised, only to hear him thank him again and again, and he was extremely excited.
Although Xu Guangzuo didn't know why Zilong was so excited, he also knew that this would be Zilongdang's complete recognition of himself, and immediately said: "General Xu is not busy going out to find the horse gang leader first, I still have some questions, I want to ask you!"
"Oh, if you have any questions, just ask, Zilong will definitely answer them in detail!" Zilong said solemnly when he heard this.
"Okay!" Xu Guangzuo smiled slightly, and did not shirk, and asked directly, "Since you have defeated the Heavenly King Sect, I heard King An say that you have become the leader of the grassland tribes under their recommendation?"
"Yes! After the fall of the Heavenly King Faction, the Hetao Grassland Dragons had no leader, and Zilong had contributed a lot to the extermination of the Heavenly King Faction, so the grassland tribes publicly recommended me as the leader!" Zilong replied directly when he heard this, he did have a lot of trust in Xu Guangzuo in his heart because Xu Guangzuo agreed to two things one after another, and King An should have told him about this, so he didn't want to hide it!
"That's good, then what do you think should be done with this grassland matter?" Xu Guangzuo nodded again when he heard Zilong's words, and continued to ask.
"The subordinates don't know what the adults mean?" Zilong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, what did this Dingguo Gong mean by this?
"What I mean is very simple!" Xu Guangzuo also explained, "You should know a lot about the story of Hetao. Emperor Taizongwen was a martial artist, and led his troops to plow and sweep the Mobei Khan Court several times, and this Hetao was also included in the territory of our Ming Dynasty! Later, during the orthodox years of Yingzong, the eunuch Wang Zhen used his affairs to encounter unprecedented humiliation in Tumubao, and the power of the Ming Dynasty turned into decline, and this Hetao slowly became the autonomy of the local tribes!"
Speaking of this, Xu Guangzuo picked up another cup of tea, moistened his throat, and then said: "Then, Mandulu and the other three Mongols moved south, and the imperial court thought that they wanted to annex it, so they didn't drive it away! But at that time, it was the reign of Emperor Xianzongchun, and the power eunuch Wang was directly in power, so the imperial court did not think of taking advantage of the situation to take back the Hetao, but directly appointed a member of the staff to go to the Hetao to sit in the town......!
When Zilong heard Xu Guangzuo sigh, he knew that what he was talking about next was the matter of the Heavenly King Faction, and immediately said: "What the Lord is going to say next is that the Great Heavenly King of the Heavenly King Sect intercepted and killed that general, and then impersonated him, and integrated the remnants of the three tribes, established the Heavenly King Faction, and ruled the Hetao for twenty years, right?"
"That's good!" Xu Guangzuo nodded appreciatively and said, "I have also heard about this Mobei Crazy Knife! He was originally a guerrilla member of Datong Town, but his family was poor and he had always been depressed. Later, somehow, he actually got a sword book, practiced a peerless sword technique, and became a peerless sword god with Huashan's Dugu Sword God. It's just that no matter how high this martial arts is, if you can't understand the way of being an official, what's the use, do you say yes?
Speaking of this, Xu Guangzuo paused again, obviously this passage also meant to mention Zilong, Zilong's heart was awe-inspiring, although he didn't know the way of officialdom, but he also knew the meaning of Xu Guangzuo's words, and immediately said respectfully: "Zilong understands, thank you for mentioning it!"
"Hmm!" Xu Guangzuo nodded, quite satisfied, and continued, "Later, he killed that staff member and became the master of the Hetao. At that time, it was the last years of Chenghua, and the court was in turmoil, so the princes and ministers could only admit this matter! When it came to Emperor Xiaozong, this former emperor was also a benevolent lord, and he was bent on recuperating with the people, and the border wars were all stopped.
When Zilong heard this, he finally solved the doubts in his heart. Since the Ming Dynasty was able to win the Battle of the Red Salt Pond, then why was the rule of the Heavenly King faction so firm in the end? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty could not even draw this amount of troops? It turned out that it was because when the imperial court knew, either Emperor Xianzongchun was not in good health, and the imperial court was busy handing over the old and the new. Either it is caused by filial piety and respect for the emperor, who is bent on living with the people's livelihood and not doing conquest.
"What do you mean, my lord, after the Hetao, should it be a screen domain like the previous autonomy, or will it be under the control of the imperial court and directly controlled by the imperial court?" After listening to so many old things about the Hetao, coupled with Zilong's confirmation of what he had seen and heard, he immediately guessed what Xu Guangzuo meant, and asked directly.
"That's exactly what it means!" Xu Guangzuo nodded happily and said, "I wonder if Zilong has taught me?"
"Don't dare to teach!" Zilong thanked him, "At this time, Hetao has just experienced the harsh government of the Heavenly King Sect, and now I have just taken over, if it is inappropriate, please also ask Lord Guogong Haihan!"
"It's okay, you say!" Xu Guangzuo saw that Zilong knew how to advance and retreat, and his heart was more satisfied, and his mind to accept Zilong as a wing became more and more firm, raised his hand, and said so.
"Although I don't know much about the old things in the Hetao, but now I know a little about the Hetao! Now the Hetao has just been freed from the harsh government of the Heavenly King faction by me, my friends, and the tribes of the Hetao, and it is the time when the people's livelihood is withering, and this is the time when we need to recuperate! If we send the officials of the Ming Dynasty to govern now, I am afraid that we will be a little impatient, this is one of them!" Zilong organized his language for a while before he said slowly.
"Well, you're right! When you are recuperating, if the people in charge are not lawless, it will deepen the prejudice of the tribes of the Hetao against our court!" Xu Guangzuo nodded with a smile and said.
When Zilong heard Xu Guangzuo's meaning, he seemed to agree with his own meaning, and immediately said excitedly: "This is the second! That is, Hetao has not known about the Central Plains Imperial Court for more than 20 years, and rashly sent officials of the imperial court to manage it, not to mention those lords of various departments, but I am afraid that those ordinary tribal people are at a loss!"
"Well, this is not bad! Is there anything else?" Xu Guangzuo asked about this, just to see Zilong's opinion on one thing and to understand what kind of person Zilong really was! If Zilong was greedy for the power of the Hetao, insisted on making quibbles, and did not let the court intervene, then Xu Guangzuo would not reuse Zilong if he could not say it.