Yu Yue frowned: "Help me become an army? Are you planning to make your relationship with Luo Longsheng public to the world? Will this make Liu Yu and others doubt you even more?"
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "Of course it can't be done like this. My plan is to enter your shogunate first and become a staff member. After all, you still have an official title, and you have the power to open a shogunate. I was kidnapped by the demon thief
It is very reasonable for a scholar who went to Jingzhou to apply for service in your army after escaping from the army of demon thieves, and no one can say anything."
Yu Yue smiled and said: "If you are escaping from the enemy camp, shouldn't you go to Liu Daogui's house to report instead of coming to me?"
Tao Yuanming shook his head: "The feud between Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi and I is known to the world. I even resigned from Liu Yu's military government back then, let alone his younger brother's. Liu Daogui was the governor of Jingzhou.
, General Zhengxi, has a high position, but this alone is enough to force me to join his army? The gentry and literati of the Jin Dynasty always have some freedom to choose the army they join. I, Tao Yuanming, have always been unafraid of power.
I don’t want to follow others’ influence, and I don’t want to go to Liu Daogui. This is in line with my character and the way outsiders perceive me.”
"What's more, if I join your Duke Yu's army, you will also be the victim of Liu Daogui's order to seize the army. We are in the same boat, and we are both nobles. When we come together, I will use my reputation in the Jingzhou area
and relationships, find my disciples and old officials, join your subordinates, support you when you are most embarrassed, and let the world know that Liu Yu’s Beifu Army is not the only one who can fight in this world. We nobles can also independently establish an army.
Even if we have an army, we can still contribute to the country. Doesn’t this make people respect us?”
Yu Yue laughed: "Well said, but you seem to have forgotten two points. First, if you have such ability, you can form your own army. The court allows powerful people to fight against the thieves in areas where monsters and thieves are rebelling.
, Secondly, I have really formed an army, what if Liu Daogui orders the annexation of my troops again? "
Tao Yuanming said calmly: "I am not recruiting ordinary people and men to form an army according to the normal situation. Instead, I go out to lobby those generals who have armies to join your subordinates. This is the case with Luo Longsheng. He
He is an officer in Yongzhou, but he is an old acquaintance of the same clan as me. If I persuade him to follow you and join your Duke Yu's army, which will have a better future, then wouldn't it be natural for him to break away from Lu Zongzhi's subordinates? The so-called general will be outside.
, the emperor's order was not accepted, let alone changing the family and joining the army he liked more. Didn't Liu Yu himself do this kind of thing? He broke away from Liu Laozhi's army and founded his own army. If he pursues this matter
, I brought up Liu Yu’s old things again, and I kept him safe so that he wouldn’t be able to pursue them.”
Yu Yue nodded: "That's true. Liu Yu changed his family several times. Before he left Liu Laozhi, it was Liu Laozhi who transferred him from Sun Wuzhong. If I ask Lu Zongzhi to second Luo Longsheng
, and Luo Longsheng is willing to come over, so that’s no problem."
Tao Yuanming said sternly: "Your Yu family can give Lu Zongzhi a lot of things. For example, if you give them some grain, grass and weapons, or help the Lu family run the government to get some officials and titles, Lu Zongzhi will definitely agree to let him go. For example,
If Luo Longsheng's men bring 600 people over, and you give them 3,000 pieces of armor and equipment, and another 20,000 people with a year's worth of military rations, are you still afraid that Lu Zongzhi won't agree?"
Yu Yue sighed: "Then our Yu family will suffer another big blow. Moreover, if Luo Longsheng comes over, I will have to bear the equipment and food for his army. Is this really worth it?"
Tao Yuanming shook his head: "It's just equipment and food for a few thousand people. It's just a drop in the bucket for the Yu family. It doesn't even require your year's income. If you don't even want to spend these investments, then Yu Gong can go back to Jiankang now."
I'm afraid that as a result, as you said, other aristocratic families will attack you and seize your family property, and the losses then will be far from this investment."
Yu Yue gritted his teeth: "Of course I understand these reasons, but I'm just complaining. After all, I spent a lot of resources to form the army this time. I followed Liu Yu on the expedition to Nanyan, and supplied military supplies to the large army for a year.
In total, tens of thousands of manpower have been invested as reinforcements and civilians, which has had a considerable impact on our manor in Wudi. In the past few years, our Yu family has not had much surplus food. It is not as simple as you think."
Tao Yuanming said calmly: "Everyone is having a hard time now. Mr. Yu can give you some advice on whether we can still cooperate this time. If not, we have to make other plans early."
Yu Yue said in a deep voice: "What other plans does Mr. Tao have? Is it possible to go back and surrender to Liu Yu? Aren't you afraid that your experience in the demon thief army will never be clear to you?"
Tao Yuanming said calmly: "It doesn't matter. Let's see if Liu Yu wants to kill me. This time the monsters and thieves raised their troops, which lasted for more than a year. The war spread throughout almost all areas of the Jin Dynasty except Wu. The soldiers and civilians suffered heavy casualties, and a large number of officials were killed."
If you and the nobles fall into the enemy's hands, it's good for me to escape by myself in the end, and there are not a few people who help the demon thieves and serve as officials. If they can't explain clearly and don't let them go, then Liu Yu will become the public enemy of the world. After all,
, they soldiers cannot protect the country, so should we blame the nobles who fell into the enemy camp?"
Yu Yue laughed: "This does make sense, especially since you, Tao Gong, were kidnapped by demon thieves in Jiankang. It was Liu Yu and the others who failed to protect you. However, if someone takes advantage of the topic and says that you and
The demon thieves are in a group, and if you cooperate with them inside and outside, you will be in trouble. You still have to think of an explanation."
Tao Yuanming sneered and said: "If I cooperated inside and outside, then I would have directly collaborated with Liu Tingyun, and I was stabbed by her and almost lost my life? I was placed in the Meng Mansion at that time, and it was not a confidential place. How could I cooperate inside and outside?
?The person who said this needs to be over his head. Mr. Yu, as long as you trust me and accept me into the shogunate, then as long as our words are unified and we don't give others the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes, no one will doubt you and me."
Yu Yue took a deep breath: "Okay, even if all of this can be achieved smoothly, but just relying on Luo Longsheng's army of about a thousand people, or even if you say there are only a few hundred people, this military strength can help me achieve my goal and let me create something like this."
Is a large army coming?"
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "Then if Yu Gong can attract 30,000 to 40,000 old members of the Celestial Master Dao by recruiting stragglers, will you have enough food and grass to feed these tens of thousands of people?" ()