Afterwards, Li Jing found Taishi Ci alone, and after having a friendly meeting with him, he gained a deeper understanding of Taishi Ci.
"General Taishi Ci, are you willing to serve Duke Qin and the imperial court?" Li Jing asked seriously.
Taishi Ci didn't even think about it and said decisively: "I will naturally be willing to serve the imperial court."
Chapter 1404: Alliance with Song Jiang
Li Jing shook his head when he heard this, and Taishi Ci also showed doubts. Li Jingzai said again: "Let me put it another way, General Taishi Ci, are you willing to serve Duke Qin or the imperial court?"
"Huh? Does it make a difference?"
Taishi Ci frowned and said, in his mind, Duke Qin was the imperial court, and the imperial court was Qin Hao. There was no difference between the two.
"There is a difference." Li Jing said solemnly.
There is not much difference between working for Qin Hao and working for the imperial court, but there is a big difference in essence.
To serve Qin Hao is to be loyal to Qin Hao personally, while to serve the imperial court is to be loyal to the Han Dynasty. The two are completely opposite.
Taishi Ci also realized the meaning of Li Jing's words. He didn't have much sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty, otherwise he would not have abandoned Liu Yao and joined Sun Ce in the original history. He respected battlefield heroes like Qin Hao even more, so after some reflection
He said decisively: "The final general is willing to serve Qin Hao."
Li Jing couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said with a smile: "From now on, everyone will be colleagues."
After completely subduing Taishi Ci, with the support of Kong Rong and Taishi Ci, Li Jing naturally had no resistance to his political actions in the Beihai Navy.
While Li Jing was reorganizing the army, he selected elite soldiers and had them put on the new equipment he had brought. At the same time, he separated the Beihai cavalry and integrated them into the Huben camp that came with him.
In short, everything in Beihai County and Beihai Navy is developing in a good direction.
At the same time, Fu Nian, who was ordered to go to Liangshan as an envoy, also met Song Jiang as he wished, but Liangshan's attitude towards him seemed a little different from what he expected.
"Welcome the envoy."
They said they would welcome Fu Nian, but those who could use them had rows of swords and guns to welcome Fu Nian, the envoy.
Is this a show of force?
This thought flashed through Fu Nian's mind, and he also wanted to understand why Song Jiang wanted to show off his power. It was just to show off his momentum first, hoping to gain more benefits from future alliances.
It's quite a beautiful thought.
Fu Nian sneered in his heart. If he backed down this time, Beihai's momentum would naturally be lower than Liangshan's after the two sides formed an alliance, but he would not let Song Jiang get his way.
Fu Nian stepped lightly on the ground with his right foot, and immediately the inner energy around his body surged rapidly, and in an instant it was woven into a gauze garment of inner energy, and the master's aura was immediately revealed.
"He, he is actually a master of the sect?"
"How can this be?"
"hiss……"
Everyone in Liangshan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. They must know that the only master master in the entire Liangshan army was Lu Junyi. As a result, even the envoys sent by the Qin army were masters.
Holding their spears and swords high, the queues that were paving the way looked at Fu Nian with awe, and involuntarily stepped back to make way, while Fu Nian strode into the Juyi Hall with a big smile.
Fu Nian is one of the few talents under Qin Hao who has both civil and military skills. Fu Nian, who was born in Confucianism, reached the level of a master in his thirties. He also represented Confucianism in the Hundred Schools Conference. Naturally, it is impossible for him to be fooled by Song Jiang's small skills.
The method was frightening.
In the Juyi Hall, Song Jiang and the other leaders looked a little embarrassed. They wanted to show off their horses and frustrate the Qin envoys, but they did not expect that the envoys sent by the Qin army were actually masters.
My family knew their own affairs, and the only master master in Liangshan was Lu Junyi. As a result, any envoy the Qin army photographed was a master.
Has the Qin army become so extravagant that even their masters can only serve as envoys?
This is of course impossible.
Fu Nian is just an exception, and there are only two special people like him, Fu Nian and Pei Ju, in the Qin army.
When Song Jiang was thinking about how to deal with this grand envoy of the Qin Army, he saw that Fu Nian had quickly stepped into the Juyi Hall, and then took out the imperial edict and shouted loudly: "Here is the imperial edict. Song Jiang and Song Gongming will come to receive the edict soon."
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Song Jiang was suddenly startled. He only thought that Li Jingxian's envoy came here to form an alliance. He did not expect that the envoy actually carried an imperial edict, so he immediately ran down from the main seat, knelt on the ground and worshiped: "Song Jiang is here."
Even Song Jiang, the boss, knelt down. Naturally, the other leaders in Liangshan did not dare to stand. They all knelt down with Song Jiang to receive the order.
"Song Jiang, the prefect of Liangshan, has made great contributions to the fight against Dong, and has defeated the traitor Huang Chao several times. He is now named Marquis of Liang, prefect of Donglai, and general of Zhendong...I admire this."
After listening to Fu Nian's reading, Song Jiang couldn't help showing surprise and excitement.
After returning to Zhao'an and surrendering to the imperial court, Song Jiang fought bloody battles for the imperial court, sacrificing tens of thousands of troops, and made countless contributions. However, so far, his official position is only the prefect of Liangshan, and a general with some miscellaneous titles.
You must know that there is no Liangshan County in Qingzhou, and the so-called Liangshan County was built bit by bit by Song Jiang from scratch. The court never gave Song Jiang anything.
This shows that the Han Dynasty had a very bad attitude towards Song Jiang, a general who had been demoted.
When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, in order to divide the princes, he gave Song Jiang a title of Duke, but Song Jiang did not dare to accept him.
As for those who accepted Dong Zhuo's enfeoffment, so far, except for Huang Chao, no one has had a good ending.
Song Jiang was a thief and had a bad reputation. If he accepted Dong Zhuo's canonization, it would be no different from seeking death in his eyes, and Yuan Shao would definitely use this as an excuse to annex him.
Therefore, although Song Jiang was a prince, he had the lowest official position among all the princes, and he was also the only prince who did not have a title along the way.
Now, in order to win over Song Jiang, Qin Hao not only gave him the title of Marquis, but also gave him a Donglai prefect, and General Zhendong, a fourth-rank general, who was much higher than the previous miscellaneous generals.
Let's put it this way, although the reward Qin Hao gave Song Jiang this time could not bring practical benefits, it did give Song Jiang great justice, and this was something that everyone in Liangshan was eager for.
Song Jiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a trembling voice: "Song Jiang accepts the edict." Then he took the edict from Fu Nian.
With this canonization in front, the subsequent alliance negotiations between Fu Nian and Song Jiang naturally went extremely smoothly, and Beihai and Liangshan directly reached an alliance.
Under Fu Nian's efforts, Song Jiang even made a promise that if Yuan Shao and Huang Chao invaded at the same time, Liangshan would block Yuan Shao's path for Beihai, and Beihai would pay Liangshan 100,000 stones of grain and grass, 20,000 swords, and iron armor.
One thousand sets...as the price for sending troops.