When Li Chengliang said this, the faces of the Li family brothers and Li Rubai became ugly. Especially Li Rubai. In his eyes, his father Li Chengliang, apart from being a bit harsher, was almost the embodiment of perfection. His status in Liaodong has never been higher.
Since ten years ago, no one has challenged it.
The King of Liaodong without a king's title was how Li Rubai positioned his father's power in Liaodong. Now, a young governor who was ten years younger than himself wanted to challenge this, which really made him inexplicably angry.
"This bastard Gao Pragmatic really thinks that he is a dragon crossing the river. He insists on practicing his skills with a local snake like our Li family?" Li Rubai yelled through gritted teeth.
Li Chengcai and the other three brothers glanced at him but said nothing.
Li Chengliang glanced at him sideways and said calmly: "It's not that a fierce dragon cannot cross the river. Among the Liao governors, he is the only one who can be regarded as a fierce dragon because of his high pursuit of truth."
Li Rubai was unconvinced and said: "Father, don't always make others' ambitions destroy your own prestige! Yes, my son also knows that this Wen named Gao is the number one scholar in the Six Poems, and Wu Annan and Dingbei have some abilities. In addition,
The emperor is his classmate, and Yuan Fu is his uncle. This backing is strong enough. But so what? Now we are talking about Liaodong...Liaodong! Liaodong will not be affected if he has a high surname, but he will be missing.
Father, you are the reason why big things happen! My son doesn’t believe that the emperor doesn’t understand this truth, nor does he believe that Zhang Puzhou dares to ignore it!”
"Even if it is, so what?" Li Chengliang said calmly: "Do you want to resign for the sake of your father and give up your job?"
Li Rubai stiffened his neck, opened his eyes and said, "Will the emperor agree? Impossible!"
"Zhao Yumin impeached me, and my father Shang Shu defended himself and resigned. Naturally, the emperor would not agree." Li Chengliang said calmly: "But if it were Gao Qiuzhen Shang Shu who impeached my father, then nothing could be said.
Yes...the emperor may not disapprove."
Li Rubai's eyes widened: "Impossible...impossible, right?"
"Why is it impossible?" Li Chengliang snorted and said, "Do you really think that the 40,000 troops in my father's hands are absolutely indispensable? Childish! His second uncle, tell him why."
Li Chengcai sighed and said to Li Rubai: "Zizhen (Li Rubai's nickname), things are different now. If Liaodong really loses his brother's 40,000 cavalry, although there will be temporary difficulties, it won't be a big deal.
of."
"Why?" Li Rubai was a little panicked.
Li Chengcai said: "These 40,000 troops were indeed indispensable before, but you have to know that this indispensability was caused by the pressure of the Mongols. Can the Mongols now still put such great pressure on Liaodong?
cannot."
He sighed and said: "It turned out that when we fought the Mongols, if we could cut off five hundred heads in one battle, it would be a rare victory. Beijing would definitely have to sacrifice to the Ancestral Temple...Besides, even if we can
If you want to get more heads, you won't take them. The reason is that you can't really make Mongolia lame. If Mongolia is lame, aren't you afraid that the court will kill the rabbit and kill the dog?
But after Gao Qiuzhen fought in the Monan battle last year, Tumen, this loser, was really lame. Not only did he lose so many people, but Si Hai and Dong Hu's troops were also finished, and their muscles and bones were broken!
Then this guy, probably unconvinced, went to Liaonan to cause trouble again, but was defeated again by Gao Qiuzhen. Not only did he lose thousands more people, but he also got involved."
Li Rubai said doubtfully: "Just because we lost these two games, Tumen is lame?"
"You figure it out for yourself." Li Chengcai spread his hands and said: "What was the situation in Liaodong like in the past? Looking from east to west, there are Wang Gao, Atai and his son in the east causing trouble; in the north, Ye He and his two slaves took advantage of the situation to become bigger. In the central part, the Chaohua Division penetrates directly into the middle of Liaoning, almost cutting off the east and west; not to mention the western part, in front are Su Bahai, Dong Hu, Chang'ang, and there is also Tumen who is holding the battle for them... In other words, Liaodong was surrounded by enemies on all sides at that time, and there was no time to relax our vigilance.
But what about now? Wang Gao and Atai have been consecrated to my Li family, and Ye He’s two slaves have just been killed by Gao Qiuzhen. It can be said that there is no problem east of the Liao River now. Although the Fried Flower Department has changed its appearance, they We have already suffered a lot of losses in southern Liaoning, and now that a warm rabbit has escaped, I think the fried flower department is already the tail of a rabbit—it can’t grow any longer.”
Li Rubai said: "Kutu is the Great Khan of Mongolia after all...and I remember that although he lost two battles in a row, his losses to his headquarters did not seem to be particularly large."
Li Chengcai shook his head and said: "He lost the Su Bahai, Dong Fox and Chang'ang, and crippled the Chaohua Department. The Chahar headquarters also suffered some losses. At this time, he can stabilize the situation." The throne of the Great Khan is already burning under his butt, so you still expect him to dare to go south again?"
He smiled bitterly and said: "Also, even if he still has the energy to go south, he doesn't dare to move now - Daning's city defense has been managed by Qi Nantang for more than half a year, and it should be rock solid. However, Tuotuo, who is stationed as a herdsman in the south of Daning City, still does not return to Tumote. If you were Tumen, how dare you not take precautions?
This is Tuotuo, the number one general in Tumote! If Tumen dares to move, aren't they afraid that Tuotuo will turn around and seize Chahanhot again? Haha, losing Chahanhot last time can be said to be an accident. , after all, no one expected that the situation would develop like that, but if he loses Chahanhot again, how should he, the Mongolian Khan, explain it to others? If he can't do it, Gao Qiuzhen will come forward to encourage Han. Naji, maybe Han Naji will go to Chahanhot in person, hold a Kuritai conference, and give himself the title of Great Khan of All Mongolia! When that happens, where will you let the Tumen go to cry?"
Li Rubai was stunned.
It’s not that I don’t understand. The world is changing so fast. How come the situation in Liaodong suddenly improved just a year ago?
This is not a small good, it is a big good, a great good!
Thinking about it, it seems that since Li Rubai can remember, the situation in Liaodong has never been this good!
This is really a fucking ghost! In the past, I always hoped that Liaodong would be more stable, so that my business would be in a better situation, but I didn't expect that now that the situation is better, the foundation of the Li family has been shaken!
Where is this? Why did everything change suddenly?
Looking at Li Rubai's dull look, Li Chengliang couldn't help but shook his head. His eldest son, Rusong, inherited his strengths in leading troops. He originally expected his second son, Rubai, to inherit his savvy as an official. In the future, he would be like his second brother, helping out. Brother, it seems a bit unreliable now.
Forget it, there's still time, take your time, after all, I didn't make it until my forties.
But Li Chengliang suddenly thought of being pragmatic, and suddenly became a little discouraged - it was really necessary to compare goods, and to compare people to death.
"I plan to go to Liaoyang in person." Li Chengliang suddenly said: "Please help me think of a reason. If you can't think of a reason, just say that I finally have time to congratulate Gao Futai on his new term."
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