Unlucky people all have their own misfortunes; lucky people are always similar.**
Liu Wen is a very lucky man. Among the five soldiers who joined the army, in terms of talent, he is not even as good as Wang Shouren's little finger; in terms of family background, he is far inferior to Xuancheng Bo Wei Zhang; he is not even as cunning and wise.
, he is also far inferior to Qiu Yue and Shenying.
His only advantage is that he is not afraid of death.
Zhu Shou appreciated this in him. The Ming Dynasty had many loyal ministers, capable ministers, wise ministers, and even saints. There were also many who were not afraid of death, but there was no one who was so stupid that he was not afraid of death.
The Liu family is not afraid of death. It was passed down from Liu Wen's father as a posthumous gift to Liu Yu, the uncle of Guyuan. Liu Yu was from Cizhou and was originally a servant of Cao Jixiang's family. Like Qiu Yue, several generals of the Ming Dynasty were
Born as a servant.
After Cao Jixiang was killed, Liu Yu luckily escaped and was demoted to Hainan to feed seabirds. During the Chenghua period, his old boss Bai Gui recommended him as the chief military officer. During the Battle of Guyuan, he was hit by a stray arrow.
He was besieged by hundreds of people again. If it had been anyone else, he would have died long ago. But in the end, Liu Yu fought his way out and put down the Guyuan Rebellion.
Liu Wen's generation is also fearless of death. Thirteen years ago, during the chaos in the south of Beijing, Liu Wen held a single sword and wore heavy armor and rushed into the group of thieves. Logically speaking, it was a certain death situation. But he was old
Like his father, Liu Wen actually survived again.
When Zhu Shou first saw this honest middle-aged man, he felt that he could be trusted, and this was indeed the case.
The Liu and Bai families were close friends, and Bai Gui was Liu Yu's benefactor. But Zhu Shou only said, "Bai Bingde and Li Binzhi are very close," and Liu Wen decisively broke off relations with Bai Yue, Shang of the Ministry of Rites.
A memorial was also issued, completely exposing the fact that Bai Yue and Bai Bingde gave Li Dongyang and Li Bin a bribe of ten thousand taels.
From a character point of view, Liu Wen's move is undoubtedly unkind. But from a political point of view, this is taking sides and voting for a petition. This kind of behavior is in line with political ethics.
Therefore, when Zhu Shou decided to appoint his adviser Shang, Liu Wen beat Wang Shouren and became the inevitable choice.
"Commander of the General Staff?" Wang Shouren listened to Zhang Yong read the imperial edict. He raised his head and asked blankly, "What is this position?"
Is there a time when Saint Wang doesn’t understand?
Zhu Shou felt happy in his heart. He slowly replied: "Staff officers join the army and participate in planning. All military affairs in various places are carefully considered by the staff department for the Western Expedition; armies in various places are also uniformly dispatched by the staff department; combat strategies are
, is also arrived at through consultation with the Staff Department. With this department, even if I don’t understand the military situation, I won’t delay important matters.”
Zhu Shou was more than ignorant of the military situation. He didn't even know the organization of a hundred households, couldn't read a map, and knew nothing about military strategy.
The legendary infinitely loyal younger brother and the sandbox where people block people and kill people? Zhu Shou is just an otaku who graduated from a third-rate Chinese department. It's almost enough for him to build a river sand to play with. (.) Build a sandbox? Apart from the name, he knows nothing about the sandbox.
As for the infinitely loyal younger brother, let’s not care whether such a cute thing exists in reality. Even if it does exist, he is the emperor, so why does he need infinite loyalty?
Do we really care about the foundation of rule established by Bage and Zhu Laosi, and are they just freeloaders?
This is seizing the power of the Ministry of War! A thought immediately flashed through Wang Shouren's mind. Then, what appeared in his mind was a question that he had never dared to face: Is the emperor going to go to war with the civil service group?
It's not that Wang Shouren is afraid of the war between the two sides, but that in Wang Shengren's heart, he still has some illusions about the traditional ruling system. His philosophy is a philosophy and a methodology for transforming the world. But he doesn't really want to abolish it.
The destiny of the Ming Dynasty, at least right now, he did not dare to face the war between himself and tradition, let alone the war between the emperor and the civil servants.
"The resolution issued by the General Staff will be reported to me by the Chief of Ceremonies," Zhu Shou continued. "After I approve it, I can issue an edict to the world. There is no need to inform the cabinet and various departments about the matter."
This is an undisguised war intention!
The emperor did not even want to maintain basic political balance, and directly took full control of the military power of the Western Expedition Army in his own hands with a very ugly appearance.
The general staff, the chief of etiquette, a bunch of shitty generals, plus a bunch of eunuchs who only obey the emperor's orders, this is the emperor's hall of command!
All the civil servants present were angry, but they did not say anything because Liang Chu and Fei Hong had not yet spoken.
The two masters, Liang and Fei, were the elders who accompanied him on the expedition. Master Liang had a gentle personality, while Fei Hong was a well-known good man. When they heard the emperor's declaration of war, both of them were stunned for a long time before they came to their senses.
"I will never dare to flatter you and bring disaster to my family by killing others," Master Liang said bitterly. "Your Majesty, if your name is not correct, your words will not be correct. The lessons of the previous Tang Dynasty are clear to our eyes. This matter of the staff cannot be taken lightly.
ah!"
Fei Hong sighed, lowered his head and said, "I second my opinion."
Zhu Shou asked lazily: "Master Liang, do you know military strategy?"
Liang Chu was stunned and replied honestly: "I don't understand."
"Where's Master Fei?"
Fei Hong did not dare to speak because he understood what the emperor wanted to say.
"Everyone in the hall, who knows military strategy?" Zhu Shou looked at the civil servants and asked calmly.
"I understand!" A middle-aged civil servant stood up with a desperate expression on his face, "I have been familiar with military affairs since I was a child. I am a grandson of Six Strategies, and I know everything!"
After him, several more civil servants stood up and said in unison: "I understand too!"
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Shoulian said two good words, and then said slowly, "You are indeed a passionate and loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty! Xuan, send these talents who are skilled in military strategy to Shazhou and hand them over to Longxiang's army.
General, allocate as appropriate, so that people can make the best use of their talents and things can be put to their best use!"
Upon hearing these words, a civil servant who had been upright and upright just now immediately felt his legs weaken and collapsed to the ground. His plan was to estimate that the emperor could not punish the public and would not be able to slap the civil servants in the face in public.
I never thought that the emperor would not slap them in the face, but directly kill them.
Who among the five guys from the Long Xiang Army is easy to mess with? The trio from the Martial Arts Academy are all guys who are committed to killing; Dong Er from the Jinyi Guards always goes in with a white knife and goes out with a red knife; as for the alien who is really a traitor
Mu'er, a guy who dares to cut off his own moral code. Can he still be considered a normal person?
These civil servants were sent to the war-torn Shazhou. After the bloody battle, I was afraid that they would not survive even a day. Not to mention the generals of the Longxiang Army, even a small prison chief could bring these civil servants to their knees.
You can't live, you can't die.
More than twenty Han generals came over and dragged the civil servants out.
"Who else knows military strategy?"
Zhu Shou's voice echoed emptyly in the main hall of the temporary palace.
All around, there was silence.
The real Timur lay on the stretcher, tilting his head and looking at the quiet sandy plain below the city. It had been three days since he had been in the palace. Although he could not walk yet, he was no longer afraid of the wind and sand. He was able to go to the city to see things.
There are falcons as messengers between Shazhou and Ganzhou. The distance of thousands of miles can be traveled back and forth in one day. In three days, Zhu Shou not only invited Kuanche Puhua, but also Yalan.
Governor of Shazhou in the Ming Dynasty, this is Yalan's new position. Although this empty position is worthless, Yalan is very happy because he has soldiers and food, and what he lacks is a title.
The status given by Da Ming is much better than the status given by Man Su'er.
The news of Timur's real departure from the palace also reached Zhu Shou's ears. The otaku emperor just smiled and did not make any comments. However, he added a secret order to Zhang Yunlin: after the war, let him stay in the country.
Lu Pan is enjoying his old age.
This means that private murder is not allowed. Zhang Yunlin felt something was wrong in his heart, but he did not dare to disobey the emperor's will, so he could only sigh. Looking at the real Timur, his eyes softened a lot.
The real Timur did not know the emperor's secret decree, but he could feel his own safety from Dong Zhen's attitude. Ever since the scene in the Shazhou Mansion, Brother Dong had not spoken to him for a long time.
But just last night, for the first time, I chatted with him for half a night. Before leaving, I put the five hundred taels of silver I had just scraped from several wealthy people in Shazhou in front of me.
"Good health and healing."
Timur could really see that Dong Zhen's eyes were filled with concern again.
Zhu Shou and the four generals of the Long Xiang Army had no ability to predict, so they did not know that they had made a huge mistake.
This mistake would bring more than ten years of war to the Ming Empire.
The tragic Timur will create a legend of his own in a very alternative way.
But back to the real Timur now, the bloody battle in Shazhou was what he cared about most. This was not only a fight for the Ming Dynasty, but also a fight for himself.
Only by surviving can you have everything!
Mansu'er's heart was exactly the same as the real Timur's thought. Brothers were of the same mind, and it was indeed not nonsense.
The siege battle had been going on for two days. He originally expected that the battle would be over in half a day, but it ended up lasting two days and two nights.
"Sultan, two thousand families under my command have died!" Sa Zhe'er yelled heartbrokenly. He was his younger brother, Man Su'er, who grew up together, so he had a unique status in front of the Sultan.
"King Khan," Hu Li Na Zan'er's voice came from the side, "I'm coming."
This is an extremely majestic man with a ferocious expression and a fine iron mace in his hand. He is a mixed race of Mongolian and Arab, but he is never called Sultan of Mansuer, but King Khan.
This point makes Mansuer very satisfied. If it were not for the rules of the Green Sect, he would have stopped calling him Sultan. Sultan, does it sound good to have a profuse sweat?
Genghis Khan, listen, what a majestic name. Genghis Sultan? Bah!
Mansu'er's strategy was very good, but his political strategy was not considered well. When he came to the throne, he killed the brothers who were competing with him for power, which greatly lost the hearts of the people. When he attacked Shazhou, he actually let Kuanche Puhua and Yalan
They all took refuge in the Ming Dynasty. This is no longer a matter of losing people's hearts, but a strategy that is so bad that it can't be worse.
From these two points of view, Mansuer may be a war hero, but he is not a qualified politician.
Military means are always supplements and assists to political means. There has never been a hero who can fight all the way to the end and still succeed. Huang Chao, who has roamed most of China, can show from one aspect that politics is higher than military.
A great man once said: If it could be solved politically, there would be no need for war.
Therefore, Mansuer's ambition to be the second of Genghis Khan is probably just a dream. (To be continued...)