In November of the third year of Chongzhen, the first snow that Huang Taiji had been waiting for finally arrived as scheduled. The whole Liaodong was covered with snow, but he might never have the chance to see it again. He would have to go back to that place for more than 20 miles. I longed for the city of Bei Jing, but it was a pity that this time he was not leading the warriors of the Qing Dynasty to show off their power. As a defeated man, he, like his own people, had become a prisoner of that shameless fat man.
Huang Taiji originally had some illusions before leaving Shenyang, hoping that the scattered warriors of the Qing Dynasty would carry the banner and fight in various parts of Liaodong like the defeated soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, causing some trouble for the bullying Ming Dynasty and letting the enemy know where they were. He thought that our Qing Kingdom would be able to live peacefully without you. But what he saw and heard on the road made him understand that fantasy is still a fantasy after all. The proud warriors in the past had lowered their heads and bent their knees. After learning that surrendering could avoid death, No one cared about the identity of the slave. Instead, he sang and danced in praise of the enemy and called the common people of the Ming Dynasty who were not even qualified to be slaves as uncles. Novel chapter
"General, we are so close to the capital now. Do you think this old man is..." Now that he has agreed to be loyal, Han Xu has completely put down his arrogance and rushed from Chaoyi, Shaanxi within a month regardless of his old age. Shanhaiguan welcomes Zhu Youcong.
"This is a injustice to the old man!" Although Zhu Youcong still didn't think there was anything wrong with choosing Han Xu as a breakthrough point to provoke a fight among scholars, but he really didn't expect those guys would be so ruthless and apologetic. After that, he officially worshiped Han Xu as his teacher. Of course, both parties understood that this was just a title. It would be easier for the fat man to settle down and study the knowledge of saints than to teach a sow to climb a tree. Chapter of the novel
"Brother Cong, why haven't you changed your clothes yet?" As soon as Han Xu got off the carriage, Ning Meng jumped up, but he found that the unruly little fat man was still in battle attire, and he had adopted the same outfit from Shenyang City. Haven't changed it yet.
"Changing clothes? Why are you changing clothes?" Zhu Youcong looked confused. This little fairy was too impatient. I promised to get married when we returned to Luoyang, but where could the groom's clothes be changed during the march?
"Master Wang has made a triumphant return. Shouldn't you be prepared to be welcomed by the emperor and the civil and military officials?" Ningmeng didn't know Zhu Youcong's dirty thoughts, but she still pouted and felt dissatisfied.
"Are you talking about the triumphal ceremony?" Zhu Youcong suddenly realized it, and at the same time, he was secretly ashamed of his thoughts. "I'm sorry, I have sent someone back to negotiate with the emperor, and we will not engage in those formalities in the future."
"Why?" When we sent out troops, we could deceive ourselves and say that we did not hold a swearing-in meeting for the sake of confidentiality, but now for such a big thing as recapturing Liaodong, there is not even a welcome ceremony?
"Of course it's to save money!" Zhu Youcong explained with a smile: "Think about it, now that everything is wasting and waiting for new things, there are too many places where we need to spend money. If we follow the old rules and hold such a grand ceremony and spending party, How big is it? Besides, it’s not a big deal to recover Liaodong. If we waste people’s energy just for this, will I dare to win the war in the future? So my brother and I have discussed this a long time ago, and we will show this to others in the future. If you can avoid the false courtesy, 70% of the silver reward will be used as a reward for the army after the discount, and 30% will be left to the court to pay for the families of the fallen soldiers!"
"That's not a false courtesy. It has been said in the books that only by doing this can we reflect the majesty of our Ming Dynasty, shock the world and make the people of the world return to their hearts!" What is in the head of this brother Cong? He even gave up face in order to save money.
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"Sister, what you said is wrong!" Zhang Yan responded and explained: "Dignity cannot be said by words, nor can it be touted by singing and dancing. It requires soldiers to fight with their lives. Only by letting any enemy hear it
The word Ming brings fear to my heart. When I hear the arrival of the Ming army, my legs tremble. That is the real majesty! But if you want the people to return to their hearts, there is no need to resort to military force. It depends on the government's clean government and the integrity of all officials who sincerely take the world as their own responsibility.
Otherwise, the Han Dynasty would not have had to issue an imperial edict after expelling the Xiongnu!"
"But when the soldiers returned from a hundred battles, there was no one to greet them. Brother Cong, aren't you afraid of chilling their hearts by doing this?" Ning Meng's little heart was full of plans for Zhu Youcong. Since her sister said
As long as doing so won't affect his reputation, there's nothing to worry about.
"This is exactly what I am worried about!" Zhang Yan also looked worried. The big reason why Zhu Youcong can do so many things now is that he has an invincible army in his hands. If he loses because of caring about people's livelihood,
If you get this help, you will probably end up in vain.
How could a fat man like Zhu Youcong, who enjoys harming others and never suffers losses, leave such a big loophole for others to seize the opportunity to drain his salary? Hearing this, he said happily: "Haha. Don't worry! I've already given it to you.
They have prepared a surprise, but it’s just not time to reveal it yet!”
"Master Li, tell me, what is the purpose of the general doing this?" Qiao Yunsheng was very happy outside the carriage. How dare a young man like Nan Juyi dare to play tricks with old cunning guys like us? What do you know now?
Forget it, Lao Mou Shen. With the joint resistance of us old foxes, he will have to walk away without food. Not only will he be responsible for the civil affairs of Liaodong in the future, but he will also have to stay in the cold place to take care of the country.
The Tatar tribe! And now, he has to get some information and sell it to those veteran gangsters in exchange for some wine money!
"If the minister does not kill his emperor, the party will not have the power..." As the executor of that strange order, Li Guopu spent a lot of time studying the mystery. "The general did this to strengthen the emperor's authority and prevent future occurrences.
Chaos arises in which the ministers take over the plump feathers and the king replaces them!"
"Mr. Kaiyang, do you think it's too much of a loss for the general to do this?" After leaving Shenyang, Mao Wenlong was also extremely puzzled. The so-called surprise was only prepared for ordinary soldiers. He relied on power to jump out of Liaodong.
The senior generals in Huokeng said that Zhu Youcong did not hide anything from them.
"How dare a heartless fool like you dare to speculate on the general's intentions?" Sun Chengzong himself escaped from the sea of misery, but his third army was gone, along with the two unlucky uncles and nephews Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao.
It was also assigned to Zhang Polu's Northern Corps, and it was Mao Wenlong, the white-eyed wolf, who came up with this bad idea!
"Hey! Mr. Kaiyang, you really can't blame us for that. You know, that brat Ma Wannian said harsh words at that time. If we dared to let the Sichuan army stay, he would have people throw grenades at our house!
"Mao Wenlong's situation was slightly better. Although his Second Army was also left in Liaodong, his two division commanders were spared and could follow him back to the country because of his role in betraying Jin Guofeng.
"He dares to throw a grenade, so you can't ask people to bombard the old lady Qin's broken house?" Sun Chengzong got very angry when he mentioned this matter. He thought that Ma Wannian, a small special operations captain, dared to threaten these soldiers.
After a long time, does this world still have some etiquette and integrity?
"Calm down, the worst I can do is I won't compete with you for the position of Chief of General Staff when I go back this time!" Having said that, Mao Wenlong really has no intention of keeping his promise. Everyone knows that if you want to play big these days, you have to hold on tight.
That little fat guy has thick legs. In this Liaodong war, Sun Chengzong, who only held the position of chief of staff, could point fingers. How could he be so different in general?
"I don't care about your charity, commander!" Sun Chengzong saw through at a glance what this ungrateful guy was planning, but he still decided to save some face for others. This fool thought he would stay in the court to gossip like the Minister of War.
What's the benefit? If I don't push you up when the time comes, I'll be really sorry for your thoughts!
"Three months! As an apology, I will give you three months' salary. Is this all right?" There will be many people selling the answer. But whether it is the general of the country or the group of rotten scholars, the price they ask will be ridiculously high.
, Mao Wenlong hoped that his old boss would accept this price out of consideration for the past.
"One price, half a year's salary and ten jars of old wine!" Sun Chengzong is indeed much more polite than that shameless fat man and the knowledgeable civil servants. His price is at least half a percent lower than elsewhere! "Otherwise you will be on your own.
Think about it!”
"Sure!" After summing up, he felt that he could save at least two bottles of wine by going to his old boss. Mao Wenlong gritted his teeth and agreed. "Now you can say it!"
After accepting the IOU, Sun Jizong stopped showing off and began to explain to the white-eyed wolf. "What do you think of the general's current prestige?"
"What's the point? Don't look at the general who laughs and curses all day long, and the soldiers have no restraint in front of him, but as long as he gives an order, our hundreds of thousands of troops can use their lives at any time
Pave the way and build bridges for him!" Mao Wenlong often cursed the fat man in private for always thinking about taking money out of his own pocket, but these words at least represented his thoughts.
"What you are talking about is exactly what the general is most worried about right now..."
"What do you mean?" Is that damn fat man still a human being? The soldiers' loyalty to him has become a burden. Does that mean that he can only sit back and relax if these people make trouble every now and then?
"The general is not worried about temporary gains and losses, but is worried about the foundation of our Ming Dynasty! He is afraid of establishing personal prestige!" Sun Chengzong spent two months of salary to buy this answer from Zhu Youcong. Unexpectedly, that little boy
Fatty is already preparing for something so far away. "The general can guarantee that he will not rebel, but what happens after a hundred years? Who can make promises for his successor? Once those generals with powerful troops have evil intentions,
Who will be responsible for restraining it then?"
"Then what should we do? We people can protect the Ming Dynasty, but we can't protect the world for ten thousand years!" This is indeed a big question. Why did so many glorious dynasties in history collapse in the end? If nothing else, just the Qin Dynasty
It's unpopular enough, and the battle that Sheng Wu Guang caused was huge enough. But Zhang Han only brought hundreds of thousands of Lishan laborers and wiped them out. It can be seen that as long as the army is not in chaos, it doesn't matter who he jumps out in the end.
The result can only be two words: failure.
"The general's response is to return the army to the country and use absolute power!" These eight words were Zhu Youcong's original words. After Sun Chengzong thought about it carefully, he even cheered. "When the new army was established, the general said
However, his troops belong to the imperial court and our Ming Dynasty, not his private armed forces. Think about it, as long as this order is resolutely carried out, regardless of the Donglin Party or other people with ulterior motives, who can still
Using an army that even the generals only have command authority to benefit themselves? From the beginning, our allegiance has been to the entire country and the entire nation. In the future, as long as there is no order from the court, even if the country is in turmoil, it will not have much to do with us soldiers.
And those foreigners who try to take advantage of the civil strife in our Ming Dynasty to take a share of the pie must be careful. As long as they are not afraid of being bitten to pieces by us, and do not care about the bloody revenge that will follow, Ming Dynasty will not mind opening its doors to welcome us.