Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 744 and Tiandou 4
Hou Xun was probably so angry that he walked away without even finishing the cup of tea, got into the car angrily, and went back to Beijing without stopping.

Lu Xiangsheng went out to give it off, but he was ignored.He watched the smoke and dust raised by Hou Xun's luxurious carriage gradually disappear at the end of the avenue, with a worried expression.When Cao Huan came to his side, he was also worried and let out a long sigh: "Oh, I'm afraid Daming will be troubled from now on!"

Lu Xiangsheng had a bitter expression on his face: "When did Da Ming's affairs become so rare?" Shaking his head, his voice was quite distressed: "The thing I was most worried about happened... the champion Hou is young and vigorous, like a sharp knife that cuts gold and cuts jade. Sword, no one can block its sharpness, and most of the princes in power are selfish and lifeless. From the day the queen sent the prince to Nanyang, the contradictions between them have accumulated deeper and deeper. Once they break out and all The conflict is bound to shake the entire Ming Dynasty!"

Cao Huan was also a bit bitter: "The champion Hou has the talent to help the world. It was he who fought bloody battles with you, Lord Hou, and single-handedly propped up the crumbling Daming country. Why can't the princes tolerate him or you? Really! He's sweating!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly: "You should sweat for the princes in power. Champion Hou never does anything he is not sure about. He has started researching artificial rainfall several years ago, and now he suddenly throws out this shocking theory. , I must be fully confident that in this round, all the princes will definitely not be able to defeat him!"

Cao Huan screamed: "Artificial rainfall? Does he really have the ability to call wind and rain?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "He doesn't have it, but the most outstanding people under him have it. He allocates 30 million taels of silver to them as research funds every year, and I also invest a lot of it."

Cao Huan's face turned pale: "This... this... this is too crazy! If he fails, he will die without a burial place. If he succeeds..." He did not dare to say any more.

If Yang Menglong succeeds, China's ancient concepts that have been passed down for thousands of years will be overturned, the entire country will fall into chaos, and even the imperial power will be under huge threat! The concept of "divine right of kings" has been around for a long time, and the title "Emperor" has lasted for more than 2000 years. Now that even "Heaven" has been denied, these will naturally be beaten to pieces. The consequences are really too serious!

Lu Xiangsheng sighed deeply: "If he succeeds, he will definitely become the enemy of the world."

Cao Huan said with some dissatisfaction: "Master Hou, why didn't you persuade him!?"

Lu Xiangsheng gave him a meaningful look, and looked up at the hazy sky: "Persuade him? How can I persuade him? Even if I persuade him to stop, what can I do? Continue to let the people of the world suffer in the alternating drought and flood? Continue to let the princes in power Under the banner of "God's Punishment" to oppress the Holy One, put all the responsibility on the Holy One, sit back and watch the natural disasters spread, and ignore human lives? Some things must be changed. If we don't change now, one day it will make us pay a terrible price !"

Cao Huan said: "The price of change is too great!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "There is no way, what should come will always come. But think about it from another angle, if the experiment of Champion Hou can be successful, it will be a great thing for the common people in the world, which means that the common people finally have With the ability to fight against natural disasters, the tragedy of Chidiqianli will not happen again, and the great Ming Dynasty will be more stable."

Cao Huan has no confidence in this: "I hope... I hope..."

Both were worried, but there was nothing they could do.The only thing they can do now is to keep the coming nomadic invasion frenzy out of the pass. As for the chaos inside the pass, they are helpless.

In fact, Hou Xun was not the only one who used chicken feathers as an arrow to bypass the Ministry of War to draw troops. Not long after he set off, Wu Zongda also set off southward to Shandong. His purpose was to draw the Denglai new army over.In his opinion, the Denglai new army is far easier to deal with than the Tianxiong army, Wu Sheng's status is no match for Lu Xiangsheng, and the strength of the Denglai new army is even less comparable to the Tianxiong army. Kneel and lick obediently, for his use.

Then he slammed into the south wall firmly.

The conditions brought by Wu Zongda are not unreasonable: the Denglai New Army is allowed to expand its army to [-], Wu Sheng will be transferred to the Ministry of War within five years, and he will be trained as the future Minister of the Ministry of War; Promoted to a higher level, double the salary, and have the right to self-raise food in Shandong... Other conditions are good, but the self-raised food makes Wu Sheng Lei very serious, and his eyes are big: Boss, do you know what you are doing! ?
Since ancient times, the power of raising and distributing military salaries has been held by the central government. After the Song Dynasty, it was controlled by the civil servant group and became their weapon to limit the power of warriors. Without our nod, you can’t even get the military salary. Drag me what drag?It's so easy to pinch you to death!No matter how difficult it is for the imperial court, even if it is procrastination, even if it is a slap in the face, it must firmly hold this power in its own hands, and will not let go until the last moment, because once it is released, it will not be far from a change of dynasty.The Tang Dynasty gradually lost this power after the Huangchao Uprising, and then all the heroes rose together, the feudal towns were separated, and the killings were in the dark. In that troubled time, the lives of literati were as cheap as grass. The first capture of Chang'an, the killing of civil servants was like killing a chicken, and the Song Dynasty's crazily suppressing generals group was the psychological shadow left in the corpse mountain and blood sea of ​​the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. They really don't want to have that kind of nightmare again——— Even if the entire country is completely ruined, Wufu cannot be allowed to take power and reproduce the separatism of the feudal town!Everyone should know what it means for the privilege of "self-financed food" to fall into the hands of warriors. It is easy to give this kind of power, but it is extremely sad to take it back. It can even be said that it is impossible to take it back .Suppressing warriors and preventing feudal separatism has always been the purpose of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, even to the point of becoming obsessed. Now, in order to deal with Yang Menglong, they even granted such privileges. How can Wu Sheng not be dumbfounded by that kind of madness!

However, Wu Sheng pushed Wu Zongda back with one sentence: "The last general only obeys the orders of the Ministry of War. If there is no order from the Ministry of War, don't mention anything!"

It is impossible to get a transfer order from the Ministry of War. Although Fu Zonglong is quite dissatisfied with Yang Menglong's making Daming uproarious, he still knows the importance. mobilize.Besides, the Denglai new army was trained with the help of the Heluo new army. It is estimated that the money for buying equipment on credit has not been paid off yet. Let them deal with Yang Menglong?joke!Wu Sheng insisted on this point, no matter how intimidating Wu Zongda was, he would not let go, and he would not move anything without an order from the Ministry of War. Move, what can you do to me?In the end, Wu Zongda ran out of patience, and said sharply: "Wu, you martial artist, don't be shameless! If Yang can lift you up, this old man can easily beat you down! Quickly dispatch troops to the south, Take down that surnamed Yang, if you don't obey, believe it or not, this old man will ruin your reputation, and you won't even be able to return to your hometown to become a farmer!"

Wu Sheng looked at the angry court official coldly, with an unruly expression: "Master Wu, do you regard Wu as a soft persimmon that you can manipulate at will? Wu eats Ming Dynasty food and wears Ming Dynasty clothes. Yi, I have never owed you anything. If we want to fight, we are fighting for the Ming Dynasty. We are not dogs and can be driven by you at your command!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was shocked, and Wu Zongda was even more dumbfounded. He pointed at Wu Sheng tremblingly and called out: "You, you, you..." He couldn't even say a word, and finally he flicked his sleeves vigorously, and left angrily.

Wu Sheng sneered: "Your Excellency, it's easy to leave, and the general will not send you off!"

It's okay if you don't say anything, but once you say it, Wu Zongda walked faster.

Yuan Zongdi yelled at Wu Zongda's back, and cursed: "Officer dog! If you met Lao Tzu two years ago, I will kill you and return to the capital!"

Luo Laosan was eager to try: "Wu Shuai, why don't you let me take a few people to follow up secretly, and find a chance to kill him after we get out of Shandong?"

Wu Sheng waved his hand and said, "It's absolutely impossible. If there is something wrong with the surname Wu, we will be in trouble." He sat down, closed his eyes a little tired, and murmured: "I just want to inherit the last wish of my ancestors and make peace. Thieves, keep the world safe and peaceful, it’s fine if you big men don’t help, and you spend all your time trying to make trouble for me... Sigh, dealing with you is really more tiring than fighting Jiannu with real knives and guns on the battlefield!"

Yuan Zongdi and Luo Laosan watched Wu Sheng talking to himself alone, with sympathy flashing across their faces.

After a while, Wu Sheng struggled out of his thoughts, and said to Yuan Zongdi: "Go and write an urgent report, saying that there are Japanese pirates harassing the coastal towns in Shandong, killing and injuring many fishermen. The new army once again crossed the sea to attack Japan, small punishments and big punishments!"

Yuan Zongdi responded and went down to work.He knew very well what Wu Sheng was thinking. It was nonsense for Japanese pirates to attack the coastal area of ​​Shandong. Their real purpose was to avoid this vortex.

Coincidentally, Dongjiang Town also urgently reported to the Ministry of War, claiming that the Japanese pirates frequently attacked North Korea and the Dongjiang Islands.Probably because I felt that my words were not enough. After they signaled, the king of North Korea, Li Zhen, ran to Beijing with tears and nose, crying loudly, saying that the Japanese pirates went to them to kill and set fire to North Korea. Be sure to let me decide!

The Wenchen Group naturally knows what these warriors are up to, and they certainly cannot agree—even if there are Japanese pirates who go to North Korea, Liaodong, and Shandong to kill people and set fires, they can only be regarded as farts in their eyes. The most important thing right now The main thing is to kill Yang Menglong, other things, let's go first!But those generals made it clear that they didn't want to cooperate with them, and made the situation extremely serious. I don't know if the Wenchen Group was frightened. Anyway, Chongzhen and Fu Zonglong were frightened, and they quickly issued orders for Dongjiang Town and Denglai New Army to send troops Twelve thousand, attack Japan, let them calm down, don't always think about China and North Korea!
After receiving the order, Wu Sheng and Li Weiluan were overjoyed. Denglai's new army sent 200 troops, and the Dongjiang Army sent [-] troops. They took more than [-] ships and went straight to Japan.

Facing the Tianxiong Army, the Denglai New Army and the Dongjiang Army, which did not care about themselves at all, the Wenchen Group was unable to do what it wanted for the first time.In front of these new armies, their means of controlling generals and their means of controlling the army completely failed.They picked apart Ming's belongings and were surprised to find that there were only a few armies that Ming could fight, and these armies were all closely related to the Heluo New Army, or were trained with the help of the Heluo New Army. , or they were simply trained by the Heluo New Army, and you expect them to fight the Heluo New Army?Let’s talk about the stock market.Apart from these new armies, the rest are a pile of rubbish. They are top-notch eaters and have no fighting skills at all!
For the first time, they discovered that they had destroyed the country's force so thoroughly that when it was time to use it, they didn't even have a single army that could be used!
(End of this chapter)