Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 56
"Yan Yingyuan was not born as a Jinshi, but a low-level official in Jiangyin. Fortunately, His Majesty has the insight to know the pearl, so he was able to manage Liaocheng. But Liaocheng was broken and suffered a massacre on the tenth day. What face does Yan Yingyuan have to live in the world? You are hateful, Yan Yingyuan is even more hateful!"

Liu Zongzhou spoke with righteous indignation, as if Yan Yingyuan owed him money and did not pay back.

Li Cunming didn't speak, but picked up the teacup.

"My minister, please kill Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong to thank the world! Zhou Yuji led the army to defend the capital, but let the capital fall. The crime is extremely heinous; Huang Degong is arrogant and domineering. He holds a heavy army and does not make any contribution. How can this thief live on top of the temple?"

Li Cunming still didn't speak, and took a sip of tea.

"I would like to ask you to kill Bi Maokang, Tang Ruowang, and Song Yingxing again. These three people flattered the emperor with their ingenious and obscene skills, harming the country and the people, and going against the teachings of the sages! Besides, Tang Ruowang is a Westerner. I have a vast land and resources in China, so why bother?" Seek help from Westerners?"

Li Cunming couldn't bear it anymore, and spit out the tea with a puff.

Good guy, you Liu Zongzhou want me to kill three generals and three great scientists by making a fuss, where did you get the courage?Liang Jingru is not as arrogant as you!

Li Cunming took a deep breath and said, "I'm here to ask you, after killing Yan Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong, the enemy army is coming, who can defend against the enemy?"

Liu Zongzhou said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. You should not be entangled in such trivial matters. You should implement benevolent government, cultivate morality, be close to virtuous officials and stay away from villains, and enemies will retreat without fighting."

"I'll ask you again, who will make firearms after killing Bi Maokang, Tang Ruowang, and Song Yingxing?"

"Practice benevolent government, cultivate morality, be close to virtuous officials and far from villains, even if you don't have firearms, you can be invincible in the world."

"I'll ask you again, the treasury is empty, and the people suffer from hunger, how to deal with it?"

"Practice benevolent government, cultivate morality, be close to virtuous officials and stay away from villains, why worry about the empty treasury, and the common people can understand that the court endures hunger."

Li Cunming laughed back angrily, after laughing, he kept silent.

If you continue to ask, you should ask who is a good minister and who is a villain. Liu Zongzhou will say that the Donglin Party is a good minister, and all the ministers who are valued by the emperor are villains.

This set of rhetoric has made Emperor Chongzhen suffer enough, Li Cunming will not be fooled by it!
Li Cunming doesn't play cards according to the routine, and he doesn't want to be led by the nose.But it was Liu Zongzhou's turn to panic, he held back for a long time, and took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty does not want to kill Yan Yingyuan and others, and the minister does not force him, but Ruan Dacheng is a remnant of the eunuch party, so he must be killed!"

Ruan Dacheng had been standing silently by the side, but when he heard Liu Zongzhou pointing the finger at him, his face became livid and he gritted his teeth.

Li Cunming sneered, and suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Okay, the fox's tail is finally showing! What are you talking about, good ministers and villains, and you are still engaged in party disputes. Tell me, did Shi Kefa and Qian Qianyi send you here?" of?"

Liu Zongzhou said: "I went to Xuzhou to face the saint on my own, and I was not ordered by others. Before I came to Xuzhou, I did meet Qian Shangshu. It was just a mutual exchange between friends. As for Shige, he didn't know about it."

"Hmph, you're still an honest gentleman, but you're just a useless nerd." Li Cunming stood up and walked to Liu Zongzhou.

"You want me to kill this and that, are you really thinking about the country? Yan Yingyuan is not a Jinshi, so you look down on him; Tang Ruowang is a Westerner, so you are prejudiced; Ruan Dacheng once defected to the eunuchs, so you want to drive him out and kill him. Are you not allowed to reform? What about the way of forgiveness that Confucius taught you? Humph, what can you do, party struggle No.1!"

"The clean water of the Yangtze River has irrigated the fields of several provinces along the coast, and the turbid water of the Yellow River has also irrigated the fields of several provinces along the coast. Come and tell me, do I want to erase the Yellow River from the land because of its turbid water? If you don't go, it won't be abolished!"

"When I ask you about your strategies for governing the country, you will always say that you are close to the virtuous ministers and far away from the villains, and you don't know anything about the rest. You usually talk about your heart with your hands closed, and you die to repay the king when in danger. What use do I need for a rotten scholar like you?"

When Li Cunming said this, he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.He realized that Liu Zongzhou's visit to Xuzhou to meet the saint was not simple. This matter later involved party struggles and a struggle between old and new ideas.

It can be said that there are many people standing behind Liu Zongzhou. These people are stubborn and conservative, and form cliques, clinging to rigid ideas and things to muddle through.

Sooner or later, I will go to Nanjing and face the Donglin party members, so this confrontation is inevitable.Since the other party has already sent someone to take the lead, he should also respond, and see what he does.

Thinking of this, Li Cunming ordered: "General Zhou, when you lead the troops to Suizhou, take Liu Zongzhou with you and let him deal with the enemy with benevolence, righteousness and morality. I want to see if he is really invincible!"

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Six or seven days later, Zhou Yuji led a team of soldiers and horses to investigate the enemy's situation, and encountered a scout team of dozens of Qing soldiers.

The two sides opened up their postures, their swords were on the verge of breaking out, and a fierce battle was about to break out.

After Zhou Yuji ordered the soldiers to line up, he clapped his hands and said, "Come on, bring Master Liu here."

Liu Zongzhou rode a horse to the front, and Zhou Yujisai gave him a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" and a copy of "Book of Filial Piety", saying: "Master Liu, that is the scout team of the Tartars. Go, use your benevolence and righteousness Filial piety influences the barbaric Tartars, this general is waiting for you to surrender without fighting!"

Liu Zongzhou held up the book, and under the escort of two soldiers, he walked forward tens of meters and began to chant:

"The Master said, all are brothers within the four seas, and if friends come from afar, don't you say so?"

"The Master said, I have never seen those who love benevolence and hate those who are not benevolent. Those who love benevolence have nothing to do;

The scouts of the Qing soldiers were outnumbered, and they were panicking, but when they saw the Ming army suddenly approaching, the monks of Zhang Er were puzzled and forgot to charge.

A tartar asked: "What is that old man talking about?"

"It's true, who knows who is good and who is evil? It is very difficult for them to understand the Chinese language!" A Tatar knew a little Chinese, but he couldn't understand what Liu Zongzhou was reciting.

Someone laughed and said, "Damn it, when the two armies meet and play such a trick, it's like our shaman dancing a god! No matter, I will shoot him first!"

Feathered arrows whizzed over and shot through the book "The Analects of Confucius".Liu Zongzhou couldn't hold back, the book fell to the ground with the arrow, and his face turned pale.

Meanwhile, the Tartars attacked.The Ming army also fought bravely, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the killing was completely dark.

Liu Zongzhou was on the battlefield for the first time, and it was also the first time he encountered close hand-to-hand combat. In the shadow of swords and swords, his mind was blank, trembling and not knowing what to do.

A Tartar rode his horse and galloped wildly, and quickly reached Liu Zongzhou's body, raised his shining knife and chopped down.

"Be careful!" A soldier rushed over to protect Liu Zongzhou, who himself was stabbed in the arm.

Immediately there was a gunshot, and the Tartar was killed by the musketeers.And Liu Zongzhou was dumbfounded from beginning to end, like a dead person.

After a while, all the Tartars were killed, and the encounter was over.

Zhou Yuji's face sank like water, and he said to Liu Zongzhou, "Master Liu, how do you feel? This soldier was injured in order to save you. He can't read big characters and hasn't read sage books, but can you say he is not righteous? If you look at it again, this is the firearm you call 'Kit Kat'. Without these firearms, the outcome of this encounter is unpredictable. "

"My lord Liu, the benevolent is invincible. This general doesn't know. But this general knows that the battle depends on the soldiers not being afraid of sacrifice, and the excellent weapons. You have to be kind to understand the painstaking efforts of the emperor!"

On the way back to Suizhou City, Liu Zongzhou lowered his head, his face was very scary, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

A few days later, when Zhou Yuji was patrolling the city, he saw Liu Zongzhou helping carry weapons, and heard him asking a soldier about the use of firearms.

Zhou Yuji laughed, and then shouted loudly: "All the soldiers obey the order, and send troops to Kaifeng tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)