Qian Song

Chapter 374 The Successors Cultivated by Li Cun (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
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First Military Region, First Army, Pioneer Battalion.

Seeing Yue Fei coming, someone immediately reported to the commander of the army, who was Yue Fei's eldest son, Yue Yun.

Yue Yun can become the commander, but he has nothing to do with Yue Fei.

No.

Can't say it doesn't matter.

If Yue Yun's father hadn't been Yue Fei, with Yue Yun's combat achievements, he might have been promoted to the position of control.

Yue Fei was less than 20 years old and followed Li Cun in the South and North Wars, so he had no time to teach Yue Yun.

And Yue Fei's original wife, Liu Shi, cheated on others because Yue Fei didn't go home all the year round, and later she simply ran away with others, leaving young Yue Yun behind.

Born in troubled times without his parents around, Yue Yun has seen the tragic scenes of troubled times since he was a child, so under the education of his grandmother, Yue Yun set up the ambition to defend his family and country at a very young age.

Yue Yun practiced martial arts since he was a child, joined the army at the age of 12, and was incorporated into Zhang Xian's team by his father Yue Fei as a small soldier.

Under Zhang Xian's careful teaching, Yue Yun studied hard and practiced hard. It can be said that he is both civil and military, just like his father.

Once, Xiao Yueyun was riding a horse with the soldiers for mountain climbing practice, and accidentally the horse stumbled and fell to the ground.

Yue Fei was furious when he saw this, and accused Yue Yun: "This is all caused by not practicing seriously on weekdays. If it was on the battlefield, wouldn't it be a matter of national affairs?" He immediately ordered Yue Yun to be pushed out and beheaded.

All the soldiers hurriedly begged for mercy, Yue Fei thought Yue Yun was young, and finally ordered to beat Yue Yun with a hundred army sticks, and then he stopped.

Since then, Yue Yun has practiced even harder, and he has built a strong and iron frame.

Although Yue Yun is only 17 years old now, he is already a "veteran" with many battles.

Five years ago, when Zhang Xian was transferred by Li Cun to the Sichuan-Shanxi area to suppress bandits and form a new military region with soldiers from the Song army, Yue Yun also went there.

During the battle to capture Kuizhou, Yue Yun charged forward with an iron cone gun in his hand, unstoppable, and was the first to board the long-defunct city of Kuizhou.

Hou Yueyun went west with the army and recovered Yunyang, Wanzhou and other places, making great achievements in every battle.

From then on, the army called Yue Yun "Ying Guan Ren".

——Guanren is the respectful title for men in this era, and "win" means always victorious and undefeated.

Later, because there was no fighting in the Tenth Military Region formed by Zhang Xian, Yue Fei transferred Yue Yun back to the First Military Region.

In recent years, when there were frictions or wars with the Kingdom of Jin and the various tribes on the grassland, Yue Yun fought many times and made great contributions, but Yue Fei concealed most of them and did not report them. Yue Yun had no complaints.

Later, it was Zhang Jun who knew about Yue Yun's achievements and insisted on rewarding Yue Yun.

After Li Cun learned of this, he also wanted to give Yue Yun an official position many times, but Yue Fei wrote a letter saying that his son still had milky smell, fearing that he would not be able to make military achievements, so he resolutely refused Li Cun's award to Yue Yun.

Li Cun didn't want to spoil the seedlings and ruin Yue Yun's general seed, so he agreed to Yue Fei's resignation.

Today, Yue Yun has become the number one general under Wang Gui, the commander of the First Army in the First Military Region, and even the number one general in the First Military Region. He is definitely a leader among the younger generation.

But this is Yue Yun, after seeing Yue Fei, he didn't even dare to take a breath, and he saluted honestly and politely: "Yue Yun has met Dutong."

"Ah."

Yue Fei responded with a deep voice, and then quickly introduced Li Biao: "This is Li Dalang, the son of my old friend, and he is now transferred to your battalion to serve as the supervisor. You are so close to him, don't mess around."

Although Yue Fei had tried his best to control himself, Yue Fei's words could not help but be respectful and remind Yue Yun.

Yue Fei's respect for Li Biao was not flattery, but the kind of respect a courtier would have for a future monarch.

There's nothing childish about it.

Yue Fei's stunned young man is so respectful to Li Biao, which shows that he must be very satisfied with Li Biao, the heir apparent.

This is true.

Li Biao is friendly and loving, and he has the strength of an elder brother being a father.

Li Cun has many sons, and he has no time to manage them. Therefore, since Li Biao grew up, Li Biao has taken care of Li Cun's sons and daughters.

Among Li Cun's sons, there are also many who are not fuel-efficient. For example, Li Chu, who is not afraid of death, turned out to be a devil in the world.

Once, Li Chu and the other three princes, out of curiosity, secretly ran to visit brothels, and ended up drinking too much. Practicing martial arts at a young age, knocking down all the opponent's dozens of people, the impact is very bad.

Li Cun was furious, and said in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty that the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, and he wanted to throw Li Chu and the four of them to Dali Temple to deal with them according to law.

After Li Biao learned about it, he was willing to be punished on behalf of his four younger brothers on the grounds that he was not in place in supervision.

This moved many ministers.

Therefore, those ministers jointly pleaded for mercy, saying that Li Chu and the other four princes had never done any serious evil, but those few candidates went to Beijing to rush for the exam, but they lingered in the brothel and used alcohol to make trouble, and they were not worthy of the name of "scholar". The prince's small punishments and big admonitions are not hurtful.

Only then did Li Cun make an exception, and only threw Li Chu and the four of them into the army for discipline.

Something similar happened with Bibi.

Therefore, Li Biao is very prestigious among Li Cun's children, and everyone respects Li Biao as the elder brother.

As for those ministers who were moved by Li Biao, they were all bullshit.

The main reason is that Li Biao, who was taught by the great Confucianism in the world, is loyal, filial and respectful, and attaches great importance to the rule of culture. Unlike Li Cun, who regards literati as tools, he finds out when he uses them, and puts them aside when they are not in use. Therefore, most literati I respect Li Biao, and I am willing to endorse Li Biao, saying that Li Biao is benevolent and natural, and he will be a wise king in the future.

The key point is that two years ago, Li Cun suddenly went on a tour to the south, letting Li Biao, who was only 13 years old, supervise the country.

After the ministers persuaded him to no avail, Li Cun left an imperial decree behind the plaque of "Fair and Bright", and then led the East China Sea Navy and the Huben Army to patrol the south.

After Li Cun left, Li Biao showed a very professional quality of handling state affairs.

At that time, many belated people knew that Li Biao had been taken by Li Cun's side since he was ten years old, watching Li Cun handle government affairs, and even watched Li Cun handle state affairs. When he was 11 years old, Li Cun began to teach Li Biao to review memorials, and let Li Biao participate in handling state affairs. When he was 12 years old, Li Biao had already started to help Li Cun review memorials, and even helped Li Cun handle simple state affairs.

Of course, Li Biao at that time was still too immature, and it was too childish to let him handle state affairs alone. Therefore, Li Cun transferred Li Gang, Liu Yanzong, Shi Liai, Zhao Ding, and Chen Kangbo back to work with Lu Jiang, Liu Yanzong, and Chen Kangbo. Zhang Shi, Qian Zai, Tang Ke, Zhang Bangchang, Li Guang, and Song Jiang formed the Twelve Assistant Ministers to help Li Biao handle government affairs and state affairs.

It is also time for Li Biao to become famous as a teenager.

At that time, the Jin people did not know how they knew that Li Cunren was not in the capital.

Coincidentally, at that time Wanyan Zonghan wanted to help Wanyan Quan build momentum, so he and Wanyan Quan took [-] fine riders to Songting Pass to "borrow food".

The front line transmitted this news back to the Daqian court at the first time.

When the civil and military officials of the Dagan Dynasty learned that the Jin people came to borrow food at this critical time, they immediately quarreled.

Some people took the lead in the battle, thinking that Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Su Dong should be allowed to lead their troops out of the pass to fight as before, lest the Jin people see the reality of the Daqian Dynasty.

Someone advocated peace, thinking that the 100 million shi of grain extorted by Wanyan Zonghan was a drop in the bucket for the Daqian Dynasty. It is better to give Wanyan Zonghan first and use a strategy of delaying the army, and wait for Li Cun to come back before making a long-term plan.

Others advocated that Li Cun be invited back by telegram as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation.

At that time, the telegraph of the Daqian Dynasty was not yet developed, and the longest distance it could transmit was about [-] meters.

But it doesn't matter, because the intelligence department of the Dagan Dynasty can still use the powerful post system of the Dagan Dynasty to turn long-distance telegrams into short-distance telegrams one after another.

This is much faster than the original flying slave biography.

Even if it takes a few hours to spread the news from the capital to Dingnan Road, it is enough.

In addition, the voyage technology of the Dagan Dynasty was already very mature at that time.

In addition to more and more advanced navigation technologies being developed by government and private researchers of the Dagan Dynasty who paid special attention to ocean navigation, the shipbuilding technology of the Dagan Dynasty also made a qualitative leap in the past ten years since the founding of the Dagan Dynasty.

The disadvantages of wooden ships are slow speed, limited capacity increase, poor wind and wave resistance, low artificial power, natural wind power, which affects the speed of ships and so on.

And with the current industrial technology, the pure steel giant ship is too heavy, and the problem of power is not easy to solve.

Therefore, not long after Li Cun proposed the concept of steel giant ship and steam engine, the Dagan Dynasty developed an iron-clad wooden ship with both sails and steam propellers.

Although this iron-clad wooden ship is incomparable with the steel giant ships of later generations, it has undergone a series of modifications and upgrades in terms of internal facilities.

Later, more and more facts proved that the advantages of iron-clad wooden ships, such as sturdiness, large capacity, and ability to resist wind and waves, were far greater than those of pure wooden ships.

Li Cun's car at that time was the most advanced iron-clad wooden treasure ship at that time.

The ship is 44 feet long, 45 feet wide, and has four floors. It can hang twelve sails on nine masts. The anchor weighs several thousand kilograms. There are twelve pairs of steam propellers, and the top speed can reach [-] kilometers per hour.

Even without stopping at any port, Li Cun's car could drive back to Nanjing from Dingnan Road in one go, and it took up to three days and three nights.

At that time, the ministers of the Dagan Dynasty quickly reached an agreement and chose to invite Li Cun to come back to preside over the overall situation.

But the ministers of the Daqian Dynasty were dumbfounded that Li Cun had led the Donghai Navy and Huben Army from Dingnan Road to the Prince's Continent as early as three days ago.

This frightened the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty in the Dagan Dynasty.

Some people advocated sending someone to chase Li Cun back immediately.

Some people advocated sending people to talk about "borrowing grain" with the Jin people as soon as possible, and stabilize the Jin people first.

Others advocated that the Jinren should be repelled with a thunderbolt, so that the temptation of the Jinren would not turn into a real invasion of the south.

The situation at that time was that it must be too late to chase Li Cun back. After all, Li Cun had already left for three days.

Taking a step back, even if you can catch up with Li Cun, it will not be something that can be done in a short time.

Moreover, it will take time for Li Cun to rush back.

Therefore, there were only two paths before Li Biao and the civil and military forces of the Dagan Dynasty:
Either hit one punch to avoid a hundred punches;
Either agree to the Jinren's "borrowing food" blackmail, stabilize the Jinren first, and wait for Li Cun to come back before deciding whether to fight or make peace?
Coincidentally, the twelve auxiliary ministers left behind by Li Cun turned out to be six to six, with half leading the battle and half leading the peace.

So, the pressure was put on Li Biao, who was only 13 years old at the time.

Just when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the Daqian Dynasty thought that Li Biao would have a hard time making a choice, Li Biao decisively chose to fight.

Li Biao, who supervised the country, supported the main combat faction, and the Privy Council immediately formulated a battle plan, that is, as usual, the nearest Han Shizhong would be the commander-in-chief, and the first military region, the second military region, and the third military region would each deploy [-] elite troops. Guan and the Jin army fought outside Songting Pass.

As a result, the two sides had a tentative fight, and after each dropped hundreds of corpses, Wan Yan Zonghan saw that there was no advantage to take, so he withdrew.

After this incident, Li Biao not only gained more respect among the ministers, but the military was also very satisfied with Li Biao's performance.

The key point is that it turned out that Li Biao's decision was correct at the time, because Li Cun didn't come back for a whole year after he went out that trip. If Li Biao was not decisive and stopped the temptation from developing in the direction of a big war in time, he might be in trouble .

By the way, because Li Cun hadn't come back for nearly a year, some people began to spread rumors, saying that Li Cun must have encountered an accident at sea, and wanted to create momentum for Li Biao's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

Others advocated taking out the imperial edict that Li Cun left behind the "Fair and Bright" plaque to see what Li Cun had to say.

But all of these were suppressed by Li Biao. Li Biao firmly believed that Li Cun must not have encountered any accidents. He also obeyed the suggestions of Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Li Guang, Song Jiang and others and executed them in time for spreading rumors about Li Cun. People who died at sea.

A year later, Li Cun returned to court.

After learning of Li Biao's behavior, Li Cun didn't say anything, but dealt with those who encouraged Li Biao to open the edict issued by Li Cunli.

After that, Li Cun asked Li Biao to be in charge of government affairs and general state affairs, while he himself hid in the harem, eating, drinking and having fun. Only when Li Biao couldn't handle things, Li Cun would personally preside over them.

Anyone can see that Li Cun is already preparing for Li Biao to take over his class.

Some people even speculate that the year when Li Cun left was also a test for Li Biao. In fact, the Daqian Dynasty was always under Li Cun's control at that time. Don't you see that the prime minister Lv Jiang and the privy envoy Zhang Shi always behaved exceptionally? Calm down, and these two people always voted for and voted against no matter what at the time, the key was never to interfere with Li Biao's decision.

Some even speculated that Li Cun never went to the Prince's Continent at all, or that Li Cun went to the Prince's Continent and left behind to deal with any emergencies.

As for the imperial edict that Li Cun left behind the "Upright and Bright" plaque, some people speculated that it might be the imperial edict to abolish Li Biao's position as prince.

In other words, as long as Li Biao opened the imperial decree, Li Biao's crown prince would be gone.

It’s no wonder that people in the world have so many speculations. In fact, Li Cun is too inscrutable. For so many years, Li Cun has always been exhaustive. The place to shit stayed for a whole year.

But in any case, Li Biao's outstanding performance can be regarded as the best, and he must have been affirmed by Li Cun and the civil and military officials of the Daqian Dynasty.

This also made Li Biao the recognized crown prince of the Dagan Dynasty, and Li Cun's best successor to the throne.

Yue Fei thought so too.

Therefore, Yue Fei respected Li Biao, the future emperor, from the bottom of his heart.

Before Yue Fei returned to Pingzhou, Li Cun suddenly called Yue Fei to the palace, and then asked Yue Fei to bring Li Biao to the battlefield.

After hearing this, Yue Fei was shocked at first, and then resolutely objected. Yue Fei even made it clear that even if Li Cun chopped off his head, he would definitely not take Li Biao to the battlefield.

At that time, Yue Fei felt that he had reasons for disobedience.

Li Cun is too romantic and has countless sons.

Not only that, Li Cun also released all his sons to exercise.

The key point is that many of Li Cun's sons have not only demonstrated outstanding talents, but also gained certain influence.

In this case, if Li Biao, who is the most suitable prince from any aspect, makes a mistake, then the Dagan Dynasty is likely to fall into a battle for the crown prince, which will cause turmoil in the Dagan Dynasty, and even There is a split.

It has to be said that Yue Fei's thinking is not unreasonable.

If something happens to Li Biao, the inheritance of Li Cun's Jiangshan Sheji will be very troublesome.

But Li Cun said to Yue Fei: "The prince advocated sending troops two years ago. It is the impulsive courage of a young man. , will definitely cause great harm in the future."

Li Cun also said: "The prince grew up among literati. He has read a lot of poetry and books, and he has a deep understanding of loyalty, filial piety and etiquette. After experiencing some battles and killings, he has fully realized that civil and martial arts should be equally important, and to reduce the sourness of Confucianism on his peak, he also needs to know what is the true courage to fight and what is impulsive courage."

There are some things that Li Cun did not say here, that is, Li Cun also asked Li Biao to build up his prestige among the soldiers, otherwise it would not be good for Li Biao to take charge of the Dagan Dynasty in the future.

"I'd rather the prince die in battle than the prince ruin me for being incompetent in the future."

Speaking of this, Li Cun said to Yue Fei with all his heart: "Now I am at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period. If the crown prince cannot be in charge, there is still time to re-elect the crown prince. Even if something happens to the crown prince, with me here, the sky of my work will collapse." If I don’t come down, if I find out that the crown prince can’t be in charge after I die, then it’s a small matter for me to break the inheritance, and it’s a big thing for the people of the world to fall into the fire and water again.”

Li Cun's heart-to-heart talk moved Yue Fei.

Moreover, Li Cun also said to Yue Fei: "A true dragon never dies. Those who want to be emperors must have the protection of heaven. Otherwise, people will not perish him, but heaven will perish him."

In the end, Yue Fei was persuaded by Li Cun. Yue Fei risked becoming a sinner of the Daqian Dynasty, and brought Li Biao to Pingzhou. Li Biao and Yue Yun acted as the vanguard of cutting gold...

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