Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 14 It’s time to pay back what you borrowed

What's wrong with you? You don't like knocking on the door?
Li Shunzu cursed in his heart and stepped forward with a frown.

"I am, who are you?"

Hearing this, the soldier breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward and said, "I have found you. Go and have a look. Guangqumen is already in chaos. The brothers and the Liao army are about to start a fight. Everyone on the city is planning to set off cannons." !”

Shoot?

Did Houjin call?

Li Shunzu felt a chill in his heart, and he couldn't care about anything else at the moment, and hurried to Guangqumen with the soldiers from the Beijing camp.

Fortunately, Zhao Tai was originally the admiral of Guangqumen, and the residence was located close to Guangqumen. It didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at the city.

At this time, outside the Guangqu Gate, the Liao army was mixed with refugees from all over the country who had fled to Beijing. Some wanted to enter the city, and some were asking for pay. It was a mess, but no one was seen preparing for war.

At the top of the city, two people in military attache uniforms were listening to reports from their subordinates.

"Early this morning, a large number of refugees from the direction of Tongzhou were suddenly discovered outside my city. There were at least hundreds of them. The Houguan Road was also crowded with people. The Liao army camp was making a lot of noise, and they all came to my Guangqumen!"

The two are the military attaches guarding Guangqumen, and their official positions are Qian Zong, but there are differences in their powers.

One is the Qianzong of the Beijing camp, and the other is the Qianzong of the nine gates of the capital. Generally, to differentiate, the word "men" is added before the official title of Qianzong, and it is called the Qianzong of the gate.

In terms of official positions, the two Qianzongs are both low-ranking military attachés of the sixth grade, but the Qianzong in the Beijing camp is mostly filled by the sons of nobles, with greater authority and higher status.

Men Qian was always the one who did the hard work. He was the one who did the work, and he was the one who looked for help when something went wrong.

For example, the frightened Mr. Qian of Beijing Camp in front of him is Sun Tingxun, the uncle of Yingcheng.

Yingchengbo's lineage belongs to the Wuxun Group of Jingnan Heroes. His ancestor Sun Yan served as the personal bodyguard of the two emperors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. Later, he joined the Yanwang faction during the Jingnan Campaign and made military exploits while assisting in the defense of Tongzhou. He was He was canonized as Yingcheng Bo.

The Xijue family is not as busy as the Li family. He seems to be only eighteen or nineteen years old. He was canonized as a knight at the speed of light as soon as he reached adulthood. Now he is younger than Li Shunzu, but he is already a Xijue family.

After listening to the report from their subordinates, the two saw chaos in the city and could not understand the situation for a while.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Do you have to wait until these rioters and Liao army spies enter the city before you can close the door?"

Sun Tingxun shouted at Mr. Men Qian in front of him, panic almost written on his face.

"Pass my military order! Quickly close the Guangcan Gate and raise the suspension bridge! Soldiers and others, please go up to the city and prepare for battle! Mount the cannon on the crenellations, aim it at the people below the city, and fire for me, fire hard. !”

When the ordering soldiers heard this, they also went straight to various places in the city and shouted orders.

Mr. Men Qian saw how this master was bossing around, and there was nothing he could do to stop him. After all, he was a genuine noble son, and he was not someone who could be provoked by a small role like him.

Guangqumen means smooth access.

As one of the nine gates of the capital, the city wall is also tall, thick, and majestic. There are many flags on the wall. Dozens of large and small copper and iron cannons are mounted between dozens of crenellations, ready to go. The black muzzles are aimed at the sound outside the city. The whimpering refugees and Liao army.

"boom--!"

I don’t know who actually fired the cannon.

A sudden loud noise startled Li Shunzu who was on his way.

The chaos below the city came to a standstill. No one expected that Jingying would actually dare to fire directly at the refugees and Liao troops below the city!
After the silence, there was even greater chaos.

The refugees crowded into the city like a flood, and the Liao soldiers drew their swords and guns, flashing with cold light, and clamored to attack the city.

Li Shunzu rushed here, hurriedly lay down on the crenel and looked down, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the soldiers in the Beijing camp were not used to fighting in formations, the artillery was lowered towards the city, but it actually went to the Liao army's camp and blew up some tents, but there were no casualties.

This was a blessing in disguise. Li Shunzu was furious. He really didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Li Shunzu grabbed the collar of the soldier from the Beijing camp who fired the cannon and asked angrily.

"I am the newly appointed Admiral of Guangqumen. I haven't spoken yet. Who asked you to fire off the cannon?"

"Your cannons are for attacking the Jiannu slaves, not for attacking your brothers in the Liao Army!"

"They have set up camp outside the city to guard against Jiannu's attack on the city. Do they want to prevent you from firing cannons!"

The soldier from the Beijing Camp did not expect that he was the only one who foolishly fired the cannon, and was frightened on the spot.

"Excuse me, Admiral, it's the order from your lordship."

Li Shunzu looked back after hearing this. "Sir, which lord?"

When Sun Tingxun, the uncle of Yingcheng, saw Li Shunzu looking over, he didn't feel any fear. Instead, he stepped forward and said a few words.

"I gave the order, what can you do?"

It really couldn't be done. Li Shunzu rolled his eyes at him and said nothing more.

After all, Sun Tingxun was not from Guangqumen. His official position was Beijing Camp Qianzong, which was subordinate to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army. Although Li Shunzu held the position of admiral of Guangqumen, his official position was only Jinyiwei Nanzhen Fusi, and he could not control other people's heads. superior.

I can't take care of you, Uncle Yingcheng, but I can always take care of Guangqumen, right?
Since you can't control it, just leave him alone.

Men Qian was easier to recognize. They were the only three people wearing officer armor.

Li Shunzu came to the front of Mr. Men Qian, took a look at the city, and said in a deep voice.

"Close the door first, bring a group of soldiers and follow me."

In this current situation, it will be difficult to clean up the situation without doing something ruthless.

There was such a big mess in Guangqumen, and it had to be settled before that old boy from Chongzhen knew about it.

Otherwise, if that guy gets excited, he may be laid off on the first day of employment.

Mr. Men Qian didn't know why, but since the new admiral had arrived, he had a backbone and ran down to deliver orders.

On the street, there is a large grain warehouse.

There is a plaque on it with the four characters "Li's Bingku" written on it.

In front of the granary door, there were several servant-looking people standing with ferocious expressions on their faces. Passers-by were afraid to avoid them.

The servants thought it was an ordinary day, until a group of hurried officers and soldiers came around the corner. Especially after seeing the appearance of the first man clearly, their faces were full of surprise and joy.

"Master?"

That's right, what Li Shunzu came to this time was the Li family's grain depot in the capital.

In my memory, my cheap cousin Li Zunzu was mainly engaged in grain and arms reselling business in the capital. They were both Li family's industries. Now that he was in trouble, he asked his brothers for help. Isn't that too much?
Initially, the servants' faces were still filled with joy as they reunited after a long separation, but the next moment, their faces were full of disbelief.

Even Mr. Men Qian was a little confused as to why Li Shunzu brought them to the Li family's grain depot.

"Master, what are you doing?"

"Master, why are you kicking the door open?"

In the stunned and puzzled eyes of everyone, Li Shunzu kicked open the door of the grain depot, then turned around and shouted to the soldiers at Guangqumen: "What are you doing standing still? Move it!"

The steward of the Li family in the grain depot quickly ran out and stopped in front of Li Shunzu.

"You can't move it! This is the Li family's grain storehouse. You need to ask the young master before using it!"

The young master he spoke of was naturally Li Zunzu, the second son in charge of the Li family's property in Beijing.

"I am the eldest son of the Li family, the future Uncle Ning Yuan! These things are mine!" Li Shunzu pushed the steward away, ignored his murderous look, turned around and said coldly:
"You go back and tell Li Zunzu that I am the direct eldest son of the Li family, and it is time to return the things he borrowed."

After speaking in a low voice, Li Shunzu walked up a few steps and stood on the steps, facing a group of Guangqumen soldiers.

"Thanks to the emperor's great kindness, he re-appointed me as the admiral of Guangqumen. In order to repay the emperor's favor, I will now take back all the property of the eldest son of the eldest son of the Li family, and use it for national purposes. Share the worries!"

"This is the Bingzi grain depot of the Li family in Beijing. All of it is donated to Guangqumen for military supplies!"

Even Mr. Men Qian was stunned and looked shocked.

If this is the imperial court's grain depot, then it certainly cannot be moved casually, but this is the grain that the Li family has hoarded, and the real successor of the Li family is right in front of them, and he is the first to kick open the door of the grain depot.

If you go to move at this time, isn’t it just to take your own things?

I have always heard that the Li family was divided into three, and that the eldest son inherited the official position of Jin Yiwei, but did nothing, but he did not expect that all this was a rumor.

In this troubled world, giving milk is a mother.

In particular, Li Shunzu was using the Li family's property to provide military rations to the garrison in Guangqumen.

For a moment, Mr. Men Qian almost cried.

He turned around and shouted loudly: "Admiral, you are so righteous! Brothers, move!"

(End of this chapter)