Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 46 Our Liao army will surely win

"Li Xunwei, I have admired your name for a long time."

In the private room on the fourth floor, Li Banghua had already taken his seat.

When a group of people entered, they stood here with their hands behind their backs. When Li Shunzu walked into the private room, he saw him standing up and cupping his hands, so he looked up and down and clasped his fists.

"I have met Li Yushi."

Hearing this, Li Banghua was a little surprised.

Ordinarily, the status of the governor of the capital, the military ministers, the admiral of the Rongzheng ministers, and the assistant ministers of the Rongzheng ministers are all the same.

Military ministers are generally high-ranking nobles with titles, as well as the additional titles of the Governor-General of the Five Armies. Internal ministers are generally chief ministers of ceremony and ministers, close attendants of the emperor, and court ministers are famous ministers with a high reputation and are protected by cronies.

In fact, there is no subordinate relationship between the three people.

The imperial court set up this way in order to prevent the three people from restraining each other so that all the real power in the capital camp would not fall into the hands of one person.

Li Shunzu called himself a lower official as soon as he entered the house. He had just made military exploits and was awarded the title of Imperial Guard by the emperor, but he was still so low-key and did not show the slightest complacency. This kind of mentality is really rare.

With this good impression, Li Banghua also had a smile on his face.

"Recently in the capital, Li Xunwei's name has been mentioned often. Now that I see him, he is really as good as his name, brave and capable!"

"Li Xunwei, do you know who I thought of when I first met you?"

Li Shunzu sat opposite each other. There were only two people in the room at this time, shaking his head slightly.

"Your great-grandfather, Uncle Ning Yuan, Li Chengliang."

"When I was young, I had the honor to meet your great-grandfather. At that time, he was fighting for the government and the public, and he was living in his ancestral home. Li Xunwei now has a lot of the legacy of Cheng Liang. I think if I had met him, he would also be smiling!"

Li Shunzu smiled slightly, but he was still a little wary.

"Li Yushi came to see me today, isn't it just to compliment each other?"

Li Banghua was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Today you and I are just talking and making friends. We are not talking about state affairs."

"This Nuanxiang Pavilion is quiet and elegant, and there are beauties accompanying the wine. Birds and warblers are dancing downstairs, and a famous troupe will soon be singing. Why is Li Xunwei so anxious?"

After hearing this, Li Shunzu felt a chill on his face.

If he had just traveled through time half a month ago, Li Banghua said, Li Shunzu would have stayed and enjoyed it first.

Now that I have been in the military camp for a long time, I have seen a lot of the warmth and coldness of the human world. When I think of the [-] Liao army brothers sleeping on straw mats outside the city, Li Shunzu always feels guilty in his heart in such a place, and it is really difficult to be interested.

"I still have military affairs to deal with, so I'll take my leave!"

Li Shunzu was disappointed and said no more, got up and left.

When he was about to reach the door, there was applause from behind.

But it was Li Banghua, stroking his hands and smiling.

"it is good!"

"It is true that a hero comes from a young age. After today's talk, I found that I did not find the wrong person!"

"To be honest, Li Xunwei, I have seen everything you have done to rectify the capital camp."

"Today I'm here to tell you that when you go out for battle tomorrow, you must not leave Mangui Camp, otherwise your life will be in danger!"

Li Shunzu stopped and realized that Li Banghua was just testing him, so he turned around and went back.

"What does Li Yushi mean by this? Who wants to harm me?"

"Is it to show respect to those nobles like Marquis Wu Weiying?"

"Hmph, I have my own way to deal with them!"

The two sat down again and tested each other before getting to the point.

"It's useless to talk more. Li Xunwei, please take a look."

Li Banghua took out two letters from his sleeves and slid them from the table to Li Shunzu's eyes.

Li Shunzu picked up the letter and looked at it, his face gradually darkened.The first letter is a breakdown of the general payment of Huang Yunfa, a wealthy businessman from Sanhe, who secretly communicated with the Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou outside the Great Wall during the autumn and winter of this year, and sold grain, grass, ordnance, and armored weapons to outside the Great Wall at high prices.

According to what this letter said, everyone from the cabinet, the Ministry of War, the Beijing Camp, the Fifth Army Governor's Office, to the Sanhe Prefecture and County Guards were colluding with the Huang family to secretly deliver information to the Jurchens in exchange for huge rewards.

There were also some local generals who were afraid that they would endanger themselves if the Later Jin Army captured the city, so they contacted the Later Jin Army first and used local intelligence and Kaicheng's surrender in exchange for the Later Jin Army entering the city and not committing any crimes against their family.

After just reading this letter, Li Shunzu became angry.

"What the hell are these people!"

"Tens of thousands of soldiers of our Liao army are fighting bloody battles outside the city. They sit high on the mansion and don't give any support. They actually do this to drain the firepower. How hateful!"

"These people should all die!"

"Why don't you report it to the court?"

Today's Li Shunzu has personally experienced the two battles at Guangqumen and Yongdingmen, and knows how difficult it is to win these two battles. How many soldiers shed blood on the battlefield, and how many refugees lost their lives.

Although I had known it for a long time, but seeing what these people did with my own eyes, I still felt like I was going to explode with anger!

The soldiers of Liaodong lived in the open, spent thousands of bloody lives to win a victory, and were defeated bit by bit by them. So what is the meaning of these soldiers dying in battle?

Seeing Li Shunzu's fierce reaction, Li Banghua nodded slightly, but sighed.

"A report?"

"What should I report?"

"Li Xunwei, please wake up!"

"There are people everywhere in the local state capital, the six ministries and the nine ministers of the imperial court who are secretly colluding with them, and the officials are protecting each other. Even if you report it, you will not be able to get to His Majesty's court, and your words will never reach His Majesty's ears!"

Li Shunzu stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

"Then I will go to the palace to face the Holy Spirit. I still don't believe there is nothing we can do!"

Li Banghua sneered: "With Li Xunwei's current reputation, it is easy to face the saint, but where is the evidence?"

"Don't forget, these people range from the current dignitaries to local civil and military officials, to business tycoons like Huang Yunfa, all of them are people that even I can't afford to offend. Are you suing one person or a group of them?"

"Sue them all. Your Majesty will only think you are a lunatic and sue one person. Then again, how can we have any evidence?"

"In such a situation, it is difficult to protect oneself. I know Li Xunwei's idea of ​​reviving the ancestral business, and I, Li Banghua, also want to rectify the capital camp, but now we can only endure the humiliation for the time being and protect ourselves!"

Li Shunzu raised the letter in his hand. The paper had been crumpled to pieces at some point.

"This is just a detail, for the convenience of showing to Li Xunwei, so that it can be burned afterwards. This cannot be used as any evidence, unless there is an account of their secret collaboration with the enemy. This account needs to be consistent with the expenditure of the imperial household department. "

"In this way, His Majesty can be convinced of this matter, but how easy is it?"

After the initial anger, Li Shunzu gradually calmed down, returned to his seat, and asked coldly: "What does Li Yushi mean? What should I do to protect myself from these conspiracies?"

Li Banghua's eyes showed deep helplessness. He stood up and stood by the window with his hands behind his hands, looking at the dusk on the horizon.

"We are determined to serve our country in these great mountains and rivers, but we can only watch them fall into the hands of captors little by little. How pitiful it is for the martyrs of the Ming Dynasty, and how unfortunate the people of the Ming Dynasty are!"

As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head.

"Li Xunwei has something now that none of them can compare to."

"That's the prestige in the Liaodong Army!"

"From top to bottom of the Liao army, from Mangui to ordinary soldiers, no one has been unfavored by Li Xunwei. As long as Li Xunwei stays in the Liao army camp, he will be invincible. Those people's words and swords cannot break through the thorns of the Liao army. Camp!”

Li Shunzu was very reluctant, but he was also relieved.

"That can only be like this. Let me see if I can find evidence of collusion between these people in the Dongnu Army. If we can recover Zunyong and other places and meet His Majesty to present the evidence, there may be a chance of success."

Li Banghua was a little surprised and took a few steps forward.

"Li Xunwei really has such courage?"

Li Shunzu knew that this battle would definitely be won in history, so he naturally had no hesitation and immediately said firmly: "Don't worry, Censor, our Liao army will win this battle!"

(End of this chapter)