Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 713
Li Xiuyuan walked towards the outside of the imperial city alone.

At the end of the court meeting, there were not many ministers staying in the palace, only the soldiers of the Imperial Army on patrol, and the eunuchs hurried past, other than that, the whole palace was eerily quiet.

No wonder some people say that the palace is cold.

This depressing and empty place really makes people feel cool.

"Since you have already torn your face, let's act first and use the contacts of the six gates to wipe out all the ghosts and snake gods in the capital, especially the Shihu who killed the ghost-swallowing Lei Gong. As for the national teacher A cold light flickered in Li Xiuyuan's eyes: "Trap him in the imperial city."

Among them, if he dared to take a step, he would immediately send Lei Gong to surround and kill him. "

"Within a month, I will rule the capital."

He secretly thought in his heart.

Even if he was tricked by these civil officials, he got a key hand: the right to dispatch the six doors.

This hand is extremely critical.

So this battle has just begun. If the national teacher wants to use the power of the court to check and balance himself, then he will draw his salary from the bottom of the pot.

With this thought in mind, Li Xiuyuan quickened his pace.

At this time, an eunuch led a group of maids by the road ahead, with their heads lowered, hurriedly passing by.

Suddenly, one of the court ladies called out with some joy: "Master~!"

"There is so much noise in the imperial city, who is screaming?" The eunuch suddenly turned around and shouted, looking very stern.

Li Xiuyuan took a look and was slightly taken aback, but saw that the maid's face looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it for a while, so she shouldn't be very familiar.

The court lady immediately lowered her head after being drunk, feeling a little scared.

"It's you, right? You really don't understand the rules. Have you forgotten what our family ordered before? Let your memory improve today." The eunuch immediately walked over and stretched out his hand to pinch the maid's arm and twisted it hard. The painful woman Hastily cried out.

Li Xiuyuan saw the maid clearly, and then remembered that this maid was the woman in the sedan chair she met on the way to Xiangguo Temple some time ago. gone back.

I didn't expect to meet him in the palace today.

After meeting once, this woman still remembered herself.

"This father-in-law, I know this woman, she just made a small mistake, why should she be treated so badly? Why don't you give me a face and let it go, what do you think?" Li Xiuyuan said immediately.

The eunuch saw that Li Xiuyuan was wearing a red dress, obviously his rank was not low, he immediately nodded and bowed down with a flattering smile and said, "My lord, the lord has ordered the younger one to dare to disobey, the villain is blind, I don't know that this girl belongs to the lord Acquaintances, you should fight, you should fight."

After speaking, he slapped himself twice.

I was secretly unlucky in my heart: I thought this woman had no background and could be bullied at will, but I didn't expect that a fifth-rank official would pop out at random.

"Are these all maids in the palace?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The eunuch smiled flatteringly: "Returning to your lord's words, it is a group of beautiful girls selected this time, not court ladies. The young ones really want to take them to the harem."

"Is it?"

Li Xiuyuan looked at the girl again: "As soon as you enter the palace, it's as deep as the sea, why did the girl come to draft for the palace?"

"The little girl dare not shirk what my father wishes." The girl lowered her head slightly and said.

"It's true that parents' orders are not to be disobeyed. If the girl is not chosen, please leave the palace as much as possible." After speaking, Li Xiuyuan took out a few pearls from his bosom and gave them to the eunuch: "Take care of one or two, don't let the eunuch get married." This girl has been wronged too much, if she can do it, next time she meets me
will treat you badly. "

The eunuch looked at the few round pearls in his hand and knew that they were precious pearls from the East China Sea, they were rare items, and they couldn't be bought for a few hundred taels of silver.

Immediately, his face beamed with joy, and his smile became more respectful: "My lord ordered, I will serve you, and I will never let this girl be wronged. If the draft fails, I will definitely arrange for this girl to leave the palace." of."

He understood what this young man meant, don't let this girl be chosen.

"That's good." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

The maid's beautiful eyes moved slightly, revealing a look of gratitude.

Li Xiuyuan smiled slightly, then bowed and said, "Then let's take a step ahead, girl, be careful."

"Thank you, my lord." The maid's cheeks flushed slightly, a little ashamed.

Li Xiuyuan smiled, then turned and left.

This girl was punished by the eunuch for calling me, so I can't just ignore it, after all, I met once, how can I feel bad if I pretend I don't know her?

Moreover, it is very stupid to directly scold the eunuch. Who knows how this girl will be made things difficult when she leaves by herself. She can only buy it off with money.

"Hehe, you are the same girl. If you have such an adult who favors you, why not choose a beautiful girl? Why don't you go out of the palace and marry someone, tsk tsk, an official who has reached the fifth rank, is still so young, and will definitely be an important minister in the court in the future." After Li Xiuyuan left, the eunuch smiled and said, "Don't say I don't care

According to you, I will send you out of the palace after a cutscene, so don't waste this time. "

The woman blushed even more when she heard this, but she couldn't help turning her head to look at the leaving figure of the young master.

I don't even know this guy's name yet.
When Li Xiuyuan left the palace, he saw that Wu Xiang and Han Meng were already waiting at the gate of the palace.

"Master."

"Master."

The two saluted hurriedly.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Talk while walking, first follow me to the six gates."

The two nodded.

Soon, a soldier waiting outside the palace brought a fine horse, got on the horse in a few days, and walked towards the six doors.

"Han Meng, you have now been given the name Han Shizhong by the government, and you have also been named the general soldier of Yangzhou. Do you know the reason?" Li Xiuyuan said on the way.

"I don't know much about the small ones," Han Meng said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It's to buy people's hearts and divide you and me. Whether it's from changing your surname or giving you a name, or you being named the general soldier of Yangzhou, they all mean to check and balance me. The officials want to use estrangement to make us fight among ourselves. It is the governor of Yangzhou, who could have governed the general army of Yangzhou. He named you the general army of Yangzhou.

It's no different from not being sealed, even if someone else becomes the general soldier of Yangzhou, he still has to serve me.Of course, this is also in my expectation, but this is a normal situation, and now I am left in the capital, if you go back to Yangzhou to be the general soldier, you don't need to serve anyone, you can completely
During my absence, Yangzhou's armaments will be rectified. "

"The master is weak and the servant is strong, it's easy to make people jealous, and once the suspicion starts, it's when you and I fight each other. I'm sure that once you return to Yangzhou, someone will contact you and advise you to stand on your own and hold hands." The military power in Yangzhou has fallen to the imperial court."

After finishing speaking, he narrowed his eyes slightly: "The official made a good move."

"Since the emperor is so hateful?" Han Meng opened his eyes wide, looking a little shocked.

Seemingly a random reward for a surname change, but there is such a big conspiracy hidden behind it.

"Eldest young master, don't worry, although the young one has changed his name to Shizhong, the one who is loyal is not the imperial court or the official family, but you, the young master. The young one has not forgotten who gave the young one a chance to survive when he was in poverty. The young master led the young one all the way, and now he has become a general soldier, so that
The small ones glorify their ancestors, such kindness can never be repaid by the small ones. "Han Meng immediately clasped his fists and said firmly, without any intention of being shaken.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Listen to me slowly, I will not doubt your loyalty. When you return to Yangzhou this time, you will immediately start to reorganize your armaments, and make a gesture of preparing for war at any time. In addition, you will urge Xing Shan to see his new status." The recruited army has been trained so well, the number should not be large, when I go back

It is enough to train [-] Beijing soldiers and [-] cavalry. The horses produced by the racecourse this year and the ones collected by Li Liangjin last time should be almost the same. "

"[-] infantry and [-] cavalry, this number of troops is already the limit of my calculations. If there are more, I will not be able to support them, and it will be a burden to Yangzhou."

"After you go back, besides training, read more books. If you don't understand, go to Jinling City to ask Li Linfu. If I need it, I will recruit you to Beijing at any time. After receiving my order, I will immediately send [-] cavalry to go north. [-] After the pawns, "

"Young master, is this a rebellion?"

Han Meng suppressed his voice and said, "If this is the case, it is not difficult to take down the capital with our troops. I have seen the defense of the capital. Five thousand elites can break the city, and the Song Dynasty lacks cavalry. The troops of the other commanders arrive at the capital first."

"Who told you that you were going to rebel?" Li Xiuyuan said: "The Great Song Dynasty still has its national destiny, and it is a taboo to go against the sky. Didn't Zhang Jiao at the end of the Han Dynasty be punished by heaven for rebellion, and died suddenly? Don't think about it, it's useless The change of dynasties has its own number of days, not to say that rebellion will succeed, and I didn't think
When I was the emperor, I asked you to mobilize the army because the national fortune of the Song Dynasty was in great decline, and I was afraid that there would be a catastrophe. "

"The state-owned catastrophe will lead to swordsmanship. I am planning for a rainy day, and I need a foreign aid like you to stay in the capital. Give me a strong reputation. Everything is waiting for my news. If there is no news from me, don't move around, otherwise You know the consequences."

"I understand." Han Meng nodded solemnly.

"When will the little one return to Yangzhou?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "After making preparations today, we will set off tomorrow and go to the Zhengqi Villa to send two hundred soldiers to escort, and then I will also let the Eight Great Kings accompany you. Now that you are the commander-in-chief, you are not what you used to be, and you can't be confused. The interception is on the way, although it is rare to intercept and kill officials ordered by the court.
Now, but who knows if there will be such a few lunatics, after all, even I have been assassinated, so it is right to be careful. "

"Thank you, Eldest Young Master, for your concern." Han Meng said gratefully.

Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said: "If you leave my side, you will use your brain more. It will be different when you become an official. You should be cautious and steady. If you don't know how to do it, you can do nothing. After all, if you accidentally step on the wrong If you take one step, not only you and me will be implicated, but your family will also be implicated.
You can also see some clues about the affairs above the imperial court today. Political battles are terrible, and one wrong step will lead to eternal doom. "

"That's all for now. Get ready at the Escort Bureau. Remember to bring back the rewards from other people. Wu Xiang and I can go to the six gates."

After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled Han Meng to leave.

"Young master, don't worry, the young one will definitely not disappoint you." Han Meng couldn't help tears welling up in his eyes.

In this world, only the young master treats me so kindly.

Such a person deserves his allegiance for generations.

Li Xiuyuan smiled: "Do your best, Han Meng, no, Han Shizhong."

After finishing speaking, he led Wu Xiang towards the Yamen with six doors.

Han Shizhong stood here and watched Li Xiuyuan leave before he shed tears, and then rode away: "Drive~!"

When Li Xiuyuan came to the gate of the six-door Yamen, he saw Cui Wei, who was already waiting here.

"I have met Master Li, Master Yan learned that Master Li is coming, so I specially ordered you to wait." Cui Wei saluted with his fists in his arms, and said respectfully.

"Master Yan? Is this Lord Yan who is in charge of the six doors?" Li Xiuyuan said, "I thought it was you, the chief arrester."

"My lord, you are joking. There is one chief arrester in each province, and the lowly position is just the chief arrester in the capital." Cui Wei said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Sorry, I'm not very clear about the position of the six doors. Since Mr. Yan knows that I'm coming, then the chief arrester Lao Cui will lead the way."

"Yes. My lord, please come this way, my lord." Cui Wei said.

Li Xiuyuan got off his horse, took Wu Xiang and a few soldiers accompanying him, and followed Cui Wei into the six gates.

This institution that does not exist in any history, but only exists in fiction, actually exists.

Sure enough, this world was different from the normal history he knew.

It can be said that it is different, except for the matter of gods and ghosts, there is not much difference, the change of dynasties is still as I know it well.

I don't know, I don't understand.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly.

(End of this chapter)