Wanli 1592

Chapter 276 Unhappy Li Chengliang
As a scholar who once had passion, ideals and pursuits, Wang Xijue had a dream. However, struggling and wandering in the vanity fair, Wang Xijue gradually lost his original aspiration, and the deteriorated Confucianism could no longer create the grand occasion of Confucius and his three thousand disciples. , although his disciples are no less than one million, but less than three thousand have truly inherited his ideas. The ideas inherited by Taoists and Neo Confucianists are extremely conservative and outdated theories, and they cannot be called saints.

Wang Xijue is obviously not a saint, he is just a bureaucrat, not even a scholar. Although he once had ideals, now he only has the desire to survive.

The condition for Wang Xijue's survival is to live under the surveillance of the royal family for the rest of his life. He will clearly know that the royal family's eyeliner is around him, and he will know very well that the sleeping concubines beside him may belong to the royal family. People, but he has nothing to do, he must dance with these people who will take his life at any time, because he has a shocking secret, a secret that can shake the emperor's rule.

Although he successfully prevented the tragedy from happening, the price was to pay for the rest of his life. He will resign in three months at the latest, leave the capital, leave this Vanity Fair forever, return to his hometown, and live the rest of his life. He was destined to be powerless to resist. Thinking of this, he gradually saw through the world of mortals.

The day before the army arrived in the capital, Li Chengliang finally couldn't stand his communication, and ran to Wang Xijue's house to ask for an interview. Wang Xijue did not stop Li Chengliang this time, and received Li Chengliang openly, smiling and telling Li Chengliang about his past love However, he didn't say anything about what Li Chengliang was most concerned about, which made Li Chengliang extremely depressed and puzzled.

Finally, Li Chengliang couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked: "Master Ge, what should we say about Xiao Ruxun and my son Rusong? Xiao Ruxun has made such great achievements. Would His Majesty want to use them as an excuse?" Xiao Ruxun will replace me, Mrs. Li, in guarding Liaodong?"

Wang Xijue smiled and said, "Why do you think so?"

"Isn't it?" Li Chengliang said anxiously: "Xiao Ruxun can fight, lead troops and train soldiers. He has subdued the Japanese country and brought so much money to the court. The emperor will definitely want to use Xiao Ruxun to completely solve the Mongolian war. Jurchen's problem, besides, Xiao Ruxun's prestige has soared now, seeing that many lords of Jingzhong don't take me seriously, and they all go to Xiao's house to curry favor with Xiao Wenkui, how should I deal with myself?"

Wang Xijue looked at Li Chengliang who was jumping up and down anxiously, as if he saw himself through Li Chengliang.

"Don't worry about it. After this battle, Li Rusong will be in charge of Liaodong General."

Li Chengliang was surprised at first, then overjoyed, and quickly asked: "Xiao Ruxun won't take my Li family instead? That's great! Then...Xiao Ruxun, he..."

Li Chengliang became worried about gains and losses again, and seemed to be frightened by the ferocity of Xiao Ruxun, a rising star. The earlier Li Chengliang who was so angry that he was as angry as a tiger was no longer seen, and now this person who has been eroded by the years has no ambitions and has degenerated into a politician. Li Chengliang is really old.

"Xiao Ruxun will be appointed by His Majesty as the commander-in-chief of the Yunnan imperial frontier, commanding the soldiers of Yunnan to conquer the Dongwu Kingdom, and completely clean up the Dongwu Kingdom that has harassed our border for more than ten years.

"Conferred the title of Marquis?" Li Chengliang was stunned: "I, Li Chengliang, have been in the border for more than ten years. I have won hundreds of battles and won ten victories, and only got the title of Earl. Xiao Ruxun can be named a Marquis after only two battles?!"

Li Chengliang looked very reconciled, feeling that the glory of his lifetime of struggle had been surpassed by others, and his position as the number one general in the Wanli period had been taken away, which made him very upset.

Wang Xijue sneered, he couldn't say it in person, but he knew exactly how much water was in Li Chengliang's top ten victories. The earl was just a civil servant of the Liaodong line who took advantage of the situation and shaped Li Chengliang, the God of War, for the sake of political struggle. However, Xiao Ruxun's two wars brought benefits that cannot be ignored to the country, especially the Korean War.

Tens of millions of taels of silver are worth decades of Ming Dynasty's central tax revenue, which means two years of tax revenue can be used in each year of Ming Dynasty, which greatly eases the financial burden of the imperial court. Big plus.

Therefore, when the emperor withdrew the three kings and conferred the summoning order, and ordered Xiao Ruxun to enter the rank, he was passed by the officials without any resistance, making Xiao Ruxun the No. 1 military general in the Wanli period. , There is no controversy, but the controversy of your Marshal Li has not dissipated so far. This comparison of gold content is not an order of magnitude, so what are you talking about?

"Xiao Ruxun brought tens of millions of taels of silver to the imperial court, and the imperial court will have a lot of money in the next ten years, so Xiao Ruxun has a very good reputation among the courtiers, especially the officials of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War, who highly respect Xiao Ruxun , still privately praised Xiao Ruxun as the number one general of the Ming Dynasty, General Li, you should stop getting entangled in this matter, besides, Li Rusong will be named the general soldier of Liaodong, isn’t it your dream? ?”

Li Chengliang was blocked by Wang Xijue and had nothing to say, but he was upset in his heart.

"Elder Ge, I know this too. I just can't bear the sight of that kid who turned against me as soon as he came to the capital, and even competed with my son for the position of leader. If it weren't for him, I would have fought this battle, and my son would definitely be able to do it." With such great achievements, it will be my son, not Xiao Ruxun, who will be knighted!"

What Li Chengliang said was very unstandard, so Wang Xijue sneered: "Don't put Xiao Ruxun's meritorious service on Li Rusong's head, the result will be really different if you change someone, Li Rusong is good at using cavalry, but not good at using firearms This time, Xiao Ruxun used more than 600 cannons and countless blunderbuss to fight the Japanese pirates.

Xiao Ruxun was the first general in Ming Dynasty to be so good at using firearms since Qi Shaobao. In this battle, Xiao Ruxun only had Li Rusong's cavalry, which had never exceeded [-] cavalry. Li Rusong, would it be okay? "

Li Chengliang was very depressed. He really couldn't say this. The Liaodong Army always despised firearms and didn't use them very much at all. They used three-eyed guns. It is said that Xiao Ruxun didn't like three-eyed guns very much. Gun, advocates the firearms battle method of combining hot and cold.

Even in Xiao Ruxun's official document to the Ministry of War, he suggested that the firearms of the previous generation, such as the three-eyed blunderbuss, Thunderbolt blunderbuss, bowl-mouth blunderbuss, etc., should be completely eliminated. The Ming army should establish a special firearms unit and install Francophone blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss to achieve long-range and short-range firepower strikes. Nets, cavalry should also cooperate with fast mobile firearms units such as vehicles and guns.

The Liaodong Army and some troops in the coastal areas naturally protested strongly. The bird gun is too difficult to use, and it is not as easy to use as the Huomen Gun. They are unwilling to upgrade, and there is no more powerful threat. It was not small, and there was a lot of protests within the Liaodong Army. In addition, Xiao Ruxun had a feud with the Liaodong Army before, and it was only because of Xiao Ruxun's unparalleled prestige that the Liaodong Army did not dare to make trouble.

But the unhappiness of the Li family father and son is indelible.

(End of this chapter)