Wanli 1592

Chapter 299

Nodding his head, Yang Zhao said, "The key lies in raising the bandits' self-respect and relying on the court! Ji Xin, do you know why good fighters don't have great achievements?"

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "A good fighter can eliminate the mastermind before the war begins, so the war will naturally disappear, but without a war, there will be no military achievements. It is the so-called good fighters who have no great achievements."

Yang Zhao nodded: "Yes, that's the truth, and Li Chengliang is well aware of the truth, so although the credit for the ten victories at the beginning is true, but it is obviously an enemy that can be eliminated in a single battle, and Li Chengliang has to use it. Ten times, let the people suffer nine times more, let the soldiers suffer nine times more, and let the country pay nine times more money and food, in exchange for his great contribution to the ten victories and the title of earl.

And in the court, after Li Chengliang served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, he paid special attention to making friends with the ministers of the court. As long as he valued those who had the potential to enter the cabinet, he would give a lot of money and treasures, and sometimes even beauties, especially Zhang Juzheng back then. When the power was in the six parts, he and Qi Jiguang competed in giving things, this one gave money, the other treasure, that one gave women, and this one gave great tonic medicine, which became a bad talk for a while.

Until Qi Jiguang fell because of Zhang Juzheng's downfall, Li Chengliang passed the test safely, do you know why?You know, when the emperor took the initiative to show his favor to Li Chengliang, Li Chengliang rejected the emperor's kindness. This matter was an open secret in the court. Even so, Li Chengliang was safe and sound. His son should be an official, a general, and a general. It hasn't changed, but has a higher status.

And this is Li Chengliang's brilliance. He not only makes friends with a person in power, but casts his net everywhere. When he sees that there is a possibility of entering the cabinet, he sends money and things to try his best to curry favor. Therefore, several cabinet ministers after Zhang Juzheng With Li Chengliang's relationship, Li Chengliang's backers came one after another. When the backers arrived, he didn't fall down. This is not a skill. "

Xiao Ruxun knew it in his heart, but he still asked: "However, this kind of opportunism is despised by honest men, so there are many people in the court who despise Li Chengliang, and people continue to impeach Li Chengliang, which makes Li Chengliang dismissed from the post of Liaodong General Army , was imprisoned in this capital."

Yang Zhao nodded: "That's right. Li Chengliang's success depends on people willing to spend money. There are many connections and contacts in the court, but the bad things happen in this place. What a struggle inside the court. Intense? If you are a military general, you can find a cabinet minister as a backer, which is equivalent to his power. When he needs to fight against political opponents, can you do nothing? Is it enough to just pay? That is obviously impossible.

Therefore, Li Chengliang has been constantly involved in various political struggles and cannot get out. After many years, he was exhausted and unable to support himself, so he made a mistake and was defeated by his political opponents. .

However, even so, Ji Xin, he still has the most political energy among generals, which is not even available in the five major kingdoms. The five major kingdoms are supported by the shadow of their ancestors. So this time when you came back from a big victory, Li Chengliang was worried that you would be sent to Liaodong as the commander-in-chief and ruin his foundation, so he tried every means to get you to the south, and it was Vietnam, the better, so that you could not threaten him in Liaodong. Foundation.

But no matter how you say it, the general's personal ability is also very important. You have a little special ability. If others see you as useful, they cannot allow you to be killed for no reason. He was cited as an arm of the party struggle, so someone protected him, and you, because you made too much money in the Japanese country, attracted the attention of the court ministers. Get more money elsewhere for them to squander, so you're out of danger as long as their appetites aren't filled. "

Xiao Ruxun can also figure out these things, but as a veteran in the officialdom, Yang Zhao obviously understands the truth better. intensity.

However, Xiao Ruxun didn't care about these things, because he didn't want to stay in the capital at all, nor would he stay in the capital.

"Although Li Chengliang's secret actions made my son-in-law feel a little contemptuous, but my son-in-law has to say that my son-in-law still has to thank Li Chengliang, because my son-in-law doesn't plan to stay in the capital as an official at all. Even if Li Chengliang doesn't do anything, my son-in-law will do it himself Apply for a foreign transfer and go to the frontier to guard the border."

Yang Zhao smiled slightly, and asked, "Is the virtuous son-in-law in the capital?"

"That's right, my son-in-law's ambition is not in the capital, it's better to say that my son-in-law's ambition is in the south, in the Dongwu country. It's my happiest thing to be able to conquer Dongwu country."

"This is a rare thing. Everyone says that the Central Plains is good and the south of the Yangtze River is good, but the land in the south of the Lingnan has been a barren and uncivilized land since ancient times. Even now, there are many uncivilized places in the land of the south of the Lingnan, not to mention In that small country of Dongwu, in a wild and undeveloped land, where is the ambition of a man?"

Yang Zhao was rather curious about his ambition as a son-in-law who rides the dragon quickly.

"The more wild the land, the more wars can be waged, the more battles can be fought, and the more merits can be claimed. Those stable and prosperous lands are indeed comfortable, and you can get what you want, but my son-in-law thinks that comfort is such a thing. Things can be enjoyed after he becomes an official. The son-in-law is only in his 20s, so it is too simple to retire so early.

Moreover, my son-in-law was very yearning for Zheng He's voyage to the West, and wanted to see what Zheng He recorded about the current situation of the Nanyang countries, and the red-haired barbarians who invaded our dynasty during the Jiajing period also came from the north of Nanyang. , although they were repelled for a while, but it is reported that they have been entrenched on the Nanyang Islands and have not left, so they may not make a comeback like the Japanese pirates. The Hongmaoyi weapons are excellent and the firearms are excellent. The firearms of the Ming Dynasty are imitated from the Hongmaoyi. As for how good Hongmaoyi's firearms are now, my son-in-law doesn't know.

So my son-in-law hopes to take advantage of this opportunity to go south to Nanyang and conquer Dongwu Kingdom, and at the same time try to contact the red-haired barbarians in Nanyang. If he can get the secrets of the firearms and ships in their hands without fighting, then Best of all, if it takes a fight to get it, my son-in-law would also like to compete with those red-haired barbarians to see how sophisticated their firearms are. "

These words made Yang Zhao frowned.

"Red-haired barbarians? Franji people? There is some truth in what you say. At the beginning, the red-haired barbarians were raging in Guangdong, and our army suffered some losses. It was thanks to the imitation firearms and ships that we defeated the red-haired barbarians, but the losses were also great." Not small, the blunderbusses that Daming uses today are imitations captured from the red-haired barbarians back then, but I really don’t know if the firearms of those red-haired barbarians are more sophisticated and better than Daming again. , the technique of detecting things is even more powerful than Da Ming, so I really have to guard against it..."

(End of this chapter)