Wanli 1592

Chapter 66 The Last Level

To be honest, after receiving this news, Xiao Ruxun breathed a sigh of relief...

Just as he expected, the news of Zu Chengxun's defeat in Pyongyang and loss of soldiers gave a great stimulus to the military generals in the capital. One by one, they cried and shouted to the old father at home and said no, don't go to die, and make the family anxious!

Just now I made an agreement with Xiao Ruxun, please ask the old driver to bring his own useless children and grandchildren. He also said before that war is risky, and you guys may not be able to bear this hardship. Everyone said something to let Xiao Ruxun agree. I was still celebrating just now, and it turned out The Liaodong Army was defeated, and there was an uproar among the generals.

Feelings are not cats, but tigers!
The Wu Xuns were at a loss, and in the end they had no choice but to find a few older and thick-skinned people to meet Xiao Ruxun. As soon as they entered the door to explain their intentions, they saw Xiao Ruxun's face turn black—I didn't want it at the time, You dead pistons come here, now I want it, and you want to take it away?
"You guys are playing tricks on me?"

As soon as the five words were uttered, the old people couldn't hold back their face. They bowed and apologized. With Xiao Wenkui's "persuasion" at the side, Xiao Ruxun reluctantly agreed with a livid face, and felt that his face had been hurt. Great damage, I feel like I won't be able to play happily with everyone anymore!

This is not nonsense, Li Chengliang turned to the civil servants already made their life very difficult, if Xiao Ruxun, who has real skills, is really pushed to the civil servants, their life will only be more difficult!
Everyone thought about it, what are your requirements?You said, as long as we can do it, let's do our best. Anyway, we will still be friends in the future, and we will play together. If you want to leave us, please don't!We know it's wrong!

Xiao Ruxun let them hang out for two days before throwing out his own request - I wanted to go to North Korea to compete with the Japanese, but I heard that Li Chengliang was also doing activities in the court, planning to use his son Li Rusong as the main general Going to North Korea to gain bargaining chips for the Liaodong Army and himself, since everyone doesn't want to see Li Chengliang continue to be arrogant, then find a way to let me become the main general and suppress Li Chengliang!

Xiao Ruxun didn't have any prejudice against Li Rusong. Li Rusong was a very good soldier, but Li Chengliang had too many tricks, and later it developed to the point of disastrous to the country and the people, so he must not be allowed to go out of Liaodong again like before.

Although Wu Xun had no status and power, they were rich and powerful. They gathered together to engage in activities against the civil servants who had made friends with them before. The astonishing combat effectiveness also gave Xiao Ruxun an insight into the corruption of today's civilian politics.

The direction of the imperial court has changed, and the main combat faction has the upper hand!

A group of people headed by the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhao Zhigao, and the minister of the Ministry of War, Shi Xing, supported the war. Then, the ministers of the Ministry of household and the minister of rites expressed their attitudes, believing that "defending North Korea is actually protecting China." The next official department can't do it alone, and the main combat faction has already overwhelmed the main peace faction.

However, the martial arts were very mature. Soon, without the emperor expressing his attitude, the number of courtiers who supported Ningxia's heroic Northwest general Xiao Ruxun as the chief general began to catch up with the number of people who supported Li Rusong.

The reasons for supporting Xiao Ruxun's faction are military exploits and abilities. The ability to behead six thousand and the means of smashing Ningxia City are enough to prove that this person is proficient in military art and good at commanding troops, and he is also supported by the documents of the Ministry of War, so they are sure that Xiao Ruxun is the best. Candidates, and the opposition is the consistent reason - too young, only 22 years old, how could it be possible to become the leader of the first army? !Mostly lieutenants!Li Rusong is mature and experienced, he is the perfect candidate!
The faction opposing Li Rusong is not small. Most of them are at odds with the supporters of the Liaodong faction. They think that they cannot give Liaodong faction officials and military generals the possibility of raising their heads at this time. Opportunity!
So the opposition forcefully suppressed Li Rusong, pointing out that Li Rusong had been fighting for so many years, but Xiao Ruxun beheaded more people than Xiao Ruxun in the first battle. Fighting depends on talent. When Huo Qubing led tens of thousands of troops to fight, Xiao Ruxun was 22 years old!Not to mention that the Liaodong Army was defeated and the military discipline was not good. The Koreans did not protest once or twice!
But at this moment, the letter of credence requested by the North Korean envoy to transfer the gunners of the southern soldiers to the DPRK instead of the Liaodong Army, which is close at hand, has become an important bargaining chip, and it has also become the biggest stain on the Liaodong Army.

Against this background, the forces supporting Li Rusong began to weaken.

Immediately afterwards, news came from who knows where, saying that the emperor seemed to intend to send Xiao Ruxun as the main general to go to North Korea, which immediately caused a group of fencers to fall to Xiao Ruxun.

This made Li Chengliang and his backers very angry, and had no choice but to make a final resistance, and asked Xiao Ruxun to go to the Ministry of War to consult the battle situation, that is, an interview. They planned to make things difficult for this part, so that Xiao Ruxun retreated.

Of course, they didn't know what kind of preparations Xiao Ruxun, who had been pampered at home for three months, had made.

Grow a beard!right!Just grow a beard!
These old guys in the officialdom always like to say that there is no hair in their mouths and they can't do things well, but in fact they don't necessarily have to. Otherwise, how could there be so many high-ranking officials?It's just a psychological mischief, but I have to cater to it. After all, the environment is such that it's not difficult to grow a beard. It's just a little troublesome when making out with my beloved wife.

There are two beards on the lips, a short beard on the chin, the hair is tied up, put on a net towel, put on light armor, lean on a sword, and tidy up. The city of Beijing in August and September is not so hot. However, in order to secure the quota for this expedition, Xiao Ruxun went all out. The emperor's appreciation alone is not enough. The leader of the army will not be recognized by the officials, and it will be very troublesome.

The Ministry of War Yamen has been the place that controls the lifeblood of the generals since the Tumu Fortress Change. It's not that the Minister of the Ministry of War has such a great deterrent power. In fact, the real deterrent is the department called the Military Selection Department.

The four fattest departments in the Ming Dynasty were two in the Ministry of War, the Department of Military Selection and the Department of Arsenal, and the Department of Officials in two, the Department of Wenxuan and the Department of Kaogong. One controlled the promotion of generals and the lifeline of military equipment, and the other controlled the promotion and salary increase of civil servants. lifeblood.

Xiao Ruxun is now facing a joint interview with the Minister of the Ministry of War himself and the officers of the four divisions of the Ministry of War. It is said that officials from the entire Ministry of War who have nothing to do come to watch the interview today, watching this man who can compete with the famous Li Rusong in court. What do young people look like up and down.

Of course, apart from those who just watched the fun, many people also came with other intentions, and the number of the latter kind of people was relatively large.

The selection of generals is a major event in all dynasties. Although the Ming Dynasty has a civil servant as the supreme commander, the chief general also has a considerable degree of autonomy. Some of the more powerful generals sometimes do not pay attention to the civil superiors and make decisions on their own. There are also times, so a strong general who is good at fighting is also welcome.

Originally, if there was no Xiao Ruxun, Li Rusong would be the best candidate.

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