Han ride

Chapter 39

"What? He still wants to be crowned king?" In the big tent, Huang Taiji looked at his counselor in surprise, with an expression of disbelief on his face. Obviously he didn't expect Li Xin to propose such a condition, so he couldn't help He laughed dumbly and said: "This Li Xin really thought it out, actually wanting me to make him king? What kind of qualifications does he have for me to make him king?"

"Your Majesty, this servant thinks that what Li Xin said is correct." Fan Wencheng hurriedly persuaded him, "Have you ever heard of the story of a thousand pieces of gold buying a horse bone, Your Majesty?"

"Although I am a Manchu, I love the Confucian classics of the Central Plains. Of course I know about buying horse bones with thousands of dollars." Huang Taiji nodded and said: "Back then, King Yanzhao wanted to recruit virtuous ministers from all over the world. There was a man named Guo Kui. People told him a story. Once upon a time, there was a king who liked to play with horses. He wanted to buy a thousand-mile horse with a lot of money. After three years, he still had nothing. At this time, a courtier with a low position in the palace unexpectedly Volunteered to stand up and said, "Please give me this job!" The monarch nodded and agreed. Within three months, this man found a good horse that travels thousands of miles a day, but when he wanted to buy a horse, the But Chollima died. After thinking for a while, he still spent 500 taels of gold to buy back the dead horse's bones. When he returned to the palace with the bones of Chollima and returned to the king, the king was very angry when he saw that it was the bones of a horse. Angrily said: "I want a live horse. What's the use of buying this dead horse? Isn't it a waste of 500 taels of gold!" The courtier smiled and asked the monarch to calm down, saying that gold is not in vain. You would like to buy a dead horse You bought it at a high price, and when the news spread, people will believe that you are a monarch who loves good horses sincerely, and you know what you are talking about. In this way, someone must come to offer the horse yourself. Later, within a year, the monarch really got it. Three thousand-mile horses offered by others on their own initiative. Guo Kui compared himself to that horse bone. Mr. Wang asked me to make Li Xin king. Could it be that he thought that Li Xin’s horse bone could attract more capable men and sages?” Huang Taiji Immediately he saw through Fan Wencheng's plan, and there was some emotion in his words.

"That's right, let alone Li Xin's ability, I believe His Majesty has seen his bravery. Such a character is not only brave, but more importantly, his knowledge. He knows that if he hides in Dalinghe City, he will eventually die. , so he would rather risk his death on the battlefield to break out of the siege, he is very confident in his martial arts, this is the most important." Fan Wencheng explained: "Such a fierce general, your Majesty can give him an idea, I believe that he will definitely serve His Majesty for this idea, and when His Majesty unifies the world, it is also possible to make him a county king, or make other decisions."

"There is some truth to this point." Huang Taiji's eyes lit up, he quickly shook his head, and said, "The matter of becoming a king is easy to talk about, because it is only a matter of the future, but only the armor, weapons and horses, this point It’s hard to say! In case Li Xin is just pretending to surrender, didn’t I give these things to him?”

"Does Your Majesty think he has a chance to regret it?" Fan Wencheng said disdainfully: "He is now trapped in the Western Mountains, and the foot of the mountain is His Majesty's army. If he wants to break out, where will he go? To Jinzhou? Hehe, he and Emperor Chongzhen With revenge for killing his father, do you think that Li Xin would willingly sacrifice his life for Chongzhen’s son? Now that the world is so big, there are only two forces that can accept this person, one is Your Majesty, and the other is a bandit. My Qing Dynasty has risen like the sun, It is only a matter of time to win the Central Plains. Li Xin is not only brave, but also has extraordinary vision. This is the most important thing. He will not join those rogues. So he can only rely on His Majesty."

"You mean, I should give all the armor and equipment to Li Xin?" Huang Taiji still asked with some uncertainty.

"Huang Ama, my son thinks something is wrong." A voice came from outside the tent, but Hauge strode out, glared at Fan Wencheng, and said, "Huang Ama, the Han people are so cunning, and Li Xin is even more cunning." It's a cunning plan, my son thinks that giving him those armor and equipment is undoubtedly seeking skin from a tiger."

"Does Big Brother think Li Xin is a tiger?" Fan Wencheng said dissatisfied.

"I don't know if it's a tiger, but I do know that the armor and weapons of our Qing Dynasty are for our Qing warriors, not for Li Xin." Hauge said disdainfully: "Huang Ama, then How many people does Li Xin have, but only a few hundred, and the servants can kill Li Xin soon, so why send someone to persuade him to surrender? You have to pay the price?"

"Haoge, you only know how to fight and kill, but you don't know that if you can persuade Li Xin to surrender, it will be good for us." Huang Taiji said dissatisfiedly: "This Li Xin is not someone else, but a role model. It can be used as a model for the generals of the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Fan is right, Li Xin is a horse bone, and I want to use Li Xin as a horse bone to buy the hearts of scholars in the Central Plains. Brother, you have to remember, this It is easy to seize the world, but it is very difficult to govern the world. To govern the world, the first thing to do is to govern the hearts of the people, especially the hearts of scholars. Li Xin is both civil and military. He is not only brave, but more importantly, He is a descendant of Li Gu, the prefect of Huai'an in the Central Plains. This person is famous as a scholar in the Central Plains. If he can persuade Li Xin to surrender, our Qing Dynasty will have prestige among the scholars in the Central Plains and win the hearts of the people. Only very small."

"I will always remember Huang Ama's teachings." Hauge sighed after hearing the words, and said, "I am not worried about other things, but worried that Li Xin is not worth wooing. This person is extremely insidious."

"Mr. Fan is wise, how could he be fooled?" Huang Taiji said with a smile and waved his hands.

"Your Majesty, sage, hehe, if this Li Xin doesn't ask for any conditions, the servant will immediately ask Fourteen Baylor to conquer Xishan and kill Li Xin. Hehe, since Li Xin put forward the conditions, it means that Li Xin sincerely asked to surrender, but This person's condition is too high, and this servant can't agree to it, so I came back to ask His Majesty for instructions." Fan Wencheng said hastily, but there was no complacency in his words.

"Sir, I'm very relieved." Huang Taiji nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "It's just that the conditions he wants are too high. You can tell him that after I unify the Central Plains, I can make him the county king. Armor, After the weapons are returned to the camp, there will naturally be some. As for the horses, give him fifty first." As a king, it is impossible for Huang Taiji to let Li Xin put forward conditions, and it is impossible to agree to all these conditions, but this point Sweetness can still be given.

"I'll do it now, slave." Fan Wencheng said hastily.

"That's right. Li Xin is a brave general. I have a good thing to give him here. I believe that when he sees this thing, he won't be interested in other things." Huang Taiji clapped his hands suddenly and said. : "Come here, bring Fang Tian's painted halberd."

"twitter!"

"Your Majesty gave that thing to Li Xin?" Fan Wencheng seemed to have thought of something, his expression changed, and he said in surprise: "It is rumored that this thing belonged to Lu Bu, the Marquis of Wen, and has always been treasured by His Majesty. Where is it for Li Xin?"

"Only a fierce general like Li Xin can display his power." Huang Taiji shook his head and sighed, "Originally, I wanted to hand it over to him personally, but the price of fifty horses might not be enough for him to come forward." Come and submit to me, that’s why I asked you to bring it to him.”

"Your Majesty's words are true." Fan Wencheng also nodded, and said: "Li Xin is unparalleled in the world. I heard that the black cloud treading snow under his crotch is a Mongolian horse. If he breaks through by himself, I am afraid that our army will not be able to stop him. There will be countless casualties.”

"Chongzhen's child is incompetent, how can a person like him have such a strong general." Huang Taiji laughed loudly, and said to Fan Wencheng: "Sir, you can recruit this person. I will wait for your return at the gate."

"The servant leads the decree." Fan Wencheng glanced behind him, and sure enough, outside the big tent, there were two warriors standing there holding a Fang Tian painted halberd, and nodded involuntarily, and he was even more convinced that he wanted to surrender Li Xin. I'm confident.

"My lord, Fan Wencheng is here again." Yang Xiong rushed in and saw his face full of anger, as if Fan Wencheng owed him 10 taels of silver.

"What? Isn't it good to be here?" Li Xin said with a smile.

"But that old boy only had dozens of war horses, and his subordinates counted them, fifty at most." Yang Xiong said dissatisfiedly: "This Huang Taiji is really stingy, actually only sent fifty war horses?"

"As long as there is a war horse, we will take advantage of it." Shi Yuan said with a straight smile.

"Is the food and grass ready?" Li Xin nodded and asked.

"Don't worry, general, food, grass and other things have been prepared. As long as the general gives an order, we can go." Shi Yuanzhi nodded.

"Young Master, since Fan Wencheng is so important, let's just kill him. It can be regarded as cutting off one of Jiannu's arms." Yang Xiong said viciously.

"Kill him, it's cheap for him." A cold light flashed in Li Xin's eyes, and finally shook his head and said: "This person cannot be killed for the time being, I want to use him to warn those Han people who have surrendered to become slaves! Let them I know what it means to betray my ancestors."

"It's easy to kill Fan Wencheng, but if you kill Fan Wencheng, there are Li Wencheng and Zhang Wencheng." Shi Yuanzhi also nodded, and said, "It would be the best if we can solve this matter once and for all."

"Then we can only do this unless our Han people become stronger. Otherwise, this kind of thing will happen in any era." Li Xin shook his head and said, "What is a Fan Wencheng? I heard that Shanxi merchants are very active in Zhangjiakou. , these guys smuggled the embargoed items from the Central Plains to Jiannu, and he could take this opportunity to get a lot of money, and even sent the information on the Central Plains to Huang Taiji. If it weren't for them, how could Jiannu's development be like this Quickly. If Fan Wencheng should be killed, these Shanxi merchants should be killed even more."

(End of this chapter)