Gui Jin, the commander-in-chief of Datong, just came out of the governor's office that day. He saw Xie Sheng, the commander of Xinpingbao in Datong, leading his troops to go north with a load of grain, grass and beans. He asked, "Who is this for?"
Jie Shengyin and Gui Jin were related by marriage, so he said, "It's for Admiral Li."
Gui Jin clicked his tongue: "He only has ten thousand soldiers and horses, why should he be given so much?"
Jie Sheng said: "Because we didn't do anything, no letter was sent from the Governor's Yamen to the Governor's Yamen and the sub-inspection roads to borrow food."
With that said, Jie Sheng continued: "Cousin, tell me, how come these civil servants were so cooperative when preparing provisions for him, Li Rusong, without any embarrassment at all, and they even prepared an extra 20,000 sets of winter clothes!"
"It makes people unconvinced just thinking about it. Last year, our Xinpingbao defeated the barbarians with only a thousand cavalry. In terms of merit, we should have been rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver coins, but in the end we only received 3,000 taels."
Jie Sheng couldn't help but get angry as he said this: "So, tell me, what's going on? Don't they usually hate this person named Li with all their teeth? They scold him for being ignorant and easy to kill. Why do they do this to him instead?" People with the surname Li are more generous! On the contrary, those of us who support them in front of them and wag our tails like dogs are often embarrassed."
Gui Jin also clenched her fists gradually: "It seems that we are too cheap! If you don't take yourself seriously, naturally you can't expect others to take you as a human being! It's not like Li Rusong is the only one who has the right to perform secret music!"
After hearing this, Xie Sheng asked, "What do you mean?"
"I'm going to file a complaint to Your Majesty. I'm going to accuse them of using our reward money and food to make up for their shortfall! And they let traitors like Ruan Jing sneak in!"
Gui Jin said.
After hearing this, Jie Sheng became a little hesitant: "It is always civil servants who sue military attachés. Can we really sue them?"
Gui Jin looked at Jie Sheng: "Why are you afraid again?"
"Isn't Li Rusong's example before you? He sued the governor, but the governor was afraid of him. As for you, you didn't even dare to offend the county magistrate, so you had to pay half your salary and sleep in the open to escort people thousands of miles away. share!”
"Too!"
After hearing this, Jie Sheng also clenched his fists and made up his mind to be tough in the future.
But Xiesheng then carefully escorted the grain and beans to Li Rusong's camp.
After all, Li Rusong didn't dissatisfy him, and he even admired Li Rusong.
"And added 20,000 sets of winter clothes?"
After Li Rusong received grain, beans and other supplies, he asked Xiansheng because the civil servants had prepared 20,000 extra sets of winter clothes for him.
When Li Rusong asked, Jie Sheng replied: "This is what Zheng Butang meant. Since the Duke is going to take the initiative and go on an expedition beyond the Great Wall, he should prepare things to keep out the cold so as not to take them later."
Li Rusong squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then handed over the supplies to Jiesheng.
"Admiral, what does this mean?"
Wang Sheng couldn't help but ask Li Rusong.
Li Rusong said: "This means moisturizing things silently."
After talking, Zha Damshou came over and said, "Sir, I have a secret message sent to you."
Li Rusong then received the letter. When he saw that the letter was just about family matters, about his cousin getting a daughter and that his aunt was pregnant again, he said to Zha Da: "Call the person who brought the letter. "
"yes!"
Not long after, a servant of the Li family appeared in front of Li Rusong, kowtowed and said, "I've seen you, sir."
Li Rusong asked: "Master, don't you even trust me now?"
The servant didn't answer.
Li Rusong asked again: "Tell me, what message did the master bring?"
The servant then began to answer: "He said that the bandits must be suppressed, but they cannot be suppressed completely. I want you to remember that it is okay to interrupt your own business, but it is not good to interrupt other people's wealth!"
Li Rusong said: "I understand! You can go back."
"yes!"
After the servant left, Li Rusong said to Zha Damou, "Isn't the Grand Master not liquidated? Why is my father still so afraid of them?"
"I guess it's not because I'm afraid, but because I don't want to incur hatred. The less I offend one person, the less I will be hated by one person."
"The golden mean! Don't wrong others if you can do it without wronging others."
Zha Damou replied.
"You, a big-hearted guy, do you believe this too?"
Li Rusong couldn't help but ask Zha Damou.
Zha Da smiled at the ridicule.
Li Rusong said at this time: "But what Mr. Qingteng taught me is to follow the heart and not the people. To follow the heart is great wisdom, and to follow people is great foolishness. In Jingwei Martial Arts School, the emperor wants us to repeat the strong style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, saying that we are strong Only when the family is strong can the country be strong, and even the nation can be strong.”
"What do you think?"
Li Rusong asked Zha Damou as he spoke.
"Well, your majesty has more power than me, so you should listen to your majesty."
Zha Damou replied.
“Succinct and to the point!”
Li Rusong nodded, and then secretly reported to Zhu Yijun that night: "Zheng Gong, the minister, has mastered the military preparations, the cave belongs to the bandits, and he is more understanding of people. I asked him for food and fodder, and he actually prepared 20,000 sets of winter clothes, which is very obvious." I have the intention to fulfill my duty of suppressing the bandits, but I do not want to support the bandits and do not care about the common people of the country."
The next day, Li Rusong also had someone bring a letter to Sanniangzi, saying that he hoped she would allow him to become a naturalized soldier.
When Sanniangzi received this letter, she had just received more than 70,000 taels of coal mine silver from Xu Zhenming.
"Mother, you are right. It is better to submit to the imperial court and cooperate with the imperial court than to go to the border area."
The beloved son of the Third Lady looked at several large boxes of silver coins, and said, "I don't know how much silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty can be exchanged for it."
After saying that, he was rude and asked, "It's just these silver coins. Will the court not recognize them?"
"Why don't you recognize it? There is a portrait of Emperor Gao on it! If he doesn't recognize it, isn't he afraid that we will smelt these silver coins?"
"The only thing I'm worried about now is that with so many silver coins coming in for the first batch of bonuses, I'm sure I won't be able to hide it from the other tribes, especially the big losers!"
"And if this is the case, the mining profits will be shared with them in the future!"
The third lady frowned and said.
After hearing this, he was rude and looked at Sanniangzi: "What do you mean, mother?"
"We built Guihua City, and we took the lead in mining with the imperial court. Why can they still take advantage of us in the future while they are killing people?"
After asking, Sanniangzi said in a deep voice: "They should be eliminated!"
He nodded impolitely: "Yes, these silvers should only belong to us Tumut!"
Sanniangzi gave Li Rusong's letter to him to avoid being rude: "Please read this letter, now you have an opportunity."
Not being rude, he opened the letter and read it, and became furious as soon as he saw it:
"Mother, this man named Li is really deceiving others! He actually said that he would lead an army to naturalize by way of notification, instead of by way of request."
"It's both a notice and a threat!"
Sanniangzi replied and said: "But it doesn't matter. After all, we have already surrendered to the imperial court, and even the name of Guihua City was given by the imperial court. First, you should tell the whereabouts of the eldest mistress and the barbarians such as Chao Hua. The mastermind behind the scenes told Admiral Li, and then gave him an opportunity to perform meritorious service in the desert! However, we will also get a part of this merit. You remember to ask Admiral Li for orders when the time comes, and together we can conquer the stubborn bandits who do not surrender to the imperial court."
“This way, there will be fewer people to share the mining profits.”
"Mom is still smart!"
No, he was rude and said with a smile, and then said: "I'll do it right now!"
(End of chapter)
