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"The name slave is just a title. Many Jurchens call themselves slaves, and there is no derogatory connotation. Moreover, Tianming Khan treated the Han officials who defected to the Jin Dynasty very favorably, promising high-ranking officials generous salaries, and clarifying the lordship. It's not an exaggeration." Li Yongquan defended himself and the Han officials of the Jin Kingdom.
In fact, he had stayed in the Kingdom of Jin for a long time and didn't think there was anything wrong with calling himself a slave. Many people who wanted to be slaves were not qualified.
"I also heard that the old slave made a rule in Liaodong, specifically to kill people who have no grain. Such people who kill the people under their rule do not look like a wise master." Liu Heng said with a half-smile but not a smile.
Li Yongquan's face turned red with embarrassment.
It was Tianming Khan's decision to hunt down the grainless people. Even though he knew it was a wrong decision, how dare they, the Han officials, to stop him? It was already very difficult to protect his own children.
Liu Heng tapped the table with his fingers a few times and said, "I sent you here because I think you have something to ask for and ask for my Tiger Flag!"
There was no friendship at all between the Tiger Character Banner and the slave thieves. They even had disagreements over the Shanxi merchants and even fought on the grassland several times.
Without the Shanxi merchants who sent all kinds of important materials such as grain and iron to the slaves and thieves in Liaodong, the slaves and thieves in Liaodong would have a more difficult life than at this period in history.
"Dongzhu Liu is joking. He is the lord of a country with destiny and enjoys the world, so how can he ask for help? I came here this time because I, Dajin, don't want to see a righteous man like Dongzhu Liu being harmed by the Ming court, so I came here specifically to help Dongzhu Liu and his family. With the tiger character flag." Li Yongquan looked like I was doing good for you.
Liu Heng chuckled lightly, took out his pipe, stuffed it with a pinch of tobacco, lit it with a fire stick, took a puff, blew out a smoke ring from his mouth, and said: "You talk so high-sounding, I'm not here to ask for help."
"Dajin enjoys the land of Liaodong, and every time the Ming army is defeated, it is sure to win. Now the Ming army can only retreat on the front line of Guanning, Jinzhou. We, Dajin, have such power, why do we need people?" Li Yongquan said impassionedly .
Liu Heng clicked his lips, took a puff of cigarette, and said contemptuously: "Old slave is really so capable. He has already captured the Guanning front line and led the army into the pass. Instead of explaining that the army has shrunk to the Guanning front line in Jinzhou, it is better to say that Lao Nu But the Ming army is guarding Guanning in Jinzhou. I don’t think I have a chance to capture the cities of Jinzhou and Ningyuan in this life."
According to historical records, he knew that the old slave was not far from death. The sixth year of the Apocalypse was the day when he returned to the West, and the pseudo-gold replaced him with a more threatening figure to take over his throne.
The old slave's life was a situation of local vassal disaster. From the massacre of the Han people under the rule, it can be seen that the pattern was limited, but the man who took over later was brilliant and wise, and improved the conflict between the Jurchens and the Han people, allowing the ruler to The Han people below became a usable force in his hands.
"Please show Liu Dongzhu some respect for Tianming Khan. After all, Tianming Khan is also the king of Dajin. Liu Dongzhu is just a vigilante in the Ming Dynasty." Li Yongquan opened and closed his mouth to Liu Heng and kept calling him an old slave, feeling very sad in his heart. uncomfortable.
As a minister, he had no tolerance for his master. When he heard that his master was deliberately humiliated, if he were in Liaodong, he would have slashed at the person who humiliated Tianming Khan.
Liu Heng glanced at him sideways and said: "The old slave is just a rebel. Who is the leader of the country? Who recognizes him as the leader of the country? He thinks that under the banner of the Jin State, he really becomes a descendant of the Jin State. Seeing that you are also a scholar, you don’t know who the Jin people were in the Northern Song Dynasty, and who the fake gold people are today. Not everyone who comes out of the old forest is a descendant of the Jin people. Don’t put gold on your face. ”
"You..." Li Yongquan's chest heaved with anger.
As the envoy of Daikin, he did not expect that Liu Heng, the proprietor of the Tiger Flag, would humiliate Daikin like this, and he could feel that Liu Heng did not take Daikin too seriously at all.
Liu Heng knocked the ashes from the cigarette pot a few times and was too lazy to talk nonsense anymore. He asked directly: "Tell me, what do you want me to do here? Don't say such hypocritical words as it is for your own good. I don't have time to listen. If you have something to say, just say it, if nothing happens, get out."
For this kind of Han who completely abandoned his ancestors and was willing to be a slave of the Jurchens, he had no favor at all. If he didn't want to know the old slave's purpose, he wouldn't even meet him.
Li Yongquan calmed his mind and said: "Tianming Khan knows that Liu Dongzhu resists the suppression of the Ming court and is willing to form an alliance with you to conspire with the Ming Dynasty."
"That's it?" Liu Heng asked.
Li Yongquan nodded and said: "Although the soldiers and horses under Liu Dongzhu have the upper hand for the time being, that is because I, Dajin, have involved millions of Ming troops in Liaodong. Once these millions of Ming troops come to the west to declare great power, Dongzhu Liu may not be able to In order to resist, it is beneficial to both parties if you and I cooperate.”
Liu Heng curled his lips disdainfully after hearing this.
He admitted that the Ming army had elite soldiers and horses in Liaodong. Otherwise, one million taels of food every year would be all for dogs. But to say that there was an army of one million, this kind of statement simply fooled his ordinary peasant rebel generals.
According to his estimate, the number of soldiers and horses on the front line of Guanning in Jinzhou must not exceed 200,000. Among them, there are at most tens of thousands of elites. Counting the common people, there can be millions.
"Dr. Liu, don't you believe what I'm saying?" Li Yongquan noticed the disdainful expression on Liu Heng's face.
Liu Heng did not answer him directly, but asked: "Your name is Li Yongquan, who are you Li Yongfang?"
"That's my cousin. Now he's your consort. If Liu Dongzhu is willing to come and vote, Tianming Khan may be happy and choose a princess to marry Liu Dongzhu." Li Yongquan mentioned his cousin, his face full of emotion. Get color.
Because of the presence of Li Yongfang, the consort of Dajin, the Li family received more attention from Tianming Khan than other Han people in Dajin.
Liu Heng smiled contemptuously and said: "My knees are not very good. I cannot kneel on the knees of foreigners, and I have no habit of being a slave for others. As for women of foreign races, if I want them, I will come and get them myself. There is no need for others to give them to me." .”
"Ha, Dongzhu Liu is really brave." Li Yongquan replied sarcastically.
He looked down on the rebels like Liu Heng in the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of his heart. Even if he could temporarily win a few battles with the Ming Dynasty, they would be destroyed sooner or later, and they could not be compared with Da Jin at all.
Their Dajin momentum was already established, and the Ming army could only retreat with the help of the fortified city. They did not dare to go out of the city to face the Dajin army. Even if they were not as good as the ancient Jin Kingdom, they were still comparable to Xixia.
Liu Heng was not angry because of people like Li Yongquan, but said: "I probably understand your purpose of coming. Go back and tell the old slave that our Tiger Flag will not cooperate with foreigners like him. By the way, tell you that for me." Cousin, if you do too many evil things, not only will you not be able to die well, but your family will also be harmed."
