Beiyang new warlord

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Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Ma Shaoyu, who was half drunk, yelled impatiently: "I'm not free, I have something to give gifts and come back tomorrow!"

Bang, the door was kicked open, what do you mean by being arrogant and respectful?Seeing two big men in royal guards come in murderously and let go of the two leading cards, Mr. Ma fell to his knees on the ground in fright.

"My lords, can you bring me a booklet to the emperor? This official is really not the messenger of the Dongjiang thief. The official is a member of the imperial court, and he is a ghost of the imperial court when he dies!"

"Humph!"

Jin Yiwei stepped aside, and with a cold snort, Li Jiantai, a majestic Wuyingdian University scholar, walked in gloomyly, glanced at Ma Shaoyu who was lying on the ground, and said contemptuously.

"It's not time to lose your head. It's not too late to cry when the emperor bestows the white silk!"

To say that this Li Jiantai is really good, he brushed away the food and drink plates on the table with a bang, and sat there with a full of aura, and immediately asked in an official tone with a grunt.

"The old man asks you, Dongjiang really defeated Dongyao and recovered Kaiyuan Tieling?"

"Back to the Bachelor, I really recovered Kaitie. I experienced it myself. When I was fighting Tieling, I was sent to the front of the army to be cannon fodder, and now I still have an arrow on my body!"

After scrambling and sitting back, Ma Shaoyu lifted up his clothes, but Li Jiantai continued to ask with a gloomy expression.

"Then the Jilin City victory you said is also true?"

"It's absolutely true! The lower officials also participated in that stop, but they didn't become cannon fodder this time. On that day, Dongjiang fired all kinds of cannons and directly smashed the camp of Jiannu! Then the soldiers screamed with bayonets Rush upwards, that kills, the sea!"

"There are really so many? The emperor wants to send someone to testify the merits! If there are not so many, the Liao king that your family Mao Dongjiang is seeking will be suspended!"

"Examination of the head? It's a bit of a mystery. After building slaves and besieging the city for a month, the army has been infected with the plague. In order to fight the plague, the head was buried after the inspection."

"However, the eight main banners of the Eight Banners of the Eastern Captives were all captured by Dongjiang, as well as Huang Taiji's full guard of honor, three fake seals, and more than 500 large and small military flags. These can all be inspected. If you really have to inspect the head, then the dead When the pit is dug, the meat inside will be rotten, and the hair will not rot, there must be more than [-] braids!"

The old face was flushed from drinking, and he patted his chest. Ma Shaoyu yelled and swore, but Li Jiantai couldn't help muttering when he heard it.

"Then how do these Dong captives return?"

"Great scholar, what a captive! As long as the head is tested, will my supervisor's Liao throne be secure?"

Just now, he said that he was a minister of Ming Dynasty, and he was a ghost of Ming Dynasty when he died. Then he became the supervisor of my family again. This civil servant of Ming Dynasty is shameless enough, but Li Jiantai ignored him and nodded dullly. Immediately, he turned around and stood up, and actually went straight outside.

"What do you mean? Is it okay or not?"

Seeing Jin Yiwei and the neurotic academician wave their sleeves without taking away a cloud, Ma Shaoyu stared blankly at the closed gate in astonishment. After a while, this guy just let out an annoyed snort.

"Forget it, it's about the bird, and the real thing is to enjoy yourself in time. Wahahaha, beauty, the master is here again!"

Arms spread out like an old hen, this guy is a standard villain image in movies and flings towards a few famous courtesans.

After going around the Honglu Temple, Li Jiantai actually returned to the palace again, and the palace was already locked at night, Chongzhen even opened a green passage for him, and brought out a big earthen basket for pigs from the imperial dining room , A bachelor was transferred up, on the platform, a few old fellows were still waiting for him, and Chongzhen's reddened eyes were fixed on his face for the first time.

"how?"

The pretentious prestige just now disappeared completely, and Li Jiantai also knelt down on the ground all of a sudden, and kowtowed his head and replied.

"Your Majesty, this Ma Shaoyu is also a small character, and he doesn't know the news that is too important. However, according to his tone, Dongjiang has indeed won at least two battles, and there is no way to lie about taking back Kaiyuan Tieling. Based on this calculation, the gathering at The Eastern Captive Eight Banners in the Shanhaiguan area are all a group of defeated generals."

"Perhaps they are the defeated soldiers who were forced into a hurry by the Dongjiang thieves and wanted to make a fortune on my Daming's land!"

This is really an opportunity for Daming. If he picks up the opportunity and goes out, not to mention annihilating the Qing army, defeating them, and taking Jinzhou back, not only in terms of strategy, but also in the diplomatic pattern of Dongjiang. Zhang Guowei Wei Zaode almost The old guy obviously thought of this level, and his eyes lit up.

But then, another more practical question was thrown in front of him, with a little excitement on his face, and the emperor eagerly looked at his "branch ministers" again, and asked hurriedly.

"Who will oversee the army and keep captives?"

Once again, the active atmosphere on the platform turned into an awkward silence. Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Zheng Chongjian, who had gone out to supervise the army before, and even Chongzhen's favorite minister Yang Sichang did not end well. For Zhang Guowei of the Ministry of War, he Zhang Fengyi, the old senior of Zhang Fengyi, is a living example. He was so desperate that he took rhubarb and died.

Moreover, the Qing army was defeated, so why not the Ming army? Jizhen Town, the first line of defense in the capital, has been defeated by Dongyao, but the Wu Sangui soldiers in Shanhaiguan who were worthy of the first battle were also defeated in the Songjin War. No one has the confidence to defeat even the defeated army. Eight Banners of the Qing Army.

Following this kneeling silence, Chongzhen's face became gloomy again, and with anger, his shoulders began to tremble violently.

"Your Majesty, the trouble is very serious. It is related to the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty. It cannot be decided in a hurry. I think it is better to wait for the decision with the ministers at the Great Court Meeting tomorrow!"

After all, it was the chief assistant of the cabinet, He Xini's ability was outstanding, and before Chongzhen got angry, Chen Yan kowtowed heavily.

"What Lord Shoufu said is very true, I should wait tonight and prepare again."

Afraid of being pushed out to oversee the army, Zhang Guowei kept kowtowing.

None of the six cabinet ministries could stand up and take care of things. Chongzhen was finally disappointed, turned around exhausted and disheartened, and waved his hands behind him like chasing flies.

"Go down!"

"The ministers obey the order."

They came out again in a big earthen basket containing pigs, and the sedan chairs of several families were waiting there faithfully. Several big men looked at each other speechlessly, hugged each other's fists, and immediately scattered away.

It was already late at night, and it was almost early in the morning, but Li Jiantai still hadn't returned home. Unlike Chen Yanwei Zaode who were either from Jiangnan, Sichuan or Zhili, Li Jiantai was from Shanxi, a big landlord in Quwo, Shanxi The hometown of Shanxi merchants, his family can be regarded as half of Shanxi merchants.

In the capital, there is a shop opened by his family brother Li Jianyun.

After leaving the palace, he went straight to Li Jianyun's shop.

In the middle of the night, even the hard-working Shanxi merchants' shops had already closed their doors, and the servants knocked on the door for a long time before the workers rubbed their blurry eyes and got out impatiently.

"Who is it? I don't sleep in the middle of the night, and the store has already closed. What do you want to buy? Tomorrow, whoops, why are you here, sir! Open the door and pour tea! Little Liu, hurry up and let the boss Shout out!"

Silently, Li Jiantai hurried through the door.

The merchants in Shanxi seem to be all carved from the same mold. They wear rare earthen cloth robes. The most expensive thing on their bodies is the piece of emerald green in front of the melon skin hat on the top of their heads. This mold can’t be seen when there are a lot of them in the capital. He is a rich businessman with a net worth of several 10 taels, who opened his shop from Shanxi to the capital and then to the south of the Yangtze River.

In this day and age, the official position, even the clan elders, trembled when they saw Li Jiantai, a senior official, and slapped both of them severely, to get rid of the confused sleepiness, and Li Jianyun smiled welcome up.

"Brother Fuyu, what brought you here to Brother Wei?"

As always, the morale of the university, cherishing words like gold, sat down in the small flower pavilion that had just been lit, still with a straight face, Li Jiantai asked gloomyly: "Brother Yunzhong, your business seems to be in Dongjiang, right?" !"

"Half of the cloth in our shop comes from the Dongjiang River. What's the matter? Could it be that the Dongjiang road has committed some taboo recently? The imperial court is going to close the road, or something?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Li Jianyun's slender old face like fried dough sticks suddenly became nervous. Nowadays, high-end cloth is seen in Jiangnan, and most of the market for low-end cloth is monopolized by Dongjiang's cheap woven cloth. The Shaanxi native cloth is more than [-]% cheaper. If the supply of Dongjiang is cut off, he will really lose a lot of money.

"How do you feel, Dong Jiang?"

Still the pretentious fan who cherishes words like gold, and still looking gloomy, Li Jiantai continued to ask.His mind and appetite were lifted, but he couldn't get an answer. Li Jianyun's old fritters looked as uncomfortable as pickled radish, but he still didn't dare not answer, he could only nod his head eagerly.

"That place is a good place! It used to be a barren land, but it has developed too fast in the past few years. The city of Tieshan has spread from Tieshan to the harbor. Its prosperity is no less than that of Jiangnan. Maodongjiang has a lot of business. Every year, there are thirty or forty Saipan boats docking, bringing a lot of Western things, as well as Silla maidservants from Korea of ​​the Lee family, Japanese female geisha from the Japanese country, and the hot spring hotels in Baima City. .”

Peach blossoms appeared on his cheeks, and the old You Tiao's face was full of spring rippling, as if thinking of something lewd, his old face was full of joy.