please make me king

Chapter 1122 Toast Lu

"Father, are you really sure about this matter?" An immature boy asked a rather dignified middle-aged man worriedly.

The middle-aged man was tall and burly, and even though he was wearing a Confucian uniform, he still couldn't stop the arrogance that came from his bones.

This middle-aged man is none other than Lu Yunchang, the chieftain of Lian Deng Lu.

In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, after his father Lu Guangzu resigned, Lu Yunchang took over as the commander and became the chieftain of the Lu family. It has been thirty-five years, so he has a high prestige.

However, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, his ancestor Tuo Huan had gone through nine generations since he took refuge in Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

Through a series of methods such as marriage and military exploits, the heads of the Lu family have exposed the frost and cut the thorns.

With great difficulty, the Lu family in Liancheng grew from a small family of one hundred households to the number one chieftain in Gansu Town, which is well-known in Xichui.

After Lu Yunchang took over the position of Patriarch, he was exhausted and thoughtful, seeing the changing situation in the world, he was naturally worried about the future of the Lu family.

If the Lu family was still the little chieftain who inherited the position of a hundred households back then, then naturally nothing would be mentioned.

It's just that chieftain Lu is already the number one chieftain in Gansu town, and due to his strength, if chieftain Lu doesn't stand up quickly, then no matter who the victors are in the future, they won't be able to spare Lu family lightly.

Because of this, before Lu Yunchang raised his troops, he analyzed Lu's interests in it day and night.

First, whether it is Ming or Qin, this is a big deal.

Once one step is wrong, it will be the end of death.

Second, the Lu Tusi family in Liancheng has a great career. Even if the Tumin and Fanmin under the rule are excluded, there are more than a thousand members of the old and small tribes in the family.

If one wanted to maintain such a huge family business, in addition to power, one would need a lot of wealth to maintain a corresponding status.

Whether their smuggling trade can continue to be maintained.

Third, Liancheng Lu's family has already touched the ceiling of the chieftain, and if he wants to go further, he can only fight to the death.

"Is there any certainty about things in the world?" Lu Yunchang couldn't help sneering when he heard this.

"My name is Lu Yunchang. In the boundaries of Gansu Town, I can be considered as a Tudi Emperor."

"Those who obey me prosper, those who oppose me perish! Who would dare to prosper without my Lu family's permission? Without my Lu family's nod, who would dare to let him perish?"

"It's just that if we take a closer look, what are the similarities and differences between us and the natives and Fanmins under our rule?"

"My Lu clan is full of loyalty and blood for nine lifetimes, and that's why I got this huge family fortune."

"But if one day, the bigger 'toast' doesn't like us, then it's just a matter of prosperity or death!"

"Father!" His son Lu Hong couldn't help being shocked when he heard this.

What is "bigger toast"?As the number one chieftain in Gan Town, when he said this, he obviously referred to the two forces of "Qin" and "Ming".

Regardless of the fact that most of these chieftains were born in foreign races, they changed their surnames to Han in just one or two generations, and they read the Four Books and Five Classics, almost indistinguishable from Han children.

Those loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, monarch and ministers, they even agree with it more than some Han children.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was also the ruler of Chieftain Lu, it was really treasonous for Lu Yunchang to say such words.

"You, you are still too young!" Lu Yunchang frowned when he heard this, shook his head and said.

"Don't you hear the truth of 'the emperor takes turns to sit at my house next year'?"

"Father, be careful!" Lu Hong's brow was sweating when he heard the sound.

"Look at how promising you are, it's because you are my son that I tell you the truth!" Lu Yunchang couldn't help but said quickly.

"This time, I will contact Dongli and Dongqi to raise troops together."

"The slogan on the surface is to cut off the captives and restore China. In fact, our mind is to separate Qinggan and follow the example of Zhang Gui!"

"This...here, my lord, the commandments of Yang Yinglong, She Chongming, and An Bangyan are right in front of us!" Lu Hong said involuntarily.

It's only been so long since the Bozhou Rebellion and the She'an Rebellion, so it's no wonder that Lu Hong was frightened.

"Although the three of them are all heroes in the past, how can they not be undefeated without knowing the geography?" Lu Yunchang sneered when he heard the words.

"Now the bandits are occupying Shaanxi, blocking my communication with the imperial court. It's time to use great loyalty and righteousness. This opportunity must not be missed, and the loss will never come again!"

"The best policy is that my three families are united in the same spirit, reject bandits in the east, and separate the Qing and Gan, so as to wait for the world to change!"

"The middle policy is to kill this beast, regain the three sides and four towns, and make meritorious deeds for future generations, so that generations can be rich and honored."

"The worst policy is to stick to Hehuang and wait for changes in time."

"Now the thieves are occupying Shaanxi, they are surrounded by enemies on all sides, and they have no time to look after themselves. How can they care about me?"

"I see that Zhang Yingchen has no soldiers or generals under his command, only three to five thousand bandits to support him, so what can he do to me?"

"Even if the thieves make a big campaign, we just need to stick to it. If it takes a little longer, they will retreat without a fight!"

Lu Yunchang made it very clear that they raised troops this time, on the one hand, "upholding righteousness", and on the other hand, "obtaining benefits".

As long as the banner of "loyalty" is held high, one side will be separated if it succeeds; the "shun thief" who is not successful will have no time to look around.

"What if I wait for the thief?" Such a good Lu Hong, he was the successor cultivated by the chieftain of the Lu family, and he quickly got rid of the moral shackles.

"Let's not mention that the thieves have their own soldiers and horses, whether they need it or not is up to us." Lu Yunchang nodded appreciatively.

"Even if we use us, the original grammar is smashed to pieces, and the business of smuggling tea and salt, should our family still do it?"

"Without a small fortune, how can such a big family be invincible?"

The arrival of the rebels, even if they can't kill, will inevitably occupy the original ecological niches in Gansu Town, and then the power of the chieftains will shrink.

While the power of chieftains has shrunk, their economic interests will also be greatly affected.

One of the most intuitive examples is the tea smuggled by the Lu family. Originally, [-] to [-] catties could be exchanged for a war horse, but now because the rebels never took over the tea and horse department, they are traded freely.

The price of horses has soared to [-] to [-] catties a horse, which is really unbearable!

Not to mention, once the rebel army takes over the Tea Horse Division, the interests will be re-divided.

Then these chieftains who are "remnants of the former dynasty" will be suppressed even if they don't spit out their flesh. How can they bear it?
"Father is right!" Lu Hong added after hearing the words and pondering for a moment.

"My Lu family has been stationed in Liancheng for two hundred years, how can there be any reason for generations to produce capable people?"

"As long as the family business is still there, and the children of the clan study and practice martial arts, they will be able to stand out sooner or later."

"If the family business is ruined, even if Han Bai is resurrected and Marquis Wu is alive, how can it last long!"

After the discussion between the father and son, Lu Yunchang instructed again: "Send the soldiers again, let them investigate carefully, don't let one slip through the net, so as not to spoil our Lu family's important affairs."

Lu Yunchang held the position of general and guarded Hexi for decades, there is some reason for it.

All his judgments of raising troops are based on the fact that the rebels have no time to look around.

But if he was careless and caught the thief by surprise, then the destruction of the family would be at hand.

"Understood, my son will tell you a few more times!" Lu Hong arched his hands and couldn't help nodding.

"Report, Patriarch, there is an urgent military situation!" As soon as the two finished speaking, soldiers were already reporting repeatedly outside the door.

"Come in and answer!" Lu Yunchang was not surprised by this, and said with confidence in his chest.

"The army of thieves has arrived in Lanzhou City, only two hundred and seventy miles away from me. Please make a decision early on with the Patriarch."

"What?" Lu Yunchang's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, his face turned pale.

"How could the thief be so fast!"

(End of this chapter)