Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 498 Jin Yiwei? (Please subscribe!)
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Seeing that Li Yan was not blindly confident, Shi Xiu secretly sighed: "No wonder Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La were wiped out one after another. Only my brother has the power he has today!"

Suppressing his emotions, Shi Xiu said: "After Wang Quan and Liu Bao met with their relatives and friends, one of his subordinates and generals gathered together to test their attitude. Seeing that they all strongly opposed it, he tied the person who persuaded him to surrender to Wu Jie. Send it, and the other person who persuaded him to surrender all chopped off his head, and then sent those heads to Zhang Xian, but secretly sent a piece of garlic gold brought by the person who persuaded him to surrender."

After hearing this, Li Yan frowned!
Li Yan had a very bad impression of Wang Quan at first.

The reason is that Yao Xing died because of royal power in history.

(After Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and other generals were deprived of their military power or died, Wang Quan and other second-echelon generals were reused by Zhao Gou, and Wang Quan even achieved the high position of capital control, and Yao Xing was his vanguard officer. The gold master Wan Yanliang invaded the south and sent troops to Hezhou. Yao Xing led 3000 people to fight against them. He was outnumbered. The royal power was placed on Jiuxianzong Mountain, and he defended himself. Regardless of Yao Xing's victory or defeat, Yao Xing personally killed nearly a hundred Jin soldiers in the conflict formation. In the end, the reinforcements did not arrive, and they fought hard to die.)
Li Yan also got the royal power to his side somehow.

However, since it has already been obtained, Li Yan can't target Wang Quan and chill other people's hearts. Therefore, Li Yan didn't focus on promoting Wang Quan, and only regarded him as an ordinary general who was poached.

Unexpectedly, this King Quan is very brave in battle, it can be said that he is not afraid of death, and he is lucky. He has been fighting since Li Yan sent troops to rescue Tian Hu, and he will make great contributions in every battle. In the battle of Qingshuihe, the name of Xixia Zhan Li Liangfu was beheaded by him.

Because of Wang Quan's brave performance, Li Yan gave up his previous prejudice against him-Li Yan felt that it might be because of Zhao Gou's incompetence that made the fierce Wang Quan a fearful general who feared the enemy and was afraid of death.

Therefore, Li Yan promoted Wang Quan to acting commander according to his meritorious service, and handed over Wang Quan to the command of Wu Jie, who was strict in running the army, hoping that Wang Quan could maintain his bravery.

I don't want King Quan to still have such a mind.

Liu Bao was also very brave in battle, and made many meritorious deeds, and later achieved the post of acting commander based on his meritorious deeds.

Although Li Yan had heard recently that Liu Bao was arrogant, mean, cruel, ungrateful, at odds with the local officials where he was stationed, and loved money, but he did not expect that he would dare to secret the gold, silver and jewels that Song State recruited him.

Li Yan did not tell Shi Xiu what he would do with Wang Quan and Liu Bao.

If the ruler does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, if the ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his body, and if few things are not kept secret, it will cause harm.

In Li Yan's current position, he must have the awareness of keeping secrets from the left and the right.

Moreover, in Li Yan's current position, he can't deal with personnel affairs casually, and he can't even talk nonsense. The so-called no joke is not just talking casually. Li Yan's words may determine the lives and deaths of countless people .

Li Yan said: "Is there any more?"

Shi Xiudao: "If there are any more, they will not be in the army."

Li Yan glanced at Shi Xiu and said, "You develop too fast."

Shi Xiu said, "If there is any more, it is not in the army." In fact, it was a temptation—he wanted to expand the Ministry of Political Affairs and Information to the officials.

If it develops according to Shi Xiu's wishes, then the Ministry of Political Affairs will develop into Jinyiwei in a short time, and it will definitely surpass the Eye of Heaven and the Ministry of Military Information in the future.

The existence of Jinyiwei has both advantages and disadvantages to be honest.

The positive side is that its existence is conducive to centralization.

The downside is that after a long time, the Jinyiwei, who have privileges, can act recklessly, corrupt the law, and cause social chaos.

Li Yan has not yet considered whether to set up Jinyiwei or not. It is currently the stage of conquering the world, and the focus is on the army, not on the civil society. No, we will talk about it in the future. If there are officials who violate the law and discipline, it will not be too late to set it up, and there is an excuse for setting it up.

Therefore, Li Yancai said "you develop too fast" to beat Shi Xiu, and temporarily prevent Shi Xiu from developing the Ministry of Political Affairs into Jinyiwei.

Shi Xiu is so smart, how could he fail to understand what Li Yan meant?
In this regard, Shi Xiu was somewhat disappointed, feeling that her brother was too laissez-faire with his subordinate officials.

However, Shi Xiu also knew that his elder brother's vision was not comparable to his.

Therefore, Shi Xiudao: "My subordinates found out at the Feihu border that Mr. Liu Ziyu secretly sent his father Liu Kai out of the border, and then came straight to Yunzhong Mansion... I must be careful in the future, and I will not stretch my hand over again. boundary."

Shi Xiu is one of Li Yan's very optimistic elder brothers, so Li Yan said a few more words to Shi Xiu, "Zunwen of the Song Dynasty lifted the literati to an unprecedented height and won the sincere support of the literati. And I will not be like The Zhao family also elevates the literati so high, because this is the way to kill. But we can't be too harsh on the literati, at least before we completely take over the world, we should be more lenient, otherwise we may be resisted by the literati. There will be a lot of trouble."

Shi Xiu didn't quite understand what Li Yan meant, but he understood that if his brother could explain it to him with his current status, it meant that he was very important in his heart.

Shi Xiudao: "I will no longer have the idea of ​​placing meticulous work by the minister's side."

Li Yan didn't say that I might let you set up Jinyiwei in the future, but said: "Go to the back hall for dinner, I want to chat with Ma Kuo."

After Shi Xiu left, Li Yan said to the servant: "Let Liu Kai bring Ma Kuo in."

Not long after, Liu Kai took Ma Kuo into the Hall of Great Harmony.

Liu Kai said: "Song State sent Ma Kuo, a good friend of the minister, to recruit the minister, but I didn't dare to make a private claim, so I sent him to you, the governor, um... the minister also invited him to a meal, as a whole friend. righteousness."

After listening, Li Yan said, "Didn't you sleep all night?"

Liu Kai said truthfully, "No."

Li Yan said: "Go to the side hall to eat something and sleep, then go back."

Liu Kai bowed, "Yes."

After hesitating for a while, Liu Kai reminded Li Yan: "Ma Kuo's talent and courage are rare in this world..."

Li Yan smiled and said: "I know his talent, you can rest assured."

Hearing what Li Yan said, Liu Qi was relieved, and then he resigned.

When Liu Kai left the Hall of Great Harmony, Li Yan looked at Ma Kuo and said, "You are so brave, how dare you poach my corner of Li Yan's wall!"

Ma Kuo said neither humble nor overbearing: "The governor's words are wrong. The governor is a Song minister, Liu Kai is also a Song minister, and Ma Zichong is also a Song minister. Why do you say that?"

As soon as Ma Kuo came up, he grabbed Li Yan. On the surface, he had not broken with Song Guo, and found the most suitable excuse for his own behavior.

Li Yan looked at Ma Kuo for a while, then smiled, and said: "Sure enough, he is the first diplomatic envoy since the Song Dynasty. Okay, then I won't come with you and have a good chat with you openly and honestly."

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(End of this chapter)