Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 660 The worst loss-making transaction in history (please subscribe!)

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"Lord Li, His Majesty announces your audience."

Chen Gongfu listened to the servant's words, smiled and said to Li Guang: "You go to see His Majesty first, and we will discuss how to build Yushitai later."

Chen Gongfu turned out to be a Song official.

Moreover, both Chen Gongfu and Li Guang are good friends with Li Gang.

Therefore, Li Gang and Chen Gongfu knew each other from the beginning, and they were even very familiar with each other. It can also be said that they were friends and confidants.

Therefore, Li Guang naturally knew that Chen Gongfu had extraordinary knowledge, was upright and dared to advise, and was not afraid of the powerful. He was the leading admonisher in the world.

Li Guang's affirmation of Li Yan has increased by three points just from Li Yan's appointment of Chen Gongfu as the doctor of imperial history. In Li Guang's view, with Chen Gongfu in charge of the central supervisory agency, all officials will be convinced .

Li Guang bowed slightly, and said: "Li Guang will come back as soon as he goes." Then he followed his servant to the Chui Gong Hall where Li Yan is currently...

The Chuigong Hall is also called the Changchao Hall. It is not as grand as the Daqing Hall, nor as spacious and majestic as the Chongzheng Hall. "It is a place where ministers are met daily to discuss state affairs.

Li Yan placed all the female officials who helped him handle government affairs here.

When Li Guang entered the room, seeing so many female officials, he frowned and said in his heart, "I will remonstrate with them."

Li Guang said: "My minister Li Guang, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Li Yan, who was reviewing the memorial, listened to the words, put down the pen and the memorial in his hand, then raised his head to look at Li Guang, and said, "I saw your name in the list of those who support me as king, which is very good."

Li Guangdao: "A country cannot live without a king. Your Majesty is currently the most suitable person to be a king."

Li Yan asked: "Is this all your reason?"

Li Guang replied, "Yes."

Li Yan asked: "You don't miss Zhao Song?"

Li Guang replied: "A country is not a country of one person with one surname, but a country of people all over the world. Zhao's kindness to his ministers is a private virtue. It is a public virtue to choose a wise ruler for the country. Li Guang dare not abolish the public for private reasons. "

Li Yan had no way of judging whether what Li Guang said was true or not.

The key point is that Li Yan can't compete with a dynasty that has passed, otherwise it won't do any good except appearing too shameless.

Therefore, Li Yan did not delve into this matter, but said again: "I heard that you and Li Gang are good friends, and he is a rare talent. Can you write him a letter and ask him to be the secretary of the right?" Cheng?"

Li Guangdao: "It is my job to recommend talents for His Majesty and the country. I will write a letter to Li Gang when I get back."

Li Yan nodded, and said: "Other than Li Gang, who do you think is useful, who can be used, and what can be used, write a memorial to me."

Li Guang suddenly realized, and finally understood why Li Yan called him here!
That's right, it's a recommendation.

Now, Li Yan has entered the imperial court and is about to ascend the throne as emperor.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the most urgent and most important thing should be to prepare for Li Yan's enthronement ceremony.

In the eyes of truly wise people, the top priority should be to absorb the talents of the original Song Dynasty, so as to avoid the loss of talents, and more importantly, to prevent talents from being taken away by the enemy.

Thinking about this, Li Guang sighed in his heart: "No wonder Your Majesty is able to have today!"

Li Guang responded, "No!"

but--

There is also one thing that Li Guang can't figure out, that is, why did Li Yan ask him to recommend talents?
Seemingly seeing through Li Guang's thoughts, Li Yan smiled and said, "I don't understand why I asked you to recommend someone?"

Li Guangdao: "The minister is dull."

Li Yandao: "Actually, I noticed you a long time ago. In the second year of Xuanhe, I made a deal with Zhao Ji. At that time, I asked Zhao Ji for you, but Zhao Ji refused."

Hearing Li Yan mention that deal, Li Guang couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion!

At that time, Li Yan used less than 2000 million copper coins and iron coins plus more than 3000 million glass and soap to exchange a large amount of strategic materials from Zhao Ji, and more importantly, a large number of talents.

Those talents included Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, and Yang Yizhong, three of Li Yan's five tiger generals, and a large number of outstanding generals of the Liangshan Army, such as Wang Yan, Wu Lin, Yang Zheng, Guo Hao, Yang Congyi, and Wang Jun. , Cheng Min, Xie Yuan, Wang Sheng, Yue Chao, Chen Jue, Hu Yantong, these generals are all giants of the world.

Many people said that the reason why Da Song's army was vulnerable was because Li Yan exchanged all of Da Song's outstanding generals through that deal.

This is of course a joke. You must know that when Li Yan replaced Han Shizhong and others, the highest rank among them was only the deputy commander, and many of them were only junior officers like corporal commanders and senior officers, or even ordinary soldiers. .

Therefore, more people think that it is Zhao Ji who has blind eyes but does not know the real talents, while Li Yan has the sharp eyesight to select the real talents from a lot of mediocre talents, and then cultivate and use them.

At the beginning, besides Han Shizhong and other low-level generals, Li Yan also wanted Zhao Kai, Liu Wei, Zong Ze, Li Gang, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Bao, Zhang Shuye, Zhan Du, Chen Yu, Li Ruobing and others.

None of these people stood out at the time either.

Now look again.

Zhao Kai became Minister of the Ministry of Households and issued banknotes for Li Yan, which became famous all over the world.

Liu Kai defeated the Jin army several times in Zhending Mansion, and finally died loyal to the country.

Zong Ze is now the most capable general in the Can Song Dynasty. He fought the Jin army thirteen times and won all of them.

Li Gang once turned the tide and saved the Song Dynasty at the most difficult time in the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhi defended Taiyuan Mansion for more than 250 days, until they ran out of ammunition and food, and then one was captured and the other drowned in the river.

Zhang Shuye was the only army that came to serve the king when the Jin army besieged the city for the second time, and he also defeated the Jin army several times.

Zhan Du and Chen Yun defended the Zhongshan and Hejian prefectures to such an extent that the land of Hebei was lost, and the two prefectures are still in the hands of the Han people.

Li Ruobing changed her name to Li Ruoshui, desperately protecting the emperor from letting the golden man take off the emperor's dragon robe, scolding the golden man for breaking his promise, and being killed by the golden man.

Looking at it now, many of the people Li Yan wanted were loyal ministers, capable ministers, and good generals. Giving three or five would be a huge loss to the country, but Zhao Ji only left behind a few who were in high positions and famous at the beginning. It has not been reused yet, and it has made the most loss-making transaction in history.

If Zhao Ji could reuse these people, how could Song Dynasty perish?

Then again, Li Yan saw that these people were loyal ministers, capable ministers, and good generals six or seven years ago. How vicious is his vision?
Comparing the two phases, one can decide between the top and the bottom.

And Li Guang's name happened to be in that list, and he was one of the few people in that list who still served in the Song court.

In this way, it all makes sense for him, Li Guang, to be promoted and reused by Li Yan.

Seeing that Li Guang seemed to have figured it out, Li Yan said: "In order to get some real talents from Zhao Ji, I spent a lot of effort to investigate the officials and generals under Zhao Ji at that time, and personally delineated the officials and generals I was optimistic about. generals, and you are one of them."

Speaking of this, Li Yan smiled slightly and said: "Everyone in the world says that I judge people accurately, but who knows how much effort and homework I have put in behind this? Take you Li Guang as an example. I once I have read all the files about you, including some small things that happened to you, like you did not play pranks in your childhood, your father praised you and said: "My son is a crane among the clouds, and he will make my family prosperous. "Like after your father passed away, you were treated like an adult at the funeral, and you declined all the belongings brought by you. When you were buried, the etiquette was very in line with the law. I have personally evaluated you and thought that you have become a worthy minister through the ages potential. Therefore, I believe that you will be able to introduce a group of good talents for governing the country to me fairly."

Li Yan said so, of course, pretending to be profound. The reason why he vigorously promoted Li Guang was all because Li Guang was known as the "Four Famous Ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty" together with Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and Hu Quan. "The Gentleman of the World" is left in the annals of history.

What else could Li Guang say, other than secretly admiring Li Yan's wisdom, he could only say: "I must recommend some talents for your Majesty and the country!"

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(End of this chapter)