Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2625 The Golden Pig
This issue of "Research on the History of War" is also a black material series produced by the Office of Truth. This black material does not need to be specially created and developed. It only needs to put together several inconsistent places in the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and then take a look at it from the perspective of God. Look, basically everyone will know that Ming's Liaodong war has no future at all, don't say "recovering Liao", it is purely a rotten sore for Daming to bleed.

After Gou Xunli finished speaking, Li Guangyuan let out a long breath, feeling that he was so nervous just now.For big families like them in the rural areas of Guangdong, although the war in Liaodong has been heard, it is close to a "legend", and no one thinks that it has anything to do with them.However, these articles pay attention to the battlefield situation and interpret it from the strategic level, and also include the geopolitical theory of later generations.The breadth and depth of analysis far exceed the so-called "military affairs" of the old bureaucracy.

Aside from being nervous, he was also a little surprised, because he was originally talking about the Kun thief, so why did Donglu get involved?This is really a Tiannan and a Haibei, and the eight poles can't be hit together.

The monk deliberately talked about this matter, obviously he had something important to say.He stepped back and asked, "The Liaodong war is in danger! But what does it have to do with Guangnan?"

Gou Xunli nodded and said: "My master really has a long way to go!" Then he said in a low voice: "My master must also be able to see that the battle in Liaodong is already complete." He looked at Luo Heying, who also nodded slightly.

For an ignorant person like Gou Xunli, the knowledge of the battle in Liaodong was only learned one after another after he took the exam for Shi Weng.But learning now and selling now does not affect the effect.Seeing that Master Li really took his heart, and his appetite was whetted, he knew the time had come, so he lowered his voice immediately, and threw out the long-prepared "enemy of ten thousand people":
"The imperial court intends to negotiate peace with the eastern captives and abandon the land outside the pass. The Guanning iron cavalry retreated to Shanhaiguan. Soon, they will go south to wipe out the bandits and expel the thieves."

"What?" Li Guangyuan was taken aback. He had heard the name of Guan Ning's iron cavalry more or less.

"Master, you think, this Guanning iron cavalry is elite soldiers raised by the imperial court with millions of food and salaries every year. Withdrawing from the pass, relying on the dangers of mountains and seas, and the solidity of the city, there is definitely no need for so many elite soldiers and strong generals. Is it possible to stay behind?" Are you wasting food and salaries in vain? The situation in the pass is full of bandits and thieves, all of which are the heart of the imperial court. In the next two years, there will be soldiers going south to suppress them."

After hearing this, Li Guangyuan nodded unconsciously.Luo Heying saw that the explosion of the "Enemy of Ten Thousand Enemies" by Monk Walrus had already taken effect, and knew that the heat had come, so he immediately went up to fan the flames: "This is just a rumor. I think it is unlikely that the imperial court will openly negotiate peace—after all, this Huayi The weight of the debate is too great, even the current emperor would not dare to make such a decision. However, it is very possible to make money in private."

Li Guangyuan hurriedly asked, "How to make the payment privately?"

"Naturally, secret envoys were sent for secret talks. Afterwards, all the pass cities outside the pass will be abandoned. The soldiers will withdraw all the people to the pass. These generals will withdraw to the pass and rely on the Great Wall for defense. The eastern barbarians will definitely not be able to go south to plunder again. Moreover, the vacant land outside the pass will also attract the Mongol tribes, and when the time comes, the Donglu and the Mongol tribes will fight again, and there will be no strength to go south. This is the most available strategy at present."

Haixiang monk said: "From the perspective of the imperial court, this is probably the only option. These hundreds of thousands of soldiers will gather in Liaodong, and the battle will be invincible, and it will cost a huge amount of food and salaries. There is smoke and fire everywhere in the pass. All the royal tombs have been burned, so it is better to withdraw them all to the customs."

"So, the imperial court is going south to use troops?!"

"It's only in the morning and evening." Monk Walrus said very firmly, "If it weren't for that, why should we take the risk and connect with others? To tell you the truth, there are loyal people in every county under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture. Mobilize horses and fight hard, and wait for the imperial army to reach Wuling, and they will respond in groups..."

Since ancient times, fame is the most touching, and Li Guangyuan can be regarded as a powerful man in Dongguan's wealthy side.There are no Juren and Scholars in the Naihe tribe, so I always feel like a dwarf when I go out, especially every time I go out, pass by other villages, and see flagpoles every time, I feel very disappointed.

This is just a false name, when it comes to the merits of fame, there are really too many.From the perspective of marriage alone, the benefits of a well-matched family cannot be exhausted.Thinking about the arrogance of several imperial examination families in the county, I can only rely on them and dare not make mistakes.

Thinking of this, it's like being obsessed with ghosts, wishing that the court would go south as soon as possible so that the family could "raise troops to respond".There is even a sense of "time does not wait for me": "I don't know when the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court will go south to clean up the ugly people?"

The sun was already slanting to the west, and the rice plants on both sides of the dirt road were bending over the heavy rice ears and bowing their heads in a very respectful manner. In the distant pond, the frogs were tirelessly arguing about something.The birds stealing food in the rice fields were suddenly startled by the sound of tamping footsteps and flew into the air. They hurriedly flew to a tree, stood in a row, and watched in horror as the owner of the sound came along the dirt road.

Seeing this person, his cheeks were thin, his beard was unshaven, his body was full of patches, and there were holes newly worn out on his shoulders and back. He didn't wear shoes, and he walked vigorously on the dirt road with a pair of big black feet.There is a burden on his back, and a bulging bag on his shoulders, while carrying most of the straw sacks of grain.A string of loach is hung on a string of willow branches around his waist.

The person who came was named Li Xiujie - of course this name only exists in the genealogy.People usually call him "Golden Pig".In his early thirties this year, his family is in front of Lijiawei. Although his surname is Li, he has nothing to do with the local Li family.His ancestors fled from other places to this place, and settled here with others as helpers for many years.It wasn't until the father who gave birth to the golden pig that Li Guangyuan's grandfather celebrated his birthday and found a way to beg the old man, and then he joined the Li family and entered the ancestral hall.

After entering the ancestral hall, the Li family's family situation has improved a lot.In the ancestral hall, there is some care for each door.Seeing that his family had no land, he rented out more than a dozen mu of the family land in the clan to cultivate it with Jinzhu's grandfather, and allocated three thatched cottages.This is considered to have a house and a farm, and to live in peace from then on.

In the generation of Jinzhu, because there are many brothers in the family, after the death of the old father, the brothers separated. He didn't even get half of the Susukida, but only the ancestral house - three thatched cottages. For these three thatched cottages, he had to support them old lady.I can only go back to my grandfather's old way, living with others for many years.

Originally, with Jinzhu's family background, marrying a wife is basically a delusion.Li Guangyuan's mother left the way of being in charge of the inner house, and went to intercede again. Li Guangyuan, seeing the hard work of three generations of his family, rewarded a rough maid in the family to be his wife.This daughter-in-law originally escaped from the famine in the north, and sold herself as a slave to the Li family in order to survive.

It is inconvenient to live for many years with a family, and besides, there is an old lady in the family who will take care of her.The golden pig made a living as a day laborer.When he went out to work, his daughter-in-law took care of his coughing mother at home, planted a few swaths of vegetable fields in front of and behind the house, and also took some sewing and mending work from a big family in the village to subsidize the family.The golden pig ran to the Xiaoyao Fair to fight against others.

Xiaoyao Wei is a ferry on the river more than ten miles away. Business travelers traveling to and from Dongguan and Guangzhou often pass by here. There are still some meters.Some years were actually much better than those of the older brothers who were tenants and farmers.It's just that since the thieves took Guangzhou, there have been fewer boats on the river, and merchants on the fairs have become more apprehensive and dare not do more business.The income of casual workers like golden pigs is also a little less than in previous years.The golden pig reckoned that the rice would be ripe soon, the fields would be busy soon, and the demand for day laborers would surge.It's better to go home and have a look, and discuss it with the family after finishing the rice harvest.

I came to the house when it was just dark, and the house was still crooked as before. The yellow mud courtyard walls were mostly collapsed, and they were carefully patched up with bamboo fences, but a new red branch was inserted on the lintel of the house. The golden pig took a few glances at the lantern and walked into the main room.

His wife was not at home, but Li's mother in the back room heard footsteps, leaned on the bamboo bed, coughed for a while, and shouted loudly: "Who? Who is it?"

"Mother, it's me, I'm back." The golden pig took off the bundle and the couplet, and then poured the rice into the rice jar with the straw bag in its arms.

Li's mother had already approved clothes and shoes, and came to the main room. "Golden pig, cough, cough, the golden pig is back." Then he took the straw bag full of rice from Li Xiujie's hand, looked at his son carefully, and found that his son was not wearing shoes, so he couldn't help asking: "Why don't you wear shoes?" ? Where are your shoes?"

At that time, most people did not wear shoes, and it was common for rural people to go barefoot.But the golden pig is doing loading, unloading and carrying work, and he has to wear a pair of straw sandals when running on the pier, otherwise it is very easy to be scratched by all kinds of broken balls on the pier.And these straw sandals are not made by themselves, but made by a special straw sandal maker.

"One pair was worn out, and the other pair was unloaded and thrown into the river. I'll buy it again when I go to work tomorrow." Jin Zhu didn't seem to care much about his shoes, so he just took off a bunch of loach from his waist and handed it to his mother, "Mother, this is The loach I caught on the road, I heard that eating it is good for your cough. What about Lian Niang? It’s getting dark and you don’t know how to come back to cook, run around or something?”

Qiaolian is his daughter-in-law's boudoir name, and since they have no children, they call her Lianniang.

Mother Li took the loach, covered her mouth and coughed a few more times, defending Lianniang, saying: "Lianniang went to follow Huang Xiangu to practice the law and seek medicine. I guess she will be back soon."

"Cultivate the law, fix it's troublesome law!" The golden pig has been suppressing an evil fire in his heart because his recent wages are not as good as usual, and he can't help but curse: "Young women don't live in peace at home, and the wild horses rush in, and they follow you!" The daughter-in-law of Lao Tian’s family was kidnapped and sold like that, so she feels better. I’ve only been away for a few days, and this woman’s skin is itchy again. See if I don’t whip her! Where’s the wild fox fairy that Huang Xiangu is? Hooking up with a good family, I don't know where the patting lady came from."

(End of this chapter)