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Chapter 191 Chongzhen Regretted

"I'm ashamed and dare not do it." Wen Tiren hurriedly bowed to the ground and said, "I'm a lowly official, and I have to be promoted by Your Majesty. I should do my best and be loyal to the king's affairs." Wen Tiren's voice actually choked up.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and suddenly asked: "What do you think of Li Xin?"

"Li Xin?" Wen Tiren raised his head violently, his heart moved, his eyes rolled continuously, but he was thinking about why Emperor Chongzhen asked about Li Xin at this time.

"That's right, it's Li Xin." Emperor Chongzhen sighed, "Whether it's the Guanning cavalry or other soldiers and horses in my dynasty, the bigger and the smaller, the Guanning cavalry doesn't know how much money the court has spent. We can only stop at Jinzhou. In the last battle of the Daling River, we were besieged by Jiannu. If it weren’t for Li Xin, we would have almost no troops to resist in Liaodong. The soldiers and horses defeated Jiannu, and now there are 10,000+ troops in their hands, the soldiers are sharp, and almost the entire western grassland is controlled by him." Emperor Chongzhen took out a memorial from one side of the memorial, and threw it to Warm body. ,

Wen Tiren didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly took it. Although there were only a few hundred words on it, Wen Tiren read it for a long time, and was even more surprised. It turned out that what was recorded on it was the achievements of Li Xin's army since the New Year.These victories can almost be described as brilliant. Yang Xiong, Jiang Yi, He Kegang and others led the army to attack continuously. They defeated a certain tribe today and surrendered a certain tribe tomorrow. How much food and soldiers they got.Counting it carefully, it took half a year for Li Xin to wipe out more than 30 large and small tribes and expand the land for thousands of miles. No wonder Emperor Chongzhen said that Li Xin became stronger and stronger with more and more soldiers and horses in his hands.

"Your Majesty, Li Xin is a man who uses soldiers like a god, and his men are full of elite soldiers and strong generals, so he can run across the grassland." Wen Tiren thought that he already understood what Chongzhen was thinking, and Li Xin had an enmity with Zhou Yanru, so he said without thinking : "This man is good at defeating the few with the many, and his ability to use soldiers is like ghosts and gods. Neither Jiannu nor Lin Danhan is his opponent."

"Unfortunately, this person cannot be used by me." Chongzhen nodded and finally let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, I think that Li Xin is a man who is loyal to the emperor and serves the country." Wen Tiren was overjoyed, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the reason why Li Xin was forced into the grassland was actually forced out of desperation. When he killed Azig and defeated Jiannu, he could have served the court, but some people in the court thought that Li Xin was a criminal and could not be an official. These people obstructed the way of speaking, so that His Majesty did not know Li Xin's talent at all. In the end, Li Xin had no choice but to fall into the grassland as a bandit. But your majesty, Li Xin's father, Li Gu, was a pillar of the imperial court, but he was framed on false charges. This one item is enough to make Li Xin tearfully grateful, and I think Li Xin has the heart to submit to the imperial court, otherwise he would not have helped the imperial court defeat the rebels in Shandong to help the victims."

"You mean that Li Xin is still loyal to me?" Emperor Chongzhen asked uncertainly, but there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

Seeing this, Wen Tiren breathed a sigh of relief, he was secretly proud, he guessed what Emperor Chongzhen was thinking, and he was right.Emperor Chongzhen obviously took a fancy to Li Xin's ability to lead the army. More importantly, there was no one available in the imperial court, and many soldiers and horses were restrained. Even Kong Youde's thousands of troops were helpless. any way.Although Guan Ning's army is very powerful, they still have to guard against Jiannu. Hong Chengchou has elite soldiers in his hands, but he wiped out the rebellion in Shaanxi.Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army is not bad, but it is a pity that there are only more than 10,000 people, and it has only been formed not long ago, and it cannot be easily moved if it is stationed in important places such as daimyo.There are also garrisons in Jiangnan, but Jiangnan is a place where the imperial court pays a lot of taxes. These soldiers and horses stationed in this person cannot be easily changed. Emperor Chongzhen probably did not expect that the huge Ming Dynasty had no available soldiers. Emperor Chongzhen was anxious, so I thought of Li Xin.Li Xin holds an army of [-]+. If he can hold such an army in his hands, the court's soldiers and horses will probably be much easier.

"Your Majesty, what will Li Xin do if he invades Xuanfu?" Wen Tiren said cautiously.

"There are so many soldiers and horses in Xuanfu, how can it be broken by Li Xin?" Emperor Chongzhen said casually.

"Your Majesty, the number of soldiers available to the Xuanfu at this moment is only tens of thousands of old and weak." Wen Tiren said cautiously: "The last time the cabinet issued a document to Xuanfu, Hou Shilu and his son led the army to attack Li Xin. Thousands of people, Your Majesty, in fact, at this time, the Xuan Mansion doesn't have many soldiers."

"Didn't you say a big victory last time?" Emperor Chongzhen said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, those heads were actually killed by Li Xin." Wen Tiren said in a low voice, "It's just that the cabinet made the decision to attack Li Xin, but in the end Li Xin played tricks and defeated Lin Danhan , take the head of Lin Dan Khan's soldier as a military exploit."

"Bastard, why did you tell me now?" Emperor Chongzhen's expression changed.Although he knew at the beginning that the Xuan Mansion and Li Xin finally joined forces to defeat Lin Danhan, although it was different from the original decision, but in the end he defeated Lin Danhan, which can be regarded as getting rid of a strong enemy in the north.It's just that they didn't expect that the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu actually lost so much.

"Your Majesty, even though I'm a secondary assistant, I don't have the slightest status in the court. How can I be the master of military and state affairs." Wen Tiren said with a wry smile.

"There is such a thing?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren in disbelief, finally thought about it, and said, "Do you think Li Xin can use it?"

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to continue talking about this topic, Wen Tiren felt unwilling, but he had no choice but to go ahead and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, why don't you try it out?"

"How to test?" Emperor Chongzhen said dissatisfied: "Let him return to the capital, or let him send that Dong Bai into the capital?" Among them, it is impossible to capture him to the capital.

"Shandong." Wen Tiren hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Li Xin went south this time with only fifty elite soldiers. If Li Xin can defeat Kong Youde and pacify Shandong, it will be enough to show that Li Xin is loyal to the imperial court."

"Fifty elite soldiers to pacify Shandong?" Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "No matter how powerful Li Xin is, it is impossible to pacify Shandong, and even I will be laughed at."

"Your Majesty can appoint him as Shandong Economic Strategy." Wen Tiren said with a smile: "Shandong's soldiers and horses are different at the moment. If Li Xin has great ability, he can naturally command these soldiers and horses properly. Only such people can be used by His Majesty." If Li Xin doesn't have this ability, His Majesty doesn't have to keep this person in mind."

"Can this work?" Emperor Chongzhen hesitated again, Jinglue was just a temporary position, but who was Li Xin, in case his credit was not established, let him occupy Shandong again.How would that be.

"This?" Wen Tiren also instantly understood the interests involved, and fell silent immediately.

"If I want to transfer the Guan Ning army in, what do you think?" Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment, and said, "Let Li Xin garrison Jinzhou and defend the outside of the pass. Presumably, according to Li Xin's ability, it will be a matter of time before the Jiannu Donglu is defeated. , and I use the Guanning iron cavalry to lock Shanhaiguan on the one hand and eliminate the rebellion in the Central Plains on the other hand. What do you think?" Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren hopefully.

When Wen Tiren heard it, he understood that Chongzhen still didn't believe in Li Xin. The so-called surrender of Jinzhou was just icing on the cake. There are only a few people in Jinzhou now. I can only give in.Letting Li Xin go to Jinzhou seems to give him a piece of land, but in fact, he made Li Xin act as a scapegoat, let him fight hard with Jiannu, and locked Shanhaiguan behind his back. It is conceivable that Li Xin Even if they are stationed in Jinzhou, they probably won't get a tael of silver assistance from the imperial court. Moreover, the soldiers and horses in Shanhaiguan will threaten the rear wing of Jinzhou at any time.This is a thankless place, thanks to Chongzhen who can figure it out.It's just that since Chongzhen asked, he had to answer.

"Maybe it will work." After struggling for a long time, Wen Tiren finally gave his answer.This Li Xin is not a fool, how can he fail to see the truth in this.Wen Tiren sighed for a while, since Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use Li Xin, he could use it openly, so why use this trick.In this way, not only would Li Xin not appreciate Emperor Chongzhen's love, but he might even hate him even more.It is a pity that the emperor is the emperor, and it is impossible to change the decision.

"So, very good, you can send someone to contact Li Xin now." Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Let him work hard in Shandong."

Wen Tiren smiled wryly after hearing this. This is a typical idea of ​​wanting the good of the horse, but not letting the horse eat grass. Chongzhen obviously wanted Li Xin to help him solve the Shandong matter, and then benefited Li Xin. , Of course, this benefit is only seen in the eyes of outsiders. He believes that Li Xin is a smart person, so he naturally sees the truth in it.It's just that since Chongzhen had already issued an order, even if Wen Tiren objected in his heart, he could only pass on the order respectfully.

When Wen Tiren returned to the cabinet, he found that Zhou Yanru had left, so he immediately recruited a secretary, and asked softly, "When did Mr. Shoufu leave?"

"Responding to my lord's words, I just left." The book office glanced around and said, "In a great hurry, have you heard about Pidao, Huanglong or something like that?" Everyone has eyes and ears, especially Wen Tiren. The same is true for people who are good at making money, even in the cabinet, they have arranged eyes and ears.

(End of this chapter)