Han ride

Chapter 363 Lu Xiangsheng hides his face and walks away
The same is stealing money, but one is stealing money from the Li people, and the other is stealing money from himself. At this time, Dorgon discovered the mood of those Han people back then.

"General Li, my Dajin is originally a barren land, and the environment is extremely harsh. Although I have saved some money these years, I don't have so much. If the Marquis wants to get more money, even if we are forced to die, there is nothing we can do." Dorgon Finally he sighed and said, "Even if Dorgon agrees to this matter, my fourth brother, the emperor, will not agree."

"If you don't talk about it, how do you know that he won't agree?" Li Xin said disdainfully: "Don't blame me for reminding you, my emperor has issued an imperial edict to me not to let you go. Right now, I, Li Xin, are still holding back. After all, God has the virtue of being good at life. I, Li Xin, don’t have a son yet? So I don’t want to cause too many killings, but no matter what, you have to give me a step so that I can speak in front of the court No." Li Xin patted Dorgon on the shoulder and said.

"This, this is naturally the case." Dorgon cursed Li Xin secretly in his heart, and when he realized it, he found that Li Xin had disappeared without a trace.

"Fourteen Baylor, you should go back and discuss with your master!" Shi Yuanzhi sighed a little: "My Lord Marquis is right, the imperial decree has arrived." He touched the mess on the ground, and saw a bright yellow imperial decree exposed, he opened it casually, and let Dorgon take a look.

Dorgon looked over and saw that although the imperial decree stated that the people were the most important thing, but in fact, it ordered that a Manchu should not be let go. Dorgon thought he understood the meaning of this.

"Thank you, Mr. Shi, for your guidance. Dorgon knows what to do." Dorgon sighed, nodded to Shi Yuanzhi, and quickly got off Xifeng's mouth without mentioning it.

"Leaving?" Just as Dorgon's back disappeared, he saw Li Xin turn out from the back tent, and said with a smile: "Sir, how was Ben Hou's performance just now?"

"My lord is amazing, but my lord, with so much silver taels, I'm afraid, as Dorgon said, even if we evacuate all the Jiannu, there is no way to get so much silver taels!" Shi Yuanzhi was not afraid. If the other party does not give money, it is because they are afraid that the other party will not be able to give so much money, and then become angry and resist desperately, then it will be a loss.

"Sir, have you never heard of asking for a lot of money, and paying back the money?" Li Xin said indifferently: "What's more, I didn't expect them to pay them all. You can pay back slowly! I will pay as much money as Huang Taiji can give." How many people to let go. Come to think of it, the dignitaries among his people must be redeemed first, as for so many soldiers, hehe, it depends on how much money he has."

"What if he only redeems high-ranking officials and nobles?" Shi Yuanzhi asked again.

"Then he will definitely lose the morale of the army." Li Xin said proudly: "Also, even if he doesn't redeem these soldiers, I will not lose. I will use these soldiers to help us dig mines and help us build roads. Build a road from the grassland The main road to Xuanfu. There is also a city built to help us better control the grassland. These coolies can be done by these Manchu soldiers, isn’t it great?”

Shi Yuanzhi's eyes lit up, even he had to admit that Li Xin's method is really good, no matter what, he will not suffer.

"As for the court?" Shi Yuanzhi asked again.

"Give them some money. The court can't collapse too quickly." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "What's more, I need to use this money to stop the court. What Dorgon said just now is correct. A slave can be regarded as a dead man, once Jian Nu is destroyed, I will be the next one to be dealt with by the imperial court, and sometimes it is a helpless thing to support the bandits."

"This subordinate understands." Shi Yuanzhi said hastily.

"Okay, I don't care about the rest. Dorgon will come again. You can just talk to him when the time comes. The ransom can be lowered a little, but it can't be too much." Li Xin thought for a while Want to say: "Next year we will spend a lot of money, we are not slaves, we can't be robbed, we can only get it from the enemy."

"Don't worry, my lord." Shi Yuanzhi nodded. This time, Jiannu obtained nearly 50 million people from the Central Plains. Li Xin wanted to eat these people. Lots of money and food.Relying on Li Xin's inventory in the past few years, I am afraid that Li Xin will be breathless in a short period of time, but once there is this batch of ransom for Jiannu, the result will be different. Inside, digest this record.

"Hey, this Dorgon is still a little tender!" Li Xin suddenly remembered Dorgon's performance just now, and suddenly laughed complacently. Just now, he and Shi Yuanzhi sang together and earned Dorgon .

"Fourteenth brother, you have been fooled. I am afraid that Li Xin has let go of our past thoughts long ago. He just wants to get benefits and doesn't want to say it." In the same way, in Zunhua, Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon and said quietly .What kind of person is Huang Taiji? Not only is his age far above Dorgon, but more importantly, his scheming is also far above Dorgon. After listening to Dorgon's narration, Huang Taiji immediately understood that Dorgon Dorgon was tricked.

"Ah!" After hearing this, Dorgon's handsome face turned red immediately, and his eyes burst into flames. He didn't know what to do, so that the majestic Jiannu Belle was tricked by Li Xin, his enemy. , It is inevitable that I will be very depressed.

"Don't be angry, it's a good thing you haven't signed any contract with Li Xin yet, and Li Xin is not reconciled to coming here, so I'll play tricks on you." Huang Taiji said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll take care of you too." Play him a guy, and after a while, he will start to be depressed."

"Your brother is stupid." Dorgon took a deep breath and said, "It's just that although Li Xin has such a heart, the price is too high. Even if we give everything to him, it's hard to give it to him!"

"There is a saying among the Han people, which is called asking for prices all over the sky, and paying back the money on the ground. The big deal is to talk slowly." Huang Taiji said indifferently: "Actually, we are located in Zunhua, and the surrounding environment is not as complicated as imagined. We The only enemy is blocking the front, as for the rear, Hong Chengchou of the Ming Dynasty dare not attack."

"That's really a bunch of cowards." Dorgon said with a dumbfounded smile.

"It's partly because they are timid, and more importantly, they are worried that we will join forces with Li Xin to invade the Central Plains." Huang Taiji said proudly: "We are Manchus, and it is extremely difficult to conquer the Central Plains, but Li Xin is a Han. The Han people attack their own country, isn’t that what many people in the Central Plains do now?”

"Your Majesty?" Dorgon obviously didn't think that under such circumstances, Huang Taiji would still have the intention to make a move, so isn't he afraid of Li Xin's anger?

"Now you still go to the peace talks, and everything will be halved." Huang Taiji said again: "These people are our spoils of war. We can use these people to replace our soldiers, ten can replace one. In short, we We have to use the smallest price to get us out of the customs. Hey, this matter is up to you to decide on your own. No matter how much money you have, it’s useless.”

"Your brother obeys the order." Dorgon said quickly.Immediately back out.

In fact, as Huang Taiji said, Li Xin on Xifeng's mouth had a gloomy expression on his face. He looked at the middle-aged scribe in front of him and didn't know what to do for a while.Because this person is very famous, probably the most famous person Li Xin has met since he came to this world.

"Mr. Jiutai came from afar, please sit down." The corner of Li Xin's mouth was bitter, because the middle-aged clerk in front of him was none other than the world-famous Lu Xiangsheng.Even if Li Xin had only read "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", there were not many characters recorded in it, but Lu Xiangsheng was recorded very clearly.He has a different spirit from a scholar, can draw a bow and shoot arrows, can command an army, and is invincible. It can be said that such a character is a character like Zhou Yu, a Confucian general, but unfortunately, such a character will die in the end. in the hands of one's own people.

To be honest, Li Xin felt a little ashamed when he stayed with such a character, an upright character. Even though he was from Hong Chengchou's army, Li Xin still respected him very much.

"Thank you, Marquis Zhengbei." Faced with Li Xin's kindness, Lu Xiangsheng behaved extremely calmly, his eyes were clear, and he was actually looking at Li Xin. He was surprised at Li Xin's youth, so young Perhaps in the Central Plains, ordinary people are still studying, how could such a foundation be created? For a while, he was also extremely curious about Li Xin.Many of Li Xin's deeds spread to the Central Plains, but they were hearsay after all, and the gentry in the Central Plains did not have a good impression of Li Xin, so they would inevitably add some of their own opinions. Some people said that Li Xin was extremely lustful, and he would marry ten girls every night. Some said that Li Xin was tens of feet tall, with eyes like copper bells, and a big mouth full of blood.But from Lu Xiangsheng's point of view, the young man in front of him still has the youthfulness of this young man, but his eyes are like a deep pool, which makes people look at them and can't help but be addicted to them, and they can't see what the other party is thinking at all.

"Mr. Jiutai, do you know when the imperial army will attack Zunhua?" Shi Yuan coughed and asked.

"This?" Now it was Lu Xiangsheng's turn to be depressed, and a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face.He and Hong Chengchou are both leading the battle. Li Xin has already cut off the return of the slaves. This time is just the best time to rebuild the slaves. Unfortunately, among the hundreds of thousands of King Qin's army, Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou The military strength is not dominant.Although influenced by Chongzhen's imperial decree, some troops can be mobilized, but if they want to launch an attack on Zunhua, not one or two people can make a decision.

"Everyone is not thinking about trapping Jiannu to death here!" Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's face, Li Xin was a little dissatisfied, and sneered: "Let's forget about such a plan! Jiannu has 10 soldiers and horses. There are countless food and grass, and it is extremely difficult to trap them to death. I am afraid that it will be impossible for a year or two. Before that time, the imperial army will be defeated before the establishment of slaves. Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng of the Central Plains Don't they go to conquer?"

Lu Xiangsheng's face turned red when he heard this. In fact, just as Li Xin said, some generals in King Qin's army had this idea. Anyway, Jiannu was trapped in the area around Zunhua for tens of miles, and there was a danger ahead. Stop it, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses behind, if there is a real fight, we don't know who will win and who will lose, so it's just like this, just trap Jiannu to death inside, why waste soldiers and horses, it's so troublesome?

"If you want to return to Zheng Beihou, the last general who came this time was ordered by the supervisor, and came to ask, is the Lord Hou negotiating with Jiannu?" Lu Xiangsheng is not a simple person. Although the army was under the nominal command of the imperial court, he had actually made his own decisions a long time ago. He was extremely dissatisfied with this, so his face suddenly changed, and his tone became a little blunt.

"That's right." Li Xin didn't evade, nodded and said, "I've already been in contact with Dorgon."

"Master Hou, you are going to join forces with Jiannu, can't you make a rebellion?" After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng's face became even more ugly, and he said coldly: "If this is the case, Lord Hou may become a sinner of the Han people."

"Mr. Jiutai, why did you say that!" Shi Yuanzhi laughed a little: "My lord wants to exchange Han people with Jiannu, so how can there be rebellion? What's more, even if my lord wants to send troops south, Why join forces with Jiannu? My lord has hundreds of thousands of troops, his generals are like clouds, and counselors are like rain. Just ask the world, how many troops can resist it? Why bother to join hands with Jiannu while carrying the infamy?"

After Lu Xiangsheng heard this, his complexion changed, and he lost his voice: "In this case, why did Lord Hou want to make peace with Jianu?"

"It's not that I want to make peace with Jianu, it's the emperor who wants to make peace with Jianu." Li Xin snorted coldly, took out the imperial decree, threw it to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "The emperor asked me to keep hundreds of thousands of people. It is not a god, how can we save these hundreds of thousands of people? Of course we have to talk about it. Mr. Jiutai, you are a well-known scholar in the Central Plains, can you tell me what I should do?"

Unlike Li Xin, Lu Xiangsheng opened the imperial edict respectfully, read it carefully, and finally returned the imperial edict. In fact, he knew the contents of the imperial edict without looking at it. Inside the warm pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen's intentions could also be vaguely guessed.

However, unlike Li Xin, if he were, he would definitely do what Chongzhen wanted, that is, keep Jiannu here. Chongzhen took the blame for this.

"Master Hou, maybe we can discuss it in private." Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a while, thinking about how to persuade Li Xin.After all, this matter should not let too many people know.Spread the word, no matter how famous Lu Xiangsheng is, people in the world will not let him go.

"Mr. Yuanzhi is my right-hand man. He can intervene in any important military and political affairs. There is nothing to be afraid of." Li Xinxin also vaguely guessed what Lu Xiangsheng wanted to say, and he didn't want Shi Yuanzhi to leave.Immediately said: "I respect Mr. Jiutai's character, Mr. Jiutai, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Okay, since that's the case, Jiandou will speak up boldly. The so-called loyalty and filial piety can't be both. Lord Hou, the danger of building slaves. I think Lord Hou knows in the cloud. He has repeatedly sent troops to the south to rob the Central Plains. The people in Liaodong are miserable, and the court loses countless money and food every year. In order to maintain the situation in Liaodong, the court spends countless silver taels every year. There are countless people who can survive, and the imperial court does not have to be so stretched. Jiandou implores Lord Hou to take the overall situation and the people of the world as the most important thing, and wipe out Jiannu at the mouth of Xifeng. In the future, people in the world will criticize, Lu Xiangsheng You must stand up and take this crime for Lord Hou." Lu Xiangsheng stood up abruptly and knelt down in front of Li Xin.His expression was extremely painful, obviously he also knew what kind of situation Li Xin would face once he did this.

"Lord Lu, the students also respect you as a person, but they never thought that your thinking is so pedantic." Before Li Xin could speak, Shi Yuanzhi sneered: "Mr. Lu, the hundreds of thousands of people outside the pass are not Are they people? They used to be the people of Ming Dynasty, and they also contributed to the imperial court. Among the many taxes of the imperial court, they also borne some of them. Now they are captured by Jiannu, students have to ask, they have no enmity with Jiannu , Living on the land of the Han family, how could they be captured by the Jiannu? They worked hard every day, and handed over their hard work to the court, and they still didn’t have enough food and clothing, but did the court’s army protect them? There are countless people and horses on the nine sides, countless dangerous passes, and none of them blocked Jiannu's cavalry. This is not because Jiannu is strong. If Jiannu is really strong, why can my lord be able to kill countless Jiannu? After all, it is The incompetence of the imperial court, the incompetence of the imperial army, and the incompetence of the imperial generals made them suffer the humiliation of building slaves. Now that they are well, they finally have the opportunity to become Han people again, but what about the imperial court? Abandoned, for the sake of the so-called slave building? What is the court spending so much money on every year? There have been wars in Liaodong for decades, and the daily consumption of food and grass is like a mountain. Sir, Lord Lu, as a member of the imperial court, as a leading general, do you still have the face to let my Lord Hou abandon these Han people? Do you still have the face to meet them?"

"Jiandou is ashamed, I have no face to see the general, so I will leave first." Lu Xiangsheng's face was pale, his eyes were lifeless, full of pain and guilt, he cupped his hands towards Li Xin, covered his face and walked away.Shi Yuanzhi focused on his weaknesses in every sentence, and he himself was an upright gentleman, so he could talk to Li Xin no matter how much face he had.

(End of this chapter)