Aspiration

Chapter 73
Niu Jinxing survived the battle in Deshengzhai, which aroused his desire to take risks again, and he confidently asked to follow the army.Li Laiheng was of course willing to learn more lessons from this Mr. Niu, lest he think that after reading a few sentences, he is really a person like Zhang Liang and Liu Bowen.

The army marched in secretly.Li Laiheng only brought 1 horses, and they camped more than 100 miles north of Deshengzhai.Li Laiheng led a detour of 200 troops into the hinterland of Xiong'er Mountain.

Xiong'er Mountain has a radius of hundreds of miles, with high mountains and dangerous roads, numerous passes and fortresses.

According to Lao Jiu's information, they can meet the respondent in Huanglong Bay in the hinterland of Xiong'er Mountain.

Huanglong Bay is the old camp of Li Wei, who "overturned the sky".

In these years, Li Wei has actually been his local emperor in the Xionger Mountains. He has no ambitions, is content with the status quo, and is not interested in overthrowing the Ming Dynasty. He is happy to have such a piece of land to enjoy himself.He now has more than 5000 soldiers and horses, scattered in various passes and fortresses within a radius of [-] miles in the heart of Xiong'er Mountain.In his old battalion, there were five thousand elite soldiers.The [-]-man guards belonged to him, because they were all the essence drawn from various troops, and after rigorous training, they had very strong combat effectiveness.

Lao Jiu has already sent people into Li Wei's core, and their work of instigating rebellion has achieved some results. Three generals are ready to surrender to Li Zicheng, and they are bewitched by the promise that they will become the founding fathers of the country in the future.Among these three generals was Qiu Yunsong, the leader of the guards who overthrew Tian Liwei.He is Li Wei's confidant general who overturned the sky, and he commanded the five thousand elite soldiers in the old battalion.

Although Qiu Yunsong is Li Wei's confidant who overthrew the sky, he has no great ambitions for Li Wei, and he is only obsessed with enjoying the imperial court in this cottage.What's more, Li Wei's character is not very good, and his lust is minor, but he has no shame, and he also covets the wives and concubines of his subordinates. Qiu Yunsong once snatched a little girl who was quite pretty, and Li Wei saw it by accident. Straightforwardly, it was taken from him.Qiu Yunsong dared not speak out, so he put on a smile and gave the girl to Li Wei without trying it out.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous enemy is often the person you trust the most.Qiu Yunsong's occasional complaints will naturally be remembered by people, and the people of Lao Jiu are good at digging out such small things, so he was taken by Lao Jiu's people.The old nine people are very good at demagogy. They told Qiu Yunsong that the new emperor is about to come to court. Do you want to be the founding father of the country?

Of course I would like to be the founding father of the country. The old nine said, come to our King Li Chuang's command and become a general first. In the future, rewards for meritorious deeds and titles of princes and kings are all possible.

Qiu Yunsong didn't dare to think about things that were too far away, but when he was promised to be a general under Li Zicheng, he agreed to participate in the coup.

The first time Li Laiheng saw Li Wei, he felt that this person must be killed.

Although you can't judge people by their appearance, this Li Wei gave Li Laiheng a very bad impression at first glance. What was revealed in the triangular eyes was not only sinister and ferocious, but also more violent.

Li Wei's palace is extremely luxurious, although it is not as magnificent as the Forbidden City in Beijing, but in a remote mountainous area, such a group of tall houses suddenly appeared, resplendent and majestic, it is indeed surprising.Li Wei did not proclaim himself emperor, but his official system was set up with reference to the Tang Dynasty's Sangong Jiuqing system.Although Sangong is not called Prime Minister, Taiwei, or Doctor Yushi.Jiuqing is not called Fengchang, Langzhongling, Weiwei, Taipu, Tingwei, Dianke, Zongzheng, Zhisu Neishi, and Shaofu.But their posture is vaguely this kind of structure.

Qiu Yunsong is equivalent to a Weiwei, and the security work of the center is basically in his hands.There are two other people who conspired with Qiu Yunsong, one is Chang Wei who is equivalent to the imperial doctor, and the other is Ma Yun who is equivalent to a servant.They were instigated by Lao Jiu's people so hard that they planned to launch a palace coup after Li Laiheng's arrival.

Li Laiheng was introduced to Li Wei's palace.

Seeing this handsome young man, Li Wei squinted his eyes and asked, "Are you Li Xiang from Beijing?"

"Yes. I just arrived yesterday."

Li Laiheng replied.

He pretends to be a candidate who has landed in the scientific research and joins Li Wei.They made up a story to the effect that Li Xiang took the first place in the written examination, but someone from the court cheated and changed his number one name to someone else's.Li Wei dreamed of being an emperor, with more military generals and not enough civil servants.Ma Yun, the eunuch, introduced Li Xiang to Li Wei, saying that he should be the No. 1 scholar this year, but he didn't expect his No.[-] to be replaced by someone, and he became the top candidate.

Li Wei was thirsty for talents, and when he heard that there was such a talented person, he immediately sent someone from "Beijing" to pick him up.

"I heard that you were supposed to be the champion this year, but is it true?" Li Wei asked.

"The first place in the written test, before the palace test, was replaced by an impostor, and it can't be said that she must be the number one scholar."

Hi, this baby is not bad, every sentence is very decent and real.Li Wei thought, Chongzhen didn't interview him, so it's the same for me to interview, to see if he has real talents and learning.So, he said, by order, the three lords, nine ministers, and officials above the fourth rank all came to the hall, and he wanted to personally interview the number one scholar.

When the officials of Li Wei's small court heard that Li Wei was going to hand-pick the number one scholar, they were very curious and looked at the number one scholar with great interest.

Everyone looked at it, ha, this young man is really a beautiful young man, pink and glamorous, with a heroic spirit, maybe he can become the son-in-law if he wins the number one prize.Li Wei has a daughter who is said to be a rare beauty.Besides, this quasi-champion scholar has a companion, someone introduced him as Mr. Niu, probably the teacher of the quasi-champion scholar Li Xiang, this person is personable and has the demeanor of a famous minister, he looks like a bureaucrat every time he throws his foot and raises his hand people in.All present here are also ministers of Li Wei's Shanzhai court, but compared with Mr. Niu, they feel ashamed, and they go to the city with the countrymen, which makes people surprised and envious everywhere.

Li Laiheng and Niu Jinxing won a lot of charm points for their first impression.

When the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty arrived, Li Wei began to write questions. His first question was: "The gains and losses of the Ming Dynasty's policy of governing the country."

Li Laiheng was startled, and thought to himself, this topic is still somewhat advanced. Unexpectedly, the reckless hero Li Wei could still come up with this topic.However, he did not believe that Li Wei knew the correct answer.But he still expressed his opinion.

He said that the Ming Dynasty adopted a strategy of "equalizing the poor" in governing the country.Yes, the cost of governing the country is extremely low.The basic strategy of the Ming Dynasty’s governance was to close its doors and keep its doors closed, allowing the people to work on their own one-third of an acre of land for a lifetime. If they had enough food and clothing, and no surplus money, there would be no large-scale land mergers, and the people would live and work in peace and contentment. Therefore, the cost of governing the country was low.But what was lost was that the country was closed to the outside world, and the opportunity to expand outward was lost.Although Zheng He made seven voyages to the West during the Yongle period, he had more than [-] warships, and the warships were huge, more than twice the size of the largest warships in the world. At the same time, Columbus discovered America, and their fleet was comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty. In comparison, it is simply pediatrics.At this time, the Ming Dynasty can completely dominate the world, establish more dependent countries, and its national power can reach the highest level in Chinese history. Farming, therefore, did not expand externally.Internally, due to poverty and economic stagnation, if there is a disaster year, there will be a lot of displaced people.Since the Wanli period, the power of the eunuchs has been too great, which has harmed the country and the people. This is the malady of the Ming Dynasty.That is to say, loss.

Li Laiheng then specifically talked about the major events of the Ming Dynasty over the years, explaining the reasons for their occurrence.He talked eloquently, and all the civil servants and military generals were fascinated by it, and they were all stunned, thinking, I am also known as a minister, but compared with this young man, is he still a human being?
Niu Jinxing couldn't help being amazed, thinking, how does this kid know so many truths?What he said, I, Niu Jinxing, had never thought through it so thoroughly before.When he was amazed, Wen Xing couldn't help dismissing him.

"Mr. Li is right. Zhu Yuanzhang had Liu Bowen and other counselors plan for him back then, and came up with the strategy of 'equalizing the poor'. Of course, it was of great effect in stabilizing his Zhu family dynasty. However, he lost the opportunity to expand the territory. As far as the Chinese nation is concerned, I am a sinner through the ages. Mr. Li answered well, well answered." Niu Jinxing said.

"Who is this?" Li Wei asked, not knowing the origin of Niu Jinxing.

"Luoyang Juren Niu." Niu Jinxing replied.

"Are you here for refuge too?"

"I was invited by Mr. Li, and our purpose is the same."

Li Wei was happy.The champion of the new department came to join, and Niu Juren also came to join. It seems that my career, Li Wei, is getting more and more prosperous.Well, well, both of these have to be reused.

"Mr. Li, how much is your Geng? Are you married?"

Before Li Wei's exam was over, he suddenly asked Li Laiheng about his age and marriage.He has a plan, his daughter is seventeen this year, beautiful as a flower, why not marry this Young Master Li?
Li Laiheng thought, ask me if I am married, do you want me to be a son-in-law?Li Laiheng is a little bit, Lu Qin is still waiting for Lao Tzu, am I losing my virginity here?Can't stand Lu Qin.

Li Wei had no choice but to answer the question, "Back to General Li, I am twenty this year, why do I call myself home when the Huns are still alive, and have not considered marriage for the time being."

Hehe, I am ambitious.

Well, the more ambitious you are, the more I should give it to my daughter.Li Wei thought happily.

(End of this chapter)