The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

In a flash, the time has come to the beginning of December in the seventh year of apocalypse.

News has come from Beijing. After the end of the new year, a new year will be used. It will be the first year of Chongzhen.

These days, after Li Yuanqing's hard work, the fluctuation of the back house has been steadily suppressed by Li Yuanqing. In terms of government affairs and military affairs, the conscription work has basically ended, and the new recruits training is in full swing.

The banking business is basically clean up, and it will be a great success if we choose a lucky day in the coming year.

After careful discussion with the generals such as Chen Zhong, Yang miaocai and Li Yuanqing, the most crucial matter of meritorious service has come to a final plan, which is "slow flow, from small to big"!

As a representative of southern Liaoning, Chen Zhong, together with Yang miaocai, will go to the capital to report for meritorious service with 500 Tartars.

Li Yuanqing had many other chores to do, so he had to wait until the middle of December when news came back from the capital.

As a result, Li Yuanqing is doomed to be unable to accompany his wife and children during the new year. But at this time, when the new emperor ascended the throne, Li Yuanqing obviously had to give Zhu Youjian this face.

On the wharf, Li Yuanqing himself took the fleet of Chen Zhong and his party out of sight. Together with Shang Laoliu, he boarded the carriage that returned to the city.

Shang Laoliu understood Li Yuanqing's worries and said with a smile: "Yuanqing, the new emperor ascends the throne, and the new year's weather is new. I think he should not be too difficult for us. Even if you are not promoted to the rank of official, you must distribute some of your property and reward. You don't have to worry too much

Today, that is, Shang Laoliu dares to talk with Li Yuanqing in such a close and friendly way. Even Chen Zhong, in the face of Li Yuanqing, will now pay attention to his words.

No wonder the king always describes himself as "alone". When we really got to this position, we would know that "it's too cold to be high.".

However, there is no actual conflict of interest between Li Yuanqing and Shang Laoliu.

Shang Laoliu had only one daughter. Because of Liu Chunhua's relationship, he didn't take a concubine. To be frank, in this era, like Shang Laoliu, he had almost no desire and no demand. To assist Li Yuanqing became his biggest pursuit.

Li Yuanqing, of course, understood the comfort of Shang Laoliu, but he shook his head with a smile. "Brother Shang, I'm not worried about the new emperor. But... "

Although Li Yuanqing has not finished, how can shanglaoliu not understand Li Yuanqing's meaning? "Yuanqing, you mean Liaoxi?"

Li Yuanqing nodded with a smile, "brother Shang, Lord Wang has been in office for several months. I haven't seen him yet. I can't say that."

At this time, Shang Laoliu had fully understood Li Yuanqing's arrangement, and was greatly admired.

It's no wonder that Li Yuanqing had already accumulated such a large-scale foundation industry before he was still young.

Draw inferences from one instance and connect them in series.

In this regard, even if he is more than ten years older than Li Yuanqing, he is only willing to be defeated.

"Yuanqing, although we haven't met with Lord Wang, there are not few war reports and documents. As long as we bring more gifts, Lord Wang will not find fault with them. By the way, Yuanqing, when are you going to leave? "

Li Yuanqing smiles: "tomorrow. Tomorrow, go to Shanhaiguan first

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After dinner with his wife and children, Li Yuanqing came to the inner study, leaving Xiao He to wait on him. He picked up a charcoal pen and drew on the paper.

As the saying goes, "a good brain is better than a bad pen.".

Up to now, with his identity and status, Li Yuanqing is no longer a person.

To put it bluntly, don't say a word from Li Yuanqing. Even if it is a small move of his, it will become the wind direction that the people below will speculate.

Therefore, Li Yuanqing, whether he is a man or doing things, must plan in an orderly way and firmly grasp the general situation in his own hands.

It is obviously better to think in your head than to make a brief outline.

At this time, although Li Yuanqing was the general of Zhenguo and the commander in chief of Changsheng Island, who was in charge of the war in the south of Liaoning Province, he was still a warrior and a clay legged son.

Although the reports and documents have been sent to the west of Liaoning Province in advance, the examination of meritorious service has not passed through western Liaoning, which has actually broken the hidden rules of the officialdom.

However, this kind of thing can not be sent directly to western Liaoning.

It has long been the consensus of the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty that wild geese overkill their feathers.

Li Yuanqing only reported the top five hundred Tartars on his trip. To tell the truth, it is not enough. If you were stripped a layer of skin by Liaoxi, it would be really ugly in front of the new Emperor Zhu Youjian.

It's not that Li Yuanqing wanted to reduce the number of the first class on purpose and not give western Liaoning face. The main reason is that the structure of western Liaoning is too complicated.

At present, Huang Taiji has implemented a tight defensive strategy in the Liao area. It is no longer the case a few years ago when the two sides "brush off their guns and go astray" to trigger a large-scale war between the two sides.It is not so easy for Li Yuanqing to get the first rank of Tartars.

As a result, resources are limited.

Obviously, Li Yuanqing can no longer "cut meat and feed Eagles" as he used to, to feed the big men in western Liaoning.

But after all, the southern part of Liaoning Province was under the governor of western Liaoning Province. Even if both sides knew it well, this hidden rule could not be openly destroyed.

In history, why did governor yuan want to take Mao Wenlong's head to sacrifice the flag in the face of the world's public opinion?

The most important point is that the headquarters of Dongjiang was under the rule of western Liaoning, but Mao Wenlong completely abandoned Liaoxi and unilaterally contacted the imperial court and Denglai.

In this way, there was a big contradiction between the two sides. Mao Wenlong didn't know how to restrain himself. If he didn't give him the face of supervisor yuan, it was inevitable for both sides to brush their guns and get angry.

At this time, Mao Wenlong is still his own way, and Li Yuanqing, even if he is more dazzling than Mao Wenlong's achievements, but in terms of face, he always has to account for the past.

To put it bluntly, Li Yuanqing hated to make friends with the local vested interest class in western Liaoning, but he still had to give Wang Zhichen face.

On the one hand, Li Yuanqing asked Chen Zhong and Yang miaocai to go to the capital first. On the one hand, he wanted to find out the wind direction of the capital and fine tune the strategy according to the wind direction. On the other hand, he wanted to take advantage of the time difference to go to Western Liaoning first, and take care of the face affairs.

For more than an hour, Li Yuanqing had almost finished the plan and carefully received the thick account book made of cowhide.

Xiaohe quickly and cleverly put the account book into the package on one side to help Li Yuanqing clean up and straighten, so that Li Yuanqing can check it at any time.

Outside the window, the snow is all over the sky, and the cold wind is howling.

Indoor, although it is warm as spring, beauty is on the side.

However, although the fragrance of Xiaohe's virgin is very pleasant and attractive, Li Yuanqing's heart is always a little uneasy.

The arrival of the first year of Chongzhen meant The catastrophe is not far away

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In the early morning of December 21, Li Yuanqing bid farewell to his wives and concubines. Under the escort of 800 soldiers, he took five large ships and seven medium-sized ships, and under the escort of ten express ships, all the way to Liaoxi.

To this day, the general trend is strange, for his own safety, Li Yuanqing dare not have half a minute neglect.

Although the size of the Spanish armed fleet is a little wasteful, it allows Li Yuanqing to advance, attack and defend. Even in case of emergency, he can have enough initiative within the maximum scope.

On this trip, accompanied by Yang Jiao, mother and son, Yue Niang, Li Liuli, and hundreds of people from the fog and rain Pavilion.

After such a long delay, the opening of the fog rain Pavilion can not be delayed any longer.

The affairs of the fog and rain Pavilion, to a large extent, is also an important indicator of the attitude of the new Emperor Zhu Youjian towards Li Yuanqing.

At this time, it was the coldest day. Although the journey was windy and cold, the fleet of Changsheng camp had already had rich experience in this respect, and there was no obstacle at all.

The only difference is that Li Yuanqing's personal soldier leader was replaced by Yang Lei by Niu Gensheng.

Niu Gensheng was in charge of the new recruits' training affairs at this time. All the discerning people had already understood that only after the new army was trained, Niu Gensheng, as a confidant of Li Yuanqing's heart, was promoted to a commander of the first army.

Although Yang Lei is not as smart as Niu Gensheng, he is not stupid. However, he is more stable and mature, which makes it seem that he has no advantages.

But this fellow was also an old soldier who followed Li Yuanqing during the Sanchahe period. Because of his dull character, to some extent, he was more trusted by Li Yuanqing than Niu Gensheng.

Five days later, the fleet successfully landed in Shanhaiguan coastal area. Manchu got the news long ago, and braved the heavy snow, he came to meet him in person.

As soon as we met, he gave Li Yuanqing a signature bear hug and laughed: "Yuanqing, but I want to die my brother!"

Li Yuanqing is also a little speechless to man GUI, but his sincerity also moved Li Yuanqing.

With a few words of greetings, Li Yuanqing and man GUI rode with the wind and snow, chatting about the situation of the recent period.

Because there are many women in the fog and rain Pavilion on this trip, there are dozens of carriages in the long-term camp.

Fortunately, the carriage equipment is advanced, and the team is full of staff, which is not a big obstacle at all.

Shanhaiguan is not far away from the sea, only a dozen miles away. But because of the heavy snow, Li Yuanqing and man GUI communicate very well on the horse. In the middle of the journey, they both went into the carriage to talk.

Although the man GUI didn't like the carriage, it was warm as spring inside, and it was much more comfortable than outside. Soon, he adapted to the rhythm.

One of them lit a cigar. Manchu took a long puff of smoke and said, "Yuanqing, the situation in western Liaoning is more complicated than before."

"Oh?"

Li Yuanqing looked at man GUI's eyes and said with a smile, "brother GUI, how can I say that? Is it difficult for us, Lord Wang, to take over the power? "With a smile, man GUI said, "Yuanqing, it's not Mr. Wang who wants to take power. It's the dog scum outside the pass. These days, one by one, they are more happy than the other. "