Chapter 15: First Results
Time flies, and the weather has gradually warmed up. The military training work has started to get on track. He has also returned to Yuzhou City. The work of military training in Shacheng has been handed over to Yu Kun because Yu Kun is a little bit famous. It is not that Yu Kun’s backstage is so awesome, but that Yu Kun’s background is a bit special. According to Yu Kun himself, Yuzhou, where he came to Yuzhou more than ten years ago, was a little Taoist priest before coming to Yuzhou. He was raised by an old Taoist priest since he was a child. When he was in Taoist temple, he practiced martial arts with his master. He has been practicing for more than ten years. Of course, he is far inferior to the master, but he is also a little master compared to some three-legged cats in the martial arts world.
There were only two masters and disciples in the Taoist temple. Later, after the old Taoist priest passed away, he went down the mountain alone. He didn't know anything when he first entered the world. If he had no money to eat, what should he do? The old business of begging for alms started to do it again. But there were few scoundrels on the street, but they accidentally killed people because they had a fight with some scoundrels, so they couldn't start a big escape. But where can the world be so big? It happened that the Northeast Army was fighting with Dongxia, so they went to the Northeast. After arriving in the Northeast, they found Suoguan. Because the prince of the Great Wei was trapped and killed by Dongxia, the court suspected that there were traitors, and they were afraid that the traitors would flee, so they were stolen and locked up.
Yu Kun was in a hurry to get out of lockup. The yamen constable was still chasing him all over the world. He had committed a crime, so he would definitely not be able to go to the quiet place. It happened that the people of Western Liao were also attacking Shacheng. Yu Kun gritted his teeth and ran from the northeast to Zhenzhou. As soon as a team of officials escorted the prisoners to Yuzhou for exile, he took the opportunity to get into the prisoners. As a result, he became a soldier in the Zhenxi Army. Because of his bravery in the war, he was promoted to the position of brigade commander.
He was the best of his ability to hand over the training task to Yu Kun, and he was interested in his brave martial arts and trained soldiers to fight and assassinate the ability of individual combat. Moreover, after more than ten years of military career, he also figured out a set of border military kung fu. When he left, he repeatedly asked Yu Kun not to keep it. If he continued to teach that border military kung fu, he might be able to develop it in the future and you will become a master.
When I returned to Yuzhou, I found that there were many new faces on the street market, but most of them were dilapidated and had no property. He was very happy to see these people! What happened to the beggars? As long as they came to Yuzhou, they could still become labor force. If all beggars from the Wei Dynasty came to Yuzhou, he would even raise his hand to welcome him, so he thought of another bad idea.
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Today he was waiting for Chang Xiong in a tavern in Yuzhou City, not in the military camp. It was because he saw these beggars that he thought of some ways to recruit laborers to Yuzhou. Isn’t no one willing to come to Yuzhou? Then I will call all the beggars from the Wei Dynasty to Yuzhou, and I will be the leader of the Beggars’ Sect?
When Chang Xiong arrived at the tavern, the first thing he said was that the waiter gave me a jar of good wine. This is a damn! He was so poor that he also came to a jar of good wine, and he clearly wanted to kill himself. Fortunately, he saw that Chang Xiong had worked hard and didn't care.
Chang Xiong didn't like his roundabout words, so he went straight to the point and told Chang Xiong that he would find some people from the beggars from Yongzhou. He slightly promoted a few backbones and asked them to set up a beggar sect in various parts of the Central Plains to help Yuzhou promote and deceive more beggars to come to Yuzhou. When Chang Xiong heard that he wanted to be the leader of the beggar sect, he was so depressed that he disagreed with it. There was no way, so he had to serve as the leader of the beggar sect by himself. Anyway, it was just a name. In such a big Wei Empire, there were only ten million beggars, so there would be millions. If all these beggars were brought to Yuzhou, let alone the labor force, money, and military sources were solved, even the bachelors could be solved, and they could be solved in one fell swoop.
After Chang Xiong left, he was quite happy. He hummed a small song and bought a candied haws and licked it. But what he could not have imagined was that after he brought the title of leader of the Beggars' Sect, he would never be able to take it down in his life. A hundred years later, some people would often say, "The leader of our Beggars' Sect, Liu Yi, are all kinds of things, and the leader of our Beggars' Sect, Liu Yi, are all kinds of things."
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The guards came back to the barracks to report and said that the General Mansion of Shancheng had sent someone over and the Deputy of the Army asked him to go to Shancheng. According to his speculation, it was probably the Deputy of the Army who reported to the court that the court appointed him as the new general of Yuzhou. He also wanted to know what the court's attitude was, so he went directly to Shancheng the next day and bought some fruits when he went to Gong's mansion.
In the Gong Mansion, Gong Ming stood at the door with a cane and looked at him, smiling and waved to him to come into the house. After entering the house, he helped Gong Ming sit down carefully. Gong Ming told him that it was okay. When the doctor prescribed medicine, he said that he should walk more often. He didn't care what the doctor said, and told Gong Ming that if he walked around like this next time, he would not drink with him. Then Gong Ming fooled and agreed.
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Gong Ming took out a small note from his sleeve, and wrote a few small words on it. Anyway, the official registration was just a procedure, and the real appointment was to be stamped with the military headquarters and His Majesty the Emperor. He only knew that there was a group of generals of Tiance in the imperial army, and all the appointments and removals of military generals had to be stamped with big seals. As for whether others would stamp them, he didn't know. When his grandfather was alive, he was the general of the second-rank state-controlled country in the Northern Army. Later, he released military power and became the first-rank Taiwei after returning to the court. As for whom the military headquarters is now in charge.
Gong Ming told him that the court's appointment was not the third rank, but the third rank General Guide. The difference in this word made him lose one level directly, it doesn't matter, it's all the third rank. The six ministers of the six ministers are only the third rank, and he still has many opportunities to be promoted. How can the six ministers of the court be promoted? The Shangshu Ling is not so easy to be squeezed down.
It doesn't matter to him whether he is promoted or not. He just needs a legitimate statement. It's just like he only cares about military affairs but cannot manage administration. If he wants to manage administration at present, of course it's okay, it's just that it's not right. As long as he takes a step forward, he can manage Yuzhou administration with a legitimate statement.
It is difficult to take more steps at the moment. Once he steps on it, it means that he is truly qualified to speak to various forces in the Great Wei Dynasty, including His Majesty the Emperor. But only a few of them took that step in the Great Wei Dynasty? They can count them with one hand, and who is not a big old? The youngest Zhenxihou is also in his fifties. He is only sixteen years old now, and he has time to fight those old guys, and even if he can endure time, he can endure them to death.
Gong Ming asked him to come to Shancheng, and in addition to telling him about the appointment of the court, the most important thing was handover. Gong Ming was a general in Yuzhou and a third-rank military general in the court. As before, he had to return to Beijing to report his duties and join the military headquarters after handover. But the changes in the court over the past few decades were too great, not that His Majesty the Emperor changed, but that the big bosses of the court were changing. His grandfather was once the commander of the 300,000 troops in the north. If those big bosses of the court changed, his grandfather would have also
He would not resign as the Grand Marshal and retire to his hometown. So once Gong Ming handed over to him, Gong Ming would really have no power at all. Although he still had the title of third-rank official in the court, he might not even be as good as a fifth-rank general. That being said, Gong Ming would definitely not return to the court. He gave Yuzhou directly to Liu Yi but did not give it to the court. Once he returned to Beijing, it would be strange if the court did not cut him down. Moreover, Yuzhou is his home, and it is definitely much better to support his elderly care at home than to support him in the capital.
But Gong Ming wants to hand over to him not only the military matter, but also another one. In Gong Ming’s mind, handover of the military matter is a small matter, and handover of another matter is a big matter, which is his father’s long-cherished wish for his life. Since Liu Yi inherited everything from him, he should have inherited that long-cherished wish.
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Gong Ming put down his crutch, drank a cup of tea, and looked at him in a daze.
Feeling that Gong Ming should have something to say to him, he asked casually, "Does the military deputy have anything else to say to me?"
Gong Ming was silent for a while and asked, "Xiaoyi, are you willing to recognize me as your adoptive father? I don't force you, so forget it if I don't want to."
"What are the words of the military officer? The adoptive father was bowing to his son." As he said that, he immediately stood up and knelt down for Gong Ming. How long has Gong Ming known him for a long time? He could directly give him a ticket that countless people wanted. What's the big deal about recognizing him as an adoptive father? Liu Yi is not an ungrateful person either.
"Okay, OK, Yi'er, my son get up quickly, get up quickly." As he said that, Gong Ming had to get up to help him, but as soon as he stood up, he immediately stood up and pressed Gong Ming down. He asked with great respect, "Does your adoptive father still have any concerns now? Tell me whatever you want to say to me, just listen to Yi'er."
"Okay, very good. I originally thought that if you don't want to, I wouldn't want to explain and bring this matter into the coffin. Unexpectedly, Yi'er, you can really recognize me as your father. I'm very happy, but Yi'er, what you want to say next may not be a good thing for you, do you still understand?"
"The adoptive father said it, son listen."
"Okay, Yi'er knows that General Guan and my father were surrounded forty years ago, 270,000 troops were betrayed by his father, resulting in the 270,000 troops being broken through with his 270,000 troops, only his father and others, so I inherited my father's long-cherished wish and must find out who betrayed the Zhenxi Army. Yi'er, I can't check it out even if my father is old, are you... willing to inherit this long-cherished wish?" Gong Ming's nervous expression seemed to be afraid that Liu Yi would not agree to him.
Seeing Gong Ming's expression, he agreed without thinking. He had heard that Guan Hou was betrayed by someone and led to his defeat in the war, and he didn't know the specific reason. But since he took over everything about Gong Ming... he should naturally inherit this long-cherished wish.
Gong Ming was very happy when he heard his personal agreement. You could tell from his expression that his condition had improved a lot in an instant. Gong Ming looked at him and continued, "Then listen next.
The war forty years ago was indeed betrayed by someone, but the traitor was not in the Zhenxi Army. I secretly sent people to investigate for forty years, and found some clues several times, but not long after all the clues were interrupted. However, I found the only clues, but the target was directly within the court. At first I was not sure, but in the next ten years, I combined some things and found a shocking secret.
Forty years ago, General Guan was betrayed, and 270,000 troops were killed. Thirty years ago, the old Duke of Qin in the Northeast Army died of illness for no reason. Twenty years ago, Gu Fang, the commander of the Southern Army, was dismissed from office and investigated. Eighteen years ago, Liu Xuan, the commander of the Northern Army, was transferred to the capital for no reason. Thirteen years ago, His Highness, the new commander of the Northeast Army, was trapped and killed by Dongxia. Five years ago, Yang Duke of the Southwest Army, was killed by false charges. All this could not be such a coincidence. How could the commanders of each border army be replaced in the 40 years? So I suspect that some people in the court were plundering military power, and only three people had the ability."
"Your Majesty, Grand Tutor, and Uncle" he continued.
Chapter completed!