They parted on bad terms, and there was not much talk in Jingbian Tower. There was no point in staying here. Shi Dayong excused himself to rush to the capital and said goodbye to Sun Chengzong. Sun Chengzong did not keep him, but said a few polite words and sent him gifts.
Dayong and the others went down to the gate.
Shi Dayong's persistence saved Lu Ming some time. After Shi Dayong left, he kept talking about Shi's brutality in front of Sun Chengzong, which made Sun Chengzong frown.
Lu Shanji listened to the side and was also surprised. He didn't expect that Shi Dayong behind the copper mask would be such a cruel person. He was so domineering just after contacting the second general of Shi Department. He couldn't help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, Shi Dayong refused.
Otherwise, it will be even more difficult to get along with each other in the future. If someone is not good, he will be the second in Zu Dashou.
With Lao Jinglue here, Zu Dashou still knows things and is obedient. If Lao Jinglue is not around, then Zu Dashou is not obedient either.
This Shi Dayong was more tyrannical than Zu Dashou, and his subordinates were no less domineering than the generals in Liaodong. If the old manager were to be absent, who could control him and who could suppress him?[
Trying to drive away wolves and tigers, the result is that tigers are raised to create trouble. Isn't this shooting oneself in the foot?
This Liao affair is really difficult to handle. It depends on the warriors to succeed and defeat.
To put it bluntly, if there is no pay, all the soldiers in Liaodong will be bandits. Who really has the imperial court in their heart?
It doesn't matter if he doesn't know what he's interested in, he can think of a way to drive this person away. But if Shi Dayong goes to Beijing to meet the emperor and tell the emperor about Qiu Hejia's contribution to the victory in Jinzhou, then the imperial court may not transfer him.
Qiu Hejia. When the time comes, Lao Jing passes away, and the deer can hardly sing without his palms. Isn’t it true that the inside and outside of the closed door have fallen into the hands of others.
Thinking of this, Lu Shanji couldn't help but feel worried. He opened his mouth to express his worries, but Sun Chengzong shook his head at him and said in a deep voice: "Boshun doesn't have to worry about Shi Dayong's matter.
We've already made plans. You and Qingyun go to raise money for payment, and I'll go to the capital right away."
"What do you think, sir?" Lu Shanji asked softly, already thinking about it.
Sun Chengzong nodded and did not hide anything from him, saying: "Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru are at odds with each other. Whether this can happen depends on whether he wants to go further."
"What if Wen Tiren refuses to help?" Lu Shanji was a little worried. You must know that Wen Tiren is famous for being "non-party", and the old minister is an important minister of the Donglin Party. Wen Tiren avoids the Donglin Party, so how can he do it?
I'm willing to help with this.
"He will definitely help with this." Sun Chengzong was very confident, "unless he is willing to live under Zhou Yanru forever."
"Students heard that Wen Tiren was very close to Zhou Yanru. Zhou Yanru mostly listened to Wen Tiren in court affairs. Zhou Yanru once said that Wen Tiren was his best helper. When he gave money to Long Xi, the two had a close relationship.
, Now there is a first assistant and a second assistant, and the relationship is even closer. Will Wen Tiren risk offending Zhou Yanru to help us?" Lu Ming was a little worried, fearing that the teacher's arrangement would not work.
"There are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies. Wen Tiren will not accept others. When the late emperor was still alive, my teacher had friendship and dealings with him. If my teacher had not misjudged him, this Wen Tiren would be
He is a tiger who can eat people. Zhou Yanru is a man of great virtue, but only talks about things and gets things done, but Wen Tiren is dedicated to doing things. Now he is close to Zhou Yanru, but it may not be that he has no thoughts of replacing him. You don't have to worry, Wen Tiren
I will definitely help him. This matter has many benefits for him. Besides, I have my full help. How can the throne of chief minister not be attractive?" Sun Chengzong has always been very confident in his vision. He believes that Wen Tiren will definitely do it.
Help me with this.
Seeing that Sun Chengzong insisted on doing this, Lu Ming could not persuade him any more, so he said: "We are going to the capital, and we have been traveling all the way. The teacher has just recovered from illness. How can we withstand the bumps along the way? Why don't we let the students take the place of the teacher?"
"There are not many days left for me. Before I leave, I must make arrangements for you, otherwise, even if I have the will, I will not be able to do it. I must step in for Wen Tiren, otherwise, he will not let go easily.
"Sun Chengzong felt the students' concern for him and glanced at his proud disciple with soft eyes.
"When are you going to leave, sir?" Lu Shanji asked.
Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said: "We have to get ahead of Shi Dayong, otherwise things will be difficult. Well, I will leave in an hour."
"So urgent?"
Lu Ming and Lu Shanji cried out at the same time.
Sun Chengzong gave a wry smile: "Success depends on people, and planning depends on God. We are already passive. If we don't take the lead, how can we have a chance to succeed?" After a pause, he said with some envy: "Shi Dayong is indeed a good general. I saw it with my own eyes at the top of Jinzhou City that day.
Seeing him leading troops to help, the wind was rustling and the water was cold. It felt like a strong man was gone and would never come back. It's a pity that he is from Qiu Hejia... I'm tired, you can go down." After that, he said lightly.
Sigh.
When the uncle and nephew of the Lu family saw each other, they looked at each other and retreated silently.[
In the Jingbian Tower, only Sun Chengshou was left alone, looking eastward.
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After getting off the Jingbian Tower, Shao Wu and other officers came to see them immediately. Shi Dayong did not say much to them, but asked the sergeants if they had eaten before. When they heard that they had eaten and the food was good, he sent an order to enter the customs immediately.
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"So urgent?"
Shao Wu was a little surprised, but seeing that Shi Dayong looked wrong, Jiang Wanli and Cao Bianjiao also had angry looks on their faces, he knew what must have happened, so he didn't want to ask more questions, so he hurriedly passed the order and set off immediately.
At the gate, the Jinlue Yamen sent several officials to see him off. The uncles and nephews of the Lu family were not among them. The highest ranking official was only a fifth-rank official, which was very different from the treatment that Sun Chengzong had received before. It was Wang Tingchen.
The only deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong did not come, and the atmosphere was not as good as before.
Shi Dayong knew the reason, but the rest of the people did not, but no one dared to ask. More than a thousand soldiers silently escorted the carriage, and the slave prisoners slowly headed west.
After traveling for more than a mile, Shi Dayong looked back at Shanhaiguan behind him, paused for a few seconds, suddenly smiled, turned sideways, raised his whip, and rode forward first.
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Along the way, there were many people along the road. They thought they had heard about Jinzhou's troops and horses and came to see the Ming Dynasty's army. However, after a few miles, there were not many people on the road.
After entering the Shanhaiguan customs, you will go to Qian'an and Yongping prefectures, and then go all the way west via Fengrun, Yutian, and Xianghe to Tongzhou. After passing Tongzhou, you will reach the capital. If you go north from Tongzhou, you will go through Changping to Juyongguan. If you turn northeast
, are Jizhou, Zunhua and other places. These prefectures and counties are all under the jurisdiction of Ji Town. Along the Kouguan Wall are Xifengkou, Malanyu, etc.
If I passed through these prefectures and counties two years ago, there would be merchants coming and going, there would be constant carriages and horses, the villages and towns would be densely packed, and the population would be very dense. But now it is sparsely populated, and there are very few merchants on the road. I think it is because of the Jin army.
Two years ago, this area was so severely punished that the people moved south to avoid being harmed by the Jin army again. Ordinary merchants did not dare to come here to do business easily. Almost all the caravans along the way went to Liaodong.
.The so-called wealth and wealth are just sought after taking risks.
We only rested at the inn along the way, and spent the rest of the time on the road. When we arrived in Tongzhou, there were people who had been waiting here for a long time.
The people waiting here are not from the Ministry of War or officials from Tongzhou, but from Dongchang.
Readers, don’t complain about the lack of updates to Bones recently. Please note that Bones has been very busy recently. Besides, it’s the end of the year, so it’s normal for things to be more complicated.