Chapter three hundred and seventy-five brothers clear account
"Brother Longsheng, why are you so ruthless? Can you bear to see hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang being massacred by rogue bandits?" Li Xianfeng could no longer hold back and shouted angrily.
Wei Tongnian took a deep breath, "Brother Qingyang, it's not that I don't care about the life and death of the people in Luoyang, but that I am really powerless. I will tell you clearly today. Without the nod of my useless son-in-law, who are the soldiers and horses of Shandong?"
I can't mobilize even one soldier."
Wei Tongnian's words are indeed true. It is an eternal truth that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. It is even more impossible for Pang Gang, who comes from a later generation, not to understand this truth. Although he is very relieved about Wei Tongnian, the cheap father-in-law, he will Jinan Mansion, Gun
The civil affairs of the state capital and other places were all handed over to him, but only Pang Gang, the military power, always held it firmly in his hands and did not allow others to spy on him.
"Okay!" Lu Weiqi, who had been keeping his beard silent for a long time, sighed, "Then we will go to Qingzhou in person and implore General Dingguo to send troops. That's okay."
When Wei Tongnian saw that the other party was still unwilling to give up, he couldn't help frowning and said: "If Chaodong is willing to dispatch troops and horses to Luoyang, I naturally have no objection. However, Qingzhou is hundreds of miles away from here. You two are resting here today."
In the evening, how about we show off our friendship as landlords in the same year and set off again early tomorrow morning?"
Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng looked at each other before nodding: "Sorry for disturbing you!"
Two days later, Pang Gang also received these two experienced lobbyists at General Dingguo's Mansion in Qingzhou. After understanding the purpose of their visit, Pang Gang, like Wei in the same year, also became embarrassed.
Looking at the expectant looks of Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng, Pang Gang still shook his head like a wave.
"No...No, if I want to send troops to Henan, the imperial court will have to give up my position as the general who determines the country. Will Mr. Lu want me to betray the imperial court?"
"Damn it." Lu Weiqi was so angry when he heard this that his liver trembled with anger. "Have you done too many outrageous things? How did Liu Zeqing get driven away by you? How did Chen Xinjia go home to farm?
?How did Gao Qiqian die? Aren't you still sitting here properly? What you said is a fool!"
Seeing Lu Weiqi's expression change, Li Xianfeng was afraid that Lu Weiqi would say something inappropriate, so he quickly stepped forward and stood in front of Lu Weiqi and said: "General Pang, there is no need to prevaricate between me and Master Lu. We all understand the truth. But the problem at hand is
The rogue bandits are now approaching Luoyang, and the situation is critical. I don’t know what conditions are required for a large number of people to be willing to send troops!"
Li Xianfeng was very happy and simply showed his cards, pretending that you will make your own price and we will never bargain. This made Pang Gang slightly surprised. He didn't expect this person to come all the way.
The governor who begged him to send troops was quite a bachelor.
After pondering for a while, Pang just said slowly: "Governor Li, unless I refuse to save him, apart from the fact that there is no official document from the Ministry of War, if this army moves, the money, grain and grass that need to be spent will be gone.
. It’s not because I’m being hypocritical. Last time I went to the capital to support the king, I spent hundreds of thousands of money and killed a lot of Tatars. But how did the court treat us? It didn’t even reward us with a feather. As the saying goes.
Well, it’s natural for soldiers to eat food. But now it’s better. Let’s not talk about the blood and sweat for the imperial court. In the end, we have to eat ourselves. There is no such thing in the world.”
After listening to Pang Gang's complaints, even experienced veterans like Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng felt feverish on their faces. It was too much for the imperial court to do this. They came all the way to Qin, not to mention that they won the battle and were rewarded with silver.
There is no praise or praise, how can we not let the soldiers feel cold?
Lu Weiqi stood up with a red face and said loudly: "Don't worry, Mr. Pangda, if we win the battle, I will go from door to door to borrow the silver reward from you."
Faced with Lu Weiqi's harsh words, Pang Gang said tepidly: "Mr. Lu, don't comfort me with those empty words. Tell me the truth. How much money can Luoyang get?"
Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this. A martial artist is a martial artist, and he doesn't even know how to decorate his words. They just told Adu's things openly and nakedly, but the other party is willing to pay, which is a good start.
Lu Weiqi thought for a while and held out five fingers and said: "Fifty thousand, if the Pangda people can send troops to rescue Luoyang, Luoyang will give out fifty thousand taels of silver regardless of success or failure!"
"Fifty thousand!" Pang Gang was stunned, and then he smiled instead of getting angry: "Mr. Lu, you really think highly of me. You are just sending me a hussy. Fortunately, you have also been in charge of the Ministry of War. Could it be that you
I have never thought about how much each soldier can receive if these 50,000 taels of silver are distributed."
"This..." Lu Weiqi was also speechless. Fifty thousand taels of silver seemed like a lot, but if it were spread equally among all the soldiers who sent out troops, it would not be much.
"How much does Panda want?" Now that both parties have taken off the mask of hypocrisy, Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng stopped being secretive and made everything clear.
Pang Gang stretched out his hand and shook it in front of the two of them, and said calmly: "Fifty thousand taels of silver, plus fifty thousand shi of food!"
"What!" Lu Weiqi almost jumped up, pointing at Pang Gang who couldn't help but tremble, "You...you..."
"It's nothing, it's just this condition. If Mr. Lu feels that this condition cannot be met, you can ask Gao Ming." Pang Gang still acted like you are begging me, not me begging you.
Lu Weiqi turned to look at Li Xianfeng, and the meaning of his inquiry was obvious. Li Xianfeng was the governor of Henan, and he managed the money and food of Henan Province. He also knew best whether there was any money in the bank.
Li Xianfeng looked at Lu Weiqi and then at Pang Gang, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, if Pang Pang can break the siege of Luoyang, I will have to collect 500,000 taels of silver and food for General Pang no matter what."
Having said this, Lu and Li thought that this time Uncle Qiu Ba should agree to send troops. Unexpectedly, Pang Gang said next, "I never believe in empty words. The ancients said: Words are empty."
With the written evidence as evidence, I also ask Governor Li to leave a written evidence so that I can have a clear idea!"
"What? You... Mr. Pangda, please don't bully others too much." Now Li Xianfeng, no matter how well-educated he is, can't bear it any longer. You asked the governor of a province to write an IOU in his own hand. What are you doing?
, to humiliate others?
"Master Li, where do you start with these words?" Pang Gang also frowned: "To tell you the truth, Pang took a huge risk in sending troops this time. Isn't it too much to accept a little money and food?
Is that so? If you turn around and don’t recognize where the accounting officer went to get the money, of course we have to settle the accounts openly as brothers!"
The atmosphere in the living room became solemn with Pang Gang's words. Seeing that the negotiation was about to break down, Lu Weiqi quickly smoothed things over and said: "Don't get angry, Mr. Pang, but it's not good for you to ask Governor Li to unload the papers.
If word gets out, where will you let Governor Li put his face?"
Pang Gang said calmly: "If Governor Li can really deliver the food and money in time, this document will naturally be returned to you. What are you afraid of, or are you two going to finish it off and not be prepared to acknowledge the debt?"
"This..." Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng couldn't help but be dumbfounded. They really had this plan just now. When Pang Gang led his troops to Luoyang and lifted the siege of Luoyang, they would naturally have a hundred reasons to fight with them.
They use excuses to dismiss the matter or only give them 10% or 20%. What are they afraid of if there is no proof anyway? Could it be that Pang Gang still dares to rebel? But once the evidence is written down in black and white, it will be different. If you
If you don't fulfill your promise, the other party will have enough reasons to attack you.
Looking at Lu Weiqi and Li Xianfeng who were becoming a little hesitant, Pang Gang chuckled, "Well, Mr. Lu and Mr. Li, you can go down and have a rest. It won't be too late to reply to me after you think about it carefully."
After saying that, Pang Gang summoned his own soldiers to take the two of them and their entourage to the front yard and set them up. Looking at the figures of the two people, Pang Gang sneered in his heart, wanting to play the trick of a white wolf with empty gloves, you are too hot.
Not even close.
Pang Gang, who was thinking about something, was about to go out through the back door, but he saw Hua Yan hurried in from the door. After seeing Pang Gang, Hua Yan hurriedly shouted: "Sir, please stay, I have something to say."
Pang Gang stopped and turned around, only to see that Hua Yanquan was sweating profusely and his whole body was wet with sweat. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Hua Qiang, you are in such a hurry, what happened?
"
Hua Yan said anxiously: "My lord, I heard that Duke Jieru and Governor Li are coming together. If I am right, I must want to ask you to send troops to Luoyang. I don't know if it is true or not?"
"Haha, you are quite well informed." Pang Gang smiled: "Yes, they are indeed here for this matter."
Hua Yan asked anxiously: "Then did you agree?"
Pang Gang nodded: "Although we haven't reached an agreement yet, I think it will be done soon."
Hua Yan reached out and touched the sweat on his face. He didn't have time to wipe it off and said anxiously: "Sir, you can't agree to them. It will be thankless for us to send troops to Luoyang. If we win, it will not matter to us. If we lose, we will lose our troops."
, we can't do this kind of loss-making business! Think about it, last time we sent troops to fight against the Tatars, the court didn't even give us a reward of one tael of silver. Besides, if the court knew about it, the court might really be right.
If we take action, we will be passive by then."
"Okay, stop talking." Pang Gang stretched out his hand to stop Hua Yan and said softly, "At this time, I have my own opinions. I also want to think about how to earn the maximum benefit for Qingzhou. You
Let’s go down first.”
After saying that, Pang Gang walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back, but his slow steps showed that Pang Gang's mind was constantly thinking... (To be continued)
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