A knife in love

Chapter 2836
Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng couldn't help but shudder, and turned his head to look at the epicenter of Yang.Yang Zhenzhong had a calm expression on his face, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then put the cup back on the small table, turned his head to look at Zhang Gui and Feng Yanqing, and kept silent.Li Qiufeng secretly thought that with Yang Zhenzhong's wise plan, how could he fail to hear the deep meaning in Zhang Gui's words?It's just that killing prisoners is already an ominous thing, not to mention that these Fusang people are not soldiers, they are not prisoners. If they slaughtered indiscriminately and the news spread, the court would definitely punish them severely.Although Yang Zhenzhong is Lu Bing's confidant and close minister of the emperor, he has offended a lot of officials in the court over the years, so he must be extremely cautious on weekdays, lest his political opponents catch him.Zhang Gui advocated the massacre of these Fusang people, Yang Zhenzhong would never openly agree.

While thinking, Li Qiufeng looked at Feng Yanqing again.I saw Feng Yanqing's face was gloomy, his head was leaning back on the Grand Master's chair, he clenched his teeth and said nothing.

After a while, Yang Zhenzhong said with a smile: "These old men and old women are indeed as Mr. Zhang said, they can't be let go, and if they stay, they will cause a lot of trouble. How to deal with them properly is indeed an extremely difficult matter." But besides these old men and old women, there are also those babies and women, who are also hot potatoes, and I don’t know how to deal with them.”

After listening to Yang Zhenzhong, Zhang Gui rubbed his hands, sneered, and said in his mouth: "Master Yang, you and Lao Feng have repeatedly urged my old Zhang to come up with an idea, but my old Zhang said it, and you two don't agree. Willing to talk, this made my old Zhang feel guilty. Leaving aside the matter of the old man and the old woman, as for these brats and women, old... my old Zhang has a good idea to kill two birds with one stone, but I don’t know the two Do adults agree?"

When Zhang Gui said this, he glanced at Yang Zhenzhong, then at Feng Yanqing, and then continued: "Lord Yang, Lao Feng, you two are important officials of the imperial court, and the big and small things in the capital must not be hidden from you two. Since After the Tumubao War, the imperial court withdrew all the elite soldiers from outside the pass into the pass. Although there were still more than [-] guards to the east of Shanhaiguan, most of them were dead in name only. For example, Shicheng Guards, known as the first guards in the Kanto, are adjacent to Dongyi Kingdom. It must be guarded by heavy soldiers. However, for more than ten years, there were only more than [-] soldiers guarding the Shicheng Guard, most of whom were old and weak soldiers, and they could not be used at all. Shicheng Guard is such an important place, only weak soldiers can be stationed. The situation can be imagined. Therefore, this time the Japanese pirates invaded the country, although Master Xu sent emergency documents many times, asking me, Lao Zhang, to lead troops to the south to rescue, but I, Lao Zhang, can't gather all the troops, how can I relieve Master Xu? In danger? My old Zhang had no choice but to borrow troops from the barbarians.

"The barbarians are people with little knowledge and are extremely greedy. If there is no benefit, they will never send troops to help. At that time, the military situation was urgent, and I, Lao Zhang, couldn't tolerate a little hesitation, so I had to agree to give the barbarian a large reward. Barbarian Only then did they agree to send troops. These guys were brave and good at fighting. They killed the Japanese pirates by surprise. They defeated the Japanese pirates at the foot of Laoweng Mountain, and then chased and killed the Japanese pirates from Laoweng Mountain to the sea. Give Manzi a large sum of money. Although Lord Yang is generous and promised to give me a share of the gold, silver and jewels we found from the pirate lair, Manzi dispatched four or five thousand soldiers to share the gold, silver and jewels in his hands. It may not be enough. What's more, besides Manzi, there are six or seven hundred soldiers under the jurisdiction of Liaodong General Army's Yamen. If you give gold, silver and jewelry to Manzi, the soldiers will not get the reward. Yin, must be dissatisfied and resentful towards my old Zhang. If he refuses to work hard in the future, it will be difficult for my old Zhang.

"Hundreds of years ago, the Kingdom of Jin was jointly attacked by the Tatars and the Kingdom of Song, and the royal family was tortured and killed by the Tatars. The fate was even more tragic than that of the Huiqin sects. Afterwards, the Tartars continued to kill the barbarians, and after driving them out of the Central Plains, they sent troops. After chasing and killing the Manzi, he almost killed the Manzi completely. The Manzi who survived had to flee into the deep mountains and dense forests, not daring to show his face. Until the Ming Dynasty defeated the Tartars and ruled the world, the Manzi finally escaped the catastrophe and no longer had to worry about being killed. The Tartars are exterminated. In the past hundred years, although the population of the barbarians has increased, the total number is only more than [-]. Because of the shortage of manpower, they can only barely make a living by fishing and hunting, and there is always the danger of extermination. The leader of the barbarians is worried Anxious, in desperation, they actually thought of plundering and buying people to prevent the barbarians from becoming extinct. However, the barbarians only plunder young children and women, and they don’t care about strong men and old men and women at all. This is because young children are young If you are too young to remember your origin, if you grow up among the barbarians, you will regard yourself as a barbarian, which will increase the number of barbarians. As for buying and robbing women, you can not only let them weave and sew clothes, but also let them Give birth to children for the barbarians and multiply the population.

"After my old Zhang arrived in Liaodong, I knew that the barbarians often robbed the Han people, so I personally led troops to chase them down. The barbarians were so embarrassed that they had to flee into the mountains again, not daring to come out to harm the people. To give them a chance to breathe is to lead soldiers and horses to trap the barbarians in the mountains and cut off their food roads. The leader of the barbarians knew that if this continues, the people of the tribe must die cleanly, so he rode out of the mountains alone and surrendered to me, Lao Zhang. I swear allegiance to Daming, and never dare to harm the Han people again. My old Zhang originally planned to kill all the barbarians to avoid future troubles, but Liaodong was short of soldiers and horses, and the Tartars went south from time to time to harass the Kanto, so my old Zhang had an idea As soon as I moved, I asked the leader of the barbarians to lead his people to fight against the Tartars. The barbarians are brave and good at fighting, and they are not afraid of death in battle. They have fought thirteen or four battles with the Tartars, and each time they beat the Tartars. My old Zhang Seeing that the barbarians are not completely useless, so they did not drive them all to death, but set aside a place in a barren land in the northeast of Kanto for the barbarians to live in. It's just that my old Zhang issued a strict order that the barbarians are absolutely not allowed to go south without authorization, otherwise They must be wiped out."

After listening to Zhang Gui's detailed explanation, Li Qiufeng thought to himself, just now this guy said that Manzi refused to listen to his orders, and he had to spend a lot of money to persuade Manzi to send troops to help.But at this time, it was said that the leader of the barbarians surrendered to him and obeyed his orders.This person's words are inconsequential, inconsistent, and unreliable at all.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he only heard Zhang Gui continue to say: "Since the barbarian wants children and women, we might as well give the children and women we caught to the man. In this way, the money rewarded to the barbarian can be offset and save money." The money that came down was rewarded to the soldiers so that they would not complain. My old Zhang thinks that doing this is a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone, and everyone is satisfied, wouldn’t it be good?"

After Zhang Gui finished speaking, Li Qiufeng couldn't bear it any longer, and rushed to say: "Li has something I want to ask my lord for advice, I wonder if my lord can explain one or two things?"

Zhang Gui glanced at Li Qiufeng, sneered, and said, "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and ask if you have..."

(End of this chapter)