The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 116 The Value of Li Jing

The Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty!
Li Jing's calm eyes moved, and he looked deeply at the person in front of him.

After a few breaths, he said the first sentence: "What evidence do you have to prove that you are a Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei?"

"Could anyone pretend to be a Jinyiwei?" Lu Wenzhao said with a smile.

"Not necessarily." Li Jing said calmly.

Seeing this demeanor, Lu Wenzhao couldn't help but dispel some of his doubts about Li Jing.

He smiled and said, "If someone wants to pretend to be a Jinyiwei to get close to Brother Li, why would they do that?"

“I don’t know.” Li Jing shook his head calmly and said calmly, “I, Li Jing, am already thirty-seven years old this year, but I still haven’t achieved anything.

His strength is only at the acquired level, which is not very noticeable in this Eastern Capital.

It is true that no one would pretend to be a Jinyiwei and put too much effort into me.

But if you can't provide evidence to prove your identity, I still won't believe you."

"What if Brother Li believes that I am a Jinyiwei?" Lu Wenzhao couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Only after you believe it can we talk about the next thing." Li Jing said seriously.

"Brother Li, do you know what I want to talk about?" Lu Wenzhao said calmly.

"I can guess it." Li Jing's tone became more serious.

"What do you think, Brother Li?" Lu Wenzhao asked.

"I said, we can only talk about this after you can prove your identity." Li Jing said in a firm tone.

"To be honest with you, Brother Li, I really don't have any proof of my identity." Lu Wenzhao shook his head.

How could people in their line of work, especially when they are in an enemy country, carry things that would reveal their identity?
"That's your problem." Li Jing said unmoved.

Lu Wenzhao pondered for a moment. Although Li Jing was already thirty-seven years old, he still had not achieved much.

But what if?
What if he really is a great talent?
This demeanor alone is extraordinary.

Take a gamble.

"Although I can't produce any evidence, there is a way to make Brother Li believe that I am a Jinyiwei." Lu Wenzhao laughed and cursed seriously:
"Yang Guang was incompetent and cruel, he deserved to die.

Zhao Ji was extremely incompetent and deserved to die.

Temujin, Wanyan Aguda, and Yelu Deguang are just barbarians, and they dare to covet our Central Plains? Damn it.

Li Yang..."

Lu Wenzhao seriously cursed all the emperors of the major countries except Zhu Houzhao.

Then he said, "Now, Brother Li should believe me."

"I believe it 70%." Li Jing looked at Lu Wenzhao with a hint of surprise in his eyes, and then paused and said, "But we can continue the conversation."

"Okay, my Great Ming is eager to recruit talented people, and I would like to invite Brother Li to join my Great Ming to showcase his talents.

I wonder if Brother Li is willing?" Lu Wenzhao asked directly.

Li Jing remained calm, obviously having expected this. He did not pause and said seriously, "Li Jing is just an insignificant person. Why did the Jinyiwei come to me? I can understand.

But how much do you value me?"

Sure enough, Li Jing was moved.

Lu Wenzhao confirmed this again and asked, "What do you mean, Brother Li?"

“First, if my family wants to travel to Ming safely, it won’t be that easy.

Especially now that Your Majesty hates the Ming Dynasty.

Second, if I go to the Ming Dynasty, what position can I get?" Li Jing looked directly at Lu Wenzhao and said very calmly.

Anyone with talent will lament that their talent is not appreciated.

Lu Wenzhao suddenly thought of this sentence.

I'm afraid Li Jing had already thought about the possibility of going to Ming Dynasty.

It is not surprising to think about it. According to his investigation, Li Jing did have great ambitions since he was young, and his talent has always been praised.

He always worked hard and even became a disciple of Yang Su.

But even now, at the age of 37, he has still achieved nothing and is just a minor official.

How could he be willing?
Half of his life has passed. If he doesn't change, he will never achieve anything in this life.

This might be more painful than killing Li Jing.

His thoughts raced, and Lu Wenzhao was certain that there was no other more suitable candidate.

Let’s take a gamble and see whether Li Jing is a dragon or a worm?
“The first question is, I can make the decision about the Jinyiwei of Sui.

I will use all my strength to help Brother Li and his family go to Ming Dynasty.

I can also ask the headquarters for help, and I will make sure that Brother Li and his family can arrive in Daming safely."

“But for the second question, I can’t answer Brother Li.

However, our Great Ming Emperor loves talents the most.

If Brother Li has enough talent, the position of Grand Commander in the Military Cabinet of our Ming Dynasty will be vacant and waiting for you.

I wonder if Brother Li has heard about the matter of Minister Gu of the Ming Army?" Lu Wenzhao said in a very frank and determined tone.

"I've heard of it a bit." Li Jing's eyes moved slightly and he nodded.

Nearly twenty days had passed, and word of Gu Xichao's affairs had reached the ears of the Sui Dynasty's top brass.

It caused a stir, and then the news was tacitly blocked by the top leaders and not spread outside.

He was well-informed, so he knew.

It was after knowing this that he was truly moved.

Even a person of such humble origin could be valued by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, rise to high positions overnight, and display his full potential.

Can't I, Li Jing, do it?
When the Jinyiwei came to his door tonight and initially confirmed their identities, he no longer hesitated and decisively raised those two points.

“How humble is Minister Gu’s background?

When he was a teenager, he was able to win the third place in the imperial examination in the State of Song, but because of his background, he was stripped of his title.

After four years of military service, no matter how many merits he had made, he could only be a soldier at the lowest level. But when he came to the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty immediately promoted him to the rank of the third rank.

How many people in the world are of the third rank at the age of 22?
It can be seen that in our Ming Dynasty, only talent is the most important, and nothing else matters. "As Lu Wenzhao said this, he felt his blood boiling.

Because he has no support and no family background.

The reason he was able to rise to the position of deputy captain and be in charge of the Sui Dynasty's Jinyiwei's recruitment plan was because of the expansion of Jinyiwei and his own talents.

"Brother Li, don't you have enough confidence in your own talents?" Lu Wenzhao added.

"Captain Lu, there's no need to provoke me. I agree to go to the Ming Dynasty." Li Jing smiled for the first time and said decisively.

"Okay, Brother Li, you will never regret going to my Ming Dynasty." Lu Wenzhao said happily.

"Captain Lu, please take a seat." Li Jing stood up and held out his hand, then said to the outside, "Hong Fu, come in."

A beautiful woman in her thirties wearing a light red dress walked in from outside the door.

Lu Wenzhao was shocked. He couldn't sense any breath or movement before.

An innate master!

This Hongfu girl who had caused a stir with Li Jing back then was indeed no simple person.

"This is my wife, Zhang Hongfu." Li Jing introduced solemnly.

"Hello, Madam Li." Lu Wenzhao bowed.

Zhang Hongfu returned the greeting without saying anything more.

After everyone sat down, Li Jing said in a serious tone: "Captain Lu, the Emperor of Sui hates Ming Dynasty now. If he knew that I went to Ming Dynasty, my whole family would be implicated.

So my brother, my third younger brother, and my family make a total of twenty-eight people.

There were still more than twenty servants who needed to be taken away, a total of more than fifty people.

Bringing more than 50 people to the Ming Dynasty safely is not an easy task, and we must have a foolproof plan."

If there were more than fifty strong men, it would be much simpler.

After all, Li Jing and the entire Li family are not very noticeable anymore, so they can just run away.

But among them were women, children and the elderly, who simply could not bear the hardship of traveling so fast and bumping around day and night.

Lu Wenzhao frowned slightly, knowing the difficulty.

He thought for a moment and then asked, "Does Brother Li have any ideas?"

"If you want to have more time to go to Ming, you must leave this Eastern Capital openly.

My brother and my younger brother can leave first on the pretext of going back to their hometown to visit the graves.

And I will soon be transferred from the Eastern Capital to Mayi as the county magistrate." Li Jing obviously had something in mind.

"That makes things much easier." Lu Wenzhao's eyes lit up and he nodded.

“It’s easy in the early stages, but if you want to reach Ming safely, you still need careful planning and the support of experts.

Especially since the Sui Emperor has become increasingly cruel, if he knew, he would never allow my family to go to the Ming Dynasty. Even if I arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he might send assassins. "Li Jing said cautiously.

Lu Wenzhao knew that it was time for him to show his sincerity.

He gritted his teeth secretly and said seriously: "I will report it immediately and ask the innate master to come.

There should be two innate masters coming."

As long as I praise Li Jing highly, two innate masters should come.

Lu Wenzhao wasn't too sure either.

Li Jing and Zhang Hongfu looked at each other and both secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Two innate masters are enough.

It can also be seen that the Jinyiwei indeed attaches great importance to them.

Innate masters are not found easily. They are the foundation and the pillars of any force in the Sui Dynasty.

Even among the nine founding elders, most of them were still at the innate level, not yet grand masters.

Of course, the gap in the innate realm is also huge.

But Li Jing was just a minor official. No matter how angry Yang Guang was, he would not send powerful experts to hunt down his family.

The two Jinyiwei who are at the innate level, plus Zhang Hongfu, are more than enough.

After all the details were discussed, Lu Wenzhao left.

"I hope everything goes well." Zhang Hongfu's voice sounded somewhat cold and gentle.

"I hope so." Li Jing said calmly.

There was a hint of impatience in his eyes, as if he wanted to soar into the sky.

Lu Wenzhao returned to the secret base and quickly passed the news back to the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei headquarters.

Among them, there is also his praise for Li Jing.

After delivering the message, Lu Wenzhao felt vaguely uneasy again, and after taking a few breaths he sighed softly.

Li Jing, Li Jing, I hope you really have talent.

At least you have to be able to command tens of thousands of troops, so that my praise of you will be worthy.

The implementation of the entire plan takes time, and Lu Wenzhao and Li Jing are both very patient in carrying out the plan step by step.

A few days later, Jinyiwei headquarters received Lu Wenzhao's message.

Murong Chong, who was currently in charge of the six thousand households in various countries, hesitated for a while and found Zhang Fengfu.

After discussing it, both of them were a little hesitant.

The innate realm is not easy to come by, and the Jinyiwei are in short supply.

It would be risky to send two of them to the Sui Kingdom.

Helping Li Jing's family in this way would certainly expose some of the arrangements made by the Jinyiwei in the Sui Dynasty afterwards, and the losses would not be small.

Is it worth it for Li Jing?

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