A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 863
Wu Sangui also had a mansion in Guancheng. Seeing that his elder brother Wu Sanfeng was breathing weak after crying, he quickly asked him to help him to his mansion to rest and recuperate, and arranged for some doctors to recuperate.

Then Fang Guangchen stayed, because he lived in the capital and knew about thieves, so not only Wu Sangui, but also Fan Zhiwan, Li Yutian and others kept asking him about the thieves in Beijing.

Fang Guangchen explained in detail that he heard that most of the scholar-bureaucrats were tortured, and the common people in the capital were also broken down from house to house, tortured and looted, which was unbearable.Fan Zhiwan and the others gritted their teeth and sighed, they didn't think about it any more, they just vowed not to live with the thief.

Li Yutian sighed: "I heard that when the rogues entered the city, the people all ate pots of milk, but now everyone hates them to the bone. The situation has changed a lot in the blink of an eye. No wonder the rogues of all dynasties thrived and died suddenly. Also, if the intruder behaves like this, how can he not die?"

Tang Tong shook his head and sighed when he heard that, he only hated that he was blind at the time, and now he has no other ideas, so he should return his allegiance to Daming.

Fang Guangchen also reconfirmed that the prince had fled to Xuanfu Town. More and more officials in the capital knew about it, and perhaps in the near future, it would also spread among the people in the capital.

Liu Zhaoji clapped his hands vigorously, he laughed loudly and said, "I knew that Yang Shuai would not lie to me."

Fan Zhiwan also stroked his beard and said with a chuckle: "The spirit of Taizu Taizong protects me, I have never exhausted my energy."

Seeing their joyful expressions, Fang Guangchen's eyes flashed a strange color.

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Wu Sangui invited Fang Guangchen to return to his mansion, and he summoned the two servants of Wu's mansion to inquire carefully. He hated him even more, and then the two went to the study to discuss matters.

The two are drinking tea, both of them are people with outstanding bearing, needless to say, Wu Sangui, his appearance is both Beixiong Nanxiu, his face is fair and masculine, and there is a calm and steady look between his brows Qi.

He likes to make friends, and treats people with humility and prudence. When he visited the capital, he won the reputation of "the youngest and fair-skinned".Moreover, he is very good at sociability and clinging, and he can win the favor of others every time he does not show off his mountains or reveal himself.

When Gao Qi submerged in Liaodong, Wu Sangui worshiped him as his godfather.When Fang Yizao was in charge of Liaodong, Wu Sangui and his son Fang Guangchen soon became sworn brothers.When Hong Chengchou managed Liaodong, Wu Sangui became close friends with his confidant and staff Xie Sixin. If such a person does not make a fortune, who can make a fortune?
At this time, he was 34 years old, the most beautiful and upright age among men. He still behaved calmly and politely, treated others courteously, and only hid his inner pride and conceit.He once read the Guangwu Benji, threw the book and sighed: "Officials should be treated as Jinwu, and wives should be Yinlihua. Yu Yi's wish is enough!"

Fang Guangchen, as the son of the Minister of Rites, has a good family education since he was a child, rich in knowledge and cultivation, and his every move is full of etiquette and beauty.He was hit by Lin Sheng when he was very young. When his father Fang Yizao went to Liaodong, Fang Guangchen lived with his father and gained a wealth of knowledge in the border.

He is good at poetry, talks a lot, and often compares himself with Guan Zhong and Zhuge Liang. After Fang Yizao left his job due to illness in the 13th year of Chongzhen, Fang Guangchen still maintained close contact with Wu Sangui.In history, he was also Wu Sangui's important adviser, and together with Liu Xuanchu, he was always Wu Sangui's right arm and right arm.

Fang Guangchen was drinking tea, spying on Wu Sangui from time to time, seeing that he was just holding the teacup in a daze. After a long time, Wu Sangui put down the teacup and said, "Brother Tingxian...Prince, is it really at the Marquis of Yongning?"

Fang Guangchen gathered himself together, and he said affirmatively: "All the officials in Beijing have said so, and there are all signs that there is nothing wrong with it."

Wu Sangui said: "That's right, and only the Marquis of Yongning can send warriors to save the prince and the others when the capital is in chaos."

He said lightly, and he didn't know what it was like in his tone.

Fang Guangchen said: "Yes, now that the Marquis of Yongning has Dayi in his hands, the traitors have won the capital again. They are rich and proud, and have no fighting spirit. The Marquis of Yongning knows the military well, so he will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity. It is expected that he will send troops this month to wipe out the traitors." Thief. Perhaps, in the middle of this month..."

Wu Sangui pondered: "Brother Yi Tingxian thinks, what is the chance of the Marquis of Yongning defeating the bandits?"

Fang Guangchen slowly put down the teacup: "The real strength of the Marquis of Yongning has always been a mystery, but he is tolerant, and his system is as strong as the Qin Dynasty. He has accumulated a lot over the years. If he attacks, he will definitely be thunderbolt! All the officials in Beijing think that the Marquis of Yongning There is a [-]% chance of winning, but Guangchen thinks the chance of winning is at least [-]% to [-]%!"

Wu Sangui raised his head sharply: "Brother Ting Xian thinks so highly of Marquis Yongning?"

Fang Guangchen smiled, and he opened the folding fan with a swish: "I never underestimated Wang Dou, my uncle must have studied various things about Wang Dou, don't you think this person is very acquainted with some talented and bold people in history books?"

He said: "Not to mention anything else, the capital fell in two days, no one expected it, but he was able to get stuck on that point, send people to rescue the prince and others, and stand out in the siege of the thieves, what a skill! Wang Douyan was rescued by a righteous man... Hehe, a righteous man. Such a righteous man is either in the government, or has been wiped out long ago. Why don't we have such a strong righteous man? And these righteous men fled westward to Xuanfu Town, not Wang Dou Who is under his command?"

He sneered and said: "I even suspect that he knows everything about the thieves like the back of his hand, and even promoted his way, deliberately sitting back and watching the capital fall!"

Wu Sangui sipped lightly: "Brother Ting Xian."

Fang Guangchen smiled, and he shook his folding fan lightly: "Of course, this is just the words of Fang's family, which is not worth mentioning. The Marquis of Yongning is now in the hands of righteousness, and everyone is looking forward to it. Fang's words can only become unofficial rumors in the end.

He glanced at Wu Sangui: "Uncle Chang, don't you have any thoughts?"

Wu Sangui was silent for a long time, and finally said a little decadently: "I swear against the bandit, and wish I could eat his flesh, but the defense cannot be taken lightly, and the military strength of a certain... is too weak."

Speaking of this, there was an indescribable pain in his tone.

Fang Guangchen stood up with a smile: "In this way, we can only sit back and watch the Marquis of Yongning be proud of his spring breeze, and he has achieved extraordinary achievements."

As if pointing something, he said, "Let Guangchen guess what the Marquis of Yongning will do after he restores Shenjing."

He said: "The Marquis of Yongning is not comparable to the thief. The first thing to do in the restoration of Shenjing is naturally to restore all the officials to their original positions and perform their duties. Well, at most, they will pay for their crimes and make meritorious deeds. If there are officials, the officials will naturally be at peace. , compared to the crimes suffered at the hands of the thieves, he even praised the Marquis of Yongning, tsk tsk, this official heart is so easy to win."

He said: "The thieves copied tens of thousands of taels of silver. The Marquis of Yongning defeated him and obtained a large amount of money, gold and silver. Not only is it enough to reward his soldiers, but he can also help the people and distribute salaries, which are enough to run the court for more than a few years. This government The mission was restored immediately, showing the power of the Marquis of Yongning. The people also have a mouthful of porridge to eat, and they don’t want to rebel even if they suffer the crime of exile. Tsk tsk, they won the hearts of the people again....By the way, Wang Dou still has newspapers, so he must be boasting, stupid Husbands and foolish women are the easiest to deceive, they were first deceived by the thieves, and what kind of person is Wang Dou? Ha ha."

Wu Sangui listened quietly, his hands trembling slightly, and the pain in his eyes became more intense.

Fang Guangchen continued: "With the ability of the Marquis of Yongning, he will naturally not let Jiangnan go. Now most of the senior officials in Beijing have been tortured to death, and there are many missing officials. Regardless of whether they are recruited or lack of personnel, the Marquis of Yongning will not let Jiangnan go. Officials don’t need it, they will definitely be transferred to Beijing, especially those who are highly respected in China and China, such as Shi Kefa and others.…These officials in Nanjing can be officials with real power, how can they not be grateful to the Marquis of Yongning? They have also won the hearts of officials in Jiangnan.”

He said: "In this way, with Wang Dou's ability, maybe within a year and a half, the situation in Ming Dynasty will return to peace, and then..."

He gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "The main event is coming."

He waved his fan and paced in the study room: "First of all, Marquis Yongning will implement his Chinese registration system in various parts of Xuanfu Town, and then lure him with profit, such as opening mines and building roads. Marquis Yongning has accumulated a lot, and then he will be captured by thieves , it should not be levying civil labor, but also giving labor and food silver to the road builders. Not to mention how much people will gain, how much silver will it cost? How much materials will be needed? And officials, businessmen and gentry see the business opportunities and profits, which one will not Like a dog chasing profit, it all gets into the middle ear.”

Fang Guangchen said: "It's not as obvious as the robbers. Wang Dou implements the Han nationality system. This kind of hidden gentry pays food as a whole. After the riots, most of the officials and gentry will accept it happily. Does it hurt to cut people with soft knives? .If people from other places enter Xuanfu Town one by one, all of them will become great benevolent people, and Fang will die of laughter."

He said: "If you don't become a good person, will Wang Dou give you this money? If you want to make this money, which business gentry doesn't need to be a good person?"

He laughed and said: "Wang Dou likes to build roads the most. I imagine that wherever he builds roads, there will be groups of great benevolent people, and eventually all benevolent people will gather from all over the world!"

Fang Guangchen said: "This is one."

He said: "Second, the Marquis of Yongning doesn't need to make any big moves in the new imperial examinations. He only needs to add Mingfa, Mingzi, and Mingshu. It is easy to win the hearts of a large number of new scholars. Looking at the assessment of officials in Xuanfu Town, it may increase the number of examinations. How difficult it is for me to be an official in Ming Dynasty. How easy is the town? If there are officials, how many scholars will be grateful? I heard that everyone in Xuanfu Town can be promoted from the department level to the ministerial level, how many officials will they get?"

Fang Guangchen said with a chuckle: "As for redundant officials, the Marquis of Yongning is rich and can afford to support him. No matter how many officials there are in Xuanfu Town, he will be prosperous and strong."

He said: "I also heard that there is Xuanfu Town Civil Affairs College under the Marquis of Yongning. What is it for? It is to train officials. All officials need to be admitted to the hospital, which is called training. At that time, all officials of the Ming Dynasty had to be admitted to the hospital for study and assessment. The ear is in the middle of the ear!"

He said: "I heard that Marquis Yongning also has Xuanfu Town Military Academy under his command. What is this for? It is to train and assess military generals. At that time, the situation in Ming Dynasty was stable, and Marquis Yongning had countless elite soldiers and powerful generals. He summoned all the generals to enter the hospital. All generals To learn or not to learn, to train or not to train?"

He glanced at Wu Sangui: "After the training, they will be transferred to various places to guard, and the east, west, and south will be exchanged. All the generals of the Ming Dynasty will also be in the ear!"

He was pacing in the study with his fan closed, as if he was talking to himself: "Among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Guozhu and others are the ones who rank first. I guess Yang Guozhu doesn't care. As long as he has battles to fight and soldiers to lead, he is satisfied, and he doesn't care about his subordinates." Whether the general is still the same as before, anyway, he is also a rootless duckweed. In addition, he has a good relationship with Wang Dou, and his righteous daughter is Wang Dou's wife, and the Marquis of Yongning will definitely let him lead the original army."

He said: "...Wang Pu, a rich man is enough. I heard that what kind of tobacco is he busy with recently? It's not worth mentioning for a mediocre person. Liu Zhaoji is similar to Yang Guozhu....The rest are generals, not admitted to the hospital for training, but to be punished. That is, who can stand against the enemy of the Jingbian Army? In the end, it will be you, Uncle!"

Wu Sangui shuddered, and Fang Guangchen continued: "I heard that the Marquis of Yongning hated warlords the most? The death of Zuo Liangyu was quite strange... Of course, the best treatment is not to send all the officials to the hospital for study, and then transfer to the east after training." , transferred one to the west, and Guan Ning was all gone. The soldiers under his command also filled the loyalty camp?"

He finally smiled and said: "Of course, the eldest uncle can also show his loyalty to the Marquis of Yongning, resolutely dismiss all his family members, and follow his subordinates. Just like Wen Fangliang back then, isn't he also one of the five generals under the Marquis of Yongning now? Then bring a reorganized army , there may not be a single old general in the army, anyway, the Marquis of Yongning implements the staff system, and he doesn't value the strength of the generals too much. In the end, he went to the north and south for the Marquis of Yongning, and he was valued by him. It's a good story..."

"enough!"

Wu Sangui's hands trembled violently. Hearing this, he couldn't bear it any longer, and suddenly shouted.

He turned to Fang Guangchen and said sharply, "Brother Ting Xian has said so much, what do you want to do?"

Fang Guangchen put away his folding fan. He bowed deeply to Wu Sangui, and said solemnly: "Unfortunately, the late emperor, and the death of the emperor, all people with insight will hate the thief without gnashing their teeth! Now the thief's heart has been lost, and the will of the people has been separated. It is time to recover Shenjing, at the time when the merit was in Sheji. Uncle, the opportunity has arrived!"

Wu Sangui said coldly: "Is that all?"

Fang Guangchen said in a deep voice, "Of course not!"

He said: "How can a man not have the heart of fame and fortune? I am a scholar, and I want to serve the country, doesn't my elder brother not want it? You have no ambition in your chest? You don't want to serve the country and hate the family?"

He kept asking back questions, his voice became louder and louder, and finally he roared: "The thieves are extremely evil. They are sincere, like the red eyebrows, green forests, yellow nests and Lushan mountains. Heaven and man are indignant. Their defeat can be established and waited for. Such a good opportunity, Why didn't you catch it? Could it be that Wang Dou is the only one who can enjoy such extraordinary achievements?"

He growled and shouted: "What Wang Dou can do, we can do too. Uncle, you should be the one who saved Daming, you don't want to leave your name in history and be praised by thousands of people in history books? You really want to give up your foundation and become one of Wang Dou's subordinates!" running dog?"

The veins on his forehead were exposed, his excitement was unspeakable, he roared, his voice was like the bewitching of a devil, seducing Wu Sangui's heart.

And his heart is constantly shaking, yes, doesn't he want to revenge the country and the family?How could he not repay his responsibility?What a self-esteemed person he is, does he think that Wu Sangui is worse than Wang Dou?No, he doesn't admit it.

And his foundation in western Liaoning, how can he fish and meat for others?This piece of land is the foundation of his ambitions, and if Xuanfu Town is Wang Dou's opponent, he will die if he touches it.

He will never allow anyone to lay hands on his foundation!
And he knows that Wang Dou is a person who will definitely attack his foundation, it has nothing to do with feelings, only the way!

Wang Dou wants to carry out his Dao, his orthodoxy, and will mercilessly sweep away all obstacles in front of him.

And Wu Sangui knew that Wang Dou was definitely a ruthless person, and he would never show mercy when it was time to strike.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui looked grim, and he yelled: "Of course I think about everything you said, but there is not enough troops, so there is nothing I can do!"

Fang Guangchen said softly: "Is there no other way?"

Wu Sangui's breathing became heavy: "The plan will be released?"

Fang Guangchen poked his head over, beads of sweat protruded from his face, and finally rolled down, he said softly: "Borrow the captives to fight the bandits!"

Wu Sangui staggered suddenly, he supported the desk in front of him with all his strength, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Borrow captives to fight the bandits?"

(End of this chapter)