Wanli 1592

Chapter 1220 Li's Crisis

Hunger is a serious subject, more so than anything these days.

There is no other reason, but because it is about life, or the current life.

You can think of countermeasures for other things, but if you are hungry but don’t fill your stomach in time, you can’t even maintain your thinking, let alone mention other things, so filling your stomach is the top priority right now.

Everyone scattered to find food, but because the palace was not rich in the first place, and all kinds of food were not rich, Hou Yangcheng was leaving the palace last night, so after a search, nothing was left for the palace, except for staying in his car now Apart from the few belongings inside, there is really nothing superfluous.

Not to mention the food.

Food is the most important thing that many people ignore when disaster strikes.

However, their luck was not really bad. At least they got some dry food and simple rice cakes from the rooms of some palace people. These are the daily rations of the palace people. The taste is very rough, but at least they can fill their stomachs.

But Hou Yangcheng, his queen and Maeda Toshinaga couldn't help frowning when they saw these foods.

At any rate, he was the emperor, Hou Yangcheng felt that no matter how poor he was, he did not fall to the point of eating the food of these inferior people. Even if the royal family did not have much money, the food for him was still enough. Toyotomi Hideyoshi served him delicious food It has been delicious for more than ten years, and his appetite is not small.

Including his queen is the same.

On the other hand, Maeda Toshinaga purely eats delicious food every day, and he pays attention to food without getting tired of fine food. How can he eat such rough food?
In fact, his retainers are also high-level bureaucrats who receive special treatment. They usually eat meat and drink alcohol. Now they suddenly eat these things, which are somewhat difficult to swallow. .When it was the turn of the real superiors, it was difficult for them to take the food into their mouths.

Even though my stomach was growling with hunger, it was still difficult to eat.

The clever retainer immediately saw the problem, and immediately knelt down on the ground.

"My lord, Your Majesty, this is an extraordinary period, and we need to do extraordinary things in an extraordinary period. Right now we can't get any good ingredients to offer to your lord and Your Majesty, but this is only temporary. As long as the turmoil outside subsides, we can rushed out.

At that time, I will concentrate on finding the best ingredients to provide enough food for the lord and His Majesty. Right now, I ask the lord and Your Majesty to be patient for the time being in such a dangerous situation! "

The other retainers also realized the problem, so they knelt on the ground together and begged Maeda Toshinaga and the royal couple to eat.

Yes, to put it bluntly, it's not that you can't eat it. As long as you are hungry, you can eat even raw melons and lettuce in the field, but the key is to look good.

It is a very shameless thing for the upper class to eat inferior food. Since ancient times, there have not been many upper-class people who can eat inferior food calmly. Even if they are showing off, they can't do it. This face problem is really terrible. .

But being persuaded in this way, they also pretended to be emotional, and quickly put the food into their stomachs, eating very quickly.

While they were eating, the retainers were discussing what to do next. The last group decided to send a small team with high martial arts skills to go out with weapons to find some food and gather information. It would be no problem to feed more than 300 people with the rough food in the palace. Very nervous, having to go out and find food.

Of course, information is also very important. The current situation in the city, when the turmoil will determine the outcome, or whether there are any living officials and nobles outside the palace, etc., these are the information that are very necessary to know at present.

It is imperative that they go out.

After asking Maeda Toshinaga for instructions, the retainer group selected ten warriors with high martial arts skills to go out to inquire about information and find food.

Leaving aside the actions here, Li Rusong had already brought the vanguard to the outskirts of the capital city. It was the morning of April [-]th in the second year of Longwu.

Li Rusong asked the large army to rest for a while and eat some dry food. He led the small team to watch the situation in the capital city. After a quick look, he realized that the information about Heishui that he had obtained before did not belong to his family. A large-scale riot has been launched, and the city of Kyoto has been successfully locked.

Now people inside can't get out, people outside can't get in, the two sides are still at a stalemate, and what is certain is that none of the royal family and important figures in the capital city escaped, all of them are inside.

Li Rusong's heart was pounding, and he realized that a major achievement was about to fall on his own head.

Once this credit is obtained, it will directly reverse Li's embarrassing situation in Daqin, and even bring Li a new life.

Although Li Rusong got this opportunity, he also knew very well that Li's situation in Daqin was not so relaxed and friendly.

At least compared to the Ma family, the Li family's situation is not as good as it seems on the surface, because the whole family has turned to Xiao Ruxun to contribute to it, and has gained huge benefits. Now the Ma family's prestige is far higher than that of the Li family.

People with a discerning eye could tell that the two great generals known as Dong Li and Xi Ma back then, although the Li family still had a face, a title and a leading general, their prestige was far inferior to that of the Ma family who was closer to Xiao Ruxun, and the Ma family had even greater prestige , There are more people with titles and generals who lead troops.

Ma Shi followed Xiao Ruxun in the Northern Expedition to fight against Fengtian, while Li Shi played a dishonorable role of betting on both ends of the first mouse.

To put it bluntly, the Li family was able to get to today's status purely because of a hasty retreat, handing over the Liaodong family to Xiao Ruxun, and thus survived.

Otherwise, without waiting for the purge in the first year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun's first order after ascending the throne was to attack Liaodong with a large army, and the elite Zhennan Army would rush directly to Liaodong to bury Li's group in Liaodong.

Li Chengliang was well aware of this, so after surrendering, he did not go out of the door, and directly regarded himself as an old man who did not care about anything, making Xiao Ruxun feel that Li Chengliang was no longer there, so as to avoid suspicion.

During the Great Cleansing Storm, Li Chengliang called Li Chengliang to his house, except for a few children who were in the army. Li Chengliang called him to stay with him.

The Li family showed their loyalty to Xiao Ruxun and declared their innocence to Xiao Ruxun, and they survived the purge by chance. However, the two families in the original Liaodong Group were exterminated because of their involvement with Jingying and Zhu Yinghuai.

Even so, Mrs. Li didn't say a word, and with an attitude of being captured without a fight, she finally won the catastrophe, and waited until the end when Xiao Ruxun appointed Li Rusong to go out to fight.

On the same day, Li Chengliang held a family banquet, drinking and celebrating with his family, celebrating that he had finally survived the catastrophe.

However, Li's crisis has not been completely resolved. If it is to be completely resolved, a lot of credit is needed.

Xiao Ruxun's meaning couldn't be more obvious - I want to believe that you don't doubt you, but you lack credit, and I need you to provide Daqin with a credit as a certificate of merit, so that I will trust you.

Li Chengliang immediately understood Xiao Ruxun's intentions, let Li Rusong do well, and must not disobey the emperor's order. The emperor asked him to beat him, and the emperor asked him to kill him. To do so.

There can be no disobedience.

There are countless Xiao Ruxun's eyeliners and loyalists in the army he leads. Any misconduct by him will be recorded, and he may even be taken down and executed on the spot.

Based on how fierce Xiao Ruxun's attack was, Li Chengliang made such a judgment.

(End of this chapter)