Wanli 1592

Chapter 277

Just before the official news came out, there was even news that Xiao Ruxun would take over as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Depressed, in his opinion, if there is a war, there will be credit, and if there is credit, there will be rewards.

It doesn't matter if he is idle, but the Li family can't fall, but Xiao Ruxun will have another battle to fight soon, and Li Rusong will lead the Liaodong Army to lick his wounds. There is no battle to fight, so there is no credit, so Xiao Ruxun will be left behind again Yet?
Li Chengliang was very upset.

"Xiao Ruxun has just returned to Beijing, and there is another battle to fight. Isn't this against the rules?"

Li Chengliang tried his best to obstruct it, but he couldn't understand Wang Xijue's painstaking efforts without knowing the inside story.

It is not uncommon for civil servants to think that they are not in compliance with the rules. They feel that the battle has just been settled here, and there is another conquest over there. It is not such a trick to spend money. Wang Xijue blocked everyone's mouths with only one reason-Ru Xun, a good general Also, good at conquest, but also good at profit.

Xiao Ruxun is a rare and good general. He is not only good at fighting, but also good at making money. Using the name of war to get a lot of money can relieve you of the ten-year economic crisis at once. Why don't you let him go out and make more money?He brought the money, and everyone got something to earn. Isn't that a good thing?This Dongwu Kingdom seeks death by itself, and has repeatedly provoked it. Daming has a righteous reputation in his hands, and who dares to say that Daming is not good?
Everyone stopped talking, and immediately implemented this order according to Wang Xijue's intention. In view of the good cooperation between Xiao Ruxun and Song Yingchang before, and in order to win over Xiao Ruxun, they still appointed Xiao Ruxun as the rank of admiral, and the governor of Yunnan Chen Yongbin was the commander of the army. , responsible for logistics, the front-line military command is under the jurisdiction of Xiao Ruxun.

This point also made Li Chengliang envious and jealous. He was strong enough not to be suppressed by his civil superiors, while Xiao Ruxun was directly valued by the civil officials here, and was directly given an equal status. , quite a bit of the posture of equal status of civil servants and military generals back then, which military general in the world would not like it?But Xiao Ruxun is the only military commander who has achieved this since the Tumu Fort change.

Before, it was the main general who went out to fight, but this time, the word Wang Xijue used just now was "go out in command", handsome!

"Old Ge, when this army sends out troops to fight, the civil servants are the commanders, and the military officials are the generals. This is the rule. Why did it change when Xiao Ruxun came here? How could he be the commander in chief?"

Seeing Li Chengliang's envious and jealous look, Wang Xijue couldn't help sneering, but he still patiently explained: "If you can bring gold and silver and 800 million taels of silver to the imperial court, I can also give you a command." The name of the expedition was proposed by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. In fact, Xiao Ruxun could have been the admiral of the Beijing camp, but due to various considerations, this position was cancelled. To appease the hearts of the heroes is to give a name of commanding the expedition."

Li Chengliang blinked: "Then won't he be the real Marshal Xiao from now on?"

Wang Xijue nodded noncommittally: "You can think of it this way. Officially speaking, he is really Marshal Xiao, but what are you worried about? Your roots are in the capital and Liaodong, and you have nothing to do with him. Anyway, you are also guarding one side. Wider."

Li Chengliang curled his lips and asked again: "Old man, what should Xiao Ruxun do after this battle? If he wins another big battle..."

"No matter whether he wins a big battle or loses a big battle, you don't have to worry. After winning a battle and destroying Dongwu Kingdom, the imperial court plans to set up a military town there, let Xiao Ruxun be the commander-in-chief, and appease Southern Xinjiang. Don't worry, he will be demoted, what are you worried about?"

"Will the imperial court set up a military town in such a place?"

Li Chengliang asked curiously.

"Well, in view of Dongwu Kingdom's repeated admonitions and repeated attacks for more than ten years, the Ministry of War believes that if Dongwu Kingdom is not taken advantage of this opportunity to clean up completely, once Dongwu Kingdom revives, it will still become a problem on the border of our southern border, which can be solved once and for all. Don't continue to procrastinate, the imperial court allocates funds to completely clean up the Dongwu Kingdom, and then set up military towns to restore the territory of the Yongle period, expand the territory and expand our prestige."

What Wang Xijue said was impassioned, but Li Chengliang didn't listen to it very much, but was thinking about how to reward Xiao Ruxun if he made another great contribution.

This time when Xiao Ruxun returned to Beijing, the Wuxun Group had already moved closer. His house was deserted and deserted. This made Li Chengliang, who was used to hugging each other, very uncomfortable and humiliated. He felt that he had to give himself up no matter what. Find a place, but Xiao Ruxun just came back and went out again. Seeing that the glory of the first military general of the Ming Dynasty in Wanli was about to be taken into his pocket, he fought from north to south, and his prestige remained undiminished, but he was slowly aging. .

Few people cared about that Earl Li who was one of the top ten victories, and now people all cared about that upstart, that powerful and warlike Marquis Xiao Ping.

Unlike Li Chengliang's family, which is sparsely populated, the current Xiao Mansion can be regarded as a bustling city, with a constant flow of cars and horses. Those who didn't know thought it was the gate of the mansion of the chief minister of the cabinet, but even the gate of the mansion of the chief minister of the cabinet is now the same. The entrance of Li Chengliang's house was almost the same, not to mention that the house was sparsely populated, but there were only two or three kittens, how could it be compared with the current grand occasion of the Xiao Mansion?
Although Xiao Ruxun wrote letters to his father many times, asking him not to accept too many gifts, so as not to make it difficult for him to exchange other people's debts, Xiao Wenkui, who is experienced in this way, often thanked guests behind closed doors, saying that he would not be sick, and invited the best stable wife and The master of gynecology recuperates the body of his daughter-in-law, just waiting for the birth of his little grandson.

From August last year to April this year, eight months have passed, and the ninth month has arrived. Seeing that his daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and the news of his son's triumphant return has also come, under the double happiness, Xiao Wenkui is an old pregnant woman. Dawei, running around happily all day but couldn't sit still, even wrote to the other three sons, asking them to put down what they were doing, ask their boss for leave, come to the capital to visit relatives, and welcome the birth of the eldest grandson of the third generation of the Xiao family.

The daughter-in-law is suffering. From the time of pregnancy to the imminent delivery, her husband is not around. He, a father-in-law and several concubines around him, don’t know how to take care of him, so he has to visit famous Chinese doctors in Beijing to recuperate his daughter-in-law’s body. , But in the end, it is not worth the fact that the husband is by his side. The husband is fighting for the country in North Korea. His life and death are unknown, and the daughter-in-law is inevitably worried.

When the morning sickness was at its worst, Yang Caiyun couldn't eat anything, and she was haggard for a long time, which made Xiao Wenkui anxious. At that time, it was thanks to Xiao Ruxun's family letter from the battlefield that gave Yang Caiyun spiritual comfort. It made her support until now, and now that she is about to give birth, Yang Caiyun is even more disturbed.

Fortunately, the news that Xiao Ruxun was about to return home gave Yang Caiyun a reassurance, allowing her to recuperate at home and wait for her child to be born. What she hopes most is that her husband can come back before she gives birth. The moment you feel touched.

It is indeed a great joy for a daughter-in-law to give birth to a child, but it is precisely because of this great joy that many people are given a good opportunity to give gifts to curry favor, especially those honorable families who were afraid of dying in battle and turned back their promises. , tried every means to repair the relationship with the Xiao family, and various gift-giving methods emerged one after another, which made Xiao Wenkui stunned.

(End of this chapter)