Wanli 1592

Chapter 840 Special Letter

On September 23, at the same time that Li Hualong got the exact information and started emergency preparations for countermeasures, Xiao Ruxun also received a somewhat special letter, signed by the letter-Ye Mengxiong.

The letter was sent by the guards, saying that there was a messenger, and they were worried that this person was an assassin, so they locked him up.

Xiao Ruxun hesitated for a while, then opened the letter.

Ye Mengxiong said hello to Xiao Ruxun in the letter, asking him how he was doing recently, asking him if he was in good health, if he was eating well, if he was wearing well, if his family was well, etc. It felt like an ordinary letter asking for warmth.

But it was such words that made Xiao Ruxun feel a little warm in his heart.

When they went to North Korea after the Battle of Ningxia, Xiao Ruxun and Ye Mengxiong kept exchanging letters. During the war, Ye Mengxiong still wrote three or four letters asking about Xiao Ruxun's recent situation even though thousands of miles away.

This made Xiao Ruxun feel the warmth of being cared for, just like his family members.

Ye Mengxiong was indeed a generous elder, and he was also one of the first civil servants to recognize Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun was able to receive a lot of care in the court at first, thanks to Ye Mengxiong asking his old friend to speak for him.

It can be said that during the rise of Xiao Ruxun, Ye Mengxiong contributed a lot. Until Myanmar, Xiao Ruxun was still able to get a lot of convenience in the south of the Yangtze River through Ye Mengxiong's relationship. It was very convenient to buy many things. The first batch of poor scholars came to Myanmar. It was completed with the help of Ye Mengxiong.

When Xiao Ruxun fled south, he passed through Nanjing and did not dare to look for Ye Mengxiong. Time was urgent, so he rescued his third brother Xiao Ruzhi and left. Later, when Jiang Dahai was sent north to cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, Xiao Ruxun also specifically asked Jiang Dahai to protect Ye Mengxiong. Safety.

However, although Nanjing was won, Ye Mengxiong was nowhere to be seen, which made Xiao Ruxun a little worried for a while, but he believed that Ye Mengxiong, an old bureaucrat with many years of ups and downs, would not die easily.

Hush and ask warmly means that Ye Mengxiong doesn't regard Xiao Ruxun as rebellious, and after asking coldly and warmly, the business will be serious.

Ye Mengxiong said in the letter——

Shen always said that you, Xiao Jixin, rebelled and plotted against the law. I don't believe it. You have no reason to do so. I don't believe that a loyal general who has just made great achievements will suddenly rebel. I don't believe that you are dead. I am optimistic about you, Xiao Jixin. It is impossible for a person to die so easily.

At that time, I was very puzzled and worried. It was not until I suddenly found out that Xiao Ruzhi was missing that I realized that you were not dead. You had already been to Nanjing. You took Xiao Ruzhi away, but why didn’t you come to find me? Me, I'm puzzled.

I suppressed this incident without making a sound, but later, an army suddenly came to attack Nanjing, and I was shocked. Just as I was about to resist, I was stunned and taken away by my subordinates. On the way to escape, I recalled this incident Things, discoveries that may be relevant to you.

I ran all the way, first to Anqing Mansion, and my subordinates felt that Anqing Mansion was not safe, so I ran to Wuchang Mansion before I settled down. I was surprised to hear that you have led an army into Huguang in Wuchang Mansion, so I am writing to you now, asking What happened to you.

I don't believe you rebelled, but the commotion caused by you raising troops to fight the Northern Expedition is too great. What happened between you and Shen Yiguan?Why Shen Yiguan was forced to use this method to get rid of you, and also forced you to launch the Northern Expedition, I want to know the reason.

If you can't convince me, I will regard you as a rebel and stick to Wuchang Mansion. I know you will definitely come to Wuchang Mansion. I will wait for you here. When the time comes, will we meet each other or join hands? Ji Xin, I want you Give me an explanation.

Ye Mengxiong's meaning was very simple, to give him a reason to make him believe that Xiao Ruxun did not rebel and was dedicated to serving the country, otherwise, he would lead the army to defend Wuchang Mansion to the death, and absolutely prevent Xiao Ruxun's strategic plan from succeeding.

After reading the letter, Xiao Ruxun sighed and put down the letter in his hand.

If you want to talk about civil servants that Xiao Ruxun really respects, Ye Mengxiong ranks second, and no one can rank first.

Along the way, thanks to Ye Mengxiong's support and help at critical moments, Xiao Ruxun avoided many detours.

If he wants to meet Ye Mengxiong in battle, he can't guarantee that he will do it.

But this matter, the matter used to persuade Ye Mengxiong, Xiao Ruxun has a clear conscience.

Is it wrong to serve the emperor loyally?

Is Shen always right to plot a coup to abolish the monarch?
Tell the truth, will Ye Mengxiong object to Xiao Ruxun's act of going to the Northern Expedition for the king?
Everything is in line with righteousness.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun wrote a letter to Ye Mengxiong, determined to persuade Ye Mengxiong to join his Northern Expedition team. Ye Mengxiong is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department and has great prestige and connections in the south. With him joining, the blow to Shen Yiguan's government in the north will be even greater. .

At this moment, Xiao Ruxun's vanguard, General Machong, had led 1 troops to capture Pingjiang by the Miluo River, opening the way to the north.

As the army marched more and more smoothly, Xiao Ruxun also got the support of many impoverished scholars and scholars who were in a state of food and clothing. They were all recommended by those who joined first. You recommend me and I recommend you. As boastful as flowers, Xiao Ruxun's literati team gradually expanded.

Perhaps the cultural quality of this literati team is not as good as that of the Jinshi in the northern court, but in terms of handling affairs, the strength of handling affairs has little to do with whether they can write stereotyped essays.

Xiao Ruxun treats these contributors in the same way that he dealt with those poor talents in Myanmar. He first picks out the educated scholars who have suffered from society and educated by society and puts them beside him. use.

And those nerds who are just poorer but have not suffered from society are assigned to learn what needs to be learned in statistics and logistics, and it is the veterans who take them to learn.

Of course, these nerds were dissatisfied with being made superiors by a group of veterans, and they had a quarrel for a while. A few stubborn ones were driven away by Xiao Ruxun, and a few who were willing to accept re-education were set up as a model, with a raise in salary and treatment. This comparison, The wavering factions in the middle immediately became honest.

For this group of literati, Xiao Ruxun doesn't expect them to be very loyal, but some people can be reused and some people can't. There is also a distinction to be made here. The more cruelly they are treated and the more they suffer, the more money and treatment they can get. Come to buy him, so that he will join the Northern Expedition team with all his heart, such as Xie He.

And those who have not suffered much while maintaining food and clothing are not so easy to buy. These people, like Chen Longzheng, still have this relatively simple romantic thought in their heads, full of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust. .

This kind of people cannot be reused and cannot be placed at the decision-making level, but there are some advantages. These people are dead-headed and do not know how to adapt. They are good at managing accounts and warehouses.

The more the Northern Expedition, the more victorious the battle, the more Xiao Ruxun has no shortage of manpower, and the situation is constantly tilting towards him.

He also knew that as long as he successfully captured Wuchang, the overall situation would be settled.

This is not a troubled world, this is not a world of great strife, there are not so many warlords eager to separatist regime, the suppression of military generals by the Ming Dynasty also suppressed the possibility of separatism to the greatest extent, which made Xiao Ruxun convenient.

Push all the way flat, with almost no hindrance.

These ancestors who played politics and power, were so vulnerable in the face of elite soldiers, strong ships and guns.

(End of this chapter)