Han ride

Chapter 154 Compromise
"Master, master is not well." At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and an old man with a panicked expression barged in. It was Fan Fu, the steward of the Fan family. ,

But before Fan Yongdou got angry, he saw Fan Fu being pushed away, and soldiers from the brigade broke into him from behind. Not only Fan Yongdou stood up, but everyone else also stood up.

"Major General, what are you doing?" Fan Yongdou looked at the figure in the crowd, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he snorted, but he saw Hou Gongji slowly walking in among the soldiers of the brigade.

"Treasurer Fan. I offended you today." Hou Gongji glanced at everyone in the crowd, and finally his eyes fell on Jin Liangyu, and said, "Jin Liangyu, you have committed a crime. I have ordered you to go to the camp Let's go!"

"What do you mean?" Jin Liangyu's complexion changed, and he pointed to Hou Gongji and said, "Young General, what do you mean by that? Are you putting the reason for your defeat on me?"

"Jin Liangyu, you have colluded with Lin Danhan and attempted to conspire against our imperial army. Your affairs have been exposed." Hou Gongji's eyes flickered with sinisterness, he glanced at everyone, and said, "I believe that all of you are loyal to the imperial court." , won’t you be with this person who colluded with other races?”

"Young general?" Wang Dengku stared at Hou Gongji with his eyes wide open, his lips were trembling, but he couldn't speak.

"Brother Wang, don't be presumptuous." Fan Yongdou quickly grabbed Wang Dengku.He signaled to Wang Dengku with his eyes, and Wang Dengku looked around, but saw Hou Gongji holding the sword in his right hand, his eyes were full of murderous intent.In an instant, a cold sweat broke out in fright, and he didn't even dare to speak.

"Right and wrong, you and I are very clear. Tell Wang Gonggong, some things can't be done too much." Fan Yongdou stared at Hou Gongji, and said: "You know, our eight great families are not comparable to ordinary families. Be careful what you say."

"Hmph, the Eight Great Aristocratic Families must abide by the court's rules and regulations. Only then can they become the Eight Great Aristocratic Families of the imperial court. If they don't follow the court's laws and regulations, they are nothing." Hou Gong waved his hand at the soldiers behind him disdainfully. Dozens of soldiers rushed up and took Jin Liangyu down.

"Hou Gongji, let me go. This is revenge. Brother Fan, save me." Jin Liangyu didn't expect that Hou Gongji would really catch her, and suddenly panicked. He is one of the eight great families. Living the life of a superior person, with rich clothes and fine food, when was he treated like this as a criminal.

"Let's go." Before Hou Gongji could speak, the soldier beside him drew out his long knife and slapped him hard on the back, spurting out a mouthful of blood from Jin Liangyu.There was no chance to speak again, and behind him, Fan Yongdou and the others were twitching, but they didn't speak, only listening to Jin Liangyu's voice going further and further away.

"Brother Fan, what's going on here?" Wang Dengku said slightly dissatisfied: "Did the eunuch think that the reason why he was defeated was because of us? When we came up with this plan, they also agreed. Let us produce so much food, so much money, why, now that we are defeated, it is a big joke to blame us. Today is Brother Jin's turn, will the next one be one of us?"

"They also wanted to make peace." Fan Yongdou said without thinking, "It's just that they didn't have what Li Xin wanted, so they hit our idea. It just so happened that Brother Jin was going to meet Lin Danhan on our behalf. That's why I gave them an excuse. Hehe!"

"They want to seek peace?" Everyone's complexion changed, and they sneered: "Are they also afraid that Li Xin will attack Zhangjiakou and Xuanfu?"

"No, they want the heads of tens of thousands of Lin Dan Khan's soldiers in Li Xin's hands." Zhai Tang finally spoke.

There was an uproar among the people when they heard the words, but they soon understood the truth. The [-] troops of the imperial court came back only one out of ten. If this matter was spread, they would definitely be blamed by the imperial court. Whether it is Chun or Hou Shilu, they will not escape the punishment of the court, but if they get the heads of tens of thousands of Lin Danhan soldiers, it will be different. It was a big victory, but now, these heads are all in the hands of Li Xin, so no matter what, if Cao Huachun and others want to escape punishment, they must get these heads from Li Xin, so how to make friends with Li Xin is became the primary issue.The smart people in this world are not just the Eight Great Aristocratic Families, whether it is Cao Huachun or Hou Shilu, they all know that Li Xin must be short of food and grass. Where does this food and grass come from? Naturally, he gets it from the Eight Great Aristocratic Families.It is undoubtedly impossible to kill the eight great families rashly. Therefore, Jin Liangyu, who once served as an envoy to Lin Danhan, became a scapegoat. When thinking of this, everyone felt a little afraid. If so, I'm afraid it's me who is unlucky now.But after the fear, it was more anger.

"Could it be that just relying on the army in hand to act like this? Is there any law for the king?" Tian Shenglan couldn't help roaring.His eyes rolled, and there was a hint of fear. Although these people have a lot of money, they are just grassroots people in the final analysis. In front of the army, no matter how many servants you have, it is impossible to resist the army. What's more, these people The family members all followed the Ming army to the big account, and suffered heavy losses, so they were no longer the opponents of the army.

"If you don't have a strong backer behind you, no matter how much money you have, it's useless." Fan Yongdou looked at the appearance of the crowd, and a thought suddenly appeared in his heart.After all, although people like myself have money, but they don't have the power to deter the other party, how can they keep the money in their hands.

"Brother Fan, what should we do now?" Wang Dayu asked softly, he sighed, his face was full of distress.

"Once again, again and again, today's Jin family, the next one will be my Fan family, or it may be Wang's family. This matter can't be dragged on any longer, we have to find a way." Fan Yongdou's eyes shot a gleam, He said to everyone: "I don't want to hide it from you. When I was in contact with Jiannu, Jiannu once promised that if we can provide them with the cloth, iron and information they want, and help them enter the Central Plains, they will let us become The imperial merchants confer official ranks, and are protected by the imperial court just like the officials of the imperial court. But now that Li Xin's army is occupying the grassland, if we want to continue to deal with Jiannu, we must not only feed Li Xin, but also beware of Li Xin's detection We associate with Jiannu; the second point is to completely rely on Li Xin. The old man saw that Li Xin dared to plan to deal with the court, and he played a trick on the court twice. This man has great ambitions. If we take refuge in him, help him It’s not impossible to gain a foothold in the grassland, and even help him win the Central Plains, as long as he can protect us and make money. Everyone, there are only two ways at the moment. As for going south to the south of the Yangtze River and competing with the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, this is not advisable.”

"Since Brother Fan said, no matter what, we want to get married with Li Xin, but let's not say whether Li Xin will succeed in the future. If it succeeds, it will naturally be a good thing. If it does not succeed, we It will still be the case, but Jiannu is different. Now that we have lost troops and generals in a short period of time, but the main force has not been damaged, I think we can't let go of this line." Wang Dayu thought for a while and said.

"That's right, that's right. We can't put all our hopes on one person in this matter." Wang Dengku and others also nodded when they heard the words. At this time, the nature of a businessman was revealed at this time.The so-called eggs are not put in the same basket, and all hope cannot be placed on Li Xin. The choices of these businessmen are actually not wrong.But they didn't consider that Jiannu was Jiannu, they were not Han people, and they didn't consider what consequences would happen if Li Xin found out about this matter.

"Well, since we have already decided to get married with Li Xin, there is no need to delay. As long as we publicize that there is Captain Yao supporting us, even Cao Huachun has to be careful, and we also need to help Li Xin to publicize, Lieutenant Yao used [-] elite troops to cooperate with Xuanfu to defeat Lin Danhan." Seeing that the matter had been decided, Fan Yongdou nodded and said: "The greater Li Xin's strength and higher official position, the greater the effect on us. , from this point of view, he will not do anything to us, and he will even be grateful to us."

"Li Xin's taste is very strong. I'm afraid it's hard to stop him and satisfy him." Wang Dengku shook his head and said, "The reason why Cao Huachun and Hou Shilu took the Jin family was not because they wanted to use the Jin family. The family property bought Li Xin and took the leader of the Mongolian army from him."

"Whatever Li Xin lacks, we will give." Fan Yongdou said viciously: "If he wants money, we will give him money. .”

"I'm afraid it can only be like this now." Everyone nodded, but in the end they let out a long sigh, thinking how powerful their eight aristocratic families were at the beginning, but now they have to act according to other people's faces.If it spreads out, I'm afraid it will really make people laugh.

"This time I went to see Li Xin, I will go by myself, I want to see for myself, what kind of character is this Li Xin, even Hong Tai and Lin Danhan are played by him in the applause." Fan Yongdou He said softly: "Now that such a person appears in the world, I don't know whether it is good or bad. In the future, I will say whether I will be a friend or an enemy. I have to meet this time to tell." Fan Yongdou still trusts his own vision. Yes, for Li Xin, the person who made him suffer repeatedly, he must see him.

"It's good to see you like this. Hey, it's a pity for the Jin family." Wang Dengku also nodded, and said, "However, the heavy snow will come in a few days. Isn't it too urgent to go at this time?"

"No." Fan Yongdou thought for a while, and then said: "The Jin family is one of us after all, send a letter to the capital and let them keep it! Give what should be given, give what should be given, and we can't let outsiders look down on us. Aristocratic family. Hey, it's just a matter of human affairs." Everyone sighed deeply when they heard the words.

(End of this chapter)