Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 412 Literati Treason
After learning of Li Jing's intentions, Lin Yuji is now more confident about the peace negotiation.

Seeing Li Jing pick up the teacup, Lin Yuji got up and wanted to say goodbye.

"Just a moment." Li Jing waved his hand, motioning for Lin Yuji to sit down.

When Lin Yuji sat down again, Li Jing took a sip of tea, pondered for a while and said, "Go back and tell Fan Wencheng that I can meet him."

Lin Yuji was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said, "Master Guo, isn't this flattering him?"

Li Jing smiled: "It doesn't matter whether it's flattering or not. I won't keep Fan Wencheng in the future, and I won't keep any of the Han officials who serve under Huang Taiji. I will stay with a dying person." What do you care about?"

"Is the Duke planning to kill all those Han officials?" Lin Yuji asked in surprise.

Li Jingzheng nodded emphatically: "Kill them all and leave none behind."

Seeing the surprised expression on Lin Yuji's face, Li Jing smiled and said, "Do you think I'm a bit cruel to these people? Do you think these people are forced to be thieves?"

Lin Yuji pondered for a while, then nodded slightly, then shook his head hastily.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Do you think some people should be killed and some people should not be killed?"

Lin Yuji nodded and said, "The lower officials think that some people are forced to be thieves."

Li Jing shook his head and said: "As you said, most of these people were forced to seek refuge in Donglu, but I think you have heard of a poem."

Clearing his throat, Li Jing got up and chanted loudly: "The hardships have been experienced, and the stars are scattered around. The mountains and rivers are broken and the wind is blowing, and the life experience is ups and downs and rains. Fear is said on the beach, and there is a sigh in the ocean. No death? Keep your loyal heart to reflect the history!"

After singing, Li Jing looked at Lin Yuji and said, "Wen Tianxiang's "Crossing the Lingding Ocean" and that song "Song of Righteousness" must have been read by many scholars, right?"

Lin Yuji nodded lightly when he heard the words, and said, "I have read these two poems, and as far as I know, most scholars have read these two poems."

Li Jing sighed and said, "Yes, I've read them all, but so what? I'm afraid I've eaten them all.

In fact, I don't ask all scholars to sacrifice their lives for benevolence like Tianxiang Gong, and I don't ask them to drink blood and swear to die like Su Wu, but I can't say like Bank of China (the eunuch who surrendered to the Huns during the Han Dynasty , Known as the originator of traitors), in that way, sell your own country for your own survival.At least you have to be in Cao Ying and your heart is in Han. Like Xu Shu, you can enter Cao Ying without saying a word.

Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, we and others helped Donglu to make suggestions for our own glory and wealth. I don’t know how many Ming people died because of them. This is how I look at these people: their feelings are pitiable, and their hearts can be punished.

In order to warn future generations, none of these officials who are officials in Donglu can stay.I want to tell everyone, especially scholars, those who betray their own country will never end well.

Yue Wumu once said: military generals are not afraid of death, civil officials do not love money, and the world will be peaceful. In fact, it is not terrible for civil officials to be greedy for money, because we have laws governing them. What is terrible is that literati are not patriotic and surrender to the enemy when the country or itself is in danger Treason.

Master Lin, if a literati rebelled against the enemy, it would be more terrifying than a military general rebelling against the enemy.When generals rebelled against the enemy, the country would be harmed for a while at most, but for literati who defected to the enemy, the country would be harmed for decades or even hundreds of years.

For thousands of years, the Central Plains of China has experienced countless foreign invasions, and every time there are countless literati who defected to the enemy, they would immediately advise the new master, causing our Han people to suffer.

Today I will make a rule that all scholars who betray the country and join the enemy will be killed without mercy. "

Lin Yuji nodded silently upon hearing this.

Smiling, Li Jing continued: "In my eyes, Fan Wencheng and others are actually dead people. Before he died, I would like to hear what he wanted to say to me."

Lin Yuji smiled and said, "If Fan Wencheng knew that the Duke of the State had issued a death order, he would not dare to surrender to the enemy even if he was killed, let alone negotiate a peace."

Li Jing smiled: "Tell him, I will find time to see him in two days."

Lin Yuji nodded, got up and said goodbye.

After Lin Yuji left, a person in the corner came over with several pieces of paper and handed them to Li Jingdao: "Master Guo, this is what you said just now, please read it over."

Li Jingjing nodded, took it over and read it again, pointed to the next paragraph and said: "You can polish the following part, and then someone will give it to Tu Shaoying, and let him publish it in the Minsheng Daily. In addition, the Imperial College and academies around the country will also send a copy. Also, the Pingyang Mansion gave Yuan Shu a separate copy, so that he could draw up a topic based on this content in this year's exam."

The man pondered for a while and said: "Master Guo, I think it's good to be like this, you can understand it at a glance, and you don't need to polish it at all."

Li Jingwen looked at the man and said with a smile: "Wen Qing, you have only been with me for two days, so you may not know me well. I don't like others to flatter me, and I know that I can't write well. As a book office, these textual things are up to you to grasp."

The man nodded lightly when he heard it: "The humble official knows how to do it."

Li Jing waved his hand: "Go, show me when you're done."

The man nodded, took the text he just copied from Li Jing's hand, and bowed to leave.

Watching the man leave, Li Jing shook his head slightly.

Li Jing heard what Wang Chengen said the day before yesterday, and the next day he ordered someone to go to the Hanlin Academy to select a few Hanlins. After talking with a few people and reading their writing skills, Li Jing left three people to do his own writing. Secretary, Wen Qing just now was one of them.

The youngest of the three Chinese youths was only 32 years old, and he was handsome. Li Jing deliberately kept him by his side to take care of some daily affairs, while the other two were responsible for drafting documents for Li Jing.

Since Li Jing didn't have anything to do for the time being, and Wen Qing was doing this kind of work for the first time, and he was not familiar with what it was like, so he took on the role of conversation recorder.

It should be said that Wen Qing's writing skills are still good, and what Li Jing said impromptu just now made him write down word for word.

The only thing Li Jing was dissatisfied with was that Wen Qing flattered him when he asked Wen Qing to polish it.

But Li Jing knew that Wen Qing had just come into contact with him and didn't understand his own nature. After getting used to him for a while, he probably wouldn't talk like that.

After flipping through the memorial for a while, Li Jing rubbed his temples, turned his head to look at Xiao Wu and said, "Come out for a walk with me."

Xiao Wu nodded, and went out to tell the guards to make safety preparations. After the captain of the guards made arrangements, Xiao Wu came back and said, "Marshal, let's go."

Li Jing smiled: "Xiao Wu, I just went out to take a look, do I need to be so careful?"

Xiao Wu smiled and said: "Be careful, there is no big mistake, if you make any mistakes, the boy will be guilty of the worst."

Li Jing shook his head: "After the new house in Xiyuan is built, you will be relieved. It's because I didn't think carefully. For the convenience of entering the palace, I found such a house next to the busy market outside the palace, which made you suffer. "

Xiao Wu looked around and saw no one around, smiled and said: "Father, you are a person who does big things, how can you have the energy to think about these small things, not to mention that it is the children's responsibility to protect you. Let us relax, that is, we are not going to be used.”

Li Jing smiled and patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder: "Good boy!"

After getting out of the courtyard, Li Jing smiled and said, looking at the white snow all around, "This snow can at least guarantee half of this year's grain harvest. When the autumn harvest comes, the pressure on grain will be greatly reduced."

"Father, if you come out to relax, don't think about these things." Xiao Wu said with a smile.

Li Jing shook his head and said, "How can you not think about it! In fact, the reason I came out to relax is to clear my mind and think through many details."

Xiao Wu shook his head helplessly upon hearing this.

Seeing that Xiao Wu was silent, Li Jing pondered for a while and suddenly smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, I'll give you a chance to make great contributions, do you want to do it?"

"Great service? What great service can I make? As long as I protect you well, I will be considered a meritorious service." Xiao Wu smiled lightly.

Li Jing shook his head and smiled, "You! I think you don't want to make progress! Daming is full of opportunities to make meritorious deeds now. With you by my side, there are many more opportunities than others. Let alone meritorious service, even if you are famous in history It's nothing."

"Really? What do you want to leave to Hai'er?" Xiao Wu asked suspiciously.

"Hehe, the princes and ministers who arrested Huang Taiji and Donglu." Li Jing laughed.

"What? Catch Huang Taiji? How?" Xiao Wu asked in shock.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Of course he went to Shengjing to catch him. Could it be that he will come to the capital for you to catch him?"

Xiao Wu shook his head repeatedly when he heard the words: "Father, don't make fun of the boy, don't say that the boy doesn't have that ability, even if he has the ability, this matter is not on the boy's head, my uncle Erhu has been watching for a long time over there."

Li Jing shook his head: "Your Uncle Erhu is indeed keeping an eye on those people in Shengjing, but they are short of manpower, even if you add the manpower that your Uncle Ma Wu placed in Shengjing. I want you to bring a group of people to sneak into Shengjing , When Cao Wenzhao breaks the city and Huang Taiji and others flee, take them down."

"This..." Xiao Wu pondered for a while and said, "Is there any suspicion of stealing credit if you bring someone there? Uncle Erhu won't be angry, right?"

Li Jing waved his hand: "Your Uncle Erhu is doing the most covert job, no matter how great the credit is, he can't come out with his subordinates to claim the credit."

Xiao Wu nodded silently upon hearing this.

If anyone knew Li Jing's details best, it might be Xiao Wu, the personal bodyguard.

Xiao Wu knew very well that the most elite force in Li Jing's hands was neither Cao Wenzhao's iron cavalry, nor Gao Qi's elite soldiers, nor even Zhuzi's garrison troops.

The most elite unit in Li Jing's hands is actually the commando under Chen Erhu's command.

Chen Erhu's commando team is not under the jurisdiction of any department, but directly obeys Li Jing's orders.

Although this army has been developed for ten years, it has only three hundred people so far.

Three hundred people may not seem like many, but Xiao Wu knew that these people were selected by Li Jing from tens of thousands of soldiers.

(End of this chapter)