After returning from the Taimiao, Zhu Yunwen first went to the Zhengxin Hall to rest for a while, change his clothes, and then hold a state banquet.
The same is true for civil and military officials, who can not wear the grand crown clothes of the Taimiao to participate in the palace banquet, but most of them did not return to the house, because the two edicts were issued at the same time, and the officials had already prepared their clothes, returned from the Taimiao, and changed into their own cars before entering the palace.
It was during this time that He Tianyang returned to his car and told Xia Xun the news of the great victory in Huichang that he heard in the palace.
Xia Xun did not know the news of the defeat of the army at this time, there was no telephone telegraph in this era, and it was unrealistic to keep in touch with the front line through the area controlled by the imperial court and keep abreast of the changes in the battle situation.
Xia Xun was also taken aback when he heard the news, he inquired carefully for a long time, and after understanding all the news He Tianyang heard in the court, he frowned and groaned.
He Tianyang said worriedly: "My lord, in this case, if we plot against Li Jinglong, do we have to wait for us to win a big battle, otherwise, I'm afraid Li Jinglong will not give in." ” Xia Xun thought for a long time and asked: "Today, it is said that the officials above the fifth grade in Beijing worship the Taimiao and enter the palace to participate in the celebration banquet, among which is Li Jinglong."
He Tianyang said: "That's natural, there are still a few princes left in the Ming Dynasty, which of course includes him." ” Xia Xun nodded and said, "Calm down, everything is still according to the original plan" He Tianyang said worriedly: "My lord" Xia Xun smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, do as I tell you" The grand celebration banquet did not disperse until evening, and after the palace gate was opened, the ministers came out one after another.
Li Jinglong was the last to go, and the ministers talked a lot as they went, but they were still happy to talk about the battle ahead, and he had to slow down.
Standing in the crowd, no one will talk to him, and from time to time he will hear the ridicule of others, why bother.
If you lose on the battlefield, there are brothers in Pao Ze who are desperately trying to pull you along, and if you lose in the officialdom, you can only be completely isolated and abandoned.
Although the battlefield is cruel, there is still warmth and blood, officialdom is more cold-blooded and cruel than the battlefield, and there is only deceit and naked interest struggle.
When Li Jinglong walked out of the palace gate slowly, the palace gate quietly closed behind him, he looked up at the gloomy sky, with a gloomy face, and walked towards his car.
In the palm of his hand, he was holding a ball of paper tightly, which was quietly pressed under his cup and plate when someone was in the palace, and there was only one sentence on it: "Your Excellency's car, the old people are waiting for each other" During the banquet, he only left his seat once when he toasted the emperor, and when he returned, a note appeared, and he was very curious about who was waiting for him in the car, and even more curious, how the news could be passed to him in the palace.
"Master" As soon as he saw Li Jinglong coming back, the groom hurriedly put down the pedal, and the guards who were basking in the sun under the wall also hurriedly turned over and came one after another.
No matter how frustrated he is in the court, no matter how much ridicule he receives between the government and the opposition, only these people cannot change their attitude towards him, because these people rely on him for food.
Li Jinglong stepped into the car, and when his fingers touched the sedan door, he paused slightly, is there really anyone inside, or is it a joke made by others with himself, who will he be, and is he also an official who participated in today's celebration banquet He glanced at the groom standing under the car, and the groom was looking at him a little blankly because of his hesitation, looking at his expression, the groom did not look like an insider.
Li Jinglong smiled, and a grotesque thought suddenly arose in his heart: "Inside, it won't be a charming fox girl, a fox girl with great powers, a frustrated scholar."
The cramped and nervous look on Li Jinglong's face disappeared, people and birds are facing the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years, and they have all fallen into this step of the field where everyone shouts and beats, what else is there to be afraid of As soon as he pulled the door, he got inside, and the carriage slowed down.
Li Jinglong lifted the curtains, saw the familiar street scene, and knew that he was about to arrive at his mansion, so he ordered: "Don't rush back to the house, go around." ” The groom was stunned and asked, "Master, where are you going?"
"Arbitrary" Li Jinglong lowered the curtain and looked at Xia Xun who was sitting on the side.
He had imagined countless people, and even wondered if Huang Zicheng, who had fallen into the well, had regained his mind to win him over, but he never expected that it would be Xia Xun who was sitting in the car, a person he had never thought of.
Maybe as long as he shouts at this time, Xia Xun will be bloodied on the spot, or even capture him alive and give it to the emperor.
But Li Jinglong didn't do this, Xia Xun dispelled his thoughts with just one sentence.
Xia Xun sat upright, smiled and only said one sentence: "This little fish is worthless in the eyes of the emperor."
If Grandpa Guo needs a friend right now, then I am Grandpa Guo's best friend."
Because of this sentence, Li Jinglong sat down in his seat peacefully.
Li Jinglong lowered the curtain and smiled faintly at Xia Xun: "Li Jinglong is just a waste, what does His Royal Highness King Yan want me to do?"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "In the battle of Zhengcunba, the first of the Guogong was defeated by the proud soldiers, and the second was defeated by the sky; In the battle of Baigou River, if it weren't for the handsome flag of the Duke of Guogong being blown by the wind, His Royal Highness would have been folded in the hands of the Duke of Guo.
The imperial court only judges heroes by success or failure, but His Royal Highness King Yan will not, His Royal Highness has fought against Guogong on the battlefield, and he naturally knows the most about Guogong's skills.
His Royal Highness admires the skills of the Duke of the Kingdom very much, and His Royal Highness once said to me: Jiujiang Tiger Father and Tiger Son, what is lacking is only the experience of the battle array.
Before and after, if it weren't for the limited battlefield experience of Guogong, the timing was not good enough, and His Royal Highness was blessed by God, first the severe cold, and then the wind, all of which were beneficial to my Yan army, and our Yan army had been defeated. ” Li Jinglong, who was ridiculed for being incompetent, stupid, and wasteful, and scolded so badly on the street, heard Xia Xun "relay the fair words of Yanwang Zhu Di", his nose was sore, and his tears almost didn't fall, he didn't want Xia Xun to see his embarrassment, so he quickly turned his head, endured it for a long time, and then sneered: "God bless it, then why did His Highness defeat this time, and even Zhang Yu, the first general under his command, was killed." ” Xia Xun asked rhetorically: "Does Guogong think that Sheng Yong is better than you?"
Of course, there will be no first, no second, who is willing to admit that others are better than himself, especially a person whose family background, qualifications, and status are far inferior to his own, especially a conceited and proud person like Li Jinglong, but he can't say it.
Xia Xun didn't wait for him to admit it, and continued: "Your Highness's failure this time is also because of the arrogance of the soldiers, in the eyes of Your Highness, Guogong is the son of General Li Wenzhong, my Ming God of War, with a strategic mind and countless calculations, and there are 600,000 male soldiers under his command. ” Xia Xun sighed and said regretfully: "Sheng Yong's victory is not his good fight, it is really the prince of the country who has fulfilled him."
Li Jinglong thought so.
Li Jinglong, who was already familiar with the details of the great victory ahead, heard that as soon as Zhu Difu fought, he personally led the army to attack Sheng Yong's left flank, and after a few blows, he went back to the head-on duel, and when he was lured into the big array by Sheng Yong's deception, he knew that Zhu Di was defeated by a light enemy.
Let Li Jinglong dispatch troops to deal with the rapidly changing battlefield situation, he is indeed a little mediocre, but if you talk about the mastery of military theory, let him sit and talk, he is much stronger than most people.
Zhu Di's similar tactics, in the battle of Baigou River, have been used against him, that time if it was not for the handsome flag broken, Zhu Di has already broken in his hands, this time Zhu Di repeated the old tricks, he is not afraid of repeating the same mistakes, the only explanation is that Zhu Di did not put Sheng Yong in his eyes at all, his defeat was indeed defeated by arrogance and underestimation of the enemy.
And all this, isn't it the result of what he Li Jinglong paved for Sheng Yong, the lucky victorious Sheng Yong was touted as invincible and invincible, but he, Li Jinglong, became an incompetent waste that others ridiculed and ridiculed even more.
Jealousy and disobedience, like a poisonous snake, gnawed at his heart fiercely, Li Jinglong clenched his teeth, and it took a while to calm his mood, and said coldly: "Anyway, King Yan is indeed defeated, this defeat and loss of soldiers, even Zhang Yu died on the battlefield, the vitality of the Yan army was greatly injured, and the morale of the soldiers and horses of my court was greatly boosted, he called you, what do you want me Li Jinglong to take refuge in him, the general of the defeated army?"
Xia Xun said: "Your Highness is indeed defeated this time.
But victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, you dare to assert that Sheng Yong, who won by luck, will be invincible from now on, and His Royal Highness King Yan will have no chance to turn over."
Of course, Li Jinglong didn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it.
He was defeated by the hands of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to get to this step, but in his heart, he didn't hate Zhu Di, he hated Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, and Qi Tai who fell into the well for him, and he hated the defeat of Zhu Di's arrogant soldiers by the conditions paved by his failure, but he fell into a more embarrassing situation, and Sheng Yong, who was ridiculed by the world.
Xia Xun smiled, like a devil who bewitched others to sell their souls, and said in a tempting and incendiary tone: "His Royal Highness King Yan still has a chance to turn over, and what about you, the emperor, the emperor will not give you this opportunity, Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng will not give you this opportunity, what they give you is only the wall falling down and everyone pushing it, only falling into the well."
But His Royal Highness King Yan is willing to give you a chance to turn over, do you want to do it?"
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Xia Xun's conditions were not unmoved by him.
Li Jinglong is like a person who is about to drown, even if someone throws just a straw, he wants to hold on tightly; It's like a traveler who is lost in the desert, even if he knows that someone else has given him just a glass of wine, he wants to pour it down first to moisten the fire-breathing throat.
Because Li Jinglong is burdened with not only the humiliation of others, but also heavy pressure, pressure from his family and interest groups subordinate to him.
He has his own faction, his own connections, and his vassal forces, and his frustration is not just his own business, but his family, his entire power group, both glory and loss.
If he continues to sink like this, the all-round blows suffered by the Li family from the court and the people will make the Li family gradually decline, and eventually become an ordinary wealthy family of the lower class, and even the status of an ordinary wealthy family will be difficult to protect.
This kind of political status that is not up or down may be destroyed at any time under the power of the court, and it may fall apart at any time.
Li Jinglong was like a standard gambler with red eyes who had lost his eyes, glared at Xia Xun fiercely and said, "So, His Royal Highness King Yan, what do you want me to do, what can I Li Jinglong do in such a situation now?"
As soon as the words came out, he himself was startled, and the hoarse and sad voice really came out of his mouth Xia Xun said leisurely: "Do you really think that you are already a rat crossing the street in the court, and everyone shouts and beats you, do you really think that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have abandoned the Guogong as if they were gone?"
"Isn't it?"
"Of course not" Xia Xun enlightened him earnestly: "Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, a professor of Hanzhong Fuxue, a gentleman of the country, Wen can't be Anbang, and Wu can't set the country, do you really think that two people like them, if they get the holy favor, they can cover the sky with one hand, and they will be able to accept the big joke of the Manchu Dynasty, together with Jing Qing, Lian Zining, Zhuo Jing and others who are fighting for the main battle faction of the domain, although they have the same political views, they are happy and convinced of their actions and abilities, and their climb to such a high position."
There are also Ru Chang, Yu Xin, Gao Wei, and other lords and faction officials who oppose the cutting of the domain, and even a large number of anti-war generals in the army, once this force is united, how huge is it, the reason why they are now scattered and fighting on their own is because they lack a leader with a respected status, these are all potential allies of you."
Li Jinglong's eyes gradually lit up, he turned out to be like a bat, the birds regarded him as a beast, and the beasts regarded him as a bird, and as a result, he became the object of ridicule and ridicule on both sides, but between these two factions, it is the opposing faction that has real irreconcilable contradictions.
If he is willing to stand up clearly and does not need to take the initiative to recruit, these people will naturally stand under his banner, and he Li Jinglong has the right to speak in the court, will he still be a clown who can be ridiculed Taking advantage of this opportunity, he can not only maintain and strengthen his power, but also attack Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng, he will never forget the humiliation, sadness and despair when he was cruelly treated as an outcast by these cold-blooded politicians and asked him to die hoarsely, as long as he has the opportunity, he must take revenge.
Li Jinglong felt that his throat was a little dry, and he swallowed his saliva with difficulty: "King Yan, do you want me to let me take refuge in him?"
"Of course not" Xia Xun said solemnly: "The prince is the emperor's courtier, and His Royal Highness King Yan is also the emperor's courtier. is also the emperor's courtier, how can His Royal Highness recruit the prince for his own use, it's just that as soon as the war starts, it is the people who suffer after all, which only makes the place erosive and uneasy.
His Royal Highness hopes that the prince can stand up, lead the ministers, and finally achieve the punishment of the annihilation, negotiate peace between the two sides, and solve the problem by means of literature. ” Xia Xun smiled and added another note to his words: "Of course, in order to help the Duke of the Kingdom achieve this goal, His Highness will try his best to cooperate on the battlefield, the more His Highness wins, the more sad Fang Huang and his ilk will be, and the more important the Duke will be in the court."
Therefore, in order to allow Guogong's proposition to gain more support, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of peaceful settlement of disputes, I think Guogong will not mind revealing some news to His Royal Highness, so that Sheng Yong will suffer a small loss, everything is for the court."
To be continued: