Chapter 48 Betrayal It had only been a year and a half, and while he was facing the campfire, with the smell of barbecue filling his nostrils, Chen Liang felt that the night wind was suddenly bone-chilling.
Indeed, Xuexue’s previous judgment was correct.
Butcher Zhu will not take the initiative to expand the war in the short term.
If anyone were to stand in Butcher Zhu’s position, he probably wouldn’t use weapons rashly.
Why did he need to use weapons again?
In just one and a half years, he caused Xuexue and the imperial guards under his command to lose their fighting spirit.
If it is delayed for another three to five years, I am afraid that without his Northern Expedition, the Yuan Emperor will no longer be able to find anyone loyal and reliable.
Since he can just watch the Yuan Dynasty collapse without doing anything, he still has to waste time.
What is that strength for?
And what Zhu Tutu relies on is actually the stuff that covers his nose when scholars mention it.
A sheep produces two and a half kilograms of wool per year, which costs one hundred and fifty qian.
Ten sheep are equivalent to 1,500 qian, which is one and a half.
One thousand sheep are one hundred and fifty guan, and the color of Huaiyang Tongbao is equivalent to 300 guan for making money.
However, the official salary of the Yuan Dynasty was increased several times, and the annual salary of the prime minister at that time was only 300 guan, of which 30% had to be converted into rice grain to pay.
Look at the large tracts of grassland nearby.
Among the generals here, who doesn’t have a thousand sheep to his name?
In other words, under the condition that neither party accepts corruption or bribery, Xuexue and the guys around him, each one of them will get from Zhu Butcher every year.
The benefits earned there are already equal to the salary of the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty.
No wonder they don’t want to continue to work hard with Zhu Tutu.
If it were Chen Liang himself, facing such a big financial backer, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have the courage to raise his sword again.
"In the past, Gong Lu was delighted with the empty edition, and the Han Dynasty conquered Ying Er.
Wenjun untied the cloth and was covered with brocade.
Xiangru took a high cover and untied the calf's nose.
The official title was displayed, all because of money.
The empty edition became empty, and then the situation There is truth; even if the win is small, it will lead to intimacy."
In the next moment, Chen Liang's mind came to a page of a famous article he had read when he was a boy.
When he was studying, he originally thought it was a sharp irony, but now that he thought about it, he realized that it was the most reasonable thing in the world.
Note 1 Poor those Seven Gentlemen, they thought they needed to deal with some fallacy of equality.
Little did they know that they were simply having trouble with the God of Wealth, so they remained confused until their death.
It's a pity that those sour men in the capital city are still thinking about allowing seven people to enjoy the Confucius Temple.
They don't know that carving a portrait in the Confucius Temple can't do without Confucius Fang and good meat.
The four great talents of Zhou Guo and Yuan Bao worked hard for it.
Note 2 The more he thought about it, the more desolate Chen Liang felt.
The more he thought about it, the more inexplicably depressed he felt.
I just feel that there is no life or death, and wealth lies in money.
Unknowingly, I got myself very drunk.
When the soldiers were carried to rest, they would pat their bellies and chant loudly: "If the army has no wealth, the soldiers will not come; if the army has no rewards, the soldiers will not go; if there is no one in the official position, it is better to return to the field; although there is no one in the middle but no brother, it is no different but without wings."
Want to fly, but want to walk without feet In the next few days, he lived in the army and became Xuexue's Bi Qiqi.
Na Xuexue has always been close to her brother, they love each other very much, and they hide no big or small things from Chen Canjun.
As a result, the latter came into contact with more and more secrets, and felt more and more uncomfortable.
Almost every night, he wished he could get drunk so that he would never wake up again.
What kind of people are these?
On the surface, they are all the nephews of the nobles of the dynasty, and they should be the most loyal to Emperor Yuan.
In fact, Chen Liang discovered that they had no loyalty to the court at all.
On the contrary, they were full of respect for Butcher Zhu from the south.
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Every time I bring it up, I unconsciously say good things about the other person.
And in the entire Royal Guards, from top to bottom, no one thought there was anything wrong with this kind of respect, and no one even thought that it should be avoided and concealed.
Because everyone has actually been bound to one place by interests for a long time.
If one loses, everyone will suffer, and if one is prosperous, everyone will be prosperous.
If anyone comes forward to report it, they are guaranteed to be hostile to everyone else.
In that case, I am afraid that before his report letter reaches the center, he himself will have died heroically in a small-scale conflict.
It is easy to create such a small-scale conflict, and the Huai'an Army on the other side of the Weishui River seems to be very willing to cooperate.
Through Xuexue and others' intentional or unintentional showing off, or it could be understood as a threat, Chen Liang even knew that in the past two years, more than one general of the Royal Forest Army had "sacrificed his life for the country."
Those who "sacrifice themselves for the country" will be shrouded in horse leather and sent back to the capital city to be given posthumous honors by the imperial court.
As for the roles they had in the Royal Guard during their lifetime, they were all handed over to other companions to fulfill his reputation of loyalty.
Using this method, of course it would be easy to make the "Forest Guards" move up and down without any further noise.
What's more, there is Hama in the court covering for Xuexue.
And Xuexue himself did not rely entirely on the power of his elder brother Hama.
He also has his own abilities and a unique set of methods for controlling his subordinates.
His unique skill is that he can trust each other with Zhu Tutu and bargain with him without any scruples.
And his control method is to create countless people who have the same or similar experiences as himself, and use them as his confidants to control the overall situation.
After a few days of observation, Chen Liang discovered that Xuexue and Butcher Zhu had smooth communication channels.
This was as obvious as lice on a bald head.
Almost all of his confidants who were entrusted with important tasks had been prisoners of the Huai'an Army.
This is also a fact visible to the naked eye.
Both the red-faced Qianhu and the black-faced Qianhu were captured by the Huai'an army.
The bearded deputy Qianhu was captured by the Huai'an army.
The lustful Qianhu fell off his horse and broke his leg.
It was a doctor in the Huai'an army who gave him the magic of rejuvenation. , so as not to leave a lifelong disability.
As for the guy who looked longer horizontally than vertically, he was actually captured more than once.
He came back safely every time.
According to his own boasts, he also fought with other heroes and successfully made Zhu Butcher pay 20% off his ransom from the second time on.
One after another, things that are more bizarre than the words actually happened happened under the eyes of Tai Buhua, who was in charge of the military power of the world.
If Tai Buhua was not aware of it, who would believe that since even Tai Buhua No one is pretending to be deaf or dumb.
Who else has the guts to reach out and expose the shady story behind this?
Chen Liang's biggest advantage is his timidity, so he was shocked the first day or two when he came into contact with the shady world.
On the third day, shock quickly turned into anger and helplessness.
Soon, the anger and helplessness in his heart slowly disappeared, and were replaced by silence.
He closed his eyes slightly as if his colleagues didn't care about him, and went with the flow.
This morning, Chen Liang was at his desk cleaning up the account books for Xuexue.
Suddenly I heard rapid footsteps outside the door.
He looked up suddenly and happened to see the body of deputy Wanhu Burigude who was wider horizontally than vertically.
"Master Wanhu, are you looking for General Xuexue?
He just drank some wine and is resting in the back tent.
If you are in a hurry, I can send someone to wake him up."
Chen Liang, who joined the army, did not dare to neglect, put down his abacus, and took the initiative to salute greeting.
"No need to bother, scholar."
Although Buzhigud looked ferocious, he was straight-tempered.
He held his hand and responded very politely, "I will come over and tell General Xuexue that the matter has been resolved satisfactorily.
Chahan Tie Mu'er and Li Siqi and Siqi were very sensible and took the initiative to withdraw from the vicinity of Shanzhou without waiting for Commander Taibuhua's order.
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Chen Zhishan did not show mercy and picked up the two trapped brigade soldiers. , and quickly withdrew to the south of the Yellow River."
Note 3 "Huh!"
Others said it in an understatement.
After hearing this, Chen Liang felt his head relax.
If Chahan Timur and Li Siqi are willing to give in, the conflict between Tuohuan Timur and Hama will not intensify immediately.
Then he can stay in the army for a few more days without having to face the last difficult choice.
However, nine out of ten people will be unsatisfied in life.
Next, Buzhigude's words made him fall into the ice cave again.
"However, the Huai'an Army is not willing to suffer losses in vain.
Chen Zhishan said that he will let Lord Xuexue cross the river and go to the Sixth Army for a banquet.
There is a business deal, and he must make it clear to Lord Xuexue in person."
"Ah" Chen Liang put his hands on the desk and tried to keep calm, "Chen Zhishan is simply too deceitful.
What kind of deal is this?
I dare to ask the general if he ever knew about it."
"How can I dare to talk about this?"
Buzhigude grinned, his face full of innocence.
"It's enough to give me face if they are willing to withdraw their troops and say they want to continue the deal.
The rest can only be done by General Xuexue.
I went across the river to interview Mr.
Zhu’s messenger.
How could I, a lowly errand boy, dare to ask too clearly?”
Note 4
"It's weird if you don't know," Chen Liang muttered secretly in his stomach.
But there was a very understanding expression on his face, "Ah, that's it.
In that case, General Buzhigude, please wait a moment.
I'll call General Xuexue in person."
"No, no need."
Buzhigude hurriedly went back to drink with his companions, waved his hand, and continued to stop him in a low voice.
"Actually, they just want to go through the motions.
There's no danger.
The two countries are at war, so they won't kill the envoys.
What's more, Butcher Zhu has a reputation for being kind."
As he spoke, he quickly looked to both sides, put his head towards Chen Liang's ear, and added quietly in a very low voice, "I don't need to hide this from you, and I can't hide it from you.
That Zhu Butcher ate for nothing.
Gunzi, you have to find someone unlucky Vent.
I heard that he approached the Quanzhou Pu family, the descendants of the Pu family who sold Zhao Song to Dayuan.
They wanted to ask General Xuexue to help with the operation and let the court deal with it.
Stand by and watch this battle” Note 1: From at Qian Shen Lun, Jin, Lu Bao.
This passage uses two allusions.
The rich man Lu Gong moved to Pei County, and prominent local people congratulated him.
Liu Bang had no money, so he wrote a 10,000 yuan note.
As a result, Lu Gong was very happy and married his daughter to him.
When Emperor Gaozu was the director of the pavilion, he went to Xianyang.
Everyone else gave him 300 yuan to practice, but Xiao He gave 500 yuan.
Therefore, Xiao He was trusted by Emperor Gaozu all his life.
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Note 2: Kong Fang, Rou Hao, Zhou Guo and Yuan Bao are all nicknames for money.
Note 3: In the mouths of ordinary Mongolians, scholar is an honorific title.
Kublai Khan first summoned the Confucian scholar Zhao Bi and others and called them scholars.
Note 4: Xiao Gaier, northern slang, little one, a minor role.
It originally refers to a double-pointed wooden ball that is hit with a wooden board.
Dayi, whose scientific name is Jieliang, originated in the Spring and Autumn Period or earlier.
It was popular among all ethnic groups in ancient China.
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