Chapter 26 Chapter 97: Kill him with a carbine

After Xia Xun left Yanjing, his footsteps slowed down. He was not in a hurry to rush back to Liaodong. This time Liaodong had an accident, he was the biggest beneficiary, and the policies he needed were successfully obtained. Originally, Xia Xun was still a little worried that Zhang Jun and Wan Shiyu would handle this wide-ranging incident involving many tribes alone, but with the official letters sent by Wan Shiyu one after another, Xia Xun gradually felt relieved.Wanshiyu's authority is not as important as him, and he can't see the general trend of the world as clearly as he does, but the specific and minor matters are actually handled more appropriately than him.

After all, Wan Shiyu is an official who has worked hard from a young official level. He handles things impeccably, and his thoughts are more meticulous than him. On the one hand, there is no way to compete with others. After Xia Xun saw Wanshiyu's disposal plan, his eagerness calmed down, and his mind became more active: Isn't it a good opportunity to let Wanshiyu shine by not showing up for now?If he came forward too early, Wanshiyu would have to hide in his shadow. Liaodong will be handed over sooner or later, and the time is still very fast. Now it is time to start cultivating a successor. If you wait until you leave to hand over in a hurry, it will not be conducive to establishing the prestige of your successor.

Furthermore, what Wanshiyu is doing now is exactly what he wants to do, but this time it is unavoidable, and it has deeply touched the Liaodong tribes. If he directly steps forward, he will use his last card and there is no room for maneuver. However, once the handling is wrong and greater conflicts are aroused, the only way to ask the emperor to come forward is to ask the emperor to come forward, and once it is time for the emperor to come forward, he should pack up and leave. It's all in vain. Now Wanshiyu is going to do it. Once there is any unmanageable situation, he can take over. Of course, doing so may make Wanshiyu a scapegoat, but to establish Wanshiyu's prestige in Liaodong, he must show himself In the face of the Liaodong tribes who are accustomed to the lifestyle of the jungle and the strong, they do not have the prestige and power to get something for nothing.

If he wanted it, he had to bear the corresponding risk! In the handling of this incident, Wanshiyu not only showed an extremely tough side, but also favored the branch merchants. Of course, the cause of the incident did not lie with the branch merchants, and it was not the branch merchants who started the attack. It wasn't even branch merchants who smashed, smashed, looted and burned in the city. However, due to the intervention of the army and their obvious preference for branch merchants, it was actually those barbarians who had always been arrogant. At the same time, as far as the behaviors of armed private fighting are concerned, branch merchants also have to bear a great deal of responsibility. At least, they can be said to be self-defense at the beginning, but when the army intervenes, they should let the army handle it, but precisely On the contrary, with the help of the army, many unnecessary casualties at this time were caused by them to vent their anger.

However, Wanshiyu obviously did not absolutely follow the law in handling this matter.And Xia Xun is supportive of this, Tianzao, he has given enough, and it's time to stand up.A good old man with virtue but no prestige can't subdue those barbarians who don't know what the king's law is. At the same time, the ruling foundation of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong mainly relies on the army of the Ming Dynasty and the Han people of the majority ethnic group.In this incident, the Hu people were seriously injured and the property of the Han people was seriously damaged. The cause of the incident was the Hu people's fault.If this bowl of water is served impartially, the Hu people will not be convinced, nor will the Han people. If we blindly pursue absolute fairness, we will alienate them from both sides and lose the basis for support, and the situation will be over.

Xia Xun is a politician who pursues political interests, not an idealist who pursues fairness for the sake of fairness.The background of the Branch Merchants Group is the Liaodong clan and the generals of the army. This time, we must give them an explanation.The same relatives, there are also differences in distance, and the same children, there are also differences in closeness. Before the Hu people have not fully integrated and become their own people, they have to be kind to them, and they cannot be blindly favored. So Xia Xun's position is similar to that of Wanshiyu. In this case, of course, it is better for Wanshiyu to handle the matter.If the handling is successful, Wanshiyu will be able to deter the Liaodong tribes, and at the same time gain the firm support of the Liaodong military and the Liaodong clans; if the handling fails, the backlash will be too strong, and it will not be too late for Xia Xun to come forward to clean up the mess.

In view of this, Xia Xun slowed down his itinerary, and only made some detailed comments on the disposal plan reported by Wanshiyu, and sent them back to Liaodong quickly, while he was leisurely and leisurely, walking slowly, which is better than a stroll in the garden Thanks to this, before Xia Xun arrived in Liaodong, he received the news: the North Korean envoy rushed to the capital to urge part of the territory and tribes in Liaodong.However, after searching through the "Geography" left over from the Liao and Jin dynasties, the Ming officials did not find any records about the places and tribes provided by the Korean envoys. The tribes are all owned by North Korea.

When Xia Xun heard this, her soul almost flew away in fright. Once it was officially confirmed in the official documents, it would be irreversible even if the Yellow River flowed backwards!Not only will the Ming Dynasty be irretrievable in the end, but this bad debt will not be cleared up in the future: Your Chinese ancestors have recognized that place as ours, so what else can you say? Fortunately, at this time, Yanjing Chen Shou, who had always been against him, played a big role in participating in politics.Ceding the land and people, even people with a little basic national consciousness, would never agree. Chen Shou would not be willing to hand over the territory and people that already belonged to Ming Dynasty to North Korea, but the emperor's words have already been spoken , if he contradicts what he says, Daming will lose all his face.

In desperation, Chen Shou resorted to a tactic to delay the attack, falsely claiming that he had read an isolated copy of the Jin Dynasty, and there were related records in that "Geographical Records", but the current "Geographical Records" in the government collection is incomplete, Not enough.As for the "Geography" he mentioned, it is a book in the home of a friend of his. Zhu Di believed it to be true, and overjoyed he hurriedly questioned him, but Chen Shou had no choice but to continue lying, saying that his friend's ancestor was originally a Jurchen, a nobleman in the Kingdom of Jin, and that's why there was such a preserved "Geographical Records" in his family.When that friend was in the Five Dynasties, his surname was changed to Li. Now he sells salt in the Huai River. I don’t know if there is still this rare book collection at home. You need to ask to know.

Chen Shoushi's strategy of delaying the attack was actually just hoping to delay the matter for a while before resolving it, while he had already found a friend to ask for the opportunity to leave Yanjing to visit the old and famous people everywhere, to discuss a countermeasure, and the whole world With so many scholars, after all the brainstorming, are they afraid that they won't be able to come up with a solution? It's a pity that Zhu Di took it seriously, Zhu Di was more anxious than him, look at his old bones, this is going to be tossed on the Huai River, when will it be?Zhu Di immediately asked him to revise a book, and Zheng He hurried to get it, and he had to get real evidence to convince North Korea.

Chen Shou was helpless, and dared not confess to the deceitful king. Fortunately, the friend surnamed Li he mentioned really existed, so he wrote a letter to Zheng He, deliberately mentioning an old address first, delaying his trip, and sending him back later. Confidant family members, take another letter to see the old friend, explain the cause and effect, and tell him to only talk about moving a few times, and the orphan copy has long been lost, so don't let it go.Immediately afterwards, he edited several books and went to find a few friends he knew from all walks of life. When Xia Xun left Yanjing, he had already left spies behind. He kept spies because he was worried that Qiu Fu would be unwilling and continue to hinder him.As the saying goes, three people make a tiger, he works in the front, and Qiu Fu gathers a group of people in the rear to speak ill of him all day long. Who knows when the emperor will be angry and listen to their rumors?Therefore, I had to keep a hand. When the spies stationed in Yanjing heard that the North Korean envoys had come to Yanjing to ask the emperor for the land and population of Liaodong, they immediately sent people to catch up and report to Xia Xun.Lord Butang is guarding Liaodong, and all affairs in Liaodong have a great relationship with Lord Butang. If you dare to delay and fail to report this matter, you will be beheaded. When the spies caught up with Xia Xun, Xia Xun had just arrived at Shanhaiguan. The commander-in-chief of the gate is called Hu Yanbo, and he is a governor of Yanjing.The commander-in-chief was not a permanent post at that time, and there was no fixed number of soldiers under his command, number of staff, and rank. Usually, a prince or local governor served concurrently on a temporary basis.Because the jurisdictional order of the military system in the Ming Dynasty was the five-army governor's mansion, capital division, and guard system. Whenever there is a war, the imperial court will send down the general officer to rule over the guards.Shanhaiguan is an important pass. When the emperor arrived in Yanjing and strengthened defense along the border, he was temporarily sent to Shanhaiguan.When Xia Xun went to Beijing, he didn't stay here because he was in a hurry to see the emperor. On the return trip, General Huyan greeted him grandly and hosted a banquet. What Hu Yanbo did was actually just pretending. He was Qiu Fu's former subordinate, so of course he knew the grievances between Qiu Fu and Xia Xun, because he knew that something happened in Liaodong, and the governor would not have the intention to stay with him. He pretended to be courteous, but Xia Xun readily agreed. This time, Huyanbo was self-defeating, so he had to pinch his nose and order people to seriously prepare the banquet. During the banquet, Hu Yanbo toasted the wine, and asked with pretended concern: The general heard that some tribes in Liaodong took advantage of the absence of the tribal hall to make a lot of troubles, but is it serious? Xia Xun took a sip of his wine, nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, it's very serious. After hearing this, the Headquarters was very anxious. This rush back to Liaodong is to deal with this matter urgently." Hu Yanbo glanced at him, and saw that he was nibbling a roasted pigeon slowly, as if he was afraid of getting the oil on his hands, and he was still cocking his orchid fingers, he couldn't help thinking: Is this anxious?Why do you feel heartless? At this moment, the secret agent from Yanjing City caught up. When the secret letter was delivered to Xia Xun, he was still relaxed. He took the towel, wiped his fingers, gently tore open the letter, and gently unfolded the letter. When he read halfway through, his face changed. After hastily reading the full text, Xia Xun slapped the table and said angrily: "Let's go!" Hu Yanbo stretched his neck, trying to read the contents of the letter with the corners of his eyes. His eyes were almost sprained, and he couldn't see what was written. He was in a hurry. Xia Xun slapped the table so that he trembled in fright, and quickly jumped up and asked: Where is the ministry going? Xia Xun said: "Go back to Yanjing, right away!"