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Chapter 12 The Situation in Eastern Liaoning

"Ren Zhi's virtuous brother was harmed by a traitor, and countless people of lofty ideals wrote to the emperor. Unfortunately, hey!" Qiu Hejia took Li Xin's hand and walked towards the inner hall, sighing softly: "But, please don't worry, you are in Jinzhou, so stay here with peace of mind and do your studies. Once the court immigrates the world, you can pass the imperial examination with your own knowledge. It's not in vain that your father will teach you a lesson."

"This? Sir? You and my father?" Li Xin asked quickly with his head down.

"Haha, nephew, why didn't Ren Zhi tell you about my relationship with him?" Qiu Hejia was stunned, glanced at Li Xin, and a complicated look appeared in his eyes.

"If you want to go back to my grandson, my young master got seriously ill on his way to Liaodong. He has forgotten everything before." Gao Meng, who was serving the side, quickly explained.

"Oh!" Qiu Hejia nodded and said, "I met Ren Zhi's brother by chance, but I became a confidant. Although I was a Jinshi before Wanli, your father was a Jinshi during the Tianqi period. It's just that I am different from your father. Your father is a clean official and has courage, but I am not? So even if I can become the governor of Liaodong."

"The resurrection that lord said?" Li Xin asked softly again. He did not believe in Qiu Hejia's words, or did not believe them all. In this world, he could not trust and would not trust anyone easily.

"It seems that you have really forgotten all the things you used to." Qiu Hejia's eyes flashed with regret and said softly: "Then you must know that Fusheng is Dong, whose surname is Dong and whose name is Jin. He is from Suzhou. Although he is a merchant, he is also a heroic spirit. The last time Fusheng wrote to him, he had made an appointment with Lingzun and betrothed his daughter to you. Speaking of which, he is still your father-in-law Taishan?"

"This? Betroth me?" Li Xin asked in surprise. What he didn't understand was that he had an extra wife for no reason, and he had never met her before. He didn't know what the other person looked like, and his lifelong affairs were settled.

"Yes, Miss Dong's name is a white character. Although she is young, she has bright eyes and white teeth, and she is full of beauty! Nephew, then Resurrection will not treat you badly." Qiu Hejia said with a smile.

"Dong Bai?" Li Xin asked curiously: "Sir, just said that the lady of the Dong family was young, and I don't know how old he is now?" He had to be careful. According to this body, he would be at least seventeen or eighteen years old! And how old is that Dong Bai?

"It's probably ten years old!" Qiu Hejia thought for a while, and finally a rough number appeared. However, Li Xin was shocked and opened his mouth.

"A young girl of ten years old?" Li Xin suddenly felt that he was very beastly, but he didn't know that in ancient times there were many people who got married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, just like Qiu Hejia in front of him was only forty or fifty years old, but he could claim to be an old man. That's it. In ancient times, people's life span was very short, so how could Li Xin understand the reason?

"When Your Majesty is pardoned by the world, I will naturally discuss your marriage with Resurrection. I think Resurrection is also a person of integrity and will not regret the marriage because of Renzhi's death. Your parents are no longer there, so I will take care of you." Qiu Hejia said without thinking: "Your nephew can just relax and revisit your book again."

"This, my nephew just obeys the order." Li Xin didn't expect that he was thinking about how to get close to Qiu Hejia? Now, it was so smooth and so relaxed. His cheap father actually had such a relationship with Qiu Hejia.

"I heard that there are several tiger and wolf generals under your command?" After waiting for a while, Qiu Hejia asked hesitantly.

"Uncle also knows?" Li Xin moved in his heart.

"Don't underestimate me. Although Jinzhou City is stationed by General Zu, I am also the governor of Liaodong. Liaodong is still the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty." Qiu Hejia said with a little dissatisfaction.

Li Xin nodded. From Qiu Hejia's words, he had already felt that the Liaodong civil and military rivals were against each other. Qiu Hejia probably had been extremely dissatisfied with Zu Dashou for a long time. However, he was a civil minister and no one was available. This time Li Xin came here, perhaps just to give him a chance. On the one hand, Li Xin had an old age, but more importantly, Li Xin had someone in his hands. Otherwise, even if Li Xin was the son of an old friend, Qiu Hejia would not have met him so well. When he thought of this, he felt much less grateful to Qiu Hejia.

"When I say my uncle, there are a few heroes under my nephew." However, Li Xin was still very respectful in his words, pointing to Gao Meng and said, "This is Gao Meng, the guard selected by his father for his nephew. He has the courage to be inappropriate. This is Yang Xiong, who is generous by nature and can tear apart tiger and leopard. This is Jiang Yi is good at bows and arrows, and he is even better at managing the army. This is also the result of these three people when he can go to Liaodong this time." No matter why Qiu Hejia treated Li Xin like this, it was the same as his own purpose.

"It's really a tiger and wolf man." Qiu Hejia glanced at the three of them, and his eyes emitted light, nodded, and said to the three of them: "The three heroes are heroic and brave men. It's really a talent to be a guardian and ward off. I want to rectify the soldiers of the palace, but I don't know that the three may lead the troops to protect Jinzhou for me?"

"Dare not to serve the Lord." The three of them looked at each other and said loudly without thinking.

"I don't know what my dear nephew thinks?" Qiu Hejia seemed to remember Li Xinlai at this time, and turned around and asked with a smile. However, he didn't know that this look made Li Xinzhong extremely despise. His gratitude to Qiu Hejia became even more weak.

"It is good that my uncle can respect them. I don't have anything to say." Although Li Xin was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, he still said with a smile: "Although Gao Meng is a servant of his nephew, since he is an official, he naturally does not need this contract document. I will just ask my nephew to prepare the following document."

"This?" Qiu Hejia didn't expect Li Xin to be so straightforward. He felt a hint of regret in his heart. His old face turned slightly red, as if he was ashamed of plotting against Li Xin. He laughed and said, "I have already prepared a banquet for my nephew in the back hall. The three heroes can take my documents and go to Jinzhou City to recruit soldiers and horses. Jiang Yi, for the general manager, Yang Xiong, Gao Meng, you can be the whistleman, and you can be the commander of Jiang Yi. A lot of money and grain can be found in the government office to find Sun Er, the personal soldier who went to the government office, and let him arrange everything for you." Then he took out a document from his arms and handed it to Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi and the other two quickly looked at Li Xin behind Qiu Hejia, but saw Li Xin pointing, quickly took over, bowed to Qiu Hejia, and retreated.

"Okay, okay, nephew, go, go, go to the back house." Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Qiu Hejia immediately smiled and pulled Li Xin to the back house. Li Xin showed a sneer on his lips. Qiu Hejia might really have a relationship with Li Gu, but it was definitely not the kind of life-and-death friendship he said. Otherwise, he would not even have to rob his subordinates. Seeing that his documents were ready, it can be seen that his thoughts might have started to plot when he entered Jinzhou City. The so-called establishment of the mansion was probably unwilling to let Zu Dashou control Jinzhou City. As for his nephew of aristocratic family, he naturally left behind. In this way, Qiu Hejia in front of him was also unreliable. Once something happened, he would probably abandon him.

"My nephew! Jinzhou is a border area. The conditions are difficult. I have prepared some wine. Don't blame me!" When the two entered the flower hall of the back house, they saw a mahogany table in the flower hall, surrounded by several beautiful maids. There were eight hot dishes and eight cold dishes on the mahogany table. Among them, there were two plates of rare and delicious dishes such as pheasants and croaking tongues. There were also some seasonal fruits, etc. Li Xin shook his head repeatedly. At this moment, it was the time for the national crisis. It was rumored that Emperor Chongzhen had no money on him. In order to raise military expenses, he went to his ministers.

When borrowing money, I also saved myself from diet in the palace, but this was not the case with these scholars and officials. What I ate at home was not delicacies, and what I wore was not gorgeous silk. Li Xin could see that the brocade silk worn by the maids around Qiu Hejia was worth at least 200 taels of silver, and this table of banquet was at least about dozens or even hundreds of taels. The Ming Dynasty had been raising scholars for 200 years, but it did not make the Ming Dynasty last for thousands of generations. In the end, it could only fatten these scholars and make the people of the world suffer, and finally even lost the country.

"Hey! I came to Liaodong and was ordered in the face of danger. There was no one around me. I had a talented general around me, so it was useless to keep it by my side. I didn't have to give it to me for use. These martial artists can only be used to charge forward. My nephew should be at ease at this moment." After the two sat down, naturally a maid came forward to pour wine. Only Qiu Hejia sighed and said, "I wanted to come to Liaodong, and I originally wanted to guard the emperor's side. Unfortunately, this is Liaodong!"

"Uncle, isn't Liaodong also my land of Ming Dynasty?" Li Xin said pretending to be incomprehensible.

"This is Jinzhou and Liaodong, but it is not the final word of the court here." Qiu Hejia sighed: "With a martial arts man as a country, how can Liaodong be in chaos? Relying on the military power in his hands, Zu Dashou did not put the court's orders in his hands at all. Zu Dale, Zu Dabi, his son Zu Zerun, Zu Zepu, Zu Zehong and others are minions. In this Liaodong, only the old master Sun Chengzong can check and balance. How could Zu Dashou take the rest of the civil and military officials seriously?"

"Isn't it great if there is someone to check and balance?" Li Xin said curiously.

"Although the old man can balance the ancestor's birthday, what's more important is that he also relies on the ancestor's birthday. If it weren't for the ancestor's birthday, how could Sun Jinglei be ready to build Dalinghe City again?" Qiu Hejia said dissatisfied.

"Isn't this possible pushing my Liaodong defense line forward for dozens of miles?" Li Xin asked curiously: "Then one step at a time, and in the end, you can get under Shenyang City. Isn't it great?"

"My dear nephew is joking. If this approach was naturally good in the past, it is different now. Not to mention whether the Donglu would ask you to complete the construction of Dalinghe City. Even if according to this calculation, it would take so much money to build until Chenyang! Is there so much money in the treasury today? Is Zu Dashou's actions so much to leave Jinzhou City and go to his Dalinghe City. There will be no factory guards there. Even if we want to control this person, how can the other party be in Dalinghe City far away?" When Qiu Hejia said this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Li Xin nodded on the side. Although Qiu Hejia was a little embarrassed by his character, he had to say that this idea was worthy of praise. Dalinghe City was an unresolved knot between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty. Once the Ming Dynasty was built, the Later Jin Dynasty would be destroyed. On this land, there were no wonder how many soldiers died here.

It is strange that this Dalinghe City not only did not help the Ming Dynasty gain the advantage in Liaodong, but instead made the Later Jin Dynasty stronger and stronger. However, the Ming Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and the Dalinghe City, which had consumed all the Ming Dynasty's energy, was not built in the end. The civil and military officials of the dynasty thought. Every time the Dalinghe City was built, the Later Jin army would attack, but the Ming Dynasty never learned the lesson and still built the Dalinghe City. The cost of building the city was enough to train a strong army and enough to quell the rioters in the Central Plains several times. It was enough to allow the victims to have enough food. If any of the above is done, the Ming Dynasty might have been It will not perish in a short time. What is even more funny is that the Ming Dynasty used to build Dalinghe City to dominate the Ming Dynasty. Money was exchanged for space and time, and constantly built cities, constantly squeezing the living space of the Later Jin. However, now the Later Jin has become more and more powerful, and this strategy is outdated. However, in the Ming Dynasty, I still firmly believe that this can eliminate the Later Jin. It has to be said that it is already funny in this era. It is like Huang Taiji lets you continue to build cities and constantly squeezing their living space. It can be said that the failure of the Ming Dynasty in military terms is not only a failure in battle, but also a failure in strategic terms.

People who can see this situation may have, but what can they do? In the late Ming Dynasty, when internal and external troubles had reached the most critical moment, but what can they do? These ministers were intrigue and struggled continuously, and Emperor Chongzhen's stubbornness made the Ming Dynasty even worse. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty was hopeless at this time.

"Uncle said it right." Li Xin nodded. He would not care about these things. The first thing he had to do was to save his life in these war-torn years. He said again: "Then uncle, what are you going to do?"
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