As a scholar who once had passionate blood, ideals and pursuits, Wang Xijue had dreams. However, he struggled and wandered in the world of fame and fortune. Wang Xijue gradually lost his original intention. The deteriorated Confucianism could no longer create the grand occasion of Confucius and his three thousand disciples. Although his disciples were less than one million, less than three thousand truly inherited his ideas. The ideas inherited by Taoists and Neo-Confucianists were extremely conservative and outdated doctrines and could not produce saints.

Wang Xijue is obviously not a saint. He is just a bureaucrat and cannot even be considered a scholar. Although he once had ideals, he now only has the desire to survive.

The condition for Wang Xijue to survive was to live under the surveillance of the royal family for the rest of his life. He would clearly know that there was a royal eyeliner around him. He would be very clear that all the concubines sleeping beside him might be royal people, but he had no choice but to dance with these people who would take their lives at any time, because he had mastered a shocking secret, a secret that could shake the emperor's rule.

Although he successfully prevented the tragedy, the price was to pay the rest of his life. He would resign at the latest in three months, leave the capital, leave this world of fame and fortune forever, return to his hometown, and live the rest of his life. Life and death are destined, and he is powerless to resist. Thinking of this, he gradually saw through the world.

The day before the army arrived in the capital, Li Chengliang finally couldn't help but communicate and ran to Wang Xijue's mansion to ask for a meeting. Wang Xijue did not stop Li Chengliang this time, and met Li Chengliang openly, smiling and telling Li Chengliang about his past relationship, but he didn't say anything about what Li Chengliang was most concerned about, which made Li Chengliang feel depressed and puzzled.

Finally, Li Chengliang couldn't help but ask, "Gei Master, what should I say about Xiao Ruxun's affairs and my son Rusong's affairs? Xiao Ruxun made such great achievements. Will Your Majesty want to replace my Li family to guard Liaodong with Xiao Ruxun?"

Wang Xijue smiled and said, "Why do you think so?"

"Isn't it?" Li Chengliang said anxiously: "Xiao Ruxun can fight, lead troops, train troops, and obeyed the Japanese who cleaned up, and even made so much money for the court. The emperor would definitely think of using Xiao Ruxun to completely solve the Mongolian and Jurchen problems. Besides, Xiao Ruxun's prestige has increased so much now. Seeing that many lords in the capital don't take me seriously, they all ran to the Xiao family to curry favor with Xiao Wenkui. How should I deal with myself?"

Wang Xijue looked at Li Chengliang who was jumping up and down anxiously, as if he had seen his former self through Li Chengliang.

"Don't worry, after this battle, the Liaodong General will be appointed by Li Rusong."

Li Chengliang was startled, then was overjoyed, and asked, "Xiao Ruxun won't take my Li family and replace me? That's great! Then... Xiao Ruxun..."

Li Chengliang became anxious again, and seemed to be frightened by the ferocity of Xiao Ruxun, the rising star. Li Chengliang, who was so angry that he had lost all his might, was no longer seen. Now, Li Chengliang, who has been eroded by the years and has no ambitions and has become a politician, is really old.

"Xiao Ruxun will be appointed by His Majesty as the general of the border commander of Yunnan, commanding the troops from Yunnan to conquer the Dongwu Kingdom, and completely clean up the Dongwu Kingdom that had plagued our border for more than ten years. At the same time, he will be promoted to the title of Pinglu Marquis."

"Have you been granted a marquis?" Li Chengliang was stunned: "I, Li Chengliang, have been on the border for more than ten years, and have won ten great triumphs. Only when Xiao Ruxun was awarded the title of marquis in just two major battles?!"

Li Chengliang looked very unwilling, and felt that the glory he had fought for the rest of his life had been surpassed, and the position of the number one general in the Wanli period was taken away, which made him very upset.

Wang Xijue sneered. He couldn't say in front of him, but he knew how much water was in Li Chengliang's ten major victories. He was the only one who was named an earl, who was a civil servant in Liaodong who followed the trend and created the role of Li Chengliang as the god of war for political struggle. However, Xiao Ruxun's two battles brought unignorable benefits to the country, especially the Battle of North Korea.

Tens of millions of taels of silver are worth the central taxes in the Ming Dynasty for decades, which means that there are two years of taxes available in the Ming Dynasty for a year, greatly alleviating the financial burden of the court. This is a huge plus point for the ministers who are not clear about the news of the emperor's coup.

Therefore, when the emperor took back the three kings and ordered the order to be promoted, Xiao Ruxun was passed by the ministers without any resistance, making Xiao Ruxun the number one general who was awarded a marquis during the Wanli period. This is well deserved and there is no dispute, but the dispute between you, Damasa Li, has not dissipated so far. This comparison of value is not the same order of magnitude, so what else are you talking about?

"Xiao Ruxun has brought tens of millions of taels of silver to the court, and the court's finances will be much more abundant in the next ten years, so Xiao Ruxun has a very good reputation among court officials, especially the officials of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. He highly praised Xiao Ruxun and privately praised Xiao Ruxun as the number one general of the Ming Dynasty. General Li, you should not be too entangled in this matter. Besides, isn't Li Rusong the general of Liaodong the thing you dream of?"

Li Chengliang was blocked by Wang Xijue and had nothing to say, but he was just unhappy.

"Ge Master, I also know this. I just can't stand that the boy will go against me when he comes to the capital and compete with my son for the position of commander. If it weren't for him, my son would have fought in this battle, and my son would definitely have made such great contributions. At that time, my son would be awarded the title, not Xiao Ruxun!"

Li Chengliang said this very poorly, so Wang Xijue smiled coldly: "Don't put Xiao Ruxun's merits on Li Rusong's head. The result will be really different if you change someone. Li Rusong is good at using cavalry, but not good at using firearms. This time, Xiao Ruxun used more than 600 cannons and countless bird guns and Japanese pirates to fight.

Xiao Ruxun is such a good general who is good at using firearms to fight, and Xiao Ruxun is the first in the Ming Dynasty since Qi Shaobao. In this battle, Xiao Ruxun only has one cavalry under Li Rusong, and the scale has never exceeded 5,000. Will it be OK if Li Rusong?"

Li Chengliang was very depressed. He was really hard to say. The Liaodong Army has always despised firearms and did not use them very much. They still used three-eyed guns. It is said that Xiao Ruxun disliked three-eyed guns very much, advocated a large-scale firearm and bird guns, and advocated a firearm formation tactic that combines hot and cold.

Even in the official document to the Ministry of War, Xiao Ruxun suggested that the previous generation of firearms such as the Three-Eyed Gun Thunder Guns and Bowl Guns be eliminated. The Ming army established a special firearm unit, equipped with Franc guns and bird guns, and realized long-range firepower strike networks. The cavalry should also cooperate with the cooperation of fast-motor firearm units such as chariots and cannons.

The Liaodong Army and some troops in the coastal areas naturally protested strongly. Bird guns were too difficult to use, and they were not as simple as fire gate guns. They were unwilling to update and there was no more powerful threats, and they were wasted money. Therefore, the resistance was not small, and there was a lot of protests within the Liaodong Army. In addition, Xiao Ruxun had a marriage with the Liaodong Army before, but because of Xiao Ruxun's unmatched prestige, the Liaodong Army did not dare to cause trouble.

But the dissatisfaction between the Li family and his son is indelible.
Chapter completed!