Chapter 15: Attending the meeting (Part 8)

"It's outrageous!" Li Hanqing, the former Minister of War, was furious and jumped up and scolded loudly, "My prime minister came here with sincerity, but you, Huaiyang, have been deliberately neglected again and again. Soldiers can be killed but not humiliated. Let's say goodbye."

After saying that, Xiang Tuotuo and others winked, and walked straight to the stern of the boat to turn the steering.

Since the light boat cannot get close to Zhu Chongjiu's ship, the purpose of burning both jade and stone is obviously impossible to achieve, so it is better to find an excuse to retreat to the north shore and then find an opportunity to start over.

His reaction was very quick, but the opponent he met was Liu Bowen. The latter did not hesitate at all. He immediately laughed and took over the conversation, "Haha, Mr. Li has such a big temper. Your prime minister has made a letter to make an appointment. My lord traveled thousands of miles to meet Xuzhou from Yangzhou. He was afraid that your prime minister would be harmed by a slut on the way, so he specially transferred a warship to escort him. If this is also called negligence, Liu really doesn't know what my lord should do, which shows his sincerity."

"Why don't you bring the ship closer to contact us? Instead, you sent you to welcome you alone," Li Hanqing stopped hesitantly, turned around, and continued to negotiate loudly.

It is not easy to get close to Zhu Chongjiu. If he can force him to show up this time, even if he drives the ship to Liu Ji's current position, the clutch under his feet may rush over and burn both jade and stone.

Unfortunately, Liu Ji refused to be fooled at all. He smiled slightly and quickly gave the answer, "My lord's ship is too big, and your prime minister's light boat is too small. If you accidentally collide, think about what the result will be. Even if the stewards on both sides are sure, how embarrassing it would be when talking through the ships, at the current height of the two ships," he said.

"Woo." Li Hanqing's eyes were so hot that his eyes were burning when asked, and his throat felt even more uncomfortable than a piece of soft lead was stuffed.

It was obvious that the other party was making excuses for his rude behavior, but this excuse made him unable to refute that Zhu Tuhu's ship was obviously transformed from a lucky ship with a load of at least two thousand stones. The cabin above the water surface was divided into two upper and lower levels, and the deck below was 1.5 meters away from the river surface, looking like a moving water city.

The fast boat on his side was only a load of more than one hundred stones, and the deck was only five feet high from the water surface. If it collided with Zhu Chongjiu's ship head-on, it would probably be crushed into a pile of fragments within a few breaths. If both sides walked side by side and spoke across the side of the ship, Zhu Chongjiu would definitely be condescending, but Prime Minister Tuotuo would always rest on his nose.

Seeing that Li Hanqing was refuted in a few words, Shalaban jumped out of the cabin unwillingly and called him a war with him. "Then you can't send someone casually. Let my prime minister follow you. My prime minister is not a defeated general under the commander."

"General Sha's words are very wrong. First, Liu is the chief general in charge of the army, not just one person." Liu Bowen looked at him and bowed with a smile, "Secondly, the Prime Minister is the former Prime Minister, now he is a sixth-rank thousand households, and his official position is still below Liu. Third, the Prime Minister raised 300,000 troops last year, and the last person returned was probably less than 100,000. He also sent Shandong to the hands of our Huaian Army."

Before he could finish his words, Sha Laban's face turned blue and black, jumped up, and he opened his teeth and claws, "Stop it, that was the prime minister who was incompetent and dragged down by others. It was the stupidity of the court and the generals changed in the last battle. My Prime Minister, my Prime Minister, and your Chief Minister fought with your chief manager more than ten times, but he never lost."

"Can the Prime Minister not the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty?" Liu Bowen said lightly, and made him look at the stars. "As the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, he cannot be suppressed by the court internally, nor can he defend against strong enemies outside, and even his generals under him cannot be restrained. If he is secretly engaged in the secret conversation with our army, what kind of face will he have to say that he has not defeated? Fortunately, the court on your side is determined to make a decision early. If it is later, it may be difficult for even the last 100,000 troops to be saved."

"You, you" Sha Laban's waist was folded like a prawn, holding his knees, and gasping for a long time. Deep down, he always believed that Tutuo had not suffered a defeat last year, at least in some battles, forcing Zhu Tuohu to deal with it. If there were no treacherous slander in the court, perhaps the final victory should belong to his own side.

However, today, Liu Bowen refuted it in person, and he suddenly realized that the things he had believed in before were actually not reliable. Even if Tuhuan Timur continued to give Prime Minister Tuotuo unconditional trust, as a whole, the Yuan Dynasty had been defeated, and Tuotuo was simply unable to support it.

"The Prime Minister got on the ship of the chief executive alone. Who can guarantee his safety?" Seeing that Sha Laban was also silent, Gong Bo, the army joined the army, had to grit his teeth and walk onto the deck to find an excuse for his retreat.

"Haha, hehe." Liu Bowen curled his lips and shook his head, "Is the Prime Minister just Ye Gong likes dragons? He still has other intentions in his heart. You know, since my lord debut, I have never even killed one enemy general in his hand. The Prime Minister drowned more than one million innocent people in a flood. Why should my lord believe that the Prime Minister has no malice compared to him?"

What is the sharpest thing? In a certain specific situation, the truth is the first, because it has no flaws and makes people want to refute it, but they have no way to speak. Today, Liu Ji undoubtedly exerts the power of telling the truth to the extreme.

Indeed, Zhu Chongjiu did not come to pick him up in person, but the request for the meeting was Tutuo. Zhu Chongjiu was able to take his time to meet on the Yellow River in his busy schedule. Besides, Zhu Chongjiu had a reputation of compassion. As long as he had been captured by him in the past, he would not harm his life as long as he was not as blood-debt as Zhang Mingjian. Tutuo's side was notorious. He was extremely cruel to his political enemies, the leaders of the rebel army that he had defeated in the past, and to innocent people in Xusu.

Compared with the two, isn’t it clear whose boat you should choose to meet? To put it bluntly, Zhu Chongjiu said that he would not hurt the guests, at least he had his previous feats of releasing prisoners as evidence, and Tuotuo said that he was absolutely safe and had absolutely no malice. Wouldn’t he treat everyone in the world as an idiot?

It is obvious that Zhu Chongjiu is not an idiot, and none of his advisers is a fool. The previous plans of Li Hanqing and others can only be said to be too despised by him or too high his self. Immediately, Gong Bosui was speechless when asked, holding the cabin door with his hand and shaking his head. Li, who was secretly rushing to the tail rudder, was as if he was struck by lightning, and his steps were staggering, and he was like a drunkard that he could not stand firm on the deck.

But Tuotuo himself did not expect Li Hanqing's method to work at first, so now he found that his final plan had failed, but he would not be defeated immediately. He smiled and pushed Gong Bosui's body a gap, drilled out of the cabin, and saluted Liu Bowen from afar, "I heard that Liu Ti's famous name in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been seen today. It turns out that he is a terrifying young man. In the lower house, he made Liu Tiju wait for a long time."

"I dare not take it." Liu Bowen put down the iron trumpet and bowed lightly with the etiquette of his peers. "The position of deputy director of Confucianism as an old thing is already an old thing. Now, Liu is a military officer under the Huaiyang General Officer. If the prime minister thinks it is inappropriate to call him first, just call him Liu Jun."

"Liu Zongjun is so clever." He deliberately set up a small trap and was broken by the other party. Tuotuo's face turned slightly red, "I, Dayuan, treat you very well. Why did you abandon the court's introduction to education and go to Huaiyang to join the army? Could it be that you really believe that General Manager Zhu will definitely jump into the sky in the future?"

These words set at least two more traps. One was to ridicule Liu Bowen for being ungrateful, and the other was to mock him for being too utilitarian and to hold Zhu's thighs in order to win his wife and children in the future. In fact, there was no loyalty to the Huai'an army in the deepest heart.

"No, the Prime Minister only knows one thing, not the other." Liu Bowen, who almost finished his words, responded decisively, "Who doesn't want to be a good opportunity? Liu naturally cannot avoid the common people. However, Liu abandoned the court's introduction to education, but did not dislike the young officials given by the court, but the court saw Fang Guzi entrenching on the sea, killing people and robbing people, but he still wanted to give him a profession. Liu could not kill him with his own hands, but could control himself and not be with the thief who harmed the people." (Note 1)

"As for why Liu later defected to my lord, first, of course, he was optimistic about the future of my lord, there was no doubt about it." He looked at Tuotuo deeply, suppressing the attempt to provoke him, Liu Bowen continued to declare loudly, "Secondly, Fang Guzi killed only a few hundred thousand people back then, but the Prime Minister killed tens of millions of people, so Liu vowed to seek justice for the million innocent in this life."

"Yes." Tuotuo was shaken by the suffocation, his face turned red and red, but he refused to admit defeat easily. He bit his tongue and sneered loudly again, "Well, a murder of millions is extremely serious. However, since ancient times, no general has been able to kill the enemy without a wild bone under his feet. Those who use water to injure the enemy will not start from Tuotuo, and those who harm innocent people will not be killed. If everyone is killed, wouldn't all the generals who lead troops to fight have no place to die?"

If he had not had the experience of dealing with Ding Dexing, Fu Youde and others, maybe Liu Bowen would have been asked by Tutuo, because in his eyes, there were only those noble and famous generals who were noble and rarely saw the tragic fate of the little people. But now, his vision is much more comprehensive than before, and he is much deeper, and he will not be stumped by Tutuo's problem at all.

Immediately, Liu Bowen smiled and bowed to Tuotuo, "I dare to ask Prime Minister Dayuan, Guide Mansion that day, in your eyes, it is an enemy country, Suiyang, Xu Su people, and Dayuan people. Liu asked himself that he had read some books, but he did not see famous generals who used the bones of his own people to build military achievements. As for the consequences of those who killed innocent people indiscriminately, the Prime Minister can hear that until the end of the Tang Dynasty, the sky thunder killed sick cows, and the name of Bai Qi was still known in the abdomen." (Note 2)

As the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, Tuotuo certainly did not recognize the separatist forces of Zhu Chongjiu and Sesame Li, and was a country comparable to the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, the people he drowned with water were of course the people of the Yuan Dynasty. However, in his eyes, those who could defeat him like Zhu Chongjiu were qualified to be called human beings, but ordinary people were just a bunch of numbers on the household registration book. There was no difference between whether they exist or not.

Now that Liu Bowen's words have exposed the key points, how could he not be shocked? He was stunned for a while before sighing, "Liu Shenjun is right. Tuotuo did kill his own people at the beginning, but now he ended up like this, but it is not unfair! Forget it, now, it's the same thing as if he didn't see General Manager Zhu, so why bother to humiliate himself?"

After saying that, he waved at Li Hanqing in vain and signaled that the latter would turn around quickly.

In fact, his mind was already on the verge of collapse from the moment the imperial edict was delivered to the mansion. The reason why he could hold on until now was to think that he could see what kind of person Zhu Tuhuo, who had plotted himself to such an end, and then scolded Zhu Thief in person, went to his death with great utmost pride in history. Unexpectedly, before he could see Zhu Tuhuo, he was knocked on the first stick by Liu Ji, and smashed all the expectations, unwillingness and dissatisfaction in his heart.

In an instant, Tutuo had the courage to seek fame and leave it in history. He felt that with the greatness of the world, he could no longer find his place to live. He poured all the water of the Yellow River over, and could not clear the blood in his hands. He staggered and walked into the cabin. Every step was extremely difficult.

However, Liu Ji refused to let him go, holding the iron trumpet and continued to say loudly, "Prime Minister walked slowly. Although the Prime Minister changed his mind temporarily, my chief executive had another sentence. Liu wanted to transfer it to the Prime Minister. My chief executive once said that it was not the Prime Minister and did not treat ordinary people as human beings. I am afraid that the monarch and ministers of the Yuan Dynasty would never regard the people of the world as similar. Therefore, since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, it has only been the Mongols' Yuan Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with our Chinese survivors, nor has it to do with other ethnic groups. The fall of the Yuan Dynasty, except for some slaves and being addicted to the lowly species, everyone in the world would like to see it."

"You." Tuotuo suddenly turned his head, pointed at Liu Ji, trembling. He wanted to say a few words to refute the other party. In a hurry, he could not find any powerful and reasonable words. He only felt that the eyes were black, the throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood was spewed out of his "pop" and he fell down.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister." Li Hanqing, Sha Laban, and Gong Bosui rushed over in panic and picked Tuotuo up from the deck. "Prime Minister woke up, Prime Minister woke up, don't be fooled by Liu Bowen. I'll wait. I'll go back to the north shore now. I'll have a chance to make a comeback."

"Ah,,." ​​After being tossed for a while, Tuotuo let out a long sigh and woke up quietly, "Go, go back, go back now, the fourth brother, send me back to Moxi, please."

"Yes, Prime Minister, let's go back now, now." Li Hanqing nodded with tears in his eyes, then handed Tuotuo to Shalaban, stood up, and roared loudly at Liu Bowen, "When the surname is Liu, go back and tell your Zhu Butcher Zhu that as long as Li is still alive, he will avenge his today."

"Mr. Liu and my lord are here to wait." Liu Bowen laughed loudly when he heard this, "But Mr. Li should not learn the behavior of those villains next time. The two countries are fighting each other, and the competition is about national strength, people's hearts, soldiers and soldiers, and mere assassins. What role can they play, and it only makes me laugh."

"You,." Li Hanqing's face suddenly had only pale white left, waiting for a pair of empty eyes, and he was silent.

He was determined to repay his kindness of death with the grace of knowingly, so when he was preparing, he did almost everything himself. In order to avoid the conspiracy being exposed, he even refused to give the boat gang the good intention of providing a boat. He specially bought the fast ship under his feet at a high price. Who knew that the arrangement was perfect, but the opponent could see it at first glance.

"As the saying goes, people from the north are good at horses, while people from the south are good at boats." Liu Bowen was actually very concerned about Li Hanqing, so he didn't take action. Once he took action, he would not want the other party to have a chance to cheer up again. "As you only have a dozen people, but you can make the Clippers so deep, the ballast is probably not less than five or six hundred kilograms. Li Hanqing, you are a genius. Do you think that everyone is blind in this big river? Liu didn't want to expose it just now, leaving some face for your family Tuotuo. If you don't know what to do, Liu must have to ask the brothers on the gunboat to come and search."

"You, you dare." Li Hanqing's head buzzed, and the water and land dojo opened.

All the humiliation he suffered in his life was probably not as much as today. In desperation, he instinctively wanted to activate the sails, let the express ship rush up, and die with Liu Bowen. In a daze, he heard Tuotuo gasping at his feet, "Fourth, go, stop tossing, our brothers, lose, and also give up, wow."

As he said that, another mouthful of dark red blood gushed out of Tuotuo's mouth, scaring Li Hanqing no longer cared about fighting with Liu Ji. He squatted down, snatched Tuotuo's body from Sha Laban's hand, and slowly slapped him, "Prime Minister, don't be angry, Xiao Si, Xiao Si will leave now, and take you away now."

The picture is not exhausted, the dagger has appeared, so what can I do if I don’t leave? Seeing the four warships of the Huaian Army approaching slowly in the shape of a geese-winged battleship, and the muzzles on the side of the ship were eyeing each other, Shalaban and Gong Bosui exchanged glances, and both walked towards the stern of the ship. The steering wheel, the steering wheel, and the help of pulling the sails, and the death warriors rushed to the speedboat and retreated. Soon, they fled far away.

The Huai'an Army admiral on the warship had long been greeted by Liu Ji, asking for his lord's "Xinyi", so he did not chase him. He aimed at Tuotuo and others with a muzzle and sent him all the way back to the north bank.

That night, the oil was gone and the lamp was gone. When they were dying, they kept muttering, "Dayuan, Huaxia, Huaxia, Dayuan", and could not find out. Where should the words Liu Ji reposted last come from? Shouldn't this world be ruled by emperors and heroes? Where is the cycle of five virtues wrong? Why is the Great Yuan Dynasty, just the Great Yuan of the Mongols, so many people wish that the Great Yuan Dynasty would perish as soon as possible? Why did he do his best to try to save the world, but he was despised by both sides of the enemy and us in the end, and he was unable to gain a foothold in the world. What did he do wrong? What should he do the only correct thing?

He couldn't figure out all the confusions until the end, and looked at the roof with his eyes wide open, dying with his eyes open (Note 3)

Note 1: According to the historical facts of time and space, Liu Bowen served as the deputy director of Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Fang Guozhen was circulating on the sea. The Mongolian Yuan court was unable to conquer and could only give him official positions and recruited officials. Liu Bowen wrote to the court many times, but opposed this move ineffective. Instead, he offended many colleagues, was excluded, and resigned in anger.

Note 2: In Chinese culture, people have always been very despised for killing innocent people indiscriminately, so folk rumors were that a ox was struck by lightning in the late Tang Dynasty and had white soft hair on the abdomen, which happened to be the word Bai Qi. In the late Ming Dynasty, novelist Feng Menglong regarded this rumor as a historical fact and included it in the "Records of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" he wrote.
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