Chapter 6: The corpse is hidden thousands of miles away (1)

It was already the fourth day, and the lights in Zuo Liangyu's study room were still on. Under the dizzy light, Zuo Liangyu frowned, holding a high-quality Huizhou wolf hair in his hand, stained with dark ink, but he was reluctant to write.

"Master, it's already the fourth day, and Madam has been here to urge you for the fifth time. Sir, you should go to bed early." Old Li, who was serving in front of the study, once again added a red candle and covered it with a lampshade.

"Old Li, go and call Cao Hu, and just say I have something urgent to discuss with him." Zuo Liangyu put down the pen in his hand and ordered himself.

"Master, it's time now, General Cao has gone to bed early." Old Li hesitated for a moment.

"It's okay, he's almost done at this time. This is a habit he developed in the military camp." Zuo Liangyu waved.

"Oh!" Old Li responded and walked out of the study.

After a while, a wet Cao Hu walked into Zuo Liangyu's study.

It turned out that Cao Hu had already got up early and punched a set of fists. After sweating all over, he quickly took a shower. He was about to go to the military camp when Old Li called over.

"General, are you looking for me?" Cao Hu always respected Zuo Liangyu very much and said as soon as he entered the study.

"Sit!" Zuo Liangyu did not correct Cao Hu's title this time. Due to the reform of the new military system, names like "General" have been changed to positions. As the acting commander of the Wuhan Military Region, Zuo Liangyu naturally asked his subordinates to call him "Zuo Commander", but Cao Hu always called him "General". Zuo Liangyu also corrected it many times, but he did not correct it. He had no intention of correcting it again, so he would let him go.

"Cao Hu, will you blame me for leaving you by my side to accompany me to retire here?" Zuo Liangyu asked, looking at Cao Hu's dark face.

"Everything Cao Hu was given to him by the general, so how could Cao Hu resent the general!" Cao Hu said hurriedly.

"The court has set up seven military regions, and our Wuhan Military Region is located in the heart of the Central Plains. It is neither bordering foreign countries nor fighting. It is a place for retirement." Zuo Liangyu said in depression.

"General?" Cao Hu seemed to be infected by Zuo Liangyu's depression.

"Cao Hu, have you ever thought about going to Liaodong, going to the northwest or Fujian, where is the place where soldiers make achievements?" Zuo Liangyu asked.

"Cao Hu doesn't want to leave the general, please don't drive Cao Hu away!" Cao Hu was startled and stood up excitedly.

Zuo Liangyu felt Cao Hu's dependence and smiled slightly and said, "I'm just asking you, if you don't want to, I won't transfer you away."

"Why would the general come to Cao Hu?"

"Cao Hu, what do you think of the court now?" Zuo Liangyu asked. Cao Hu was his most confidant general. He asked questions like this that should not be asked or should not be asked casually in front of others without any scruples.

"Okay." Cao Hu hesitated for a moment and said a word.

"How is it a good way?"

"It can allow the people to have a full meal, wear warm clothes, have a house to live in, and have their own fields..." Cao Hu thought for a moment and said one by one.

"What would you do if someone wants to rebel now?" Zuo Liangyu asked suddenly.

"Rebel, General, who is so bold?" Cao Hu was startled and stared at Zuo Liangyu with his eyes wide open.

"I just said what if, what would you do?" Zuo Liangyu said with a calm expression.

"Of course, you should arrest these people, kill them, and keep them." Although Zuo Liangyu has been constantly training Cao Hu in the past two years, Cao Hu's tone and way of speaking are still so straightforward, without any change. Perhaps because of his unchangingness, he attracted Cao Hu as his most confidant beloved general and took him to live in his mansion. He spent day and night, and his relationship became deeper and deeper.

"Cao Hu, you are still young, and you don't understand the darkness inside the court's officialdom!" Zuo Liangyu stood up and sighed. He lamented that although he made great contributions to pacifying the Miao Rebellion in western Hunan, he was not very popular with the court. Although he is now a senior military officer, he was just over thirty years old and was actually kept in such an elderly Wuhan Military Region. He was a little unwilling to accept it. Seeing that others made achievements, he lived a comfortable life in the rear. If this continues, a comfortable and rich life will sooner or later erode his fighting spirit. He is still thinking of going further!

Zuo Liangyu is different from Cao Hu. Cao Hu doesn't have much desire for power. He has a great desire for power and is not very addicted to officials. In addition, he has made a lot of contributions. Therefore, he is very dissatisfied with the court's approach of almost refrigerating him. This dissatisfaction has given him a lot of ideas. Otherwise, he would not have seen Zhu Yousong who was wearing makeup and visiting late at night. He also talked for nearly an hour. If this matter reached the emperor's ears, it would be more than just refrigerating.

"General, Cao Hu was a little confused when you said what you said today." Cao Hu shook his head and said.

"You know the two new laws recently implemented by the imperial court, right?" Zuo Liangyu asked.

"Cao Hu knows that these two new laws are good laws, so they have written to the injured and retired brothers. With these two laws, we ordinary people will be guaranteed." Cao Hu said with a smile on his face.

Zuo Liangyu thought about it. Cao Hu was straight, he could not tell lies, and everything was reflected on his face. Although he was a little moved by Zhu Yousong's official position and his bright future, Zuo Liangyu was quite cautious. Although he liked speculation, he would never do anything that he was not sure about. He was still young and had not yet had the time to take a risk.

Although military and political affairs are separated, it is actually impossible for military and political affairs to be separated. The two systems are just vertically aligned. In fact, military and political affairs are complementary and no one can exist independently.

"But I know that after these two new laws were promulgated, civil unrest occurred in all provinces, and the voices against the new laws were very high. The people also called the new laws a chaotic law. There were also such civil unrest in our two lakes. The day before yesterday, Governor Bi, begged me to send troops to suppress these chaotic people?" Zuo Liangyu's eyes kept turning, obviously thinking while talking.

"The general doesn't know that these are encouraged by the gentry whose interests have been damaged by the new law. These gentry are all prestigious and have origins in various places, and there are also some local tyrants. The new court law stipulates that gentry and ordinary people should treat each other equally, pay taxes, and be different from each other. This is called how people endure it. If they dare not confront the court openly, they are afraid of rebellion and beheading, so they naturally incite the unreasonable people to make trouble with the court." Cao Hu said.

"Since ancient times, gentry never had to pay taxes or pay grain. Will the emperor promulgate this new law offend all the gentry and nobles in the world?" Zuo Liangyu said in his heart.

"Who said no? Now these gentry's eyes are a rebellious and unvirtuous monarch, but in the eyes of the people, the emperor is a kind-hearted and kind-hearted wise ruler. The gentry opposes the emperor, and most of the people support the emperor. Now the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos for a while!" Cao Hu sighed.

"The people were just blinded for a moment. When they woke up, they would understand the benefits of the new law. Although the gentry had a high status, the number of people was not as large as that of the people. However, the gentry was the foundation of a country. If there were no gentry, the Ming Dynasty would not be as good as the country's destruction. Cao Hu, if it was really a mess, where should we stand?" Zuo Liangyu asked.

"General, Cao Hu believes that you should stand on this side of the court." Cao Hu said.

"Don't be careless with me, you know what I'm talking about." Zuo Liangyu said with a stern face.

"No one in the world can do better than the emperor, what do you think of the general?" Cao Hu said with a smile.

"What do you mean is to let me follow the emperor?" Zuo Liangyu said in surprise.

"General, although Cao Hu is a rough man, he is not a stupid man. Besides, he has been trained under your command for three years. Although the court has nothing to do with me, the general has thought that the emperor now has the power of military and horses across the country. Not to mention it, let's talk about our Wuhan Military Region. Since the implementation of the military rank system, the morale has increased more than twice. No one is not praising the emperor's wisdom and sage? It can be said that now only the emperor has issued an imperial edict. Our 80,000 troops under the jurisdiction of the Wuhan Military Region can be driven to any place, die in the battlefield, and be wrapped in a horse with a corpse!" Cao Hu said.

Zuo Liangyu's body suddenly shook. Obviously, Cao Hu's words deeply shocked him. After being the acting commander of the Wuhan Military Region and awarded the rank of lieutenant general, he still felt that the court had not given enough gifts and had been complaining about himself. He believed that although the court had not removed the donkey, had birds gone, and had good bows hidden, he had already put the horses in the south mountain and had swords and guns into the warehouse. In this way, he felt that his talent could not be displayed, and the heroes were useless, and his mind was distorted. If Cao Hu had not awakened him just now, he would have really wanted to go all the way to the darkness and destroy his future.

Zhu Yousong gave him a price of not low, Duke of the National Guard, Shangzhuguo, and has thousands of hectares of fertile land. He also promised that he would take charge of the Ministry of War in the future and grant his wife and children. Now, these are too illusory and sound unrealistic. This kind of agreement that secretly betrays people is the most unreliable in the officialdom. Maybe he promises you today and it is hard to say that he will betray you to death tomorrow. This political matter is changing rapidly. If you are not careful, you will get yourself in.
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