My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 658

c648 Li Rushe forbears

Li Rusong, who is in Liaoyang, is receiving New Year’s greetings from his subordinates.

Compared with his father’s hard work in the capital, Li Rusong’s life in Liaodong was much more comfortable.

As a veritable king of Liaodong, Li Rusong’s mansion was very luxurious. In addition to the leaders of the Liaodong armies, the Jurchen tribes also brought gifts and various gifts to celebrate Li Rusong.

Li Ruzhen was also among the celebrating team.

The last time Li Ruzhen was called to Liaoyang, although Li Rusong’s suspicion of him was dispelled with gifts and respectful attitude, Jianzhou Jurchen temporarily gained Li Rusong’s trust again.

But Li Rusong did not return Li Rushe to the tribe, but kept him by his side to serve him.

Li Ruzhen naturally did not dare to complain. His Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou was not ready yet, and it was not yet time to raise troops.

But it was almost over. Although Li Ruzhen was by Li Rusong’s side, Li Rusong was not too wary of him. He could still pass messages to the tribe and remotely control the tribe’s internal affairs.

Now that the Jianzhou Jurchens have annexed many Jurchens, and also plundered a large amount of treasures from the Haizhou Jurchens, Li Ruzhen used various methods to disguise himself as a bandit, annex the weapons that aided North Korea, or set up his own weapons secretly The workshop stocks a large number of weapons.

Artillery is something Li Ruzhen feels he is not ready for yet.

Li Ruzhen is well aware of the power of firearms. Nowadays, the Jurchens in Jianzhou do not have the ability to cast their own artillery, and Li Ruzhen is very afraid of Liaoyang’s artillery.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Ruzhen has not raised troops yet.

As for the muskets, Li Rushe was not so worried.

In the land of Liaodong, it is very cold in winter. At this time, the musket is easy to misfire, and it is difficult to aim at the target with gloves. It is actually not easy to use.

Therefore, Li Ruzhen is not worried about Li Rusong’s musketeers. In the land of Liaodong, cavalry is a more powerful unit than musketeers.

Li Ruzhen had also studied the tactics to deal with the musketeers. He ordered the tribe to build many wooden carts, and also made some Ming army muskets for testing.

The quality of the Ming army’s muskets is not as good as that of the southeastern muskets, because they are handmade and have uneven levels of lethality.

Even with better muskets, the projectiles will be blocked by thick wooden carts.

If you wrap it with iron plates and leather, then pour water and freeze it into a layer of ice, the effect of resisting bullets will be better.

The war method formulated by Li Ruzhen was to use this kind of cart to attract the frontal firepower of the musketeers, and then defeat the musketeer phalanx from the flanks in the gap designed by the musketeers.

Li Ruzhen despised Li Rusong very much in his heart. Li Rusong had always been smooth sailing since he was a soldier. He had always been trained by Li Chengliang as his heir and had never been a real army commander.

Therefore, Li Rusong’s views on war were basically just talk on paper, and he copied all the methods of fighting in the Central Plains.

It’s not that the musket phalanx is bad, it’s that this phalanx is simply not suitable for fighting in places like Liaodong.

When fighting in the snowfield, the burning match rope is a living target on the white snowfield, and the Ming army’s poor performance muskets are very unsuitable for fighting in such a harsh environment as the snowfield.

The only thing to worry about is the artillery of the Ming army.

Li Ruzhen was still thinking about how to deal with the Ming army’s artillery. A soldier walked into Li Ruzhen’s room again and said that Li Rusong had summoned him.

Li Ruzhen put on the Jurchen clothes again. He touched the rat braid on his head and tried to dress himself up more comically.

When Li Chengliang was governing Liaodong, he once issued an order requiring Jurchens not to wear rat whips. Once discovered, they would immediately pull them over and shave their heads.

Li Chengliang also forbade the Jurchens to speak Jurchen dialect and wear Jurchen clothes.

This is all to eliminate the Jurchens’ self-national consciousness.

But when Li Rusong arrived, Li Rushe deliberately dressed like this, making Li Rusong laugh. Li Rusong felt that these Jurchens were dressed funny, so he relaxed his control over the Jurchens’ hairstyles and clothing, and allowed these “funny” Jurchens to be in the city. Appear.

Li Ruzhen took the opportunity to restore the traditional dress of Jurchen soldiers, using this method to distinguish Jurchens and Han people and establish a unified identity.

Li Ruzhen was a little worried. The New Year was coming soon, and Li Rusong didn’t know why he summoned him at this time.

In anxiety, Li Rushe came to Li Rusong’s governor’s mansion. This mansion was very luxurious, and many of the treasures were tribute from the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou.

Li Rushe clenched his fists. He had long secretly vowed to take back everything from the Han people. He suppressed his anger towards Li Rusong, and Li Rushe walked into Li Rusong’s study respectfully.

“Major General!”

In private, Li Ruzhen called him Major General Li Rusong. Li Rusong stood up, pulled Li Ruzhen and said affectionately:

“Brother Rushu, you don’t have to be so polite!”

But Li Ruzhen still gave Li Rusong a big gift, and then he stood up and said:

“Major General, etiquette cannot be abolished!”

Li Rusong pulled Li Rushe to laugh, and then he said:

“Brother Rushe, you and I are brothers. Let me speak frankly today. I came to you to discuss something!”

Li Ruzhen was not happy because of Li Rusong’s attitude. He knew very well that Li Rusong’s “brother” contained contempt in his heart. Li Chengliang and his son gave him this name because they also regarded the Jurchens as pigs and dogs.

Li Rusong said, minding his own business:

“Brother Rushe, my father is worried about money matters. As a son, I have to share my father’s worries.”

“A few days ago, I sent a letter to my father, and I was willing to increase the taxes in Liaodong next year.”

“Next year, your tribe’s offerings will need to be mentioned.”

Li Ruzhen felt a chill in his heart, as expected.

Now Li Ruzhen’s tribe bears most of the taxes and tributes in Liaodong. In order to win favor in front of his father and to maintain his luxurious life in Liaodong, Li Rusong continued to increase taxes on the Jurchen tribe.

Nowadays, the taxes of various Jurchen tribes are already very heavy. If taxes continue to be increased, life will be even more difficult.

But Li Ruzhen still said:

“It’s the right thing to do to share the worries for the old commander, and everyone in the tribe will definitely be happy to do so.”

Li Rusong laughed again and continued:

“I knew Brother Rushe would share my worries. Next year, the winter pearls and Liao ginseng will be doubled, and the furs will be increased by 50%. Now the furs from Liaodong are selling well in the capital, and the fur workshops It is one of the important incomes of the imperial court, and raw materials are indispensable.”

Li Ruzhen quickly agreed. Anyway, the Jianzhou Jurchens would rebel in a while, so there was no harm in promising these empty promises.

On the contrary, Li Rusong’s behavior of increasing taxes will increase the anger of the Jurchen tribe and give them a reason to rebel.