Chapter 194 You will live up to me and I will live up to you

Author: tx Cheng Zhi

Chapter 194 You will live up to me and I will live up to you

Chapter 193

Wen Mansion, late at night, the lights are dim, and the cold wind is howling. Snowflakes are flying outside the window, and the inside and outside of the small courtyard are covered with a light layer of snow. The deep and shallow traces on the bluestone are like a few light strokes lightly traced on plain white rice paper.

trace.

Wen Tiren sat frowning under the lamp, and opposite him was Hou Xun, the then Minister of Household Affairs. On the table in front of the two of them, there was a foldout, which was the "Changping Army Training Draft" drafted by Hou Xun.

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The draft was not too large, only about thirty or fifty articles, and it lasted for more than a dozen pages.

This draft has been on Wen Tiren's desk for several hours. From the afternoon to now, he has read it over and over again, wishing to pick out every word and eat it. His brows have become tighter and tighter, and he has not said a word for a long time.

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Hou Xun remained silent and drank tea lightly. The boy waiting next to him barely kept his eyes open and was a little drowsy.

"Master Wen, that warrior!"

The martial artist in Hou Xun's mouth refers specifically to Cheng Shijie.

Wen Tiren nodded and said, "It's no longer controllable!"

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the brainless Zhang Jin, but the problem was that the queen Zhang Yan was not a brainless person. She told Emperor Chongzhen half-truths about Zhang Jin drugging her and making him unconscious.

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The so-called half truth is that this medicine was given to her by Zhang Jin, and she drank it without warning. Seeing that Zhang Yan’s sister looked bad, Zhang Jin wanted to find a doctor to prescribe Zhang Yan a supplement to calm her nerves.

son.

Zhang Jin told his friend Meng Zhihe, the seventh-rank governor of the Department of General Affairs, about the incident after drinking. Meng Zhihe claimed to know a miracle doctor who would definitely cure the disease with medicine.

Therefore, Zhang Jin did not doubt Meng Zhihe, so he took the medicine according to the prescription prescribed by the miracle doctor Meng Zhiqiang found and gave it to Zhang Yan. Then, the miracle doctor asked Zhang Jin to send Queen Zhang to the Xiang Guest Room in Miaoying Temple to rest, and then ordered

Empress Zhang's entourage also had to bathe and change clothes to show their piety to the gods and Buddhas.

They never thought that when Queen Zhang Yan's entourage was taking a bath in Miaoying Temple, their clothes would disappear, and they would not know what happened next.

Emperor Chongzhen never doubted Zhang Yan's words, so he ordered Jin Yiwei and Wang Zhixin of Dongchang to jointly handle the case. Wang Zhixin took the lead and captured Meng Zhihe, the governor of the General Affairs Department. After being tortured, he could not answer the so-called question anyway.

Who is the miracle doctor? As a result, Wen Tiren learned that Meng Zhihe was arrested and could only temporarily cut off contact with Meng Zhihe.

In this way, Meng Zhihe was silenced in Dongchang and the clues were lost.

Jin Yiwei couldn't find out what happened next, so he could only let it go.

Of course, this idiot Zhang Jin was sent to study in the Imperial College, and he went to the Imperial College in Nanjing. He probably would never return to the capital in this life. Tai Kangbo was fined 40,000 taels of silver.

The key problem is that Wen Tiren's wish to deal with Cheng Shijie in this way failed.

Hou Xun smiled lightly and said: "I have been lonely and helpless for half my life, and I value family most. Once that warrior marries Jinshang, if he doesn't rebel, no one can touch him. His officialdom will only get bigger and bigger, and he will not be able to do anything about it."

If you do well, I will ride on you and me!"

In this regard, Hou Xun's vision is still very unique. Although Zhu Changluo, the father of Emperor Chongzhen, gave birth to seven sons and ten daughters, the problem was that of these seven sons, five died in infancy and seven of the ten daughters died in infancy. Chongzhen

The emperor now has no brothers and only three sisters left.

Therefore, in this case, unlike other emperors, he did not care about brotherhood.

As Hou Xun analyzed, Emperor Chongzhen has no intention of dealing with Cheng Shijie now, but has great trust in him. You must know that in terms of current power, Cheng Shijie nominally controls the entire Liaodong, but his future general control

, definitely not limited to Liaodong.

Now Emperor Chongzhen has posthumously named Cheng Shijie's "biological father" Cheng Yongxing as the crown prince's Taibao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Governor of the Fifth Army.

Cheng Yongxing's wife Li Shi posthumously gave her the title of Mrs. Yiguo.

Cheng Shijie's first wife, Xiang, gave him a first-class wife.

Cheng Shijie's eldest son, Cheng Jialong, was the hereditary guard of thousands of households.

These things were also Emperor Chongzhen's attitude, showing his trust in Cheng Shijie and Cheng Shijie's status in Emperor Chongzhen's heart.

At least for a long time in the future, Cheng Shijie's status will be unshakable to them.

Cheng Shijie married Princess Zhu Weiti of Le'an, which is like adding a talisman to him.

Wen Tiren pointed at the herb and said with a smile: "Dazhen, you must have been prepared for this herb!"

"Since the defeat of Linghe, Guan Ning's army ancestor Dashou has not listened to his greetings. This evil dog wants to devour the master and can no longer stay. It's just that he refuses to move his nest and it's not convenient for him to attack!"

Hou Xun's analysis is very accurate. In history, Zu Dashou found out that he was cheated during the Battle of Daling River. From then on, his relationship with the court was superficially harmonious and mysteriously alienated, until he surrendered and became a slave.

Hou Xun continued: "The only way we can do now is to have an army in our hands!"

"Lu Jiandou's Tianxiong Army..."

"After all, Lu Jiandou is not of the same mind as us!"

Hou Xun smiled bitterly and said: "Lu Jiandou has changed. He betrayed our fellow officials!"

Wen Tiren naturally understood what Hou Xun meant, but the problem was that he did not want to make Hou Xun's wedding dress. Everyone knew that Zuo Liangyu was Hou Xun's disciple, and also knew that the Changping Army had almost become Hou Xun's private army. With Zuo Liangyu

The eight thousand Changping Army under his command is currently insignificant, but the problem is that Hou Xun wants to strengthen the Changping Army.

Wen Tiren hesitated and did not express his position directly.

Hou Xun continued: "Mr. Wen, Xun has already inquired about it. What the martial artist relies on is nothing more than muskets and artillery. Ning Haijun's artillery fires quickly and is powerful. At present, the Military Staff Bureau has no way to imitate it, so it can only use it to that soldier.

A warrior buys artillery. That warrior is short of money now. Why not buy thirty-six artillery pieces from him to establish the Changping Army Artillery Battalion, and then buy 4,000 muskets to establish the Changping Army Shenhuo Battalion!"

"How much does this cost?"

"Based on the calculation, it's less than two million taels of silver!"

"Where did these two million taels of silver come from? Does the Ministry of Accounts have money?"

"No, but it can be transferred from Liao's salary!"

Hou Xun said with a smile: "Transfer the Changping army to Guangning to garrison. Isn't it solved now?"

Hou Xun's idea is very good. Now that Jiannu has been beaten by Cheng Shijie to the point where he can no longer take care of himself, the original Ningjin front line has now become the safest place.

By transferring Zuo Liangyu to Guangning to guard the west bank of the Liao River, he can not only embezzle Liao's salary openly, but also give the disobedient Zu Dashou some color. The most important thing is that the big shots in the court did not

any losses.

Wen Tiren sighed slightly: "I'm afraid that martial artist won't sell it!"

“There’s nothing I won’t sell, as long as the price is right!”

Wen Tiren shook his head and said: "Let's discuss this later!"

The subtext of "further discussion" is that the chief assistant does not agree.

Hou Xun is now also a big shot in the court. Wen Tiren disagrees. He also knows that he can't handle this matter alone. But as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he controls the Ming Dynasty's money bag, so he has many ways.

If it can't be done obviously, then it should be done secretly. Didn't Emperor Chongzhen want to transfer fifteen guards to Liaodong? He directly ordered the Henan Dusi and Shandong Dusi to sell what these fifteen guards could sell.

Although the guard posts are poor, no matter how poor the guard posts are, they still have tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of acres of military land. Once these guard posts are moved, the military fields become the biggest piece of fat for their commanders.

There are many people who want to eat it, but it is absolutely impossible to get it into their mouths without giving some benefits to the above.

Under Hou Xun's operation, these fifteen guards and eight independent houses with a thousand households were sold for a total of more than 350,000 taels of silver.

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"etc!"

Cheng Shijie was about to get married, so he had some free time, but Sun Chengzong was very busy. Just when Zheng Qi was reporting to Cheng Shijie about the gifts given by various big shots in the court, he suddenly heard Hou Xun's name.

Cheng Shijie asked: "How many gifts did Hou Xun give me?"

"Daxing has 600 acres of fertile land, 600 cattle, and 600 fine horses!"

Cheng Shijie frowned. This gift was too heavy, and he had no contact with Hou Xun. This was beyond the scope of formal exchanges.

If left to future generations, this would definitely be punished.

Although the Ming Dynasty had too loose control, the problem was that Cheng Shijie really didn't want to have any human relations with Hou Xun.

Sun Chengzong came over, looked at the gift list, and said with a faint smile: "Beiping, are you not used to this?"

"Yes! Students really don't want to owe them so many favors!"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to owe me these favors."

"Why?"

"You defeated the Jiannu this time and used artillery to blow up the Jiannu to pieces. This is such a glorious achievement. How can all the generals in the world not be tempted? They tried their best to win over you and gave you money. It's nothing more than

They want to buy this kind of cannon from you, because the Artillery Bureau cannot make this kind of artillery, so their only way is to buy it from you!"

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "If you agree, they will get powerful cannons, the combat effectiveness of the army will also rise sharply, and you will get a large amount of much-needed money, and everyone will be happy; if you don't agree, you will be their enemy, and they will try their best to drag them down from now on."

Your hind legs, such a powerful weapon to control the country, are only in your hands, how can your majesty sleep well?"

Cheng Shijie nodded, he knew very well that as the saying goes, three people can make a tiger, and a crowd of words can make gold. Emperor Chongzhen's ears may not be that hard, I'm afraid he will think too much when the time comes.

The imperial idea is about checks and balances, that is, not putting eggs in one basket.

Sun Chengzong felt a little depressed: "This is normal. If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. Now you are the towering tree. If you can't let them get close to it, they will definitely uproot you by any means... Many can

This is how a good general died, and there is nothing I can do about it."
To be continued...