After Kong Youde's rebels left Dengzhou City, all the subsequent battles had nothing to do with Wu Shigong. However, all the Ming troops had to stay in Dengzhou City for a while to prevent the rebels from fighting back. There is another

The reason is that we have to wait for the imperial court's rewards and arrangements.

While waiting, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing divided the spoils for the last time. The property divided this time was relatively small. Wu Shigong only received property worth more than 8,000 taels. However, the harvest of weapons was too much.

Especially artillery, it can be said to be a bumper harvest.

When other Ming troops attacked Dengzhou City, they also captured a large number of war horses from the rebels who were imprisoned outside Dengzhou City. Although Wu Shigong did not have a good relationship with the military attachés of the Ming Army, business was business.

, who would have trouble with silver? Wu Shigong spent nearly 6,000 taels of silver and purchased more than 300 war horses.

The calm throughout Shandong also caused officials from all over Shandong to come to the army one after another with rewards. Therefore, during this period of time, Wu Shigong went to one banquet after another. Although he was still a small role in the banquet, he deserved it.

Some rewards are always indispensable.

What is unexpected is that the leader of the world's literary world, Sheng Yangong of Confucius, also sent a direct descendant as an envoy to labor the army. Although the gift brought by this envoy was only symbolic and not particularly valuable,

But it aroused great enthusiasm from Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, because this was definitely a huge honor.

There is no detailed description of how the envoy of Duke Sheng Yan was received with hospitality. In fact, this envoy came to work for the army just by the way. His main purpose was, of course, to thank Wu Shigong for sending him the shares of the Confucius Salt Farm.

During the private meeting, the envoy also revealed to Wu Shigong that in order to thank Wu Shigong for his filial piety, Sheng Yangong was willing to accept Wu Shigong as a registered disciple. After Wu Shigong heard this, of course he immediately agreed and sealed a copy.

A generous gift worth more than two thousand taels of silver was used as his apprenticeship ceremony. Of course, the envoy also gave other generous gifts.

But judging from the ink in their stomachs, the teacher-student pair Sheng Yangong and Wu Shigong are quite a match. They are just a pair of idiots! But who cares about this? Wu Shigong will be able to carry the banner of Sheng Yangong outside in the future.

The fox pretended to be the tiger's power, but Sheng Yangong gave Wu Shigong a false name as a registered disciple, but he reaped a lot of real benefits. It can be said to be a win-win situation.

The successive banquets also greatly eased the relationship between the Ming military attaches. At least they all managed to be harmonious on the surface. Wu Shigong also got to know many military attaches. Among them was the guerrilla who would become very famous in the future.

Liu Liangzuo.

Except for Wu Sangui, he is still young and restless. He treats Wu Shigong like a nose, not a nose, and an eye, not an eye. He still remembers Wu Shigong lifting his vaginal legs. But will Wu Shigong care about this little brat? When he sees Wu Sangui staring at him again

At that time, Wu Shigong thought in his heart: "If you stare again, I will snatch Chen Yuanyuan from you first!"

Wu Shigong also arranged for the Runing Army to send a large number of messengers to Runing and Laizhou City to arrange for the families of the blacksmiths and miners to be sent back to Runing Mansion.

Of course, Wu Shigong also sent a messenger to the capital, hoping that Xue Yufei and Xue Chenglin would arrange a time to leave and return to Runing with him to reunite with his family.

Other civil and military officials were not idle either. They strengthened the defense of Dengzhou City, moved the population to Dengzhou City, and registered the unowned fields in Dengzhou City to distribute among themselves. In fact, the tricks played by Wu Shigong in the four cities of Yongping, these civil and military officials

They will. But this good thing is not Wu Shigong's turn. Those who allocate these lands are civil and military officials from Shandong.

Of course, Wu Shigong and other guest generals also received a hush money. To be honest, corruption and bribery in the Ming Dynasty were actually very well-regulated, and they had developed to the point where they had become a mature industry.

As for the excess goods and ordnance, Wu Shigong has also arranged for the soldiers to be sent back to Runing Mansion in batches. The number of soldiers in the Runing Army around Wu Shigong has also gradually decreased. This has left Wu Shigong with a lot of empty carts.

After the beginning of the new year, the salt field has been opened, and this time Wu Shigong is planning to use these empty trucks to transport a batch of salt goods back.

In fact, in the salt business, salt production is the simplest thing. With such a long coastline, salt production is not difficult at all. The key to the profit of the salt industry in the Ming Dynasty was the transportation and sales of salt products. Especially salt products

sales, that is the bulk of the profits.

Through this battle, the relationship between Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng from Henan and Wu Shigong became closer. In this round of encirclement and suppression of the rebels, Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng both made a fortune. However, they are also quite self-aware and know that even if they are

Their official ranks were elevated, but when they returned to Henan, they were still marginalized military attachés.

There is no need to think about being in charge of an army alone. If there is a war, they may go to the most dangerous places. So the two of them took the initiative to get closer to Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong also accepted them and reached a verbal alliance with them.

.If there is any war in the future, they will attack and defend and help each other.

But after Huang Qifai stayed for a while, he followed Wu Shigong wholeheartedly. There was no other reason, just because the treatment of Runing Army was so good.

It’s not that the Runing Army has the highest income. The military attachés in the Ming Army who are good at making money, such as the military attachés of the Liaodong Army, may have much higher incomes than the Runing Army. However, in the Runing Army, the income is assured and the hierarchy is clear. As long as you

Whatever position you sit in, you must have some income. This is particularly attractive to the Dongjiang Town soldiers who have been in a state of instability for many years.

Therefore, some rebels who received severance pay regretted it anyway. They wanted to join the Runing Army again. However, the Runing Army had already paid out their severance pay and it was impossible to recruit them again.

In fact, in the eyes of the officers of the Runing Army, except for the special arms such as cavalry and artillery, although the soldiers of the original Ming Army have received some military training, they also brought many bad habits of the original Ming Army, which can easily be used by the new soldiers.

The soldiers have been misled. So it is better to recruit new soldiers and train them again.

Therefore, the rebels recruited openly this time are a special case made by the Runing Army under special circumstances. As for those who give up this opportunity, they will never get this opportunity.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was worried about the name "Wu Shigong" while looking at the memorial commemorating his merits.

This time to report their merits, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qi were not able to defeat Wu Shigong. Liu Zeqing was also very loyal and included Wu Shigong in the list of military attaches who first attacked Dengzhou City.

But after such a long time, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian must have realized that they had misunderstood Emperor Chongzhen's intentions. They both understood that Emperor Chongzhen's impression of Wu Shigong was negative. After all, there was someone in Gao Qiqian's palace.

But in any case, the positive and negative numbers also show that Emperor Chongzhen knew very well about Wu Shigong, so they did not dare to omit Wu Shigong's name in the memorial to report the merits. Of course, it is certain that the credit should be shaved off a few points with a pen.

But after Emperor Chongzhen saw Wu Shigong's achievements recorded in the memorial and the reward regulations initially drafted by the cabinet, he was unwilling to promote Wu Shigong from the bottom of his heart.

This also shows that Emperor Chongzhen did not receive the pre-school education required for the position of emperor. In fact, a superior person cannot tolerate sand in his eyes. In many cases, he can only be confused. If he can pretend to be confused, he is also a person.

A mature expression of a politician.

That day, it was Wang Chengen who was accompanying Emperor Chongzhen again. So Emperor Chongzhen complained to Wang Chengen: "I, the emperor, sometimes feel a little suffocated. Look!" Emperor Chongzhen pointed to Wu Shigong's name on the memorial and said.

, "Wang Banban also knows about Xue Hou's son-in-law. Last time he committed a serious crime of killing his colleagues, and for the sake of the court's face, he escaped. But this time he has made some merits, and not giving him a reward will make the court look bad.

Such unkindness is really a headache!”

Wang Chengen's matter had nothing to do with him. Of course, he only followed Emperor Chongzhen's wishes. But suddenly his mind lit up and he thought of a wonderful method. So Wang Chengen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't understand anything.

I can't help the emperor with the government affairs. But I just had an idea to solve the issue of the reward for Xuehou's son-in-law, but I don't know whether it is in line with the rules of the court."

Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen spent a lot of time together day and night, so he smiled casually and said: "You old guy, don't be too obedient. Just tell me, I have my own sense of proportion. What you say is wrong, and I won't either."

It’s your fault.”

Wang Chengen smiled and nodded. Then he said: "Isn't Marquis Xue eager to make his grandson the crown prince? This time the emperor has made him a son. It is an honor for a father to make him a son. This is better than being awarded an official position or a reward of silver.

That’s a lot!”

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this. He should have canonized this prince a long time ago, but it was just delayed because of Emperor Chongzhen's anger. But now, he gave the things that should have been given to the Marquis of Yangwu, and

How cool is it to think that Wu Shigong’s reward issue has been solved!

Emperor Chongzhen laughed loudly, pointed at Wang Chengen and said, "I don't see that you old guy is so smart! Good! Please issue an edict to the Ministry of Rites."

Wang Chengen also laughed and said: "Isn't it true that the old slave has been with the emperor for a long time, and sometimes his brain can be enlightened?"

The monarch and his ministers laughed and laughed for a while. Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood these days. Although Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong were not captured, they were driven out of Shandong after all and could no longer harm the Central Plains.

In addition, after Wen Tiren became the chief minister, he immediately declared war on the Donglin Party members headed by Fushe, and drove a large number of former Donglin Party officials, including Fushe leader Zhang Pu, out of the capital. These measures were also immediate.

Shadow, these days Emperor Chongzhen feels that the obstruction from civil servants when he is governing has been greatly reduced. It seems that changing commanders is like changing swords! Emperor Chongzhen is also somewhat proud of his change of chief minister.

After laughing for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "That's all, give this Wu Shigong another cute son. Give him a royal guard with thousands of households." After saying this, he seemed to be reluctant to let out a long sigh.

In fact, this kind of cute boy is quite ordinary at all. He only wears an official robe and a salary of dozens of taels per year, which is nothing special to nobles like Wu Shigong. But Emperor Chongzhen still looked unhappy as if he had suffered a big loss. After all,

, Emperor Chongzhen was a stingy person.

Wang Chengen looked at Emperor Chongzhen's face and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, at that time, Grandpa Tianqi gave Marquis Xue's son-in-law a Qianhu of Yulinwei."

Emperor Chongzhen understood as soon as he heard that it must have been Wei Zhongxian who awarded the reward. So he threw the memorial on the table with a straight face and angrily shouted: "Nonsense! The whole world was ruined by people like the Wei thieves."

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen, who was a little relieved, looked at Wang Chengen who had his head lowered and said, "That's it! That's it! Meng is a fellow of the Jinyi Guards. It is a face to Marquis Xue."

After Xue Lian unexpectedly learned the good news, he was immediately overjoyed. He stepped out of Yangwuhou Mansion, which he had not left for many years, and took Mrs. Zhang and Xue Chenglin's child with him to the palace in person to thank the saint.

Emperor Chongzhen was also in a good mood that day and came out to meet Xue Lian's family. Time can also dilute everything. Looking at Xue Lian's frosty temples, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts of blaming Xue Lian faded away. He rarely had a long chat with Xue Lian.

After a long period of housework, Xue Chenglin's child was also rewarded with some palace toys.

After returning home, Xue Lian held a feast to congratulate Wang Chengen. Of course, the invitation he sent to Wang Chengen included a particularly heavy gift.

Before going to bed that night, Xue Lian smiled and said to Mrs. Zhang: "I have no regrets in this life. This guy Shi Gong has finally done something reliable!"

Wu Shigong, who was still waiting in Dengzhou City, didn't know that his credit had been transferred to someone else inexplicably. It seemed that Wu Shigong's previous life must have been a priest, and he was about to become a milk king.

In mid-March, the imperial court's reward finally came to Dengzhou City with the lieutenant who delivered the decree. When Wu Shigong got up from the incense table after reading the imperial edict, he was simply confused. All the civil and military officials who received the edict were a little confused.

Among officials, even his official position has not changed at all. All the credit has been given to his two sons.

The biggest winner this time was Liu Zeqing, who was promoted to Caozhou Commander-in-Chief. Although he was a miscellaneous Commander-in-Chief and was nominally under the jurisdiction of Qiu Lei, the Shandong Commander-in-Chief, Liu Zeqing at least had the confidence to fight Qiu Lei.

Moreover, this commander-in-chief is a full-time commander, and Liu Zeqing's number of soldiers has increased from 6,500 when he joined the general to 20,000 in total. For the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty, this was the biggest benefit! There can be more

How much free money do you eat!

This time, the imperial edict was accompanied by a transfer order from the Ministry of War. Except for the local troops in Shandong who left some troops to garrison in Denglai, the other guest troops returned to their original garrison areas.

No matter how puzzled Wu Shigong was, he could not change Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict. But he was still young and his mentality could be adjusted quickly. Wu Shigong could only say Ah Q: "At least he didn't transfer himself away from Runing, Henan."

On March 21, the sixth year of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong, who had packed his bags, finally left with the remaining 2,500 soldiers of the Runing Army and his newly married concubine Karelli. Dengzhou City is back home.

Wu Shigong was eager to return home. He wished he could walk two days' journey in one day. But Wu Shigong had no idea how dangerous the journey ahead was.

For Wu Shigong, in fact, his warm-up match has just been completed, and what Wu Shigong will face next is the cruel official match!
Chapter completed!