The next morning, Wu Shigong welcomed a pair of strange guests, namely the wife of Qianhu House, Tao, and her eldest son Tao Xin. Tao Xin was the ten-year-old boy who would inherit the position of Qianhu in six years.

Wu Shigong originally made a decision, and it was also out of etiquette that after he calmed down, he would visit the family members of the former thousand households.

But now that Wu Shigong had just arrived at Qianhuyuan, his butt was not hot, so Tao and Tao Xin couldn't wait to come to find him. This behavior made Wu Shigong very strange.

After both sides sat down and exchanged polite greetings, the Tao immediately revealed his nature. He looked like a shrew. Wu Shigong was even more surprised. He had just arrived here and there was nothing to offend the Tao. Why did she treat herself with this attitude?

Finally, from the words of Tao, Wu Shigong finally understood the reason why Tao came to find him.

It turns out that the death of Qianhu has reached an agreement? There is a tail problem in this agreement that has not been resolved. That is, the money and grain paid by Qianhu Institute to Li Bingbeidao this time, and the gap of 1,800 stones of grain has not been paid yet.

After the Tao returned to Qianhu, he remembered this incident. He also knew that Wu Shigong, the agent of Qianhu, had already arrived in the town. Therefore, today we would make Wu Shigong promise: If Li Bingbei came to ask for this thousand-eight-hundred stone of food, Wu Shigong would have to bear it.

And that Tao probably tasted the sweetness of the last time in the military preparatory yamen. Therefore, when he met Wu Shigong today, he looked like a shrew. There is a big one: if Wu Shigong didn't agree today, Tao would make a big fuss here.

After Wu Shigong understood, of course, he would not agree to the Tao's unreasonable trouble. Why should Wu Shigong bear the debts of the previous thousand households?

However, at this time, I couldn't explain it clearly to the shrew Tao, the shrew. Moreover, I could not speak ill of the Tao. Otherwise, it would be nice to have his reputation of bullying the orphan and widowed mother. Besides, Li Bingbei Dao hadn't come to ask for this thousand-eight-hundred stone of food yet.

Therefore, Wu Shigong vaguely agreed to Tao: Let's talk about it when this happens. Finally, he persuaded Tao to go back.

In the afternoon of the same day, when Wu Shigong announced to the ten hundred households that gathered together that they would recruit labor service in the Thousand Household Institute and build the Thousand Household Institute fortress, the hundred households looked embarrassed.

Among the military households in the late Ming Dynasty, hundreds of households were actually equivalent to the role of some village chiefs. They did not get much benefit, but they always had to take the lead in completing the tasks of collecting money, grain and labor levies required by their superiors.

And the villagers in their own households always look up and see each other, and it is difficult to make up their minds. Therefore, whenever their superiors collect money and grain and collect labor, it is always a problem for these households.

However, after hearing Wu Shigong's announcement that he would reduce these labor and pay half of the money and grain next year, the expressions of these hundred households relaxed. In this way, the work of collecting labor would be much easier. Therefore, it was decided: three days later, these hundred households would gather at the Qianhu Fortress with the gathered labor.

Therefore, when Wu Shigong invited these hundreds of households to drink in the evening, he was happy. Wu Shigong took advantage of the atmosphere and then announced to the hundreds of households that he would choose the best to recruit 200 soldiers during labor.

Those hundreds of households didn't know that Wu Shigong would pay these soldiers. Therefore, on the one hand, he was fighting with Wu Shigong, and on the other hand, he thought to himself: "This young agency, Qianqian household, is really naive. He is still recruiting the best. At that time, who would be willing to be a soldier?"

Wu Shigong didn't know. On this day, Wu Shigong's father-in-law Xue Lian was also suffering.

When Emperor Chongzhen drove Na Ke from the palace, this was actually a test of Wei Zhongxian and a signal to the court.

Wei Zhongxian did not react to this. In other words, Wei Zhongxian did not dare to react. Instead, in the court, the impeachment memorials against Wei Zhongxian appeared sporadically. Although Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards these memorials is basically kept at the top and not posted, the people of Wei Zhongxian's party gradually panicked.

Xue Lian was already in the palace and knelt down and begged Emperor Chongzhen for three days. However, Emperor Chongzhen just asked Xue Lian to kneel down like this, but he refused to meet Xue Lian.

It was raining that day. Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon throne and asked Wang Chengen who was standing beside him, "Parent Wang, is Xue Lian still there unwilling to leave?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "When the emperor said, then Yang Wuhou is still kneeling in the rain."

"Why are you so shameless?" Emperor Chongzhen came up angry and shouted, "It's a blessing that Xue Lian was still from his father's mansion, but he flattered Wei Zhongxian so much that he had no backbone. Let him kneel down like this. I will never see him."

"The emperor is wise." Wang Chengen said quickly with a smile, "The Marquis Yangwu was still thinking about using the bitter trick to threaten the emperor. Now he is asking for trouble. He can no longer kneel and can only hold his waist and lie on the ground."

Wang Chengen's words suddenly touched the nerves of Emperor Chongzhen. He remembered that Xue Lian had broken his waist for him.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "I am not a kind person either. Companion Wang, go outside and say to Xue Lian: Let him go back to his Yangwu Marquis Mansion, and don't come out if you have nothing to do. I never want to see him again."

When Wang Chengen announced the edict in front of Xue Lian, the eunuchs and palace guards on the side hurried to the rain and carried Xue Lian up to carry Xue Lian outside the palace on the carriage waiting for Yangwu Hou Mansion.

The moment he lifted up, Xue Lian glanced at Wang Chengen with gratitude. Wang Chengen was silent and gestured to Xue Lian with a look that the person next to him could not find.

A few days ago, Xue Lian sent someone to give Wang Chengen 25,000 taels of silver. The request was: Wang Chengen told Emperor Chongzhen at the appropriate time that he could save the lives of the whole family of Xue Lian.

Today, Wang Chengen had completed the task in excess. Emperor Chongzhen just put Xue Lian under house arrest in his own home and even saved Xue Lian's title of Yangwu Marquis.

Xue Lian thought to himself: "After I go back, I will give Wang Chengen another generous gift."

When Xue Lian was carried to his home and placed on the bed, Mrs. Zhang, who was standing beside her, burst into tears, and Xue Lian herself was also full of tears.

However, when the daughter Xue Yufei, who received the news, entered the room with the wet nurse holding Xue Chenglin, a smile immediately appeared on Xue Lian's face.

Xue Lian asked Xue Chenglin's wet nurse to the bed. Xue Lian stretched out his hand, touched the gadget in Xue Chenglin's open pants, and smiled happily. He said, "It's worth it, it's all worth it. Finally, it's saved."

Sighing, Xue Lian continued, "Sending Shigong out of Beijing now seems to be doing the right thing. I hope he is doing everything well in the local area."
Chapter completed!