Chapter 85: Apprenticeships and Lawsuits
Wu Shigong was thinking about how to control the little boy Tao Xin, but he didn't expect that Tao would send the opportunity to Wu Shigong.
A few days later, the Tao came to find Wu Shigong again. And this time, she not only brought her son Tao Xin, but also brought more than a dozen people. After Wu Shigong asked his guards to prepare, he called all these people in.
When he saw Wu Shigong, Tao really acted like a sting again. Wu Shigong ignored her and asked Tao with a sneer: What is the reason for coming to find Wu Shigong again this time?
The Tao was not prepared and chattered and told her purpose.
It turned out that the Qianqian household had more than a dozen personal soldiers. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a custom to raise personal soldiers by military officers. Although the possibility of fighting in this Qianqian household was not high, one day it was impossible to prevent the war from being fought. Therefore, the Qianqian households had these personal soldiers.
Of course, it is definitely not possible to rely on such a few personal soldiers to fight. The main reason why Qianqianhu prepared these personal soldiers was: if the war was defeated, these personal soldiers could escort him to escape. Based on the principle of using their own people to rest assured, these personal soldiers had more or less related to Qianqianhu.
This time, after hearing about the military pay received by the soldiers recruited by Qianhu, especially through the people in the town, who knew that the guards Wu Shigong brought from the capital had three taels of silver every month, these personal soldiers from Qianhu were jealous.
So, all the personal soldiers found Tao and asked her to talk to Wu Shigong, so that Wu Shigong would recruit them too. It would be better to have military pay like the guards in the capital.
After receiving some gifts from the personal soldiers, the Tao agreed without knowing that the sky and earth were full of promises. In the Tao's idea, it was not a piece of cake to deal with the new agency thousands of households with his super strong and fierce fighting power index of 250.
So she led her son Tao Xin and brought these dozen personal soldiers to Wu Shigong excitedly.
Sure enough, when the Tao made her request to Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong agreed immediately and agreed to the military pay of three taels of silver per month for those personal soldiers.
Seeing that Wu Shigong agreed, the personal soldiers hurriedly kowtowed to Wu Shigong and thanked him. Tao also showed a proud smile on the side.
After the personal soldiers kowtowed, Tao was about to say goodbye and leave. Wu Shigong called her.
Wu Shigong spoke to Tao and said, "Do you know? Actually, I hate you very much now."
Wu Shigong's words shocked the Tao and the personal soldiers from the Qianqian House next to him. The Tao's face was even more blue and purple.
Wu Shigong ignored the expressions of these people and continued: "It would be good for you to play tricks in front of me several times. Although I am unhappy, I cannot argue with you, a woman. However, I am too worried about your son."
"Your son should take over as a Qianhu in six years. But what can you learn now when you are with you? Learn from your mother-in-law and mother? Learn from your chicks?"
"I have decided to train your son to become an excellent successor to thousands of households. Therefore, I will now accept your son as his apprentice and take him with me to educate him personally. In this way, I have decided to let your son come to me and kowtow."
Wu Shigong's words made Tao and the personal soldiers stunned. Tao was still thinking about a few words of argument. However, as soon as her lips moved, Wu Shigong slapped the table and stood up and said, "Don't toast or not to eat a punishment!"
Then, Wu Shigong put his hand on the hilt of the samurai sword around his waist and pulled out a piece of the samurai sword. When he heard the movement in the room, Wu Shigong's guards stood outside the room with full arms.
Tao Xin had never seen such a scene. Her little face turned pale and she cried out with a "wow".
Tao's face was also pale, and she was so scared that she couldn't speak. Her sensation was based on the fact that others dared not touch her, a woman. When someone really wanted her to live, how could Tao not be afraid?
Seeing that Tao and Tao Xin and his son looked dumb, Wu Shigong's face became increasingly ugly, and the samurai sword in his hand was getting longer and longer. A clever personal soldier hurriedly pulled Tao Xin over and shouted: "Kowtow to Lord Qianhu!"
The other personal soldiers also reacted. They were also afraid that if the scene broke out today, they would also affect the fish. The heroes would not suffer any loss in front of them. Some of them stopped Tao and persuaded him, while others were half forcibly asked Tao Xin to kowtow to Wu Shigong three times and called Wu Shigong: "Master."
When he heard Tao Xin calling him "master", Wu Shigong put the samurai sword back into the scabbard. He walked to Tao Xin and held the hand of the little boy who was still sobbing.
Looking at Tao's tears and looking at his silence, Wu Shigong continued to scold, "Why are you crying? You didn't snatch your son away, you can still see him every day." After that, Wu Shigong led Tao Xin and walked towards the inner room.
Wu Shigong thought as he walked: "When the Japanese samurai sword was released, it would be a magic pill to deal with a woman. No wonder those Japanese women are so cheap."
At present, when Tao and Tao Xin and his son did not threaten Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong was not prepared to do anything to them. Wu Shigong was not a beast either. Therefore, Wu Shigong still wanted to educate Tao Xin well to fulfill his responsibilities as a master.
Therefore, Wu Shigong planned to let Tao Xin train with Zhou Xun and others every day in the morning and bring it back in the afternoon, so that Zhao Ruya and Zhu Yun and others could teach Tao Xin to read. In life, he would not treat this little boy badly.
As for those personal soldiers, Wu Shigong also thought it was worth it. Because they had received some military training and had good physical fitness. After all, their original mission was to save the previous thousand households to escape.
And these days, after Yu Zilian arrived in the capital, he indeed joined forces with a group of juren to sue Wu Shigong. However, Yu Zilian's lawsuit was very difficult.
Why? Because no yamen is willing to accept Yu Zilian's complaints.
The reason for this is: although Yu Zilian felt that Wu Shigong had beaten him was very serious, in the entire Ming Dynasty, such trivial matters were simply ignored. Especially now, when Emperor Chongzhen came to power, all the officials were busy protecting their official positions and grabbing their official positions. Who would have taken care of such a broken matter as Yu Zilian?
Secondly, it is: due to the bureaucratic nature of the yamen, all officials have the principle that it is better to have less than more things and refuse to accept this lawsuit. Think about it: a thousand households beat a juren, what yamen should handle such a thing? Therefore, all yamen have also kicked the ball on this matter.
Yu Zilian was eventually forced to do something fierce, gathered a group of juren, and simply submitted it to the highest department. After receiving this complaint, the Grand Secretary, in order to give an explanation to Yu Zilian and others, given that Wu Shigong is now a thousand households, he transferred the complaint to the Ministry of War for processing.
The officials of the Ministry of War were also in trouble when they received this complaint. Because this complaint touched a sensitive point in the current political form, it was difficult to deal with it. This is also the reason why Yu Zilian still did not know how to distinguish the political trend.
Because on the surface, this case is very simple: a juren scolded a thousand households as a "eunuch party", and after this juren was scolded, he beat him up.
Nowadays, as long as the officials are not blind, they all know that Emperor Chongzhen is going to deal with Wei Zhongxian's party, so they took the initiative to remove the thousand households from their posts. They can also calm the resentment of those juren.
However, the problem is not viewed in this way. Now these officials are not worried about Emperor Chongzhen's problem of destroying Wei Zhongxian's party, but about Emperor Chongzhen's problem of expanding the movement in the process of destroying Wei Zhongxian's party.
When Wei Zhongxian was in power, which official had never flattered Wei Zhongxian? Which official had never called Wei Zhongxian "Nine Thousand Years"? If Yu Zilian's affairs set a precedent, then after that, as long as a scholar scolds an official, that official will fall, and then the officials will not be in danger?
Besides, some officials of the Ministry of War also recognized Wu Shigong and knew that Wu Shigong was the son-in-law of Yangwu Hou Xue Lian and the son of Gongshun Hou Wu Weizhong. Although Yangwu Hou Xue Lian has lost power now, Gongshun Hou Wu Weizhong is now proud. Therefore, it is better not to offend him casually.
So, the officials of the Ministry of War stabilized Yu Zilian and the others, and informed Xue Lian and Wu Weizhong of the news. After receiving the news, Xue Lian and Wu Weizhong both cursed Wu Shigong in their hearts: "This uneasy brat."
But no matter how scolding is, the matter has to be resolved. After that, Xue Lian paid the money, and Wu Weizhong came forward and dragged the case down. The reason they told Yu Zilian was this: Yu Zilian is a juren, but although Wu Shigong is now a military position, he is also a scholar. Therefore, the fight between scholars and scholars must be handled carefully. Therefore, the Ministry of War decided to temporarily suspend Wu Shigong from office and let him write a memorial to refute. After distinguishing right and wrong, the Ministry of War will deal with it again.
This reason was very sufficient, and Yu Zilian had nothing to say and had to wait. So, under the guidance of the two marquises, the Ministry of War deliberately delayed. This official document that asked Wu Shigong to argue was not issued in February of the following year, and it was all April.
However, in the whole thing, Wu Shigong's identity as a scholar played a great role. It makes people sigh: Diploma is the most popular! No wonder the one who sells fake diplomas can survive until now.
Chapter completed!