History has turned a corner here. Zhu Youxiao, who was furious after the defeat in Guangning in the second year of Tianqi, was thrown into prison. Xiong Tingbi, who was sentenced to death in August this year, was actually released by Zhu Youxiao. This news is not a good thing for Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian hates Xiong Tingbi very much. The reason why our Eunuch Wei hates Xiong Tingbi is actually not complicated.

In February of the second year of Tianqi (1622), due to the disastrous defeat of Guangning, the court arrested Wang Huazhen and dismissed Xiong Tingbi's official position, and asked him to wait for investigation. In April, the Minister of Justice Wang Ji, the Minister of Justice Zou Yuanbiao, the Minister of the Left Censor, Zhou Yingqiu, and others reported the verdict, and Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were sentenced to death.

Logically, the matter was almost over here, but when the execution was about to be executed, Xiong Tingbi asked Wang Wenyan to bribe Wei Zhongxian with 40,000 taels of gold and requested a temporary suspension. When Eunuch Wei heard this, someone wanted to give him 40,000 taels of gold. This was a big business. So our Eunuch Wei was happy and told Zhu Youxiao that there was something else in the matter of Xiong Tingbi. Can the death penalty be suspended? Zhu Youxiao agreed with great face after hearing this.

Well, the person has been taken back to the cell. It is said that if Xiong Tingbi saved his life, he should have given the gold to Eunuch Wei very consciously. Maybe Eunuch Wei, who received the gold, would spare him a life. But the matter was beyond Wei Zhongxian's expectations. Xiong Tingbi broke his promise and did not send the gold to Wei Zhongxian's mansion. After learning that he had been fooled, Wei Zhongxian's anger could be imagined. He never expected that there would be someone in the Ming Dynasty that dared to rely on his account. This was a great deal. So the furious Eunuch Wei immediately used all his strength to strike Xiong Tingbi with all his strength, trying to execute Xiong Tingbi as soon as possible.

After Eunuch Wei's efforts, Zhu Youxiao finally signed the official document for the execution of Xiong Tingbi again. The time was set for August this year. But today Zhu Youxiao actually said that he would let him go. This was no less than a bolt from the blue for Wei Zhongxian. Looking at Zhu Youxiao's slightly thin back, Wei Zhongxian was almost stunned. It took him a long time to report that someone must have pleaded for Xiong Tingbi in front of Zhu Youxiao, and it was a love affair without his knowledge. This was no less than a blow to Wei Zhongxian, who originally thought he had already controlled the inner court.

When Wei Zhongxian came to his senses, he realized that Zhu Youxiao had gone far away. His face turned extremely ferocious and turned his head to a eunuch behind him and said sternly: "Check... Check it out for our family. Who said good things about Xiong Tingbi in front of the emperor recently?"

"Here!"

The thin eunuch responded and soon disappeared behind Wei Zhongxian...

News of the Japanese pirates re-invading the inland soon spread in the capital, and for a moment, all their eyes were devoted to the two places of Jiangnan Nanjing and Yingtian Prefecture.

"Mr. Xu, now the Japanese pirates are slaughtering the people of the Ming Dynasty in Zhenjiang Prefecture. As the garrison of Nanjing and the governor of the left army, all the military power in Nanjing is yours. Now that the Japanese pirates are coming, shouldn't you send troops to wipe out the Japanese pirates?" Cao Dazhong's sharp voice sounded in the lobby of the Duke of Wei's Mansion.

The lobby where Cao Dazhong is now is called the White Tiger Festival Hall. Logically speaking, the White Tiger Festival Hall is a military center, and it is impossible to be established in the Duke of Wei's Mansion. However, the Duke of Wei's Mansion has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty since Xu Dada. The name of the number one hero of the Ming Dynasty is not for nothing, so after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he issued an order to allow the White Tiger Festival Hall to be established in the Duke of Wei's Mansion, which means allowing the Duke of Wei's Mansion to be forever in Nanjing.

Today, Xu Hongji is not wearing a brocade robe as he used to be, but a red and black python robe with a jade belt around his waist, a golden lion crown on his head, and a dragon spring sword hanging around his waist. Next to Xu Hongji is Liao Yongquan, the Minister of War of Nanjing.

Xu Hongji frowned and said to Cao Dazhong: "Eunuch Cao, you know the situation in Nanjing. I only have less than 4,000 battalions and more than 3,000 garrison soldiers. With these 4,000 battalions and more than 3,000 garrison soldiers, Ding guarded Nanjing, can only be said to be barely forced. How can I get extra troops out of the city to fight the Japanese pirates? If I lose too much in the battle with the Japanese pirates, what should I do if the Japanese pirates take the opportunity to attack Nanjing? If Nanjing is lost, how can we three explain to the emperor?"

"But if Zhenjiang Prefecture fails, can we explain to the emperor?" Cao Dazhong's sharp voice sounded: "You must know that Zhenjiang Prefecture is a major waterway for the transportation of the waterway. Once Zhenjiang Prefecture fails, the waterway is blocked, and the court will pursue it, we will not be able to afford to be punished!"

After hearing Cao Dazhong's words, Xu Hongji's face showed an irritability. In fact, according to the information, the number of Japanese pirates invaded this time was no more than 2,000, and they had no ability to attack Nanjing at all. It was just that Duke Wei was passed down to his generation. If he had to do business, eat, drink and have fun, he would definitely be much stronger than Duke Wei of previous generations. However, if he had to use the ability to marching and fight, he would probably not even learn the ability of Xu Dayizheng at the time. Now, it would be difficult for us Duke Xu to lead his troops out of the city to fight against Japanese pirates.

"There is not enough troops?" Cao Dazhong sneered: "Mr. Xu, as far as our family knows, there are four or five guards stationed around Yingtian Prefecture and Zhenjiang Prefecture. Although the garrison is very depressed today, our family doesn't believe that even thousands of people can't be drawn out?"

"Guard?"

Xu Hongji laughed out loud, then shook his head and said, "Eunuch Cao, you have never commanded the army, so you don't know much about the garrison. Now the garrison is no longer as arrogant as the founding country. If the military households were allowed to farm, they would probably be good at it. But if they were allowed to fight, they would probably disperse before they left Nanjing."

Cao Dazhong blurted out and said, "Who said that our family is good at training troops at the Qianhu Station of Jiangdongmen. As long as half of the soldiers in other garrisons are his."

"Jiangdongmen Thousand House Office?" Xu Hongji's face darkened as soon as he heard this name, and he said coldly: "Oh... If it weren't for Eunuch Cao, I wouldn't know that our garrison in Nanjing still had such an elite soldier, but I couldn't control the people of the garrison. This should be under the jurisdiction of the garrison. But since Eunuch Cao said that, we can't let Eunuch Cao down. It would be good for Mr. Liao to give the military order to the Jiangdongmen Thousand House Office to immediately order troops to Zhenjiang Prefecture to wipe out the bandits."

"hiss……"
Chapter completed!