"Brother-in-law, I'm not telling you. You didn't go back when our nephew was born, so my father muttered that you couldn't go back until he was one year old!"
In a certain room in Zhenjiang Fort, someone was talking to Jiang Wan: "If you hadn't named our nephew in the letter, our nephew would still have to accept your majesty's reward under a nickname, and the little kid is still sucking milk.
There are hundreds of hereditary royal guards, and my uncle is not as famous as him!"
Xu Renzhi, whom I haven't seen for a long time, still hasn't changed his tendency to be a little out of touch. He doesn't show any respect to Jiang Wan just because Jiang Wan is now the commander-in-chief of a town. Of course, this is in private, in front of Jiang Wan's subordinates.
He still knows what's appropriate.
"There is a shortage of things here in Liaodong. My sister is worried about you. I am here to work with you, brother-in-law, but my sister is eager to bring you all the things from home. You don't know that when you come, the Ministry of War
The doctor looked at me with a strange look, didn’t he just bring a few carts of belongings, that’s not all!”
Jiang Wan shook his head slightly: "Now that you are serving in the Ministry of War, you naturally have to pay attention to other people's opinions. Public weapons are used for private purposes. It is normal for others to have opinions!"
"Tch, if this doctor dares to chirp, I won't be able to kill him. Brother-in-law, you can kill him for me. Just like last time, just drive him back. I'll see if he dies!"
Jiang Wan was a little bit dumbfounded: "Last time, people from the Ministry of Revenue sent food and wages, but they deducted from it. This time you sent food and wages in a proper manner. Why should I give them away? Are you afraid that your brother-in-law's domineering reputation will not be tolerated?"
Sit tight!"
"What's wrong with being domineering!" Xu Renzhi said with a stick in his neck: "Only those who are capable are domineering. Those who are incompetent are not called domineering, they are called arrogant, and they have been killed long ago!"
"Okay, okay, stop talking about this, and don't count these things. I'll have someone take a closer look later!" Jiang Wan shook her head: "Tell me about the situation in Beijing. Last time I knew the truth about Beijing.
When the situation happened, or when Nanhaiwei came over, these few months have passed, has there been any change in Beijing?"
"Of course there are changes. There are changes every day in Beijing, but it has nothing to do with our family!" Xu Renzhi said nonchalantly: "There is another flood in the south of the Yangtze River. His Majesty ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to provide relief, but the Ministry of Household Affairs refused to provide any relief.
When the money and food came, His Majesty was so angry that he told Zhong Wanda, the Minister of Household Affairs, to get out on the spot!"
"Can you make money by replacing a minister of household affairs?" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Treating the symptoms but not the root cause!"
"Don't tell me, you are really rich!" Xu Renzhi said with beaming eyebrows: "The Minister of Household Affairs just stepped down, and immediately someone came to know that he was greedy for ink. The Jin Yiwei ransacked his house and forcibly copied out more than 300,000 yuan.
Two taels of silver came, and Jiangnan finally had a reprieve with this money!"
"Is this okay?" Jiang Wan said. This was forcing Zhu Youjian to have no choice. I'm afraid that this unlucky Minister of Household Affairs did not fall because of someone else's impeachment. I'm afraid that Jin Yiwei had already secretly found out.
Clearly, Zhu Youjian is waiting for an opportunity to have an attack!
"Who says it can't be done!" Xu Renzhi laughed: "Some people in the court are now frightened. The guys who used to talk about dignity, pomp and extravagance are now starting to pretend to be poor, even at court meetings.
Some people actually patched up the court uniforms from that time, which is really hilarious.”
"Our officialdom in the Ming Dynasty seems to have become clean all at once. Sometimes when the ministry is discussing matters, a room full of officials wearing shabby old clothes gather together. The situation is not much better than a group of beggars gathering together!"
"Hey!" Jiang Wan shook his head. With his eyes closed, he could imagine the ugly behavior of those officials.
"The food and salary sent to Dongjiang Town this time is still sufficient. The salary is only thirty thousand taels. Brother-in-law, you can do whatever you want!"
What does it mean to do it as you see fit?
Jiang Wan frowned and looked at Xu Renzhi: "Can this kind of thing be handled?"
"I didn't say these words. It was said to me by the prince in the palace. He said that if I say this to you, you must know what to do!" Xu Renzhi was startled.
"Oh!" Wang Chengen said, then it's okay!
"Also, it took a lot of effort to transport these two thousand dan of grain. When we arrived at Pi Island, there were still more than 1,700 dan. I'm not greedy, there really is only so much!" Xu Ren
Zhi explained seriously: "This is still by water. If we go by land, we will lose more!"
"Okay, I understand!" Of course Jiang Wan knew the truth behind this. Not to mention Xu Renzhi escorting him, he could accept it even if someone else escorted him. This was different from the last time. The last time he was transported to Pi
Island, that’s not even half of it, so that’s unacceptable.
"And!" After Xu Renzhi said this, his face became serious: "When I left the capital, His Majesty summoned me and asked me some things. I feel that Your Majesty must ask for my opinions on many things.
But I want to tell you what he wants to ask through my mouth!"
"Huh?" Jiang Wan hesitated: "Why do you think so?"
"Because your Majesty is asking about matters in Liaodong!" Xu Renzhi said seriously: "He asked me, if the Tartar army invades this autumn, will my Ming Dynasty be able to resist it? If I cannot resist it, what will my Ming Dynasty do?
response!?"
He suddenly seemed to be about to cry: "I'm just an errand boy in the Cleaning Department. I don't care about anything at all. Your Majesty suddenly asked me these questions, which almost scared me to death!"
"Then how do you answer His Majesty's words?" Jiang Wan asked.
"How else can I answer? Of course I used what I heard my father say at home about the situation in Liaodong to prevaricate. I don't even know what I said?" Xu Renzhi shook his head and said: "However, how many words does your Majesty have?
In short, I remember it very clearly!"
"What words!?"
"Your Majesty asked me, if the Tartars invade and our Ming Dynasty is defeated, is it possible for our Ming Dynasty and the Tartars to negotiate peace? What the Tartars want is just money, food and population. Our Ming Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, so there is no harm in giving them some rewards!"
Xu Renzhi said solemnly: "What Ming Dynasty lacks now is time. If the peace negotiation can give Ming Dynasty some time to breathe, then Ming Dynasty will definitely regroup and fight to the death with the Tartars in Liaodong!"
"Meet peace!" Jiang Wan narrowed her eyes and looked at Xu Renzhi as sharply as sharp needles: "Xu Renzhi, do you know what you are talking about?"
"Brother-in-law, I didn't say that!" Xu Renzhi felt the hairs on his arms stand up. He had no doubt that if he didn't explain immediately, his brother-in-law might fall out on the spot.
"This is what His Majesty said personally. How dare I accept such words? However, the day before I came to Dongjiang Town, His Majesty summoned me and said this. Brother-in-law, you taste it carefully. Your Majesty said this to me.
Or am I just telling you!?"
"Who else have you told this to?" Jiang Wan asked with a pale face and no smile at all.
"I don't even dare to say this to my own father!" Xu Renzhi said: "Except for you, my brother-in-law, I have never said this to anyone!"
"Watch your mouth!" Jiang Wan looked at her brother-in-law fiercely: "If these words are leaked out, even the King of Heaven will not be able to save you!"