"What a woman!" Gu Zhengqing ran out of his wife's room angrily.

Gu Zhengqing has been in Runing Mansion for more than half a year, but he has high expectations to help Wen Tiren. He has not done anything to suppress Wu Shigong. It is not that Gu Zhengqing does not want to work hard, but that Wu Shigong

Gu Zhengqing, the prefect of Runing, has been regarded as a piece of cake and has never been seen even once until now.

It stands to reason that the direct commander of the Runing Army should be Gu Zhengqing, but Wu Shigong did not even report on each military operation, so Gu Zhengqing became a completely ignored role.

In addition, the food and salary of the Runing Army were all raised by themselves and did not need Gu Zhengqing's allocation at all, so Gu Zhengqing had no reason to fight for the right to speak.

But what makes Gu Zhengqing angry is that it doesn't matter that he doesn't have military power. Anyway, he doesn't want to interfere with those Qiu Ba affairs. But even local affairs have been occupied a lot by the Runing army, and now many officials in the yamen are in conflict with Runing.

There is explicit or covert collusion between the military and the military.

So Gu Zhengqing felt that he was being ignored, but he had no good countermeasures. Because the local area was tightly controlled by the Runing Army; the local officials and gentry also had close economic and political ties with the Runing Army; plus the elephants

Many officials like the Yamen were absorbed into the Mountains and Rivers Department and the Internal Affairs Department of the Runing Army. How could Gu Zhengqing fight Wu Shigong alone?

Moreover, the Runing Army's superficial skills are also very good, and there is no shortage of routines. Wu Shigong's seventh brother Wu Shili also entertained officials of the Runing Mansion at frequent banquets. Everything was controlled by the Runing Army, which made Gu Zhengqing less corrupt.

Opportunity to accept bribes.

However, as time went by, Gu Zhengqing also discovered some benefits. There was no need to do this trivial matter, and the territory was peaceful. Even in the year of the disaster, the farmland harvest of Runing Mansion was not satisfactory due to the powerful organization of the Runing Army. If this continues

If so, then the evaluation of the Ministry of Civil Service will not be bad. Gu Zhengqing also somewhat understands how his predecessor, Guan Kesong, was promoted.

What makes Gu Zhengqing even more satisfied is that it is completely different from what he knew before coming. Although the peasant army is raging everywhere in Henan, Runing Mansion is calm. In particular, business and entertainment activities are quite prosperous, and there are some novel business forms.

, let Gu Zhengqing have never heard of it.

As time went by, some nimble-minded businessmen discovered the speculation on the stock exchange and futures exchange, so they immediately hyped it up. In modern terms: the bubble had risen.

Of course, because he knew the modern bubble economy, when Wu Shigong established the stock exchange and futures exchange, the trading conditions stipulated were far stricter than modern ones, and overdraft transactions were not allowed. However, he still created a group of businessmen who became rich overnight.

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So Gu Zhengqing was also moved, and he also wanted to go surfing. He first borrowed a sum of money from Sihai Bank through Wu Shili's relationship, and Wu Shili was always familiar with Runingjun's industry and had inside information. So Gu Zhengqing spent most of this year

I also earned more than 6,000 taels of silver in that time.

Of course, as a civil servant, Gu Zhengqing could not come forward directly. So he handed over the transaction to a housekeeper at home. Of course, the housekeeper was a puppet on the surface, and it was his wife who actually operated it.

Because of the prosperity of commerce, a financial district has formed in the area where the stock exchange and futures exchange are located. Naturally, a new temple of wealth has also been built there. And the temple of wealth must be very popular, and Gu Zhengqing's wife is

There was a friction with Wu Shigong's wives when they were burning incense.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, officials and their families must clear the place when burning incense. But the prefect’s wife met the deputy general’s wife. Under normal circumstances, everyone should be more polite and should follow the first-come, first-served basis.

But because Gu Zhengqing was deprived of his power, he complained a lot at home. So his wife took the opportunity to get angry. But these old ladies were reasonable. After all, the prefect's wife was always older than the deputy general's wife, and the military attache's rank was

He is a scumbag in front of civil servants. And Wu Shigong's wives are not his original spouses, so they compare their status. Of course, Gu Zhengqing's wife is the bigger one.

After that, there were quarrels and random words. Anyway, it was a quarrel between the old ladies. However, Li Xin and the others finally gained the upper hand with the strength of the guards around them. They blocked Mrs. Gu Zhengqing outside the temple gate and burned them first.

fragrant.

As soon as Mrs. Gu Zhengqing returned home, of course she scolded Gu Zhengqing first. Because Gu Zhengqing also came from a poor background, his wife had no education, and the two of them had a good relationship, so Mrs. Gu Zhengqing always had a high status in the family.

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As for the scoldings, they were nothing more than: "Why are you so useless!" "I married you blindly!" etc. How could Gu Zhengqing endure it, so he could only hide as a best option.

When a man is in a bad mood, he will of course go for a drink. But drinking alone does not feel good, so Gu Zhengqing, his master and a civil servant from the prefect's Yamen who took refuge with him, drank to drown their sorrows.

"Sir! Don't drink too much. Be careful!" the civil servant named Huang advised.

However, Gu Zhengqing still drank all the wine in one gulp, and then said: "I have been here for several months, but nothing has been done. Now I am the only one with Du Kang!" Gu Zhengqing also drank too much, so he had no inhibitions about speaking.

"Then Vice General Wu is indeed very capable. In fact, you should refer a copy to the court." Gu Zhengqing's master is also in the same trench as Gu Zhengqing, so he resents Gu Zhengqing's neglect more than Gu Zhengqing. At least Gu Zhengqing still has a routine.

But his master had fewer opportunities to deceive others.

"It's difficult!" Although he drank a lot of wine, Gu Zhengqing's nature has not been lost. His essence is that he is a timid and fearful person. Therefore, he will not break up with Wu Shigong unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Actually, there is a chance now!" Huang Wenli looked at Gu Zhengqing's face and said cautiously.

"Oh? Then tell me!" Gu Zhengqing also asked smoothly.

"That's it. Sir..." Huang Wenli began to describe in detail.

It turns out that after a long period of stability, the thoughts of some Runing officials and gentry came to life. At that time, Wu Shigong's "Forbidden Famine Order" and "Forbidden Movement Order" deprived the Runing officials and gentry of a large amount of abandoned land. But with the organization of the Runing Army,

With the improvement of manpower and water conservancy ditches, coupled with the implementation of farming and forced serfdom, the agricultural production in Runing Prefecture has been on track.

So those officials and gentry wanted to get the abandoned land back. It would be better to divide it with some serfs and villagers, then their profits would be even greater. In fact, there is a precedent for this kind of plunder. At that time, the farmland around Xi'an was occupied by

It was occupied by the Shaanxi officials and gentry headed by the King of Qin.

For this reason, the officials and gentry in Runing were willing to pay Gu Zhengqing a large sum of money to repeal the three decrees of the Runing Army, so as to legitimately take back their abandoned land. So they entrusted Huang Wenli to

Here it comes.

It can be seen that although Wu Shigong gave great benefits to the Runing officials and gentry, and the two sides were very closely tied politically and economically, as long as there were benefits, those officials and gentry would not hesitate to abandon the Runing army.

This really proves the famous saying: There are only eternal interests, but no eternal friends!

Such a large amount of money certainly made Gu Zhengqing's heart flutter. Besides, he also believed that these three laws had passed by and the peaceful Runing Mansion no longer needed such "evil laws".

So the three people immediately started discussing with great interest. At the end of the discussion, they decided to find a way to drive Wu Shigong out of Runing Mansion and solve the problem of Runing Army once and for all.

On the fifth night of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the Forbidden City in Beijing.

It was the New Year, and the air was still filled with the smell of firecrackers. After a tiring day, the ministers and ministers got on the sedan waiting outside the Forbidden City and returned home.

When Emperor Chongzhen went to office in the New Year, he urgently summoned all his important ministers because he had urgent state affairs to discuss. This time, the discussion was about the Korean War.

On November 19, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji had just waited for the return of Azig who had entered the country for the first time. He couldn't wait to decide to send troops to conquer the country on the grounds that "North Korea's defeated alliance was contrary to fate". This was used as a ceremony to declare himself emperor.

The North Korean envoy's retaliation for not kneeling is to completely eliminate the hidden danger of North Korea.

On December 1, the Manchu and Qing armies met in Shengjing. Huang Taiji deployed Jierhalang to stay in Shengjing, Azige to stay in Niuzhuang, and Abatai to stay in Gahai City.

Then on the next day, Huang Taiji personally led the army to conquer North Korea, and Daishan, Dorgon, Duduo, Yue Tuo, Hauge, Du Du and others accompanied him. The whole army was divided into left and right wings, with the right wing heading towards Tokyo (Liaoyang).

) main road, which lines up to the bank of the Hun River, and the left wing lines up from the main road to Fushun.

Hearing that Huang Taiji was setting off on his journey, the North Korean King Li Zhu was shocked. He immediately placed his hope on the Ming Dynasty for support and immediately sent an envoy to the Ming court to ask for help.

However, the Qing army dispatched troops very quickly. They crossed the Yalu River on December 10 and arrived in Anzhou on the 13th. The attack was fierce. So Li Zhu summoned the ministers and asked: "The invaders are already deep, what will happen?" Those ministers of North Korea

Some advocated resisting, while others proposed escaping, leaving Li Zhu indecisive.

At this time, news came that the Qing army had passed Songdo, and the Korean King Li Jian did not hesitate. He used his usual specialty of escaping and immediately rushed to Namhan Mountain City forty miles away. Again.

He was a coward. But it’s no wonder that King Lee Joo. Although they are a country, the combat effectiveness of North Korean soldiers is simply scum. He could only secretly make up his mind in Namhan Mountain Castle and let future generations of North Koreans test Sun Tzu.

It’s them Koreans!
Chapter completed!