Seeing Pu Shunyi and his entourage turn around and leave so resolutely, Pang Gang was a little stunned. He thought to himself: Why did you leave your own princess here? Isn't it too ungrateful? Aren't you afraid of your family?
When Her Royal Highness the Princess returns to North Korea, will she tell her father and give you some shoes to wear?
Then Pang Gang turned his attention to Li Xuezhu, and then he realized that although the North Korean princess had a look of reluctance in her eyes, her face had a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, as if she was sacrificing herself to feed a tiger. Only then did Pang Gang understand that emotional people
This princess is being used as a hostage here.
"This... this is too much!" Pang Gang couldn't help but feel a little depressed when he thought of this, but he came to his senses after a while. There was a reason for this.
After they were rescued, they sent a ship to send them back and promised to send troops to rescue North Korea. Even if they imitated Lei Feng and did good deeds, they would not do so. Besides, there are still people who selflessly help other countries between countries these days.
Really? They kept the princess here for two reasons. One was to be a hostage, and the other was to give the North Korean princess to themselves.
When he thought of this, Pang Gang couldn't help but become a little alert, and he moved his eyes to the Princess Jiayi next to him. Although her figure was standing in the morning breeze, her eyes kept drifting towards him.
, the originally aggressive look now had a rare hint of Myanmar and shyness. Seeing this situation, Pang Gang couldn't help but shudder, no, this princess is too dangerous here, although I also like childlike faces...
...something like that, but the problem is that her identity is sensitive. Although the term lifestyle has not yet appeared these days, something might happen if she is accidentally eaten.
Thinking of this, Pang Gang felt a little worried. He thought it would be bad if this princess had to stay here all the time. The jealousy in his family would probably be overturned, but at this point, he could only take one step to look at it.
One step...
In August of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen was reviewing memorials in the study of Nuanxiang Pavilion. The most diligent emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty (no one) would not rest for more than three hours a day, regardless of all major and minor matters in the court.
He has to handle everything big and small, otherwise he will not be at ease. His approach of not delegating power has made the cabinet ineffective, and also made the cabinet elders complain in private.
Now Chongzhen is looking at a memorial sent by the Ministry of War. This is a memorial submitted by Pang Gang, the commander of Qingzhou City in Shandong Province. The superior reported that last month, due to the lack of pay for three consecutive months, the Laizhou sergeant began to have trouble with pay.
It then developed into a riot. After receiving the report, Pang Gang, the commander of the Qingzhou capital, immediately led his troops to quell the rebellion and annihilated all the nearly a thousand soldiers who remained in the rebellion.
In the memorial, Pang Gang also mentioned that during his inspection in Dengzhou, he found that Wang Zhong, the commander and commander of Dengzhou, had embezzled military pay and was short of his quota. In anger, Pang Gang arrested Wang Zhong and handed him over to the Ministry of War for disposal. In the memorial,
Pang Gang also apologized to Chongzhen for arresting officials of the third grade without asking for permission...
After putting down the memorial, Chongzhen only felt a little dizzy. He had to lean on the back of his chair and close his eyes to rest for a while before he recovered. Chongzhen slowly opened his eyes and said softly: "My dear companion, I have been doing this since I came to the throne.
I have worked hard and never dared to forget the teachings of my ancestors. Why has the situation in the country become so decadent? There are either rogue bandits or Tatars attacking the border. Now even the officers and soldiers themselves have begun to riot. Is it true that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is going to be destroyed in my hands?
?"
When Chongzhen said such words, the case should be that a large number of eunuchs and maids knelt down and said in fear, "This slave deserves death." But now that there were only him and Wang Chengen around, Chongzhen could only think that he was talking to himself.
Talking to himself.
Wang Chengen sighed secretly. When his eyes turned to the gray hair on Chongzhen's head, he felt sad. His master was not even thirty this year, and the white hair on his head was already over half.
The troublesome state affairs caused the trouble.
Wang Chengen whispered behind Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, you don't have to keep these little things in mind. Qingzhou will definitely take care of them. You still have to take care of your dragon body."
Chongzhen stood up and walked slowly on the ground for a few steps before saying: "This Pang Gang has only been the commander of Qingzhou City for a few days, and he has made such a big name for me. Who gave him the courage?"
After asking for permission, you took the decision to arrest a third-grade official?"
Wang Chengen knew that his master was suspicious, and Pang Gang's actions of beheading him first and then telling him off must have angered Chongzhen. I am afraid that Chongzhen had already thought of sending out his royal guards to capture Pang Gang and hold him accountable. He whispered: "Your Majesty,
Since Pang Gang escorted a fellow commander to Beijing without asking for permission, he must have a reason, otherwise he would not have taken such a risk and dealt with it so hastily."
"Yeah! You're right." Surprisingly, Chongzhen was not too angry. Instead, he sighed: "Look, the property that Pang Gang seized from Wang Zhong's house at this time contains one hundred thousand taels of silver and several gold coins.
Qian also has antique calligraphy and paintings installed in several large cars. You think that with his salary as a third-grade commander, even if he doesn't eat or drink, he probably won't be able to accumulate such a large fortune in a hundred years, right?"
Wang Chengen thought to himself, "This is still a small amount. None of the high-ranking officials in the capital have huge wealth, but their wealth is in the tens or millions. Even the number reported by Pang Gang has probably shrunk by more than half.
Bar."
But such words were absolutely forbidden to be said to Chongzhen, so Wang Chengen had no choice but to stand behind and pretend to be dumb.
After noticing Wang Chengen's scruples, Chongzhen gave a bitter smile: "My dear friend, you don't have to be taboo about anything. If even a cautious person like you wants to play tricks on me, who else can I trust?"
Wang Chengen was moved and choked up and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty trusts me so much. Even if I am broken into pieces, I can't repay him!"
"Okay, I won't tell you anymore, I still have to review the memorial." Chongzhen waved his hand to signal Wang Chengen to get up, then sat down again, took the memorial and said to himself: "For the sake of one hundred thousand taels of silver,
He got an advantage."
After saying that, Chongzhen picked up his pen and wrote the four characters "This will not happen again" on the memorial and then stayed aside...
It was late at night, and the inner city of Beijing was still brightly lit and crowded with people, showing an abnormal bustling atmosphere. In an elegant courtyard, two old men in casual clothes were sitting opposite each other. Although there was tea beside them,
But it seemed that they did not move a word. They were Yang Sichang, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Chen Xinjia, the left minister of the Ministry of War.
I saw Chen Xinjia saying to Yang Sichang anxiously: "Mr. Yang Ge, this Pang Gang is too audacious. He dared to confiscate the home of a third-rank official without the emperor's decree and the official document of the Ministry of War. This is not courageous.
General Fatty, we must punish him for abusing his power and despising the emperor!"
Yang Sichang asked calmly: "Oh, what do you want to do with him?"
"His crime is enough to have his entire family ransacked and executed. Do you, Mr. Yang Ge, still want to let him go?" Chen Xinjia's tone was firmer than ever.
"Alas!" Yang Sichang sighed, took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over, "This is the memorial that Pang Gang handed to the emperor. Now the emperor's approval has come down."
"It won't happen again!" Chen Xinjia couldn't help but feel dizzy when he looked at the four bright red characters on the memorial, and asked a little confused: "Why, that Pang Gang is so rude and arrogant, why doesn't the emperor punish him? Mr. Ge,
That is why ah?"
Seeing Chen Xinjia looking a little angry, Yang Sichang picked up the tea cup and took a sip and said seriously: "You still don't understand? Who is popular in front of the emperor now? That is, only those who can fight are popular, and Pang Gang is the person.
Maybe he is useless in other places, but as long as he can fight, the emperor will not touch him based on this."
Chen Xinjia said angrily: "What's so great about knowing how to fight? There are so many people who know how to fight, and I haven't seen the emperor protecting anyone like this."
"Stupid!" Yang Sichang was really a little angry now. He clinked the tea cup on the table and made a "clink" sound, "Do you think there are many people who can fight in the club? Then point me to one person who can defeat
When the Tatars come out, I will immediately recommend them to the emperor. As long as you can defeat the Tatars outside the customs, the position of chief minister of the cabinet will be yours immediately. But do you have this ability? Do you have it?"
Facing Yang Sichang's anger, Chen Xinjia had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistake honestly: "Mr. Ge, I made a mistake."
"Oh, it would be great if you can really realize your mistakes." Yang Sichang pointed at Chen Xinjia with some hatred: "You, when will you be more open-minded? Although Pang Gang had a quarrel with you in the Jinluan Palace.
Fight, but you can't always be so jealous all your life, right? You see, although he is only a general now, who can guarantee that he will not sit in the position of chief military officer in the future. By then, people will
Commanding tens of thousands of troops is so powerful that you, the minister, may still ask for help from others."
After being reprimanded, Chen Xinjia finally became more sober, but he still asked with some confusion: "Mr. Ge, I remember that when Pang Gang led his troops to the capital last time, the last general was on the top of the city.
It has been observed that his soldiers are all well-equipped. Guns, armor, broadswords and spears are all of the highest quality. These items are rare even in the Beijing camp. Where do you think he got such good things?
? Or is there someone behind him..."
"This is all I can know." Yang Sichang shook his head: "But you don't want to touch him during this period. This boy is now in the holy family, and it is useless for anyone to touch him. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand." Chen Xinjia nodded respectfully at the side...