"I see how charming the green mountains are, and how charming the green mountains should be when they see me." Xin Qiji's words are the origin of Liu Rushi's name.
He really had a headache for Liu Rushi, the famous concubine Pang Gang who was known as the first of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in later generations. Although he admired her literary talent and national integrity, Liu Rushi seemed to be incompatible with Pang Gang and always looked at him at every turn.
It was pleasing to the eye, but Pang Gang was also annoyed that Liu Rushi always criticized him for what he had done.
In fact, Pang Gang also knew that the most important thing was that Liu Rushi was an absolute die-hard loyalist to the Ming Dynasty. Just look at the parity with Liu Rushi in later generations. She was able to continue to contact and support the Qing Dynasty after they occupied the entire Central Plains.
Zheng Chenggong in Taiwan and the remnants of the Ming Dynasty continued to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. They did not forget this goal until they were forced to death by their husband's family. In later games, the loyalty value to the Ming Dynasty has reached its full value.
One hundred.
As for Pang Gang, who came from later generations, he would never be willing to accompany the broken ship of the Ming Dynasty to sink into the sea. This is what he thought and did. Liu Rushi is a smart woman. After he came to Qingzhou, he never
This has been seen in Pang Gang's actions. In Qingzhou, the emperor's imperial edict may not be as effective as Pang Gang's words. The common people, especially the hundreds of thousands of military households recruited in the past two years
The support for Pang Gang is not unusually high.
Because the common people have recognized a very simple truth, that is, since it was Pang Da Man who gave them everything they have now, then why do they still listen to the emperor who they have never known what he looks like in their whole life.
Seeing such a scene, Pang Gang immediately rose to the ranks of traitors and traitors in Liu Rushi's mind. But for some unknown reason, Liu Rushi never left Qingzhou. Today, Chen Yuanyuan suddenly told Pang Gang that Liu Rushi was leaving. This made Pang Gang
I was stunned for a long time.
After being stunned for a long time, Pang just asked: "Yuanyuan. Is Miss Liu going to leave today? Why is it so sudden?"
"My concubine doesn't know." Chen Yuanyuan also shook her head in confusion. She gently laid her head in her husband's arms and said, "Sister Liu has always been very independent. There are some things that my concubine doesn't dare to ask."
"Well, that's true!"
Pang Gang greatly agreed. Liu Rushi, a little girl, is indeed a rare woman with a strong character in the contemporary era. She is very similar to those strong women in later generations. However, Pang Gang doesn't like this. You said that you are from a girl's family, and you have learned a lot.
Wouldn’t it be great to imitate our Yuanyuan family? She plays the piano, dances, and composes music at home during the day, and has sex with her husband at night. This is the standard traditional Chinese woman who takes care of her husband and raises her children!
But no matter how outrageous she is, it's none of Pang Gang's business, and Pang Gang won't be philanthropic enough to care about everyone in the world. That's something only God can do.
Pang Gang thought for a while and then said: "Okay, if Miss Liu wants to leave, let her go. You can give her some extra money before going, and I will send a boat to take her back to Suzhou."
"Well, that concubine is going back first, and the master is busy first!" Chen Yuanyuan stood up, kissed Pang Gang gently on the face and left the study, but her soft lips and the faint fragrance seemed to be imprinted on her.
Pang Gang's heart.
"Hey, my Yuanyuan family is better. She is well-behaved and can serve men. I don't know how many times better than her sister." After Pang Gang sighed, he picked up the pen again and prepared to write about his military expansion.
plan.
It is now December 20th, and the new year is not far away. This year’s plan to recruit refugees has almost been completed. Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou have successively resettled 2.67 million refugees.
, it was tens of thousands more than Pang Gang expected. Fortunately, Pang Gang had made sufficient preparations, including food and temporary shelter, so there was no trouble.
Now that the population has increased, Pang Gang's army expansion plan will also be implemented. Pang Gang plans to recruit 20,000 young men among the hundreds of thousands of refugees, of which 6,000 will be allocated to the navy and the rest to the army. In this way,
After the training of these new recruits is completed, Qingzhou will have an army of 26,000 people and a navy of 12,000 people. Coupled with today's weapons and equipment, such a force cannot say that it will sweep the country, but it will at least control Shandong.
It's not a problem in the hand.
While Pang Gang was racking his brains for the army expansion plan, Chongzhen in the Forbidden City was also losing his temper.
"What, did that rebellious traitor really say that? He wants his father-in-law to be the governor of Shandong?"
Eunuch Ma, who had just returned to the capital, knelt on the ground, shaking with fear, and said tremblingly: "That's what Pang Gang said when I went back to Long Live Lord. He said... He said this
The world is not his alone, so why does he have to pay for it? There are so many people in the world who hold higher positions than him, so why does the court ask him to resist everything?"
Eunuch Ma's voice was not loud, and his voice was trembling at the same time, but it could be heard clearly by everyone in the Nuanxin Pavilion.
It was so quiet in Nuanxin Pavilion that no one dared to make a sound. Even Yang Sichang, Wen Tiren, and Chen Xinjia, the right minister of the Ministry of War who had just been released and returned to the capital, closed their eyes, and blood oozed from their foreheads.
Beads of sweat dropped.
In their view, Pang Gang's words were simply treasonous, and it was the kind of crime that could be dragged out and cut into pieces without trial.
Chongzhen gritted his teeth and asked again with a livid face: "What else did he say?"
Eunuch Ma's body was shaking like a violently shaking dustpan, and he said with a cry: "Long live my slave... I dare not say it."
A thunderous voice sounded in the hall, "Say! If you don't tell me, I will punish your nine tribes!"
"The slave said, the slave said!" Chongzhen's voice was so terrifying that Eunuch Ma had turned pale with fear. "Pang Gang said, if you want a horse to run fast, you have to feed it. The emperor doesn't need hungry soldiers. He
His money was not brought by the strong wind. He would only pay the money if the court agreed to his request. Otherwise, he was not the Minister of the Ministry of War or the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Why would the salaries and wages of Liaodong and the salaries of hundreds of officials be spread on his head?
ah."
"You...you..." Chongzhen pointed at the trembling Eunuch Ma who was kneeling on the ground and started shaking, and was about to fall down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" Wang Chengen, who had been waiting behind Chongzhen, saw something bad and quickly took a few steps forward to support Chongzhen. He slowly patted Chongzhen's back with his left hand to make him calm down.
, and shouted to the front: "You damn slaves, why don't you come over quickly and help the panting master to sit down?"
As soon as Wang Chengen finished speaking, several eunuchs came over quickly and helped Chongzhen to the dragon chair. Another eunuch also hurriedly brought a bowl of ginseng tea.
Chongzhen closed his eyes and gasped. After drinking two sips of ginseng tea, he finally calmed down. Chongzhen's arm on the armrest trembled slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Did that traitor really say that?"
of?"
"Go back to the Emperor, everything I say is true, and I will never deceive the Emperor!"
Eunuch Ma had been kneeling on the ground for a while, but Chongzhen didn't ask him to get up, so he had to keep kneeling there. After hearing Chongzhen's doubts about his words, he knocked his head loudly.
In the Nuanxin Hall, five or six pots of blazing tribute charcoal emitted faint blue flames, making the whole hall as warm as spring. However, the three court ministers sitting under Chongzhen still felt a slight chill on their backs.
The answer made them realize a topic that neither they nor the rulers wanted to mention, that is, the local military forces were seizing local territories and not obeying the emperor's orders. The Pang Gang in front of them was the best example.
After Chen Xinjia was released by Pang Gang, he lost a lot of weight, but some things will never change. For example, he hated Pang Gang, "We must not let this rebellious minister and traitor continue to be so rampant. Your Majesty, please send troops."
Suppress it, otherwise if we wait until the thief becomes more powerful, it will be too late for us to deal with him!"
Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang rolled their eyes at the same time. Yang Sichang felt a little bored and thought to himself, why didn't I realize that this guy was an idiot before?
Chongzhen rubbed his eyes and asked tiredly: "Where does Chen Aiqing think he should mobilize his troops?"
Chen Xinjia thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, you can order Lu Xiang to be promoted to commander, order the troops and horses from Xuanfu, and then mobilize troops from Henan, Hebei and other places, and mobilize 50,000 troops to enter Shandong, so that the rebellion can be put down in one fell swoop.
If you want to capture Pang Gang, you only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. How dare you confront tens of thousands of royal troops in the imperial court? I think Pang Gang will definitely leave the city and surrender!" At the end of the sentence, Chen Xinjia's tone couldn't help but become excited, but he didn't see Chongzhen's increasingly serious attitude.
A gloomy look.
"Bang...that's enough!"
Chongzhen couldn't listen any longer. He slapped the armrest and shouted: "You idiot, you are not just mobilizing Xuanfu soldiers and horses to put down the rebellion, but you are also mobilizing all the armies from Henan, Hebei and other places. What on earth do you want to do!"
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Chongzhen's anger awakened Chen Xinjia. He quickly stood up from his seat and knelt on the ground with a bang, crying: "Your Majesty, I... I just can't stand Pang Gang, that rebellious minister and traitor. I want to serve the emperor."
It’s just out of anger.”
"Oh...really?" Chongzhen stared at him coldly and said, "Can you guarantee that your words are out of public motives and not out of private anger?"
"Chen... Chen..." Chen Xinjia couldn't say any more. After being caught, he was put into a cell and lived an inhumane life for half a month. If he said that he had no personal resentment towards Pang Gang,
Only ghosts believe it.
Since Chen Xinjia returned to Beijing, he has been holding back his energy on how to kill Pang Gang. Today, Chongzhen happened to summon him to Nuanxin Pavilion for discussion. The right minister of the Ministry of War, who hated Pang Gang to the bone, naturally wanted to throw a few stones.
But I never thought that Shitou would be scolded by his boss as soon as he took action.
The second update today. Yesterday Ading had already coded it, but he forgot to post it after uploading it. I only found out this morning. It’s a sin, it’s my fault! (To be continued)