The last period of waiting is always the most difficult. In order to find something to do, Wu Shigong attended the wedding in Zug and served as the officiant at the wedding.
The bride in Zug has a good background, she is Yang Goudan's eldest daughter and Yang Rusong's sister.
This time, in order to build iron mines, saltpeter mines and iron workshops, Wu Shigong simply set up a department to manage all workshops - the Workshop Department. And it was logical that Yang Goudan was the head of the Workshop Department.
In addition, Wu Shigong also acceded to Yang Goudan's wishes and gave Yang Goudan a general official position. Yang Goudan's officialdom dream finally came true.
And when Yang Rusong told his mother and asked Yang Goudan's wife to choose a wife for Zug, Yang Goudan's wife immediately kept her wealth from outsiders and launched her daughter grandly to give Zug the official position.
Rising Star as Mrs.
Unexpectedly, Yang Goudan had just become such a sesame mung bean official, but he immediately felt that his family was noble. He thought that Zug was just a bandit, and his family background was too low to be worthy of his "noble" family background.
Yang Goudan came from a craftsman family, so Yang Goudan expressed his opposition to this marriage.
But after the quarrel between Yang Goudan and his wife, the judgment work was spread to Wu Shigong as expected. After Wu Shigong listened to what Yang Rusong said about the causes and consequences, he was a little dumbfounded. He said to Yang Rusong angrily: "
Why does your father have a noble birth? If you want to be noble, you should first remove the two words 'goudan' from his name."
With Wu Shigong's support, the marriage was finally held successfully. However, Yang Goudan rarely insisted on his opinion on Wu Shigong's suggestion to change his name. He believed that the name his parents gave him, no matter whether it was noble or not,
, cannot be changed. Of course Wu Shigong would not object to Yang Goudan’s filial explanation! Anyway, let him go.
Needless to say, the wedding process was lively and everything went smoothly. After the wedding, Wu Shigong accompanied all his family members to the small temple in Zhiji to offer incense. Until now, Wu Shigong has not yet mentioned that he is going to be married.
He told his ladies about the expedition.
Several of Wu Shigong's wives were pregnant again, and Li Xin was about to give birth. Wu Shigong didn't want them to worry too early, so he took this opportunity to spend time with his family.
In the past few years, whenever Wu Shigong and Zhizhi met, Zhizhi always kept admonishing Wu Shigong. Everything Wu Shigong did, Zhizhi also heard about it, so when they met, Zhizhi always asked Wu Shigong to do less evil and do more.
Accumulate merit.
Wu Shigong also knew that Zhizhi's words were right, but for Wu Shigong's consideration, he had no choice but to do difficult things. After all, Wu Shigong was still a little arrogant in his heart, so he was unwilling to explain anything to Zhizhi. In order to keep his ears clean, Wu Shigong
In these years, Wu Shigong and Zhi Zhi were also estranged a lot.
After Wu Shigong and Zhi Zhi met this time, when they were drinking tea alone in Zhi Zhi's Zen room, the scene was a bit deserted because they didn't talk to each other.
Wu Shigong had nothing to say. He saw the salute in the smart Zen room and asked casually: "Master, are you going to travel far away?"
Zhizhi smiled and shook his head and said: "I heard that the master is going north again, so I made preparations early to travel with the master."
Wu Shigong was not very surprised that Zhi knew that he was about to go on an expedition, because this young monk maintained a good relationship with many of his subordinates. But Wu Shigong's trip to Liaodong this time was a narrow escape, although his relationship with Zhi now is somewhat
He is cold, but after all, he still treats Smart as a good friend.
So Wu Shigong immediately said eagerly: "This time I went to Liaodong to fight, and my hands will definitely be stained with blood. Master and I are together, aren't we afraid of missing the master's practice?"
"If I am not as good as hell, who will go to hell?" Zhi Zhi came up with a standard answer from a monk.
Wu Shigong became anxious: "You bald donkey, why don't you know what's good? This time I'm not sure whether I can protect myself, so how can I guarantee your safety?"
"The young monk is not a helpless person. He has the ability to protect himself. You don't have to worry about the young monk. Alas! The evil heretics are invading my Ming Dynasty. How can a foreigner like the young monk stay away from it?"
Seeing that Zhi Zhi was very persistent, Wu Shigong had no choice but to clasp his hands and salute to Zhi Zhi to express his admiration.
The order to mobilize troops was finally sent to the Henan Governor's Yamen. To Wu Shigong and Xue Zhinong's surprise, the Ming Dynasty officialdom had no sense of confidentiality about such matters. In other words, the Ming Dynasty officialdom basically had no awareness of any official affairs.
Secrecy consciousness. You must know that in the capital, Emperor Chongzhen's approval of the memorial can be spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital as quickly as possible.
Moreover, there was a habit in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty. Officials liked to discuss court affairs in the entertainment venues, and they wanted to show their energy and status in front of flower cards. This may be due to the mentality of men who like to show off in front of beautiful women. However,
As a result, the officialdom is like a sieve, full of holes, and there are no secrets left.
Therefore, the people arranged by the Shanchuan Division in Kaifeng City basically learned about the arrival of Wu Shigong's troop deployment order from Tang Mei and from street discussions at the same time.
Of course, Tang Mei got more detailed information. After the Shanchuan Division arranged for people to rush to deliver the news to Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong discovered that the number of Henan Ming troops mobilized this time was 3,000. In addition to himself, there would also be other people mobilized.
Another Ming army.
In addition, the date of the mobilization was very vague, except that the Ming troops who received the order were required to set off immediately and arrive at Shanhaiguan to assemble before the end of February in the fifth year of Chongzhen.
Now it has entered November of the fourth year of Chongzhen. Wu Shigong calculated that it would only take two months at most for his army to reach Shanhaiguan, so he still had more than a month to delay.
After the Governor of Henan received the troop dispatching document from the Ministry of War, he immediately summoned relevant officials to discuss the list of troop dispatches. Of course Wu Shigong's Runing camp could not escape as the default decision, and in addition, there would be Jiang Guerrilla from Kaifeng.
He also led two thousand soldiers to participate in this expedition.
That Jiang Guerrilla is the copycat Zhao Zilong who appeared during the Holy Spirit Society rebellion. However, he is very lucky in the officialdom. After his management and flattery over the years, he is now reinstated as an official and has made a comeback.
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However, the salted fish that turned over had to be useful, so this unfortunate task fell on him, and he and Wu Shigong became brothers in pain.
After confirming the expedition list, the governor of Henan will certainly not have anything to do with Wu Shigong's small garrison. According to the procedure, the order to mobilize troops will go to Li Bingbeidao. In the future, Li Bingbeidao will supervise Wu Shigong's Runing camp.
send troops.
But when Li Bingbeidao had just received the order to mobilize troops, before he could send someone to Wu Shigong's hands, the "secret weapon" sent by Wu Shigong first came into play at the Bingbeidao Yamen in Kaifeng City.
