Just as Qiu Yuanwai and others expected, Ye Zhong would definitely not dare to bring the matter to Emperor Chongzhen now. Even if it was because of his official relationship, Ye Zhong would have to kneel to the princes and nobles. As for using force again.
Take back the private iron mines? It's better not to stuff minced meat into the tiger's mouth.
Now there is only one way left, which is to rely on organizations to find the eunuch union.
But although Ye Zhong followed Wang Chengen's path at that time, the relationship between the two of them was tortuous and had no direct relationship. It was entirely because Ye Zhong gave him the most money at that time that he got the job of mine supervisor.
of obesity.
But it doesn't matter. If there is no way, then use money to open a way. Ye Zhong took out more than half of the remaining family property, prepared a generous gift and sent it to Wang Chengen along with a letter asking for help.
But after Wang Chengen got the letter, he was immediately confused. Doesn't this make sense? Wang Chengen knew that those noble families would never touch the Nanyang Iron Mine, even the nominal waste mine. Because what is this?
If the emperor knew about the emperor's property, it would be a big taboo!
Besides, Wang Chengen was also quite friendly with those nobles, especially Xue Lian, the Marquis of Yangwu. Whenever there was a festival, Xue Lian would prepare a generous gift and send it to Wang Chengen's house.
Because Xue Lian still has a big request for Wang Chengen. That is the matter of the child Xue Chenglin's canonization as the crown prince.
At that time, Xue Lian recruited Wu Shigong, and later he successfully gave birth to his grandson Xue Chenglin. If Emperor Tianqi did not die and Wei Zhongxian did not step down, then Xue Chenglin would easily be canonized as the crown prince.
But later Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne. Emperor Chongzhen did not want to see Xue Lian, so when Xue Lian asked the emperor to confer Xue Chenglin as his crown prince, he was dismissed by Emperor Chongzhen on the grounds that "there is no such precedent".
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In the Ming Dynasty, unlike ordinary people, princes, princes, princes and other royal families and heir apparents of noble families were all required to be canonized by the emperor. They could not designate them themselves.
Of course, those who can be crowned sons basically follow the rules of the eldest son, and the emperor's canonization is just a formality. However, if the emperor is not satisfied with the candidate for the crown prince, he can also designate another candidate for the crown prince.
Let's take Xue Chenglin as an example. According to the rules of inheritance in the Ming Dynasty, a son-in-law has a son to be the grandson of the head of the family. Therefore, according to the rules, Xue Chenglin is now Xue Lian's eldest grandson. Although there are not many such exceptions, Xue Chenglin is indeed the first in line.
The first candidate for the crown prince of Yangwuhou.
However, in the many years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a single incident of recruiting nobles. Therefore, it makes sense for Emperor Chongzhen to stay in China for the unprecedented reason.
Besides, Emperor Chongzhen could have allowed Xue Lian's eldest nephew to inherit the title, which makes sense. Who said Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to see Xue Lian? Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen's stay in Zhong still saved some face for Xue Lian.
But Xue Lian was anxious! He watched his lovely grandson grow up day by day, but he still couldn't be canonized. He was afraid that his plan would become the moon in the mirror, which became Xue Lian's heartache.
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And now all the hopes of Xue Lian to get this thing done are pinned on Wang Chengen. The reason why it hasn't been done yet is not because Wang Chengen didn't help.
Emperor Chongzhen's character was a bit headstrong. If Wang Chengen was so straightforward, Wang Chengen himself would probably be trapped. Then Wang Chengen would definitely not do this. If Emperor Chongzhen was in a bad mood again, he would not choose the heir apparent.
If you change it, Jun Wu is not joking, and Xue Lian will probably jump into the river.
Therefore, now he offends the inner court for some yellow and white things. Isn’t Xue Lian mentally retarded?
However, guesses were still guesses. To be on the safe side, Wang Chengen still sent people to the British Duke's Mansion and the Yangwu Marquis Mansion to inquire.
After learning the news, the British Duke and Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian were shocked. They both swore that they had never touched the minds of Nanyang Iron Mine. If something happened there, it must be Wu Shigong and Li Lu.
It was a personal act. For this reason, both Mr. Yingying and Xue Lian sent a gift to Wang Chengen's house to express their apology.
Especially Xue Lian was so angry! At that time, he saw that his son-in-law was quite honest, so he hired him as a wife. But after so many years, Xue Lian was too troubled to wipe his son-in-law's butt.
It will soon become my son-in-law’s special toilet paper.
Then, the British Duke and Xue Lian immediately sent a letter to Henan, ordering Li Lu and Wu Shigong to withdraw from the Nanyang Iron Mine immediately. Of course, Xue Lian also knew that Wu Shigong was currently fighting in Shandong, and his letter was written to Xue Yongli.
This matter has come to an end, and Wang Chengen thought it was over. But unexpectedly, Li Lu wrote back from Nanyang and said: Wu Shigong lent this army to Li Lu to protect their original private iron mines, and Li Lu did not
The power to command this army.
But Xue Yongli wrote back: Although this army was lent to Li Lu by Wu Shigong, because my uncle has very strict control over the army, only my uncle can order this army. Therefore, if we want to withdraw the troops,
We have to wait until my uncle comes back from fighting in Shandong.
This is why Li Lu and Xue Yongli have Xiao Jiujiu in mind and have established an offensive and defensive alliance. They just want to delay the matter as long as possible. However, it is impossible for the British public and Xue Lian to rush to Henan to check the real situation after receiving the reply.
, had no choice but to believe what was said in the reply, and told Wang Chengen the content of the reply.
For Wang Chengen, this matter was actually a trivial matter. The reason why he wanted to interfere with this matter was simply to express the concern of the eunuch union to Ye Zhong.
Now that the result has been obtained, it is time to give Ye Zhong an explanation. Anyway, Ye Zhong did not dare to pay a penny less for his filial piety. As for what will happen to Ye Zhong? The relationship between Wang Chengen and him has not reached that stage yet.
Therefore, Wang Chengen asked the British Duke and Xue Yongli to tell Wu Shigong that after Wu Shigong returned from the war in Shandong, he should immediately order the army to withdraw from the Nanyang Iron Mine.
After that, Wang Chengen put the matter behind him. Ye Zhong, who received the response, was looking forward to the stars and the moon in Nanyang, hoping that Wu Shigong would come back soon!
After more than three months of construction, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's front camp has built a Tucheng. Now, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing are leading a group of military attaches from the front camp to inspect the Tucheng walls.
"Bear respect, brother! There has been no movement for more than three months, and the bodies of our sons are getting rusty. Your Runing camp is still well prepared, even bringing unlined clothes. And when my sons left home, they all
She's still wearing cotton-padded jackets. It's such a hot day, so I had to borrow some from the nearby people. But they're all dressed like beggars. But that's not enough. Look, those guys are all shirtless." Liu Zeqing laughed.
He said.
"That's right. The Kong thieves are too incompetent. In the first month, they often sent spies across the Shahe River. But in the past two months, they have been across the Shahehe River and refused to come over to the death. It's still really disappointing!
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"That's because your spies are too ruthless. One kills one, two kills a pair. In this military merit book, it is brother Chang Jing who has surrendered the most heads. You are afraid of killing the Kong thief."
"What's the use? One general is incompetent and affects the three armies. The governor only knows how to caress, caress, caress! In the end, he was tricked by the Kong thieves. At the beginning, with our morale,
They rushed across the Shahe River. Not to mention that they were able to defeat the Confucius thieves. At least they were able to repel the Confucius thieves and relieve the siege of Laizhou City. But what about now? I heard that the other routes were all faked by the Confucius thieves, and they were in trouble.
We were defeated. And our morale was also low. If Laizhou City hadn't been nailed there, the Kong thieves would have attacked us long ago."
"Let me tell you some news." Liu Zeqing said somewhat mysteriously, "I heard that the imperial court is dissatisfied with our governor. The commander-in-chief will be changed in two days."
"Changing the commander?" Wu Shigong raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you a civil servant again? I guess the level of leading the army is about the same as the current governor."
"It's different this time. I heard that the reinforcements brought by the new commander include Liaodong's cavalry."
Wu Shigong burst out laughing: "I didn't expect this! Brother, I was originally going to Liaodong to rescue them. I didn't expect them to come to rescue us now. Alas! I hope their arrival can open up the situation.
I’ve been away for more than half a year, and I really want to go home early!”
"What? Do you miss your younger siblings?" Liu Zeqing teased, "If you really want to relieve your anger, I will send you some."
"I don't want those women you got in a mess." When it comes to silly jokes, every man is enthusiastic.
"No way. They all came here voluntarily. Alas! This Kong thief even maimed Denglai. The people there are all displaced. The girl's family can't survive, so they have to do this. You
Don’t worry, the few I gave you are all girls from wealthy families, and they haven’t been touched yet. If you don’t believe me, go and see the camp. The camp is surrounded by brothels. I can’t even see it.
Go down."
"Still not. It's not good to let the men in the army see you. When will you take some time out and go out to the camp with Brother Hezhou to have fun. But Brother Hezhou, your tone is wrong today? When did you become so worried about the country?
Are you a citizen?" Wu Shigong also made a joke about Liu Zeqing.
Unexpectedly, Liu Zeqing had a serious face: "Brother, I am also from Shandong. I still feel bad when I see the local folks like this!"
At this time, a messenger rushed over from the camp. When he saw Wu Shigong and other military attaches, he immediately knelt down and reported: "Report——! The governor has an order. The new governor of Shandong will arrive tomorrow and let the military attaches above the garrison level arrive.
, go to the military tent in the camp at Mao hour to listen to the training. Make no mistake!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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