Seeing Wei Zhongxian's interest, Xue Lian said with a smile: "Although Ning Yuanbo's Liaodong cavalry is gone, as long as one to twenty thousand elite troops are mobilized from Yansui Town to Liaodong, the situation can be stabilized."
Wei Zhongxian said: "This miscellaneous family has also heard that the heroes of the world look to nine sides, the heroes of nine sides look to three sides, and the heroes of three sides look to Yansui."
During the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful troops were the Shaanxi soldiers, mainly based in Yansui Town. In fact, not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the history of China, the most powerful troops were the Shaanxi soldiers. I have asked many friends
On this question, some of them said they were soldiers from Northeast China; some said they were soldiers from Sichuan; some said they were soldiers from Hubei (nine-headed birds), but no one said they were soldiers from Shaanxi. Of course, among people from various regions,
, there are brave people, but Shaanxi soldiers are indeed the best. Due to this characteristic, Shaanxi people finally gave birth to the group of swordsmen and the art form of Xintianyou. As far as drama is concerned, dramas all over the country are all sung.
, such as: singing Peking Opera, singing Yue Opera, singing Flower Drum Opera, etc. But the drama in Shaanxi is roaring, that is: roaring Qin Opera (for details, please ask Guo Da).
Not to mention the distant one, during the Warring States Period, the Qin army, with Shaanxi soldiers as the main body, wiped out Liuhe; nor the recent one, the founding of New China started from the base area in northern Shaanxi. In the Ming Dynasty, after the autumn harvest every year,
In Shaanxi families, the women prepared dry food and sent their husbands and sons out to fight with the Mongols. This was because Shaanxi was very poor, and a Mongolian head could be exchanged for five yuan in the Ming Dynasty officialdom.
Twelve taels of silver (of course, with seven buckles and eight buckles, what you actually get in the end is never that much). Therefore, every winter, these hungry Shaanxi troops go to the Mongolian grasslands to burn, kill and loot (not
(written down), therefore, the Shaanxi soldiers developed a very strong character. But at that time, no one thought that the peasant rebel army led by Li Zicheng, with the Shaanxi soldiers as the main body, would completely bury the Ming Dynasty. What’s even more funny is that,
In order to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng's peasant rebellion, the Ming Dynasty mainly used Shaanxi soldiers.
Wei Zhongxian then said: "Although your method, Marquis Xue, is good, it can't be done. There is no money in the Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue. Where can we get the army's departure fee? After the last defeat of Saarhu, we wanted to mobilize the army from the southwest.
, but the Ministry of Revenue was unable to pay the army, which caused the She'an Rebellion. Up to now, the southwest side has not calmed down. The generals there also failed to live up to their expectations, and they were defeated one after another. In the end, they relied on a female general (Qin Liangyu)
Only then did we stabilize the situation. How shameful! All the men in the Ming Dynasty were probably dead."
"In the Songjiang Prefecture area in the southeast, the looms are like river crucian carp. Every year, boatloads of cloth and silk are woven and shipped to the Japanese and French countries (Spain). The money earned is as big as the lake and the sea, but the tax money is just
Not a penny could be collected. The Za family sent some children to collect taxes. It was estimated that for so many years, they had not even paid the tax of 1 in 30 stipulated by Grandpa Taizu. Now, they should pay a little more.
But the local officials instigated some ignorant and unruly people to refuse to pay taxes, and some children were even beaten to death or injured by them. What's even more ridiculous is that some officials put a cabinet in front of their yamen to let them
The merchants paid their own taxes and treated the court's tax collection as if it were a collection of donations. Here, there was only five taels of tax money in the cabinet a year. The officials were good, and they had won a good reputation for not collecting excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The miscellaneous family did it the other way around.
I don’t understand, how come the taxes stipulated in the ancestral system have become exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes? Now, the warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs is empty, and the officials themselves have not paid attention to the bad regulations.
Until they soften up."
"That's right." Xue Lian said with the same hatred, "These civil servants, they are yelling at me when my disaster relief is not good, but they can't divide the 10,000 taels of disaster relief silver allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the regular 3,000 taels.
It’s also a joy.”
"The civil servants outside all say that the Za family is a person who gains power and wealth. But the Ming Dynasty was full of holes. The Za family tried their best to maintain it and their hair turned gray. Good wealth? Except for those who should receive it, the Za family
Did you charge an extra penny? Even last time the military pay in Liaodong was insufficient, the Za family paid for it from their own pockets. Alas!" Wei Zhongxian sighed again, and then said to Xue Lian, "I won't mention those things.
I'm so happy. Mr. Xue, you are lucky this time. You have found a very capable son-in-law."
Xue Lian burst into laughter and complimented Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Gong, your Wanluo (Wei Zhongxian's grandniece and the concubine of Emperor Tianqi) is also a good-looking man, and you will be blessed too!"
"Blessings. Blessings." Wei Zhongxian quickly said with a smile, "Xue Hou, the Za family is also very happy that you came today. Over the years, there are not many people who can sit down and chat with the Za family. Back then,
, Those people in our East Palace are so good. But after taking power, people have changed their faces. Mr. Sun will not talk about him, he is a civil servant after all. But what about Wang Gonggong (Wang An)? First of all, let’s talk about him.
The Hakka family (the wet nurse of Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian's rival, Wei Zhongxian's nominal wife) wanted to be driven out of the palace, and later drove the Za family to death. Fortunately, the emperor's reputation gave the Za family a way to survive. In the past
That's okay. But now, that Hakka..."
"What's wrong with the Hakka family?" Seeing Wei Zhongxian hesitate to speak, Xue Lian asked curiously. But after asking, he felt a little regretful. After all, it is always taboo to inquire about the palace.
But Wei Zhongxian didn't care at all about Xue Lian's transgression. He continued to say to Xue Lian: "The Hakka family killed pregnant concubines several times in the palace. What did she want to do? Could it be that she wanted to be Emperor Xianzong?
Was Wan Niangniang the grandpa at that time (for details, you can read "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty")? This time, the Zajia family prepared the medicine for the emperor in the hope that the emperor would have a dragon child as soon as possible. The Zajia family also warned the Hakka family that if
If she continues to behave like this, the Za family will kill her even if they scold the emperor. Don't blame the Za family for not caring about the love between husband and wife." Wei Zhongxian became more and more excited as he spoke, and at the end he was gritting his teeth.
Seeing Wei Zhongxian's excited expression, Xue Lian hurriedly comforted him: "No matter what, the emperor always remembers our good deeds."
Wei Zhongxian nodded and said: "Yes! The Emperor is indeed very kind to the Za family, but King Xin ignored him when he met the Za family. The Za family sent Wang Cheng'en, a little brat, to look at King Xin, but he didn't know that Xin Wang
The teaching gentlemen in the palace gave them both some kind of ecstasy, and they always have a bad look on the Za family."
"Yes." Xue Lian also agreed, "During the Chinese New Year, I went to King Xin's Mansion to pay homage to King Xin. King Xin was not willing to meet me even though he sent someone to give me a gift in return."
"That's right!" Wei Zhongxian's expression became a little bleak, and he said with a bit of sobs, "The Za family was so worried when the emperor and the two brothers were young." As he spoke, he actually shed tears while talking.
Xue Lian also felt the sadness of a rabbit dying, and he didn't know how to comfort Wei Zhongxian. The study was quiet for a while, and Wei Zhongxian held back his tears and said to Xue Lian: "Old man, old man, this man gets old, sometimes
There are some women who look good. Alas!" Wei Zhongxian sighed again, picked up a fried quail with chopsticks, and continued, "After the emperor has a prince, the Za family will ask the emperor for a request.
Let the Za family go home and take care of themselves in old age."
Xue Lian quickly agreed and said: "At that time, I will also beg for the bones. Wei Gong still likes to eat fried quail so much. After we brothers return home, we will go fishing and hunting together. I heard that Wei Gong
Duke Na's archery skills are excellent. He can shoot the bow left and right with both hands, and he can draw the three-stone bow. In all these years, I have never seen Duke Wei display his heroic skills."
Xue Lian's words obviously scratched Wei Zhongxian's itch. He smiled and waved his hands and said: "As you get older, you will definitely not be able to draw the three-stone bow. However, the archery master is still somewhat confident. In fact, the Zajia likes to eat the most.
The fried quail is not fried. When the Zajia family was young, there was a wild bird on the hillside near their hometown. People in the Zajia area called it 'gugu'. When it was fried, it tasted delicious!" Wei Zhongxian's
A look of envy of the Dongmen Dog appeared on his face (the reason was the death of Li Si). After a while, his expression calmed down and he continued to say to Xue Lian: "Xue Hou, you may be able to go home and retire. But those people,
If the Zajia is called Nine Thousand Years Old and a shrine or something is built for the Zajia, it is like putting the Zajia on the fire. The Zajia will not be able to go back!"