After the beginning of spring, the cooperation between Wu Shigong and Zhang Chunyu had ended. However, Zhang Chunyu was not alone, and would always treat Wu Shigong and give gifts to Wu Shigong every once in a while. So Wu Shigong introduced Zhang Chunyu to Hu Ming and Li Pengfei
, and through the two of them, Zhang Chunyu got to know Ambassador Yuan from Chongwenmen Customs. After doing all this, Wu Shigong did not ask for any benefits from Zhang Chunyu, which made Zhang Chunyu feel that Wu Shigong was a good friend.
Wu Shigong still often went to the powder shop. When Li Xin met Wu Shigong, she didn't quarrel like before. She usually just bowed and then silently avoided it. Instead, it was Xiaojie, because Wu Shigong often gave her some small gifts.
The gift made the little girl become more intimate with Wu Shigong. Of course, it was inevitable to bully Wu Shigong from time to time.
But one day, seeing no one around, Zhao Ruya threw herself into Wu Shigong's arms and expressed her worries with tears in her eyes: Zhao Ruya was worried about what Wu Shigong would do with her in the future.
Wu Shigong immediately answered Zhao Ruya categorically: Wu Shigong's wife Xue Yufei is pregnant now, so it is not good to say something to Xue Yufei. But when Xue Yufei gives birth in the second half of the year, Wu Shigong will definitely marry Zhao Ruya. As for how to arrange Zhao Ruya then.
, this will also be decided after discussing with Xue Yufei at that time.
After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Zhao Ruya felt that even Wu Shigong's words were lying to her, and now she felt very happy.
In the court, Wei Zhongxian's party could be said to be outstanding, and there was almost no opposition. This made Wei Zhongxian's party even more unscrupulous. Unexpectedly, in March, something happened in Suzhou Prefecture that shocked the entire Ming Dynasty.
event.
In the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture have always been the wealthiest places, which is equivalent to the status of Shanghai today. A large number of weaving workshops appeared there, and the first batch of industrial workers also appeared. With today's
To put it plainly, the seeds of capitalism appeared there.
The owners of these weaving workshops were basically gentry who did not need to pay taxes. Therefore, the Ming government received almost no tax from these weaving workshops. In order to solve the financial crisis of the Ming government, Wei Zhongxian
Li Shi, the weaving eunuch of Suzhou, and with the cooperation of Governor Mao Yilu, who was also a member of Wei Zhongxian's party, tried every means to collect taxes from these weaving workshops. Of course, Li Shi and Mao Yilu also made a lot of money from them and enriched their own pockets.
Of course Wei Zhongxian also took a lot of money. But they didn't know that their behavior had aroused dissatisfaction among the gentry and people in Suzhou Prefecture.
In addition, most of the officials and scholars of the Donglin Party were composed of scholars whose household registration was Nanzhili. Therefore, Suzhou Prefecture was originally the base camp of the Donglin Party.
When Wei Zhongxian sent Jinyi cavalry to Suzhou to arrest Zhou Shunchang, a member of the Donglin Party and a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Because Zhou Shunchang was a very upright official and was supported by the citizens, when the news was received, tens of thousands of people in urban and rural areas of Suzhou saved Zhou Shunchang from being arrested.
Unexpectedly, a crowd gathered. When the imperial cavalry began to read the imperial edict, the angry crowd made loud noises and burst into tears. Citizen Yan Peiwei took the lead in filing a lawsuit against Zhou Shunchang, and Yang Nianru, Shen Yang, Ma Jie, Zhou Wenyuan and other four people also
Together with other living beings, I begged him for help. I knelt down and begged until noon.
Seeing the chaos in the scene, these imperial knights became dizzy. They fought with weapons and aroused public outrage. The people who begged for mercy swarmed forward, climbed the railings and folded the lintels, and fought forward. In the end, the imperial guards were killed.
One person was injured, and the rest were injured and the rats fled. Fortunately, Governor Mao Yilu was saved thanks to the protection of Suzhou Magistrate Kou Shen and others.
Afterwards, the Suzhou government dispatched troops to protect the injured Jinyi cavalry, and escorted Zhou Shunchang away overnight. Mao Yilu flew a banner to report the Suzhou people's rebellion, and went up three times, hoping to capture the leader to relieve himself. The scholars and people inside and outside the city
In order to protect the local people, Yan Peiwei and the other five people stepped forward and imprisoned themselves. When they were about to be executed, they were righteous and heroic. The local people felt the righteousness of the five people and buried them together on the side of Tiger Hill, with the title "
Tomb of Five".
Later, Zhang Pu, a leading member of Fushe, wrote "The Tombstone Story of Five People" for it. This article has also become a famous article in ancient Chinese and is still used in Chinese textbooks today.
After the news reached the capital, the court remained eerily quiet. Even Emperor Tianqi rarely stopped his carpentry work and called Wei Zhongxian over, asking him to calm down for a while and not to cause Emperor Tianqi any more troubles.
. Therefore, the storm started by Wei Zhongxian finally came to an end.
Wu Shigong didn't know anything about what happened in the court. After his father-in-law Xue Lian came back, he basically wouldn't tell Wu Shigong about these situations.
In fact, in the eyes of Wu Shigong's father-in-law Xue Lian, Wu Shigong is just a smart person with some ability in doing things. But that's it. Because of Wu Shigong's age, in Xue Lian's mind, Wu Shigong even
No matter how capable he is, how high can his ability be? Moreover, Xue Lian also knew that it was Wu Shigong’s master Zhang Kequan who played a big role in the subsequent work of clearing the ruins.
Of course, Wu Shigong also gave Xue Lian some good ideas when he was cleaning up the ruins. But Xue Lian knew Wu Shigong's thoughts. Wu Shigong's only purpose of coming up with these ideas was to make money for himself.
The Lin Party's attack tool is completely a reflection of Wei Zhongxian's political talent.
In addition, as a noble disciple, Wu Shigong will not be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future, nor will he go out to lead troops to fight. Therefore, Xue Lian's main idea is to let Wu Shigong feel comfortable under his wings
Just live a prosperous and stable life.
On the contrary, what Xue Lian was most satisfied with about Wu Shigong was that Wu Shigong really cared about Xue Yufei. Therefore, he turned a blind eye to Wu Shigong's money-making and nonsense outside.
And Wei Zhongxian is even less likely to take Wu Shigong to heart. Wei Zhongxian's ideas are basically the same as Xue Lian's. Besides, you can think about what modern national leaders would think of the director of a Beijing Public Security Bureau.
Are you paying attention? Even if the director is cracking down on organized crime, that is still the director’s job.
Wei Zhongxian regarded Wu Shigong as a nephew. His basic attitude towards Wu Shigong's behavior was: if a child wants to earn some pocket money, as long as it's not too much, let him do whatever he wants.
This can also be seen from Wei Zhongxian's reward to Wu Shigong. When it came time to reward Wu Shigong after the fact, Wei Zhongxian did not consider putting Wu Shigong in an important position at all. He just gave Wu Shigong an opportunity to make money.
Because in Xue Mansion, Xue Lian did not like to talk about official matters at home, and in Nancheng Bingma Division, it was impossible to come into contact with such a high level of the court. Therefore, Wu Shigong now basically has no knowledge of the news in the court.