East Factory Governor

Chapter 581
Chongzhen stood up abruptly, not knowing what to say for a moment, but murmured, "Brother Qin..."

Qin Shuhuai's meaning is very clear, I know you are suspicious of me, then I will take my family over now and live outside the Forbidden City as your hostage, can you rest assured?
The family members of many frontier generals also lived in the capital. In name, it was the mansion rewarded by the emperor, but in fact, their family members were held hostage. As long as they rebelled or did something outrageous, they would be ransacked and executed immediately.

And anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Marquis Mansion awarded to Qin Shuhuai by Chongzhen in the imperial decree, like the mansions of those generals, is actually a hostage mansion.

With Qin Shuhuai's power, he could have accepted Chongzhen's reward and let his family members stay at the helm of the Jianghe Gang. Chongzhen had nothing to do with him.So Chongzhen offered to reward him with a marquis mansion in the imperial decree, but he didn't dare to urge Qin Shuhuai to take his family to live in it.Not only did he dare not urge, even Sun Chengzong did not dare to urge this matter for him.You must know that the intention of this matter is too clear, unless Qin Shuhuai agrees, no one should let him take over his family.

Chongzhen's original intention was just to test it out, but what he didn't expect was that Qin Shuhuai would actually send his family here!
He knew very well how important Chen Qing'er, Qi Shi and others were to Qin Shuhuai!

What's more, what surprised him even more was that there were so many experts in the Jianghe Gang, and there was no problem in guarding the Hou's Mansion. Qin Shuhuai actually suggested that he send experts to "guard" the Hou's Mansion, and "the more the better".

How could Chongzhen know his good intentions?
At this time, Chongzhen had mixed feelings in his heart, and thought: Zhen, maybe I am really suspicious again!At this time, Brother Qin, maybe you are laughing at me in your heart?

He couldn't think of how to answer the conversation for a while, which made the atmosphere a little awkward.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai laughed again, "Your majesty, I didn't ask you for this house for nothing. I spent millions of taels of silver on the three sides, paying the emperor's salary and rewarding the army for the emperor. It's a loss, and you will have to reimburse the minister in the future."

With one word, the embarrassing atmosphere was resolved without leaving a trace.

Chongzhen borrowed the donkey from the slope, and said with a chuckle, "Brother Qin, if you want to cry about being poor, you are crying in the wrong place. I am even poorer than you! Haha, but you can keep this account in mind. When I get rich, I will definitely give it to you." You reimburse."

"Haha, then I can remember more, no matter what, I have to calculate some interest, don't I?"

"Stingy, I still count interest on such a small amount of money!"

"Brothers will settle accounts!"

"Haha, brother Qin, brother Qin, I can't beat you! Drink, drink!"

Chongzhen did not drink well, and soon became drunk.Qin Shuhuai had nothing to do, it seemed that there was no business to discuss today, so he had to leave first.Chongzhen dragged Qin Shuhuai in a daze, saying that he would not be allowed to leave, that he should go to the bedroom to sleep together, the eunuch on duty turned pale with fright, but fortunately Qin Shuhuai was not drunk, and did not really follow Chongzhen to his harem.

After Qin Shuhuai went out, it was already dark.Poor Sun Chengzong was still waiting outside. When he saw Qin Shuhuai coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to ask what was going on.Qin Shuhuai told the truth, that the emperor was drunk and was about to go to bed now.Sun Chengzong thought he had misheard, so he hurriedly asked, was the emperor drunk in the imperial study?What is this?Could it be that the emperor is still drinking in the imperial study?
Qin Shuhuai wanted to say, drinking is nothing, but the emperor still eats hot pot with me!
But after all, he didn't make a small report in front of Chongzhen's teacher Sun Chengzong, but hummed and perfunctory.

That night, he lived in Liushi Academy.In the evening, he asked Sun Chengzong to write a letter to the family, to the effect that Chen Qing'er, grandma, Chen Shu, and Chen Li should pack up their things immediately after receiving the letter, and set off for the capital early the next morning.At the same time, he also wrote a letter to Li Dali, asking him to bring over some military supplies while escorting his wife to Beijing, especially kerosene, thunderbolt, green Gong oil, etc.After several consecutive battles, these supplies have basically bottomed out.

Sun Chengzong helped Qin Shuhuai write these two letters, and he couldn't help saying, "Master Hou is utterly loyal to the emperor, I admire you."

He naturally knew that Qin Shuhuai wanted to take his family as hostages and put them in the capital.

Qin Shuhuai smiled wryly, and said, "Old Sun Ge has praised you absurdly. As subjects, we should be loyal to the emperor."

In my heart, I sighed: I didn't expect that I would use this method to show my loyalty to Chongzhen.Hehe, what kind of brotherhood is just an accessory in front of the monarchy.

Chongzhen, Chongzhen, in your eyes, the graceful and luxurious Forbidden City is the pinnacle of power, coveted by everyone.But in my opinion, it is nothing more than a square cage.Your emperor's life is not only not as happy as that of a governor, but also not as happy as that of a rich man.

I really have no interest in taking your throne, do you understand?
He stamped his own seal on the letter, handed it over to a good hand, and sent it to the helm of the Jianghe Gang overnight.

Before dawn the next day, Sun Chengzong knocked on Qin Shuhuai's door.Qin Shuhuai thought something was wrong, but he opened the door and asked, it turned out that Sun Chengzong asked Qin Shuhuai to go to the early court together.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a very strict early court system, but after a few emperors who didn't like to go to court, it gradually decreased. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, early courts were not held every day.However, with the entry of Tartars recently, morning courts will naturally open frequently.

It was only then that Qin Shuhuai remembered that he was now a first-rank member of the court, a member of the cabinet, a dignified crown prince and Taibao, and he had never been to the court once in the morning!
Well, this one has to go!It's hard to come to the Ming Dynasty, no matter how you say it, you have to see what the early dynasty looks like, right?

Just as I was about to agree, I suddenly realized that I didn't bring my official uniform!
So he asked, "Mr. Sun Ge, I didn't bring an official uniform, do you have a suitable official uniform?"

Sun Chengzong said, "What Hou Ye said is that official clothes are ordinary clothes. How can our academy keep them privately? In addition, each court official has different official positions and resumes, and the court clothes are also different. For example, Hou Ye, you are the emperor's reward. Those who wear python robes will naturally wear python robes to go to court."

No way, Qin Shuhuai had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​going to the early court, and went back to the house to catch a rest.

At three poles in the sun, Sun Chengzong's book boy came to call Qin Shuhuai, saying that Teacher Sun asked him to go to Yinfeng Bookstore immediately.

Qin Shuhuai thought that Chongzhen must have come, so he washed up immediately, and then ran to Yinfeng Bookstore.

In the room, Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong were already there.

After Qin Shuhuai saluted and greeted him, Chongzhen said with a smile, "Brother Qin, how did you sleep last night?"

"Good."

"I slept well, too."

"The emperor looks very good today, he must have slept well."

Chongzhen pointed to the map on the table and said, "Brother Qin, let's talk about something serious today! Now Huang Taiji has led [-] elite troops to besiege Zunhua City for nearly a month, and the city is running out of food, grass and ammunition. Governor Yuan looks forward to seeing you." Already looking forward to wearing the autumn water!"

Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "It's really not easy for Governor Yuan to be able to guard for such a long time. Then let's discuss how to save it. Mr. Sun Ge, I still need to trouble you to introduce the current situation."

Sun Chengzong stroked his beard and said, "Okay, the old man will talk about it first."

(End of this chapter)