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"The second reward is the group of maids that the Empress and Your Majesty mentioned last time. These days, the old slave has not been idle, but has chosen ten smart, beautiful, and loyal to Daming. The training just happened to take advantage of Li Chaosheng's big wedding. Your Majesty might as well bestow this group of maids in the name of the queen, saying that all of them will be given to Li Chaosheng. It doesn't matter if you fill in his house or be a concubine, as long as you send them to Lantian. Secret spies among the court ladies can play a role, and then we can have an extra pair of eyes in Lantian."

Chongzhen frowned slightly when he heard this, and said: "I haven't heard anyone say that Li Chaosheng has a reputation for lust. So many court ladies are sent, so I'm afraid they may not be able to seduce Li Chaosheng."

After hearing this, Cao Huachun laughed and said, "Your Majesty, I used a lot of tricks to train these maids, including how to seduce men. As long as Li Chaosheng is willing to look at them, he will definitely be seduced by these women. I specially went to the Bada Hutong in the capital to train these palace maids, and I specially invited the old bustard to teach them."

"No matter how heroic Li Chaosheng is, he is only a young man in his 20s. How can such a young man pass this beauty test?"

After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded and said, "That's reasonable, but what if Li Chaosheng is not bewitched?"

After hearing this, Cao Huachun said: "Then I will ask the empress to make a decree."

"Oh, what will the Ai family make?"

At this moment, Empress Zhou looked at Cao Huachun with a puzzled expression, and Cao Huachun said: "There is no need for anything else, as long as the empress makes a decree, saying that these court ladies should not be sent to the people at will, they are all hard-fated women, I hope Li Chaosheng can assign them all , it is best to be assigned to those young military officers who guard the territory of Lantian, or young talents in the Yamen."

After hearing this, Queen Zhou said, "Will my will be useful?"

Cao Huachun said with a chuckle: "The empress' will will definitely be useful. Lantian is so powerful because he is very young. When he is young, he is full of vigor. He dares to fight, so he naturally appears very strong."

"But being young also means that he is very frizzy, they are not very calm, especially the high-level people in Lantian are all young people, some of them are even younger than Li Chaosheng, such beauties carefully selected from the court ladies, sent to the Lan Tian, ​​how could a group of young people like them not be impulsive, if Li Chaosheng obstructs these subordinates from getting close to the court ladies, maybe there will be a rift between them, and then he will not be monolithic in Lan Tian."

Empress Zhou frowned slightly and said, "I've heard people say that the team members in Lantian are all selected by Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng is absolutely gracious to them. Will they feel resentful because of a woman?"

Cao Huachun laughed straight after hearing this: "The empress is kind-hearted, and she doesn't know people's hearts and ghosts. No one in this world can escape fame and wealth. Money, women, and rights can change a person. This old slave has seen countless people for so many years. Except for a very few people, most people can't escape these."

After hearing this, Queen Zhou looked at Cao Huachun. She never thought that one day, she would hear a eunuch say that she could not escape the beauty test.

After hearing this, Chongzhen felt that Cao Huachun's plan was feasible, and after thinking for a while, he said, "If that's the case, then follow your plan and wait until the wedding, Wang Chengen."

"The old slave is here."

Wang Chengen bowed and said: "You take the imperial decree to Lantian first, give it to Li Chaosheng as a congratulatory gift, and say some words of encouragement."

"Yes."

Wang Chengen bowed to answer, Chongzhen turned his head to look at Cao Huachun and said: "There are many women in the court, and it is difficult to move. Li Chaosheng's big wedding may not be in time on the fifth day of next month, so you will postpone the departure for a few days, and then we will be together." Send it to Lantian, help me find out who Li Chaosheng really is, try his opinion of the imperial court, I still believe him.”

After hearing this, Cao Huachun said: "Yes, this old slave will definitely live up to your kindness."

Li Chaosheng's wedding spread throughout the Ming Dynasty like a whirlwind, and immediately became a topic of conversation for most people in the Ming Dynasty. Li Chaosheng is not a simple Lantian county honorer, in fact, he should be called Shaanxi now. king.

A ruthless person who can really influence the future, his wedding is definitely something worthy of attention.

Da Ming looked sideways at him, and even the Tartars in Liaodong heard about Li Chaosheng, Huang Taiji sneered: "Da Ming is really corrupt, he let a Li Chaosheng become big, and now he wants to marry the vassal of the Ming Dynasty Princess, the collusion between the vassal king and the local real power faction is enough for Chongzhen's children to have a headache."

The Tartars around also echoed, only Dorgon, who had just returned from North Korea, remained silent.

He is the one who knows Li Chaosheng best among this group of people. He is an enemy like a jackal, and his army is as powerful as a tiger. He will never forget the battle of Guihua City. It was one of the few disastrous defeats he had. .

At that time, he only occupied half of Shaanxi, and his national power was not very strong, but now he dominates the whole of Shaanxi, and he has colluded with local vassals, and his strength is even greater. The biggest enemy who will invade the Central Plains in the future may be Li Chaosheng.

And for defeating Li Chaosheng, Dorgon didn't have any hope. Li Chaosheng became stronger too fast. Until now, they haven't developed Li Chaosheng's kind of weapon that can explode when thrown. They have only succeeded in imitating the firecracker that does not need to be ignited.

However, the bombing rate has reached 60.00%. Such a gun is used by the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, which is simply murder. Dorgon asked his own Jiala Ezhen, and these Jiala said that the warriors under their command would rather use bows and arrows , and absolutely do not use these new firearms that imitate the Han people.

Because of this new type of firecracker, even if the blasting can kill people, it is good, but it can't kill people, it can only blow up people's hands, which makes people disfigured.

And the Tartars are a group of primitive tribal laws. A disabled person can imagine his tragic end. They will be deprived of everything they deserve, including women and children, and lead a very miserable life.

This may be the same horrible treatment as the legendary person is alive and the money is gone.

Due to the high cost of imitating the Lantian musket, and no one was willing to use it after it was manufactured, this led to the complete failure of Dorgon's plan to learn from the Han people.

Even Hauge took a bunch of banner owners to Huang Taiji to complain about Dorgon's bad behavior. In the end, Huang Taiji ordered Dorgon to stop researching these new firecrackers that cost money and no one wanted to use.

In fact, Huang Taiji is very willing to use and learn from the Han people. In this regard, he has to be said to be very enlightened. If it were not for his enlightenment, the Tartars would not have come to where they are today.

The evaluation of Huang Taiji is worthy of the words of a knowledgeable man.

At the beginning, the Tatars lacked the firearms and artillery of the Han people, so Huang Taiji offered a bargaining chip of a prince of the opposite sex to recruit Kong Youde, and then he was able to recruit all the Han craftsmen Mao Wenlong left on Phi Island to his command, so that the Tatars' firearms strength could be improved. Go up another level.

But even such an enlightened Huang Taiji couldn't stand it at this time. This year's harvest under his command was very bad, and the weather was getting colder and colder. If he wanted to have a good year this year, what he needed most was to go to Daming to plunder.

But Dorgon's waste of money and money has made many banner owners unhappy. This is not in line with the current overall situation, so Dorgon must be stopped. Now it is not to study new weapons, but to study how to use old weapons to grab more resources. With money and food.

So Dorgon's plan was stopped. Dorgon looked at the banner owners who only knew how to fight, and couldn't help but smile wryly. If he doesn't chase now, he doesn't know how he will be beaten when he faces the Lantian Army in the future. , the gap will only be widened.

But this is also Dorgon's idea. The other banner owners don't think so. They think that the firecracker invented during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty is still used by the Ming army. There has been no major development for nearly 300 years. Why should he Can Lantian turn upside down in a few years?

They feel that Lantian's weapons are already at the ceiling, and there is no way to make much progress, and there is no room for improvement. How can they still invent the kind of musket that can be loaded once and fired multiple times in a row?

Impossible, that kind of weapon is simply a myth. If it is really invented, it will be the end of the cavalry. At that time, they will not have the absolute advantage to suppress the Han people, and everything is in vain.

Therefore, they disagreed with Dorgon's waste of resources in this regard, and Dorgon was also very helpless.

In fact, he didn't believe that Lan Tian's weapons would improve much. At the same time, he was also praying that Lan Tian's weapons would not improve too much.

Shaanxi, Xi'an Mansion, King Qin's Mansion.

Qin Wang Zhu Cunji looked helplessly at the old lady in front of him, his own mother, the old Qin Wangfei.

Old Princess Qin frowned at this moment and said: "Son, what they say is true?"

Zhu Cunji smiled bitterly: "Mother, what rumors have you heard again?"

"It's Li Chaosheng, the county magistrate in Lantian, who is only going to spend [-] silver dollars to marry our family's weak?"

After hearing this, Zhu Cunji said: "I heard."

"Don't you have anything to say?"

The old concubine looked at Zhu Cunji, Zhu Cunji smiled wryly and said, "Mother, what am I talking about."

"Hmph, what are you talking about? What does it mean that Li Chaosheng wants to marry our family's weak and only plans to spend [-] silver dollars? Is he deliberately neglecting our family's weak? How can we say that he is also the vassal king of Ming Dynasty, and a princess will marry him A county magistrate, should he still be wronged?"

"Son, I'm not talking about you. Ah Qiang is your own sister. The son of King Fu of Luoyang spent 30 taels of silver when he was 20 years old. King Zhou of Kaifeng took [-] taels of silver to marry a concubine. Why should we marry the county?" The Lord only spent [-] silver dollars, isn't this despising our Qin Palace?"

The old concubine raised her eyebrows in anger, and Zhu Cunji said quickly after hearing this: "Mother, don't make trouble, we married Ah Ruo to Li Chaosheng, it was for self-protection, you are really Li Chaosheng It's an ordinary county magistrate, he is now the king of Shaanxi, and now the whole of Shaanxi is his domain."

"The King of Shaanxi? Son, you are the King of Qin, so you should be the King of Shaanxi."

As the old concubine said, Zhu Cunji hurriedly made a silent gesture after hearing this: "Shhhh~ mother, you can keep your voice down, what king of Shaanxi, you want your son to die violently."

"Er, this King of Qin is just a cover. He can't move a single soldier out of this Prince Qin's mansion, and Li Chaosheng's soldiers in all Shaanxi are his people. Our King Qin's mansion is a piece of meat on their Lantian lips. They think When to eat, when to eat."

"I am the king of Shaanxi. If I were the king of Shaanxi, I would not be able to live. One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, let alone two kings. Mother, to tell you the truth, before Li Chaosheng agreed to this marriage, I had already prepared my whole family to be imprisoned." Tu's preparations, my son lives in fear and anxiety every day, and the world has changed."

Zhu Cunji said with emotion.

The old concubine frowned and said, "How did it change?"

Zhu Cunji said: "Mother, you worship the Buddha all the year round and don't ask about these things. Although the emperor is still a member of our old Zhu's family, the world is not peaceful anymore. There are bandits everywhere and Tartars outside. It's like a poisonous dragon hiding in the dark, waiting to swallow the world in one bite."

"And we feudal lords are the preserved fruit on the pastry of Daming. No matter who swallows this world, we feudal lords will not end well. What we want to do now is to ensure that our family will not be executed and that we can live in peace." That's why I went to Lan Tian with the cheek to discuss with their person in charge about Ah Ruo's marriage to Li Chaosheng, because only if we also become Li Chaosheng's people can we continue to live in this piece of land that belongs to him live."

"Son, us, when did we live so humblely?"

The old concubine was quite sentimental when she heard that, Zhu Cunji said: "It's ok, the Ming Dynasty has been in power for more than 260 years, and our Qin Palace has also enjoyed the blessing of more than 200 years. It's time to consider the way to leave."

"Son, aren't you a little too pessimistic? After all, no matter how strong Li Chaosheng is, he is only a servant of the Zhu family, and he has not openly rebelled."

After hearing this, Zhu Cunji smiled wryly and said: "Mother, it's fortunate that he hasn't rebelled yet, otherwise the first thing he would do would be to sacrifice the head of King Qin, me, to the flag, so we must stand in line before he loses his mind, so To keep our family safe."

"You said he would rebel?"

The old concubine asked again, and King Qin sighed after hearing this: "It must be reversed."

“How come you see?”

Zhu Cunji sighed and said, "Da Ming is already bearing a heavy burden, and I wouldn't be so pessimistic at first, but our old Zhu family's ancestral graves were dug up by Zhang Xianzhong, and the imperial court endured such a mortal enmity. Our Majesty actually recruited him, what does this mean, the court is already extremely empty."

"As for Lantian County, from the very beginning, it slowly eroded away, and finally swallowed the whole of Shaanxi. Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and even the imperial court tried to move Lantian many times, but after some struggles, Lantian didn't move at all. The group of people who wanted to attack Lantian, Zhang Xianzhong was beaten outside Tongqian Pass, and Li Zicheng hid in Shanxi and dared not come out. But indifferent."

"From that moment, I understood that the court is over, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng will not be successful, and the world should belong to Li Chaosheng in the end, this is the destiny!"

Zhu Cunji sighed with emotion.