Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() Wu Shigong's act of expelling Wang Mi from Runing Fucheng was a one-stone move that stirred up thousands of waves.That Wang Mi did not follow Wu Shigong's order to climb out of Runing Mansion City.

After he climbed a certain distance, Guan Zhifu, who got the news, sent his master to ask Wu Shigong.Of course, it is more appropriate to use the word questioning for this inquiry.After all, Wang Mi was introduced by the prefect of Guan. If the two sides did not reach an agreement, it would be fine for Wu Shigong to drive Wang Mi out of the Yamen. face.

However, although Wu Shigong was indifferent to Guan Zhifu's questioning, in the end he still gave Guan Zhifu a face and recalled his own guards, leaving Wang Mi to fend for himself.

Finally, through connections, Lu Jianchen transported the first batch of salt to Wu Shigong from Shandong.Although the quantity of salt goods is not large, at least it can maintain the supply of salt goods in the northern mountainous area of ​​Runing Prefecture for several months.

To be honest, Wu Shigong and the Lu family did not earn much from the salt business this time, because transporting salt from Shandong to Henan was a completely new business route, and the tax deduction along the way was quite a lot, so , the price of salt that Wu Shigong got was also quite high.But at least there is a supply of salt in the northern mountainous area of ​​Runing Mansion, and Wu Shigong has temporarily stabilized the market.

But there is good news.Through connections, Lu Jianchen also got in touch with a salt merchant in Changlu Salt Farm. After they learned that Changlu salt could be sold in Henan, they were very interested.Therefore, they also promised that in the future, if Wu Shigong needed a large amount of salt, they could supply it and help transport it to Henan.

You should know that unlike most of the salt merchants in Yangzhou who are Huizhou merchants and Shanxi merchants, the salt merchants who control the Changlu salt field are basically official families. They also have many connections in the officialdom. Salt cargo is always no problem.And because of the background of these official families, they don't really sell the accounts of Yangzhou salt merchants.

And of course Wang Mi didn't dare to stay in Runing Mansion City anymore.With the help of his servants, after a hasty diagnosis and treatment, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Yangzhou to pray for his family.

In this letter, of course, Wang Mi exaggerated Wu Shigong's words and actions a lot, and portrayed himself as very compromising.Between the lines, it is full of Wu Shigong's contempt and hostility towards Qi's family.

After the Patriarch of the Qi Family received this letter, he immediately became furious.In the heart of the Patriarch of the Qi Family, asking Wang Mi to give Wu Shigong another gift this time to make up for the relationship between the two families is actually very low-key to the Qi Family, and it also gave Wu Shigong a lot of face.

But Wu Shigong not only did not respond to Qi's family's kindness, but also severely injured the person sent by Qi's family.In fact, for Qijia, the sales volume of salt products in the northern mountainous area of ​​Runing Prefecture controlled by Wu Shigong only occupied a very small part of the total sales volume of Qijia's salt products.Even if the Qi family loses this area, it's no big deal.

However, the vision of the Patriarch of the Qi Family is not just that.In his opinion, if there is the first person who dares to challenge Qijia and wants to break the rules of the salt industry that have been formed over the years, then if this early bird is not knocked out, the rules of the salt industry in the future may change drastically. There will also be more and more local sellers challenging big salt merchants such as Qijia.At that time, the situation may get out of hand.

Therefore, Qi's family immediately used his relationship in the officialdom to give Wu Shigong a hard time.As for those disobedient local salt sellers, big salt merchants like Qijia have already formed a set of routines, and they will give Wu Shigong a set of combined punches in the officialdom.Of course, in view of Wu Shigong's background in two marquis mansions, Qi's family will not do anything wrong.However, in the view of the Patriarch of the Qi family, as long as he makes this set of combined punches, Wu Shigong will definitely flee back to the capital in despair.

But Qi's family sent people to various yamen in Henan to carry out activities, but found that they could not win Wu Shigong in the officialdom for the time being.Because Wu Shigong made great contributions in the two battles of King Qin and the extermination of the Holy Spirit Society, both the governor of Henan and the supervising army had a good impression of Wu Shigong. Less points.

Now, for a small amount of money, no official would do such a foolish thing as cut off a possible help on his way to promotion.Besides, Wu Shigong had just been rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen in King Qin, and now if Wu Shigong was withdrawn or transferred from his official position without any reason, it would definitely be unjustifiable.After all, the current Wu Shigong still has the invincible halo blessed by Emperor Chongzhen.

And the Henan Salt Transport has made it even less attractive.This Henan salt transport envoy is not as majestic as the Yangzhou salt transport envoy.He also only manages the sale of official salt and the collection of private salt in Henan Province.

However, if the Henan Salt Transport Envoy sends a few salt men under him to the bandit den in the northern mountainous area of ​​Runing Prefecture to collect the private salt sold by Wu Shigong, this is obviously an act of death.But don't be on the way, the soldiers sent by Wu Shigong disguised as bandits come to kill and silence.Therefore, the Henan Salt Transport Envoy shook his head like a rattle drum when he heard Qi's request.

As for Wu Shigong's immediate superior, Li Bingbeidao, although his relationship with Wu Shigong was very difficult, it should be said that even if there was no gift from Qi's family, Li Bingbeidao wanted to give Wu Shigong some shoes.

But in front of Li Bingbeidao, Wu Shigong's errands were completely completed, and he didn't have any handles in Li Bingbeidao's hands.At most, next year's military salary, Li Bingbei said, check Wu Shigong again.But it will take until next year to do this, and it will not be able to quench the near thirst.

But Wu Shigong didn't make any mistakes in the officialdom, so the Qi family can't do anything to Wu Shigong?This also made Qi's family look too simple, so Qi's family immediately found Henan Jinyiwei Qianhu and asked him to help pick out some bones from Wu Shigong's body.

Henan Jinyiwei Qianhu Zeng Qianhu enjoyed the gift from Qi's family with a smile on his face.These gifts are worth more than 800 taels, and Qi's family only asked Zeng Qianhu to deal with a small guard in Runing Mansion.

Moreover, Qi's family has basically collected the handle of the guard, and it was also handed over to Zeng Qianhu along with the gift just now.Among these clues, what Zeng Qianhu was most interested in was that the guard was still selling private salt.

With such a meat ticket, how could Zeng Qianhu dare not be interested?As long as this guarding house is broken, Zeng Qianhu can definitely earn a lot of money, not to mention the 1000 taels of silver that Qijia promised to thank afterwards.

After admiring the presents for a while, Zeng Qianhu asked his subordinates to put away the presents, and called his confidant Li Pengfei and Li Baihu in.You have to take care of yourself when you do this kind of thing.

But when Zeng Qianhu explained the matter clearly to Li Pengfei, he saw that Li Pengfei's eyes were a little uncertain. Zeng Qianhu was also an old man in Jinyiwei, so he knew that what he knew must be wrong, so he dismissed the others and asked Li Pengfei Said: "Pengfei, what's wrong?"

Li Pengfei pondered for a moment, then asked Zeng Qianhu, "My lord, do you know the background of Wu Shoubei?"

"I really don't know. Why? You know?"

"This Wu Shoubei is an acquaintance of the villain in the capital. His father is Gongshunhou, and his father-in-law is Yangwuhou. More importantly, he has a very good relationship with the father-in-laws of Si Lijian. You know, my lord. The villain's official position in a hundred households was the one that Eunuch Qin, who was in charge of ceremonies, greeted Commander Luo. The villain had never confessed to the lord before, and this is what Wu Shoubei entrusted to Eunuch Qin."

"Oh? Then since he has such a big background, why doesn't he stay in the capital to enjoy the blessings, and come to the poor countryside in Henan?"

"It's just the wrong team. It's the same as when the villain was assigned to Henan. However, Wu Shoubei is only temporarily avoiding the limelight. He will return to the capital after staying in Henan for a while. There is no way. It's too deep."

"This is not easy to handle. I have accepted all the gifts, so it is not necessary to return those gifts. However, even Commander Luo will sell the face of the two Marquis Houses." Zeng Qianhu said with some regret, while looking very painful.

Li Pengfei knew that his thousand households were more greedy for money, so he continued: "Your Excellency doesn't have to return the gifts. I will leave this matter to the villain. The villain will go to the Runing Mansion and pretend to collect some. As for the evidence, pick some irrelevant ones and hand them in, so that the salt merchant who gave the gift will also give an explanation. The villain's old friend will also accept the adult's affection."

"Well! You have a good idea. I will work hard for you and go to Runing Mansion."

Li Pengfei brought a few Jinyiwei to Runing Mansion, and was entertained by Wu Shigong for three whole days. They were full of greasy food, and they left with full pockets.He also brought a generous gift from Wu Shigong to Zeng Qianhu.

Then, Henan Jinyiwei Qianhu submitted a secret report to the Jinyiwei yamen in the capital, reporting the crime of Wu Shigong, the guard of the Runing Mansion, who killed the people without authorization during the bandit suppression.And he pointed out a bigger crime, Wu Shigong, the guard of Runing Mansion, left Runing Mansion without authorization for a famous policeman in Guide Mansion, and went to Yangzhou to snatch the famous policeman back home.

When this secret report spread to the capital, Jin Yiwei's commanding yamen and the officials who heard the secret report thought that Henan Jin Yiwei was too full to panic, and made such a secret report that recorded the trivial matters of sesame and mung bean.

This bandit suppression is to kill more people.Don't you see, isn't it because the Shaanxi bandits were too polite to them that the situation is getting out of hand now?

As for the cruelty of the military officer, this completely fits the role of the military officer!If any military officer didn't do this, it would be a little abnormal, and it might be that he had some ulterior motives.And like in this secret report, the brutal and seductive military officer in Henan, but with military merits, such a military officer with well-developed limbs and simple mind, the imperial court can rest assured!

However, the imperial court still has to deal with the behavior of the guards in the Runing Mansion leaving their posts without authorization.Then - another year of fine.