Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Both Wei Zhongxian and Xue Lian raised their wine cups, and they had a drink first.Putting down the wine cup, Wei Zhongxian first said to Xue Lian: "This time, Xuehou's disaster relief must be done properly. The miscellaneous family will also say hello to the factory guards and these little bastards, and let them fully cooperate with Xuehou. That is It's fine for Xue Hou to give them some routines." Wei Zhongxian made up his mind, and the importance of disaster relief has not been reflected until now.

Xue Lian nodded in satisfaction.Xue Lian was also very happy to get Wei Zhongxian's promise to let the factory guard cooperate.

Wei Zhongxian then asked: "Just now, Hou Xue seemed to mention that the disaster relief plan was proposed by your new son-in-law?"

Xue Lian said with a smile: "Shi Gong did come up with an idea, and it was also carefully considered by Ben Hou and Mr. Zhang."

Wei Zhongxian also praised: "This kid is not bad. Does he treat Fei'er well?"

"It's okay. It's just that Fei'er seems to be a little determined to treat that kid. Alas!" Xue Lian sighed deeply.

Wei Zhongxian also laughed out loud, and said, "Don't sigh, Xue Hou, marry and obey your husband. As long as the child treats Fei'er well, it's fine. However, today is the first day that Xue Hou's son-in-law takes office, and he can do it." Such an idea can be regarded as a person who can handle things, Xuehou, you are blessed."

"Where. Where." Xue Lian hurriedly smiled and said modestly, "I also inquired about it today. That kid still has some rules in his affairs, but he fought with a hundred households under him himself."

"Oh? Is there something wrong?" Wei Zhongxian asked quickly.

"Nothing happened. It was mainly the boy who beat him. It is estimated that Baihu would not dare to fight with his boss. However, the boy fought twice before and after the marriage, and both of them were Doing it yourself is really worrying. It doesn’t matter if you hit a few people in a rich and powerful family like us, but if you do it yourself, it’s too shameful.” Xue Lian said.

"That's true. The miscellaneous family remembered it. The time before the marriage was beaten by the three boys of Li Hou's family. Li Chengzuo also told the miscellaneous family that he grounded his three boys for a month. Xue Hou, don't take it too seriously Go. The two of you must cooperate sincerely and let the miscellaneous family manage the affairs of the Beijing camp." Wei Zhongxian said.

"The Marquis Ben and Marquis Li just have different political opinions. Don't worry, Mr. Wei, we will never miss official business."

"That's good. However, Xue Hou, your son-in-law is a bit reckless, Xue Hou, you have to arrange for someone to come to him to watch closely."

"Benhou has also made arrangements. There is one more thing. Today, that kid proposed to Benhou again that he wanted to remove the agent from his title and promote one of his subordinates to be the deputy commander. However, Benhou did not Hurry up to agree to him. The Marquis thought, wait until the disaster relief matters are settled. In addition, Commander Li with the broken leg is also related to the Duke of England, and the Marquis’s wife is also the Duke of England’s younger sister. It's not easy to explain." Xue Lian said.

"This is a serious matter." Wei Zhongxian frowned and said, "The disaster relief work must be done quickly. You two, Weng and son-in-law, have to work harder. You are a father-son soldier. In a few days, the miscellaneous family will order Xuehou, your son-in-law His official position has been changed to a regular position. The deputy commander he wants to promote is fine, so the routine will not be handed over. Xue Hou, your son-in-law must have a few servants under his command. As for the lame Li Lu, he couldn't be an official at all. In this way, the miscellaneous family gives him a garrison (Ming Dynasty military officer official position) and finds him a richer place, which can be regarded as giving the face of the British Duke." For the victory of this political struggle, Wei Zhongxian is at all costs , Willing to spend a lot of money.

In Wei Zhongxian's understatement, Wu Shigong became the commander-in-chief of the Nancheng Military and Horse Command Department, and was able to promote a deputy commander.However, Li Lu somehow lost the official position he had tried so hard to keep.

"Then thank you, Duke Wei." Xue Lian expressed his thanks quickly.

Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and said with a smile: "My brothers, why are you being more polite. It seems that Xue Hou, your son-in-law is also a good martial artist. This time the Wa Kingdom paid tribute to more than a dozen Japanese knives. Xue Hou, you can give me two. Your son-in-law, go and play. Don’t say anything about Xuehou, there is nothing else in the Wa country, but the Japanese sword is not bad.” Then, Wei Zhongxian ordered the little eunuch who was serving him to take two Japanese swords and send them to Xue Let Xue Lian take Lian's car away when he returns.

Suddenly, Wei Zhongxian seemed to think of something, asked Xue Lian to wait on the seat, opened the locked cabinet with the key, took out a small porcelain bottle from it, handed it to Xue Lian, and said, "This is the time of the imperial hospital. The medicine given to the emperor is good for fertility, and the miscellaneous family left a bottle for Xuehou."

Xue Lian took the small porcelain vase, and said bitterly, "Thank you, Mr. Wei. Over the years, Mr. Wei has also tried his best to find many panaceas for me. I also visited famous doctors, but they all said that I am a If the kidney water is damaged, this life is doomed to end."

Wei Zhongxian quickly comforted Xue Lian and said, "A little bit of this medicine will be effective? Miscellaneous family remembers that it was the time when King Xin (later Emperor Chongzhen) caused trouble with Niang Niang, Xue Hou, you were the scapegoat. You were beaten with a board and hurt your kidneys Ah. The hands of those little eunuchs are too dark."

Xue Lian nodded and said, "That was the time. Alas!" After speaking, Xue Lian let out a long sigh.

The two raised the wine cup and drank another glass, and both ate a few dishes with chopsticks.Afterwards, both of them kept silent, remembering their sufferings in the emperor's eldest son's mansion at that time, and they all had mixed feelings.

More than ten years ago, the eldest son of the emperor took his children to the palace to greet Emperor Wanli.At that time, King Xin was only five or six years old, and he accidentally broke one of Zheng Guifei's favorite vases.In fact, no one knows whether this vase is Zheng Guifei's favorite. The main reason is that Zheng Guifei wants to disgust the eldest son of the emperor by teaching Xin Wang a lesson.Xue Lian, who was accompanying him at the time, took the initiative to take the blame and said that he broke it.Furious, Concubine Zheng ordered Xue Lian to be beaten.Under the suggestion of Concubine Zheng, the little eunuch next to her ruthlessly broke Xue Lian's waist, making Xue Lian lose her fertility from then on.This is also the main reason why Xue Lian, although in his prime, did not accept concubines, but recruited Wu Shigong as his son-in-law.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the study was somewhat dull, Wei Zhongxian changed the subject and asked Xue Lian, "Mr. Xue came here today, and the miscellaneous family just happened to have a question about military strategy. Please, Marquis Xue, please refer to it for details. Why are the Jian slaves in Liaodong getting more and more noisy?" The more joyful it is?" Wei Zhongxian sighed, and then said, "Oh! Grandpa Wanli cut Ning Yuanbo (Li Chengliang)'s foundation too much. But Ning Yuanbo, the first hero, gave birth to a child The son with a big brain (referring to Li Chengliang's eldest son Li Rusong), threw himself into a trap and smashed Ning Yuanbo's last belongings. Now Yuan Chonghuan, who guards Liaodong, is considerate to the miscellaneous family (in history, Yuan Chonghuan was the first to give to Wei Zhongxian He is one of the local dignitaries in Lisheng Temple), but Zajia sees him as a person with great ambition. Xue Hou, give Zajia an idea."

Uncle Ning Yuan, Li Chengliang, is a fellow villager of Zhao Benshan.A famous general in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, as famous as Qi Jiguang at that time, and the founder of Guanning Iron Cavalry. **Ha Chi's godfather.Li Chengliang has the most elite eight thousand cavalry under his command, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.During the first expedition of the recovery of North Korea, one of the three major expeditions in Wanli, Li Chengliang's eldest son Li Rusong personally led such three thousand cavalry as the vanguard.At that time, almost all the Japanese invaders sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi were veterans who had experienced the baptism of war in the Warring States Period of Japan. Their forward 6000 people were led by the famous general of the Warring States Period of Japan, Konishi Yuki, and set up in the Biju Pavilion. An ambush was laid.After Li Rusong entered the encirclement, although he was slightly disadvantaged on the scene, the two sides fought evenly.After the reinforcements of the Ming army came up, the Japanese army was defeated.It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness of these Liaodong iron cavalry.

These iron cavalry were trained as officers, just like Xue Lian's personal guards. Therefore, with these eight thousand cavalry as a foundation, Li Chengliang could pull up an army of [-] at any time.The Emperor Wanli was worried that Li Chengliang would support his own troops, so he passed the three major Wanli campaigns, effectively weakening the military group.In addition, Li Rusong led [-] cavalry into the encirclement of the Mongolian army (probably, Li Rusong liked to rush into the encirclement of the enemy), leading to the annihilation of the entire army.Li Chengliang's Liaodong iron cavalry was exhausted in this way.

Without the threat of these Liaodong iron cavalry, the leader Hachi dared to rebel.Some of the remnants of these cavalry were used as seeds, and finally fell into the hands of Wu Sangui, forming the Guanning cavalry.

Xue Lian hesitated for a while, and said to Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Gong actually understands in his heart that if Mr. Sun (Sun Chengzong, the teacher of Emperor Tianqi) goes, the situation in Liaodong can be kept stable."

Wei Zhongxian sighed: "The miscellaneous family also understands that Mr. Sun has nothing to say about his literary talent and military strategy, even his character is first-rate. But he belongs to the Donglin Party, and the miscellaneous family is afraid that after he takes charge of the army, he will come to the side of the Qing emperor and kill the miscellaneous family. !"

Xue Lian persuaded: "Mr. Sun still misses the old love very much. During the Chinese New Year, Mr. Sun also entrusted his fifth son, who came to the capital to do business, to pay his respects to the Marquis."

Wei Zhongxian said: "The miscellaneous family also know that Mr. Sun is nostalgic, so in order to avoid the emperor's displeasure, they just drove him back to his hometown to retire last year. Besides, even after Mr. Sun took charge of the army, he himself misses the past, but his disciples What's the matter, once your head is hot, don't say that Qing Jun is on the sidelines, even if you add a yellow robe, you may not be unable to do it."

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was determined, Xue Lian stopped trying to persuade him.Xue Lian continued, "There is another way."

Wei Zhongxian asked with great interest: "What method?"