Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After Kong Youde's rebels left Dengzhou City, all the subsequent battles had nothing to do with Wu Shigong.However, all the Ming troops had to stay in Dengzhou City for a period of time to prevent the rebels from killing their carbine.Another reason is to wait for the imperial court's reward and arrangement.

During the waiting period, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing divided the spoils for the last time.But this time the spoils are relatively small.Only then did Wu Shigong receive more than 8000 taels worth of property.However, the harvested ordnance is too much.Especially artillery, it can be said to be a bumper harvest.

When other Ming troops attacked Dengzhou City, they also seized a large number of war horses from the rebels who were locked up outside Dengzhou City.Although Wu Shigong didn't have a good relationship with those military officers of the Ming army, but business is business, who would have trouble with Yin Zi?Wu Shigong took out nearly 6000 taels of silver and bought more than 300 war horses.

The pacification of the whole territory of Shandong also caused officials from all over Shandong to bring rewards to the army one after another.So during this period of time, Wu Shigong had one banquet after another.Although he is still a small role in the banquet, the rewards that should be given to him are always indispensable.

Unexpectedly, the leader of the world's literary world, Duke Sheng Yan of the Confucian Mansion also sent a direct descendant as an envoy to work in the army.Although the gift brought by the envoy was only symbolic and not particularly expensive, it aroused great enthusiasm from Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, because it was definitely a great honor.

How to receive Sheng Yangong's envoys graciously will not be detailed.In fact, this envoy came to work in the army just by chance, and his main purpose was, of course, to thank Wu Shigong for sending the dry shares of the Confucian Mansion Saltworks.

During the private meeting, the envoy also revealed to Wu Shigong that in order to thank Wu Shigong for his filial piety, Sheng Yangong was willing to accept Wu Shigong as a registered disciple.After Wu Shigong heard it.Of course, he immediately agreed, and sealed a generous gift worth more than 2000 taels of silver as his apprenticeship ceremony.Of course, the envoy also gave other generous gifts.

But judging from the ink in their stomachs, Sheng Yangong and Wu Shigong are quite a good match for teachers and students.It's a pair of idiots!But who cares?In the future, Wu Shigong will be able to use the banner of Lord Shengyan to pretend to be a tiger, and Lord Shengyan gave Wu Shigong the false name of a registered disciple, but he has gained a lot of real benefits, which can be described as a win-win situation.

And the consecutive banquets also greatly eased the relationship between the military attachés of the Ming army. At least they all managed to maintain a harmonious atmosphere on the surface.Wu Shigong also met many military officers.Among them was the guerrilla Liu Liangzuo who would become famous in the future.

Except for Wu Sangui, he was still young and restless. He had a nose for Wu Shigong, and eyes for eyes. He still remembered Wu Shigong's teasing legs.But would Wu Shigong care about this little kid?When he saw Wu Sangui staring again.Wu Shigong thought in his heart: "Look at you stare again, after you stare again, I will snatch your Chen Yuanyuan first!"

Wu Shigong also arranged for the Runing Army to send a large number of messengers to Runing and Laizhou City.Arrangements should be made to send the families of the blacksmiths and miners back to Runing Mansion.

certainly.Wu Shigong also sent a messenger to the capital, hoping that Xue Yufei and Xue Chenglin would arrange a time to leave and go back to Runing with him to reunite with his family.

Other civil and military officials were not idle either.They strengthened the defense of Dengzhou City, moved the population to Dengzhou City, and registered the distribution of unowned land in Dengzhou City.In fact, these civil and military officials also know the tricks Wu Shigong played in the four cities of Yongping.But this good thing is not Wu Shigong's turn.Those who allocated these lands were civil and military officials from Shandong.

certainly.The guest generals Wu Shigong also received a hush money.To be honest, corruption and bribery in the Ming Dynasty were actually very well-regulated, and it had already developed to a fully mature industry.

As for the excess goods and ordnance, Wu Shigong has also arranged for soldiers to send them back to the Runing Mansion in batches.The number of Runing Army soldiers around Wu Shigong also gradually decreased.This made Wu Shigong leave a lot of empty carts here.After the beginning of the year.The salt field has already opened, and this time Wu Shigong is going to use these empty trucks to transport a batch of salt.

In fact, in the salt business, the production of salt is the simplest thing.With such a long coastline, salt production is not difficult at all.The key to the profit of the salt industry in the Ming Dynasty was the transportation and sale of salt goods.Especially the sale of salt goods, which is the big profit.

Through this battle, the relationship between Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng from Henan and Wu Shigong became closer.Both Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng made a fortune in encircling and suppressing the rebels.However, they are also quite self-aware, knowing that even if their official ranks have been raised, they will still be marginalized military officers when they return to Henan.

There is no need to think about being in charge of an army alone. If there is any war, they may go to the most dangerous place.So the two of them took the initiative to move closer to Wu Shigong.Wu Shigong also accepted them and reached a verbal alliance with them.If there is any war in the future, they will attack and defend, and help each other.

But after Huang Qifa stayed for a while, he followed Wu Shigong wholeheartedly.There is no other reason, just because the treatment of the Runing Army is too good.

It’s not that the Runing Army has the highest income. The military attaches in the Ming Army, such as the military attaches of the Liaodong Army, may have much higher income than the Runing Army, but in the Runing Army, the income is assured and the class is clear.As long as you sit in any position, there must be some income.This is particularly attractive to Dongjiang town soldiers who have been in a state of instability for many years.

Therefore, some rebels who took severance pay regretted it anyway.They want to join the Runing Army again.However, the Runing Army has already paid out the severance pay, and it is impossible to recruit them again.

In fact, in the eyes of the officers of the Runing Army, apart from special arms such as cavalry and artillery, there is no other way. Although the soldiers of the original Ming army have received some military training, they also brought a lot of bad habits of the original Ming army. The soldiers were taken badly.So it's better to recruit new soldiers and retrain them.

Therefore, the rebels recruited by the opening this time are a special case made by the Runing Army under special circumstances.As for those who give up this opportunity, they will never get this opportunity.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was worrying about the name "Wu Shigong" when he saw the memorial of the meritorious service.

This time, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian didn't pull Wu Shigong down.Liu Zeqing was also very loyal, and included Wu Shigong in the list of military officers who first attacked Dengzhou City.

But after such a long time, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian must have known that they had misunderstood Emperor Chongzhen's intentions.They all understood that Emperor Chongzhen had a negative impression of Wu Shigong.After all, there are people in the hidden palace.

But in any case, positive and negative numbers also show that Emperor Chongzhen knew Wu Shigong well, so they didn't dare to omit Wu Shigong's name in the memorial.Of course, it is certain that the credit will be cut off with a pen.

But after Emperor Chongzhen saw Wu Shigong's achievements recorded in the memorial and the cabinet's preliminary reward charter, he was unwilling to promote Wu Shigong from the bottom of his heart.

It can also be seen that Emperor Chongzhen did not receive preschool education for the position of emperor. In fact, a superior person cannot tolerate sand in his eyes, and often can only be confused.Knowing how to pretend to be confused is also a mature expression of a politician.

That day it was Wang Chengen who accompanied Emperor Chongzhen again.So Emperor Chongzhen complained to Wang Chengen: "The emperor sometimes feels a bit suffocated. Look!" Emperor Chongzhen pointed to Wu Shigong's name on the memorial and said, "Wang Banban also knows Xuehou's son-in-law .Last time he committed a serious crime of mutilating his colleagues. For the sake of the court's face, he escaped. But this time he made some contributions, and if he didn't award him a reward, he would appear to be benevolent by the court. What a headache!"

Wang Chengen has nothing to do with him.Of course, he submissively followed the meaning of Emperor Chongzhen.But suddenly his mind lit up, and he thought of a wonderful method.So Wang Cheng'en said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't know much about government affairs, and he can't share the emperor's worries. But just now, this old slave has an idea to solve the problem of rewarding Xue Hou's son-in-law, but he doesn't know whether it conforms to the court's rules. "

Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen had been together for a long time, so he smiled casually and said, "Don't be so obedient, you old bastard. Say it quickly, I have my own sense of proportion, and I won't blame you for what you say is wrong." your."

Wang Chengen smiled and nodded.Then he said: "Isn't Xue Hou anxious to make his grandson the heir? This time the emperor conferred him, and it is an honor for the father to confer a son. This is much better than conferring any official position or rewarding silver!"

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard it.This prince should have been canonized a long time ago, but it was just delayed because of Emperor Chongzhen's anger.And now.Giving what should have been given to Yangwuhou Mansion, and solving the problem of Wu Shigong's reward, how cool is it to think about it!

Emperor Chongzhen laughed loudly, pointed at Wang Chengen and said, "I didn't realize that you, an old bastard, are not slow-witted! Good! Send an edict to the Ministry of Rites."

Wang Chengen also said with a smile: "Isn't it true that the old slave has stayed with the emperor for a long time, and sometimes he can open his mind a little bit?"

The monarch and his ministers laughed and laughed for a while.These days, Emperor Chongzhen is in a good mood.Although Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong were not captured, they were driven out of Shandong after all, and they could no longer harm the land of the Central Plains.

In addition, after Wen Tiren became the chief assistant, he immediately declared war on the Donglin Party members headed by Fushe, and drove a large number of former Donglin Party officials, including Fushe leader Zhang Pu, out of the capital.And these measures are also immediate. These days, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the obstruction by civil officials when he was governing was greatly reduced.It looks like changing a coach is like changing a knife!Emperor Chongzhen was also a little proud of his behavior of changing the chief assistant.

After laughing for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "Forget it, give this Wu Shigong another son. Give a Jinyiwei Qianhu." After speaking, he seemed to be reluctant to part with a long sigh.

In fact, this kind of cute child is quite common at all. It is nothing more than an official robe and a salary of dozens of taels a year. It is nothing special to Wu Shigong and other noble families.But Emperor Chongzhen still looked unhappy as if he had suffered a big loss.After all, Emperor Chongzhen was a stingy person.

And Wang Chengen looked at Emperor Chongzhen's face, and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, at that time, Grandpa Tianqi gave Xuehou's son-in-law a cutie from Habayashi Guard."

Emperor Chongzhen understood as soon as he heard it, and it must have been awarded by Wei Zhongxian at that time.So he put a stern face, threw the memorial on the table, and said angrily: "Nonsense! This world is ruined by people like Wei Bandit."

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen with his head bowed and said, "That's all! That's all! Meng is an acquaintance of Jin Yiwei. It's a face for Xuehou."

After Xue Lian learned the good news by accident, she was immediately ecstatic.He stepped out of Yangwuhou's mansion, which he had not been in for many years, and brought Mrs. Zhang and his little friend Xue Chenglin to the palace to kowtow for the grace in person.

Emperor Chongzhen was also in a good mood that day, and he came forward to meet Xue Lian's family.Time can also dilute everything. Looking at Xue Lian's frost-stained temples, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts of blaming Xue Lian also faded.He had a rare chat with Xue Lian for a long time, and rewarded Xue Chenglin with some playthings in the palace.

After returning home, Xue Lian threw a big banquet to congratulate Wang Chengen. Of course, in the invitation card sent to Wang Chengen, a very special and generous gift was attached.

Before going to bed that night, Xue Lian said to Mrs. Zhang with a smile: "This Marquis has no regrets in this life. Shi Gong, this kid, has finally done a reliable thing!"

Wu Shigong, who was still waiting in Dengzhou City, didn't know that his credit was somehow transferred to someone else.It seems that Wu Shigong's previous life must have been a priest in his previous life, and he is about to become a milk king.

In mid-March, the imperial court's reward finally came to Dengzhou City with the middle official who delivered the decree.When Wu Shigong got up from the incense table after reading the imperial decree, he was a little confused.Among all the civil and military officials who received the order, his official position has not changed at all.All credits are cheap for his two sons.

And the biggest winner this time is Liu Zeqing, who was promoted to the general army of Caozhou.Even though he is a general of no name, he should also be under the jurisdiction of Qiu Lei, the general of Shandong, in name, but Liu Zeqing at least has the confidence to fight Qiu Lei.

Moreover, this general soldier is a real-time general soldier, and Liu Zeqing's number of soldiers has also risen from 500 when he joined the general to [-] people in the general army.For the military officers of the Ming Dynasty, this is the greatest benefit!How much free money can I eat!

This time, along with the imperial decree, there was an order from the Ministry of War.Except for some Shandong local troops who stayed in Denglai for garrison, the other guest troops returned to their original garrison area.

And no matter how puzzled Wu Shigong was, it was impossible to change the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen.But after all, he is young, and his mentality is adjusted quickly.Wu Shigong could only do Ah Q: "At least I didn't transfer myself away from Runing, Henan."

On March 21, the sixth year of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong packed up his luggage, took the remaining [-] soldiers of the Runing Army, and his newly married concubine Carelli, and finally left Dengzhou City is home.

Wu Shigong is like an arrow in his heart.I can't wait to walk two days in one day.But Wu Shigong didn't know how dangerous the road ahead was.

For Wu Shigong, in fact, he has just finished his warm-up match, and Wu Shigong will face the cruel official match next!

(End of the third volume) (To be continued...)