Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"A woman's opinion!" Gu Zhengqing ran out of his wife's room angrily.

Gu Zhengqing has been in the Runing Mansion for more than half a year, but he has high hopes of fulfilling the chief assistant Wen Tiren, and did not do anything to Wu Shigong to suppress or make trouble.It's not that Gu Zhengqing doesn't want to work hard, but Wu Shigong regards Gu Zhengqing, the prefect of Runing, as air, and he hasn't even met him once until now.

It stands to reason that the direct command of the Runing Army should be Gu Zhengqing, but Wu Shigong didn't even make a notification of every military operation, so Gu Zhengqing has completely become a neglected role.

In addition, the food and salaries of the Runing Army are all self-raised, and there is no need for Gu Zhengqing to transfer them, so Gu Zhengqing has no reason to fight for the right to speak.

But what annoyed Gu Zhengqing was that he didn't have military power, anyway, he didn't want to take care of those Qiu Ba's affairs, but even the local affairs had been invaded by the Runing army, and now many officials in the yamen were all with Runing. The army has collusion, either overtly or covertly.

So Gu Zhengqing felt that he was being emptied, but he didn't have any good countermeasures.Because the local area is tightly controlled by the Runing Army; local officials and gentry also have very close economic and political ties with the Runing Army; In the Department of Internal Affairs, how can Gu Zhengqing fight Wu Shigong alone?

Moreover, the Runing Army's superficial skills are also in place, and there is no shortage of routines. Wu Shigong's seventh brother, Wu Shili, also entertains the officials of the Runing Mansion every now and then.It is that everything is controlled by the Runing Army, which makes Gu Zhengqing less likely to embezzle and accept bribes.

But over time, Gu Zhengqing also discovered some benefits.There is no need to do this trivial matter, and the territory is peaceful. Even in the year of the catastrophe, the harvest of the farmland in Runing Mansion is not satisfactory under the strong organization of the Runing Army.If this continues.The evaluation of the official department will never be bad.Gu Zhengqing also somewhat understood how his predecessor, Guan Kesong, got promoted.

What made Gu Zhengqing even more satisfied was that it was completely different from what he knew before he came. Although the peasant army was raging everywhere in Henan, the Runing Mansion was peaceful.In particular, business and entertainment activities are quite prosperous.There are also some novel business forms that Gu Zhengqing has never heard of. [

As time went by, some nimble businessmen discovered the speculation in the stock exchange and futures exchange, so they immediately hyped it up. In modern words: the bubble has risen.

Of course, knowing the modern bubble economy, Wu Shigong established the stock exchange and futures exchange.The stipulated transaction conditions are far stricter than those of modern times, and overdraft transactions are not allowed much, but it still creates a group of businessmen who get rich overnight.

So Gu Zhengqing was also moved, and he also wanted to go surfing in the sea.He first borrowed a sum of money from the Four Seas Bank through Wu Shili's relationship, and Wu Shili was always familiar with the properties of the Runing Army.There is inside information.Therefore, Gu Zhengqing also earned more than 6000 taels of silver in the past half a year.

Of course, as a civil servant, it is impossible for Gu Zhengqing to come forward directly.So he handed over the affairs of the transaction to a housekeeper at home.certainly.The butler is a puppet on the surface, but his wife is actually operating it.

Also because of the prosperity of commerce, a financial district has been formed in the area where the stock exchange and futures exchange are located.As a matter of course, a new temple of the God of Wealth was built there.And the Temple of the God of Wealth must be full of incense, and it was Gu Zhengqing's wife who had friction with Wu Shigong's wives when they were burning incense.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, officials and family members burning incense were indeed to clear the venue.But the magistrate's wife met the deputy general's wife.Under normal circumstances, everyone should be more polite and should follow a first-come, first-served basis.

However, because Gu Zhengqing was deprived of power, she complained a lot at home.So his wife took the opportunity to go crazy.But this old woman is also reasonable, no matter how you say it, the magistrate's wife is always older than the deputy general's wife, and the military officer's grade is a scum in front of the civilian officials.And Wu Shigong's wives are not original spouses, so it is hard to compare their status, of course Gu Zhengqing's wives are the most important.

After that, it was full of sharp words and nonsense words.Anyway, it's a scolding fight between old ladies.But Li Xin and the others finally gained the upper hand with the strength of the guards around them, and insisted on blocking Mrs. Gu Zhengqing outside the temple gate, and finished burning the incense first.

As soon as Mrs. Gu Zhengqing came home, of course she scolded Gu Zhengqing a bitch.Because Gu Zhengqing also came from a poor background, his wife was not well educated, and the two of them had a good relationship, so Mrs. Gu Zhengqing always had a high status in the family.

As for scolding, it must be: "Why are you so useless!" "I'm blind to marry you!" and so on, how could Gu Zhengqing bear it, so he can only hide as the best policy.

If a man is in a bad mood, of course he will drink.And it's not fun to drink alone, so Gu Zhengqing, together with his master and a civil servant from the magistrate's yamen who had taken refuge in him, drank his sorrows with wine.

"My lord! Don't drink too much, be careful!" the clerk surnamed Huang persuaded.

But Gu Zhengqing still drank the wine, and then said: "I have been here for several months, but nothing can be done, and now there is only Du Kang!" Gu Zhengqing also drank too much, so there is no taboo in speaking.

"Then Vice-General Wu is indeed a master. In fact, my lord should read a book to the court." Gu Zhengqing's master was also in the same trench as Gu Zhengqing, so he resented Gu Zhengqing even more than Gu Zhengqing.At least Gu Zhengqing still has the usual rules, but his master has lost a lot of opportunities to deceive others.

"It's difficult!" Although Gu Zhengqing drank a lot of wine, his nature has not been lost.His essence is a timid person.Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, he will not break skin with Wu Shigong. [

"Actually, there is a chance now!" Huang Wenli looked at Gu Zhengqing's face and said cautiously.

"Oh? Then tell me!" Gu Zhengqing also asked casually.

"That's right. My lord..." The Huang Wenli began to describe in detail.

It turned out that after a long period of stability, the minds of some Runing officials and gentry came alive.At that time, Wu Shigong's "Forbidden Wasteland Order" and "Forbidden Flow Order" deprived Runing officials and gentry of a large number of wasteland.However, with the organization of the Runing Army, the improvement of water conservancy ditches, and the implementation of village villages and forced serfs, the agricultural production of Runing Prefecture has been on the right track.

So those officials and gentry wanted to get back those abandoned lands, and it would be better to share some serfs and Zhuangzi, then their income would be even more.In fact, there are precedents for this kind of plundering. At that time, the farmland around Xi'an was occupied by Shaanxi officials and gentry headed by King Qin.

For this reason, the officials and gentry in Runing were willing to pay Gu Zhengqing a large sum of money to abolish the three decrees of the Runing Army, so as to take back their abandoned land in a legitimate way.So they entrusted them to Huang Wenli.

It can be seen from this that although Wu Shigong gave great benefits to the Ru Ning officials and gentry, and the two sides are closely tied politically and economically, as long as there are benefits, those officials and gentry will not hesitate to abandon the Runing army.This really proves a famous saying: There are only permanent interests, but no permanent friends!

Such a large sum of money certainly made Gu Zhengqing's heart flutter.Besides, he also thinks that these three decrees have passed the time, and the peaceful Runing Mansion no longer needs such "evil laws".

So the three immediately discussed with great interest, and at the end of the discussion, they decided to find a way to drive Wu Shigong out of the Runing Mansion, and solve the problem of the Runing Army once and for all.

On the fifth night of the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the Forbidden City in Beijing.

It was the New Year, and the smell of firecrackers was still in the air. After a tiring day, Qi Zheng, the servant of the official department, boarded the sedan chair waiting outside the Forbidden City, and took the sedan chair back to his home.

Emperor Chongzhen urgently summoned all the important ministers when the various yamen were in office during the New Year, because there were urgent state affairs to be discussed.And this discussion is about the Korean War.

On November [-]th of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji had just waited for the return of Azig, who had entered the first time, and decided to send troops to crusade on the grounds that "North Korea was defeated and rebellious".This is used as revenge for the North Korean envoys not kneeling during the proclaiming ceremony, and it is necessary to completely eliminate the hidden danger of North Korea.

On December [-]st, the Manchu Qing army gathered in Shengjing, and Huang Taiji deployed Jierhalang to stay in Shengjing, Azige in Niuzhuang, and Abatai in Gahaicheng.

Then, on the second day, Huang Taiji personally led the army to conquer North Korea, and Daishan, Dorgon, Duoduo, Yuetuo, Hauge, Du Du and others followed.The whole army is divided into left and right wings, the right wing is lined up from the road to Tokyo (Liaoyang) to the bank of the Hun River, and the left wing is lined up from the road to Fushun.

I heard that Huang Taiji was driving.The king of North Korea, Li Ji, was shocked. He immediately placed his hope in the Ming Dynasty for support, and immediately sent envoys to the Ming court to ask for help.

However, the Qing army dispatched troops very quickly. They crossed the Yalu River on December [-] and arrived in Anzhou on the [-]th. The attack was ferocious.So Li Zhen summoned his ministers and asked: "The bandits are deep, what will happen?" Some of the North Korean ministers advocated resistance, and some proposed to flee, which made Li Zhen hesitant.

At this time, news came that the Qing army had passed Songdu, and the Joseon King Li Ji did not hesitate, and immediately ran to Namhan Mountain City, forty miles away, using his usual expertise in escaping.Became a turtle again.But it’s no wonder that King Li Ji, although it is a country, but the combat effectiveness of North Korean soldiers is simply scum, he can only secretly make up his mind in Namhan Mountain City, let the Koreans of later generations go to verify that his grandson is their Korean!

After Emperor Chongzhen learned that North Korea was attacked by the Qing army on the fifth day of the first lunar month, he immediately convened all the important officials to discuss.Similarly, after arguing for a long time, the differences among the important ministers were quite large. (To be continued..)