Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After several days, there was no bad news about Emperor Tianqi, and Wu Shigong was about to breathe a sigh of relief.But one night, when his father-in-law Xue Lian was having dinner with the family, he happily said to his family: A minister presented an "elixir" to Emperor Tianqi. Seemed to recover immediately.

After hearing the words of his father-in-law Xue Lian, Wu Shigong's heart "thumped" again.In Wu Shigong's previous life, although his level of education was not high, he had heard too many stories about ancient emperors who would immediately pass away as soon as they ate the "elixir".The most famous is Qin Shihuang.It seems that the situation of Emperor Tianqi is really not good, and his time in this world may not be much.

But Wu Shigong dared not bring up these thoughts with his father-in-law Xue Lian.Don't say whether his father-in-law Xue Lian will believe his words.Just saying such crow-mouthed words by yourself is simply cursing Emperor Tianqi's behavior.That's head-scratching.

However, Wu Shigong didn't know that his father-in-law Xue Lian also had the same anxiety.After all, the "Hongwan case" of Emperor Tianqi's father has not passed for a few years.Xue Lian just suppressed laughter in order not to worry his family.

After dinner, Wu Shigong and Xue Yufei returned to their small courtyard, and saw their son Xue Chenglin was full of milk, sleeping contentedly, suddenly, Wu Shigong felt cramps in his heart.

In fact, we already know that Wu Shigong's thoughts and code of conduct are basically derived from his identity as the boss of the underworld in his previous life.And any social group, especially a social group organized on a voluntary basis like the underworld, has very high demands on their leaders.The underworld not only requires their bosses to have strong earning power and high leadership skills, they also require their bosses to have high moral standards.

This may sound ironic.Will the boss of the underworld still have morality?Actually, that's for sure.It's hard for you to imagine that if a certain boss is at home, abusing his parents, beating his wife and children, even if he can make money again, no matter how vicious he is, who will follow him?In fact, we can see this from the classic work about the mafia - "The Godfather". The godfather worships every week, never goes out to play with women, and loves his family very much.In reality, this is indeed the case for many underworld bosses.

The same is true for Wu Shigong.He actually divides the people around him into two types.One is outsiders, like the two brothers of the Yang family, who just spit on Wu Shigong's subordinates, and he killed them without hesitation.Not even a word of nonsense, it seemed very cruel.

The other is the self.When Xiang Shumo ran away when Wu Shigong was in danger, Wu Shigong just laughed it off; Xue Qiang was rude to him, and Wu Shigong just teased him back; Li Xin repeatedly offended him, and Wu Shigong was very tolerant.This means that Wu Shigong has regarded Li Xin as his own.

Of course, the reason why Li Xin is a beautiful little girl is not small.Men are always generous to beautiful women.How about trying an ugly man?If that man couldn't come up with 500 taels of silver at that time, Wu Shigong might have sunk his sack long ago.

Therefore, whether Wu Shigong will do something that violates the legal and moral bottom line is one thing; but what he did, Wu Shigong also knew in his heart whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.In other words, Wu Shigong is also able to distinguish right from wrong.

But what Wu Shigong is going to do now is definitely a kind of torment for Wu Shigong's soul.Wu Shigong was prepared to abandon his wife and children and run away alone in the worst case, that is, when Xue's family died.

This is also another characteristic of Wu Shigong as a boss of the underworld: he does things very calmly, even a little coldly.

For Wu Shigong, who has been a man for two generations, now he finally has a warm family; finally he has a wife who loves him deeply; finally he has a son Xue Chenglin.But when the new emperor wants to destroy the Xue family, the Xue family will face the force of the entire state machine.By that time, not to mention Wu Shigong, even the entire Xue family would not have the slightest ability to resist.Faced with this situation, the only thing Wu Shigong can do is to run away alone.

For the first time, Wu Shigong felt powerless that his fate could not be controlled by himself.Because, in the face of the entire state apparatus, even Wu Shigong's chances of escaping alone would be very slim, let alone bringing his family with him.Even if you take the baby Xue Chenglin to escape, the possibility of success will be greatly reduced.

But, just abandon them like this?In desperation, how could Wu Shigong's heart not be cramped?In his heart, Wu Shigong could only pray secretly: It is best not to have that day come.However, Wu Shigong had to do the necessary preparations.

First of all, regardless of Zhu Yun's strangeness and refutation, Wu Shigong asked Zhu Yun to immediately take back all the silver that had been put out for loan sharks, and deposit it in the bank to exchange it for bank notes.What's more, Wu Shigong changed to the kind of pay at sight in the bank, and the kind of people who recognize the ticket but don't recognize the person, which also caused Wu Shigong to lose some handling fees.However, Wu Shigong at this time could no longer care about these losses.

Then, Wu Shigong asked for the money from the gambling house, leaving only the minimum amount of the daily deposits for the gambling house to circulate.The rest are all deposited in the bank and exchanged for bank notes.

Wu Shigong went to Yang Goudan again and ordered another [-] firecrackers. Yang Goudan reminded Wu Shigong that it might take several months to make these firecrackers.Because it took Yang Goudan two and a half months for Wu Shigong to ask for ten guns and five guns last time.

Wu Shigong said to Yang Goudan: As long as Yang Goudan does it as soon as possible.But the quality of the gun must be guaranteed.

Then, through Xue Yong's relationship, Wu Shigong purchased [-] catties of gunpowder from the store and sent them to the Zhuangzi outside the capital where the guards of the gambling house were trained.

Although Xue Yong purchased the gunpowder according to Wu Shigong's order, he also raised a question in his heart to his son-in-law: the son-in-law wants gunpowder, and it is enough for Hou Ye to allocate some in the Beijing camp. Why spend money?

Wu Shigong did not answer Xue Yong's question.Wu Shigong thought to himself: In this sensitive period, asking his father-in-law Xue Lian to allocate some gunpowder from the Beijing camp, wouldn't that be courting death?As long as someone with a heart wants to report to the new emperor, he can even think about the consequences for the Xue family.

As for Wu Shigong's purchase of gunpowder and gunpowder, it was not a big problem.Because as long as the new emperor is reasonable, he will know that such a small amount of firecrackers and gunpowder will definitely not be prepared for rebellion.Besides, if you want to rebel, those firecrackers and gunpowder should also be transported into the capital, not to the Zhuangzi outside the city.

Of course, if the new emperor is unreasonable and wants to destroy the Xue family.Even without these firecrackers and gunpowder, he would find other reasons.

Actually, what Wu Shigong did was not for the purpose of rebelling or escaping, he was just sowing doubts.

The next day, under the cover of Xue Yong, Wu Shigong put on makeup, went out alone, and borrowed a remote room in the east part of the capital.Why is it in Dongcheng?Because it definitely won't work in Nancheng.And Xicheng is Guixun District, and there are many people who know Wu Shigong, so it's not good.There is a Guozijian in Beicheng, and there are many old classmates of Wu Shigong, but it still doesn't work.That's only the east side.

There was a water well in the house, and Wu Shigong purchased grain and bacon, enough for one person for three months.Wu Shigong hid another 100 taels of gold and 100 taels of silver in the house.Two pistols, some gunpowder and bullets.There are also two daggers.Wu Shigong forged a document from a foreign scholar based on his own document.And bought a lot of books in the house, and put these books in a mess.

Wu Shigong's idea is: if there is a chance to escape at that time, he will hide in this room first and close the door.If there are visiting officials, they will pretend to be a bookworm who went to the capital to study and study hard behind closed doors.Anyway, just pretend to be the nerdy Wu Shigong who was time-traveled.When there is little wind, rely on this scholar's paperwork to fly away.Because in the Ming Dynasty, civilians needed guides to go out, and only scholars did not need guides, and they could travel to various places with their status as scholars.

Now, all preparations have been completed.Wu Shigong can only pray to the sky, the time to use these things will never come.

Finally, Wu Shigong called Shumo over and asked him to go to the powder shop to give Zhao Ruya 800 taels of silver, and asked Shumo to pass a word to Zhao Ruya: Wu Shigong will not go to Zhao Ruya's place in the near future.

After receiving the money and hearing the message from Shumo.Because Wu Shigong didn't come during this period, and Zhao Ruya, who was already feeling a little uneasy, immediately felt a little desperate.As soon as Shumo left, she immediately burst into tears.

Li Xin, who was on the side, saw Zhao Ruya crying sadly, so she could only sigh helplessly.Li Xin came from a political family, so she is more politically sensitive.In addition, the people in the capital have a tradition of talking about the affairs of the palace compound and the court.Therefore, combining the rumors of the common people and Wu Shigong's identity, Li Xin has already guessed Wu Shigong's thoughts very closely.Wu Shigong wanted to not bring any unnecessary troubles to Zhao Ruya's mother and daughter in case of political turmoil.

When Li Xin told Zhao Ruya about Wu Shigong's thoughts, Zhao Ruya immediately burst into laughter.When Wu Shigong was mentioned, Zhao Ruya still had a fascinated look on her face.

Seeing Zhao Ruya's nympho look, Li Xin could only sigh helplessly again.Li Xin has already received a letter from her hometown Changzhou, her third uncle, who is also the current patriarch of the Li family.In the letter, the third uncle told Li Xin: A marriage has been arranged for Li Xin in his hometown in Changzhou, and Li Xin also became a regular wife when she married.If it's convenient for Li Xin, she can rush back to her hometown in Changzhou now.If Li Xin is inconvenient, before the Chinese New Year, the Li family will send someone to the capital to pick Li Xin back to her hometown.

Li Xin has lived in the powder shop for almost a year.In terms of feeling, although Wu Shigong is a member of the family who killed his father and enemy, he treated Zhao Ruya's mother and daughter really well.And he's a nice guy.Zhao Ruya finally found a good home.

Li Xin thought about her future again, she could only hope that she would also marry a better husband.