Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Since Na Tao Xin worshiped Wu Shigong as his master, he trained with the soldiers every morning and went to the inner house to study in the afternoon.

Of course, when Tao Xin was training with the soldiers, the training intensity would definitely not be as high as that of the soldiers.However, this little boy is quite ambitious and always tries his best to do his best.Therefore, he has made great progress in military training.

Seeing Tao Xin's excellent performance, Wu Shigong actually praised the little boy several times.Every time he was praised, the little boy always flushed with excitement.His relationship with Wu Shigong is also much closer.

On the contrary, in the afternoon reading, Tao Xin's performance was not as good as that of Xiaojie who was studying with him.Every time Tao Xin made a typo, Xiaojie always taught Tao Xin a lesson.But Tao Xin also listened to Xiaojie's accusation foolishly.Therefore, in the inner house, the seven-year-old girl taught the ten-year-old boy a lesson as an interesting incident.

When building the city wall of Qianhusuo Fortress, Wu Shigong just asked these laborers to build an earthen city wall with earth before the Chinese New Year.After the beginning of the new year, stones were built outside the earthen city wall.

After Shumo came back and saw this situation, he suggested to Wu Shigong: simply dig a trench outside the city wall, and the soil dug from the trench can be used to build the city wall?

One word awakens the dreamer.Shumo's suggestion can not only greatly save labor, but also add an extra line of defense for the fortress of Qianhusuo.What a brilliant idea!Wu Shigong immediately rewarded Shumo for his suggestion, and gave Shumo Li Xin's maid.After Shumo received this reward, he smiled happily, and habitually flattered Wu Shigong a lot.

A few days after Li Xin came back, another guest came to Wu Shigong's place.He is Mr. Zhang Kehua, the staff member next to his father-in-law Xue Lian.After Wu Shigong met Zhang Kehua, he was overjoyed.

After Xue Lian lost his job, Zhang Kehua was useless.So, he bid farewell to Xue Lian, and also went back to his hometown in Shaoxing to retire.So, Xue Lian asked Zhang Kehua to make a bend on the way back to his hometown to see his son-in-law Wu Shigong, and brought Wu Shigong some items and people by the way.

Although Wu Shigong and Zhang Kehua didn't have much contact when they were in the capital.However, seeing an acquaintance in the capital now makes Wu Shigong very happy.Therefore, after the first meeting, Wu Shigong gave Zhang Kehua a bear hug, which almost broke Zhang Kehua's old bones.

Zhang Kehua did not come alone, he was accompanied by more than forty guards on horseback from the Xue residence sent by his father-in-law Xue Lian.In the current Xue Mansion, only the most basic guards are left beside his father-in-law Xue Lian.

Zhang Kehua also brought two letters from home to Wu Shigong.One was written by Xue Lian, his father-in-law; the other was written by Xue Yufei, Wu Shigong's youngest wife.Moreover, Zhang Kehua also brought 1000 taels of gold from his father-in-law Xue Lian to Wu Shigong.

Zhang Kehua told Wu Shigong: The gold has almost emptied Xue's house.Because, in the current capital, the storm of impeaching Wei Zhongxian's party is one wave after another.Although Xue Lian was lightly let go by Emperor Chongzhen, Xue Lian still gave many powerful gifts to powerful ministers and eunuchs in order to save his life.

Although Emperor Chongzhen hadn't moved Wei Zhongxian yet, he had already begun to liquidate Wei Zhongxian's party members.Even Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, was exiled from the capital.

Wu Shigong grabbed Zhang Kehua and drank together at night, with Xue Yongli as company.When talking about the past in the capital, all three of them sighed.

Zhang Kehua told Wu Shigong: Wu Shigong's decision to leave the capital was still correct.Now the leaders of the factory guards in Nancheng have all been replaced.Moreover, not only Nancheng, but also officials in other key positions in the capital were replaced by people from Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhang Kehua then asked Wu Shigong: What are your plans now?

Wu Shigong replied, "It's better to take one step at a time."Let's run this thousand households well now.

After hearing Wu Shigong's words, Zhang Kehua nodded in agreement and said: In the current situation, let Wu Shigong avoid the limelight locally.

After finishing drinking and returning to the room, Wu Shigong took out the two family letters and chewed them slowly over and over again.

In that letter, father-in-law Xue Lian still sprayed Wu Shigong with scolding blood.However, Wu Shigong felt quite warm when he saw these scolding words.

And Xue Yufei wrote the letter, needless to say the tender words.What pleased Wu Shigong the most was that on the last piece of letter paper, there was an ink-stained footprint of his son Xue Chenglin.

Wu Shigong never tires of watching his son's footprints.In this world, is there anything more painful than the separation of flesh and blood?

While Wu Shigong and Zhang Kehua were drinking and sighing, in the Youshi Hotel in Nanguan, Fucheng, Wei Zhongxian and his confidant Li Chaoqin were drinking the last drink of their lives.

After suffering violent impeachment, Wei Zhongxian was finally ordered by Emperor Chongzhen: exile to Fengyang.However, as soon as Wei Zhongxian left the capital, he knew that he would never reach the destination of Fengyang.Like him, once a high-ranking eunuch was exiled, none of them could reach their destination.This is like when Wei Zhongxian exiled Wang An.

However, Wei Zhongxian still had some luck in his heart. He hoped that Emperor Chongzhen would be able to take care of the three of them because of his years of hard work and his father Ming Guangzong's love for the three of them when he was in Emperor Chongzhen. Spare yourself.

But hopes were quickly dashed.Wei Zhongxian has received a report from his cronies that Emperor Chongzhen has sent Jin Yiwei to arrest him and will take him back to Beijing for trial.And those Jinyiwei will catch up with Wei Zhongxian and his party tomorrow morning.

After getting the news, Wei Zhongxian knew that he would die, so why did he go back to Beijing and be humiliated in the interrogation?Therefore, Wei Zhongxian drank with Li Chaoqin in the hotel until the fourth watch.After that, he went back to the house and hanged himself.

The death of Wei Zhongxian is a symbolic event in the entire history of China.Because his death marked the end of the eunuch group's political life.Since then, no eunuch has any influence in politics.

And what does Wei Zhongxian's death mean to the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen?Emperor Chongzhen got nothing but the title of "Sage King" from the mouth of the civil servants, which satisfied his vanity a little.

On the contrary, because of this move of Emperor Chongzhen, the entire eunuch group was frightened into silence.Since then, no eunuch dared to make any suggestions on state affairs and government affairs in front of Emperor Chongzhen.Emperor Chongzhen cut off his most important arm.

That Zhang Kehua was so eager to return home, he stayed with Wu Shigong for one night and then left and went back to his hometown.Before breaking up, Wu Shigong not only gave Zhang Kehua a generous gift, but also asked Zhang Kehua to bring a gift to Zhang Kequan.Wu Shigong also asked Zhang Kehua to find an assistant for him after he returned to his hometown.

When Wu Shigong was in Bingmasi, he was quite satisfied with Zhang Kequan, an aide.Zhang Kequan not only helped Wu Shigong handle many official affairs, but also helped Wu Shigong make suggestions and solve many problems for Wu Shigong.

And Wu Shigong is now in the Qianhu Office. Although Xue Yongli is helping with military affairs, Yuan Xingshan and Zheng Zhen are helping with business and financial management.However, he still felt that he needed a character who could be in the officialdom and advise him.

After Zhang Kehua knew Wu Shigong's thoughts, he told Wu Shigong: Zhang Kehua and Zhang Kequan brothers, because they are too old, will basically not come out again after returning to their hometown this time.However, after Zhang Kehua returns to his hometown, he will find a capable person among his children, and when the time comes, let him come directly to Wu Shigong.

Zhang Kehua didn't tell Wu Shigong about Zhang Kehua's visit this time, and Yu Zilian sued Wu Shigong about it.Because when Zhang Kehua left Beijing, Yu Zilian had just arrived in the capital, and he hadn't sued Wu Shigong yet.