Blood from Daming

Chapter 147 Xue Cong
Grandfather Xue Rui is so sad because Xue Cong, the eldest grandson of the big family, broke his heart. From the day Xue Cong was born, Xue Rui regarded him as the future successor of the Xue family and trained him. To build Xue Cong into a national pillar with both civil and military skills, and prepare to follow the story of Emperor Jianwen passed down by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu, and make the eldest grandson the head of the family in the future.

The reason why Xue Rui devoted himself to cultivating the eldest grandson Xue Cong across generations was also a helpless move. His eldest son Xue Aogu is as proud as his name suggests, but it is a pity that he has a bad temper, does things regardless of the past and often offends others. In addition to being good at martial arts There is no special advantage other than that, it is really difficult to be the head of the family. In the battle between Daming and the Jurchen Tribe, the Ming army retreated across the board. The family of the critics also paid for the servants. It can be said that Xue Aogu's good martial arts and reckless character harmed himself and the Xue family, and also made the Xue family withdraw from the ranks of the hereditary generals of the Ming Dynasty.

The second son, Xue Aoren, is a talented person who dabbles in both civil and military affairs, so he naturally became Xue Rui's focus on cultivating the patriarch. However, during Xue Rui's long-term observation, he found that although the second son, Xue Aoren, was lustful, he was quite scheming, and he especially liked learning literature and writing. Being able to speak well and being a civil servant is very suitable for him, but it is a pity that the special ways of civil and military affairs in the Ming Dynasty are mutually exclusive, and Xue Aoleng's conversion to civil and military affairs is not possible.As for Xue Aoren's shortcoming, Xue Rui thinks that it is indecisiveness, which can be fatal to generals at critical times.

The third son, Xue Aotian, and the fourth son, Xue Aobiao, are not outstanding in other aspects except for good martial arts. In addition, Xue Rui still hopes that the inheritance of the Xue family will be inherited by the eldest family, which is the most reasonable. Very big hope, but the things in the world are that the greater the hope you give, the greater your disappointment will be in the end. Xue Cong hated literature and liked martial arts since he was a child, and he has lost countless Hongru professors. Naturally, there is no way to talk about literature. Xue Cong has indeed learned the real kung fu of getting off the horse with his father, uncle and spear masters.

The better Xue Cong's martial arts practice, the more disappointed Xue Rui is. Seeing Xue Cong become the second Xue Aogu is really desperate. Xue Rui wants Xue Cong to be the future helm of the Xue family, not just a man who only knows how to fight and kill After the pain, Xue Rui began to target the Patriarch's second son, Xue Aoren, and basically gave up on Xue Cong, the eldest grandson of the house.

As Xue Aoren's status in the Xue Mansion strengthened, Xue Cong and his father Xue Aogu became more and more hostile to their second uncle Xue Aoren. Although Xue Aogu let the Jurchen Nurhachi know that there are brave warriors in Ming Dynasty in the Battle of Saerhu, he gave Xue Aogu A devastating blow to the 200-year-old family of generals in the government.

Xue Rui was also a loyal warrior of the Ming Dynasty and was not afraid of death, but he couldn't jump into the flames like Xue Aogu to kill himself. Xue Rui lost two sons and four Taibao in one go, and killed and disabled a large number of family members. The orphans and widows were heartbroken and mourned. They really killed the three armies without any plot. This is also the main reason why Xue Rui made up his mind to support Xue Aoren as the successor of the head of the family.

Not long after Xue Cong's father died, he realized that his heir apparent status was not guaranteed. It was like a rich man who was suddenly stripped of his clothes and thrown into the street and became a pauper. Of course Xue Cong could not accept this cruel reality, nor did he want to. Staying at home was ashamed, and he took the initiative to ask the court to go to Liaodong to avenge his father.

After Xue Cong got the opportunity to go to Liaodong to serve the imperial court, he privately encouraged his family members to go to Liaodong to make contributions in the Xue residence. Because of Xue Cong's usual arrogance and contempt for inferiors, and Dafang's stupid performance in the battle of Sarhu, he would stay away from him.

Regardless of his grandfather Xue Rui's objection, Xue Cong took Xue Jiu, Xue Shi and others away to Liaodong to join the army. He hadn't been back to Xue's residence for five years. Factions, anyway, where there are people, there are struggles and where there are rivers and lakes, there are killings. Xue Cong did not do well in Liaodong. Most of the military exploits were blackmailed by the superiors or Liaodong-level officers. Xue Cong and his group had you when they were working hard in Liaodong. If you eat meat and drink and get promoted and get rich, you will be sidelined. Xue Cong and the others are like a bunch of motherless Children are bullied.

If it wasn't for his grandfather Xue Rui's constant donations to help Xue Cong, Xue Cong might have become a fertilizer on the land of Liaodong. However, Xue Cong accepted his death and resolutely rejected his grandfather's idea of ​​letting him leave Liaodong. After making a name for himself, Xue Cong hated Xue's family the most because of Xue Yun's sudden rise.

Strictly speaking, Xue Cong liked this cousin very much when Xue Yun was young. Xue Cong often took Xue Yun to play together, and sometimes he did not forget to bring some pastry toys for his cousin Xue Yun when he went to the street, so as to compare with his own brother. Xue Jie is much better, and as long as Xue Cong finds that Xue Bin and Xue Bo are bullying Xue Yun, he will definitely find Xue Bin and Xue Bo to reward them with old punches. Xue Bin and Xue Bo will treat Xue Yun after being scared by Xue Cong. Most of them adopt civilized Cold War confrontation.

In fact, Xue Cong didn't mean to treat Xue Yun sincerely. He just knew that Xue Yun was the child that his second uncle didn't like the most. Although Xue Cong was rude, he still knew how to make things difficult for his second uncle and second mother. If you don't like this bastard, I, Xue Cong, just protect him. He cared about him, and he still had a chance to take revenge on Xue Bin and Xue Bo against his second uncle and second mother in the name of protecting Xue Yun. Xue Bin and Xue Bo were often beat up by Xue Cong. Erniang was crying, but there was nothing she could do when she met Xue Cong, a fool. No matter what Xue Cong's mentality was, Xue Yun did get a lot of benefits when he was a child.

It was precisely because of Xue Cong's revenge that the second mother turned her anger on Xue Yun. Xue Rui was born as a warrior and was used to fighting with children in his family. As long as no one was injured, he would not care about it. On the contrary, Rui thinks that the children of the Xue family should be bloody, and a guy who can't fight is not worthy of being a child of the Xue family.

Xue Cong's jealousy towards Xue Mansion, especially Xue Yun, is mainly because he thinks his grandfather is eccentric. Xue Yun, a bastard he never thought would pose a threat to him, has become the most popular figure in Xue Mansion and even the entire Ming Dynasty. Xue Cong knows that My grandfather handed over almost all the family members of the Xue family to Xue Yun, but when I left the capital, my grandfather didn't take the initiative to provide me with a single soldier.

Xue Cong was already very dissatisfied with the affairs of Xue's house in charge of the second room, but Zhang Erniang, who was in charge of Xue's house last year, colluded with her brother-in-law to poach the corner of Xue's house to enrich himself, and brought the whole Xue's house to the brink of bankruptcy. What Xue Cong hated the most was the client One of them, Xue Aoren's status, not only was not affected, but instead relied on his son Xue Yun's ability to kill the Tartars, he became a defenseman. Seeing that he had worked hard for five years and was still a thousand boss, his younger brother Xue Yun became a second-rank lieutenant general. , Even Xue Liu, a servant, is a general. Thinking about the servants of Xue's mansion dressed in Qianzong, Xue Cong felt that Xue's mansion would not be able to stay for a day.

At the end of the year, Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan You, who was inspecting Ningyuan, recruited Xue Cong to ask for a question. He specifically asked about a kind of explosive kit that Xue’s family had in Datong. Surprised, he immediately promised that Xue Cong would consider being promoted to the post of general if he performed outstandingly again.

Yuan Chonghuan throws out the bait Xue Cong, no matter how stupid he is, knows that if he wants to become a general, he must get the formula and method of the explosive pack, but Xue Jiu and Xue Shi think that neither the owner of the Xue family nor Xue Yun will hand over the formula of the explosive pack And method, and Xue Jiu and Xue Shi are not in favor of using the formula to exchange the position of the general, after all, this is the life-saving talisman of the Xue family.

Xue Cong still held his own opinion and asked his grandfather for the formula and method of explosive kits. If his grandfather refused to hand over the formula regardless of his future as the eldest grandson, Xue Cong decided to compromise or separate the family by asking for a large amount of military supplies. The long room was eaten up by the second room again, so there was this very exaggerated list of supplies.

Xue Yun roughly calculated the total price of the supplies: 10 spears, [-] round shields, [-] broadswords, [-] sets of Ming army uniforms in winter and summer, [-] sets of armor, and [-] sets of harness , saber, horse body armor, and a thousand hard bows secretly made by Ouchi.Go to Eunuch Wei or Li Shilang of the Ministry of War to approve the note, and then go to the eunuch in charge of the Internal Government Supervision Bureau to clear up the relationship.

Plus one hundred carts of grain and other supplies, such as silk and satin, rouge powder, pots and pans, hoes and rakes, everything is estimated to be around 5 taels of silver. The key is that if Xue Cong does not return the hundreds of mules and carts The most difficult thing is that Xue Yun can't get out a thousand horses at all. He can't give Xue Cong the horses from the pro-barracks to go back to Datong with his men.

Xue Yun had never seen his grandfather so sad, so he had no choice but to comfort his grandfather and said: "Grandpa, don't worry, maybe the elder brother is playing with a child's temper, and the grandson will take the time to have a good talk with the ninth brother, and see if he can help the elder brother first." Some practical stuff goes by."

Grandfather Xue Rui: "Yun'er, you are sensible. Alas, Xue Cong wants to separate the family. Now that the Xue family's property is earned by your grandson, this bastard will take away more than half of the property if you open your mouth." , I’m not even dead yet, when will it be his turn to decide.”

Xue Yun thought that he was a person in two generations, and now only the grandfather in front of him is the best to him, seeing his grandfather being angry with the younger generation at such an age, he also felt sad: "The property in the grandfather's house is all yours. For the old man, it’s my father’s incompetence in managing the family that hurts everyone. Don’t blame the eldest brother and the others, but I wouldn’t feel at ease putting money in the hands of people I can’t trust.”

Xue Rui: "Yun'er feels relieved to think of Grandpa like this. You don't have to say good things for Xue Cong. I will tell Lao Jiu to let him go back without a penny."

Xue Yun: "Grandpa, calm down and ask grandson to talk to brother Jiu first. In fact, it's not easy for elder brother to live in Liaodong, and it's normal for him to be angry."

Xue Yun managed to comfort his grandfather so that he felt more at ease before he left the small courtyard. Xue Yun was about to ask Mao Lao Yao something, but Mao Lao Yao had already been waiting outside the courtyard. When he saw Xue Yun coming out of the courtyard, Mao Lao Yao called He followed closely: "Third Young Master, Brother Nine took 1000 taels of silver from the cashier after lunch and went out with a group of subordinates. An accountant asked the younger one to come and ask Xue Jiu what to do next time he comes to get the money. "

Xue Yun: "Youngest, go back and tell Mr. An that Brother Jiu doesn't need to ask me if you pay less than 1 taels in the account. They are all loyal subordinates of the Xue family. If you want to withdraw money, you send them 1000 taels of silver every day for them to use as pocket money."

(End of this chapter)