From Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, to Emperor Chongzhen, there have been so many dukes in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and the one who really retired with the country was the Duke of Wei.

Those who were named dukes at the same time as Xu Da were basically killed by Zhu Chongba, and the subsequent British dukes and Chengguo dukes all started from Jingjing.

But it is a pity that except for Xu Da and his son Xu Huizu, the inheritors of the Duke of Wei are quite mediocre.

Xu Pengju is a typical example, greedy for money, lustful, timid, hesitant in case of trouble, after the Japanese broke the history and praised the good, he began to tidy up and prepare to run away.

"Zhancai, there's nothing to see, I'll talk about it when it's sorted out later." Xu Pengju is in his thirties, white and clean, like a rich man.

Qian Yuan nodded with a smile, turned around and walked towards the main hall, this is the garden being built by the Duke of Wei, and the mess is unsightly.

The fact is that Xu Pengju's uncle Xu Tianxi forcibly borrowed it, and he didn't pay it back, so Xu Pengju had no choice but to rebuild the garden.

From this point, it can be seen that Xu Pengju is not very good and timid, so Qian Yuan visited the Wei Mansion today, and he was not panicked at all, and he also vaguely guessed what the other party wanted to do.

"Come on, Zhancai, this is the old man and the young son Xu Bangning." Xu Pengju introduced with a smile.

Qian Yuan nodded slightly, and Xu Bangning's face distorted...... My own Lao Tzu and the other party's peers have a relationship, isn't he a generation shorter.

Xu Pengju looked at him in surprise, "You know each other?" ”

"Acquaintance." Qian Yuan raised the teacup and took a sip, "I met him when I went out of the Tribute Courtyard on the day of the record, and I found a place together......

"Eat, eat......" Xu Bangning grabbed the front with a sharp voice, and his eyes were full of begging for mercy.

Qian Yuan lowered his eyes slightly and stopped talking, and reported it back and again, I have always done things with clear grievances...... The day after my mother and her entourage came to Nanjing, my uncle Lu knew from the guards where my nephew had gone the night before.

"Get out!" Xu Pengju drank and said with a wry smile: "Gentleman, gentleman." ”

Qian Yuan took another sip of tea and said with a smile: "Songluo tea? ”

"Yes, yes, it's Ming Qian pineapple." Xu Peng raised the corner of his mouth and twitched, this is obviously Longjing!

After chatting for a while, Xu Pengju got down to business, "Now there is a lot of trouble in Nanjing, and those candidates who take the exam are also full of food!" ”

On the day of the recording, Qian Yuan heard a little wind, and since then he has been shrinking into the house and not coming out, originally thought that it would be fine after a while, but he didn't expect it to get bigger and bigger.

Qian Yuan's idea is that the township exam is about to take place, just like the college entrance examination in the previous life, any public opinion topic has to give way!

But the fact is that the college entrance examination is a middle school entrance examination, a university, or a student; And the township examination is a show of talent, and it is possible to be an official, and if you win the lift, you can also be admitted to the jinshi.

Scholars of this era...... Well, as long as you are not particularly old, you will often gather to talk about political affairs and scold Fang Xuan.

As a result, more than 100 Japanese robbers traveled thousands of miles across the six prefectures, slashing and killing thousands of officers and soldiers and civilians, and such news naturally became the focus of public opinion.

The examinees of the Huizhou Mansion, the Ningguo Mansion, and the Taiping Mansion scolded the officers and soldiers for being incompetent and tyrannical.

Among them, the scholars of Taiping Mansion reacted the most violently, because just around Machang Town, two scholars who rushed to Nanjing Township to test died at the hands of the Japanese Invaders.

Therefore, Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei who garrisoned Nanjing, was scolded enough, because he did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and only sent Zhu Xiang and Jiang Sheng to lead more than 1,000 soldiers to fight, and the result was a great defeat in Machang Town.

Listening to Xu Pengju's chatter, Qian Yuan was still thinking about what else to prepare in the box that he brought to the tribute courtyard, and said casually: "Anyway, the Japanese didn't enter Yingtianfu, and they don't care what happened to the grandfather." ”

"Hey, how can you ignore the old man's business." Xu Pengju cried with a sad face, and said without words: "Brother, can you help my brother with this?" ”

Xu Pengju was cheeky and not afraid of a few scoldings from the scholars, but there was already a royal history of the Imperial Procuratorate who impeached him for fear of war and even defeated, and almost gave the southern capital to the Japanese invaders.

The Duke of Wei has deep roots, but this time the matter is too big, more than 100 Japanese soldiers treat the officers and soldiers as if they are nothing, and they cross thousands of miles unscrupulously, and Emperor Jiajing must be furious...... This is simply a slap in the face of Emperor Jiajing.

Those civil officials in Nanjing...... Everyone knows that this is sent by Beijing, and people are unwilling and can't afford to shoulder this responsibility, and those civil officials are intertwined, and if they don't get the board, they will really hit the butt of the Wei State Mansion, how dare Xu Pengju slack off?

Xu Pengju gritted his teeth and whispered, "Brother, some of the news outside is for you......"

Qian Yuan picked up a grape and threw it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Well, I know." ”

"Then you're not worried?"

"Worried about what?" Qian Yuan snorted and spat out the seeds.

There are all kinds of rumors in Nanjing City, and there are all kinds of nonsense, and the one that Qian Yuan listened to when he recorded the testament has already spread...... The Japanese invaders abducted Qian Yuan, a member of Huating in Huizhou Mansion, who joined forces with the Japanese to loot and kill, and then attacked the soldiers before they were surrounded by officers and soldiers.

The fact that this kind of rumor insulting people's IQ can spread can only prove that there are people behind it who are manipulating everything.

However, Qian Yuan knew very well that the other party was not coming for him, and the target was Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua, who were far away in Hangzhou.

One of the most discussed topics among the candidates was what role Hu Zongxian played in the anti-Japanese resistance in the southeast now, and whether he had the ability to curb the raids of the Japanese invaders.

Some people accused Hu Zongxian of being so ineffective in resisting the Japanese that a small group of Japanese robbers were able to almost break through the southeastern town of Hangzhou, and then traveled thousands of miles, killing thousands of officers and soldiers, so that Nanjing was almost attacked.

Some people also pointed out that when Yang Yi, the governor of Zhejiang, did nothing, Hu Zongxian had a real contribution to the anti-Japanese invasion, and the invasion of a small group of Japanese was just an accident.

In the end, all eyes were focused on Qian Yuan's body.

The reason is very simple, so far, except for a few high-level officials in the southeast, as well as officials who are personally involved, almost everyone is not clear how the rampant Japanese bandits that have been rampant for thousands of miles have been exterminated.

The ferocity and tyranny of this group of Japanese robbers are palpitating, but what is even more frightening is their combat power, Shi Baoshan led the officers and soldiers to attack and defeat, and as a result, they succeeded in the night attack that night, killing the Japanese invaders cleanly...... This kind of official tone, ghosts don't believe it!

Therefore, only Qian Yuan, who was taken away and coerced, knew what happened?

Was it Shi Baoshan who led his troops to exterminate the Japanese invaders, and Hu Zongxian was ineffective in resisting the Japanese invaders?

Is it the credit of Cao Bangfu and Wang Chonggu for the reinforcements, and it is the right time for Hu Zongxian to dispatch troops?

All kinds of rumors spread in the city, of course, the most nonsense is that Qian Yuan, a member of Huating, killed all the widows......

Qian Yuan smiled and looked at Xu Pengju with a bitter face, this is really an old fox.

He knew very well what the other party was thinking in his heart, Xu Pengju never wanted to get involved in the fighting between Hu Zongxian, Zhao Wenhua and many bigwigs in Nanjing, this was directly related to the political dispute between the DPRK and China, and he just wanted to get out of it.

Xu Pengju didn't have anything else, but he had a bit of eyesight, he remembered everything he saw when he went to Taiping Mansion after hearing the news that the Japanese were all wiped out.

He didn't see the corpse of the wolf, but he saw the angry Zhao Zhenji, the triumphant Xu Wenchang, the admiring Wang Chonggu and Dong Bangzheng, and the wolf soldiers who bowed down to Qian Yuan.

What impressed Xu Pengju the most was that when Qian Yuan walked out of the small village and looked back, his body was filled with a cold and piercing murderous aura.

Now in the rumors in Nanjing, some people accuse Qian Yuan of working for the Japanese Kou, which further strengthens Xu Pengju's idea, this Hua Tingxiu is the most critical figure.

Qian Yuan knew all about this, but he didn't have the idea of contributing to the Wei State Mansion, if Xu Pengju didn't shamelessly let the prince come to the door in person, he wouldn't have made this trip.

Therefore, the purpose of Qian Yuan's coming today is just to drink tea.

After drinking tea all afternoon, Qian Yuan, who did not say anything, refused the dinner and went straight home, for him, the upcoming township test was the most important thing.