Although it is now the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, it has been a full seventeen years since the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, his influence can be said to be getting smaller and smaller, and not many people in the court remember this carpenter emperor.

But Tai Kangbo's status is here, and his special identity will definitely have extraordinary opportunities at that time, especially under the chaotic situation in Nanjing.

Liu Yongxi couldn't help but praise Zhao Zhijie: "Brother Zhao, you are really powerful, you can actually invite Taikang Hou over, this is a great help to us, as long as you can invite Taikang Hou to Nandu, we are all real heroes!" ”

Zhao Zhijie was rarely humble: "How can I have any magical powers, this is all Wen Chenggong's kindness!" I had a little friendship with Taikanghou in the past, and he didn't take care of me less, and I also helped Taikanghou a little! ”

He only said that he had done Tai Kanghou a little favor, but he didn't say what he had done: "Some time ago, Tai Kanghou privately asked me if I had any ways to protect the whole family, and I couldn't reply to Tai Kanghou at that time, until Wen Chenggong entrusted the dream to the little uncle, I didn't know that the noble man in the dream must be Tai Kanghou, so I was able to invite Tai Kang Bo over so quickly!" ”

It was the first time Shi Chaoli had heard such a secret, and he only now knew why Liu Yongxi, Zhao Zhijie, and Fuding had the audacity to completely ignore the laws of the imperial court, it turned out that it was because the first generation of sincerity Uncle Liu Bowen had entrusted a dream to Liu Yongxi!

Although it should have been half-believed in this matter, most of the eunuchs were particularly superstitious due to their special circumstances, and they were still fascinated by those fox goblins, and Shi Chaoli was no exception.

What's more, there have always been a lot of legends and stories of sincerity in the inner court, and now it has strengthened his usual impression, so he interjected and said: "Little uncle, hurry up and meet with Taikang Hou and talk about it in depth, it's best to talk about Zhang Niangniang!" ”

Liu Yongxi nodded before saying: "The first meeting mainly depends on Tai Kanghou's own wishes!" ”

Before meeting, Liu Yongxi had heard many rumors about the Taikang Hou Mansion, and Zhang Guoji had gone through many political turmoil from the Tianqi Dynasty to the current dynasty, and he felt that Taikang Hou may not be easy to deal with.

But after the real meeting, Zhang Guoji looked like a generous elder who cared for the younger generation, not only very personable but also said as soon as they met: "Little Chengyibo, Zhao General praised you as unparalleled in the world, I didn't believe that you had any way to go to Nandu, but when I really saw Xiao Chengyibo, I knew that although the gentleman's Ze was cut down in the fifth generation, Wencheng Gong Yu Ze was able to go through the fifteenth generation without being beheaded!" ”

This is to praise Liu Yongxi to the sky, Liu Yongxi is determined: "Taikang Hou, you are the mainstay of my Ming lords, I heard that the previous time the saint asked all the lords to donate money and help suppress, a total of 200,000 taels of silver were raised, and Taikang Hou you alone gave 20,000 taels, so the ancestors will specially ask me to ask Taikang Hou to come over!" ”

Zhao Zhijie next to him interjected and said: "This is also the reason why I asked Taikanghou to participate in the grand event, Taikanghou is a person who understands!" ”

Shi Chaoli also praised the tide: "There are so many honors and nobles in Beijing, all of them are gold and jade, and only Taikanghou is the real pillar of the country!" ”

After all, Emperor Chongzhen's fundraising this time is a big joke, although Taikang Marquis Zhang Guoji is only the former dynasty of the country, but he can understand that the glory and wealth of the Zhang family completely comes from the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has completed all the current everything of the Zhang family, so he took out 20,000 taels of silver for the first time, and one person accounted for one-tenth of the total.

But other eunuchs, nobles, and ministers in high positions did not understand this simple truth at all, adding up to only 200,000 taels of silver, and one of the most typical negative examples was Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, the biological father of Empress Zhou of this dynasty.

Zhang Guoji is the former ruler of the dynasty and still knows the seriousness of the matter, but Zhou Kui, as the ruler of this dynasty, is a dime, no matter how Emperor Chongzhen mobilizes Zhou Guozhang, there is only one answer, that is, "no money"!

Although everyone knows that the Marquis of Jiading is rich in the world, he has everything, and he can easily take out three or five hundred thousand taels, but Zhou Guozhang just gritted his teeth and said that he had no money, and he also took a group of nobles to fight against Emperor Chongzhen's persuasion.

In the end, Queen Zhou couldn't stand it, and finally took out 5,000 taels from her private money and handed it to the Marquis of Jiading, but Zhou Kui deducted 2,000 taels as soon as she turned around, and only 3,000 taels of silver was used for salary.

It is precisely because the Marquis of Jiading played a very good leading role that Emperor Chongzhen personally came forward to mobilize repeatedly, and only got a mere 200,000 taels of silver, which can be described as a drop in the bucket for the current situation.

In this case, Zhang Guoji's 20,000 taels are particularly dazzling, whether it is Liu Yongxi, Shi Chaoding, or Zhao Zhijie, they all feel that Taikanghou is an understanding person, and cooperating with Taikanghou is definitely a good choice.

Zhao Zhijie even really felt that the noble person in Liu Yongxi's dream was Zhang Guoji, the Marquis of Taikang, and Zhang Guoji also said very straightforwardly: "Silver is not brought to life and death, and people are gone, which means that everything is empty talk, twenty years ago, I was just a poor scholar in Henan, what a pity for this wealth outside my body!" But now I want to know how to go to Nandu safely and securely to protect my whole family? ”

Liu Yongxi felt that this question was very difficult to answer, but he did not avoid this difficulty, and said very frankly: "I only have more than 100 soldiers in my hands now, although self-protection is not a problem, but how to sneak out of the capital before the arrival of the thieves and then arrive in the southern capital safely, I don't know at all, but since the ancestor Wen Chenggong entrusted me with a dream to let me travel south with a nobleman, I believe that Wen Chenggong will not lie to me!" ”

Zhang Guoji had heard Zhao Zhijie say about Liu Bowen's dream before he came, although he felt a little unreliable, but Li Zicheng's millions of thieves could attack the Beijing division at any time, Zhang Guoji had tried everything he could, but in the end all his efforts were meaningless.

He even pinned his hopes on Zhao Zhijie, although he knew that Zhao Zhijie had a total of only one hundred and eighty people, but Zhang Guoji couldn't think of any way, so he could only grasp all the life-saving straws, and what disappointed him even more was that even Zhao Zhijie did not dare to make a clear promise, Zhang Guoji was almost completely desperate.

But Zhao Zhijie suddenly contacted himself very enthusiastically and gave an outrageous plan, Zhang Guoji felt that this was too ridiculous, but the idea of survival still forced him to rush over as soon as possible, but seeing such a immature Liu Yongxi, Zhang Guoji felt that he was afraid that he would be disappointed again.

Liu Yongxi could also see the deep loss in Zhang Guoji's heart, and he repeated the dream he made up: "Although the sun and the moon were hanging together, I walked in the endless darkness and didn't know where to go, but fortunately, I saw an old man in an official uniform leading a noble person to the south, I didn't recognize it at the time that it was the ancestor Wen Chenggong, Wen Chenggong immediately handed over the nobleman's hand to me along with a date and a peach, and shouted south!" ”

Zhao Zhijie hurriedly added: "This jujube and a peach mean to escape early, Mr. Liu Bowen has good intentions!" ”