Zheng Liqi's face was pale, and if there was anger in his eyes, he would not continue to fight. He has a very close relationship with the Marquis of Changwen, and he also has a good relationship with Xu Zixian, but he is not an ally who really entrusts life and death, it is inevitable to fight for the Marquis of Nan'an and the Marquis of Changwen, but it is completely impossible to ask Zheng Liqi to give up everything.

Xiao Zan, Zhao Debang and others were close to King Zhao, and at this time, they were indifferent, or their faces were leisurely, and the situation in the Eastern Domain was not good, but it was a good thing for them.

Yang Shiwei coughed violently for a while, after entering the summer, his coughing and asthma disease became serious, this old prefect is the head of the southeast town, in charge of the capital of Fujian Road, ruling millions of people, the number of people, the degree of wealth, are the first in Fujian Road.

But he has a sense of powerlessness in the current overall situation, Zhao Wang, Lin Douyao, Zheng Liqi, Xiao Zan, Zhao Debang, these Zhu Pao officials who are in charge of the military, political and economic patrol power in Fujian Road, all of them can only calculate, internal strife, and no one is dedicated to national affairs.

They don't need to explain too much to the top and bottom, the center is weak, the place is falling apart, Yang Qiwei is coughing and wheezing and thinking heartache, maybe three hundred years of chaos is a cycle, and it's time for the world to be in chaos again?

"That's it." Lin Douyao said: "Send more people to the sea, Penghu, and inquire about the news from many sources, if the pirates really want to attack the Eastern Domain, they need to remind the Nan'an Hou Mansion to prepare early." ”

"The appeasement envoy said the most."

"This is the right thing to do."

Many of the big people in the red robe stood up, and King Zhao walked out with a reserved smile on his face, unless he was blind, he could see that King Zhao was in a good mood.

Zheng Liqi's face was full of helplessness, and Yang Shiwei, who had a depressed face and coughed and wheezing, walked out together, and when the two arrived outside the Yimen, Zheng Liqi said: "Yang Gong should take care of his body, the current Fujian Road, the current Fuzhou, Yang Gong is indispensable." ”

"What's the use?" Yang Shiwei shook his head and said: "It's useless to be a scholar, and now I understand." Jianzhou Wang Yue is rampant, just because he has mastered more than a dozen armies, King Zhao doesn't care about him, Lin Douyao can't see it, Xiao Zan has never said a word on the bullet chapter, the center knows it in his heart, but he can only pretend to be stupid. Han Zhong is known as the famous minister, he is a bullshit name, and he caused a great change in the capital internally, the great staff of this dynasty was killed in the mansion, and the unprecedented thing is in his hands, and the place is detached from morality, and he is powerless to suppress it, I think this dynasty is about to end in the Chongde year. ”

Zheng Liqi's frightened soul was scattered, his face was as pale as dirt, and he took Yang Shiwei's hand and shook it: "Yang Gong, Shen Yan, Yang Gong, Shen Yan!" ”

"Okay." Yang Shiwei sighed and said, "My words are indeed a little indignant, but seeing that the clan wizards are about to be destroyed, I am indeed a little anxious. ”

"But there's nothing we can do about it."

"Yes." Yang Shiwei smiled bitterly and said, "This is what makes me most angry. ”

Zheng Liqi lowered his voice and said, "The Marquis of Changwen Mansion has been looking for famous doctors everywhere in Fuzhou in the past few days, but I don't think it has much effect. Two months ago, the Nan'an Hou Mansion was in Fuzhou, Mingzhou, Hangzhou, Jiangling, Guangzhou, and posted lists everywhere, asking for tens of thousands of famous doctors who could cure the plague, and the applicants did not know how many, but there were not many who had real learning, and there were many vain people who unveiled the list and applied for recruitment, and finally went to the Eastern Domain to get nothing, and the Nan'an Hou Mansion just gave the passage fee and told them to return home on their own, only a few had real learning, but there was no good way, just being hired to stay in the Eastern Domain to become a medical officer. According to the information I have received, it has been confirmed that Nan'anhou has indeed contracted the epidemic, and the symptoms are very serious, which is really a disaster. ”

Yang Shiwei's heart moved, and he said: "I may be able to try this matter." ”

"That's for the best." Zheng Liqi's eyes showed joy, and he said: "In this kind of world now, people say that Wang Yue is a bastard, but in fact, I think he is the one who understands it." Only by supporting troops can we respect ourselves, and only by accumulating wealth can we raise soldiers. When the Northern Expedition was really defeated, the rogues were everywhere, and the central order was not working, he made himself the prince of the feudal town and waited for the situation to change. King Zhao, pacification envoy, who can take him? I can't wait for this opportunity, and I can't do this, but Nan Anhou has this opportunity, and he can do better. This is my understanding, if the Ming Mansion has the opportunity to help, it is better to help. ”

"I can save it." Yang Shiwei nodded, his carriage was already parked outside the door, this Zhu Pao has always been a light car and simple to travel, some of the prefects with the rank of servant, when they travel, they played more than ten or twenty pairs of tall cards, ranging from dozens to hundreds of people, and they were like the rulers of the Beijing division in the local area, which was also the dignity of the magistrate. And Yang Shiwei has always been a light car, and there are only five or six attachés with obstacles next to his carriage to protect the safety of this big man in the red robe, and in addition, it is a horse and a coachman, and there is no other companion to follow.

Zheng Liqi watched Yang Shiwei leave, and he said to his Yuan Sui: "Go to the Changwen Marquis Mansion." ”

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The Changwen Marquis Mansion gathered a large group of people, most of them were civil officials in blue robes, and there were also a few officials in vermilion purple official robes.

Chen Dujing's expression was gloomy, Chen Duguang, Chen Duming, Chen Duli, Chen Duli and others were all sitting upright, and everyone's faces were not very good-looking.

Li Mingyu, Yang Fu, and Chen Zhengzhi and other juniors are standing behind the elders of these clans.

"Is there any news from Mingda?"

Chen Duguang's eyebrows are white, but his beard is erected like a hedgehog thorn, this old man is as fierce as fire, and his temperament is quite irritable and urgent, but ordinary people dare not make him angry.

Chen Zhengzhi stepped forward and bowed slightly, and said: "Wei Yanke happened to come to Fuzhou Mansion to report on his work, and the new news he brought was that Mingda did feel the epidemic, and the illness came very fiercely, very fiercely, and the fever was confused in the first two days, and the high fever did not go away. On the third day, the high fever subsided, but he still had a fever and could not move...... The people on the island are panicking, my father, my uncles, Mingda's status on the island is not comparable to others. It's not good news that he's seriously ill at this moment. ”

Chen Duzhong nodded, and said quite certainly: "Mingda's many measures are dazzling, but in the final analysis, one is not to compete with the people for profit, and to treat people with sincerity." Therefore, whether it is government soldiers, generals, scribes, officials, or ordinary people, even merchants and salt workers, they all regard Mingda as the main thing. I'm pretty sure of that. If Mingda is really sick, the situation on the island is really not optimistic. ”

The strong enemy pressed the border, Chen Duzhong actually didn't want to go, but after Xu Zixian became seriously ill, the Changwen Marquis Mansion sent several small boats to pick him up, and said that he had important matters to discuss, in fact, he also wanted to know what the situation on the island was, and Chen Duzhong had no choice but to get on the boat and leave.

To be honest, Chen Duzhong was quite sorry at the time, but now he is quite relieved.

Of course, the reputation will not be good, after all, Chen Duzhong is still nominally the defense envoy of the Eastern Domain, and the bandits are overwhelming, but he, the military chief, escapes. But no matter what, when tens of thousands of pirates went to attack the Eastern Domain more than ten days later, Chen Duzhong no longer had to worry about his life.

This is very gratifying, and there is no need to think about other superfluous things.

"Qin Dongyang, can't they lead the troops?" Chen Duguang said: "Mingda and I have talked a few times, and they all said that Qin Dongyang has the style of a general, is it fake?" ”

"Qin Dongyang is very good, he coordinates the overall situation and leads his troops to fight, all of which are the choice of generals." Chen Duzhong said: "However, there is an obvious flaw, it may not be Mingda's arrangement, but Qin Dongyang's own decision, he shows less in front of the soldiers, although he has prestige, but it is far less than Nan'anhou, who takes the lead every day and has always been with the soldiers day and night." All the officers and soldiers of the government army know that their own salary, care for their relatives, pensions for the deceased, and their salaries are all from the Nan'an Hou Mansion. And Mingda is willing to get along with the soldiers day and night, because his prestige is like the sky, except for himself, Qin Dongyang, Liu Yi, Ge Cunzhong and others, none of them can be compared. As for Jin Baoyi, Wu Weisan, Gao Shilai, Tian Heng, Zhang Huchen and others are next to the next level, while Li Xingwu, Lin Cunxin, Dong Ruixiang and others are one level lower. In this way, the Nan'an Mansion Army is always in the hands of Mingda alone, but when Mingda is seriously ill, everything will be chaotic. ”

"Can't you fight?"

"If you can fight, you can fight, and it's hard to say whether you win or lose."

The people present all looked solemn, and after half a sound, Li Mingyu said in a deep voice: "If it is really impossible to do anything, if you take Mingda out, with his ability, there will still be a day when you will make a comeback." ”

"I believe that." Chen Duguang said angrily: "But how many more years? This time we invested millions of dollars, and Nan'an Hou Mansion also invested millions of dollars, and moved so many people over, and the pirates are gone, and people are not allowed to kill them, run away, destroy the land, and burn down the houses. ”

Chen Dujing sighed at this time: "Anyway, rescue the people first, I will ask the boss to run and ask Mingda what he means, he has thousands of elite soldiers under his command, and he can't be wasted in the Eastern Domain." Troubled times are coming, even if our Chen family is raising at a loss, it is much better than being defenseless at that time. ”

Chen Duguang's face was slightly angry, and he nodded heavily, indicating his approval.

For a big family like the Changwen Marquis Mansion, it is not difficult to raise a few thousand soldiers, although it is necessary to bear the pain of losing a million guan in vain, but spending another 200,000 guan to raise troops a year is not an unacceptable expense.

A little frugality in the clan is enough.

Such a great family can fully see the current situation, the troubled times are coming, there are strong enemies outside, there are rogue inside, the prestige of the center is greatly reduced, and the prestige of the Son of Heaven is not enough to control it.

These things, there are only one or two things in the peaceful years, which are not fatal, and when they are all added, it is an extremely fatal situation.

At such a time, it is certainly much better to have a reliable armed force than to be completely unprepared.

Chen Duguang said again: "It's also a good thing for Mingda to follow us with peace of mind after that, he is too good at tossing." ”

Chen Zhengzhi was a little indignant and said: "Mingda and Nan'an Town also have an income of hundreds of thousands of yuan a year, so they don't necessarily have to rely on us." ”

This is true, but the people present quite understand that if there is no foundation of the Eastern Domain, the power of the Nan'an Hou Mansion will be reduced by half.

If Xu Zi first had Penghu, Qizhou Island, and Nan'an Town, then a chain of rivers and seas would have been formed, and ships crossing the sea and rivers would have to go from his sphere of influence, and in the name of group training, they would be able to collect a lot of money a year.

And money is a small thing, the resources, power, territory, and people that are mastered, and the actual power and prestige that this brings are the big things that matter.

If Xu Zixian leads his troops to flee back to Nan'an Town, although there is still a place to live, there is no doubt that after that, it should be led by the Changwen Hou Mansion and assisted by the Nan'an Hou Mansion, unless the world is in chaos and the soldiers can jump up, it will be Xu Zixian's next opportunity.

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Zhengzhi no longer argued, he also thought that the chaos in the world was inevitable, and Xu Zixian would have a chance.

"I'll go to the Eastern Domain as soon as possible." Chen Zhengzhi said: "If you can't do anything, persuade Mingda to take the civil and military generals and return to Fuzhou by boat as soon as possible." ”

"Remember Mr. Wu." Chen Du sighed: "Don't forget him, if something happens to this great Confucian, Mingda's reputation in this life will be completely ruined." ”

Chen Zhengzhi said with a smile: "Children will never forget." ”

Chen Duguang said impatiently at this time: "What's wrong with Wei Yanke, the big war is about to start, he went to Fuzhou to report on his work?" ”

"It was Yang Dafu who summoned him back." Li Mingyu said: "After asking, Yanke left directly to return to Penghu." ”

Chen Duguang's face froze, and he said, "Isn't he afraid?" ”

"I asked him too." Chen Zhengzhi said solemnly: "To be honest, I was also a little scared, and when I asked Yanke if he was afraid, he said that he was naturally afraid." However, as the magistrate of Penghu, he has a duty to defend the land, there is national law, there is heavenly reason and human affection, and there is also an agreement with Mingda. If Yanke is here, there will be no chaos in Penghu County, and he still has this grasp. The war is about to start, the water battalion soldiers of the Nan'an Fu Army guard the port, and there are soldiers and regiments of the Xiang Army in Penghu to garrison the county seat, at least to protect the county seat. Yanke said that he was sure of this, unless the pirates did not let the rich places of Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou not come, and let the Eastern Domain not fight, all the main forces were used to fight the poor place of Penghu, if that was the case, Yanke said that he also admitted it. ”

"Great." Chen Dujing was in a bad mood, not only because of all kinds of signs that the Eastern Domain was very dangerous on the surface, but Zheng Liqi had come and had already made it clear to his face that Fuzhou would not send a single soldier to save Xu Zixian, which made Chen Dujing extremely disappointed and quite frightened. He was also worried that Xu Zixian would be ill, and there was only one male in Nan'an Hou Mansion, which was equivalent to the heir of Hou Mansion, and all the previous cooperation was in vain. Chen Dujing faintly regretted in his heart, he should have married Wen Jun earlier, and it is likely that he is pregnant now, so it is completely different.

Even if Wen Jun is reluctant, he should not delay in this matter, and even Wen Jun can not marry early, but it should be called Mingda Dona's concubine, or the concubine who has already been accepted does not have to be bound by etiquette and law, and give birth to a son earlier, so that the overall situation will be decided.

Chen Dujing didn't know if Xu Zixian regretted it, or blamed himself for his illness, he felt ashamed of his old friend, after all, he and Xu Yingbin had a good relationship, if the old friend was killed, even if there would be a child of the clan to pass on to Nan'anhou, then after all, it was not the real blood of the old friend, but he had never broken the incense.

With such a strange emotion, Chen Dujing was loyal to Wei Yi's friends and the imperial court, and the people's actions were quite appreciative, he high-fived and said: "A good sentence has the law of the country, and there is still heavenly reason and human affection." If the officials in the world, like Wei Yanke, I am afraid that my Great Wei will not be in such a field today, forced to come to the door by a group of pirates, the dignified governor, the prince, the pacification envoy, frightened souls scattered, dare not ask about the Eastern Domain attacked, if the court was prosperous, I am afraid that I would have taken the initiative to send troops to suppress these pirates. ”

Chen Duguang snorted coldly: "Wei Yanke is afraid that he will be scolded to death by his father, hmph, wait and see, see if this kid Mingda will lead his subordinates across the sea in time!" ”

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