Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were already dumbfounded: "This, is this my world?" ”

"Yes, long live. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Jiang Beiming pointed to the map, "This is the place where I opened up my territory in the Ming Dynasty." ”

The meal was eaten for a long time, and a map of the world stimulated Chongzhen's ambitions. Jiang Beiming lost no time in instilling some modern geographical knowledge and future historical trends in Chongzhen.

Coming out of the Forbidden City, Wang Chengen stopped the two.

"General Jiang, Han Qianhu." Wang Chengen arched his hand and asked, "Is that picture really brought by you from overseas?" Is the world so big? ”

"Princess, please relax." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "This picture is true, it was drawn by our ancestors and other ancestors overseas for hundreds of years. Every word we have spoken today and Long Live is true. ”

"Ugh." Wang Chengen sighed, "It's not that our family doubts the loyalty of the two, it's just that our long-lived lord has moved you today." But the two of them don't know, if they really do what they said, it is difficult to train a strong team and silver. ”

Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao understood Wang Chengen's meaning very well, the economy developed abnormally in the late Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court has always pressed the tax burden on agriculture, making the peasants miserable. However, the industrial tax and commercial tax have not been collected, so the Ming Dynasty has increased taxes every year and lacked silver every year.

"Don't worry too much." Jiang Beiming said, "Since we have said to Banzai that we will organize and train the army, there should be a way to solve the problem of silver." ”

"Thank you both." Wang Chengen arched his hand to the two people, "I hope so." ”

Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao returned to their residence in Beijing, and the two of them are currently living in the post station temporarily.

"Beiming." Han Wantao saw that there was no one in the room, so he asked, "Do you think our words today are useful or not?" ”

"It should be useful." Jiang Beiming replied, "After all, he is only 23 years old, the age of dreaming." ”

"Alas, it would be nice if Lu Lao could come." Han Wantao took out a cigarette and lit it himself, "Or Xu Lang can come, I always feel that the two of us can't play politics." ”

"It can't be helped." Jiang Beiming stretched out his hand and asked for a cigarette from Han Wantao, "The two of us are entering Beijing by order, they don't have a holy decree, and it's useless to come." But it should be soon, I think Chongzhen should agree to let us transfer a teaching team, and wait a few days to find an opportunity to mention this matter. ”

"So what are we going to do next?" Han Wantao asked.

"It's useless to convince Chongzhen alone." Jiang Beiming stretched out his hand and took out a small notebook, "Elder Lu said, now the officials of the Ming Dynasty are very powerful, and sometimes Chongzhen has to submit to them, so we have to get through their relationship." ”

"There are so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, who is useful and who is not?"

"It's all written on it." Jiang Beiming pointed to the notebook in his hand, "The first one is Wen Tiren." Zhou Yanru has been dismissed and gone home, this Wen Tiren can still work until Chongzhen for ten years, at least three or four years of hard work, enough for us. ”

"That's right." Han Wantao asked again, "Why didn't Chongzhen call us here and seal any officials, are the two of us just relying on us in Beijing?" ”

"Hehe, Wan Tao, are you in such a hurry to become an official?" Jiang Beiming smiled, "Not so fast." Chongzhen is also thinking about the arrangement of the two of us now, I guess Chongzhen will not only take into account the two of us, but he will definitely not be able to rest assured of our Yulin Bay. ”

"Why, what's so worrying about Yulin Bay?"

"Wan Tao." Jiang Beiming put down the notebook, "Don't you feel it today, although Chongzhen is young and vigorous, he is indeed changeable and moody." The 3,000 troops of Yulin Bay can go to thousands of miles and attack Shengjing by surprise, do you think he will rest assured. Chongzhen now thinks that Yulin Bay can be used by me, but once Yulin Bay threatens his own interests, he will not have any mercy, so we must be extremely careful. ”

"Why is it so complicated?" Han Wantao sat down, "Politics is really black. ”

"Which dynasty and which generation's politics are not black?" Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "What we said to Chongzhen today took a big risk, and if we don't say any of them, we will annoy this long-lived lord." So we have to hurry up and open up the channel of Wen Tiren, and hope that someone in the court can also speak for us. ”

"I don't understand these things anyway." Han Wantao jumped on the bed, "I'll sleep for a while, call me when I eat, I'm too tired to eat this meal." ”

"Wan Tao, the emperor has a treat, you didn't dare to think of things in your previous life, you haven't eaten enough?"

Jiang Beiming had just finished speaking, and there was a sudden knock at the door.

Jiang Beiming walked over and opened the door, and there was a young man dressed as a family member standing outside the door.

"May I ask if the two adults are Jiang Guerrilla and Han Qianhu from Yazhou?"

"Yes, it's us." Jiang Beiming replied, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

"Down there is the family of Elder Wen Ge." The young man handed over a post, "Elder Wen Ge invites the two of you to the mansion for a banquet tonight. ”

"Really?" Jiang Beiming took the post, looked at it and asked, "Apart from us, who else is going to the banquet?" ”

"There is no one else." The family said respectfully, "What Elder Wen Ge has set up is a family banquet, coarse tea and light rice, and I hope that the two adults will appreciate it." ”

"Your Excellency Lao told Elder Wen Ge." Jiang Beiming replied, "We visited on time. ”

The family left, Jiang Beiming closed the door, and Han Wantao asked behind him, "Is Elder Wen Ge Wen Tiren, what did he ask us for?" ”

"It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here." Jiang Beiming raised the post in his hand, "Wan Tao, it seems that our Yulin Bay is famous now, and Wen Tiren is fast enough." ”

"So what do we do?" Han Wantao asked, "What should we say when we go?" ”

"Let's go and see the opportunity." Jiang Beiming replied, "Let's listen to what Wen Tiren means first." ”

At the time of the lantern, Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao, accompanied by Wen's family, came to Wen Tiren's home.

Wen Tiren was sitting upright on the Taishi chair, waiting for the arrival of the two people.

"Xiaguan see Wen Ge Lao." The two of them knelt down together. Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao were very aggrieved, since they arrived in Beijing, they saw people who were three points shorter, and they had to kneel down when they saw anyone.

"Excuse me, please get up." Wen Tiren stepped forward with a smile on his face to help the two of them, and pulled one with one hand, "I am really a loyal and brave man of the Ming Dynasty and a pillar of the country." ”

Wen Tiren's family banquet was not as rich as Chongzhen's meal, but it was very exquisite. The maids and servants took turns serving various dishes, and although people came and went, there was no sound. Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao both sighed secretly in their hearts: "A truly rich and noble family." ”

Wen Tiren looked at Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao and raised their glasses: "Two generals, the old man will give two glasses first." ”

"Thank you, Elder Wenge." Jiang Beiming and the others took the wine and drank it all, and the maid next to them came over and filled the wine glass.

"Two." Wen Tiren said with a smile, "The old man's family banquet is not as good as Long Live Lord, can the two of you eat smoothly?" ”

"I don't know if it's going to be smooth or not." Han Wantao scolded in his heart, "I haven't eaten a single bite." ”

Jiang Beiming heard what Wen Tiren meant, and replied: "Long live the Lord's banquet has the taste of the Long Live Lord, and Wen Ge Lao's family banquet has the taste of Wen Ge Lao, as long as you can eat a full stomach, it is a good dish." ”

"Hehe, General Chiang said it well." Wen Tiren said with a smile, "The old man will give you another glass." ”

The three of them drank several glasses, but they never talked about any substantive issues, Jiang Beiming decided to open his mouth first to try Wen Tiren's tone.

"Elder Wen Ge." Jiang Beiming picked up his wine glass, "We have won the love of the elders, we will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and pay tribute to the elders." ”

"General Jiang, please, Han Qianhu, please." Wen Tiren smiled and drank the wine.

Jiang Beiming put down his wine glass and asked: "Long live this time to recruit me and others into Beijing, I don't know what the arrangements are, I wait for the rough people in the countryside, and I hope that the old man of the pavilion can give me some advice." ”

"Well." Wen Tiren said with a smile, "Long Live Lord has plans for Long Live Lord, and the old man doesn't know about it." ”

"This old fox doesn't leak." Jiang Beiming scolded secretly in his heart.

The meal ended after an hour, and until he returned to the post station, Han Wantao still didn't understand why he went to eat this meal.

"Beiming, tell me, what does Wen Tiren mean?"

"It's not interesting." Jiang Beiming sat down on the chair, "According to Lu Lao, although Wen Tiren is relatively mediocre and has not made any achievements during his tenure, he does not like to form a party very much. I guess he invited the two of us today because he didn't want anyone else to take the lead, after all, he is now the head of the cabinet. He felt that we were all from small places, and that he was able to feast us at home gave us a lot of face, and we would definitely be grateful to him. In this way, no matter how other people show us kindness, we will also think about him first. ”

"These people have a lot of brains." Han Wantao scolded, "Why are there so many twists and turns." ”

"But no matter how smart Wen Tiren is, he hasn't figured out one thing." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "It is impossible for him to understand, our judgment of the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is much stronger than his Wen Tiren, and the advantage of 400 years is not given in vain." ”

Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao lived in the post station for a few more days, Chongzhen didn't see them in the past few days, and no one came to look for them, which made the two of them a little puzzled, could it be that this long-lived lord had passed the heat for three minutes, and he forgot about them like this?

That morning, Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao had breakfast, and they were bored and chatting with each other in the house, and there was a knock on the door again.

A man who looked like a shopkeeper stood outside the door: "Lord Jiang, Lord Han, my master will hold a banquet for two adults at noon today." ”

"Who is your master?" Jiang Beiming asked.

The guy handed over the post: "My master means everything written on it." ”

Jiang Beiming took the post and opened it and took a look: "Please tell your master that we will go to the appointment on time." ”

"Who invited us to dinner again? Where to eat? Han Wantao asked.

Jiang Beiming quickly glanced outside the house, then closed the door, took out a one-yuan coin from the post and threw it to Han Wantao: "Someone from the second general affairs department is here, let's go meet them at noon." ”

On a bustling street outside the Imperial City, a newly opened restaurant is full of customers, and the guys are constantly shuttling to greet customers.

"Two guest officers, please inside." The shopkeeper let Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao into the lobby.

Jiang Beiming walked straight to the counter: "Man, do you have southern food here?" ”

The shopkeeper at the counter glanced at Jiang Beiming and asked, "I don't know what southern food the guest officer wants to eat?" ”

"We only eat fish, the sea fish of Qiongzhou Mansion."

The shopkeeper stretched out his head and looked behind Jiang Beiming: "Two guest officers, please inside, our sea fish are inside." ”

Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao followed the shopkeeper to a room in the back kitchen of the restaurant, and Ge Tao was standing in the room in a gorgeous dress waiting for two people.

The shopkeeper walked out of the room with the door, Ge Tao clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "My subordinates have seen two chiefs. ”

Jiang Beiming nodded: "This is your point?" ”

"Yes." Ge Tao replied, "This restaurant is the new contact point of our Second General Affairs Department, and the chief can come here directly if he needs anything in the future, and the shopkeeper just now is also one of our people." ”

"Send this back as soon as possible." Jiang Beiming took out a small sealed bamboo tube from his arms.

"Yes, my subordinates obey." Ge Tao took the bamboo tube and picked it up.

"Any instructions at home?" Han Wantao asked again.

"Not yet." Ge Tao replied, "But we have found a place for the two chiefs to live, and it is very safe. There are also our own people among the subordinates, please the two chiefs can move over as soon as possible, the post station is not too safe. (To be continued.) )