Qian Qianyi felt like he was lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot at this time.

The clan power is so great, even he can't escape this influence, even when Nanjing is so stormy, he didn't even face each other in the court, but returned to his hometown in Changshu.

"Mu Zhai has seen all the clansmen, clan brothers!"

In a rather elegant quiet room, more than 20 old people with mottled beards have been sitting in a circle, and more than 20 branches of the Qian family in Changshu have come, this lineup, even if Qian Qianyi comes in, he has to kneel down quietly first, and then clench his fists and bow.

More than 20 people also have the breath of fairy wind and bones, everyone is floating with long beards, wrapped in white robes, and has an elegant atmosphere, but what they can discuss is bullying women and children, full of interests. Qian Qianxing, one of the three rooms of the Zong family, took the lead in hugging his fists and bowing.

"Brother Mu Zhai, today's regent army is approaching Yingtian, and Jiangnan is in danger today, my Qian family is the first to bear it, what should my brother do?"

"Hongguang Shuzi also! Unsupportable! I have made up my mind, go north to join the orthodox emperor!"

In front of his family, there is no need to make those fancy tricks, Qian Qianyi is blunt, but his words still did not solve the worries of many clansmen, and exchanged glances with each other, and the clan brother Qian Qianxin shook his head sadly.

"My brother, the regent is in Beijing, but the land of the Qing Dynasty has no private land, and I am the first to bear the brunt of the Qian family! Moreover, the regent abolished the tax exemption for officials, which was already a huge burden on the clan every year, and if the tax was increased by a reduced amount, it would be difficult for the families to continue! ”

"Brother Xian! Trend! Since my family wants to be preserved under the regent, we must abide by the rules of the regent, otherwise we can only abandon our family and business and lead the children of the clan to fight to the end! If you choose the latter, Brother Fool has no opinion!"

obviously felt a bit of a crisis, and Qian Qianyi's words also brought thorns.

Everyone can hear the unkindness in these words, but they are not touched by many clansmen who have made up their minds, since Qian Qianyi is unwilling to mention it himself, Qian Qianxing simply mentioned it.

"Shifang Qian Zeng said, he has a way to the regent, the regent is a good concubine, is it the relationship of Qian Zeng, as long as he takes Jiao Niang to offer the regent and wins his favor, I Changshu Qian will be safe and sound!"

"This is in the name and appearance, Jiang Zuoliu is none other than her! For the sake of the Qian family, the foolish brother implores my brother to cut his love!"

"I beg my brother to cut his love!"

Just like when the ministers forced Chongzhen, a large group of clan elders knelt down one after another, just like Chongzhen, even Qian Qianyi couldn't resist this scene, on his forehead, the green tendons were beating, and he was miserable.

"Ladies and gentlemen, even if it is Mao Jue's close ministers, he has paid the grain and taxes, and the old man has inquired, even if the land lost by the national ruler Yu Dacheng, he must pay it to the imperial court, not to mention that our clan only sacrifices a Qinhuai Fengchen woman!"

"Ladies and gentlemen! There are many people in my Qian clan, and the protégés are all over Jiangnan, and the regent will treat my clan well if he wants to get Jiangnan! Why bother to fall into your own fame and let people see clearly? ”

"My brother's words are wrong, don't you see Yang Guozhong and his ilk? It's rare for our clan to have this opportunity, how can we not give it a go! Once it is done, our clan will become the head of the Jiangzuo family!"

"Ask my brother to cut his love!"

"Ask my brother to cut his love!"

The bitter mother-in-law is another big circle, and these Qian family elders have once again put down heavily.

"You guys! You guys! Alas, ...... everyone, let the old man think about this matter for a moment! ”

"Brother Xian, it's a big trouble, please hurry up!"

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It was another overnight carriage back to Yingtian, Qian Qianyi's forehead was worried and wrinkled, looking at the gate of Qian Mansion, and even he hesitated for a few seconds, and then pushed the door open with difficulty, however, a scene that scared him still happened, just opened the door, Liu Ru in the big night did not sleep in the front pavilion waiting for him, the door creaked open, and Liu Ru, who was holding his head, suddenly woke up, and immediately greeted him happily.

"The master is back!"

"What is the matter with the clan elder summoning you this time, did he not embarrass you? Are all ethnic groups willing to gather the righteous army to fight to the death against Mao? ”

"Clan affairs, don't ask about women!"

Forced to be calm, Qian Qianyi waved his hand with difficulty, and what made him feel heartbroken was that Liu Ru immediately bowed slightly and replied obediently.

"What the master taught me is that the concubine has overstepped!"

"The concubine has heated the tea as the lord and prepared breakfast, the lord, please let the concubine serve, don't delay the early dynasty!"

The old face twitched again, but Qian Qianyi waved his hand again with difficulty: "The matter of the early dynasty will be postponed, old man, old man has something to discuss with Ru ......, discuss the next ......"

"The concubine is a woman, but you can just listen to the master, why should the master discuss?"

There is no way to feel guilty anymore, following Liu Ruyi, Qian Qianyi is dull follow towards the house, watching Liu Ru is busy serving a small table of dishes, and after brewing for a long time, Qian Qianyi finally opened his mouth with difficulty.

"That's right!"

"Sir?"

"The purpose of the clan elder looking for the master this time is to ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the door of the restaurant was suddenly pushed open with a creak, and then a sleepy-eyed, but woman-like woman suddenly pushed the door in, yawning and greeting with flattery.

"It's such an early wake-up! In the past half a year, my sister and I have been a lot lazy!"

"Sister Mei! Don't be presumptuous, my lord is here! ”

hurriedly opened his mouth to reproach, and Liu Ru apologized again and poured a blessing on Qian Qianyi.

"The lord forgives the sins, Sister Mei came to place it yesterday, the lord traveled, and failed to tell the lord!"

Qian Qianyi is known as the leader of the Merry Sect, and he has been in charge for more than ten years, and what he has done is to be nostalgic with a group of young scholars and Qin Huai, how did he not know Gu Hengbo, looking at Gu Mei, who was full of charm and smiling at him slightly, Qian Qianyi's eyes lit up instantly.

"It turned out that everyone was visiting, and it was a long way to go!"

…………

At the other end, Jiangbei, Yangzhou.

Mao Jue suddenly found that things were a bit big!

In order to show goodwill to Jiangnan, Mao Jue did not besiege Yangzhou, and allowed Yangzhou salt merchants to travel at will, and then went to salt, but the result was to give them the opportunity to contact his subordinates.

It is no wonder that after the Eight Banners army entered the customs, it quickly became corrupt and degenerate, and in the Qing Dynasty, the unspoken rules of officialdom of the Qing prefect of 100,000 snowflakes and silver in three years were even better than those of the former Ming Dynasty, and the ability of these wealthy businessmen of the Jiangnan clan to corrode was too strong!

took Sakura Ji out, and as soon as he arrived at the gate, Mao Jue had already watched a few soldiers guarding the gate receive some things brought by the salt merchants, knowing that Mao Jue was in a particularly unhappy mood today, Sakura Ji immediately had a gloomy face and brought a few guards over.

"Camp name military regulations: accept bribes without permission, betray military intelligence! Those who rebel against the secret of the army are killed! You are so bold that you dare to accept silver taels!"

There is no consciousness at all that he can collect things himself, Mao Li Sakura is Dai Mei Leng Shu, roaring angrily, seeing that Mao Jue is also there, these soldiers of the Shenyang Corps are so frightened that their legs are weak, and they are fluttering and kowtowing desperately.

"The prince spares his life! The prince spares his life! The little momentary lard blinded the heart! Don't dare next time!"

"Presumptuous, how can military regulations allow you to wait for bargaining? Someone!"

"Sakurahime!"

Stretching out his hand to restrain a few menacing pro-soldiers, Mao Jue stretched out his hand to greet a few guards who were kneeling on the ground.

"Get up!"

"Lord ......"

"My husband in Liaodong! Standing up to the sky and the earth, what kind of system has it become? Get up!"

Glancing at each other, several soldiers gritted their teeth and stood up suddenly, but they still hugged Mao Jue with a heavy fist.

"Lord Wang, you deserve death for your crimes! Please punish the prince!"

"How many taels of silver?"

"Back to the prince, ten taels!"

"When did you enlist in the army, is there a village and land in Liaodong?"

"Go back, go back to the prince! In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, he got 200 acres of land in Jilin!"

"How much is a year's military salary?"

"Twenty-four taels, and another military reward of three hundred and fifty taels, I am ashamed!"

"Do you lack these ten taels of silver?"

"This ......, back, back to the prince, there is no shortage!"

"It's good if there is no shortage!"

In the stunned looks of several soldiers, Mao Jue's fist slammed into the chests of several soldiers.

"Remember, you don't lack this bit of silver, you are a proud Liaodong man under my Mao Jue!!"

After saying this, he waved his hand and left with his own soldiers.

Stunned to see Mao Jue's back, several guards guarding the door suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and immediately threw the silver garbage in their arms that was not yet hot outside.

…………

The situation was more serious than Mao Jue imagined, he did not make a surprise inspection, and deliberately let someone from each battalion go to report the news first, but every time he passed by a camp, he could always see some big businessmen or important masters in Yangzhou going out in a panic, and the entire camp, unexpectedly only Zhao Cheng, who was not close to Mao Jue, did not.

The Zhao family is a big family, and there are many officials and businessmen in Liaodong, and it seems that only they know how to choose.

"General, that ......"

There was still a lip print on his face, Kong Youde was wearing a nightgown and showing a stream of black chest hair to greet him in a panic, rubbing the back of his head, sneering, looking at Mao Jue and couldn't help but shake his head heavily.

"Alas! General! General! If there is anything you can do, you will be punished, don't be angry! ”

Watching Mao Jue turn around and leave, behind Mao Jue, Kong Youde shouted sadly.

…………

Sitting in the Chinese army again, even Sakura Ji didn't dare to say anything more, trembling at the door, under the light of a few big candles, Mao Jue pinched his chin and was dull for a long time, and suddenly turned out the box of the letter of service sent by the Jiangnan clan, looking at the thick letter of nomination, he couldn't help but fall into silence again.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to dominate the world with just the south of the Yangtze River, but in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty with a population of 150 million to 200 million could not do a slave with a population of two or three million.

The speed of these guys is too fast, a few days ago he was still ambitious to conquer Jiangnan in a civilized manner, but now, looking at a large number of thick things in front of him, he suddenly felt that these things were not the Jiangnan family's surrender to him, but the slap bricks for these Jiangnan families to conquer Liaodong!

Whether to continue to attack Jiangnan, Mao Jue suddenly hesitated! Scared!

But just when Mao Jue hesitated, suddenly a knocking sound of the piano sounded behind him, and in a trance, Mao Jue stood up in shock.

Pushing open the big tent of the Chinese army, Mao Jue probed out, the Sakura Ji guarding at the door disappeared at some point, and even the sergeant who guarded it also withdrew far away, vaguely looking at it from a distance, the nearby tent was pitch black, only a few meters away from a tent, the red candle was swaying romantically.

After all, he has been in a high position for many years, Mao Jue looked back at the past for the first time, and sure enough, Kong Youde and Shen Rong looked at it cautiously, and Mao Jue instantly knew what it meant.

The big guys have received silver gifts from salt merchants, and now he is the coach who is furious, common sense analysis, then it is for everyone to be corrupt and bribed, but if you analyze it in depth, everyone has good things, only the King of Liao does not, and the big guys have forgotten the King of Liao! It's not impossible, even if Mao Jue gets angry because of the big guy taking bribes, then get some good things and serve the King of Liao well, Mao Jue can't stand it, and he will be less angry in the end.

And among them, Yangzhou merchants or Jiangnan clans must have participated in it, just like Emperor Qianlong, who bribed Jiangnan six times, these Jiangnan clans even wanted to extend the tentacles of corruption to themselves.

For the first time, what Mao Jue wanted to do was to get angry! The muscles on his head burst out, the blood gathered on his temples in an instant, and his eyes became faintly red, and he trembled.

With the hilt of the sword in his hand, he was gloomy and wanted to turn around, to calm his anger, there must be a few people tonight who must have their heads on the ground, and some who need to kneel and kowtow.

However, when his body was only halfway turned, Mao Jue stopped again, hesitated for a few seconds, but Mao Jue suddenly gritted his teeth, and turned around and walked towards the tent where the piano sounded and the red candles swayed.

Looking at his back, whether it was Kong Youde or Shen Rong, Geng Zhongming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The tent curtain was pulled open suddenly, the quiet sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and inside the tent, the woman in the red and gorgeous glutinous clothes raised her head suddenly.

What catches your eye is first of all the big eyes that are as bright as cold stars, Gu Hengbo's name is not her word, it comes from her wavy water-like eyes, those soul-seductive eyes, even Mao Jue, who is angry, can't help but be slightly stunned.

However, compared to the moment when Mao Jue lost his mind, Gu Hengbo's heart beat violently.

Even if she is a Qinhuai celebrity, she is just a lowly prostitute, those literati who follow her flattery, the scholar she sees too clearly, and in her eyes, she still despises her, and her status and Mao Jue are simply heaven and earth!

This is an unprecedented opportunity for her! As long as he wins the favor of the man in front of him, even if he is just a mistress in name only, it is a leap of gold, look at Chen Yuanyuan, who was driven out of the house by Mao Jue, and can still be afraid of those high-ranking officials and lords groveling.

It's not just rights, it's that kind of respect, Gu Hengbo is so eager for it!

So Mao Jue went to Jiangnan, and she also followed back to Jiangnan, wanting to find some opportunities to attract Mao Jue's attention, Qian Qianyi offered to buy her and give her to Mao Jue as a gift, she agreed without hesitation.

With a trembling voice, Gu Hengbo stood up with his skirt trembling, trembling to the point of ten thousand blessings.

"Concubine Gu Mei, meet the regent!"

"I've seen you."

"Back to the prince, that day in the Jiguo Mansion, the concubine used to ......, ah!!"

With an exclamation, Mao Jue actually picked her up directly, and went directly to the rack where the clothes were hung, in Gu Hengbo's incredible, Mao Jue roughly tore open her skirt, and her slender and beautiful legs were suddenly lifted to his waist, and at the same time, one hand also climbed up violently.

I've thought about 10,000 ways to get close to Mao Jue, I don't know how many openings, and even these days she has devoted herself to studying how many dirty things between the Jiangnan Shi clan, who has conflicts with whom, Mao Jue wants to rule Jiangnan, where to start, which faction to pull and which faction to fight, who knows that none of these will come in handy, he is so easy, he wants her!

With Mao Jue's roughness, a soft groan of pain mixed with satisfaction echoed above the silent Daliao military camp like a long spring......

(End of chapter)