In the tenth year of Chongzhen, in July, locust plagues occurred in Henan and Shandong. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The disaster was not particularly significant, as the Li family and Zhou Wangfu planted sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes on a large scale, and Zhao Xiong, the prefect of Kaifeng, also carried out small-scale farming, resulting in Kaifeng Mansion being the least affected.

In addition, the Zhou Wangfu and the Li family donated money and grain, and the Kaifeng Mansion did not need the imperial court to allocate disaster relief funds, so they survived the natural disaster safely.

In these years, once the disaster is severe, there will be civil unrest. If a person wants to rebel, he usually gives soup soup in his own name. When the victims receive grace, it is easier to respond to their calls.

Therefore, the imperial court is usually wary of those who give porridge in their own name to the victims. The Li family and the Zhou Wangfu were very smart and did not come to the disaster relief in their own name, but donated money to the government.

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Youzhen Longyan Dayue issued an edict to reward the Zhou Wangfu and the Li family, as well as a number of officials in Kaifeng Mansion. Subsequently, Li Xiuwen was also rewarded and promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, from the third grade.

Li Xiuwen was depressed, his official position was promoted, and it was not small, and then he was the commander of Jinyiwei. But this official looks quite big, and after all, it's still an idle job.

Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen, can't you give something practical?

Knowing that you are poor, I don't covet your reward for gold, silver, and wealth, but you can't give a position of real power, right?

At the same time as Li Xiuwen's slander, another big incident happened.

Xuan Wuwei commanded Tongzhi Lin Hu, secretly exposed the commander Dewey, and cooperated with another commander Tongzhi to embezzle military salaries, falsely report soldiers, forcibly buy soldiers' tuntian, and waste armaments.

After receiving the notice, the Henan Metropolitan Division did not dare to slack off, and directly reported the matter to the Ministry of War, and the imperial court soon got the news.

After discovering Dewey's bad deeds, Zhu Youzhen was furious, and immediately ordered Dewey and his cronies to be removed from their posts and sent to the capital. Xuanwuwei military affairs were temporarily taken over by Lin Hu.

According to the past practice, the acting position is usually turned into a regular position soon, and Lin Hu has reported meritorious service, and the post of Xuanwuwei commander will inevitably fall on his head.

Li Xiuwen suddenly discovered that he actually had the ability to grasp Zhu Youzhen's emotions.

These two recent events have made Zhu Youzhen happy or worried, and it is all related to himself.

When he was leisurely drinking tea in the hall, Sun Mingwen came over to report that Father-in-law Cao had arrived.

Today, it's the day of taking stock again.

Li Xiuwen personally went out to greet him and brought Cao Huachun to the main hall.

Now, Cao Huachun has a great impression of him, and as soon as he entered the room, he smiled and said: "I have to thank Master Li for the idea of our family last time." ”

"Father-in-law Cao is too polite, I have to blame for this matter, so I let you wade into this troubled water."

Li Xiuwen also smiled. He immediately instructed the maid He'er to serve Cao Huachun a cup of tea, and the account book had already been prepared in the hall.

In fact, after going through Wen Tiren's matter, Cao Huachun did not get any practical benefits. He waited by Zhu Youzhen's side all the year round, and it was obvious that the emperor seemed to be a little displeased with him.

Cao Huachun knew very well in his heart that this was caused by him bringing down Wen Tiren.

But it has already happened, and there is no way to undo it. I was only involved in this case with a good heart, how could I complain about Li Xiuwen's head?

If you let him know that this is a big hole dug by Li Xiuwen, let him jump in, I don't know how he will feel.

After finishing the accounts, Cao Huachun was about to return to the palace, but Li Xiuwen said: "Father-in-law Cao, please stay, I have something to worry about, and I want to ask you for a favor." ”

There are still things that Li Xiuwen can't handle?

Cao Huachun was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Lord Li, please speak." ”

"Hmm...... Here's the thing, presumably Grandpa Cao also knows that I am from Kaifeng......"

Li Xiuwen basically copied Xue Guoguan's rhetoric that day, and said those words to Cao Huachun again.

Cao Huachun was kind-hearted, and when he saw that he spoke sincerely, he didn't doubt it. It's no wonder who would believe that the vassal king would succeed in his rebellion with three guards.

In the early years, Zhu Dijing, the king of Yan, was difficult. But after that, the feudal king was cut again and again. Today's vassal kings have long lost the authority of the Ming Dynasty when it was first established, and there are really few who dare to rebel.

In Zhu Shaojiong's rebellion before, Li Xiuwen was on the side of the imperial court, and he made a lot of efforts to enter the court as an official.

If you talk about others, you may still suspect that he has a rebellious heart, but Cao Huachun, as the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, could not be clearer about this matter, how could he doubt Li Xiuwen?

He hesitated, remembering that Li Xiuwen had helped him before, and this favor had to be repaid after all, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, our family promised you." ”

"In this way, my Li family will be spared the military disaster in Kaifeng, and I thank Gonggong Cao here."

Li Xiuwen saw that he agreed, and hurriedly bowed and thanked him. He knew that his chances of victory were one percent higher...... No, it's a lot!

Thinking about it, if Zhou Wangfu proposed to restore the three guards, it shouldn't be too difficult. Zhu Shaoye had bribed Zhu Youzhen before, leaving a good impression in his heart.

This time coincided with the locust plague in Henan, and the performance of Zhou Wangfu was good, and he was rewarded by Zhu Youzhen.

I have won over Cao Huachun and Xue Guoguan, with the strong support of these two important figures, what is the difficulty of recovering Sanwei?

Looking at Cao Huachun's distant back, Li Xiuwen smiled confidently: "He accepted my money, which means that this matter will not change." ”

When he was saluting just now, Li Xiuwen hid the silver ticket in his cuffs. When Cao Huachun stepped forward to help him up, the silver ticket was stuffed into the other party's hand.

It's not that Cao Huachun is greedy for money, in fact, with the other party's current identity and status, it is too easy to accept some bribes. Don't talk about this little money, if you don't have a relationship, it's not uncommon for you to give him him!

This is just an unspoken rule in officialdom, how can anyone not pay for something to do something?

The person who pays the money is willing, and if someone doesn't take it, you will worry that he doesn't care to do things for you.

Of course, Xue Guoguan has a handle in his own hands, but he doesn't need bribes.

When Wen Tiren fell, Li Xiuwen wrote a secret letter to Zhu Shaoye, sent someone to Kaifeng in person, and told the other party that as soon as the matter of Xuan Wuwei came out, he went to the court to ask for the restoration of Sanwei.

Now it's time to take care of it, and it's already done on my side. It can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

I just don't know, what is the situation on Zhu Shaoye's side?

After experiencing the pain of losing a child, will Zhu Gongyu, the king of Zhou, agree to this matter?

Li Xiuwen didn't know. His advice to Zhu Shaoye was to hide it from King Zhou and carry out this matter secretly.

After all, they are father and son, and he is not good at saying much. How to decide, it is still up to Zhu Shaoye to make his own decision.

Although King Zhou is not in good health, all the affairs of the palace are usually taken care of by Zhu Shaoye. But to restore Sanwei Tuntian, after all, it is a big deal, and Zhu Shaoye may not dare to hide from his father. (To be continued.) )