The second assistant Sun Chengzong followed behind Wen Tiren, and when he saw this situation, he had something to say in his heart.

But after thinking about it, I finally shook my head, still didn't say anything, and left.

These things in the Wenhua Hall began to spread in the capital before the holy decree came out. As soon as the holy decree came out, the entire Jingshi suddenly boiled.

In the yamen of the Beijing camp, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew sat in the back office.

"Uncle, if there's anything, just say it!" Cao Bianjiao looked at Cao Wenzhao a little puzzled and said, "This is the Houya, I'm just your nephew!" ”

To be honest, it is indeed a bit awkward that my uncle has become my subordinate. Especially this uncle, he still single-handedly brought himself up and cultivated himself in the army.

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "Zheng Zhilong is just a commander of a sailor, and he was just a pirate before, but now, he can be knighted by virtue of his military exploits. Uncle thought that his uncle was still young, and now he had no military achievements in Beijing. And around the Ming Dynasty, there are not many places where you can get military merits now. If you miss it, you may regret it for the rest of your life. It's not that Uncle doesn't want to help you, but now the nearest place is only on the side of the Wa Kingdom. Uncle thought ......"

Although he spoke a little upside down, Cao Bianjiao immediately understood when he heard this. When his uncle heard the recent news, he was a little tempted and wanted to fight for a future. I'm just worried that I'll misunderstand, so I want to explain.

In fact, even if Cao Bianjiao didn't say it, he still wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Cao Wenzhao. He knows his uncle's ability. In his opinion, his uncle is no worse than Man Gui, and even in terms of bravery, he is even stronger than Man Gui. It's just because he hasn't had a good chance to perform in the Guanning Army before. Although he was finally promoted to the general soldier, he was not knighted, and it was a regret for the generals after all.

Cao Bianjiao himself was also killed from the battlefield, for him, what danger is not dangerous, these are all nonsense. As a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, how can you care about danger or not! Therefore, he interrupted Cao Wenzhao's explanation and said with a smile: "Uncle don't worry about the nephew, if our Cao family can have two counts, the nephew will be desperate!" ”

Speaking of this, he said to Cao Wenzhao seriously: "Uncle, if you have a decision in your heart, let's do it!" ”

Hearing this, Cao Wenzhao's face showed a smile of relief. It's best if my nephew can support himself!

Who knows, before he could say goodbye, Cao Bianjiao's personal guards came over and said, "Uncle, General Wu outside asks to see you!" ”

General Wu is Wu Sangui, and now he is also Cao Bianjiao, the general of the Beijing camp. didn't know what was going on, so Cao Bianjiao said to Cao Wenzhao: "Uncle, I don't know what he is looking for his nephew, my nephew will come when he goes!" ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he naturally nodded in agreement.

After drinking half a pot of tea, Cao Wenzhao saw Cao Bianjiao coming back, so he hurriedly asked, "What is he looking for you?" ”

If Cao Wenzhao is in Beijing, his nephew is the general manager of Beijing, and he naturally supports it in twelve points, and his nephew's general rong of Beijing will do it easily. But now that he has decided to apply for transfer to Liaodong and is no longer in Beijing, he is a little worried about what will happen to Beijing. At this moment, he was naturally very concerned about Wu Sangui's finding his nephew.

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "He came to talk to his nephew, saying that he also wants to be transferred to Liaodong and participate in the war against the Japanese!" ”

"......" Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but be speechless when he heard it.

But then thinking about it, it is not difficult to understand why Wu Sangui also wants to fight.

You must know that in the past, when Wu Sangui became the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, his nephew was just a small garrison. Until his nephew applied for the new army, became a division general, became a close general of the emperor, participated in the war against the captives, destroyed the Jianyu, and was awarded the title of earl and served as the chief of the Beijing camp, which completely overshadowed Wu Sangui.

How could Wu Sangui be willing to do this kind of thing. Now it is estimated that as long as he has made enough military achievements, the emperor will not hesitate to reward the title. Seeing that there were not many opportunities to make military achievements, I couldn't help but want to be transferred to Liaodong.

"And you agreed?" Cao Wenzhao came back to his senses and asked.

Before Cao Bianjiao could speak, he saw his cronies come over again and said, "Uncle, General Li asks to see!" ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he looked surprised, and said a little speechlessly: "Could it be, Li Guo is also here for this matter, right?" ”

"Nephew go out and have a look first!" When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he also smiled helplessly.

Seeing him turn around to leave, Cao Wenzhao immediately reminded: "He is also the emperor's confidant, don't embarrass him." ”

The emperor is optimistic about Li Guo, especially Li Guo's clansman Li Dingguo, who is even more good, and he was completely trained by Huo Quai, a hussar general of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, although he knew that although his uncle and nephew were also the emperor's confidants, he still reminded him.

Cao Bianjiao's footsteps stopped, and then replied "I know", and then went to the front office.

This time, Cao Wenzhao's remaining half pot of tea had not been drunk, and when he saw his nephew coming back, he stood up and asked with a smile: "Do you also want to earn war merits?" ”

In the local army, if you don't go to war, according to the emperor's latest will, you can also participate in the engineering troops, and according to the completion of the project, you can also earn war merits, but the weight of war merits will be halved.

However, it was impossible for the Beijing Battalion, which was the Gongwei Beijing Division, to be reorganized into an engineering unit. Therefore, if the Beijing camp does not fight, it will have no military merits. Glory is glory enough, but if a soldier has no military merits, then there is a bird!

It is for this reason that Cao Wenzhao feels that he has guessed eight or nine times, and Li Guo also has the same idea as him.

Cao Bianjiao listened, nodded, and then shook his head and said, "He did propose his idea to his nephew and wanted to go out to fight. However, he did not want to fight the Japanese state, but to fight Tsarist Russia. He said that there are many monks and little porridge in the Wa Kingdom, so it is better to go to the extreme west. ”

Li Guo is a native of Shaanxi, and he doesn't want to fight the island country, but goes to the extreme west, which seems to be conditional. After Cao Wenzhao heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "In this way, if the emperor agrees, you will have to worry about it here in Jingying!" ”

It is not an easy task to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army without a war to fight.

Cao Bianjiao listened to it and replied with a smile: "It's okay, uncle, in fact, as far as the nephew himself is concerned, the nephew wants to go out to lead the troops to fight!" It's just that His Majesty entrusted the post of the head of the Beijing camp to his nephew, and the nephew had to guard the town of Jingshi. ”

"Well, our Cao family can have today thanks to His Majesty Longen!" When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he nodded with a serious expression and said, "You have to remember one thing, you are alone in Beijing in the future, and you are not allowed to make friends with anyone in private, especially civil officials, let alone ignore them." You have to do it, you only have Your Majesty in your heart, understand? ”

"Nephew knows!" When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he also nodded with a serious face.

Compared to them, Zu Dashou was drinking at home.

At this time, he figured it out.

Back then, he did such a stupid thing, although the emperor really didn't pursue it. From then on, there was no real power.

Although he looks like the governor of the Governor's Mansion, he has a fart. Later, he temporarily replaced the general commander of the Beijing camp, but at that time, the Beijing camp was just a good thing, and the elites who could fight were all in the new army, and the new army was not under his own control. After the destruction of Jianyu, Jingying has become a real elite, but the general Rong of Jingying is gone. Anyway, all in all, I didn't really hold military power at all.

Alas, he was really a pig's brain back then, how could he do such a thing! Zu Dashou thought so, and couldn't help but drink another glass of stuffy wine.

If it is peaceful today, there are few military exploits. Without military exploits, it is impossible to be knighted! And if you want to be successful, you must lead the troops to fight! However, he will definitely not be able to get military power, so how can he talk about his military exploits?

Alas, I blame myself for the brute collision back then!

Zu Dashou was extremely remorseful in his heart, and when he was drinking alone, he suddenly heard his nephew Wu Sangui visiting.

Before he could get up, he saw Wu Sangui running into the back garden in a hurry, and when he saw him for the first time, he said excitedly: "Uncle, the emperor has agreed to transfer his nephew to North Korea!" ”

After he spoke, he realized that his uncle seemed to have a sad face, as if he was drinking alcohol, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Zu Dashou listened to Wu Sangui's words, and his heart seemed to be pricked by a needle again, but remembering that this was his nephew, and now the only hope for the Zu and Wu families, he felt a little better in his heart, stretched out his hand and beckoned, and asked Wu Sangui to sit beside him.

Pouring him a glass of wine, Zu Dashou reluctantly smiled and said, "Come on, come on, uncle wishes you success and win the merit of exterminating the widows!" ”

"Thank you, uncle!" Seeing this, Wu Sangui was happy in his heart, and hurriedly responded, took the wine glass and drank it all, lit up the bottom of the glass, and then regained his excitement and said, "My nephew thinks that if you get Dolgon's head, maybe you can get a chance to be knighted!" “

Hearing this, Zu Dashou nodded and said, "Dolgon is the puppet emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his head is indeed valuable. But you have to remember one thing, it can be regarded as your uncle's advice to you! ”

"Uncle, please! Nephew must listen! When Wu Sangui heard this, he immediately straightened his attitude, sat up straight, and looked like he was listening.

Zu Dashou looked at his nephew, with a serious face, and said extremely seriously: "This time I went out, it was one of the few opportunities. You must remember that in everything, do not make any decisions on your own, everything must obey military orders, and do not do anything contrary to Your Majesty's will! ”

In the future war against the Japanese, the emperor will definitely issue a decree in principle. He was afraid that Wu Sangui would not care about the emperor's will for a while in order to grab the credit. Therefore, he just had this opportunity to remind his nephew.

Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, he heard his uncle's tone, and emphasized the words "don't make claims without authorization", remembering that his uncle seemed to be drinking alcohol before, remembering his previous things, he suddenly realized in his heart, he finally knew why his uncle was unhappy.

So, he immediately nodded solemnly and said, "Uncle don't worry, my nephew knows the severity." Even if you want to make your own decisions, it must be based on the emperor's will. The emperor is wise and martial, and his nephew will never do stupid things! ”

When Zu Dashou heard this, he felt that his heart seemed to hurt again, can you not say it so obviously?

"Come on, come on, uncle will toast you again!" He picked up his glass and pretended to be happy and said, "Uncle is very pleased to know this, much better than your father!" ”

"Better than my uncle!" Wu Sangui listened, and silently added a sentence in his heart, "There are two lessons from the past, how can I make such a mistake again!" ”

Of course, on the surface, he didn't dare to show the slightest inner thought, and he also picked up his glass and drank with his uncle.

The two of them didn't know that this discussion, and that night, the factory guard reported to the authorities. When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he just smiled and didn't express any opinions.

The war that the Ming Dynasty was about to carry out was to send troops to the Wa Kingdom, attack the extreme west, and defend the Mughal Empire, which were now only known to the generals of the Ming Army, and it was impossible for ordinary people to know. Therefore, the hot topics of the ordinary people in Beijing are different from the focus of these generals.

"Today's emperor is really a benevolent monarch through the ages, knowing that he is sympathetic to the people, and he did not levy labor on a large scale to build roads like Qin Shi Huang!"

"No, the railroad is really good. However, the emperor actually wanted to reform the army, use the army to build roads, and reduce the labor of the common people, since ancient times, but there has never been such a thing! ”

"That's right, there is also Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, who also dug the Grand Canal for the benefit of the country and the people, but he completely ignored whether the people could bear it, but instead caused the people to be resentful, and finally caused the country to die. Compared with the current emperor, this kind of emperor is really on the ground and in the sky, and it can't be compared at all! ”

"Isn't that! Our emperor is so wise and powerful, how can he be compared to ordinary emperors. Not to mention anything else, just to help the old and weak of Yongping Mansion back then, you can tell me, there are a few emperors who will care. Eternal benevolence, it's not a lie! ”

“……”

For ordinary people, especially since the registration of hidden households, what they are most afraid of is not paying taxes, but also serving. Because now that the standard of living has risen, the emperor has cut all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but if he pays the regular tax, he can still afford it. But in the case of labor, there is no distinction between people, as long as it is your turn, you must go to service, which is the most fatal thing.

Therefore, they are most concerned about building roads.

Unlike them, when those officials saw each other, they would sigh: "Alas, I'm old!" ”

Or, rejoice: "It's good to be young!" ”

The Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and the emperor is showing his grand plans, which makes people a little impatient. Being young means capital, and you can have the opportunity to follow the emperor behind you, build the Ming Dynasty together, and see more things that you have not seen before.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, seniority is no longer an advantage! The development of science and technology, the promotion of science, youth is capital!