Chapter 80: Raising a thief with self-respect

Yan Song's housekeeper Yan Wang came to Taizhou with the messenger. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info When he told him the news that the emperor intended to recruit Chen Di as a concubine and let Chen Di enter Beijing quickly, Chen Di frowned.

You must know that although Inoue Shiro has tasted defeat, he is still eyeing Zhejiang. Chen Di urgently needs to expand the new army. In addition, he is now determined to turn Zhejiang Province into his own land. It takes time to do all these things.

If Emperor Jiajing recruited him into the capital, just the cumbersome etiquette of marrying the princess would cost several months! By that time, maybe the iron hooves of the would-be wouldn't have set foot on the land of Zhejiang!

What to do? Is it difficult to resist the decree? Resisting the decree is a felony! When someone is the emperor wants to recruit you as a son-in-law, didn't you slap him in the face when you resisted the decree? When the time comes, will you have your good fruit to eat?

Yan Wang asked Chen Di: "Dare to ask when the adults will leave?" ”

Chen Di said: "I still have some official matters to explain to the people below. ”

Yan Wang hurriedly said: "My lord, my lord has repeatedly told you to enter Beijing in time!" In case Zhai Shoufu gets in the way and disturbs your good thing about marrying the princess! ”

Chen Di said: "Oh, I will do it as soon as possible." Steward Yan, since you have come to Zhejiang, you naturally have to take a good look at the beautiful scenery of Suzhou and Hangzhou! I'll send someone to take you to Hangzhou. In addition, this is a little meaning, please accept it. ”

Chen Di took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels from his sleeve and handed it to Yan Wang. Chen Di now makes silver when he meets people. Not to mention, the trick of buying people's hearts with money has been tried and tested repeatedly. Although Yan Wang is only Yan Song's housekeeper, as the saying goes, there are seven officials in front of the prime minister. Chen Di naturally treated Yan Wang differently.

Yan Wang excused: "This, how dare you do this?" ”

Chen Di said: "Manager Yan doesn't have to be polite. I am an official in other provinces, and I cannot fulfill my filial piety to my father-in-law. On weekdays, it is your strict housekeeper who serves my father-in-law. This money is just a little bit of my heart. ”

After Yan Wang left, Chen Di felt a big head for a while. It is every man's dream to be able to marry the princess of a country. But now that the expansion of the new army is imminent, he has a lot of plans to implement in Zhejiang. Is there any way to stay in Zhejiang?

There is, there is, why not raise a thief to respect himself?

The method of raising thieves with self-respect has been common throughout history. For example, Wu Sangui, a great traitor in later generations, guarded Yunnan to suppress bandits, but always left a way for the bandits to survive. In order to defraud the Qing court of more military spending, and at the same time buy his own time in Yunnan!

Inoue Shishiro has retreated to the sea, and it seems that he will not come to invade Taizhou again for a while! Raising a thief can be a "thief"!

What if there is no "thief"?

Easy to do! Isn't it just to let people pretend to be widows?

Chen Di immediately found Tang Shunzhi, Yu Dayou, and Qi Jiguang to discuss.

Chen Di told the three of them about Emperor Jiajing's will and wanting him to be a colt. Tang Shunzhi shook his head and said, "You are the backbone of our people. If you really go to the capital to marry the princess, according to the Ming system, you are not allowed to be a foreign official, then we may not have the opportunity to do things together in the future! ”

"What? Can't a colt be a foreign officer? Chen Di was surprised. You must know that the history books of later generations have never recorded that the Ming Dynasty still has this rule. Chen Di: This is the first time I've heard of it.

Tang Shunzhi: "This is nature. After Hong Wuye founded the country, he set this rule. You must know that the concubine is a foreign relative, and if he is a foreign official, Hong Wuye is worried that his relatives will collude with local officials and endanger the orthodoxy of the imperial court. ”

Chen Di said in his heart, it seems that this horse doesn't do it.

Chen Di said: "It is estimated that as soon as I enter Beijing to report on my work, the emperor will send a decree to give marriage." If I resist the decree, I will lose my head. Right now, there's a big mess of things to do in Zhejiang, and I can't leave. I have a way to not resist the decree and not leave Zhejiang. But this method is a bit out of line, I don't know if the teacher and the two brothers are willing to do it for me? ”

Yu Dayou said: "Say it, third brother!" ”

Chen Di said: "You take a thousand brothers from the Flying Tiger Army, change into Japanese costumes and go around outside Taizhou City. When I went to the imperial court, I said that the Japanese invaded the border again, and asked the imperial court to allow me to stay in Zhejiang. ”

Although this was to deceive the imperial court, Tang Shunzhi, Yu Dayou, and Qi Jiguang did not feel anything wrong at all. If Chen Di can win the battle, these three people wish that Chen Di would stay in Zhejiang forever and take them to fight the Japanese invaders!

Tang Shunzhi asked: "This method is feasible. But how do you explain to the brothers that they should wear the costumes of the Japanese and swagger around the city of Taizhou? ”

Chen Di replied: "This is simple, just say that it is a new army formation exercise!" Well, someone has to play the enemy in the exercise! ”

Tang Shunzhi said: "This method is very wonderful. ”

Two days later, the city of Taizhou.

Chen Di invited Governor Zhao Wenhua, political envoy Wu Ping, and envoy Tang Xiaojiang to inspect Taizhou's city defense.

It's more like an invitation than a command. Zhao Wenhua, Wu Ping, and Tang Xiaojiang have become Chen Di's puppets at this moment.

As soon as Chen Di led Zhao Wenhua, Wu Ping, and Tang Xiaojiang to the top of Taizhou City, thousands of Japanese robbers were killed outside Taizhou City.

The traitor Watanabe Village led a group of "Japanese robbers" and shouted and scolded under the city: "Baga, kill Gaigai!" ”

Zhao Wenhua was shocked: "Zhenhaibo, why did the Japanese invade the realm again?" How good is that? ”

Chen Di said with a smile: "Don't panic, Lord Futai, the Taizhou regiment is stationed in Taizhou City at the current time. I will send a thousand men out, and I will defeat them!" ”

Chen Di gave an order, and Qi Jiguang took a thousand Flying Tiger troops out of the city. As soon as they saw the Flying Tiger Army leaving the city, the "Japanese Bandits" fled eastward, and the tea kung fu disappeared. ”

According to the inspector, Tang Xiaojiang immediately patted his ass: "There is Zhen Haibo's Flying Tiger Army sitting in Taizhou, and the widow will flee far away when he sees it!" ”

Wu Ping, the political envoy, also said: "That's that, just by saying the prestige of Zhenhaibo, you can scare the Japanese to the point of urine." ”

Chen Di sighed: "Alas. ”

Zhao Wenhua asked Chen Di: "Why is Zhen Haibo sighing?" ”

Chen Di said: "You don't know. There has been an edict ordering me to go to Beijing as soon as possible to report on my work! I can't bear the people of Taizhou and the three adults! ”

Zhao Wenhua heard that Chen Di didn't want to enter Beijing, and he said: "The imperial court can't do without the southeast for a moment, the southeast can't be without Zhejiang for a moment, and Zhejiang can't be without Zhenhaibo for a day!" Now that the Japanese invade the border again, I will go to the court and ask the emperor to keep Zhen Haibo in Zhejiang! ”

Wu Ping and Tang Xiaojiang also echoed: "Yes, yes, yes! We jointly asked the emperor to keep Zhenhaibo in Zhejiang! ”

The governor of Zhejiang, together with the political envoy and the envoy of the procuratorate, jointly made a statement to Emperor Jiajing, saying that the Japanese invaded Zhejiang and kept Chen Di to guard Taizhou.

Chen Di himself also went on a separate excerpt. In addition to asking Emperor Jiajing to allow him to stay in Taizhou, he also asked Emperor Jiajing to personally give Taizhou regiment training as the "Flying Tiger Army".

Emperor Jiajing's holy decree soon arrived in Taizhou again, and it was Lu Fang, the eunuch who came to deliver the decree!