Chapter 168: The Private Mansion of the Town Guard

This really stopped Li Meng, how to answer it, the real reason can't be said, but the rest of the reasons can't be put on the table at all, everyone who knows about this matter thinks that Li Meng's actions are so unbelievable, but the Zheng family can't count on it for a while.

What Li Meng wants to do, Eunuch Liu can completely help, but looking at this posture, if he doesn't give the other party a suitable reason, the other party doesn't pay attention to this request to move the defense at all, and it is not out of malice that he ignores it, it is the attitude that the elders don't want the juniors to do stupid things.

was really stumped, Li Meng pondered there for a long time, and Eunuch Liu was not in a hurry, looking at Li Meng with a smile, the tea bowl lid in his hand was foaming.

After a while, Li Meng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a deep voice:

"To say something offensive to my uncle, the reason why my little nephew went to Huguang is the same as the reason why you came to Nanjing."

The old eunuch was stunned when he heard this, and after reacting, he raised his head and laughed, the eunuch's voice was sharp, Liu Fulai was also old, and he laughed as if he was an old lady, he put the tea bowl in his hand on the coffee table, the laughter stopped, but his face became a little heavy, and he slowly said:

"The master of ceremonies is always an important position, this Nanjing town is a place to care for the elderly, our family is old, I have seen a lot in Beijing, I always feel unsteady, and there is nothing to fight with them, so I invited here...... If you have good mountains and good waters, you can also provide for the elderly! ”

Li Meng didn't make a sound, just listened quietly, the old eunuch paused, and said again:

"Our family looks at the folds, the paperwork, and always thinks that since the Tartar has beaten the Beijing Division, and he is running around in Beizhili, he can always go to Shandong, do you think this is the reason?"

Since the other party has found a reason for himself, Li Meng didn't speak, just sat there respectfully, people are older, they always talk more, even people in high positions are no exception, this eunuch is very similar to the old lady because of physiological reasons, and he continued there:

"Our family was already in the palace when Grandpa Wanli was in power, this is not good, that is not good, but we always win battles outside, even if we suffer losses outside, we are not bullied to the doorstep."

Speaking of this, the old eunuch was already emotional:

"Come in the master of ceremonies, look at the folding documents everywhere, it's really frightening, the Tartar soldiers from outside the plug into the inside is simply like going home, our family has nightmares all day long, our family is old, I don't want to fight, Wang Chengen is in the hidden mansion and follows the current saint, the position of the inner court we can't go up, so we simply come to this place with good mountains and rivers to retire and wait for death."

After speaking, he sighed again, and the atmosphere became so heavy, and Li Meng just followed and said with relief:

"Uncle is in good health, my little nephew looks much better than when I first met, I look a lot younger, and there are more good days!"

These words are a necessary routine to comfort the elderly, but they are very effective, Eunuch Liu laughed, patted his thigh and said:

"If you really know how to speak, it doesn't matter, we will handle the errands and writings of Huguang, our family will handle it for you, our family will come to Nanjing, and Wang Chengen's henchmen will have a vacant position, plus the hundreds of thousands of silver that are missing, how much they owe us."

Having said this, it is equivalent to that the old eunuch has agreed to his request, and the emotion and temptation of each other just now are over, and the matter is also entrusted, just to say some gossip and lengthen, and after a while, someone outside the door shouted:

"Master, the food and drinks are ready."

At lunchtime, I didn't eat well at all in Meilou, and then so many things happened, and it was almost dark now, Li Meng really felt that his stomach was empty, and Eunuch Liu obviously knew about this situation, stood up with a smile, and said:

"The chef here is not in the imperial city, but a famous chef found by our family in a restaurant outside, and the taste is very good."

The two of them were in the inner house, and when they walked out of the room, it was the outer hall of the meal, and the weather in Nanjing City was quite cold, but the house was burned with a dragon, which was extremely warm. A few maids and little eunuchs were arranging the dishes and chopsticks over there, and the table was already full of delicacies, and Li Mengke really felt a little hungry.

As soon as they saw Eunuch Liu and Li Meng come in, and after setting up the table, several subordinates bowed down and exited the room, and the two sides just sat down, but saw the housekeeper Liu Qian walking in, first said hello briefly, and then was about to talk close to Eunuch Liu's ear, Liu Fulai lowered his face and shook his head, and opened his mouth to reprimand:

"This is my own family, there is nothing to avoid, there is something to say."

The two sides talked in private, and they were already quite thorough, even if they regarded each other as their own people, the relationship was already a lot closer, which could be regarded as showing Li Meng an attitude of goodwill, Liu Qian was also a delicate character, and he directly smiled and accused Li Meng of his side, and said:

"Master, Zhang Pu came over and said to get the 60,000 taels of silver, do you want to give it to him?"

This amount is already quite scary, Li Meng is also very uncomfortable sitting there, he didn't think about his 50,000 taels of silver, but now it looks like this investment is really worth it, don't mention it. Eunuch Liu put down the wine glass he picked up again, and after a little silence, he spoke:

"Give it to him, but you have to write a note and bring it to our family later."

Liu Qian hurriedly bowed down and agreed, turned around and walked out, Eunuch Liu raised the fine porcelain wine cup in his hand to salute, and Li Meng hurriedly raised his hands to deal with it, which can be regarded as starting a private banquet.

Although Li Meng said that he didn't ask, Eunuch Liu himself talked about the 60,000 taels of silver just now, and he was quite disdainful in his words, and said with a smirk:

"Lao Wen is on the stage blocking the road below, Donglin's gang has long looked at him unpleasantly, now Lao Wen and Cao Huachun are right, Jiangnan, Jiangbei and Donglin, who are in the court and in the opposition, are all moving up and down, ready to bring down Wen Tiren and push Zhou Yanru into the cabinet as the first assistant."

Lao Wen, it wasn't until Eunuch Liu mentioned Wen Tiren's full name that Li Meng thought that this person was the cabinet scholar of the dynasty, the first assistant Wen Tiren, and Cao Huachun was the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial horse eunuch, Zhou Yanru didn't know what to do, but the names of these people often appeared in the Di Bao and Tang Bao.

"Wen Tiren is known as a lonely minister, not a party, who in Beijing does not know that he is the leader of the Zhejiang Party, anyone who is born in Hangjiahu can be reused, the Donglin Party shows its loyalty to the country, this Zhang Pu is active up and down, with our family, and Ruan Dacheng borrowed silver, that is, to bring down Wen Tiren, so that they can go up to the people of Nanzhili, Su Songchang's scholars are rich, why is the addiction to being an official so big, from the year of the Apocalypse to the present, the toss is endless."

There was a lot of disdain in the eunuch's tone, Li Meng should listen to a joke, Li Meng didn't know that although this Zhang Pu was a man at the moment, he was the founder of the famous "Fushe", one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, and was called "the king of heaven" and "the talent of dominating the world" by the scholars of Nanzhili.

These people have a reputation among the people like gods, and they are idols in the hearts of scholars, but in the eyes of this eunuch Liu, they are in a high position, and there are times when they are in the center, so they naturally have some unique views and opinions on these so-called "celebrities and important ministers".

Liu Fu's content is actually the same as the nature of political gossip that everyone likes to talk about in modern times. What Eunuch Liu said was similar to the same thing, but the authenticity was much higher.

Li Meng had something in his heart, stood up and apologized and said:

"Uncle, the men who followed the little nephew are still in the barracks, and I want to go and see if they have been settled."

Hearing Li Meng's words, Eunuch Liu smiled dumbly and said:

"Sit down, sit down, how can I be slow down with your people, in this barracks these days, they also have fish and meat, what are you worried about."

Li Meng smiled awkwardly and sat there, and the two sides chatted a few more gossips, but Eunuch Liu smiled with emotion:

"The previous news said that your more than 1,000 soldiers and horses fought against thieves, and they actually cut off hundreds of heads and almost all of the prisoners

Later, someone inquired and said that it was true, but our family was shocked, thinking that you are in Jiaozhou, even if you are strong, you can bring tens of thousands of soldiers ....... tsk, and I don't know how to train this soldier. ”

Li Meng has always been difficult to understand these words, thinking that it is just an organized soldier against an unorganized bandit, whether it is training, equipment, or even battlefield discipline and logistical support, the difference between the two sides is not only a trick, but also exposed his own training and tactical shortcomings, otherwise the results of the battle would be even greater.

Why do you feel dissatisfied with the results of the battle that need to be reviewed, and the people around you are so shocked, although there are often tens of thousands of troops exterminating the rebellious people and beheading hundreds of cases of great victories in the imperial court's palace newspaper, Li Meng still has doubts about these battle reports, not because he doubts the false reports, but because he feels that the battlefield statistics of this era may not be accurate, and there must be many cases that have not been counted.

But today's words of Eunuch Liu greatly touched Li Meng, the eunuchs in Nanjing, the military-related things they came into contact with should be the most important things in the entire Ming Dynasty, and there will not be too much information and events that can conceal him. But Liu Fulai still spoke very sincerely about his surprise.

To what extent did the soldiers and horses of the last days of the Ming Dynasty decline, and there would be such a contrary to common sense and unbelievable "surprise" and "disbelief".

Eunuch Liu was indeed a little happy in his heart, perhaps because he felt that there was such a half-benefactor and half-relative who had no conflict of interest here, and he could talk casually, but as a result, he drank a few more glasses of wine, and he chattered even more.

Li Meng sat there, not listening at all, and a voice in his head kept echoing, becoming louder and louder:

"Maybe I shouldn't protect myself, maybe I can do something about it!!"