How did Shen Mo hook up with Ding Guogong? This has to start with the genealogy of the old Xu family.

Xu Zengshou, the first Duke of Dingguo, was the fourth son of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan posthumously crowned by the founding father and Duke of Wei. Speaking of Xu Da, only Guo Ziyi of the Tang Dynasty can be compared. As we all know, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, that is the most miserable in all dynasties, under the butcher's knife of Emperor Zhu, there is no martial arts, and there are few good deaths, but the first hero Xu Da is an exception, he not only died in the end, but among the three sons and one daughter, there was a queen and two princes. And they all continue to reproduce and continue to this day, and they are endlessly prosperous, and they can be described as the second surname in the world.

After Xu Daxue, his eldest son Xu Huizu inherited his father's title, although after the Jingjing, because he refused to be a minister to Zhu Di, he was cut down and imprisoned and died, but for the sake of his father being his father-in-law, his sister was his queen, and his younger brother was his own hero, Zhu Di still let Xu Huizu's eldest son take the title.

This founding prince has remained in Nanjing, and has been passed down to Xu Pengju, the seventh generation of Wei Guogong, who has been appointed as the commander of Nanjing Jingying.

Xu Zengshou, as Xu Da's youngest son, of course it is not his turn to attack his father, but he still comes out of his father's shadow, and after a few years of hard work, he will become the governor of Zhengyipin! After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Emperor Jianwen suspected that his brother-in-law Yanwang Zhu Di was rebelling, so he stupidly asked him, is your brother-in-law going to rebel? Of course, Xu Zengshou knelt down to Zhu Yunfen at that time, and said: "My brother-in-law and your father are brothers, and they are extremely rich, why do you want to rebel!" The kind-hearted Zhu Yunfen believed it, but who knew that Xu Zengshou turned his head and told his brother-in-law about it.

After Zhu Di really rebelled, Xu Zengshou acted as an inside line again, and told Zhu Di of the deployment of the ZF army several times, which was later discovered by Emperor Jianwen, but he didn't bother to ask him for a while. After the Yan army crossed the Yangtze River, Emperor Jianwen questioned him face-to-face, Xu Zengshou could not answer, and Emperor Jianwen, who felt that he had been deceived, let down, insulted, and damaged, angrily stabbed his hand under the palace.

Zhu Di lamented the death of his brother-in-law, and after entering the city, he hugged Xu Zengshou's body and wept bitterly, and then posthumously named him the Duke of Dingguo, and he was loyal. Let his son Xu Jingchang inherit the title...... This Jingnan Guogong, who was exchanged for his life, later moved north with Zhu Di and returned to live in the general's mansion when Xu Da was in Beijing...... That is, the current Dingguo Gong. Although there were many accidents after that, they recovered repeatedly, and it was passed that Xu Yande was the sixth Guogong of this generation, which happened to be the same generation as Xu Pengju in Nanjing.

The two governments, which are in the same vein, have been strangers for a long time. Because Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, was loyal to Emperor Jianwen, when Zhu Di entered the city, he hid in Xu Da's ancestral hall and refused to come out to pay respects, and was later cut down and placed under house arrest until death. Therefore, the people in the Wei Mansion have always regarded themselves as loyal ministers of Zhengshuo, thinking that although the Duke of Dingguo helped his brother-in-law, it violated Xu Da's loyalty in the name of righteousness, so he broke off relations with them.

The two gossiped for a while, Xu Wenbi held the tea set, followed by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old maid, carrying a pot of boiling water, and reappeared at the table.

Tea water tea, one is tea, the other is water, there is good tea but no good water, the tea soup brewed must not be the right taste. Of course, the water with Longyuan Shengxue should also be the top, pay attention to one, sweet and fresh" Lu Yu said in the "Book of Tea": its water, with the mountain, river water, well water. Its mountains and rivers, picking milk springs, and stone ponds are overflowing. , and the water for boiling tea is the peak mountain spring water of Yuquan Mountain, which fully meets the standards of mountains, rivers, milk springs, stone pools, and diffuse flows. It takes a day to transport it back from Yanjiao, and the water quality will inevitably deteriorate, but with that set of devices, the spring water will return to sweetness, worthy of the emperor in this tea.

While telling Shen Mo the origin of the tea, Xu Wenbi gently rested the prepared tea set, refreshments and a delicate tin tea pot on the table.

waved his hand to let the maid retreat, and the prince personally brewed it, ordering soup, dividing milk, refilling water, warming cups, and serving tea, all of which were done very carefully and carefully.

After the tea was poured, Xu Wenbi gently sent two pears with half a cup of turquoise tea soup each to Shen Mo and his father, and said with a smile: "Please taste the tea." "In this process, Shen Mo and Xu Yande didn't say a word, and they kept paying close attention to the entire brewing process" At this time, they made a gesture of "please" to each other, and looked at each other and smiled. Then each picked up a pear huā and sent it to the tip of his nose to smell it.

Shen Mo shook his head lightly, closed his eyes slightly, and said, "This fragrance is much more elegant." ”

"Oh, have you drunk?" Xu Yande was a little surprised.

Shen Mo nodded and said softly: "But it's not as elegant as this, it can be seen that the effort is not in vain." ”

"Please try the tea soup again." Xu Wenbi seemed to be greatly encouraged, urging Shen Mo to say.

Shen Mo took a sip first, moistened it in his mouth for a while, and then swallowed it slowly" said with an expression of enjoyment on his face: "The entrance is soft and soft, swallowing it in the stomach, and a refreshing aroma floats up." Said and chanted softly: "The fragrance and the teeth have an aftertaste, and I feel that the crane's heart is full of ......."

"It's so well said, every word is on people's hearts." Xu Yande had already drunk two glasses and said, "But Lord Shen has a lot of opportunities, I'm afraid it's rare to have a crane heart." ”

"Yes, it's rare to have half a day of leisure" silently put down the teacup and said with a wry smile: "Come to visit my grandfather today" In fact, there are still some trivial matters to discuss with you. ，”

Xu Yande looked at Xu Wenbi, shook his head silently and said, "Why should the prince avoid it?" Let's hear it. ”

The father and son of the Xu family have this intention, but they are just pretending to be a gesture, just waiting for his words.

"One is the matter of Dongning Hou taking over as the governor of Jingying" Shen Mo said softly: "He has no bottom in his heart, he actually pretends to be sick at home, and he wants to invite Grandpa Guo to relax his heart." ”

"Oh......" Xu Yande drank tea for a while, put down the teacup, and said slowly: "Our family doesn't talk about two families, I'll call you brother." Brother, the reason why I haven't expressed my position is that this errand is to be held by the Guogong, and Dongning Hou is still a little short of qualified, and I am worried that the other two will have opinions; The second is that I heard that the imperial court replaced the Marquis of Dongning, and he insisted on doing that, and he trained the troops in separate battalions" This was very resentful among the officers and soldiers, and Wang Shangshu was beaten a few days ago. "Familiar to familiar, when it comes to real things, you're welcome.

"Grandpa is old and seeks the country." nodded silently and said in a low voice: "Since you call me my brother, then I will also give an account to my brother" The Lin Run investigation report published in the newspaper that day was actually just an excerpt that avoided the important and trivial, and there were 80,000 words of real material lying in the cabinet, whether it was public or not, Xu Ge Lao did not make up his mind. ”

Xu Yande's pupils shrank significantly, and he forced a smile: "What can't be made public?" ”

"I think it's better not to make it public." Silent and said lightly: "The report said that weapons, armor, chariots, war horses, clothing, and camp tents, none of them are qualified, and there are serious shoddy ones, and there are even serious overdue uses...... For example, chariots should be replaced once every five years, but most of them were produced before Jiajing 35 years ago, which was earlier than the time I spent for the country; Another example is the war horse, according to the regulations, the service period is two to eight years old, but the war horses in the three battalions are not only seriously lacking, but there is almost no ...... under the age of ten can be found," he said and sighed: "The imperial court has been a little tight over the years, but no matter how tight it is, it has never thought of cutting military spending. The cabinet and Xu Ge Lao, you can't do without an explanation! ”

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, Xu Wenbi looked at Shen Mo and his father with bated breath, and saw that the two of them had serious expressions, and they didn't dare to say a word.

"This ...... Adults should ask the military department. Xu Yande said: "The authority of military procurement has always been controlled by the Ministry of War, and the military cannot interfere, it is what they send and what we use......

"Why don't you raise an objection to the imperial court?" He said silently: "Has the imperial court even taken away your right to speak?" ”

"It's useless to talk about some things." Xu Yande sighed, looked at Shen Mo with complicated eyes, and said, "The national situation is like this, everyone is still rarely confused." ”

"Xu Ge is willing to be confused! I'm willing to be confused too! He said in a deep voice: "But the imperial court's science and technology officials will not agree!" Now the DPRK and China have formed a consensus that the slogan "the country is the first, the north is the first, the louder and louder the slogan, especially those young officials, who have long been unable to stand the humiliation of the Tartar invasion every year and the martial law of the Beijing division every year, and they can't wait to expel the Tartars in the next moment and seal the wolf Juxu!" However, the Beijing camp on which they had high hopes was found to be "gold and jade, and ruined in it", and its disappointment was monstrous! As long as the cabinet is not within the time limit and gives a satisfactory treatment, the bullets all over the sky will be spilled, and I, Shen, will resign, and the cabinet will still have to investigate the matter thoroughly! ”

Thinking of those crazy officials like a flood of beasts, Xu Yande finally changed his face, the hereditary replacement of the Duke of Dingguo is not invincible, otherwise he would not have been abolished several times, he really didn't want to be ...... the three-plank axe of the officials, so he forced a smile and said: "Brother, don't scare your brother." ”

"Brother, I and Wei Guogong Lou Mo are rebellious, although we didn't cut off the head of the chicken or burn yellow paper, but we are like brothers." Shen Mo said earnestly: "You are his most beloved brother, and I will treat you as my most beloved brother, you say, can I harm you?" ”

"Can't ......," Xu Yande shook his head.

"That's what I told you." Shen Mo said softly: "Actually, it is to let you know the direction of the wind, let's take advantage and avoid disadvantage, and take the lead." ”

Yande nodded, he had been knocked and pulled by silence, and he was a little dizzy, so he could only follow first: "Brother, what do you say my brother should do?" ”

"Please believe that with me, the cabinet will not embarrass our family." Shen Mo said with a sincere face: "And Xu Ge is the first to be in power" Although he supports the reform of Jingying, he hopes that there will be a gentle and drizzling process, and everyone can accept the result. This requires the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Beijing Army to cooperate with each other and speak openly and honestly to achieve this goal. ”

"Oh............" Xu Yande's mind was a little confused, and he was silent by serving tea. Xu Wenbi answered: "Can Uncle Shi let the little nephew say a few words?" ”

"Son, please speak." He smiled silently.

"What you said about the current situation of the Beijing camp" The little nephew completely agreed, in the past, he worked as an errand with his father in Fengtai, and knew that "the battalion and the army are all stumbling, and the people and horses are useless, and it is useless!" "Xu Wenbi is a young man after all" spoke sharply and without any curtain, but Shen Mo knew that he was trying to suppress the first promotion, so he just nodded with a smile and listened to him continue: "We are very supportive of the restructuring in our hearts" However, the difficulty is that the Beijing camp has accumulated disadvantages for a hundred years, and it has long since changed its taste, "It is no longer the Wang Division that is powerful in the world and lives in the light" but just a guy who eats up and down inside and outside the army. To put it bluntly, there are many wolves and few meats in this place in the capital, but they are as noble as clouds, and each family has to be extravagant and decent, and the sales are too big, but the income is too small, and there is no money elsewhere, so they can only fight the idea here. Our family has the support of Uncle Nanjing, and he has never reached out in it, but he can't cut off other people's financial routes, so during the years of my father's reign, I could only turn a blind eye. ”

Seeing his words, he filled Xu Yande's hole, and couldn't help laughing silently, saying in his heart that this kid looked at Si Swenwen, but he was actually bold and shameless, promising, promising, promising!

Seeing him laughing, Xu Wenbi said a little weakly: "Although the little nephew said it a little bluntly, this is the case. He added: "Besides, the atmosphere in Beijing is not bad because of the old ones, but the eunuchs who supervise the army, who have been in charge of the army since the Xuande period, eroded military resources, stifled generals, occupied military service, bought leisure, and wasted training." The scourge of the Beijing army has long been rotten............ Although the first emperor removed all the eunuchs from the prison army and handed over the Beijing camp to us, it was already difficult to return, and the immortals were difficult to treat: and the erosion of the Beijing camp by those eunuchs did not stop, but it turned from light to darkness and changed the way. We are powerless to stop it, so we can only try to maintain it and ensure the training of tens of thousands of people to repay the kindness of the emperor.

Only then did Shen Mo hold back and smile: "What way?" ”

"The production of those munitions is all controlled by them," Xu Wenbi said with a mouthful ......of foam.

"Hehe......" Shen Mo laughed, and said with a smile: "The prince is not bad, he has completely helped Grandpa Guo clean it up." ”

"That's how it is." Xu Wenbi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since those munitions factories are all eunuchs," Shen Mo also said with relief: "That's great, I thought it was yours." ”

"Why...... That's great? Xu Wenbi felt that something was not quite right.

"We have collected enough evidence to ban these at any time, and dare to harm the black factories of the imperial court with counterfeit and shoddy products!" Shen Mo said loudly: "I just don't know if it has anything to do with the nobles, and now the prince proves that our worries are superfluous!" Of course it's great. ”

"Really?" Xu Wenbi said with difficulty: "Want to take action? ”

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." He nodded silently and said, "The prince is waiting for the good news." "Sample, if you want to play with me, you're still a little tender.

"Ah......h

"Don't listen to your child's nonsense, he doesn't understand anything." Xu Yande had no choice but to go out again, and let Xu Wenbi, who was about to cry, obediently make his tea, the old man looked at Shen Mo and said: "My lord, in fact, you know it, let's not play false, just say what you plan to do." "The subtext is, I can promise it, I can't promise to die and the net will break.

Shen Mo nodded, and spoke his request in a nutshell