Ma Yuan was not from Ulzhou, and although he had been in the city for a few days, he was not familiar with the environment in the city. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After escaping a stick of incense, Ma Yuan, who was in a panic, was blocked in a dead end.

In front of him was a tall courtyard wall, and behind him were the chasing soldiers.

There is no way to go to heaven and no door to enter the ground, fight!

Ma Yuan gritted his teeth and was about to fight for his life, when suddenly, a group of masked men in green clothes came out of the army.

"The governor of the state is doing business, the idlers get out!"

The killer of the Zhizhou Mansion is very inward-looking, trying to deter the masked man.

However, the masked man, who had the advantage in numbers, remained silent, "Kill!" ”

A fierce battle broke out, and Ma Yuan, who was hiding in the corner, was drenched in a cold sweat, and he tried to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but the two warring sides always stopped him at a critical moment.

At this time, Ma Yuan had already understood that the people and horses of both parties were here for him.

Damn, it's the first time to be a robber to do this!

Ma Yuan was extremely aggrieved, but he couldn't think of a way to crack it.

Fortunately, the battle between the masked man and the pursuer did not last long, and after half a burnt of incense, the masked man emerged victorious.

At this time, a masked man whispered, "Ma Yuan, if you want to live, come with us!" ”

Ma Yuan had no choice but to do what he said.

At this time, he can only take one step at a time, Ma Yuan is a person who cherishes his life, which can be seen from the fact that his men are dead, but he is still alive.

I don't know how long it took, but Ma Yuan found that he had returned to the direction of the Zhizhou Mansion.

Just escaped from this place, and now you want to go in?

Ma Yuan was terrified, "What's going on?" Who the hell are you? ”

The masked man smiled coldly, "What are you afraid of, if you don't want to go, I'll kill you now."

Ma Yuan was annoyed and angry, "You! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, Lord Zhizhou is waiting to see you"

Ma Yuan was still a little surprised, "Zhizhou? Wei yuan? ”

"Yes, let's get in quickly"

Ma Yuan took a deep breath and climbed over the wall and entered the hospital with a mortal heart.

After entering the mansion, the masked people had already gone to cover up, and it turned out that they were all the guards of the Zhizhou Mansion!

Ma Yuan's face changed sharply, but he didn't expect that he would return to the starting point after escaping for a long time.

After walking a few hundred steps, Ma Yuan came to a hall, and on the main seat, a green-bearded official was not angry and arrogant, "You are Ma Yuan?" ”

Ma Yuan held his head high, "Yes, you are Wei Yuan, right?" ”

The guards shouted loudly, "Presumptuous, you also shouted the name of the adult?" ”

Wei Yuan didn't care, "I heard you want to see me?" ”

Ma Yuan showed a look of disdain, "That's natural, my brother and four hundred brothers died in battle because of your request, you must give an explanation."

Wei Yuan was a little surprised, "When did I come into contact with you?" ”

"Ten days ago, your butler approached my brother and asked us to rob Wang Teng's caravan, and he also said that there will be a lot of rewards after the deed is completed!"

Ma Yuan held back his anger, "What else? What else did my officers and soldiers say? ”

"He told us that the Shanxi Fan family and the Jin family are not on good terms with Wang Teng, as long as we do this, the two of them can come up with a thousand taels of silver to reward us!"

Wei Yuan didn't laugh angrily, "Come on, bring the housekeeper up!" ”

"No!"

Before Ma Yuan left, Wang Teng's subordinates in Ulzhou explained the truth to Wei Yuan, and at first, Wei Yuan didn't want to believe that the butler who had followed him for so many years was actually a traitor.

However, facts speak louder than words, and in the face of sufficient evidence, Wei Yuan could only send someone to arrest his housekeeper.

The housekeeper, who was only sixty years old, felt very guilty when he saw Wei Yuan, "My lord, I'm sorry for you."

This old housekeeper has accompanied Wei Yuan for seven years, and after seven years, even a dog and a cat have also cultivated a relationship.

Wei Yuan is not a ruthless and unrighteous person, "Why did you betray me?" What am I sorry for you? ”

The housekeeper just kowtowed, "I am to blame for this matter, and it has nothing to do with adults."

Wei Yuan couldn't bear it, "Who is the mastermind behind the scenes?" Tell me what you know and say I can't spare your life."

The housekeeper smiled sadly, "My lord, you are good at everything, but your heart is too kind, such a person will suffer!" ”

Wei Yuan's face flushed, "Say, who is it?" ”

"Who else? There are very few people in the entire Datong Mansion who dare to go against the adults, in fact, the adults themselves have guessed it."

"Fan Yongdou?"

The butler smiled miserably and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"My lord, the housekeeper has been poisoned!"

Wei Yuan sighed, he didn't expect the housekeeper to take poison and die in order to protect the Fan family, but it's a pity for Wang Teng's arrangement!

Originally, Wang Teng planned to follow the vine and wipe out the Fan family, but now that he has no witness, he has to change his excuse if he wants to deal with Fan Yongdou!

Wei Yuan felt extremely ashamed, after all, this time, it was Wang Teng who suffered the loss.

Now not only is there no witness, but even the only clue is broken, how can this be good?

When Wang Teng learned the details, it was already early the next morning.

"The housekeeper of the Zhizhou Mansion is dead?"

"Yes, I heard that it was a suicide by taking medicine"

"It seems that the Fan family has invested a lot of money, hmph, Fan Yongdou thinks that I dare not deal with him without evidence? What a big mistake! ”

In April of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Fan's caravan was attacked, and after half an hour, the goods were lost and the personnel were slaughtered.

In May, Jin's caravan was also attacked, and in addition to the three guards who fled in time, the goods and personnel were also lost.

Just when Fan Yongdou and Jin Liangyu gritted their teeth, a small piece of gossip spread throughout Datong Mansion: No matter who escorted the caravan for the Fan family and the Jin family, and acted as a bodyguard, they would definitely encounter endless pursuits.

At first, some of the dart masters were unimpressed, they didn't think that the covert attackers could succeed.

However, when another caravan suffered the same fate, everyone realized that the attackers in the shadows were not joking, they really had the strength and the ability to kill anyone!

All of a sudden, the people were panicked, and the caravan that had originally traded with the Fan Yongdou and Jin Liangyu families was very nervous, and they were afraid that the killer would change their target and encounter the disaster of the pond fish......

Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and almost overnight, Fan's and Jin's firms reduced their business by more than half.

The remaining customers are all old customers who can't wipe their faces, but they also sent a message to Fan Yongdou and Jin Liangyu through various channels: the attacker must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise, this business will not be able to continue.

Fan Yongdou was furious, and he had already thought of all the ways he could come up with.

However, even Haoge and Abatai are not Wang Teng's opponents, so what can Fan Yongdou do?

Fighting with force is not possible, and the only feasible way is to buy the court officials and frame them......

In the capital, because of the victory in Ulzhou, the court has been arguing for a whole day.

There is no objection to the rewards of Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Pu, and the officials have a suitable plan, but Wang Teng has completely different opinions on the opposing sides.

"Your Majesty, Wang Teng has won successive battles and has become a barrier in the northwest, with this person, you can ensure that the pass is not lost, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, only this one, you should be rewarded!"

This is an official who tends to give Wang Teng a promotion, for their opinions, Zhu Youzhen is quiet, although he is the emperor, but he can't be stubborn, insist on going his own way, most of the time, he needs to take into account the thoughts of his courtiers, therefore, he feels the need to listen to the opinions of opponents.

"Your Majesty, the victory in Ulzhou is not the work of Wang Teng alone, if it weren't for Lu Xiang's promotion to the first soldier, Wang Pu came to help in time, maybe the Guangling Army has been wiped out, at this time, to promote Wang Teng, wouldn't it chill the military heart of the meritorious soldiers?"

"What Master Ma said is extremely true, two years ago, Wang Teng was just a nine-grade inspection that did not enter the stream, thanks to His Majesty's love, he was exceptionally promoted to the fourth-grade guerrilla, and now, less than half a year after being promoted, if he is promoted again, what will the people of the world think? What will the generals everywhere think? ”

……

Judging from the scene, the majority of officials who did not agree to promote Wang Teng accounted for the majority.

Zhu Youzhen's face was clouded, at the beginning, the opponents were still able to say why, but later, they were completely opposed for the sake of opposition, and they could not come up with sufficient reasons at all.

The court is corrupted in the hands of these bastards!

It is in vain to work for the country and the people, but it is intrigue and intrigue, and the enthusiasm for forming a party and running a private business is incomparable!

If he could, Zhu Youzhen really wanted to kill these bastards, but he knew that it was almost impossible.

These officials in the DPRK and China seem inconspicuous, but each of them represents an interest group, and if they are really killed, the government will definitely struggle at the local level!

Damn, a gang of killers!

Since killing Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youzhen has been murderous.

The treasury is already empty, if you can kill a few ministers like you killed Wei Zhongxian, just the income from the seizure of the family and the extermination of the clan can make the treasury a lot richer.

It's a pity that such a bastard in the court is too good at acting, they are friends and traitors, advancing and retreating together, and there are almost no maverick characters.

In this way, Zhu Youzhen, who does not blame the public, will not be able to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and the hidden killing intent in his heart cannot be vented.

It feels terrible.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Youzhen coughed dryly, and the waiter standing on the side hurriedly shouted in a sharp voice: "Everyone, stop, Your Majesty has an edict!" ”

The ministers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly made the appearance of listening attentively.

Zhu Youzhen held back his anger and said, "What you Aiqing said, I already understand, you are worried that Wang Teng is too young to take on a heavy responsibility, right?" ”

This is said to the naysayers!

There is a door, it looks like Wang Teng is going to be promoted!

The people who agreed with the promotion were overjoyed, they were right, and the Son of Heaven regarded Wang Teng as a descendant!

Since it is the Son of Heaven's own family, what is it to upgrade a few levels?

All of a sudden, a needle drop could be heard in the court.

This is the feeling that the king of a country should have, and he will decide the world in one word!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen puffed up his chest, "I think that if you have merit, you will be rewarded, Wang Teng killed the real slave, and if you have merit and Ming, I can't treat him badly, otherwise, wouldn't the people of the world say that I don't know what to do and what is bad, and I have delayed the loyal ministers and good generals?" ”

The Son of Heaven dictates the dynasty, and it is obviously unwise to confront him again at this time.

After some thought, the opponents began to shrink their heads.

There are no more talkative opponents, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have catered to it, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, before Wang Teng was promoted, my Ming border was deeply affected by Jiannu, and the border army generals racked their brains and couldn't think of a way to crack it, but after Wang Teng appeared, the new army won many battles, and recently it has crippled the two percent of the men of the Zhenglan Banner. ”

Zhu Youzhen bowed his head slightly, "What Zhongqing said is very true, since this is the case, Wang Teng will be promoted to a third-grade general, and he will be in charge of the guard."

"Your Majesty, I don't know where this Pingyuwei is under its jurisdiction?"

"Xuanfu and Datong Mansion outside the Xuanda region are all where Pingyuwei is located, how about it?"

Everyone took a breath of cold air, this is to give Wang Tengtian great power.

Promotion, means reward, Hubu Shangshu Bi Ziyan has a headache, "Your Majesty, the jurisdiction of Pingyuwei is so big, I don't know how many soldiers are there?" Where is the location? ”

Zhu Youzhen knew the predicament of the treasury, and he regretted it a little at the moment, and he knew that he would not give Wang Teng such a large territory.

It's good now, you don't have any jokes, what you say must be fulfilled, otherwise how can you win people's trust.

It is not difficult to promote Wang Teng to a third-grade general, but it is just a matter of a few sets of official uniforms and seals, but with such a large territory, someone must guard it.

A few days ago, Lu Xiangsheng was on the table, and Zhu Youzhen already knew that most of the men and horses under Wang Teng's command had lost most of them, and now there are only more than 1,000 horses left (actually more).

In a place as big as Shanxi, if there are only 1,000 people, you can't take care of everything anyway.

In other words, Wang Teng's expansion of recruiting soldiers and horses has become a soldier and horse.

However, the court has no money, so what will it reward?

At this time, Xie Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu (this person has descended to the Qing Dynasty in later history), came up with a bad idea, "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that King Guangling Teng has a way to make money, and there are three iron factories under his command, countless mines, and money, so he handed it over to him to raise his own money, so is it good?" ”

Wang Teng had news of an iron factory, Zhu Youzhen had heard about it, and he didn't care about it at that time, he just thought it was a small factory.

However, now Xie Sheng means that Wang Teng is a rich man!

This is worth it, how can a courtier be richer than the Son of Heaven?

You must know that Zhu Youzhen's inner library is almost empty, and at this time, he can't see that others are richer than him.

The good impression of Wang Tengsheng just now disappeared with Xie Sheng's slander in an instant, and Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment, "This matter is not allowed, the imperial court raises troops for the country and the people, how can there be a reason to let Wang Teng raise his own funds, if this is spread out, how should I deal with myself?" ”

Xie Sheng pretended to plead guilty.

Zhu Youzhen said again: "However, what Xie Aiqing said also has some truth, since Wang Teng has a little money, it is reasonable for him to share it for the imperial court, let him advance part of the military funds, and the rest will be raised by the local government, how about it?" ”

As long as it is not the court to pay for the silver, no matter how ridiculous the reason is, Bi Ziyan will agree, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

There are too many places to use silver, and it is a copy to be able to save one!

Bi Ziyan was dedicated to the public, and the rest of the ministers were not as noble as him, and seeing that the ministers did not express dissent, they also responded to the situation at the moment.

Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and finally got a big deal.

(To be continued.) )