In October of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, after more than a month of marching, Sun Chuanting, Wang Pu and the accompanying army of more than 10,000 troops finally arrived outside Nanjing, but what is surprising is that the pedestrians outside the city gate are Liao Luo, the cars and horses in the market are sparse, only two lines of soldiers stand like javelins in the cold wind, and they actually ignore the black and oppressive army outside the city and the cars of Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu.

The official document appointing Sun Chuanting as the governor of Zhejiang should have been sent to Nanjing more than half a month ago, whether it was out of officialdom etiquette or in order to improve the relationship between colleagues in the future, Nanjing's six ministries and nine secretaries, the chief political secretary, the secretary of the judges, the officials of Ying Tianfu and the honorable relatives of Nanjing should all go out of the city to greet them.

But what is surprising is that not only did the six Jiuqing and Haoqiang relatives who stayed in the capital not come to greet them, but even the officials of the Political Division, the Judicial Department and Ying Tianfu did not come out to greet them, which is a bit intriguing.

Wang Puce immediately took a step forward, saddled up with Sun Chuanting, and said in a low voice: "Old man, the atmosphere is not quite right. ”

"Hmm." Sun Chuanting nodded, and said with a solemn expression, "The old man is the governor of Zhejiang, the feudal official of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what, he is a dignified and first-class official, and the six Jiuqing of the capital and the Xun Qi Haoqiang of Nanjing will not come to greet him, and even the Nanjing Political Division, the Judge and Ying Tianfu will not send people to greet him, which is a bit extraordinary." ”

"yes." Wang Pu nodded and said, "The new boss of the boss took office, but as a subordinate, he didn't come to greet him, hehe, this thing is a bit excessive, aren't they afraid that you will settle accounts after the autumn?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "It seems that this pool of water in Nanjing is very deep, much deeper than you and I imagined. ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded and said, "It seems that the Nanjing Military Department will not send people to arrange military affairs, so I will let the army temporarily station outside the city first, and then go with you to the Sixth Yamen to deliver the official documents." ”

"It's fine." Sun Chuanting said, "There is a tea stall on the side of the road in front, and the old man is waiting for you at the tea stall." ”

At that moment, Wang Pu said goodbye to Sun Chuanting and commanded the army to camp in the northwest corner of Nanjing.

When the camp was almost settled, Wang Pu took Nenniang, Lu Liu and fifty personal soldiers to meet Sun Chuanting at the street tea stall, and went straight to the Yamen of Nanjing Liubu after passing the Taiping Gate.

What people didn't expect was that the two of them in the six yamen of Nanjing actually had a closed door again, and He Xiongxiang, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, who were originally going to hand over official documents with Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu respectively, actually fell ill at home and did not come to the council, and even the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Household Yamen next door were also deserted, except for the secretary and the official on duty, there was no half of a figure.

"What's going on?" Standing at the gate of the Yamen of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, Sun Chuanting frowned and said, "Could it be that my colleagues in Nanjing want to give the old man a dismissal?" ”

"It may not be that simple." Wang Pu thought for a while and said, "Dad, seeing that it's getting dark, anyway, I can't deliver the official document today, so it's better to go to the post house and stay first." ”

Sun Chuanting breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "That's the only way." ”

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It's night, warm incense pavilion.

The bustard's mother, Aunt Li, dressed up in a fancy way, was in the lobby to welcome the send-off, from time to time with the familiar prince and grandson brother flirting and scolding, when she wanted to get her cheap, she slapped her honestly and unceremoniously, and called the princess delicately, which can hook people's souls.

However, a group of scoopers have also passed the eye addiction and mouth addiction, because Aunt Li was also a famous Qin Huai who did not sell her body in her early years, and she would not even sell her art when she became a bustard's mother, only when she met a familiar Haoqiang Xunqi occasionally showed her cooking skills, most of the Haoqiang Xunqi in Nanjing were vassals and elegant, and few people would do things like burning the qin and cooking cranes, but no one was embarrassed by her.

Aunt Li had just gotten rid of the entanglement of a merry boy, and when she turned her head, she suddenly saw a slender young boy brother entering the hall with a smile.

Aunt Li walked in the spring breeze, approached the boy and said in a low voice: "Master Ma, are you here?" ”

Of course, this son-in-law brother is Wang Pu, who is lightly dressed and simple, Wang Pu glanced around and said, "Auntie, this is not the place to talk. ”

Aunt Li understood, turned her waist and shouted, "Sanniang, come over and greet the guests." ”

"Hey, here we are."

Li Sanniang, who was leaning on the stairs and smiling coquettishly, responded coquettishly, twisted her waist and walked over, and then Aunt Li said to Wang Pusu: "Master Ma, please come with the slave family." ”

Wang Pu turned his head and gestured, signaling Lu Liu and Nen Niang to follow.

Lu Liu looked calm, but the little face of the young lady was already flushed.

Aunt Li took Wang Pu's master and servant through the corridor, came to the backyard of the house, first invited Wang Pu to sit, and then asked the little girl to serve fragrant tea, then she diligently said a blessing to Wang Pu, and said: "Master Ma, the slave family congratulates you first, you are now not only a relative of the emperor, but also a governor of Nanjing. ”

Wang Pu took a sip of tea and asked, "Auntie, Yuanyuan has already been here, right?" ”

"I've been here." Aunt Li said, "I came here half a month, but I went to Songjiang after staying for less than two days." ”

"Hmm." Wang Pu nodded and said, "Auntie, there is something I have to trouble you." ”

Aunt Li smiled and said: "Master Ma, you are too polite, if you have anything to do, just tell me." ”

Wang Pu said: "Please find someone to inform Chang Xiaohou and Li Xiaohou, and say that I am waiting for them in Nuanxiang Pavilion, and let them come to see me quickly." ”

"No need to ask for it." Aunt Li said, "The two little marquis are in the Nuanxiang Pavilion. ”

Wang Pu was stunned and said, "They are in the Warm Fragrance Pavilion? ”

"Yes." Aunt Li smiled and said, "The two little marquis have been waiting for you in Nuanxiang Pavilion for several days, and the slave family has already asked people to invite them just now, and this should be almost there." ”

"Big brother, you're finally here."

"yes, let's wait so hard."

Aunt Li's voice fell, and two clear voices had already sounded outside the door of the house, Wang Pu looked back, only to see that Chang Yanling and Li Zushu had come together, and Aunt Li said interestingly: "The two little marquis and the master of the horse are chatting first, and the slave family will go to Zhang Luo for you to bring a table of wine and food, as well as your favorite osmanthus catfish." ”

Wang Pu got up and hugged his fists and said, "There is Aunt Lao." ”

When Aunt Li left, Wang Pu asked Lu Liu and Nen Niang to go to the outside of the house to guard.

"Come, big brother, please take a seat." Li Zushu stepped forward and hugged Wang Pu's shoulders affectionately, and sat down on the chair with him, "Big brother, your heroic deeds in Datong, little brother has heard about it, one guy killed more than 40,000 Jiannu, happy, so happy!" If I knew this, I should have gone to Datong with you in the first place. ”

"yes." Chang Yanling also echoed, "Staying in the bird place of Nanjing, this life is really too bad." ”

"Let's not talk about that." Wang Pu waved his hand and stopped the two of them, "There is something I want to ask the two brothers first." ”

Li Zu said: "Big brother, do you want to ask the six Yamen, the Political Division, the Judicial Division, Ying Tianfu, and the Haoqiang Heroes in Nanjing City not going to the Taiping Gate to greet you and Sun Chuanting?" ”

"Yes." Wang Pu hurriedly nodded and said, "That's it." ”

Chang Yanling said: "This matter has nothing to do with the eldest brother, if you want to blame Sun Chuanting, you can only blame the old man Sun Chuanting, who has not yet arrived in Nanjing, and released cruel words, and actually wants to implement a new policy in Zhejiang and Zhizhi provinces, and what kind of whip law to levy silver according to the mu, so that all the heroes and nobles and the gentry of Shilin will also pay taxes to the imperial court." ”

Li Zushu continued: "The officials of the six departments in Nanjing City, as well as the officials of the Political Division, the Judicial Division, and the Ying Tianfu, which one does not have a thousand acres of farmland? As for Xun Qi Haoqiang, not to mention, any family has tens of thousands of acres of farmland, and our family only has 3,000 acres of paddy fields, which is already a small amount, big brother, you say, Sun Chuanting, this old boy wants to do such a thing, can he be popular? ”

"Of course it's not popular." Chang Yanling said, "According to my meaning, don't say anything, find someone to beat this old boy to death on a dark and windy night, and save yourself from staying in Nanjing to block everyone, big brother, don't you say?" ”

Chang Yanling and Li Zushu didn't know the relationship between Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu, of course, the two of them Wang Pu talked more and more vigorously, Wang Pu listened to it with shock, and then he was shocked to realize that Nanjing's affairs were really not as simple as he thought at the beginning.

In Nanjing, heroes and heroes like Chang Yanling and Li Zushu can casually bring out dozens of families.

"Big brother." Li Zushu patted Wang Pu's shoulder and said, "The younger brother and Brother Yanling didn't go to greet them outside the Taiping Gate, don't go to your heart, there's no way, now the entire Nanjing City has regarded you as a group with Sun Chuanting, and the younger brother and Brother Yanling are going, and they won't be able to stay on the ground of Nanjing in the future." ”

"Yes." Wang Pu smiled, "I don't mean to blame the two brothers. ”

"That's good." Chang Yanling said with a smile, "We know that eldest brother, you will come to Nuanxiang Pavilion as soon as you arrive in Nanjing, and you have been guarding here for the past few days, but it can be regarded as looking forward to you, now it's okay, from now on, eldest brother, you will be the governor of Nanjing, I didn't say it, you must have to give me and Brother Yanling a job in the army." ”

"Well said." Wang Pu smiled and said, "The little brother can't ask for it, I'm afraid that the families of the two brothers will not agree." ”

"No matter." Li Zu said, "I will give up the title of the marquis to the second eldest of our family, and I will follow the eldest brother to you." ”

Chang Yanling said: "Me too." ”

At this time, Aunt Li had already brought a few maids to bring up all the wine and food, and Wang Pu hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Come, two good brothers, we haven't drunk together for a long time, let's have a good drink tonight, whoever doesn't drink and lie down is not a fucking man." ”

"Okay." Li Zushu and Chang Yanling also laughed and said, "If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return." ”

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Late at night, the lights in Sun Chuanting's room were still on.

Sun Chuanting was reading Wang Yangming's "Five Classics and Speculations" with a sense of death, which was written by Wang Yangming when he was living in Longgang, and the "heretical theory" in the text, which was full of rebellious spirit, violently attacked Cheng Zhu Lixue, who occupied an absolute dominant position in the ideological field at that time, and caused a great shock in the entire Shilin class.

When Sun Chuanting was reading happily, the closed door was suddenly pushed open, and Wang Pu walked in with a gloomy face.

"Son?" Sun Chuanting asked anxiously, "Have you figured out what's going on?" ”

"Figured it out." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "We want to implement a new policy in Zhejiang and the two provinces, and implement a whip law of leviing silver according to the mu, which has angered the entire Nanjing officialdom and all the nobles and heroes, and they have joined forces to embarrass us, in order to put pressure on us." ”

"Sure enough." Sun Chuanting frowned and said in a deep voice, "The old man has long expected that it will be difficult to implement the new policy, but if they think that they can deter the old man by doing so, then they are very wrong!" ”

"Nope." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "We must not be in a hurry, let alone push all the gentry and nobles to our opposite, otherwise, we will not be able to move an inch in Nanjing, and with this little army in our hands, it is absolutely impossible to forcibly implement the new policy." ”

"That's right." Sun Chuanting nodded, and a trace of worry suddenly appeared between his eyebrows, "But if the new policy is not implemented as soon as possible, and a whip law of levying silver according to the mu is implemented, the financial situation of the two provinces in Zhejiang and directly cannot be improved in a short period of time. ”

"Think again." Wang Pu scratched his head and said, "Think of other ways, in short, the new policy cannot be implemented for the time being, the top priority is to explain to the entire Nanjing officialdom and the heroes as soon as possible, you do not plan to implement the new policy in Zhejiang and the two provinces, no matter what, we have to gain a firm foothold in Nanjing first, and then we can think of anything else." ”

(To be continued)