In the era of peace, from the court to the locality, officials at all levels play with their hearts and minds, but now it is a troubled time, what wisdom is better than Kong Ming, and Zhang Liang is plotted, it is all nonsense, the only useful thing is the gun handle, whoever masters this thing is the master, no matter what you are in the second list of Jinshi, and all kinds of ministers in the world are Wenmou.

Wang Lanping didn't have an extraordinary IQ, and he thought that he couldn't play with those high-IQ ministers in the government and the opposition, so he completely gave up the war strategy of intriguing with them, and just said one sentence, accept it, don't accept it.

Since the fight from the Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion turned once, the city of Nanjing began to go viral, the original hand of the world's life and death power of the prime minister is also a common man, there are also seven emotions and six desires, the house has three such as flowers and beautiful relatives, not to mention the place where fireworks linger.

There are also rumors in the restaurant and tea shop, saying that where is this, haven't you heard of it, the prime minister is going to get married, this is the prime minister indulged before getting married.

Someone with good deeds asked, whose woman is so lucky, she can be carried into the prime minister's mansion by eight sedan chairs, that is, it soars into the sky, who is the Xiangye, who wants the wind to be windy and rainy, and above ten million people under one person, but who is the girl's family, no one knows in the city, isn't it the three big beauties in the prime minister's house?

Everyone talked about it, and there were even more matchmakers who wanted to ask for some happy money often haunted the Prime Minister's Mansion and protected the Prime Minister's matchmaker, so how much happy money could be obtained, but this matter was only a legend, and no one had seen a matchmaker come out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

This matter spread ten, ten to hundred, and reached the ears of one person, that is, Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of the Zhenjiang Water Division, who can also be regarded as Wang Lanping's subordinate.

It just so happened that on this day, Zheng Hongkui went to the Military and Political Department to receive the military salaries of the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division for this month. It was rare for the uncle and nephew to get together, and they had a few drinks right away.

The weather is still very cold after the year. The two sat around the fire and scalded the wine. A few dishes of side dishes, and unconsciously, the two of them turned slightly red.

Zheng Sen had something in his heart, that **** went to the imperial mausoleum to worship on behalf of the sky, and he wrote a poem for a while, but he didn't expect his fourth uncle to have a deep prejudice against this poem, and the implication was that Zheng Sen was dying, Zheng Sen didn't understand it very well, and it would be good to ask each other.

The two pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and Zheng Sen raised his glass. "Nephew Jing Fourth Uncle"

Zheng Hongkui is very happy, he has no children under his knees, so he attaches great importance to his brother's son, his face is ruddy at the moment, and he laughs, "Okay, do it, Sen'er, you are still the fourth uncle's constitution." You, the military and political secretary, can be in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and you have a lot of power."

Zheng Sen smiled, "Fourth Uncle said that he was laughing, and others don't know." Don't you know, I deal with a bunch of copywriters every day, and I'm not qualified to ask about things in the army at all. I really miss the old military career."

Zheng Hongkui took chopsticks and picked up the vegetables, chewed and swallowed slowly. "That's fine, you can be regarded as soaring into the sky with the help of Prime Minister Wang's big tree. Our Zheng family can be regarded as a character, unlike me and your father, who are both big rough men, they only know how to fight and kill, and it's a good thing that you don't bring troops."

Zheng Sen hurriedly said, "Fourth uncle, you always say that I shouldn't get involved in military affairs, why in the end?" There are no outsiders here today, so you can just talk to me."

Zheng Hongkui also had something in his heart today, so he didn't vomit or be unhappy, so he said immediately, "It's okay, lest you don't know how your kid died in the future."

Zheng Sen was overjoyed, hurriedly moved to the side of the fourth uncle, and scooped a spoonful of wine for him.

Zheng Hongkui drank it all, smashed his mouth, and said, "Zheng Jiawei Town is in the southeast, and there is the strongest elite soldier in the imperial court in his hands.

Zheng Sen's scalp tingled when he heard this, "This, my father has never had this idea"

Zheng Hongkui glared at him, "Nonsense, of course it can't be, think about it, what kind of origin is our Zheng family, bandits, and later after being recruited by the imperial court, he saved his reputation and had a home, of course, he couldn't do anything rebellious, then he really became a repeated villain, so I have a tacit understanding with your father, I would rather divide the southeast and attach to the Ming Dynasty, and I will never do anything against the Ming, this is the bottom limit, but no one in the world will believe in this matter, the emperor and the prime minister don't believe it, if you kid has military power in your hands, echoing your father, you say, What will the prime minister think, what will the people of the world think"

Zheng Sen nodded, but said, "But Fourth Uncle, you don't also hold the power of the army."

Zheng Hongkui said, "I'm different, my military power was given by Emperor Chongzhen, and the prime minister can't move, besides, my sailors are all brought from Fujian, even if Prime Minister Wang wants to move, he can't move, if you didn't insist on staying in Nanjing, I would have left a long time ago, and I would have worked hard for the imperial court here."

Zheng Sen wondered, "But the fourth uncle and father are also officials of the imperial court, why is their selfishness so heavy, there are many disasters and difficulties in the imperial court at the moment, our Zheng family has such strength, shouldn't we contribute to the country, I really don't understand why my father has not come out of Fujian all the time"

Zheng Hongkui said with a smile, "Before Prime Minister Wang Cheng appeared, your father and I also thought about going north, being a loyal minister and good general who supported the Zhu Ming Dynasty, and completely washed away the notoriety of the Zheng family, but now is different from the past, Prime Minister Wang Cheng suddenly rose, disrupting my plan and your father's plan, and now it is too late to send troops, and it is impossible for Prime Minister Wang to agree, the final result is likely to be a big fight between the Zheng family and the prime minister, no matter whether they win or lose, the Zheng family will be greatly injured, we can't do this kind of thing."

Zheng Sen said, "Why fight, Dad's soldiers and horses are also the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, now that the northern country has fallen, if Dad can hand over the military power to the imperial court command, then the restoration of northern Xinjiang is just around the corner."

Zheng Hongkui glared at him, "Stinky boy, it's stupid to read, without military power, our Zheng clan will be finished, even your status as a big member today is not earned by the military power in your father's hands, do you think Wang Lanping really appreciates you, he is afraid of your father, and he will keep you by his side as a hostage."

Zheng Sen didn't believe it, "Impossible, when Prime Minister Wang Cheng recommended me to be the chief soldier of Huai'an, it was a real military power, if he didn't believe me, why did he do this?" ”

Zheng Hongkui said, "That's because he had no choice at that time, no one was available in his hands, he brought you out, the court was afraid of your father's strength, who dared to object, and now that he has the power of the court, how about it, do you still have military power, no, even your fourth uncle and I are under his control now, and the supply of this military salary and water division has never exceeded a month's worth of supplies." All the sailor warships were parked within the range of the riverside forts, and he had recently arranged more than a dozen brocade guards in my water village. It sounds good to help me share military affairs, but in fact, it is used to spy on me. If I dare to move, I won't be able to pull away any of the 400 ships."

The more Zheng Sen listened, the more vain he became, "No, it won't be like this, in addition to being a little arrogant, what Prime Minister Wang Cheng did was also a move for the benefit of the country and the people, and the last court meeting also proposed to re-measure the cultivated land, saying that it is a good thing to let the cultivators of the world have their fields."

Zheng Hongkui smiled coldly. "It's just to buy the hearts of the people, today's Prime Minister Wang, who is in charge of the court with one hand and controls the military power with the other, is gradually fledgling, the next step must be to expand the finances, you listen, open Enke, and set up a military and political department. In the court, he said that he would kill whoever he wanted, and he would use whoever he said, and the emperor had no right to ask what he wanted to do. It's clear."

Zheng Sen said nervously, "He, what does he want to do?" ”

Zheng Hongkui laughed. whispered, "I expect that this person will usurp himself in the future."

"What?" Zheng Sen's color changed. "He's going to be a usurper?"

Zheng Hongkui hurriedly said, "You're yelling at a fart." You can't see this thing as a loyal and benevolent nerd, and you still say something 'I don't believe in the Central Plains and don't have the surname Zhu', I'm sure that if you continue like this, you will die sooner or later, don't make a mistake, don't look at it, how many emperors have come out of this world, which one puts the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in his eyes, do you look at the Hongguang Emperor, do you have a little kingly spirit, his country will be lost in his own hands sooner or later"

The more Zheng Sen listened, the more angry he became, "As a courtier, how can you be like this, if you don't support the society, how can you be disrespectful to your father?"

Zheng Hongkui was displeased, no matter how hard he spoke, he couldn't change his nephew's pedantic thoughts, "So I said that the Zheng family will be finished if you rely on you, your father is also a person with no ambitions, and he just wants to be a hero who dominates the southeast coast after working hard all his life, so I have to plan for him, you can't count on it, if this kid really usurps the emperor in the future, our Zheng family has to find another way if we want to be undefeated."

The Zheng family has no intention of going north to compete for power, but only wants to achieve a huge maritime business empire in the southeast, which is why the Zheng family has always refused to go north, but no matter which emperor is in power, it is impossible to tolerate the Zheng family in the southeast, sooner or later there will be a big war, the Zheng family's sailors are invincible in the world, but the foot riding is not worth mentioning, if you want to compete for the world with the sailors, that is nonsense, the land of China is waiting for a vast territory, who does not have hundreds of thousands of galloping horses in his hands.

Zheng Zhilong is not stupid, and he doesn't have the heart to be an emperor, so it is better to find a good backer, keep the Zheng family's family business, and crisscross the sea with a powerful sailor, and fight for the world on the shore.

Of course, Zheng Sen didn't understand his father's good intentions, and he couldn't understand how a big family could be undefeated in the change of dynasty, his greatest wish was to carry 100,000 male soldiers, recover northern Xinjiang, and be a loyal minister and good general who stood up to the sky for Zhu Ming's country.

However, after his fourth uncle said this, he did feel a little uneasy, his father was so powerful in the southeast, and he really became a hostage used by Prime Minister Wang Cheng to blackmail his father, and his life was completely insecure, and it was impossible for Prime Minister Wang to show his ambitions.

Zheng Sen said, "What do the fourth uncle and father want to do?" ”

Zheng Hongkui smiled, "Well, it's been rumored in the city recently, saying that Prime Minister Wang wants to marry, this is an opportunity"

"What does the fourth uncle mean to find a prime minister's wife for the prime minister?"

Zheng Hongkui hated iron and knocked on Zheng Sen's official hat, "That's what you think, today's prime minister's wife is likely to be the queen of the world in the future, can the fourth uncle help others make wedding dresses, silly boy, isn't your sister the best candidate?"

Zheng Sen was stunned, "She? ”

"What? If you object, it's useless if you object, the fourth uncle has already repaired a letter to your father, let him plan it, and your father will definitely agree."

Zheng Sen smiled bitterly, "It's not enough for me to be a hostage in Nanjing, I have to send my sister in, why bother?"

Zheng Hongkui was surprised, "You are a wood, no wonder your father gave you the name 'Sen'"

"But will my sister agree? Thousands of miles to marry in Nanjing"

"That's not up to her, the difficulty is how to pull your sister into the prime minister's sight, you can't call her from Fujian and stuff her into the prime minister's mansion, how can you say that Ling'er is also the eldest lady of the Zheng family, and the woman's family came to ask for marriage, I haven't heard of it."

Zheng Sen suddenly remembered something, and muttered, "When you say this, I think about something, it seems that the prime minister asked me a few days ago, and asked me if I had a sister, I didn't care at the time, now think about it, fourth uncle, did you say that the prime minister married my sister?" ”

Zheng Hongkui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly slapped his thigh, happy to act, "Sen'er, well, yes, you have a point, it seems that the prime minister is also eager to pull the Zheng family, I said that this matter has been making a lot of noise in the city these days, but it has not been followed, it turned out to be for you and my uncle and nephew to see, okay, there is a drama in this matter"

Zheng Sen said, "But the sister is far away in Fujian, and the prime minister has never seen her, why does she take a fancy to Zheng Ling?"

Zheng Hongkui laughed, "Silly boy, it's not your sister who the prime minister fancies, it's the strength of the Zheng family, you think about it slowly, don't say that your sister is born like a flower, even if she is ugly, the prime minister will definitely be able to take a fancy to her, haha, come on, drink, drink, Zheng's worry-free"

**

Since Wang Lanping took a turn in the Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion, there has been another woman in the house, a woman who is not welcomed everywhere, that is the popular head card in the Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion, Li Xiangjun who is popular in Nanjing City.

In order not to let the people in the house disturb her, Wang Lanping let people clean up a remote room in the backyard alone, and placed Li Xiangjun in it.

In addition to making several women in the prime minister's mansion unhappy, there is also one person who is also sad all day long, that is, Song Xian, the commander of Yulinwei Zuowei, who thinks about Li Xiangjun day and night, since the prime minister took root in Nanjing, Song Xian admired it, but he didn't expect the two to fall in love at first sight, but he was bitter because Song Xian was a moonlight clan, poor, he couldn't redeem Li Xiangjun from the Xiangxiao Embroidery Pavilion, and he didn't save enough money to scrape together.

And Li Xiangjun is also a beauty and a hero to Song Xian, the dignified Dragon and Tiger General can take a fancy to her as a dusty girl, so what is not satisfied, the two discussed privately, Li Xiangjun wants to be good, she also took out the money she has saved over the years, and gave it to Song Xian, it is still not enough, the old bustard's heart is too dark, and he will ask for two thousand taels when he opens his mouth, and then there is a character, Hou Fangyu, a talented man in Jiangnan, as soon as this person heard that Li Xiangjun wanted to be good, he immediately found Xiangxiao Xiuge and said that he wanted to be this new official, but Li Xiangjun took a fancy to Song Xian, A woman can see what can make her live well, how can a talented person be reliable as a general who leads troops, but as soon as the good news comes out, she is not able to make decisions for herself, and who will fall into the hands of the end, who knows.

Seeing that there was a way to make money, the old bustard in the Xiangxiao embroidery building immediately doubled the redemption fee from two thousand taels, and later increased it to five thousand taels, this number is not a matter for Hou Gongzi, who has a big family, but it is an astronomical number for Song Xian, who was born as a soldier, fortunately, Li Xiangjun has been helping him, no matter how much Hou Gongzi pays, she told the old bustard to give General Song time to raise money, and she will wait for him.

But the feelings are so unfortunate, this matter made Song Dali inadvertently revealed to Prime Minister Wang Cheng, everyone has a love for beauty, and they fell in love at first sight, and immediately threw 6,000 taels of silver to get Li Xiangjun to his own house to raise.

Song Xian has no temper at all this time, if it is money, he can slowly figure out a way, but now it is not a matter of money, she has become the prime minister's woman, and she can't worry about it anymore, so these days, he has nothing to do except sigh. (To be continued.) )