Pang Gang and Manyao held hands with each other and walked slowly in the back garden, although it was already cold winter at the moment, and the flowers in the garden were withering, but the two of them did not feel cold.

At this time, they were the newlywed Yan'er, and Wei Manyao, who was already very beautiful, had been moistened by Pang Gang, and the whole person seemed to be so white that they were bright.

Looking at the dazzling newlywed wife snuggling up to him, Pang Gang's heart seemed to be as sweet as soaking in a honey pot.

After walking for a while, Wei Manyao asked softly, "Xianggong, what are you talking about with your concubine?" ”

Pang Gang glanced at her approvingly and praised: "Those who know me are also manyao." ”

"Thick skin." Wei Manyao glanced at him with disgust.

Pang Gang smiled and told Wei Manyao what he had discussed with Gonggong Ma just now, and finally asked: "Manyao, do you think I'm too anxious, and I want to make my father-in-law and his old man eat fat in one go." ”

Wei Manyao glared at him angrily and funny, "You idiot, this kind of thing is not discussed with me, do you think that the position of governor is a cabbage on the street, you can buy it if you want to?" A million taels of silver to buy a governor, you can figure it out. ”

Pang Gang touched his nose embarrassedly, "I'm not in a hurry, you said that although the original Shandong governor Meng Bozhen is not very capable, at least he is also a talent, but now the stupid guy named Cui Wenliang sent by the imperial court is said to be a member of the Donglin Party, and since he took office for half a year, he has made Jinan Mansion and Gunzhou Mansion into a miasma, if we hadn't been here, I'm afraid he would have stretched out his hand to Qingzhou." ”

"The people are the governors, and Qingzhou is still under the jurisdiction of the people, and it is also the accusations of the people who point fingers at Qingzhou, but," Wei Manyao sighed and continued, "It's just that this Governor Cui is too ugly, and he actually raised the tax rate of each state capital by fifty percent, doesn't he know that if he dares to raise fifty percent here, the people below dare to raise it by one or even two or three times?" ”

"That's why I persuaded my father-in-law to take care of that Cui Wenliang." Pang Gang pursed his lips, "If he dares to be wordy, I will send troops to Jinan." ”

"You're just going to fight and kill." Wei Manyao glanced at him, "If you really send troops to Jinan, even if the imperial court can bear it, it will send the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and Liaodong, and I will see what you will do then!" ”

Pang Gang said confidently: "So, what we have to do now is to work hard to gather the displaced people and continue to expand the army, so that no one dares to bully us." ”

Wei Manyao stopped and snuggled into her husband's arms and sighed faintly, "Chaodong, do you think it's really good for us to do this?" My father and you have been deeply favored by the imperial court, and it would be disloyal for us to do so! ”

Pang Gang shook his head, Wei Manyao's words had no effect on him, a person from later generations, and he really had no sense of belonging to this court.

Pang Gang sighed and said: "Manyao, if it is now the Yongle, Zhengde or even Jiajing period, I will never go against the imperial court, I will definitely take your sisters to live in peace and stability, but not now, if I don't work hard to expand our strength now, what awaits us is only destruction." Manyao, you are a smart person, you look at the current court, it has rotted to the roots, how many years can it last if it is not good? ”

Wei Manyao was silent, among Pang Gang's wives and concubines, due to the edification and education she received since childhood, her political IQ and vision are the highest, how can she not understand the situation in the court that is now stormy, but she has always been unwilling to face all this.

Seeing that Wei Manyao was silent, Pang Gang continued: "Now the court is rampant, and the Tartars are also eyeing the outside of the gate, but you see, now the emperor can't even pay Liaodong's military salary, in my opinion, if there are no major changes, Daming is afraid that it won't last for a few years." ”

After listening to her husband's words, Wei Manyao said weakly: "Xianggong, can't you help the emperor?" Although the current emperor cannot be regarded as a saint, at least he is very diligent. ”

"Diligent administration!" Pang Gang smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand to stroke his beloved wife's jet-black hair and said, "Manyao, I also admit that the emperor is very diligent today, but I don't think he is a qualified emperor." And now Da Ming is terminally ill and has no cure, don't be unconvinced, then I'll tell you"

Pang Gang raised his finger as he said and listed several reasons for her one by one, "First, the household department of the Ming Dynasty has been empty, and the war in these years is silver, and you can't do anything without silver, which is known from the fact that the imperial court actually wants to fight the autumn wind to me, the commander of Qingzhou." Second, as the saying goes, the one who wins the hearts of the people is the world, but do you think the current Ming Dynasty still has the hearts of the people? Third, now from the court officials to the gentry and wealthy households, they only have themselves in their eyes, and there is no court and country, even if this patient is dying, they are still greedily sucking the flesh and blood of this patient. ”

Speaking of this, Pang Gang sighed and asked softly: "If you want to save this court and this country, you must dispose of these tumors, but Manyao, do you think the emperor has the courage to do so?" ”

Wei Manyao was silent, she was a smart woman, and she naturally knew that the basis of the emperor's rule today was to rely on these gentry and wealthy households, if these people were bulldozed, would he, the emperor, still be able to be the emperor.

"Although the concubine has long known that this court is hopeless, she still has illusions." Wei Manyao reached out and hugged Pang Gang's arm, buried Haoshou deep in her husband's arms, and whispered.

"Alright, don't say these frustrating words." Pang Gang patted his beloved wife's fragrant shoulder, and said softly: "We have no say in the affairs of the court, and the emperor is taboo against me, now you should think more about how to protect ourselves." ”

"You're just thinking about yourself." After her husband's persuasion, Wei Manyao's sadness slowly faded, and after thinking carefully for a while, she said: "Chaodong, it's not impossible to let my father be the governor, but Jinan is not as good as Qingzhou, where the center of Shandong Province is located, not to mention that there are also political envoys, envoys and other lords, let's just say that the King of Lu in Jinan Mansion is not a fuel-efficient lamp." Although my father has been an official for many years, the concubine is still worried that my father will not be able to support him alone after he arrives in Jinan. ”

"Alone and hard to support?" Pang Gang disagreed with this, he said disdainfully: "In fact, the so-called officialdom is not like that, those civil officials are not just suppressing a group, dividing a group, and finally winning over a group, as for how to do it, I guess I still use our father-in-law's experience as an official for many years?" ”

Wei Manyao laughed when she heard this, stretched out her slender jade and pointed at her husband's chest and said coquettishly: "You, the truth is really a set, but what you said is also reasonable, and that's what happens in officialdom." ”

Pang Gang, who was praised by his daughter-in-law, smiled and said in his heart: In fact, my brother has seen a lot of officialdom on the Internet before, and this is also the essence summarized by countless officialdom experts, and it will never be wrong.

Wei Manyao frowned slightly, and her little hands slowly folded together, "The concubine is not worried about whether the imperial court can agree to the conditions of the princess, the concubine thinks that since the imperial court is so short of silver now, it is very likely to agree to the conditions of the princess, and the only thing that the concubine is worried about is that if the father goes to Jinan alone to take office, I always have some ups and downs in my heart." ”

"I've thought of this for a long time." Pang Gang patted his beloved wife's fragrant shoulder and comforted: "If my father-in-law can take up his post in Jinan Mansion, I will send Cheng Kai to lead three thousand soldiers to follow, and anyone who wants to get along with him must consider the consequences." In these years, it still depends on whose fist is bigger. ”

"You know how to fight and kill, so you can't talk about it well." Wei Manyao is still a little unaccustomed to her husband's always like to talk with his fists.

"Haha, you Xianggong I like to talk with my fists, but you have to admit that this is also the most effective way, besides, if Xianggong's fists are not hard, how can you protect your sisters"

Just when Pang Gang and Wei Manyao were worried about whether their father-in-law could become the governor of Shandong, Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao, who had rushed back to Quanzhou, were also reporting to Zheng Zhilong, the leader of the Zheng group, the "insults" they had received a few days ago.

"Daddy, that's the way it is, the child thinks that Pang Gang doesn't take our Zheng family seriously at all, and judging from the size of his fleet, it is an indisputable fact that they have the construction drawings of the Fu Ship. The child and the fourth uncle also saw in their port that they had built more than ten shipyards in Qingzhou, and were working hard to build new ships all night, if they were allowed to develop like this, they would have the strength to challenge us in less than three years, and at that time, our good days would be gone forever. ”

Zheng Sen calmly told what he saw and heard in Qingzhou and his own thoughts.

Listening to his son's narration, Zheng Zhilong kept his eyes closed, and only after a long time did he slowly open his eyes and ask, "Sen'er, what should you see?" ”

Zheng Sen said with a resolute expression, "We must destroy them before they develop, and we must not let them grow!" We can't let them be our competitors! ”

"Yes!" On the side, Zheng Zhibao touched his chest that was still aching faintly and said: "Big brother, don't you know, Qingzhou is now full of businessmen, it is a lively scene, if we can go there to do a vote, don't dare to say anything else, I promise to earn at least this amount!" Zheng Zhibao stretched out two fingers as he spoke!

"Two million taels!" Everyone in the hall was moved

(To be continued)