Longwu 6th year, May.

Zuo Ruo, the governor of Shaanxi of the Ming army, led the army to infiltrate the Hetao and captured the Junzijin ferry to cut off the back road of the Modong coalition army. Later, it united with the Chahar and Tumut divisions and defeated the Eastern Mongol coalition army.

In time, the elite of Modong Mongolia was completely lost, and only five or six thousand remnants of the defeated army fled back to Monan. Saisang, the leader of the Horqin tribe, was killed in battle, and the Yellow Banner Armor La'e Zhen Ji Bilong fled from the killing of Hukou into the Seinai.

The Great Khan of Chahar took the opportunity to collect more than 10,000 people from his army, and Tushetu Khan and Zasaktu Khan, who were spying in the north of Naturalization, sent envoys to express their submission.

At the same time, the Ming army lost all its cities in Shaanxi, and Azig and Nilan joined forces to recover the whole of Shaanxi, and only Yulinwei was still under the control of the Ming army.

The changes in the war situation in the north spread throughout the Ming Dynasty within a month.

Zhai Zhe had just returned from hunting in Guangde and received this urgent report.

"Zuo Ruo really gave up Shaanxi," he couldn't laugh or cry. In Zuo Ruo's letter, he said that he would rather abandon Xi'an and ensure that Chahar defeated the Modong people at Hetao, in order to emphasize the importance of the war in the steppe. However, with Zuo Ruojun's strength, if he can do this, he has to give up.

The cabinet ministers only got the news three days later, and the teahouses and taverns in the streets and alleys of Nanjing City were full of discussions. The war was born thousands of miles away, far away from Nanjing, and the people and scholars only regarded this matter as an after-dinner conversation. However, in their mouths, if the governor of Shaanxi loses Shaanxi, it must be a defeat.

I heard that the regent urgently summoned several generals from Jiangbei to Beijing to discuss matters, but he was afraid that there would be another war this year.

On a cloudy afternoon, a tall passenger ship docked at the Nanjing wharf.

Thunder was rolling overhead, as if it was about to rain.

Nanjing's Pukou Wharf is the most prosperous wharf in Daming, with nearly 1,000 river and sea vessels moored here every day. There is nothing special about this passenger ship on the surface, and after the passenger ship docked, there were no merchants coming down like other passenger ships. The first to come down were two columns of soldiers, and after driving away the idlers in front of the passenger ship, a middle-aged man with a thin body walked down.

"Nanjing, I'm finally back" Liu walked out of the cabin with the wind, breathed in the breath of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and suddenly felt full of energy.

I haven't returned to the capital for half a year, the secretary has changed the book, and the household department has changed people, and those people won't have forgotten their own savings. In the court, how could my place be missing

Not far from the pier, a gorgeously dressed middle-aged man was looking at the riverbank.

This summer thunder has been ringing uncomfortably since the morning, and not half a drop of rain has fallen. But no one can guess God's thoughts, don't pour a chicken in soup for him at this critical time.

A young man in Tsing Yi ran out of the noisy dock and shouted from afar: "Master, here you are"

Liu Quan couldn't wait to walk up and asked, "Do you see clearly?" ”

The little guy in Tsing Yi said: "I see it clearly, it's the banner of the soldiers of the Beijing Division's Admiral's Battalion, I see the big man."

"Okay," Liu Quan beckoned back, "Let's go, wait at the dock." ”

Liu came back from this trip very low-key, and there were no colleagues from the Ministry of Rites to greet him, only Liu Quan had been guarding the Pukou wharf.

After waiting for half an hour, Liu Suifeng saw a team of soldiers escorting a small sedan chair out.

He was about to step forward, when a sturdy soap-clothed guard ran towards him with a flying stride, and arched his hand in front of him and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, my lord ordered you to go back to the mansion to see you."

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment, and stood in place to watch the sedan chair gradually move away. Until the sedan chair was no longer visible, he sighed lightly, beckoned the family to carry the sedan chair over, boarded the sedan chair and lowered the sedan curtain and left.

The thunder rang all day, and it was quiet when it was dark.

When Liu Quan came to Liufu, he was still the old man guarding the door.

Before he could speak, the old man stepped forward and saluted: "Master Liu, the master asked you to come in." ”

Liu Quan walked into the gate, and there was a courtyard across it, and the halls and wings inside were lit with lights. The guard I saw at the dock today came up with a lantern and said, "Your Excellency, please come in." ”

Liu Quan walked into the wing, and Liu Suifeng was leaning on the recliner with his eyes closed.

Liu Quan carefully covered the door, he didn't look back, Liu Suifeng opened his eyes and said, "You shouldn't go to the dock to pick me up"

Liu Quan turned around and said: "It's my fault, I've been dizzy for the past few days, the military report from Luzhou Mansion has been sent to the Ministry of War, I said that you are coming back, and Qian Shangshu agreed to press it temporarily." ”

"What's the use of me coming back?" Liu Suifeng sat up straight, pointed to the chair in front of him and said, "Sit down, why are you so confused"

Liu Quan stumbled and said: "There is no one in the Liu family, so Taixi is still a little promising, and he is the prefect of Huzhou." ”

"I didn't mean that" Liu Suifeng shook his head, "I said yourself, you are now the prince's butler, how dare you be so close to me in public, do you think that the recent days are too comfortable?"

Liu Quan was at a loss, in the past few years, his life has indeed been very comfortable.

Liu Suifeng was a little angry, and said in a deep voice: "I can't help you with that matter." Last time, your son stole the Hu family's flint gun, which made me lose a layer of skin, and this time he dared to send the defective products to Luzhou, don't you know the severity? ”

He is rarely angry, and perhaps only in front of those closest to him will he reveal his true nature.

"This time, Taiguang was cheated." Liu Quan's expression was entangled, and he said: "The expansion of the Luzhou Mansion this time requires a huge number of soldiers and firearms, and Taiguang patted his chest in front of Chen Zizhuang to win a large order. The Liujia Workshop had insufficient storage and could have requested a postponement of delivery, but Taiguang didn't know who said that there was a backlog of Zhujia Bird Guns, so he went to borrow 4,000 bird guns, but he didn't expect that those were all defective products that had not been destroyed. ”

"Hmph" Liu sneered with the wind and said: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, Zhu Zhanyun has always been inconspicuous, so he will suddenly deceive the Liu family." ”

Liu Quan sat down, he really couldn't figure it out.

"You are a northerner" Liu Suifeng hated Liu Quan for being stupid, and he still couldn't see the crisis.

The salt merchants in Huizhou suffered heavy losses in the salt political reform, and the Donglin Party lost key positions in the DPRK and the Central Committee in succession. Frustrated people can easily go crazy.

Although Chen Zilong is gone, the Jiangnan forces left behind are still very large. Some people want to secretly trap the northerners, and the Liujia firm is the most direct target. Liu Taiguang relied on the power of his father and brother, and he has always been very rampant, and the Liu family's weapons workshop often domineeringly seized the business of the Hu and Zhu families, and was hated by others.

Liu Quan sweated on his back, his hands and feet were cold, and he asked, "What should I do?" To confess your sins? He thought that the problem would be solved when Liu returned to Nanjing with the wind. There have long been rumors in the DPRK and China that Liu Suifeng will be appointed secretary of the military department after making meritorious service in the southwest, and if Liu Suifeng is in charge of the military department, this matter can be erased. The Liu family is willing to re-make weapons to make up for the loss of these 4,000 birds.

Liu Quan asked coldly: "If you don't admit your guilt, what else can you do?" ”

"Then ......, what will the prince do with the Liu family?"

Liu Quandao: "The prince is generous, and he won't do anything to the Liu family, but it is a matter of military affairs, and Taiguang is only afraid that he will not be punished." He pondered for a moment, and then said: "You go to Fan Yongdou and promise to transfer half of the Yu shares of the weapon workshop to him, and see if he can help you."

"Half?" Liu Quan was a little painful.

"Hey, if you are willing to give, people may not be willing to ask for it." Liu Suifeng was very helpless, "Except for Fan Yongdou, no one else has the strength to swallow it, and the prince will not let the three weapon workshops all be in the hands of the Jiangnan people." ”

Liu Quan said hatefully: "I asked Fan Yongdou to find Chen Zizhuang, the squire of the military department, twice, but Chen Zizhuang didn't give him any affection. In fact, as long as Chen Zizhuang relaxes, I would rather make up 4,000 excellent self-bird guns and let the military department go to Luzhou, Li Laiheng and I have no grievances and no enmity, and I will not mention this matter again. ”

Liu Suifeng's subsequent words made Liu Quanru suffer a slap on the head.

"Do you think it's for the Liu family's workshop? Is there someone who doesn't want me to ascend to the position of the secretary of the military department Fan Yongdou honestly worked as a man in the household department after going south, his family's original business was almost lost, but the Liu family was full of money, why should he help you sincerely? ”

"Ah......h

Liu Suifeng smiled bitterly: "This time they have a good chance of succeeding." The people of eastern Zhejiang also do not want to see our Jin people continue to expand in the court. Chen Zizhuang is a villain, and he is only afraid that it is Qian Shangshu's meaning behind him. ”

The sword and sword shadow hidden behind this matter is what Liu Quan can figure out.

"I hurt you," Liu Suifeng sighed, "Today you walked out of the gate of my Liu Mansion, and since then you have forgotten that I am your brother, and in the future, I will honestly be the shopkeeper of the Shengchang on the same day, and keep the inner treasury for the prince, so that I can keep my wealth for a hundred years." ”

His original meaning refers to Liu Quan as a dependent, always thinking that he can help the Liu family.

Liu Quan understood that someone wanted to take advantage of the mistakes of the Liu family's weapons workshop to prevent Liu Quan from ascending to the position of secretary of the military department. He was unwilling, and suddenly remembered someone and asked, "How about finding Zongshangshu?" Zong Shangshu is a northerner."

"Zongmao?" Liu Suifeng shook his head and said: "He won't help you, the prince wants you to do big things, he won't make trouble for you in this little thing, besides, Zong Shangshu and Fan Yongdou have always been good friends, and if you find Fan Yongdou, it is equivalent to finding him." ”

"You remember, the Zhu family and the Hu family were born in Hui merchants, and there was chaos between them and the Jiangnan gentry. The Liu family seems to be beautiful now, but in fact, it is just relying on the grace of the regent. Even Fan Yongdou has several layers of relationships such as Shizi, Zong Mao and Ji Hong. If you can't be loyal to the regent in everything, sooner or later you will cause the family to be ruined, your second son's heart is not right, and the regent will long be disdainful, this matter is a temporary pain, and it may not be a bad thing for the Liu family. ”

Liu Quan heard it clearly, silent, what could he do if he didn't think like this. There are no flowers for 100 days, is the Liu family going downhill?

"You go back, I'm tired from today's journey, and I'm going to rest as soon as possible" Liu got up with the wind to see off the guests.

Liu Quan also stood up and said, "Brother, rest."

"By the way, you asked Tae-hee not to come to me in the future" Liu Suifeng's tone was indifferent, he was afraid that Liu Quan would misunderstand, and said: "I won't sit idly by and ignore the affairs of the Liu family." ”

"Thank you, brother" Liu Quan took a deep look, turned around and left.

Late at night, it was dark, and the streets in the distance were noisy, which was the hottest time for the night market.

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