Zhang Guowei has nothing to say, he is helpless about the situation in the court, and he can't control the situation in the world.

Zhang Guowei understands very well what these armies accumulated in Jiangnan look like, and he is also very clear about the strength of Jiannu, and now, the only army that can compete with Jiannu is Zhou Yuji's army. Who can the other allies trust except Huang Degong? The other three towns are all deserters, and counting on them will only collapse the entire defensive line.

There are natural conditions for appeasement, and the conditions are very favorable. In Zhang Guowei's mouth, he learned that the officials of the Imperial Court Rites Department will arrive in a few days, in addition to giving a batch of food and salary, Zhou Yuji was knighted, and he was given an earl, and Zhou Huchen will also be promoted again, possibly to deputy general.

That's the way to entrap it, the country is in need of generals, all kinds of general soldiers are flying all over the sky, and Zhou Huchen, the deputy general, is nothing. But Zhou Yuji's title is a real title, although it cannot be hereditary, but it is definitely a kind of unsurpassed glory. Now that Zhang Guowei is here, Zhou Huchen is no longer polite, and directly asked about Xu Ziqiang: "General Xu seems to have been a general soldier before, why has he become a deputy general now?" ”

"It's hard to say anything about General Xu's demotion!" Zhang Guowei sighed.

Zhou Yuji and Zhou Huchen did not interject and waited for Zhang Guowei's next words.

"This is related to Liu Zeqing stationed in Huai'an"

With Zhang Guowei's narration, Zhou Yuji and his son understood that Xu Ziqiang would be demoted. This matter is a bit complicated, it turns out that after the establishment of the Hongguang Dynasty, Shen Tingyang, the former Guozijian Siye and a shipping expert, saw that the general trend had gone in Tianjin, so he ran down the river to Jiangnan. Shen Tingyang didn't run over alone, he also carried a hundred boats. As a result, the imperial court added the title of squire to Shen Tingyang, asked him to change the boat to the Yangtze River warship, and let him continue to be responsible for the supply of military supplies on the water.

Shen Tingyang and Zhang Guowei had a ship, but there were no soldiers, so Zhang Guowei took the lead, and Xu Ziqiang lent Shen Tingyang 3,000 soldiers. The condition is simple, Shen Tingyang wants to raise these soldiers.

Once, Shen Tingyang sent a ship to Liu Zeqing's troops who ran from Shandong to Huai'an to deliver military supplies. Originally, Liu Zeqing and Shen Tingyang knew each other, but Liu Zeqing didn't care about it at all, not only did he want to leave those military funds, but he didn't even want to let go of the transport ship. As a result, Xu Ziqiang's soldiers clashed with Liu Zeqing's men. Huai'an is Liu Zeqing's territory, and there are many others, how can Xu Ziqiang's subordinates be opponents. In this way, not only was the ship robbed by Liu Zeqing, but Xu Ziqiang also lost hundreds of soldiers.

It's not clear who is who, but unfortunately, it's not that simple. Liu Zeqing had many generals, and it was the time for the imperial court to use troops, Xu Ziqiang not only did not get an explanation, but was also severely reprimanded, and gave Xu Ziqiang a reason to make trouble, and demoted him by one level, from the general soldier to the deputy general.

understands the whole story, but no one can do anything, no matter how Liu Zeqing says, he is also a meritorious hero, and he was also protected by the first assistant Ma Shiying. Gao Hongtu, a scholar, was in charge of supervising Cao, and he wrote to the court several times but there was no response, Xu Ziqiang's troops were weak, and there was no strong person behind him, this matter was a foregone conclusion. This matter is very angry, and if you go to Liu Zeqing for trouble, Xu Ziqiang doesn't have that kind of liliang, so he can only endure it like this.

When the depressed Zhang Guowei had just left and returned to the post house, another Nanjing official who had arrived with him visited again.

This official's name is Li Wanxin, his official position is not high, and he is the head of the military department.

Li Wanxin was very respectful and full of etiquette, not only repeating the news that Zhou Yuji was about to be crowned an uncle and Zhou Huchen was about to be promoted to deputy general, but also brought a personal greeting from the first assistant Ma Shiying.

This is some conventional etiquette, but what moved Zhou Yuji's father and son was the follow-up, Li Wanxin suddenly said: "Zhou Shuai has made outstanding achievements, and Lord Shoufu is willing to strive for two percent of the one-year income for the Yangzhou garrison, and these two years of income can be used by Zhou Shuai." ”

naked wooing, there is no doubt that this Li Wanxin is Ma Shiying's henchman.

Yangzhou is the salt industry base of the entire Ming Dynasty, and its prosperous economy is as famous as Nanjing and Suzhou, and it is the richest city in the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Huchen didn't know how much his annual income was, but he knew that his military salary had been settled.

Since you are naked, you have to be naked to the end, and the end of the end is not impossible, and the army cannot fight without food, which is related to the entire Jihua of Zhou Huchen. There is nothing to hesitate, Zhou Huchen thinks that Ma Shiying sometimes behaves very cute, and this cuteness is worth letting him speak.

"There are tens of thousands of family members in the army in Zhenjiang, the population is too large, and there is a shortage of food in the army!"

"Young Marshal, where are you talking about this? How much food is lacking, even if you open your mouth, it will come soon! Obviously, Ma Shiying gave this Li Wanxin a lot of authority, and the grain is also within this authority.

"Thirty percent of Yangzhou's annual income, my father will rush to Nanjing to meet Emperor Bixia soon."

is still naked, Zhou Huchen added one percent, as for the meaning of this court meeting the new emperor, Li Wanxin should understand, as Ma Shiying's henchman, this should understand that this is a signal. Li Wanxin's face was full of joy, and his posture was even more respectful: "Zhou Shuai will receive the imperial decree to meet Bixia after he is crowned, and the lower official is here to congratulate the uncle!" ”

That's a promise, it's so happy!

Zhou Huchen regretted in his heart: "*, the conditions are still small, it seems that some more should be added!" "This right is a good thing, Ma Shiying is not simple! Zhou Huchen still underestimates Ma Shiying's decisiveness, this Ma Shiying can become the first assistant It seems that there are two brushes.

Zhou Yuji, who had never participated in listening all the time, was very satisfied, and he got up and arched his hand: "Thank you, Lord Li, please take care of Lord Li in the future!" ”

"Where, where! Xiaguan is just a small principal, his ability is limited, and he will have to rely on his uncle more in the future! ”

Li Wanxin completed the task, Mei Haode was waving to him, and he was more respectful to Zhou Yuji, who brought him good luck, and he returned the salute deeply, and his fists were almost touching the ground. The compliment is just pediatrics, and Zhou Yuji has already been called so before he has been knighted. There is no shamelessness in the officialdom, but there are interests, and face and discipline are just like that, Li Wanxin, the head of the military department, performed it to Zhou Huchen's father and son in person.

This is not a betrayal of anyone, Zhang Guowei and Xu Ziqiang are their own people, but they do not have Ma Shiying's liliang. This is the entanglement and need of interests, and this temporary side is a division of political interests, and the alliance with Zhang Guowei and Xu Ziqiang will not change because of this. Now the benefits are not taken in vain, and if you don't stand in line, you have to fight, and if you stand in line, you also have to fight, or you can directly get some benefits. In fact, Huang Degong had already given Zhou Yuji and his son some hints to join Ma Shiying, but he was not so naked.

As Li Wanxin left with infinite surprises, Zhou Yuji and Zhou Huchen began to discuss the matter of going north. The balance of arms and troops, the solution of supplies, the route to the north, the battle, all kinds of things, the father and son discussed for almost an hour.

Just when Zhou Huchen was ready to go up the river, a letter stirred his heartstrings.

The person who wrote the letter was Zhou Huchen's quasi-father-in-law Ma Guoji, and now, Ma Guoji's family has moved to Wuxi, and a relative of Ma Guoji is very famous in Wuxi, and now the family is living very well in Wuxi. After Zhou Yuji led the army from Shanxi to Yangzhou, he had already brought news to Ma Guoji, and this reply could be regarded as a greeting.

This letter reminded Zhou Huchen of his fiancée, remembered the beautiful girl, Zhou Huchen's heart was restless, he hadn't seen him for a long time, and Zhou Huchen began to miss the beautiful and clever girl. Not being able to write a letter to a girl would be rude and not in line with the concepts of the times. But Zhou Huchen has a way, he can give gifts, not to mention who the gift is for, but who will understand when he arrives at the Ma family.

Zhou Huchen's gift was very simple and straightforward, he gave a pair of mandarin ducks, mandarin ducks made of white jade. This pair of mandarin ducks made of mutton fat white jade is warm and delicate, with a greasy luster, shining like clotted fat, flawless, not ordinary at a glance, absolutely valuable.

Since ancient times, people have attached great importance to mutton fat white jade, which is the best in jade and is very precious. It not only symbolizes the gentlemanly character of "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity", but also symbolizes the secular emotions of "beauty, nobility, auspiciousness, gentleness and tranquility". It is very valuable, but the mutton fat white jade conforms to the subtle aesthetic concept of the traditional culture of the Chinese people, not ostentatious, not showy, not dazzling, and has a kind of beauty contained in the light.

A pair of white jade mandarin ducks, this gift from Zhou Huchen is undoubtedly very suitable.

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