This time, Wu Shigong went to the capital and brought all the calligraphy, painting, antiques and valuable goods that he had given to him from Kong Youde in Dengzhou City. Except for a part of the flood pipe that was given to the Wu Mansion for sale, the rest were given to the pawn shops and shops of the Xue Mansion for sale.

The spending power of the capital is also really high, and so many valuable but hard-to-realize things are quickly sold. In addition to some of the price difference between Wu Fu and Xue Fu, Wu Shigong's income was higher than his own valuation. There are still a lot of rich people in this capital!

The Wu government not only solved the purchase of horses for Wu Shigong, but also asked Wu Shigong to notify the Runing Army to pick up horses from the nearby Mazheng Horse Farm in Shandong and the Taifu Temple in Nanjing, which also did reduce the trouble of Wu Shigong transporting horses.

However, Wu Shigong basically doesn't have to worry about these things. These days, he plays with his two sons. Although these two sons are very naughty, Wu Shigong also sees their differences.

After all, Xue Chenglin grew up in the Hou Mansion since he was a child, and he also behaved according to the rules. Besides, I have already started to learn, so every move is well-founded. Moreover, Xue Chenglin has always been an only child, and this time he was overjoyed to see his younger brother who suddenly appeared. He often held his brother's hand and took him everywhere to play.

And Wu Chengying is different. After all, Wu Shigong's home in Runing has fewer rules, and Wu Chengying often goes around with the children of high-ranking officials of the Runing Army who come to visit the door, so he seems to go crazy everywhere every day.

And during this filial piety period, Wu Shigong basically stayed in the Xue Mansion except for appearing in the Wu Mansion every other day. If you can't have fun, you can't enjoy the mountains and rivers, so it's better to spend more time with your family.

Although it is also stipulated that relatives and friends are not allowed to visit during the filial piety period, it is not realistic to strictly abide by such regulations. After Wu Shigong returned to the capital, he always had to visit some important guests.

Father-in-law Qin must visit there. However, Wu Shigong was going to send a letter of worship and bring some gifts over, but he didn't expect that Qin Gonggong was at home, and he also warmly invited Wu Shigong for a long talk.

In fact, from an objective analysis, before Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the problems in all aspects of the Ming Dynasty were quite serious, but they had not yet reached the point of fatality.

Although Emperor Chongzhen himself had a flawed personality, he had not received education from the crown prince to govern the country. But after the adaptation period, with his diligence. He also learns and grows quickly. Basically, he can be called a qualified emperor.

As soon as he came to power to kill Wei Zhongxian, Zhou Yanru, who had a strong Donglin Party color, was the first assistant, which greatly weakened the power of the eunuch group. This time, Wen Tiren was appointed as the first assistant, and the Shili of the Donglin Party civil officials who formed the party were greatly weakened. Not to mention those side effects, from the point of view of the emperor's dictatorship. Emperor Chongzhen's act of seizing power was very successful.

And for dealing with the Ming Empire, which is difficult to return, it is indeed necessary to have an iron-fisted dictatorial monarch. Of course. The monarch must also have great abilities. I won't mention that for now.

And the reason why I encountered the current headache situation. In addition to the irresistible factor of natural disasters, it is also because of the wrong policy choice of Emperor Chongzhen as soon as he came to power. At that time, he chose to settle the Houjin of Liaodong first, and the person he chose was Yuan Chonghuan.

But can Emperor Chongzhen be blamed for this? If he had chosen to deal with the peasant rebellion in Shaanxi first, it is unknown whether there would have been a very good result. And Yuan Chonghuan was also the desired candidate for the governor of Liaodong at that time, who else can you let Emperor Chongzhen choose?

And then because of the wrong selection of coaches, it led to a series of chain reactions. It's not something that Emperor Chongzhen can control. But in any case, the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is much calmer. Houjin digested the fruits of the victory of the Great Linghe victory in Liaodong, and was temporarily unable to launch a new offensive. And the peasant rebel army was also surrounded by the Ming regiment out of disadvantage.

So so to speak. Now Emperor Chongzhen's main concern is military issues. If the military problem is solved, if only partially, it can greatly alleviate the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty.

As for Wu Shigong, the people in the palace, including Emperor Chongzhen, all think so: personal morality aside, but Wu Shigong can achieve such a high exposure rate in every battle, which is also a kind of ability. And as long as there was a battle in which Wu Shigong participated, Zuihou won the victory. Therefore, for Wu Shigong's military talent, Emperor Chongzhen still recognized him.

Of course, Gonggong Qin also knew this. And he also wanted to share his worries for the Lord, so this time Gonggong Qin invited Wu Shigong to have a long talk, so he wanted to hear what military opinions Wu Shigong had, and presented them to Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen for reference.

Wu Shigong is very frank. He said to Gonggong Qin: Since there is no way to do Houjin at present, and the peasant rebel army is surrounded again, then the best policy is to concentrate all the Ming army Liliang to completely eliminate the scourge of the peasant rebel army.

If it is unfavorable to exterminate it, then it is necessary to drive the peasant rebel army back to Shanxi and Shaanxi. Anyway, these two provinces have already been destroyed, and no matter how scourge the peasant rebel army is, it will not be able to do much harm.

The most terrible thing was that the peasant rebel army crossed the Yellow River into the hinterland of the Central Plains. Then they can threaten the Grand Canal to the east, and the granary Huguang area of the Ming Dynasty to the south, and with the replenishment of personnel and materials in the hinterland of Henan, the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse.

Moreover, Wu Shigong also emphatically pointed out that the most likely time for the peasant rebel army to cross the Yellow River was when the Yellow River froze this winter. Therefore, it is necessary to ask Emperor Chongzhen to pay special attention to it.

Of course, Wu Shigong is so frank not for the sake of loyalty and patriotism. If the Ming army, under the strict orders of Emperor Chongzhen, completely crippled the peasant rebel army or was driven back to Shaanxi, then there would be time for the Runing army to develop for a few more years. If it was that result, then Wu Shigong would wake up laughing in his dreams.

Then Wu Shigong said to Qin Gonggong very frankly: In case the peasant rebel army really crossed the Yellow River, then Wu Shigong himself would definitely interrupt Ding Wei and rush back to Runing to prepare to fight.

Wu Shigong told Gonggong Qin: After so many years of fighting in the south and the north, Wu Shigong also trained a strong army, and also built a number of fortresses in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion. If they could get a large amount of food and other military support from the imperial court, Wu Shigong's Runing army could prevent the peasant rebellion from advancing eastward and threatening the Grand Canal. But it could not be done to prevent the peasant rebel army from moving south to Huguang. Of course, it was impossible to destroy the peasant rebel army. Because, after all, the number of Wu Shigong's Runing army is too small.

Wu Shigong was so frank that he gave Gonggong Qin several shots of preventive injections. First of all, of course, it is to end Ding Wei and leave the capital to endorse it. In fact, he won the favor of Father-in-law Qin with a frank attitude, and he knew everything! Zuihou is to let the imperial court have an understanding of the strength of his Runing army. In case the Runing army won the battle by then, but this strong army was also born, and this strong army was still in the hands of a Du Si with a number of more than 1,000 soldiers, how could Wu Shigong justify that he had no ambition to rebel?

Sure enough, as Wu Shigong expected, after the end of the long talk, Gonggong Qin immediately presented the content of the long talk to Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen. In fact, Wu Shigong's point of view is not surprising, Emperor Chongzhen also has advisers who understand military affairs, and they have more or less said the same opinion. However, after being reiterated by Wu Shigong this time, it attracted the attention of Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately sent an edict to let the Ming army, which surrounded the peasant rebel army, step up the encirclement and suppression, and sent a secret edict to those prison troops that the peasant rebel army must not be allowed to cross the Yellow River.

At this time, the former governor of Henan was transferred because of the departure of the first assistant Zhou Yanru, and the newly appointed governor of Henan was Xuan Mo. Emperor Chongzhen also issued a holy decree to Xuan Mo, asking him to organize the local army of Henan to prevent the peasant rebel army from breaking out of the Ming army, which could block them from crossing the Yellow River.

Under the impetus of Wu Shigong, the Ming court paid more attention to the crossing of the river by the peasant rebel army than in history. But can this change history? It's still a mystery.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen and others also ignored Wu Shigong's words about the second half of the vaccination. Compared with national affairs, whether Wu Shigong is worried or not, it is indeed a trivial matter that is ignored.

Another one that Wu Shigong attended was the banquet of Zhou Shikun and other military attachés of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses. There was nothing surprising about this banquet, and because Wu Shigong was in the filial piety period, he didn't invite any young lady to accompany the wine at all, and he didn't even drink much.

But an interesting incident happened in the restaurant where the banquet was held. When Wu Shigong was changing clothes, he met a lifter who went to Beijing from Guide Mansion to participate in next year's examination. The man's name was Si Qiyan.

The seventh year of Chongzhen was the time when the imperial court would take the exam, and people from all over the country went to Beijing to catch the exam. However, Deng Qifan has given up again, because he has such a high status in the Runing Army, and he has no interest in Jinshi or anything.

However, Si Qiyan was a talented disciple of Gong Haoran when he was teaching, and he also received funding from Wu Shigong, and when Wu Shigong and Gong Haoran were dating, Si Qiyan also met Wu Shigong a few times. Of course, he also passed the exam later.

Si Qiyan also happened to be in this restaurant to learn poetry in the same year. As soon as he saw Wu Shigong, he immediately came forward to pay his respects. To be honest, Wu Shigong didn't remember who Si Qiyan was at first.

However, after listening to Si Qiyan's self-introduction, the two of them immediately had a sense of intimacy of seeing each other in a foreign country. Si Qiyan affectionately pulled Wu Shigong into the private room of the same year's party, and Wu Shigong also politely toasted a glass of wine to Si Qiyan's same year.

However, when Si Qiyan learned that Wu Shigong was a military attache in the same year, some of them couldn't help but show contempt on their faces. Of course, Si Qiyan wanted to earn face for Wu Shigong, so he hyped up Wu Shigong's funding for county schools and the merits of education. But those same years as Si Qiyan still disagreed.

There is no way, Wu Shigong can only earn face for himself. When he said that he also had the identity of a showman, and more importantly, after he said that his teacher was Sheng Yangong, all the people present were dumbfounded.

When Wu Shigong left, he was secretly amused in his heart: This slap in the face is really cool! No wonder in modern online articles, this kind of bridge is enduring! (To be continued......)