"A woman's opinion!" Gu Zhengqing ran out of his wife's house angrily.

Gu Zhengqing has been in Runing Mansion for more than half a year, but he has high hopes for the first assistant Wen Tiren, and he has not done anything to Wu Shigong to suppress and stumble. It's not that Gu Zhengqing doesn't want to work hard, but Wu Shigong treats Gu Zhengqing, the prefect of Runing, as air, and he hasn't even met once until now.

It stands to reason that the direct command of the Runing Army should be Gu Zhengqing, but Wu Shigong didn't even make a single announcement of every military operation, so Gu Zhengqing has completely become a neglected role.

In addition, the food and salary of the Runing Army are all self-raised, and there is no need for Gu Zhengqing to allocate them at all, so Gu Zhengqing has no reason to compete for that right to speak.

But what makes Gu Zhengqing angry is that he doesn't have military power, anyway, he doesn't want to take care of those Qiu Ba's affairs, but even local affairs have been invaded by the Runing Army, and now many officials in the yamen have colluded with the Runing Army in a more or less explicit or covert way.

So Gu Zhengqing felt that he was being hollowed out, but he had no good countermeasures. Because the place was tightly controlled by the Runing Army; The local gentry also had close economic and political ties with the Runing Army; In addition, many officials like the government officials have been absorbed into the Mountains and Rivers Division and the Internal Affairs Department of the Runing Army, single-handedly, how can Gu Zhengqing fight Wu Shigong?

Moreover, the surface kung fu of the Runing Army is also in place, and there is no shortage of regular examples, and Wu Shigong's seventh brother Wu Shili also feasted the officials of Runing Mansion every now and then. is controlled by the Runing Army, which makes Gu Zhengqing have a lot less opportunities for corruption and bribery.

However, after a long time, Gu Zhengqing also found some benefits. There is no need to do this trivial matter, and the territory is also peaceful, even in the year of the catastrophe, the harvest of the farmland in Runing Province is also unsatisfactory under the strong organization of the Runing Army. If this continues. The evaluation of the ministry will not be very bad. Gu Zhengqing also somewhat understands how his predecessor, Guan Kesong, was promoted.

What made Gu Zhengqing even more satisfied was that it was fundamentally different from what he knew before he came, although the peasant army was raging everywhere in Henan, but Runing Mansion was calm. In particular, business and entertainment activities are quite prosperous. There are also some novel business forms, which Gu Zhengqing has never heard of.

As time went on, some nimble businessmen spotted speculation on the stock exchanges and futures exchanges, and they immediately hyped it up, in modern terms: a bubble had risen.

Of course, because he knew the modern bubble economy, Wu Shigong was when he set up the stock exchange and futures exchange. The trading conditions were far stricter than those of modern times, and overdraft transactions were not allowed, but they still created a group of merchants who became rich overnight.

So Gu Zhengqing was also moved, and he also wanted to surf in the sea. He first borrowed a sum of silver from Sihai Qian Zhuang through Wu Shili's connections, plus Wu Shili was always familiar with the industry of the Runing Army. There is inside information. Therefore, Gu Zhengqing also earned more than 6,000 taels of silver in this half a year.

Of course, as a civil official, it is impossible for Gu Zhengqing to come forward directly. So he left the business of the transaction to a housekeeper in the house. Of course. The butler is a puppet pushed on the surface, and the actual operation is his wife.

Because of the prosperity of commerce, a financial district has been formed in the area where the stock exchange and futures exchange are located. Naturally, a new temple of the God of Wealth was built there. And the temple of the God of Wealth must be boiling with incense, and Gu Zhengqing's wife had friction with Wu Shigong's wife when they burned incense.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the burning of incense by officials and dependents is indeed to clear the field. But the prefect's wife met the adjutant general's wife. In general, everyone should be polite and should follow a first-come, first-served basis.

But because Gu Zhengqing was deprived of power, he didn't complain much at home. So his wife took the opportunity to go berserk. But this old lady also has a reason, no matter what, the prefect's wife is always bigger than the deputy general's wife, and the rank of the military attache is a scum in front of the civil official. And Wu Shigong's wives are not the original partners, so they are more than identities, of course, Gu Zhengqing's wife is bigger.

After that, there are some words of bickering and nonsense. Anyway, it's a scolding fight between old ladies. And Li Xin and the others finally gained the upper hand with the strength of the guards around them, and they blocked Mrs. Gu Zhengqing outside the temple gate, and they burned the incense first.

As soon as Mrs. Gu Zhengqing got home, of course, she scolded Gu Zhengqing first. Because Gu Zhengqing was also born in poverty, his wife was not educated, and the relationship between the two was not bad, so Mrs. Gu Zhengqing has always had a high status in the family.

As for the scolding, it is nothing more than "Why are you so useless!" "I'm blind and marry you!" Something like that, how can Gu Zhengqing endure it, so he can only hide as the best policy.

Men are in a bad mood and of course go for a drink. And one person didn't have a taste for drinking, so Gu Zhengqing borrowed wine to drown his sorrows with his master and a scribe from the prefect's yamen who took refuge in him.

"My lord! Don't drink too hard, be careful! The scribe surnamed Huang persuaded.

But Gu Zhengqing still drank the wine, and then said: "This official has been here for a few months, but nothing has been done, and now there is only Du Kangye!" Gu Zhengqing also drank too much, so there was no taboo to speak.

"Then Vice Admiral Wu is indeed a handman, in fact, the adults should refer to the imperial court." Gu Zhengqing's master is also in the same trench as Gu Zhengqing, so he has more resentment than Gu Zhengqing for Gu Zhengqing's overhead. At least Gu Zhengqing still has a routine, but his master has a lot less opportunities to deceive his superiors and subordinates.

"It's hard!" Although he drank a lot of wine, Gu Zhengqing's nature has not been lost. He is a timid man by nature. So unless he has to, he will not tear his face with Wu Shigong.

"Actually, now I have a chance!" Huang Wenyan looked at Gu Zhengqing's face and said cautiously.

"Oh? Then tell me! Gu Zhengqing also asked casually.

"That's right. Your Excellency ...... "Then the Yellow Scribe began to narrate in detail.

It turned out that after a long period of stability, the minds of some Runing officials and gentry came to life. At that time, Wu Shigong's "Ban on Wasteland" and "Ban on Flow" deprived the Runing gentry of a large amount of abandoned land. However, with the organization of manpower in the Runing Army, the improvement of water conservancy ditches, and the implementation of Tuntian Zhuangzi and forced serfs, the agricultural production of Runing Province has become regular.

So the gentry wanted to get back the abandoned land, and it was better to get some more serfs and Zhuangzi, then their profits would be even greater. In fact, there is a precedent for this kind of cunning and plundering, when the Tuntian around Xi'an was occupied by the Shaanxi gentry headed by the King of Qin.

For this reason, the gentry of Runing were willing to pay Gu Zhengqing a large sum of money to repeal the three decrees of the Runing Army, so as to justifiably recover their abandoned land. So, they entrusted Huang Wenzhi to come.

It can be seen from this that although Wu Shigong gave great benefits to the Runing gentry, and the two sides were very closely tied politically and economically, as long as there were interests, those officials and gentry would not hesitate to abandon the Runing army. This really proves the famous saying: there are only eternal interests, and there are no eternal friends!

Such a large sum of silver, of course, made Gu Zhengqing's heart move. Besides, he also believes that these three decrees have changed in time, and the calm Runing Mansion no longer needs this kind of "evil law".

So the three of them immediately discussed with great interest, and when they reached Zuihou, they decided to find a way to drive Wu Shigong out of Runing Mansion and solve the problem of Runing's army once and for all.

On the fifth night of the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the Forbidden City of Beijing.

It was the New Year, and the air was still filled with the smell of firecrackers, and the officials who had been tired for a day all day got into the sedan chair waiting outside the Forbidden City, and got up the sedan chair and went home.

When Emperor Chongzhen fell in the New Year, he urgently convened all the important ministers, and it was because there were urgent state affairs to discuss. And this time the discussion was about the Korean War.

On November 19, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji had just waited for the return of Azig at the first entrance, and he couldn't wait to send troops to attack on the grounds of "the defeat of the Korean alliance and the rebellion". This is used as a retaliation for the Korean envoys not kneeling during the proclamation ceremony, and it is also necessary to completely eliminate the hidden danger of North Korea.

On 1 December, the Manchu army met in Shengjing, and Huang Taiji deployed Zilharang to stay in Shengjing, Azig to stay in Niuzhuang, and Abatai to garrison Kahai City.

Later, on the second day, Huang Taiji personally led a large army to conquer Korea, and Daishan, Dolgon, Duoduo, Yue, Haoge, Dudu and others accompanied the expedition. The whole army was divided into two wings, the right flank was arranged from the main road to Tokyo (Liaoyang) to the bank of the Hunhe River, and the left flank was arranged from the main road to Fushun.

I heard that the emperor set off on a grand ride. The Joseon king, Yi Liang, was so shocked that he immediately pinned his hopes on the Ming Dynasty for support, and immediately sent an envoy to the Ming court to ask for help.

However, the Qing army sent troops quite quickly, they crossed the Yalu River on December 10, and arrived at Anzhou on the 13th, and they came fiercely. So Li Liangzhao asked the minister: "Kou is already deep, what will it be?" Some of the ministers of North Korea advocated resistance, and some offered to flee, which made Li Qian hesitate.

At this time, the news came that the Qing army had passed Songdu, and the Korean king Yi Liang did not hesitate, and gave full play to his usual specialty of escaping, and immediately rushed to the mountain fortress of Namhan, forty miles away. Again as a shrunken turtle. But it's no wonder that King Li Liang, although it is a country, but the combat effectiveness of the Korean soldiers is simply scum, and he can only secretly make up his mind in the mountain city of Namhan, so that the Koreans of later generations can verify that his grandson is their Koreans!

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Chongzhen learned that Korea was attacked by the Qing army, and immediately convened all the important ministers to discuss. In the same way, it was also debated for most of the day, and the differences between the important ministers were quite large. (To be continued......)