The next morning, Wu Shigong welcomed a strange pair of guests. It is the former wife of the Thousand Households, Tao Shi, and her eldest son, Tao Xin. Na Tao Xin is the ten-year-old boy who will inherit the position of a thousand households in six years.

Wu Shigong originally made a decision, and it was also out of etiquette, after he settled down, he was going to visit the family of Qianqianhu.

But now that Wu Shigong has just arrived at the Thousand Households, his butt is not hot, so Tao and Tao Xin can't wait to come to him. This behavior made Wu Shigong very strange.

After the two sides sat down and exchanged a few polite greetings, Tao immediately revealed his true nature. A living shrew. Wu Shigong is even more strange. She had just arrived here, and there was nothing to offend this Dow, so why did she treat herself with such an attitude?

Zuihou From the upside-down words of Tao, Wu Shigong finally understood the reason why Tao came to find him.

It turns out that the death of the former thousand households was not an agreement? This agreement has a tail problem that has not been resolved. That is, the money and grain handed over to Li Bingbeidao by the thousand households this time, and the shortfall of 1,800 stone of grain has not yet been paid.

And after that Tao returned to Qianhuso, he remembered this incident. I also knew that Wu Shigong, the acting Qianhu, had arrived in the town. Therefore, today we have to make Wu Shigong promise: If Li Bingbei comes to ask for this 1,800 stone of grain, Wu Shigong will have to bear it.

And that Dow, it is estimated that he was noisy and noisy in the military preparation road yamen last time, and tasted the sweetness. Therefore, as soon as I met Wu Shigong today, I also took out a shrew. There is a big one: if Wu Shigong doesn't agree to come down today, Tao will make a big deal here.

After Wu Shigong understood, of course he would not agree to Tao's vexatiousness. The debts of the first thousand households, why should Wu Shigong bear them.

However, at this moment, it is not clear to the shrew of Dow. Moreover, it can't be compared to the bad words of Dow. Otherwise, it would not be good for the reputation of bullying orphans and widows to spread out. Besides, Li Bingbeidao hasn't come to ask for this 1,800 stone of grain yet.

Therefore, Wu Shigong vaguely agreed to Tao: wait until this happens. Finally persuaded that Dow to go back.

In the afternoon of the same day, when Wu Shigong announced to the ten hundred households gathered that he would levy labor in the thousand households and build the fortress of the thousand households. These hundreds of households all looked embarrassed.

In the military households at the end of the Ming Dynasty, 100 households were actually equivalent to the role of some village chiefs. The benefits they received were not much, but they always had to take the lead in completing the tasks of collecting money and grain and requisitioning and distributing labor labor required by their superiors.

And those villagers in their own hundreds of households, they always look up and don't look down, and it's hard to be ruthless. Therefore, whenever the higher authorities levy money and grain and labor labor, it is always a problem for these hundred households.

However, after hearing Wu Shigong announce that he would subtract these labors and hand over half of the money and grain next year. The expressions of these hundred households relaxed. In this case, the work of conscription and servitude will be much easier. Therefore, it was decided: three days later, these hundred households took the assembly haode labor and went to the fortress of the thousand households.

Therefore, when Wu Shigong invited these hundreds of households to drink in the evening, they were all happy. Wu Shigong took advantage of the good atmosphere and then announced to those 100 households that he would recruit 200 soldiers on the basis of merit in the labor service.

Those hundred households still didn't know that Wu Shigong would pay these soldiers. Therefore, on the one hand, he was playing haha with Wu Shigong, and on the other hand, he thought in his heart: "This young acting Qianhu is really naïve. Merit-based admissions are also available. When the time comes, who will want to be a soldier? ”

Wu Shigong didn't know. On this day, Wu Shigong's father-in-law, Xue Lian, was also suffering.

When Emperor Chongzhen drove the Nake clan out of the palace, it was actually a tentative move to Wei Zhongxian and a signal to the court.

And Wei Zhongxian did not react to this. In other words, Wei Zhongxian did not dare to react. On the contrary, in the court, the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian appeared sporadically. Although Emperor Chongzhen's current attitude towards these pieces is basically to stay in the middle and not send them, Wei Zhongxian and his party are gradually panicking.

And Xue Lian was already in the palace, kneeling and begging Emperor Chongzhen for three days. However, Emperor Chongzhen just let Xue Lian kneel like this, but he refused to meet Xue Lian.

It was raining on this day. Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and asked Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side, "Wang Companion, is Xue Lian still there and refuses to leave?" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, then Yang Wuhou is still kneeling in the rain." ”

"Why are you so shameless." Emperor Chongzhen's anger came up, and he shouted: "It's a shame that Xue Lian is still a person from his father's palace, but he is so flattering to that Wei Zhongxian, he doesn't even have the backbone to be a human being." Just let him kneel like this. I will never see him. ”

"The emperor is wise." Wang Chengen hurriedly said with a smile, "Then Yang Wuhou is still thinking about using that bitter trick to blackmail the emperor." Now he's asking for it. He couldn't move anymore, he could only lie on the ground with his waist on his back. ”

Wang Chengen's words touched Emperor Chongzhen's nerves all of a sudden, and he remembered that Xue Lian had broken his waist for him.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "I am not a person who is unkind. Wang Banban, you go outside and say to Xue Lian: Let him go back to his Yangwu Marquis's mansion, and don't come out if he has nothing to do in the future. I never wanted to see him again. ”

When Wang Chengen announced the oracle in front of Xue Lian, the little eunuchs and palace guards on the side hurriedly went to the rain and lifted Xue Lian up, to carry Xue Lian to the carriage waiting outside the palace and in the Yangwu Marquis Mansion.

The moment he lifted it, Xue Lian glanced at Wang Chengen with grateful eyes. Wang Chengen was also silent, and gestured to Xue Lian with a look that the people next to him couldn't find at all.

A few days ago, Xue Lian sent someone to send 25,000 taels of silver to Wang Chengen. The request put forward is: let Wang Chengen mention it to Emperor Chongzhen at the right time, as long as the lives of Xue Lian's family are saved.

And today, Wang Chengen can be said to have overfulfilled the task. Emperor Chongzhen just put Xue Lian under house arrest in his own home. Even Xue Lian's position as Marquis of Yangwu was retained.

Xue Lian thought in his heart: "When I go back, I will give Wang Chengen another generous gift." ”

When Xue Lian was carried to his home, he was placed on the bed and lay down. Mrs. Zhang on the side burst into tears, and Xue Lian herself was also in tears.

However, when the daughter Xue Yufei who got the news and the nurse who was holding Xue Chenglin entered the house together, Xue Lian's face immediately showed a smile.

Xue Lian asked the nurse holding Xue Chenglin to come to the bedside. Xue Lian stretched out his hand, touched the gadgets in Xue Chenglin's open pants, and smiled happily. "It's worth it, it's all worth it," he said. It's all saved. ”

With a sigh, Xue Lian continued: "Sending Shigong out of Beijing, it seems that he has done the right thing now. I hope he's okay everywhere. ”