We all know that the official salary of the Ming Dynasty was amazingly low. But thousands of miles of officials are only for money, even if you want to be a clean official, you also have to support your family, after all, a strange person like Hai Rui is only one in hundreds of years. Therefore, in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, additional income such as "three festivals and two respects" was formed, and this income had a special term - bad rules.

Since it is called bad rules, of course, this kind of income cannot be put on the table, and people's greed is endless, so by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were more and more bad rules in various forms, such as the discount of military salaries.

In the process of forming bad rules for a long time, bad rules have formed a mature industry. How many bad rules should I receive? Which level of official should take how much? This has become a matter of convention, and even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could not break this income of officials at will. In other words, in the Ming Dynasty, as long as you honestly accept bad rules, you will be a clean official.

And if an official is corrupt, it proves that he took money outside the bad rules, or took an extra share in the bad rules. Of course, officials who violate the rules in this way will be punished, and Hou Sui is guilty of both, and he takes a lot of money.

Therefore, Wen Tiren did have conclusive evidence of Hou Sui's corruption, and he took advantage of Emperor Chongzhen's concern about the financial constraints of the imperial court to successfully provoke Emperor Chongzhen's anger, so he successfully put Hou Sui in prison.

However, Wu Shigong confuses the two concepts of corruption and bad rules. Moreover, he also opened a lot of map artillery, not only accusing all civil and military officials of corruption, but also accusing the imperial court of not paying the military salary to the Runing army. However, Wen Tiren didn't need to explain Wu Shigong's map cannon to Emperor Chongzhen at all, because Emperor Chongzhen was also very aware of the bad rules of officials, and he knew that the treasury was empty, and some soldiers had not been paid for a long time.

But what makes Wen Tiren strange is: doesn't this place Wufu know that he will be made a lot of trouble by the imperial court in the future? So Wu Runing really doesn't want the future? This can only be described as a fool.

Therefore, such fools can only be left to freedom. It is to trample Wu Shigong to the ground. Wen Tiren didn't get any applause, but instead gained a kind of notoriety of victory. Therefore, for Wu Shigong's challenge, Wen Tiren was forced not to fight back, which also made Wen Tiren hold back quite hard!

Therefore, although the reaction of the imperial court was beyond Wu Shigong's expectations, Wu Shigong's recital still achieved the original effect.

Of course, such a messy piece of music will definitely not play a role, Hou Sui is still singing "Tears in the Iron Window", and even more to restrain and take care of the mouthy Wu Shigong. Wen Tiren arranged Gu Zhengqing to Runing Mansion.

And after Gu Zhengqing figured all this, he raised whether Wu Shigong sent troops to protect him to the height of establishing his authority. It was a war to the death! It was a war to decide who had the chief voice in Runing Mansion, and Gu Zhengqing had completely forgotten at this time, how he begged Wu Shigong for help with a dead face. asked Wei Zhongxian to let go of his little shrimp.

But Gu Zhengqing didn't know that Wu Shigong was not interested in playing such a childish game with him at all. With the Runing Army. Wu Shigong has enough influence in Runing Mansion. There is no need to use the method of stepping on Gu Zhengqing to prove himself. Therefore, Wu Shigong turned a deaf ear to Gu Zhengqing's repeated orders.

And this move angered Gu Zhengqing, he stayed in Jining and didn't leave, and even ignored the invitation sent by several officials in the Runing Mansion, and insisted that Wu Shigong send troops to escort Gu Zhengqing to take office.

And today is the second failure of Gu Zhengqing's post, and he has nowhere to get angry. and he took out his anger on his steward.

But Gu Zhengqing didn't scold a few words, and suddenly a small official from Runing Mansion ran in from outside the door, and the little official shouted happily to Gu Zhengqing: "Lord Prefect! Adjutant General Wu sent troops. He's sending troops! We have arrived at the gates of the city. ”

Gu Zhengqing suddenly became angry. Perseverance is victory! Then Wu Runing is finally willing to bow his head! So Gu Zhengqing wore an official robe and set up a shelf waiting for the generals who led the team to come and visit.

But I waited a while. Gu Zhengqing didn't see any movement outside the door. Seeing that Gu Zhengqing was a little impatient, the little official immediately went out to look for it. Coincidentally, the soldiers of the Runing Army happened to walk by the door of the inn where Gu Zhengqing was staying.

So the little official immediately shouted to the general manager who led the team: "This military master, this is here!" Here it is! ”

"Huh?" A question mark suddenly rose on the head of the general of the Runing Army, because the person he was going to escort today had already sent someone to greet him at the city gate. And this leader is beside the general. So the general looked at the leader, only to see that his face was also full of doubt.

Afraid that Gu Zhengqing would be in a hurry, the little official took matters into his own hands, so he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the general and said, "Hurry up!" Follow me! Then he pulled the general into the inn.

And when he saw the official robe of the little official, the general did not struggle too much, and did not find an opportunity to inquire properly, so the general followed him into the inn to see who was looking for him.

Seeing the general come in, Gu Zhengqing's waist straightened up. He just wants to put on a full official ceremony and wait for the chief kowtow to say goodbye.

As soon as the general saw the official robe on Gu Zhengqing's body, he asked in surprise, "Who are you?" ”

Before Gu Zhengqing could get angry, his housekeeper shouted loudly: "This is the newly appointed prefect of Runing, Gu Prefect, why don't you hurry up and salute?" ”

"You're the prefect?" The general knows that a new prefect is going to take office, but this is not the person he wants to escort? So he said, "I'm mistaken." Then he arched his hand to Gu Zhengqing indiscriminately, then turned around and ran out the door.

The inn was so quiet that you could hear a pin dropping. Gu Zhengqing's face was also purple with anger, and he trembled and pointed to the back of the general, unable to say a word.

"What are you going to do? Where did the military man come from? Gu Zhengqing, who finally recovered, slapped the table and roared.

The little official immediately fell to his knees in fright, and he said aggrievedly: "Is it Vice General Wu's soldiers?" The villains in their clothes can always distinguish it, and they will never make a mistake, and they will never dare to deceive adults. I hope that the adults will make a clear decision! ”

Seeing that the little official looked like this, Gu Zhengqing gradually believed that he didn't dare to deceive himself. So Gu Zhengqing instructed the housekeeper: "You go out and have a look, see where they are going!" ”

The team of Runing soldiers was indeed sent to Jining by Wu Shigong. Of course, they didn't come to escort Gu Zhengqing at all, but to escort Wu Shigong's seventh brother, Wu Shili.

It is very strange that although Wu Shigong has made such a big situation, the noble children in the capital still disagree with Wu Shigong. They have always thought that Wu Shigong was suffering locally.

Those noble sons are also very well-informed, and they know that Emperor Chongzhen and important ministers of the court are very unwelcome to see Wu Shigong. Moreover, Wu Shigong has won so many battles, but he has only been promoted to deputy general, how can this not be regarded as official luck! Besides, there is a risk of conquest in a war, so Wu Shigong is definitely a life that suffers and fights for his life.

Those noble sons don't know much about the financial resources of the Runing Army. They only saw the dilapidated appearance of the Yangwu Marquis Mansion, and naturally thought that Xue Lian was constantly making up for his son-in-law.

Even Wu Shigong's own father, Gongshun Marquis Wu Weizhong, also thought that his son had no use value, so after seizing Wu Shigong's salt farm, he ignored Wu Shigong.

But Wu Shili is a person with a heart. He was also very well-informed in the Criminal Department, and in an acquaintance with people from Henan, he learned about Wu Shigong's monstrous power in Runing and Guide. So Wu Shili was moved.

With Wu Weizhong's gain, Gongshun Hou's mansion also gained a lot of benefits, but this brought a lot of disadvantages to Wu Shili. This principle is also very simple, you can share hardship, not wealth! As a result, Wu Shili was constantly ostracized from the soap opera staged in the gate of the mansion, and his mother was also old and decrepit, and Wu Shili could not rely on much.

Therefore, Wu Shili is poor and thinks about change, he wants to take refuge in his fourteenth brother, and wants to break out of his own career and family business in the local area.

After Wu Shigong received Wu Shili's letter, of course he readily agreed. Among Wu Shigong's brothers, Wu Shili has always been the more capable one, and he has always had a good relationship with Wu Shigong. And with Wu Shili's help, it's really a tiger brother!

So this time Wu Shili came to Jining, and Wu Shigong personally arranged 200 soldiers to escort Wu Shili to Runing. Unexpectedly, there was a misunderstanding with Gu Zhengqing.

And Gu Zhengqing's housekeeper is also very capable, and it didn't take much effort for him to inquire about who those Runing soldiers were guarding. Gu Zhengqing was immediately furious, in his heart, if it was possible, he would already cut Wu Shigong with a thousand knives.

Fortunately, when Wu Shili learned about this misunderstanding from the general, he immediately went to see Gu Zhengqing. When Wu Shili was in the Criminal Department, he also dealt with Gu Zhengqing, so the two can be regarded as acquaintances.

And in the face of Wu Shili's smiling face, Gu Zhengqing couldn't give a face anymore. Under Wu Shili's warm invitation, Gu Zhengqing could only reluctantly go to Runing with Wu Shili.

There is no way to delay any longer, Runing Mansion has not had a regular seal official for several months, and Gu Zhengqing will not take office again, and it will not be worth it to be a Yanguan to participate in a book. So with Wu Shili's step, Gu Zhengqing also got off the donkey downhill.

And on the way to Runing, Gu Zhengqing was fantasizing, he fantasized about how he would humiliate that Wu Confucible when the civil and military officials of Runing came to greet him.

But when Gu Zhengqing came to the Runing border, he was surprised to find that Wu Congfu did not come at all. It's completely out of your mind! So Gu Zhengqing immediately went crazy.

When Gu Zhengqing finished getting angry, Runing's colleague explained the reason: "It's not that Vice General Wu is neglecting the adult, he happened to lead the troops to encircle and suppress the thief army." (To be continued......)