Chapter 11 The father-in-law is wise
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With something in his heart, Huo Weihua's attention was not on Liang Dong, and what he said had nothing to do with him, so after Liang Dong finished talking about the wine vinegar noodle game, he was still thinking about the war horse with his head down. It wasn't until Wei Zhongxian called him that he came back to his senses, and when he looked up, he saw Liang Dong and Li Yongzhen looking at him, and Wei Zhongxian was also looking at himself with a smile.
"What is it that makes Starr so obsessed? Isn't there something new in Beijing? Hehe, if so, you might as well talk to our family and let our family open their eyes. ”
Fifty-six-year-old Wei Zhongxian is an extremely kind-looking and kind old man, the wrinkles on his forehead and the white hair on his sideburns are no different from the old man of the people, Huo Weihua remembers that when he first met Wei Zhongxian, he almost thought that the other party was the old servant in his own family, because the two looked too similar, the only difference was that one had a beard and the other did not.
"Shida" is Huo Weihua's epigraph, since he voted for Wei Zhongxian, Wei has been calling him by the epigram to show his closeness to him.
Seeing that Wei Zhongxian misunderstood, Huo Weihua hurriedly shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said: "Father-in-law said that he was laughing, the lower officials will be bitter in their hearts, where is there any joy to speak of." ”
"Bitter?"
Wei Zhongxian was stunned: "What? What's so hard about Star? ”
Hearing this, Huo Weihua decided to explain his intentions, bowed slightly, and said: "It's not that the lower officials have difficulties, but that we have difficulties in Daming..." ”
Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian was even more confused, and said in surprise: "Oh? Only our family can solve it? It's really strange, Starr quickly talk about it, what a difficult thing no one can solve except our family? ”
Li Yongzhen and the others were also very curious, and they were all interested in this matter. Sun Yunhe was not interested, he wanted to go back to his room and sleep with his head bored, you must know that staying up late at night with Father-in-law Wei every day is a really unbearable errand.
Huo Weihua immediately told Wei Zhongxian about Sun Chengzong's request for horses, and also told the results of the court discussion, and after finishing speaking, he stared at Wei Zhongxian with an eager face, he is now counting on Wei Gonggong, otherwise the longer this matter drags on, it will not be good for the border affairs of Liaodong and the treasury.
After Wei Zhongxian heard this, he realized something, but he didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something, Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong wanted to say something, but their throats moved, but they still endured it, and no one dared to say it.
They knew about Sun Chengzong's excerpt and asking for horses, but because this matter was under the control of the Ministry of War, and it was stuck in the cabinet, Sun Chengzong was a member of the Donglin Party, and he was stunned when he looked at it on weekdays, so he didn't tell Wei Zhongxian about it. Now Huo Weihua came to Father-in-law Wei for this matter, which made Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong somewhat unhappy, because Wei Zhongxian was here, otherwise the two would have a seizure.
After a moment of silence, Wei Zhongxian let out a "hmm", got up slowly, and said as he walked: "It's a good thing that Inspector Sun wants to form the Guanning cavalry, you must know that the Tartars can repeatedly defeat our Ming army, relying on their cavalry... Although our family is in the big house, but our family doesn't know anything, anyway, when I was young, I also learned to ride and shoot for a few days, and I know how powerful the cavalry is, but it's a pity... Huh..."
Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian stopped and smiled, and then shook his head slightly, as if he felt a little lamented about his appearance when he was young.
There are rumors in the market that Father-in-law Wei knew some martial arts when he was young, he could hold the bow with both his left and right hands, and his archery skills were also very accurate, although his family was poor, but he liked to gamble by nature, but the gambling luck was extremely bad, and he was often humiliated, so he was castrated into the palace.
Huo Weihua generally doesn't believe these rumors, because most of the rumors are from the Donglin Party, but he believes that the Wei Gonggong will shoot arrows and ride horses, because he has seen Wei Zhongxian ride a horse and pull a bow when he was exercising in the palace, and he is quite skilled, and he is from a practicing family.
Father-in-law Wei was thinking back to the past, Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong naturally didn't dare to disturb his old man, Sun Yunhe was like a stake, sitting there without moving, let alone making up for this boring. Everyone just sat like this, waiting for Wei Zhongxian to continue, but he suddenly turned his head to look at Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong, and said with an angry face: "You should have told our family about this yesterday, why didn't anyone tell our family?" If it weren't for Star, our family would still be in the drum! ”
"We..."
Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong were scared and squeaked, they didn't dare to look at Wei Zhongxian squarely, and their hearts were also "fluttering", lest Wei Zhongxian would be angry with them because of this.
Wei Zhongxian had no intention of scolding the two, but when he saw them like this, he snorted slightly: "Our family knows what you are thinking in your hearts, can you hide that little bit of your thoughts from our family?" Let me tell you, although Inspector Sun and our family are not all the way, no matter what, what he did in Liaodong is for the emperor, for the Ming Dynasty, and for the people of Liaodong to no longer be bullied by that Tartar! So our family can't hold him back, this cavalry has to be built, and it has to be built immediately, the cabinet doesn't care, we take care of it! ”
These words were categorical, no less than those bold words, Huo Weihua's heart was hot, but after the enthusiasm, he couldn't help but face the reality: Gonggong Wei said so, but where did this horse come from?
"My father-in-law said very much, the war in Liaodong is related to our Ming Dynasty, and we, as Ming courtiers, should share our worries for the emperor, but..." Huo Weihua changed his words and asked directly: "But now there are no horses in the imperial court, how can my father-in-law manage the law?" ”
"No horses... No horses..."
Wei Zhongxian frowned, muttered to himself twice, thought for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up, he patted his head with some excitement, and smiled as if he was happy as a child: "There is!" We've thought of it! ”
When everyone heard this, they looked at Wei Zhongxian in unison, and Huo Weihua was also moved in his heart, and couldn't wait to know what good ideas Wei Gonggong had come up with.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Wei Zhongxian smiled and said loudly: "Don't all look at our family like this, our family's idea may not be a good way, even if it works, it can only solve the temporary emergency, and it can't be cured in the long run." ”
Huo Weihua didn't care whether this idea was a symptom or a cure, he wanted to solve the matter in front of him first, and said in a hurry: "Father-in-law first tell me what this method is?" ”
Wei Zhongxian chuckled, he felt that he had thought of this method was still good, and said with some smugness: "Since the fight against Taizu, isn't there a rule in the imperial court, but all meritorious ministers can be given to ride horses in the palace, and this person who is given the privilege of riding horses must present a good war horse to the imperial court every year, but I don't know if you remember this?" This is not to ask Huo Weihua, but to ask Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong.
Li Yongzhen thought for a while, nodded and said, "There is such a thing." ”
Liang Dong also thought of such a thing, but what does this have to do with the lack of horses in Liaodong?
In the puzzled eyes of the two, Wei Zhongxian explained with a smile: "Our family thinks so, there are no horses in the imperial court, but it doesn't mean that there are no horses in this place!" ”
Huo Weihua was confused, didn't understand what Wei Zhongxian was referring to, and asked, "Forgive the official for being stupid, I don't know what my father-in-law's intentions are?" ”
"Our family means that since the cabinet doesn't care about this matter, then our family's inner court will take care of it, and there are not a few eunuchs and eunuchs in each prison, and there are not a few people who have silver in their hands to guard and weave outside, so our family is going to go to the emperor tomorrow and reward them with the privileges of the cavalry in this palace. Starting from our family, each person will donate five good horses to the imperial court every year, so that at least three or five thousand war horses can be gathered this year, although it is not much, but it can always solve the urgent needs of Inspector Sun. In the future, we will find a way, and we must always make up a strong army for our Daming! ”
"Huh?!"
Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong screamed out almost at the same time, and after a long time, Gonggong Wei hit them with his idea.
As soon as he heard the voices of the two, Wei Zhongxian's face twitched, his eyes swept over the faces of the two, and he said lightly: "What, don't you want to share your worries for the emperor?" ”
"Father-in-law is wise!"
Li Yongzhen reacted quickly, and when he saw that Wei Zhongxian's signs were wrong, he knew that it was not good, and immediately saw the wind and made the rudder pat his ass. Liang Dong was not far behind, and said with a smile on his face: "The little one is applauding his father-in-law's idea!" If it weren't for the father-in-law who thought of such a good idea, the little ones wouldn't know how to relieve the emperor's worries! ”
"Hehe, it's best if you can think like that, um..."
Wei Zhongxian glanced at the two of them with satisfaction, and ordered: "Let the two of you do this, tomorrow ask the celebrant to draw up a charter, and our family can take it to the emperor for seeing." ”
"Yes."
Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong complained bitterly in their hearts, but they had to come down, looked at each other, they were all bitter, and they knew that as long as the news came out tomorrow, the two of them would be drowned by the spitting stars, and it would be strange if the little eunuchs in each prison did not scold them to death. Whose money is not good in these years? If you don't want to hold it out with both hands, no one will be happy to change it. Alas, I really don't know what Grandpa Wei thinks, how can he take advantage of his own people...
Although Huo Weihua felt that Wei's father-in-law's method was not very good, he couldn't think of a better way for a while, not to mention that this matter was spread on the heads of the eunuchs in the inner court, and he was happy to see it, so he immediately bent down and saluted Wei Zhongxian, and said respectfully: "Xiaguan has thanked his father-in-law for the millions of people in Liaodong!" ”
"Well, it doesn't have to be this way!"
Wei Zhongxian stretched out his hand to help Huo Weihua up, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and then he was about to sit back in his seat, and as soon as his butt touched the chair, he heard a little eunuch outside shouting softly:
"Father-in-law Qiyu, the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, and Cui Chengxiu, the governor of Huaiyang, ask to see you!"
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The contract is on the way, it should be able to change the state tomorrow afternoon, and then I will ask the book friends to be able to hold a show, it doesn't matter how much money is or how little money is, the key is to be able to support a scene for "East Factory", hehe.