With the fall of Sun Chengzong, the power of the eunuchs in the court seems to have become unrivaled, although the eunuchs are also a group of outright embezzlers, but Huangshi has to admit that at least the proportion of rice buckets in this group of embezzlers is lower than that of the Donglin party. Since the end of the Wanli Dynasty, the corrupt money-making behavior has been controlled to a certain extent, and the imperial court has also carried out more disaster relief operations in the large-scale famine in the north, and the unwilling and reluctant local governments have also begun to build river embankments and carry out limited water control work.

Huang Shi had no doubt that if it was Zhu Hongwu who was sitting on the throne of the Ming Dynasty today, then the inactivity of the magistrate for several years would definitely lead to a large number of heads falling to the ground. But it's a pity that today's great tomorrow is the young Emperor of the Apocalypse, a twenty-one-year-old child, who is very kind to teachers, housekeepers, generals, and courtiers, but that's all.

Tianqi is just an ordinary young man, at this time, the Ming court and the local government are still the same as in the early years of Tianqi, they are still corrupt, but they have done some work that should have been done a long time ago, and they are not so passive and slacking off. But this little progress made Tianqi very happy, and because of these achievements, he rewarded the cabinet, and as for the emperor's heart, Gonggong Wei, who has always appeared as "loyal and diligent", of course, also got the biggest piece of cake from these achievements.

In the face of the monstrous power formed by the cooperation of Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch cabinet, the Ming Dynasty finally gave Wei Zhongxian a craze for the establishment of a shrine, which is undoubtedly the political declaration of the governors of various places, of course, the most stupid kind of political declaration, and the famous saying of the Donglin boss Zuo Guangdou "If you are not the same way, you are the enemy", it is quite similar.

Moreover, it has been many years since the end of the Ming Dynasty. Huangshi's policy has always been to ride the wall, since this is Huangshi's principle of life, then the ancestral hall must not be involved. Out of consideration of the above two aspects, Huang Shi said very euphemistically: "Gonggong Wu did not give the money to Gonggong Wei at all. ”

These words made Wu Mu stunned when he heard this, and the governors from all over the country vied to be the first to invite Wei Zhongxian to establish the ancestral hall, and the materials used were naturally extremely exquisite, whether it was the threshold of agarwood. Or the carved fence of white marble, which is not something that can be bought with a little money. Anyway, as far as Huangshi knows, the cost of Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall has not been below 100,000 taels of silver, and the current trend of comparison is intensifying, and the cost of the ancestral hall is also increasing, and even an ancestral hall worth 300,000 taels of silver has appeared.

The military salary in Dongjiang Town for a year is only 200,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to only 40,000 taels of Zuo Xie in Huangshi, and embezzling tens of thousands of taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build a shrine may not be a problem for the governor of Liaodong. But this is nothing less than astronomical for Dongjiang Town.

"Well, this ......" Wu Mu groaned for a while after hearing this, and finally ruthlessly explained the hole cards: "Father-in-law Wei said Huang Shuai, you only need to submit a letter to invite the seal of the Lisheng Temple, as soon as Father-in-law Wei sees this seal, he will open Changsheng Town for Huang Shuai in Long Live Lord, and send someone to Liaonan to re-survey the soldiers." ”

Seeing that Huang Shi was silent for a long time, Wu Mu was afraid that Huang Shi was really worried that Wei Zhongxian would not appreciate his face, so he lowered his voice again and added: "Father-in-law Wei said that as long as Huang Shuai invited the Lisheng Ancestral Hall, he would immediately follow it." ”

As everyone knows, Huang Shi was slandering at this time: "This is really a stinky foot!"

"Holding stinky feet" began in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is also related to the eunuchs, when Song Shenzong asked the eunuch Li Xian to patrol the border, and Wenchen of the Northern Song Dynasty, who has always prided himself on his integrity, heard that Li Xian's feet were very smelly, so he rushed to wash the feet of Li Gonggong first, when Wenchen knelt on the ground and held Li Xian's feet. I didn't forget to smell it first and then exclaimed: "What a fragrance the feet of the captain are!"

Wu Muhou added a sentence that made Huangshi more sure of the significance of the ancestral hall, when the Song Dynasty Wenchen could be complacent that he had washed Li Xian's feet, and today's Ming Wenchen can cry and shout to Wei Zhongxian to set up a living shrine. Holding stinky feet actually represents a kind of seniority, and those who successfully hold stinky feet can naturally despise shì, and those who have not succeeded in standing up for new words are just different from holding stinky feet. But in essence it is exactly the same.

Although the governors of various places are vying to set up an ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian's descendants are naturally not so many local officials who can be mixed up casually in the sea to invite the Lisheng Ancestral Hall, so many Wei Zhongxian naturally have to be carefully selected, Wu Mu is actually telling sù Huangshi: "Father-in-law Wei looks at you differently." I hope to draw you into his lineage, this is really an opportunity. ”

Although Wei Zhongxian was not prosperous in history, it was over in a few years. But this time and space may not be, if Wei Zhongxian does not fall this time or falls later, then Huangshi will be very unwise to reject Wei Zhongxian's kindness today, and it will also bring a lot of trouble to himself. There is no doubt that Wei Zhongxian is by no means an open-minded gentleman, once this knot is formed, it will be difficult to open.

On the other hand, if Huangshi invited Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall, the benefits would definitely be great, and Wei Zhongxian would not make his descendants look bad. Even if Wei Zhongxian still fell according to the original history, Huangshi would not be particularly conspicuous in the voice of the vast ocean. And as long as Huangshi can make enough military achievements, these stains are nothing at all, Huangshi is not a civil servant, and no one can use the integrity of a scholar to demand him.

Both positive and negative aspects have taken into account the right choice, and they are about to come out, Huang Shi sighed, shouted sorry in his heart, and then said to Wu Mu: "Wu Gonggong Ming Jian, the last general, is still a subordinate of Dongjiang Town, if you want to ask for a new word, Mao Shuai should come out, and the last general is not willing to let others say that the last general does not know how to advance and retreat, and is arrogant, and please ask the father-in-law to be clear." ”

Wu Mu was silent again, and finally raised his head to confirm: "What Huang Shuai means: As long as Mao Shuai invites Lisheng Ancestral Hall first, Huang Shuai will follow suit, right?"

"Yes. Huang Shi replied without hesitation, and at the same time shouted sorry to Mao Wenlong in his heart.

The powerful do not want the whole world to be full of people who are willing to praise his stinky feet, and he can choose some of them to give them the privilege of holding stinky feet, which can best satisfy the sense of superiority on the high earth. Wei Zhongxian even gave him permission in advance before Huang Shi made a request, which was undoubtedly a special honor in Wei Zhongxian's mind.

It's just that...... It's just that Huang Shi once asked himself: if he came to the land not in the Ming Dynasty but in the Song Dynasty, if he became an officer in the Western Route Army, and if Li Xian generously let Huang Shi wash his feet at night...... And what will be his answer to Yellowstone?

There are only three kinds of people in the world: those who hold stinky feet, those who want to hold stinky feet but can't get them, and those who don't bother to do it. As a modern person. Huangshi has his own bottom line, although he will say some sycophants against his will, and he will also make some transactions. But if he really let go of his face completely and went to meet Chenghuan in front of everyone in the world, then he Huangshi still couldn't do it, and he thought that this should not only be the bottom line of a modern person, but also the bottom line of a shameless person.

However, Huang Shi was still unwilling to categorically reject Wei Zhongxian's courage, and he knew that he could hope for Mao Wenlong. Huang Shi once watched the record of Xizong, in the years of Wei Zhongxian's power, in the farce of the world's governors vying to be the first to invite the Lisheng Ancestral Hall, only Mao Wenlong was unclean, and maintained the bottom line of a shameless person.

On May 27, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Changsheng Island's general opinion on the eighteen-pound large-caliber artillery Changsheng Island was that it was used to equip the water camp or fortress, which was not bad, but Changsheng Island did not have the money to repair the fortress, and there was no need to equip the water camp with such heavy firepower. So in the end, Yellowstone decided to keep the eighteen-pounder cannon for later siege of the city, anyway, at that time, it was not very important to shoot.

At this time, Huang Shi fiddled with a transparent crystal in his hand, and pointed it at the sunlight again, squinting to observe the bubbles and impurities inside, and after a long time, he finally nodded and said, "You did a good job." ”

Bao Jiusun said humbly, as always: "My lord has no merit in praising his humble position. ”

"Brother Bao, you are now the commander of the Jinzhou Guard, don't keep claiming to be lowly and lowly. Although Bao Jiusun has been in charge of production work in the rear, Huangshi has never forgotten to repay him.

"It's my lord. The last will obey. ”

"Well, that's right. "Since Bao Jiusun is also a general, he naturally has to change his name, and now his record in the Ming Military Department is the dignified commander of Jinzhou Guard, Bao Bowen.

Huang Shi threw the piece of glass back to Bao Bowen, hoping that next time he would come out of the oven, the glass would have fewer bubbles and more impurities. Bao Bowen took Huangshi's order to heart, and then resigned.

Originally, Changsheng Island couldn't burn glass, and last month, the disheartened Huangshi was about to give up, but after he no longer planned to keep a secret and told his subordinates what he wanted, Huangshi was surprised to find that Daming had already been able to produce glass.

At the beginning of this month, the glass craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry from Huangshi arrived on Changsheng Island for less than ten days. After their transformation, the Changshengdao kiln began to produce glass. Although this kind of glass is still far from the land required by Yellowstone, the large waterwheel blower on Changsheng Island is also not available anywhere else, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it produces purer glass.

After some contemplation, Huang Shi realized that he did not know how to produce mirrors except for a term called "silver mirror reaction". Luckily, though. Yellowstone did not produce glass to make mirrors, but rather to pay more attention to the three important military materials that would come with glass.

"Mechanical pocket watches, monoculars. In addition...... Can. ”

Whether it is a mechanical pocket watch or a telescope, technicians in this area can be obtained from the Jesuits, and in order to perfunctory the Jesuits, Yellowstone even organized a group of special forces. This special forces force includes a choir and a group of people who can memorize the Bible backwards, these special forces are all loyal subordinates trained by Zhang Zaidi, and they are all well aware of the heavy responsibilities they shoulder.

The last time the Jesuits sent people to inspect the site of Changsheng Island, Zhang Zaidi first used this team of special forces to move the priests to tears, and then let everyone rush up, and smashed those priests for several days with overwhelming stupid questions, without giving them too many opportunities to inspect the ordinary believers on Changsheng Island.

The individual "ordinary believers" questioned by the Jesuit priests were all disguised by Zhang Zaidi's special forces, and their enthusiasm for the Bible made the Jesuit priests a little ashamed of themselves. So Yellowstone asked the Jesuits to help find a few watchmakers, it was no problem, and there may be fewer technicians to sharpen the lenses of the telescope, but there is no need to be in a hurry, and sooner or later they can be found.

After having the glass, Huangshi felt that he could start to try to produce canned food, and Huangshi remembered that he only needed to seal and cook it, and let Bao Bowen find out the specific storage time. This thing once it appears. It can not only greatly reduce the pressure on logistics and transportation, but also enrich the food of the troops and increase the scope of action of the troops.

After Wu Mu left, Huangshi brought Jin Qiude and Zhao Slowxiong to discuss the matter, although they seemed to have some opinions on Huangshi's decision, they still obeyed the will of the chief and discussed the follow-up links.

Both of them thought that there was no big problem with Huangshi's countermeasures, but the key was still in Mao Wenlong, Zhao Slow, and Xiong pondered what Huangshi had just done with him: "My lord." That is, Mao Shuai invited the birth hall to set up, does the Lord still have to find an excuse to shirk?"

Without hesitation, Huang Shi replied, "Yes." ”

This categorical answer made Jin Qiude and Zhao Wanxiong glance at each other, and Huang Shi spread his hands: "If you two have anything to say, just say it." ”

"Your Excellency's subordinates think that if we can have the full support of Gonggong Wei in the court, our Changsheng Island will have much more supplies. "It is not unreasonable for Jin Qiude to say that it is not unreasonable to take Liaodong civil and military as far as it is concerned. Yan Mingtai, who was born in the eunuch party, was the one who successfully picked up the stinky foot, and in the following period of time, Yan Mingtai received strong support from Wei Zhongxian.

"And my lord is at odds with Yuan Chonghuan's dog official now, and it wouldn't be difficult to bring him down if Gonggong Wei helped bring him down, right?" Jin Qiude paused and saw that Huang Shi still didn't know if he could do it, so he added: "Yuan Dog Officer was promoted by Sun Ge Lao, and he is from Donglin. ”

Huang Shi knew that Jin Qiude was right, although Yuan Chonghuan wanted to praise Wei Zhongxian's stinky feet, he also wrote a 10,000-word invitation to Lisheng ancestral hall. The rare movement that Wei Zhongxian played in the sky and nothing in the ground has not been forgotten and brought with Wei Zhongxian. But Wei Zhongxian didn't appreciate this kind of betrayal, so he kicked Yuan Chonghuan away, making him a person who wanted to hold stinky feet but couldn't get it.

"I was also promoted by Sun Ge Lao, and my thousand was always taken from Wang Huazhen. Mao Shuai too. Huang Shi's expression remained unchanged, and he retorted lightly: "I am also a person from Donglin, although the people of the world will not ask me to take the standards of scholars, but selling myself to take refuge is selling myself to join me, and as a general, I can't change this essence." ”

"I, Dongjiang Town, are no better than the officers and soldiers of Liao Town, who are hungry and clothed. For several years, the bones of the soldiers who died in the war have not been collected, and the reason why they can barely maintain them is only because the soldiers are united in their hearts. If Mao Shuai and I really went to invite the Lisheng Ancestral Hall, it might bring some military benefits, but once the news of spending more than 100,000 taels of silver each spread. I am afraid that the whole town of Dongjiang will be dissatisfied, and even more disdainful of our people, and in the blink of an eye, the whole town will fall apart and disintegrate. ”

Huang Shi's words made Zhao Slowxiong nod slightly: "My lord is right. When the subordinates go back, they will think carefully for the adults, and they will be able to find out the reason for the past. ”

"You go back and think about it, but I'm just doing this just in case, because Mao Shuai won't let me down. Huang Shi felt that Mao Wenlong was a person who disdained to do such a thing, and he never wrote a word of please Liwen from beginning to end, nor did he sing praises to Wei Zhongxian in the recital: "I hope Mao Shuai is still the same Mao Shuai I know." ”

Recently, there have been personnel conflicts on Changsheng Island that have upset Huang Shi, one of which is related to Li Yunrui and Yang Zhiyuan, and the perpetrator is He Dingyuan. When Huangshi went to Beijing Normal School, Yang Zhiyuan fell in love with a girl in the teacher team, she was the daughter of the late Xiong Jingluo. In order to please the little lady Xiong, Yang Zhiyuan decided to help her collect Xiong Jingluo's bones, and also helped her repair the cemetery and insert the stone stele.

On the day when Xiong Jingluo finally sorted out a qiē, Li Yunrui happened to pass by here, and when he saw Yang Zhiyuan and Xiong Xiaoniang, he stepped forward to talk. Although Yang Zhiyuan is also dignified, he is still far from being compared with Li Yunrui, the latter has thick eyebrows, big eyes, long hair over his chest, and usually pays great attention to appearance, and his eloquence is very good.

At that time, Yang Zhiyuan was still stupid and didn't see anything, but since Li Yunrui dared to claim that he had been in the midst of thousands of flowers and not a single leaf was touched, he naturally had one or two brushes, and after he saw some eyebrows from the look of the little lady Xiong, he started an offensive honestly and unceremoniously, and after a few days, the two were about to talk about marriage.

"That girl is a nymphomaniac!" When Huang Shi brought the main culprit He Dingyuan for questioning, the latter was still indignant, without any regret and self-consciousness after the accident.

"He Guerrilla Ben Shuai is not asking your opinion of the little lady Xiong, and Ben Shuai thinks that your evaluation is very rude to Yang Guerrilla!"

Huang Shi slapped the table and roared angrily, finally knocking out some of He Dingyuan's arrogance, He Dingyuan lowered his head, and his voice was also an octave lower: "My lord, the last general is just unhappy, Brother Yang is such a good person." ”

Huang Shi sneered, and his tone became calm: "Brother Yang thinks he is my good brother, but what crime should you be guilty of deliberately playing with right and wrong and slandering your colleagues?"

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