"Xiong Wencan? When did he come to Huguang to be the governor? ”

Xiong Wencan, Mo Qian, still knows that this person is a little famous in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Because he recruited Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Xianzhong, the two giants, but this person has no big ambitions, and he is greedy for money and lustful, easy to satisfy, and he is not a big man.

Mei Zhihuan explained to Mo Qian: "It is estimated that the imperial court is now under increasing pressure to suppress bandits, and it is no longer able to deal with us, and the imperial court in order to be able to exterminate Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingshen and other rogues in the Central Plains, so they want to use the name of Zhao'an to stabilize us first, and when the rogues are eliminated, the imperial court will definitely deal with us heavily." ”

"That's for sure, this is just a delaying tactic by the imperial court, but what do you think about Zhao'an?"

Mei Zhihuan thought for a while and replied: "The old minister thinks that he can talk to the court about Zhao'an, but he must open some conditions, our righteous army is now the time to develop and grow, we are in a strong position, the court is in a weak position, the court wants to Zhao'an us, then we must show sincerity." ”

"Well, I agree with Mei Lao, so Mei Lao can write back to Xiong Wencan, saying that I am willing to agree to Zhao'an, but I have three conditions.

First, the imperial court must recognize the title of my governor of Jiangnan, and allow me to appoint officials freely in the areas I occupy, and the rank of this governor of Jiangnan shall not be lower than that of the first rank, and shall not be higher than that of the prince.

Second, the princes, county kings, and clans that I have in my hands must be redeemed by the court with money, 500,000 taels for the prince, 300,000 taels for the county king, and as for the princesses, princes, and county lords, etc., 10,000 taels per person is enough.

Third, the imperial court must give me 600,000 taels of silver every year for military expenses, and I have an army of 60,000 under my command, and the annual cost of eating, drinking, and talking is quite a lot.

These three points are mandatory requirements, the court must agree, as for the other conditions, Mei Lao can look at it as appropriate, let's talk to Xiong Wencan slowly, and we are not afraid to talk about it for a year and a half! ”

After Mei Zhihuan heard Mo Qian's conditions, he couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

The lord is really too bad, and he actually asked the court to ransom the clan imprisoned in Nanchang, where hundreds of people can be imprisoned, and the court may spend a lot of money to redeem the princes.

Mei Zhihuan got Mo Qian's approval and began to negotiate.

He personally handwritten a letter and ordered someone to send it to Yunyang Mansion, handed it over to Xiong Wencan, and wrote Mo Qian's conditions in the letter.

Mei Zhihuan made it clear that if the imperial court could not meet the above conditions, then the matter of Zhao'an would not need to be mentioned again, because Mo Qian would never agree.

After Xiong Wencan read Mo Qian's conditions, he angrily scolded on the spot.

"This is blackmail, this is naked blackmail!"

The staff members were furious when they saw Xiong Wencan, and hurriedly picked up the letter that fell on the ground and quickly browsed it, and after reading the letter, the staff said to Xiong Wencan: "My lord, this thief is so big that he dares to ask us for money!" ”

"Hmph, 600,000 taels of military expenses every year, with this money for him, I might as well take it out to train soldiers, 600,000 taels of silver, I can train 50,000 elite soldiers, and I can destroy him if I change hands!"

After Xiong Wencan scolded, he wanted to write a letter to reject Mei Zhihuan on the spot.

But when I lifted the pen, I couldn't write a word.

He remembered that he came to Zhao'an on the orders of the emperor, not to Huguang to be angry with the anti-thief, if he was angry about Zhao'an because of a short letter from the anti-thief, then the court would have to blame him.

Nowadays, the saint is mean and unkind, and it is not easy to be a courtier under him, it is good not to make mistakes, but once you make mistakes and do things badly, it will be miserable.

Xiong Wencan thought about it and decided not to reply to the letter, but picked up the fold and wrote it.

He wrote Mo Qian's conditions into the original memorabilia, and asked Emperor Chongzhen for instructions on whether he wanted to agree to Mo Qian's conditions.

Xiong Wencan handed over the decision to Chongzhen, if Chongzhen said yes, then he would continue to talk to Mei Zhihuan about Zhao'an, if Chongzhen did not agree, then he would train to suppress bandits.

Anyway, it wasn't him Xiong Wencan who did the mess, it was the emperor himself, and even if the emperor was angry, he wouldn't put the account on his head.

Xiong Wencan was a thief who fought with a small abacus, and he also wrote Mei Zhihuan's surrender to the enemy in the fold, and immediately sent a fast horse to Beijing after writing the fold.

Five days later, when he arrived at the Forbidden City in Beijing, Chongzhen saw Xiong Wencan's recital in the imperial study.

After reading the content of the recital, Chongzhen was so angry that he almost didn't take a breath, and directly threw the recital on the ground, roaring and scolding Mo Qian for not talking about martial arts.

"Kou, the giant Kou who swallows the sky, is too deceitful!"

"Mei Zhihuan betrays the Lord to seek glory, it's really hateful, he should be killed!"

Chongzhen threw a blue and white porcelain teacup produced in the official kiln of Jingdezhen to pieces, and an antique worth millions in later generations directly turned into slag.

After getting angry, Chongzhen's mind calmed down, and he called Qian Shisheng, who offered him advice.

"Qian Aiqing, Xiong Wencan came up to play, Aiqing take a look!"

Qian Shisheng took the fold handed by the eunuch and slowly read it word by word.

After reading the content of the recital, Qian Shisheng asked Chongzhen in surprise: "Your Majesty, Mei Zhihuan has defected to the enemy?" ”

"Xiong Wencan's personal letter, he received a letter from Mei Zhihuan to him, saying that he has been working under Mo Thief."

"I can't imagine that Mei Zhihuan is over the age of six, and he can still do such a thing of betraying the lord and seeking glory, it's really too late!"

"Chaotic ministers and thieves, what is his late festival, come to someone, pass on the Jinyi Guard, punish the nine clans of Mei Zhihuan, reward Mei Zhihuan's head, don't kill this thief, it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

When the emperor spoke, the courtiers below naturally had to remember, and the eunuchs around him quickly passed the will to Jinyiwei.

After the eunuch left, Qian Shisheng said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, it seems that Zhao'an's affairs are half completed!" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, his head was full of question marks, and he asked Qian Shisheng: "Aiqing, are you old and confused?" This thief and lion opened his mouth to ask for two taels of silver, and now that the treasury is empty, how can there be any silver for him? ”

Qian Shisheng smiled slightly, arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I'm not afraid that the thief will put forward conditions, I'm afraid that he will refuse Zhao'an's matter!" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately understood the meaning.

"Then Aiqing thinks that this Zhao'an is feasible?"

Qian Shisheng nodded, "It's completely feasible, although the lion opened his mouth, but the imperial court edicted him, it was just a transaction."

There is a saying in the folk business that you can ask for a price, and I will sit on the ground and pay back.

We are now trading with Mo Thief, and it is the biggest deal in the world, if this deal is completed, the court will be able to exchange at least two to three years of respite.

What Gu Daming lacks most now is time, if he wants to exterminate the rogues in the Central Plains, the imperial court must have enough time to train his troops and suppress bandits.

Since this Mo thief has already put forward the conditions, then we can bargain with him, Your Majesty, you can give Xiong Wencan, give him a bottom line, and let him negotiate with Mo Thief above this bottom line. ”

"Aiqing thinks, what should be our bottom line?"

Qian Shisheng thought for a while, stretched out three fingers and said: "30,000 taels, the court gives Na Mo 30,000 taels of silver every year, and orders him to return the kings of the clan, as for the position of the governor of Jiangnan, you can give him the title, but the court does not issue a good salary, and the second does not reward the brocade robe, and the rank is a positive product."

Although we recognize his name as the governor of Jiangnan, but in fact, we only give him a big seal, and we can declare it invalid at any time when we turn back, so this governor of Jiangnan is equivalent to not being sealed, so the face of the court can be regarded as preserving. ”

After listening to Qian Shisheng's words, Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction.

"What Aiqing said is very true, leave the matter of Zhao'an to Aiqing to handle, you boldly and rest assured that Xiong Wencan will talk about it, stabilize the Mo thief first, wait for Li Zicheng in the Central Plains to be destroyed, and then slowly eliminate him when you turn back!"

With Chongzhen's approval, Qian Shisheng was overjoyed, and he happily withdrew from the imperial study.

On the way back to the cabinet, Qian Shisheng met Wen Tiren, who went to the imperial study to find Chongzhen.

Seeing Wen Tiren passing by, Qian Shisheng respectfully bowed to Wen Tiren and said, "I've seen Lord Shoufu!" ”

Wen Tiren saw Qian Shisheng's red face, so he laughed and said: "Or is this a happy event, how can it be red." ”

"The country is in chaos, where can there be any happy events, Shoufu is really joking, is Shoufu going to find His Majesty?"

"Well, did you just come out of Your Majesty? But for the sake of Zhao'an Jiangxi Mo asked? ”

"Yes, Na Mo asked the lion to open his mouth, gave the imperial court an annual military expenditure of 600,000 taels, and also asked for silver money to buy the clan, His Majesty was furious about this, and specially ordered me to go and discuss!"

Hearing this, Wen Tiren couldn't help but say: "Jiangxi Mo Wen is really a giant, or rather, you and I are ministers of the same court, and we are confidants, and we don't hide it from my brother, the foolish brother thinks that Zhao'an is really a stinky move, but at present, the situation in Jiangnan is erosive, and the court has no soldiers available, my brother's Zhao'an strategy is just a strategy to delay the army, and we still have to prepare for a decisive battle with that Mo thief!" ”

"What Shoufu said is that my edict is just a delaying measure, to buy a few years for the imperial court, I hope that Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou can quickly exterminate Li Zicheng and other thieves, and clear the Central Plains as soon as possible, so that they can free up? Fight that Mo thief! ”

"Well, brother, this matter still needs to be paid more attention, foolish brother go to see Your Majesty first, see you later!"

"Shousuke-sama, go slowly, see you later!"

The two said goodbye to each other, Qian Shisheng returned to the cabinet, and Wen Tiren went to the imperial study to see Chongzhen.

After Qian Shisheng returned to the cabinet, he immediately gave Xiong Wencan a holy decree in the name of Chongzhen, and after passing the procedures of the cabinet, he handed it over to Chongzhen for sealing.

The decree was quickly issued to Huguang, and a few days later, Xiong Wencan, who was far away in Yunyang, received the decree from the imperial court.

After receiving the holy decree, Xiong Wencan felt that the boss was unwilling.

Because the conditions agreed by the emperor were too low, the reserve price was only 30,000 taels of silver, which was more than 20 times different from Mo Qian's silver, and the imperial court was not even willing to redeem the money to buy the royal family.

If you want to say that a group of princes and county kings or something, it doesn't matter if they are redeemed or not, anyway, after they are redeemed and bought, they will definitely cry poor in front of the emperor again, and when the emperor is soft-hearted, he will inevitably give them fiefs and lulu.

The court is already poor like this, and if you take the money to support these idle princes, I am afraid that they will really die.

Although Xiong Wencan is greedy for money, he still has some concern for the affairs of the court, otherwise he would not brag about it by being drunk.

But 30,000 taels of silver was too little, and he was embarrassed to write to Mei Zhihuan.

But now that the holy decree has come down again, the matter of Zhao'an has become a foregone conclusion, no matter how he talks about it, he must stabilize Mo Qian first anyway.

The holy decree also said that Xiong Wencan should cooperate with Jinyiwei to arrest Mei Zhihuan's nine clans and destroy them all.

Xiong Wencan couldn't help but be a little helpless about this request.

Mei Zhihuan's whole family is in Macheng, Macheng has long been in the pocket of the Mo thief, the emperor wants to punish Mei Zhihuan's nine clans, this brocade guard is afraid that no one will be able to catch it.

Besides, Mei Zhihuan is now an important minister under Mo Qian, and if he kills his family, I'm afraid that this Zhao'an matter will be yellow.

When the time comes, the emperor blames him for being unfavorable, isn't he carrying a black pot in vain.

Xiong Wencan ignored this request, but picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Mei Zhihuan.

In the letter, he directly told Mei Zhihuan the reserve price of 30,000 taels, saying that the court would give so much silver, and there would be no more.

When Mei Zhihuan saw the reply, he couldn't help sneering and said, "Hmph, Your Majesty wants to be Zhao'an and is reluctant to pay for it, it's really a good calculation." ”

Mei Zhihuan told Mo Qian what Chongzhen meant, and Mo Qian smiled after hearing it: "Promise him, send the silver first, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are also meat, anyway, now Xiong Wencan is hiding in Yunyang to take us, we can't do anything, let's get the money first." ”

Mei Zhihuan thought that Mo Qian would directly reject the court's intentions, but he didn't expect him to agree.

This lord is really a master who sees money, and he has to take advantage of a little cheapness.

Mei Zhihuan directly conveyed Mo Qian's meaning to Xiong Wencan, and Xiong Wencan was really surprised when he saw the reply.

I didn't expect this Mo thief to agree so easily.

Could it be that this Zhao'an has really come to pass?

Xiong Wencan didn't dare to delay, and immediately sent this information to Beijing, Chongzhen really had a big surprise after reading Xiong Wencan's recital.

He praised Qian Shisheng and said: "Qian Aiqing, you have done a good job in this matter, 30,000 taels of silver can buy peace for a few years, it seems that this is nothing more than a matter of obedience!" ”

Qian Shisheng saw that Chongzhen was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Everything depends on Your Majesty's blessing, and things in Zhao'an can go so smoothly, Your Majesty, since this thief is willing to Zhao'an, then we have to hurry up and prepare, and hurry up to give this matter down, otherwise it will change later." ”

Chongzhen nodded, "Well, what Aiqing said is very true, I will make an order, and order the Ministry of Rites to step up preparations for the canonization, since this matter is handled by Qian Aiqing, then the matter of canonizing Mo Thief will be handed over to Qian Aiqing to run, and Aiqing will go to meet Na Mo for me to see if he has three heads and six arms!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

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