Chapter 202: The Duke of the Kingdom with No Power and No Power

At the beginning of September, Chen Cao, who had returned to his home in Jinling, received an official letter from the Beijing Division, and the imperial court agreed to Chen Cao's resignation as the chief soldier of the Dingwu Army.

In order to commend Chen Cao's merits, the emperor ignored the opposition of his ministers and gave Chen Cao a knighthood, and now Chen Cao has changed from the Marquis of Dingwu to the top lord of the Ming Dynasty, Duke Liangguo.

In the study, Chen Cao, Zhao Xin and Jinshan Hou Puxiang are sitting at this moment.

"I can't really say congratulations."

Pu Xiang spoke for a long time, and he was very uncomfortable.

Chen Cao laughed, and then said: "It's been more than two months since I received the title of Duke of the country, and the only one who came to my house to congratulate you in person is Brother Pu, I remember this love Chen Cao." ”

Hearing this, Pu Xiang hurriedly arched his hand: "Hey, you and my brother don't say this, now that Brother Chen, you have lost power, and those people don't take us seriously." ”

"A prince with no power or power, we have a lot of Ming Dynasty, just look at the Chang family and the Tang family," Chen Cao said with a smile: "They didn't jump ship and rebel against the water, and I have to thank them here." ”

After hearing this, Pu Xiang shook his head: "Now Brother Chen's situation here is known to the entire Nanzhili, and it is actually your worthless duke title that has hurt Brother Chen." ”

"Does Brother Pu know who the first Duke of Liangguo of our Ming Dynasty is?"

Pu Xiang nodded: "General Lanyu." ”

"Do you know how Lan Yu died?"

"I don't know where this is, isn't our family just involved? Which of those few was not implicated because of the Lan Yu matter? ”

Pu Xiang was a little excited, but Chen Cao didn't care: "Brother Pu, my title is handled by Wei Zhongxian, and this Duke of Liangguo is the top lord of the country." ”

"What a fart..."Pu Xiang didn't have the slightest restraint: "Who is a clear-eyed person who doesn't know the inside story?" Lan Yu, that Liangguo Gong, died a miserable death. ”

"Lan Yu died of rebellion..."

As soon as Chen Cao's voice fell, the excited Pu Xiang was immediately stunned, and for a long time a spirit was excited: "Brother Chen, you..."

"Hahaha..."

Chen Cao didn't speak, just laughed loudly, and Zhao Xin on the side added: "Master Hou, Lan Yu lived well before he rebelled..."

The meaning couldn't be more obvious, Pu Xiang is not a fool, and the emperor's intentions are also highlighted: "Brother Chen, you, the prince of the country, only have Danshu and no iron coupons..."

If there is no iron coupon, it means that it cannot be hereditary...

Chen Cao still cares about these now: "Those are just names, Brother Pu, you must know that I, Chen Cao, am the Duke of Liangguo of the Ming Dynasty..."

Pu Xiang seems to have understood what Chen Cao said to him today, although he didn't point it out, but according to his experience over the years, he should have guessed well.

"The matter has come to this point, Brother Pu also came to my country's mansion in person, does Brother Pu think that no one will know?"

Pu Xiang nodded in despair, and Chen Cao said when he saw this: "Zhao Xin, go and send one to Jinshanhou..."

When Zhao Xin turned back, Chen Cao was writing a letter, which was sent to the Waguo Fangjin.

"You sent your henchmen to send this letter to Song Che's hands, don't let it fall into the hands of others."

"From the subordinate province..."Zhao Xin took the letter and put it in his arms, and then said coldly: "Grandpa, someone from Nansi is here." ”

"How?"

"Adjust Luo Yangxing to be the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi, and Dong Kun is the commander of thousands of households."

Chen Cao raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Xin: "Luo Yangxing's choice of the emperor?" Hmph, what a smart guy... Dong Kun, I remember that the Hakka family mentioned to me, this person is the emperor's henchman, you have to be careful in Nansi. ”

"From the subordinate province..."Zhao Xin nodded and said: "Then after Dong Kun came to Nansi, he retrieved all the files from Nansi's side and sent Zhou Jiamo to Jingshi. ”

Zhou Jiamo was detained by Chen Cao in Nansi for nearly a year, and now he is being escorted to Jingshi, the back road is definitely not good, and this signal is enough to see that the emperor is supporting Wei Zhongxian to suppress the self-righteous Donglin Party.

"Also, our people from the Jingshi side spread the news that the emperor learned that Zhang Heming had embezzled a huge amount of military salaries in Liaodong, and had ordered Zhang Heming to be dismissed from his official position as Liaodong Jingluo, and let Jinyi Wei escort him back to Beijing for trial."

Zhao Xin said in a low voice: "Zhao Nanxing's gang really didn't disappoint Grandpa. ”

Nonsense, 100,000 taels of silver ...

"Is there any news that the imperial court is going to appoint someone to take over the position of Liaodong Economic Strategy?"

"The Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party have fierce confrontations, and they both know that Liaodong is a good place to make money, and now that the emperor has money in his hands, they are trying their best to arrange their people to go, so now they can only temporarily let Inspector Sun temporarily take charge of Liaodong's affairs, and the economy will not be set up for the time being."

"You said something wrong..."Chen Cao knocked on the table: "Wei Zhongxian is very clever, the successive Liaodong Governors either committed suicide or martyrdom, or went to prison to die, the reason why Sun Chengzong was temporarily in charge was because the two groups of people didn't want their own people to go up, and once something happened in Liaodong, it would affect them;

The emperor doesn't like carpenter's work, but he has been taught by Emperor Wanli since he was a child, and he is very smart. ”

Only then did Zhao Xin remember one thing: "Your title is the slander of Wei Gelding's old dog..."

"The Emperor is trying to beat me..."

Chen Cao thought for a long time, maybe according to Zhu Youxiao's IQ, he must know the meaning of Liang Guogong, and being able to agree to Wei Zhongxian's proposal must have the purpose of beating Chen Cao.

And the eight million taels of military spending can be worth two years of taxes in the Ming Dynasty.

"Now that my grandfather has lost his power, those people don't know how to handle us." Zhao Xin was a little worried.

"No, if I am the emperor, this person can make money so much, he must keep it for a long time, instead of beating it at will, besides, Song Che has a division of the new army and Pang Zhifan's sailor fleet in the Wa Kingdom, whether it is the emperor or other people in the court, they will not crush me too much, unless Song Che does not transfer away;

Did you see that? Even if I was cleaned, the emperor still did not agree to let Wei Zhongxian's people take over the important position of the army, using either the Donglin Party or the other three parties, which shows that the emperor did not intend to let Wei Zhongxian's family dominate. ”

Zhao Xin's eyes lit up: "Grandpa, you mean this is our opportunity?" ”

Chen Cao nodded: "I have lost my momentum, except for Wei Zhongxian's ideological perversion, as long as I am not too much, they will not take the initiative to trouble me, who is in charge of the Dingwu Army?" ”

"Under the official document, Wei Guogong was the chief soldier, and Qi Changguo, a staff general in Taizhou, was transferred as a deputy general, and Wu Chun, who was familiar with the military situation of the Dingwu Army, was appointed as the eunuch of the supervising army, and Chen Bangzhan, the left attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, supervised the military equipment of the Dingwu Army."

"Hmm..."

Chen Cao shook his body and nodded, the emperor's appointment was still a little bit of an intention, the Dingwu Army was created by Chen Cao, and the amount of money used in it can be known from Wu Chun that if such a firearm army that can fight is disbanded, it will be a big trouble, although Xu Hongji was removed from the official position of Caojiang Admiral, but let him be in charge of the Dingwu Army, and his loyalty to the Centennial Duke's Mansion is beyond doubt.

"By the way, Grandpa, my subordinates have a reluctant request..."Zhao Xin bowed his head: "My subordinates want to send all the family members to Grandpa." ”

"Well, safety first, this is how it should be, what, all your families are sent to me, there are still a lot of tenants' vacant land around the mansion, I just want to grieve you for a while, let the workshop build a few yards for you."

"Subordinate Grandpa Xie..."

"Also, these days, as the commander of the Nansi, you don't come to me without my order, transfer Han Shizhong over and listen to me at any time, you and Lao Xu should be careful in the yamen, don't let Luo Yangxing and Dong Kun catch the handle, once something happens to you now, I don't know if I can save you."

"Yes, my subordinates will explain a few of them when they go back."

"By the way, send some people to watch Pu Xiang secretly..."

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Chen Cao is now unofficial and light, except for the dispensable official position of a money-earning governor of Songjiang, he is completely living the drunken life of the second generation of contemporary Xun at home.

Today, there was a barbecue meeting at home, and Chen Cao's wives and concubines and children gathered together and sat around a charcoal stove, because it was the middle of October, and the weather was not so hot during this time period.

"Husband, it's okay for you to go to those places of fireworks and willow lanes, now that you are a national prince, you can't compare to that time."

As the eldest lady in the family, Li Xiang said in front of everyone that Chen Cao not only wanted to reflect her status as an eldest wife, but more importantly, to deter the sisters below.

At this time, Chen Cao naturally couldn't be angry with Li Xiang, otherwise she would lose Li Xiang's face, and she wouldn't be able to control the family in the future, so she smiled and said: "Hey, go there, you can take a look at my house, all of them are national colors and fragrances, which one is not my favorite, besides, if you go to those places with this identity now, if someone deliberately sets up, your husband and I may lose the title the next day, and the whole family will fall into the sect division again." ”

Zhang Shuhua and her mother Liu Min'er stayed in Qinhuai Tower for a year, and they couldn't go anywhere at that time, this kind of taste was not good, Li Fengchun was also born in Qinglou, so he naturally knew that even if Chen Cao was joking, the three women had some strange faces on their faces.

"This leg of lamb is sprinkled with paprika, sprinkled with some pepper and peppercorns, brushed with a layer of oil, and sprinkled with fine salt, oh my God..."

After Chen Cao's operation, the fragrance in the backyard was already all over the house, and all the women couldn't wait to eat, and Chen Cao, who was full of love from his father, first cut the best piece of meat for his sons and daughters, and then gave it to his own women in turn.

"Hmm..."

This familiar taste of roast mutton rushed into Chen Cao's mouth, which was the most delicious barbecue in this era, in addition to mutton on the grill, there were also slices of salted fish, and the salted fish taste after barbecue was also a must.

Chen Cao likes this kind of day, barbecuing, drinking and playing with women, day after day is also a good thing.

"Chunyao, come with me..."