Zhao Wenji said with a smile: "Dong Weng and the Wu family father and son have reached an agreement, what do you think Wu Sangui will do with the people on the list?" ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Of course, I will arrest them all, control them in my own hands, and then go to Liaodong together to join the Manchus, and I will not easily kill them, unless they are willing to seek death." I think these people know that if they go to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they will not seek death.

Lianyu Pingkou, everyone lives by this stupid idea. ”

Zhao Wenji laughed, although Li Zhaoji was not born as a scholar, he knew everything about the way of a scholar. This method of quenching thirst by drinking water is indeed the common idea of the scholar class, relying on it to live, to fight for power, and to die in drunken dreams.

If we don't rely on this method, is it possible that the scholars will destroy their families and relieve their difficulties, and they will need top-down reforms?

How troublesome it is, wouldn't it be more comfortable to find a reason to convince yourself to convince everyone to get drunk and dream of dying together?

"You're right, but Wu Sangui won't just arrest people, he will also raid homes." Zhao Wenji said with a smile.

A bad smile bloomed on Li Zhaoji's face, Wu Sangui would definitely do this, when changing the court, the more money the better, and the more chips the better, and Zhao Wenji also did what he liked.

"You mean to give me this money?" Li Zhaoji smiled, and his heart was full of beauty, why did pies start to fall from the sky again.

"Don't you want it?" Zhao Wenji asked.

Li Zhaoji glanced at the list again, this is the list made by Shen Youlong, all of them are his political opponents, of which there are mainly two kinds, one is the scholars and doctors who have great influence in Jiangnan, and the second is the lords and ministers in Nanjing.

There is no doubt that these people have the wealth that they have accumulated for generations, if not more than a dozen generations. Even if you don't take the opportunity to rob in Nanjing, just raiding these people's homes is definitely a lot of money.

But if you think about it carefully, this money may not be so much, after all, now Shen Youlong has sorted out the political forces in Jiangnan and is already planning to march, and its vanguard has arrived in Zhenjiang, and Zhenjiang Zheng Hongkui directly chose to belong and provide all convenience.

Shen Youlong obviously didn't want Wu Sangui to snatch all these people's money, Wu Sangui took people away, these people were naturally the rebels and thieves of the Ming Dynasty, and all their assets would be raided, and this money was also a wealth for Shen Youlong to carry out political bribery and reorganization of the Ming court and army.

Therefore, Wu Sangui only had a short time to raid his home and arrest people.

And Zhao Wenji knew this precisely because he was willing to give this money to Li Zhaoji, after all, Li Zhaoji took the small head, and Shen Youlong was the one who took the big head.

To put it bluntly, for the gentry and nobles, their greatest wealth was not the blackened silver in the cellars, nor the gold and silver jewelry on the women's dressers, but the acres of land, tenant farmers, and slaves all over the Ming Dynasty.

But either way, it's a lot of money.

"Of course." Lee Siu Kee said.

Calculated carefully, what the Manchus got was Wu Sangui and thousands of Liao soldiers on Juehua Island, those noble scholars and doctors were of little use to the Manchus, whether they were or not, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably embark on the road of uniting Pingkou.

And Wu Sangui and those thousands of Liao soldiers are not even worth 200,000, and this money will definitely not be lower than this number.

Zhao Wenji said: "For the sake of your friendship with me, the old man will give you an add-on." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Wenji wrote Zheng Zhilong's name on it.

And when Li Zhaoji saw the name on it, some surprise bloomed on his face. Zheng Zhilong is indeed a trouble, a trouble for Li Zhaoji himself, and a trouble for the Oriental Trading Company.

Li Zhaoji once promised his friend Zheng Sen to save Zheng Zhilong's life as much as possible. And Shen Youlong is now most successful, if he gets Zheng Zhilong, he may use Zheng Zhilong to reorganize the Daming Water Division and oppose the Oriental Trading Company in the future.

Zheng Zhilong was killed, which affected Li Zhaoji's reputation, and if he kept it, it would be a scourge. And it seems that letting Zheng Zhilong return to his original destiny, complete the 'responsibility given by history', and go to Liaodong to be a dog traitor happily.

"Okay, that's it." Li Zhaoji no longer hesitated and said directly.

Zhao Wenji nodded slightly: "Okay, everyone is happy." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Sir, slow down, you are planning so much, just to want everyone to be happy, so that your family Dongweng and I, Li Zhaoji, can be satisfied." But you didn't get any good, and I couldn't be at ease. ”

Zhao Wenji is a staff member, and Shen Youlong will definitely use him as the first assistant in the future, so he will only get prestige and authority, but not official positions and glory. But Lee Zhaoji will not treat anyone who has brought benefits to him.

Zhao Wenji sighed and said: "I have been stumbling for so many years, although there are many scenery, but in the end, I have never made any benefits for my family.

But the Zhao family is also a cultivator and heirloom, and it has never been involved in business, so Zhaoji, you want to repay me, and it is difficult to make arrangements. ”

His meaning is very simple, the Zhao family does not look down on the benefits given by the Oriental Trading Company, but will feel ashamed because of its close proximity.

Li Zhaoji said: "Then I will open a separate account for you in Yuetong, and I will leave you a hundred percent of the silver taels that Wu Sangui quarreled with this time, no matter how much." Whatever you want, how? ”

"Whatever you want, it's not what I want." Zhao Wenji waved his hand and said, "But this matter, no matter what, it must be kept secret." ”

Li Zhaoji nodded and said, "It's easy to do, when the time comes, I will publicize that I have bought off the people around Wu Sangui and learned the news, that is." ”

Li Zhaoji understood Zhao Wenji's thoughts, and the benefits that Zhao Wenji could seek for his family actually came from Daming, to be precise, from Shen Youlong, so naturally he couldn't offend Shen Youlong.

Zhao Wenji opened the map and said, "Dong Weng has ordered the new army and Zheng Hongkui to march into Nanjing tomorrow."

And Wu Sangui and his son estimated that they would flee in the next two days, they had already begun to raid and even loot in Nanjing City, when the Wu family and his son would leave, the old man did not know.

However, the retreat route arranged was that the Wu family father and son led 7,000 soldiers and horses around Taihu Lake into Zhejiang, posing a posture of entering Fujian from Zhejiang.

And Xia Guoxiang has already controlled the Xianxia Pass, the road into Fujian, so the Wu family father and son will enter Wenzhou, from the water pass into Fujian, in fact, after they arrive in Wenzhou, they will flee by boat. I arranged for them two boats, but I guess they will grab some more boats to try to take more people and belongings. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, and said in his heart that this is a reasonable way. After all, there are sailors controlled by Shi Kefa on the Yangtze River, and there are also forces like Zheng Hongkui who have great enmity with the Wu family's father and son, and Li Zhaoji led a fleet to be stationed on Chongming Island and blockade the mouth of the river, even if Shen Youlong wanted to arrange two ships to go to sea, he could not guarantee safety. It is very convenient to go to Zhejiang to find a ship.

And if they have the opportunity to enter Fujian and annex the Xia State Minister, the Wu family father and son simply don't leave and try to divide one side.

If there is no such opportunity, the father and son of the Wu family throw the army to the sea to escape, and these Liao soldiers will also defect to Xia Guoxiang in Fujian nearby, which can be regarded as finding a good way for their old department to stay warm, it is better than throwing it in Nanjing and letting Shen Youlong handle it at will, or even settle old accounts.

Finally, Zhao Wenji said: "One last thing, tomorrow, Dong Weng and Master Shi Kefa will come to invite King Fu. ”

"Don't let them come, go back and tell them that King Fu will arrive tomorrow, I will practice it for him today, and I will arrange for someone to send him there." Lee Siu Kee said.

"Okay, then I'll be relieved."

Chongming County.

A quiet courtyard has a special table, where there are raw pickled and boiled foods from Guangdong, as well as a mixed pot and a few Jiangnan side dishes, especially a four-cheek sea bass, which is the most precious.

Around the table are three men and two women, among whom are the future Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the current King Fu, as well as Li Zhaoji, Chen Shangchuan, Li Xiangjun, Bian Yujing and two girls.

"This is a send-off banquet, Brother Zhu, I will take a boat to be your emperor today, this table of dishes can be regarded as for you to practice." Li Zhaoji said with a smile, with a rare politeness in the past, and said, "Look, what are the shortcomings?" ”

Zhu Yousong said, "Can you bring some wine?" ”

"What kind of wine do you like to drink, Huadiao, rice wine or what?" Li Zhaoji asked with a smile.

Zhu Yousong shook his head slightly, and asked carefully: "Is there any sugarcane wine?" ”

Sugarcane wine is rum, it is a cheap drink that both the navy and the army of the trading company like, Zhu Yousong was not allowed to drink alcohol at all during the control of Li Zhaoji, but this guy is also very smart, and he has a good relationship with the soldiers in his care, and he wants to drink a little or even steal a little, but all he gets is rum.

Zhu Yousong is very cowardly, drinking alcohol can strengthen his courage. After drinking, he dared to confess to the two girls, although he was unceremoniously refused, he dared to peek at the girls taking a bath, although he was poured a basin of foot washing water on his head. But now it's all in the past, and that's a pretty good memory.

Li Zhaoji asked people to find a bottle of rum, Zhu Yousong bit the lid with his teeth, and drank a few big sips, obviously wanting to drink again to make people courageous.

"Li Zhaoji, in fact, you are a very good person........ Zhu Yousong, who drank wine, also spoke loudly, and he said: "Although you don't treat me as a prince, you don't treat me much, forcing me to run and exercise, so I have this good body, forcing me to study, in order to pass the boring days."

You also let the two girls be my companions, but unfortunately, I have no talent, no virtue and no appearance, and I can't get the favor of the two girls. That's my problem, it's none ...... you. ”

This period of time in Oriental Trading Company is a rare experience for Zhu Yousong in this half of his life, although it is also hard, but it is indeed different from the past. will not be kept as a pig in the house, will not be held by careful slaves, and he also enjoys a normal life.

Li Zhaoji smiled and said, "I also think I'm pretty good." ”

Zhu Yousong's eyes were a little confused, and he said, "Alas, this time I drank happily for the last time." It's time to live like before, high up, no friends, no hobbies, only eating, drinking, and having fun, only indulging yourself.

Although that Shen Youlong and Shi Kefa always regarded me as a king, saying how about the four towns, how about you, and how about Wu Sangui, they wouldn't really treat me as an emperor. I went to Nanjing, which was a puppet puppet, and I was left to their toy. ”

Li Zhaoji quipped: "You can also try to manage the government personally, clean them up, and be a real monarch, like your ancestors." ”

"Me? I'm not okay with that, I'm not afraid of losing face in front of you, anyway, it's long gone. Zhu Yousong said this, and the two girls covered their mouths and chuckled. Zhu Yousong did have a good face, he said: "I'm telling the truth.

You said that if you follow the ancestors, I can't become a great ancestor or an ancestor, and I can learn from my cousin and hide in the harem to do carpenter work. It's a pity that I don't even have a Wei Zhongxian.

So, in the future, Da Ming will go with them. Most of my fate is to be the king of the country, if Shen Youlong and them get it right, I can only hope that my ancestors and ancestors will bless me to have a good son. He has half of your Mr. Li's ability, and the Ming Dynasty will be able to reopen the prosperous era again. ”

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