After getting Wu Sangui's strong support and promise, Wu Shifan hurried back to his father Wu Yingxiong's prince's mansion, and when he got home, it was almost dark, but his father Wu Yingxiong was still nowhere to be seen. I don't know if I'm comforting Shang Shuying, who has just lost a loved one.

So as soon as he got home, he called his mother-in-law, Princess Jianning, to ask questions.

"Shifan, why did you come back alone? What about you, Amma? Princess Jianning's words were both anxious and blameless.

It's not that she's worried that Wu Yingxiong is messing around outside. In fact, when Wu Yingxiong was in Beijing, he had a bunch of pet concubines at home, and he didn't have to hide it from Jianning at all. Princess Jianning has never expressed dissatisfaction with this, and even tried her best to manage the "harem" for Wu Yingxiong, and she is definitely a rare good wife among Manchurian princesses.

The reason why this is so is because Jianning's wife was "brought up" by Wu Yingxiong, Jianning was only eleven or twelve years old when she married Wu Yingxiong, she said that she was a princess, but in fact she was an orphan girl without a father or mother, her eldest brother Haoge let Dolgon harm again, and Shunzhi, who was an elder brother, didn't care about his younger siblings at all. So much so that when the princess Jianning married Wu Yingxiong, she didn't even know Chinese, she didn't know Chinese characters (and she didn't know a few Manchu characters), and she didn't have much knowledge, and she was a stupid girl from the whole countryside. And when she married Wu Yingxiong, the internal affairs system of the Qing Dynasty was not yet perfect (this was only perfected in the Kangxi Dynasty), so she didn't bring a lot of internal affairs dog slaves, and she married alone.

And Wu Yingxiong was already a well-educated young prince at that time, and there were a bunch of retainers around him to help with advice, so it was not like playing with her as a country girl?

Therefore, Wu Yingxiong is "a godfather first, then a teacher, and finally a husband", and the whole "cultivation". And Jianning was also trained by Wu Yingxiong to be obedient and obedient.

And the reason why Jianning is anxious about her husband's late return, and also blames Wu Shifan, is because this is Chang'an, and his father-in-law is the founding emperor of a dynasty that has the capital of Chang'an, and he is old and lacks energy, so he can't control his sons. And her husband is a big prince who can't fight, and there is a second prince who is very capable of fighting, and he is also named the king of Qin!

With this combination coming together, can Princess Jianning not be in a hurry?

And Wu Shifan didn't know how to look at Wu Yingxiong a little, why did he come back alone? He wasn't afraid that his father would be ambushed when he passed by a gate?

"Mother, don't worry, my dad will be fine. Grandpa is still in control of the situation. Wu Shifan hurriedly comforted Princess Jianning and said, "Besides, our family's world is not stable yet, and it is not yet time for brothers to fight." ”

Princess Jianning shook her head and said, "What does the emperor's family care about whether the world is stable or not?" Don't you see that the Qing Dynasty has already lost two-thirds of the world, and they are still fratricidal! ”

"Mother, you're too worried." Wu Shifan said with a smile, "The Prince's Mansion and the Qin Prince's Mansion don't have a few soldiers in Chang'an City, and the defense of Chang'an is firmly in the hands of the emperor's personal soldiers. Neither our family nor the second uncle's family is capable of launching a Xuanwumen change. As he spoke, his brows suddenly furrowed, "Actually, Grandpa Huang called me and my father here today for Xiaogang's marriage." ”

"Little Gang's marriage?" Princess Jianning was stunned, "Xiao Gang has long been Li Zhongshan's concubine, and she has not been repatriated, how can she still marry?" ”

"Mother, what you said is the rules of ordinary people, our family is the emperor's family!" Wu Shifan said, "Xiao Gang has already sealed Princess Jiading."

Princess Jianning shook her head: "But Li Zhongshan is not an ordinary person!" He was the general of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also crowned the king of England. And the Ming Emperor is a puppet, and the general Lu Shangshu has real power.

And there are also proverbs in the world about the eighteen sons of the world! It can be seen that Li Zhongshan is very likely to be the emperor, and when the time comes, Xiao Gang will be the concubine, if Xiao Su has anything in case, she will be the queen! Even if he doesn't become the emperor, Xiao Gang can also be used as a concubine as a substitute for Xiao Su. If anything, just in case"

"Mother!" Wu Shifan was speechless, "There won't be anything in case, just rest assured!" ”

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, after Zhu Quanzhong moved Tang Zhaozong to Luoyang, Xuanwu Gate was demolished because of the Youguo Army's festival to make Han Jian shrink the construction of Chang'an

"Second brother! What about me? ”

As soon as Wu Shifan's words fell, the voice of his sister-in-law Wu Xiaogang came in from outside a side door. Then I saw a beautiful girl who had grown up and could be described as charming and charming, and walked into the three halls of the prince's mansion.

It turned out that Wu Xiaogang had been eavesdropping outside the door just now - she was also worried!

I was worried about Xuanwumen, and I was worried that I would be married to Li Jiqing, and I heard that Li Jiqing's mother-in-law, Kong Sizhen, had sent someone to Chang'an to propose marriage!

"Ling" Wu Shifan sighed, "Hurry up and pack your things, let's leave tonight!" ”

"What?"

"Leaving tonight?"

Princess Jianning and Wu Xiaogang were both taken aback.

Wu Shifan said: "Xiao Gang, you are now the princess of Jiading of the Great Zhou after all. Go clean up! While grandpa hasn't finally made up his mind, as long as you return to Li Zhongshan, grandpa can only admit it. I came back early just to take you out of Chang'an! ”

Princess Jianning frowned, and also urged: "Go quickly, go quickly. Xiao Gang, you are already Li Shikai's person, but you can't have two hearts just because Li Jiqing is handsome! ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Gang nodded firmly, turned around and went out of Santang to pack up in his yard.

Princess Jianning sighed and said in a complaining tone: "The old man is stirring up trouble!" He felt that it was not good for Xiao Gang to be Li Yat-sen's concubine, and he found a general's tiger in the country to marry, how could he marry her to Li Yat-sen's younger brother? And the Li family's infighting is really going to rise, how can Li Jiqing be Li Zhongshan's opponent? When the time comes, Xiao Gang will snatch it up for two men, what will it become? ”

"Yes, yes, Xiao Cheng is not that kind of woman!" Wu Shifan nodded again and again, "She would rather die than marry Li Jiqing!" ”

When Wu Shifan secretly left Chang'an City with Wu Xiaogang and went straight to his station Nanyang (he was the governor of Henan in the Great Zhou Dynasty), his father Wu Yingxiong had already returned to the palace, and was drinking with the envoys sent by Li Fuchen and Kong Sizhen, and the envoy of the Daming Gui Navy, the envoy of the Ming Gui Navy, Zuo Sima Fu Honglie!

Fu Honglie is Kong Sizhen's confidant, but he also secretly came to Chang'an as the secret envoy of Li Fuchen, the king of the south, to congratulate Wu Sangui - Wu Sangui was a rebellion for the Ming Dynasty, although no one in the Ming Dynasty cared, but it was impossible to send Daohe in the name of the imperial court or the General's Mansion and Shangshu Province. However, four of the five kings of the Ming Dynasty, including Li Fuchen, the king of the south, Li Zhongshan, the king of Ying, Zheng Jing, the king of the wings, and Liu Jinzhong, the king of the north, actually sent envoys to congratulate Wu Sangui, and only the loyal king Li Laishun did not send anyone to congratulate Wu Sangui.

At this time, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wu Sangui seemed to be slightly drunk, suddenly put down the wine glass, and said to Fu Honglie with a smile: "Fu Sima, Sigege's son Li Jieshuai hasn't married a wife yet, right?" ”

Fu Honglie actually didn't propose to Wu Xiaogang for Li Jiqing - Wu Xiaogang was the princess of Jiading in Dazhou, but he was the side room of the general in Daming! And although Li Jiqing is the envoy of the Gui Navy, he is also a subordinate of the general. No matter how much he likes Wu Xiaogang, he can't propose to his boss's little wife!

Even if he was a young man who was dizzy, Kong Sizhen was not so confused.

Moreover, after Li Zhongshan was crowned King of England and became a general, he had given up the struggle for the succession to the throne of the Southern King, so Li Jizhen was Li Jiqing's real opponent, and the army passed on to his son by Kong Sizhen was in Guangxi, and it was enough to compete with Li Jizhen, and if you wanted to fight for the position of general, you had to fight all the way from Guangxi to Nanjing! If you have that ability, what kind of general can you be, then you have to be a "heavenly king"!

So Fu Honglie didn't think much about it, so he shook his head and said, "Not yet, Sigege is looking for a young master, but he hasn't found a suitable one yet." Your Majesty, do you have any candidates? ”

It is absolutely not difficult for Li Jiqing to find a wife, it is young and golden, and he is a domineering president!

Therefore, such a person's requirements must also be high, Li Fuchen and Kong Sizhen now want to find him a wife from the Yiwang Mansion or the North Wangfu, or Zhu Cijiong's daughters.

Of course, Wu Guogui and Wu Yingqi's daughter is also the best choice. Especially Wu Guogui's daughter, that is, Wu Xiaosu's sister-in-law.

Because Wu Xiaosu's status in Li Zhongshan's family is extremely high - she is not only very imposing, but also eight-sided Guanyin, not only beautiful, but also extremely atmospheric, looking like the housewife!

And she still "brought money into the door", Wu Shijue gave Li Zhongshan three young generals and dozens of veterans at that time. These three young generals are He Tianran, Wang Leiyong, and Yu Haitao, and now they are all senior generals at the general level. Among the 30 veterans, there are also many adjutant generals and staff generals.

In addition, He Tianran once played the role of Aobai for a period of time, so he also brought a "Wenzhou Gang" with Xiangdao as the base camp.

Therefore, if Li Jiqing marries Wu Xiaosu's sister-in-law, then even if he can't defeat Li Jizhen, it will not be a big problem to be the king of Guangxi in the future.

Wu Sangui asked Fu Honglie with a smile: "How is Princess Jiading?" ”

"Jiading. Princess? Fu Honglie was stunned for a moment, and thought: It's broken, you want to sow discord!

Isn't Princess Jiading Wu Xiaogang?

Li Jiqing is going to marry her, where does Li Yat-sen's face go? He is a big general, and the side room was robbed by his brother to be his wife, does he not want to lose face?

However, he didn't dare to refuse in person, because he didn't have the qualifications!

Wu Sangui wants to marry his granddaughter, and he is also the princess's young master to Fu Honglie, why did Fu Honglie refuse to be a slave? If you want to refuse politely, you have to come forward with Kong Sizhen. Otherwise, Wu Sangui's old face will be gone?

You really annoyed this old thief, and it would be light to kill him with a knife.

Fu Honglie thought about it, and could only reply: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister really can't be the master of this matter, and he has to ask the head of the family and the general." ”

Wu Yingxiong said with a smile: "Fu Sima, just ask King Nan and Sigege for this matter, why do you need to ask the general again?" On the general's side, there will be a little man to say. ”

His words sounded ambiguous. It seems that Wu Xiaosu came forward to ask Li Zhongshan to send Wu Xiaogang back.

Once Wu Xiaogang is repatriated, it will be a body to be married, and Li Jiqing will have no problem marrying her again. Li Er doesn't want a woman, still don't let Li San pick it up as a treasure?

"Of course it couldn't be better!" Fu Honglie said with a smile, "As long as the general agrees, Sigege and the young master can't ask for it." But the general's side."

Wu Yingxiong said: "Shang Shuying defected to Chang'an a few days ago. This condition should be enough, right? ”

"That's enough!" Fu Honglie nodded.

He felt that it was enough, and Shang Shuying launched a surprise attack on the Mochou Lake Mansion in the Nanjing Change, and almost turned the tables. Afterwards, Liu Jinzhong, the king of the north, announced that he would divorce his wife, and the general's mansion offered a reward of 100,000 taels to arrest her!

However, Shang Shuying has now fled to Chang'an, and the reward of 100,000 taels of silver can no longer catch her. On the condition of repatriating Wu Xiaogang, it should still be possible to exchange Shang Shuying for returning to Nanjing to be executed by Ling Chi.

Of course, if Li Zhongshan disagrees, then Fu Honglie doesn't seem to be responsible.

Wu Sangui smiled: "That's it!" Fu Sima, you hurry back and discuss with King Li Nan, Sigege, and General Li! ”

Zhongjian Fort near Dagukou in Tianjin is a fort built by Yang Qilong for the Yang family in Tianjin, and the name of Yang Zhong and Yang Jian, who is said to be his ancestors, symbolizes Yang's loyalty to the Qing Dynasty as solid as a rock!

Or maybe it is. Yang Jian's loyalty!

Yang Qilong, who was as loyal as Yang Jian, did not stay in Beijing during this time, but was stationed at Zhongjian Fort, while dealing with commercial disputes with Korea, Japan, and the West; While waiting for the armaments to be delivered from the south.

Yang Qilong has been in charge of the Tianjin Customs Road over the years, and the Tianjin Customs Road is not a simple customs, but an institution with the dual functions of customs and licensed trading companies - this year, everyone's perception of customs money collection is different from that of later generations, we don't think that the customs can only set up cards at the port to collect taxes, and you can also take the initiative to go to the sea to block the road to collect fees, and you can even go to the territory of the subject country or colony to collect where to collect it?

Because the Korean state is a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, in Yang Qilong's view, North Korea should not have an independent customs, but should be used by him, the Tianjin customs channel, to help the Korean king collect customs duties.

Of course, the tariffs collected still have to be split fifty-fifty. The regent palace takes five, and the Jinhaiguan Road (Yamen, Minister of Beiyang Commerce) takes five!

However, the monarchs and ministers of the Joseon Kingdom actually expressed their dissatisfaction with this fair and reasonable method of dividing accounts! They say that the Korean state should also be divided!

This is really a big joke in the world, how can the tax payer share the money with the tax collector? This is not in line with international practice! The Ming Dynasty also took the port of Hoi An in Annam, and also garrisoned there to collect customs duties, and the customs duties received were divided between Li Fuchen and Li Jizhen and Li Jiqing, and there was nothing to do with Annam!

In addition, the Dutch red-haired country also set up a customs office on the island of Java, and the money received was also taken by the Dutch red-haired country, and not a single copper was given to the Javanese.

Also, the Great Asbania (Spain) also opened many customs in the New World, and collected taxes on gold and silver mines there, and the gold and silver received every year were also shipped back to the Great Asbania mainland. Even if it is robbed by the English pirates, they will not leave one or two for the natives of the New World!

Therefore, in response to the unreasonable troubles of the monarchs and ministers of the Korean State, Yang Qilong had no choice but to send Shi Lang to take the Beiyang Navy Master to reason!

Under the patient persuasion of the amiable Shi Lang, the king of Joseon understood the reason, but the general of the Japanese country next door to Korea was not obedient and did not collect taxes on the land of Japan, but he opposed the Qing Dynasty collecting taxes from Japanese merchants in Busan!

This is unreasonable!

No wonder Yang Qilong's ancestor Yang Guang wanted to crusade against Japan.

However, Yang Qilong can't make a move now, and he still has to help Fuquan fight the civil war now!

And then there are the Westerners. They expressed their dissatisfaction with the tariff rates imposed by the Tianjin Customs Road at Tianjin, Huangdao (Shandong), Lushun, Haizhou (North Korea), Busan, Aihui and other ports, did not want to pay money, and threatened the Qing Dynasty with what Wu Sangui and Daming supported!

It's unreasonable!

If it weren't for the sake of silver, Yang Qilong would have wanted to cut off the trade with these red and yellow hairs!

They still want to support Daming, don't they know how bad Li Datou is? If Li Datou frees his hands, these strange humans with the wrong hair color will have to get out of Nanyang Girl, except for the Maybe!

When Yang Qilong was thinking wildly, he suddenly remembered a rush of footsteps outside his study, and then the voice of Rotony, a foreign devil minion: "Here, here the minister, they are here!" ”

Yang Qilong looked up and saw that Rotony had already pushed the door in, with an excited face.

"What's coming?"

"Arms, arms are coming!" Rotony said, "A whole shipload of munitions has been docked, loaded with flintlock pistols and bronze cannons, enough for us to arm an army of 10,000 men!" ”

(End of chapter)