In terms of ruthlessness, there is no one more ruthless than Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and in terms of bad luck, there is no more unlucky than Zhu Yiling.

A prince, who traveled thousands of miles, trekked through mountains and rivers, crossed the ocean, and came to a foreign country, just because he sent a document, he was inexplicably beaten into a big horse monkey, and finally exiled to the ferry on the North Korean border, without food or drink, and lived on the streets.

Zhu Yiling still hasn't figured it out, what did she do wrong? Why did you end up where you are now?

Just because he offended people who should not be offended.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was fooled by others, in addition to throwing Zhu Yiling out of the country of Jibo, also punished Konishi Yukicho and Konishi Fei, of course, after all, it was his own cronies, and he couldn't be too heavy, and he was fined a little money.

Next, it's a declaration of war.

I've been played by someone for so long, and if I don't fight, it's hard to understand the hatred in my heart.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued an order: send troops to Korea.

The first army, Kiyomasa Kato, led 20,000 men.

The Second Army, Konishi Yukinaga, with 24,000 men.

The Third Army, Kuroda Nagamasa, led 20,000 men.

The Fourth Army, Nabeshima Ueshige, led 22,000 men.

The Fifth Army, Yoshihiro Shimazu, with 20,000 men.

The Sixth Army, Changzong and my Yuanjin, led 23,000 men.

The Seventh Army, Beesuka Housekeeping, with 21,000 men.

The Eighth Army, Maori Hidemoto, led 80,000 men.

Together with the 40,000 people in North Korea now, the total number of troops is about 400,000.

It can be said that it is pouring out of the nest, and this time Toyotomi Hideyoshi is taking his life to fight.

When Zhu Yiling was deceived by Ran Xingrang to go to Cibo Kingdom, Ran Zuo's deputy capital Yushi quietly embarked on the road back to China, but because the documents for customs clearance were on Zhu Yiling, he said that he was waiting for the news of his victory in Busan

Therefore, he is embarrassed to ask for his customs clearance documents back, because his way back to China is extremely difficult, because of the war, the major cities and passes in North Korea are very well defended, and the inspection of entry and exit is also very serious.

So, Ran Xingrang had to find a way to bring the letter back to his princess wife, so that she could find a way to save herself. Why didn't you bring a letter to the court? He didn't dare, no matter what the reason, if you escaped from the battle and sent the prince to the Cibo country alone, the crime would definitely not be light, so he wanted to sneak back to the capital first, and then think about the next retreat according to Zhu Yiling's negotiations.

Princess Shouyang, who received her husband's letter for help, probably understood that her cousin, her husband, was all cheated by Chu Fan. This time the pit is very miserable, even worse than last time, last time it was nothing more than a spanking, this time my husband was stranded abroad, and my cousin's life and death are uncertain.

But she couldn't complain to her younger brother Wanli, after all, her husband ran away, and she didn't dare to find out about it before this matter came to an end.

But she is not an idle person, Chu Fan, you dare to pit my husband, I am not done with you.

On this day, Chu Fan, who was accompanying his daughter-in-law and children, received an edict from the emperor ordering him to go to Beijing to meet him.

If the emperor wants to see him, there must be something, and he arranged for Liu Dali and Liu Erli to protect Zhang Yutong, and immediately embarked on the journey back to Beijing.

The one who should come is always coming, although he sent Zhu Yiling and Ran Xing to the second wave country and solved his crisis at that time, but in case these two did not die in the second wave country, the truth will be transmitted back to Beijing, although he has been sending people to pay attention to the movements on the border, and did not find the news that the two men came back, but at this time Wanli asked him to meet him, most likely because the North Korean side sent a message back.

It was raining heavily in the Forbidden City today, and Chu Fan trotted all the way from Duanmen, and when he arrived at the imperial study, he was soaked, but what made his heart wet was this feudal society.

"Get up, sit there."

Wanli wanted to give Chu Fan a seat, but Chu Fan didn't dare to sit down.

Still kneeling, he had a hunch that the emperor's tone today was different from before.

"Chu Fan, how do I treat you?"

"The emperor's grace is vast, and the ministers have nothing to repay."

Wanli suddenly raised his tone and said, "Then why are you framing me?" ”

"The minister doesn't understand, please make it clear to the emperor."

"What conditions did you promise Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"

A few drops of cold sweat suddenly welled up on Chu Fan's forehead, if he guessed correctly, it was most likely Zhu Yiling and they sent back the news from Zhu Yiling over there.

But at this time, the sin cannot be recognized, not to mention that you send back the news, even if you stand on the spot, I Chu Fan will not admit it, this kind of sin is death, it is better to die than to live, and I will not be killed

can recognize, pretend to be confused, and pretend to be as long as you want.

"Your Majesty, the opinions of the ministers and the court are completely unanimous, and they dare not go beyond half a sentence."

"Hmph, it will always come to light."

"The minister also looks forward to the early revelation, don't let the minister suffer this injustice."

"From now on, I will order you to go to Yingtian to serve as the Zhejiang Qing official of the Nanjing Household Department."

It is obvious that Wanli has seized Chu Fan's military power, and it is obvious that Wanli no longer trusts Chu Fan.

Nanjing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, did not stay in Nanjing after Zhu Di's rebellion was successful, but the Son of Heaven guarded the country and moved the capital to Beijing, in fact, there are several reasons, the first is that Zhu Di has lived in the north for a long time, he is used to it, not to mention the humid and hot south, and he is not used to eating and drinking. The second is that his cronies are all in the north, and his foundation is in the north, so he left the officials left by his father in Nanjing as decorations, and set up another set of people in Beijing. The third is that it is more convenient to fight with the Mongols.

Later, the main capital of the imperial court moved to Beijing, and Nanjing became the capital of the court. As an accompanying capital, from top to bottom, Nanjing did not have all the departments in Beijing except for the emperor. But just as a symbol and reserve force, most of the institutions are just decorations, at most they are in charge of some local affairs in Nanjing, basically the people who come here to serve are officials who can't get along in Beijing and are demoted, commonly known as "pension." ”。

Chu Fan was demoted, which was both accidental and inevitable. He didn't take Princess Shouyang too seriously.

In fact, in the capital, what you can see is a complete political system from the emperor to the minister and even to the Jiupin small secretary, but in fact, outside of this system, there is also a set of invisible systems that you can't see - the female dependents system.

Every official has a wife, the emperor also has it, usually the men are busy with work and entertainment, and the wives are not just at home every day to make sweaters and take care of children.

The ladies of the noble class also spontaneously formed a set of unwritten social circles, today organized a few people to come to the palace to see the queen mother and queen, and tomorrow everyone will go to Lord Zhang's mansion to enjoy the flowers and play cards.

The whole system is dependent on the male system, so the basic structure is also very similar.

The top floor, headed by the queen mother and queen, gradually radiates to the lower level, and the female dependents also give full play to the role of adhesives and courtesans, constantly communicating with the upper class for their husbands and families.

Sometimes, a man may not be happy in officialdom, but if the lady has a wide network and good popularity in the social circle of female dependents, it is likely to be another shortcut to the promotion of the princess. After all, pillow wind is one of the traditions of our Chinese nation, and many times, the role played by Mrs. is immeasurable. heart

And Chu Fan was planted in the hands of a woman this time.

Last time, Chu Fan personally created the oolong incident of Zhu Yiling and Ran Xingrang, which led to the spanking of two men in the family, and Princess Shouyang hated Chu Fan, and did things in private, using the female dependents system to carry out a round of bombing impeachment of Chu Fan, who had no backer, but he didn't expect that Chu Fan seemed to have no backer, but in fact, the backer was Mr. Wanli, so the impeachment was over.

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Later, Chu Fan fought back and sent Ran Xing Shengsheng into the tiger's mouth, at first Princess Shouyang didn't know the situation, hoping that it was an opportunity to atone for her sins and even show her ambitions, but she didn't know what was going on after receiving a letter from Xianggong, but she couldn't complain, otherwise she would expose Ran Xing's escape from the battle and harm the prince, and finally she thought of a way.

The princess, the emperor's sister and the queen mother's daughter, in terms of family status, is the mother's little padded jacket, but sometimes it is also the mother's sweat medicine. In the female dependency system, the princess basically belongs to the top, so many times, her energy is far greater than that of her husband Ran Xingrang, who is running around in officialdom.

Chu Fan fooled about the matter of Cibo Kingdom, she couldn't tell Wanli, but her mother could say it, and Empress Dowager Li didn't need to tell the emperor the source of information when she said this, Wanli couldn't ask yet, just said: "I heard."

Target. I sent you away, and even if you wronged Chu Fan afterwards, you don't have to be responsible, who made the princess's mother also the emperor's mother?

Therefore, although it is not the pillow wind, the queen mother's wind, which is stronger than the pillow wind, blew to Wanli.

In fact, when Xiaoxi Fei came, Wanli was already a little suspicious of this matter, after all, Xiaoxi Fei promised too neatly, and he didn't hesitate much, but later he saw that Xiaoxi Fei's fart was very good, and he didn't care too much about it when he was happy, he just wanted to end the war as soon as possible and protect his money bag.

Later, when he heard the Queen Mother say this, and then with Chu Fan's performance at that time, Xiao Xifei's behavior, he fused together and sorted out his thoughts, and he also had doubts about Chu Fan, why did Cibo send people to negotiate so happily, and he agreed so happily when he came? Are things going too well?

In addition, Zhu Yiling and Ran Xingrang have been gone for several months, and there is no news at all, which has to make Wanli suspicious.

Coupled with the pressure of the Queen Mother and the pressure of the Yanguan to impeach Chu Fan, Wanli thought about it again and again, and decided to seize Chu Fan's military power first, send him to Nanjing, give him a five-grade idle position, and wait for Zhu Yiling to return to his life, the truth will naturally be revealed, and when the time comes, whether Chu Fan should be killed or Chu Fan should be used, naturally there will be a conclusion.

In this way, as soon as Chu Fan arrived in Beijing, he was going to Nanjing.

The household department of Zhejiang Qing official Shilang is roughly the official who manages the industrial and commercial agriculture in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and is actually equivalent to the assistant of the squire.

The first thing Chu Fan did when he arrived in Nanjing was to buy a garden, a big house, and a very large house.

Since ancient times, there has been a habit in our country to hide wealth. The richer you are, the deeper you hide, unless you have to, you will never let others know how much money you have, because if you are exposed, you are easy to be jealous, and you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves.

And Mr. Chu Fan, for fear that others would not know that he was rich, on the first day of his arrival in Nanjing, at the reception banquet arranged by Sun Mi, the household servant, he inquired about the best gardens and houses in Nanjing.

In less than three days, he spent nearly 10,000 taels of silver to buy this big mansion.

I remember the Jia family in the dream of Red Mansions, the family is big, and a big view garden runs through the whole story, and Chu Fan's big mansion will only be bigger. There are too many rooms, so it is not a bad thing for Lao Sun Tou, Qiao Feng, Liu Dali, Liu Erli, Li Ning, etc. to bring their families over to live, and to be popular.

As for these few, don't mix up in Liaodong Iron Cavalry, Chu Fan is gone, it doesn't make much sense for them to stay there, sooner or later they will be marginalized, and it will not be possible to get the new officials to take office with three fires, so they will be lit a few of them first, plus there is a Li Rubai who is the deputy chief soldier there, sooner or later he will have to find a few of them to liquidate, so he will simply take them all away.

10,000 taels of silver flowers is still very worthwhile, the yard is carved beams and painted buildings, green trees are shady, buildings, wind pavilions, small bridges are all available, how big is the yard? From the main house to the back door, there are a total of six entrances, and it takes half a column of incense to walk.

Since you want to be high-profile, let's be high-profile to the end, buy more than 100 maids and old mothers at one time, and hire 50 housekeepers and nurses.

It seems that he has come to Nanjing to enjoy the blessings, where is it like being degraded, it is estimated that Shouyang Gong mainly saw the life of this master, and then looked at Ran Xingrang's current situation, and his hair stood up.

Ran Xingrang was trapped in Pyongyang, not far from Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, but he just couldn't come back, there was no way, there was no paperwork and he wouldn't be released. When I went out, I planned to go back and forth for more than three months, and I took two hundred taels of silver on the road, and now I have been in Pyongyang for almost half a year, and I eat and live in the post house every day, although two hundred taels of silver is also a lot, but before Zhu Yiling went on the road, Ran Xingrang, who felt guilty in his heart, stuffed Zhu Yiling with some silver, hoping that he would go early and return early, and the silver in his hand would be less than half. By the time he had lasted for five months, Lord Ran had no money.

At the beginning, people saw that he was gorgeously dressed, like a rich man and gave him credit, and then later, he didn't give credit anymore, and his clothes didn't change for a few months, Lord Ran was kicked out of the post house, lived on the streets, and asked for food everywhere for a living. It's a blessing in misfortune.

Chu Fan, who bought a big mansion, happily went to work in the household department today, but he didn't find where he should go, because no one went to work, in the Nanjing court, except for Hai Rui, who watched the gate and served in the inspection institute a few years ago, basically no one has worked well for hundreds of years. What kind of system?

Even the Lord of the Ministry of Household is drinking tea and watching a play in the teahouse, how can anyone arrange a job for you? Who can arrange an office for you?

Chu Fan, who was helpless, shook his head and went home, but it was okay, it just provided ample time for Chu Fan's next plan.

Nanjing is located in the center of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, since ancient times is a rich land, commerce, agriculture, handicrafts are very developed, is the best soil for entrepreneurship, if you miss it, is not a big loss?

In fact, compared to being a general, his greater hobby is to be a rich man and enjoy life.

Although the working atmosphere in Nanjing is very bad, the entertainment atmosphere is very strong, and the officials play cards, drink tea, listen to operas, and drink alcohol on weekdays, which is all there is to life. Every person who has been degraded has had a great dream before, but when he arrives in Nanjing, it is equivalent to having no future, so he will lie flat, and play has become the main theme of life.

Chu Fan took advantage of this rare leisure time, and under the recommendation of Sun Mi, the head of the household department, he made an appointment with officials of all sizes in Nanjing.

Soon, there was a news in the city of Nanjing - a super-rich man came to Nanjing.

"Have you heard, the new Chu Fan from the household department, my obedient, too rich, have you heard of Xingyuan? It was the largest mansion in Quanying Tianfu, which was bought by him, 10,000 taels. ”

"I heard that there are almost 200 people in the light house, and the silver bowls and silver plates used for drinking water at home."

"I've also heard that I invite people to eat every day, eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, and charter a venue on the Qinhuai River, inviting dozens of people to go together at a time, and I don't know how much money there is?"

"I heard that I opened a restaurant and several cloakshops in Beijing, and the business was so good that I couldn't queue up, and I made a lot of money."

Shen Wenlin and his three friends were sitting in the teahouse discussing this newly rich man in Nanjing, and couldn't help but sigh.

The Shen Wenlin who spoke was the seventh-generation grandson of the famous Nanjing tycoon Shen Wansan, who inherited the ancestral family business and was a famous wealthy businessman in Nanjing.

It is said that the rich are not more than three generations, but the Shen family has broken this spell, through the continuous operation of eight generations, the Shen family not only did not decline, but the business is getting better and better, basically covering all commercial fields in Nanjing, it can be said that you can not do without the Shen family in Nanjing, and all industries have the shadow of the Shen family.

The other three are not ordinary people, they are all businessmen who have business dealings with Shen Wenlin, and they can be regarded as figures with heads and faces in Ying Tianfu.

However, since they are not officials, they have not been included in the invitation by Chu Fan for the time being, and there is a slight sour taste between saying this.

Shen Wenlin stretched his neck and whispered, "I heard that he bought a large piece of land by the Qinhuai River, and I don't know what to do?" ”

Boss Liu of Liu Ji Bu Xing cocked Erlang's legs and squinted, and smiled proudly: "What are you doing?" Drive his Soho, I went to the capital once at the beginning of the year, my cousin took me to that Soho once, my obedient long east, not to mention how hot it is, you can't get in if you don't book a seat in advance, it's very fun inside. ”

Of course, it is worth being proud of having seen the world, and after saying this, Boss Liu waited for several compliments.

"Ah, you've been? Tell me about it, how is it fun? ”

Boss Liu was extremely curious when he saw a few people, and deliberately sold Guanzi: "It's too much fun, have you heard of Kaiqi?" Ever heard of red wine? Have you ever heard of hot pot? Have you ever heard of it? ”

"Don't sell it, talk about it."

"I'll tell you, this thing may be the only one in the world, and opening seven crooked is ......"

"Oh, oh, that sounds good, then when he opens a store in Nanjing, we can have fun."