Chapter 193

In Wenfu, the lights are dim in the middle of the night, and the cold wind is howling. There were snowflakes floating outside the window, a layer of light snow inside and outside the courtyard, and deep and shallow tracks on the bluestone slabs, as if they were a few understrokes on plain white rice paper.

Wen Tiren sat frowning under the lamp, and across from him was Hou Sui, the secretary of the household department of the dynasty, and on the desk in front of the two, there was an excerpt, which was the "Changping Army Training Draft" drafted by Hou Sui.

The draft is not much, that is, about thirty or fifty articles, and a dozen pages were written.

This draft has been on Wen Tiren's desk for several hours, from the beginning of the afternoon to the present, he has been reading it over and over again, eager to pick out every word and eat it, his brows are tightened more and more, and he has not squeaked for a long time.

Hou Sui didn't speak, drinking tea lightly, and the little guy who was waiting next to him barely opened his eyes, and he was also a little drowsy.

"Lord Wen, that martial artist!"

The martial artist in Hou Sui's mouth refers specifically to Cheng Shijie.

Wen Tiren nodded and said, "It's uncontrollable!" ”

Originally, he wanted to use a brainless Zhang Jin, but the problem was that Zhang Yan, the queen, was not a brainless person, and she told Emperor Chongzhen about Zhang Jin drugging her and making her stunned.

The so-called half-truth, that is, this medicine was given to her by Zhang Jin, and she was defenseless and drank it. Zhang Jin saw that Zhang Yan's sister was not good-looking, and wanted to find a doctor to prescribe a prescription for Zhang Yan to make up for his nerves.

Zhang Jin told his fox friend about this after drinking, and the governor of the Tongzheng Department was Meng Zhihe, who claimed to know a miracle doctor and would definitely cure the disease.

So, Zhang Jin did not suspect Meng Zhihe, so he prescribed a prescription to grab medicine according to the divine doctor found by Meng Zhiqiang, and gave Zhang Yan to take it, and then, the divine doctor asked Zhang Jin to send Empress Zhang to the fragrant room of Miaoying Temple to rest, and then instructed Empress Zhang's entourage to bathe and change clothes to show the piety of the gods and Buddhas.

I never thought that when Empress Zhang Yan's entourage was bathing in Miaoying Temple, their clothes would disappear, and they didn't know what happened next.

Emperor Chongzhen never doubted Zhang Yan's words, so he ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang Wang Zhixin to jointly handle the case, Wang Zhixin took the first step and arrested Meng Zhihe, the governor of the General Administration Department, under some torture, he couldn't answer who the so-called miracle doctor was, as a result, Wen Tiren learned that Meng Zhihe was arrested, so he could only temporarily cut off contact with Meng Zhihe.

In this way, Meng Zhihe was killed in the East Factory, and the clues were broken.

Jin Yiwei couldn't find out what was going on, so he had to stop at this time.

Of course, Zhang Jin, a fool, was sent to study in Guozijian, and he went to Nanjing Guozijian, and it is estimated that he will not want to return to the capital in this life, and Tai Kangbo was fined 40,000 taels of silver.

The crux of the problem is that Wen Tiren's desire to deal with Cheng Shijie with this has failed.

Hou Sui smiled faintly: "Today, half a lifetime of loneliness, the most important family, once that martial artist marries Jinshang, if he doesn't rebel, no one can move him." His official will only get bigger and bigger, and if he doesn't get it right, he will ride on your head and me! ”

At this point, Hou Sui's vision is still very unique. Although Emperor Chongzhen's father Zhu Changluo gave birth to seven sons and ten daughters, the problem is that five of these seven sons died young, and seven of the ten daughters died young, and Emperor Chongzhen now has no brothers, and there are only three sisters left.

So, in this case, he is not like other emperors, who do not think of brotherhood.

As Hou Sui analyzed, Emperor Chongzhen does not have the slightest intention of dealing with Cheng Shijie now, but trusts him very much, you must know that from the current authority, Cheng Shijie controls the entire Liaodong in name, but his future authority is definitely not limited to Liaodong.

Now Emperor Chongzhen has posthumously named Cheng Shijie's "biological father" Cheng Yongxing as the crown prince Taibao, the secretary of the military department, and the governor of the five armies.

Cheng Yongxing's wife, Li, posthumously presented a lady of a country.

Cheng Shijie's wife, Xiang, gave him a wife.

Cheng Shijie's eldest son, Cheng Jialong, is a hereditary brocade guard.

These things are also Emperor Chongzhen's attitude, showing his trust in Cheng Shijie and Cheng Shijie's status in Emperor Chongzhen's heart.

At least for a long time in the future, Cheng Shijie's position is something they can't shake.

Cheng Shijie married Princess Zhu Weiyuan of Le'an, which is equivalent to adding a talisman to his body.

Wen Tiren pointed to this herb and said with a smile: "Dazhen, you herb, you must have been prepared!" ”

"Since the defeat of Linghe, Guan Ningjun Ancestor Dashou has stopped listening to greetings, this vicious dog, if he wants to devour the master, he can't stay, but he refuses to move the nest, it's inconvenient to start!"

Hou Sui's analysis is very in place, in history, Zu Dashou found that he was pitted during the battle of Daling River, and from then on, his relationship with the court was that he was in harmony with each other, until he surrendered to Jiannu.

Hou Sui continued: "Now the only way for us is to have an army in our hands!" ”

"Lu Jiandou's Tianxiong Army ......"

"Lu Jiandou is not of the same mind as us after all!"

Hou Sui smiled bitterly: "Lu Jiandou has changed, he betrayed our fellow Shilin!" ”

Wen Tiren naturally understood what Hou Sui meant, but the problem was that he didn't want to make a wedding dress for Hou Sui, everyone knew that Zuo Liangyu was Hou Sui's disciple, and he also knew that the Changping Army had almost become Hou Sui's private army, with Zuo Liangyu commanding 8,000 Changping Army, for now, it was not a climate, but the problem was that Hou Sui wanted to strengthen the Changping Army.

Wen Tiren hesitated and did not express his position directly.

Hou Sui continued: "Lord Wen, I have already inquired, what that martial artist relies on is nothing more than muskets and artillery, Ning Navy's artillery has a fast rate of fire and great power, and the current Staff Bureau is no longer able to imitate it, so the only way to buy artillery from that martial artist is now short of money, it is better to buy thirty-six artillery pieces from his hands, establish the Changping Army Artillery Battalion, and then buy four thousand guns to establish the Changping Army Divine Fire Battalion!" ”

"How much does it cost?"

"After doing the math, it's less than two million taels of silver!"

"Where did the two million taels of silver come from? Is Tobe rich? ”

"No, but you can move it from Liao's salary!"

Hou Sui smiled and said: "Transferring the Changping Army to Guangning Houtunwei, isn't it solved in this way?" ”

Hou Sui's idea is very good, now that Jiannu was beaten by Cheng Shijie and can't take care of himself, the original Ningjin front line has now become the safest place.

Transferring Zuo Liangyu to Guangning Houtun Guard and garrisoning the west bank of the Liao River, he can not only embezzle Liao salary openly, but also give the disobedient Zu Dashou a little color, and most importantly, the bigwigs in the court did not have any losses.

Wen Tiren sighed slightly: "I'm afraid that martial artist won't sell!" ”

"There's nothing you won't sell, as long as the price is right!"

Wen Tiren shook his head and said, "Let's discuss this matter again!" ”

The subtext of "reconsideration" is that this Shoufu does not agree.

Hou Sui is also a big man in the court now, Wen Tiren disagrees, he also knows that this matter is difficult to support by himself, but as the head of the household, he has the money bag of the Ming Dynasty, and he has a way.

If you can't do it clearly, then do it secretly, didn't Emperor Chongzhen want to transfer fifteen guards to Liaodong? Directly ordered the Henan Metropolitan Division and the Shandong Metropolitan Division to sell what these fifteen guards could sell.

Although the guards are poor, no matter how poor the guards are, there are tens of thousands of acres or hundreds of thousands of acres of military fields, and as soon as these guards are moved, the military fields will become the biggest piece of fat in the commanders and envoys, and there are many people who want to eat it, but if they want to eat it in their mouths and not give it any benefits, it is absolutely impossible.

Under Hou Sui's operation, these fifteen Wei eight independent thousand households sold a total of more than 350,000 taels of silver.

……

"Wait!"

Cheng Shijie's wedding is imminent, he is idle, but Sun Chengzong is too busy, just when Zheng Qi reported to Cheng Shijie about the gifts of various bigwigs in the court, he suddenly heard Hou Sui's name.

Cheng Shijie asked: "How many gifts did Hou Sui give to Ben Shuai?" ”

"600 acres of fertile land, 600 cattle and 600 good horses!"

Cheng Shijie's brows furrowed, this gift is too heavy, and he has no dealings with Hou Sui, which is beyond the scope of etiquette.

If it is placed in the Hereafter, it will definitely be sentenced.

Although the Ming Dynasty was too loose, the problem was that Cheng Shijie really didn't want to have any personal relations with Hou Sui.

Sun Chengzong walked over, looked at the gift list, and said with a faint smile: "Beiping, I'm not used to it, right?" ”

"Yes! Students really don't want to owe them so much favor! ”

"These favors, I'm afraid you don't owe it."

"Why?"

"Ling defeated Jiannu this time, and used artillery to blow Jiannu to pieces, what a brilliant record of this kind of achievement, how can the soldiers and leaders of the whole world not be moved? They are trying their best to win you over and give you money, just to buy this cannon from you, because this kind of artillery can't be made by the staff, and their only way is to buy it from you! ”

Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "If you agree, they will get powerful cannons, and the combat effectiveness of the army will also skyrocket, and you will get a large amount of much-needed money, and everyone will be happy; If you don't agree, you are their enemy, and they will definitely do their best to hold you back, so the weapon of the country is only in your hands, how can Your Majesty sleep well? ”

Cheng Shijie nodded, he knew very well that the so-called three people became tigers, and everyone was golden, and Emperor Chongzhen's ears may not be so hard, but I am afraid that he will think more about it when the time comes.

Imperial thought, that is, checks and balances, that is, eggs are not put in one basket.

Sun Chengzong was in a mood a little depressed: "This is the norm." Now you are the towering tree, if you can't let them stay next to you, they will definitely uproot you by any means...... Many generals who can fight well die like this, and the old man can't do anything. ”

What Sun Chengzong didn't know was that Cheng Shijie's so-called sharp artillery was actually far from the ceiling, not to mention that the technical barriers of the artillery itself were not too big, and the key to the problem was nitrocellulose.

Cheng Shijie can sell artillery, and even sell the monkey version of the three-inch gun, and only needs to replace the nitrocellulose with granular black powder, which is not difficult for the gun bureau in southern Liaoning.

In fact, this time it was not only Hou Sui who wanted to buy Cheng Shijie's cannon, but also the new trilateral governor Hong Chengchou and the new governor of the six prefectures of Beizhili, Lu Xiangsheng, also wanted to buy his artillery.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng wants to buy more things, including the crossbow machine, armor and sabers of the Ning Navy, and the quality of the Tianxiong Army's soldiers is good, but the problem is that Lu Xiangsheng does not have Cheng Shijie to operate, so the equipment of the Tianxiong Army is actually not good.

In Daming, the equipment of the Tianxiong Army is not even in the top ten, either the inferior swords and guns of the Staff Bureau, or they are cast by themselves, but the problem is that not everyone has the ability to develop weapons, Lu Xiangsheng is in the Ordnance Institute within the Tianxiong Army, and the quality of the swords, guns and armor manufactured is not as good as that of the Staff Bureau.

The fire gun, if you can't fire a few shots, it will explode, and the probability of killing the enemy is not as high as the probability of injuring yourself, which makes Lu Xiangsheng very depressed, after he heard Cheng Shijie's victory, he rummaged through all the information, and did not find that Ning Haijun's musket was blown up, not a single one, and the artillery was not exploded.

Lu Xiangsheng's requirements are a bit low, as long as he doesn't blow up the bore, for him, it is a good gun, as long as it doesn't blow up the gun, it is also a good artillery.

Cheng Shijie was very happy to find that so many people wanted to buy their own equipment, you must know that many of his factories are actually people's livelihood factories, and it is impossible for him to make huge profits.

For example, in coal mines, the briquettes produced need to be cheaper than dry firewood, and the price of firewood in the Ming Dynasty was not fixed, roughly one hundred catties of a bundle of dry firewood, which was equivalent to the price of a bucket of rice.

If the price of rice is five yuan of silver, then a bundle of firewood is worth between fifty and one hundred yuan, in fact, like the current time period, when the ice and snow cover the mountains and the heavy snow, the price of firewood is slightly higher, and it will reach about 150 yuan.

However, the price of briquettes is one and a half catties, which is only worth a penny, and even if a coal mine mines 600,000 catties a day, it can only sell for more than 100 taels of silver.

Among the more than 100 taels of silver, there are also miners' wages, eating, drinking, and lazing, in fact, not even a tenth, a coal mine with a daily output of 600,000 catties of coal can earn 20 or 30 taels of silver a day.

But weapons and equipment are different, this is a lucrative profiteering industry.

After discovering that many people wanted to buy Cheng Shijie's weapons and equipment, he decided to open a weapons exhibition in Cheng's mansion, and soon the martial artists and governor-level officials who came to give gifts to Cheng Shijie received an invitation letter.

This includes Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, who is Cheng Shijie's immediate boss.

Sun Yuanhua took the invitation letter, only to see that it was simply written: "Your Excellency, Prince Shaobao, Haiguo Gong, Governor of Liaodong, General of the Conquest and Capture of the Left, Cheng Shijie, Chief of the Ning Navy, will hold the Ning Navy Equipment Exhibition in the Haiguo Mansion of Daxing County on the XX day, please come at the time!" ”

At first, Cheng Shijie considered holding it directly in the capital, but the problem is that the capital is very inconvenient, such as crossbow machines and artillery are prohibited items, you must know that you can directly bombard the Forbidden City by setting up a cannon at Dongzhi Gate, even if it is a Franco machine artillery, it can also hit most of the Forbidden City.

The consequences are too serious for anyone to dare to do.

In desperation, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to place this equipment exhibition in his Haiguo Mansion in Daxing County, which was big enough anyway, and it could be fired directly at home.

The Haiguo Mansion is surrounded by Cheng Shijie's land, and now there are no crops in the field, so you can bomb it casually, and you should cultivate the land in advance.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the staff beside him and said, "Has the wedding date of Hai Guogong changed?" ”

Xu Dacheng shook his head and said, "As far as the students know, there is no rescheduling!" ”

Sun Yuanhua said puzzledly: "Isn't this the day he gets married?" ”

"This ...... Students don't know! ”

When Cheng Shijie sent out the invitation letter, he found out that he had made a big oolong, but the problem is, the invitation letter has been issued, how can he open this equipment exhibition without presiding over it?

Sun Chengzong smiled: "Let Yongyan go!" ”

"That's all there is to it!"

Cheng Shijie's marriage, in fact, is the same process as ordinary folk marriage, and it also requires six rites, including surrender, reunion, and return.

These three ceremonies, to put it simply, are to get married, to join is to be a cave house, and to return to Ning is commonly known as the return door.

The day before the surrender, the officials of Zongzheng Mansion led the Luan Yixiao to carry the princess's dowry to the horse's house, and the horse had to lead the people to kneel three times and bow nine times outside the Qianqing Gate to greet him. After the dowry is delivered, the lady in charge of the Zongzheng Mansion is responsible for the furnishings.

Along with the dowry, there was also a "trial marriage maid",

Princess Le'an was a little special, in order to avoid accidents, she canceled this procedure, because she had one request, and Queen Zhou, the imperial sister-in-law, did not object.

When other princesses get married, they will cry profusely, and their eyes will swell into peaches, but Princess Zhu Weiyuan of Le'an is not, she wants to laugh.

can finally escape from this cage, for her, as long as she can get married, no matter how hard and difficult those days are, she will not want to go to prison in the Forbidden City.

Since Zhu Weiyuan was born, she has stayed in the Forbidden City and has never gone out, she is very eager to see the outside world.

Since Cheng Shijie went to work in southern Liaoning, and after returning to Ningning after marriage, she will go to southern Liaoning with Cheng Shijie, so she is in a very good mood.

Gu Ziyi smiled: "Princess, I'm afraid this is not good?" ”

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Weiyuan smiled disappreciatively: "Why are you crying on a happy day?" ”

Concubine Li Kang cried and cried, she choked up: "My son, if you surrender, what should I do if I am bullied?" ”

"Oh, don't pretend, it's always been you who bully others, how can anyone bully you!"

Concubine Li Kang smiled: "Don't let people make jokes!" ”

"Hehe......"

Zhu Weiyuan smiled faintly: "I can finally leave this ghost place!" ”

"Be careful!"

"This is a hellish place!"

Concubine Li Kang reached out and hugged Zhu Weiyuan and pulled her into her arms, but Zhu Weiyuan had grown up, although her height was not as tall as that of later women, but she was half a head taller than Concubine Li Kang.

"It's not that simple!"

Concubine Li Kang lowered her voice and said: "Liaodong is thriving, if you are well, your mother will be more comfortable in the capital!" You have to remember ......"

Zhu Weiyuan said with some puzzlement: "What do you remember?" ”

Concubine Li Kang said: "The people around you, except for Gu Ziyi, the girl, everyone else is the emperor's people, they have bad intentions, you go to southern Liaoning, find an opportunity to kill them all, or send them far away!" ”

Zhu Weiyuan was stunned: "This ...... Why is that? ”

Concubine Li Kang said solemnly: "If you marry into the Cheng family, you are the Cheng family, you don't owe anything to the Zhu family, remember, everything is important to the Cheng family, otherwise, once something goes wrong, you will be the first to suffer, not someone else!" ”

Concubine Li Kang understands that Zhu Weiyuan is a tool used to entrap Cheng Shijie, but who is willing to be a tool?

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, Cheng Shijie can feed tens of thousands of troops, and two more palace ladies and eunuchs are not a big problem.

But this matter, in the eyes of Concubine Li Kang, that is, Emperor Chongzhen was not worried about Cheng Shijie, and let more than 2,000 eunuchs and palace ladies marry into the Cheng family, isn't this trying to set up Cheng Shijie?

Cheng Shijie, as the commander of the first army, has the power of life and death in his hands, how can he easily let others handle it?

In this case, the most taboo is the discord between the husband and wife, if the husband and wife are not in harmony, it must be her daughter who is hurt, not Cheng Shijie, in this regard, women are always in a weak position.

Zhu Weiyuan looked entangled: "How can this ...... That's more than 2,000 people, more than 2,000 people, it's not all eyeliner! ”

"I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go!"

Concubine Li Kang's eyes burst out with a thick murderous aura: "Remember that those palace ladies must not marry the generals of the Ning Navy as wives or concubines, if anyone has strange thoughts, they must not be spared!" ”

Concubine Li Kang imparted her experience to Zhu Weiyuan.

But Zhu Weiyuan was scared a lot, her little face was so frightened that she couldn't even speak clearly.

In the Forbidden City, Cheng Shijie thanked Chongzhen.

Tea was offered to Empress Zhou and Empress Zhang.

Empress Zhang looked at Cheng Shijie and let out a long sigh.

"Cheng Qing is really a talent!"

"Thanks to the queen's praise, I dare not be ashamed!"

After a ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen took Cheng Shijie's hand and said: "Cheng Qing, sister-in-law, we will be a family in the future, a family, don't talk about two families, you give me a truth, if you destroy Jiannu, how much time will you need!" ”

Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "If before, Jiannu's strength was not damaged, and the minister dared to guarantee that within three years, Huang Taiji could be captured in front of His Majesty, but now, ...... At least five years! ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked puzzled: "The strength of Jiannu has not been damaged, why only three years, but now it takes five years?" ”

"If before, Jiannu saw that the Ning Navy dared to fight, even if they had thousands of men, they would dare to attack the tens of thousands of troops of the Ning Navy, but now, they found that their strength was far inferior to the Ning Navy, so they would retreat!"

This is Cheng Shijie's big truth, now if Cheng Shijie launches an attack on Shenyang with the whole army, and the army here is just about to set off, Shenyang's Huang Taiji will definitely run away, run to Horqin or Mobei grassland, and circle with the Ning Navy, once the Ning Navy retreats, they will make a comeback.

When Cheng Shijie explained clearly to Emperor Chongzhen the advantages of Jiannu's cavalry and the difficulties of guerrilla warfare, Emperor Chongzhen said seriously: "Five years is five years, I can afford to wait!" My eighth sister has suffered too much, treat her well in the future! ”

"The minister understands, the minister must do it!"

Emperor Chongzhen patted Cheng Shijie on the shoulder and said, "Qing does not live up to me, I live up to Qing!" ”

(End of chapter)