"At two o'clock in the afternoon, Jin Wuwei Qianhu Fu asked His Majesty Shangshu, please transfer him to the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and serve as Jilin Wei Qianhu."

"After His Majesty saw Song Shu, he promoted Fu Rang to the commander of Jilin Guard."

"Your Highness, look ......"

In the East Palace Chunhe Palace, listening to Li Quan's report, Zhu Yunwen, who was sitting behind the desk and painting, put down his brush and washed the pen and ink on his hands.

Faced with Fu Rang's matter, Zhu Yunwen was very calm:

"Jilin Wei is under his control, it is not surprising that this thing will happen, as long as Liaodong, Daning, Beiping and Shanxi are transferred to the south with the old military attachés of the Yingguo Mansion, they will have no one to rely on."

"If he goes to that place, even if he wants to go back to Beijing, he has to solve Xiyang Ha first."

"That Xiyang Ha is not so easy to solve, although he is not good at fighting, but he is good at escaping, I don't believe that they can sacrifice Xiyang Ha's head when they go to Jilin."

Wiping his hands with a silk cloth, Zhu Yunwen sat back in his place, and the two eunuchs next to him carefully took away the paintings that had dried on the table and poured tribute tea for him.

took a sip of the tribute tea, Zhu Yunwen is now proud of the spring breeze.

In just seven days, many military attaches have been transferred to the south in several capitals in the north, and Zhu Yunwen really wants to know what his good third uncle's expression is now.

"What happened to the counterinsurgency in Yunnan."

Zhu Yunwen put down the tribute tea and asked Li Quan, and Li Quan also replied: "Three days ago, the sword worshiped rotten and asked to surrender, and Wei Guogong considered Nong Zhenyou to be stubborn, so he was allowed to surrender the knife and worship rotten, and turned his troops to attack Nong Zhenyou in Guangnan. ”

"Good!" Hearing that the rebellion in Yunnan was about to be put down, Zhu Yunwen was even more proud.

When everything is going well, he no longer cares about a 'little person' like Zhu Gaoxu.

Without him looking for trouble, Zhu Gaoxu's side also made rapid progress, and with the help of Yishaha, 300 craftsmen involved in bell casting, iron smelting, mining, carpentry, and masonry were quickly found.

For them, Zhu Gaoxu also gave them a reasonable offer, only asking them to go to the Jilin shipyard for five years, giving them 20 yuan a year, and arranging for them to return south after the five-year period expired.

It can be said that this is much easier to accept than forcibly becoming a craftsman in the palace, and the three hundred craftsmen are only regarded as going out to work.

Compared to the craftsmen, it is much more difficult on the side of the guards.

The craftsmen can still return home, but the guards must move their families to Jilin.

Even though Zhu Gaochu has a very high prestige in the hundred households of Xuzi, but when it comes to the future of his family, many brothers still come to the door in groups to apologize to Zhu Gaoxu.

It was Zhu Gaoxu who thought that Wu Zhangyi, the little flag official who would accompany him to Jilin, also came to apologize, which couldn't help but make him feel a little disappointed.

By the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, there were only more than 340 people enlisted in the escort army, and there were still about 150 people short of the full strength of 500.

In this group, there are about 320 people, all of whom are other people in Beijing and 11 guards.

Since more than 200 of them are single, there are not many phenomena of dragging their families, but this is also expected by Zhu Gaoxu, after all, people with families are the most difficult to migrate, and they are not within the scope of Zhu Gaoxu's consideration.

In the following days, Zhu Gaoxu kept waiting, not only waiting for the 500 guards to be full, but also waiting for Yang Bin to send the money, and finally waiting for the person he wanted to wait...... The word 100 household officials Wang Jian.

"Daddy!"

In the small courtyard, when a three- or four-year-old doll called "Daddy" to a man, the man holding him also reached out and pinched the doll's face.

This courtyard is very small, but it is only sixty square meters, but it is crowded with a family of six.

Due to the cloudy clouds in Nanjing in winter, there is almost no light in several houses, so the family sits in the courtyard that is only seven or eight square meters.

A grandmother in her sixties, a grandfather who is also the same age but has a broken wrist, a mother in her early fifties, a daughter-in-law who has been married for five years, and a four-year-old doll...... This is the family of 100 officials and Wang Jian.

Wang Zhang's family was busy working in the kitchen of four or five square meters, grandma and mother were each sitting next to them with a horse, busy embroidering in their hands, and the grandfather with a broken hand put his hand in his sleeve to watch Wang Zhang's busy work, waiting for lunch.

"There is not enough rice in the rice bowl, do you still have any money on you?"

Wang Zhang's voice came from the kitchen, and Wang Jian subconsciously replied: "There are still fifteen wen, I'll buy some." ”

"Don't buy it, I'm not hungry." Grandpa Wang Jian greeted, and then said to Wang Jian:

"I heard that the King of Bohai is recruiting guards, and the salary he gives is a few percent higher than that of the imperial court, you have a close relationship with him, didn't he greet you?"

"Hello, but I ......" Wang Jian was about to speak, but Wang Zhang pushed open the window and said:

"Dad, Erlang has been promoted to a hundred household officials, and now the sum of the years and everything is almost one hundred and fifty stones, and our days will be much more comfortable after the New Year's Day, what are you going to do in the north?"

Wang Zhang's mouth, Grandpa Wang Jian didn't say anything when he heard this, after all, he was crippled, his daughter-in-law didn't dislike his family, and he married in to help him for several years, so he couldn't say anything.

However, Wang Jian's grandmother instead said: "That said, but the dog baby will have to study in two years, and it will cost more than a dozen taels of silver to study for a year, and Erlang's money is not enough." ”

"If it's not enough, I'll step on the flower machine, and I have to step on it enough for him, and I won't go to that bitter cold place." Wang Zhang's family is also stubborn, but he doesn't want his father-in-law to go to the north.

She also has her own reasons, Wang Jian's grandfather Wang Shuangwu is a military household, he broke his hand on the battlefield, and his son raised a small flag officer, but he died on the battlefield within two years.

Wang Jian was young, and his fifteen-year-old brother joined the military household, attacked his father's small flag officer and military exploits, and raised a general flag.

finally survived for a few years, but before he could go home to get married, he died of illness in the place.

The Governor's Mansion saw that Wang Jian's family had been wounded and killed in battle for three generations, so they were promoted to the left guard of this forest, and Wang Jian was given an errand as the chief flag officer.

Wang Jian has survived for seven years, and now he has finally survived to the rank of 100 households, seeing that the life of the family is better, Wang Zhang's family is naturally reluctant to let him go to the north, after all, the three generations of the old Wang family are either mutilated or killed in battle, and she, as Wang Jian's insider, is naturally afraid.

Not only her, Wang Jian's mother also persuaded: "Neither your father nor your brother are courting on the battlefield, you should stay in Nanjing, the hundred household officials are also very good, maybe we will be able to do a thousand households in a few years, and we will also be big households by then." ”

"Thousand households ......" Wang Jian, who was holding the doll, smiled bitterly, he didn't want to be a thousand households, but it was not so simple to want to be a thousand households.

"It's not that simple to be a thousand households." Wang Shuangwu touched his severed hand and said:

"I know Erlang's temperament, he can't speak, he can't go through the back door, and we don't have any money at home for him to send ......"

"The position of the thousand-household official is red-eyed, and the other people are not the same, our mud-legged people have climbed from the military household to the hundred-household official in three generations, and this hundred-household official may have been hired by the King of Bohai for Erlang."

"I think the King of Bohai is very good to Erlang, and Erlang is an official of a hundred households, so if you go to Jilin, you can't be a thousand-household."

"That is, we dragged him down, otherwise we would have let him go even if we smashed the pot and sold iron, and we might be able to find a commander with the King of Bohai in a few years......"

"I don't care, I'm not allowed to go anyway!" Wang Zhangshi shouted outside the kitchen while cooking:

"Dad, you don't want to get a dog baby, if you go to Jilin, where can you go to study? Can there still be officials in Jilin? ”

Wang Zhang's words are reasonable, and Wang Shuangwu is not good to continue, but Wang Jian is caught in the middle, which is very uncomfortable.

He didn't want to follow Zhu Gaoxu to the north, but he had to take care of the family, and the doll was still young, so if he went to Jilin, he would naturally have to move his family.

The old and the young in the family can endure that hardship.

After thinking about it, he still decided not to go, although he was a little sorry for the kindness that his Highness had given him, but he couldn't help it.

"Wang Erlang is here?"

While thinking about it, Wang Jian suddenly seemed to hear the voice of his Royal Highness.

He thought he had heard it wrong, but he didn't want Lin Wuliu's voice to come from outside the door soon: "Brother Wang! Your Highness has come to see you! ”

Lin Wuliu's voice made Wang Jian hurriedly get up and open the door, and even forgot to put down the doll in his arms.

With only a few steps to go, he opened the door in a breath and saw someone behind it.

Not surprisingly, standing at the door was Zhu Gaoxu, who was dressed plainly, as well as Lin Wuliu who was following him, and the young man Wang Jian saw in the avant-garde courtyard of the government army.

Wang Jian was still stunned, but Zhu Gaoxu had already seen the situation in the courtyard from other angles.

"I booked a banquet at the restaurant at the entrance of the alley, so let's call your family to go with me."

Looking at the courtyard that could no longer be squeezed in, Zhu Gaoxu lied, not wanting to embarrass Wang Jian.

Wang Jian reacted in his voice, and wanted to make a fuss but found that he was still holding the child, so he quickly turned around and put the child on the ground in the courtyard of the house, and turned to Zhu Gaoxu: "Your Highness Chitose...... The general's family is too small to allow the three of His Highness to be admitted to the hospital. ”

Wang Jian said skillfully, obviously he often said this, but his words also made Yishuha look at Zhu Gaoxu in embarrassment.

Although Wang Jian said that there is no problem, he should be polite and polite, and for a person of Zhu Gaoxu's status, even if Wang Jian calls his family out to wait at the neighbor's house, he should invite Zhu Gaoxu in.

He talks and does things like this, and he can still be an official of a hundred households, but he is very surprised.

Unlike Yishaha, who was accustomed to court etiquette, Zhu Gaoxu smiled and waved his hand: "We came suddenly, I guess we interrupted your meal, let's go, let's go out to eat together." ”

"No... No, just bring some back a little bit. Wang Jian couldn't speak as always, but Zhu Gaoxu was used to it.

He did not continue to force Wang Jian, but turned around and motioned for Wang Jian to follow.

The four of them walked all the way back to the alley, found an ordinary restaurant on the main street of the avant-garde of the government army, and ordered a few meat and vegetarian dishes.

After ordering, Zhu Gaoxu did not forget to ask the restaurant to prepare some meals and send them to Wang Jian's house.

For his arrangement, Wang Jian was both grateful and ashamed.

He was grateful for everything Zhu Gaochu had done for him, but he was ashamed that he couldn't go north with Zhu Gaochu and couldn't help him.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't have anything to say to the avant-garde people of the government army, when he was on duty, he took them to eat and buy meat to take home, even if he was grounded in the back, he also called the brothers on duty good wine, meat and food, and always thought of ways to let them run errands, under the pretext that they would have to run errands next time, so as to leave the extra money given to the brothers on duty.

Although Wang Jian has not been on duty a few times, every time he goes to visit Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu will ask him to inquire about the news, and give him money to say that it is easy to do.

In fact, those news couldn't cost money, but when Wang Jian wanted to return the money, Zhu Gaoxu only let him keep it.

It can be said that with the help of Zhu Gaoxu, Wang Jian's family has been much more comfortable since the second half of this year.

Not only him, but most of the brothers in the 100 households have also received similar favors.

Because of this, even if they couldn't go, they still had to come to the door to apologize to Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't care.

After all, in the workplace of later generations, he is also accustomed to seeing many people with warmth and coldness, not to mention those who don't do things when they get favors, even if they get favors and stab them in the back, there are many people.

In comparison, the brothers of the hundred households are simply not too simple.

"Come, full."

At the dinner table, Lin Wuliu acted as a wine pourer, constantly pouring wine for Zhu Gaoxu, Yishiha and Wang Jian.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that Lin Wuliu was good, and he also raised his glass and said: "I am going to leave Nanjing before the Lantern Festival, and the number of times I drink with you is getting less and less, and I don't know if there will be a chance to come to Nanjing again in the future." ”

"Your family is in difficulty, you can't go north with me, I can understand, don't be upset."

"Maybe your mind will change in a few years, and if you write to me again, I won't forget you."

"Your Royal Highness......" Wang Jian was very ashamed, so he could only bury his head and keep toasting.

Zhu Gaoxu also had to sigh when he saw this, he naturally hoped that Wang Jian could go to Jilin Wei with him, after all, Wang Jian's appearance was really not like Jinyiwei, and he could rest assured of him, and he was not bad at doing things, and he managed the hundred households in an orderly manner.

It's a pity that looking at the appearance of his family, I'm afraid I can't do without him, and I can't be strong.

Letting go of his obsession, Zhu Gaoxu began to concentrate on pushing the glass on the wine table to change the lamp.

Now he is busy every day, and he only longs to leave Nanjing City as soon as possible, for fear that it will change later.

Today's banquet with Wang Jian is probably the last time to catch up.

The next time the two meet again, they don't know if they are comrades or enemies......

Accompanied by laughter, the wine jugs on the table were replaced with one pot after another, fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu explained in advance to send the food to Wang Jian's house, otherwise I am afraid they would not be able to eat hot.

Even so, after Zhu Gaoxu and the others had a good drink, the time still came to dusk.

Xing may be a tall man with a special physique, Zhu Gaoxu easily drank Wang Jian, and Lin Wuliu and Yi Shuha were also red-faced.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was worried that he would not be able to return home, specially called a carriage, put them in the carriage one by one, and first sent Lin Wuliu back to his home, and then sent Wang Jian home.

Before knocking on the door with Wang Jian, Zhu Gaoxu stuffed the money bag in his arms into Wang Jian's arms, and then knocked on his door.

Wang Jian's family waited for a long time, and hurriedly opened the door as soon as they heard a knock.

They hurriedly fought, and finally helped Wang Jian into the house in Zhu Gaoxu's comfort, Zhu Gaochu also turned around and rode back to Yulin Zuowei, took money from the house and paid the fare.

Finally settled down Yishiha, and Zhu Gaoxu heard a knock on the door.

When he opened the door, there were Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan, who had not seen him for many days, standing in front of the door.

"Your Highness, we're late!"

Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan looked at Zhu Gaochu weakly, but Zhu Gaochu was very happy after seeing them.

Since his grounding was lifted, he has not seen Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan come to the door, and he is also busy with affairs and can't get out.

Now that I finally saw the two of them, I found that the two of them had a lot darker and a lot stronger.

"Come in first, rest here tonight."

Hearing the sound of the twilight drums, Zhu Gaoxu wondered why the two came to find him so late, but he also beckoned the two to enter the courtyard and sit down.

"Your Highness, you don't know, the door of the big sect has been closed for a month, and the children of the military attaché are ahead of schedule, so we can only step up our training."

Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan followed Zhu Gaoxu into the hospital, and explained why he didn't come to Zhu Gaoxu for the first time as he walked.

However, Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly after hearing this, and took the two of them into the main hall of the main house and sat down before asking, "Have you passed the examination?" ”

"Naturally, it's over, don't embarrass you!" Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan grinned, and also explained:

"The Governor's Mansion sent a voucher to the two of me, asking Wang Xuan to return to Yunnan to serve as the Golden Tooth Wei Qianhu and work with his father in one place."

"I was awarded the Ningbo Wei Baihu, although I did not work with my father as an errand, but Ningbo Wei is also considered to be at the forefront of the war, and I may be able to make some merits."

Yang Zhan was as quick as ever and told them everything.

Zhu Gaoxu was also happy for them after hearing this, and praised them a few words before asking: "You say that the children of military attachés are ahead of schedule, but I don't know why?" ”

When he asked, Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan looked at each other, as if they were wondering why Zhu Gaoxu didn't know, but they still explained:

"It is said that the imperial court felt that the military attachés in the south had not been in war all year round, so they transferred the military attachés from the south to the north and the military attachés from the north to the south."

"The military attache from the south went to the north to experience the war, and the military attache from the north came to the south to train the military households of the southern border guard, so that the armament would not be wasted."

Yang Zhan explained everything he had learned from the Great Sect Place, but Zhu Gaoxu had a rough idea of what was going on after hearing it.

Although the so-called desertion in the south is also true, the real purpose is probably to transfer the northern generals related to Zhu Li to some guards in the south with empty troops, so that they can adjust their virtual power, so as to achieve the purpose of weakening the Jin government.

"I just don't know if this is what Lao Zhu came up with, or if Zhu Yunwen came up with it......" Zhu Gaoxu pondered.

Speaking of which, since Fu Youde's death, he has not seen Lao Zhu again, and he tries to send Yi Zhu to send the word on weekdays, but he doesn't know how Lao Zhu is doing now, and to be honest, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't want Lao Zhu to take the initiative to come to him again.

Maybe it's the shadow after Fu Youde's death last time, Zhu Gaoxu is always worried that Lao Zhu will come to him again, and the next time he dies will be Feng Sheng.

Because of this, he has never taken the initiative to go to the Song State Mansion since the ban was lifted, for fear that Feng Sheng would be implicated because of himself.

In addition to these people and things, what Zhu Gaochu doesn't want to see is Zhu Gaochi.

He didn't want to see Zhu Gaochi, not because Zhu Gaochi took the throne, but because he didn't know if Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui would be able to return to Beiping from Nanjing City as they did in history after he went to the north this time.

Personally, Zhu Gaoxu hopes that they can go back, but from the perspective of his identity and future, he prefers that the two of them die in Nanjing......

"Your Highness, you are going to Jilinwei, if I have made military merits in the future, can I transfer over?"

Yang Zhan looked at Zhu Gaochu with a blank eye, it was true that he was reluctant to leave Zhu Gaoxu, and it was also true that he wanted to follow Zhu Gaochu to make contributions.

"It is estimated that the battles in the north will not be too frequent, it is better for the two of you to be in Yunnan and the coast, if you want to establish meritorious deeds, it is easy to ......"

Zhu Gaoxu soothed: "I'm afraid Yunnan won't be peaceful in the next few years, Wang Xuan, you have to prepare with your father when you go back, after all, the Golden Tooth Guard is in charge of the gold and silver mines in Yongchang, and it is too close to Sanxuan and Six Comforts. ”

"As for Yang Zhan......" Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment before he pointed: "I said before that I would give you wealth after the end of the big competition, but now it seems that it can't." ”

"It's okay, Your Highness, I have finally got a hundred household officials." Yang Zhan responded with a smile, since Wang Xuan was forced to hand over the mine map, he no longer thought about his Royal Highness's gift.

"It's okay......" Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, and then explained:

"You are stationed in Ningbo, and it is best to find a way to follow Yang Wen to Pingwei in the future."

"Now the Japanese in Zhejiang are fleeing from the north and south, but after all, this is only the coastal Japanese in Zhejiang Province, and there are many Japanese in the north and the two Guangzhous, judging from Yang Wen's speed of leveling the Japanese, it will take at least two or three years, and you still have time to make meritorious contributions."

"Besides, even if the peace is over, I'm afraid it won't be too peaceful, the old nests of the Japanese are all in the South Seas, as long as the sailors withdraw, they will make a comeback, and the Tartars in the north will advance and retreat, and the coast will definitely be unbearable, and then the Pingwa sailors will probably be cruising in Guangzhou, Fujian and Zhejiang all year round."

"Along the coast, where you have made meritorious contributions, you don't need to go north with me to make meritorious contributions."

Zhu Gaoxu said this, but Yang Zhan also nodded, a little clear about his future.

The two of them began to analyze themselves, and Zhu Gaoxu also looked at them and didn't know what to say.

He had just returned from Wang Jian, and he naturally had mixed feelings about these brothers in the south.

At present, they can talk to themselves very happily because they are the king of Bohai County of the Ming Dynasty, the second royal highness of the Yan Mansion, and the tenth grandson of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

If one day these titles are dismantled, and they want to reappear in front of them as "anti-thieves", will they choose to help themselves, or choose to help the court to fight themselves?

He really wanted to face Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan in person and ask them if they would help him in the future, but he knew better that the things he knew could only be held in his heart and not told to anyone.

It's a suffocating feeling to be friends with them knowing that they are likely to become enemies in the future.

It seems that gradually, I also understood in advance what it means to be alone......

(End of chapter)