I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 101
Chapter 100

The main reason why Gao Qiqian, the servant, was able to be trusted in front of Emperor Chongzhen was that he was extremely courageous.Dare to use other little eunuchs to build momentum for him in front of Emperor Chongzhen, making him the eunuch who knows the best soldiers.Regardless of his claim to be a soldier, he has never fought a single battle, and he has never even seen the tragic environment of the battlefield.

However, he was able to use the veins of Emperor Chongzhen to deceive Emperor Chongzhen time and time again, and won heavy rewards time and time again.Gao Qiqian didn't take the credit from Cheng Shijie, the main reason is that Cheng Shijie gave too much.

The citrine Maitreya Buddha that Cheng Shijie gave Gao Qiqian, although it is a glass product of later generations, has a mature manufacturing process, and the whole Maitreya Buddha is round and free of impurities.Judging from a high dive, this is a rare treasure gold emerald.

Golden Jadeite is another name people have for the natural high-quality yellow jadeite. Its color is orange or honey.At a glance, it can be found that it is very bright and transparent, which is very rare.One of the characteristics of Huang Fei is that it is extremely emerald, with a translucent gloss. When you tap it, you can hear a clear and clear sound, which is also a major feature of Huang Fei.

In fact, Gao Qiqian is not particularly proficient in identifying treasures. If he is an experienced appraiser in a pawn shop, he will definitely find that this is not pure natural yellow jadeite, nor is it artificially carved.

But the problem is that Gao Qiqian has a low background. He is not an eunuch from Neishutang, but a eunuch with miscellaneous tasks. To put it simply, he is a small eunuch who works beside a king of Xin. There are not more than [-] eunuchs like this in the palace. , there are also a thousand.Emperor Tianqi died unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen became emperor unexpectedly, and Gao Qiqian was promoted because Chongzhen was repeatedly deceived by civil servants, and he was finally enlightened.

High diving is like a poor man getting rich and suddenly getting high and starting to swell.He inquired a lot about his son Cheng Shijie, for example, Cheng Shijie sold Geng Zhongming a sword and sword worth 1 taels of silver, and spent 8000 taels of silver to find Sun Yuanhua to buy an official from Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu...

Cheng Shijie, the "son" of Cheng Yongxing, a thousand households in the Fenghuangshan Defense Center, sent away his family's wealth for revenge, sold what could be sold, and bought a lot of food to feed the army.In Gao Qiqian's eyes, Cheng Shijie is a local tyrant.

Things in the hands of such local tyrants must be real, and cannot be fake.This is the main prejudice first, just like the richest man in the future, wearing a piece of clothing without a brand logo, even if it only costs a few hundred yuan, people will subconsciously think that this piece of clothing must be worth tens of thousands of yuan.

This is the impact value brought by identity.In particular, the Maitreya Buddha was a hot topic in the Ming Dynasty, because the "White Lotus Sect" was the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Should be a trophy.

More importantly, the few eunuchs around Gao Qiqian repeatedly boasted to Gao Qiqian how valuable this treasure is, saying that it has a price but no market, and ten thousand gold is hard to find, which made Gao Qiqian think that this Maitreya The Buddha Ornament is a treasure.

This was Cheng Shijie's generous gift to him when they met for the first time. Since Cheng Shijie is so smart, if he helped Cheng Shijie, wouldn't Cheng Shijie still have a big thank you?
Of course, this is just Gao Qiqian's wishful thinking.

If Cheng Shijie knew that Gao Qiqian had such an idea, he would just give Gao Qiqian a knife, or a few shots, and blast Gao Qiqian to nothing.

In any case, Gao Qiqian and Cheng Shijie are still in the honeymoon period, Gao Qiqian keeps saying good things to Cheng Shijie, of course, this good word has nothing to do with the real situation.

It's completely a novel made up by Gao Qiqian on the spur of the moment.

"...Ning's navy was so powerful that Jiannu retreated every day. The officers and men of Ning's navy speared like dragons and attacked like a tide. They rampaged all the way and successfully attacked the city of Jinzhou Weicheng."

Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly asked: "What happened later?"

"Jiannu was forced to retreat by Ning Haijun, and the slave chieftains ruled the army very strictly. If they retreated without the enemy, the whole family would be sent as slaves to armored men. This Jiannu had to fight against the city. Cheng Shijie watched Jiannu Fighting against trapped beasts, he raised his arms and shouted: "Today, if the commander-in-chief takes half a step back, everyone in Ning Haijun can kill him. Jinzhou vows not to return the army! "

The eight thousand soldiers of the Ning Navy shouted in unison: "Never retreat in a deadly battle, and never return to the army until Jinzhou is broken!" Cheng Shijie took the general Shen Mingyu on the left wing, general Zhang Yu on the right wing, and Cheng Shijie as the forward of the central army. The spearmen are in the front, the crossbowmen are in the second place, Cheng Shijie's white horse silver spear, the spear shoots out like the wind, he will die if he touches it, and he will die if he touches it.The morale of the Ning Navy was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more and more fierce. At this time, the artillery of the Ning Navy also followed up. Dozens of cannons fired together, and a shell hit the Jinzhou Weinan City Gate. The gates of the city were wide open, Jiannu was in chaos, and Ning Haijun rushed into Jinzhou Acropolis with all his might..."

Emperor Chongzhen was actually too inexperienced. Gao Qiqian’s retelling actually had many loopholes, and a lot of logic could not withstand scrutiny. In his mouth, since the landing of the Ning Navy, they have encountered slaves who were waiting for work, and the Ning Navy’s offensive was frustrated. , after Cheng Shijie killed dozens of Ninghai soldiers in a row, the defeat was stopped...

The routine of Gao Qiqian is like most of the online novels of later generations. First, when the attack is frustrated, Cheng Shijie remains calm in the face of danger, and makes the most correct decision at the critical moment. Bay Shoals, and then to Jinzhou to build slaves and divide troops into four groups to encircle Ning Haijun.

According to Gao Qiqian, the battle for Jinzhou City became three successive battles, and Ning Haijun suffered three setbacks, but under Jinzhou City, there was still an army of [-] people, and no one died...

But the problem is that Emperor Chongzhen listened with great interest, and when it came to Xing Chuan, he actually made a big fuss about the imperial case and jumped up for joy.

Seeing that Gao Qiqian was talking dry, Emperor Chongzhen quickly got up, picked up the teapot on the imperial case, and poured tea for Gao Qiqian himself...

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Jinzhou City, the mansion of General Vanguard.

Because of Sun Chengzong's promotion, Zu Dashou avoided detours for many years, and also allowed Zu Dashou, the hereditary commander of Ning Yuanwei, to jump out of the guard system and enter the Guanning Army system.And gradually became the head of the generals in western Liaoning, especially in the first year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong forward, and he was enlisted as the general of the Liao forward and stationed in Jinzhou.

With the promotion of Zu Dashou's status, the ancestor's family also ascended to heaven. Zu Dashou's brothers Zu Dale, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, his nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa and others are officers at all levels from the general army to the deputy generals, generals, and guerrillas. They are stationed in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, and Jinzhou cities.

However, after the Battle of Dalinghe, Zu Dashou fell into the mortal world, because Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, surrendered to the imperial court. Zu Dashou led his team to surrender. However, Zu Dashou was promoted instead and became Zuo Dudu (this is the military rank of the Ming Dynasty, Mao Wenlong, Man Gui and others have served successively, which is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant general in the army).

But the problem is that during the Battle of Daling River, Zu Dashou and his generals Liu Tianlu, Zhang Cunren, Zu Zerun, Zu Zehong, Cao Gongcheng, Han Daxun, Zhang Dingliao, Pei Guozhen, Chen Bangxuan, Zheng Changchun, Liu Yuying, Dou Mingde, Wu Liangfu, Gao Guanghui, Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong, Zu Zeyuan, Hu Hongxian, Zu Keyong, Zu Bangwu, Shi Dayong, Xia Desheng, Li Yizhong, Liu Liangchen, Zhang Kefan, Xiao Yongzuo, and Han Dong all surrendered and surrendered. slave.

Now Zu Dashou has lost these team members. Although he managed to escape back to Jinzhou City, the problem is that he has become empty-handed and has no power to control the Guan Ning Army. Even if he knows that Song Wei and Wu Xiang have cheated him, he He also had to promote Wu Sangui, because there was no other way, no matter how much Wu Sangui helped, he was still his nephew.

Zu Dashou is very troubled now, because Huang Taiji wrote to him again and again, asking Zu Dashou to fulfill the previous agreement and surrender Jinzhou to Dajin Kingdom.It wasn't how loyal Zu Dashou was to the Ming court. In fact, he was hollowed out just like Sun Yuanhua, the current governor of Denglai.

If he dared to surrender, Wu Sangui, a nephew, would tie up Zu Dashou and present it to the court. When Emperor Chongzhen was happy, he might really let Wu Sangui replace Zu Dashou and become the head of the generals in western Liaoning.Spokesman for the Liaoxi Jiangmen interest group.

"Report to Master Zu!"

Zu Dashou's younger brother Zu Dabi bowed to salute Zu Dashou.

"Weiji, there are no outsiders here!"

"Shuai Zu, someone from southern Liaoning is here!"

"Liaonan?"

Zu Dashou's subconscious reaction was that the life of Huanglong, the Dongjiang army, could not go on, and he wanted to ask for help through the past incense. Although Zu Dashou is now a landlord in western Liaoning, the landlord's family has no food left.

He has money and food, but no soldiers. Even if he wants to support Huanglong, he still needs to see the face of Wu Sangui, his nephew. There are less than [-] soldiers in Jinzhou, and the elite Wu family has more than [-] soldiers. , These are not the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, but the real elite who dare to fight with Jiannu and wield their knives. Regardless of the more than [-] people, as long as Wu Sangui is willing, Jinzhou City can be named Wu at any time.

"You can discuss it with your elder uncle. After all, it's a colleague's affair, as long as you can save face!"

Zu Dashou gave Zu Dabi a wink: "We must let the brothers in southern Liaoning eat and drink well!"

Of course, this is Zu Dashou's irony, but let Zu Dabi play a play and tell Liaonan that their Jinzhou is also Wang Xiaoer's New Year's Eve, and every year is not as good as every year.

Zu Dabi coughed and said, "Zu Shuai, the person here is not from Huang Shuai!"

"Isn't Huang Shuai's person? Whose person is that? Mao Chenglu? Let him go!"

Zu Dashou said angrily: "I want my commander to support him as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, but there is no way!"

"Zu Shuai, the person here is sent by Cheng Shuai, the commander of the Ning Navy!"

"Cheng Shuai?"

Zu Dashou became puzzled: "When did there be another Cheng Shuai?"

If a military officer has the opportunity, his promotion is indeed faster than that of a civilian officer. For example, Mao Wenlong was promoted from the fourth-rank governor to the commander-in-chief and left governor of Dongjiang Town.And Man Gui Zeping took advantage of the great victory in Ningyuan to be promoted from a general to the commander-in-chief of Datong Town. Zhao led the teaching, and Zu Dashou also completed his ascension to the sky in one step.

But the problem is that no matter how fast the promotion is, there must be corresponding achievements. In the great victory of Ningyuan, three chief soldiers and four deputy chief soldiers were promoted, but the great victory of Ningyuan is well known all over the world.

It doesn't matter that Cheng Shijie was unknown before, he must have a good record when he is promoted to the commander-in-chief, right?
"Zu Shuai didn't know something. Ning Haijun's original defense Cheng Shijie put down the Kong Youde Rebellion in Shandong more than a month ago. Zu Shuai didn't pay attention to this matter at that time. It was announced in the mansion newspaper!"

"Then he sent someone..."

Zu Dashou said: "Let him see you in the front hall!"

"Yes!"

Zu Dashou hurriedly sent people to the mansion to find out about Cheng Shijie, the general of the Ning Navy, but the problem was that only Cheng Shijie’s name appeared on the mansion newspaper. It was Emperor Chongzhen who canonized Cheng Shijie as the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, the governor of the left, holding Shangfang's sword, acting cheaply, and controlling Dongjiang Town.

In the Ming Dynasty, holding Shangshu Baojian, just like the Chijie in the Jin Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, was divided into four levels: Envoy Chijie, Chijie, False Festival, and False Envoy Festival, with different powers.

But the problem is that in the Ming Dynasty, holding the Shangfang sword was the patent of civil servants, and generals did not have this right. Once they held the Shangfang sword, they were local vassals just like the Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty.

In fact, the generals group in the Ming Dynasty has always been controlled, and there are only two towns. The first one is Mao Wenlong and his Dongjiang Town. There is no backstage in the court.

The military group of the generals in western Liaoning enjoys the exclusive salary of Liao in the middle of the court, with sixty-seven million taels of silver every year. The backstage is very hard, and it has almost become an unspoken rule. Everyone below the Minister of the Ministry of War endorses Guan Ningjun.

Because of money, the huge amount of three or four million taels of silver is the most stable alliance of interests. Any cabinet, any minister of the Ministry of War, can get money from it.If you don't take it, you will end up like Lu Xiangsheng and become the enemy of the bureaucratic group of civil servants.

Cheng Shijie's rise is so fast that it is dizzying for people to see. The reason for Cheng Shijie's visit is worth pondering. Zu Dashou is also thinking about this question. Is Cheng Shijie the candidate for the next supervisor?
Impossible, Wen Chen will never allow the rise of warriors, and he will never become the governor of Ji Liao, so what does he mean by sending someone here?
After thinking for a long time, Zu Dashou didn't understand. In desperation, he had no choice but to put on his armor and meet Ning Haijun's envoy.

To say that the envoy of Ning Haijun is Zhou An, the former guard of Hot Spring Town of Ning Haijun and one of the three main guards of Ning Haijun.

According to Zhou Yandong's intention, his eldest son Zhou An should be honest and wait for more than ten years, when he is old, and then take over his position.

But Zhou An didn't think so. He thought Zhou Yandong's idea was too naive. Ning Haijun had changed from the original Dengzhou Wei Zuoqianhu to the frontier army system, and the hereditary system would not work.

Especially his younger brother Zhou Ning, in less than half a year, has been promoted from a small soldier to a fifth-rank general of martial arts, and the actual post of the right capital of the Ning Navy and the left front thousand general.

Ning Haijun's guard is a private official. In fact, Zhou An's job is still a hundred households official. The general will only bring between 1000 and [-] to [-] people, but a thousand generals of the Koning Navy have jurisdiction over more than [-] people.

More importantly, Zhou Ning, the right capital secretary, has many opportunities to be promoted, and he is easy to get promoted. If he only relies on farming in Tuntian Bingzhen, has a fart chance to get promoted?Right now the weather is weird and abnormal, if it is said to be drought, it will be drought, if it is said to be flooded, it will be flooded, not to mention promotion, whether it can guarantee the official of a hundred households is a problem.

When Cheng Shijie proposed to send someone to Jinzhou, Zhou An volunteered.

In fact, this is a deadly job. Cheng Shijie has already made up his mind to cut off a piece of meat from Guan Ningjun. You must know that more than [-] captives are digging coal in the coal mine. I want meals for one tael per person.

One tael of silver is equivalent to the purchasing power of more than 700 in later generations. More than 8000 people can earn more than 8000 taels of silver a day, and more than 8 taels in ten days. Zhou Ning deliberately dawdled on the road for seven or eight hundred miles, and walked for half a month. , which is equivalent to walking fifty miles a day. In the past half month, he has created 10,000+ taels of silver for Cheng Shijie.

Of course, the risk of blackmailing Zu Dashou is extremely high, and his head will be lost if he fails to do so.

But Zhou An was smarter. He knew that Zu Dashou's son was in the hands of Cheng Shijie. If Zu Dashou dared to behead him, Cheng Shijie might be able to behead Zu Zerun.

It doesn't seem too bad to exchange my own head for the head of the eldest son Zuze Runzu.Once this is done, Zhou An can also come into Cheng Shijie's field of vision.

"Master Zu is here!"

Just as Zhou An was thinking about it, there was a burst of singing from outside the door.

Zhou An hurriedly got up and bowed: "Ning Haijun Zhou An pays homage to Marshal Zu!"

"Free gift!"

Zu Dashou was also secretly looking at Zhou An. Zhou An's military uniform was black, and he was wearing a cotton coat and black cotton shoes on his feet, but there was a strange smell.

Of course, if you don't take a bath for more than half a month, your body will definitely not smell good.

Zu Dashou said: "I don't know why your commander asked you to come to Jinzhou?"

"Zu Shuai, do you have money?"

"Bold!"

Zu Dabi glared at Zhou An and said, "You dare to act presumptuously in front of Zu Shuai, you are tired of work!"

Zhou An, however, was not afraid of the lunatic Zu Er, who had the courage of thousands of enemies, and said with a faint smile: "Zhou came to Jinzhou to make a deal with Commander Zu!"

"Trade?"

Zu Dashou shook his head and said, "I'm not interested in doing business!"

"That's such a pity!"

Zhou An got up, cupped his fists towards Zu Dashou and said, "Zhou Mou bids farewell!"

"Wait a minute!"

Although Zu Dashou was a little puzzled, he didn't want to miss anything. He didn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in Zhou An's gourd, but the problem was that, as Cheng Shijie's part, he couldn't offend too much.This is Zu Dashou's way of doing things. As long as there is no conflict of interest, he is willing to show a smile to any beggar.

"Marshal Zu changed his mind again?"

"Since it's a business, you always have to tell Ben Shuai what you want to sell, or what are you going to buy?"

"That's right, Mr. Zhou sold a group of people to Mr. Zu!"

"Seller?"

Zu Dashou shook his head and said, "Not interested!"

"Really not interested?"

Zhou An stared at Zu Dashou and smiled playfully.

Looking at Zhou An's face that deserved a beating, Zu Dabi really wanted to punch his face open.

"If I say that these people are the former subordinates of Marshal Zu, I wonder if Marshal Zu is willing to buy them back?"

"What did you say?"

Zu Dashou got up suddenly, grabbed Zhou An and said, "What did you say?"

Zhou Andao: "Marshal Zu is in a part of the old department of Daling River. There are more than 8000 people. They may die. If Marshal Zu is unwilling to buy, they will all die in the end!"

When Zu Dashou's eyes met Zu Dabi's in the air, the brothers were united, and instantly became tense.

"Come here, serve tea, serve good tea!"

Zu Dashou asked suspiciously: "Why are they in the hands of Marshal Cheng?"

"Zu Shuai's old tribe surrendered Jiannu, and Jianu rewarded these people to Azig with a white flag. My family's commander fought with Azig, and Azig was defeated. Zushuai's old tribe became We are Marshal Cheng's captive."

Zhou An said with a serious face: "Although it is said that Guan Ningjun and Ning Haijun have robes and friendship, and Marshal Zu and our Marshal Cheng are also ministers in the same palace, but the problem is that our Ning Haijun, in order to get back these Guan Ningjun's Brother, there are heavy casualties. These brothers were tortured by Jiannu. They are weak. Every day, some people will die because they can't hold on. We, Marshal Cheng, are kind-hearted. It’s a huge sum of money to buy medicine to heal wounds, only medicinal materials, and their food, our Ning Haijun is not as rich as Guan Ning Jun, our Ning Haijun is poor..."

For Zhou An's words, Zu Dashou is convinced. He doesn't know the strength of the Ning Navy, but he knows that with the strength of the Guan Ning Army, if he wants to defeat Azig with the white flag, he must mobilize at least [-] to [-] troops , with an advantage of at least six or seven times, it is only possible to barely do it with tens of thousands of casualties.

Ning Haijun defeated Jiannu's embroidered white flag and rescued more than [-] Guanning Army prisoners from Jiannu's hands. They would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and it was also for medical treatment and food. It is not too much to charge some money.

The most difficult thing about Zu Dashou is that he has no one in his hands now. If he still has eight thousand old troops, Wu Sangui would never dare to blow his hair in front of him.

The military is always a place to talk about strength, and strength is everything.

"How much do you want?"

"It's too embarrassing to withdraw money!"

Zhou An smiled smugly and said, "According to our commander-in-chief's intention, each person will have five taels of silver a day, or grain of the same price..."

Zhou An's original intention was to ask Zu Dashou to pay back the money.

But the problem is that Zu Dashou is really short of these old elites, not to mention five taels of silver per day, even if it is ten taels of silver per person per day, Zu Dashou will redeem these people even if he sells everything!
"Okay, how much silver is needed, tell me a detailed figure!"

"One person is five taels of silver per day. Based on 8000 people, one day is 4 taels of silver, and ten days is 40 taels of silver. Since the brothers of the Guan Ning Army were rescued, it has been a total of 32 days. If you count by footsteps , Zhou needs 8000 days to return, so it will be 32 days, 1208 days for 130 people, then... [-] million taels of silver, rounded up, [-] million taels of silver, no problem, right?"

"no problem!"

Zu Dashou agreed without hesitation.

Seeing Zu Dashou's appearance, Zhou An was secretly surprised.

At the same time, he also regretted that he had set the price too low, and he underestimated Zu Dashou's financial resources.

Zu Dashou served as a vanguard general for more than four years. From his father Zu Chengxun, in fact, in the fifth year of Xuande in 1430, as early as 200 years ago, Zu Dashou's ancestors, Zu Qing's family moved here, and they reproduced from generation to generation. Chao Ningyuan guards the military position and continues to improve, becoming a prominent family in Ningyuan.

Zu Dashou is the commander-in-chief, Zu Dashou's father, Zu Chengxun, and his grandfather Zu Ren is the commander-in-chief. I can also take it out.

However, Zhou An's words have already been spoken, and there is no way to change them.Originally, Cheng Shijie only planned to extract 10,000+ taels of silver from Zu Dashou, but he had already exceeded the set task.

Zhou An smiled and said: "Marshal Zu, our Ning Navy is especially short of cavalry now. I wonder if Marshal Zu can support some war horses. Of course, our Ning Navy can buy them, so we can buy them with redemption money..."

Before Zhou An could finish speaking, Zu Dashou asked, "I don't know the authority of General Zhou..."

Zu Dashou originally wanted to buy some military exploits from Cheng Shijie. He believed that as long as he had money, there was nothing he couldn’t do. There is also some face in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

Of course, he didn't say this, because time was running out.

If he defeated Azig with the white flag and took back more than [-] Ming army prisoners, he would definitely write a special letter and send the news of the victory to the capital as soon as possible.

However, although he didn't say this, Zu Dashou was willing to support Cheng Shijie, because with a strong neighbor here, Guan Ningjun's life would be much easier.

With the existence of the Ning Navy, the Guan Ning Army can easily use their strengths.The specialty of the Guan Ning Army is actually cheating teammates. They cheated the Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army. If one of the Ming Dynasty counts as one, as long as they cooperate with the Guan Ning Army, they will definitely be cheated.

"What are you talking about buying? It's too outlandish!"

Zu Dashou smiled and said: "This commander is in charge, and I will send a thousand horses to the Ning Navy!"

The normal market price of a thousand war horses is between 20 taels of silver or 30 taels of silver. Of course, in the internal channels of the Guan Ning Army, the price of these war horses is far lower than the market price, especially Huang Taiji has been crazy in recent years. Using the Mongols to make achievements, they seized too many war horses, and Jian slaves could not raise them.

Zhou An was overjoyed: "Thank you Zushuai!"

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