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

Chapter 268
Chapter 267

Gao Jie is from Mizhi, Shaanxi Province, and he is from the same town as Li Zicheng. He is nicknamed "Fanshan Harrier".When Li Zicheng raised his troops, he was Li Zicheng's right-hand man. When he was the most powerful, he controlled one-third of Li Zicheng's troops.

Although the rogue bandits are not well equipped and their combat effectiveness is poor, the problem is that they control the lives and deaths of 4 to [-] people. This power is like an addictive poison.

Gao Jie was good at fighting and was also very handsome, but in August of the seventh year of Chongzhen, he was deprived of military power by Li Zicheng and became the commander of the Chinese army, and had contact with the Xing family who was in charge of the rear management of supplies and goods.The love between Gao Jie and the Xing family was actually facilitated by Li Zicheng.

Because Li Zicheng had doubts about this fellow countryman, he asked Mrs. Xing to supervise Gao Jie, and she was a constant supervisor. However, after such supervision and supervision, Mrs. Xing developed feelings for Gao Jie instead.

Of course, the person who brought Gao Jie and the Xing family together in the end was actually Li Zicheng himself.In the seventh year of Chongzhen, after Gao Jie was dismissed from military power, Li Zicheng began to favor Liu Zongmin, who had newly joined Li Zicheng.

In all fairness, Liu Zongmin, who was born as a blacksmith, fought bravely after following Li Zicheng, but the problem was that Liu Zongmin was extremely bloodthirsty and lustful.He once killed more than 300 women in one day, especially for the brave general, took over Gao Jie's department, and launched a purge of Gao Jie's old department. Gao Jie's old department had more than 8000 troops, and he killed more than [-] people. .

Until Liu Zongmin saw Xing Shi, he was greedy for Xing Shi's beauty, so he spoke rudely to Xing Shi, and even took advantage of his maneuvers, Xing Shi told Li Zicheng about Liu Zongmin's atrocities.But Li Zicheng wins over Liu Zongmin and makes the Xing family tolerate Liu Zongmin.

In this way, Liu Zongmin became even more unscrupulous towards the Xing family. Once Liu Zongmin came to the camp of the Chinese army to lead the military supplies, and asked Li Zicheng for Li Zhenru, the maidservant next to the Xing family.This Li Zhenru was originally the daughter of Li Qisheng, a native of Shangzhou. She was born in a scholarly family and was proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. When Li Zicheng captured Shangzhou, Li Zhenru was captured. Act as an assistant.

The Xing family treated the Li family like sisters, but Li Zi became a win over Liu Zongmin, and agreed to Liu Zongmin's request without hesitation. In Li Zhenru's small tent, they insulted Li Zhenru in every possible way.

At that time, Gao Jie happened to be in the camp, and Xing pleaded with Liu Zongmin, but Liu Zongmin didn't care, so Gao Jie taught Liu Zongmin a lesson. Gao Jie was taller than Liu Zongmin and had more combat experience. His personal guard rushed over, and the two sides fought hard.Until Li Zicheng was alarmed.

At that time, Liu Zongmin was beaten to the brim by Gao Jie, and Gao Jie was slashed twice by Liu Zongmin's personal guards. Li Zicheng deliberately contributed to the discord between Liu Zongmin and Gao Jie. Favored Liu Zongmin.

If the Xing family was not involved in this matter, then the Xing family would naturally not have any thoughts about Gao Jie, and the Xing family is not a flirtatious woman, but the problem is that Li Zicheng didn't take Xing's wife seriously at all. Brothers are like siblings, women are like clothes.

But women are always emotional. In Xing's view, Gao Jie was slashed twice by Liu Zongmin's personal guards for her sake, and Li Zicheng further reduced his authority.Xing began to feel sorry for Gao Jie.

That night, Mrs. Xing came to Gao Jie with wound medicine, but Gao Jie had already taken off his clothes. In desperation, he had no choice but to wrap himself in a quilt.

Xing wanted to see Gao Jie's injury and asked Gao Jie to remove the quilt, but Gao Jie didn't want to. Instead, he wrapped himself in the quilt like a cocoon. Xing couldn't pull it off at all, and she tried several times without success. , she immediately changed her strategy and poked Gao Jie's armpits and ribs with her fingers, which really worked wonders.

Gao Jie laughed out loud, struggled desperately, and scratched Xing's armpits, but Xing was just as ticklish as him, rolling away from laughter, and the two of them rolled onto the bed together...

What should not have happened between the two of them also happened. From then on, Gao Jie seized the opportunity to look for Mrs. Xing. After just a few days, Gao Jie couldn't lift his spirits. He shook his head and beat With a sore waist, Xing's face is radiant.

They were worried that Li Zicheng would find out about the matter, so they took advantage of Li Zicheng's defeat by Sun Yuanhua to steal Li Zicheng's belongings and traveled all the way to Liaodong.

In fact, Gao Jie didn’t regret it, he thought that there was no future for rebelling with Li Zicheng, and that Daming belonged to a thin camel that was bigger than a horse, especially Lu Xiangsheng’s Tianxiong Army, Cheng Shijie’s Ning Haijun, even Denglai’s new army could easily deal with their bandits.

However, Gao Jie is not willing to be a rich man like this, so he has been looking for opportunities.

Gao Jie thought for a while and said, "Ma'am, my husband thinks that we can't go and seek refuge with Deputy Director Yang (Yang Yunniang)!"

"Why?"

Xing was a little puzzled. She thought that Yang Yunniang was one of the few high-ranking female officials in Liaodong. As long as she took refuge in Yang Yuniang, she might be able to get greater opportunities.

Gao Jie began to analyze the Xing family: "Madam, Deputy Director Yang is the concubine of Hai Guogong. She has no son now, so naturally she will not think about the future layout prematurely. Mrs. Hai Guogong, if we seek refuge with Deputy Director Yang, we will inevitably be branded as Deputy Director Yang!"

"Even if you become Deputy Director Yang's person, that's not bad!"

Xing didn't understand why Gao Jie wanted to look far away.

"Humanity is as deep as the sea once you enter the Hou's family. Now that Deputy Director Yang has entered the gate of Hai Guogong, there must be infighting in his family. At that time, we will become the key targets of Mrs. Hai Guohui!"

Gao Jie said solemnly: "Why don't we seek refuge with Mr. Cheng?"

Gao Jie actually wanted to seek refuge with Cheng Shijie, but he didn't have a channel to seek refuge with Cheng Shijie.

"I know where Deputy Director Yang is, but I'm afraid it won't be easy if I want to seek refuge with Mr. Cheng!"

"No!"

Gao Jie smiled confidently: "Madam, just wait and see!"

At this time, the young master Cheng Jialong did not go out, but was busy in his study in Dongkuayuan. Cheng Jialong knew through Sun Zhichen that there is now a gun bureau in Liaodong, which is responsible for weapon research and development. Therefore, young master Cheng decided to act as Look at the weapon developer.

Holding a pen, Cheng Jialong began to design and design the weapon of war in his mind. The appearance of armored vehicles is the end of cavalry. Cheng Jialong thought that he could lead tens of thousands of armored vehicles to sweep the world. , such a good thing, there is no reason not to make it.

"Yes, the armored vehicle has to be produced. But, what should this armored vehicle look like? Is it in the shape of wheels or tracked? It's so difficult!"

Cheng Jialong hasn't had time to figure out the difference between the wheel type and the track type, but... But why is this brush so difficult to use, I can't draw the shape of the car after drawing...

Young Master Cheng held the brush and gritted his teeth to scribble on the white paper. He wouldn't sleep until he finished drawing!

It's just that the harder he tried to draw, the worse it became. His hands were covered with ink, and even his face was stained a lot. He was as embarrassing as he could be.

When Zhu Weiti walked into Dongkua's study, she saw Cheng Jialong just in time to see the black cat scribbled there, with ink all over her hands and face, she burst out laughing.

Cheng Jialong was awakened by her laughter, raised his head to look at Zhu Weiti who was trembling with laughter, and then looked at his own horrible "works", suddenly felt very shameless, and used a brush to take pictures of the unfinished paintings. The picture of the chariot battle was poked violently, and he shouted angrily: "I won't draw it, I won't draw it, I'm so mad!"

Zhu Weiti laughed even harder: "What are you painting, making yourself so embarrassed?"

Cheng Jialong said in frustration, "I want to help my dad!"

With that said, Cheng Jialong handed over a dozen drawings: "This is the weapon I designed for my army!"

Zhu Weiti looked at Cheng Jiayue's paintings, which were not as good as the full paper. You must know that although the soul painter Cheng Jiayue drew lines, the lines drawn by Cheng Jiayue could roughly tell what she was drawing.

But the problem is that Cheng Jialong's paintings are just like the masterpieces of later generations. There are a lot of ink blots. If you want to understand what is on it, you can only rely on your imagination.

Zhu Weiti looked at it for a long time, but still didn't half understand what it was painted.

Cheng Jialong looked at Zhu Weiti and frowned slightly, and explained very seriously: "Don't look at my poor drawing, in fact, the power of these weapons is really amazing!"

Zhu Weiti suppressed a smile and asked: "I believe the power of the weapon you designed is astonishing, but... what are these?"

Zhu Weiti pointed to a few crooked round objects on the paper with a look of surprise.

Cheng Jialong said proudly: "Armored vehicle!"

"What is an armored vehicle?"

Zhu Weiti couldn't tell from the blueprints that this was a car. Daming was not a car without multiple wheels. In fact, apart from the most popular four-wheeled carriages in Liaodong, there were also some special vehicles, such as ladder carts. Generally speaking, the ladder car has six wheels, three wheels on the left and right sides.

The standard ladder car is equipped with anti-shield, winch, grabbing hook, lifting pulley and other components. The ladder car in the Ming Dynasty was already very advanced. The ladder body can be lifted and lowered by pulleys. The ladder truck is pushed outside the city wall to stop the main ladder on the wall, and the auxiliary ladder is mounted on the city wall through the lifting device. The car body under the ladder truck is fully enclosed to ensure the safety of operators.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty was not like charging with a ladder on the TV in the later generations. The regular army attacked the city, and generally used auxiliary special vehicles such as goose carts, shield carts, siege carts, and ladder carts. The city cart has 24 wheels, [-] wheels on the left and right sides, and is pushed forward by rails. The heavy city cart can directly crash into the city gate or the city wall.

But the problem is that the "armored vehicles" drawn by Cheng Jialong are off the charts.

In Zhu Weiti's opinion, what kind of armored vehicle is this? It's just a big steamed bun.

Zhu Weiti's beautiful eyes and eyebrows became like a first quarter moon: "Armored vehicle? Why do I look at it like a big steamed bun?"

Cheng Jialong's face turned red, and he hurriedly argued: "It...it's just because I...I...my drawing skills are not good enough, but the armored vehicles are actually very powerful and domineering!"

Zhu Weiti put the mighty and domineering "armored vehicle" drawing aside, picked up another one, and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

Cheng Jialong explained: "The fire-breathing tank I designed! This kind of tank is covered with iron skin, making it invulnerable to weapons and guns. There are perforations reserved inside, and twelve flame-breathing tubes are arranged. The firepower is fierce. As long as a dozen of such armored vehicles are Can burn the enemy into a roast suckling pig..."

"This is a flame-breathing tank? It looks like a big hedgehog to me. Well, this one is too, and this one is too!"

Zhu Weiti didn't give Mr. Cheng any face, she criticized Cheng Jialong's proud work as useless.

Cheng Jialong screamed angrily.

Zhu Weiti looked at Cheng Jialong and said: "Jialong, your father named you Jialong, it must have a meaning, you understand it too?"

Cheng Jialong said with some uncertainty: "Want your child to become a dragon?"

"It's not just about wishing your child to become a dragon, it is the common expectation of every parent. Your father hopes that you will be steady, wise, confident, sunny, healthy, and elegant. From thrift to extravagance. Family also refers to a person who masters a certain kind of specialized knowledge and engages in a certain kind of specialized activity, such as Mr. Yangming, who is a master of mind learning, dragon, who regards him as the leader of a hundred scales, and named you a master The dragon represents your father's expectations for you."

"I'm just so stupid!"

Cheng Jialong's academic performance can only be regarded as mediocre. He would rather practice Sanda than study. After finally coming to the Ming Dynasty, he wanted to let go of himself in an instant, but the problem is that he came to the end of the Ming Dynasty. Times, so he wanted to do things for Cheng Shijie.

Zhu Weiti said: "You are still young, so you can study hard. Back then, Emperor Taizu was forced to become a monk because his family was poor. However, in order to survive, he could only study Buddhist scriptures in Huangjue Temple. At the age of 15, he joined the Rebel Army, where he began to learn to read and write, and learned the art of war, laying a solid foundation for the Ming Dynasty."

Cheng Jialong smiled wryly, "How could I be with Zhu..."

He originally wanted to call Zhu Yuanzhang by his name, but the problem was, thinking that Zhu Weiti was the princess of Ming Dynasty, he subconsciously changed his words: "How can I be compared with Emperor Taizu!"

"For thousands of years, no one can name the Emperor Taizu!"

Zhu Weiti said: "Of course, it's not for you to compare yourself with Emperor Taizu, but for you to understand the importance of studying!"

Zhu Weiti didn't want to irritate Cheng Jialong any more, she put down the stack of manuscripts, wiped off the ink on Cheng Jialong's face with a towel, picked up the brush, and said, "Tell me the shape and size of this thing, and I'll help you draw it." , or else I don’t know when you’re going to paint.”

At this moment, Cheng Jialong was happy. He sat down, propped his chin with his hand, and gestured with his hand: "Let's load the car first. The armored car I want to build is six meters long..."

"Meter?"

Zhu Weiti asked, "What is rice? Rice?"

"No, three feet is one meter, and the length of this car is nineteen feet!"

"One foot and nine feet!"

"The width is eight feet!"

"Eight wheels!"

Under Cheng Jialong's description, the pen in Zhu Weiti's hand moved according to his description, which is really strange. It is also a brush, no matter how he uses it, the things he draws are all black, The lines that come out are extremely thin and neat, even if he is asked to use a paintbrush, he may not be able to draw such beautiful lines!

Cheng Jialong is completely convinced, the wisdom of the ancients is really not covered, as for playing with brushes, he sighs to himself...

Early the next morning, after Cheng Jialong got up, he practiced boxing in the yard.

As Cheng Jialong's accompanying readers, in addition to Shi Lang and Zheng Sen, there are also newcomers from Henan, Zhao Yingkui, and Li Zhixiang's son Li Zaiyang.

Cheng Jialong looked at the new companion, and called out: "Li Zaiyang, come and practice with me!"

Although Li Zaiyang is only 15 years old, the problem is that Li Zaiyang and Li Zhixiang have already participated in the battle against Zheng Zhilong at the age of 15, also participated in the battle in Luzon, and also fought against the Dutch. Although it is only one year in the army, there are more than eight months Time is fighting.

Cheng Jialong thought he was good at martial arts, but in Li Zaiyang's eyes, he was like a child playing tricks.

In fact, Cheng Jialong had already practiced with Shi Lang and Zheng Sen. Although Shi Lang had just let Cheng Jialong deliberately let Cheng Jialong go, the problem was that Cheng Jialong was pressing every step of the way, and Shi Lang showed his real kung fu. Cheng Jialong was unwilling to practice against Shi Lang again.

"Young master, isn't this bad?"

"What nonsense, come here!"

Cheng Jialong looked at Li Zaiyang, who was three inches shorter than himself, and thought that he couldn't beat Shi Lang, and he couldn't beat you, Li Zaiyang. Now Cheng Jialong remembered who Shi Lang was. In later generations, there was a TV series called General Shi Lang, but in it Shi Lang is not a good person, he betrayed Zheng Chenggong and took refuge in Kang Mazi.

From Cheng Jialong's point of view, this Shi Lang found a chance to kill him, so that Shi Lang would not deceive him again in the future.

However, the name Li Zaiyang was very unfamiliar to Cheng Jialong. He should not be a famous general of Ming Dynasty. If it was Li Dingguo, Cheng Jialong would definitely not fight him. Li Dingguo was very difficult to fight.

"Ouch!"

When Cheng Jialong tentatively attacked Li Zaiyang, Li Zaiyang swept his legs low, and Cheng Jialong fell to the ground. Zhao Yingkui pointed at Li Zaiyang and said, "Li Zaiyang, you are finished. If you dare to commit crimes, someone, take Li Zaiyang down..."

"never mind!"

Cheng Jialong is still a bachelor, but he can't beat Li Zaiyang's use of his status to suppress others, what kind of ability is he?Besides, he also wanted to become a master.

However, what Cheng Jialong wants most now is not to become a master, but to build his armored vehicle.

"Help me up quickly!"

Cheng Jialong didn't have a city mansion yet, so he said directly to Zhao Yingkui: "Stop flattering me, and half a month's wages will be deducted from you!"

Li Zaiyang is happy now.

Zhao Yingkui can be regarded as Wu Sheng's apprentice, his kung fu is naturally good, but he is very smooth.

Cheng Jialong took two companions and a dozen bodyguards straight to the Gun Bureau, but the problem is, don't look at Cheng Jialong as Cheng Shijie's only son.But the gun bureau is a forbidden area, and without Cheng Shijie's order, his own son can't enter the gate.

Go away with joy, and return with disappointment.

Cheng Jialong was very frustrated.When Cheng Jialong returned to Ninghai Navy General Mansion, he saw hundreds of followers coming in fifteen or sixteen carriages. This group of people occupied most of the driveway and looked very ostentatious.

Cheng Jialong looked at these carriages, only one carriage was a passenger four-wheeled carriage, and the other dozen were cargo carriages.

It seemed that the person in the carriage wanted to breathe, so he lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, revealing a flowery face. Xing wanted to see the scenery outside the car, but Cheng Jialong's eyes collided with each other.

Gao Jie, who was dressed in a samurai uniform, also looked at Cheng Jialong. He looked at Cheng Jialong looking at the Xing family unscrupulously, feeling a little displeased in his heart, but seeing that Cheng Jialong was still young, he didn't care too much.

Gao Jie in Liaodong did not feel safe at this time. He and the Xing family had four or five million taels of silver in their property.

Gao Jie must hug a big thick leg as soon as possible.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of Ning Haijun's mansion and there were still more than 100 steps to go, the guard at the gate shouted: "Stop!"

Gao Jie jumped out of the carriage and walked towards Ning Haijun's mansion with the greeting card in person: "Gentlemen, please don't misunderstand, I'm here to ask Mr. Cheng, I have something important to talk about!"

Cheng Jialong looked at Gao Jie's back and said, "What do you need to see me?"

Gao Jie turned around and followed the prestige, and saw Cheng Jialong.He felt that Cheng Jialong looked familiar, but he didn't remember it for a while.

"Mr. Cheng is well, a certain one is surnamed Gao, named Jie, from Mizhi, Shaanxi..."

Gao Jie wanted to get close to Cheng Jialong, but when he was a dozen steps away, Li Zaiyang and Zhao Yingkui stood in front of Gao Jie.

Gao Jie patted his body, expressing that he had no weapons and no malice: "Young Master Cheng, this...is probably not the place to talk!"

Cheng Jialong said: "I'll give you 10 minutes!"

This is what Cheng Jialong learned from his mother, Xiang Hui. After all, Xiang Hui can be regarded as the chairman and general manager of Longyue Group, especially the main business of Longyue Group is the catering industry. There are many people who seek to see Xiang Hui and seek cooperation. Hui used to say: "I'll give you 10 minutes!"

After Gao Jie was searched by the guards, he followed Cheng Jialong to the Ning Navy General Mansion.

Although the Ning Navy General Army Mansion is known as the General Army Mansion, it is actually the military headquarters of the Ning Navy and the headquarters of the Liaodong Management Committee. According to the original Jinzhou Weicheng, this has actually accounted for nearly half of the area. Golden State Acropolis.

Ning Naval General Mansion is different from traditional government offices, nor is it different from ordinary mansions. In the center is a straight bluestone avenue, about 24 steps wide, with Ning Naval Headquarters on the left and Liaodong Management Committee on the right.The left and right are eight independent cross-courts, each with [-] small courtyards, which undertake the functions of military and political offices.

In all fairness, Gao Jie and Li Zicheng can be regarded as people who have seen the market. Although they have not yet had time to attack Xi'an City, nor have they had time to capture Kaifeng and Luoyang, they have captured more than a dozen prefectures. Compared with soldiers, these cities can only be regarded as dens of beggars.

Along the central straight corridor, pass through the three courtyards, and come to the east cross courtyard of the backyard. This is the courtyard where Cheng Jialong lives alone. The courtyard is not big, mainly consisting of five wide living rooms.

"Please sit down!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Gao Jie didn't sit down, and directly handed the gift slip in his hand to Cheng Jialong.

Cheng Jialong didn't pick it up, but Zhao Yingkui stepped forward to take it, and checked it carefully, and found that there was no problem, so he handed it to Cheng Jialong.

Cheng Jialong took a quick glance and saw that it said: "2 taels of gold, 16 taels of silver, two buckets of pearls, two buckets of white jade, and some silk and cloth!"

Cheng Jialong was immediately surprised: "Gao Jie, what do you mean?"

"Gao has offended someone, all he wants is to seek the protection of the eldest son!"

Gao Jie said with a sincere face: "Looking at the whole Liaodong, besides Duke Hai, who else can protect Gao?"

Cheng Jialong naturally knows the truth that one must ask for something when one is courteous.

But the problem is, Gao Jie gave too much.

Cheng Jialong didn't immediately make a big deal, but asked, "Who did you offend?"

"Chuang Wang's Chuang general Li Zicheng!"

Gao Jie told Cheng Jialong about him and the Xing family. Of course, Gao Jie didn't say that he had a crush on Li Zicheng. In his mouth, he became Gao Jie and the Xing family's childhood sweethearts. Let's go, Gao Jie found the Xing family after many searches, and then escaped from Li Zicheng's department.

Cheng Jialong looked at Gao Jie and smiled slightly.

If he hadn't studied history, he would have been deceived by Gao Jie. Although he didn't know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty, who was Gao Jie?One of the four towns in the late Ming Dynasty, how could he not remember?You must know that Cheng Jialong could remember no more than twenty celebrities in the late Ming Dynasty, and Gao Jie was one of them.

Of course, this is thanks to Cheng Jialong’s interesting history. Li Zicheng’s two wives, one after the other, had cheated on him. At first, Li Zicheng was working in a post station and was away all the year round.

Emperor Chongzhen reformed the station in the first year of Chongzhen to streamline the station.Li Zicheng was dismissed due to the loss of official documents, lost his job and returned home, and owed debts.In the winter of the same year, Li Zicheng was sued by Ai Juren to the Mizhi County Government because he could not pay the debt owed by Juren Ai Zhao.Yan Zibin, the county magistrate, "wandered around the city with a weapon and will put him to death."

After being rescued by relatives and friends, at the end of the year, Li Zicheng killed the creditor Ai Zhao.Then, Li Zicheng found out about the adultery between his wife Han Jin'er and Gai Hu. Li Zicheng killed his wife and fled, and began to rebel all the way.

Cheng Jialong didn't think that sheltering Gao Jie would cause Cheng Shijie much trouble. Anyway, Li Zicheng was Ning Haijun and Cheng Shijie's enemy in the world. The enemy of an enemy is a friend.What's more, Gao Jie returned so much money.

Cheng Shijie has money, but no matter how rich Cheng Shijie is now, he can't give it to himself. Cheng Jialong decided to accept Gao Jie's offer.

Cheng Jialong said: "Young master, I am still young and have no official position, how can I protect you?"

Gao Jie bowed and knelt down: "A certain person is willing to lead the horse and ride for the young master, and go through fire and water, even if he dies!"

"Isn't that wronging you?"

"Don't be wronged, don't be wronged!" Gao Jie also knows a truth. Although Cheng Jialong is not the prime minister, he is the eldest son of Hai Guogong and the young commander of Ning Haijun. He can lead Cheng Jialong's horse, and his status is also extraordinary. .

"Gao Jie, I'm covering you!"

"Thank you, Young Master, for your great kindness!"

Cheng Jialong patted Gao Jie on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Work hard, I can't lose you. In the future, I will have to train in the army. You are the number one under my command..."

"Gao will definitely serve as minions for the eldest son!"

Cheng Jialong turned to look at Li Zaiyang and said, "Zaiyang, go and get a badge for Gao Jie, so it will be easier to go in and out of the house in the future!"

"Yes!"

Gao Jie was ecstatic in his heart, he got the amulet.

(End of this chapter)