Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 169 Wang Shengren Escaped Marriage Again? (seeking a monthly ticket)

Jiangxi, Nanchang city.

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

"Bye husband and wife!"

"Send it to the bridal chamber!"

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Jiangxi Chief Secretary Zhu Yanghe's daughter was married, and the groom was Wang Shouren, the eldest son of Wang Hua, the current governor of Southern Jiangxi, which caused widespread concern about the marriage.

Because Nanchang is the provincial capital of Jiangxi, and the offices of the three divisions are all here, a large group of officials came here today, almost covering the entire city of Nanchang.

As the No. [-] Scholar, Wang Hua had a detached status, and now he was directly promoted by the emperor to be the fourth-rank Metropolitan Procuratorate, Youqian Capital Censor, Governor of Nangan, so he was naturally more valued and flattered by local officials.

It's just that the serving officials are not allowed to leave the station. Although the Ganzhou government belongs to Jiangxi, you, a governor of Nangan, will be impeached by the censor if you run to Nanchang.

That's why Wang Hua didn't show up here today. Jiangxi Chief Secretary Zhu Yang and the groom Wang Shouren were here to greet the guests.

Wang Shouren was only sixteen years old, he was born with red lips and white teeth, and he was handsome from Jiangnan, but his two sword eyebrows were full of energy, and he looked full of energy.

Because he was born in a wealthy family, grew up in the capital, and traveled to the frontier to broaden his horizons, now he has a maturity and stability that does not match his age.

It's just that after Baitang came out, the whole person still had a frowning look.

"My son-in-law, don't be impatient, this matter will be handled by your father-in-law for you!" Zhu Yanghe and Wang Shouren greeted the guests at the door, and said to Wang Shouren who was full of anxiety.

Wang Shouren was relieved immediately, and he cupped his hands seriously and said, "Master Lao Taishan!"

"It's easy to say!" Zhu Yanghe felt as if he had eaten honey when he heard this address, and stretched out his hand to gently stroke his gray beard.

Although I have five daughters, the one I am most satisfied with marrying is undoubtedly the youngest daughter whom I have ordered a doll to marry. I am marrying the No. [-] Scholar's family!
The most rare thing is that Wang Hua has now been unexpectedly appointed by His Majesty as the governor of Southern Jiangxi. His future can be said to be immeasurable.

"Is this the son of the champion?"

"Governor Wang's son is really a good-looking talent!"

"Hehe... All counselors, you really found a good son-in-law!"

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The magistrate of Nanchang arrived first with a group of government officials, and under the introduction of Zhu Yanghe, they all commented on Wang Shouren.

"Prefect Li, Tongzhi Zhao, and Tongpan Sun, please come inside quickly!" Zhu Yanghe was already a veteran in the officialdom, and he was enthusiastic and authentic to the officials who came.

Although Wang Shouren had just been married, he was only a 16-year-old boy after all. He couldn't smile at these irrelevant officials, and even wrote the worry in his heart on his face.

"Lord Fantai, it's really a blessing for my son-in-law and daughter-in-law to come here in person!" Zhu Yanghe warmly greeted him when he saw his immediate boss appear.

Xu Huai, the Zuo Buzheng of Jiangxi Province, is an old man in his sixties. His hair is already gray, but his face is ruddy, and he appears to be in a good state of mind.

Just getting off the sedan chair, he smiled kindly at Zhu Yang who came up to him and said, "Counselors, we are colleagues of the chief envoy, and today it is Governor Wang's family who is marrying a daughter-in-law, why should I not come?"

"Lord Fantai, this is the humble son-in-law Wang Shouren! Shouren, come quickly and meet Lord Fantai!" Zhu Yanghe solemnly introduced Wang Shouren, and then said to Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren knew that Xu Huai had been an official in Jiangxi for many years. From the first nine years as the Jiangxi inspector, to the Jiangxi You Buzheng and Jiangxi Zuo Buzheng, it can be said that he has taken root in Jiangxi and has a great influence. Influence.

It’s just that this person and his father seem to be at odds for some reason. In the beginning, the construction of Ganzhou City’s Nangan Governor’s Yamen was funded by the Ganzhou Government Yamen, but now there is a problem with the salary of the new army.

After Wang Shouren saw the ceremony, he went straight to the point and said: "Master Fantai, after the soldiers of the Ganzhou New Army were escorted back, they found that they were [-]% less. May I ask why?"

"Today is your big day, we shouldn't talk about this kind of bloody matter! Counselors, I remember that you have a jar of daughter's red that has been buried for 20 years, but can it be used at today's banquet?" Xu Huai asked Wang Shouren He waved his hands lightly, then looked at Zhu Yanghe with a smile.

"Hehe... Today is of course the altar opening, I will welcome you to the table, and I will let you have the first bite later!" Even though Zhu Yanghe Dang was like a spring breeze, he secretly shook his head at Wang Shouren, and then He personally led Xu Huai into the table and said.

Wang Shouren frowned immediately, seeing Xu Huai who left, he smelled a faint smell of conspiracy.

Although as early as when he was in the capital, he had always heard about the dangers of the local officialdom, and some people warned his father to be more careful.Now that I was really in it, I realized that what I said was true.

Although they set off from the capital to go south in early February this year, and started to form the Ganzhou new army as soon as they arrived in Ganzhou, this matter encountered difficulties everywhere.

First of all, the prefects did not cooperate with the army building work, and the new army was selected with great difficulty. As a result, the matter of money and food was blocked by the Jiangxi chief envoy Si Yamen.

Since Jiangxi Chief Envoy Si Yamen had been stuck with military pay, his father had no choice but to send troops to the bank of Jiangxi Chief Executive Yamen to release the soldiers' payment and return to Ganzhou.

Although I went to the scene and carefully checked the money of the chief envoy, it was only after the money was transported back to the Ganzhou government to pay the soldiers that I found that the money that was released this time was [-]% less.

It's good that the reason for the lack of military pay can be found out. Once the reason for the shortage can't be found, and the bank of the Jiangxi chief envoy's yamen does not miscalculate the accounts, then the board will be slapped on his father.

That's the case, he needs to check with the Jiangxi chief envoy today about the military salary, otherwise his father may face a catastrophe.

Zhu Yanghe left and returned, looked at Wang Shouren with a sad face, and immediately said: "My son-in-law, don't be impatient, father-in-law will help you deal with everything!"

Wang Shouren already had doubts in his heart, but he still respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Taishan!"

Although Zhu Yanghe was only a fourth-rank idle official, Wang Shouren's father was the genuine governor of Southern Jiangxi, and he was more likely to join the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister in the future, so there were quite a few big names appearing today.

Except for Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, who was not present, the chiefs of the third division, the prefect of Wuchang and the inspector of Jiangxi were all present, and even King Ning sent Zuo Changshi of the palace to congratulate Wang Hua, which was regarded as giving Wang Hua enough face.

"Counselors, your wine is really delicious! I am happy today, we are not allowed to talk about business at the wine table, or you will not return home drunk!" After the banquet, Xu Huai shouted happily.

Zhu Yanghe's drinking capacity is average, his face turned red after a few glasses of wine, and he said with a bit of drunkenness: "As long as the Lord Fantai is happy, this official will definitely give up... to give up his life to accompany Lord Fantai!"

Seeing his father-in-law's appearance, Wang Shouren realized that he could not count on his father-in-law regarding the military pay, so he brought up the old story again: "Master Fantai, the escort of the new army in Ganzhou found that the soldiers' pay was [-]% less when they went back. Dare I ask?" Why is this?"

Jiangxi Right Chief Envoy Qin Minyue was also present this time. After hearing this, he put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Xu Huai solemnly.

Unlike Xu Huai, who has a rich career experience in Jiangxi, he was directly airborne in Jiangxi officialdom, and has served as Jiangxi's right chief envoy to this day.

"It's missing? It's impossible! Your father sent someone over to take the military payment from the bank. At that time, the note I gave clearly stated the amount. Weren't you also there that day?" Xu Huai immediately raised his hand With a wave, it seemed that he did not admit his account.

Wang Shouren frowned slightly, and immediately grasped the question and asked: "Master Fantai, there was nothing wrong with the silver pair during the escort process, but when they returned to Ganzhou to check, they found that [-]% was missing! Now the students want to ask Master Fantai to check the books immediately. There is a mistake in Zheshiyin's calculation, please also check whether the cashier in the warehouse is correct, there must be a mistake in some link!"

Seeing that Xu Huai actually meant to talk, he couldn't help becoming anxious.

Although he is still willing to believe that this is just a misunderstanding, if Xu Huai insists that Jiangxi Chief Envoy Siyamen did nothing wrong, then he can only prepare for the worst.

It was a huge conspiracy even from the very beginning that Jiangxi chief envoy Si Yamen deliberately defaulted on the payment of soldiers. He first lured his old man who had no experience in dealing with local military affairs to send troops to collect money, then took advantage of a loophole that was not easy to be noticed, and finally Deduct the dirty water from the Mexican military salary to his father.

"Today is your big day, don't talk about these irrelevant things! I am here to make a statement: as long as the silver is not taken by someone, then the silver will not escape. Let's just eat and drink today, and I will definitely settle the matter later. The investigation is clear! All counselors, Li Zhifu, fill up quickly, we will not return if we are not drunk!" Xu Huaidang even assured the ticket, and then said to Zhu Yanghe and other officials.

"Yes, as long as the silver taels are not taken by anyone, then the silver taels can't escape. Let's just eat and drink today!" the Secretary of the General Administration, Zuo Canzheng, who was already drunk, immediately agreed.

Zhu Yanghe's face was as red as an apple, and he immediately echoed loudly: "Come... I am happy today, we will not return until we are drunk!"

Wang Shouren looked at his father-in-law's appearance, but he knew that there was no hope at all, and Xu Huai probably couldn't believe it at all, so he left the table on the grounds of changing clothes.

It was a coincidence that he had just walked to the corner of the corridor in the front yard when he heard two servants whispering.

One of the servants who just came over said to Xu Huai's servant: "My lord, the governor, told your lord not to drink too much, and there is something important to discuss when we go back."

Governor Lee?
When Wang Shouren heard these words by accident, he finally understood.

If this matter is mixed with Jiangxi Governor Li Ang, then it will make sense.

After all, there was such a serious bandit riot in Jiangxi this year. If Xu Pu hadn't been protecting Li Ang in the same year as himself in the court, Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, would have been demoted long ago.

Now it seems that his father's biggest opponent is not the group of rogues entrenched on Damaoshan, but the Jiangxi governor who wants to keep his position.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The matter was far more difficult than he had imagined.

"Where's the groom?"

"That's right! He's been away for too long, where did he go?"

"My lord, your son-in-law just said to change clothes, has he fallen into..."

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The official who was drinking slowly realized that there was one person missing next to him, and only then realized that Wang Shouren had long since disappeared, even if someone made a bad guess.

The servant who went to look for it in the latrine came back quickly, and then searched again in and out of the whole house, but in the end, he couldn't find anyone.

"Governor Wang's son will not be taken away by the wicked, will he?"

Zhu Yanghe, Jiangxi chief secretary, was also very anxious. At first, he felt that Wang Shouren did not understand etiquette, but he gradually became worried that something happened to Wang Shouren and he would not be able to explain to Wang Hua.

The magistrate of Nanchang looked very enthusiastic at the banquet, and immediately sent all the servants of the government of Nanchang to the city to look for Wang Shouren.

History does not seem to have changed. After all, Wang Shouren did "escape from the wedding night" again, but the situation is different.

At this time, Wang Shouren was not sitting in the iron pillar palace with an old Taoist named Wuwei Taoist, but had already rode his horse on the official road to Ganzhou Mansion.

Ganchuan Wangjun, the famous capital of Jiangyou.

The city of Ganzhou originated in the sixth year of Emperor Gaodi of the Western Han Dynasty.

The brick wall of this ancient city left over from the Song Dynasty is seven meters high and has a circumference of more than seven kilometers. There are five gates: Yongjin Gate, Jianchun Gate, Xijin Gate, Zhennan Gate and Baisheng Gate.

Due to avoiding the harm of wars for many times, it maintains the style of the Song Dynasty, and the two sides of the street look antique, so it is also called "Song Capital".

The newly established Gannan governor's office is located in the west of the city, on the same street as the county office and government office.

Wang Hua, who was wearing a fourth-rank official uniform, was no longer as calm and breezy as when he was in the Hanlin Academy earlier, but he was already utterly annoyed by the affairs of the governor's yamen in southern Jiangxi.

After he went south according to the order, he also recruited strong and strong soldiers from all over the city to station troops outside the city.

The original plan was to directly wipe out the bandits on Tai Maoshan, but the previous two campaigns failed and returned, and this time they went again and fell into a trap.

Unfortunately, there was a problem with the payment of the soldiers who had been released from the Yamen by the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi Province. I wrote to Wuchang to inquire, but so far there has been no reply.

"Master, the young master is back!" At this moment, a joyful voice came from outside the door.

Wang Hua's eyes lit up immediately, and he straightened his face and looked at his son who walked in, raised his airs as a father and said, "Why did you come back so soon?"

"Father, my son has already married, so I will come back to help my father fight the bandits!" Wang Shouren said as a matter of course when he saw the teacup on the table.

Wang Hua knew that his son's thoughts were still on the Ganzhou New Army, so he looked behind him and said, "Where is Mr. Wen?"

"Father, didn't you say that? Ganzhou is not safe here, let her stay in Wuchang City!" Seeing that his father did not stop him, Wang Shouren immediately took a sip of the tea cup.

Wang Hua looked his son up and down, but corrected him: "Before you go to Nanchang, father, remember to let the two of you stay in Nanchang together?"

"A man with aspirations in all directions, how can he love his sons and daughters? Dad, the matter of military pay is probably worse than imagined. My child suspects that the matter of military pay is a trick set up by Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi!" Wang Shouren drank all the remaining tea , appearing to express his own judgment in a serious manner.

Wang Hua knew that his son was not an innocent person, so he said calmly, "Do you have evidence?"

"No, but my son accidentally knew that Li Ang and Xu Huai had a close relationship, so Xu Huai probably got Li Ang's instruction! Dad, my son's guess must be very close, so you must immediately go to the Shu to prove your innocence to His Majesty. And the matter of exterminating the bandits on Damaoshan can no longer be delayed! As long as we can subdue them in one fell swoop, Your Majesty will believe what we say, instead of suspecting that you are greedy for military pay!" Wang Shouren put down the teacup, and then reached out to take it off and stick it on his lips A piece of tea leaves.

Wang Hua first gave a bitter smile, then gave his son a hard look and said, "When did my father want to procrastinate? He raised his troops three times but returned without success. Now my father doubts whether their lair is in Damaoshan or not!"

"I've thought a lot about this journey, baby, and I've probably found the problem!" Wang Shouren said earnestly after quenching his thirst, as if he had come back to life.

Wang Hua frowned slightly, looking very puzzled and said: "What's the problem?"

"Father, as long as you obey my arrangement this time, I will break the game for you!" Wang Shouren said confidently, meeting Wang Hua's gaze.

Some things in history can be changed, but some things are inevitable. It is actually inevitable that the gangsters in Ganzhou will become more and more rampant.

The land in the north-central area of ​​Ganzhou Prefecture is fertile, but the land in the southern area is barren and dangerous. The vast mountains are connected to Guangdong, Fujian, and Huguang, so it is very suitable for bandits to occupy.

It's just that Ganzhou Prefecture is a must pass through to connect Guangdong.

The transportation routes between the central and eastern regions of Guangdong and the Central Plains are mainly Xijing Ancient Road and Meiguan Road.The Xijing Ancient Road was the road from Guangdong to Chang'an or Luoyang, but now the political center has moved to the north and the economic center has moved to the south, so Meiguan Road has become the first choice for businessmen and exam candidates.

After crossing Meiling, the candidates who went to the exam went to Dayu County on foot or by horse-drawn carriage, turned from Dayu County to the waterway, went along the Zhangjiang River to Ganzhou, and took a larger boat in Ganzhou to go straight down the river, passing through Gu'an, Zhangshu, Nanchang, Poyang Lake enters the Yangtze River from the mouth of the lake and transfers to Dangyang. It can flow down to Yangzhou, and then go north from Yangzhou along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Ganzhou Mansion is the only place where Meiguan Road must pass, so the commerce and trade here are developed, and it has become a transit point for commodities from south to north.

The difference between the poor in the south and the rich in the north is too large in the region, but the southern region is suitable for bandits to occupy. The rich central and northern Ganzhou government and gentry annexed land and forced more and more people to farm, which made it easy for bandits to breed here.

Just like this, the prosperity of the thieves in Ganzhou is inevitably related to the annexation of land in the Ming Dynasty. During the Hongzhi period when the land annexation was the most serious, the thieves in Ganzhou and other border areas gradually grew.

"Okay, I promise you!" After some hesitation, Wang Hua finally chose to compromise with his son.

History seems to have not changed. The fate of Wang Shouren and the rogues in southern Jiangxi are intertwined, but it is not known whether Wang Shengren can still solve the crux of the rogues in southern Jiangxi.

(End of this chapter)