Wanli 1592

Chapter 278 Wanli Famous General No.1

It is indeed a big event for a daughter-in-law to give birth to a child. It is precisely because of this great event that many nobles who want to give gifts to curry favor with Xiao Ruxun are given a good opportunity. However, it is a tradition for thousands of years, so the Xiao family cannot avoid it no matter what.

Xiao Wenkui thought about it, and felt that this kind of gift was received for a reason and for a purpose. It was much better than those improper exchanges of power and money, so he didn't object. Those who knew it thought it was the official residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

In fact, everyone is forced to do nothing.

Last time, before Xiao Ruxun went to North Korea, everyone thought it would be an easy task to conquer Japanese pirates, but seeing how miserable the Koreans were defeated, they backed down. They can't make military achievements, at least they have battlefield experience, and they won't be too cowardly in the future, but after knowing the ferocity of the Japanese pirates, they retreated one after another, and handed them back brazenly, for fear of losing their children and grandchildren.

As a result, Xiao Ruxun won one battle after another in North Korea, each gain was bigger than the last, and finally he hit the Japanese mainland. It is said that he killed the Japanese regent and got an unknown amount of money. This is a great contribution. As soon as Hou's news came out, all the Wu Xun family in the capital panicked, and then they remembered the unhappiness with Xiao Ruxun before.

After this battle, Xiao Ruxun was able to secure his position as the number one general in Wanli, pushing down Li Chengliang. Moreover, compared to Li Chengliang's desperate efforts to get close to the civil servants, Xiao Ruxun was still a child of the Wuxun family, and his roots were extremely rare. If you don't curry favor with talent, who will he curry favor with?The children of the prince's family who missed the opportunity to curry favor before were so regretful that they didn't even go to brothels, casinos and taverns. There were not a lot of idle children on Jingshi Street for a while.

It's not that the children of the aristocratic families have changed their temper, but that some well-informed Wu Xun learned of Xiao Ruxun's final arrangement from the civil servants he had befriended.

The evil feudal vassal of the Southern Barbarians, Dongwu Kingdom, violated the border again. Da Ming couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to go south with General Xiao Ruxun as an admiral to crusade against Dongwu Kingdom and destroy the country!

One battle after another, the military merits are softened. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that since Yingzong, the highest position of a military officer can only be the commander-in-chief, whether it is leisure or wartime. Breaking this rule, he took command as an admiral at the same level as the civilian commander Jinglue, and the original civilian commander became the logistics minister. Even if this is just an example, it is also a big encouragement for the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

It's not that the Wuxun family who were imprisoned in the capital are completely without ambition, but they really don't have any good opportunities. Whenever there is a good opportunity, those with lofty ideals among them are willing to make a dash for it. However, the Civil Fort Incident Afterwards, military commanders’ career paths were severely restricted, and the quality of military officers produced by the hereditary system was far inferior to that of the civilian elites who were fought by millions of people. Under such an elite political system, military officers could not even see The hope of a comeback.

There was some hope before, but along with the hope came greater despair. Zhang Juzheng, the only Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, not only treated the civil servants fiercely, but also treated the military officials even more fiercely, which made the best military officials of the Jiajing Dynasty also restricted. Hell, after Zhang Juzheng's death in the tenth year of Wanli, the civil official group has intensified. Although there are famous generals like Li Chengliang and his son, they are close to the civil official and form an alliance of interests with the civil official.

It is wishful thinking to expect them to speak for the military attache.

It is impossible for a hereditary military officer produced under the hereditary system to be on the same level as the elite civil servants who have been fought out of millions of people. It is impossible to even think about playing power and tricks, and there is no one in the group of military generals. With everyone's support, Li Chengliang finally came out, but in the end he was still his lackey. Now that Xiao Ruxun, a hereditary general with a strong root, was born, everyone immediately bet all their hopes on Xiao Ruxun.

All of a sudden, not only the previous earls and marquises came to befriend the Xiao family, but some of the dukes also came to make friends with the Xiao family. Except for Dingguogong, Chengguogong and Yinggonggong, who only sent a butler to give gifts, the other major military lords came to make friends with the Xiao family. The aristocratic families basically send their family members to give gifts in person, while the head of the Marquis and Earl's family visits Xiao Wenkui in person, hoping to make a good impression in front of Xiao Wenkui. Traces, that would be the best.

On the night before Xiao Ruxun returned to the capital, Xiao Wenkui and his concubine were dumbfounded looking at the whole room full of gifts.

Xiao Wenkui has come to the capital for a long time to develop. He has worked in the capital camp for many years, and he has not made many contacts. After all, everyone has a title, and you are a hereditary general without a title. It is indeed not worth it. People make friends with you.

But once Xiao Ruxun fought two battles, the title came, and he jumped to the level of marquis all of a sudden, stepped into the upper level of the Wuxun Group, and was the only admiral general of Ming Dynasty who had real power and could fight, and his status was even higher. Respect, to be honest, if it weren't for his young age and low qualifications, the top honorable figures Ding Chengying and the three families would inevitably have to send people to visit. He didn't want to lose face, so he sent the housekeeper to give gifts.

But should I say it or not, the three families are the top nobles of Ming Dynasty, and the civil servants should politely say "Master Guo" when they see it. Although they despise it in their hearts, if they say it, it is not an ordinary crime. , Xu Da, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng are both great heroes of Ming Dynasty, not everyone can move casually. A big cow like Zhang Juzheng is also afraid of these three families, as well as Wei Guogong from Nanjing and Qian Guogong from Yunnan. Don't dare to do it.

To put it bluntly, there are five top noble families in Ming Dynasty, all of whom are military officers, Duke Ding and Duke Wei’s Xu family, Duke Cheng Zhu’s family, Duke Zhang’s family of England, and Duke Qian’s Mu family. The top nobles, although they have no real power, have a noble status, and the civil servants should be polite when they see them, and they dare not overstep, unlike other military officers and nobles who are casually bossing around.

It can also be said that in today's Ming Dynasty, military officers below the Duke are all scumbags in the eyes of civilian officials. Except for these five families in the Duke who are too big to move, the rest are not too difficult to deal with. Xiao Ruxun and Li Chengliang are There are only two exceptions, and Xiao Ruxun obviously has an advantage over Li Chengliang, because he is young, and may even hit the Duke.

At that time, it will be the real No. 1 Wanli star.

(End of this chapter)