Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 267 Three Years of Enmity
On the second day after Young Master Zhang returned to Beijing, another great piece of good news spread to Daming Capital, that is, Young Master Zhang's master Song Xiance, who had a thick and rebellious head on the back of his head, unexpectedly instigated Lin Dan's second son, Abnai, to die in Beijing. Chahanhot launched a coup and seized control of Chahanhot and Chahar Grassland in one fell swoop—of course, this is also related to the fact that the Ming court has cultivated countless pro-Ming Mongolian princes and nobles on the Mongolian grassland for half a century. It's so good.During the coup, Sutai, the mother of Ezhe, the representative of the pro-slavery faction, was forced to commit suicide, and Abnai's mother, Nangnang, was pushed to the position of the queen mother of Mongolia. Abnai also imprisoned Lin Dan's younger brother, Ji Tu, and temporarily acted as Khan with the support of the Mongolian pro-Ming faction. Right, the pro-slavery Mongolian princes and nobles on the Chahar Grassland were slaughtered, and the second wave of envoys sent by Jiannu was also arrested by Abunai, and sent to the capital of Daming along with Abunai's letter of credence, and handed over to the Ming court for disposal. .At the same time, it was sent to the capital of Daming, as well as the Buddhist treasure that Abu Nai expressed his sincerity to the Ming Dynasty——Mahagara Golden Buddha!
The Mongolian pro-Ming faction suddenly erupted, pushing the second son of Lin Dan who was extremely pro-Ming to the Khan position. The Ming court, who was having a headache about how to deal with Lin Dan, was overjoyed. Thunderbolt, knowing that the doomsday has come, I am afraid that in this life, I will never have the opportunity to return to the Mongolian grassland to rule the king - Lin Dan and his son would not think that Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian would be stupid enough to overthrow the pro-Ming Abu Nai, and put down the Ming Dynasty. Lin Dan and Er Zhe returned to the Mongolian grassland to continue to threaten the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty!As expected, things developed in the most unfavorable direction for Lin Dan and his son. At noon that day, Ming Xizong announced to the world that he decided to confer Abu Nai as the King of Shunyi, and officially recognized Ab Nai's Mongolian Khan status, and he was extremely 'blind' He rejected Abnai's wish to welcome his father Lin Dan and brother E Zhe back, and gave Abnai the right to pay tribute to the exchange market as compensation.As for the unlucky father and son Lin Dan and Er Zhe, they were imprisoned in the capital of Daming forever by the Ming court under the name of Nanshou.After the news came back to Chahanhot, Abunai, encouraged by Song Xiance and a group of pro-Ming princes, wept and reluctantly inherited the Mongolian Khan throne, and quickly concluded a permanent alliance with the Ming court to send the Khan The Laqin and Horqin Grasslands were leased to the Ming court for 50 years free of charge, and they joined forces to suppress Jiannu!Lin Dan's younger brother Ji Tu, who is the only one who can threaten Abu Nai Khan's position, also hides cats and cats in Chahanhaote Prison...

"Monkey boy, that Song Xiance seems to be your master?" After announcing a series of edicts from the Ming court against Mongolia, the beaming Wei Zhongxian immediately said to Young Master Zhang: "This kid has done a good job, he is worthy of being your monkey boy!" The person who was trained by himself, listened to the report of the accompanying Jin Yiwei, he was the one who advised Abu Nai from the beginning to the end of the Chahanhaote coup, made a comprehensive plan, and forced to kill Sutai, the Tatar bitch who hated Daming, and he was also him A masterpiece! That’s right, this kid didn’t embarrass you, monkey, or our family, he solved a big problem for the Ming court, and saved countless military supplies for the court!”

"Father, Song Xiancai plotted against Abu Nai to carry out a coup in Chahanhaote, that was not taught by the child." Young Master Zhang couldn't laugh or cry, and secretly added in his heart - that was his natural specialty!Wei Zhongxian laughed loudly and said, "Monkey boy, why are you so modest? Without your guidance and teaching, how could a poor scholar who looked three parts like a man and seven parts ghost do such a beautiful thing? Even the emperor said , Song Xiance's ability to do such a thing must have come from your monkey bastard's tricks, and you should remember the first credit."

Young Master Zhang smiled wryly, but he didn't dare to defend himself, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and claim the credit for Song Xiance's work.Wei Zhongxian laughed again and patted Young Master Zhang on the shoulder, and said softly, "Monkey boy, work hard, and try to put down the rioters in Shaanxi within three years. Our family is still waiting for your good news." Young Master Zhang didn't dare He agreed, but only asked tentatively: "Father, since you let your child serve as the governor of the five provinces and take full responsibility for chasing down the rebels in Shaanxi, what about the food and military salaries for the troops of the five provinces? And the relief money to appease the hungry...?"

"Don't worry, our family has already made preparations." Wei Zhongxian waved his hand generously, then leaned into Young Master Zhang's ear and whispered, "This is what our family will say to you monkey boy alone. Eight traitor merchants? After the imperial court confiscated their properties, they made a total of more than 300 million taels of silver, filled up some of the shortfall, and now there are about 150 million taels left. After our family got the money, Sun Chengzong, the old man I have begged our family countless times, but our family has been holding back and not dialing Shan-Gan, just to keep it for you monkey boy."

"Thank you father, father is such a kindness as heaven, and the child will die forever." Young Master Zhang was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him again, and then Young Master Zhang asked doubtfully, "Father, didn't those eight traitorous businessmen in Zhangjiakou sentenced Ling Chi? The execution period has already passed, why hasn't the boy heard about their execution?"

"There were some accidents, and the eight traitors wanted to live for two more years, but they didn't want to die too badly, so they confessed two more big fish." Wei Zhongxian explained with a smile: "Do you still remember the two brothers Li Jiabin and Li Jiaguo from the Tongzhou Company? The two youngsters of Li Sancai’s family knew that the eight traitors in Zhangjiakou were adulterating slaves. Not only did they not report to the court, but they also used the tank boats in their hands to cooperate with the eight traitors and the Jiannu army to sell food, cloth and private salt for huge profits. After presenting personal and material evidence, our family felt that the eight traitors might still be of some use, so we didn’t rush to chop them up, and planned to squeeze some oil out of them.”

"Brothers of the Li family from the Tongzhou Chamber of Commerce?" Young Master Zhang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Father, how do you plan to deal with them?"

"Of course it was ransacking the house for questioning. Li Sancai's two cubs were at least beheaded, and the family sent them into exile." Wei Zhongxian replied casually: "But don't let this matter out, our family is setting up a net, just in the past few days They are about to be wiped out, including their people and money, that old bastard Li Sancai has made so much money from being governor of Huaiyang and Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he should spit it out and return it to the court and the people."

"Father, can that child dare to ask you for something?" Young Master Zhang was overjoyed, and quickly told the grievances between himself and the Li family brothers, and finally pleaded: "Father, the child promised to accompany the Dongchang slaves and town governors at that time." Si Jinyiwei, one day, the boy will take them to ransack the homes of the two brothers himself, make them pay ten times the price, and ask the father to let the boy get what he wanted." Wei Zhongxian, who was not a good thing in the first place, said extremely He admired Young Master Zhang's vindictive character, and immediately nodded in agreement.

In the next few days, the Ming court has been busy rewarding the meritorious soldiers of Xuanda and Shanhaiguan, those who should be promoted, those who should be rewarded with silver, the families of soldiers who died in battle, and replenishing the food and weapons consumed in the battle. , recruiting recruits to replenish soldiers, was extremely busy, and Young Master Zhang has never been able to find an opportunity to report Yuan Chonghuan's suspected treason to Wei Zhongxian.Finally, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, after all the matters had a clue, Young Master Zhang finally seized the opportunity to report to Wei Zhongxian the real story of Shanhaiguan in detail. After Yuan Chonghuan failed in his rebellion, he was so angry that he dropped his teacup on the spot, and roared to Master Zhang and asked, "Since that bastard Yuan Chonghuan betrayed Daming, why didn't you take Ning Yuan immediately? Catch him and his henchmen all at once?"

"The situation is too critical, and I dare not take any risks." Young Master Zhang said in a deep voice: "At that time, the elite of Shanhaiguan had already been captured under Ningyuan City, but they lacked siege weapons, so it was impossible to take Ningyuan City immediately. It's not far away yet. If the boy really pushes the Shanzong's cancer into a hurry and contacts Jiannu to attack from inside and outside, then the main force of Shanhaiguan will suffer a disastrous defeat! If the main force of Shanhaiguan is lost, the remnants of Jiannu's army may join hands with Shanzong to go south , Relying on Ningyuan's grain and grass weapons to quickly capture Shanhaiguan, and the troops will go all the way to the city of Beijing, and there will be no danger in the Ming Dynasty's capital area, so to be on the safe side, the boy can only choose to withdraw the entire army to Shanhaiguan and keep the existing results."

"Then you just forget it? Let that national thief Yuan Chonghuan continue to be lawless in Ningyuan?" Wei Zhongxian was also impatient, and rarely roared at Young Master Zhang with a livid face.Young Master Zhang kowtowed honestly, and said with tears: "Father, I don't want to do this, and I don't want to let Yuan Chonghuan, a national traitor, but I don't have direct evidence of Yuan Chonghuan's treason and collusion with the enemy, and the main force of the slave-killing army is not around. The [-] slave-slaughter troops are all exhausted and have run out of ammunition. This strength is absolutely no match for the Jiannu and Ningyuan rebels. What's more, the child and father-in-law have to take into account the safety of the capital, the court and your father. That's why the child had to do this. Thousands of mistakes are the child's fault, even if the father cut the child, the child did not complain." After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang kowtowed desperately and burst into tears.

Wei Zhongxian's face was black and black, panting heavily and staring at Young Master Zhang gnashing his teeth for a long time, Wei Zhongxian gradually calmed down, sighed and helped Young Master Zhang, and said softly: "Monkey boy, get up, you did a good job, For the Ming court, the safety of the Gyeonggi region is the top priority. Your choice to retreat to Shanhaiguan is right. This time you can’t destroy Jiannu, and there will be a next time. Also, you didn’t let Xiong Tingbi report truthfully in the memorial. This point is also very correct. If that old idiot Xiong Tingbi really tells the truth, there will be a big quarrel in the Ming court, and you may be involved by then, and those gangs will only talk big words The Donglin Furu, but he can say anything."

"Father, the child was so angry that he vomited blood at the mouth." Young Master Zhang wiped his tears and said, "It's because I regret that I didn't make up my mind to kill Yuan Chonghuan, a traitor.

"Forget it, don't blame yourself too much. You don't have to be so angry because of a national traitor. It's important to protect yourself." Wei Zhongxian shook his head, with a fierce look in his eyes, and said through gritted teeth: "As for Ning Yuan, from today onwards, Our family cut off all their food supplies, and let the soldiers of Ningyuan go to Yuan Chonghuan to settle accounts! If Yuan Chonghuan wants food, grass and military pay, let him come to the capital to get it himself!"

"Father Gao Ming, there is no real evidence for Yuan Chonghuan's collusion with the enemy and betrayal of the country. If you directly use force to punish him, not only is it morally unjustifiable, but it may also force him to turn against him, causing the flames of war to go directly to Shanhaiguan." Young Master Zhang hurriedly flattered him, respectfully Said: "The best choice is to temporarily admit that Ningyuan's army continues to be the Ming Dynasty's army and Yuan Chonghuan continues to be an official of the Ming Dynasty, and then use the economic blockade to drive Ningyuan's army into desperation and plunge Ningyuan's army into civil strife."

"Stop flattering me." Wei Zhongxian waved his hand angrily, and said through gritted teeth: "Our parents have never been so useless at this age! We know that Yuan Chonghuan deserves to die, but we keep throwing rats at him, and we can't find a chance to kill him." Cut to pieces, destroy the whole family! Our family is almost useless!"

"Father, why don't you let my son and father-in-law swap positions?" Young Master Zhang cautiously suggested, "Let father-in-law go to Xuanda to suppress the rebels, and let my son go to Shanhaiguan to prepare for the war to destroy Jiannu and kill Ningyuan rebels. "

"Let you and Xiong Tingbi switch positions?" Wei Zhongxian was a little moved, but after careful consideration, Wei Zhongxian felt that letting Young Master Zhang go back to Liaodong to suppress the rebels in Ningyuan and wipe out Jiannu would immediately disrupt his gradual and complete control of the northern soldiers through Young Master Zhang Ma's big plan, and the old enemy Sun Chuanting must have a reliable and war-fighting confidant staring at him-in the fourth year of the apocalypse, Sun Chengzong almost raised troops in Shanhaiguan to kill Wei Zhongxian on the side of the Qing emperor!So after thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian still shook his head and said: "Our family thinks there is no need for it. Jiannu has been greatly weakened. As long as your father-in-law is still in Shanhaiguan, our family does not have to worry about the threat of Jiannu to the capital. In the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, once the weak suppression spreads, the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty will be on fire everywhere, and the trees will be full of smoke. If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle the inside, you should go to the northwest to wipe out Jiannu for our family first."

"You must settle down first when fighting against the outside world? Is this so awkward yesterday?" Young Master Zhang murmured in his heart, and he was a little disappointed—there is actually another reason why Young Master Zhang wanted to go back to Liaodong, and that was to avoid the political whirlpool between the court and China, and concentrate on going outside the pass to calm down Foreign aggression, once Young Master Zhang goes deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, even if the main force of slavery is wiped out, it will not be a task that can be completed in two or three years to completely eliminate the remnants of slavery and rebuild Liaodong. Even if Wei Zhongxian, who was on the throne, fought a decisive battle with the royalists, Master Zhang could escape the political struggle and be alone.At the same time, Young Master Zhang is outside the pass and has a heavy army in his hands, so it is more than enough to protect himself. ——People are not plants, Wei Zhongxian completely regards Young Master Zhang as his own son, no matter how wolf-hearted Young Master Zhang is, he can't bear to stand on the side of the royalist party and attack Wei Zhongxian.It's just a pity that for the sake of the future of himself and the Wei family, Wei Zhongxian is destined not to let Young Master Zhang go alone.

"I must do my best, my son, and strive to wipe out the rebels as soon as possible, and then free up my hands to wipe out Jiannu for my father." He answered Wei Zhongxian's order sullenly in his heart, and Young Master Zhang was about to leave.Wei Zhongxian smiled again, and said: "Monkey boy, you can do something about the brothers of the Li family you mentioned a few days ago. You go back and make preparations. Our family will ask the emperor for an order tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow you will talk to the supervisor of ceremonies. Bingbi Li Qinmeng set out to Tongzhou with two hundred brocade guards and your one thousand slave-slaughter army to search the homes of those two little boys, Li Sancai."

"Alright, let's go and relax." Young Master Zhang, who has been depressed by the political struggle for the past few days, also showed some smiles, and quickly thanked Wei Zhongxian, and sent someone to notify Song Jin and Xiao Chuan to let them Find out all the original team who accompanied me to Jiangnan to raise funds, and prepare to accompany me to Tongzhou to settle the old account.

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It is of course a rare job to search the home of President Li’s brother of the Tongzhou Chamber of Commerce. Whether it is the officials leading the team or the most ordinary soldiers, they can make a lot of money. There is the meaning of rewarding the direct descendants of the Nujun Army and Young Master Zhang in disguise. As for letting Li Qinmeng, the supervisor of ceremonies, accompany him with a pen, it naturally means to let Li Qinmeng benefit Wei Zhongxian himself, so after receiving this errand the next day , Li Qinmeng and Tu Nujun were very excited, gearing up and waiting to make a fortune.At this time, Young Master Zhang, who wanted to have some fun for himself, suddenly had a whim, and decided to hand over the army to Li Qinmeng and Wu Liuqi to lead the army, and set off for Tongzhou the next day, while he took Chen Jianhuang and Zhang Shitou to wait for him back then. The old man who was hit by the Li brothers changed into plain clothes and went to Tongzhou to play with the Li brothers today. When the brigade arrived in Tongzhou the next day, he gave the Li brothers a big surprise.

"Zhang Tanhua, is this worth it?" Li Qinmeng asked with a smile: "If Tanhualang is really impatient, then Tongzhou is not far from the capital anyway, we can start today, it's only noon, and we still have to catch up before dark Get Tongzhou."

"Eunuch Li, just let me play." Young Master Zhang said with a smile: "Eunuch Li, don't you know that three years ago when I was a sixth-rank Hanlin Academy editor, the two young masters of Li Sancai's family The brat who bullied me was called that arrogant, almost knocked over my boat and tried to drown me, and threatened me to strike down the grain market, wood market, salt market and boat market. It’s just that I’m sorry to the parents of heaven and earth, and I’m sorry to my conscience and brothers.”

"Well, it's up to you." Li Qinmeng had no choice but to smile and said: "But Tanhualang, you have to take care of yourself, the Li family brother's firm is the largest firm in Tongzhou, and there are thousands of people in it. , if they jump over the wall in a hurry and provoke the shop assistants to make trouble and hurt Tan Hualang, your daughter's body, then the servants will have no way to explain to their ancestors."

"It's okay, Tongzhou is at the feet of the emperor, those two youngsters of the Li family dare to violently resist the law, unless they want to be exterminated by the nine clans!" Young Master Zhang waved his hand disdainfully, but considering that the Li family chamber of commerce is too powerful, the palace It may not be reliable whether the news can be completely blocked, so the always cautious Young Master Zhang still made an adjustment and ordered: "Shitou, bring ten of our snipers and muskets and ammunition just in case."

"Understood." Zhang Shitou respectfully agreed.Young Master Zhang waved his arms and howled in the direction of Tongzhou, "Li Jiaguo, Li Jiabin, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in three years! I've come to settle accounts with you! I will confiscate all your money, property and women! Light!"

(End of this chapter)