Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 363
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"Nine thousand years old, Zhang Haogu is really going too far." Feng Quan knelt down in front of Wei Zhongxian with the report that Young Master Zhang had just sent, and said with snot and tears, "He actually..., He actually asked the imperial court to give a reward of 20 taels of silver to each of the troops of the Northern Expedition! The 13 troops do not count the silver rewards for the generals, but even the soldiers cost 260 million taels of silver, accounting for more than half of the national treasury’s annual income! He really thought that Ming The state treasury was opened for him?! One mouthful is 20 taels per person. He thought the court was the money that was chopped with a knife? It was stabbed with a gun? One mouthful was 20 taels per person. "

"Then is he a suggestion? Or a request?" Wei Zhongxian groaned and waved his hands. Without speaking, an imperial physician immediately stood behind Wei Zhongxian and massaged his temples on both sides. The pain on Wei Zhongxian's face eased slightly, but the two His hands were still shaking like chaff.Feng Quan peeked at Wei Zhongxian's reaction, knowing that Wei Zhongxian's hands were trembling and his head was shaking, and he was suffering from dizziness again, so he honestly replied: "Back to Nine Thousand Years, Zhang Haogu just suggested, but he didn't dare to ask the court to make such a move." A lot. However, I think that when he went north to Liaodong this time, he has only won ordinary small victories. He didn’t make so many contributions and was rewarded so heavily. When he really defeated Jiannu and captured Nuerha Chilao Jiannu, he can’t ask the court for a reward of 100 taels of silver per person? These small victories are rewarded so heavily, how can we reward them in the future?”

"Huh?" Wei Zhongxian was a little surprised, pushed away the imperial physician's hand and straightened up and asked, "Why? Zhang Haogu didn't say what kind of victories he won in the memorial for meritorious service?"

"No? No?" Feng Quan was more surprised and puzzled than Wei Zhongxian.Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and said with a smile: "Monkey boy, you really have a heart. After winning such a big battle, you didn't even reveal a word to the court, and you reported it to our family alone - let our family report it to you." Your Majesty. Ha, what a little monkey, it is worthwhile for our family to love you."

"Nine thousand years old, what kind of victory did Zhang Haogu win in Liaodong?" Feng Quan came to his senses, and realized that Young Master Zhang didn't mention the great victory ahead in the reward memorial because he was afraid that others would take Wei Zhongxian's credit. Quickly asked curiously.Wei Zhongxian lay back on the reclining chair again, and said with a smile: "It's not a big victory. The monkey boy just sent us a victory memorial. He just killed Jiannu's 15 army, and the old Jiannu was mad. The body of Nuerhachi old Jiannu was seized, and Jiannu's new puppet Khan Huang Taiji was captured alive. This battle also wiped out 20% of Jiannu's army. Therefore, our family believes that he is the best for every Ming soldier. Please give me [-] taels of Wenyin, which is not too much, and it is also considered for the national treasury. Haha, hahahahaha..."

"What?" Rao Feng Quan is considered old in the city, and he couldn't help jumping up when he heard the news, and shouted tongue-tiedly: "It's only been two months, and he has killed Jian slave who has been harming Liaodong for more than ten years. The army was completely wiped out? And the body of the old Jiannu was also seized? Is this possible?"

"Our own son, what else is impossible?" Wei Zhongxian snorted triumphantly, waved his hands and said, "This reward is very appropriate. Monkeys never drink soldiers' blood and eat empty salaries, but the generals at all levels have paid for it." After the deduction, it is not bad for a soldier to get 15 taels. The reward of 20 taels per person is really not high. Let’s make the decision. Each Ming soldier will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver. You go back and draw up a regulation, the treasury The money is not enough, our family will call you from the internal treasury. Haha, these days are full of happy events. Yesterday Li Shi wrote a letter. He listened to the suggestion of the little monkey boy. A few big deals, earning more than 100 million taels of silver compared to last year, and using the tea and silk export monopoly contract, borrowed the hands of the United Kingdom to clean up the red-haired devils who seized Taiwan. With these happy events, the emperor and our family can finally live this year It's been a festive year."

After speaking triumphantly, Wei Zhongxian felt dizzy again, and quickly lay back on the chair, and ordered the imperial physician sent by Mingxi Sect to take care of him: "Cupping for our family like yesterday." The imperial physician followed the order, Quickly took out the medicine box and started to work, while Feng Quan peeked at Wei Zhongxian's situation with a strange expression on his head, pretending to be unintentionally happy and said: "So, the emperor really has a double happiness this month. Concubine Ke just added a new son to the emperor on the second day of the winter month a few days ago, and Tan Hualang sent such a big happy news today, if the emperor knows about it, he might be so happy."

Sure enough, when he heard that his great-grandson had added a new competitor to inherit the throne—even though this opponent was Zhu Cikun, the hospitable old friend of Wei Zhongxian's family niece, Wei Zhongxian frowned, and shouted angrily: "What should I do? , what’s the matter, wait until our family finishes pulling out the cupping pot. Remember, the news of the great victory in Liaodong is not allowed to be leaked out for the time being, and our family must personally report the good news to the emperor.”

"Damn it, if you're afraid that others will take the credit for your good news, just say it. Anyway, I won't get the credit, and I'm not very interested." Feng Quan muttered in his heart, agreed respectfully, and got up When he arrived at the front hall, he took care of official affairs with the eunuchs, five tigers and five biaos in the Qiju hall.Originally, Feng Quan didn't have much business to do at Wei Zhongxian's house this time, and there was his arch-nemesis Cui Chengxiu in the hall. Normally, Feng Quan would have done the errands that Wei Zhongxian had asked him to leave, but this time he didn't know why. Feng Quan deliberately procrastinated and refused to finish it immediately. A small Ruizhou prefectural tax was calculated more than twice.It wasn't until he sneaked a glimpse of the imperial doctor who was guarding Wei Zhongxian entering the back hall, that Feng Quan finished the business in hand, carried the rest of the memorial, and went out of the gate to get on the sedan chair.

The sedan chair left Wei Ran Hutong, and waited for a while in a remote alley by the side of the road. Liao Chaoqun, the imperial doctor who had previously cupped Wei Zhongxian, followed him out of Wei Ran Hutong. , the entourage went over immediately and invited Liao Chaoqun to Feng Quan's sedan chair.Feng Quan invited Liao Chaoqun into the sedan chair again, and said in a low voice, "Imperial Physician Liao, I have something to ask you. Please tell the truth—is the illness of nine thousand years old really serious?"

Liao Chaoqun hesitated and didn't dare to speak. Feng Quan understood, took out a bank note from his sleeve and stuffed it into Liao Chaoqun's hand, and then Liao Chaoqun said hesitantly: "Master Feng, you must keep it a secret, the nine thousand-year-old yin and yang Two deficiencies, body thin and tired, aversion to cold and cold limbs, five upset and hot, are the most intractable diseases of wind dizziness (hypertension) among the elderly. This disease must not be tired, and it is impossible to cure it all at once , I can only take a good rest and recuperate slowly, but you also know Mr. Feng, Jiu Qiansui's temper, we told him to take a good rest, and he slapped us with a big ear..."

"Haha, you deserve it, who told you that the old eunuch likes to seize power and be as virtuous as your godson." Feng Quan was secretly happy, and asked impatiently: "Will that be life-threatening?"

"This..." Liao Chaoqun hesitated again, and said in a low voice, "As long as you don't get angry, your life won't be in danger in the short term, but if you get angry, the condition is likely to get worse."

"Understood, thank you, Imperial Physician Liao." Feng Quan nodded in satisfaction.Liao Chaoqun didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly said his farewell: "Master Feng, if there is nothing else, I will leave now. The weather is too cold these days, and many empresses, father-in-laws and maids in the palace have fallen ill. Your Majesty His condition is also a bit relapsed, and the hospital is too busy, so I have to go back as soon as possible."

"The emperor's condition has also worsened? No wonder you didn't go to court yesterday and today." Feng Quan was happy, saying that if the emperor and Wei Zhongxian fell ill at the same time, then the Ming court would have a lot of fun.After having fun for a while, after sending Liao Chaoqun away, Feng Quan made some calculations and ordered: "Don't go home with the sedan chair, go to the British government."

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On the second day, Wei Zhongxian dragged his sick body into the palace to announce the good news, and reported to Ming Xizong the news that Young Master Zhang wiped out the 15 slave army. He accepted the reward plan proposed by Young Master Zhang, and the reward silver will be awarded only after Young Master Zhang returns triumphantly.In the end, Ming Xizong, who was also sick, took Wei Zhongxian to the Taimiao to report the good news to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Xi Zong's condition worsened, and he lay back on the hospital bed. Wei Zhongxian, who was in love with Ming Xi Zong as his father and son, did not dare to neglect, dragged his sick body to stay by Ming Xi Zong's side day and night, and invited the Western doctor who had treated Ming Xi Zong's illness to give Ming Xi Zong another treatment. Xi Zong treatment.But at this time, God made a huge joke with Wei Zhongxian. After careful diagnosis and treatment by Western doctors, Ming Xizong's condition had just improved a few days later, but Wei Zhongxian, who was overworked, became more ill and lay down... …

On November [-]th, when Young Master Zhang was still preparing to slaughter slaves in the Liaoxi Corridor, Ming Xizong, whose condition had improved somewhat, led a large group of civil and military ministers to Wei Ran Hutong to visit Wei Zhongxian's condition in person.Seeing the emperor visiting him personally, Wei Zhongxian, who was born as an old farmer, was so moved that he burst into tears and struggled to stand up and kowtow to Ming Xizong. Don't get up, just lie down and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian wiped his tears and said with a sob: "Your Majesty, why did you come to see this old slave in person? The old slave's illness is nothing. Both the imperial physician and the Western doctor have said that this old slave will be fine as long as he rests for a few days. On the contrary Your Majesty, are you still coughing so badly? Remember to take your medicine on time. The servants have already written to Li Shi, the weaving eunuch in the south of the Yangtze River, asking him to invite some western doctors with good medical skills from the ports of Hangzhou, Songjiang and Yingtian. Capital, I will treat you, the emperor."

"It's okay, my illness is much better." Ming Xizong replied with a light cough, and then said: "Zhongxian, I also asked the imperial doctor. Your illness is the same as Zhang Aiqing's illness. It is all due to exhaustion. Your father and son They are all my ministers, you must take care of your health, I cannot do without you father and son. You remember, you must take care of your body, for my sake, and for my country, this is my will, you must not violate it .”

"The servant obeys the order, the servant will definitely take good care of herself, and serve the emperor for thousands of years." Wei Zhongxian was moved to tears, and the tears directly wet the quilt on his body.Ming Xizong said again: "By the way, talking about Zhang Haogu and Zhang Aiqing..." Speaking of this, Ming Xizong turned around and told the accompanying civil and military officials: "You all go out, I have some private matters to discuss with you. Zhongxian said."

"Observe the order." The civil and military officials in the room agreed together, and went to the front hall to warm up and wait.It wasn't until these people were all gone that Ming Xizong whispered to Wei Zhongxian: "Zhongxian, what is Zhang Aiqing doing this time, why did you accept so many Jiannu surrender? Jiannu is cunning and shameless, capricious and cruel by nature. Zhang Aiqing was surrounded and forced to surrender. I'm afraid she didn't have much sincerity. Not only did she need a lot of money and food to appease and resettle them, but she would definitely rebel in the future and continue to endanger Liaodong. Zhang Aiqing has always been shrewd in this regard, how could she make such a big mistake?"

"Don't worry, your majesty, those Jian slaves caught by the monkey will only live a few more days." Wei Zhongxian lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Before the expedition, the monkey secretly reported to the servants. On the Liaodong battlefield, in order to recruit the remaining Jiannu, reduce the casualties of my Ming soldiers and weaken Jiannu's determination to resist. He will accept the surrender of some Jiannu when necessary. But when these Jiannu lose their use value, he will lighten the burden on the court, monkey boy In terms of saving money and food for the court, he is no worse than anyone else."

"That's good, then I can rest assured." Ming Xizong smiled knowingly, and finally let go of a worry.Seeing Ming Xizong's mood improved, Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to say in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I don't know how the Emperor has thought about what the slave girl told you last time? Establishing a prince early, strengthening the foundation of the country early, can avoid a lot of trouble in the future."

"Zhongxian, it's not that I think you're wrong, but I really can't help it." Ming Xizong frowned, and said helplessly: "Of my three sons, Zhu Ciyan, Zhu Ciwei and Zhu Cikun, my favorite is also Zhu Ciwei, but Zhu Ciyan is always the eldest son, and also the son of the empress. If I skip Zhu Ciyan and make Zhu Ciwei the crown prince, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree. No, I just met the Duke of England and Cheng Guogong a few days ago. After probing in front of them, the two of them changed their countenance, and mentioned the matter of the former emperor to block my mouth, so I couldn't open my mouth."

Let me explain here, Ming Xizong's father, Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo, is the eldest son of Ming Shenzong Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, but he is not loved by Wanli. Wanli's favorite has always been the third son Zhu Changxun, who was slaughtered by our young master Zhang in Luoyang I have always wanted to make Zhu Changxun the prince. As a result, this plan to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones was opposed by the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. It took 15 years of fighting between the monarchs and ministers before Wanli conceded and made Zhu Changluo the prince. , Zhu Changxun was named the King of Fortune, so to speak, if there is no rule of the eldest son succeeding, Zhu Changluo would never want to be the emperor, let alone Zhu Youxiao, the eldest son of Mingxi Zong, who is Zhu Changluo's eldest son.It is precisely because of this that Zhang Weixian and Zhu Chunchen, the hereditary old dukes of the Ming Dynasty, moved out of Ming Xizong's father, and of course Ming Xizong had nothing to say.

"It's these old things again!" Wei Zhongxian was furious in his heart, but he didn't dare to persuade Ming Xizong's grandfather, Ming Shenzong, to fight with the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty for 15 years. He just thought secretly in his heart: "For the throne of our great-grandson Well, that little brat Zhu Ciyan can’t stay no matter what, but we can’t do anything now. Zhu Ciyan’s death is in our family’s best interest. Once the little brat dies, anyone can guess that it’s our family’s hands. We have to take it slow and don’t reveal it. The slightest flaw made him die in an accident. In addition, we have to wait for our son to come back. With our son and the army sitting in the capital, even if he shows his feet, no one dares to say anything. Hmph!"

"Bang bang, bang bang." Just when Wei Zhongxian was planning his wishful thinking, there was a knock on the door of the room, and Li Yongzhen, the supervisor of ceremonies who was on duty by Ming Xizong's side, shouted anxiously outside the door: "Your Majesty, Wei! Father-in-law, something big happened! Something big happened!"

"What happened?" Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian were taken aback, Ming Xizong waved his hand, and the little eunuch guarding the door hurriedly opened the door. As soon as the door opened, Li Yongzhen and a large group of civil and military officials brought snowflakes and cold The wind rushed in and knelt down in front of Ming Xizong. Li Yongzhen screamed with a pale face: "Your Majesty, something is wrong! The eldest son Zhu Ciyan was assassinated and died in the palace!"

"What?!" Both Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian couldn't believe their ears, they jumped up and screamed together: "How is it possible? The eldest prince is in the forbidden palace, and he is so small, how could the assassins target him? So what? Will assassinate him?"

"The one who assassinated the eldest prince was the eldest prince's wet nurse Lan!" Li Yongzhen screamed frantically: "After Lan killed the eldest prince with a dagger, she also died of poison! Now the empress has passed out from crying! Your Majesty! , you hurry back to the palace!"

"My emperor—!" Ming Xizong yelled, fell on his back, and fainted on the spot.Wei Zhongxian was dumbfounded at first, then threw himself on Ming Xizong, shook Ming Xizong and shouted: "Your Majesty, what's the matter with you, Your Majesty? You dead people, please pass on to the imperial physician! Please pass on to the imperial physician!" After shouting for a while, Wei Zhongxian finally When he came back to his senses and looked up, he saw that all the civil and military officials in the room were stunned and looked at him suspiciously. Wei Zhongxian was taken aback again, then came to his senses, and screamed: "Look at us. What are you doing at home? Could it be that you suspect that it was made by our family? "

Of course, no one dared to answer Wei Zhongxian's words, but the hard-core eunuchs including Li Yongzhen, Cui Chengxiu and Huang Liji all answered in their hearts, "Who are you? If you kill the queen's son, your great-grandson will be the emperor's eldest son." , is also a natural prince!"

"I'm too lazy to talk to you guys!" Seeing the countless doubtful eyes of civil and military officials, Wei Zhongxian was anxious and angry, hugging Ming Xizong who had passed out and roared wildly: "Now, go and call the imperial physician for our family immediately, Call to rescue the emperor! Also, call all the slaves from Dongchang and Zhenfusi to our family, and let them find out the real murderer behind the scenes for our family——!" Roaring, Wei Zhongxian, who was overly emotional, felt dizzy. With a flick of his head, he also fell on Ming Xizong and passed out on the spot...

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When Wei Zhongxian was rescued and woke up, Ming Xizong had already been sent back to the palace by the guards and eunuchs. Although the eunuchs Wuhu Wubiao, Feng Quan, Song Jin and Xiao Chuan from Dongchang had already arrived at Wei Zhongxian's mansion, The face was strange and panicked. Obviously, they also suspected that the real culprit behind the assassination of Zhu Ciyan was the biggest beneficiary——Wei Zhongxian!Wei Zhongxian didn't bother to care about so much, he threw himself on Song Jin and Xiao Chuan, grabbed Song Jin's collar and shouted: "Did you find out? Who ordered that bitch surnamed Lan to assassinate the eldest prince?!"

"Go back to godfather, my son is incompetent." Song Jin said with a sad face: "When my son sent someone to arrest the family of that bitch surnamed Lan, her husband and only son disappeared, and there was no reply when I sent someone to look for it. My son can only The other maids and eunuchs serving the First Prince have been arrested and are being interrogated, but there is still no news."

"Trash!" Wei Zhongxian was furious, and slapped Song Jin's face so hard that Song Jin and Xiao Chuan knelt down together, kowtowing like garlic. If you don’t come out, our family has peeled your skin!”

"Nine thousand years old, don't worry, don't worry." Cui Chengxiu kindly persuaded: "As long as there is a little clue in this matter, Dongchang will definitely find out. Don't worry, don't worry, nine thousand years old, your body is important."

"Can our family not be in a hurry?" Wei Zhongxian roared with tears in his eyes: "If the real culprit can't be found out, people will suspect our family! Even if our family jumped into the Yellow River, we won't be able to clean it!" Wei Zhongxian, who had high blood pressure, was so angry that he wanted to kick the incompetent Song Jin in the face, but his head was dizzy, and he fell to the ground and passed out.

"Nine thousand years old! Nine thousand years old! Imperial physician, call the imperial physician!" Everyone in the eunuch party turned pale with fright, threw themselves on Wei Zhongxian and screamed, and rushed to lift Wei Zhongxian to the hospital bed.Feng Quan, who was carrying Wei Zhongxian's right foot, wondered in his heart, and said to himself: "Strange? Seeing that the old eunuch Wei is so nervous and frightened, could it be that he really did it? But he is the most suspect in this matter?"

"Strange? Did Nine Thousand Years really do this?" Cui Chengxiu, the think tank of the eunuch party, was also pondering in his heart. The slightest rumor made Zhu Chunchen go crazy, Zhang Haogu was not in the capital, no one in the military could keep nine thousand years old? But then again, besides nine thousand years old, who else would take the risk of exterminating the nine clans? The danger of assassinating the prince? What good will it do him?"

"No! There is another person who is suspected!" Thinking to this point, Feng Quan and Cui Chengxiu's bodies shook at the same time, suddenly thinking of one person, and a seductive shadow gradually appeared in their hearts...

Cui Chengxiu was right. Dongchang and the Zhenfu Division were really good at investigating cases. As long as there was a little clue, they could hold on to it.In the early morning of the next day, the bodies of the husband and only son of Lan Susu, the nurse who assassinated Zhu Ciyan, were found by Dongchang secret agents.But what stunned everyone and made Wei Zhongxian mad again was that these two corpses were found in the well in the backyard of the house where Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing raised a woman!This time, even if Wei Zhongxian really jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clean himself up completely!
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