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Chapter 573 The Nine Years of Wanli Are Coming Soon

Xianghe County, which is approaching the twelfth lunar month, has been in trouble for a whole day. People inside and outside the city are ignorant and don't know what's going on.

Those who are well-informed have heard some news that there is a big thief here in Xianghe County, and Jin Yiwei, officers and soldiers of Tianjin Wei have all come.

Whether or not they got the thief is not clear to everyone, only that when it was dark, Jinyi guards who came from Tianjin Guard left the county with a few prison carts. No one knew what was inside the wooden cage prison cart, because it was covered with It is made of black cloth, and the inside cannot be seen.

In November, a man lived in a certain courtyard in the Acropolis of Tianjin. It is said that the male owner was a silk merchant doing business abroad and was away all year round.

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Meng Side of Tianjin Wei Shipyard is now busier than usual. He must go to the port every day to have a look at it, and sometimes he gets up in the middle of the night and goes there once with a lantern.

The winter is extremely cold, the coast of Tianjin Wei is frozen, and the sea ice spreads for thousands of miles. No matter how good a ship is made of wood, if it is squeezed by the sea ice, it will collapse and be destroyed. Therefore, it is necessary to cut ice to protect the ship.

More than a hundred shipwrights in the shipyard are on duty in shifts, and the higher-ups have specially allocated money to hire civilians to help, which is to protect the ship's safety.

In addition to this busyness, in the twelfth lunar month, a hundred boatmen from Shandong suddenly moved over to join the shipyard and make their home in Wei'an, Tianjin.

The masters and craftsmen of Tianjin Wei Shipyard are mainly from the two prefectures of Denglai, Shandong, and they are somewhat related to each other. However, Meng Side recognized a few of these people. They were the people who worked for Sanshui Wang Shen, and they took a lot of money. , more or less have a background of pirates, is this a conspiracy of sea thieves, they finally started this business, and they can't let them take advantage of the loopholes.

Hurriedly went to report to Wang Tong, Wang Tong just replied with a smile:

"Don't worry, I already know everything."

Since Mr. Wang said so, Meng Side will be busy arranging housing and arranging jobs. Originally, preventing sea ice is hard work, and this is even more hard work.

However, the number of skilled craftsmen has increased, and next year there will be several years of logs from Liao Town. Meng Side has already estimated that the speed of shipbuilding will be greatly accelerated next year.

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Ordinarily, it was the twelfth lunar month, and the practice of the Forbidden Army going out of the fortress, which had become a rule for the past two years, was about to be implemented again, but the Yumajian was silent from top to bottom.

From Chu Zhaoren to Lin Shulu, it seems that they don't remember this incident. It is said that the director took the account to Zhang Jing, the eunuch of Zhang Jing, to inquire, but Zhang Jing picked up the account and threw it on the face, and scolded him. .

All the eunuchs have this attitude, so the people below will naturally not be troublesome, and the Ministry of War is also pinching its nose and pretending to be confused. The inner court and the outer court pretend that there is no such matter, so others will naturally not mention it.

The Yumajian Warrior Battalion, the left and right guards of Longxiang, and the left and right guards of Wuxiang, from the battalion officers to the supervising army, to the soldiers below, naturally did not want to go to the bitter cold outside the Great Wall in the first month of the twelfth lunar month, but it was a happy situation.

There is also a joke, saying that every time the martial arts is performed outside the Great Wall, it gives Tianjin Wei's Huweiying a chance to show its face and make meritorious service. A title is rewarded for meritorious service, which many people don't want to see.

Not to mention this, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month in the ninth year of Wanli, the emperor issued a decree to promote Ma Dong, the general guard of a certain place in Datong Town, to be the deputy general of Datong Town.

Participating general Ma Dong is not an ordinary general, but the eldest son of Ma Fang, the former commander-in-chief of Xuanfu. Ma Fang of Xuanfu is known as the No.1 general in the world. The promotion seems to be a balanced policy. After all, Li Rusong, Li Rusong, the eldest son of Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liao Town, is now serving as the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu.

The cabinet and the Ministry of War did not have any doubts about this decree. After the bill was drafted, the supervisor of ceremonies approved it, and Kuaima sent someone to deliver the decree.

There are also Qingliu scholars who questioned as usual, saying that the Ma family and the Li family are intertwined around the capital, and that the two families control nearly half of the soldiers and horses in the world. The law has shown its great effect, and everyone is thinking about how to sing praises to Zhang Ge.

There are also rumors that the news that Ma Dong was promoted to the deputy general of Datong Border Town reached the Ma family in Xuanfu, and Ma Fang was also stunned, as if he didn't know anything about it.

This is really not right, the emperor's decree is just to go through a final procedure, the deputy general is the deputy of the chief soldier, the second person in the military general of the border town, such a personnel change must be communicated many times between the inner court and the outer court, the capital and the local government , the Ma family should have heard of it a long time ago.

Not to mention that most people think that Ma Dong's promotion this time is the result of Ma Fang's long-sleeved skills, walking around and operating in the capital.

The appointment of a deputy general in a town, according to the established rules, the person concerned should go to the capital to receive a seal letter and bow to the emperor to thank him. The capital also released rumors early on, saying that Ma Dong is the son of veteran Ma Fang, who has made great contributions to the country for generations. Loyalty, but also a banquet in the palace and so on.

When this rumor came out, everyone admired Ma Fang even more. A general soldier who served as an official and retired at home could have such a skill in the court and give his two sons such a prosperous future. The news that Ma Fang was stunned and overwhelmed, but everyone didn't believe it, they just thought it was false.

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In the twelfth lunar month, at the end of the year, Zhang Ge's meritorious service is outstanding, everyone praises each other, and his direct ministers insist on his clear name, even the empress dowager's application for an official position for her brother was dismissed by Zhang Ge's stern face, However, on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the six ministries of the cabinet jointly made a statement, saying that Li Wenquan, the eldest son of Li Wei, Marquis of Wuqing, was loyal and diligent, and had made great contributions to the world, so he should be awarded a title.

Since it is a joint name of the six ministries of the cabinet, Zhang Ge must be one of them. The Cisheng Empress Dowager Li didn't think much about it and refused. With the attitude of the empress dowager, Emperor Wanli would naturally confer the title, and the people below would not talk too much. No one had any doubts about Mr. Zhang Ge's repetition.

As for the two border towns of Jizhen and Xuanfu, after the bitter battle in the border towns of Jizhen and Xuanfu, Qi Jiguang and Li Rusong were awarded such titles after annihilating nearly [-] Tartars, and the government and the opposition are still talking about it.

And Wang Tong led the Huwei army to hold back most of the Tartars, which was the key to victory. They also beheaded [-] people, but they were only promoted to one level, and no one mentioned this.

Even if such political affairs are copied from the cabinet, people outside will not spend a penny to buy them, and no one cares about them. This is a matter of course.

As the New Year approached, the most talked about among the rich and idle people in the capital were the two Siamese beauties given to Mr. Zhang Ge by Wang Haiquan, the chief envoy of Guangdong.

It is said that this Siamese beauty has a dark complexion, but she is as soft as boneless, she is inherently charming, and she has practiced serving men since she was a child. All kinds of secret skills are really indescribable.

Everyone was very curious, and some even paid money to the servants of Zhang's mansion to ask about the looks of these two Siamese women. The news that came out was even more fascinating, saying that these two girls were not black at all, but Wheat-colored, the skin is like curdled milk, which makes everyone talk about it.

The inner house of Mr. Zhang Ge, the chief assistant, has always been regarded as a place where beauties gather. The capital and local high-ranking officials and dignitaries, who are close enough to Mr. Zhang, have the habit of sending beauties to them.

It is said that Mr. Zhang Ge's mansion has everything you need, including Thai and Western women. This is really fascinating, but it's a pity that the inner house is like a sea, so I don't have the chance to see it.

When discussing such things, they talked about Fengyue at first, but later they inevitably fell to the point where their words were unbearable and involved obscenity and privacy. They all said that Mr. Zhang Ge was in charge of the world's political affairs and worried about labor. How could he take care of such a large back house.

Another wise person said that those who have great power must have great desires, not to mention Mr. Zhang Ge, who has his own famous doctors inside and outside the palace to dispense medicines for him. It is very helpful. As for what to use for this medicine, this is a unique secret recipe.

The news spread everywhere, it is said that this kind of medicine that Mr. Zhang Ge took was blindly dried sea dogs. What is a sea dog? Many people even heard the name for the first time, so they didn’t know what it was. People say that this medicine is indeed a great tonic, but you have to travel hundreds of thousands of miles to find it. The pirates and pirates on the sea are extremely chaotic. Who would go across the sea for a blind medicine? Nowadays, it is hard for the rich and powerful families in the world to find it. this medicine.

From a Siamese girl to a sea dog, the people who talked about it were frothing, and the people who listened to it were beaming. No one has seen it with their own eyes, but the secret affairs of such high-ranking officials have made everyone really interested. This is inevitable from ancient times to modern times.

As the first month approached, all the yamen in the capital were closed, but there was news from the Ministry of Officials that Wang Haiquan, the governor of Guangdong, had a good grade in his examinations and might be transferred to be the governor of Jiangxi in the first month of the tenth year of Wanli.

Guangdong is a remote place, while Jiangxi is a first-class province in Ming Dynasty. From Guangdong to Jiangxi, it is a transfer at the same level, but in fact it is equivalent to being promoted by two levels. The next step is to enter the capital as a hall official.

There are causes and effects, which makes the rumors spread all over the sky. Everyone knows that even the files of the Secretary of Public Security have a lot of such content. There are also rumors in the palace that Emperor Wanli is very interested in this. It is not whether Wang Haiquan I sent a Siamese girl, but the appearance of this Siamese girl and the effect of dried sea dogs....
The eunuch Lin Shulu, who was supervised by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, asked for leave for a few days in the twelfth lunar month, saying that he was not in good health and had to rest for a few days before returning to work. This was the first time eunuch Lin asked for leave. Except for the envoy and eunuchs like Zhang Cheng and Zhang Jing, the rest were politely turned back.

In the midst of chaos and excitement, the ninth year of Wanli is about to pass...
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