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Chapter 172 The Bad News Comes

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Young Master Zhang and Wei Zhongxian's wishful thinking is croaking. They both know that the peasant uprising in Shaanxi cannot be quelled quickly, and they also know that the imperial court and the treasury can't provide so much money and food to appease the hungry people, so they simply gave up relief and decided to use chaos to control chaos. Wei Zhongxian and Mr. Zhang, the pair of jackals and fathers who are colluding together, will stand up to pick peaches, pick up cheap ones, and bring them with them. To rule out dissidents.But it's a pity that the poisonous scheme of Young Master Zhang and Wei Zhongxian has been in constant trouble from the very beginning.

Of course, it cannot be Sun Chengzong who is in trouble. As the veteran of the three dynasties, the emperor's teacher, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, the Liaodong Economic and Strategic Envoy, and the Liaodong Governor, Master Zhang recommended him to come back as an official. Xi Zong had no objections, civil and military officials had no objections, even Donglin Party officials rarely stood on the same front as Young Master Zhang, and supported Young Master Zhang's recommendation—after all, Sun Chengzong was one of the veterans of the Donglin Party, The Donglin party members who like to form cliques certainly hope that their own party will have a high position in the court and local authorities!Therefore, there was no objection to Young Master Zhang's recommendation, and it was unanimously approved!

Sun Chengzong's appointment as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu was passed, but Wei Zhongxian recommended Hong Chengchou as the governor of Shaanxi, but he encountered big troubles. It is still very rare in the history of the Ming Dynasty to jump four or five ranks to serve as the governor of Shaanxi.What's more troublesome is that the position of governor of Shaanxi is too sensitive now. Everyone knows that this governor of Shaanxi is not going to Shaanxi to collect taxes and settle lawsuits, but to suppress rebellion. It is risky for the experienced Hong Chengchou to take the role.

Out of a responsible attitude towards the imperial court, Zhang Ruitu, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who has always listened to Wei Zhongxian's words, stood up to object, and cautiously said to Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian: "Your Majesty, Wei Gonggong, Hong Chengchou is also known to me. Wanli 44 Jinshi of Bingchen Branch in the year of the Ministry of Punishment. He has successively served as the head of the Jiangxi Qingli Department of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Yuanwailang, Langzhong, and Zhejiang Tixueqian. It is not without discussion to seal off borders, but the current situation in Shaanxi is different, and Hong Chengchou has never served in the Ministry of War, nor has he ever been on the battlefield or led an army, so is it too risky for him to be the governor of Shaanxi?"

"The minister seconded the proposal. Hong Chengchou may be worthy of great use, but it is not suitable for use now, let alone in Shaanxi." Many officials stood up and seconded, and some directly said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to be a guarantee and recommend Zhang Haogu, the governor of Jimen, was transferred to Shaanxi to quell the rebellion, Master Zhang is both civil and military, and the slaves were frightened when he heard the news, and he was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi to quell the rebellion, and he will surely succeed."

"I also recommend Zhang Haogu, and I am willing to be a guarantor." More officials stood up and used their official career and wealth to guarantee Young Master Zhang to be the governor of Shaanxi.Young Master Zhang standing in the middle of the train kept silent, knowing that these people were not all out of malice, but limited by their knowledge and historical limitations, it was impossible to see that the Shaanxi rebellion could not be put down by force.At this time, Ming Xizong also spoke, turned to Wei Zhongxian and asked: "Zhongxian, so many people oppose Hong Chengchou's governor of Shaanxi, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, when my servant recommended Gaodi and Zhang Haogu as Liaodong governors and Jinzhou soldiers, there were no fewer people who opposed it than now." Wei Zhongxian said calmly: "But Gaodi and Zhang Haogu who have never been on the battlefield Zhang Haogu, what happened in Liaodong?"

"Well, this is true. Zhongxian, you are still very accurate in judging people." Ming Xizong nodded, then turned to Young Master Zhang and asked, "Zhang Aiqing, you are a good military officer. Tell me, is Hong Chengchou suitable for the position of Shaanxi Province?" Governor, provoke the burden of suppressing thieves?"

"Thunder, rain and dew, could it be God's grace." Young Master Zhang did not answer directly, "Whether Hong Chengchou is qualified to be the governor of Shaanxi depends on the holy order. But Hong Chengchou has also seen this person, a very talented person, and he is also quite knowledgeable about the art of war. There is research——with this person assisting Mr. Sun Ge in suppressing the rebels, he would be a good candidate."

"That's right, he, the governor of Shaanxi, mainly assists Mr. Sun Ge in suppressing the rebels. With Mr. Sun Ge here, what else do I worry about?" Ming Xizong was reminded by Young Master Zhang, and quickly nodded and said: "Okay, then Don't discuss the matter again, Zhongxian, you immediately draw up an order to let Hong Chengchou be the governor of Shaanxi, and assist the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu to put down the rebellion in Shaanxi."

"The servant obeys the order." Wei Zhongxian complied proudly.The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were extremely depressed. So many of us opposed Hong Qiyin's appointment as the governor of Shaanxi, but in the end we were no match for Wei Zhongxian and Mr. Zhang's father and son's light words.But Ming Xizong was eager to go back to appreciate the new sketch of the foldable multi-purpose engineer shovel presented by Master Zhang, yawned and announced the dismissal of the dynasty.

After the dynasty was over, Wei Zhongxian followed up in the harem as usual, taking advantage of Ming Xizong's busy making folding engineering shovels to ask for instructions on other government affairs, while Young Master Zhang yawned again and followed the officials to leave the Golden Luan Hall and go home to rest.On the way, several officials came up to ask Young Master Zhang to have a dinner at his home at noon to connect with each other. Young Master Zhang replied with a sad face: "My lords, thank you for your kindness. I set off from Jizhou yesterday morning and hurried all the way here In the capital, I didn’t even go home and immediately went to Jiuqian Sui’s house to discuss matters. I didn’t have to go home until after the third watch. Before resting for half an hour, I went to Chengtianmen to participate in the morning court at the fourth watch. Now I have to go home to make up for it. I fell asleep immediately."

"Tan Hua Lang worked hard, so we won't force it." Several officials who invited Young Master Zhang to the banquet smiled, and saw the dark circles and bloodshot eyes on Young Master Zhang's face, and knew that Young Master Zhang was not lying, so they didn't force it anymore. , each dispersed.As if he had been pardoned, Young Master Zhang quickly jumped on his horse and led Zhang Shitou, who was also sleepy, back home to rest.But just two streets away, when he passed an intersection where Young Master Zhang must go up and down, a vaguely familiar thin figure on the side of the road suddenly passed by from the corner of his eyes, and hurried into a small alley next to him. Looking in the alley, I saw a sedan chair parked in the alley.

"Whose sedan chair?" Young Master Zhang muttered, and just as he was about to look away, the curtains of the sedan chair in green clothes suddenly opened, and a beautiful face appeared behind the sedan window.With just one glance, Young Master Zhang's thieves' eyes immediately widened, and he blurted out, "Qing Yun!" The curtains were drawn, and then the sedan chair was lifted, and soon got into the depths of the alley.

"Little girl, are you waiting here for me on purpose, and you want to hide when you see me?" Eldest Young Master Zhang sneered, dismounted and chased after her on foot.I never thought that the sedan chair was running very fast, Young Master Zhang chased after him very slowly, and stopped the sedan chair after chasing two alleys, and smiled into the sedan chair: "Qing Yun, don't hide, I know you want to see me Come out, take advantage of the time now, let's find a place to sit down and have a good talk, otherwise, maybe I will go back to Jizhou tomorrow."

There was no sound in the sedan chair, and after a long time, little Xing Yuan got out of the sedan chair, and timidly said to Young Master Zhang: "Master Zhang, my little lady said that she doesn't want to see you, please get out of the way and let us go." I can't see, little Xing Yuan has grown up a lot, his skin is getting better than snow, and he is as cute as carved jade.Young master Zhang felt affectionate, knelt down and pinched little Xing Yuan's little face, and said with a smile: "Little girl, don't forget that I bought you with five taels of silver, and your elbows are so small that you can turn them out when you grow up. Come on? Tell your little lady quickly, I have something important to tell her, and ask her to come out to see me."

"I..." Little Xing Yuan was so pinched by Young Master Zhang that his face turned red and he didn't dare to respond.At this time, Mei Qingyun's familiar voice finally sounded from inside the sedan chair, and said in a cold tone: "I can hear you, so please say something."

"Qing Yun, I..." Young Master Zhang had thousands of words to Mei Qing Yun, but in front of bearers, soldiers and passers-by, Young Master Zhang couldn't say a single word.After a little hesitation, Young Master Zhang said softly, "Qing Yun, I want to talk to you alone, in a place where there are no outsiders, is that okay?"

"No need." Mei Qingyun's tone became even colder, and she said coldly in the sedan chair: "You are a married man, and I am a young girl who has not left the court. It is inconvenient to get along alone. If you have anything to say, say it now, no If so, I'm leaving."

"I, I..." Young Master Zhang, who was always eloquent, suddenly became clumsy and said guiltily after a long time: "I'm sorry for you, but I really can't help it. Hu'er has a deep affection for me. I have my child again, so I have to marry her as the main house. And you are the niece of Zhang Guogong, whether it is Zhang Guogong or other people in the British government, they will not allow you to marry as the side house, so there is no way, I have to feel sorry for you."

"Finish?" Mei Qingyun asked in the sedan chair, and then said flatly: "You have nothing to do, I'm sorry, there is no relationship between me and you, and I have already forgotten you. Don't worry, I won't blame you..." Speaking of the last two sentences, Mei Qingyun's voice could not help but choked up, and in the end Mei Qingyun was afraid that her feelings would be revealed, so she tried her best to calm down and said : "If there is nothing else, I will leave. Bearer, get up the sedan chair."

"No, I still have something to say." Young Master Zhang hurriedly stopped him.Never thought that Mei Qingyun would ask coldly in the sedan chair again: "What else do you want to say? You won't tell me that you plan to divorce Master Xiong's daughter, right? If that's the case, then even I I look down on you."

"Of course not." Young Master Zhang quickly denied it, but he couldn't say anything if he wanted to marry Mei Qingyun as a concubine. Liu Jin and others dare not do anything to this kind of family. Young Master Zhang wants to marry Mei Qingyun as a concubine. Not only will the British government, which attaches great importance to face and status, not agree, there may be some troubles.For a while, Young Master Zhang really couldn't find any suitable reason to keep Mei Qingyun. Mei Qingyun didn't rush to urge the sedan chair to leave, and confronted Young Master Zhang silently through the sedan chair curtain.

"Master Zhang, Master Zhang." An unpleasant male duck voice broke the silence, amidst the shouting, a young eunuch led two Jinyi guards on fast horses and rushed over, the little eunuch who was sweating profusely jumped off the horse and charged Young Master Zhang complained: "Master Zhang, why are you here? Our family thought you had gone home, so we ran back and forth to your house, but we only found you after hearing that they saw you coming in here."

"Little eunuch, is there something urgent?" Young Master Zhang looked at the little eunuch a few times, and found that he seemed to be the little eunuch serving Wei Zhongxian.The little eunuch wiped his sweat and replied: "Something has happened, Jiu Qiansui wants you to enter the palace immediately, he is waiting for you in the Rites Supervisor."

"What's the big deal? You asked me to go back just after I left the court?" Young Master Zhang asked suspiciously.The little eunuch looked around and whispered in Young Master Zhang's ear.After the little eunuch finished speaking, Young Master Zhang was stunned at first, then jumped up and shouted: "Shitou, bring the horse over here, I want to enter the palace immediately!"

"Master Zhang Gou!" Mei Qingyun couldn't bear it any longer, she subconsciously rushed out of the sedan chair, and shouted at Young Master Zhang's back with red eyes: "What do you think of me? Stop me from talking when I'm free , when something happens, leave me immediately, are you kidding me? What do you think of me? If you don’t tell me clearly today, you will never come to me again! "

Mei Qingyun lost her temper suddenly, and everyone present was startled, and they all shut their mouths and dared not speak.Young Master Zhang turned his back to Mei Qingyun and remained silent, the muscles in his ears twitched. After a long time, Young Master Zhang tried to calm down, turned around and said to Mei Qingyun: "Qing Yun, I'm sorry, I'm really in a hurry, I'll wait until I'm free." Now, I will go to your house to find you again."

"What's your hurry...?" Mei Qingyun still wanted to get mad, but at this moment, Mei Qingyun suddenly discovered—a thin line of blood flowed down from the lips of First Young Master Zhang!Mei Qingyun couldn't help but lose her anger, and asked in surprise, "Why is your mouth bleeding? What happened?"

"It's nothing." Young Master Zhang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, forced a smile and said, "I just received the urgent report from Liaodong that Jiannu Xianghuangqi and Xianghongqi launched a surprise attack on their way back to Liaodong from the Horqin Grassland, breaking Youtun and Daling In Hecheng, the food in the two cities was plundered by Jiannu, and the convoy carrying food from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou was also ambushed by Jiannu, and all the food and grass they escorted fell into the hands of Jiannu!"

"I lost some food, is it worth biting my own lips?" Mei Qingyun froze for a moment, then Mei Qingyun suddenly came to her senses, and quickly asked: "Where are the people? What about the people and the army in Youtun and Dalinghe? How many casualties?"

"The [-] soldiers and civilians in the two cities of Youtun and Dalinghe were brutally massacred by Jiannu, and none of them survived." Young Master Zhang was still smiling, but tears were already shining in his eyes, "Most of them are The soldiers and civilians who fought side by side with me in Jinzhou fell into the hands of Jiannu. Of course Jiannu wanted to take revenge on them. There was also General Ma Shicheng who sent food from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou. During the battle, he even used his body to block the arrows for me, but unfortunately he died on the battlefield, and the entire army escorting the luggage was wiped out."

Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang thought of the voices and smiles of his comrades-in-arms in the past, and his heart was so hurt that he couldn't cry.Seeing Young Master Zhang like this, Mei Qingyun's resentment dissipated, and she choked up and said, "Then you go, I'll wait for you at home."

(End of this chapter)