Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 195 Chaos
(PS: Tomorrow, Pure Wolf’s brother-in-law will get married, so I have to take a day off. Please understand and forgive me.)
"So, the person standing behind those profiteers in Zhangjiakou is likely to be nine thousand years old?" After listening to Young Master Zhang's narration, Ma Shiying's face was longer than his surname, and he murmured: "If this is the case, then Anyone who dares to touch those profiteers in Zhangjiakou is tantamount to messing with his own head."

"Nine times out of ten this is the case." Young Master Zhang nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "According to my analysis, our previous temptations may have aroused Jiu Qiansui's vigilance, that's why I rejected my desire to serve as Xuanda Governor or Xuanda Governor." The request of the Grand Governor! Brother Yaocao, I am not Zhang Haogu boasting. The position of Xuanda is both important and arduous. There is no other person in the imperial court who is more qualified and capable except me. With the knowledge of nine thousand years old Human beings are wise, but they want to send me to Fujian and Zhejiang to suppress the bandits—this is clearly a signal to me that I am not allowed to touch those profiteers in Zhangjiakou!"

"I think so too." Ma Shiying smiled wryly, and said dejectedly: "Without the support and assistance of Tanhualang, it seems that even if the officials have the courage, they dare not take the idea of ​​those Zhangjiakou businessmen. What you do is how to protect yourself."

"Brother Yaocao, you don't have to be so discouraged, let alone hide in your hometown in Guizhou." Young Master Zhang patted Ma Shiying on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Well, I will do my best to help you, I think You have two choices now, one is to make a mistake, build a good relationship with those businessmen, so that they and Jiuqian lose their hostility towards you, and first get the position of governor of Datong that you deserve. The other is to change to another place , avoid them for the time being, I will try my best to help you move to the place you want to go, avoid the limelight for a while, you choose." —— Originally, Young Master Zhang wanted to persuade Ma Shiying to work under him, but considering Wei Zhongxian warned himself that he could not Getting too close to Ma Shiying, Young Master Zhang finally gave up on this idea.

Ma Shiying didn't answer in a hurry. After pondering for a long time, Ma Shiying suddenly said: "Tanhualang, I still don't give up, and I don't want to continue to watch those traitor businessmen continue to be lawless and domineering. Can you help me get the position of governor of Xuanda?" ? As long as I am qualified to manage the border market of Zhangjiakou, I hope to get real evidence of their smuggling of prohibited materials, and if I get their criminal evidence, I hope to eradicate them!"

"Governor Xuanda?" Young Master Zhang was stunned, and said in doubt: "I didn't hear that Governor Xuanda is also planning to change people? According to the usual practice, the governor and governor of the same place are usually replaced alternately, so as not to make it difficult to quickly familiarize themselves with the place when they are replaced together. The situation, now Xuanda governor Zhang Pu's three-year term has expired, and it is basically impossible to be re-elected, how could the court replace Xuanda governor at this time?"

"Tanhualang, don't you know?" Ma Shiying was also taken aback.Young Master Zhang shook his head blankly, and replied: "I am a foreign official, Nine Thousand Years usually only discusses local government affairs and military affairs with me, when officials are promoted and transferred, Nine Thousand Years basically consults with Cui Zongxian and Tangguan Feng."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Ma Shiying suddenly realized, and hurriedly explained: "This news was told to me quietly by Feng Tangguan from the Ministry of Household Affairs. The hint that I joined his faction, the subordinate knew that Tangguan Feng and Zongxian Cui were at odds, if he took refuge with Tangguan Feng, he would definitely offend Zongxian Cui, so he didn't dare to agree, he just pretended to be confused and joked, trying to get by."

"That's right, Feng Quan can do such a thing." Young Master Zhang nodded and said with a sneer: "Brother Yaocao, you have been appreciated by Nine Thousand Years recently, and you are very hopeful to be promoted to the post of governor. Feng Quan thinks you are useful, so of course he can't wait trying to draw you to his side."

"The lower official thinks so too, but Tangguan Feng and Zongxian Cui fought too hard. Once the lower official gets on his boat, it's tantamount to fighting against Zongxian Cui, so the lower official doesn't dare to agree to anything." Ma Shiying recalled: "After Feng Tangguan noticed the perfunctory attitude of the subordinate officer, Feng Tangguan showed his cards to the subordinate officer, saying that as long as the subordinate officer followed him, he would at least keep me as the governor of Datong, and said that I If the blessings are enough, he might be able to get me the position of Governor of Xuanda. At that time, Xiaguan was as surprised as you were like Tan Hualang, and he also asked Tangguan Feng why he wanted to replace Governor of Xuanda at this time?"

"How did Feng Quan answer?" Young Master Zhang asked nervously.Ma Shiying replied: "After the lower official asked this question, Tangguan Feng immediately laughed and said that according to his guess, not only Governor Xuanda and Governor Xuanda will be replaced, but Governor Datong and Governor Xuanfu may also be replaced. People! The lower officials were even more surprised. When they continued to question, Tangguan Feng finally told the truth—Tanhualang, on the fourth day after you returned to the capital, Jiuqiantui suddenly transferred all the four officials from the cabinet this year. For the relevant memorials, I checked the resumes of these four officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and brought them to the Jiuqian Mansion for a closer look! Therefore, Tangguan Feng suspected that Jiu Qiansui was paving the way for you and planned to send the officials from the Xuanda Defense Zone Replace all the important positions with reliable people, lest they hinder you when you take over as governor of Xuanda! In the end, Feng Quan said that as long as I go with him, he will find a way to get the important position of governor of Xuanda for me." Speaking of this, Ma Shiying added in a low voice, "Let me monitor you Tanhualang for him."

"Strange?" Young Master Zhang was full of confusion——Feng Quan wanted to attack Young Master Zhang, and Young Master Zhang already knew this with his toes, but Wei Zhongxian's actions made Young Master Zhang baffled. up.Puzzled, Young Master Zhang pinched his fingers and counted, "The fourth day I returned to the capital was the second day of November, and it was the second day after I twice tested the old eunuch Wei's attitude towards Zhangjiakou's traitorous businessmen. Said, if the old eunuch Wei is really the chief executive of the Zhangjiakou businessmen, he should have completely given up the idea of ​​making me the governor of Xuanda. Why did he still extract the memorials and resumes of important officials in the Xuanda area? This move is very similar to Pave the way for me to take over as the governor of Xuanda? Why did the old eunuch Wei suddenly change his mind and plan to let me go to Fujian and Zhejiang as the governor? Could it be said that the gang of traitors in Zhangjiakou have already stuffed enough money during this period? , let the old eunuch Wei change his mind? But in this way, the old eunuch Wei suddenly transferred the official memorial and resume, and there is no way to explain it...?"

Rao, Young Master Zhang was extremely shrewd, and at this moment, he was also dizzy by the complicated contradictions, and he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Wei Zhongxian was selling in the gourd.On the contrary, Ma Shiying, seeing Young Master Zhang's complicated expression, thought that Young Master Zhang was embarrassing about his own affairs, so he took the initiative to say: "Tan Hualang, I am just talking casually about the position of Xuan Da Governor. If you are really embarrassing, then I dare not force it." , leave it to fate."

"Brother Yaocao, don't be in a hurry." Young Master Zhang shook his head, hesitantly said: "I always feel that this matter seems to have a turning point, you have to give me some time to think carefully and analyze Jiuqiantui's attitude. You go back to your residence and rest in peace. If Feng Quan and Cui Chengxiu come to win you over again, you can feel free to contact them, but don’t agree or refuse directly. If you step on two boats, you will only die more ugly. So you can only play tricks, temporarily perfunctory them, and get more information related to this matter from them."

"Thank you Tan Hualang for your advice, then I will leave as an official." Ma Shiying respectfully agreed, bowed and left the study of Young Master Zhang, leaving Young Master Zhang to ponder hard in the study.And Young Master Zhang simply found a pen and paper, and drew a diagram of the complicated relationship of this matter on the paper, hoping to carefully sort out his thoughts and find out the clues.When he was busy talking, Zhang Shitou suddenly came in from outside the study and reported to Young Master Zhang: "Master, Lu Wanling suddenly came back to the capital from Liaodong, and he brought his wife with him. As soon as he arrived in the capital, he immediately came to visit our house The master, the eleven wives, and the two young wives, the master asked you to go out to meet the guests."

"Lu Wanling? Why is this kid meddling again?" Young Master Zhang frowned, first tore the paper with the relationship diagram to pieces, handed it to Zhang Shitou to burn, and then hurried to the living room.When I went to the lobby of my house, I saw that Lu Wanling and Li Wanting were indeed there, chatting with Zhang Laocai, a dozen of them, Xiong Hu and others. Li Wanting was still hugging Zhang Hongyan, the only son of Young Master Zhang, with a very affectionate attitude.Seeing Young Master Zhang coming in, Lu Wanling and his wife didn't dare to neglect, they hurried over to bow to Young Master Zhang, Young Master Zhang supported Lu Wanling with a smile, punched Lu Wanling first, and then asked with a smile: "My boy, I'm getting fat again. It seems that life in Liaodong is going well. Hey, the official uniform has also been changed, and you have been promoted again?"

"Thanks to Brother Zhang Nian, Master Xiong and Yuan Futai both think highly of the subordinate officials, so the subordinate officials have a good life in Liaodong. This time, the Haizhou victory, Master Futai went to the court and promoted the subordinate officials to a higher level , became Ningyuan Yunjuan." Lu Wanling was very proud, and said flatteringly: "It's a pity that the lower officials are not blessed, and they didn't follow Tanhualang to conquer the Tartars and sweep the grasslands. Otherwise, the lower officials will be honored by Tanhualang. It’s definitely not just a mere promotion.”

The great victory in Haizhou mentioned by Lu Wanling happened when Young Master Zhang returned to Gubeikou from Horqin. At that time, Xiong Tingbi sent Cao Wenzhao and Ma Shilong to attack Haizhou with [-] troops. There was a fierce battle in the area, but the battle ended in a draw. General Cao Ma killed more than [-] enemies while losing more than [-] troops, and was forced to retreat to Shanhaiguan.But what no one expected was that when the main force of the slave building sent its troops northward to rescue Hetuala who was attacked by Mao Wenlong, the Ningyuan army, which had already withdrawn, suddenly turned around and attacked Haizhou again, breaking through the area east of the Sancha River in one fell swoop. In Haizhou, more than [-] heads were beheaded, achieving the third "great victory" since the governor of Liaodong took office! ——In this regard, although Young Master Zhang suspected that it was another deal, but had no evidence, he had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

After a few polite words with Lu Wanling and his wife, Young Master Zhang asked Xiong Hu and Dayuer to entangle Li Wanting on the pretext of reminiscing about the past with Lu Wanling, and called Lu Wanling into his study alone, and asked Lu Wanling directly: "Tell me the truth, What are you going to do when you come back to the capital this time? And what is going on with the Haizhou victory?"

"Nine thousand years old's [-]th birthday is approaching. Master Futai asked me to come back to the capital to present a congratulatory gift to nine thousand years old. By the way, I would like to find out what rewards the imperial court plans to give him, and see if the imperial court plans to change his position. And Master Xiong also asked me to bring a letter to Tanhualang, your wife, to report her safety." Lu Wanling was eaten to death by Young Master Zhang, and honestly confessed: "As for the victory in Haizhou, the battle was fought by Zu Dashou. In Ningyuan City, I didn’t participate in any specific battles, so I really don’t know the details of the battle in Haizhou.”

"What about the heads? Did you follow my instructions to check carefully whether the hairs on those heads were newly shaved? Was it shaved after they were beheaded?" Young Master Zhang asked sharply.Lu Wanling replied with a mournful face, "I checked it, and I'm sure it wasn't shaved after the head was beheaded. But Tanhualang, the trick you taught me to check the authenticity of Jiannu's head is no longer effective."

"Why?" Young Master Zhang was taken aback.Lu Wanling smiled wryly and replied: "Isn't it thanks to you, Tanhualang? When you were in Liaodong, Tanhualang, you once set a rule that any prisoner who captured a slave, as long as he didn't shave his hair or leave a rat's braid, would be exempted." Die, or all of them will be executed! Now that the slaves have mastered the art, in order to let the traitors, Mongolian traitors, and Korean traitors work for them, a death order has been issued. All soldiers who join the slavery army must shave their hair and put on braids. , keep your hair but not your hair, keep your hair but not your head!"

"Fuck! Gou Jiannu, he's learned to be a little smarter." Young Master Zhang scolded, then said in a deep voice: "So, no one except the parties involved can know the truth of those heads he captured? Hmph You have learned to be a little smarter!" Muttering to this point, Young Master Zhang glanced at Lu Wanling again, and asked casually: "Yuan Futai asked you to go to Beijing to inquire about him, to find out about the imperial court's reward for him, how much money did you prepare for him?" Are you taking up a new official position for him?"

"No, apart from the congratulatory gift for nine thousand years old, I don't have a tael of silver." Lu Wanling replied honestly.Young Master Zhang sneered and said: "Not even a tael of silver? When did he become so clean? In the fourth year of Tianqi, he gave 3000 taels of silver to Mr. Sun Ge, but at the age of [-], he didn't take any money back. He still wanted to be rewarded and promoted? Go dreaming!"

"That's right, that's what I said to Mr. Futai." Lu Wanling echoed: "Master Futai smiled and said that he is a clean and honest official, and his family has no spare money to open joints. He can only exchange his military exploits for fame."

"Exchanging military exploits for fame?" Young Master Zhang just wanted to laugh, but his mind suddenly moved, and he hurriedly asked: "Your wife, she is the one who offered to go to Beijing with you, right?"

"Wanting has never been to the capital, and wanted to take this opportunity to see the capital, so she pestered me to come together." Lu Wanling nodded and answered very honestly.Young Master Zhang also nodded, and said calmly: "Well, you and your wife have no relatives in the capital, and rice and firewood are expensive in the capital, so don't go to the inn to waste money when you come to the capital this time. Stay at my house." Lu Wanling, who came from a poor family, was overjoyed and quickly thanked Young Master Zhang.

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Just as Young Master Zhang expected, when Lu Wanling told Li Wanting that he was going to live in Young Master Zhang's house, Li Wanting really firmly opposed it. She insisted on renting a small yard in the capital for a temporary stay on the pretext of not being able to cause trouble for Young Master Zhang's family, and said that she was staying in the capital. There are also some relatives here, and it is more convenient to have a yard of your own to receive relatives. Lu Wanling was very afraid of guilt, so he had to agree with Li Wanting's opinion.Of course Young Master Zhang didn't force it, he just called Zhang Shitou and asked Zhang Shitou to arrange for soldiers who came from tenants in Linqing to secretly monitor the every move of Lu Wanling and his wife, to see what Lu Wanling's wife from the Fan family business was going to do.

"Master, do you want to send a letter to Eunuch Song and Master Xiao, asking them to ask the people from Dongchang to help keep an eye on Lu Wanling and his wife?" Zhang Shitou suggested: "Our soldiers are definitely not as good as Dongchang in intelligence and surveillance. With the help of those veterans in the factory, we can investigate in more detail." Young Master Zhang was very satisfied, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Around evening, Zhang Shitou suddenly rushed into Young Master Zhang's room, panting and said to Young Master Zhang: "Master, you expected that after that woman Lu Wanling settled down, she led Lu Wanling to the Fan Yongdou firm." The semicolon in the capital." Young Master Zhang sneered, and quickly asked: "Then did our people get in? Have you found out that Fan Jifen has secret gold and silver exchanges with Li Wanting?"

"They entered the backyard, and the Fan family business was extremely guarded. Our people couldn't get in, and they almost showed their feet." Zhang Shitou spread his hands helplessly, and said mysteriously: "After that, I rushed to the east again. The factory yamen asked for help. I never thought that I just mentioned this matter to Eunuch Song, and Eunuch Song told me right away that Li Wanting was probably going to meet Fan Yongdou, the big shopkeeper of Fanji Company—because Fan Yongdou was in the capital of Fanji Company at that time. In the backyard of the semicolon!"

"Fan Yongdou has also come to the capital!" Young Master Zhang stood up with a bang, and said in doubt: "Eunuch Song will tell you the answer right away, did he send someone to watch Fan Yongdou? Who gave the order to use Dongchang Fan?" Sergeant monitoring Fan Yongdou?"

"I was so skeptical too, so I asked Eunuch Song why." Zhang Shitou shrugged his shoulders and replied, "But Eunuch Song pointed to his head and said it was a big matter, so he told me not to ask too many questions, lest he lose his mind." In the end, Eunuch Song asked me to tell you that not only Fan Yongdou came to the capital, but also the eight shopkeepers of the eight major shops in Zhangjiakou, and they all live in Niuti Hutong in Beicheng."

"All the eight traitors and locust merchants have come to the capital?" Young Master Zhang was even more surprised, but Young Master Zhang quickly came to his senses—it must be for the food and salt standard system!He used Liu Ruozai's hand to fire at the eight locust merchants in Zhangjiakou, and also brought the supervisor of ceremonies into the battlefield, endangering the fortunes of the eight major locust merchants. It's no wonder they didn't come to the capital for activities after receiving the news.Thinking of this, Young Master Zhang quickly thought of the upcoming replacement of the position of Governor Xuanda, and then of the intention of Lu Wanling and his wife, he couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "Oops! If I really go to be the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, I'm afraid that person The Eight Great Locusts are about to be promoted to the position of Xuanda Governor or Xuanda Governor with money."

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Young Master Zhang is conceited that he is extremely smart and has no plans left, but what Young Master Zhang doesn't know is that the various issues surrounding the position of Xuan Da Governor and the border city of Zhangjiakou are actually much more complicated than he imagined.At least, Wei Zhongxian, who directly controlled Dongchang and Fusi of Nanbei Township, received a secret report on the same day - Zhang Xin, the second son of Zhang Pu, the current governor of Xuanda, had also entered Beijing secretly on the first day, and he also brought a huge amount of money. Gold and silver jewelry.Obviously, Zhang Pu had also realized that he was about to lose power. In order to keep his position of power, he sent his son to Beijing to move his joints, trying to keep his position.

"Want to keep your position? Dreaming!" After listening to Yang Liuqi's separate report, Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly, pointed at Yang Liuqi and ordered: "You, Liangqing and Ying Xing, go and get in touch with Zhang Pu's son, and let him go Get out the silver in your pocket, don't make it easier for others."

"My son-in-law obeys." Yang Liuqi respectfully agreed, and then took the opportunity to ask tentatively: "Master Taishan, since you don't want Zhang Pu to succeed the governor of Xuanda, who do you plan to let take over? My son-in-law thinks that Zhang Haogu is a Good choice."

"It was Zhang Haogu, the little monkey boy, who told you to say this, right?" Wei Zhongxian asked with a sneer.Yang Liuqi didn't dare to hide it, but admitted it honestly.Wei Zhongxian asked about the date again, and found that Yang Liuqi had done the work before Young Master Zhang received his warning. He nodded in satisfaction, and said, "You don't need to give him an answer. Our family has already asked Mrs. Fengsheng to warn him, let him Don't peek at this position anymore. As for who will take over Xuanda, what do you think of Wang Xiangqian, Yan Mingtai and Yuan Chonghuan? By the way, there is also Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan who has made great efforts to put down the Anshe Rebellion. You can also consider it .”

"Brother Zhang, don't blame me, I've really tried my best." Yang Liuqi murmured to himself and wondered, "What the hell is Lao Taishan thinking about? I would rather let an outsider be the important governor of Xuanda than Putting Zhang Haogu, who is loyal and good at fighting, to Xuanda, who is in desperate need of a good general, what is so weird about Xuanda?"

(End of this chapter)