Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

"This. Recently, there have been many high-ranking officials who have been convicted for no reason, such as the unlucky Qian Qianyi was dismissed for a vain sentence, and Wang Qia, who had only been in office for a few months, was inexplicably imprisoned by the emperor to death, and his crime is really laughable, but he can't come up with a decent strategy, the emperor is getting more and more difficult to serve, and there will be a disaster of death if he is not careful. Hou Sui sighed secretly in his heart: "Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, this performance is dangerous and should not be taken lightly." "

"The minister thinks that Wang Pu has a thief's heart, but he has no thief's courage, but he is just a strong outsider and a middle-class cadre. "Hou Sui is worthy of being the Donglin boss who has been fighting in the court for a long time, and he must have a plan in his heart, as long as he picks up the words that the emperor likes, he will be able to get out of the way.

"Oh, Hou Aiqing, please be careful. Sure enough, Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and the body on the throne leaned forward, showing interest.

"The erection of Wang Pu won the official position with his father's shadow, but he was disobedient and unfilial, and everyone in the world was disdainful. Hou Xun made a grand argument in a frustration.

"Lord Hou, please speak correctly, don't drop your bookbag, and listen to the truth. Zhou Yanru sneered. Chongzhen was listening to it with relish, and was stunned when he heard the words, and after thinking about it carefully, he also found that this was using some empty words to perfunctory, and immediately lowered his face, and the scarlet tendons in the pupils were visible. Wang Chengen only felt a chill on the side, and subconsciously shrank down, not daring to breathe anymore.

"Don't worry, let the ministry say an interesting thing. Hou Sui did have something extraordinary, he was still not in a hurry, and he still did not hurry to tell the story: "There are illegal officers and soldiers in the Shenjia Battalion who robbed the people's daughters, Wang Pu learned about this, but he did not dare to punish the criminals, etc., in order to strictly enforce military discipline, he could only take the whipping and beat himself in public. "

"Well, what does that mean. Chongzhen's mind was buzzing, and he didn't understand the cause and effect of the so-called interesting story. Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and others also looked at each other, all confused.

"Your Majesty, Wang Pu has no prestige in the Shenjia Battalion Army, and can only rely on self-harm to gain sympathy and try to maintain the situation. Hou Sui smiled confidently, but in his heart, he despised the princes present. The princes of Hanlin are accustomed to being clear and broad, they don't know the situation, and they are negligent in practice, so how do they know how powerful and clever Wang Pu's move is. If Wang Pu is the second-in-command in the army and is whipped in public, his prestige will be damaged, but he is the chief general in the army and he receives the whipping himself, then it is different, the soldiers will only respect him to enforce the law fairly, and he will never give up on life and death.

Chongzhen was petrified, and it took a long time before he muttered, but no one heard it clearly, and everyone in the hall fell into deep thought and lost their words for a while.

"Except for Wang Pu in the Shenjia Battalion, who else can have the final say. Suddenly, Chongzhen asked with a bright eye.

"It's a fierce general named Liu Yishan. Hou Sui bowed back and said.

"This man can be loyal to the court. Chongzhen asked again, his eyes full of Yixi. Seeing this, the courtiers suddenly made a commotion, listening to the emperor's words, it seemed that they wanted to reuse Liu Yishan to replace Wang Pu, which was a risky use of people.

"Your Majesty thinks twice, although Wang Pu has no father and no king, and has many bad deeds, but after all, he was born in the Zhongding family, and he has been exposed to high-class people since he was a child. And that Liu Yishan was despicable and lewd, his habits must be more treacherous, his generation once succeeded, evil and arrogant, all of them were done, the Shenjia battalion, the sharpest soldier in the world, lest he have a sharp weapon and kill himself. What Hou Sui said is that even if Wang Pu is not a good person, he is a person in the system, and even if there are contradictions, it is easy to resolve, which is a hundred times stronger than Liu Yishan, an outsider who does not know the roots. He was worried that the emperor would force Wang Pu to be anxious on a whim, and if there was a mutiny in the Shenjia Battalion, then his nonsense in front of the emperor would be easily exposed.

"Your Majesty, please think twice, and the minister will reconsider. Zhou Yanru also stepped forward to advise that if the emperor bypasses the civil officials, promotes a military general unusually, and spoils the treacherous and evil, it will inevitably lead to the disaster of the martial arts chaos in the end, and it is a matter of system, and he has no excuse as the head of the civil official, so he has to come out to express his position.

"Oh. Chongzhen took a deep look at Zhou Yanru, who was bowing down, and only had loneliness in his heart, what is Mingjun, that is, to have the courage to use talents in an eclectic manner, but the courtiers have always been monolithic in suppressing military generals, even if he is the Son of Heaven, he can only be depressed and resentful at this moment.

"Hmph, the Donglin Party sang a good double reed, the minister thought that there was fraud in it, and Yan knew that it was not Wang Pu who used a bitter trick to protect himself, so as to show weakness to the court. Hmph, what kind of self-inflicted whipping to win sympathy, this doesn't make sense at all. Wen Tiren's words were heart-wrenching, and the ministers all changed color when they heard it.

"You, why have you insulted me? The heart of the head of the department is pure, and the sun and the moon can be seen. Woo~" Hou Xian's red ears were furious, and he couldn't stop crying.

"What the hell is going on, Wang Chengen, you are in charge of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, go and check immediately. Chongzhen saw that his subordinates were a little unbearable when he was so out of shape, but he only lightly commanded Wang Chengen, and did not show relief and comfort, all the ministers were secretly cold, and now Shangde Bo is so, and he is very jealous of Wen Tiren, this villain is so ruthless, he stabs people at the vital point, and makes people desperate and endless, so that the party struggle is not only for profit, but also a decision of life and death.

"Minion Command. Although it was a very good time, Wang Chengen secretly rejoiced, and said in his heart: This is a great thing for the old slave. At the beginning of the emperor's ascension to the throne, he wanted to be as good as a stream, create a prosperous atmosphere, listen to the advice of the Donglin Party, and dismiss the secret agents of Dongchang and Jinyiwei. The Donglin Party is sensational, saying that Dongchang is harming the people, and the people are all looking at it, and the Jinyi Guard is tortured and destroyed, even Xia Wei and the merchants can't bear to ignore it. Hmph, they all came to bully me, an honest man, and they didn't know who they were provoking and provoking whom. Now it's good, with this message, Dongchang Jinyiwei has reopened.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a way to prove his innocence, if he can't be innocent, the minister will die. Hou Sui suddenly wiped away his tears, jumped up from the ground with almost impossible speed of his stature, and roared loudly.

"Oh, Aiqing, please say. Chongzhen saw that his words were fierce, and he regained some trust in his heart.

"This surnamed Wen is convincing, contemptuously claiming that the ministers colluded with the foreign generals, arranging lies to deceive Your Majesty, you might as well ask Your Majesty to send a reliable person to go again, and order Wang Pu to turn around and go to the land of the Xianghe plague, if he really dares to go, then it can prove that what the minister said is true, everyone in Wang Pu's army has been planted with smallpox cowpox, if Wang Pu does not dare to go, then please ask Your Majesty to give the minister a death. At this moment, Hou Sui had to gamble this time, Wang Pu was right, his soldiers really planted smallpox.

"Well, what Hou Aiqing said, I believe it. Chongzhen's face was full of relief, this was a poisonous plan that could not be put on the table, and it was already very inappropriate to send this errand to Hou Sui, and he was very afraid to think about it afterwards, and regretted it too much. Zuo Liangyu, Ma Shilong, and Cao Wenzhao's several military horses were wiped out in this plague, and I heard that there is not one in the elite ten. If Wang Pu and Hou Sui colluded, the details of the court would inevitably not be able to hide from others, and this calculation was like pinching the tiger's butt when he was critically ill. Thinking about it this way, Hou Sui temporarily changed his plan and sent Wang Pu to Zunhua, without allowing him to expose the emptiness of Gyeonggi, which is a great merit and cannot be blamed.

"The minister thinks that Wang Pu and Liu Yishan are not available, but Yan Zi's plan to kill three soldiers with one peach may be used. Zhou Yanru stepped forward and said.

"Zhou Aiqing, please tell me in detail. Chongzhen squeezed out enthusiasm on his mouth, but his face was indifferent, as if he was wearing a mask. This emperor finally saw Zhou Yanru's true face, usually pretending to be profound, and acting like Zhuge Kongming, but in fact he was a straw bag.

"Your Majesty can give Liu Yishan a special decree, the edict lists his contributions, Ping Zijin Liang, Xiashan Tiger and other thieves, break the Dongyu, and recover Jizhou, and praise him greatly. Zhou Yanru was smug and calculating, and he didn't notice that the emperor was false.

"Isn't this what I mean, how can I kill three soldiers with one peach. Chongzhen wrinkled his eyebrows and said puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the killing move is ambushed, and when Wang Pu recovers Zunhua, the court will reward him with a general. Zhou Yanru shook his official hat lightly and said triumphantly.

"Wait, you actually want to give Wang Pu a promotion to a general, this, this is really not, no, there is no reason, I don't allow it. Hearing that Wang Pu was going to be promoted, Chongzhen immediately jumped to his feet.

"Your Majesty, after all, Wang Pu has the exploits of containing the Donglu army for half a year, and the recovery of Jizhou in the back is barely considered a war merit. Your Majesty, please think about it carefully, that Liu Yishan pulled the mountain under Wang Pu's nose, the two of them were suspicious and jealous on weekdays, this time Liu Yishan got His Majesty's special decree to praise, how could Wang Pu tolerate him, he had to embarrass him everywhere, and that Liu Yishan thought that he had won the weight of the court, how could this contemptuous man be guarded and not arrogant, most of them were arrogant and arrogant, and so on Zunhua City to use their lives well, but in the end they did not get a reward, and then looked at that Wang Pu was only rewarded by the court, thinking that he was a hindrance, and the two became enemies of each other from then on, and the worries of the Shenjia camp were relieved. When this plan was spoken, all the princes in the palace were impressed when they heard it, but their faces showed different colors, which was very strange, as if they wanted to cry without tears.

"Oh, I see, it's a brilliant plan. Chongzhen nodded again and again when he heard this, and regained some confidence in Zhou Yanru's divine calculation temple.

Xianghe County.

The geese passed without a trace, the

fallen leaves were silent, the officers and soldiers disappeared without a trace overnight, and they came in a hurry to take away only the hustle and bustle, and the people in Xianghe City were not disgusted by the dead silence of the return, as if the Dongyu had fought back, if it were not for the banner of the Ming Dynasty hanging high above the city, it would have been like a dream of doubt in the next world. Who would have thought that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would be a hundred times more vicious than the Dongyu Tartar soldiers, and it would be enough to kill people like numbness, but the Dongyu would not kill people from house to house, and would not, or they would not bother for small wealth.

The most torturous thing is to know that you must die, but you have to arrange a sequence, the horror of waiting for death is really heart-wrenching torture, those nights in the city drifting crazy howling ghosts, in the morning when you go out and see passers-by, the eyes are not right, those are the gray eyes of the dead, this is a dead man's city, not like in the world.

The officers and soldiers were gone, and the

streets were still deserted on the first day, and the dead were not as pure as before, and they were amazed, and the people looked at the road, and what they didn't dare to say was why they didn't see the usual officers and soldiers swaggering. The end of the day and the whole night seemed unusual, but the next morning, the sound of knocking on the door was never frequent, that is, the people in the city were visiting the door to inquire about the news.

Finally, it was said that someone in the

yamen spread the news that there was a plague in the city, which scared the officers and soldiers, and they went out of the city overnight the day before yesterday to clean up.

"Did you hear that the officers and soldiers were scared away? A round-faced, seemingly blessed man, stepped forward to say something godly and chattering when he met someone.

"Hmph, you're not dead yet. The black-faced little old man was disgusted and snorted very unceremoniously.

"This, Elder Li, I didn't offend you. The latter was very aggrieved and had a bitter face.

"The lack of virtue that your Bai family has done, how many people have been harmed, and you still have the face to stay in the city, get out. This old man is also a little more temperamental, and he can't say anything, so he raised his foot and kicked towards the round-faced man opposite.

"Mom, you're a thief, don't deceive people too much. This blessed man couldn't dodge a solid kick, poked a mud mark on the hem of his middle coat, and his face was red when he landed, and he wanted to scold the street in annoyance.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he called the fierce face of the old man to bluff, and his heart was sudden, he also knew that his second brother had lost his conscience, and those neighbors who were homeless due to the fire may have resentment, and there were officers and soldiers in the past, and they were not afraid of the Bai family, and they bought a lot of land with strength, I thought that the Bai family could take this opportunity to enter the ranks of the powerful and powerful, and if there is land, there will be money, and if there is money, there will be power, and their brothers will plan to sell one-third in a few months, and when the war subsides, the land price will rise and sell one-third, and use this money to raise a group of thugs。

Who would have expected a sudden plague to scare away the officials and soldiers who led the Bai family as a backer, and now the situation of the Bai family is very bad, this blessed man who is called Bai Laosan is a shrewd person, accustomed to seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, at this moment his thoughts turned, and he had the intention to leave with a cruel word, fortunately, he was cautious, looked around, and was suddenly frightened, it turned out that the movement just now attracted onlookers, and today the street is a little more popular, Bai Laosan was surrounded by more than a dozen people at once, especially the undisguised fierce light in the eyes of these passers-by, he knows what this is, this is evil。