In the evening, the Geng family's capital house was extremely lively, with an endless stream of officials coming to give gifts.
At this time and that time, the house in the capital was not luxurious, and based on Geng Ruqi's status before he was imprisoned, it was relatively low-key.
Moreover, this big house was mortgaged by Geng Zhangyan half a month ago.
That's because a lot of money is needed to find a way, and the Geng family can no longer get the cash and begins to sell off their properties and fields.
The capital's house was worth more than five thousand taels of silver, and Geng Zhangyan only pawned two thousand taels.
However, the less money you have, the more unlucky you are. Too many officials are not merciless when it comes to collecting cash, and they push back and forth when getting things done, or they are just outright trying to trick people.
The grades of these unscrupulous officials are actually not high. Otherwise, how could Geng Zhangyan, an official, get in and speak up?
Suddenly, I heard Geng Ruchi Xianyu turn over. All these officials were so scared that their faces turned pale!
How to remedy it?
It's very simple. No matter how much you cheated the Geng family, spit it out twice as much!
So many adults hurriedly came to Geng's house to give gifts and spend a lot of money. In fact, most of them just gave back double the amount of money Heixia had.
Yesterday, there were no prisoners and no one could ask for help. Today, the guests and friends are all talking loudly.
Geng Ruqi, who had experienced ups and downs, saw through it. He remained calm and watched the officials' performances.
He has already thought about it, and he must be more careful from now on, and he will never eat the prison food again.
When the platform was played the next day, Geng Ruqi cherished his words like gold, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel good about him.
That was Chongzhen comparing Geng Ruqi with Yuan Chonghuan.
At this time, Chongzhen hated Yuan Chonghuan. He clearly remembered that when the platform was played, Yuan Chonghuan was eloquent and threatened to "pacify Liao in five years."
And he actually believed that guy's lies, gave him the greatest trust, and allowed that guy to gain huge power, which was equivalent to handing over half of the imperial army, and the strongest troops, to that guy.
But what's the result?
Yuan Chonghuan did not have the ability to kill the enemy, but he had the ability to kill Mao Wenlong, the Ming Dynasty's chief military officer who opened the town of Dongjiang and repeatedly attacked the rear of the slave establishment.
Ping Liao is a joke. The capital of the Ming Dynasty was almost "pacified" by Jiannu!
Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of well ropes for ten years. Now Emperor Chongzhen gets angry when he sees ministers talking freely, so he sees that Geng Ruxi has been listening carefully, thinking carefully about every word he speaks, and he likes it in his heart.
The emperor likes the benefits!
Three days later, in the early morning court, Geng Ruqi, the former Minister of Taipu Temple, Yushi of Youqiandu, and governor of Shanxi, was promoted.
The new appointments are the right minister of the Ministry of War, the right deputy censor of the capital, the governor of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi military affairs.
The official positions in the Ming Dynasty were unique. The ministers of Taipusi Temple and the censor of Youqiandu before Geng Ruchi were not actual positions. They were fictitious positions that only received remuneration. The governor was the actual position.
The current right minister of the Ministry of War and the right deputy censor of the capital are just empty positions with remuneration. Governor Xuanda is Geng Ruqi's current position.
This position is very high. The military affairs and food and salary of two of the nine important towns in Shanxi Province are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Xuanda. Historically, Lu Xiangsheng once served as the Governor of Xuanda.
In the late Ming Dynasty, imperial power was restricted. The appointment of feudal officials could not be done arbitrarily by the emperor, and the emperor had to communicate with the cabinet.
The reason why the emperor and the cabinet reached an agreement was of course that the nuclear power personnel rushed back to the capital to confirm that the beheading power was real.
The number of beheadings is dozens more than that of "Ningjin Victory". Of course, this merit should be generously rewarded.
Not only did Geng Ruxi get an official promotion, Geng Zhanghua also received a great gift.
He was awarded the title of Juren by the emperor, and angels immediately rushed to Zhangjiakou to read out the imperial edict and summon him to Beijing to meet the emperor.
Communication in ancient times without telephones and WeChat was too inconvenient. At this time, the Geng family in Zhangjiakou had not yet learned such good news.
The originally happy old lady suddenly became unhappy again. She was staring at Geng Zhanghua around the clock these days.
Why?
Then we have to start from the beginning.
Geng Zhanghua, who rushed back to Zhangjiakou in a hurry, was disobedient and actually planned to leave the customs again early the next morning with all his servants who could fight on horseback.
The purpose was to rescue Huang Yi and the more than 2,000 Han people who were rescued.
His reason is simple. The victory has been secured, and rescuing his father is a certainty.
Huang Yi, Huang Yi's troops and more than 2,000 Han people were still in danger, how could he not show loyalty and ignore them?
Therefore, he wanted to bring as many people as possible out to support him.
Geng Zhanghua grew up after going through the war. He knew that there were only a dozen or so servants in the Geng family who could fight on horseback, which was too few.
So he arranged for Geng Da, Yang Shihu and Liu Chuanzong to go to Zhangjiakou garrison to recruit people.
Of course, we can't blatantly poach, it's just a temporary secondment for a month. If the selected soldier is willing to follow Geng Zhanghua out of the country for a month, the Geng family will give him five taels of cash.
For meritorious service, the Geng family will also give rewards higher than the court's standards based on the size of the merit.
Since Yang Shihu and Liu Chuanzong all came back and made great achievements, the power of this example is no small matter.
In addition, they were so popular among the soldiers that many soldiers who were bold and wanted to make a fortune were willing to risk their lives. More than two hundred people signed up. Of course, the selected ones were able to ride and fight, and there were more than eighty of them.
This means that Geng Zhanghua, who is out of seclusion again, will lead more than a hundred knights.
Of course Geng Zhangguang did not approve of Geng Zhanghua's style. He said frankly that every time dogs are slaughtered in a righteous way, the Geng family are scholars and scholar-bureaucrats. They have already passed that hurdle, so how can they take risks again?
Geng Zhangguang couldn't help but retorted, saying that most of the betrayers were scholars. He threatened that Geng Zhanghua could not cross the river and burn the bridge, and he would have no regrets even if the end was a disaster. Geng Zhangguang was so angry that he ran away on the spot.
The old lady was still the one who made the decision in this family. This time she firmly disagreed, even if Geng Zhanghua wanted to continue killing himself to prove his ambition.
Because the old lady simply did not believe that a great hero who had made great achievements and was favored by many adults would be willing to commit suicide, she made harsh words and sent Geng Da and eight servants to watch Geng Zhanghua.
If Geng Zhanghua ran away secretly, all the servants responsible for watching over him would have their legs broken and driven away!
This is not over yet!
Rumors spread quickly, and the old lady didn't know who she heard it from, but Huang Yi was actually the son-in-law of the Geng family.
Call Geng Zhanghua immediately and scold him! He said he ruined his sister's reputation.
Geng Zhanghua had no choice but to praise Huang Yi again and ask his mother to give the seventh sister Yueling to Huang Yi.
Fortunately, the old woman was not really angry. She softened her tone and said that as long as Geng Zhanghua was willing to wait for news in Zhangjiakou, the marriage could be discussed.
But whether it can happen or not, we have to wait for the master to decide!
Although Geng Yueling was a concubine and had no sense of existence, Geng Yueling's biological mother had no children and she was the only daughter.
In order to avoid causing resentment, the old lady was determined not to decide on Geng Yueling's marriage on her own initiative.
We have to wait for Geng Ruxi to make a decision on this matter!
The old lady also said that she would discuss the matter with the master only if she saw Huang Yi with her own eyes and found it interesting, otherwise there would be no need to discuss it.
This Geng Zhanghua was confident, because Huang Yi was handsome and masculine, so there was no way he could pass the test of a blind date with his mother-in-law.
