Of course Stepmother Guo didn't believe what Zhuge Weixue and Zhuge Weidao said.
Zhuge got into so much trouble for Dao and was already burning incense before he was kicked out of his house. How could he be promoted so quickly? And he is only a major now. Will he become a colonel when he returns from a trip to Europe with Lin Zexu? Still serving as the captain of a cruiser...He didn't even serve as third officer, so he just became the captain of a cruiser? No son of a great military advisor is treated like this, unless Zhuge Weidao has already won the military advisor position!
But how is this possible?
The Guo family, who was born in Guo Rong, had followed the Zhuge family for more than a hundred years. When King Wuzhong had less than a thousand soldiers, the two generals Guo and Yu were the most useful. For more than a hundred years, the Guo and Yu families have always been the right-hand men of the Zhuge family. So Guo Rong is very clear about the rules of the Zhuge family... If her two "eldest sons" did not lie to her, Zhuge Weidao has been exceptionally cultivated.
In order to find out the truth, Guo Rong immediately ordered Guo Xiaobao to prepare a cruise ship, and then took the two brothers Zhuge Weidao and Zhuge Weixue to cross the "sea" by boat and went to Prince Wu's Mansion on the other side of the Shicha Sea to meet Zhuge Weijiu.
Today happens to be the first day of May in the sixth year of Taiping. It is a rest day - as the most developed capitalist country in the world, Ming Dynasty has long implemented a statutory holiday system, on the first, second, fifteenth and sixteenth day of every month. Four days, plus the twenty days from the 26th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month, are all legal holidays. The four rest days per month can be changed according to actual conditions. And if you want to change it during the 20 days from the 26th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month, the employer will pay a high price.
Zhuge Weijiu, the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, was old, so naturally he couldn't work at work, and he didn't go out to socialize much. So when Zhuge Weidao followed Zhuge Weixue and Guo to "cross the sea", the old man stayed in the palace. But he was not idle either. Instead, he was drinking tea and chatting with Vice Admiral Li Tiezhu, the chief of naval intelligence.
Although Li Tiezhu's name is a bit unsophisticated, his background is very good. He is also one of the eight aristocratic families. The Marquis of the Sanyuan Marquis Mansion, a branch of the Li Shun family, is in his forties this year. He has a big beard and a pair of Hawkeye doesn't look easy to get along with.
"What? Your Majesty, you want to promote Zhuge Daozi? Did you hear me right?" Although Li Tiezhu is an old Beijinger, he can still bring out a bit of Shaanxi accent when he speaks.
This is because the three families of two peasant soldiers, Li and Liu, and their old camp honours, were independent in their early years. Shaanxi fellows spoke Shaanxi dialect together.
Of course, by now, these aristocratic families and nobles from the peasant army have long been integrated with other aristocratic families and nobles. You have me, and I have you. Only a few Shaanxi dialects can still show their A little bit of character.
This Li Tiezhu is still Zhuge Weidao's boss. Zhuge Weidao, the military attache stationed abroad, is of course responsible for collecting intelligence, so he is now under the control of the Naval Intelligence Bureau.
In addition, Director Li Tiezhu and Director Li Da are also close relatives of Zhuge. Zhuge Weidao's biological mother, Mrs. Li, is Li Tiezhu's cousin, so Li Tiezhu can also be regarded as Zhuge Weidao's uncle.
"Tianquan," Zhuge Weijiu called Li Tiezhu's name and said with a smile, "Although Daozi made a mistake, his errands were all done. Hongwu Emperor-level sold four pieces, and Grand Duchess Natalie also took them back. ..."
"Your Majesty," Li Tiezhu frowned, "He has taken Grand Duchess Natalie into his home... Can this be considered settled?"
"Of course!" Zhuge Weijiu said seriously, "The Queen Mother even praised him for doing it well."
As he spoke, Zhuge Weijiu picked up a folded book on the coffee table and handed it to Li Tiezhu, "Tianquan, see for yourself... The Queen Mother has already agreed, how can we still disagree?"
Li Tiezhu picked up the folded book and took a look. Sure enough, it was Zheng Yuhuan's handwriting.
"Cannot have children..." Li Tiezhu shook his head repeatedly, "Isn't the Queen Mother doting on Daozi too much? Fortunately, the royal family is not in power now, otherwise Daozi would have flourished!"
Zhuge Weijiu stroked his beard and smiled: "Tian Quan, although the Queen Mother is not in power, she still has to give her some face. Back then, in order to coax her to marry King Lao Lu, I and King Lao Cheng of the Zheng family promised her a lot. Conditionally. Although King Lao Cheng is gone, his son King Xiao Cheng still admits his fault. And after all, Daozi is one of our own!"
"Okay, okay," Li Tiezhu said with a smile, "Since you are all in agreement, I will promote him." With that, he pointed to his head again, "I heard that Daozi was injured here and his brain is a bit bad. , is it okay?”
Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "He forgot some things, but his brain is still very good..."
At this moment, an announcement came from outside the hall where Zhuge Weijiu and Li Tiezhu were: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Wuxiang, Mrs. Marquis of Wuxiang, and Zhuge 108 want to see you."
"Hehe, we're here!" Zhuge Weijiu smiled, then said "Invite", then turned to Li Tiezhu and said, "Tianquan, it's better to come early than to come by chance. It's so nice of you to have a look at his head." make."
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"Uncle, two uncles, Longzhong Thatched Cottage has arrived."
The person who calls Zhuge uncle is a Zhuge military advisor in his fifties. He wears a feather fan, a silk scarf, and a crane cloak. There is no doubt that he is one of the eighteen military advisors of the Zhuge family!
The name of this Zhuge military advisor is "Yangwu", which means "Ziyi". He is Zhuge Weijiu's eldest son and his political successor. He is now the governor of Northern Zhili and his official office is located in Tianjin. When Zhuge Weidao was attending military affairs, he did not participate because he was entangled in official duties and could not leave. Yesterday, I got a secret message from the old man and found out that Zhuge Weidao had become the "Eighteenth Military Advisor", so I bought a train sleeper ticket overnight and rushed back. Not long after I got home, the two brothers Zhuge Weidao came.
Because Zhuge Weixue was a Marquis of Wuxiang, Zhuge Weidao was a military advisor, and there was an "old lady" who was from Zhuge Yangwu's grandmother's generation, so after being informed by his servants, he immediately went to his dock to greet her.
Although Zhuge Weidao did not recognize this "new Zhuge Liang", he already knew who the "Seventeen Military Advisors" above him were? So he recognized Zhuge Yangwu's old nephew at a glance. After the two exchanged pleasantries, they continued to chat and laugh together, looking like they had been friends for many years.
The topic the two talked about was also quite interesting - it was actually an electric car!
It is the kind of car that is driven by batteries, but it is not an electric car driven by ternary lithium or lithium iron phosphate batteries, but an electric car driven by lead-acid batteries. This car was developed a few years ago by a laboratory invested by Zhuge Family. Zhuge Weijiu and Zhuge Yangwu were very tempted and wanted to mass-produce it. However, they did not find the "Trolley Book" among the twenty volumes of the Book. Instead, they found one volume of the "Automobile Book" (which has not yet been unsealed and awarded). So Zhuge Yangwu wanted to listen to Zhuge Weidao's advice...
This scene made Li Tiezhu, who was standing outside the Longzhong Thatched Cottage, waiting for the guests with Zhuge Weijiu, look a bit wrong - Zhuge Yangwu's arrogance was very big! I have never considered myself a junior of the Zhuge family. In the past, I didn't have much to say to Zhuge who was at the same level as Zhuge Weidao. Why are we so close now?
Just when he was feeling strange, Zhuge Weidao had already strode forward and saluted Zhuge Weijiu and Li Tiezhu with clasped fists: "Second brother, you are well. I am here uninvited. Please forgive me."
Mr. Marquis, you are here too. I salute you. "
Li Tiezhu laughed and said: "One hundred and eight, don't call me Marquis E in Prince Wu's Mansion. You should call me Uncle E. By the way, I just told the prince about your errand!"
"Oh, really?" Zhuge Weidao smiled bitterly, "Uncle, I didn't do my job well this time..."
"It's not that good!" Li Tiezhu said in a serious tone, "You have failed in everything you should do, but you have done a lot of things you shouldn't have done. I don't know what the result will be now. But as a soldier, you can't do anything without permission. It is really inappropriate to act on your own initiative on the basis of military and diplomatic duties!
But... we still decided to give you a promotion! After you go to the Naval Intelligence Office to hand in your duties tomorrow, come to my office and I will personally promote you to lieutenant colonel! In addition, I still have something to ask, which is related to Gong Daoguang's attempt to provoke the British and naval arms control. "
