Hearing this, Zhou Yuji couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes, then shook his head and said, "I'm not free!"
"..." When Wu Sangui heard this, he suddenly felt angry. He even refused to help after receiving the money?
However, he understood very well, what's the use of being angry? The most important thing at the moment is to please Shang Xingguo Gong and get rid of the crime first.
Therefore, he did not dare to show the anger in his heart, but he still rarely did this kind of thing. He was not as natural as his father, and his face looked somewhat embarrassed.
At this moment, Zhou Yuji heard Zhou Yuji say to him, "The Duke of Guo is a very nice person. If you have any ideas, you might as well go directly to the Duke of Guo!"
"Isn't that nonsense! Of course the Duke is a very nice person to you!" When Wu Sangui heard this, he was speechless.
But now that the conversation was over, he couldn't continue to pester Zhou Yuji, so he had to leave.
Looking up at the moonlight, Wu Sangui was a little worried. If Duke Xingguo made a decision after dawn tomorrow, it would be better if he did not punish himself. If he punished him, it would be too late.
With this thought in mind, he went to the imperial envoy's camp, thinking in his mind, why not just go directly to Duke Xingguo?
Walking with this thought in mind, they arrived at the imperial envoy's headquarters. However, before Wu Sangui could make up his mind, he saw a man walking out of the palace in a swaggering way.
It seemed a bit familiar. After a closer look, he recognized it even though the moonlight was not very bright, but with the light of the lantern.
So, he immediately took a few steps around, and when the man was farther away from the imperial envoy's carriage, he stopped him and said, "Wang Pu, why are you so happy?"
This man was Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong. When he saw someone stopping him to ask questions, he recognized Wu Sangui and said proudly, "Haha, if you don't lend me the money, I'll be fine!"
"What?" When Wu Sangui heard this, he was immediately surprised. This general who escaped was the first one to escape. Is he okay?
He was really curious, so he quickly asked, "What did the Duke say?"
"That's not true." Wang Pu shook his head immediately after hearing this, and then said excitedly, "But the Duke has already accepted my gift, doesn't that mean he agreed?"
"Really? How much did you give?" Wu Sangui was extremely surprised when he heard this. If it could be solved with money, it wouldn't be a big deal.
"One hundred thousand taels!" Wang Pu heard this, stretched out his hand and turned it over and replied.
"One hundred thousand taels?" When Wu Sangui heard this, his face suddenly darkened and he said, "Don't come to amuse me. Where did you get the one hundred thousand taels?"
He remembered clearly that Wang Pu wanted to borrow money from him before!
"I don't have one now, but there is one in Datong!" Wang Pu looked at Wu Sangui as if he were a fool and said, "I only have five thousand taels on hand, and then I wrote an IOU to the Duke. Isn't this equivalent to one hundred thousand taels!"
"What? Wrote an IOU to the Duke?" Wu Sangui once again refreshed his understanding and confirmed in an unbelievable tone.
"Why, can't it be done?" When Wang Pu heard this, he immediately became unhappy, "I promised the Duke that I will cash in the IOU when I return to Datong!"
After saying that, maybe Wu Sangui was a little annoyed. He didn't want to talk anymore and just left!
Wu Sangui did not stop him anymore, but was shocked by Wang Pu's incident, and was still thinking about it.
One hundred thousand taels were given to Duke Xingguo, of which 95,000 taels were IOUs. Unexpectedly, the Duke actually accepted it! Although no commitment was made on the spot, receiving the money actually said something!
Wu Sangui became a little excited when he thought of this.
When Xingguo Gong arrived at Shanhaiguan, he did not immediately shout or kill, nor did he take anyone. Now that I think about it, is this for sale?
The blame for this Songjin battle can be pinned on Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia. As for general soldiers like myself, the imperial court must continue to use them. There cannot be multiple punishments. The most is to kill chickens and frighten monkeys. It's a big deal to perform surgery on just one person.
In this case, who will be the unlucky guy?
Wu Sangui thought so in his mind, and immediately knew that the one who was most responsible for the crime must be Wang Pu who escaped first. He also had a criminal record. But he spent 100,000 yuan to buy peace, so it would be best for him to be the same as him, or even more. In this way, under the same conditions, it will naturally be business affairs!
Thinking like this, he made a decision in his heart and immediately went back to his house to withdraw money.
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The next day, there was no movement at the imperial envoy's camp. The sun was already rising high, but I heard that Duke Xingguo hadn't gotten up yet.
Up and down, everyone was paying attention to the imperial envoy's journey. Seeing this situation, some were happy, while others were disappointed. Privately, everyone was talking about it.
"It seems that this Duke Xingguo is the same as the previous ones, alas!"
"Yes, at first I heard that Duke Xingguo seemed to be an upright official. I thought that after coming to Shanhaiguan, he would punish those people vigorously and vigorously. But the result was good, there was no movement at all! Hundreds of thousands of people died, and they were punished. , it’s really meaningless!”
"Don't you know? It is said that someone has already sent money to the imperial envoy's cabin!"
"Oh, it's just a dream to want officials to uphold justice for us! Those adults in the court are all greedy for money!"
"..."
Originally, the Ming army was demoralized because it suffered a huge defeat and lost Jinzhou and other places. Now when the imperial envoys arrived, they found that nothing had been done, which made their morale even lower.
And those who were officials, especially those with higher official positions and who were responsible for this war, were actually excited.
"I'm really scared to death. I heard before that this grand duke is not recognized by his relatives. Fortunately, he still recognizes Brother Kong Fang. Now he is safe!"
"Thinking about it, who is an official nowadays not just for money? Everything done in the court is clearly marked with a price. How can this Duke Xingguo be any better?"
"Yes, I was really shocked when I heard the rumors at first. Now that I think about it, in fact, they are just excluding dissidents in the name of punishing corruption!"
"..."
By evening, Zhang Mingwei had not held a meeting, and had not even stepped out of the imperial envoy's cabin. However, he was very clear about the discussions outside. He didn't mind at all.
At this time, he was sitting there, having a meeting with several of his confidants.
"Did you see that all the military leaders at this time are rich!" Zhang Mingwei took a piece of paper from Zhu Yuluo, looked at the words recorded on it and read to them, "Wu Sangui, sent 110,000 taels, plus The thousand taels given to Lao Zhou cost him 111,100 taels of silver."
"And this Wang Pu is even more ridiculous. He even gave me an IOU!"
"..."
After reading, he threw the piece of paper on the table and then said, "The six general soldiers have all sent money. Among them, Wu Sangui has the most, but he also has the most requests. He still wants me to transfer him to Shanhaiguan." Being the commander-in-chief is consistent with what Chen Xinjia said before. He wants to change so eagerly because he seems to be afraid that Ningyuan will become the second Jinzhou!"
The others listened but did not answer. This kind of thing is actually not a rare thing, but it is embarrassing to say it!
Zhang Mingwei then picked up another piece of information, looked at the words on it and said, "Among the six general soldiers, some were recruited from bandits, some rose to the position through family connections, and some rose up step by step based on military merit. Of them. Regarding their previous achievements, the only one is Wang Pu, haha..."
He sneered. In fact, this Wang Pu had no impressive record at all, and instead ran away many times. The most serious one before was when he accompanied Lu Xiangsheng to fight against the Jianlu invaders in the 11th year of Chongzhen. This guy escaped from the battle.
Now in this battle of Songjin, it is rumored that this guy was the first one to escape, which triggered a chain reaction, and the other five general soldiers also followed suit. Only Cao Bianjiao and the others kept Hong Chengchou from retreating, but they were eventually betrayed by the traitors and opened the city gate, but Cao Bianjiao still preferred death to surrender.
When Zhang Mingwei had finished speaking, Yan Yingyuan clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the general went out for a walk today. The morale of the army is very low and people are panicked. Many people are worried that Jianlu will come over. Although the governor of Liaodong is in Ningyuan We rushed to build the city and went to build Juehua Island, but not many people were optimistic that Ningyuan could defend Jianlu. And...and..."
"And what? Don't be hesitant, just say whatever you want!" Zhang Mingwei said dissatisfiedly after hearing this.
When Yan Yingyuan heard this, he immediately replied, "And I feel that if the people here didn't have a blood feud with Jianlu, I'm afraid many people would want to surrender. At least on Jianlu's side, if you make military exploits, you can always win." There are some benefits, but here, even having enough food is a problem. Sir, if this situation is not changed, Shanhaiguan will fall sooner or later."
He was afraid that Zhang Mingwei wouldn't believe it, so he immediately added, "In this war, General Wu's entire army was wiped out. After escaping back, he was recruiting more troops. The promise he gave was only to have enough food, but he had already recruited many more people. "
"Yes, sir, at this time, especially after such a huge defeat, if this situation is not changed, the morale of the people and the army will be lost!" The gray-haired old man also said with emotion, "Xiaoguan is also out today. After walking around for a while, we also went out of Shanhaiguan to take a look, and found that the situation in the various health posts was not optimistic. Once Jinzhou was lost, Ningyuan would be the front line. The military households had no interest in farming anymore, and they all said that even if they did, it would only be easy to build captives. In this case, the food issue will become a big problem again."
Zhang Mingwei didn't say anything after hearing this, but just listened to them tell what they had seen and heard. Until the end, he nodded and said, "Okay, we basically know the situation in Shanhaiguan. There is no need to continue to observe. If people really lose heart, it will be difficult to lead the team. Starting tomorrow, we will continue as before. I say start doing it!”
Upon hearing that he had made a decision, several people present immediately responded seriously, "Yes!"
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