Chapter 101 A country bumpkin meets a rich man

Chapter 100

The main reason why Gao Qiqian, a chamberlain, was trusted in front of Emperor Chongzhen was that he was extremely courageous. He dared to use other eunuchs to build momentum for him in front of Emperor Chongzhen, making him the most knowledgeable eunuch.

Although he claims to know soldiers, he has never fought in a single battle, and has never even seen the tragic environment on the battlefield.

However, he was able to pinpoint Emperor Chongzhen's pulse, deceive Emperor Chongzhen again and again, and receive heavy rewards again and again. The main reason why Gao Qiqian did not take away Cheng Shijie's credit was that Cheng Shijie gave too much.

The citrine Maitreya Buddha that Cheng Shijie gave to Gao Qiqian was a glass product from later generations, but the manufacturing process was mature and the entire Maitreya Buddha was round and without impurities. Gao Qiqian judged that this was a rare and precious gold jadeite.

Golden Jade is another name for natural and high-quality yellow jade. Its color is orange or honey-colored. At a glance, you can see that it is very bright and transparent, which is very rare. One of the characteristics of yellow jade is that it

It is extremely green and has a translucent gloss. When you tap it lightly, you can hear a crisp and translucent sound, which is also a major feature of Huang Fei.

In fact, Gao Qiqian is not particularly proficient in identifying treasures. If he were an old appraiser in a pawn shop, he would definitely be able to find that this is not a pure natural yellow jade, nor is it artificially carved.

But the problem is that Gao Qiqian was of low origin. He was not a eunuch from the inner study hall, but a chore eunuch. To put it simply, he was a little eunuch who worked around King Xin. There were not eight hundred such eunuchs in the palace.

, there are also a thousand. Emperor Tianqi died unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen unexpectedly became emperor, and Gao Qiqian finally got the idea because Chongzhen was repeatedly deceived by civil servants, and there was no one around him, so he promoted Gao Qiqian.

latent.

Gao Qiqian was like a poor man suddenly getting rich. He suddenly gained a high position and began to expand. He found out a lot of inside information about his son Cheng Shijie. For example, Cheng Shijie sold Geng Zhongming a sword worth 10,000 taels of silver. The sword spent 8,000 taels of silver to find Sun Yuanhua.

Bought an official from Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu...

Cheng Shijie, the "son" of Cheng Yongxing, a Qianhu household in the Fenghuang Mountain Defense Station, for revenge, dispersed his family property, sold whatever he could, and bought a large amount of grain to feed the army. In Gao Qiqian's eyes, Cheng Shijie was a local tycoon.

Things in the hands of such rich people must be real and cannot be fake. This is first of all a prejudice, just like the richest man in later generations, wearing a piece of clothing without a brand logo, even if it only costs a few hundred yuan,

People will subconsciously think that this dress must be worth tens of thousands of dollars.

This is the influence value brought by status. In particular, Maitreya Buddha was a relatively hot thing in the Ming Dynasty, because the "White Lotus Sect" was the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of thing cannot be seen in the light. Cheng Shijie took Ning Haijun inside Ning Haijun.

After wiping out dozens of bandits, this thing should be a trophy.

More importantly, several eunuchs around Gao Qiqian repeatedly told Gao Qiqian how valuable this treasure was, saying that it was priceless but hard to find, which made Gao Qiqian even more convinced that this Maitreya was

The Buddha ornament is a treasure.

This was a generous gift given to Cheng Shijie when they met him for the first time. Since Cheng Shijie was so smart, if he helped Cheng Shijie, wouldn't Cheng Shijie still be grateful?

Of course, this is just wishful thinking.

If Cheng Shijie knew that Gao Qiqian had such thoughts, he would only give Gao Qiqian a knife, or a few shots, and blast Gao Qiqian until nothing was left.

In any case, Gao Qiqian and Cheng Shijie are still in the honeymoon period. Gao Qiqian keeps saying good things to Cheng Shijie. Of course, these good words have nothing to do with the real situation.

It's completely a short story made up by Gao Qiqian on the spur of the moment.

"... Ning Haijun was so powerful that he killed Jiannu and retreated steadily. Ning Haijun's soldiers were like dragons with spears and an offensive like a tide. They rushed all the way and successfully attacked the city of Jinzhou Acropolis."

Emperor Chongzhen asked hurriedly: "What happened next?"

"Jiannu was forced to retreat by Ning Haijun. The slave chief governed the army very strictly. If he retreated without being defeated, his whole family would be sent to the armored slaves. This forced Jiannu to fight against the city. Cheng Shijie watched Jiannu

When fighting a trapped beast, he raised his arms and shouted: "Today, if my commander takes half a step back, Ning Haijun and his subordinates can kill me. If you take a half step back, I will kill you without mercy. I will fight to the death without retreating or defeating you."

Jinzhou vows not to return the army!"

The eight thousand officers and soldiers of the Ning Navy shouted in unison: "We will not retreat until we fight to the death, and we will not return the army until we break Jinzhou!" Cheng Shijie led his general Shen Mingyu on the left wing, General Chang Yu on the right wing, Cheng Shijie served as the forward of the Chinese army, and the whole army attacked.

The pikemen are in front, the crossbowmen are second, Cheng Shijie's white horse and silver spear, the spear is like the wind, it is dead when it touches, and it is dead when it touches. The slaves do not dare to be cold, and the slave chiefs do not dare to use their sharp edges, and retreat in panic. Ning

The morale of the navy was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more fierce. At this time, Ning Haijun's artillery also followed up. Dozens of artillery fired in unison, and a shell hit the Jinzhou Weinan city gate. The city gate was shattered by a cannon, and the city was destroyed.

The door was wide open, and Jiannu was in chaos. Ning Haijun rushed into the Jinzhou Acropolis with all his strength..."

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen still had too little experience. There were actually many loopholes in Gao Qiqian's words, and many of his logic could not withstand scrutiny. In his words, Ning Haijun had encountered the Jiannu slaves who were waiting for work since they landed, and Ning Haijun's offensive was frustrated.

, before Cheng Shijie killed dozens of Ning Haijun soldiers to stop the rout...

Gao Qiqian's routine is like most Internet novels of later generations. First, the attack is frustrated. Cheng Shijie remains calm in the face of danger and makes the most correct decision at the critical moment. Ning Haijun is inspired and turns defeat into victory. Jiannu retreats from Jinzhou after being defeated.

Bay shoal, and then to Jinzhou Jiannu divided his troops into four groups and surrounded Ning Haijun. Ning Haijun was frustrated at first, and then turned defeat into victory. He pursued them all the way to the gate of Jinzhou City, then encountered obstruction, and turned defeat into victory again...

According to Gao Qiqian, the battle for Jinzhou City became three battles in succession. Ning Haijun was frustrated three times, but actually under Jinzhou City, there were still 8,000 troops, and not a single person died...

But the problem was that Emperor Chongzhen listened with great interest, and when he got excited about it, he actually took pictures of the imperial case and jumped up with joy.

Seeing that Gao Qiqian's mouth was dry as he spoke, Emperor Chongzhen quickly stood up, picked up the teapot on the imperial desk, and poured tea for Gao Qiqian himself...

…

Jinzhou City, Qianfeng General Mansion.

Because of Sun Chengzong's promotion, Zu Dashou took many years of detours, and Zu Dashou, the hereditary commander of the Ningyuan Guards, jumped out of the guard system and entered the Guanning army system. He gradually became a general in western Liaoning.

First of all, especially in the first year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong forward, and he was assigned the title of general of the Liao forward and was stationed in Jinzhou.

As Zu Dashou's status improved, the Zu family also ascended to heaven. Zu Dashou's brothers were Zu Da Le, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun,

Zu Kefa and others were all officers at all levels, starting from the commander-in-chief, down to deputy generals, deputy generals, and guerrillas. They were stationed in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, and various cities in Jinzhou.

However, all of this caused Zu Dashou to fall into the mortal world after the Battle of Daling River, because Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, reported to the imperial court that Zu Dashou led his troops to surrender. The main reason was Sun Chengzong's poor command, and Sun Chengzong took the blame.

, Zu Dashou was promoted instead and became the Commander-in-Chief of the Left (this was a military rank in the Ming Dynasty, and was held by Mao Wenlong, Man Gui, etc., which is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant general in the army).

But the problem is that during the Battle of Daling River, Zu Dashou and his generals Liu Tianlu, Zhang Cunren, Zu Zerun, Zu Zehong, Cao Gongcheng, Han Daxun, Zhang Dingliao, Pei Guozhen, Chen Bangxuan, Zheng Changchun, Liu Yuying, Dou Mingde,

More than 13,000 people including Wu Liangfu, Gao Guanghui, Liu Shiying, Sheng Zhong, Zu Zeyuan, Hu Hongxian, Zu Keyong, Zu Bangwu, Shi Dayong, Xia Desheng, Li Yizhong, Liu Liangchen, Zhang Kefan, Xiao Yongzuo and Han Dong surrendered.

slave.

Now Zu Dashou has lost these team members. Although he successfully escaped back to Jinzhou City, the problem is that he has become an empty frame and no longer has the power to control Guan Ning's army. Even if he knew that Song Wei and Wu Xiang had cheated him, he

He had to promote Wu Sangui because there was no other way. Wu Sangui was still his nephew no matter how much he helped.

Zu Dashou is now having a headache because Huang Taiji has written to him again and again, asking Zu Dashou to fulfill his previous agreement and surrender Jinzhou to the Kingdom of Jin. It’s not that Zu Dashou is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. In fact, at this time, he

Just like Sun Yuanhua, the current governor of Denglai, was hollowed out.

If he dares to surrender, Wu Sangui, a pro-nephew, will kidnap Zu Dashou and present it to the court. If Emperor Chongzhen is happy, he might let Wu Sangui replace Zu Dashou and become the head of the Liaoxi generals and the spokesperson of the interest groups of the Liaoxi generals.

"Report to Master Zu!"

Zu Dashou's younger brother Zu Dabi bowed and saluted Zu Dashou.

"Great achievement, there are no outsiders here!"

"Commander Zu, someone from Liaonan is coming!"

"Liaonan?"

Zu Dashou's subconscious reaction was that Dongjiang Army Huanglong's life could not go on anymore, and he wanted to ask for help through the old love. Although Zu Dashou was also a landlord in western Liaoning, the landlord's family now had no surplus food.

He does have money and food, but no soldiers. Even if he wants to support Huang Long, he still needs to look at the face of Wu Sangui, his close nephew. There are less than 20,000 soldiers in Jinzhou, and the Wu family has more than 3,600 elite servants.

, these are not the old, weak, sick and disabled just making up the numbers, but the elites who really dare to go into battle with Jiannu and wield knives to death. Regardless of the more than 3,600 troops, as long as Wu Sangui is willing, Jinzhou City can be named Wu at any time.

"You should discuss this with your eldest uncle. After all, it's just a matter of colleagues, so long as you can live up to your reputation!"

Zu Dashou winked at Zu Dabi: "We must let the brothers in Liaonan eat and drink well!"

Of course, this was Zu Dashou's sarcastic comment, but he asked Zu Dashou to perform a play and tell Liaonan that they, Wang Xiaoer, were also celebrating the New Year in Jinzhou, and each year was not as good as the other.

Zu Dabi coughed and said, "Zu Shuai, the person coming is not Huang Shuai's!"

"Not Huang Shuai's person? Whose person is that? Mao Chenglu? Let him go!"

Zu Dashou said angrily: "If you want me to support him as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, there is no way!"

"Commander Zu, the person here is someone sent by Commander-in-Chief Cheng of the Ning Navy!"

"Cheng Shuai?"

Zu Dashou became confused: "When did there be another Cheng Shuai?"

If a military attaché has the opportunity, he will indeed be promoted faster than a civilian official. For example, Mao Wenlong was promoted from the fourth rank commander to the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town and the commander-in-chief of the left. And Man Gui Zeping took advantage of the Ningyuan victory and was promoted from the staff general to the commander-in-chief of Datong Town.

Soldiers, Zhao Lejiao, and Zu Dashou also achieved one step to the sky.

But the problem is that no matter how fast you are promoted, you still need to have corresponding merits. During the Ningyuan Victory that year, three generals and four deputy generals were promoted, but Ningyuan's victory was well known to the world.

It doesn't matter that Cheng Shijie was unknown before. He must have a good record when he is promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief, right?

"Commander Zu didn't know something. Cheng Shijie, the former guard of Ning Haijun, put down the rebellion of Kong Youde in Shandong more than a month ago. Commander Zu didn't pay attention to it at that time. It has been announced in the Di newspaper!"

"Then he sends someone..."

Zu Dashou said: "Let him see you in the front hall!"

"yes!"

Zu Dashou hurriedly asked people to find Cheng Shijie, the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, in the Di newspaper. However, the problem was that only Cheng Shijie's name appeared in the Di newspaper twice. The first time was when he put down Kong Youde's rebellion, and the second time

It was Emperor Chongzhen who appointed Cheng Shijie as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ning Navy and the Commander-in-Chief of the Left. He held the Shangfang Sword, acted expediently, and controlled Dongjiang Town.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Sword of Chi Shangshu was just like the Chi Jie from the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. It was divided into four levels: envoy Chi Jie, Chi Jie, Ji Jie, and Ji En Envoy, with varying powers.

But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty's Shangfang Sword was the patent of civil servants, and military generals did not have this power. Once they held Shangfang Sword, they were like the Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty and became a local vassal.

In fact, the general group of the Ming Dynasty has always been controlled, and there are only two towns. The first is Mao Wenlong and his Dongjiang Town. These people are vassal towns established based on the surviving people of Liaodong. Since Wang Huazhen and Yuan Keli stepped down, they have
To be continued...