Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 791
Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, was also the most favored by the Ming Dynasty. There were two Dukes from this family. The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang gave a Duke of Wei, and Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty, gave a Duke of Ding.

No matter how you look at it, the Xu Da family is the family that enjoys the greatest favor from the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Such a family should definitely be the family that should work hard for the country when the country is alive or dying.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen also treated this family very kindly.As a result, in the original history, Duke Dingguo of the capital surrendered to Li Zicheng; Duke Wei of Nanjing surrendered to Jianlu, and none of them died in battle.

This generation of Wei Guogong, if Xu Hongji had already died of illness in the original history, but affected by Liu Weichao's butterfly effect, although he was indeed seriously ill, he was dying and still alive, but it was almost the same.

Therefore, Xu Wenjue, the son of Wei Guogong, is actually almost equal to Wei Guogong. In Nanjing, who dare not give him face.

On this day, he suddenly heard his slave come to report that a large number of Dongchang and Xichang fans had surrounded Linhuaihou's mansion.

Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper did not give him face and directly blocked the door.

Generally speaking, others might be afraid of the factory guards, but Wei Guogong, who is the head of the nobles, is not very afraid of the factory guards.Therefore, there was a commotion at the door.

In the end, as Xu Wenjue expected, a fan came out to check the situation and then hurried in again.He knew that he was going to report to the person in charge inside, and he believed that after a while, he would give an explanation for the affairs of the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion.

In the end, what he didn't expect was that he waited and waited, but there was no response. It was only when he became impatient that a stall from the West Factory came out.

Seeing Xichang stalls walking towards him, Xu Wenjue knew that this was finally going to be explained to him!

Thinking about it, I am the son of the Duke of Wei at any rate, and will soon be the Duke of Wei. No matter how arrogant the factory guard is, he should show some face, right?

However, to his great surprise, after seeing the Xichang stall approaching him, he pointed his finger at him and shouted in a cold voice: "Where the Xichang handles the case and wants to make trouble again, according to the theory of the same party, they will be arrested together." Already!"

Xu Wenjue has indeed seen arrogant people in his life, but he has never seen such arrogant people who dare to point to his nose and speak.

However, looking at the expression on the head of the Xichang stall, he didn't mean to be intimidating at all, as if, if he really wanted to continue making trouble, they might really arrest him!

Seeing this posture, Xu Wenjue was scared on the spot.

However, there were so many onlookers, if they went back in such a dispirited manner without saying a word, his face would not be able to bear it down.

At this time, his former steward came forward with a smile on his face, saying that such a big incident happened nearby, and Wei Guogong was also very concerned. He just wanted to come and see what was going on, and there was no noise.

The head of the Xichang stall may be for the sake of the smiling face, or it may be because of Wei Guogong's title, so he told the steward of Wei Guogong's mansion: "The Marquis of Linhuai secretly sold the blueprint of the steam engine to Xiyi. Committed, this is a felony, no matter who you are, if you want to get involved in this matter, we in Xichang will catch it first and act later, we will never be soft!"

When Xu Wenjue heard this immediately, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.It turned out that Marquis Linhuai secretly sold the blueprint of the steam engine, so this matter was done by him personally, and no one else was involved.

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to make trouble, so he went back.

After arriving at Duke Wei's mansion, Xu Wenjue hurriedly went to Xu Hongji's hospital bed to report the matter, and then said: "Father, the leader of Xichang is arresting Marquis Linhuai, isn't it said that Mr. Xichang is the most trusted by the current emperor? Or, Let's not get involved in this matter!"

Although Xu Hongji was dying of illness and ignored most of the things, after hearing the news, he still shook his head and said, "No, you can't ignore the affairs of the Marquis of Linhuai, you should contact the other families first and inquire about Let’s see if we can get him out. Selling steam engine blueprints to Xi Yi secretly, this kind of thing can be big or small, maybe we can get him out or not!”

After hearing this, Xu Wenjue had no choice but to listen to his father.After all, as long as his father doesn't die, he is still Wei Guogong.

In the evening, when he returned home and went to Xu Hongji's hospital bed, he looked a little angry, and said to his father, "Dad, do you know how much that steam engine blueprint is worth?"

"How much?" Seeing his son like this, Xu Hongji, who knew his son well, was also a little surprised, and immediately asked, "Could it be a hundred thousand?"

He has been ill for several years, and has been lying in his own house. He has not seen the extraordinary features of the application of the steam engine, but only heard about it, so he gave a quotation that he thought was a lot.

In the end, Xu Wenjue said to him angrily: "No, it's 100 million, 100 million taels of silver. It's just a blueprint. It's something that can be obtained for a few dollars, but he sold it for 100 taels of silver." Ten thousand taels of silver!"

One million taels of silver, according to the purchasing power at the end of Wanli, is roughly equivalent to 100 million in later generations.For a comparison, most of the treasury revenue during the Chongzhen period was just over 200 million taels, which was comparable to the treasury revenue of the huge empire for half a year.

When Xu Hongji heard it, he was almost suffocated. After finally calming down, he began to scold Li Zushu for daring to embezzle such a large sum of money.
Xu Wenjue also felt pain when he heard it, and he scolded Li Zushu for his black heart along with his father.It's almost a no-cost business, and you can get so much money at once!If it's just collecting rent, I don't know how many years it will take to have this money!

However, Xu Hongji calmed down the next day, and called Xu Wenjue to order: "I didn't expect the blueprint of the steam engine to be worth so much money, so it would be a bit troublesome to fish out Li Zushu. You can take a look first. He can't be saved, if he can't be saved, before he is taken to the capital..."

Having said that, although he didn't say anything anymore, his eyes had already told his son what to do.

Xu Wenjue was a little surprised when he saw it, so he asked his father, "Dad is worried that he will talk nonsense?"

Nanjing Xungui colluded together, although there are many people and strong strength, but the violations of laws and taboos between each other are naturally known to each other.For example, if someone found out about the few big things he did in the past few years, it would be a very big thing!
After hearing this, Xu Hongji shook his head calmly and said, "That's not the case. If he dared to say it, it would be a serious crime for him to kill the nine clans. He dared not. But, just in case, he is still a dead person." Play it safe."

Having said that, he stared into Xu Wenjue's eyes and told him: "You have to remember that anyone is useful. If it's useless, it means it's really useless!"

Although it is difficult for outsiders to understand this, Xu Wenjue, who is his own son and the son of Duke Wei, understands what his father means.

His father is teaching him how to be a good Wei Guogong, and he doesn't need to be kind to those who are useless.

After hearing this, Xu Wenjue immediately nodded his head to accept the instruction.As long as his father is not dead, he is just a prince, no matter what his father says, he will listen to him.

The father and son were plotting, when suddenly, they heard noises coming from outside.

Wei Guogong's mansion, as the mansion of the Duke of Wei, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, naturally has nothing to say about the discipline of the slaves and maidservants.The servants of Wei Guogong's mansion even walked lightly and landed silently, not to mention, when Wei Guogong was seriously ill, they had to pay more attention to quietness.

At this time, there was a noise reaching Xu Hongji's room, which made both father and son very unhappy.

Xu Hongji could no longer speak loudly, so Xu Wenjue turned his head and shouted sharply to the outside: "Go and see what's going on, break their dog legs!"

After hearing this, the servants outside quickly agreed, and hurried out without a sound.

However, the noise outside did not stop at all, and the movement seemed to be getting closer and closer to the inner courtyard.

This time, Xu Wenjue became very angry.Even if there is a big thing, it must be educated!

Naturally, he never thought that what happened at the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion yesterday was happening in the Duke of Wei's mansion.

Even when Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty captured Nanjing, no one harassed Duke Wei's mansion, not to mention, hundreds of years have passed, who would dare to come to Duke Wei's mansion to make trouble!

Therefore, Xu Wenjue said to Xu Hongji who was lying on the hospital bed with the same angry face: "Father, the child will come as soon as he goes, and don't let those bitches know how powerful he is. He has forgotten the rules of Wei Guogong's mansion!"

Of course Xu Hongji had no objection to this, he closed his eyes and rested so that he would not worry about such trivial matters.

Therefore, Xu Wenjue went outside, and the maids who were waiting here immediately went in to serve Xu Hongji.

At this time, the noise outside could be heard more clearly.

There were panicked exclamations, stern shouts, chaotic footsteps, and even the sound of bumping into something. In short, it seemed to be a bit chaotic.

It gave Xu Wenjue the feeling that a thief had broken into the legendary home, or that robbers had broken into?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Now, apart from the fact that Liaodong has not yet been restored, the world is already at peace. How could such an arrogant thief dare to mess around in Wei Guogong's mansion?

Thinking of this, Xu Wenjue immediately felt that something was wrong. If it was an ordinary thief, the servants raised in Wei Guogong's mansion were not vegetarians.

But it's so noisy and chaotic outside, so what's going on?

Thinking of this, he hastened his steps toward the door. When the maid at the door opened the door, he saw the scene outside at a glance. It just so happened that the sound of chaotic footsteps had already crowded into the yard in front of him. You can see clearly who caused the commotion!
(End of this chapter)