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Sun Chengzong, the second assistant, followed Wen Tiren. Seeing this situation, he had something to say in his heart.

But after thinking about it, he finally shook his head, said nothing, and left.

These things in the Wenhua Palace began to spread in the capital before the imperial edict came out. As soon as the imperial edict came out, the entire capital immediately became excited.

In the yamen of Jingying, uncle and nephew Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao were sitting in the back yamen.

"Uncle, if you have anything to do, just tell me directly!" Cao Bianjiao looked at Cao Wenzhao in confusion and said, "This is the back office, I am just your nephew!"

To be honest, it is a bit awkward for my uncle to become my subordinate. Especially this uncle, who single-handedly brought him up and trained him in the military.

After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao did not hesitate and said immediately: "Zheng Zhilong is just a naval commander. He used to be a pirate, but now, he can be knighted for his military exploits. Uncle thought, my uncle is still young, and now he is in Beijing There are no military merits for the camp. And around the Ming Dynasty, there are not many places where you can get military merits. If you miss it, you may regret it for the rest of your life. It's not that your uncle doesn't want to help you, but the only place closest to you now is the Japanese country. .Uncle is thinking..."

Although his words were a bit confusing, Cao Bianjiao understood immediately when he heard this. My uncle was a little tempted after hearing the recent news and wanted to fight for a future. I was just worried that I might misunderstand, so I wanted to explain.

In fact, even if Cao Bianjiao didn't say anything, he still wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Cao Wenzhao. He knew what his uncle was capable of. In his opinion, his uncle was no worse than Man Gui, and even better than Man Gui in terms of bravery. It's just because he never had a good chance to perform in Guan Ning's army before. Although he was eventually promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, he was not awarded a knighthood, which was ultimately a regret for the general.

Cao Bianjiao himself was killed on the battlefield. To him, it was all nonsense whether he was dangerous or not. As a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, how can we care about danger? Therefore, he interrupted Cao Wenzhao's explanation and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry about your nephew. If our Cao family can have two earls, my nephew will be happy!"

Having said this, he said to Cao Wenzhao seriously: "Uncle, if you have made a decision in your heart, just do it!"

Hearing this, Cao Wenzhao showed a happy smile on his face. It's best if my nephew can support me!

Unexpectedly, before he could say goodbye, Cao Bianjiao's bodyguard came over and reported, "Uncle, General Wu is outside asking for a meeting!"

General Wu, that is, Wu Sangui, is now also a subordinate of Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp. Not knowing what was going on, Cao Bianjiao ordered to Cao Wen: "Uncle, I don't know what business he has with my nephew. My nephew will come as soon as he goes!"

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he naturally nodded in agreement.

After drinking half a pot of tea, Cao Wenzhao saw Cao Bianjiao coming back and asked quickly: "What does he want from you?"

If Cao Wenzhao was in the capital camp, and his nephew was the commander-in-chief of the capital camp, he would naturally support him to the fullest, and his nephew's role as commander-in-chief of the capital camp would be easy. But now that he has decided to apply for transfer to Liaodong and is no longer in the Beijing camp, he is a little worried about what will happen to the Beijing camp. At this moment, he was naturally very concerned about what Wu Sangui had to do with his nephew.

After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but smile and said: "He came to talk to his nephew and said that he also wanted to be transferred to Liaodong to participate in the war against the Japanese!"

"..." Cao Wenzhao was speechless after hearing this.

But then thinking about it, it is not difficult to understand why Wu Sangui also wanted to go to war.

You know, in the past, when Wu Sangui became the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, his nephew was just a small guard. Until his nephew applied for the new army, became a division general, became a trusted general of the emperor, participated in the war against the captives, wiped out the rebels, was awarded the title of earl and served as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, this was completely overshadowed by Wu Sangui.

How could Wu Sangui be reconciled to this happening? Now it is estimated that as long as he has achieved sufficient military merit, the emperor will not hesitate to award him a title. Seeing that there were not many opportunities to make military achievements, I couldn't help but want to be transferred to Liaodong.

"Then you agree?" Cao Wenzhao asked after coming back to his senses.

Before Cao Bianjiao could speak, he saw his cronies coming over again to report: "Uncle, General Li wants to see you!"

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he looked surprised and said a little speechlessly: "Could it be that Li Guo also came here for this matter?"

"Nephew, go out and take a look first!" Upon hearing this, Cao Bianjiao smiled helplessly.

Seeing him turning around to leave, Cao Wenzhao immediately reminded: "He is also the emperor's confidant, so don't embarrass him."

The emperor was very fond of Li Guo, especially Li Dingguo, a member of Li Guo's clan. He was trained by Huo Qubing, the hussar general of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, although he knew that his uncle and nephew were also the emperor's confidants, he still gave a reminder.

Cao Bianjiao stopped for a moment, then replied "I know", and then went to Qianya again.

This time, before Cao Wenzhao finished the remaining half of the pot of tea, he saw his nephew coming back. He stood up and asked with a smile: "Don't you also want to earn military exploits?"

In the local army, if they do not go to war, according to the emperor's latest decree, they can still join the engineering troops. Depending on the completion of the project, they can also earn military merit, but the weight of the military merit will be halved.

However, it is impossible for the Beijing Camp, which serves as a defense force for the capital, to be reorganized into an engineering force. Therefore, if the Beijing camp does not fight, it will have no military merit. Glory is glorious enough, but if a soldier does not have military merit, it is useless!

It was for this reason that Cao Wenzhao felt that he had guessed very well, and Li Guo also had the same idea as him.

Cao Bianjiao listened and nodded, then shook his head and said: "He did put forward his idea to his nephew and wanted to go out to fight. But he did not want to fight the Japanese country, but to fight Tsarist Russia. He said that the Japanese country, There are many monks and few rice porridge, so it is better to go to the far west."

Li Guo was from Shaanxi. He didn't want to go to the island country, but went to the far west. It seemed that he had conditions. After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but shook his head and said: "In this case, if the emperor agrees, you will have to worry about the capital camp!"

It is not an easy task to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army when there are no battles to fight.

After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao replied with a smile: "It's okay, uncle. In fact, as far as my nephew is concerned, he wants to go out and lead troops to fight! It's just that Your Majesty entrusted the post of commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp to his nephew, so he has to Guarding the capital."

"Well, our Cao family is where we are today, thanks to His Majesty's grace!" After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao nodded solemnly and said, "You have to remember one thing, you are alone in the capital from now on, and you are not allowed to make friends with anyone in private, especially especially Civil servants, don't pay attention to them. You have to do it and only have His Majesty in your heart, do you understand?"

"My nephew knows!" Cao Bianjiao nodded seriously after hearing this.

Compared to them, Zu Dashou was drunk at home.

At this time, he finally figured it out.

Back then, I did such a stupid thing, although the emperor really didn't pursue it. But from then on, there was no real power.

Although he seems to be a fellow governor of the governor's mansion, it is of no use. Later, he temporarily became the commander-in-chief of the Jingying camp, but at that time, the Jingying camp was just a lookalike. The elites who could fight were all in the new army, and the new army was not under his control. After the Jianlu were eliminated, the Jingying camp became a truly elite force, but the general of the Jingying camp was gone. Anyway, all in all, he never really had military power at all.

Alas, what a pig-brained person back then, how could he do such a thing! Zu Dashou thought so and couldn't help but drink another glass of wine.

Now that the world is at peace, military achievements are few and far between. Without military merit, it is impossible to be knighted! And to have military exploits, you must lead troops to fight! However, he will definitely lose military power, so how can he talk about military exploits?

Alas, it’s all my fault for being so reckless back then!

Zu Dashou felt extremely regretful. While he was drinking alone, he suddenly heard from his servants that his nephew Wu Sangui was visiting.

Before he could get up, he saw Wu Sangui running into the back garden excitedly. The first time he saw him, he said excitedly: "Uncle, the emperor has agreed that my nephew will be transferred to North Korea!"

After he said it, he realized that his uncle seemed to have a sad look on his face and seemed to be drinking. He couldn't help but be a little stunned.

After Zu Dashou heard Wu Sangui's words, his heart seemed to be pricked by a needle again. However, remembering that this was his nephew, now the only hope for the Zu and Wu families, he felt a little better. He stretched out his hand and asked Wu Sangui to go to him. Sit down.

After pouring him a glass of wine, Zu Dashou forced a smile and said, "Come on, come on, uncle, I wish you success and the ability to destroy Japanese pirates!"

"Thank you, uncle!" Seeing this, Wu Sangui felt happy in his heart. He quickly responded, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, shining the bottom of the glass, and then regained his excitement and said, "My nephew thought about getting Dorgon's head." , maybe you can also get a chance to be knighted! "

Hearing this, Zu Dashou nodded and said: "Dorgon is the puppet emperor who is the remnant of the Qing Dynasty, and his head is indeed valuable. But you should remember one thing, it can be regarded as my uncle's advice to you!"

"Uncle, please speak! My nephew must listen!" Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui immediately corrected his attitude and sat up straight, as if he was all ears.

Zu Dashou looked at his nephew, with a serious face, and said extremely seriously: "This is one of the few opportunities to go out. You must remember that you should not make any decisions without authorization. You must obey military orders and do not make any decisions. Anything that goes against His Majesty’s will!”

In the future war against Japan, the emperor will definitely issue a decree in principle. He was afraid that Wu Sangui would not care about the emperor's wishes for a while in order to grab the credit. Therefore, when he had this opportunity, he reminded his nephew.

Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment. He heard his uncle's tone emphasizing the words "Don't make opinions without authorization." He recalled that his uncle seemed to be drinking too much before. Thinking of his past things, he suddenly understood something in his heart. Enlightenment, he finally knew why his uncle was unhappy.

So, he immediately nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, uncle, my nephew knows the importance. Even if he has to make decisions without authorization, it must be based on the emperor's will. The emperor is wise and powerful, and my nephew will never do anything stupid!"

When Zu Dashou heard this, he felt that his heart seemed to hurt again. Could you not say it so obviously?

"Come on, come on, uncle will give you another drink!" He picked up the wine glass and pretended to be happy and said, "Uncle is very pleased that you know this. He is much better than your father!"

"Better than my uncle!" After hearing this, Wu Sangui added silently in his heart, "There are two lessons learned from the past, how could I make such a mistake again!"

Of course, on the surface, he didn't dare to reveal his inner thoughts, so he picked up the wine glass and started drinking with his uncle.

Little did they know that the factory guard would report this discussion to the police that night. After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled and did not express any opinions.

The upcoming war of the Ming Dynasty is to send troops to the Japanese country, attack the far west and defend the Mughal Empire. Currently, only the generals of the Ming army know about it, and it is impossible for ordinary people to know. Therefore, the hot topics of ordinary people in the capital are different from the focus of these generals.

"The current emperor is truly a benevolent emperor. He knows how to care for the people and does not conscript labor on a large scale to build roads like Qin Shihuang did!"

"No, the railway is indeed very good. But the emperor actually wants to innovate the army and use the army to build roads and reduce the labor of the people. Since ancient times, there has never been such a thing!"

"Yes, there is also Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. He also did things that benefited the country and the people, such as building the Grand Canal, but he completely ignored whether the people could bear it. Instead, he caused widespread resentment among the people, and eventually the country was destroyed. This kind of emperor Compared with the current emperor, there is no comparison on earth or in heaven!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense! Our emperor is so wise and powerful, how can he be compared to ordinary emperors? If nothing else, just help the old and weak in Yongping Mansion, tell me how many emperors will care. Qiangu Renjun is not just a lie!"

"..."

For ordinary people, especially after registering as a hidden household, what they fear most is not only paying taxes, but also serving in the military. Because now the standard of living has improved, and the emperor has reduced various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. If you just pay the regular taxes, you can still afford it. But when it comes to labor, there is no distinction between people. As long as it is your turn, you must serve. This is the most fatal thing.

Therefore, what they are most concerned about is road construction.

What's different from them is that when those officials see each other, they will sigh: "Oh, I'm old!"

Or, rejoice: "It's great to be young!"

The Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and the emperor's grand plans are almost impatient. Youth means capital, the opportunity to follow the emperor, build the Ming Dynasty together, and see more things that have never been seen before.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, seniority is no longer an advantage! The development of science and technology, the promotion of science, and youth are capital!

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