Wei Zhongxian and Xue Lian both picked up their wine cups, and they drank a glass first. Putting down their wine cups, Wei Zhongxian first said to Xue Lian: "Xue Hou's disaster relief work must be done properly this time. The Zajia family will also cooperate with the factory.

Wei Zhongxian said hello to these little bastards, and asked them to fully cooperate with you, Xuehou. It would be fine if Xuehou Shao gave them some routines." Wei Zhongxian made up his mind, and the disaster relief work did not show its importance until now.

Xue Lian nodded with satisfaction. After receiving Wei Zhongxian's promise to ask the factory guards to cooperate, Xue Lian was also very happy.

Wei Zhongxian then asked: "Just now, Marquis Xue seemed to have mentioned that the disaster relief plan was brought up by your new son-in-law?"

Xue Lian smiled and said: "Shi Gong did come up with an idea, and I and Mr. Zhang discussed it carefully together."

Wei Zhongxian also praised: "This kid is pretty good. Is he nice to Feier?"

"It's not bad. It's just that Fei'er seems to be a little obsessed with that boy. Alas!" Xue Lian sighed deeply.

Wei Zhongxian also laughed out loud and said: "Xuehou, don't sigh. When you get married, you should obey your husband. As long as the child treats Fei'er well. However, today is the first day that your son-in-law, Xuehou, takes office. He can do it."

If you have such an idea, you can be regarded as a person who can get things done. You are lucky, Mr. Xue."

"Where. Where." Xue Lian quickly smiled and said modestly, "I also inquired about it today, and the boy still has some rules in his work. He just personally fought with one of his hundreds of households."

"Oh? Is something wrong?" Wei Zhongxian asked quickly.

"It's nothing. It was mainly that kid who started the fight. I guess that Baihu didn't dare to fight with his boss. However, that kid had two fights in the past half month before and after the marriage, and both

It's really not a worry if you do it yourself. For a powerful family like us, it doesn't matter how many people we beat, but if we do it ourselves, it would be too shameful." Xue Lian said.

"That's true. The Za family has remembered it. The third boy from Lihou's family was the one who beat him before the marriage. Li Chengzuo also told the Zajia that he grounded his third boy for a month. Xue Hou, please don't go there again.

I feel sorry for you. You two must also cooperate sincerely and let the Za family take care of the affairs of the Beijing camp." Wei Zhongxian said.

"I and Marquis Li only have political differences. Don't worry, Mr. Wei, we will never miss official business."

"That's good. However, your son-in-law, Marquis Xue, is a bit reckless. Marquis Xue, you have to arrange for someone to be at his side to keep an eye on him."

"I have also made arrangements. There is one more thing. Today, the boy proposed to me again that he wanted to remove the acting title from his title, and also wanted to promote one of his subordinates to become deputy commander. However, I did not

I am anxious to agree to him. I want to wait until the disaster relief matter is clear. In addition, Commander Li, who has broken his leg, is also related to the British Duke, and my wife is also the British Duke's sister. I want to save my face.

It’s hard to explain.” Xue Lian said.

"This is a serious matter." Wei Zhongxian frowned and said, "We have to hurry up on the disaster relief work. You and your son-in-law will have to work harder. Father and son are going to fight. In a few days, the Za family will order Xue Hou and your son-in-law to be killed.

His official position has been regularized. There is no problem with the deputy commander he wants to promote, so there is no need to pay it as usual. Your son-in-law, Marquis Xue, must have a few messengers under him. As for the lame Li Lu, he can't be a commander in the first place.

Official. Let's do this. The Za family will give him a garrison (an official position as a military attaché in the Ming Dynasty) and find him a richer place. This can be regarded as giving the British prince face." In order to win this political struggle, Wei Zhongxian did not hesitate.

No matter what the cost, I am willing to spend a lot of money.

Through Wei Zhongxian's understatement, Wu Shigong became the commander-in-chief of the Nancheng Army and Horse Command Department, and was able to promote a deputy commander. However, Li Lu inexplicably lost the official position he had worked so hard to keep.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Wei." Xue Lian thanked him quickly.

Wei Zhongxian waved his hands and said with a smile: "Why are we brothers being so polite? It seems that your son-in-law, Marquis Xue, is also a martial man. This time, the Japanese state paid tribute to more than a dozen Japanese knives. Please give two to Marquis Xue."

Your son-in-law goes and has fun. Don't say anything, Marquis Xue, there is nothing else in the Japanese country, except that the Japanese sword is not bad." Then, Wei Zhongxian ordered the little eunuch serving beside him to get two Japanese swords and send them to Xue

Lian's driving place, let Xue Lian take it with him when he goes back.

Suddenly, Wei Zhongxian seemed to remember something, and asked Xue Lian to wait on his seat. He opened the locked cabinet with the key, took out a small porcelain bottle from it, handed it to Xue Lian, and said, "This is the hospital's visit this time."

The medicine prepared for the emperor is helpful for fertility, and the Za family left a bottle for you, Marquis Xue."

Xue Lian took the small porcelain bottle and said bitterly: "Thank you very much, Mr. Wei. Over the years, Mr. Wei has also tried his best to find many miraculous medicines for me. I have also visited famous doctors, but they all say that I am

If you damage your kidney water, you will be destined to die in this life."

Wei Zhongxian quickly comforted Xue Lian and said: "A little amount of this medicine will be effective? The Za family remembers that it was the time when King Xin (later Emperor Chongzhen) got into trouble with Empress Zheng, and Xue Hou was the one who took the blame. He was beaten and his kidneys were injured.

Ah, the hands of those little eunuchs are too dark."

Xue Lian nodded and said, "It was that time. Alas!" After saying that, Xue Lian let out a long sigh.

The two of them raised their wine cups and had another drink, and both ate a few chopsticks of food. After that, they both remained silent, recalling the ordeal they had gone through in the palace of the eldest son of the emperor, and it was a mixed bag of emotions.

More than ten years ago, the eldest son of the emperor took his children to the palace to pay respects to Emperor Wanli. King Xin was only five or six years old at the time, and he accidentally broke one of Concubine Zheng's favorite vase. In fact, this

No one knows whether the vase was Concubine Zheng's favorite. The main reason was that Concubine Zheng wanted to disgust the eldest son by teaching King Xin a lesson. Xue Lian, who was accompanying her at the time, took the initiative to take the blame and said that he was the one who broke it. Concubine Zheng became so angry that she ordered it to be beaten.

Xue Lian's fault. Under the hint of Concubine Zheng, the little eunuch next to her took a cruel step and broke Xue Lian's waist, causing Xue Lian to lose her fertility from then on. This is why although Xue Lian was in the prime of life, he could not have children.

The main reason why he accepted many concubines and recruited Wu Shigong as his son-in-law.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the study was a bit dull, Wei Zhongxian changed the topic and asked Xue Lian: "Marquis Xue is here today, and the Za family happens to have a question about military strategy. I would like to ask Marquis Xue to take a closer look. Then why are the slaves in Liaodong getting more and more troubled?"

Are you getting more and more excited?" Wei Zhongxian sighed, and then said, "Alas! Grandpa Wanli had severely damaged Ning Yuanbo (Li Chengliang)'s old foundation at that time. But Ning Yuanbo's heroic life gave birth to no one.

The brainy son (referring to Li Chengliang's eldest son Li Rusong) threw himself into a trap and destroyed Ning Yuanbo's last possessions. Now Yuan Chonghuan, who is guarding Liaodong, is considerate to the Za family (historically, Yuan Chonghuan was the first to surrender to Wei Zhongxian)

One of several local officials of the Lisheng Temple), but the Za family thinks that he is also a man with great ambitions and little talent. Marquis Xue, please give the Za family an idea."

Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang, a fellow countryman of Zhao Benshan, a famous general in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, as famous as Qi Jiguang at that time, the founder of Guan Ning's cavalry, and the godfather of **Ha Chi. Li Chengliang had the most elite eight thousand cavalry under his command, and his combat effectiveness was very good.

Powerful. During the first expedition to regain Korea, one of the three major campaigns of Wanli, Li Chengliang's eldest son Li Rusong personally led three thousand cavalry like this as the vanguard. At that time, almost all the Japanese invaders sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi had experienced Japanese

Veterans baptized by war during the Warring States Period, their 36,000-strong vanguard, led by Japan's famous Warring States general Konishi Yukinaga, set up an ambush at the Bokuto Pavilion. After Li Rusong entered the encirclement, although the situation was slightly disadvantageous, both sides still managed to

The battle was evenly matched. After the reinforcements of the Ming army came up, they defeated the Japanese army. From this, we can see the combat effectiveness of these Liaodong cavalry.

These cavalry were trained as officers just like Xue Lian's personal bodyguards. Therefore, based on these eight thousand cavalry, Li Chengliang could pull up an army of one hundred thousand at any time. Emperor Wanli was worried that Li Chengliang would respect his own troops and passed the Wanli Three Major

The expedition effectively weakened this military group. In addition, Li Rusong led 3,000 cavalry into the encirclement of the Mongolian army (probably, Li Rusong liked to rush into the enemy's encirclement), resulting in the annihilation of the entire army. Li Chengliang's Liaodong cavalry was like this

Used up.

Without the threat of these Liaodong cavalry, Hachi dared to rebel. Some of the remnants of these cavalry, used as seeds, finally fell into the hands of Wu Sangui and formed the Guanning cavalry.

Xue Lian hesitated for a moment and said to Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Gong actually understood in his heart that letting Mr. Sun (Sun Chengzong, Emperor Tianqi's teacher) go can keep the situation in Liaodong stable."

Wei Zhongxian sighed: "The Za family also understands in their hearts that Mr. Sun's literary talent and military skills are not to mention, but his character is also first-class. But he is a member of the Donglin Party, and the Za family is afraid that after he takes charge of the army, he will attack the Qing Dynasty and kill the Za family.

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Xue Lian persuaded: "Mr. Sun still misses the old friendship very much. During the Chinese New Year, Mr. Sun even asked his fifth son, who came to the capital for business, to pay his respects to me."

Wei Zhongxian said: "The Za family also knew that Mr. Sun was nostalgic for the past, so in order to fear that the emperor would be unhappy, they just drove him back to his hometown to retire in his old age last year. Besides, even after Mr. Sun took charge of the army, he missed his old friendship, but his disciples and disciples

Or something like that, if you have a hot head, let alone Qingjun, you may not be able to do it even if you are wearing a yellow robe."

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was determined, Xue Lian stopped trying to persuade him. Xue Lian continued, "Then there is another way."
Chapter completed!