History has turned a corner here, Zhu Youxiao, who was originally in a fit of anger after the fiasco in Guangning in the second year of the Apocalypse, was put in prison, and Xiong Tingbi, who was beheaded in August this year, was actually released by Zhu Youxiao, this news is not a good thing for Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian hates Xiong Tingbi very much, and the reason why our father-in-law Wei hates Xiong Tingbi is actually not complicated.

In February of the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), due to the fiasco of Guangning, the imperial court arrested Wang Huazhen and dismissed Xiong Tingbi's officials, and let him wait for investigation. In April, Wang Ji, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Zou Yuanbiao, the Imperial History of Zuodu, and Zhou Yingqiu, the Secretary of Dali Temple, reported the verdict, and Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were sentenced to death.

It stands to reason that the matter is almost over here, but when the execution was about to be carried out, Xiong Tingbi entrusted Wang Wenyan to bribe Wei Zhongxian with 40,000 taels of gold to ask for a suspension of execution.

Well, the man is back in his cell. It is said that Xiong Tingbi picked up an old life, so he should know each other very well and give the gold to Father-in-law Wei, maybe Father-in-law Wei, who received the gold, will spare him an old life when he is in a good mood. But things were beyond Wei Zhongxian's expectations, Xiong Tingbi actually broke his promise, he did not send the gold to Wei Zhongxian's mansion, after learning that he was actually tricked, Wei Zhongxian's anger can be imagined, he never thought that there were still people in the Ming Dynasty who dared to rely on his account, which was repaid, so the thunderous Wei Gonggong immediately used all his strength to attack Xiong Tingbi with all his strength, trying to execute Xiong Tingbi as soon as possible.

After the efforts of Wei Gonggong, Zhu Youxiao finally re-signed the official document for the execution of Xiong Tingbi, and the time was set for August this year, but today Zhu Youxiao actually said that he would release him, which is no less than a thunderbolt on a sunny day for Wei Zhongxian, looking at Zhu Youxiao's slightly thin back, Wei Zhongxian was almost stupid, and it took him a long time to reflect, this must have someone interceding for Xiong Tingbi in front of Zhu Youxiao, and he begged for mercy without his knowledge, This was no less than a blow to Wei Zhongxian, who originally thought that he had taken control of the inner court.

When Wei Zhongxian came back to his senses, he found that Zhu Youxiao had gone away. His face became extremely hideous, and he turned his head and said sharply to a eunuch behind him: "Check...... Check it out for us, who said good things about Xiong Tingbi in front of the emperor recently? ”

"Whoa!"

The emaciated eunuch answered, and soon disappeared behind Wei Zhongxian......

The news of the re-invasion of the interior by the Japanese soon spread in the capital, and for a time all eyes were devoted to the two places of Nanjing and Yingtianfu in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Grandpa Xu, now the Japanese are massacring the people of my Ming Dynasty in Zhenjiang Mansion, you are the garrison of Nanjing and the governor of the Left Army, and the military power of Nanjing is all in your hands, now that the Japanese are here, shouldn't you send troops to exterminate the Japanese invaders?" Cao Dazhong's sharp voice rang out in the lobby of the Wei State Mansion.

Cao Dazhong's current lobby is called the White Tiger Festival Hall, it stands to reason that the White Tiger Festival Hall is an important military aircraft town, how can it not be set up in the Wei State Mansion, but the Wei State Mansion has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty since Xu Da, and the name of the first hero of the Ming Dynasty is not called in vain, so after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he issued an order to allow the White Tiger Festival Hall to be set up in the Wei State Mansion, which means that the Wei State Mansion Yongzhen Nanjing is allowed.

Today's Xu Hongji is not wearing a brocade robe as in the past, but wearing a set of red and black python robes, a jade belt tied around his waist, a golden lion crown on his head, and a Longquan sword hanging from his waist. Next to Xu Hongji stood Liao Yongquan, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

I saw Xu Hongji frowning and said to Cao Dazhong: "Gonggong Cao, you know the situation in Nanjing, this duke only has less than 4,000 battalions in his hands, and with these 4,000 battalions plus more than 3,000 garrisons to garrison Nanjing, it can only be said that it is reluctant, how can there be extra troops to go out of the city to fight with the Japanese Invaders, if there are too many losses in the battle with the Japanese Invaders, what should the Japanese Invaders do if they take the opportunity to go straight to Nanjing?" If we lose Nanjing, how will the three of us explain to the emperor? ”

"But once the Zhenjiang Mansion fails, will we be able to explain it to the emperor?" Cao Dazhong's sharp voice rang out: "You must know that Zhenjiang Mansion is the main road of Cao Yun, once Zhenjiang Mansion is blocked by Cao Yun, we can't afford to be investigated by the imperial court!" ”

Listening to Cao Dazhong's words, Xu Hongji's face showed irritability. In fact, according to the intelligence, the number of the invaders in this invasion is no more than 2,000 people, and there is no ability to attack Nanjing at all, but the Duke of Wei has passed it to his generation, if he picks up business, eats, drinks and has fun, it must be much stronger than the previous generations of Wei Guogong, but if he picks up the ability to march and fight, I am afraid that he has not even learned the ability of Xu Da Yicheng at the beginning, and now it is really difficult for Xu Hongji to lead his troops out of the city to fight against the Japanese Kou.

"Not enough troops?" Cao Dazhong sneered: "Grandpa Xu, as far as our family knows, there are four or five guards stationed around Yingtian Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion, although the current guards are very erosive, but our family can't believe that even a few thousand people can't be drawn?" ”

"Guard?"

Xu Hongji laughed out loud at first, and then shook his head and said: "Gonggong Cao, you have never been in charge of the army, so you don't know enough about the guard, and now the guard is no longer the arrogance at the beginning of the founding of the country. ”

Cao Dazhong blurted out: "Who said that, our family will train well in the Jiangdong Gate Qianhu Station, as long as the soldiers in the other guards have half of him." ”

"Jiangdong Gate Thousand Households?" As soon as Xu Hongji heard this name, his face sank, and he said coldly: "Oh...... If it weren't for Gonggong Cao, he wouldn't know that there was such an elite army in our guard in Nanjing, but the people in the guard couldn't be managed, and this should be under the jurisdiction of Liao Shangshu. However, since Gonggong Cao has said so, we can't live up to Gonggong Cao's kindness, Liao Shangshu might as well give a military order to the Qianhu Institute of Jiangdong Gate, and let them immediately order troops to go to Zhenjiang Mansion to exterminate the Liukou. ”

"Hiss......"

Cao Dazhong knew that he had said the wrong thing as soon as he said this, and at this time, he couldn't wait to slap himself twice on the spot. How could he forget this stubble, Xu Hongji had already regarded Yang Feng as a thorn in his side, and he even handed over the handle with a daze, and Liao Yongquan and Xu Hongji had a very close personal relationship, so he was lucky enough to bring up this stubble, how stupid it was.