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One wants to climb to the position of the eunuch of Bingbi, and the other wants to keep the throne of the first assistant, and they share their connections and resources, compared with their colleagues in the master of ceremonies and cabinets, their advantages are obviously greater. But even so, they could not ensure that they would be able to achieve their goals, and their positions and political resources were much weaker than the textbook political alliance of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao.

Although Wen Tiren is also the first assistant, he is 108,000 miles behind Zhang Juzheng in terms of qualifications and abilities. In the final analysis, he is just Chongzhen's senior secretary, and all he thinks about all day long is to figure out Chongzhen's mind and do what he likes, and he can't put forward many constructive opinions on military affairs. And Zhang Juzheng is one of the ministers who took care of his life when he was lonely in Longqing, without any family background, he fought all the way down Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Gao Gong, and reached the pinnacle of life.

Not to mention Fang Zhenghua, no matter what kind of potential stock it is, in the final analysis, it is just a eunuch in the hall, compared with Feng Bao, a world and an underground. Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Gong were both ministers of care, and the palace relied on the biological mother of Emperor Wanli, Empress Dowager Li, and the alliance with Zhang Juzheng outside the palace, and the emperor was very afraid of him.

It is precisely because the foundation of the two is too weak and their political resources are not strong enough that they have been looking for external forces that they can rely on. As early as the period of the general, Xia Nan entered Wen Tiren's field of vision, and there was an idea of wooing at that time. After Xia Nan soared into the sky and became Ping Nanbo, Wen Tiren felt that he was qualified to be his ally, so he discussed with Fang Zhenghua to pull him into the alliance circle between the two of them. The Chongzhen Dynasty is not as good as Wanli at that time, the era when civil officials decide everything has passed, and in the troubled times, the generals with heavy troops are also one of the forces that affect the government, and Xia Nan is one of the best among them.

In order to achieve the goal, the three religions and the nine streams can be used in the summer, and the cabinet chief assistant has shown favor and wooing, why don't you agree? In this way, I have enough connections in the center of the capital, Shandong and Guangdong, and I can get twice the result with half the effort.

For such a thing, there is no need to sign and draw, gamble and swear, just one or two sentences, you know and I understand. After determining Xia Nan's attitude, Fang Zhenghua took the initiative to reveal another purpose of the trip.

"Coming to Nanjing with our family are Cheng Li, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and Li Weide and Zhao Yue, the directors of the Ministry of Households. At present, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Henan are in great power, and Hong Chengchou is difficult to support alone, and the imperial court intends to transfer troops from Xuanfu and Datong, but there is no money and food. They came this time to ask for donations from Ping Nanbo on the order of the Long Live Lord, wanting to get some silver to pay the arrears and solve their urgent needs. But Long Live Lord wants to save face, and this time he came forward in the name of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households. ”

The emperor asked the local generals to donate silver, which sounded fresh. Xia Nan knew that in another time and space, before Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Chongzhen had also put down the face of the Ninety-Five Emperor, and begged the ministers and relatives of the emperor in the capital to donate money and food to pay to resist the rogues, but the result was unsatisfactory: Wei Zaode, the first assistant at that time, only donated 500 taels, and the abbot Jiading Bo Zhou Kui was so rich that he donated 10,000 taels under the repeated pleas of the emperor's son-in-law, and more powerful people cried poor, cheated, and escaped, some took their pots and pans to the street to sell, and some posted notices on the door of the mansion to sell the house, Anyway, he just refused to donate money. As a result, a few days later, the capital fell, and the Ming Dynasty fell to the ground.

It seems that because of his appearance in this time and space, Chongzhen sacrificed the trick of fundraising in advance, but it is not yet the moment of life and death, Chongzhen took care of his face, and did not ask for it in person, but sent his subordinates.

Xia Nan thought about it, rewarded an earl, and then asked for silver, whether he wanted to agree or not? If you want to talk about silver, you really don't lack it now. Not to mention the fact that the resale of raw silk to Japan has an annual income of several million taels, and the two customs customs offices in Bofu and Tainan each have an average monthly income of more than 100,000 taels, and the turnover of two or three million taels in a year is not a big problem, plus the cotton cloth and wine shops in Guangzhou, the total annual income is six or seven million taels, which far exceeds the annual income of Chongzhen's treasury. In addition to the expenses required by the Qiong Navy, there is still a lot of room for maneuver in the capital reserves, and the key to whether or not to agree to this request is only how much you need to pay and what you can get.

Fang Zhenghua naturally didn't know that this quasi-ally was rich and rival the country, and he thought that Xia Nan felt sorry for the silver, so he persuaded him: "Lord Shoufu asked me to inform Ping Nanbo that this silver is not donated in vain, and conditions can be made, as long as it does not involve money, everything is negotiable." ”

Xia Nan's eyes lit up, this is the benefit of forming an alliance with Shousuke, knowing the hole cards in advance, and talking to those people in the military department and the household department occupies a very advantageous position. His eyes rolled, and he immediately thought of what kind of conditions he should propose. smiled at the moment: "Thank you Gonggong Fang for your advice, and please convey my gratitude to Lord Shoufu." That way, I know what to do. ”

The next day, the "donation negotiation team" composed of Cheng Li, the right attendant of the household department, Li Weide, and Zhao Yue, the head of the household department, came to the door. Because he knew their intentions in advance, Xia Nan was very calm and arranged for them to be seated in a hurry.

After all, begging for money is a matter of begging for people, these waiters and principals are all waiting for others to come to the door to pay respects in the yamen of various ministries on weekdays, and it is the first time to do this, I don't know how to speak, just when they don't know where to start, a soldier came to report: Wei Guogong sent someone to ask to see.

Xia Nan saw that these officials and old men were not mentally prepared, so he got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a while, people from the Wei State Mansion are coming, don't dare to slack off, I will come when I go." ”

Several people wanted to have a buffer time, and besides, they couldn't afford to offend Wei Guogong, so they hurriedly agreed: "It's okay, Ping Nanbo, please take care of yourself." ”

Xia Nan came to the door, the person who came was the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion, and he said respectfully: "Ping Nanbo, our family Guogong heard about the holy decree, and specially prepared a table in Meilou tonight to celebrate Ping Nanbo, please be sure to go." ”

Xia Nan smiled, and after a night of hard work, everyone knew his new title of Ping Nanbo. He and this Wei Guogong do not know each other, they each have their own needs, they are deliberately friendly, and they have a similar temper, and they have been very speculative for more than a month. Hearing that it was the other party celebrating his knighthood, it was not easy to push back, so he smiled and said: "Let Wei Guogong break the bank, I must be here tonight." ”

The housekeeper added: "Meilou is on the bank of the Qinhuai River and Taoye Ferry, if Ping Nanbo doesn't know the road, just ask Gu Mei directly, no one in the entire Qinhuai River doesn't know her." ”