When Zhou Peigong left Wuchang, he took dozens of staff and guards, plus sailors and servants, a total of more than 100 people, and the group went smoothly and soon reached Jiujiang, an important town in Jiangxi. Here, Zhou Peigong was welcomed by Dong Weiguo, the political envoy of Jiangxi, and while the guests and hosts were happy, Dong Weiguo also warmly invited Zhou Peigong to go to Nanchang to meet with Zhang Chao. However, Zhou Peigong did not dare to delay too much work, he came to Liangjiang this time in the name of conquest of Deng Mingbu near Nanjing, if he did not immediately go to Nanjing but turned to Nanchang, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain to the imperial court, Wuchang and Nanjing.

"The governor has heard for a long time that Brother Zhou is young and handsome, if he can't see his brother, he will definitely regret it, since Brother Zhou refuses to go to Nanchang, then the foolish brother has to write to Nanchang to explain, it is estimated that the governor will come to Jiujiang, but I don't know if Brother Zhou is willing to stay in Jiujiang for a few more days." Although it was the first time they met, and Dong Weiguo's qualifications were much higher than Zhou Peigong's, but now when the Jiangxi political envoy talked to Zhou Peigong, he was already a brother.

"How dare you, how dare you?" Zhou Peigong was so frightened that he jumped up from his seat, the new prefect of Wuchang, because of the urgent military situation, couldn't spare time to go to Nanchang to meet the governor of Jiangxi, it is reasonable to say, if he stayed in Jiujiang and waited for the governor of Jiangxi to come to meet him, it would be crazy. Zhou Peigong didn't dare to think about this kind of thing at all, and if he went crazy and did this kind of thing, then his reputation would be completely stinky, and even Chang Geng would not be able to look at it.

"Since the governor has ordered, the lower official will leave for Nanchang." Before Zhou Peigong left my Wuchang, Zhang Changgeng instructed him to have a good relationship between Nanchang and Nanjing, and not to be partial between the two, unless Zhou Peigong wanted to tear his face with Zhang Chao, he would never dare to refuse again, and left on his own despite Dong Weiguo's invitation. It's just that it will be delayed for a few days, Zhou Peigong is a little worried about how to explain it to the imperial court, and he is also worried that such an extraneous branch will give Nanjing the impression that Wuchang supports Nanchang.

"Although the soldiers are fast, why should the 30,000 army rest for a few days?" Dong Weiguo guessed some of Zhou Peigong's worries, and comforted with a smile: "Wouldn't it be impossible for the army to stay in Jiujiang for three or four days?" There is a waterway from Jiujiang to Nanchang, and it is very convenient to go back and forth. ”

This time, Nanchang also paid 200,000 taels of silver to Wuchang for reinforcements, and Zhou Peigong heard the other party mention the army, and knew that this matter could no longer be shirked. The next day, Dong Weiguo and Zhou Peigong set off to return to Nanchang together. At the welcome banquet in Nanchang, in addition to Zhang Chao, Nanchang's civil and military forces also came out to greet him, praising Zhou Pei's father-in-law for his loyalty to the country and his only thief, who would sooner or later become the pillar of the Qing Dynasty.

After Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo began to pass through Deng, Nanchang soon secretly sent a large number of people to Wuchang because of suspicion of Zhang Changgeng, looking for all kinds of clues about Tongdeng. According to the spies, most of the goods purchased by Deng Ming from Jiangxi at low prices were sold to Wuchang, and a large number of Ming merchant ships began to unload their goods at the wharves around Wuchang as soon as they changed their flags.

Although there is no real evidence, and the person in charge of the goods is not the standard camp of the governor of Huguang, but the Wuchang Ma Army and the Infantry Army Admiral are also prominent positions, and Zhang Changgeng will never sit back and watch the two of them communicate with Deng in private, otherwise it is likely that the Ming army has entered Wuchang City and he still sleeps without knowing anything. After Deng Ming cut off the shipping, the price of salt in Jiangxi also began to rise, and now he needs to buy some salt from the merchants in Wuchang, although Wuchang claims that it is all his stock, but Nanchang suspects that it is all Huai salt seized by Deng Ming. In order to confirm this suspicion, Nanchang also instructed spies to conduct reconnaissance and confirmed that there was indeed a lot of salt in the goods unloaded by the Ming army in Wuchang. It is true that the Huai salt seized by Deng Ming had to be transported back to Wuchang first--because Deng Ming had to keep accounts in Wuchang, and then let the five major salt merchants in Chengdu sell it on a pro-rata basis to support the Sichuan salt merchants--but Nanchang certainly did not know this, and in their opinion it was evidence of the strong relationship between Deng Ming and Zhang Changgeng.

The officials below may not be clear, but Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo can understand very well in their hearts that Wuchang is definitely the champion of Tongdeng now. Wuchang, which should have borne the brunt of Deng Ming's main pressure, now not only did nothing, but led the troubled waters east to the two rivers, and gained a lot of benefits from Deng Ming's plunder. Like Jiang Guozhu, Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo also set their sights on Zhou Peigong, who was on the rise, after a private analysis, and came to a conclusion similar to Jiang Guozhu, that is, Zhou Peigong was not particularly good at fighting, but particularly good at communicating with Deng. Baidu search: 89 reading network, see the fastest update.

Nanchang also didn't want Deng Ming to make trouble on his own territory, and he also wanted to get a huge profit from Deng Ming's sale of stolen goods, so Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo set a strategy to win over Zhou Peigong. When Zhou Peigong came to Nanchang, Dong Weiguo wrote a piece of music to go to Beijing, greatly boasting about the military appearance of the Hunan army, and described the "30,000 Hunan army" as similar to the heavenly soldiers and generals; Even internally, in Jiangxi, except for a small number of henchmen, Zhang Chao still described Zhou Peigong as a loyal and good general who was just and incompatible with Deng's name - anyway, these people did not know what was going on in Wuchang.

After the dinner, Zhang Chao invited Zhou Peigong to tea, and Dong Weiguo accompanied him. Nominally, of course, it was to discuss good strategies to discuss Deng, but in fact they were all talking about issues such as importing salt from Wuchang. On this issue, Zhou Pei Gong took care of everything, from quantity to pricing, he could pat his chest and get ideas, which made Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo confirm their previous judgment - that is, the relationship between Deng Ming and Wuchang is indeed not ordinary, and they are even a little suspicious, thinking that Deng Mingmo is not Zhang Changgeng's thug? At least Wuchang is also a quasi-alliance, not a forced Tongdeng like Nanchang.

"Brother Zhou is begging for thieves in Jiangxi, if he doesn't have an official body in Jiangxi, I'm afraid it's a little troublesome." Dong Weiguo lowered his head and pondered for a moment, pretending to be inspired, took out the plan that he had discussed with Zhang Chao a long time ago, and pretended to say to the governor of Jiangxi: "In the opinion of the following officials, the Zhou Governor's Mansion can be awarded the title of Jiangxi Political Envoy, so that the following prefectures and counties will definitely not dare to neglect the affairs explained by the Zhou Governor's Mansion." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Chao pretended to take the long test, and after a while, he nodded and said: "What Dong Buzheng said is extremely true, if the Zhou Governor's Mansion does not have a half-official position here in the Jiangxi Governor's Yamen, it is indeed very inconvenient. ”

"This must not happen!" Just now, Zhou Peigong was stunned by Dong Weiguo's suggestion, but now when he heard that Zhang Chao actually agreed, he shouted in shock: "This move is not in line with the laws of the imperial court, and the lower officials dare not be so arrogant." ”

"Could it be that Tongdeng is in line with the laws of the imperial court? Could it be that leading thieves to invade Jiangxi is in line with the laws of the imperial court? Young but shameless! Zhang Chao scolded in his heart, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "This matter will naturally be reported to the imperial court for permission, and this official will go to ask for the title of Jiangxi political envoy for the Zhou Governor's Mansion, if the imperial court agrees, it will be the grace of the imperial court, how can it be the arrogance of the Zhou Governor's Mansion?" It's just that people's words are terrifying, but the prefect of Zhou is loyal to the country, will he refuse the grace of the court for the sake of false fame? ”

"This ...... It's still not right after all. Zhou Peigong didn't dare to arbitrarily refute the governor of a province, so he looked at Dong Weiguo for help.

But this mention was first said by Dong Weiguo, how could he help Zhou Peigong?

"Brother Zhou doesn't have to worry, even if the imperial court gives him the title, of course the official is still a foolish brother, would Brother Zhou want to rob the foolish brother of his own position?" Dong Weiguo snorted: "This is also for Brother Zhou to better serve the emperor in Jiangxi." ”

"Of course the lower officials don't dare to have such wolf ambitions," Zhou Peigong said with a wry smile: "But even if the lower officials are on an errand in Jiangxi and have the political envoy to take care of them, what is there to worry about?" ”

"That's not right." Dong Weiguo shook his head, and continued: "It will indeed be much more convenient to have this official title, when Brother Zhou walks in Jiangxi in the future, Brother Zhou can't always be by Brother Zhou's side at all times, the military situation is at a moment's notice, if the magistrate can't fully cooperate, maybe he will miss a big thing, if Brother Zhou has an official title, he doesn't have to notify Brother Yu first, and then Brother Yu will order it to the prefecture and county, this matter is so decided, Brother Zhou doesn't have to say much." ”

Seeing that the matter could not be shirked, Zhou Peigong also admitted it, although he had not yet given the court a chapter, he still got up and saluted Zhang Chao again with the etiquette of a subordinate official to meet his direct boss.

"Haha." After Zhou Peigong sat down again, Dong Weiguo joked again: "The governor is highly respected, and now the position of the governor of Liangjiang is vacant, so the foolish brother is also salivating for the governor's current position. ”

"Don't dare to think about it......" Zhou Peigong was about to be stunned by the pies that fell from the sky one after another, and he was about to start thanking him again. net

"Dong Buzheng's words are inappropriate." Sure enough, Dong Weiguo's words made Zhang Chao unable to listen to it.

Zhou Peigong looked at the governor of Jiangxi with grateful eyes, but heard Zhang Chao say: "There are no outsiders here, and this official is the governor of Liangjiang, and there is no need to hide it from you, but at that time, the governor of Jiangning is none other than Dong Buzheng, how can you stay in Jiangxi and not leave?" The young man of Zhou Governor's Mansion is handsome, both civil and military, and the official feels that he can be on his own in Jiangxi! ”

Zhou Peigong was stunned and left from the Jiangxi Governor's Yamen, Dong Weiguo asked him again if he could be taken care of, and learned that Zhou Peigong only had a wife in his hometown, and there were no concubines and attendants, so he didn't bring anyone out, Dong Weiguo sighed lightly: "Brother Zhou is really poor, but if there is no one to serve him, there is a headache and brain fever, wouldn't it delay the emperor's major events?" ”

said that Dong Weiguo was going to be a month old and help Zhou Peigong choose a good daughter of a Jiangxi gentleman.

"Clumsy Jing is virtuous, there is a son under his knees, this time he was ordered to lead the army to go on the expedition, and it is really unreasonable to take a concubine before an inch of merit, and the government will make the lord forgive his sins." But this time Zhou Peigong did not agree with anything, his parents died early, and he was always his wife who ran the house and took care of her husband and young son when he was studying. So Zhou Peigong was very grateful to his wife, and although he later became the prefect of Wuchang and bought the land in half of Jingzhou from Deng Ming, he never took a concubine.

"Poor, too poor." Dong Weiguo was full of praise: "Brother Zhou is really happy to be poor. ”

Since Zhou Peigong insisted that Dong Weiguo was not reluctant, after sending Zhou Peigong to the guest house, Dong Weiguo instructed the left and right to pick two artists who could sing and dance.

The next day, Zhou Peigong said goodbye and returned to Jiujiang, and after arriving in Jiujiang, he did not delay much, and hurriedly went on the road to continue to Nanjing.

Zhang Changgeng's instructions to Zhou Peigong were to try his best to assist Jiang Guozhu in solving the trouble, so as to leave a good relationship in Liangjiang, and to be careful to curry favor with Zhang Chao, and to be impartial in this competition between the governors of Liangjiang, so that whoever wins in the future will be Huguang's friend rather than enemy. And Zhou Peigong really didn't think too much, and planned to remain neutral between Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Chao, but after going to Nanchang, his determination was shaken, although Zhang Chao just gave him a picture cake, but the temptation of the governor of Jiangxi was really not small, and Zhou Peigong couldn't be completely unmoved.

When Zhou Peigong was heading east by ship with mixed feelings, an expedited recital from Nanchang to Zhou Peigong asking for the title of political envoy was also sent to Beijing, and this recital of course passed through Nanjing.

"Shameless! Zhang Chao, Dong Weiguo, I underestimate your incorruptible and shameless Cheng Dù! If Jiang Guozhu had a way to detain this letter and prevent it from being sent to Beijing, then he might not be so angry, but he had no way to stop it, if he made a small move to obstruct it, then he and Zhou Peigong would have a feud.

"Zhang Chao, Dong Weiguo! Do you still have a national law? Could it be that the official name of the state is a tool you use for personal gain? Zhou Peigong is obviously a thief who is Tongdeng, and you actually ask for an official for him, you really deserve death. Jiang Guozhu was furious, because according to his officialdom experience, this piece still has a high success rate, and in the case of Jiangnan erosion, Cao Yun is threatened, and Dasu is unable to return to help, Beijing will probably not care about a false title. Zhang Chao even boasted that the Hunan army was rare in the sky and nothing on the earth, and Beijing saw that Zhou Peigong held such a strong army in his hands, and was relied on by the governor of Huguang and Jiangxi at the same time, and he would not hesitate to reward him - of course, he had to use exceptional grace under the special form.

But when Zhou Peigong arrived in Nanjing, he found that the middle door of the governor's yamen was wide open, and the governor of Jiangning personally stood in front of the gate with a smile to greet him.

Seeing this situation, if you change to a more timid person, you may be scared of urinary incontinence on the spot; In the past year, Zhou Peigong and Deng Ming have fought bravely, and there have been dozens of things to do, if not hundreds, but also dozens, and their courage has long been beyond the comparison of ordinary people, but they can't help but be frightened and avoid the middle gate from afar. When the governor of Jiangning came down to greet him, Zhou Peigong first knelt on the ground and saluted, and then apologized again and again: "The imperial court is a big X, and the middle gate is only open for the ministers, angels who pass the decree, and the previous governor, and the lower officials dare not trespass." ”

"Brother Zhou was ordered to come to the aid of Liangjiang, although he does not have the title of a Qincha, but what is the difference between him and Qincha?" Although he has not drunk or eaten yet, Jiang Guozhu's self-cooked skills are obviously better than Dong Weiguo's, and he has already used the same title for Zhou Peigong as the Jiangxi political envoy.

Jiang Guozhu kindly helped Zhou Peigong up, and laughed loudly in front of the surrounding Nanjing civil and military personnel: "Now Deng is running against the current in the south of the Yangtze River, and his life is ruined, and his father and elder hope that Wang Shi is like the hope of Ganlin for a long drought, and the hope of the young son is a loving mother, and the elder brother of Zhou is handsome and 30,000 Hunan army athletes come in the starry night, in the hearts of the Jiangnan fathers and elders, it can be compared to the reincarnation of parents, and the official is also Minggan Wunei, what is the reason for opening the middle door for Brother Zhou?" ”

As soon as Jiang Guozhu asked, the Jiangning officials who followed him immediately shouted playfully:

"It's a perfect fit."

"Lord Zhou doesn't have to be too humble."

"I hope that Lord Zhou will pacify Deng and return the people of Jiangnan to a peaceful world."

"Hehe, justice is in the hearts of the people." Jiang Guozhu smiled, ignoring Zhou Peigong's protests, took his hand and led him from the middle gate into the yamen of the governor of Liangjiang, and did not forget Zhou Pei, who was smiling bitterly on the opposite side, and joked publicly: "If Brother Zhou can't pacify Deng Shun and disappoint the Jiangnan fathers, then there will be no treatment for the middle door next time." ”

Although the crime of trespassing is not small, it is actually nothing compared to Zhou Peigong's countless crimes of stealing his family and exterminating the clan, so after a while, he calmed down and was no longer cramped and uneasy.

"That's it, I've done it all, are you still afraid of going through the middle door?" Seeing this, Jiang Guozhu nodded secretly, and his evaluation of Zhou Peigong in his heart rose another notch.

"Deng thief is entrenched in Zhenjiang and can't go, I don't know what good strategy Brother Zhou has to teach me?" After the guest and host sat down, Jiang Guozhu only had two henchmen left by his side, and motioned to Zhou Peigong but said that it was okay, but before Zhou Peigong could answer, the governor of Jiangning slapped his head again and said first: "Ah, the official almost forgot about it." ”

After speaking, Jiang Guozhu stood up, picked up a red silk bag from the table with both hands, slowly walked down from the position, and solemnly handed it to Zhou Peigong: "This is the big seal of the Jiangnan political envoy, Brother Zhou might as well accept it first." ”

"This ...... This ......" Zhou Peigong's mouth was dry, and he looked at the big seal at a loss, and the high-ranking and powerful governor of Jiangning stood in front of him like this, holding the big seal of the political envoy in both hands, so that Zhou Peigong could not accept it, nor did he accept it.

"Zhu Guozhi has failed to live up to the grace of the saint and has been imprisoned."

Originally, after Deng Ming captured Zhu Guozhi, he also considered using him to compete with Jiang Guozhu, but Zhu Guozhi was a Manchu diehard, and the local officials in Jiangnan also criticized him for losing all the mobile forces in Jiangnan. In addition, Zhu Guozhi was also extremely cruel to the Qing Zhishi in Zhejiang, even if he was a gentleman, he also strictly investigated in the spirit of killing mistakes and not letting go, Ren Tang and the other Zhoushan troops hated Zhu Guozhi very much, and they did not want to see Deng Ming cooperate with him at all. Finally, Zhu Guozhi was also extremely greedy, and tried his best to loot the people's fat and ointment, although the Qing court ignored him because of his loyalty, but this also made him completely lose his reputation, and Deng Ming soon found that cooperating with him was harmful.

Therefore, after receiving the one million taels of silver paid by Jiang Guozhu, Deng Ming quickly reached an agreement with the governor of Jiangning, wrote a letter of persuasion and stuffed it in Zhu Guozhi's arms, and then sent him to Jiang Guozhu's designated place. The Ming army loosened Zhu Guozhi not far in front of the Qing army camp, and before he took out the letter in his arms to see what it was, the wolf-like officers and soldiers of the Liangjiang Governor Biao Battalion pounced on Zhu Guozhi and arrested him. Originally, Jiang Guozhu also expressed his willingness to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver for Deng Ming's letter, but Deng Ming generously said that for the sake of the happy cooperation between the two times, this time it was a free service to the governor of Jiangning, and he also said to Jiang Guozhu that this was a gesture of effort, so that he did not have to be polite -- in fact, it was indeed a gesture to write a letter of persuasion.

Jiang Guozhu said the same thing to Zhou Peigong and Dong Weiguo, these high-sounding truths were written by Zhang Chao in the chapter, Jiang Guozhu unceremoniously plagiarized it, and then said to Zhou Peigong: "The position of the political envoy of Jiangnan is vacant, and the official has asked the court for Brother Zhou, and during the suppression of Deng, Brother Zhou will be in charge of this seal, if the court does not allow it, Brother Zhou will return it to the official at that time." ”

Seeing that Zhou Peigong was still a little hesitant, Jiang Guozhu sincerely further persuaded him: "Those who can work hard, and they should not give in, this is right, if Brother Zhou does not accept this seal for a day, the official will not return to sit down for a day." ”

"The governor raises his love, and the lower official is ashamed." Zhou Peigong finally reached out and took the big seal of the political envoy of Jiangnan.

"When the imperial court decree is issued, Brother Zhou is the political envoy of Jiangnan Daibu, and in the future, except for the foolish brother, the civil and military affairs of the governor's yamen will be all subordinates of Brother Zhou," After Zhou Peigong received the seal, Jiang Guozhu's tone became more affectionate: "Brother Fool knows that Brother Zhou is benevolent, but it is related to the system of the imperial court, and Brother Zhou must not lose the prestige of Shangguan." ”

first opened the middle door to greet him, and then became an important minister under one person and above ten thousand people in Jiangnan, Rao is Zhou Peigong is quick thinking, and he doesn't know how to answer.

"Brother Fool is now the acting governor of Liangjiang, if it weren't for Deng ...... Well, Deng Ming came to Zhenjiang. Since there were only Zhou Peigong and two henchmen around, Jiang Guozhu's title for Deng Ming had also changed slightly, and he became more affectionate to Zhou Peigong: "Most of the pronouns of foolish brother have already been removed, if Deng Ming refuses to leave Zhenjiang for a long time, foolish brother Mo said that he will be promoted to governor, I am afraid that he will not even be able to keep the position of this governor." Alas, the net worth and life of the foolish brother and the wealth of the future depend on the virtuous brother. ”

"The governor is serious, and the lower officials dare not do their best?" Zhou Peigong replied in a general way, feeling that Jiang Guozhu seemed to have something to say.

Really.

"Then it's all up to the virtuous brother, if the foolish brother is proud, he will definitely not forget the merits of the virtuous brother, and the post of governor of Jiangning will naturally be in the pocket of the virtuous brother at that time." After Jiang Guozhu finished speaking, he sighed lightly: "The virtuous brother is so young, after the foolish brother returns to his hometown, can the position of the governor of these two rivers still escape from the palm of the virtuous brother?" ”

Jiang Guozhu was afraid that the Zhou Pei Guild would be estranged from him for the matter of Nanchang, and generously said that he didn't care at all, anyway, Zhang Chao only gave a title, not Jiang Guozhu, Jiang Guozhu was not afraid of competition at all, and the victory made him feel good, and he also said a joke humorously: "In ancient times, Su Qin wore the seal of the Six Kingdoms, and now there is a virtuous brother who is also a politician in two provinces, this is also a good story, maybe in the future, the virtuous brother and the political envoy will not be in the two provinces, anyway, the foolish brother is very looking forward to seeing the meritorious brother and not let the ancients." ”

After returning to the residence arranged for him, Zhou Peigong stroked the big seal of the political envoy who had just arrived, feeling as if he was in a dream.

"My family has some savings, which can be used for me to study, and after being admitted to Xiucai, I have a gift, and later I was admitted to Juren, and I had an errand as a curtain guest in the Yamen of the Governor of Huguang, and I got a regular silver. At that time, there was nothing unusual about being together, but this year I seemed to dream every day, bought thousands of hectares of fertile land in my hometown in one go, became the confidant of the governor of Huguang, and served as the prefect of Wuchang...... All the changes started with Tong Deng, since I was captured twice by Admiral Deng and got into a relationship, I was transferred all at once. ”――

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Another note: Tianjin's "Tonight News" has an activity of Tianjin authors this Saturday, it seems that there are questions and signature activities, and tomorrow the author will carefully ask for the address and then send it out, eagerly looking forward to the readers in Tianjin to come to the author's support.

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