After the beginning of spring, the cooperation between Wu Shigong and Zhang Chunyu has ended. And that Zhang Chunyu didn't have anyone to go to the tea cool, and he always gave gifts to Wu Shigong every now and then. So, Wu Shigong introduced Zhang Chunyu to Hu Ming and Li Pengfei, and through the two of them, Zhang Chunyu got acquainted with Ambassador Yuan of Chongwenmen Tax Customs. And after doing all this, Wu Shigong didn't ask Zhang Chunyu for any benefits at all, which made Zhang Chunyu feel that Wu Shigong was a good friend.

Wu Shigong still often goes to the fat powder shop. After Li Xin saw Wu Shigong, she didn't quarrel like she had met before, and often avoided it silently after making a salute. On the contrary, it was Xiaojie, because Wu Shigong often gave her some small gifts, which made this little girl and Wu Shigong more affectionate. Of course, it is inevitable to bully Wu Shigong from time to time.

But one day, seeing that there was no one next to her, Zhao Ruya threw herself into Wu Shigong's arms and wept and expressed her worries: Zhao Ruya was worried about how Wu Shigong would arrange her in the future.

Wu Shigong immediately replied to Zhao Ruya categorically: Now Wu Shigong's wife Xue Yufei is pregnant, so there are some things that are not good to say to Xue Yufei. But in the second half of the year, after Xue Yufei gave birth, Wu Shigong would definitely marry Zhao Ruya into the door. As for how to arrange Zhao Ruya at that time, this will also be decided after discussing with Xue Yufei at that time.

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Zhao Ruya felt that even Wu Shigong's words were lying to her, and now she felt very happy.

In the court, Wei Zhongxian's party can be said to be outstanding, and almost no opposition is heard. This makes Wei Zhongxian's party even more unscrupulous. Unexpectedly, in March, an incident occurred in Suzhou Mansion that shocked the entire Ming Dynasty.

During the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou and Songjiang were the wealthiest places, which is equivalent to the status of present-day Shanghai. A large number of weaving workshops appeared there, and the first industrial workers also appeared. In the plain words of now, it is the germ of capitalism that has emerged there.

The owners of these weaving workshops were basically the gentry who did not need to pay taxes, so the Ming government received almost no taxes from these weaving workshops. In order to solve the financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty government, Wei Zhongxian sent Li Shi, a weaving eunuch in Suzhou, and with the cooperation of Mao Yilu, the governor who was also Wei Zhongxian's henchman, he did everything possible to collect taxes from these weaving workshops. Of course, Li Shi and Mao Yilu also made a lot of money from it and filled their pockets. And Wei Zhongxian certainly shared a lot. But they didn't know that their practice had aroused the dissatisfaction of the gentry and people in Suzhou.

In addition, most of the Donglin Party officials and scholars were composed of scholars whose household registration was Nanzhili, so Suzhou Mansion was originally the base camp of the Donglin Party.

When Wei Zhongxian sent Jinyi Weiti to Suzhou to arrest Zhou Shunchang, a member of the Donglin Party and a member of the official department. Because Zhou Shunchang was a very upright official and was supported by the citizens, when he got the news, tens of thousands of people in Suzhou and his urban and rural areas gathered to save Zhou Shunchang from being arrested. When the brocade guards began to read the edict, the angry crowd shouted and cried. Citizen Yan Peiwei took the lead in suing Zhou Shunchang for grievances against the two Taiwan envoys, and Yang Nianru, Shen Yang, Ma Jie, Zhou Wenyuan and other four people also begged for help with their lives, and knelt and begged until noon.

Seeing that the scene was a little chaotic, these brocade-clothed guards were dizzy. They fought with weapons, causing outrage, and those who pleaded for mercy in turn swarmed forward, climbing the fence and breaking the frieze, and fought hard. zuihou, killed one of the Jinyi Wei Banner Captains, and the rest of the wounded rats scurried, and the governor Mao Yilu was fortunately spared the protection of Kou Shen, the prefect of Suzhou.

Afterwards, the Suzhou government dispatched troops to protect the wounded Jinyi guards, and escorted Zhou Shunchang away overnight. Mao Yilu flew to sue the people of Suzhou for rebellion, and went up three times, wanting to solve himself by capturing the first chaos. The people inside and outside the city were in danger, and Yan Peiwei and five others stood up to protect the local people and went to prison. When he was about to be executed, he was righteous and heroic. The local people felt the righteousness of the five people and buried them together on the side of Tiger Hill, inscribed "the tomb of the five".

Later, Zhang Pu, a leading member of the Restoration Society, wrote "The Tombstone of Five People" for him. This article has also become a famous article in ancient texts, and it is still used in Chinese textbooks today.

After the news reached the capital, there was an eerie tranquility in the court. Even Emperor Apocalypse rarely stopped his carpentry work, and called Wei Zhongxian over, asking him to stop for a while, so as not to add any more troubles to Emperor Apocalypse. Therefore, the storm launched by Wei Zhongxian has finally come to an end.

Wu Shigong didn't know everything that happened in the court at all, and after his father-in-law Xue Lian came back, he basically wouldn't tell Wu Shigong about these situations.

In fact, in the eyes of Wu Shigong's father-in-law Xue Lian, Wu Shigong is just a person who is smarter and has some ability to do things. But that's it. Because Wu Shigong's age is there, in Xue Lian's thoughts, even if Wu Shigong is capable, how high can that ability be? And Xue Lian also knew that in the later work of cleaning up the ruins, it was Wu Shigong's master Zhang Kequan who played a big role.

Of course, when Wu Shigong was cleaning up the ruins, he also gave Xue Lian a few good ideas. But Xue Lian knew Wu Shigong's thoughts. Wu Shigong's only purpose in coming up with these ideas was to make money for himself. And turning those ideas into a tool to attack the Donglin Party is completely a manifestation of Wei Zhongxian's political talent.

In addition, Wu Shigong, as a son of a nobleman, will not be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future, and it will be impossible for him to go out to lead troops to fight. Therefore, Xue Lian's main idea is: let Wu Shigong live a prosperous and stable life comfortably under his wing.

On the contrary, Xue Lian is most satisfied with Wu Shigong is that Wu Shigong really cares about Xue Yufei. Therefore, he turned a blind eye to Wu Shigong's money-making and nonsense outside.

And Wei Zhongxian will not take Wu Shigong to heart. Wei Zhongxian's thoughts are basically the same as Xue Lian's. Besides, can you think about it, what do modern state leaders care about the director of a public security bureau in Beijing? Even if this director fights gangsters, it is the director's job.

Wei Zhongxian regarded Wu Shigong as a nephew. The basic attitude towards Wu Shigong's behavior is: the child wants to earn some pocket money, as long as it is not too excessive, let him mess around.

This can also be seen from Wei Zhongxian's reward to Wu Shigong. When talking about the reward for meritorious deeds after the fact, Wei Zhongxian didn't think about putting Wu Shigong in an important position at all, he just gave Wu Shigong a chance to make money.

Because in the Xue Mansion, Xue Lian didn't like to talk about business at home, and in the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division, it was impossible to contact such a high level of the court. Therefore, Wu Shigong is basically ignorant of the news in the court now.