From Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty to Emperor Chongzhen, there were so many dukes in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, and the only one who truly lived with the country was the Duke of Wei.

Those who were named Dukes at the same time as Xu Da were basically killed by Zhu Chongba. Later, Duke Cheng of the British and Duke Cheng of the Kingdom started their business in Jingnan.

But it is a pity that except for Xu Da and his son Xu Huizu, the Chengjue people of the Duke of Wei were quite mediocre.

Xu Pengju is a typical example. He is greedy for money, lustful, timid, and hesitant when encountering problems. After the Japanese pirates defeated history and praised him, he began to sort out the details and prepare to run away.

"Zhancai, there is nothing good to look at. I will talk about it after I finish it." Xu Pengju was in his thirties, fair and clean, like a rich man.

Qian Yuan nodded with a smile, turned around and walked towards the main hall. This was the garden being built by the Duke of Wei's Mansion, which was so messy that it was invisible.

The Duke of Wei has been in Nanjing for more than 100 years, so how could there be no garden? The fact is that Xu Pengju’s uncle Xu Tianxi forced him to borrow it, and he borrowed it but did not return it. Xu Pengju had no choice but to choose a place to rebuild the garden.

From this point, we can see that Xu Pengju is not harsh and courageous. Therefore, Qian Yuan was not panicked at all when he visited the Duke of Wei's mansion today, and he also vaguely guessed what the other party wanted to do.

"Come on, Zhan Cai, this is my husband's youngest son Xu Bangning." Xu Pengju introduced with a smile.

Qian Yuan nodded slightly, Xu Bangning's face was distorted... Isn't he shorter than me if he is a senior?

Xu Pengju glanced at him in surprise, "Do you know each other?"

"Meet." Qian Yuan raised his teacup and took a sip. "I met him when I came out of the tribute court that day, and I also found a place together..."

"Eat, eat..." Xu Bangning rushed in front with a sharp voice, begging for mercy in his eyes.

Qian Yuan lowered his eyes and stopped talking, and he replied to me again and again. I have always had a clear distinction between grudges and grudges in my work... The next day after my mother and her group came to Nanjing, my uncle Lu knew from the guard where my nephew went the night before?

"Get out!" Xu Pengju shouted and said with a wry smile: "Danny, a dude."

Qian Yuan took another sip of tea and smiled, "Songluo Tea?"

"No, not bad, it's Songluo in the morning." Xu Peng twitched his lips. Is this obviously Longjing good?

After chatting for a while, Xu Pengju talked about the serious matter, "Nanjing is now full of storms, and the candidates who are taking the exam are full and full!"

On the day when Qian Yuan heard some wind, he had been huddling in the house since then. He thought it would be fine if it was spread for a while, but he didn't expect it to get bigger and bigger.

Qian Yuan’s idea was that the provincial examination was about to be held, just like the college entrance examination in his previous life, he had to give way to any public opinion topic!

But the fact is, the college entrance examination is a college entrance examination in middle school or a student; the provincial examination is a scholar who can be an official, and he can also be a Jinshi if he passes the imperial examination.

The scholars of this era...well, as long as they are not particularly old, they often gather to talk about political affairs and rebuke them.

As a result, more than a hundred Japanese pirates spanned six palaces, traveled thousands of miles, and killed thousands of officers, soldiers and the people. Such news naturally became the focus of public opinion.

The test-takers from Huizhou Prefecture, Ningguo Prefecture, and Taiping Prefecture cursed the officers and soldiers for being incompetent and the Japanese pirates were tyrannical.

Among them, the scholars from Taiping Prefecture reacted the most fiercely because, just around Machang Town, two scholars who rushed to Nanjing for the provincial examination died at the hands of Japanese pirates.

Therefore, Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei in Nanjing, was scolded so much that he did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, so he sent Zhu Xiang and Jiang Sheng to lead more than a thousand soldiers to fight, but was defeated in Machang Town.

Listening to Xu Pengju talking, Qian Yuan was still thinking about what else to prepare in the box brought to the tribute court, and responded casually: "Anyway, the Japanese pirates did not enter Yingtian Mansion, so they didn't care about the matter of the Duke."

"Oh, how could you ignore my husband's business?" Xu Pengju cried and said without hesitation: "Brother, can you just help me?"

Xu Pengju was thick-skinned and not afraid of the scholars cursing him, but the censor of the Censorate had already impeached him for fear of war and was defeated, and almost handed over Nandu to the Japanese pirates.

The Duke of Wei's Mansion has a deep foundation, but this time the incident was too big. More than a hundred Japanese pirates regarded the officers and soldiers as if nothing had happened and were unscrupulously crossing thousands of miles. Emperor Jiajing must be furious... This was like a slap on the face of Emperor Jiajing.

Those civil servants in Nanjing... Everyone knows that this was sent from Beijing. People are unwilling to take on this responsibility. Moreover, those civil servants are intricate and even if they don't get the right one, they will really hit the Duke of Wei's mansion. How dare Xu Pengju neglect it?

Xu Pengju gritted his teeth and whispered: "Brother, some of the news outside came to you..."

Qian Yuan picked up a grape and threw it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Yeah, I know."

"Then you're not worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Qian Yuan spit out the seeds.

There are all kinds of rumors in Nanjing, and there are all kinds of messy statements. The one Qian Yuan heard when recording the secrets has spread... The Japanese pirates abducted Qian Yuan, a Huating student, in Huizhou Prefecture. This man plundered and killed the Japanese pirates. Later, he was surrounded by officers and soldiers and then attacked.

This kind of rumors that insult people's IQ can spread, but only proves that someone behind it is manipulating everything.

However, Qian Yuan knew very well that the other party was not for him, but the target was Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua, who were far away in Hangzhou.

The topic that the candidates discussed most was the topic that Hu Zongxian played in the southeast to fight against the Japanese pirates? Is he capable of curbing the plunder of Japanese pirates?

Some people accused Hu Zongxian of failing to resist the Japanese, so that a small group of Japanese pirates could almost capture Hangzhou, the important southeastern city, and then rushed thousands of miles, killing thousands of officers, soldiers and people, and so that Nanjing was almost attacked.

Some people also pointed out that when the governor of Zhejiang Direct Yang Yi was ineffective, Hu Zongxian made great contributions to the fight against the Japanese, and the invasion of small Japanese pirates was just an accident.

Finally, all eyes were focused on Qian Yuan.

The reason is very simple. So far, except for individual officials in the southeast and those involved, almost everyone is not sure how the Japanese pirates who have been rampant for thousands of miles were wiped out.

The cruelty of the Japanese pirates is heart-wrenching, but what is even more terrifying is their combat power. Shi Baoshan led the officers and soldiers to attack and defeat, but he succeeded in the night attack that night, killing the Japanese pirates completely... This official tone is not believed!

Therefore, only Qian Yuan, who was abducted and imprisoned, knew what was going on?

It was Shi Baoshan who led his troops to wipe out the Japanese pirates, and Hu Zongxian failed to resist the Japanese?

It was the credit of reinforcements Cao Bangfu and Wang Chonggu, and it was the right time for Hu Zongxian to dispatch troops?

All kinds of rumors spread in the city. Of course, the most nonsense is that Qian Yuan, a Huating student, killed all the Japanese pirates alone...

Qian Yuan smiled and looked at Xu Pengju with a bitter face. This was really an old fox.

He knew very well what the other party was thinking. Xu Pengju would never want to get involved in the fight between Hu Zongxian, Zhao Wenhua and many big men in Nanjing. This was directly related to the political struggle between the court and the central government, and he just wanted to escape.

Xu Pengju had nothing else, but he had some vision. He remembered everything he saw when he heard the news that the Japanese pirates were completely wiped out.

He did not see the corpses of the Japanese pirates, but he saw the angry Zhao Zhenji, the proud Xu Wenchang, the admiring look on Wang Chonggu and Dong Bangzheng, and the wolf soldiers who bowed to Qian Yuan.

What impressed Xu Pengju the most was that when Qian Yuan walked out of the small village and looked back, his body was filled with a biting murderous aura of coldness.

Now in Nanjing rumors, some people accused Qian Yuan of serving the Japanese pirates, which further strengthened Xu Pengju's idea. This Huating scholar is the most critical figure.

Qian Yuan knew these things well, but he had no idea of ​​working for the Duke of Wei's Mansion. If Xu Peng had not let the prince come to the door shamelessly, he would not have made this trip.

So, Qian Yuan came here today just to drink tea.
Chapter completed!