Chapter 10 Dead Horses as Living Horse Doctors
I have to say that since I learned that my second uncle was Wei Zhongxian, Wei Liangchen has a bit of a villain mentality.
It’s no wonder. After all, Li Zirong was just an ordinary person in his previous life. He suddenly knew that wealth was waiting for him, and his mentality would inevitably turn into a "villain".
This mentality is like a rich man who gets rich overnight, and he is so ecstatic that he is blinded.
Three months later, Liangchen was not going to take the exam. The original owner of the body was not a good source of study. Even if he was working hard now, he could barely be admitted to the scholar with his two lifetimes of knowledge. He was afraid he would not be able to pass the Juren level, let alone the Jinshi.
Compared with the imperial examination elites of this era who were hanging their heads and stinging on their bones, good ministers could not stand out from the crowd. It would be great if he could pick up the gaps between his teeth.
Not to mention anything else, Pan Xuezhong in the county is enough to look up to by good officials. To put it in later generations, they are all peers, so why is the difference so big?
He said that he wanted to be a fellow disciple with Pan Xuezhong, but in fact, it was a boast of young people. To put it better, it was setting an example in life; to put it worse, it was overestimating one's ability.
Why did Master Wu’s daughter Wu Xiuzhi look down on good ministers? Isn’t it because her son is unbearable to teach? Or in other words, the Wei family’s ancestral tomb cannot produce smoke, and his old Wei family has no information to study at all.
Therefore, the path of reading is the only choice that good ministers have no choice.
Either be a farmer or study. If you choose one of the two, the good minister will certainly bite the bullet and study.
However, after studying hard for ten years, even the juren may not be able to be a master. Now, if you lie at home, you can wait for an earl, marquis, or even a duke. Whoever you want, you know how to choose.
The good minister thought that he could not have spent more than ten years in his hometown, which would have been wasting his time. So he thought that he should abandon his literature and follow the military, so that he could make a difference in military affairs in the future with his second uncle's power.
This choice is also a way for good ministers to protect themselves. The key reason why the second uncle was defeated more than ten years later was not because the biggest backer Tianqi died, but because he had no military power.
To be precise, until Chongzhen came to power, except for the Five Tigers and Five Biao, the Jinyiwei and the minions of the Sixth Ministry, he had no real general who led troops, and he could not control an army that could dare to attack the emperor.
So much so that Sun Chengzong, who was in charge of the army at that time, wanted to lead troops to Beijing to "clear the king's side", but Wei Zhongxian had no way to deal with it. The eunuch party was in panic all day long. In the end, it was thanks to Sun Chengzong who was too busy to take this step. The eunuch party then got rid of danger and successfully fought back, suppressing the Donglin party in one fell swoop.
Liangchen remembers that in history books, when Chongzhen attacked his second uncle, some people in the eunuch party advised him to be the best, but his second uncle had been betting for a lifetime, but he did not dare to take all his detentions in the end. As a result, he was trapped by Chongzhen step by step and ended up hanging himself.
Why didn’t Wei Zhongxian dare to take action? Apart from being confused by Chongzhen’s illusion and having fantasies about him, isn’t the most important thing because he has no soldiers to adjust!
Without troops in hand, the fall of the eunuch party can be roughly achieved with an imperial edict.
However, if his nephew is a military general and has troops under his command, then Wei Zhongxian's fate can be changed, the fate of the old Wei family, the third son of the old Wei family can also change, and the fate of the Ming Dynasty will naturally change.
At least, it will not be worse than the original fate.
I am only 16 years old, and it is not too late to join the army now.
Liangchen made up his mind to go to the capital to meet his second uncle first, and then find a way to join the army. He did not have other abilities, but he was still somewhat capable of saving his life. Moreover, thanks to the original owner of his body's body's "rude actions", he was very proficient in equestrianism.
This is very similar to the second uncle Wei Zhongxian. According to historical records, Wei Zhongxian is happy to ride a horse, can hold a bow with his right hand, control the string with his left hand, and shoot in many strange shots.
Liangchen thought there was only one possibility for the second uncle to learn equestrian skills, which was the Taipusi Horse Factory in the county. His equestrian skills were also learned in the Taipusi Horse Factory. However, he was unlucky than the second uncle. He was caught when he was stealing someone’s horse and rode, and was beaten to death.
After careful calculation, Liangchen really looks like his second uncle, otherwise the villagers would not have compared him with his second uncle often, and privately said that the uncle and nephew were all living treasures.
From the perspective of time, it is now the 37th year of Wanli, and there are still ten years before the Battle of Sarhu in the 47th year of Wanli. During this period, there were several small-scale battles between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty. The intensity of the war was not strong. As long as you were not so unlucky to fall into Fushun or Tieling City, you would definitely survive.
If he had the chance, he would find a way to change the Battle of Sarhu a little. If he had no chance, he would wait for Wanli to die, and then give his second uncle the advice so that he could not be humiliated too much by the Donglin Party in the case of moving the palace. When the Tianqi came to power, everything would be smooth.
After making up his mind, Wei Liangchen was about to go to his father to talk about his entry into Beijing. Just as he was about to move, his elder brother Liangqing pushed the door and came in.
Liangqing thought about it outside for a long time, and thought of it with Liangchen, that was to persuade his father to find a way to go to the capital to meet his second uncle.
Liangqing's idea is very simple, he should be a living person. If his second uncle is really doing well in the palace, he would ask him to say hello to the county and protect his ancestral land like the Zhang family.
If the second uncle is not able to survive, but has been in the palace for twenty years, he can say a few words in front of the powerful eunuch. If he begged someone for a while, he might be able to help.
This really coincides. Liangchen also wanted to go to Beijing, and Liangqing also had this idea. The excuse of protecting Zutian was the most appropriate, so the two brothers hit it off and went to find their father Wei Jinde.
"Enter Beijing?"
After hearing what his two sons said, Wei Jinde was a little surprised, but he did not refuse this matter on the spot, but was thinking about the feasibility of this matter.
Seeing that his father had no objection, Liangqing hurriedly told his father what he had thought of outside that he had done. He was nothing more than losing the two acres and eight cents of paddy fields, and their family would not be able to live. He also said that this land was left by his ancestors, and if they were really gone in their hands, it would be a shame to their ancestors, etc.
Wei Jinde was a little moved by his eldest son's words. Today, he was talking about the second son's affairs with a ghost and gods. He was more or less excited by the Zhang family. Then he remembered that the second son was also a husband in the palace. If the second son could contribute to the family like the youngest son of the Zhang family, the land would have been saved.
Liangchen could see clearly from the side that his father and eldest brother Liangqing actually had the small thoughts of farmers. If they could take advantage of them, they would try to take advantage of them. If they really couldn't take advantage of them, they would give up. This has nothing to do with whether they were simple in nature or cunning in nature, but just a way to survive.
Land is the lifeblood of farmers, especially in this era, one more piece of land and one less piece of land has a great impact on the fate of the peasant family. Otherwise, for thousands of years, why did Han people like to buy land and become landlords once they had money?
The land is an eternal property, and it has eternal property. It can support its descendants to study, thus changing the fate of a family or even a family from farming to officialdom.
Wei Jinde saved money and offered good ministers to study in society. Isn’t it that good ministers can have a future? All this was based on the two acres of eight cents of paddy fields. Without this land, not only would he not be able to support good ministers in the future, but his third sons' life would be worse and worse from now on. He would not even think about marrying his two sons.
The Zhang family has benefited from the youngest and has gotten the advantage. Why can't they?
The boss is right. If you don’t go to Beijing to find his second uncle, how can you know that things won’t be done? Even if you don’t succeed, you won’t lose anything.
After thinking about it, Wei Jinde agreed to go to Beijing to find his second uncle, but who should I send?
He looked at his eldest son Liangqing first, and then at his younger son Liangchen, and was unable to make up his mind for a moment.
The good minister volunteered and said with his chest straight: "Dad, I'll go."
"You?" Wei Jinde frowned, "You have just got a leg injury, so how can you go to the capital?"
Liangchen was afraid that his father would not let him go, so he made a few moves to show that his leg injury had been cured long ago.
Wei Jinde was still a little hesitant, but Liangqing said from the side: "Dad, I think let the third brother go. He has been out for two years and has seen the world, and knows more than me."
Liangchen never expected that he would often wander around the county with a group of friends, and in the eyes of his elder brother, he had seen the world.
He thought that his father must not think so, but he agreed with the elder brother's words. He nodded and said, "Okay, there are still people at home to work. The eldest brother should stay at home. Third brother, go."
With this, Liangchen was really very happy and his heart flew from Lishu Village to the capital.
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I know that everyone thinks the new book is too tender and cannot be slaughtered, so they all want to raise it. In this bone, I just want to ask everyone to give some nutrients every day and take care of this young seedling.
Chapter completed!