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Tong Tuchang and Tong Yangjia have a deep relationship. After all, they have been in a desperate situation for more than ten years. Now when they are at their doorstep, Tong Tuchang is very excited.

Tong Tuchang said to the greeting door: "Get up! Is my uncle back?"

"Return to the second master, the master has just returned from the cabinet and is changing clothes in the study! Second master waits for a while, I will go in and report it!"

Tong Tuchang took out two taels of silver and handed it to the disciple: "No, I'll go in by myself!"

Tong Yangjia's mansion was the mansion of Zhu Guobi, the mansion of the Baoguo Duke, but with Zhu Guobi's misfortune, the mansion was given to Tong Yangjia by Zhu Hongsan, and now it is called Tong Mansion.

As soon as Tong Tuchang entered the second door, he saw the butler Tong Fu come out to greet him.

When Tong Fu saw Tong Tuchang, he quickly knelt on one knee and said, "The second master is back. It just so happened that the master had just thought of you, saying that you can come back this afternoon and let the old slave come out to greet you!"

"Okay! Tong Fu get up and take me to see my uncle!"

Tong Fu took Tong Tuchang to the Tong Mansion Study Room in Sanmen. Tong Yangjia was standing at the door wearing a navy blue gown to greet Tong Tuchang.

Seeing that the uncle came out to greet him in person, Tong Tuchang quickly stepped forward and knelt down on his knees: "Uncle is here, my nephew saluted him!"

Tong Yangjia nodded, reached out to help the nephew up and said, "Get up quickly! I originally thought you would have to spend the New Year in the north before you could come back, but I didn't expect to finish the errand so soon! When I was in the cabinet in the morning, I heard that the mission was back. I knew you were going home in the afternoon, so I threw down my work and came back to see you! Come in, let Tong Fu hold a reception banquet later, and uncle wash your dust!"

Tong Tuchang followed Tong Yangjia into the house, and a servant brought tea. Tong Yangjia asked, "So? Can the journey go smoothly?"

"Uncle, it's pretty good south of the Yellow River. There are many refugees, but not many starve to death. But after crossing the Yellow River, it's a different story. There are dead people everywhere. Not far from the official road, there is a ruined burial post. Better, it's covered with a thin layer of soil, and more of the piles of dead bodies that are unattended. My nephew heard from Qianhu, the Jinyiwei who escorted us, Shandong is pretty good, and there are large areas of people who cannibalize people in the neighboring Henan Province. I heard that there are only a dozen prefectures in Henan Province and there are living people. The population in other places either flee or make other people's food. It's so miserable!"

Tong Yangjia sighed and said, "There is no way. Since the bandits fleeing in Chongzhen in Henan, there has been no Ansheng. Either bandits or the Qing Dynasty, it has become a place of no-councils, and naturally it is miserable."

As the uncle and nephew talked, the family set up a banquet, and they started drinking in the study.

After the dishes were served, Tong Yangjia drove the servant out and asked in a low voice: "Now you will tell the details of the peace talks to your uncle!"

Tong Tuchang then told Tong Yangjia in detail what happened after leaving Nanjing. Except for the fact that he had not said anything about having torn shoes with Xiaozhuang, he even said something about meeting Tong Tulai.

Tong Yangjia listened to Tong Tuchang's words without saying a word, and after Tong Tuchang finished speaking, he asked in a low voice: "His Majesty promised to hand over Wuchang to the Qing Dynasty?"

"The emperor did not say yes, but he did not object!"

Tong Yangjia nodded and said, "It should be similar. Wuchang is alone. It is a big number to transport money and grain to more than 200,000 people in Wuchang every month. It is better to give it to the Qing Dynasty and shrink the front line to Jiujiang. This will be convenient to replenish it!"

Although Wuchang has been harmed by many forces many times, it still has more than 200,000 people left. The monthly food of these people has to be transported from Jiangxi, which is really not cost-effective. Tong Yangjia is responsible for military logistics, so he naturally knows that Menqing.

"Uncle, you asked me to lure the Qing Dynasty to attack us. My nephew wanted to ask why? Is it really just to separate the emperor's attention?"

When Tong Yangjia heard his nephew's question, he sighed and said, "Hey! Child, you used to have a low official position and didn't know some things in the court. Uncle did this part to attract the emperor's attention. Qian Lide's idiot was accidentally noticed by the emperor. I was helping him. But the main reason was that he didn't want Ma Mingyuan to continue to grow bigger!"

Tong Tuchang asked in confusion: "Uncle, can the Qing Dynasty attack prevent Ma Mingyuan from becoming bigger? My nephew doesn't understand!"

"Now, I am not in front of me and Ma Mingyuan, but I know my own difficulties. Uncle, I am already so overwhelmed by Ma Mingyuan! Half a year ago, I got a news from Qian Lide, that is, Ma Mingyuan has a booklet containing two national policies, one is called Danding and the other is called official and gentry as a unit to pay grain!"

Tong Tuchang has been a governor for more than half a year and still knows some government affairs. Now he is so scared that he breathes a sigh of fear when he hears his uncle say this.

"Nee! These are two ruthless tricks. If Ma Mingyuan announces these two policies to the public, he will immediately become the enemy of scholars all over the world!"

"What do you know? You just see the surface. Ma Mingyuan is cunning. Does he dare to take it out without the emperor's tacit approval? This booklet appeared in his house, which proves that the emperor is ready to start implementing these two items!"

"Uncle, this is a good opportunity. Why don't we take this opportunity to defeat Ma Mingyuan in one fell swoop?"

Tong Yangjia sighed. His nephew was quite smart, but his analysis of the court was not in place. Now this emperor is not an emperor like Wanli. He was held hostage by some literati with righteousness and dared not move in everything. Emperor Shenwu is a ruthless person and has never been ruthless in dealing with provocative civil officials.

Tong Yangjia scolded with regret, "What do you know, you guy? You don't know what kind of character we are like, the emperor? Do you think I dare to object directly?"

Tong Tuchang thought it was the case, but it would be a pity not to take advantage of such a good opportunity now.

"But uncle, it's a pity not to take advantage of this kind of opportunity now?"

"Uncle naturally knows it, but we need to plan it carefully. When you didn't come back, uncle had already released the news and let the big landlords in Nanzhili know that now some people in the civil servant circle in Nanjing have already known that people start to go to Ma Mingyuan's mansion to curse every day!"

"Uncle, is this useful? Ma Mingyuan has the emperor's trust, but just cursing can make the emperor change his mind?"

"Hehe, you don't understand this. Uncle did not want the emperor to change his mind, but made the big landlords like Ma Mingyuan and Nanzhili become powerful, so that the emperor had no room for maneuver between Ma Mingyuan and the big landlords, and could only take one of them!"

After Tong Yangjia said that, he looked at Tong Tuchang with an idiot look at him, and scolded with hatred: "You guy come back this time and read more books. Don't always go to the brothel if you have nothing to do!"

Tong Tuchang couldn't help but blush when he heard his uncle telling him about his hobbies, but what's the relationship between Ma Mingyuan and the landlord?

After Tong Yangjia trained his nephew, he continued, "Think about it, if there was no war in Nanzhili in the past two years, the emperor would definitely stand on Ma Mingyuan's side and vigorously implement those two new policies. As for those big landlords, of course, they would not die well! But at this critical moment, the Qing Dynasty and Zhu Youlang launched troops to attack together? What should you do?"

Tong Tuchang then realized how cruel his uncle was. He made a sound and said, Ma Mingyuan wanted to carry out the new policy. Naturally, the big landlords in Nanzhili could not agree. At this time, the Qing Dynasty attacked again, but they put the emperor on the fire. Ma Mingyuan would have to sacrifice Ma Mingyuan to protect the safety of Nanzhili, and the new policy would have to push the big landlords in Nanzhili to the Qing Dynasty. According to Tong Tuchang's understanding of the emperor, he would definitely abandon Ma Mingyuan in order to ensure his rule. At that time, the chief assistant stepped down and the uncle who was the second assistant would naturally be able to take office.

Thinking of this, Tong Tuchang quickly got up and poured a glass of wine for Tong Yangjia, and congratulated him: "Nephew, congratulations to uncle for being the prime minister first!" Tong Yangjia laughed and drank all the wine.

However, Tong Tuchang still didn't understand one thing. According to what his uncle said, he opposed the new policy, while the emperor supported the new policy. What should the emperor do if the war is settled and the emperor wants to implement the new policy?

"Uncle, although the emperor can abandon Ma Mingyuan for himself, his nephew knows that the strength of the Qing Dynasty is far less than that of us. Sooner or later, the Qing Dynasty will be defeated. What if the emperor still wants to implement the new policy at that time?"

Tong Yangjia drank a glass of wine and sneered: "Then it's ready!"

"What? Implement the new policy? What should I do if those big landlords in Nanzhili do?"

"You guy, when did I say that I have formed an alliance with the big landlords in Nanzhili? The emperor's new policy will benefit the court without any harm. Uncle, I will naturally be responsible for the court and the emperor when I become the chief minister. At that time, my uncle will insist on implementing the new policy! As for those big landlords, they have been in the glory for hundreds of years, and they should also bring their place for us, the upstarts in Huguang!"

Tong Tuchang heard Tong Yangjia's cold words, and felt cold in his heart. He was so glad that he was Tong Yangjia's nephew. Otherwise, he wouldn't know how he would plot against him! In order to defeat Ma Mingyuan this time, he actually used dozens of big landlords in Nanzhili as stepping stones. You must know that the personality of Emperor Zhu Hongsan is either to do it or do it. Now these big landlords are making things difficult for Zhu Hongsan, so naturally these guys will not get it well in the future. Thinking that dozens of big landlords had nearly tens of thousands of people, half of which were about to lose their heads, Tong Tuchang felt a little cold in his neck.

In fact, the landlords in Nanzhili took Tong Yangjia's condom as soon as they came up. Although Tong Yangjia was not from Huguang, how could he speak for your old class as a representative of Huguang upstart? Although Tong Yangjia and Ma Mingyuan were not in dealing with each other, they were highly consistent in safeguarding the interests of Huguang Group. The only difference is that they all think that they should be the spokesperson of Huguang Group.
Chapter completed!