As the first person to follow Zheng Tuoni, Shiniang certainly knew what Zheng Tuoni was thinking.

Gu Long, a rogue writer in later generations, once said that there may be several women who do not eat in this world, but there is not even one woman who is not jealous.

In other words, it is human nature to be jealous and compete for favor, and it is also inevitable.

Zheng Tuoni knew very well that no matter whether Yang Feng wanted to or not, the backyard of Jiangning Marquis' Mansion has been vaguely divided into two camps, one is three Mongolian women led by Hai Lanzhu, and the other camp is her and Shiniang.

The camps that are distinguished in this way seem to be inconsistent at first glance. Who are Hai Lanzhu and the other three?

All three women were from Mongolian nobles. As the daughter of the leader of the Korqin tribe, Hai Lanzhu had a noble status. Even Zhezhe and Da Yuer had married, but their former identities were also the queen and concubine of the Qing Dynasty. Compared with Zheng Tuoni from the Qinhuai River, their identities were simply the difference between the phoenix in the sky and the ants on the ground. There was no comparison between the two sides.

But why are there still many people in the mansion willing to get close to Zheng Tuoni? The reason is very simple, that is, the three girls of Hailanzhu are all Mongolians, and no matter how bad Zheng Tuon and Shin Niang are, they are still serious Han women, not to mention that Zheng Tuoni was also a lady from an official family before he became a monk.

Although Yang Feng tried his best to avoid the phenomenon of wives and concubines competing for favor in his backyard, he could not even control the human heart, let alone him.

Once a woman becomes pregnant, her emotions and minds will be more sensitive than before. Zheng Tuoniang's little thoughts began to change. When she was not pregnant before, she had to work with her master and servant of the Line Lady and had to do her best to be considered as being able to barely satisfy Yang Feng. Now that she has no main force, she can't satisfy her freak with her small body, so she has put her ideas on Cai'er and Yue'er.

Cai'er and Yue'er were bought from the Yashang two years ago after spending a lot of money. They were originally used as substitutes, but they didn't expect to use it now. It's a little regretful that the two are still a little young. If they can wait for another year, it would be even better when she gets trained.

Of course, Yang Feng was naturally unaware of these things. Now he has just arrived at the Ministry of War and met Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War.

In later generations, anyone who has a little knowledge of Ming History knows that this person is known as the leader of the five tigers of the eunuch party and Wei Zhongxian's number one thug.

Most of the historical evaluations of Cui Chengxiu were negative. In the Ming Dynasty compiled by Manchu, it was even more said that this person loved money as his life. When he was the inspector, he asked for bribes in a crazily. Whenever he arrived at a place, he would pay a large sum of money for a day. As long as the criminal bribes him, he would be released as a false case. If the local officials in Huaiyang did not give bribes, they would report bad reviews. Local officials could only bribe money and buy praises.

Ming Shi criticized Cui Chengxiu as useless, but careful people can find that although Ming Shi scolded Cui Chengxiu over and over again, there was actually only one crime, that was greedy.

This is more funny, because in the environment of the late Ming Dynasty, if you want to find an official who is not greedy, it is probably easier than finding a needle in a haystack, because even the Donglin Party, who claim to be the savior of the Ming Dynasty, kept calling this and impeachment of that tomorrow, but secretly they would not be much less greedy than others. After all, there are only one official like Hai Rui who has published in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Then the question is, since everyone is corrupt, why did Cui Chengxiu be pinned on the ground by scholars for hundreds of years? The reason is very simple. Who made him Wei Zhongxian's person?

Someone said again that Cui Chengxiu was born as a Jinshi and was not good at being a good official, but instead he had to work hard for the eunuch party. Isn’t this a shame?

In fact, in Yang Feng's view, Cui Chengxiu's "anti-corruption" was not purely a problem of corruption, but involved too many party disputes. The Donglin Party members acted too ideally and too radically, pushing too many officials to their opposites.

Even Xia Yunyi, who is the Donglin Party, said that the disaster of the eunuch party is "no fault for all wise men." They "demonish the high-profile opinions but are meritorious, and have suspicious reputations and status." Any dissidents must be eliminated even if they are honest, and those who possess themselves must accept even if they are dirty. Even if the leaders of the Donglin Party are virtuous, there will naturally be many jealous people.

Cui Chengxiu is the best example. Since the Donglin Party wants to cut off his career and does not want to go back to his hometown to farm, he naturally needs to find another backer. In this way, an originally capable official was pushed to the opposite side by them.

After he defected to the eunuch party, he intensified persecution of the Donglin party. History is here, making a big joke.

When he learned that Yang Feng had arrived, Cui Chengxiu quickly came out of his office room to greet him: "The prince has seen the marquis, but he didn't know that the marquis came. The prince failed to go out to greet him and hoped to forgive him!"

Born in 1584, Cui Chengxiu is 42 years old this year, but on the surface, she looks younger than her actual age. Perhaps because of her better living conditions, now she has fair skin, a beard under her jaw and a kind smile, and she looks like a charming middle-aged uncle.

Seeing Cui Chengxiu being so polite, Yang Feng also smiled and said, "You are polite, Lord Cui, but this marquis is a bit presumptuous when he comes uninvited."

"Haha... what is the saying of the Marquis? You are the golden beams of the sky-high jade pillars of our Ming Dynasty. Today we are enough to make the Ministry of War's yamen shine brightly!"

"Oh, Lord Cui, don't say polite words too early. If you don't do it well, you will scold me later."

"Oh... Then the marquis will depend on how the marquis asks the marquis to curse."

The two of them came to Cui Chengxiu's office room while exchanging greetings.

A large table made of pineapple wood, two high-back chairs, a large bookcase full of books, a coffee table placed next to it and a set of tea sets. This is the decoration of Cui Chengxiu's office room.

When Yang Feng saw such a decoration, he looked obviously stunned, and then he smiled and said, "Mr. Cui is really frugal."

Cui Chengxiu said bluntly: "The Marquis is too rewarded. This is just a place for the Xiaguan to work. Maybe after the previous year and a half, the Xiaguan will have to go to work elsewhere. Even if the decoration is luxurious, it is useless. Therefore, the Xiaguan will never decorate the office space too much. If the Marquis likes luxury, it may be better to say that the Xiaguan is a guest on the spot. The Xiaguan will definitely treat him wholeheartedly and make the Marquis return with great pleasure."

"Oh... this guy is very straightforward." Yang Feng looked at him unexpectedly. Of course he understood what Cui Chengxiu meant.

No matter how good I do, it is useless. If I can’t do it for a while, this place will be someone else’s territory. So if you want to play, please go to my house, which will make you happy and satisfied.
Chapter completed!