Tang Xianzu was a native of Linchuan. His four most famous long plays are all related to dreams, so they are also called the Four Dreams of Linchuan.
Now that he had copied two dreams, Su Ze did not stop doing it. He even copied the third of the four dreams, "Handan Ji".
Thanks to the spread of this article, Su Ze's literary skills finally reached Lv10.
[Skill literature has reached Lv10, please choose passive skills. 】
Level 10 is already a guaranteed blue, but this time Su Ze was lucky enough to get two purples and one blue.
Turning over the three passive skill cards, you only see:
[Purple Passive - Hear Thunder in Silence: Literary Skill +2, when writing critical articles, Literary Skill +2 further. 】
[Purple Passive - The belt will get wider and you will never regret it: Literary skills +2, when writing purely literary articles, literary skills will +2 again. 】
[Blue Passive—Badou of Poetry: Literary Skills +2, Poetry Literary Skills +1. 】
Looking at the two purple skills, Su Ze suddenly understood that these were two directions for choosing literature.
One is the direction of critical literature that is closer to politics. The most famous writer in this category is Lu Xun. There is no article that is not used to arouse the Chinese people, which can be said to be full of fighting power.
The other one is in the direction of pure literature. There have been many characters of this type since ancient times, and the dim light is the second level of literature in Wang Guowei’s judgment of human words. Could it be that the golden one is "That man is in the dim light"? ?
As for the blue passive, it was still a literary choice as before, and Su Ze decisively eliminated poetry.
What future was there for poetry in the Ming Dynasty?
Looking at the two passive ones, Su Ze naturally chose the first one without hesitation, "Listen to the thunder in the silence."
"My mind is so bright that it reaches Guangyu, and I hear thunder in a silent place." This is exactly the poem written by Lu Xun.
It means that the things on my mind are many and far away, connecting the people across the vast land. From the silence on the surface, I can hear the stirring of the spring thunder of revolution.
Today's Ming Dynasty is an era of silence.
In reality, the feudal dynasty never had a peaceful era.
We have not yet recovered from the Guanzhong earthquake last year, and many turmoils have occurred in Guanzhong.
The anti-Japanese situation in Zhejiang is slightly better this year, but Japanese pirates have begun to invade Fujian and Guangzhou again.
Anda in the north is still raging, and Liaodong is not peaceful either.
The chieftains in the southwest often rebelled. Along the way, Su Ze saw the emaciated people who were forced to stretch themselves due to orders from the Ministry of Works. Along Huai'an, he could also see the river embankments dug by the government troops. The tragic situation last year was still before him. .
The remaining free attributes were temporarily gone, so Su Ze took Lin Mojun and Yu Dayou's son all the way north, and finally arrived in the capital before the year.
In front of Yongding Gate, this is the most important dock in the north on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Taxes and grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River are unloaded here.
Su Ze saw a large amount of wood, and there were even large pieces of wood that could only be hugged by two people. Needless to say, these were the beams used to repair the three main halls.
This type of wood cannot be soaked in water. Although it is transported through canals, it is still tightly wrapped and requires dozens of dock workers to unload it. Su Ze watched a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry drinking tea and watching the workers unload the goods. On the side, officials from the Ministry of Revenue were counting and warehousing.
"Mr. Su, where are we going?" Yu Zigao couldn't help but ask.
Yu Dayou is 56 years old this year, but he has a son in middle age, and Yu Zigao is only 17 years old now.
Historically, Yu Zigao was also a patriotic general. He inherited his father's position as commander and stationed in Fujian. He also drove away the Dutch who invaded Penghu.
But he was still just a young man at this time, and he looked at Su Ze in confusion.
Su Ze said: "Find a place to stay first, and I'll find someone to inquire about the situation first."
Yu Zigao listened to Su Ze's lectures on the art of war and knowledge along the way. At this time, he also trusted Su Ze very much, and he nodded quickly.
After entering the city, Su Ze saw that the capital was a little depressed. There were not even as many people on the streets as in Nanjing.
The three of them found a small hotel to stay temporarily and learned about the situation in the capital from the boss.
It turns out that Anda's troops from the north surrounded Datong Prefecture this year. Although Anda retreated before winter, I heard that a lot of the silver rewards for the frontier troops had been corrupted, and the Shanxi frontier troops were causing trouble and cutting off the supply of coal to the capital.
In addition, victims of last year's Guanzhong earthquake gathered in western Beijing. These victims also burned coal for heating, causing the price of charcoal to spend the winter in Beijing soaring this year.
"The victims of last year's disaster haven't returned yet?" Even Su Ze was a little surprised.
The shopkeeper was not surprised and said: "These victims came to the capital with nothing. They don't even have property title deeds. There is no way to survive when they go back."
Yu Zigao asked: "Will the court not resettle the victims?"
The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "How can it be so easy? There are few people in Guanzhong. The earthquake destroyed the government offices and even the land account books were gone. In addition to those who took out the land deeds, they could still reluctantly get some land back. Can ordinary people? It’s hard to tell even if you walk back.”
"Then the court doesn't care?"
"You can still find some livelihood by relying on the capital. Anyway, as long as they don't cause trouble, the government will let them go."
The three of them were also speechless. They were clearly at the feet of the Emperor, so why was the situation in the north not as good as in the south.
The next day, Su Ze brought gifts and invitations to Zhongguan Village, southeast of the Forbidden City.
Looking at this patchwork of tall and short houses, you can also see the settlement of farmland. This land had a more famous name in later generations - Zhongguancun.
But at this time it was called Zhongguan Village, and as the name suggests, it was the place where eunuchs gathered.
Of course, eunuchs cannot all be crowded in the palace. Now there are two places where eunuchs gather in the capital.
One is the warehouse near Donghua Gate, which is the collective dormitory for eunuchs and maids. The low-rise houses are connected together, and the conditions are naturally very difficult.
The warehouse is located at the root of the imperial city, so it is not very comfortable. Basically, the people living here are low-level eunuchs and maids who have just entered the palace.
Those who are prominent in the palace will live in Zhongguan Village if they are not working in the palace. After all, there are many rules in the palace. Who with some status wants to be controlled in the palace every day.
Su Ze quickly found out the residence of his target, Eunuch Tong, the eunuch in charge of the East Factory.
This Eunuch Tong was the Eunuch Dongchang who came to Nanjing last time to ransack his home. Su Ze came to his home with gifts and invitations, and was soon welcomed in by his servants.
When it was almost evening, the child eunuch returned to the house, and he immediately met Su Ze.
"Ms. Su!"
Eunuch Tong was very enthusiastic. If it hadn't been for Su Ze's help last time, Eunuch Tong wouldn't have been able to steal more assets than Jin Yiwei Zhu Qi.
That raid not only enriched the national treasury, but also made Eunuch Tong fat. Su Ze also got along well with him and never acted like a scholar.
After arriving in the capital, Su Ze's second dream also became popular in the capital. Eunuch Tong often showed off his friendship with Su Ze to his subordinates.
Su Ze put down the gift, and Eunuch Tong politely accepted it calmly. A certain skill was improved again, reaching Lv3.
Su Ze ignored that skill for the time being and said to the child eunuch:
"Da Ju, I am coming to the capital this time. Yu Dayou, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, is my uncle. I am coming to the capital this time because of him."
Hearing Yu Dayou's name, the smile on Eunuch Tong's face immediately disappeared. He quickly dismissed the servant and then said:
"Xiangong Su came so quickly. Yu Dayou was sent to prison just ten days ago."
Su Ze took out a gold ingot from his sleeve, put it into Eunuch Tong's hand and said, "Yu Shibo is a close elder to me. Please take care of it."
Eunuch Tong quickly declined and said: "General Yu is living a good life in prison. It is better to keep this money where it is more needed."
Eunuch Tong sighed and said: "Commander Lu also sympathizes with General Yu, so he ordered the prison not to torture General Yu, but this case is not easy to handle."
"Commander Lu? But Commander Lu Binglu of the Jinyi Guards?"
"Exactly. Commander Lu personally praised General Yu and said that General Yu is a person like Yue Fei. He often visited General Yu in the imperial prison."
"If you ask me, General Yu is fine in prison."
Su Ze felt relieved when he heard that Lu Bing was protecting Yu Dayou.
In fact, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei and Dongchang had merged their offices and basically formed a team. People at that time called them "factory guards".
Yu Dayou was imprisoned in Jinyiwei's prison, and Su Zecai asked Eunuch Tong to inquire about the situation.
Now the person in charge of the factory guards is Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
Su Ze put the Yuanbao into Eunuch Tong's hand again and said, "Can I see Yu Shibo?"
Eunuch Tong simply said: "This is easy. Mr. Su will be here early tomorrow morning and I will take you in."
"Thank you so much, Daxuan."
At this time, in Yan Shifan's house, Mr. Xiaoge was sitting on the warm bed, and Zhao Wenhua below was saying loudly:
"Clean flow, clear flow! It's just Xu Dang! Yu Dayou has made great achievements in fighting against the Japanese, but he was framed and imprisoned by them!"
Zhao Wenhua is a confidant of Yan Dang. Now he is the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the core of Yan Dang.
Hu Zongxian was recommended by Zhao Wenhua, and their political lives were tied to the fight against Japan.
This time Qingliu impeached Hu Zongxian, the most angry person was Zhao Wenhua. He blew his beard and complained to Yan Shifan.
Yan Shifan has a fat head and big ears, and his eyebrows and beard are a little sparse. Due to congenital reasons, his right eye cannot be seen clearly, and his body is also a little fat. He is completely different from Yan Song, who is still handsome even after old age.
However, no one in the entire capital dared to laugh at the appearance of the little pavilion elder, and Yan Shifan was so lustful that he had already married the ninth wife.
He was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry at this time, and he was able to trample all the Jinshi officials under his feet. From being a Yin official to this step, it was also a manifestation of the power of the strict party.
As Yan Song got older, the Yan Party gathered around Yan Shifan even more. This year, he even moved out of Yan Song's mansion. Now his mansion is even more luxurious than his father's.
Zhao Wenhua, Yan Maoqing and other backbones of the strict party often discussed matters in his mansion.
Compared to Zhao Wenhua's indignation, Yan Maoqing's attitude was much calmer.
"Yu Dayou is Yu Dayou, Hu Zongxian is Hu Zongxian, and now Xu Dang is playing Yu Dayou. As long as Yu Dayou doesn't bite randomly, Hu Zongxian will not be involved."
Yan Maoqing looked at Yan Shifan and said: "Mr. Xiao Ge, let me tell you, as long as Hu Ruzhen is not implicated, there is no need to save Yu Dayou. Qingliu group attacked him, and it just happened to show your Majesty these gentlemen who are known as 'non-Party'. On weekdays, How did you form a clique for personal gain?"
After Yan Maoqing finished speaking, Zhao Wenhua said again:
"How could Yu Dayou not bite Hu Ruzhen when he was imprisoned?"
Yan Maoqing said sadly: "Then shut him up!"
Seeing his two important subordinates arguing, Yan Shifan said:
"Stop arguing! The two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are all on our shoulders! Is this the time for internal strife?"
Yan Shifan stood up and said: "The commander of the Jinyi Guards, Lu Bing, admires Yu Dayou very much. If he wants to do it in the imperial prison, he has no chance."
Zhao Wenhua and Yan Maoqing were silent as they listened to Yan Shifan say:
"Communicate with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and convict Yu Dayou quickly after the trial starts in the next year. As long as he solves the problem, Hu Ruzhen will not be implicated."
Yan Shifan set the tone, and Zhao Wenhua and Yan Maoqing stopped arguing. The Yan Party controlled the Ministry of Punishment. As long as the case was quickly nailed down, Qingliu could no longer attack Hu Zongxian for this reason.
However, Yan Shifan had other thoughts. He said:
"Hu Zongxian also needs to be beaten. He is my father's disciple. I wrote to him several times but didn't reply."
Zhao Wenhua lowered his head. He was also a member of the Yan Party, but Hu Zongxian's position in the Yan Party was also very delicate. He did not join most of the people in joining Yan Shifan, but just held Yan Song's thigh.
Yan Shifan wrote to Hu Zongxian, asking him to issue some anti-Japanese coupons in Zhejiang to businessmen in his hometown in Jiangxi to offset the customs duties on banknotes. In the end, nothing happened. Hu Zongxian did not reply at all, nor did he meet Yan Shifan's township party businessmen.
This incident naturally made Xiao Ge very angry, and even brought the matter to Yan Song, but Yan Song stopped him by saying, "Anti-Japanese national affairs are the most important thing."
Hu Zongxian's merchants from Huizhou Prefecture are doing a lot of business in Zhejiang. Why don't they focus on the overall situation at this time?
This time Qingliu attacked Yu Dayou, and Yan Dang stood by and watched, which was also Yan Shifan's intention.
However, Yu Dayou, a military general, only raised a small issue with Yan Shifan, and the three of them discussed other issues again.
The next day, Su Ze wore a black cloak and followed Eunuch Tong to secretly go to the prison to meet Yu Dayou.
When Su Ze returned to the hotel, Yu Dayou's sons Yu Zigao and Lin Mojun came around anxiously and asked:
"Ms. Su, how is my father?"
Su Ze sighed and said: "Yu Shibo was taken care of by Commander Lu of Jinyi Guards in prison, and his injuries are not serious."
Speaking of this, Su Ze thought of the sore on Yu Dayou's shoulder. It was a birdshot wound he suffered during the Pinghu Battle, and it never healed.
When he was escorted to Beijing by the Jinyi Guards, he was shackled, and by the time he arrived in the imperial prison, it was already festering.
Thanks to Lu Bing's care, he invited an imperial doctor to help Yu Dayou, and then he crossed his arms.
Based on Su Ze's [medical skills] diagnosis, although it would not lead to amputation, Yu Dayou's arm was considered useless.
But it would be good to be able to save one's life in prison. Su Ze continued:
"Yu Shibo was disheartened and planned to plead guilty in order not to implicate Governor Hu."
"What!"
(End of chapter)
