"Haha, Yang Tongzhi is indeed an open-minded and straightforward person. I'm so polite to you, Gusu Zhang Pu." A man in Tsing Yi who had not spoken before said with his hands.
Yang Fan saw that he had an extraordinary temperament and was standing in the C position of the four people. He was probably the leader of these people. I was wondering why this name sounded so familiar. Suddenly, someone came to mind.
Yang Fan didn't want to be rude, so he stood up and said, "But Mr. Zhang Tianru of Taicang is in person."
"It's just me who is not talented at all."
It turned out to be him, Zhang Taicang, the so-called civilian prime minister.
This man was a great talent in the late Ming Dynasty. He was as famous as Zhang Cai from his hometown, and they were collectively known as "Lou Dong Er Zhang".
In terms of literature, Zhang Pu admired the theory of the seven scholars before and after, and advocated restoration. He also called for "services to be useful".
He wrote extensively throughout his life, compiling more than 3,000 volumes, covering various subjects of literature, history, and classics. He was proficient in poetry, especially prose and current affairs.
His representative works include "Qi Lu Zhai Collection" and "Tombstone Story of Five People".
Yang Fan knew that this was a big figure who stirred up the situation in the late Ming Dynasty. Especially good at fighting, especially good at tossing. After the collapse of the Donglin Cabinet, he was the representative of the Jiangnan Gentry Group and the founder of Fushe.
Zhang Pu and Zhang Gandu, who was born in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, were the best leaders of the radical literati movement at that time and the most famous "literati movement leader" in the late Ming Dynasty.
Even before he passed the imperial examination, he had already done countless major things, from organizing riots to storming government offices and setting fire to the city. Duan is a powerful character.
It is not difficult for a person to be knowledgeable, but this person is more knowledgeable, dares to make trouble, has the right to speak, and has superb methods, which is more scary.
I'm afraid that if the gangsters are educated and offend them, they will turn you into a monster in a minute. In this era where whoever speaks loudly and whoever speaks has reason, Yang Fan also has a headache for them.
Zhang Pu has a very high level of education. Although he comes from a poor family, he is eager to learn at a young age and is known as a child prodigy.
In the fourth year of Tianqi (1622), he began to form associations to comment on current affairs and gained fame.
It was first named Yingshe (Imperial Examination Preparation Group), and later changed to Fushe (Imperial Examination Repeat Group). At its peak, it had more than 3,000 members, all of whom were children of powerful local gentry. The strength behind them was chilling.
In the sixth year of Tianqi's reign, he participated in organizing the Suzhou anti-tax riot and wrote "Tombstones of Five People", which denounced the eunuchs and became famous all over the world.
In the first year of Chongzhen, he "organized the people" to expel Gu Bingqian, a key member of the Eunuch Party, and from then on he became the emperor's superstar among the scholars of the world!
The momentum of restoring the society has since shocked the government and the public. It is known as "the gathering of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the streets are full of clothes", and "everyone who visits a city knows that there are people who have restored the society."
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru couldn't help but look at him a few more times. The shadow of a famous tree. Zhang Tianru was so well-known in Jiangnan that they couldn't help but be curious.
But Zhang Tianru soon lost interest in both of them. Zhang Tianru is ugly, small, and looks very weak. There's really not much to see.
They are serious members of the Appearance Association. Like many women, they like to judge people by their appearance.
But Yang Fan looked at him with some caution and scrutiny. This man was a mad dog! It hurts to bite someone.
This person later secretly worked with Wu Changshi to manipulate Zhou Yanru to become prime minister, and tried to control Zhou Yanru through manipulation. Later, he died suddenly and the cause of death is unknown.
There are rumors that Wu Changshi and Zhou Yanru conspired to poison him.
This person doesn't know himself clearly, and he doesn't understand that he is just a dog that dares to bite, held up by the Jiangnan gentry group.
Naturally, the crazier the better when dealing with eunuchs. Later, his ambitions grew and he wanted to secretly control Jiangnan Shilin and the court operations. Naturally, Donglin could not tolerate him.
The influence of the Yingshe group extends to all provinces in the north and south. Wherever they go, the streets are empty and they have countless fans.
The courtesans in the brothel are even more willing to pay the bills.
The oiran is a fan of this. Which scholar in the Ming Dynasty wouldn’t want to do that?
However, Yang Fan was not very interested in their club.
Such a loose alliance is too big to be useful.
Not as useful as his three thousand servants.
Without strict organization, there is no binding force and fighting capacity. When the enemy is strong, the birds and beasts disperse. Later, when the Qing troops entered the pass, farts had no effect.
Seeing Yang Fan looking at him thoughtfully, Zhang Tianru said with a smile: "Tong Yang, would you like to invite us to sit down? This is not the way to treat guests."
Yang Fan smiled and said: "That's what I wanted to do, but I didn't dare to invite you."
Yang Fan asked Lao Huang to set up a table under the shade of another tree with five or six chairs. Yang Fan invited the four people from Yingshe to come over and sit down.
After all, Yang Fan just had a family dinner, and there were so many women there that it was not convenient for them to sit together.
Zhang Cai and others couldn't help but secretly take a look at Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru, not because of their beauty, but because they knew that these two were female Rakshasa in the East Factory, who were ruthless and killed without blinking an eye.
They still felt a little wary. The so-called scholar is afraid of soldiers.
Lin Yueru snorted softly.
This look was all too familiar to her. In Tianxiang Tower, she has seen many men of all kinds.
Most of the men who didn't know her true identity looked at her nakedly. Most of the men who knew her identity looked at her with a bit of fear like these.
"I don't have anything good to entertain you at the village shop. I'm sorry, please have some tea." Yang Fan motioned for everyone to drink tea.
Lao Huang specially found the best teapot to make tea and served this tea. Although there are no broken chips or anything like that. It still looks gross.
Several people had obviously never eaten in a place like this, and they felt a little unpalatable for a while.
But seeing Yang Fan drinking tea calmly, they had no choice but to follow suit.
However, this tea can indeed be said to be coarse tea. It is full of tea leaves, very coarse and bitter.
"I don't know why you guys came to this small place in Jizhou. The backcountry here is really not as prosperous as the Gusu City." Yang Fan asked with some confusion.
Zhang Pu smiled, said nothing, dipped his finger in tea, and wrote the word Zhangjiawan on the table.
Yang Fan had no expression on his face and no reaction.
But I knew in my heart that the Jiangnan gentry came to visit.
They came to investigate the robbery of Li's house. Also, no matter how big a group it is, no matter how rich it is, if tens of millions of money are robbed, it will be red-eyed.
Zhang Cai and others all looked at Yang Fan intently. This man was a local snake.
Although his official position in Beizhili is not worth mentioning, he is powerful.
It is impossible to defeat a nine thousand year old without absolute strength. Therefore, he is also one of the targets of suspicion.
Yang Fan didn't pretend to be pretentious and asked directly: "You are here about the Japanese pirates."
Zhang Pu nodded and said nothing.
"Does Yang Tongzhi understand the situation at that time?" Zhang Cai asked.
"I don't know. These people came and left very quickly. My Qianhu Post also received an order to mobilize troops from the North Zhili Capital Command. They arrived before we were ready to set off. Beijing, and then from Wanping City along the Yongding River back to Tianjin. We didn't have time to react." Yang Fan spread his hands and said.
This was the reality in many guard stations at that time. The Japanese pirates came too quickly and left too quickly.
Except for the elite troops in Changping, the other armies had not even completed their preparations, and the battle ended before they even had time to react.
Except that Donglin was robbed of a lot of money and the only movable battalion in the emperor's hands collapsed, there were almost no losses in other places.
Dong Lin seriously doubted that these pirates were coming for them.
Zhang Cai continued: "The Japanese pirates were able to land directly from Tianjin to Zhangjiawan overnight without relying on manual labor. It is puzzling. There are almost gods and ghosts to help, otherwise how could it be possible."
Yang Fan was a little displeased. These bastards were here for a fight, and it was all up to him. It is estimated that ** out of 10, he just saw his own steamship.
Regarding the Japanese pirate incident, Yang Fan did everything right, and there was no way it would be brought to his side.
The only possibility is that these bastards just saw their own steamship. These Jiangnan capitalists immediately understood the great use of this steam power.
Jiangnan is the largest textile industrial base in Ming Dynasty.
"You just happened to see that I have a ship that can use no manpower, so let me give you an explanation. I don't know if it's right." Yang Fan said indifferently.
The four people were a little surprised. Yang Fan didn't go around in circles with them, but made it clear.
This method of communication is obviously not in line with the habits of literati.
Have you taken a fancy to my steam engine?
This made them at a loss as to how to coerce and induce them.
Zhang Pu sighed in his heart and said, I just said your method won't work. If you don't listen, you insist on trying to blackmail him. This guy isn't even afraid of being nine thousand years old, so is he afraid of you scholars?
This is not Jiangnan, this is Saibei, at the foot of the Great Wall.
Yang Fan is clearly the kind of person who will never beep if he can do something. I don't even need to be tactful.
Zhang Pu looked at Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru from the corner of his eyes. I found the two of them on the carpet eating pot stickers with great interest, not looking at them at all. Obviously, he didn't take these people seriously.
Since Dong Lin's power can't scare him, then he should retreat quickly. This is not Jiangnan. Otherwise, the four of them would be defenseless and would have no choice but to humiliate themselves if there was a commotion.
"General Yang was joking. We were passing by Jizhou and saw your strange boat. We were just interested in it and had no other intentions."
The Japanese pirate's human-powered boat, seen by countless people along the way, was completely different from Yang Fan's boat and could not be related.
They knew it, and so did Yang Fan.
"Nowadays in the Ming Dynasty, the nobles and the military are humble, and there is no future in the military career. If the general wants to go further, it is better to lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade."
Yang Fan couldn't help but look at him high in his heart. If the threat failed, he immediately tried to win over him. Zhang Tianru is quick to recognize opportunities and adapts to changes, which is quite a character.
"Mr. Zhang, do you have any advice?"
