Chapter 083: Give in to others
Chen Cao said with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect Brother Xia to be so elegant?"
"Uncle, you have embarrassed the students," Xia Yunyi said, cupping his hands.
Chen Cao looked at Xia Yunyi, who was a little uncomfortable, and then smiled: "Xia Yunyi..."
"Students are..."
"But you want to find an official position?" Chen Cao asked.
Xia Yunyi quickly stood up and bowed to Chen Cao: "I dare not deceive my uncle. The student has read poetry and books since he was a child and has never fallen behind in his studies. He only laments that he cannot improve his literary attainments to a higher level. That day at Donglin Academy It’s just to improve myself in literature.”
Chen Cao doesn't like to fight with scholars the most. It's hard to talk about the key points. Ninety percent of what these people say is nonsense. In fact, the useful words can be expressed in one sentence: "Uncle Ben doesn't like to interact with you scholars the most." Speaking, although Uncle Ben is a scholar, he always speaks directly, so Uncle Ben also particularly likes people who tell the truth."
Xia Yunyi looked embarrassed, then blushed and apologized: "The student realized his mistake, so he became more frank. The student came to see my uncle today. He really wanted to join him and find an official position under him." job."
Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction: "Well, I just like people like you."
Xia Yunyi felt much more comfortable even after changing her self-identity. Chen Cao said again: "Do you know that I am an eunuch?"
"Students know." Xia Yunyi continued: "But according to students, whether it is the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, or even Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and other parties, as long as they can do things for the Ming Dynasty, they are all good."
Chen Cao simply didn't expect this guy to have such insight: "Well, what you said makes sense, let me analyze it."
Xia Yunyi felt comfortable at this moment, and blurted out the manuscript he had prepared: "Students are not involved in government affairs, but they know that the intensification of party strife since Emperor Shenzong has plunged our Ming court into a quagmire, and the lives of the people have also been affected. At this moment, when there is a party that can suppress all parties and make the Ming Dynasty one independent, the students think that the Donglin Party is feasible, but there are constant strife within the Donglin Party, and every upright gentleman pays little attention to the people's livelihood. , but more of them are resourceful in the means of attacking political opponents;
And Eunuch Dang... Hehe, Uncle, the student made a mistake, and Wei Dang..."
"Farewell Wei Dang," Chen Cao stopped him: "Just call him Eunuch Dang. You don't have to pretend to be with me."
"Yes, as for the Eunuch Party, the students think that each has its own benefits. The North Korean Central Party members suppress the Donglin Party, and the uncle really works for the benefit of the people." Xia Yunyi cupped his hands and said.
Chen Cao frowned: "Really? When did I benefit the people?"
Xia Yunyi leaned forward and said: "I don't know, uncle. After my uncle came back from Liaodong, there were rumors that he had made great achievements in managing water transportation, which enabled the people along the way to find a place to make a living. Although it did not involve the entire Ming Dynasty, it was at least within Shandong." The people seek welfare..."
"Hahaha..." Chen Cao laughed and clapped his hands, and then looked at Xia Yunyi with a smile: "Xia Yunyi, let's do this. I will tell you some of my opinions. I am the leader of the eunuch party. If Wei Zhongxian collapses in the future, I will You will be implicated, are you prepared?"
Xia Yunyi was stunned for a moment, and then handed over his hand: "My uncle is a great talent. To put it bluntly, even if the eunuch party falls, my uncle will definitely have a way to protect himself. Therefore, students who follow my uncle will naturally not suffer any loss. "
"Hahaha..." Chen Cao laughed again, then stood up and said: "Okay, I like people like you who have a purpose. It's feasible. The Dingwu New Army has been established. There are many positions. From now on, you will be my Dingwu Army." The Central Army Councilor, Ranking Eighth Grade, do you have any opinions?"
Xia Yunyi excitedly cupped his hands and said: "Student Xie Uncle promoted..."
"You go back and pack your bags first. I will go south to Zhejiang soon to recruit troops. You will go with me and introduce me to a few more outstanding writers in Zhejiang. As for your official title, I will give it to you when we set off."
Xia Yunyi immediately knelt down and bowed to Chen Cao: "Student, thank you uncle..."
Xia Yunyi is a good talent, and Chen Cao's camp needs literati to control it. Otherwise, Chen Cao will have to handle everything by himself and will not be exhausted.
And Xia Yunyi also had his own plans. After repeatedly failing, he has been stuck with the scholar. The Donglin Party has a lot of talents. Even if he joins the party, he will be a minion at best and will never be an official. After joining the eunuch party, he will definitely become a scholar. I can be an official, so I made up my mind to join Chen Cao. As expected, I went from being a scholar to being a counselor of the eighth rank in no time. Although I am an official in the army, I am at least an official. After I follow Chen Cao, I have a bright future for promotion. No matter what, Chen Cao is much younger than that.
"I'm only twenty this year..." Chen Cao muttered.
From time to time, Zhang Chunyao came outside the study: "Uncle, can I come in?"
There are many rules in the study room, especially for wealthy families. Without the permission of the head of the family, not to mention the concubine, even the head wife would not dare to enter the study room at will.
Zhang Chunyao was brought back by Chen Cao and became a concubine. Now she came to find Chen Cao for her own purpose.
"come in."
When he entered the study room, Chen Cao was drawing drawings. Zhang Chunyao raised his eyes and saluted: "Uncle, I have something to ask you."
"You have something to ask me for?" Chen Cao put down his brush: "Listen."
"I heard that my uncle will go south to Zhejiang soon to recruit troops. I have not been home with my uncle since my hometown was destroyed. This time my uncle goes to Jiangnan, he may take me back, and I also want to go back and see him. A look at my hometown.”
Only Bai Xinlan could compete with Zhang Chunyao's beauty. Chen Cao looked at her charming appearance and thought that Bai Xinlan was about to give birth and he couldn't touch her. At that moment, he had a wrong idea and stepped forward to close the study door, and then Zhang Chunyao pressed down on the desk and lifted up her skirt...
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It was almost October, and the long-awaited imperial decree and the supervisory army came to Jinling from the capital. After submitting documents from various ministries, Chen Cao finally met the supervisor of the Dingwu Army, an old acquaintance named Wu Chun.
"The former governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Yangming, returned to Beijing to report on his duties. His Majesty has decreed that you, uncle, will be your imperial envoy, and you will go south as a royal guard to inspect the various prefectures in Zhejiang..."
"Brother Wu, how do you win this good job?" Chen Cao hosted a banquet in honor of Wu Chun, and raised his eyebrows and winked at Wu Chun during the dinner.
Wu Chun covered his mouth and smiled like a spring breeze, and then said: "Uncle, I'm afraid you don't know. When our ancestors asked in the inner court who had the most friendship with you, the elders in the government office all recommended our family. You are You know, if our family doesn't come, I'm afraid my uncle will bleed heavily..."
"Brother Wu is joking, I, Chen Cao, will never miss Brother Wu's small money." Chen Cao smiled with a smile on his face, and then he and Song Che poured wine into Wu Chun.
After drinking for three rounds, Wu Chuncai said with embarrassment: "We all know that it is not easy to establish the Dingwu Army. Before leaving, my ancestors told me that everything should be centered on my uncle. Our family does not dare to interfere in the affairs of the army. Our family still has enough money to make, but uncle, I have something to ask of our family..."
Chen Cao put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "With our relationship, as long as I can do it, Brother Wu can mention it."
Wu Chun's smile grew thicker, but his tone was a typical one asking for help: "Our family is just supervising the army, and the post of regiment training was given to Xing Shenyan, the military commander. To be honest, uncle, our family performed ablution and entered the palace. , and no heirs, think about it, all we eunuchs want is to return home in fine clothes or to benefit our fellow clansmen."
Come on, Wu Chun said, Chen Cao has something to worry about here. This eunuch probably wants him to arrange some positions for his fellow clan members.
really.
"Our eldest uncle's son is now in his mid-twenties. Under the authority of the inner court, our family cannot arrange a suitable position for him. Now that I think about it, I can only find some ideas about the military. So, I'm going to go all out to pull this old face from our family, and ask my uncle to arrange a position. I don't ask for too much, just suitable."
So I was waiting here...
Chen Cao reached out and patted Wu Chun on the shoulder, and then said with a smile: "Brother Wu, these are small things, I will do it for you. Our Dingwu New Army customization is different from ordinary guards. There are many military positions. In this way, you Then it would be better for my nephew to join the Dingwu Army and become a battalion commander first, and then he will be able to hold the official position of Baihu at that time. After winning several battles, he will be promoted step by step."
"Hehehe..." Wu Chun covered his mouth and smiled, and then thanked Chen Cao repeatedly.
When he was almost done drinking, Chen Cao asked about important matters: "Brother Wu, have you brought any news from Liaodong?"
Wu Chun put down his chopsticks, chewed and quickly swallowed it: "It's true. Zhang Heming recommended himself as the governor of Liaodong. The Donglin Party was worried and recommended Wang Zaijin as the governor of Liaodong. The two of them came together in mid-September. Set off for the administration office;
Also, Governor Sun will continue to be the governor this time, but uncle, Yuan Chonghuan, the minister of the Ministry of War you mentioned last time, gave His Majesty a separate memorial at the beginning of the month. I heard that His Majesty particularly appreciated his Liaodong. Zhi Ce, now he has been given the title of Right Minister of the Ministry of War and made governor of Ningyuan..."
"Ning Yuan?" Chen Cao frowned, and then felt extremely unhappy with Yuan Chonghuan: "What could he say be revealed?"
Wu Chun shook his head: "I don't know. Our family was not on duty that day. Our ancestors mentioned a few words about setting up Ningyuan and Jinzhou together, with Guangning City as the vanguard. We don't know the details."
Chen Cao thought silently and had some concerns in his mind. Although Yuan Chonghuan only guarded the Ningjin defense line in history, he didn't know exactly what happened to his little ninety-nine.
"However, Zhang Heming went ahead and requested that the headquarters of Liaodong Economic Strategy be located in Guangning City." Wu Chun finally said.
The old thief is really scared of death...
Chen Cao thought silently in his heart, and then couldn't help but smile. Zhang Heming was not only afraid of death, but also smart. He was guarding Guangning as a manager, and Wang Xiaojie was blocking him. Even if Guangning couldn't guard it anymore, Wang Xiaojie would still be responsible. It has nothing to do with him.
"Okay, then let's go without further delay and set off in two days to recruit troops in Zhejiang." Chen Cao said with high spirits.
Zhejiang is not under the jurisdiction of Southern Zhili, but it is within the scope of Southern Zhili. Chen Cao and his party took a boat south along the river, crossed Taihu Lake, followed the tide from Huzhou, entered the Qiantang River, and arrived at the administrative office of Zhejiang Province on October 14th. Institute, Hangzhou Prefecture, Hangzhou City.
Hangzhou City is also the most prosperous and largest city in Qiantang County, with Qiantang in the north, Renhe in the south, and Zhili in the south. Excluding Jinling, there are only two left. That is Suzhou and Hangzhou, where "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below." Hangzhou It is bigger than Suzhou.
As for the level of prosperity in the entire south, Hangzhou is the first, Jinling is the second, and Suzhou is the last, not counting the other places.
Chen Cao's boat had just arrived at Laowankou, Qiantang County, and the captain of the Jinyi Guards who had been waiting on the shore looked anxious.
When I saw Chen Cao, I almost cried: "Uncle, something happened..."
It stands to reason that Chen Cao is an imperial envoy, and he is accompanied by a eunuch. His status is not low, and bureaucrats from all over the country will come to greet him when he is on tour. However, Chen Cao is a low-key person. Apart from the apricot-yellow flag representing the imperial envoy of the Tian family, which is planted on the boat. In addition, the state capitals along the way were not notified at all, and all the officials of the three departments of Zhejiang Province were not present.
"These people are so courageous..." After listening to the captain's words, Chen Cao silently knocked on the desk.
Zhao Xin stood aside and after listening, he also handed over his hand: "Uncle, it seems that they have already planned carefully and are just waiting for us to get in."
"Did you kill anyone?" Chen Cao raised his head and asked.
The captain held up his hands and said, "I dare not deceive my uncle. I followed Lord Xu and just entered the city. After we split up and went to the post, we were surrounded by those people. They were all common people. There were no less than 10,000 people. I don't know how to get back." Suddenly someone shouted that our Jin Yiwei had killed someone, and then we were beaten by those people. Seeing this, Mr. Xu took us to run away, but we were surrounded by the people, punched and kicked. Six of us from Qianhu Station were beaten to death and ten were seriously injured. Seven of them were slightly wounded, and eight were slightly injured. Later, the governor of Zhejiang, the Chief Envoy and the Yamen of the Hangzhou magistrate came and arrested Mr. Xu. Because he was far away, he ran away quickly and was also chased. If he hadn't found us in the city, The Jinyi Guards are secretly spying on you, and I’m afraid they’ve also been detained.”
"Let me ask you, how is your Master Xu's injury?" Xin Zhao interjected.
The captain held up his hands and said, "Report to Zhenfu, Mr. Xu was beaten until he was unconscious."
Chen Cao stood up suddenly and looked at Wu Chun: "Brother Wu, what do you think about this?"
Wu Chun had been following Chen Cao for a long time. He waved the whisk in his hand and said: "Killing the Jin Yiwei is tantamount to conspiracy. That is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan."
Chen Cao knew what was going on and said: "Zhao Xin, please go down and inform the officials from the Third Division of Zhejiang, the prefect of Hangzhou and the two counties to come and greet me."
"yes..."
The chief envoy Liu Weisi was a little panicked, because he could not take away the recent events. Moreover, Chen Cao was the imperial envoy this time and was ordered to inspect the various prefectures in Zhejiang: "Quickly, inform the officials in the Yamen and go to the dock to greet the imperial envoy. Uncle Dingwu."
"You are really a vulgar martial artist. You should notify me in advance when you arrive, but you will not notify until you arrive. Bastard..." Liao Kaiwen, the inspector, quickly got up from the concubine's belly. He shivered a little before he came, and then weakened again, and walked towards The maid outside the door said: "Send someone to inform the officials of the Yamen to go to the dock quickly. Sir, I will go right away."
Huang Chongtao happened to be in the Yamen. After receiving the news, he led a group of military officers to the dock to greet him.
