Chapter 098 Rights Trading
"Your Majesty, I have lived up to my mission and found Toyotomi Hideyori, the son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the former Japanese general who conquered the barbarians, in Zhejiang, as well as several of his close retainers." Chen Cao stood up and handed over his hands: "Now I have taken them with me. When we arrive in Nanjing, we can only wait for the new army to complete its training before heading to the sea to Japan."
Zhu Youxiao was extremely excited because Chen Cao brought him a lot of money when he came back from Zhejiang. It was not a small amount: "I know that Aiqing will never go wrong in doing things. Now the national treasury and my internal funds are Now that we have money, I want to give you a title, Aiqing, what do you think?"
Chen Cao looked at Wei Zhongxian carefully and saw that Governor Wei had his eyes closed. The old god was there. Chen Cao also had his own plans, so he said: "Forget it, I blocked the Donglin Party's financial path and took their money." If I am impeached, they may write a letter to impeach me, but I don't dare to get into trouble now. I am already an earl and command an army. I don't dare to be promoted any more, so it is better to be cautious."
Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded: "That's it, I can trust you from now on. From now on, you can just handle the affairs of Japan. Even if they find out, I and my companion will protect you, so you can rest assured." That's it..."
Wei Zhongxian then opened his eyes and said with a smile: "I don't have that ability. Everything is decided by the emperor. However, recently many officials have indeed written letters to impeach Uncle Dingwu for being domineering and misbehaving in Zhejiang, and what else? Competing with the people for profit, according to this old slave, these people are really jealous, otherwise they wouldn't have done so many tricks, right?"
"Hmph..." Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly after hearing this, and then said: "These people really don't know what is good or bad. The country is in trouble and the court is in trouble. These people don't know anything except coming up with some bad ideas. I don’t want to be kind to others, sometimes I really want to imitate Emperor Shenzong and kill a few of them."
"Your Majesty, calm down..." Wei Zhongxian stepped forward and patted Zhu Youxiao's back gently.
When Chen Cao saw this, he said: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. This is what the Donglin Party is like. If your Majesty is so angry that he is physically ill, then no one will support my affairs."
Zhu Youxiao laughed angrily and said: "You are a person who knows how to wait and see. After all, what reward do you want?"
"I ask your Majesty to grant me a marriage..."
Chen Cao knelt down immediately, and Zhu Youxiao touched his forehead: "It's a marriage... it's simple... but the princesses of the right age in my Zhu family were all married when their father was in power, and the remaining few were married. Either she is too young or too old, so she is not suitable, but she is suitable among the vassal princes. After all, which prince's daughter have you fallen in love with?"
Chen Cao had a dark look on his face. Besides, when the emperor was speaking, how could a minister interrupt his master? He waited until Zhu Youxiao finished speaking before he handed over his hand: "None of them. I would like to ask your majesty to grant me a marriage to the Lord of Tieling Township..."
"Who..." Zhu Youxiao was stunned and didn't remember.
"Your Majesty," Wei Zhongxian said with a smile, "she is the daughter of former Ning Yuanbo Li Rubai."
"Her?" Zhu Youxiao had indeed forgotten: "It's simple, my eldest companion, draft an imperial edict for Chen Cao's marriage, send it to the Ministry of Rites, and ask the Ministry of Rites to handle it well, and don't wrong the country prince."
"The old slave received the order..."
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When Chen Cao left the palace, the first thing he did was to visit Zhang Wenda at his residence. After getting the news from the officials of the Third Division of Zhejiang, he also knew that Wei Zhongxian had a reason for targeting him, a retired Donglin Party member. .
"Uncle Zhang..." Chen Cao saluted Zhang Wenda very respectfully, and then poured wine into the cup in front of him: "Here, daughter Hong from Shaoxing, a gift from Zhejiang officials before leaving."
"They are sensible people. I never thought they would offend you." Zhang Wenda drank the wine and said slowly.
Chen Cao said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, you don't know that two old guys, Huang Sihai and Tang Shining, worked together to drug me, causing the daughter of the Qiantang magistrate to lose her virginity with me. If I don't resist, I will This earl has come to an end. I'm afraid he won't be able to live happily with you and his daughter Hong..."
"Glibly, don't think I don't know how much you are interested in self-interest," he said, squinting at Chen Cao with a wicked smile on his face: "Ten million taels? Huh..." He shook his head and drank. .
Zhang Wenda is an old fox. He never speaks directly and clearly. Besides, this kind of thing is not a glorious thing. People like him can't live alone, so how can they ask other people to be honest officials.
"It costs money to train troops, and it also costs money to build Guangning City in Liaodong. The court can't afford it. I just rely on writing books. I don't know that my nephew will have to write until the end of the year of the monkey." Chen Cao drank the wine disapprovingly.
"What a mess, Chen Cao, do you think you can eat the rest of the money safely?" Zhang Wenda put down his wine glass and looked at Chen Cao with a smile again.
"You can eat it..." It was really difficult for Chen Cao to fight with the old fox. Besides, he was straight-forward and it was really hard to talk to Zhang Wenda in a roundabout way: "I have the stain of the Zhejiang Third Division in my hands. The evidence is not my nephew’s boast, they will never dare to tell these things, even your Donglin Party can only admit defeat.”
"You cut off Zhang and I's financial path, do you think he will let you go?" Zhang Wenda raised his eyebrows.
"I didn't expect Zhang to continue to suffer losses. Besides, his Hangzhou trading company has been closed down. If he dares to embarrass me openly, hey, Uncle Zhang thinks that Wei Zhongxian is just a bastard," Chen Cao said boldly He combed his hair and said, "I am also a eunuch after all. It's a good thing that I didn't take advantage of the situation to dismount him."
Zhang Wenda: "Did you know that they are already preparing to impeach you on the day of the great dynasty?"
"I heard about it from Wei Zhongxian when I met the saint earlier," Chen Cao nodded: "Hey, my nephew, I'm not afraid at all because Duke Wei is blocking him. I'm just worried about whether those gentlemen can handle it when the time comes."
"What do you want to do?" Zhang Wenda became serious.
Chen Cao looked confident and said: "Zhejiang is in civil turmoil, and the Maitreya Cult is heavily involved. I heard that some officials from Zhejiang are also involved. The Jin Yiwei may want to go and identify..."
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"Okay, big brother..." Tian Ergen said with confidence: "With these things, hey, how many of these gentlemen can die," Tian Ergen asked Yang Huan to keep the confession Chen Cao gave him, and then Thinking of it, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother, are there people you want to protect among these people? Don't let anything like Mr. Li happen."
Chen Cao shook his head: "No, I am not familiar with these people. I am only responsible for providing evidence. As for how many people died and how many people were implicated, that is Brother Tian's business. You decide what the scale is."
Tian Ergen smiled evilly: "Hahaha... I know, I know... I will hand it over to the Governor tomorrow. When the Governor sees it, he will definitely be overjoyed. By the way, brother, why don't you just hand it over after your face-to-face meeting today?" Governor?"
Chen Cao smiled and patted Tian Ergen on the shoulder: "Look, brother, I have earned some merit, so I will give you some points no matter what. We are all from Jinyiwei. If we have good things, we must support each other, right?"
"Hahaha..." Tian Ergen laughed: "The eldest brother is loyal and sworn brothers with the eldest brother. The younger brother feels that it is really not a loss."
As he spoke, Tian Ergen lowered his head and whispered in Chen Cao's ear: "Brother, there are some good things recently, do you want to enjoy them together?"
Chen Cao raised his eyebrows. It was night again and it was a good time to drink flower wine. He smiled evilly: "It's just right, let's go..."
In the Bada Hutong under the jurisdiction of the Jiaofang Division, Chen Cao and Tian Ergen were drinking, eating meat and playing with women in a private room. When they became interested, Tian Ergen took off his pants in front of Chen Cao and got down to business with the woman. Chen Cao saw that Cao couldn't help but feel itchy.
However, after Tian Ergen finished his business, he left the woman behind and said with a smile: "When the time comes, the family members of the criminal officials from Shaanxi will arrive. I heard that there are many young and beautiful women. Brother, you can choose first later. "
This is a situation where one person makes a mistake and the whole family suffers. Chen Cao can't help but think about his future, but now is still the present. He can't change anything. Playing with women is the key point: "Okay..."
After a while, the door to the room opened, and Mr. Turtle sent in five women. They were all young and beautiful, but they all had their heads lowered. It looked like it was their first time.
"Brother, please..."
Chen Cao stood up and looked at the five people: "Where did all this come from?"
Duke Gui raised his hand to Chen Cao and said, "Replying to my uncle, these five are the family members of the commanders of several guards under the command of Shaanxi Xingdusi. Because the suppression of the rebellion was not successful, the imperial court issued an order to interrogate the charges. No, they have just been detained. "
Chen Cao turned to look at Tian Ergen: "Why, the rebellion in Shaanxi is not over yet?"
Tian Ergen shook his head: "How could it happen so quickly? Ma Shilong went to Shaanxi and was ambushed by rebels in Shanxi. In addition, the Ministry of War has not issued military pay, so the war cannot be fought at all. This is the only way."
"Ma Shilong was not charged?" Chen Cao frowned.
Tian Ergen waved his hand: "No, he can't help it. The eunuchs accompanying the army reported that they were besieged by the Shaanxi Guards rebels. The court was considerate of them and just asked them to take action as soon as possible. Now, brother, you have sent such money, isn't it? , just sent 300,000 taels of silver to Ma Shilong the day before yesterday as early military expenses;
Chen Cao couldn't help but shake his head, looked at the woman standing next to him, and asked curiously: "What's your name?"
"Slave...slave..."
It was obvious that the Jiaofangsi had taught them, but it was obvious that these women who were originally from bureaucratic families could not adapt to the experience of changing from a superior to a subordinate.
