Chapter 127 Nothing can be done
Wu Chun was excited and quickly replied: "My uncle Meng thinks highly of us and is a brother to our family, and he will not lie to you. Your Majesty asked about the source of the new army and the military salary."
"Who sent Fu Shan?"
Wu Chun shook his head: "The young eunuch who came here didn't go into details, but I heard that Fu Lin is going to be promoted, at least to the left to participate in politics."
"In exchange for benefits, I would say that these self-proclaimed people will not come to rescue the leader of the eunuch party so easily. It seems that they are ready."
"Uncle, please find out our truth."
"What are they going to do?"
Chen Cao frowned and looked at the full moon in the sky. A sultry feeling came over him: "It's going to rain..."
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"The Governor said that this matter is of great importance. If Uncle Dingwu does not handle it well, I am afraid that the adults in the court will fight back. Even His Majesty and the Governor will not be able to cover it up.
Our family is only responsible for spreading the news, but secretly we still envy Eunuch Wu..."
Chen Cao's face was expressionless. The little eunuch's words contained a lot of content. Wu Chun became a little panicked when he heard this. To his ears, these words were obviously what Wei Zhongxian warned Wu Chun.
"Our family acts in a measured manner," Wu Chun finally held back what he wanted to say. After all, he was a slave of the Tian family: "Everything is centered on the emperor. Our family saves the money. I wish your majesty to be in good health."
Chen Cao reacted immediately and knelt down in the direction of the capital: "I ask about your majesty's health..."
The little eunuch immediately stood beside Chen Cao with a straight face: "I bow to you..."
"Your Majesty, I am reorganizing my army and preparing for war. What is the reason for this? I don't know much about it. Please enlighten me..."
"Recently, a border minister has written a letter about the construction of Ningyuan City and the conduct of Zhang Heming. I feel confused. Can you clarify my doubts?"
"What I have done is actually a blessing to Liaodong, a blessing to Ningyuan, and a blessing to Your Majesty."
"The affairs in Jiubian, Shaanxi, and Liaodong are very costly. Do you have any good ideas?"
Chen Cao was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath and said: "I used my family wealth to form a new army, and I don't have much left. However, Your Majesty is in trouble, so I am willing to donate 10 million taels of my family wealth to support Your Majesty."
"This is very good, but civil wars are serious in various places, and I am afraid that this kind of money will be stretched..."
Chen Cao's chest felt tight and he took a deep breath: "In that case, I will sell my property and donate 40 million taels of silver to the court."
"Get up, Uncle Dingwu... His Majesty said before leaving that in order to commend Uncle Dingwu for his loyalty to the court, he would give you a great benefit, Uncle Dingwu. The military affairs will be put on hold for the time being and wait for the decree..."
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Song Che's residence is in Jinling City, and Chen Qing is pouring tea for Chen Cao with her pregnant belly.
"Yew Chung, now is not the time to rebel."
Chen Cao gulped down a cup of tea and looked at Chen Qing: "Better your belly, don't give birth to a girl for Shi Xiu."
"Brother," Chen Qing suddenly became unhappy: "I am not a reproductive tool."
"The title of the Song family cannot fall into the hands of a branch."
When Song Che heard this, he asked Chen Qing to leave, then stared at Chen Cao and said, "But you gave it all?"
Chen Cao squinted his eyes with a murderous look on his face: "I have lost all the money I have collected over the years."
"Forty million taels, how long will it last for the new army?"
Chen Cao frowned and looked at Song Che with difficulty: "Workshops, colleges, shipyards, food, military supplies, artillery training, etc., enough for ten years."
Song Che also took a deep breath: "The money and food that belongs to me will not be distributed in the future."
"I'm not that poor yet."
"You've been set up."
Chen Cao looked up at Song Che, and immediately felt like he was being awakened: "That's right... Back then, the purpose of transporting money back was goods. The officials in Zhejiang didn't have the guts to reveal it. We in the military?"
Song Che looked at Chen Cao with bright eyes: "You are a royal guard. You are responsible for it yourself. Money is an external possession. You should have other ideas."
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"Xin Zhao, immediately send your confidants to inquire and see who Zhao Tianlin and others have been in contact with recently. Also," Chen Cao said, feeling that the following words were inappropriate, so he shook his head: "Forget it, Nanjing has been a mixed bag recently, you guys It’s better to be restrained and don’t make things public, and you must be cautious when doing things. If someone is following you, don’t alert the snake.”
"I'm from the province," Zhao Xin said, "Uncle, the Qianhu officials accompanying Beizhen Fusi went to the Yamen and checked our documents."
"Hmph..." Chen Cao snorted coldly, then shook his head: "As expected, I am in Nanjing and out of the center of the whirlpool. It seems that my dog is not very useful. I need to kill a few sticks to avoid biting the owner."
Xin Zhao frowned: "Uncle, should we leave a way out?"
Chen Cao shook his head, a little confused: "The current Ming Dynasty is still the Ming Dynasty. Although there are refugees and slaves, it is still huge. Feng Kelie is right, there are three pounds of nails in every broken ship. If we risk the world and start a rebellion, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng quit first;
The fierce opponents in the court who were originally fighting will temporarily cease their activities and work together to deal with me, a person who can kill a thousand swords. "
"Uncle, is it a dead end before and after?"
"Not really," Chen Cao stared at the map hanging in the study for a long time: "It seems we need to hibernate."
"With fifty thousand new troops, no one can sleep well."
Chen Cao glanced sideways at Xin Zhao: "You seem to have become smarter."
Zhao Xin smiled and touched his head: "This is what the gentleman from the college told the children in class. I overheard it during a routine inspection a few days ago."
"Yes, which king can tolerate a nobleman holding an army of 50,000 people? Even if he could think about it, none of the civil servants in the court would do it."
"Didn't my uncle often say that as long as you please Wei Zhongxian, you can talk about anything?"
Chen Cao turned around and stared at Xin Zhao like a hawk: "Someone revealed our details to him. He felt that I gave him less, so these things happened. Xin Zhao, I even suspected that the person who assassinated me was that person." Sent by the old dog.”
Xin Zhao felt a chill on his back and immediately knelt down: "This life of my subordinate belongs to my uncle. I can take it whenever I want. The remaining brothers and subordinates will also guarantee it with their lives."
"Get up." Chen Cao was somewhat satisfied with Zhao Xin's performance, but even if he acted indifferently: "You know everything about me. If something happens to me, it won't do you any good. After following me for so many years, if you betray me, No one dares to use you."
Zhao Xin stood up, feeling reassured, and then returned to his original appearance: "Uncle, if it really doesn't work, let's take a boat to Huguang, and then enter Sichuan from Huguang. As long as the door is closed, no one can get in."
Chen Cao glanced sideways again: "Did you hear these words too?"
Xin Zhao nodded: "Uncle, can I go to the academy to attend the lectures? What those gentlemen said makes sense."
"You are a kind person, but your handling of things is a little bad. If you were smarter, you could lead the troops."
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"I didn't expect that such a great talent as Mr. Hong would be hidden in my small college. I really feel wronged by Mr. Hong."
It was impossible that he didn't know Hong Yingming's name. After all, the "Cai Gen Tan" published earlier was plagiarized from the man in front of him. Chen Cao was so shameless that he could still be serious in front of him.
"I deeply feel that it is an honor to be able to think the same as my uncle. I didn't have the opportunity before, but now I really want to know who my uncle's mentor is?"
Chen Cao poured tea for Hong Yingming himself, and the two sat facing each other as if they were discussing heroes over wine. Unfortunately, Chen Cao didn't like green plums, and they didn't taste as good as the book said.
"My teacher learned from the Guigu sect..."
Hong Yingming raised his eyes and looked at Chen Cao with keen eyes: "Uncle, the world is not in chaos yet."
"No..." Chen Cao picked up the tea cup. Before the rain, Longjing was full of tribute tea. They could drink it, but it was also exploited level by level: "Sir, you just saw the surface."
Hong Yingming also took a sip and nodded: "Gong tea is indeed much better than ordinary tea."
"I heard that your husband's accent is Sichuan dialect. Where is your hometown?"
"A person from Xindu County, Chengdu Prefecture..."
Chen Cao put down his tea cup and looked at Hong Yingming with interest: "Sir, Mr. Wanli, came to Jinling in the 34th year of Wanli to seek an official position. I wonder how Mr. Qinhuai River should deal with it?"
Hong Yingming's family had no money left, so he abandoned his wife and came to Jinling to become an official. Unfortunately, his knowledge was only at a middle-class level, and what he learned was not mainstream culture. He focused on the study of Taoism and Buddhism. Therefore, after arriving in Jinling for several decades, he continued to work as an official. Not a single replacement official was appointed.
And this kind of so-called talented man, who is also poor, is very popular with some prostitutes in the Qinhuai River. The simplest and clearest example is Tang Bohu, who refused to give money to the prostitute, how can he pay it back? Earn money, but in the eyes of scholars, this kind of thing is mocking them.
Obviously, Chen Cao's words really contradicted Hong Yingming. The old guy was very dissatisfied and his face even turned red: "Uncle, are you here to see a joke?"
"No," Chen Cao quickly shook his head, and then got back to the topic: "Although Shuzhong is good, there are many barren lands. If I follow the example of Han Emperor Gaozu, I believe that there will be no more 'Three Qin Kings' in the Six Passes." , I am afraid that Ming’s move to build the village road will be seen through at a glance.”
Hong Yingming is a talented person. Even when he was just drafting the first paragraph of Cai Gen Tan, he heard that Nalan Rongruo had written Cai Gen Tan. Thinking about it carefully, Chen Cao never negotiated with him, even if he thought about it in his heart. The slanderous article was something I had just thought about but hadn't written yet. Thinking about it carefully, I realized that my knowledge was the same as Chen Cao's. It was precisely because of this that he applied to be a teacher in the college.
"The hometown of the Three Qin Dynasties is now only rich in Xi'an Prefecture, and the imperial court has no energy to pay attention to this place."
Chen Cao laughed and said: "Ma Shilong, the deputy general of Yongping, is now the governor of the three sides. The rebellion of the refugees is limited to the mountainous areas around Wei County. Although they can't be wiped out repeatedly, this group of people can't cause any big trouble."
