Chapter 249 It’s impossible to avoid disaster
Suzhou Prefecture
Zhang Pu looked at Huang Chunyao with a cold face as he left and returned, with a sneer on his face: "Brother Huang, Zhang has already expressed his position, and now you are still here. Don't blame Zhang for not caring about his feelings and reporting to the prefect's Yamen. It’s better to leave quickly..."
Huang Chunyao didn't feel embarrassed at all. On the contrary, he turned against the guest and said, "Brother Zhang, don't be anxious. I'm just passing by here today. The purpose is not to lobby you."
Zhang Pu also relaxed after seeing this. Now Chen Cao's operation in Songjiang was to raise the banner of the 'Ming Dynasty' and openly carry out rebellion in Songjiang. If anyone gets involved with it, he will not be involved?
Furthermore, Chen Cao's reputation was not good to begin with. He first attached himself to the Eunuch Party, then fought fiercely with the Donglin Party, and finally surrendered to the Hakka family and became a domestic slave with three surnames.
For the scholars and common people of the Ming Dynasty who valued reputation, a bad reputation was equivalent to ruining their career, but Chen Cao didn't care about reputation at all.
"Since Brother Huang is not here to be a lobbyist, how can he leave and come back?"
Huang Chunyao said mysteriously: "I wonder if Brother Zhang has heard about King Fu's coming to Beijing?"
King Fu?
It would be an embarrassing situation for King Fu to be in the Donglin Party. Moreover, although Zhang Pu formed his own Fushe, he was never the ruling party. Although Fushe had a strong say in Jiangnan, he could not influence the political situation. Everything In the beginning, it depends on the intentions of the Donglin Party, but now that the Donglin Party is the dominant family, who would be willing to bring trouble to the Donglin Party?
Seeing Zhang Pu's thoughtful expression, Huang Chunyao simply added some jealousy and said, "Brother Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know who Prince Fu met in Nanjing?"
"Ruan Dayue..."
Zhang Pu's expression froze and his movements were obviously slow.
Ruan Dajue was born in the Donglin Party, and he and his good friend Ma Shiying were the same Jinshi for forty-seven years. Unfortunately, Ma Shiying was sent to Nanjing to serve as an official, and Ruan Dajue accidentally fell in love with Wei Zhongxian and became a eunuch from then on. A member of the party, he was also labeled as "unobstructed". After that, Ruan Dayue broke with the Donglin Party.
The princes of the Donglin Party also regarded Ruan Dajue as a saint traitor. After the Wei Zhongxian incident, Ruan Dajue was dismissed from office at the end of last year. In order to avoid disaster, he returned to his hometown in Anqing. However, his desire to be an official was still not dead, so he went there again at the invitation of Ma Shiying. The purpose of arriving in Nanjing was to make peace with the Donglin Party and come back.
Zhang Pu's teacher Zhou Yanru has been running around for reinstatement this time, and as a student Zhang Pu has also accepted Ruan Dajue's benefits. Not only himself, but even Ma Shiying who is far away in Nanjing is also running for Zhou Yanru Running official.
Therefore, Ruan Dajue can be regarded as a benefactor to Zhang Pu and the others. After all, the other party is helping them with things. However, King Fu's supporters back then were from the Donglin Party. It is a pity that King Fu was not the eldest son.
Ruan Dajue met with King Fu. First of all, the etiquette system could not withstand scrutiny. Later, when Zhang Pu was in a daze, he wondered, was Ruan Dajue taking this opportunity to take advantage of King Fu to help his teacher reinstate him?
However, Zhang Pu immediately gave up this idea. As a vassal king, it was against the rules for Prince Fu to suddenly come to the capital. If Prince Fu was allowed to help again, Zhou Yanru would be related to the vassal king once he was reinstated. , absolutely no minister is willing to contact the vassal king, that is a way to die.
Thinking of this, Zhang Pu was shocked to see Huang Chunyao looking at him with a smile on his face.
Could it be that King Fu had other ideas?
It's a pity that even he himself didn't know what happened to King Fu's trip north this time, so he handed him over in a cold voice: "Thank you, Brother Huang, for your kindness. Zhang has other things to do. It's inconvenient to keep Brother Huang for a long time. Please bear with me."
After Zhang Pu sent Huang Chunyao away, he went straight to the residence of Yu Xianchao, the prefect of Suzhou.
Not long after, Su Song Governor Yang Weizhi, who had been invited, arrived in a sedan chair outside Yu Xianchao's house.
"Chen Cao harbors evil intentions, but little does he know that he is not the next Wang Mang."
Zhang Pu determined Chen Cao's character as soon as he came up. Although he did not have an official position, Fushe's authority in Suzhou was really not comparable to that of Yu Xianchao and Yang Weizhi, two high-level officials.
Yu Xianchao has been the magistrate of Suzhou for four years, and the day will come in two years, and the examination of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will arrive. In addition, Yang Weizhi was the governor of Su Song in the sixth year of the Apocalypse. It should be changed every three years, and now it is In the third year, if something goes wrong at the last moment of their term, their career will be severely affected.
This is the consequence of the mediocrity of local officials in the Ming Dynasty during their final term of office.
Seeing that the two people did not talk to each other, Zhang Pu added: "Chen Cao controlled Songjiang Mansion, and the people complained, but the court turned a blind eye to it. If this continues, if the generals in the border towns follow suit, wouldn't it be a reappearance of the vassal towns of the Tang Dynasty? disaster?"
Yu Xianchao was just a Suzhou magistrate. In his heart, he actually had no favorable impressions of people like Zhang Pu who rose to fame. After all, he was also a Jinshi. The Ming Dynasty valued qualifications, not words. Besides, Even if Chen Cao rises or establishes his own vassal town, what does it have to do with him? He is the prefect of Suzhou, a civil servant, and does not control the army. Even if it is troublesome, it is still a matter for Yang Weizhi, the governor of Su Song.
Sure enough, Yang Weizhi also saw Yu Xianchao's thoughts and said, "Does Master Yu feel that the matter has nothing to do with him?"
"No, I just think Zhang Pu is a bit alarmist."
The words were ambiguous, and Zhang Pu was not in a hurry after hearing this, just waiting for Yang Weizhi to speak.
"Chen Cao's matter is not something we can arbitrarily comment on. After all, even the emperor has not thought of this. Even if we present Zhang Pu's words, it will be useless. We may be ridiculed by the adults in the court for our unfounded worries."
Yang Weizhi's background shows that he and Chen Cao are opposites, but with the men he can command in front of him, he is indeed not Chen Cao's opponent. Fortunately, he knows it well.
"I heard that Wei Guogong went to Songjiang Mansion according to the order. I don't know what it means."
Yu Xianchao's abrupt interruption reminded Zhang Pucai of what he was doing today.
So he told the two of them everything Huang Chunyao said about the blessed king, and the whole conversation became quiet as soon as he finished speaking.
No one would make random guesses. When it came to the feudal lord, everyone was very cautious.
"I think that King Fu may have ulterior motives."
"Zhang Pu, you'd better be cautious about this matter."
Yang Weizhi's expression was cold. He knew King Fu's background, and he knew everything about what happened back then. If the power of the Donglin Party had not been comparable to that of the Zhejiang Party, Fang Congzhe would not have been able to suppress their Donglin Party.
Maybe King Fu will really become the emperor.
But no one dares to say such things now.
"Everyone is free to deal with the affairs of the DPRK and Central Government, and we just need to take care of the affairs of Suzhou Prefecture," Yang Weizhi concluded the conversation: "Fushe must not make random speculations about this matter. If there is a bad news in the south of the Yangtze River, I will not be responsible for the consequences. Besides, you, Zhang Pu, should meet with fewer people from Songjiang, so as not to fall into the trap of telling the truth."
The meaning of these words was obviously aimed at Zhang Pu. Not only Yu Xianchao, but also Yang Weizhi himself had no good impression of Zhang Pu, so he also used Huang Chunyao's incident to suppress Zhang Pu.
Zhang Pu was extremely angry, but he didn't dare to show it, but he scolded the two of them in his heart, and then sneered: "You two adults should be more cautious, don't let Chen Cao take advantage of you, the student said goodbye... ."
Yang Weizhi was not angry, so he watched Zhang Pu leave, and then looked at Yu Xianchao: "I have clearly objected to Ruan Dajue's intention to reinstate him in his letter to the princes. Sir Yu, what do you think?"
"I would like to comply with Master Futai's wishes..."
"Chen Cao is indeed a cunning man. If he continues to be conceited, I will still worry about the danger of raising a tiger."
As the old saying goes, there is no room for snoring on the side of the bed, and this is the case now. Yang Weizhi's worry is not unreasonable, but now that the entire Songjiang Mansion is closed, it is difficult to enter Songjiang, let alone inquire about information.
"Sir Futai, I heard that Ruan Dajue recommended Ma Shiying to become an official. I wonder if this is the case?"
Yang Weizhi nodded: "It is indeed true. Zhou Yanru is about to be reinstated. Ruan Dayue has made great efforts, but that guy is a capricious villain and cannot be used again. Ma Shiying can do it. Even if he is involved with Ruan Dayue, it still doesn't matter. It cannot make waves."
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"good..."
Outside Shanghai County, cheers could be heard one after another. Li Maocai wiped the grease from his face, took a deep breath and then slumped down beside the track, letting the workers cheer and shout.
Chen Cao put down the telescope, and then said with a smile: "This old guy really needs a push. He turned from a craftsman to an official, so he also knows how to cherish the opportunity to be an official."
Xin Zhao handed over his hand: "Sir, will you go to the ribbon-cutting ceremony in person?"
Chen Cao waved his hand: "No, just let Cao Shiyun go. He is a hero. I just taught them. What does it have to do with me?"
Xin Zhao suddenly felt that Chen Cao was simply a saint, and he didn't want such great achievements. However, thinking about it, the fact that he could teach a group of students to create such a thing was enough to prove that he still had a lot of big things in his heart.
In a station one mile away from the city, hundreds of laborers used the rolling log principle to pull the finished steam engine out of the college with the sound of neat chants, and then transported it to the platform. Then, with the assistance of levers and pulleys, hundreds of people worked together. , and finally installed the core components of the steam engine on the front of the car.
When the last fixing screw was tightened, the roar of mountains and tsunami sounded again.
"Xin Zhao, I won't go. You take some people on my behalf and sit on it. After running to Huating, tell me how it feels when you return to the mansion."
Zhao Xin looked excited. He had known for a long time that this steam locomotive replaced horse power. He only needed to burn charcoal on the front of the locomotive to travel. He heard that the journey of more than 30 miles to Huating only takes a cup of tea. He must go Test it out.
"This subordinate is going to take the place of the father-in-law."
Chen Cao shook his head with a sigh. These ancient people probably didn't know how fast the high-speed rail was in their time. A journey of more than a thousand kilometers only took one day. If a plane could be built and it could arrive in two hours, it would be okay. ?
