"It's indeed a bit weird. I remember that he was already somewhat persuaded by me at the time. Even if he still wanted to support the alliance with the Qing Dynasty, he shouldn't do it so quickly. It would have to be delayed for a while."
Hong Chengchou looked puzzled.
He was sure that he was not mistaken at the time, and Shi Kefa was indeed moved by his words.
People like Shi Kefa, as long as their hearts are moved by what others say, they will hesitate, waver in things, and can't make up their minds.
This kind of character is best handled.
What the Tiger-Character Banner needs is not peace talks, but time. As long as the Qing Dynasty does not form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty itself is simply unable to move north, the Tiger-Character Banner will have more time to digest and absorb the territory it occupies.
"I see that you, a former official of the Ming Dynasty, are not taken seriously by anyone here in the Ming Dynasty. The Minister of Rites who came before was still the number one scholar in your subject. In the end, you didn't save any face, and you lost your face on the spot. Let’s go.” Yang Jiachen said.
Hong Chengchou wondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid someone said something to Shi Kefa after I parted ways, otherwise his attitude would not have changed so much."
"It doesn't matter what someone said behind the scenes. Now that there is such a fierce commotion in the Ming Dynasty, we have to find a way. We can't just sit back and wait for death. If the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty succeeds, our trip will be in vain. , otherwise if you go to see that Shi Kefa again, maybe you will change your attitude if you fool him again." Yang Jiachen looked at Hong Chengchou.
After hearing this, Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Don't even think about such a good thing. I can persuade him once, but it is impossible to persuade him a second time. Shi Kefa can be said to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. In this way People will not betray the Ming Dynasty, but our Tiger Character Banner captured the capital and swept the emperor of the Ming Dynasty on the streets. Shi Kefa hated us to death. In his eyes, we are all traitorous subjects without kings and fathers. , hate us more than the Qing Dynasty, after all, we were the ones who overturned the Ming Dynasty."
"Isn't this kind of person the foolish loyalty mentioned by my lord?" Yang Jiachen said, "This kind of person shouts about the justice of the family and the country. In order to make himself a loyal minister in history, he even ignores the justice of the nation. I think this is the case. The most hateful people."
"maybe!"
Hong Chengchou admired people like Shi Kefa in his heart.
In the entire court of the Ming Dynasty, there were probably not many people like Shi Kefa. There were even more people who not only had no national righteousness, but also had no basic loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. They only saw the interests of the family.
Thinking of this, he smiled to himself.
When I think of myself turning to the Tiger Flag, I am not optimistic about Daming. I am unwilling to accompany Daming, an old ship that is about to sink, and jump to a new ship.
"You have many ideas. Is there any way to destroy the alliance between Ming and Qing?" Yang Jiachen asked Hong Chengchou.
It is said that Ma Lao, the treacherous and slippery bastard, becomes a spirit when he gets older. After following Hong Chengchou for so long, he found that Hong Chengchou was not an ordinary slippery person.
There is no trouble that the other party cannot solve.
Hong Chengchou thought for a while and said: "Don't worry, it's useless no matter how many officials shout at the court. If the emperor can manage the government, maybe these officials can use some coercive means, but now the Ming Dynasty has five auxiliary ministers In power, these auxiliary ministers are not threatened by these officials who want to make a name for themselves."
"So you have an idea?" Yang Jiachen asked hurriedly.
Hong Chengchou said: "What ideas can I have? It's nothing more than a word. The Ming Dynasty has no soldiers and no money and food. Even if it forms an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, what's the use of the Northern Expedition? The Qing Dynasty is even poorer than the Ming Dynasty. If there is too much money and food, it can't be used up. , and you won’t find Daming.”
"Still waiting!" Yang Jiachen looked disappointed.
He admitted that Hong Chengchou's words made sense, but they had stayed in Nanjing for long enough, doing nothing and spending every day in boredom.
"Sometimes it's better to be still than to move. If others can't figure out our trump cards, they have to be more cautious." Hong Chengchou said in a relaxed tone.
Although it was relatively leisurely in Nanjing, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, so he just treated it as a rest in advance.
As for the idea of looking for his former colleagues, he gave up on the night when the Qing envoy sent someone to assassinate him.
The assassins sent by the Qing envoys had not yet arrived, but they had received news in advance. It was obvious that there was a secret agent from the Tiger Flag in Nanjing City.
As a former minister of the Ming Dynasty, he finally jumped onto the new ship. In order to meet a few colleagues, he was misunderstood by Liu Dongzhu in the capital. Wouldn't he be destroyed?
Therefore, there will be many opportunities to meet people who are colleagues but not colleagues, after the tiger-character banner unifies the world, as long as people do not die.
Scholars were a very special group in Ming Dynasty.
When the court faced scholars making trouble, it was often hard to beat or scold them. Especially when the scholar was holding a tablet of the most holy teacher in his arms, it was even more untouchable.
Whoever touches it will be unlucky.
As the alliance between the imperial court and the Qing Dynasty became more and more fierce, especially when several auxiliary ministers never expressed their stance, many scholars, instigated by thoughtful people, began to gather in the streets wearing long robes.
Scholars have failed to rebel for ten years, but as long as they don't rebel, they are the most valuable people.
Hundreds of scholars were walking on the street.
The leader held the tablet of the Holy Master in his arms, and there were taller scholars on each side protecting him in the middle.
Behind them, there were many scholars wearing long gowns.
These scholars did not walk silently on the street, but shouted slogans as they walked, and from time to time they would curse the treacherous people in the court.
As for who the traitor is, whoever the scholar calls out is naturally the traitor.
Many people gathered in the restaurants and tea shops on both sides of the street to watch the excitement. There were even many people standing on the walls of the street. Some people even climbed up on the walls of some houses.
However, unless one of the family goes up to the wall and outsiders go up to prepare the owner of the family to drive him down, they are afraid that the wall will collapse if there are too many people sitting on it.
Seeing that there was a lot of excitement, some children even followed the scholars' procession. They followed the procession forward and imitated the scholars' yelling and cursing.
It's a pity that such a child didn't go very far behind the scholar team before he was discovered by the adults at home and was dragged home directly and held down for a meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots.
The affairs of educated gentlemen are something that people like them can participate in.
No one in the government paid attention to the behavior of such a large group of scholars occupying the road.
The petty officials and servants in the government office hid as far away as they could.
It's not easy to mess with a scholar, especially such a large group of scholar.
Working as an errand in a government office also requires discernment, knowing who can be offended and who cannot be offended.
Those with mud legs will be offended if they are offended, but scholars are different.
Even scholars who have not obtained any academic qualifications are surrounded by various classmates and teachers, and these people are all scholars. Who can guarantee that there are not one or two powerful people among them.
