In Kuizhou City, in the handsome tent of Zhenyuan Hou Gu Cheng, Chen Kan was exchanging cups with Gu Cheng.
After returning from Qinglong Gorge yesterday, Chen Kan prepared to rest for a day in Kuizhou, and then return down the river to the capital.
Now that he is in Kuizhou, he should pay a visit to the Marquis who has helped him a lot.
So Chen Kan came.
Gu Cheng is already very old. He is almost seventy years old this year.
During the reign of Emperor Zhizheng of the previous dynasty, he was the personal soldier in front of Taizu's tent.
When Zhu Di launched an army to quell Jingnan, he was recruited by Emperor Jianwen to serve under Geng Bingwen and went north to quell the rebellion. He was captured in the Battle of Zhending and surrendered to Yan.
When Zhu Di came to the throne, he felt pity for him as a veteran of the previous dynasty. After giving him the iron certificate, he still used him to restore Guizhou and suppress the three southwestern provinces together with Xipinghou Mu Sheng.
This time Shu King Zhu Chun rebelled, and the court's original choice for counterinsurgency was Mu Sheng and his southwest frontier army. However, the situation in Yunnan was also unstable.
After Zhu Di thought twice, he had no choice but to let veteran general Gu Cheng lead his miscellaneous soldiers to station in Shuzhong to quell the rebellion.
Speaking of which, a vassal king rebelled, and Gu Chengping failed to capture Zhu Chun back to the capital for trial after several months.
Now the DPRK and the Central Government are quite critical of him.
It's just that his qualifications and status are there. After all, he is an old man from the Taizu period, so the ministers in the court still have to give him some face.
Zhu Di also considered that when Gu Cheng surrendered to him, all his sons were killed by Jianwen, leaving only an eldest grandson, Gu Xingzu, and a young daughter, Gu Tao. He really couldn't bear to change his generals before the battle and hurt the old minister's heart.
As for Gu Cheng, Kuimen could not be conquered for a long time because of its natural dangers, so he simply settled down in Kuizhou and started a protracted battle with Zhu Chun on the mountain.
Looking at Gu Cheng, who had a gray beard but was still energetic, Chen Kan raised his wine glass and gestured to him: "This time I was able to catch all the backbone of the White Lotus in Sichuan, thanks to the great help of the Marquis. I would like to give you a drink."
Gu Cheng raised his wine glass, his old face full of smiles.
The name Chen Kan has long been known to him. Every time something big happens in the capital, the name Chen Kan is always included in the secret reports he receives.
When he learned that Chen Kan was the son of his old comrade Chen Heng, he even sent people to help even though the war was stalemate.
Now that he has succeeded, he is certainly qualified to drink this glass of wine.
Gu Cheng drank the wine in the glass boldly and said with a smile: "My good nephew has been demoted one after another. We have become friends. I and your father are old friends. If you don't dislike it, you can call me uncle."
Gu Cheng's words came from the bottom of his heart. During the Hongwu period, when he was campaigning in Yunnan, he and Chen Heng were both generals in Fu Youde's camp, and their friendship had always been good.
After Yunnan was pacified, Lord Hong Wu appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Guizhou, while Chen Heng was ordered to stay in the capital. The two of them kept in touch through letters until Chen Heng was implicated in the Lan Yu case, and the two families stopped contacting each other.
When he heard that his old friend was in trouble, he once wanted to take care of his descendants.
However, Lord Hongwu's temper became increasingly violent, and ministers did not dare to contact each other for fear of being accused of being a party member. In addition, he was far away in Guizhou, so he did not have the ability to rescue Chen Kan.
Later, he was relieved when he heard that Chen Kan had been adopted by Fang Xiaoru.
In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to Chen Kan, he has not personally asked about Chen Kan's life over the years, but he still keeps in touch with Fang Xiaoru, and Fang Xiaoru will often inform him of Chen Kan's current situation.
Now that he finally saw the heir of his old friend, he felt so happy, and the smile on his rough face had not stopped since Chen Kan entered the tent.
Chen Kan smiled slightly and called out without any hesitation: "Uncle."
Although Chen Heng was still a social beast in later generations when he was alive, but now that he has occupied the body of his descendant, it is natural for him to inherit the connections and resources of the original body. He calls him uncle without any psychological burden.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Gu Cheng burst out laughing when he heard the word "uncle", and his whole person exuded a heroic temperament from the inside out.
"Okay, good nephew..."
Chen Kan didn't know whether he was talking about a good nephew or a good nephew, but he was very experienced in dealing with people of this older generation.
After all, he had been tortured by Fang Xiaoru for so long.
So he quickly picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Uncle has worked hard for the country and guarded the border, and now he has entered Sichuan to quell the rebellion at the age of 80. I would like to propose another glass to you, my nephew."
After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
After a few glasses of wine, Chen Kan's face turned red and his movements began to become naive.
As the saying goes, life is like a play and all depends on acting skills. Gu Cheng intends to make friends with himself, so naturally Chen Kan will not turn others away.
I want to change the Ming Dynasty, but my strength is still too weak, so I can accumulate a little bit now.
To borrow a saying from Taizu of later generations, we must make many friends and few enemies.
Gu Cheng was even more satisfied when he saw this. Judging from his many years of experience, if a person does not cheat at the wine table, his character will not be any worse.
What's more, the boy in front of him is the son of an old friend and a student personally taught by Fang Xiaoru, Emperor Wenzong of the generation.
He picked up the glass and drank it, and said with a smile: "The way you drink is somewhat similar to your father. He never cheats at the wine table."
Looking at Chen Kan's chiseled face, there was still a hint of his father's shadow, and he seemed to have regained the feeling of having a few people drinking in Marshal Fu's tent after pacifying Yunnan.
Unfortunately, this man has passed away. Now Mu Ying, Fu Youde, and Chen Heng have all turned into dirt, leaving him alone in the world.
Even putting down a Zhu Chun rebellion, it took so long but still failed.
"I'm too old to hold a knife."
For a moment, Gu Cheng felt a little sad.
"What uncle said is that drinking, cheating, and cheating are the actions of weaklings..."
Chen Kan responded naively.
"Hahahaha, what my nephew said is true. Today, we will not return until we are drunk..."
As soon as these words came out, Gu Cheng immediately laughed boldly. He had not been so happy for a long time.
Chen Kan continued to respond: "Uncle is right, he will not return until he is drunk. My nephew will give you another drink."
Chen Kan's drinking capacity is actually pretty good, but compared to a wine shop veteran like Gu Cheng, it's a bit limited.
If his tipsy state at the beginning was 70% true and 70% false, now after having several glasses of wine in a row, it was 70% true and 30% false.
Feeling a little dizzy, Chen Kan was thinking about lying on the table and taking a nap.
Gu Cheng suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that Tao'er said that when you came from the capital, you took the same boat with her, and some interesting things happened on the boat?"
"The content of Chapter 187 was sent out yesterday, but I don't know why it hasn't passed the review. Please wait for now. I'll ask what's going on when I get back to work on Monday."
