Daming Yinghua

Zuo Guangdou's family is a prominent family in Tongcheng, and has been quite wealthy since his great-grandfather Zuo Lin.

Therefore, although Zuofu in the deep alley cannot be compared with those luxurious mansions in the capital, it can be regarded as a quite spacious courtyard house.

Zuo Guangdou, 45 years old, has a wife and a concubine.

Yuan Shi, the concubine of the left, stood at the door in the twilight, waiting for Zheng Haizhu's car to drive, and greeted her respectfully, her movements were swift and dignified.

Zheng Haizhu and Hua Er followed her into the door. Dai Shi, Zuo Guangdou's first wife, saw the movement, and immediately helped her mother-in-law, Zhou Shi, out of the main room.

Zuo's mother has already heard from her son that the distinguished guest is not an ordinary woman, and when it comes to the imperial order of the sixth rank, it is higher than Zuo Guangdou, the seventh rank who supervises the censor.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu saw Zuo's mother's kind face, but her expression was a little apprehensive. She thought that this old lady from the countryside of Tongcheng was simple and honest, and she didn't know how to deal with "people from the imperial court".

After Zheng Haizhu performed the junior ceremony, with a smile on his face, he asked Yuan Shi to help Hua Er, and presented the Songjiang cotton cloth and Han embroidery handkerchiefs brought from Yanzhou Trading Company to the old lady and his first wife Dai Shi.

Sitting and talking about the scenery of Songjiang with the female family members of the Zuo family, they offered to take a rest earlier, so that both the host and the guest could relax.

Her Zheng Haizhu's time is precious, and she really doesn't want to spend it on household chores. It's better to face the moonlight alone and think about how to take the next step.

Zuo Guangdou returned to the mansion at Shenshi the next day.

Zheng Haizhu is already waiting in the front hall.

Rao Dong Qichang had laid the groundwork, and Zuo Guangdou had already asked his colleagues about it. When he saw Zheng Haizhu, he still couldn't hide his surprise.

Unexpectedly, this Mrs. Zheng is not yet 30 years old.

Zheng Haizhu has met too many great figures in history in the past five years. Now that he sees Zuo Guangdou, he doesn't have the excitement of being a celebrity, so he just wants to talk about business.

She listened to Zuo Guangdou straight to the point and praised her righteous words in Tongzhou, and then fine-tuned the direction of the topic in a timely manner.

"Master Zuo attaches so much importance to the matter of planting rice in the north and south, is it also because he feels that the celestial phenomena are different these years?"

Zuo Guangdou took a sip of tea, squinted his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Ma'am not only knows business, military, but also farming?"

Zheng Haizhu said neither humble nor overbearing: "I grew up in Fujian, where there are eight mountains, one water and one field, and the grain is not harvested. It has not been possible in ancient times. But these years, I discovered in South Zhili that the south of the Yangtze River, which should be warm and rainy, is severely cold in winter and spring. It is like falling into an ice cave, and it is often drought. It was originally said that Suhu is ripe and the world is full, and I am afraid it will become a cloud of the past. Otherwise, Xu Gongguangqi, why did he spend so much effort to plant sweet potatoes in our Songjiang? It's not because of this thing, the requirement of the weather is not as high as that of rice and wheat, and the years of famine are also long, which can save the lives of the people."

What Zheng Haizhu said was actually the "Little Ice Age". According to statistics from later generations, the end of the Ming Dynasty experienced the "Fifth Little Ice Age". The average temperature was lower than normal, the climate was generally cold and dry, and natural disasters increased accordingly.

Zuo Guangdou listened attentively, and sighed: "Your honor comes from the countryside, and he is more clearly aware than those empty talkers in the court. Brother Nian is from Hubei, and he is also very worried. Terrible."

Zheng Haizhu asked inquiringly, "Master Nian, but Master Yang?"

Zuo Guangdou frowned, and said with a slight smile, "Yes, it's Yang Lian. I was a Jinshi in the same year as him."

Zheng Haizhu said frankly: "That's great. I don't know Dong Gongke told Master Zuo that I am here this time, and I am eager to meet Yang Gejian, talk about the benefits of the Songjiang opening without any disadvantages, and impeach the Songjiang government's opening." , Let the Tartars mix in the merchant ships of Liaodong and North Korea to spy on my Daming, it is simply a waste of food because of choking."

Yang Lian is a member of the Six Divisions, and an admonition official is the most important position. Even if it is out of the interest of defending the interests of Songjiang magistrate Huang Zunsu, who is also from Donglinmen, Yang Lian will fight against the impeachment of the Zhejiang Party. Of course Zuo Guangdou understands Zheng Haizhu's idea is correct.

Zuo Guangdou only asked again: "Madam said there is a lot of profit? Switch, besides the silver and customs duties, what benefits are there?"

Zheng Haizhu said: "Import grain. Master Zuo, Ming Dynasty went from Hebei to Jiangnan and Huguang, but Luzon, Siam, Champa outside the sea, and America at the end of the East are not cold and dry. The rice, wheat, and beans and grains that feed war horses and livestock can be exchanged by sea trade. How about Yuegang? Let me tell you, not only Songjiang needs to be switched, but Denglai and Ningbo also need to be switched. "

"Oh..." Zuo Guangdou was stunned for a moment.

The string of place names that Zheng Haizhu mentioned was beyond his understanding.

He, the censor who is often sent by the imperial court to inspect the various prefectures, has always been responsible for surveying the country's conditions, but at this moment he suddenly realized that the world is not only Daming.

Zuo Guangdou appreciated this woman's sincerity and insight, and after hearing what she said about farming and people's livelihood today, he felt that what she did in Tongzhou was a childish act from the heart.

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Two days later, Zheng Haizhu followed Zuo Guangdou to visit Yang Lian.

Even though Zhu Changluo's enthronement ceremony will be half a month later, the day when this new monarch supported by the Donglin faction enters the main Qing Palace is already an auspicious day for all the disciples of Donglin in the ruling and opposition parties to celebrate.

Yang Lian is naturally one of them.

"Together," Yang Lian recalled Zuo Guangdou's words with high spirits, "Long live is ready to issue an edict to recall my Donglin sect who was deposed when the late emperor, Mr. Jing Yi will also come back!"

Mr. Jing Yi is Gao Panlong, the leader of Donglin after Gu Xiancheng.

Zuo Guangdou looked at this young brother with a red face, not as excited as him: "Brother Yang, in my opinion, Zhou Shangshu shouldn't be in such a hurry."

Zhou Shangshu, who is now Zhou Jiamo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is regarded as Donglin School in terms of political views.

Yang Lian was thrown cold water by his friend, he was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Why?"

Zuo Guangdou said: "At the beginning of the reform, if we drove people out so quickly, we wished that our Donglin would occupy all the seats from the cabinet to the sixth department overnight. It is a trivial matter to be looked at by others, I am afraid that some talented ministers A capable official was also injured by mistake."

Yang Lian was slightly disdainful: "Who said that?"

Zuo Guangdou smiled peacefully, and raised his chin towards Zheng Haizhu who was sitting quietly at the bottom: "This Donglin friend said."

Yang Lian turned to Zheng Haizhu with a bearded face.

When Zuo Guangdou sent his servants to visit the posts, he had already explained the reasons in detail, not only emphasizing the close relationship between Mrs. Anyuan and Huang Zunsu, but also mentioning that she angrily denounced Wei Zhongxian in Gyeonggi.

In addition, a few days ago, when Dong Qichang came to entertain and sent the map of Wusong Customs and the map of Minghe sea battle, he also mentioned this woman, so Yang Lian didn't treat this Zheng family as an outsider, so he didn't shy away from her that Donglin could regain power. joy.

She never thought that she would comment on the situation like Zuo Guangdou, and Brother Zuo Xian seemed to take it seriously.

Yang Liansui's eyes turned cold, and he said to Zheng Haizhu, "Is this how you look at me, Donglin?"