nanming man

Chapter 488 Contact the Eunuch Party
On the fourth watch, it was still early before the morning court, and the city of Nanjing was pitch black, and everything was silent.

In the mansion of Ruan Dacheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War on Taiping Street, the lights were flickering.

Ruan Dacheng fell into a drowsy sleep, when suddenly someone outside the house shouted, "Master, Master, Mr. He Ge is here to visit."

It was still early before going to court, Ruan Dacheng propped himself up, "He Tengjiao?"

"Yes, Mr. He Ge came in person!" said the doorman.

"No!" Ruan Dacheng said impatiently, "Is there anything you can say to the cabinet?"

The current situation is that the Donglin Party wants to take down He Tengjiao, and he came to his house in the middle of the night, definitely looking for his own rescue.

Ruan Dacheng has received the news that Donglin has made sufficient preparations, and there will be chaos this morning, but He Tengjiao seems to have no chance of winning, and he is not his own.

What's more, if Gao Jingzhong really rebelled, he can't help him, instead he will be caught by Dong Lin.

Ruan Dacheng can at most help a little, give Donglin some eye drops, even if He Tengjiao doesn't come to him, he will do it, but if he wants to come forward, then forget it, there is no need for that.

After taking He Tengjiao away, there was an empty seat. As soon as yesterday's incident happened, someone on his side stuffed money and lined up to take He Tengjiao's seat.

"Master, Mr. He Ge brought you a gift." The doorman did not leave, and the money bag hanging on his waist was heavy, and he pulled down his belt.

"Oh, a gift?" Ruan Dacheng became interested. He guessed that it was almost early, and he was silent for a while, "Let Mr. He Ge wait in the living room."

In the living room of the Ruan Mansion, He Tengjiao asked someone to put a Jade Buddha sitting on an emerald lotus platform with three-color gemstones inlaid on the table, and then asked people to step back, while he sat in the hall and waited quietly.

Not long after, Ruan Dacheng walked into the hall. Under the candlelight, the gemstones on the Jade Buddha shone brightly, which was a bit dazzling.

Ruan Dacheng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and sat down on the main seat, "Mr. He Ge, you came to see me so early, what's the matter?"

He Tengjiao didn't hide it, "Old Ruan Ge, everyone knows what happened yesterday, so I'll just say it straight. I'm alone in the court, so I want to ask Elder Ruan Ge to help me."

"Hehe~" Ruan Dacheng waved his hand, "Mr. He Ge, stop. It's not that Ruan doesn't want to do anything about this matter, but that he really can't do anything about it."

After speaking, Ruan Dacheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and signaled He Tengjiao to leave.

However, He Tengjiao didn't know what was going on. Instead, he took out a file from his sleeve, put it in front of Ruan Dacheng, and said with a smile: "Ruan Pavilion, the Ming people don't speak dark words. Since the establishment of the Nanjing Dynasty, there have been constant battles between the court and the court. The factions of Ruan Ge, Ma Ge, and Donglin are the most powerful, but none of you can do anything to each other. He Mou just came to Nanjing, and his strength is not worth mentioning, but he is not in line with Donglin. If Donglin is despicable The means, moving He down, will only make Donglin more arrogant, and it will be detrimental to Elder Ruan Ge."

Ruan Dacheng put down his teacup, but his face remained unchanged, and he did not express his opinion.

Seeing this, He Tengjiao continued: "Looking at this dossier, the Ruan Ge Department understands Donglin's real intention to instigate Zuo Liangyu to stir up trouble in Wuchang. Qian Qianyi and others are just trying to change Donglin's plight in the court. I hope to turn the court's attention to Huguang. If they succeed, the money and food that the court prepares to guard against the Eastern captives will be tilted towards Wuchang, so that Donglin, who had lost power because of the lord, will regain control of most of the court's resources. Zhuzhen, it’s not good news!”

Ruan Dacheng frowned, and picked up the file. Because of Li Zicheng's demise and Gao Yihuan's victory against the Qing Dynasty, the people of Nanjing were in high spirits.

This allowed Ma Ruan and the imperial party to seize a lot of financial power from Dong Lin, but if Wuchang went to war, Dong Lin would have an excuse to divert the court's resources to Wuchang, which would damage Ma Ruan's interests.

Moreover, after Kong Youde was murdered in Nanjing, they had already turned against the Manchus. The northern border of the Ming Dynasty was not safe.

Jiangbei is Ma Ruan's sphere of influence. If the Qing army really goes south, they will bear the brunt of it. There is no resource support.

Ruan Dacheng was moved by He Tengjiao's words. He opened the file and read it again. It was a copy of a confession.

Ruan Dacheng frowned, but He Tengjiao said, "Mr. Ruan Ge, this is just one of them. He still has a lot of evidence in his hand."

Ruan Dacheng was silent for a while, and suddenly looked at He Tengjiao with more interest, "What is Mr. He Ge going to do?"

He Tengjiao didn't hide his thoughts, and said with a smile, "Qian Qianyi wants to put He to death, so He naturally hopes that Qian will spend the rest of his life in prison!"

Ruan Dacheng laughed, "Dong Lin has brought disaster to the country and the people, I don't want to hide it from Mr. He Ge, they used a pamphlet to organize Ruan at the beginning. These people turned right and wrong and deceived the saints. It's really abominable. This pavilion has long thought that they are not pleasing to the eye. Ruan helped."

After defeating Donglin, Ma Ruan will be the only one in the court. Since He Tengjiao has dry goods in his hands, there is no harm in giving it a try.

The two continued to discuss the details, and Ruan Dacheng asked about the situation in Wuchang.

Not long after, the door was pushed open, He Tengjiao came out, and Ruan Dacheng walked to the door with a kind smile on his face, just like Maitreya Buddha.

"Mr. Ruan Ge, don't send it off!" He Tengjiao cupped his hands, and left.

Ruan Dacheng waited for him to leave, walked back to the living room, took a look at the Jade Buddha, it didn't look like the style of the Central Plains, asked someone to put it away, then waved and said: "Prepare the sedan chair, this pavilion is going to the Ma Mansion."

When He Tengjiao left the Ruan Mansion, the officials in the city had already woken up one after another, ready to go to court, the shops on the street were opened, and white gas rose in front of the early stalls.

He Tengjiao got into the carriage, and the doorman asked, "Master, where are you going?"

"Go straight to the imperial city and get ready to go to court!" He Tengjiao looked up at the sky and walked into the carriage.

In a small courtyard near the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Bingke finished cleaning up for Wang Yan during the incident, went out of the courtyard and sat down by a small stall on the street. Just as he was about to eat something, an official walked and sat down opposite him.

"Wang Shizhong, this is something that Mr. He Ge gave you. Please try to hand it over to Your Majesty." Wang Shicong pushed a cloth bag over, and then said in a low voice: "He Ge is going to use the power of the eunuch party to come Deal with Donglin~"

At five o'clock, on the square in front of the imperial city, officials who participated in the early court came one after another.

At this time, there were already many people gathered in the square, but no one spoke, they just made eye contact.

Suddenly Qian Qianyi came to the crowd, and dozens of people immediately surrounded him, "Grand Mu Zhai."

Qian Qianyi nodded slightly, glanced at He Tengjiao who was standing alone in the distance, and said contemptuously, "Are you all ready?"

"Ready. But someone saw that He Tengjiao went to Ruan Dacheng's residence." A Donglin official said.

Qian Qianyi frowned, but then waved his hand, he didn't care, and it's not like he had never fought with Ma Ruan before, if the two of them hadn't been backed by the army, they would have been driven out of the court long ago, "It doesn't matter, act according to plan! "

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