Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 126 Invitation from Thousands of Households
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"You use mine!"

Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were embarrassed, so they prepared two teacups. Suddenly, Dong Xiaowan handed her cup to Yang Chao as if she had made up her mind.

Yang Chao was taken aback, but he couldn't be polite. He refused to hurt his feelings at this time. Anyway, Yang Chao didn't have a cleanliness habit. If the cup was for a bearded man, Yang Chao would definitely dislike it, but for a beautiful woman like Dong Xiaowan, he naturally wouldn't like it. There is no conflict.

Yang Chao said apologetically, "Haha, I'm sorry, I just happened to be thirsty."

Chen Yuanyuan poured the tea and said, "Mr. Yang is about to leave. There is no dew, and there is no spring water. Tea made from well water tastes mixed."

People in the Ming Dynasty were very particular about the water used to make tea. They were very strict about what kind of tea should use spring water, what kind of tea should use snow water, and what kind of tea should use dew water.

Spring water must be from the source spring. Someone catches water from a mountain spring and then sells it in the city. This is a very good business.The dew is collected by the maids in the garden before the sun rises in the morning. Often the lotus leaf dew is a drop of water accumulated in the middle of the lotus leaves.The snow water is collected, placed in urns, buried under trees, and sometimes it is left for a year before drinking.

In addition, there are rainwater, river water, and ice water.

But Yang Chao still couldn't tell the difference: "I'm used to drinking, so I can't tell the difference."

As he spoke, he picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp. The taste of the tea was so weak that he couldn't drink any tea.

Chen Yuanyuan poured tea again.

Yang Chao drank three cups before he started talking.

"You two girls don't have to worry. If the scholars make such a fuss, even if Tian Wan is not finished, he will not dare to be so arrogant in the future. He, the commander of Jinyiwei, probably has done it well, otherwise the emperor would not be the emperor of Chongzhen."

Emperor Chongzhen was evaluated as self-willed in later generations and could not rub the sand in his eyes, but now he is regarded as a good emperor.

I think he has the demeanor of Taizu and Chengzu, and he does things as vigorously and resolutely as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and he does not procrastinate.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he liquidated the eunuch party, hit Wei Zhongxian, and punished corrupt officials.

Chongzhen is also diligent in politics, and he has been in court for more than ten years, which is much more diligent than his grandfather Wanli who has not been in court for 30 years.

Chongzhen was simple and frugal, wearing old clothes all the year round, selling many gold and silver wares in the palace as military pay, and then replacing them with porcelain.

If such an emperor is placed in a prosperous age and has a strong national power, he may be able to make a career, because he may be very happy to launch a war to expand the territory, or build a huge building, and sing praises. Anyway, he will not be a mediocre emperor. .

If it is placed in troubled times, it is very likely that the actions will be inappropriate. If you are eager for quick success, you will waste your speed. You will not tolerate arthralgia, and you may overcorrect.

It can be seen from the fact that he has changed more than 20 chief assistants and more than a dozen ministers of the Ministry of War in the past ten years.

In fact, what the Ming Dynasty needs most at the moment is not reform paralysis or punishing officials, but maintaining stability.

Stabilize the situation first, and then gradually implement it. Reform is often more complicated than revolution.

With Emperor Chongzhen's character, he might not be able to kill relatives righteously and bring Tian Wan who caused troubles to justice, but he would not hesitate to dismiss Tian Wan as the commander of Jinyiwei. The most unseen thing in Chongzhen is official corruption. Lamenting that officials can't do things with their heart.

Seeing Yang Chao calling the word 'Chongzhen' directly, Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan felt uncomfortable, but they couldn't help being happy when they heard that Tian Wan was finished.

Tian Wan came to Suzhou twice this year, and caused Suzhou a terrible disaster. The brothel is the main target of his disaster, because the women in the brothel are a vulnerable group after all. Even if they are violated, the government will generally not stand up and turn a blind eye. The eye is gone.

If Tian Wan is robbing people's daughters by force, the government will not dare not stop it, and will definitely impeach him. Not only can Tian Wan be hit, but also an official voice that is not afraid of power, if they ignore it, it will reach the ears of the emperor , Tian Wan is not unlucky, but these inaction officials must be unlucky.

For brothel women, there is no need for officials to take the risk of offending the commander of Jinyiwei and Tian Wan, a relative of the emperor, to protect them.

Therefore, even though Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were famous prostitutes in Suzhou, only Yang Chao from Nanjing was willing to protect them in the end.

"So you can stay at ease, no one cares about you now. The most important thing is how to calm down the riots of the scholars. These scholars will not fight, and it will not be good if they don't fight. The court is in a difficult situation."

Yang Chao continued to analyze.

Dong Xiaowan suddenly asked, "Will Tian Wan be accused?"

There was a trace of hatred in her expression, Tian Wan could frighten her, after the first brothel search, she was so frightened that she fell ill, and then Liu Rushi came to Suzhou to accompany her for a while before recovering, but I don't want Tian Wan to return to Suzhou from Hangzhou again, and he is still determined to find her.

Yang Chao sighed, "Probably not."

Dong Xiaowan said: "What will the Nanjing scholars do if they catch him?"

Dong Xiaowan not only got sick from being frightened, but her mother was also implicated, and the frightening made her sick even worse.

Yang Chao smiled wryly: "How could he be caught? Tian Wan is not a fool. If my guess is right, he is probably almost in Beijing by now."

Dong Xiaowan let out an ah, and Chen Yuanyuan also showed disbelief.

The scholar is now going to surround the dignitaries of Fusi in Jinyiwei Town every day, but unexpectedly Tian Wan has already run away.

Yang Chao couldn't help lamenting that those scholars were really naive, the organization was too loose, and the plan was too loose.

But when I think about it, Hou Fangyu's flamboyant talents, one by one, yelled in front of the government gate during the day, and slipped to Meixianglou to be chic and happy at night. They didn't have the slightest desire to surround the Yamen and catch Tian Wan's mind. It's just for fame.

Yang Chao sighed: "I'm afraid that when the scholars are on the Qinhuai River at night, Tian Wan has already boarded the tank boat going north."

Hearing this, Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help feeling sorry, while Dong Xiaowan felt sad, she was so unwilling.

But what can she do if she is not reconciled, since she entered the brothel circle, she has been used to seeing injustice.

"Okay, the two girls stay at ease, and go down to Jinchai Tower to see how it is."

Yang Chao bid farewell and left, and soon arrived at Jinchai Tower.

A scholar is a scholar. He is passionate about wreaking havoc, but he has no ability.

The gate of the Jinchai Building is intact, and the building of the Jinchai Building is intact, except that the windows of the Jinchai Building have been pierced, and the porcelain furnishings in the Jinchai Building have been broken. Generally speaking, the damage is only superficial.

Yang Chao guessed in his heart that the scholar was probably quite sensible, but he just followed the group to vent his anger, not to the point of really throwing everything away. If you don't say anything quickly, the whole street will become lively.

It's a pity that the scholar wanted to make trouble, but he didn't dare to make it too big. The scholar wanted to be famous, but he was afraid of the consequences.

That's why they dare not set fires, since arson is punishable by decapitation, so they only dare to vent their anger indiscriminately.

After the scholar smashed it, the Jinchai Building was closed, and the girls were all sent away, only a few tortoises stayed to watch the door.

After looking around, Yang Chao said to the old horse, "Take an inventory of the good furnishings and send someone to my house."

The old horse quickly agreed.

Lao Ma was originally the tortoise of Nanshilou. He was shrewd and reliable. The most important thing was that he had an affair with Kang Hui's mother. When he was in Nanshilou, Lao Ma always took good care of Mrs. Kang.

This time when Kang Hui wanted to redeem his mother, Mrs. Kang asked to redeem the old horse, but Kang Hui refused, and Mrs. Kang refused to redeem her body and leave. In the end, Kang Hui had no choice but to accept the old horse as well. Come to the hairpin house.

Because of this relationship, Yang Chao can completely trust the old horse, so when Jin Yiwei came to search this time, he asked the old horse to hide Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan on the boat for protection, and at the same time let him drive the boat to the Meixiang Tower to see Is there any chance to meet Hu Quan?

Seeing that Jinchai Building only lost some furniture, Yang Chao made a calculation in his mind. The loss should be around a thousand taels, which was still under Yang Chao's ability to bear.

Because the letter of recommendation had already been sent, Yang Chao guessed that the anxious government would have news tomorrow at the latest, so he simply stayed in Jinchai Building and waited patiently for news.

Yang Chao's estimate was still too conservative, and before nightfall, Meixianglou sent someone to invite Yang Chao.

"Young Master Yang, I have found you, how dare you live here?"

The visitor first went to the military camp, then went to the Yang family's house, and finally found Yang Chao in Jinchai Tower after making a round trip.

He really didn't expect that Yang Chao would dare to come back to live in the Jinchai Building just after it was smashed.

Yang Chao was noncommittal, and only asked, "Say, what's the matter."

There must be news coming from Meixianglou, this is business.

Gui Gong said: "Back to Mr. Yang, there is a family of Jinyiwei in Nanzhen Fusi, please discuss it."

Yang Chao nodded: "I see, you go back first, just say I'll be right there."

Yang Chao said he would be there soon, but deliberately delayed for half an hour before setting off.

Along the way, some scholars were wanton and wanton, as if they were having a carnival, unscrupulously releasing the youth of young people, without any scruples about etiquette, without consideration for elegance.

"Was drunk?"

Yang Chao couldn't help but become suspicious.

In front of the Meixiang Building, there are especially many scholars, and they don't make noise here, they just hang out in a drunk state outside.

These are some poor scholars, some of whom are not from the city, and have no money to stay in an inn, so they simply lie down on the ground in front of Meixiang Building for a night, and continue to make trouble in front of the government yamen the next day.

Yang Chao thought to himself, there are really too many scholars, could it be that the scholars from Suzhou have arrived?
Hangzhou is far away, and the scholar must have not arrived yet, but Suzhou is closer, and it is unknown if he may arrive sooner.

This time it's not just students, ordinary scholars are making trouble with scholars and Juren.

Like all farces, when the slapstick reaches its peak, no one knows why the slapstick is going on, and they all rush forward with an impulsive inertia, and this time is also the most dangerous, because the purposeless actions have already lost rational.

Yang Chao got out of the car under the envious eyes of a group of poor scholars, walked into the Meixiang Building, and Mr. Gui led him all the way to a side room.

Passing by a few private rooms, I kept hearing the scholars singing wantonly inside.

"What a 'passion for justice', my generation should have this kind of mind, if the imperial court does not punish Tian Wan, I will never give up!"

There was another round of applause, a few scholars were drunk and wrote poems indiscriminately, and the rest of the crowd responded.

"Feng Kezong from Qianhu of Jinyiwei has met Brother Yang!"

Yang Chao has already stepped into the room, and behind the screen is a small hall with a round table in the middle, and a banquet has been prepared for a long time ago, a middle-aged man in his 30s and less than [-]s, bowed to meet each other.

This is to invite his Jinyiwei Qianhu, Yang Chao thought to himself, not sure if this person is good or bad.

At the same time, he paid homage: "I have seen Mr. Feng in the water camp of Xiaxinjiangkou!"

(End of this chapter)