Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 140 Behind the Scenes
The four young masters spent a whole night in Meixiang Building, coupled with the praise of many fans, they didn't know how much they weighed for a while, as if they had really become the pillars of the country and the humerus of the court.

The night is too crazy, so I can only sleep during the day, and then continue to be crazy at night, and continue to sleep during the day.

After three days of feasting in one day, hundreds of scholars crowded the Meixiang Building, every room was occupied, and every girl had to accompany the guests.

The scholars are very happy.

They felt that it was reasonable for them to be crazy. They won a game, and even Jin Yiwei bowed to them.

Relying on shameless flattery, Huang Fengfu won the favor of the fourth young master, successfully squeezed into the fourth young master's inner circle, and was qualified to drink with the fourth young master.

Yang Chao seemed to have nothing to do, but the scholars were congratulating the fourth son, and the Meixianglou opened the door to provide free services for these scholars, attracting all the scholars in Nanjing to the brothel. As a result, no one made trouble for three days in a row. Let the government be very satisfied with Yang Chao.

The Ministry of Rites and the Minister of the Ministry of War happily invited Yang Chao to have a meal, and encouraged him to continue working hard to calm down the commotion as soon as possible.

It's just that Xiong Mingyu still didn't help Yang Chao, which made Yang Chao very dissatisfied. Xiong Mingyu just kept praising him at the dinner, and didn't mention military achievements at all, as if there was no such thing at all.

Yang Chao didn't mention it at all, he knew that if he did, this old Jianghu also knew how to practice Tai Chi.

Yang Chao sneered in his heart. These high officials seemed to be too happy, thinking that the situation would calm down like this. Of course, if the fourth son is only at the current level, it is really possible to calm down like this. It seems that Yang Chao is not needed anymore. They have the capital to unload. Kill the donkey.

For the poor performance of the fourth son, Yang Chao felt like a pig teammate. Although Yang Chao wanted to calm the noise of the scholars, the purpose was for himself, not for the Nanjing government to continue to dawdle. Therefore, Yang Chao wanted to calm the noise, It is also necessary to let the noise end in a suitable way and at a suitable time.

But these sons are too clumsy, their political methods are too simple, and their political vision is too short-sighted.

After Yang Chao heard that the third son was released, Xiong Mingyu met the fourth son, but the scholars stopped making trouble.

I don't know what Xiong Mingyu promised Mr. Xiong, anyway, the fourth son seems to have the intention of letting go.

I got the inside information from the Huangfeng Mansion, the four young masters assembled a group of scholars, and told everyone that they should not affect Jiangnan's examination because of a moment of anger. If they really annoy the court and reduce their quota, they will be the sinners of the entire Jiangnan up.

Scholars who were originally psychologically conflicted, fearful, and unable to let go of their face, agreed with the fourth son's statement at this time, because this "big picture is the most important" is very suitable as a reason for them to show it to outsiders, and it is also a reason to convince themselves steps.

"Is that the end?"

Yang Chao couldn't help but smile wryly.

Three of the four young masters spent a lot of hard time in prison. Of course, they probably saw that their fame had risen. Among the scholars in Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, the fourth young master was already a famous figure, and they thought they got enough.

"What a prodigal!"

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, they wasted the opportunity Yang Chao created for them, they couldn't see how important this opportunity was.

Yang Chao couldn't help thinking that in later generations, Mandalay became a national hero by being a white man for decades. This situation is so similar to the four sons. Three of the four sons were arrested, and the other was not. To avoid danger, lead people to besiege Zhenfusi and rescue them, the fourth son has thus become a hero among scholars.

But as soon as Mandalay was released, he immediately became the president of South Africa by virtue of his huge prestige.

But the fourth son did not take any action, he was only satisfied with getting these reputations, but he didn't know how to exchange them for real benefits.

With such a waste of opportunity, it is no wonder that these four sons have only been famous in history, and have not made any achievements in politics.

But they are very lucky, Yang Chao needs them to stand up.

"Fengfu, you are so so."

Yang Chao had no choice but to call Huangfeng's mansion over and teach him the opportunity face to face.

After Huang Fengfu heard it, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "My lord, isn't this going to push the fourth son to be the leader of Jiangnan, in case he can't control it?"

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Don't worry, with their ability, they won't be unable to control them. Besides, I have no intention of controlling them. Let them make trouble. The bigger the trouble, the better."

Huang Fengfu nodded, but immediately revealed another piece of information: "My lord, my subordinates have heard that there is someone manipulating this uproar."

Yang Chao sneered, "Is it Donglin?"

Huang Fengfu said: "That day when the fourth young master was drunk, he faintly revealed that Mr. Qian Muzhai and Zhou Yusheng had a bad relationship."

Yang Chao nodded: "So Qian Qianyi used Donglin's influence to encourage the scholar's ruckus this time, just to cause trouble for Zhou Shoufu?"

Huang Fengfu said: "It is true."

Yang Chao smiled and said, "But soon he will be in trouble."

……

Qian Qianyi didn't think he would be in trouble, he was secretly proud of himself during this time.

Qian Muzhai not only contributed to the scholar's uproar, but also had double happiness. His good friend Fu Ning Hou Ye introduced him to a stunning beauty, Kou Mei, the youngest daughter of the Kou family, a family of prostitutes in the old courtyard.

This girl is sixteen years old, just in her youth, her name is Kou Mei, and her style name is Baimen.

Kou Mei and Funing Hou Zhu Guobi are friends, Zhu Guobi seems to have the intention of taking a concubine, but seeing that Qian Qianyi gave up his plan to marry Liu Rushi, Zhu Guobi is an adult beauty, so he introduces Kou Mei and Qian Qianyi.

After several exchanges, Qian Qianyi was very fond of this woman.

He often hangs around the family of the Kou family, having fun with the daughters of the Kou family, and composing a poem praising the daughters of the Kou family.

The poem said: The sisters of the Kou family, Zong Fangfei, have violated Huaxin for 18 years.Today Qin Huai is afraid that he will be worthy, in case his red tears get on his clothes.

Not only adding a beautiful concubine, but also creating trouble for his old opponent Zhou Yanru, how could Qian Qianyi not be happy in his heart.

……

Zhou Yanru, who was in Beijing, laughed at this.

He said with a smile to Wu Changshi, who was his confidant: "Mu Zhai is sincere and disgusting to my ears!"

Zhou Yanru laughed it off, and regarded Qian Qianyi's move as just to disgust him.

Because when Zhou Yanru was hostile to Qian Qianyi, he was a winner and he had a psychological advantage.

Not long after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the court recommended candidates for the cabinet.

At that time, Wen Tiren was the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhou Yanru was the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Qian Qianyi was the right servant of the Ministry of officials. Needless to say, the minister, the left was the most precious in the Ming Dynasty, and the left servant was higher than the right servant, although nominally of the same rank , but in terms of actual power distribution, the left servant is far greater than the right servant.

But when the ministers were nominating candidates, Qian Qianyi, the right servant, directly surpassed the left servant, even the minister, and became the No. 1 candidate.

The reason is very simple. At that time, most of the courtiers were members of the Donglin Party, and Qian Qianyi had a high status in the Donglin. Although he was not considered a leader, he was closely related to several big bosses and could be regarded as one of the leaders.

Qian Qianyi was afraid that Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, two people with higher qualifications than him, would be recommended together with him. The emperor would not choose him, so he made a move and asked the official secretary of Donglin to list the two people. remove.

Qian Qianyi's actions angered Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru. Wen Tiren was the first to argue with the officials of the Donglin Party in court for several days. Zhou Yanru secretly assisted him, and finally brought out Qian Qianyi's corruption. The final result was that the emperor dismissed Qian Qianyi from his official position and let Zhou Yanru join the cabinet.

Since Qian Qianyi was dismissed from office, he has never been an official. He has always regarded himself as a scholar leader in the south of the Yangtze River, calling himself Qingliu (dismissed because of corruption, but calling himself Qingliu, it is a slap in the face of the word Qingliu).

Because of Qian Qianyi's relationship, Zhou Yanru has never had a good impression of Donglin, but he is a good Tai Chi player, and he can't offend Donglin.

Zhou Yanru did not expect that after he became the first assistant for the second time, Qian Qianyi would write to him frequently. At first, he praised Zhou Yanru, and finally he began to make a request, hoping that Zhou Yanru would help him come back as an official.

Zhou Yanru wrote back to tease Qian Qianyi: "It is worthy of the leader's ears."

It means that Qian Qianyi is suitable to be a leader in the mountains and forests, beating around the bush to satirize Qian Qianyi's self-proclaimed high-level criticism of current affairs, and his actions as a leader.

Zhou Yanru's ridicule annoyed Qian Qianyi, and Qian Qianyi even secretly supported the scholar to make trouble for him.

But Zhou Yanru, who has experienced big storms, is not afraid. What kind of troubles can the scholars cause?
Zhou Yanru knew in his heart that the reason why he was able to be the chief assistant was because he had a good impression on the emperor, so as long as the emperor continued to like him, he would be nothing to be afraid of.

It's just that troubles are always troubles. The emperor was furious because of this matter. Although he would not be dismissed as the chief assistant, it was inevitable that some people would be implicated. It would be too big to implicate his own position. Zhou Yanru still hoped to end it as soon as possible. this matter.

Asked Wu Chang: "Come here, how is the matter in Nandu?"

Because the rioters in Nanjing this time were young scholars from Fushe and Donglin, Zhou Yanru had already informed Wu Changshi, the leader of Fushe, to solve the problem.

Wu Changshi said: "Returning to my teacher, the students are quite puzzled. The Nanjing Ministry of War and the Second Ministry of Rites actually handed over this matter to a military officer."

Wu Changshi has been in constant contact with Nanfang Letters these days, and has received some news. Several Fushe comrades in the Nanjing officialdom told him that Yang Chao was involved.

Zhou Yanru nodded very naturally: "But that Yang Chao. It seems that he has some relationship with the old man. He is quite quick-witted at a young age, but it is a pity that he is a military officer. If he is a scholar, the old man would like to accept him as a disciple."

Wu Changshi had also heard about Yang Chao's story, but he didn't take Yang Chao seriously. Didn't he just help Ruan Dacheng's eunuch hold a meeting and help raise some donations? From Wu Changshi's point of view, the reason why he was able to raise money The money is all based on Fushe and Zhou Yanru's name. Anyone can raise the money. As for the host of the rally, it doesn't matter at all whether it is a cat or a dog.

But he didn't expect Zhou Yanru to value Yang Chao so much, so he couldn't help being surprised: "Master trusts this son so much?"

Zhou Yanru smiled and said, "No. I don't believe in this son, I don't believe in scholars."

Zhou Yanru didn't have confidence in Yang Chao, but he didn't have confidence in those young scholars in Fushe and Donglin who made trouble.

Having said this, Wu Changshi also felt that it made sense. After being baptized by the court in Beijing, he also knew very well that those scholars who had never been officials were really too immature. There are many old foxes in Nanjing officialdom, whoever comes forward can Solve, the introduction of Yang Chao this time is probably a cover-up by the Nanjing officialdom, a shield, to put it bluntly, the same purpose as Ruan Dacheng, to make a puppet, a scapegoat.

But Wu Changshi also had to be surprised, what kind of person Yang Chao was, he was able to be used as a shield by those people several times. You must know that sometimes being used by others and taking the blame for others is not everyone is qualified.

(End of this chapter)