Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 194 Farewell
The two went to the city together, Hu Quan went home, and Yang Chao went to visit Yang Wencong, the military officer.

This year, Yang Wencong's work was very successful. He impeached many people, including Xiong Mingyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Although he did not defeat these people, he gained a lot of fame for him. At least the emperor was very satisfied.

Yang Chao came to visit him, but he didn't ask him to do something. The speaker is a clean stream, he has no power in his hands, and he relies on his mouth for food.

Yang Chao approached Yang Wencong because he was Ma Shiying's brother-in-law. Yang Chao felt that Ma Shiying was the governor of Fengyang and had a large army in his hands. He might deal with him in the future. After his soldiers crossed the river, they might even intersect with Ma Shiying's army. Help me write a letter, and I will take care of you if you encounter it.

Then Yang Chao returned to the Jinchai Building and wrote a letter, telling the servants in the building to leave immediately, and go to Yangzhou to deliver it to Ruan Dacheng who lives in the countryside.

Ruan Dacheng is from Tongcheng, Tongcheng belongs to Anqing Prefecture, but after Zhang Xianzhong captured Taihu County near Tongcheng last month, Ruan Dacheng fled, Nanjing dare not wait, because the scholars of Erli Society are too popular, and they all treat him With malice, he occupied his house again.

But Ruan Dacheng also loves the wind and the moon, and he couldn't stay in ordinary places, so he ran to the bustling Yangzhou.

Ruan Dacheng and Shi Kefa are good friends, very close friends, through Ruan Dacheng's way, to say hello to Shi Kefa.

Then I went to the Bingzhan Bureau, and I had enough weapons that I could see. I bought a thousand spears, three hundred bows, ten thousand arrows, one hundred crossbows, and three thousand crossbow arrows. The leather armor and three hundred iron armors were all gone, costing Yang Chao more than 5 taels of silver.

Yang Chao couldn't help but feel heartbroken. If he made it himself, these things probably wouldn't even cost 1 taels.

In the evening, he invited the officials in charge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Yang Chao knew that these officials were all in charge. Although the leader was a civil servant, he didn't have a good relationship with these officials. They may not have power, but it will delay you for a while. Time is easy.

Yang Chao didn't want these people to hold back when he was fighting in the front.

Then I went to Wang Xiao and hoped that he could borrow some ships from the Wang family. Yang Chao hoped that his logistics could be in his own hands, but only a few warships in his own hands might not be enough, and it was not convenient for large ships to enter the canal. At least not through the lock.

No wonder Yang Chao went through the back door. Chinese people love to go through the back door, because if you don’t go through the back door, your business will be in trouble. Yang Chao doesn’t want to be taken care of, but at least he must not be held back, and if he can get some priority care, of course he would like to.

I stayed in the city for several days and was active every day.

While doing activities, while waiting for Xiong Mingyu's writing, Yang Chao knew that the normal procedure was actually very troublesome.

Take Yang Chao's correspondence with the government as an example:
"Team chiefs and flag generals are transferred only to Qian and General. Thousands and generals are transferred only to battalion generals. Battalion generals are only transferred to towns and roads. Towns and roads are passed on to governors and governors, and governors are passed on to the Ministry of War."

When Yang Chao was general manager in the past, he could only write to general manager Qian and deputy general. When he became general manager Qian, he could still only go to deputy general. Under normal circumstances, he could not communicate directly with Xiong Mingyu. The reason why Yang Chao could meet Xiong Mingyu in private , It is a personal relationship.

But the writing has to go through the normal procedure, and you have to go through layers, from the Ministry of War to the governor and governor, from the governor and governor to the town and the road, from the town and the road to the deputy general Yu Chengwu, and from Yu Chengwu to the hand of Yang Chao inside.

It has gone through many yamen, and if the normal procedure is followed, it may not be able to come down in a month.

But this time it was surprisingly fast, only on the third day, Yang Chao took out the transfer order and asked him to lead the army north to Huai'an to Shi Kefa's account to listen to the order.

At the same time, Xiong Mingyu also got four boats for Yang Chao, which were filled with food.

Xiong Mingyu had agreed to the boat, but as before, he didn't mean much.

These are four shallow boats, carrying [-] dan of grain, and the four ships add up to a total of [-] dan of grain, which is not as much as Yang Chao's two boats.

Then Yang Chao bid farewell, and first explained the situation to his family. His father was very worried, but he didn't say a word. His mother kept crying and asked if he could not go. Yang Chao replied that the military order was like a mountain. Only then did my mother hold back her tears and dare not persuade her.

Went to Jinchai Building, said goodbye to Kang Hui, told Kang Hui to operate with peace of mind, if the situation changed, he hoped to mobilize the funds of Jinchai Building, Kang Hui said that Jinchai Building's money Yang Chao wanted whenever he wanted.

After discussing with Wang Xiao, Wang Xiao expressed that he was willing to go north to Huai'an with Yang Chao, saying that it was his father's idea. In just a few days, Wang Xiao had already exchanged letters with his father. His father told him that he must Going north, this time we must deal well with Shi Kefa.

As long as Shi Kefa serves as the governor of Water Transport for one day, the royal family will have to be controlled by Shi Kefa.

The girls from the two town buildings of Jinchai Building were not there, and they went to Meixianglou to hold Li Xiangjun. Yang Chao felt that he should say goodbye to them and other famous courtesans he knew well, so he also went to Meixianglou to Li Xiangjun.

Li Xiangjun has a large group of scholars and beauties here.

The four sons of Erlishe are all there.

Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan were naturally there, as well as Liu Rushi, the Bian sisters and Gu Mei.

When Yang Chao went, these people were discussing enthusiastically. The content of the discussion was nothing more than the incident of the invasion of the Qing Dynasty. The reason why these famous prostitutes were famous in the history books was not because they were beautiful or talented, but mostly because of their beauty. Because he was very concerned about politics and was involved in political events, he left his shadow in history.

Although Sha Cai's reputation in Nanjing was not weak at this time, he could compete with Li Xiangjun, Gu Mei and others, and was listed as one of the four famous prostitutes in Nanjing, but there are very few documents mentioning her in later generations, because he was too far away from politics. Far.

When Yang Chao walked in, the famous prostitutes were very enthusiastic, but the fourth young master seemed indifferent.

The reason is the same, the famous prostitutes felt that Yang Chao was protecting them as well as the scholars, especially those from the Erlishe, because Yang Chao calmed down the disturbance of the scholars behind the scenes, but the people from the Erlishe didn't think so , They always insisted that it was their righteousness that influenced the officials who negotiated with them.

Even though the people from Erlishe learned about Yang Chao's presence from various channels, they still refused to admit it, but the famous prostitutes thought it was Yang Chao's handwriting, so they were enthusiastic about Yang Chao, and the more enthusiastic they were about Yang Chao, The fourth son became more and more unhappy.

It even felt as if Yang Chao had snatched the beauty away from them as soon as he came.

"By the way, Brother Mao, what did you say just now?"

Hou Fangyu coldly resumed the conversation.

Mao Xiang said: "Just now I said where the imperial court should send troops to Qin Wang."

Hou Fangyu laughed and said: "In my humble opinion, I should dispatch the army of Zuoping bandits from Jiujiang."

Hou Fangyu's father used to be Zuo Liangyu's boss, and Zuo Liangyu is currently one of the biggest warlords in the Ming Dynasty. Apart from Wu Sangui of the Guanning Army in the Northeast, this Zuo Liangyu is powerful, and the court named him a peace thief General.

Therefore, Hou Fangyu believed that since the Tartars had entered the bandits, it meant that the Guanning army outside the pass was nothing more than that, and if he wanted to be King Qin, Zuo Liangyu's army had to go forward.

Chen Zhenhui said: "The Zuoping thief went to King Qin of Jingji, so what about Nanji? Who can control the thief?"

Once Zuo Liangyu left, what would Nanjing do? No one could stop Zhang Xianzhong.

Hou Fangyu sighed: "However, the capital is in a hurry, and the south cannot be abandoned. If there are loyal ministers and good generals in the court, why are we here?"

Scholars like the fourth son criticize the state affairs all day long, saying that civil servants are not good ministers and military generals are not good generals.It seems that it is a crime for the imperial court not to use them, but if they are used, the world will be peaceful immediately.

It's a pity that none of them passed the provincial examination this year, especially Mao Xiang, who is still a scholar and doesn't even have the qualifications to participate in the provincial examination.

Fang Yizhi drank a glass of wine and sighed: "I would like to join the army with my sword, and I would like to be ordered to join the army of painting, but I don't have the army of Qin Wang in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Hou Fangyu immediately said: "Brother Mi, you must not do it. You should leave a body of great potential and contribute to the country in the future. How can you be in danger between the army? Don't you hear that the soldiers are in danger of war, and there is also a son of a thousand gold, sit down?" Don't hang down'."

At this time Yang Chao said this to several famous prostitutes, when Liu Rushi heard Hou Fangyu say this, he suddenly became displeased.

Liu Rushi said: "Mr. Hou's words are wrong. Now the Central Plains is full of turmoil, and it is necessary for a great hero to come out and fight against the chaos. He should be like Xie Dongshan and plan to defeat the enemy, not like Tao Jing. As a man, I must When saving the nation, serve the country with one’s own body.”

Hou Fangyu was immediately blushed by Liu Rushi's words, but due to his demeanor, he couldn't burst out yet, so he lowered his head and drank alcohol to cover it up.

Yang Chao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Miss Liu is indeed a hero among women, but it's a pity that she is a daughter."

Li Xiangjun has been a little annoyed with Yang Chao in the past few months, because Yang Chao has never seen her for several months. It seems that he only came to the door when he was begging her. Well, Yang Chao is heartless, so let her not worry about it.

At this time Yang Chaoyou mentioned Liu Rushi, Li Xiangjun said casually: "You are a man, why don't you serve the country?"

Yang Chao smiled lightly: "To tell you the truth, Miss Li, in fact, I have already called for a fight, and I have eight hundred men from Shuiying to go north to Qin Wang. Today I am here to bid farewell to all the girls."

Li Xiangjun immediately covered his mouth and nose, he didn't expect that Yang Chao would really go to King Qin and fight the Tartars.

Liu Rushi was also taken aback: "Young Master Yang, are you joking?!"

Gu Mei became puzzled: "This is not like you!"

Yang Chao couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly. The impression he left on these famous prostitutes was indeed a little snobbish, but Yang Chao didn't think he was that kind of person, it was just a matter of concept. Yang Chao pursued cooperation, and these women always wanted to put their feelings away Mixed in the meantime, so Yang Chao appears to be snobbish.

"Oh, Mr. Yang is really going to King Qin?"

Fang Yizhi also became interested. Although their Erlishe was in the Jinchai Building, they rarely interacted with each other. In their minds, they looked down on Yang Chao no matter whether he was a merchant or a military officer.

Yang Chao said: "Really!"

Chen Zhenhui and Adventure nodded.

Only Hou Fangyu's yin and yang were strange: "Then I wish Mr. Yang a great service to the country."

Yang Chao heard that Hou Fangyu's tone was wrong, and thought that he didn't seem to offend this famous and well-connected official son.

(End of this chapter)