Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 24

After Yang Chao received Ruan Dacheng's invitation, he was quite puzzled. He had already remembered who Ruan Dacheng was.

Yang Chao was a top student in the past, and most of the things that appear in textbooks have an impression in his mind. This Ruan Dacheng happens to be a character that can appear in textbooks, but he is not a good person, but a treacherous minister.

The history of the late Ming Dynasty is not much in the textbooks. Unlike Shi Kefa who was famous for a long time as a loyal minister and a righteous man, Ruan Dacheng was passed down as a treacherous minister. He was one of the three traitorous ministers in Nanming.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng. After some political struggles, the officials who stayed behind in Nanjing pushed Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu who had fled to Huai'an, to the throne of the emperor. After that, the Nanming court was basically in the hands of two people, one was Ma Shiying , and the other is Ruan Dacheng.

In addition to Qian Qianyi, a great writer with a very bad reputation because of his surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he formed a trio of treacherous officials.

How could such a big man come to him, Yang Chao couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Obviously, it couldn't be because of the carriage, because he had already made it clear to him that the carriage was a trick.

Although he didn't know why he invited him, Yang Chao went to the meeting without any hesitation. Whether he was a loyal minister or a treacherous minister, he was a distant existence to Yang Chao. He can hold on to the rope and climb up with all his heart. As for whether the rope is hemp rope or steel wire, there is still room for him to choose.

Ruan Dacheng has his own house in Nanjing. He lived in Nanjing for a period of time in previous years, and he is quite famous.

Because he is good at poetry and poetry, even those young talents can't compare with him, which makes him famous in the Qinhuai River area.

His house was chosen in a river house on Shiba Street, which is also close to the Qinhuai River, with a bustling street in front and the Qinhuai River in the back. There is also his family's private pier by the river, and there are private painting boats parked on the pier. In terms of luxury, the Ruanjiahe Room even surpassed the Meixiang Building by a lot.

After Yang Chao arrived at the Ruan's house, the housekeeper had already greeted him at the door.

This is already very sincere, because with Ruan Dacheng's status, it is impossible to meet Yang Chao in person.

The Ruan family's river house entered two courtyards three times, and Yang Chao was invited to the backyard. The second floor of the river house at the back, opened the window and behind it was the Qinhuai River.

Ruan Dacheng has been waiting inside for a long time. This is his study room, which is antique, full of books, a small table under the window, and a pot of plum blossoms beside the table, but the flowering period has passed at this time, only bare, sick Unhappy plum tree, this is called sick plum.

Ruan Dacheng asked Yang Chao to sit at the table and make tea himself. Ruan Dacheng's tea making skills are very elegant, and he looks like a tea art master of later generations.

Holding a very delicate, almost transparent small teacup, Yang Chao took a sip of it. The tea was good tea, but unfortunately Yang Chao couldn't drink it. He only felt that it was lighter than the tea he drank at home, but the taste was lingering and lingering in the mouth.

"how?"

Ruan Dacheng asked with a smile.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Forgive me for being stupid and not understanding the tea ceremony."

Ruan Dacheng smiled and said, "You are honest."

Yang Chao smiled. He didn't have much capital yet. In front of these bureaucrats, it's better not to play tricks. If he doesn't understand, he doesn't understand.

These guys are all old and mature guys. They have been in the most filthy Ming Dynasty in the world. It is undoubtedly a trick to fool them. It is already good not to be fooled by them.

Ruan Dacheng didn't talk about business, he seemed to invite Yang Chao to drink tea, and occasionally said a few words, but they were all tasteless gossip, nothing more than beautiful scenery and beauties on the Qinhuai River.

Yang Chao wasn't too interested in this either. He occasionally responded to each other, but he was not in a hurry, and quietly waited for Ruan Dacheng to say something. Yang Chao didn't believe that Ruan Dacheng invited him here, but only for tea.

Sure enough, after drinking several times, Ruan Dacheng finally pointed out: "Young Master Yang, what do you think of Zhou Yusheng?"

Zhou Yusheng is Zhou Yanru, and Yang Chao knows that Zhou Yanru is a very prestigious old bureaucrat who once served as chief assistant, but he was pushed out of the cabinet.

Yang Chao said: "How can Zhou Ge be judged by juniors?"

Ruan Dacheng smiled and said, "Let's just criticize. Mr. Yang doesn't know something. Right now, Donglin Fushe is seeking Zhou Yusheng's reunion. Do you think Yusheng can recover?"

"Zhou Yanru meets again!"

Hearing this, Yang Chao's heart trembled violently, and he couldn't help but think of a related piece of history.

This was a major event in the late Ming Dynasty. Although Yang Chao didn't know the history in detail enough, he did remember this event. He didn't know which book he read about it, but he remembered it firmly.Because Zhou Yanru is one of the very few people in history who was dismissed as a prime minister and then became a prime minister again. He has two ups and downs, and has reached the peak twice, which is very rare.

But Yang Chao said calmly: "If Fushe Donglin does his best, maybe Yushenggong will have the hope of a comeback. In fact, for the younger generation, it doesn't matter whether Yushenggong can get along with each other again. The important thing is that the old man What do you get out of it?"

Yang Chao knew that among the scribes of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yanru had no hope at all that Zhou Yanru would be able to return as the chief assistant again, which is simply unimaginable.Therefore, he didn't insist that Zhou Yanru could become prime minister, but only expressed Ruan Dacheng's heartfelt intentions, and the purpose was to trick Ruan Dacheng into telling him what he wanted. In fact, it was Yang Chao who wanted to know what Ruan Dacheng wanted.

Because Yang Chao understands that this is probably the purpose of Ruan Dacheng's invitation to him. I know, if Yang Chao can help him, it means that he has also established a relationship with Ruan Dacheng.

Yang Chao's words reached Ruan Dacheng's heart, yes, the key is what he can get from it, not whether Zhou Yanru can be the chief assistant.

After listening to Ruan Dacheng, he chuckled lightly: "Didn't you talk about adapting to the situation, expressing your heart and expressing your ideas? This old man thinks what you said is very good. Now Fushe Donglin seeks Zhou Yusheng to meet again. No matter what the result is, this old man will help you. Lin won't forget."

Fushe Donglin seeks Zhou Yanru to become the chief assistant again, Ruan Dacheng does not believe that they can succeed, but this is a good opportunity to improve relations with Donglin, Ruan Dacheng can see it.

At this time, Yang Chao realized that Ruan Dacheng wanted to reconcile with the Donglin party members, not that he had a unique vision and was optimistic about Zhou Yanru.

To be honest, if Ruan Dacheng had such a vision, he would not have defected to the Eunuch Party when the Donglin Party was fighting the Eunuch Party.

Yang Chao hurriedly said: "My lord's words are true."

Ruan Dacheng smiled and said: "So, I would like to ask Mr. Yang, how to let Donglin Fushe know that the old man is sincerely helping. That is, how to make the old man show his heart?"

Yang Chao fully understood that Ruan Dacheng wanted to donate money to Donglin Fushe's politics, but he didn't want the money to be spent unclearly.

Ruan Dacheng didn't care about the money, the problem was how to make the money worthwhile, and how to spend it so that more people in Donglin Fushe knew about it.

If you just give the money to Zhang Pu, 1000 taels of taels may not be able to win the eyes of the nerds like Donglin and Fushe.

What he, Ruan Dayue, wanted was to let those who had restored the Donglin Party know that his Ruan Dacheng's efforts were related to the overall situation.

To put it bluntly, Ruan Dacheng just wanted to make a little noise, not only to let more people know, but also to show his role.

But Yang Chao couldn't help laughing at himself, because Ruan Dacheng thought he had an idea, and he was not an idea king!

But Yang Chao knew very well in his heart that this was also an opportunity for him. Now that he was a child student, he was actually just a grassroots citizen. If he hadn't helped Ruan Dacheng, he would never have been like Zhang Pu and Zhou Yanru for the rest of his life. characters intersect.

This idea king, I have to be right.

The most important thing is that Yang Chao knows that Zhou Yanru will really be the chief assistant again, and he can help Zhou Yanru become the prime minister again through Ruan Dacheng.This kind of thing is rare, but if you compare it, if you help a certain person in the future, how great the benefits will be, it is simply limitless!
This is not only an opportunity for Ruan Dacheng to improve his relationship with Donglin Fushe, but also an opportunity for Yang Chao to expand his network to the entire Ming Dynasty.

So although there is no other way, Yang Chao immediately expressed his opinion: "I don't dare to ask for advice. But don't worry, the old man, the junior must think of a good way."

Ruan Dacheng smiled and poured a cup of tea for Yang Chao, and said, "If you have an idea, come to me anytime."

(End of this chapter)