Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 276 Involved in the court dispute
Du Shouchang is in his forties. With his current wealth, he is almost self-made. What his father left him is nothing more than a little property. After Du Shouchang made his fortune, he started building and building Wanxiu Garden. Don't think that he built this garden just for pleasure, but for making friends.

"Famous scholars from the north and the south must visit the Wanxiu Garden when they cross the Huai River. The sun is coming. The spring garden feasts on peaches and plums, and the autumn fence picks up orchids and chrysanthemums. After talking and getting drunk, the master will drive a small boat to carry guests across the lake to visit the temple. Visit the eminent monk."

There is also a lake in the west of Hexia Town in Huai’an, which is commonly called West Lake. Wanxiu Garden was built at the exit of West Lake in Huai’an, called West Lake Zui. Du Shouchang used this garden to make friends with many celebrities, which is equivalent to using the West Lake and the eminent monks in the lake center temple to serve him. This song is quite beautiful.

Yang Chao drove to Wanxiu Garden at night in the luxury carriage of Du's family. He didn't mention it all the way. When he entered the manor, it was magnificent and gorgeous like never before.

The banquet was held in a high-rise building deep in the manor. You can see the scenery of the West Lake through the window. This building is called Menghong.

"Haha, General Yang doesn't know something, the name of this building has a lot of origin!"

In the second floor of the building, there are only three people in an accord, one is Yang Chao, the other is Wang Xiao, and the third is this Du Shouchang. When he explained the name of Menghong Tower, he said suddenly.

Wang Xiao immediately followed suit and said, "I don't know if there is He Mingtang, but I would like to ask brother Xiangcao to enlighten me!"

Du Shouchang's word is Xiangcao, and he is called Du Xiangcao.

Du Shouchang twirled his fine long beard, smiled, looked at Yang Chao and said, "When my mother was pregnant with my little sister, I happened to dream of a long rainbow entering her bosom, so I named my little sister Hongying!"

Only now did Yang Chao understand a little bit. After talking about it, he told Yang Chao that her sister's name was Du Hongying in order to attract his sister.

Yang Chao had no choice but to follow along and asked: "Then I don't know what is the relationship between Lingmei and this Menghong Tower?"

Du Shouchang smiled and said: "This building is exactly my little sister's boudoir. My little sister loves the scenery of the West Lake very much, so I live here all year round!"

Wang Xiao's expression moved, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes.

Yang Chao was also taken aback. Du Shouchang is entertaining Yang Chao in his sister's boudoir?Does this explain something.

Yang Chao couldn't be sure, and immediately expressed his sincerity and fear: "What should I do? How could I, a warrior like me, enter Miss Du's boudoir without permission? Wouldn't it disturb Miss Du's reputation?"

But Du Shouchang waved his hand: "The general's words are wrong. In fact, it's my younger sister's intention to invite the general. My younger sister has been unable to sleep at night recently. Maybe it's because of evil spirits. I'm about to invite the general's evil spirit to frighten me."

Yang Chao laughed: "So I'm a door god."

Du Shouchang also laughed casually.

Then he said: "If you can deter the evil spirits and let the younger sister sleep peacefully, I will invite the general to come next time and let the younger sister thank you in person."

Yang Chao smiled and said, "Haha I hope so."

Speaking of this, Yang Chao felt that his words seemed too ambiguous. In later generations, these words are nothing, but in the Ming Dynasty, people may think that Yang Chao is interested in Du Shouchang's sister, and Yang Chao has never even seen anyone. Well, how could you be interested.

Du Shouchang didn't point out, and drank and talked again. As time got late, Yang Chao said goodbye and left.

Wang Xiao had heard it a long time ago, and when she went back, she excitedly told Yang Chao that Du Shouchang seemed to be interested in Yang Chao and wanted to make his younger sister to Yang Chao. He asked Yang Chao what he meant, but Yang Chao was noncommittal. Rich merchants often get married with gentry groups. Although they may not cling to high-ranking local officials, small officials are still acceptable. As for military officers, they generally do not marry because their status is too low.

If according to the past market conditions, it would be more than enough to match Yang Chao. As long as Yang Chao does not become a marquis, he will still be a military officer, and he will always be overwhelmed by civil servants. Could it be that Du Shouchang is betting that Yang Chao will be a marquis in the future? The vision is poisonous enough. According to Yang Chao's plan, if he can turn the world around in the future, being a Marquis is the most basic.

But if Yang Chao hadn't seen Du Shouchang's sister, he would never consider it. Even if he had, he might not consider it. At least Yang Chao had to find out whether his temperament was suitable or not.

Wang Xiao was too active, and came to ask Yang Chao's intentions early the next morning. It seemed that he had already settled down with the Du family.

Yang Chao smiled and said that he hadn't met Miss Du yet.

Wang Xiao hooked up with it, and Du Shouchang hoped to entertain Yang Chao again that day, obviously planning to find a chance for Yang Chao to meet Miss Du.

Of course, it is still a night banquet, and rich businessmen make friends with officials. Although everyone knows it well, it is just that businessmen find a protective umbrella for themselves, and officials take the opportunity to find a long-term treasury for themselves, and use each other.

However, it is still taboo to win over a general with a heavy hand in an open and honest manner, so a night banquet is fine, but it is too ostentatious in broad daylight.

Yang Chao felt that his mood was still a bit complicated. Is this a blind date? I didn't expect that he would go on a blind date suddenly, and it was too easy. Of course, it was because of the interaction between the woman and the so-called woman chasing the man.

If the meeting goes well, is it true that he is really going to get married? Normally, he is not too young, and his parents have talked about getting married for a long time, but Yang Chao has been delaying it.

To choose a partner to marry, with Yang Chao's habits, it is impossible to follow the orders of parents and matchmakers, but with the character of Ming Dynasty people, it is impossible to fall in love freely. This difference in concept has made Yang Chao so far. , I really have never met a girl from a normal family. It is obviously impossible for a brothel girl like Liu Rushi to marry, otherwise my mother would dare to hang herself to force Yang Chao.

If you really want to get married, choose someone who is pleasing to the eye and has a compatible personality. This is the basic. As for the family, Yang Chao has already figured it out. It is basically impossible not to find someone who is well-matched. Games are so realistic.

Therefore, Yang Chao's finding the Du family is considered a good match. The Du family's financial resources can completely help Yang Chao achieve his goal as soon as possible. A military officer at the first level, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to help him much, but the guarding military officer is honorable, a duke, and they look down on Yang Chao. Needless to say, they also look down on Yang Chao as a civil servant.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, it was most common for a military officer to marry a wealthy businessman. One needed status and protection, and the other needed wealth. They complemented each other and cooperated with each other.

Yang Chao thinks a lot, the thoughts are very complicated, and he is very entangled in his heart. He always feels that his way of obtaining cooperation through marriage is a betrayal of his own hue!

But Yang Chao really thought too much.

What he said during the day was fine, but before nightfall, the Du family changed their minds.

Wang Xiao came to find Yang Chao in a hurry, and told Yang Chao that Miss Du's family was ill, so she couldn't see Yang Chao.

Yang Chao was taken aback for a moment, he didn't believe that Miss Du's family was ill at this stage, it was too coincidental.

"what happened?"

Yang Chao asked in a deep voice, there must have been some accident that made the Du family suddenly give up their thoughts on marriage.

Wang Xiao let out a long sigh: "Brother Yang, news came from Beijing that many high officials jointly impeached you, but the memorials were all withheld by the emperor, and no official report was issued. I also just inquired about it, and the Du family also knows the time." not long."

Yang Chao couldn't help smiling wryly. It turned out that because of this incident, Shi Kefa received the imperial decree from the emperor yesterday, asking them to thoroughly investigate Yang Chao's matter. Today, all the wealthy businessmen know about it.

So many officials impeached Yang Chao, Du Shouchang immediately flinched. He wooed Yang Chao because he saw Yang Chao's bright future, but he didn't expect so many people to impeach him suddenly. With Du Shouchang's city government, it was easy to think that Yang Chao was involved. He is in the middle of a political struggle, so he doesn't want to go into this muddy water at this time.

Yang Chao sighed: "In other words, it's more than good luck for me!"

Wang Xiaodao: "It's not enough to be convicted, but the merits of this Haizhou victory may be equal to the merits and demerits."

Because he released the water himself, the military achievements of killing tens of thousands of captive soldiers were wiped out.

But Yang Chao didn't even know the real reason, was it because the people's homes were flooded by flooding?Ordinary people may believe this, but in political struggles, this can only be an excuse.

"Brother Wang, can you find out who is targeting me? Could it be the Marquis of Zhenyuan?"

Yang Chao suddenly thought that he seemed to have only offended one Marquis of Zhenyuan in the officialdom, and he didn't seem to offend the others.

Brother Wang had a bitter face: "The matter is very troublesome, and it doesn't seem to be aimed at you. According to the information I have inquired about, it is a group of high-ranking officials who want Zhou Shoufu to fall, and you are implicated."

Yang Chao didn't know why he got involved with Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant. Could it be because he helped raise money for him back then? Speaking of which, he did this for Zhou Yanru, but he really didn't get any benefits Zhou Yanru has never given himself any direct benefits, and Yang Chao has never fantasized about getting benefits from him. Just because of his virtue of murdering Zhang Pu and playing tricks on Ruan Dacheng, Yang Chao doesn't think he will remember his own kindness. , This is a politician with a thick face and a dark heart, who can deal as little as possible.

Unexpectedly, Yang Chao was involved again.

"It seems that I have to go back to Nanjing quickly."

Yang Chao thought to himself, he had to go back and get ready to deal with this wave.

Because Yang Chao remembered that Zhou Yanru was finally ordered to commit suicide by Emperor Chongzhen, so would he be implicated?

He had to go back to Nanjing quickly to do some activities.

So Yang Chao immediately bid farewell to Shi Kefa, handled various related documents from him, and then set off immediately.

The boat going south was still found by Wang Xiao. At this time, Wang Xiao did not sever ties with Yang Chao, did not choose to avoid suspicion, and did not choose to protect himself wisely.

This made Yang Chao feel a little relieved. If he was like Du Shouchang, Yang Chao would not blame him, but even if his friend has succeeded, he will only be regarded as a business partner in the future.

Sitting on the Wang family's boat, I returned to Nanjing, where I hadn't seen for a long time, after half a month.

At this time, it was already more than June.

(End of this chapter)