Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 278

"Yang Chao, who do you think will win this time?"

Xiong Mingyu waved Yang Chao to sit down and asked casually.

Yang Chao looked at Xiong Mingyu suspiciously. Could he not understand this question?

Yang Chao asked back: "I don't know who the boss thinks will win?"

Xiong Mingyu shook his head: "It's hard to say. Zhou Yusheng is coming in menacingly. Zhou Yusheng is really clever and was mistaken by his cleverness."

Yang Chao hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Yang Chao wished that Xiong Mingyu would say more, so that he could learn more. In the future, he would inevitably fall into this kind of political strife, and the higher his status, the easier it would be to cause disputes. Learning some experience early is also a precautionary measure.

Xiong Mingyu sighed: "If Zhou Yusheng sits firmly in court, no one will be able to do anything to him."

It is true that Zhou Yanru is a person with great political energy and high means. After being prime minister for the second time, he has firmly controlled the court, and he is like a fish in water between ministers and emperors.

But I didn't expect him to leave the court, and it took half a year after he left. Isn't this an opportunity for political opponents? Ordinarily, with Zhou Yanru's political experience, he shouldn't make this mistake. Could it be that he is too arrogant and thinks that he is Can you control the government even if you leave the court?

Yang Chao immediately explained his doubts.

Xiong Mingyu sighed: "The eyes of this old man have seen too many battles and too many people. To be honest, there are really few people in this world that this old man can't see through. Looking around The princes of the Manchu Dynasty, that is, a warm and benevolent one, is Zhou Yusheng."

Xiong Mingyu also admitted that he didn't understand.

That's right, Zhou Yanru is definitely an old fox on the same level as Xiong Mingyu, even higher than Xiong Mingyu.

Yang Chao asked again: "I don't know who Xiong Lao thinks can win?"

Xiong Mingyu thought for a while, then shook his head: "No matter who wins, you can't lose!"

Yang Chao said with a sneer, "My lord, you're flattering me."

Xiong Mingyu waved his hand: "It's not a flattery, but there's still one person who can't see through this old man."

He stared at Yang Chao's eyes, needless to say, he also couldn't understand Yang Chao.

Yang Chao slandered, if you understand it, you will be damned.

It was already midnight when he left Xiong Mingyu's house. Yang Chao got into the carriage and went home in a relaxed mood. After all, he hadn't returned home yet when he returned to Nanjing.

I thought that when I got home, I would be able to talk about human relations with my family, and put aside military affairs and political disputes for a while, but I didn't expect that when you want to be safe, you will never be safe.

Yang Wencong was already waiting at Yang Chao's house.

Yang Wencong served as a military officer last year. In his tenure, he displayed a sense of fighting and a spirit of loving fighting. He kept impeaching people, and whoever was impeached, regardless of the background of the opponent. He did not seek truth from facts, but only Let the emperor know that Yang Wencong has no factions, and he can impeach anyone.

Sure enough, the emperor admired him very much. In just one year, he was promoted again. He was promoted to the military department, and he was in charge of the Nanjing military department.

"Boss Yang, please come and be safe."

Yang Chao was very surprised by Yang Wencong's visit. Could it be that this guy has seen through Xiong Mingyu at a glance?

This is obviously impossible.

From Yang Chao's understanding, Yang Wencong has a poor political vision, otherwise he wouldn't have only been a county magistrate in history.

Yang Wencong pointed to Yang Chao, smiled wryly and said, "You, you, you will make big troubles wherever you go."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Fortune is a little bit memorized."

As he said that, a woman came in to pour tea. The maids in the Yang family are all at the level of old aunts, and there are absolutely no little girls.

Yang Wencong took the tea, watched his mother-in-law walk out of the flower hall, and then spoke to Yang Chao.

"General Yang, I won't tell you too much, I need your help with something now!"

Yang Wencong asked himself for help?

Yang Chao asked, "What's the matter?"

Yang Wencong said bluntly: "Someone in the court impeached General Yang. The general can submit a letter to defend himself. It is best to mention Zhou Yusheng's dispatch. I will also play a memorial to help the general. As far as I know, Hai The flood in the state did not cause major disasters, but the officials in the court and the central government are alarmist."

When Yang Chao heard this, his heart tightened. Did Yang Wencong come to help him?In the past relationship, purely kind, or—

"Dare to ask the boss, it is entrusted by others."

Yang Wencong nodded, showing no intention of shyness at all, this openness is the trust accumulated through many cooperations.

Yang Chao shook his head: "My lord, forget it. I don't know how to defend myself, so please don't write for me."

Yang Wencong was taken aback: "But what if the emperor blames it?"

Yang Chao couldn't help smiling wryly, this Yang Wencong really couldn't see through current events, even Wang Xiao could see clearly, Yang Chao had such great achievements, it was impossible to question the crime, Yang Wencong couldn't even understand.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "I don't need to defend myself, my lord, please don't do anything unnecessary, or you may cause trouble to your upper body."

Yang Chao said threateningly, he knew Yang Wencong would do this, as long as Yang Chao was completely neutral, this turmoil would pass smoothly, if he wrote a letter to defend himself and asked Yang Wencong to defend himself, it would be tantamount to joining the political struggle. It's really confusing, if you don't do anything, you will win in the end, as long as you join in, it will be full of danger.

But tell Yang Wencong that he may not listen, because Yang Wencong does not seem to have any factions, but there are still some. Instead, he threatens him. He will not care about this because of his own crisis. Yang Wencong has a criminal record. He is not a very courageous person. Yang Chao had seen it before when he dealt with Xu Zhongxiao.

Sure enough, Yang Wencong was shocked, and asked, "Why?"

Yang Chao sighed: "Doesn't Master Yang know that this is a battle of wits between high officials in the court?"

Yang Wencong nodded, of course he knew, otherwise he would not have come to Yang Chao for fire support, obviously he hoped that Yang Chao would tie his military achievements to Zhou Yusheng.

But the political faction is the most unreliable faction. As long as the interests are sufficient, they can be abandoned and betrayed at any time.

Obviously Yang Wencong believes that Zhou Yanru is sure to win, so he can't wait to stand with Zhou Yanru. In addition, he has other relationships with Zhou Yanru. For example, his wife and brother are Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying was able to re-employ Fengyang because of Zhou Yanru's recovery. Governor's.

Yang Chao asked again: "Don't Master Yang know that Lord Yusheng is in danger?"

In fact, Yang Chao is not sure who will win, otherwise he would not have asked Xiong Mingyu for advice. In the original history, it was indeed Zhou Yanru who lost, but now Zhou Yanru has his share of military merit in his hands. In the hands, it is really impossible to lose.

But in case of losing, we still don't want Yang Wencong to fall in. Having Yang Wencong in Nanjing is also a political force in his hands.

Yang Wencong was shocked when he heard this: "Is this really true?"

Yang Chao laughed and said, "I'd rather believe it, so don't get involved too deeply, my lord."

Yang Wencong nodded with a look of shock on his face. To be honest, he still wanted to go a step further. Although he had a high grade and a high future in the matter, he had no real power, not even comparable to the lack of the county magistrate. It is impossible to return to the county magistrate, but Yin Tianfu Yin can also think about it, so this time he wants to rely on Zhou Yanru.

Speaking of which, Yang Chao is becoming more and more dissatisfied with Zhou Yanru. The reason is simple. He is favored by Yang Wencong. Yang Chao feels that Yang Wencong can be a bright light to a certain extent. Whatever he chooses is usually wrong.

Moreover, Zhou Yanru has fallen to the point of mobilizing Yang Wencong to contact him. Doesn't this mean that Zhou Yanru himself feels that the situation is not good?
Yang Wencong walked out of Yang Chao's house with a sad face.

Only now did Yang Chao meet the family.

The parents were all happy, and the younger sister was also very happy, but the younger sister yawned again and again.

Yang Chao smiled and said, "Hurry up and go to sleep!"

Only then did the mother come to her senses: "Go to bed quickly! Go to sleep, go to sleep. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow."

The mother thought that Yang Chao was also tired all day.

Seeing Yang Chao walk into the bedroom, the mother was still muttering, she was still an adult, she didn't wink at all, it was in the middle of the night.

She choreographed Yang Wencong, who was really ruthless.

The next day, Yang Chao slept until the sun was up, and he was really tired. Not to mention staying up late yesterday, in fact, since Haizhou, he hadn't had a good rest. The fatigue on the battlefield is unimaginable for ordinary people. Experienced once, it can never be imagined, words can not describe.

After the parents saw Yang Chao several times, they saw Yang Chao wake up, so they asked him to wash him up.

A hearty meal followed.

After eating, I had a conversation with my family and spent a day with my family.

Yang Chao returned to the barracks the next day. It wasn't that Yang Chao was so dedicated, but if he didn't leave, a large group of relatives would come again.

The relatives don't have much political consciousness. They only know that Yang Chao won a big victory, and he must be promoted and rich. Of course, the common people's thinking is also good. At least everyone thinks so. The emperor just wants to kill the donkey. , There are also some people who are wary of rats, and they may have a reputation of cruelty to Zhongliang.

In addition, it is true that Yang Chao has not been to the military camp for a long time. It has been nearly a year, and he does not know what happened to the military camp.

The changes are really not small, all the barracks have been renovated, and the biggest change is the outside of the barracks.

From outside Daying to the area around Jiangkou, it has taken on a completely new look. It used to be mostly weeds, but now there is a large area of ​​farmland. Although there is no rice, it is all green. Yang Chao saw that today it is a large watermelon field.

After asking, I found out that it was driven by other officers and soldiers in the battalion. Yang Chao spent money to build a levee along the river, which was more than three feet high, which was enough to stop the annual flooding, so this place could be cultivated. Good place.

So the soldiers who were idle in the camp moved their minds one after another. Hundreds of soldiers managed to open up thousands of acres of land in less than a year, because most of the land was fine sand and there was no humus layer. However, it is not enough to grow food. At least a few years have to be planted with watermelons, or even grass. After a few years of soil improvement, the land can be planted.

Yang Chao had considered it in the past. After the embankment was built, tens of thousands of acres of land should be opened up. Now more than half of them have been opened up, but it seems that he has not obtained his consent!
It wasn't until Zhang Damang came back that Yang Chao called him to him and asked who was so bold to occupy his land!

(End of this chapter)