Chapter 570: The Old Man Visits

Yuan Zhizheng twenty-one years (1361) in Zhu Yuanzhang became a relatively independent regime when the establishment, this is the product of independence outside the six departments, is the Ming Dynasty warriors at that time and the civil department of the same directly under the emperor's order, Hongwu thirteen years (1380) to the power of the metropolitan governor's office is too great, in the abolition of the prime minister system at the same time, in order to prevent the excessive concentration of military power, also abolished the metropolitan governor's office, changed to the center, left, right, front, rear five military governor's office, respectively manage the Beijing division and the local guards. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe governor's office of the five armies has a left and right governor, which is a product; The governor knows the same thing, from a product; The governor is a businessman, and he is a second product. The judge of the Governor's Office of the Chinese Army is the judge of the five armies.

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies is divided into all the guards in Beijing except for the pro-army command envoys and the guards of all the capitals outside. All military officials, liuguan, and local officials, such as replacement, preferential maintenance, and preferential payment, are all reported to the government, and the government will then transfer them to the military department for selection. After being selected, it will be sent to the capital by the government. The selection and granting of the chief officials are all by the officials. Others, such as the military attache's edict, the drill of land and water foot cavalry, the army's clear hook substitution, rations, tun fees and tun planting equipment, boats and vehicles, military information, border map books, charcoal and thorn reeds, transferred to the relevant agencies to deal with the same thing, each government only has the right to command the army, the right to transfer troops in the military department, whenever a war occurs, the emperor orders the commander to be the commander, and the soldiers of the guards under the jurisdiction of the governor's office of the five armies are transferred to the battle. The army was returned to the court, and the soldiers returned to the guard. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies lost its political participation and political power, and changed from a central organ of "the general internal and external military" to an institution that was subject to the military department everywhere and simply carried out orders. The Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces has the right to direct troops but not the right to transfer troops, and the military headquarters has the right to transfer troops but not the right to command troops. The governor's office and the military department of the five armies controlled each other and did not subordinate each other, and they all obeyed the emperor's orders.

However, now, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies on the west side of Hongwu Gate outside the Nanjing Imperial Palace has changed from the decadent atmosphere of the past, and it is a new scene of revival and decline.

In front of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies of the Five Departments of the Rite Household Officials and the Armament and Industry of the Rite Household, two flagpoles of three zhang high stood tall, and the flagpole was made of white satin with a square of one zhang on both sides, and the red flame was bordered, and the flagpole on the south side was written: "Mending the Heaven Crack", and the flagpole on the north side was: "Wanjin Ou". Under the flagpole, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the guards stood solemnly in shifts with swords, guns and guns, and the military posture like steel and iron casting made the people who had lived in Nanjing for many years amazed and attracted a scene to watch.

On both sides of the guards officers and soldiers in these stations are Li Shouhan's various rank flags. The most obvious majesty is the one granted by Emperor Hongguang himself, and the governor is against the army, all walks of life, money, and food.

These silently released a strong signal to all the people, this building is now the core of power in half of the Ming Dynasty.

Not far away, there was a low and powerful sound of trumpets in Miyagi, and from time to time, vehicles of all sizes transporting construction materials rolled over the bluestone roads around Miyagi. The materials for these vehicles were procured for the maintenance of the long-abandoned Nanjing Imperial Palace.

Today's Hongguang Tianzi only lives in the Wuying Palace, and most of the remaining Qianqing Palace and other eastern and western six palaces are deserted and collapsed, and they need to be repaired urgently. Otherwise, how to show the majesty of the great tomorrow?

You must know that the etiquette system of the uncle and grandson to the Han Gaozu gave Liu Bang a "joy to know today." Feelings. If the palace and temple can't match the identity and bearing of the great tomorrow, how to make the barbarians of the four seas obey and fear the prestige?

However, opponents are always able to oppose for the sake of opposition.

"The fall of the capital and the rampant thieves, the first emperor was martyred, and now the imperial court does not want to rectify the soldiers and horses, but rests with the people, but rampantly expropriates and builds a large number of palaces." On the heavenly street outside the Hongwu Gate, a few scholars in green shirts and square scarves were indignant, pointing at the craftsmen and people who came and went with folding fans in their hands.

"Poor sour literati! Know what? A mocking sound floated from a carriage that slowly walked by. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Xiao He overhauled Liu Bang's palace and was scolded by the chief of the Peixian Pavilion. Gaozu washed his feet and said that Lao Tzu is now as poor as a dog, and he can't even get together four horses with the same color, ****** you still take money to build the palace? Crazy? Xiao He said that I was giving His Majesty authority. When you have free time, you should read more books, and work less on Bagu Shiyi and Qinhuai River! ”

The few words with guns and sticks in the carriage made several readers so angry that their faces turned bloody. When you have to rush up and reason with the fanatics in the car.

The carriage took a few steps forward and stopped in front of the gate of the Grand Governor's Mansion, and the family members who were driving jumped down from the wheel, set up the bench, and asked the master in the car to get out of the car. Immediately afterward, two more guests came down from the car. Listening to the accent, a Suzhou native in his thirties should be the person who mocked these talents just now.

Someone who rolled up his arms and sleeves wanted to go forward and reason with this person, but was stopped by his companion.

"Stay with my brother! This person can't be provoked! ”

"Who is it? No matter who he is, he is the Son of Heaven, he is Li Shouhan himself, and he can't humiliate us and other scholars like this! ”

"Humph! He is Zhang Cai of Wuxian County, Suzhou! If you are not afraid of Sun Shan's name this time, you can just go up and provoke him! However, with the talent of the young brother, I am afraid that my tongue may not be able to bargain in front of him! Xiucai's companion was half a reminder, half a mocking admonition.

Speaking of the name Zhang Cai, everyone may be very unfamiliar, but I believe everyone must have seen his related works, "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Legend of the West Chamber", all have versions annotated by him. That's right, his other name is Jin Shengsi.

He entered a private school at the age of nine, and when he became an adult, he was admitted to Xiucai and became famous. Believe in gods and Buddhas, and be good at helping people descend to the spirit. Claiming to be the reincarnation of the disciple of the Buddhist Tiantai Patriarch Zhiyi, under the pretext of "Xi'an" Master, Jiangnan Shi Dafu is respectfully called "Xigong" or "Xishi", and began to support in Wu County at the age of 20, claiming to accept more than 30 deceased women as disciples of the underworld, editing 8 volumes of Tang poetry anthology "Tang Caizi Book", compiling the eight-strand essay test template "Zhiyi Caizi Book", and annotating Du Fu's poetry collection. He also gave lectures on recruitment, and showed off his talents, which was highly appreciated by the local scholars.

Therefore, he scolded those poor sour shows on the carriage to have time to read more, and to work less on the Qinhuai River and the eight-strand system, which also has his capital.

"That's it! Brother Nian, the "Book of Art Talents" that you recommended as the treasure was compiled by Zhang Cai, if you go up to fight with him, can you please yourself? ”

"Also, the so-called Mo essay in the field, one life, two fortunes, three feng shui, four accumulations of yin virtue, five readings, six seven phases, eight gods, nine nobles, ten health and eleven choices. Mr. Zhang Cai is good at helping the beggars to invite the immortals to descend to the spirit, if you offend him, do you still want to go to high school? ”

After saying a few words, Xiucai's face turned pale, and he waved his hand again and again to show respect for the ghosts and gods and stay away.

In the midst of the gossip of these talents, Zhang Cai accompanied the master who got off the carriage and walked proudly to the front of the gate.

"Mr. Lo gave me a ride. If the student sends it here, it is not good to send it again. The so-called general, some of Li's actions are cold. The Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory. Let's leave it at that. After saying that, Zhang Cai arched his hand, saluted the owner of the carriage, and floated away.

"This man is indeed arrogant and strange. I originally planned to introduce one or two to the general for the two of you, but I didn't want this person to do it rashly. The owner of the carriage sighed, walked to the gate, and bowed deeply to the battalion officer who was leading the shift there. This general, please report to the official room inside. ”

Seeing that the forehead of the owner of the carriage was wrinkled and piled up, and there was already a lot of gray hair on his sideburns, the battalion officer of the Nanyue Army was also very polite: "Old man, if you have any orders, just say it." ”

"Please spread the word inside, and it will be said that Yangzhou Jiangchun was summoned by the general to come and ask for a meeting."

Jiang Chun has been very proud all these years. relied on the early arrival of Li Shouhan and Li Peiting, and had a very good relationship with the Yancao gang. In Jiangnan and Jiangbei, he made special business of salt, grain and rice, glass, mirrors, silk, fine cloth and so on. After more than ten years, he has long ceased to be the shopkeeper of the Yangzhou Fang family, but has been bought by several ruined Fang family's messy business and house, and has given a very good price in the eyes of Yangzhou businessmen. Even in the Huaiyang area of the business community spread a good story.

After buying the old owner's house, he bought the homesteads of more than a dozen nearby families at a good price, and built a big mansion in the east gate of Yangzhou. Prosperous and rich, it is also one of the best gardens in Yangzhou, and the locals call it Jiangjiayuan. Jiang Chun himself also vaguely has the posture of the leader of the Yangzhou merchant gang.

After Li Shouhan arrived in Nanjing, Jiang Chun sent a letter to him, in which he said that Jiang's net worth was completely due to the general, but he had an order and came as soon as he was summoned. There is such a local snake and old man who expresses his willingness to cooperate, so why is Li Shouhan not good at making good use of it? When he ordered someone to write a letter, he invited him to Nanjing for a while.

So, Jiang Chun appeared in Nanjing. As for him and Zhang Cai, it is entirely due to the habit of Yangzhou businessmen who like to make friends with famous scholars and literati. Seeing Zhang Cai walking proudly on the side of the road, he invited him to go with the car. It's a pity that I was going to recommend Zhang Cai to Li Shouhan, but in the end, Zhang Cai walked away.

The battalion officer saw Jiang Chun's name on the list of possible visitors in the near future on the visitor registration book in the concierge, and immediately ordered someone to report to the person on duty in the official room, "Old man, please follow this subordinate below, and he will take you to the waiting room to wait." Who is this gentleman? ”

The battalion officer on duty looked up and down at the middle-aged man who was standing beside Jiang Chun with a respectful demeanor, judging from their age, the two were definitely not father and son, and their accents were different. Jiang Chun speaks Yangzhou dialect, but the man has a Zhejiang accent. Although the two are of the same age, they are definitely not brothers.

"Lingyou?" The guards battalion officer on duty asked Jiang Chun tentatively.

"This is our friend Zhejiang Haining Zha Jizuo. I came here to meet the general. ”

Yes, you read that right, it is the descendants of that descendant who produced a famous writer. He himself became a traitor and traitor on the Internet who was no less famous than his children and grandchildren because of a certain written case.

But what exactly is this person's origin?

Speaking of which, this is also a resolute person who resists the Qing Dynasty. He once served as the director of the Ministry of War during the period of King Lu's supervision, supervising Zheng Yixingjun, and later moved to the post of Fang Wai and the Imperial History Supervision Army, and the official was in the Ministry of War. During the year of King Lu's reign, Zha Jizuo personally led an army to fight against the Qing army in eastern Zhejiang. Lots of gains. For the westward expedition, he worked hard. He personally organized troops, sent people to set up intermittent expeditions, and secretly contacted the volunteer brigades in Taihu Lake and other places to respond to each other. And unlike those mouths and guns, he personally led his troops into battle and fought several battles with Qing soldiers near his hometown of Haining. The Qing army was also defeated.

However, when it comes to Zha Jizuo, you can't avoid the Ming history case. From this point, you can see a little specialty of this person. Extremely good at observing the political situation! After the collapse of King Fu, King Lu, King Tang and other regimes, knowing that the Ming court had no hope of reviving, he resolutely and unswervingly threw himself into the arms of the Qing court. It doesn't matter if the Ming History case was the first one he sued, or if he was implicated. The speckled evidence proves that not only did he not suffer anything because of the Ming Shi case, but he benefited a lot because of it.

According to Chen Quai's "Five Stone Fats", there are still four people who have been exempted because they are not listed...... Lu Luan, Cha Yihuang, Fan Wenbai, Lu Lijing...... Yi Huang's name is succeeded by Zuo, and Haining is a person...... Gengzi Shucheng was promulgated, and the three of them did not hear each other, and in the 18th year of Shunzhi, Xin Chou December, he presented Hu Shangheng to learn the Tao and identify his false ...... It is said that the three people, although they are not more glorious than the discovery, are also the first people, and they are rewarded according to the law. Therefore, the glory of the shade worshiped him Hahafan, and gave Zhu Zhuang one-tenth of the property. Cha, Fan, and Lu were also awarded with utensils. According to the "Fei Gong'an Diary", it is said that he had personally seen Cha and others receive Zhu and Zhuang furniture in front of Cigan Temple, about more than ten Zhouyun.

As for Wu Liuqi, who has various rumors and wild historical records with him, the unkind author has already introduced it in the previous chapters, so I will not repeat it at this time. Moreover, among his descendants, there are also high-ranking officials such as Zha Siting, who served as a cabinet scholar and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, who was tortured to death in prison because of the so-called "Weimin stopped" case, and the body of the father and son was killed after his death. If there is no great merit to make a name to the imperial court, in the early Qing Dynasty, when the boundary between the banner and the Han was very clear, how could a southern literati achieve such a high position?

However, this person's temperament is still much stronger than the generous speech in the court when he was still dressed in the Han family, and the princes of Gon who went out of the city to greet him when Hu Lu arrived. After all, his fame in the Ming Dynasty was just a man, much worse than the rain and dew enjoyed by those college students, scholars, squires, chief soldiers, and marshals!

Zha Jizuo was also the same as Zhang Cai, who met Jiang Chun outside Nanjing. But it is completely different from Zhang Cai's attitude, this person is famous. Knowing that the wealthy businessman in front of him was coming to meet Li Shouhan, the powerful general at this time, he should respectfully bow to his disciples.

Jiang Chun also knew this person's fame, and the old problems of Yangzhou businessmen made him like to bring literati and celebrities by his side to raise his worth. So, under the leadership of several personal soldiers, Jiang Chun and Zha Jizuo came to the Hou meeting room in the official room to wait for the meeting.

"In twenty years, General Li has become General Li." Looking at the heavily guarded Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in front of him, think about the six words on the two flags full of confidence and courage outside the door, "mend the cracks in the sky" and "finish the golden urn". Thinking about the scenes in Hejing City back then, Jiang Chun suddenly felt like a world away.

didn't allow him to think too much, before the cup of tea was finished, someone in front of the hall called out one after another, "Where is Mr. Jiang from Yangzhou?" Lord, please Mr. Jiang! "My lord, please Mr. Jiang!"

Surrounded and led by more than a dozen servants from the Great General's Mansion, Jiang Chun and Zha Jizuo came to the door of the courtyard where Li Shouhan's signing room was located.

Li Shouhan was already waiting on the steps at the door.

"Shangmin Jiang Chun, I've seen the general!" Although Jiang Chun is a few years old, his health is not bad, and his legs and feet are very sharp, even if he wants to kneel down and kowtow.

"Huh! You and I are old friends! Why do you have to do such a vulgar ceremony?! Li Shouhan hurriedly signaled to order someone to hold Jiang Chun up and prevent him from kneeling and bowing. Zha Jizuo didn't dare to hold it up, and kowtowed a few times before standing up.

"Time is not forgiving. Twenty years have passed. Li Shouhan and Jiang Chun were also old acquaintances of Ha Jing, and the two of them had to recount the past of Ha Jing. Jiang Chun also wanted to ask Li Shouhan about the current situation of the group of acquaintances he met when he was in Ha Jing. For example, Father Alfonso, Professor Galileo, and the old man in Li Shouhan's mansion, Fubo.

"Fauber has been dead for several years, and I will bury him next to my father's grave. Every day, people clean in front of the grave, and offer flowers, fruits, incense, candles, paper money, and other sacrificial things. Mr. Galileo also died a few years ago. When he died, he was to be buried in the university school where he founded and worked. Entrusted me to take care of his children. As for Father Alfonso, he is now the cardinal archbishop of my Southern Cantonese army. ”

What is the cardinal archbishop, Jiang Chun is not particularly clear. However, I think it's just a title in the Franc Machine Sect.

As for the old fox Hu Licheng and the others, because they have business dealings with each other, they often exchange letters with each other, and Jiang Chun also knows their situation. He has almost all business dealings with these old men in the Nanyue Army, and it has vaguely become a huge network system.

The two of them were there talking about the whereabouts of their old acquaintances, and although Zha Jizuo couldn't interject, he kept a smile on his face and made a look of willingness to listen.

After a reminiscence and lamenting the impermanence of the world, the topic of Li Shouhan and Jiang Chun began to formalize.

"Jiang Dadong, when you and I met in Ha Jing, did you ever think that I would have today's situation?"

"Although the merchants knew that the general was not in the pool, they didn't dare to imagine that they would have such a pattern so quickly."

This is Jiang Chun's truth. Who would have thought that the small garrison in Hejing City would become the first person in the Ming Dynasty in twenty years? The speed of this rise is only comparable to that of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang back then. (To be continued.) )