Nanjing Qian Mansion.

There is a couplet hanging on the door of the flower hall, "The sound of the wind, the sound of the rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear; Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned. ”

This famous couplet was written by Gu Xiancheng, the founder of the Donglin Party. At the beginning, he founded Donglin Academy in Wuxi, criticizing current politics and praising ministers. But with the death of Gu Xiancheng, the Donglin Party gradually evolved into a party vying for power.

In this dynasty, the Donglin Party took Qian Muzhai and Qian Qianyi as the party leader, but he was defeated in the battle with Wen Tiren and resigned, and he has been idle at home.

Jiashen was in trouble, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne. Many Nanjing veterans were able to recover, but Qian Qianyi did not. This made him angry and sleepless. Thanks to the careful service of the step-room Liu Ru in the bed, he fell asleep after exhaustion every night.

Today, Qian Qianyi didn't wake up until late afternoon, and under Liu Ruye's service, he was having lunch, when a disciple came to report the visit of Wang Duo, the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

Qian Qianyi was overjoyed, and after lunch, he hurriedly got up and went to the flower hall to meet him.

Since he left Chongzhen for ten years, he has been living a life of leisure at home and occasionally lecturing. Although these days are idle, it is a kind of torture for Qian Qianyi, who is committed to the temple.

Now that the new monarch has ascended the throne, Qian Qianyi thought that his opportunity had come, but the Son of Heaven did not seem to have any intention of reviving himself. This made Qian Qianyi very anxious.

Qian Qianyi once wanted to visit Shi Kefa, the first assistant of the cabinet and a scholar of Zhongji Temple, and wanted this colleague who was also from the Donglin Party to speak for him and let the Son of Heaven recruit him.

But he never made up his mind. This is because Qian Qianyi can't let go of face. After all, he is recognized as the leader of the Donglin Party, and although Shi Kefa studied under Zuo Guangdou, he came out much later than him.

Qian Qianyi was a Tanhualang in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli, and Shi Kefa was only a scholar in the first year of Chongzhen.

From the perspective of qualifications, Qian Qianyi is definitely Shi Kefa's predecessor.

Not to mention in terms of age, Qian Qianyi is a full nineteen years older than Shi Kefa.

In this world, how can there be a reason for seniors and elders to take the initiative to condescend to seek a junior.

Even if this junior is now a very popular minister, the first assistant of the cabinet with red and purple hair!

Qian Qianyi hoped that Shi Kefa would take the initiative to come to him and recommend him to re-emerge, but for nearly a month since the new emperor ascended the throne, Shi Kefa did not mean this at all.

This disappointed Qian Qianyi.

Fortunately, there is no endless road, Qian Qianyi did not wait for Shi Kefa to come, but waited for Wang Duo. Strictly speaking, Wang Duo cannot be regarded as the Donglin Party. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian ordered Gu Bingqian, Huang Liji, Feng Quan and others to preside over the compilation of the "Three Dynasties Classics" to frame the Donglin Party. Wang Duo also participated in the revision for a time, but later he took the initiative to resign with Huang Jin and Zheng Zhixuan to draw a clear line with the eunuch party. From this point of view, Wang Duo cannot be regarded as a eunuch at least.

In terms of political stance, it is more like a centrist.

There is nothing wrong with protecting oneself wisely.

In terms of personal relations, he is also very close to Lu Weiqi, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou and others. After Jiashen, the power of the Donglin Party has not been as strong as before, and Qian Qianyi cannot be too strict about his political identity.

In his opinion, as long as the other party is not a pure eunuch, it can be accepted. If the Donglin Party wants to restore the glory of the last years of Wanli, centrists like Wang Duo, even those who are slightly biased towards Donglin, must be well wooed.

What's more, Qian Qianyi is now idle at home, and the name of a Donglin party leader is not very useful. If it can be revived by Wang Duo's hand, it will naturally be great.

Although Wang Duo's official position is not as good as Shi Kefa, he is also the imperial history of the left capital. Recommended by him, the Son of Heaven has to give face, right?

Thinking that he would soon be able to dominate the temple again, Qian Qianyi felt very excited.

Of course, as a "gentleman of Donglin", he can't show a bit, he must have an attitude of treating officials as dung.

"Why did Shiqiao (Wang Duo's number) come today? You have nothing to do but ascend the Three Treasures Palace. ”

Qian Qianyi picked up the teacup and took a sip slightly, smiling like a smile.

"Mu Zhai's cultivation of nature is really good." Wang Duo smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that you don't have a few days of good life." ”

"Why did Shiqiao say this?"

Qian Qianyi saw that Wang Duo's face was melancholy, not pretentious, so he asked with concern.

Wang Duochong glanced at Liu Ru, who was not far away, and Qian Qianyi cleared his throat and said, "Hedongjun, go down first." ”

Liu Ru was blessed by Qian Qian and bowed down.

When Liu Ru came out of the flower hall, Qian Qianyi said: "Shiqiao can talk now, right?" ”

Wang Duo bowed his head slightly, and sighed again: "I thought that the new monarch was a benevolent lord, but now I look at a certain one." ”

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but be surprised. Although he was also full of complaints about the Son of Heaven, he never dared to show it in front of others. After all, it is a big mistake to be a minister.

Wang Duo continued: "Mu Zhai doesn't know, today His Majesty in the court called on hundreds of officials to donate money on the grounds of helping salaries. Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong pledged 3,000 taels, which is quite a lot. Helplessly, he said something more, asking His Majesty to allocate 200,000 taels of silver for the Beijing camp, which caused His Majesty to be furious, and immediately ordered Jinyi Wei to take down Xin Chengbo and put him in prison. ”

Qian Qianyi frowned when he heard this.

This Xin Chengbo is too good at doing things. It's okay for you to cry poor and donate three thousand taels, but don't worry about the Son of Heaven asking for money at this juncture.

The money in Jingying is all from the inside, which is equivalent to letting the Son of Heaven rip meat. You donated 3,000 taels to the Son of Heaven with your front foot, and you told the Son of Heaven to spit out 200,000 taels with your back foot.

"This Xin Chengbo is also a little bit more Meng Lang."

Qian Qianyi said without being salty.

In his opinion, the lords and civil officials are two completely different camps, before the Yongle Dynasty, the lords suppressed the civil officials, and after the Yongle Dynasty, before the civil fort, the civil officials and the lords were basically divided into courts. After the Tumubao Incident, the bloody lords died, and the civil officials completely suppressed the lords.

By the time of this dynasty, the civil officials had completely disregarded the lords.

Therefore, a lord was sent to prison, which was nothing in Qian Qianyi's opinion.

Mo said that he was a lord, even if it was a civilian official who was imprisoned, as long as it was not the Donglin Party, it had nothing to do with Qian Qianyi.

"Mu Zhai doesn't know. His Majesty is not just targeting Xin Chengbo alone, but the entire court. ”

Wang Duo showed a sad expression: "Gao Jie, the chief soldier of Xuzhou, was ordered to go to Shandong to defend the town, and this military salary depends on the donations of civil and military officials, how can one person make up enough for a few hundred taels, Your Majesty wants us to bleed heavily." Seeing that His Majesty is bound to win, he should have asked Jinyiwei and Dongchang to check our family background, if we deliberately deceive, I am afraid that we will end up with the same fate as Xin Chengbo. ”

After a pause, Wang Duo added: "Mu Zhai, you also have to be careful, Your Majesty is asking the incumbent civil and military officials to donate for the time being, but who knows if he will be tempted by the former officials who have left their posts in the future?" Muzhai, your family has a lot of money, but you have to be careful. ”

Now Qian Qianyi understands why Wang Duo looks like a mourner.

Your Majesty is trying to kill chickens and monkeys, and use the dragon of Xincheng Bozhao to beat the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Seeing Wang Duo's sad expression, Qian Qianyi cleared his throat and comforted: "Shiqiao, don't be anxious, things are not out of control. ”

"Oh? Is there a way to do it? ”

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