It was still very cold in February, especially at night, when it was basically below freezing, but Bi Maokang felt his blood boiling. After nearly half a month of discussion, the planning of the new military factory was finally completed, and the emperor was very happy and invited all his cronies to have a feast. All kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas were put on the table in turn, even if he was already an official and a scholar, he had never eaten a few, and there was also a tribute wine, the mellow taste was not comparable to the water wine outside at all.

Although the wine is good, Bi Maokang doesn't dare to drink too much, if he loses his temper in front of the emperor, then he is afraid that this book will be suspended.

He returned to the mansion with a slightly drunken spirit, and was about to take advantage of the opportunity to have a few more drinks, but the housekeeper came to report that Qian Qianyi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, had been waiting in the living room for a long time.

This Qian Qianyi was not familiar with him before, but everyone was a member of the Donglin Party, and they had only met a few times occasionally. However, since he became the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Qian Qianyi suddenly became enthusiastic, and from time to time he would visit the house and chat with him about poetry, calligraphy and painting, and he became familiar with him.

Unexpectedly, Qian Qianyi came over again today, but the emperor invited him to a banquet, and he came back more than an hour late, which made the family wait for a long time.

As the saying goes, life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon, Bi Maokang just feels that the drink is not enough to enjoy, this money is just right, and you can conspire with it to get drunk.

He immediately asked the butler to prepare the banquet, and he shook his head and walked to the living room.

When the two met, they were polite, and the wine and food were put on the table after this politeness. Bi Maokang is on the rise, frequently raising his glass, and has the posture of getting himself drunk.

Qian Qianyi is arrogant on the surface, not afraid, but secretly he is cheating and playing tricks, the drinking posture seems to be more fierce than Bi Maokang, but there is not much that really drinks into his mouth, but most of it is sprinkled on his clothes, anyway, the clothes are not drunk, and it is nothing to sprinkle more.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Qian Qianyi saw that Bi Maokang had almost drunk it, so he pretended to ask inadvertently: "Master Bi, I heard that the yamen of your Ministry of Industry has moved to Wang Gong Factory, and you have also surrounded Wang Gong Factory with a wall, what do you want to do?" ”

This is asking Bi Maokang's itch, what else can he do, build a military factory.

If this military factory is built, coupled with the emperor's ability to descend to earth, it will definitely be able to make guns far beyond bows and arrows, and with these guns, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to sweep the world. This is all a political achievement made when he was a secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and at that time, it is nothing to enter the cabinet, and he will definitely go down in history. Isn't it for fame and fortune that scholars work hard, he doesn't value this word very much, but he has a soft spot for this name, and his name goes down in history, which is the highest glory of a reader.

Thinking of the smugness, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahahaha, it's not what we want to do, but the emperor wants to develop new firearms, and this Wang Gong Factory is the place where new firearms are developed." ”

When Qian Qianyi heard this, his heart moved, and he continued to ask: "I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to develop a new firearm, right?" ”

Bi Maokang did not doubt him, and continued to say proudly: "Of course, it cost 10,000 taels just to build the wall, and it will cost at least one million taels to build a new factory." ”

Qian Qianyi pretended to be envious and said: "One million taels!" The emperor is really willing, such a huge project, I am afraid that it will be bigger than the palace. ”

Bi Maokang was even more proud when he heard this, and shook his head and said: "Of course, this new factory is three or four miles away, which is half the size of an imperial city." ”

Qian Qianyi's eyes rolled, and he continued to say in an envious tone: "Such a big project will definitely go down in history!" It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to participate, otherwise I would have been able to go down in history. Master Bi, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and this time you will go down in history, congratulations, congratulations. ”

Bi Maokang's eyes narrowed with laughter when he was slapped by this sycophancy, and he said with fake modesty on the surface: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." But my heart was already happy.

Qian Qianyi suddenly asked again: "By the way, I'm afraid that our Lord Xu has contributed a lot this time, right?" ”

Bi Maokang was already drunk, and blurted out: "That's natural, Master Xu is proficient in Western studies, and there are many factories designed by him." ”

Qian Qianyi secretly laughed when he heard this, raised his wine glass and persuaded: "Come, drink, don't get drunk tonight." ”

Bi Maokang is naturally not afraid, Qian Qianyi no longer asks questions, just persuade the wine, the two of you come and go, drink for nearly an hour, until Bi Maokang drinks a little shaky, Qian Qianyi said goodbye and left.

Bi Maokang didn't know that he had inadvertently sold Xu Guangqi.

This Qian Qianyi is not a good thing, since Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin Party leaders were killed, he has always regarded himself as the "leader of Donglin", usually loves to organize a group of Donglin Party idlers to talk about it, needle to the disadvantages of the times, after the eunuch party stepped down, he is running around, wooing Donglin party members, highlighting his existence, always thinking of relying on the identity of "Donglin leader" to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, fame and fortune.

However, he is really an embroidered pillow, and if he wants to recite poems against him, it is like a river, gushing endlessly, and he wants him to govern the country and the country, then I'm sorry, you have found the wrong person, and he can be said to know seven tricks about the government, and he doesn't know anything. Sun Chengzong saw that he still had some prestige in the Donglin Party, so he gave him a left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, if you want to enter the cabinet, I'm sorry, you are really not this material.

Qian Qianyi repeatedly asked people to say that it was fruitless, so he had to go out in person to find opportunities. What chances? Naturally, it is an opportunity to pull Xu Guangqi off the horse!

The Ministry of Rites is the head of the six departments, according to the rules of the Ministry of Rites, the book of the Ministry of Rites is determined to enter the cabinet, and now he is already the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, as long as Xu Guangqi is down, he can take over the position of the Ministry of Rites, and then he will naturally enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister.

Bi Maokang was the object of his attention, because he knew that Bi Maokang and Xu Guangqi were both lovers of Western studies, and often got together to discuss some strange lewd skills. This strange obscene technique is a good breakthrough point, the reader is learning the way of Confucius and Mencius, most people are very disgusted with this strange obscene technique, as long as he can grasp a little handle, push Xu Guangqi to the opposite side of most of the readers, and then organize the Donglin Party officials to impeach, Xu Guangqi can only step down.

He is not good at governing the country and the country, but he is a good hand at fighting for power and profit, he is not like Sun Chengzong, who is stupid to be a loyal minister, he is an out-and-out villain.

It seems that the Donglin Party people recorded in the history books are all moral models and models of integrity, and suddenly such an authentic villain as Qian Qianyi appeared, which seems to be a bit inconsistent with historical facts. In fact, the Donglin Party is not a political party in the real sense, but a party of friends, and their main purpose is not to serve the country and the people, but to protect the interests of the Jiangnan Shidafu group.

To put it bluntly, they are a bureaucratic political clique, and they will do anything for the sake of the interests of the clique. This seems to be a bit of a distortion of history, but in fact, this is the truth of history, and the records of the Donglin Party in the history books have been distorted by the Donglin Party.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, most of the Donglin Party members took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this Qian Qianyi is a typical representative, after he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Qing court appointed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the first thing he did was to ask for the vice president of the compilation of the History of the Ming Dynasty. The president is a Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, hang a title, supervise it, the main editing work is presided over by Qian Qianyi, and the "History of the Ming Dynasty" repaired by such a person can be imagined.

Therefore, there are only two kinds of people recorded by the Donglin Party in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", either they are great heroes for the country and the people, or they are unknown passers-by who only have names and no deeds. Why are there only names and no deeds? Because most of them were loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty in the first half of their lives, and they became loyal ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the second half of their lives.

Among the Donglin Party members who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the only detailed record in the history books is this Qian Qianyi, there is no way, because he is the "leader of Donglin", the leader of the Donglin Party who fell to the Manchu Qing, and there are too many records of the Qing Dynasty praising him for his 'merits'. In the "History of the Ming Dynasty", all of them were 'repaired' by him, but other historical classics were not 'repaired' if they wanted to, so he was the only Donglin Party member whose 'glorious deeds' were passed down to future generations.