At the beginning of February of the third year of Chongzhen, the vigorous wedding of Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, finally came to an end.

Newly married Yan'er, most people are thinking about how to spend their honeymoon, but Zhang Bin is thinking about finding someone to discuss secretly.

Although the case of Yuan Chonghuan's fornication with Jiannu was settled by him, the conspiracy and trickery in it aroused his vigilance.

He has truly seen what it means to harm others and benefit himself, and sometimes, some people, for their own interests, do things without a lower limit.

Like Wang Yongguang, does he have a grudge against Yuan Chonghuan?

The two can be described as an inseparable relationship, but Wang Yongguang is about to put Yuan Chonghuan to death, and if he wants to be rectified, he will be executed in Lingchi, and he will never be able to turn over.

What a hatred!

In fact, Wang Yongguang has no enmity with Yuan Chonghuan at all, it's just strange, Yuan Chonghuan can have something to do with Han Yineng, who presided over the eunuch rebellion case, so his charge of fornicating with slaves must be confirmed, and he must be executed by Ling Chi, otherwise Wang Yongguang will not be able to take the opportunity to make a fuss.

There are thousands of officials in Beijing, I don't know how many hidden remnants of the eunuch party, Zhang Bin thinks of these people's ideas, motives and means, etc., and his heart is a little hairy, these people, if you don't offend them, they are all likely to die without a place for you to be buried, not to mention, to save the Ming Dynasty, these people must be cleaned up.

At this time, he was still serving in the local government, so he had nothing to do with those people, and once he entered Beijing, how to fight with them was a big problem.

Originally, Zhang Bin had not yet thought about the problem of entering Beijing, because he was about to face the crazy counterattack of the Dutch East India Company at this time, and how to solve the problem at sea was the main problem he faced during this time.

However, there were quite a lot of people who came to celebrate his big wedding this time, which made him suddenly realize a problem, that is, he didn't have many friends among the Beijing officials!

This is more terrifying, the struggle of the court, to put it bluntly, is to fool the emperor, whoever Chongzhen believes, who wins.

There are thousands of officials in Beijing, and you don't even have a few friends, let alone a little power, how can you fight with others when the time comes, as soon as they launch, dozens or hundreds of people impeach you, you can't talk about them even if you are full of mouths!

To put it bluntly, the power of Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing was also given by Chongzhen, and it was not enough to rely on, in order to really hold power, they must have their own power in the court.

Therefore, he decided to slowly cultivate his own forces first, so as not to enter Beijing to serve at that time, and there would be few people to help him when he was attacked by the crowd.

He can't go to the capital to cultivate his power at this time, so he needs a spokesperson, and this spokesperson Chongzhen happened to send him, this person is Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Xu Guangqi can be said to be the most capable of the tens of thousands of Beijing officials who have been replaced in the seventeen years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and it is really not easy to find a few decent court officials in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

In the seventeenth year since I ascended the throne, although I bowed down to the bandits, and the heavens were angry, all the ministers mistakenly obeyed, causing the rebels to approach the Beijing Division. When I died, I saw my ancestors in the ground without a face, and I took off my crown and covered my face with my hair. Let the thief divide the corpse, and don't hurt a single person.

Why did he say that the ministers were mistaken, because there were really no capable ministers in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the two most famous, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, Chongzhen had seventeen years, and he had controlled the government for more than ten years, but both of them were well-known traitors.

Like Wen Tiren, who has been in charge of the government for nearly eight years, whether it is for Liaodong to resist the Qing army south, or to deal with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant rebels, he has not even made a single suggestion, nor has he come up with any way!

All he thinks about all day long is how to coax Chongzhen, how to eliminate dissidents, and how to promote his cronies.

Such a person controls the government, and it is strange that the Ming Dynasty does not die.

Xu Guangqi is different, his ability can be described as shocking, astronomy and geography, agriculture and military, and even mathematics and applied science.

In terms of astronomy and geography, he presided over the compilation of the famous "Chongzhen Almanac".

In the field of agriculture and military affairs, he compiled the famous "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", as well as "Selected and Trained Rules", "Binding Martial Rules", "Form and Name Rules", "Fire Attack Strategy", "Gunpowder Making Law", and so on, and he compiled no less than 10 military books.

Mathematics and applied sciences are even more impressive, "Geometry Originals" was translated into Chinese by him and the Italian Matteo Ricci, as well as "Pythagorean Righteousness", "Jian Pingyi Said", "Tessy Water Method", "Measurement Law Righteousness", etc., covering a wide range of areas, even later generations of scientists can not compare with him.

However, he has one of the biggest problems, that is, he doesn't know how to run officialdom, or he can't play with power, even if he is a scholar and a celestial man, he has never held real power, so being an official is definitely not good.

Therefore, Zhang Bin wanted to have a good chat with him, or to discuss secretly, so that he could speak for himself and cultivate power in the court.

Zhang Bin deliberately dated him during his tenure in Nanzhili, and the two could be regarded as close friends, but this acquaintance was not enough, and they had to develop into comrades-in-arms in the same camp.

After the wedding, Zhang Bin deliberately sent the eunuch Fang Zhenghua away, but left Xu Guangqi and Qi Panzong to help "send off guests".

In fact, this send-off is fake, and it is true to talk to him secretly.

On the morning of the second day of the wedding, Zhang Bin asked Xu Guangqi to be invited to the study.

Although Xu Guangqi is a little old, his thoughts are still relatively cheerful, and after the two sat down on both sides of the coffee table in the study, he joked: "The so-called Spring Festival is short, Shuangquan, the sun has not risen yet, why did you get up?" ”

Zhang Bin said with a smile: "Hahahaha, Brother Zi said that he was laughing, the younger brother is busy with mundane affairs, how dare he sleep until the sun rises." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he couldn't help but say sincerely: "Shuangquan is the heart of the country and the people, and it is better to sigh for his brother." ”

Zhang Bin took advantage of the situation and sighed: "In these years, there may not be a good end for the country and the people, like Lord Yuan, the governor of Jiliao, who is dedicated to the country and a civil official, fought bloodily in Liaodong, was born and died, resisted Jiannu, and as soon as he returned to the imperial court, he was almost executed by someone until Ling Chi!" ”

Xu Guangqi really didn't know much about this, he was a bit of a nerd who was stuffy and learned, as for intrigue, he really didn't think much about it, he was a little puzzled and said: "How did I hear that this Yuan Inspector fornicated with Jiannu is not a vain discussion!" ”

Zhang Bin was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that even Xu Guangqi was fooled, he thought about it, shook his head and said: "This courtier's mouth, sometimes it should really be beaten, if nothing else, just say that Ning Yuan is a great victory, at that time Chuyang was in Ningyuan, but I heard him say that Lord Yuan personally held on to the city, and he was still fighting to the death without retreating." Also, Zu Dashou also mentioned to me that at the foot of the capital, the battle of Guangqumen, Lord Yuan personally went into battle to fight, Hou Jin Na caught him for a while, the arrows did not stop, there is armor in other places to resist nothing, those two ribs, Zu Dashou personally took down more than ten arrows for him, he really wants to fornicate with Jiannu, is Huang Taiji crazy or what's wrong, let people shoot so fiercely, if the random arrows shoot him to death, isn't it self-severing arm help? ”

Xu Guangqi thought about it carefully, and suddenly said with an ugly face: "These people, it is indeed rumored that he is fornicating with slaves there!" ”

Zhang Bin couldn't help but be curious: "Who did you listen to there?" ”

Xu Guangqi frowned a little and said: "The right and wrong of the Taoist behind this is not good, but those people are indeed a bit excessive, the Ministry of Rites, that is, the right attendant Wen Tiren took the lead in spreading it there, and what he said is the same as the truth, if you don't remind him, I thought he went to Liaodong to work with Lord Yuan, otherwise how could he know so clearly!" ”

Wen Tiren!

Zhang Bin realized at this time that Xu Guangqi happened to be a colleague with him, a left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and a right waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

An honest literati like Xu Guangqi is simply a dish in front of the treacherous and cunning Wen Tiren!

Zhang Bin thought about it, but still didn't point out the true face of Wen Tiren, a traitor, and asked Xu Guangqi to go up and fight with people stupidly, it would be troublesome, at this time, it would be as simple as pinching an ant to death if someone pinched him to death.

He shook his head and sighed: "So, it is very terrible for these people in the court to harm people, like Lord Yuan, who is defenseless, if I didn't happen to detect Wang Yongguang's treacherous scheme, he wouldn't know how to die." ”

Xu Guangqi couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Lord Yuan's grievances are your hands!" ”

Zhang Bin carefully analyzed the beginning and end of Yuan Chonghuan's case with Xu Guangqi, and explained the stakes in detail.

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, no grievances, no injustice, in order to prevent the emperor from investigating the eunuch party, Wang Yongguang and others actually killed Yuan Chonghuan with a thousand knives!

The sinister nature of the human heart is simply terrifying!

Zhang Bin then sighed and said: "Brother Zixian, you say, if the court is controlled by these people, is there any hope for the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Xu Guangqi thought for a while, shook his head helplessly, and said: "I am not good at this way, only by studying the knowledge that has been applied to the world in order to benefit the people is the right way." ”

This means that you don't want to fight, how can this work, Zhang Bin thought about it, and then sighed: "Brother Zi's learning from the world must also be used by someone to benefit the people, even if you write an article that is not fake, it is not fake, just like the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" you compiled, no one has studied, no one has used the methods you summarized to work for the benefit of the people, you have not written in vain!" ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, his face suddenly turned ugly, Zhang Bin was right, the book he wrote, except for those students who read it, the courtiers, didn't even look at it!

Zhang Bin then reminded: "If you want to promote and touch the interests of others, what do you think will happen to you, Ling Chi will be executed and the Nine Clans will be exterminated, do you think?" ”

"Hiss", Xu Guangqi couldn't help but gasp, he really wanted to promote it, Zhang Bin's reminder, he suddenly woke up, if he accidentally touched the interests of others, Ling Chi would be executed and the nine clans would be exterminated, it was not a question of whether you wanted to or not, people, really do it!

He couldn't help but say bitterly: "So what should I do?" ”

That's right, Zhang Bin immediately hit the railroad while it was hot: "It's very simple, let like-minded people, such as you, me, and Meng Hou, join forces to replace those traitors who will compete for power and profit!" ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was a little reluctant and said: "Isn't this a party for personal gain!" ”

Zhang Bin sighed and said: "What is a party for personal gain, we are a party, but is it for personal gain?" Forming a party is not necessarily a bad thing, just like a knife, if you use it to defend against foreign enemies, it is a tool to resist foreign humiliation, and if you use it to slaughter people, it is a murder weapon. The same is true for forming a party, if it is for the country and the people, it is a good thing, if it is for the sake of fighting for power and profit, it becomes a bad thing. ”

Xu Guangqi thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Shuangquan, what you said is very right, sometimes forming a party is not necessarily a bad thing, you say, how to do it, we will join him back to the party!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he smiled heartily: "Hahahaha, that's right, let's marry him back to the party, as for how to do it." ”

This is to talk about the point, Xu Guangqi immediately listened carefully.

Zhang Bin paused, then smiled and said: "First of all, you must enter the shareholder Shengtang, I will pay the shares, you only have to share the dividends, you have studied mathematics, one percent you know what it means, you account for one percent of Dongshengtang's shares, with the current income, you can share about 100,000 taels of silver at the end of the year." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, and just said that he was not forming a party for personal gain, this opening was money!

He was a little embarrassed: "I have to do something to join the shareholder hall, I don't want to do anything that violates the law, and I don't want this dividend." ”

Zhang Bin said categorically: "You don't have to worry about Dongshengtang's affairs, your own major shareholders are responsible, you only have to collect the money, you must collect the money, this is the name of the vote, and you are your own person when you collect the money!" ”

There's money to be stuffed into this!

Xu Guangqi said helplessly: "Okay, I'll accept it, but I won't use my power for personal gain and open the door for Dongshengtang." ”

These things have to be done by the people who talk about money, Zhang Bin smiled and said: "Brother Zixian, don't worry, you don't have to worry about Dongshengtang's affairs, you just have to think about how to help our people replace those traitors." ”

This is also very difficult, if you want to replace whoever you want, you can replace whom, then this court is not already your world, what are you fighting for!

Xu Guangqi said with some shame: "This, I really haven't studied this, you say, how to do it?" ”

Zhang Bin immediately pointed out: "There are three ways, first, promote and appoint your own people, such as Bi Maoliang in Huizhou Shuangbi, he is now interested in serving as a waiter in the Ministry of Works, when he pushes in the court, you can nominate him to fight for it, after all, his qualifications are there, there is no problem at all to serve as the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, all that is needed is a recommendation." ”

This is very understandable, Xu Guangqi nodded slightly, then looked at Zhang Bin and motioned for him to continue.

Zhang Bin continued: "Second, cultivate new people, we don't have many of our own people now, and most of them are in Fujian, this is definitely not enough, we must also train new people, for example, they are very good, now they are all lifting people, next year they will participate in the examination, this examination is just hosted by the Ministry of Rites, according to their ability, there must be no problem with the gold list high school, but you must prevent people from playing moths and brush them down, as long as they can nominate us on the gold list, we don't have a few more helpers." ”

Cultivating newcomers, this is a bit difficult, how can you guarantee the nomination of the gold list, you have to think about it, Xu Guangqi nodded, and motioned for Zhang Bin to continue.

Zhang Bin continued: "Third, it is to make friends, so many positions in the court, it is impossible to replace all of them with our own people, as long as they are honest and selfless, we can make friends with them and help them get to the top." Accumulate slowly like this, and one day, those traitors will be replaced by upright people. ”