Chapter 15: Hypocrites
Emperor Longwu suddenly played the family card, and Wang Kefan gladly accepted the offer and actively cooperated.
This is a good thing, just like the reaffirmation of the XX joint communiqué between countries, although the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical meaning, it shows the world the relationship between each other, and is the greatest spiritual support of Emperor Longwu to Wang Kefan.
Wang Kefan and Gongyiying left Guangdong one after another, it is easy to interpret it as the loss of the holy family, the "Chu Xun" group has no support from the army, and some civilian officials will be ready to move, wanting to attack the "Chu Xun" group.
In a nutshell, Wang Kefan left the center of the court to share the king's worries and solve problems for the country, and he is still a celebrity in front of Emperor Longwu.
With the identity and status of Queen Zeng, she will not really sew clothes for Wang Kefan with one stitch and one thread, but more likely to symbolically sew two stitches and put a name. But this is enough, when they need help, Emperor Longwu and his wife can clearly express their support, and Wang Kefan must admit it.
"These two couples, it's a little interesting...... Wang Kefan found that his good impression of Emperor Longwu was increasing, which was an appreciation for his qualified teammates, and a little sympathetic to each other.
Emperor Longwu's vision is not too clever, and his political ability needs to be strengthened, but he is victorious in tenacity and perseverance, and he can grasp it in the big joints.
Wang Kefan has never lacked followers around him, but there are almost no real friends, there is competition between Emperor Longwu and him, there is cooperation, and at this stage it can also be called like-minded, one is a traveler with a plug-in, and the other is the noble Emperor Ming. In the collision, a tacit understanding gradually emerged.
Of course, there is no possibility of any development of this platonic foundation, whether he will turn his face and become enemies with Emperor Longwu in the future, Wang Kefan himself does not know, it is Seal Ji who is really getting closer and closer to him.
The good feelings between men and women often come inexplicably, maybe just a meeting, a smile, and move each other. During this time in Guangdong, two people intentionally or unintentionally. There was a sudden increase in contact, and we met almost every day or two.
Every time we meet, there's a good reason because there's something to do.
In the plan to run Liangguang, Wang Kefan needs to support his own forces, and the salt gang firm behind Seal Ji is a ready-made resource. Everyone is cooperating and preparing to reform the salt administration. Construction of Hong Kong Island. Supporting the frontline ...... Huguang must be carefully discussed, one by one, one by one.
After finishing a serious matter, another important thing often emerges, and Wang Kefan is busy with official business. I really can't take care of it, so I have to ask Seal Ji to help deal with it, although Seal Ji is a woman, she is very familiar with black and white and officialdom shopping malls. Frequent pertinent opinions.
After work, the two of them will also chat a few words, relax, and when all the business is done, Wang Kefan will invite Zhu Ji to have a meal if he has time, and the relationship between the two is very delicate.
Before Wang Kefan left Guangdong, he invited Zhu Ji to go to Huguang together, aside from the love between men and women, there was also an urgent shortage of internal affairs management talents around him, and the female secretary of Zhu Ji could indeed help a lot.
Zhu Ji agreed without hesitation and left Guangzhou with Wang Kefan.
Day and night boat, go upstream, turn into Beijiang at Sanshui, go Qingyuan, pass through Yingde, go north to Shaozhou Mansion, and stop at Fucheng Qujiang (now Shaoguan City) for supplies in the evening of the same day.
The prefect of Shaozhou came out of the city to greet him and asked Wang Kefan to enter Qujiang to rest, but Wang Kefan politely declined, and the prefect of Shaozhou did not force it, leaving some rice, grain, meat and vegetables to comfort the army, and then said goodbye and returned to the city.
Wang Kefan lived on the boat with the soldiers, and after dinner, he was talking to Zhang Jiayu when his own soldiers suddenly came in to report that several Huguang people came to visit.
"Invite them in." Wang Kefan was trying to learn about the latest situation in Huguang, and these moves came at the right time.
After a short time, the soldiers brought several young men into the cabin. Saying that they are young, in fact, they are all in their twenties or thirties, and the imperial court has not held an examination for many years, which has delayed the future of a large number of lifters, and those under the age of thirty are considered young.
After seeing Wang Kefan, these lifters knelt down and saluted together, claiming to be a late child, with a bit of surprise in their eyes. Although Wang Kefan has been in a high position for a long time and has an extraordinary bearing, he is only twenty-two years old, and when he swept his eyes, he found that Wang Kefan was too young to speak, and seemed to be a few years younger than them.
Wang Kefan asked them about the situation, these people were all from Huguang, and they were going to Guangzhou to participate in the year-end examination, and they happened to meet the new Admiral Caojiang in Shaozhou Mansion, so they came to meet them.
"Open the military gate, Wugang Liu Chengyin, Swallow's Nest Huang Chaoxuan soldiers harassed the people, wantonly looted, the people were deeply poisoned, please punish the military gate severely!" The leader was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with thin cheeks, a high nose and cheekbones, a pair of small eyes that shone brightly, and two thin lips that spoke very quickly, and he looked like a selfish and mean person at first glance.
Hearing that he came up and complained, Wang Kefan was a little surprised.
"Since this is the case, what does He Junmen say?" Liu Chengyin and Huang Chaoxuan are both Hunan warlords, He Tengjiao should be in charge, but Wang Kefan, the admiral Caojiang, can't control them.
"He Junmen refuses to care."
"Why?"
"The governor's housemate, a semi-scoundrel, pre-levying money and food to support the soldiers, no people's wealth to replenish the salary, things and discussions, and the people's hearts are shaken......" The man foamed at the mouth, and when it came to who scolded whom, it was just that He Tengjiao's status was too high, and he didn't dare to criticize it, so he scolded He Tengjiao's staff.
Wang Kefan couldn't help frowning.
He Tengjiao levied a large amount of military salaries to support the army, harming the interests of some landlords and gentry, and also under the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty, but this move gritted his teeth for this, and lashed out at the Huguang government, and his ass was obviously sitting on the side of the landlords and gentry.
"What's your name?" Wang Kefan asked.
"The surname of the late birth is Wang, and the name of the husband." The man bowed and replied.
Wang Fuzhi!
This name was like thunder in later generations, Wang Kefan's eyebrows suddenly raised, his eyes stared at him like electricity, and he didn't speak.
Wang Fuzhi is a famous thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the master of simple materialism, and has a great influence on later generations.
But at the same time, he is a coward, a villain, and a hypocrite in real life! (To be continued......)