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It was February of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Gangnam Province.

The spring in the south of the Yangtze River came early, the traces left by the cold winter have not completely faded, the fields, the mountain roads, and the ponds have shown the breath of early spring, the soil in the field has begun to become soft, and a little golden and tender green is also quietly highlighted in the branches and horns, although the breeze still carries the damp chill, but has become mild and gentle, as if the lover's hand gently stroked the cheeks, causing a little comfort, a little intoxication, and a little reluctance.

Although the gentle spring breeze drove away the severe cold of the previous year, it could not drive away the pain of the frozen snow in the hearts of the Donglin party. Under the instructions of Wei Zhongxian, Xu Xianchun used the "Prison of Wang Wenyan" to frame Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and Wei Dazhong Donglin "Six Gentlemen" for accepting bribes from Xiong Tingbi, and sent Tiqi to arrest the six people back to Beijing, and went to the Beizhen Fusi Edict Prison to torture and persecute in every way, and all six people finally died in the edict prison, and none of them survived.

This incident shocked the remaining parties of Donglin who were in the government and the opposition, and they were terrified. The battle of the imperial court has always been measured, but after being deposed, his life can be preserved and will not be affected by the aftermath, but Wei Zhongxian's move completely subverted the "rules" of the imperial court, not only to lose the opponent and abandon his post, but also to kill all the people and leave no way to live. However, this can't blame Wei Zhongxian for being ruthless, at the beginning, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others proposed to cut his father-in-law Wei with thousands of knives, crush bones and scatter ashes, and now Wei Zhongxian is just giving back to him in his own way.

The large-scale killing of the eunuch party aroused the inexplicable anger of the Donglin party people in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Donglin people led by Gao Panlong, Zhou Shunchang, and Qian Qianyi gathered together to discuss the strategy of dealing with the eunuch party many times, and mobilized the Donglin supporters in the entire Jiangnan area to oppose Wei Zhongxian, so the literati and scholars in the south of the Yangtze River all regarded Wei Zhongxian as the first national thief, and even those old and weak women and children were eager to eat his flesh, sleep on his skin, and gnaw his bones.

At this time, on the bank of Taihu Lake in Suzhou, in a long pavilion, there are three people sitting happily, drinking tea slowly.

One of them, dressed in a white robe and wearing a jade crown, poured a cup of tea for a purple-robed old man sitting opposite, and said with a smile: "Gong Cao, this is the best Taihu Lake Biluochun, I don't know how it compares to the West Lake Longjing that you usually enjoy?" ”

This Cao Gong picked up the white porcelain cup in front of him, and after drinking it while it was hot, Fang said: "The fragrance is fragrant, the entrance is mellow, and it is really a good tea." After a pause, he said, "But although this Biluochun is a good tea, it is comparable to Longjing, but it is inevitably a little strong......

The white-robed man on the opposite side was surprised: "Oh? I don't know the tea ceremony, I just feel that the two are almost the same, and there is not much difference, and I ask Cao Gong to teach! ”

Cao Gong stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Brother, you see the color of this Biluo spring soup, green and clear, the leaf buds are tender and bright, if people drink it, it is naturally mellow and fragrant; But Longjing tea is not like this, Longjing soup is mixed with green and yellow, and the leaf buds are even more azure, not as simple and thick as Biluochun, but the taste is mixed and colorful, and it is more fresh and refreshing......"

The white-robed man also laughed and said, "It's still Cao Gong who is well versed in the tea ceremony, and he has three flavors, and the foolish brother understands it!" ”

The stout man sitting next to the white-robed man grabbed the teacup, drank it all, and sighed: "The two adults are both elegant people, and they even have so much attention to drinking tea. ”

The white-robed man smiled at him and said, "General Lu, in fact, Sun Mou, like you, is also restless, but in front of Cao Gong, he doesn't dare to be rude." ”

Cao Gong laughed and said, "The two of you are serious, Cao only knows a little about this tea ceremony, which is nothing." These tricks can only be displayed at home, in front of you, the second grandson of the north and south, you are really ashamed to mention it, ashamed to mention it! ”

The white-robed man poured him another cup and said with a smile: "Cao Gong is so modest, but he teaches Sun to be at a loss!" ”

This white-robed man is Sun Yueling.

After he returned to Fuzhou from Taiwan, the first thing he did was to impeach Yu Zhigao, the governor of the right capital and the chief military officer of Fujian, for the crime of Tongfan, unexpectedly, this time his luck was not as good as before, and the imperial court quickly issued a decree on this, saying that he reprimanded and slandered Zhushi, and deposed him from his official position, demoting him to a commoner.

Sun Yueling was shocked at the time, he never expected that this impeachment of Yu Zhigao would result in such an ending. In his heart, he thought that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was still full of trust in him, even if the evidence for his impeachment was insufficient, he would not necessarily be blamed by the imperial court, and he didn't expect that he would be exchanged for a holy decree that denounced him as a people.

After he calmed down, he thought about it carefully and realized that Tianqi must have been bewitched by Wei Zhongxian to do this. And Yu Zhigao must have found Wei Zhongxian to stand up for him after getting the news. It's only to blame that he was too confident in himself, thinking that the saint was paralyzed and careless, and he was too contemptuous of the enemy in exchange for such an ending.

But the matter has come to this point, it is useless to think too much, Sun Yueling had to reluctantly resign from his post as a criminal envoy in Fujian and return to his hometown of Jiangnan. At this time, the old Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party of Jiliao was also dismissed by the imperial court, and left the Guanning defense line that had been operating for more than three years and returned to his hometown.

In the nearly half a year after returning to Jiangnan, Sun Yueling presided over the "Fenghua Society" that set up the headquarters in Suzhou as a cloth cloth, and worked together with Han Xiaoshui and Dongfang Shengping brothers, not only expanding the business of Fenghua Society to several provinces in Jiangnan, but also having their branches and forces in Shuzhong, Jiangbei. Today, the Fenghua Society has become the second largest organization in the Jiangnan area after the Jinling Society, and its strength should not be underestimated.

Today, Cao Changhe, the political envoy of Jiangsu, and Lu Chong, the commander of the capital department, were invited by him to come to the Taihu Lake to enjoy tea together. Of course, Sun Yueling invited them not just to enjoy the scenery of Taihu Lake, but to discuss other important things with them.

After a few drinks, Sun Yueling looked solemn and said to Cao Changhe: "Duke Cao, the foolish brother heard that the governor Yamen is going to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Cao Changhe put down the teacup, looked at Sun Yueling, nodded and said: "What my brother said is good, Mao Zhongcheng does have this intention, and he has already passed down the order to hand over the task of building the ancestral hall to our political secretary yamen to do. ”

Sun Yueling let out an "oh" and said, "No wonder I saw that there were frequent boats in Mudu Town, all of which were transporting some wood and stones, and it was really for the purpose of building an ancestral hall." ”

Lu Chong was taken aback and said, "Build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian?" ”

"Exactly." Sun Yueling looked at him and said with a smile, "The ancestral hall built for the nine-thousand-year-old Duke Wei." ”

"This ......" Lu Chong shook his head and sighed, "There has always been only an ancestral hall for the dead, and this is an ancestral hall for the big living, and the last general has lived for so many years, but this is the first time I have heard it." ”

"Be careful, be careful!" Cao Changhe said to Lu Chong, "It's okay for the general to say this here, but if you go back to Suzhou City, you can't talk nonsense like this." ”

Lu Chong hurriedly lifted the teapot to add tea to Cao Changhe, and said, "What the lord said is that the last general is rash. He knew that Cao Changhe's words were also kind, so he hurriedly agreed.

This Lu Chong is none other than the general who was won from the extravagant Chongming rebels when Sun Yueling was patrolling Sichuan. After Lu Chong led his troops back to the arms of the Ming Dynasty, he has been serving under the new hand of Li Weixin, the general army of Sichuan, Sun Yueling had promoted him to the commander of the Sichuan Xingdu Division when he was in the military department, and a year later, Lu Chong was promoted to the commander of the Jiangsu Capital Division, since Sun Yueling returned to Suzhou, he established contact with him, and now he is also invited to come with him.

Lü Chong can now be said to be Sun Yueling's confidant, although Sun Yueling did not hold a position in the court, but he believes that Lü Chong in front of him must be obedient to him, and he is the only one who is the head of the horse.

As for Cao Changhe, the political envoy, this person is neutral on the surface, but in fact he is an official close to the Donglin Party on his heart. As early as under Han Qianshui's planning, Fenghua Society has established a good relationship with him, Sun Yueling has been in contact with him in the past few months, and he has been a friend of each other, and several children of Cao Changhe's family have also joined his Fenghua Society and become one of them.

Sun Yueling changed his words, brought up the topic, and said in a deep voice: "This governor Mao Yilu does this, and his heart can be punished. On the surface, it seems that this matter was done by the governor Yamen, just to curry favor with Wei Gelding, but it cannot be ruled out that this is to explore the way for Wei Eunuch, so as to hit the morale of the Donglin people in Jiangnan. ”

Lu Chong continued: "What my lord said is that Jiangnan is Donglin's lair, and Wei Zhongxian's behavior is clearly aimed at the Donglin Party in Jiangnan, deliberately building such a shrine to humiliate Donglin and demonstrate the great authority of his father-in-law Wei." ”

Cao Changhe pondered for a while and said, "You are right, it cannot be ruled out that Wei Zhongxian deliberately ordered Mao Yilu to do it, in order to stimulate Donglin." It is conceivable that as long as the construction of the ancestral hall starts, the literati in Jiangnan will definitely rise up and attack, and the Shilin will definitely discuss one after another, and they will resist and insult this matter, and even directly obstruct the construction of the ancestral hall. ”

Sun Yueling nodded and said, "If that's the case, we have to deal with it carefully." Cao Gong, the burden on your body is not light, Mao Yilu asked the political secretary and the yamen to be responsible for this matter, and it is inevitable that the political secretary will bear this infamy. ”

Cao Changhe sighed and said, "There is an order from above, how can the old man not do it?" If the people want to scold, let them scold, as long as Brother Sun, you can know the good intentions of the old man, and the old man will have no regrets. ”

Sun Yueling hurriedly got up and said, "Gong Cao's words are serious, since it is difficult to disobey his fate, Gong Cao will let it go." As long as Sun Fenghua Society can do it, it will definitely stop those people from talking about Cao Gong in vain. ”

Cao Changhe smiled faintly and said, "Thank you brother for your understanding, the old man is deeply grateful." It's just that Fenghua Society can stand on the side of the old man, I'm afraid that the Jinling Society may not agree with the old man! ”

"Jinling Society?" Sun Yueling was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help frowning deeply.

The Jinling Society is the head of the four major merchant families in the world, and it can be said to be powerful and powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, dominating one side. And the Jinling Association is the strong backing of the Jiangnan Donglin Party, and many people in the Donglin rely on the Jinling Association to do some business and business, and they have an inextricable relationship with the Jinling Society.

When Han Xiaoshui led people to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, although they were also from Donglin, the Jinling Society did not provide much help to Fenghua Society, but regarded Fenghua Society as a competitor and constrained it everywhere, if it were not for the support of many forces such as Sichuan Baishi Mountain City and Jingshi 36 Dao, Fujian Aotianmen, etc., it would be difficult for Fenghua Society to gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan.

This situation did not change much after Sun Yueling came to Suzhou, although the Fenghua Society became the second largest force in the south of the Yangtze River, but it was still not treated by the Jinling Society, and Zhong Buli, the head of the Jinling Society, even slandered the Fenghua Society on many occasions, saying that the Fenghua Society was just a small group composed of a group of down-and-out scholars, with weak financial resources, and it was no longer on the same level as the Jinling Society.

At the same time, the Donglin Party in Jiangnan did not show much enthusiasm for his arrival in Sun Yueling, and there was not even a simple reception meeting. Although he has now gained a firm foothold in the Jiangnan area, the top brass of the Donglin Party is still very resistant to him, and completely treats him as an outsider.

Thinking of this, Sun Yueling sighed secretly in his heart, and said to Cao Changhe: "Cao Gong, over there in the Jinling Society, the foolish brother can only do his best." You also know that Jinling will always resist my Fenghua Society, making things difficult everywhere, if it weren't for Cao Gong's secret help, my Fenghua Society would have been squeezed out of Suzhou City long ago. ”

Cao Changhe shook his head and sighed, stood up and walked to the pavilion, looked at the endless Taihu Lake, and said: "It is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other." Donglin has already fallen into such a field, why Zhong Buli and those people are still keen on the battle for the portal, doing some things that are obsessed with internal friction, the old man really can't understand. He turned around and said to him, "Don't worry, the old man won't embarrass you." Even if the Jinling Society can influence Shilin Qing's discussion, the old man also has his own way to deal with it. ”

Sun Yueling said: "Don't worry, Cao Gong, although Fenghua Society is not talented, it will also secretly contribute, he wants to influence the entire Shilin, but now he may not be able to do it!" ”