On the southeast side of Jinling City, in an inconspicuous courtyard, Cheng Xianzhen was lying at the door, looking out through the crack in the door.

There was no movement, which made him calm down, turned around, and let out a long breath.

It's thrilling!

Who would have thought that Yu Guozhen, who was supposed to stay in Shandong, would suddenly appear in Jinling City and send someone to find Qian Qianyi, but he would be on Qian Qianyi's side today!

It's really bad luck.

After taking two breaths, Cheng Xianzhen calmed down, and saw the figure standing in front of him, he exclaimed in surprise and almost jumped up.

"Brother Zhengfu, why do you have to do this?" The man said with a smile.

"Original...... It turned out to be you. Cheng Xianzhen was shocked, and let out a long sigh: "Mr. Xinkui, when did you come?" ”

"Not long after I came, why, the husband and brother are not welcome? I've brought you a lot of money. ”

"Welcome, how not to welcome ......"

Cheng Xianzhen looked at this person, and her emotions were very complicated.

Known as Mr. Xinkui, his name is Dong Tingxian, he was originally Zhou Yanru's staff, Wu Changshi, Zhou Zhong and others' friends, when Zhou Yanru was the first assistant, he and Wu Changshi controlled the inside and outside, and anyone who wanted to see Zhou Yanru and ask for something must first give him a bribe. After Li Chuang entered Beijing, Zhou Yanru was released from prison, but he, along with Wu Changshi and others, fell into the hands of Li Chuang.

originally thought that he had died in the chaos, but he never thought that he was not only alive, but also alive and well.

"Mr. Xinkui is here this time, what are your new instructions?"

"The Lord has already seen the manuscript of the righteous husband and virtuous brother, and he praises it. This draft alone is worth a thousand dollars. Dong Tingxian took out a cloth bag, and the clanging sound made Cheng Xianzhen's eyebrows slightly anxious.

"Is Cheng for these blockages?" Cheng Xianzhen categorically refused, he stared at Dong Tingxian: "Cheng Mou is only looking for a way out for the Confucian sects in the world, and what he cherishes is the heart of the Grand Duke, and Mr. Xinkui is to pay more, ...... it."

"Yes. Know that you are a righteous man and a gentleman. Dong Tingxian was somewhat disdainful when he said this: "This is not for you, this is for you to run a newspaper, the last issue of the newspaper." It should cost a lot, the Lord was very happy to see it, and said that you have the talent of Hanlin. It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty lost people. ”

"Don't mention this, Mr. Xinkui keeps saying that the lord is the lord, but your lord is hiding his head and showing his tail, Mr. Xinkui, don't you think it's ......"

"It doesn't matter who the master of my family is, the important thing is that Confucianism and Taoism will not be severed!" Dong Tingxian said solemnly: "It's not that I can't trust Brother Zhengfu, but I know a lot, and it's not good for Brother Zhengfu, you and I both know." Yu Guozhen's magic power is vast! ”

Cheng Xianzhen pinched the money bag and didn't say anything more.

"This is the theme that the next issue of the newspaper needs to pay attention to, Chongzhen's population changes since the past three years, so we can see Yu Guozhen's original intention of not saving the country from death." Dong Tingxian saw that Cheng Xianzhen was silent, so he handed him another piece of paper: "Didn't Yu Guozhen ask all forces to do population statistics in the old years. There is a contrast with Chongzhen's three years! ”

Last year, Yu Guozhen convened a meeting of all parties and proposed to count the household registration of the Chinese population, which was a major event, and all conveniences had been done, and even Wu Sangui was in Beijing. Demographic statistics were also conducted. This set of data was released precisely in July, among which the population of Shandong's east increased instead of decreasing, the population of Liangguang increased rapidly, the border of Sichuan decreased slightly, Huguang, Jiangxi and other places were basically the same, the population of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan decreased rapidly because of the famine year after year, and the population of Nanzhili and Jingshi decreased, which is even more shocking. The total population of Nanzhili is nearly four million less, and the population of Jingshi is also this number.

When the data was first reported in the Xinxiang Daily, there was a commentary that it was because of the moral policies of the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee that the population of the areas under its control had increased - according to statistics, in addition to natural growth, two-thirds of the population growth came from unbearable migration.

Of course, the population of Annam, Nanhai and Dayuan Island is not counted in these figures, otherwise the growth rate would be too frightening.

"What's wrong with this string of data?" Cheng Xianzhen was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Naturally, there is no problem with the data, but why did the population increase under Yu Guozhen and the population decline elsewhere? We are not fools, we are just beggar-thy-neighbor, let problems keep happening in other places, and then reap the benefits on our own side. Masao, with your writing, there should be a way, right? ”

"This ...... Naturally, there is no problem! ”

"Yu Guozhen always said that the newspaper in his hand wants to depreciate the disadvantages of the times, and now this is a big disadvantage! If he listened, he would have to repatriate the millions of people under his rule to their places of origin, and the cost of the dispatch would be a great expense, and because of the departure of these laborers, there would be a shortage of labor in his hands, and his proud wealth and productive capacity would be greatly reduced. Dong Tingxian smiled: "At that time, we don't have to be afraid of him." ”

"Yu Guozhen is not so stupid, the first emperor often did the thing of self-destruction of the Great Wall, Yu Guozhen, he will not do it."

"That's okay, it just confirms his face as a hypocrite and a real villain, and if he uses any righteousness to call on the people of the world, the people of the world will have to think twice."

Cheng Xianzhen secretly admired in her heart, this Dong Tingxian's strategy was really vicious. Based on Cheng Xianzhen's understanding of this person, he is extremely greedy for money, but his scheming does not seem to be so deep.

Such a conspiracy - it should be said that behind the conspiracy, there seems to be a shadow of déjà vu.

"Is Wu Laizhi dead or not?" Cheng Xianzhen suddenly asked.

He felt déjà vu because this method was really similar to Wu Changshi. When Dong Tingxian heard him mention Wu Chang, his face changed slightly, and then he sneered: "Do you think Yu Guozhen is so easy to hide, when Wu Laizhi instigated the three towns to attack the north, even Gao Qiqian was cut off by the imperial court and sent to Yu Guozhen, not to mention a Wu Laizhi!" Dead, dead no more! ”

"Your methods are quite a bit like the style of Wu Lai."

"Ha, ha, ha."

Dong Tingxian laughed twice, and then said: "Wu Laizhi regards Yu Guozhen as a great enemy, but it is not a matter of one or two days. These old sayings are not mentioned, I have other places to go, go first, you should be more careful. ”

"Mr. Xinkui is going to meet the assassin of Shi Daolin now?" Cheng Xianzhen said again.

"Masao, I've already told you, knowing too much won't do you any good!" Dong Tingxian said sharply: "You just need to know that we are fighting for a way out for the Confucian sects in the world!" ”

After finishing speaking, Dong Tingxian was furious and went out.

He originally disapproved of letting Cheng Xianzhen preside over the Nandu weekend, because Cheng Xianzhen had never been the core figure in their circle, and Dong Tingxian did not trust him. After so many things over the years, in their circle, Zhang Pu died, Wu Changshi died, Zhou Zhong died, Wei Xuelian also died, and Dong Tingxian didn't want to be the next one.

So he never comes forward in person, he always lets others do it, but this Cheng Xianzhen is very unreliable, he has a good relationship with Gu Jiang and Gu Yanwu, if he can pull Gu Yanwu here, it would be a miracle, but he couldn't pull it, and the two of them even almost turned against each other because of this matter.

Out of this small Zhuangzi, Dong Tingxian walked Lixu before getting into a carriage that had been waiting for him for a long time. The coachman respectfully asked, "Sir, where are you going now?" ”

"The Old Courtyard."

The carriage got up and rushed towards the city of Jinling. It took more than an hour to arrive at the most prosperous old courtyard in Jinling City, that is, by the Qinhuai River. On the opposite side, it is Guozijian, Dong Tingxian found a brothel in the old courtyard and went in, and after a while, a small servant came out and called a few students to Guozijian.

When the clowns were running in the shadows like mice, Qian Qianyi came to the dock again.

It is also the sorrow of the Ming court, as one of the cabinet scholars, and also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he is equivalent to a senior official at the level of the prime minister, but in Jinling City, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, he was called by Yu Guozhen. Yu Guozhen sent twenty soldiers of the Huaxia Army, and they could run rampant in the mansion of a great official who was also at the level of Shi Kefa, with 100,000 armor in the city, and no one dared to look up to him!

Thinking of this, Qian Qianyi let out a long sigh.

He must get the "court staff" from Yu Guozhen, and today he was used by Yu Guozhen to run to Shi Kefa's house as a witness, if he can't deceive the "court staff" again, tomorrow Confucianism will start attacking him.

Yu Guozhen seemed to know that he would come, and he was not surprised to see him, but asked with a smile: "Mu Zhaigong is running back and forth, it's really hard, but do you want a cup of tea?" ”

"Yu Jimin, what do you mean by leading troops into Beijing without permission, are you preparing to rebel?" Qian Qianyi stroked his beard, put on a solemn appearance, pointed his fingers like a sword, pointed at Yu Guozhen and shouted.

His voice was very loud, and he could hear that the lively people on the dock were excited: this is Ge Lao against the warlord, dare to do this under Yu Guozhen's hundreds of muskets, Qian Ge Lao is really guts!

Yu Guozhen was a little puzzled, of course he didn't understand the careful thinking of literati like Qian Qianyi to deceive the court staff to invite fame, but looking at Qian Qianyi's appearance, it didn't seem like he was really asking for guilt. Yu Guozhen said with a smile: "Why did Mu Zhai Gong say this, if I wanted to attack Jinling, I would not invite Jinling to send representatives to participate in the meeting, let alone only bring five hundred marines here." ”

"That being the case, what do you want to make such a big deal and be tense?"

Yu Guozhen gradually understood what Qian Qianyi was thinking, and couldn't help but be angry and funny, it was said that Li Bai was drunk and scared of the barbarian book, and today Qian Qianyi also wants to retreat from the army in anger.

"It's very simple, I heard that Shi Daolin was assassinated in Jinling City, the small court of Jinling is so stupid and incompetent, and it can't even guarantee the safety of its own dignitaries, let alone protect the safety of the people in the city?" Yu Guozhen said solemnly: "I'm not here for the rest, just to deter Xiao Xiao, and return Jinling City to a bright future!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there were applauders among the onlookers, and Qian Qianyi was suddenly dumbfounded.

Yu Guozhen has never liked to speak loudly, what does it mean to suddenly say such a thing, could it be that he is really here to take over the security of Jinling City?

As soon as he thought of this, Qian Qianyi suddenly broke into a cold sweat: If Yu Guozhen didn't have this intention, and gave him a few words to make a fake play, it would be over.

Yu Guozhen looked at him angrily and funny, this Donglin leader wanted to compete with him in acting, but he didn't know that he had seen what a superb actor he had seen hundreds of years later! (To be continued)