Zuo Changhao looked at it for a moment and said, "It seems to be someone from the Restoration Society." ”

Chen Xin finally saw this well-known organization, and asked, "Restoration Society?" ”

"Well, it's some young scholars, the original local literary societies have Songjiang Society, Zhejiang Wenshan Society, Suzhou Yupeng Society, Hangzhou Reading Society, it is said that a person named Zhang Fu, unified and became a Fu Society, this autumn is the township test, they gathered in Jinling, what is called the Jinling Conference of the Fu Society, a few days ago in the city around, thousands of onlookers. That Ruan beard may be Ruan Dacheng, he was sentenced to return to his hometown to live idle in the reverse case, I heard that he was embarrassed to go back to his hometown in southern Anhui, and he has been staying in Nanjing, this person is not short of silver, and there is a manor in Niushou Mountain. ”

Xu Xinsu smiled a little contemptuously, "These scholars, on the stage of essays, on Huā Street for exams, and even good at fighting, General Chen is now in charge of Wendeng Shuwei, have they been harassed by the Squire Literary Society?" ”

Chen Xin shook his head, he has always been in the guard system, there are some gentry who have invaded the military field, and the literary society seems to have not encountered it, he has not even touched the interests of the officials of the guard, and he has no intention of clashing head-on with these literati for the time being.

Zuo Changhao said: "The gentry in the north may be almost the same as in the south of the Yangtze River, but the doctors and scholars in the south of the Jiangnan are much more arrogant than the north land. ”

Song Wenxian also came to the window, looked at the lively scene over there, and said to Chen Xin: "The wind of association, Song already has, and now Jiangnan is afraid that it is more prosperous.

Liu Min heard someone talk about Jiangnan Shiren for the first time, and listened attentively on the side, Xu Xinsu waved his hand and drove Tang Yan and the maidservant to the stern, that Tang Yan was so angry that her face turned pale and she stomped out, Xu Xinsu smiled and said: "Brother Chen and I are both engaged in lifeless business, these people are doing business with mouths, which is better than our knives." ”

Chen Xin said curiously: "I want to smell the ocean." ”

"Originally, the scholar was also duty, and when he got along with the magistrate, he mostly asked for bribes during the New Year's Festival, which was not out of line, but there was an incident in the fifteenth year of Wanli, and since then the morale has changed greatly.

Xu Xinsu was very good at hanging his appetite, and the people around him no longer looked at the battle situation over there, and turned their heads to look at him.

"From time to time, Lingyunyi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, beat up the students in the township, and the three Wu scholars went to Beijing to write in a crowd, and were impeached out of the imperial history of Jiangnan, and finally Lingyunyi was cut down and won the title." Xu Xinsu glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was listening carefully, so he continued with satisfaction: "Since then, the scholars have become more and more arrogant, often threatening local parents, claiming to expel the officials, and even the squires have avoided the scholars. ”

Xu Xinsu continued: "Shizi No. 1 Middle School shows talents, and there are 200 acres of silver-free land, and those who seek refuge flock to it, and some sell favors to buy relatives and friends. Jiangnan has been in arrears of money and grain in recent years, which has a lot to do with morale, although those scholars are not so arrogant, but they are more powerful than ordinary scholars, especially those who occupy the imperial nationality, they resist the government, and in private they confess to the fields, Huatang beautiful houses, and accumulate domestic slaves. ”

Chen Xin listened quietly, in the Fushe and Donglin, there are some people who show lofty national integrity when the national crisis is at the head, and there are also people like Qian Qianyi, it is not appropriate to divide their good and bad simply by Fushe or Donglin, but most of them do have the problems that Xu Xinsu said, in fact, what they are fighting for is their vital interests, and the environment at the end of the Ming Dynasty gave them such soil, and some people did whatever they wanted.

The style of asking for help is not bad, that is, when Qi Biaojia was appointed as Su Song's patrol, Zhang Fu went to visit him, and when he met, he took out the roster and asked to take care of the people who returned to the society, etc., and there were dozens of other gentry who went to visit, including Wu Meicun, who wrote "Yuanyuanqu". In Chen Xin's opinion, it is understandable, but as soon as they are unsatisfactory, they interfere with the administration of the government, which makes him very unhappy.

It's only been three years since Chongzhen, and the most arrogant time for these scholars has not yet come, it is Zhang Fu of this Restoration Society, Chongzhen led the students to expel Zhou Zhidian, the governor of Suzhou Prefecture in seven years, Zhou Zhidian originally also entered the Restoration Society, and Zhang Bo had some contradictions, after Zhang Bo launched, while posting a text everywhere in Suzhou, he sent a letter to Beijing, first changed Zhou's tomb to Wujiang Zhixian, and then followed to Wujiang, and finally forced Zhou Zhibian to resign.

This can be regarded as a civil fight, and there are even more students who openly gang up to smash the county government, expel the dignified county order, and also make a complacent announcement in a big book saying that "one county order is expelled, and no re-entry is allowed". The official uniform later understated their disposition and did not serve as a warning at all.

At that time, some people accused Qian Qianyi and Zhai Shiyun, the two Donglin generals, "not afraid of clear theories, not afraid of clear discussions, sucking people's blood, spraying the country's righteous supply, controlling the government, turbidizing the official evaluation, the power of life and death is not controlled by the court, and the handle of taxation is not manipulated by the court." "The energy of the scholar can be seen.

Until the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, some scholars sacrificed themselves for the country, and the backbone died almost, but the remnants of the scholars in Jiangnan were still this atmosphere, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty deliberately cracked down on the scholars and gentry in Jiangnan, and as a result, in the three major cases such as the Crying Temple Case and the Selling Case, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had nothing to say to them at all.

Liu Minyou swallowed a mouthful of saliva, when he came, he was still thinking about digging up some scholars, now it seems that these people are not easy to manage, and they have no worries about food and clothing, except for Chen Tingdong, I am afraid that few people are willing to go to Wendeng to endure hardships Chen Xin listened to the energy of these scholars and scholars, and he was also vigilant in his heart, his foundation is still shallow, and it is best not to clash with them head-on.

There was a lot of noise on the side of the painting, and the gentlemen had finished their cups and bowls, and shouted for the boatmen to lean over and roll up their sleeves as if they were going to jump into the gang.

The professional pirates were still watching here, Xu Xinsu sighed and said: "Zhan Yi, don't go to sea to do a head-killing business in the future, just teach them to jump on the Qinhuai River, and they can make a living." ”

That Zhan Yi said: "My subordinates can't get together with these people, but my brother is afraid that he can, but he doesn't know this set of things." ”

Those boatmen were afraid of damaging the ship, no matter what those scholars said, they refused to approach, a few scholars grabbed the penny, held up a few times to no effect, so they directly used the penny to the opposite side of the painting fat to smash indiscriminately, all the lanterns on the ship were extinguished, Ruan Dacheng's painting board had been smashed into a mess, the cabin was full of broken dishes, Chen Xin only saw a few figures of the wolf hiding, those prostitutes were screaming loudly, they all hid on the bow of the boat, the old duck shouted in panic on the bow of the boat, trying to stop those scholars.

The surrounding painting gangsters gathered around to see the excitement, and some people cheered loudly, for fear that the fight would not be fierce.

Several people watched it for a while, this kind of scene was too pediatric for them, and they all returned to the table, Xu Xinsu clapped his hands and turned to the topic: "Some time ago, I heard that the adults Zunyong Dajie beheaded hundreds again. Zuo Changhao came back to tell me that Brother Chen wanted to make some southern goods, and even if I agreed, except for the Nanyang spices, there are not too many other things, and the matter of southern goods was set in this way, and the pricing was half a percent lower than the lowest in Nanzhi, and the other quantity and price matters were negotiated by my subordinates one by one. ”

Chen Xin hurriedly thanked him, this Xu Xinsu is indeed a big boss, and he is very arrogant.

Da Xu Xinsu said again: "That Nanyang spices, it's not that I don't want to give them to Brother Chen, it's really that Fujian and the Nandong Outer Seas are making a lot of trouble, recently that Liu Xianglao ran back to Guangdong, a few pirates called around, and Hongmaoyi couldn't do it, plus Li Kuiqi and the house slave were in a stalemate in Fujian, the price of Nanyang spices rose sharply, and the quantity was also less, and now they can only give less for the time being." When he cleans up the shameless man who betrayed the lord for his brother, it is okay for Brother Chen to have more. ”

Chen Xin also agreed, these spices are not worried about sales in the north, and they are also promised to be used as cosmetics and additives, which are one of the most important commodities from Nanyang to China. Chen Xin knew that the traitor he said was Zheng Yiguan, and this person was also what he cared about, so he just asked, "This honest and shameless man is not dead yet?" When the official first saw Li Gongzi, he was very indignant about him, and it is still the same sentence today, Li Gongzi and Master Xu have orders, and they will definitely make a contribution. ”

Xu Xinsu nodded, this Chen Xin is famous in the north, and he also has the heart to make friends, one is that this person has strong reinforcements in the court, and the other is that the army under this person is strong, both of which are useful for him to deal with Zheng Yiguan, and there is no harm to him in having one more business path.

Xu Xinsu said with a cold look on his face: "That Zheng Yiguan also has some means, although he was beaten by Li Kuiqi Zheng Dare to go to sea, but he has been active in Fujian officialdom, but he hates Li Kuiqi's mud and can't support the wall, and he is thinking of being a sea thief, at the beginning of the year, Jiannu was still in the pass, and no one in the court paid attention to him. ”

Xu Xinsu was angry when he thought of Li Kuiqi, he helped Li Kuiqi organize the source and sell the stolen goods, and gave him financial support, hoping that this Haikou, who is stronger than Zheng Zhilong, can recruit An, so that Xu Xinsu can get a great merit and go to the next level, and then use Li Kuiqi to fully overwhelm Zheng Yiguan, and completely eliminate the advantage of Zheng Yiguan's last official background, as a result, Li Kuiqi is completely ignorant of promotion, and just wants to be an unrestrained pirate, so that Xu Xinsu's later steps against Zheng Yiguan cannot be implemented.

Chen Xin listened to his description, it seems that Zheng Yiguan is only mediocre now, and there is no need to worry about it for the time being, and he believes that Xu Xinsu will definitely have a backhand to deal with him, and those who can be Li Dan's agent will never be worse than Zheng Yiguan.

He said to Xu Xinsu: "Lord Xu is naturally useful to deal with Zheng Yiguan, but sometimes simple is the best, and it is actually easier to kill him directly." ”

That Zhan Yi slapped the table and said: "Lord Chen's words and what I mean, it's just that he has been in the middle and left, and he is also cautious on weekdays, we tried a few times but failed, Lord Xu didn't want the brothers to die, so it has stopped." ”

Chen Xin touched his nose, thought for a while and said to Xu Xinsu: "When my brother goes back to prepare for this matter, I will definitely train a team of people who are suitable for doing this, and then I will send it to Fuzhou to listen to Brother Xu's dispatch." ”

Xu Xinsu raised his eyebrows, Chen Xin has no problem killing Tartars, he believes in the level of military training 100%, as long as he says it is suitable, it must be suitable, he stared at Chen Xin and smiled: "Thank you Brother Chen for your brother first, if you can get rid of Zheng Yiguan, Fujian on the sea, what you say for your brother can work, how much brother wants, how many southern goods, the price is negotiable, Brother Chen has done sea trade, and the trade routes in Nanyang can also be walked, there are three or four ships a year, and it is enough to double the Wendeng camp." ”

The two reached the most important deal, which was beneficial to both parties, and the only one who lost money was Zheng Yiguan, Chen Xin also smiled and said: "I can trust what Brother Xu said, and this matter has been decided, and I will do my best to arrange this matter." There is one last thing, Qian Zhuang. ”

Xu Xinsu saw that the others didn't speak, raised his glass and toasted, Chen Xin was dry, ready to talk about the last Qianzhuang, and when he was drinking, he secretly watched the battle situation outside, only to see Ruan Dacheng's ship docked, and a few figures fled down, and the soldiers were jumping off the boat to chase after him.

He shook his head and smiled, just turned back, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and then turned his head to look at the river, a painting with no lights quietly approached, only more than twenty steps away from them, the boat was quiet, he stared at the cabin with wide eyes.

After a few cold flashes, Chen Xin shouted, "Squat!." Suddenly threw Xu Xinsu to the ground, collapsed a few strong crossbow sounds, Zuo Changhao next to Xu Xinsu screamed, was shot in the shoulder by a crossbow arrow, and blood flew away. (To be continued.)