Chapter 132 Cao Huachun arrived

Dengzhou, a two-storey reinforced concrete building built by United Firm near the water gate in the east of the city, is now a benchmark building in the city. The building took nearly a year to build, and although it took a long time, it also cultivated a Ming architectural team.

Liu Qingguang posted a heroic post, and all kinds of maritime merchants gathered here. In less than two years, there are more than 100 maritime merchants closely related to the business of the joint firm. As for this meeting, many maritime businessmen are not qualified to participate.

The main hall of the United Company is very large, with a construction area of more than 300 square meters. The gathering of a group of maritime merchants here is undoubtedly a major event in the city, which has attracted the attention of all sides.

Liu Qingshan came late, facing more than 100 maritime merchants, his expression was confident and calm, and he arched his hand and said loudly: "It is really a bit hasty to invite you here today. Guy is in a hurry and needs everyone's help. Here Liu left a sentence, everything has helped the friends of the United Firm, and there will be rewards in the future. ”

"Shopkeeper Liu, let's be honest, in the past two years, relying on the joint firm, we have not made less money. If you need help, just say it. "I still don't have much money for weight, and I rush to the front every time. As a shareholder of many workshops of Chen Shenyi, his interests are naturally tied to Chen Xie, and standing up at this time is to help himself.

"Yes, there is something to say." More than a dozen maritime merchants have expressed their positions, and these are all merchants who have a close relationship with the United Firm. Representatives of other firms are more on the sidelines to see what they are saying.

Liu Qing recorded the reactions of these people one by one, and said with a slight smile: "It's not a big deal, Master Chen, the owner of the business, is worried about the king's affairs." With two thousand regiments, he trained into King Jingqin. No, it's too hasty. There is not much grain and grass to bring, so I will ask Liu for your help. Take the sea route to transport some grain and grass to Tianjin. Grain and grass are easy to manage, isn't this a joint firm without a ship? So please come and help, not too much, a hundred boats is about the same. ”

Liu Qing secretly remembered the dozen or so people who stood up before in his heart, and the next performance of the others was to watch the play. Or what the proprietor said makes sense, when people are selfish, and when the ties of interest cannot bind people together, these people cannot be partners. It can only be used as a limited cooperation object.

The eunuch Cao Huachun was ordered to go out of Beijing, and as the eunuch who presided over the "rehabilitation" work of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Cao Huachun was deeply trusted by the emperor. When I went out of Beijing this time, I didn't put up a guard of honor, not because I didn't want to put it up, but because of the current situation, I was uncomfortable with putting these shelves. With dozens of entourage, he quietly left Beijing in a carriage, and went out of the city for a while. Smoke and dust billowed on the official road ahead.

The entourage came to report, and Shizhu Xuanfu Si Qin Liangyu led his troops back to Beijing. Cao Huachun immediately ordered, pulled over to give way, and followed the carriage. Send someone to identify yourself and see Qin Liangyu.

Hearing that the great eunuch Cao Huachun was waiting to see her on the side of the road, Qin Liangyu was also surprised. Hurry up and get off the horse and come forward to salute. Eunuchs are not normal people, because they are not normal. So there are more paranoia. Qin Liangyu was also afraid of offending the eunuchs, and her husband was killed by the eunuchs back then.

I saw Cao Huachun's entourage standing on the side of the road. Making way for the army, Qin Liangyu's senses improved a lot.

"General Qin fought for the country and shared worries for the monarch, our family is polite here." Cao Huachun actually took the initiative to give Qin Liangyu a salute, which made Qin Liangyu flattered, and hurriedly took a half-salute sideways, and then stepped forward to salute back: "Gonggong Cao killed Qin Liangyu, and the Ma family was favored by the emperor, and it was his duty to serve his father, and he didn't dare to take credit." ”

"If General Qin can't deserve it, who can deserve it? Jiannu invaded the south, so many civil and military generals were afraid of the enemy like tigers, only the general stepped forward and took the initiative to ask for battle. There are so many officers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, all of them are like General Qin, why are you afraid of building slaves? "Cao Huachun studied in the Great Inner Palace, which was also a feature of the Ming Dynasty, allowing eunuchs to study and assist the emperor in managing the government. There are a batch of red power drops in the inner court, don't look at the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty first, they are very powerful.

"My father-in-law praises me, my father-in-law is here to recruit each other, I don't know what's going on?" Qin Liangyu hurriedly changed the topic and returned to the topic.

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "I was ordered to go to the Chen Xie Department of the Dengzhou regimental training camp and ask him a few questions. ”

Yes....... Qin Liangyu was a little stupid, and Cao Huachun went out of Beijing to ask Chen Xie a few questions for the emperor. There's no way to report to Chen Xie. had to answer that Chen Xie went to Xianghe, and the troops were consumed hugely, so they had to be supplied from Tianjin.

When the army is cleared, Cao Huachun will not talk nonsense and continue to go on the road. Qin Liangyu hurriedly sent Qin Yiming and led a hundred cavalry to accompany him. It's not a smooth road, so don't worry about bringing such a few people. Cao Huachun was not polite and accepted her kindness.

The retinue were all cavalry, light and fast horses, and it was not far from Beijing to Xianghe, which was a day's work. When they arrived at the city, it was already dark, and the city gate was closed, and their own subordinates called the door with documents. Song Yi was very cautious, and hung his entourage with a bamboo basket, and only after reading the documents did he dare to open the city gate.

Cao Huachun asked, "Where is Chen Xie?" Song Yi said: "Ambassador Chen refused to enter the city to disturb the people, and camped in Sanlipo in the east of the city, and he also rested in the camp. Cao Huachun stroked his palms and praised after hearing this: "The army does not enter the city to disturb the people, and Chen Xie has the style of a famous general." ”

Because with the will, Song Yi had to serve well, but fortunately, Cao Huachun didn't pay much attention to these, stayed in a large family, rested for the night, and took his entourage and white pole soldiers out of the city gate early the next morning, and came to Sanlipo in the east of the city.

As soon as he walked less than a mile, a group of soldiers sprang out of the grass on the side of the official road, and the leader raised his hand to signal: "Someone is coming, stop!" ”

Seeing this, Qin Yiming hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, saying that the emperor had sent a great eunuch to see Chen Xie. When the officer with the troops heard about it, he hurriedly sent someone to report the news and replied: "The front is an important military camp, and there is a military order in his body, so he does not dare to let him go. ”

Cao Huachun got the reward, but smiled slightly, and didn't say anything. Soon Chen Xie came with a group of officers, and they didn't ride horses, they all ran forward, and Chen Xie shouted "one, two, one" in front. The sound of footsteps is refreshing to listen to.

"Stand upright!" Chen Xie's voice was full of anger, snapping neatly like a person's movements, and his eyes lit up when he looked at it.

"Chen Xie has seen Gonggong Cao!" Facing Cao Huachun, Chen Xie was still very hesitant about how to respond. How to greet is a problem, and there is no habit of kneeling for people. No, in the end, I chose a military salute with one hand and a cross-chested chest.

Cao Huachun is a controversial person in history. For a long time, it was said that he was the one who opened the city gate to welcome Li Zicheng into the city, and later some historians found evidence that Cao Huachun was not in Beijing at that time, which can be regarded as "rehabilitating" him. Judging from Cao Huachun's experience, after the Manchus in history entered Beijing, there was a letter written by the Qing literati that Cao Huachun opened the city and betrayed the country, which also led the later historians Meng Sen, Li Wenzhi and others to agree with this matter.

It is said that Cao Huachun is the person in charge of rehabilitating those civil officials who were persecuted by Wei Zhongxian, why do the literati still slander him so much? Chen Xie, who has read the historical materials, has a personal opinion on this, and it is very likely that in the process of rehabilitation, the demands of some literati have not been met, so they are resentful, and when the dynasty is changed, they jump out to slander them. Anyway, it's a eunuch, how can there be any good things?

In Chinese history, there were very few eunuchs with a good reputation, and the people who wrote history books were literati. The pen is in their hands, and they can write whatever they want. Catching up with a "I Daqing" who likes to smear powder on the face of his ancestors, it is not surprising that there was a miasma of history at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Even Sima Qian, when he wrote Li Ling, didn't he also say good things for his friends? It can be seen that as long as it is a human being, it will be selfish.

Putting aside history, Cao Huachun, who was standing three steps away in front of Chen Xie, looked normal except for having no beard. With his appearance, just like Zhu Shimao said, "When you wear these clothes, you are also an underground worker." "In short, in terms of looks, it's definitely a positive image.

It seems that Cao Huachun didn't care about Chen Xie's etiquette, but stepped forward with a smile and said: "Our family is just a slave next to Long Live Lord, this time I came here, Long Live Lord has an explanation, don't stick to common sense, ask a few questions and leave." ”

Since Cao Huachun mentioned Long Live Lord, Chen Xie couldn't help but kneel down obediently, and said: "Grass people Chen Xie, thank the emperor, long live Your Majesty!" Banzai! Hooray! Without waiting for Chen Xie to kneel, Cao Huachun had already stepped forward to support him, not wanting Chen Xie's strength to be so strong that he couldn't stop him at all, so he was surprised, so he had to watch Chen Xie kneel three times and knock nine times in the direction of the capital.

After the ceremony, Cao Huachun reached out to help Chen Xie, and Chen Xie took the opportunity to invite him into the camp to have a look. Cao Huachun walked in unhurriedly and walked outside the camp, but saw two rows of soldiers standing solemnly on the side of the road. As soon as he walked in, an officer said, "Salute!" ”

Brush! The neat movements are like a person, the rifle with the bayonet on the side and one hand crossed in front of the chest. Walking along the road composed of guards, seeing that the guards were all standing like pines and their faces were solemn, Cao Huachun was secretly satisfied in his heart, and couldn't help but think curiously: Although Chen Xie's department is a regimental exercise, all of them have ruddy complexions, which is very different from those officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp with yellow faces and thin muscles. It can be seen that if you eat very well, you will have this complexion.

Continuing forward, there were soldiers standing on both sides all the way, and Cao Huachun enjoyed the feeling of being noticed everywhere he went, just like drinking seven or eight points of wine, walking on the road like a cloud.

When he entered the camp, he saw a big table and a marching bed inside, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Sihua, you sleep here at night?" Chen Xie said in his heart, what do you care about this? But he said: "Back to my father-in-law, marching and fighting, I don't pay so much attention to it." ”

An officer brought a folding chair, and Chen Xie invited Cao Huachun to sit down and talk. After sitting down, Cao Huachun smiled and said, "Chen Xie, long live the Lord let me ask you." Chen Xie hurriedly stood up, and then made a kneeling posture, Cao Huachun raised his hand and said: "You don't have to be so polite, even if you enter the big house in the future and see the Long Live Lord, you don't have to be so formal." I heard that you are a descendant of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty spoke face to face, and there was no such thing as kneeling around, not to mention that our family is just asking questions on behalf of the Long Live Lord, sit down and talk. (To be continued......)