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Yang Lian's expression was not so much angry as disdainful.

In Yang Lian's opinion, the Zheng family, who has penetrated into Hetuala, the old nest of the Jianzhou Jurchens, is just a little more cunning than ordinary women, so that they can get out of the tiger's den and get back information.

The Battle of Fushun still relied on the military generals of the Ming Dynasty to succeed.

No matter how great it is, even if this person is as good at collecting wealth as Ba Qing in the pre-Qin period, and as brave and loyal as Qin Liangyu today, such a self-combing girl who is not old and has no eunuch father and brother, what insight can he have about the rights and wrongs of the court?

Zheng Haizhu calmly met Yang Lian's gaze, and said in a harmonious voice: "Master Yang's words, in Songjiang in the past, Master Huang also threw it to me. But he was still willing to listen to my words, and after listening to them, he finally understood that I didn't take Donglin as wrong. ”

Yang Lian glanced at Zuo Guangdou, and saw that he was drinking tea with his head bowed all his time, looking like he was out of the way, so he first suppressed his anger and said to Zheng Haizhu: "I want to hear about it." ”

"Master Yang," Zheng Haizhu said in an honest tone, "Back then, when Zhao Mengbai and Zhao Gong were in the Ministry of Officials, because Jingcha was too radical, the ministers jointly counterattacked the noble faction, from Master Sun, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, to Master Zhao, and then to Master Gu, who recommended Sun Shangshu into the cabinet, they were all forced to stay away from the court. Isn't that more than worth the cost? ”

Zheng Haizhu is talking about the uproar that swept the officialdom in Beijing almost 30 years ago.

That year, Emperor Wanli put forward a plan of "three kings standing side by side", insisting that his eldest son Zhu Changluo should not be appointed as the crown prince, but only alongside Zhu Changxun, who was born to Concubine Zheng Guifei. As soon as these words came out, the officials of the Donglin faction who supported Zhu Changluo were in an uproar, and pointed the finger at Wang Xijue, the cabinet capital at that time, thinking that Wang Xijue did not dare to speak out and admonish, and might even be in collusion with Zheng Guifei.

So, in the Jingcha assessment that came on the back foot, Sun Long, the secretary of the ministry, Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Meritorious Affairs, and Gu Xiancheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Literature and Selection, these backbones of Donglin, used the power in their hands to depose the court officials who were not under the Donglin Sect, in order to cause a shock in the cabinet and force Wang Xijue to go into the wilderness.

These are some of the views of later generations, and Zheng Haizhu will not fully accept them.

To identify and analyze Zhao Nanxing's courtiers who fell under her authority, several of them are really corrupt officials, and it is not the point at this time, and she will not use the bottom line of values to judge Yang Lian in her words.

Zheng Haizhu just looked at Yang Lian calmly: "Master Yang, I believe that with Zhao Gong's incorruptibility and self-control, there are quite a few people who have been deposed in Jingcha, and there are indeed misdeeds and even evil deeds, but everything is not done quickly, and it will set off a thunderstorm, and may also collapse his own house." ”

When Yang Lian heard this, he turned a corner in his heart for a while, and sneered: "So in order to protect yourself, can you not distinguish between right and wrong?" ”

Zheng Haizhu stared at him, and his tone hardened by two points: "Points, of course right and wrong must be divided." Then, please ask Master Yang, a native of Donglinmen. What is right and what is wrong? ”

Yang Lian raised his chin and said: "Taizu dismissed the Chinese book and placed six parts, the power is not gathered, and the power is scattered and mutually exalted, which is a great good." Wang Xijue, Fang Congzhe and others, monopolizing the cabinet and gathering power and monolithic masturbation, is a big wrong. Fraud in the scientific field, sluggishness of the border army, emptiness of public funds, and freezing of the common people are also big wrongs, on the contrary, they are great good. ”

Zheng Haizhu responded: "Okay, according to what the public said, then if the cabinet is in charge, from the first assistant to this assistant, they are all under the Donglin sect, how many people are different from one, what is the difference?" It seems to be scattered and mutually discreet, but in fact, it is still a dominant faction. ”

Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, and he didn't have time to cross-examine, only to hear the woman say again: "According to the public's words, away fraud is a big evil, I deeply believe this, when I met with Master Huang in the bandit village, he was almost killed because of exposing the fraud in the department." A few years earlier, Tang Binyin, the leader of the Xuan Party, promoted his protégé Han Jing for personal gain in the away game, but later the matter was exposed, and the various factions in the DPRK and China had a good tug. The people of Donglinmen must be very hateful to Qi Shijiao, the leader of the Qi Party who jumped out to protect the Xuan Party, but Qi Shi taught him that when he was in charge of the prison in Hubei, there were few unjust cases and backlog of cases, and a few years ago there was a great drought in Shandong, and it was also the old man Qi who went to Long Live on "Hungry People", and the imperial court exempted the six counties of Shandong from taxes and silver, and also issued 100,000 taels of disaster relief silver from the household department......"

"All of this Huang Zhenchang told you?" Yang Lian interrupted Zheng Haizhu.

Zheng Haizhu's eyebrows finally twisted: "Master Yang, I and Mr. and Mrs. Huang do have a deep relationship, but the affairs of the world are spread by the people of the world, and not everything can only be heard from the people of Donglinmen, right?" I have a trading company branch in Shandong, and from Denglai to Yanzhou, the people remember the merits of Qi Shijiao, and of course I have heard a lot. ”

With a soft sound, Zuo Guangdou closed the lid of the teacup, with the meaning of easing the atmosphere, and said to Yang Lian: "Wen Ru, I heard it, Mrs. Zheng means that the poetry sect has the duty of a subordinate, and it is a great good thing to worry about the people being frozen." ”

"Thank you, Master Zuo," Zheng Haizhu bowed, and his voice sank, "The word 'friend' comes from the words of mutual attack, even if the younger generation thinks that he is a friend of Donglin and is angry with Chu Zhexuan, he is not willing to use the word 'party'. In the eyes of the younger generation, there is only the difference between hard work and empty talk, and there is only the difference between good ministers and mediocre people. Moreover, no one is perfect, and flaws are revealed due to factional disputes, and he cannot be determined to be a treacherous villain on this basis, so he must be played by the Son of Heaven, and he will be driven out of the court, and he will never be used. ”

Yang Lian subconsciously wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a powerful arrow, after all, his Donglin faction, at the beginning of its establishment, the slogan was indeed against empty talk and internal friction, that is, to serve the country and make benefits for the people.

Zheng Haizhu took away the already unoverflowing sharp color in his eyes a few points and restored his gentle and soft tone.

"Master Yang, the younger generation was born in a small county in Minhai, but fortunately, my brother is well-read, so it is not too late for the younger generation to be enlightened. Due to fate, in the midst of displacement, some experience, so I don't take the liberty and speak freely. The younger generation has a special complaint about the views of our faction, because at the beginning in Fushun, I saw the Liaodong Army, the Zhejiang soldiers and the Shiqichuan soldiers working together, so that Fushun won a great victory and refused to be captured outside the pass. Therefore today ......"

"It's okay, the world can discuss the world's affairs, my Donglin affairs, how can outsiders not discuss it." Yang Lian nodded and said sullenly.

He is not a narrow-minded person, and he has no lack of experience in being a local official and in contact with three religions and nine streams, and the woman in front of him can still see the righteousness when he talks about the common people's society.

Yang Lian then called the servants to add a cup of tea, and then slowly opened his mouth and said: "Mrs. Zheng, the old man understands, you talk eloquently, not only to express your mind, but also to persuade the old man to do a bad job in the six science corridors of Donglin, Mo Xinjun will march forward when he ascends the throne, so as not to be stimulated by the ministers next to him, and the court situation will appear as a sign of attack by various factions. ”

Zheng Haizhu got up and said frankly: "That's exactly what I mean, but it's not just that." ”

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

"Master Yang, the new monarch ascends the throne, and the period when the emperor's eldest grandson canonizes the crown prince is just around the corner. The prince has not yet left the cabinet to study, and the younger generation has a request that may sound deviant, and the younger generation wants to work with Xu Hanlin to teach the prince the method of learning firearms in the West. ”

……

Half an hour later, Zheng Haizhu said goodbye from Yang's mansion.

Yang Lian's wife and daughter-in-law sent her out and handed over a burden to Hua Er.

"Mrs. Zheng, the little doll has delicate skin and wears old clothes, so she doesn't tie it, please be sure to explain the reason to Mrs. Ma."

According to the instructions of the servants when her husband met with her, Yang's wife prepared the jacket and pants worn by her grandson, and a small gold lock, and asked Zheng Haizhu to bring Zhang Fengyi, who was about to give birth.

Zheng Haizhu accepted it with a smile and thanked Feng Yi.

In her heart, she added a few points to Yang Lian's detail.

This duke does not have the bullshit habit of some Ming civil officials to despise military generals, and it is obvious that he has no bad relationship with Zhang Quan, the "non-party person" in the military department.

The carriage of the Zuo family galloped away carrying Zheng Haizhu's master and servant.

In Yang's mansion, Zuo Guangdou was still sitting in the hall, continuing to discuss with Yang Lian.

Yang Lian frowned and asked, "Gongzhi, what this woman mentioned, have you already answered?" ”

Zuo Guangdou shook his head: "It's up to Brother Nian to decide." ”

nodded again: "But yesterday she had a deep talk with me, Brother Nian, the foolish brother felt that this person was really useful, and his mind may not be under the eunuch man." ”

Yang Lian said: "How can you see it? ”

Zuo Guangdou said: "I asked her, but she knew about the attack case, and she said that she had heard Huang Zunsu talk about it. I asked her again, at that time, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and all the officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang jumped out, saying that it was our Donglin who planned this case, and found a fool to break into the palace to murder the prince and blame Zheng Guifei, what did Mrs. Zheng think. As a result, she directly said that the emperor must not have such an idea at that time. ”

"Oh?" Yang Lian's eyes flashed, "Why did she deduce like this?" ”

She said that if the thief Zhang Cha could enter the inner court with a big stick, he needed to have a palace attendant to make it convenient for him. Since ancient times, it has been a taboo for the Son of Heaven to collude with courtiers in the inner court. Long live can tolerate the Donglin Qunchen playing like snowflakes, but it must not tolerate the reckless man found by the foreign ministers to easily enter the couch. If Banzai really became suspicious of us Donglin, he would never take the initiative to settle the matter. ”

After listening to this, Yang Lian stared at Zuo Guangdou and agreed: "This Zheng family, indeed, also knows a little bit of the emperor's mental art. ”

"Brother Nian, don't forget, she is a woman, and she understands the concubine's scheming." Zuo Guangdou said meaningfully.