Chapter 048: I'm a Good Person

The first thing Chen Cao did when he returned to Nanjing was to go home, his family was the most important, and everything had to be put last.

"Husband..."

When Chen Cao saw Li Xiang again, he felt that she had lost weight again, and hurriedly hugged Li Xiang in his arms: "How is the child?" ”

"Hao'er is fine, I just fell asleep," Li Xiang leaned on Chen Cao's arms, enjoying it very much: "Daddy's business." ”

"My father-in-law's affairs have been settled, have you sent him back to his hometown for burial?" Chen Cao stroked her hair.

"Well, Zhao Xin sent Jinyi Wei to open the way and send it back, and the imperial court also added a posthumous reprimand, which can be regarded as an end." Li Xiang said that his mood was a little low.

Chen Cao patted her on the back: "Everyone is born, old, sick and dead, not to mention my father-in-law, besides, he was used as a gun, and his husband has avenged him in the capital, you can rest assured, if I die in the future, you have to take care of this family." ”

"What are you talking about... If I die, you can't die. Li Xiang said and slammed Chen Cao's chest.

it...

"That's right, husband," Li Xiang raised his head: "The little sister is also older now, and many wealthy lords in Jinling have sent people to propose marriage, and I can't be the master, so I will push it to you." ”

"That's right..."Chen Cao let go of Li Xiang, then sat on the chair, frowning: "Little sister can't marry ordinary people." ”

"I know, there are even a few old marquis mansions who propose marriage, and even the Duke of Qianguo Liufu has come to propose marriage, wanting to propose marriage for the concubine in the family." Li Xiang said with his fingers wrenched.

Chen Cao laughed: "The ordinary people I'm talking about are not noble and wealthy families, if Chen Qing wants to marry, he must marry someone in the army, and I have already chosen someone." ”

Li Xiang was stunned, and then said tentatively: "What does the husband mean to tell the little sister to ...... Song..."

"That's right," Chen Cao looked serious: "My father died in battle, my grandmother died of illness, I, who is my brother, is her guardian, I will marry whoever I marry," Chen Cao was stunned: "I have a great relationship with Shi Xiu, and he will be of great help to my husband in the future, so I have to marry him... By the way, why did these people come to propose marriage at this time? ”

"These people heard that the three-year filial piety period of the little sister is coming, so they are all rushing to propose marriage." Li Xiang said disapprerovingly.

"Three years of filial piety? Ahh

"What's wrong with you, husband?" Li Xiang approached.

...

The location of the Junfu in Tieling Township is relatively good, and the Li family is not bad for money, no matter how the whole family moves, although Li Rubai has cut himself, but the Li family now has Li Ruzhen, Li Runan, Li Rugui and several other elders in Liaodong, and the younger generation also has Li Shaokuan, a general, and it will not completely decline.

"Yo, Lord Chen is here." The housekeeper who guarded the door recognized Chen Cao and was very enthusiastic: "The little one will go and report it." ”

"No, I'll go in by myself."

Chen Cao walked into the door and turned around the wall, and heard someone talking, and when he saw carefully, it was a group of ladies of the Li family who were embroidering and talking in the garden of the side hall, and Chen Cao, who was watching, began to talk in a whisper.

The maid recognized Chen Cao, ran into the backyard quickly, walked out from time to time, and saluted Chen Cao: "My lord, please go back, Miss is unwell, please talk about it another day." ”

What do you mean?

Chen Cao heard the smell of driving people, but he was not good at stubble: "What's the matter?" This official Nanzhen Fu Si commander Tongzhi, there is an important military situation to see your hometown, if you don't get out of the way, be careful I rushed in with weapons. ”

"How dare you..."

Chen Cao looked around, and Li Wan'er stood at the door of the lobby with a long sword: "What, Lord Chen is so powerful..."

Well? Why does this sound so familiar?

"Wan'er..."

"Presumptuous..."Li Wan'er scolded: "Hongo-kun's name is also what you can call it?" ”

"Which one is this singing?" Chen Cao couldn't figure it out.

"Mu Guiying beat Yang Liulang..."

As soon as the words fell, Li Wan'er pulled out the long sword in her hand, pinched a sword trick, and stabbed towards Chen Cao.

Li Wan'er saw that Chen Cao didn't have the slightest posture to hide, so she slammed it, and the sword blade that was originally stabbed at his throat still pierced into his left shoulder blade...

Blood stained his robes red at once...

Bang dang...

The sword lands.

"Bastard," Li Wan'er rushed forward and cried instantly: "You bastard, why don't you hide?" Get the gold sore medicine, quick..."

The maid was also frightened and hurried into action.

Chen Cao couldn't help but laugh bitterly: "There was once a sincere love in front of me, I didn't cherish it, and when I lost it, I regretted it, the most painful thing in the world is nothing more than this, your sword should be stabbed in my throat, don't hesitate, if God can give me a chance to do it again, I will say three words to that girl, I love you... If I had to add a time limit to this love, I would like it to be 10,000 years..."

"Bastard..."Where has Li Wan'er heard this kind of love words, she immediately cried bitterly and hugged Chen Cao, repeating the word 'bastard' in her mouth like a repeater.

The maid brought gold sore medicine and gauze, Li Wan'er took Chen Cao to the lobby, and personally bandaged Chen Cao, and Chen Cao grinned in pain.

After finishing the matter, Li Wan'er stared at Chen Cao's eyes and said softly, "Does it hurt?" ”

"It hurts... It hurts hot..."Chen Cao grinned: "Are you distressed? ”

"Well," Li Wan'er blushed, but the straight-up habit of martial arts practitioners couldn't be changed, although she was red-faced, she still looked at Chen Cao: "I'm also hot and painful..."

"Then I'll be in pain..."

Flutter..

Li Wan'er burst into tears and laughed, and hammered Chen Cao with her small fist: "You bastard, you are still joking with me at this time." ”

There were only Chen Cao and Li Wan'er in the lobby, and Chen Cao hugged Li Wan'er into his arms when he saw this: "It's me who is wrong, I haven't come to see you for so long, isn't it also for your sake?" ”

"Nonsense," Li Wan'er was very comfortable in Chen Cao's arms: "I know that you went to Baifu and Shen Ji grocery stores, and you know what you did." ”

"You're sending someone to investigate me?" Chen Cao glared.

"You are my future husband, Sister Xiang'er doesn't dare to care about you, I dare." Li Wan'er said righteously.

"Okay, I'm scared of you..."

Li Wan'er broke free from Chen Cao's arms: "Thief, say, you haven't come to see me for so long, what is the purpose of coming today?" ”

"For love..."

Seeing this, Li Wan'er was about to make a move again, Chen Cao grabbed her hand and said, "Okay, I said, your filial piety is coming, and as soon as your filial piety arrives, I will marry you." ”

Li Wan'er blushed, and then said: "I've been waiting for a long time, I'm alone in this mansion, and those aunts don't fit in with me, I really have nothing to do except read what you wrote, and I can't often go to Sister Xiang'er, do you know that I've been sad in the past three years?" ”

Chen Cao hugged Li Wan'er into his arms: "Suffering Wan'er, I will treat you well in the future, I said, you are my wife." ”

"What about Sister Xiang'er?"

"It's also..."

Chen Cao stayed in Li Wan'er's mansion for an hour and left, and he still had a lot of things to do.

"My lord," Zhao Xin looked at Chen Cao, "your injury?" ”

"Don't tell your wife when you go back, just say that you can be injured in the barracks." Chen Cao instructed.

"My subordinates know..."

"Driving..."Xu Kai rode his horse first: "Huh... My lord, I have your official documents... The commander sent it from the Yamen, as well as the people from the capital. ”

In the yamen of the Zhenfu Division, Chen Cao thought that the holy decree had come, but the person who came was just a Jinyi Wei General Banner, or a person with a message, so he sat on the main seat of the hall and listened to the general flag tell Chen Cao about things.

"Congratulations to the commander first..."The general flag saluted Chen Cao.

On the third day after Chen Cao left Beijing, Wei Zhongxian asked for an edict in front of Zhu Youxiao, and promoted Chen Cao to the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi, becoming the actual person in charge of the Nanzhen Fusi, and Zhang Yanzong, the commander of the Tongzhi, completely became an ornament.

"You're welcome, but Lord Xu has something to ask you to talk to?" Chen Cao smiled and nodded.

"Yes..."The general flag nodded: "Qi Boyu, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, sent someone to meet with Zhao Nanxing, talking about maritime affairs, and on the day of the Great Dynasty, the various provincial supervisors and many Donglin party officials played one after another, saying that the name of the Jiang Shui Division was to arrest pirates, but it was actually a matter of maritime trade in the name of the Sailor, and pretended to be pirates to rob past merchant ships;

There is also the matter of the Longjiang Shipyard, the Nanjing Military Department Yamen wrote that the shipyard cost a lot of money, and the people and money were lost, so the imperial court ordered the Nanjing Ministry of Industry to close the Longjiang Shipyard; Not only that, Gu Dazhang, a member of the Criminal Department, and others joined forces with more than a dozen imperial historians to impeach Lord Chen, saying that you abused your power, knew the law and broke the law, and..."

"And what?" Chen Cao raised his eyebrows.

"Misconduct..."

"..."Chen Cao burst into foul language again, these people are really not good birds: "Lao Tzu has been implicated in Nanjing, it seems that the shipyard incident has really moved their interests." ”

"Lord Chen, rest assured, the free solution of the affairs between the DPRK and China, Lord Xu will let the humble post be told to the adults, and it is good to do things with peace of mind." As he spoke, the general flag took out a document from his arms: "This is the so-called 'eunuch party' list compiled by Yuan Huazhong, Lord Xu asked the humble post to bring it, let Lord Chen take a look." ”

"Liao Yaowen, you go and arrange this brother's itinerary." Chen Cao commanded, then opened the roster and looked at it carefully. After reading it, he handed it to Zhao Xin to watch.

"Bastard..."Chen Cao hammered the case hard.

"The adults are angry..."Zhao Xin handed the roster to Xu Kaixian again: "These so-called Qingliu are just scum, how do you know the ambitions of adults..."

Chen Cao stared at Zhao Xin and said: "After the current emperor ascends the throne, I, Chen Cao, can be regarded as a person who gives gifts to Wei Zhongxian, his mother's Yuan Huazhong, actually only put me in the sixth place in this eunuch list, and even Tian Ergeng is in front of me, dog..."

Zhao Xin: "......"

Xu Kaixian arched his hand: "My lord, just now that brother said other things in the capital, let us convey that Zhong Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is being dismissed and returning to his hometown, and Huang Kezan, the secretary of the Ministry of Troops, is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Sun Wei is the secretary of the Ministry of War." ”

"I know this," Chen Cao waved his hand, and he knew these things when he was in Beijing.

"There is also the resignation of Zhang Wenda, the secretary of the ministry, but the emperor did not agree," Xu Kaixian continued: "But Zhao Nanxing was still appointed as the secretary of the ministry, Gao Panlong was appointed as the imperial history of the left capital, and Feng Yan participated in the cabinet as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites; There is also the fact that Qiao Yunsheng may have to move up the capital. ”

"Hmm..."Chen Cao nodded, he didn't care about these things at all, who was one of those big officials had nothing to do with him, the focus of his concern was only on his side: "Qi Boyu's guy really doesn't know what to do, he actually wants to close the Longjiang Shipyard, who is in charge of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry now?" ”

"Shangshu Wang Shunding..."Zhao Xin arched his hand: "He is a member of the Zhejiang Party..."

"Oh?" Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "Your own people?" No wonder I replied to the shipyard and the shipbuilding bureau of the Ministry of Industry, but I didn't think that there were my own people in Nanjing. How's the review? ”

Zhao Xindao: "Wang Shangshu is a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, who is humble and virtuous, impartial law enforcement, and has a good reputation, although he is a member of the Zhejiang Party, he has never participated in the party struggle, so he was not liquidated by the Donglin Party after the defeat of the Zhejiang Party. ”

"Hmm... That's good," Chen Cao stood up: "Let's go, let's go visit Lord Wang..."

Wang Shunding's mansion is in the outer city of Beicheng, close to Zhongshan, where ordinary people live, to put it bluntly, the poor live here.

The size of the palace is not very large, but the pair of stone lions symbolizing status at the door show that the family is not simple.

"When I went in to report, I said that Chen Cao, the commander of Jinyi Weinan Town, wanted to see Wang Shangshu." Zhao Xin took a step forward and said.

One of the guards at the door heard that Jinyi Wei was coming, so he hurriedly ran in to report, and then came out to lead Chen Cao in: "My family is at home, please let Chen in." ”

Wang Shunding heard that Chen Cao was coming, so he set up a tea table in the lobby, Chen Cao entered the hall, saw Wang Shunding, and also sighed how this old man who was almost seventy years old could survive the party struggle at the end of Wanli.

"Xiaguan Chen Cao, I've seen Wang Shangshu..."Chen Cao stood up and saluted.

Wang Shunding didn't have the slightest shelf, and waved his hand to let Chen Cao sit down: "Lord Chen came here today, but for the shipyard?" ”

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "I didn't expect Wang Shangshu to be so upright after speaking, compared to those people in the capital, Wang Shangshu seems to be a person in the army." ”

"When the old man was young, he happened to be in charge of the affairs of the army in the yamen of the military department, and he also went to the three sides to inspect the local armaments." Wang Shunding said disapprovingly: "The old man is old now, if he speaks in a roundabout way, sometimes he can't even remember what he said." ”

The so-called people are old spirits, ghosts and old spirits

Chen Cao felt that Wang Shunding must be pretending to be confused, so he smiled and said: "As Wang Shangshu said, Xia Guan is indeed here to come to the shipyard. ”

Wang Shunding took a sip of tea after listening: "Qi Boyu's old man already knows, isn't it just for the shipyard to build a big ship with more than 3,000 materials..."

Chen Cao felt that Wang Shunding had something to say, but there were some things that could not be broken, so he said: "After the imperial court has more than 3,000 sea ships, it can protect our coastal waters, and Wang Shangshu also knows that now that the Franc machine occupies Macao, it is also eyeing Taiwan, and those small boats of the Penghu Inspection Division are like shrimp to the three-masted galleon of the Franc machine..."

"You don't have to tell the old man this..."Wang Shunding interrupted Chen Cao's words: "The shipyard has reopened, and Wang Gongbi has taken a lot of benefits from you, right?" ”

"Oh..."Chen Cao suddenly realized: "If the rules are under the official province, let someone send it immediately." ”

"What are you doing? Do you think the old man wants to take your money? Wang Shunding frowned: "The old man has never taken the shipyard matter to heart, but he also knows that your sea ship and the river master have seized something from others, otherwise you will not become the target of the public, otherwise you will be blind as the sixth person of the eunuch party..."

"Hey..."Chen Cao laughed awkwardly: "Behind this..."

"I don't care who is behind you, and I don't ask..."Wang Shunding interrupted Chen Cao's words: "The old man has never participated in party struggles in his life, and even now, the old man's neck is buried in the loess, and he doesn't want to leave an infamy in future generations..."

Chen Cao really wasn't sure what Wang Shunding wanted to do: "Please ask Wang Shangshu to mention one or two..."

"It's good to say..."Wang Shunding stroked his white beard: "The old man has his own opinion, the shipyard is reopened, and the money and grain are from your Jiangshui master, and my Ministry of Industry is only supervising and will not suffer any losses... These words have already been written by the old man..."

No, after Wang Shunding finished speaking, he half-squinted his eyes as if he was asleep.

Chen Cao stood up, bowed to Wang Shunding, and then turned around and left under the leadership of the housekeeper.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Out of the palace, Zhao Xin hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Chen Cao got on the horse and looked at the gate of the Wang family thoughtfully: "The old man is very interesting, Mingzhe protects himself, no one can be offended, go back, don't worry about the shipyard, let's go and meet Qi Boyu in person for a while." ”

Not to mention, after Qi Boyu learned that the sea charts and ship drawings were stolen, he had long wanted to go to Chen Cao in person, who knew that this guy went to the capital, and after he came back, he never showed up on the official street of Fengtianmen, but coincidentally, he was on duty in Yamen today.

Qi Boyu's face was not good, Chen Cao was also a smiling tiger, the two of them sat with each other for a long time, Qi Boyu couldn't help it, and said: "Lord Chen is a good means..."

Chen Cao arched his hand towards Qi Boyu: "You're polite, otherwise, since Emperor Wen of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no treasure ship to build, and the name of my Heavenly Dynasty cannot be destroyed in the hands of contemporary people." ”

"Hmph..."Qi Boyu was angry when he saw Chen Cao, and he was not polite at the moment, so he said: "Chen Cao, the old man has no grudge against you in the past and no enmity in the near future, why are you looking for someone to frame the old man?" ”

Chen Cao came in for so long, bowed to Qi Boyu for the first time, and then sat down and said: "I'm really sorry for Lord Qi, if I don't do this, I really won't be able to get the chart and the ship map, and framing the Lord is just a premise." ”

"What about Zou Weilian?" Qi Boyu asked again: "He colluded with you?" ”

"Lord Qi thinks too much," Chen Cao didn't care about exposing Zou Weilian, so he smiled: "I found out that Lord Zou had a bad relationship with his colleagues in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, so I took him under the knife, and he was just a stepping stone." ”

The words were hard to listen to, but they could also clear Zou Weilian's suspicion, Qi Boyu slapped the table angrily: "The old man will definitely go to the book and join you again." ”

"Hey..."Chen Cao waved his hand: "Is it useful?" Don't mention how hateful that expression is: "Yuan Huazhong's "List of Eunuchs" ranked me Chen Cao in sixth place, Lord Qi, think about it, how important this is to Father-in-law Wei, your impeachment will not work. ”

"You..." Qi Boyu gasped, eager to beat Chen Cao now.

Chen Cao saw his expression in his eyes, and Chen Cao quipped: "In the first year of the Apocalypse, I Chen Cao went to Beijing to play "Caigen Tan", and after coming back, the reputation of the minister spread all over the Ming Dynasty, since it has been passed on for so many years, it is better to sit it down, and it is well deserved, Zuo Guangdou is very uninteresting, and he actually changed the law to bend me, as Lord Qi said, I have no grudge against him in the past, and I have no enmity in the near future, I have to do it against me, I think the foot of Taihe Hall is a little light. ”

"It's really your stumbling Zuo Guangdou." Qi Boyu's status in the Donglin Party is also relatively high, and he has a lot to do with Zuo Guangdou and others.

"Hey," Chen Cao deliberately made a sudden expression of realization and said: "Now that I am a eunuch, he wants to beat Father-in-law Wei, of course I have to help, but I, Chen Cao, know the teachings of the sage, so I just stumbled and did not do anything, otherwise with my skills, Lord Zuo would definitely lie in bed for three or five months." ”

"You are a dog, and you still know the teachings of the sage," Qi Boyu only then realized that Chen Cao had read "University", and also wrote articles about the teachings of Confucian sages such as "Caigen Tan", and the more he scolded at the moment, the more fierce he became: "You Confucian scum, I Confucianism has produced you and other ministers and thieves, and I have really lost the face of the Holy Prince." ”

"Hey Lord Qi, what you said is biased..."Chen Cao's face was dissatisfied: "Who said that I am the only Confucian scum, didn't you carefully look at the list of eunuchs?" Gu Bingqian, who is ranked ninth, is also your Confucian apprentice..."

"You guy..."Qi Boyu was a little angry with Chen Cao: "Okay, good... Chen Cao, the old man can't compete with you, but it's impossible if you want to do anything wrong in Nanzhili, you wait, the old man will definitely not let you have a good time. Come on, send off..."

"Don't mind..."Chen Cao motioned for Zhao Xin to go out to stop the visitor, then stood up and closed the door of the lobby: "Lord Qi, do you recognize the current situation in the imperial court?" ”

Qi Boyu was also a little shocked, what was Chen Cao going to do when he closed the door, and he couldn't think of a sentence that made him stunned: "What do you want to say?" ”

Chen Cao arched his hand towards him: "Zhang Wenda, the secretary of the ministry, I call Uncle Zhang, I know that you are good friends with him, for the sake of Uncle Zhang's face, the junior is here to save you..."

"Help me? Joke..."Qi Boyu snorted coldly: "This official is honest and honest, just rely on you?" Tell me, what did the old man do? ”

"Lord Qi, don't be stubborn, now that the personnel changes in the DPRK and China, it can be seen that your Donglin Party will not be able to toss for a while." Chen Cao looked at Qi Boyu with an uncompetitive look: "Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian, broke into the palace and snatched out of the current majesty from Li Xuanshi's side, although Your Majesty is grateful to Dade, but there is also a limit, and a few of them, in addition to getting the official position and official reputation, have also controlled the court situation for so many years, your Donglin Party is now Ye Xianggao, I think, you can still toss it, but stepping down is inevitable." ”

Qi Boyu stared at Chen Cao and didn't say anything, Chen Cao said again: "Your Majesty lets you Donglin Party do everything, but you are not satisfied, you have to make inches everywhere, haven't you thought about why Emperor Wanli didn't go to court?" ”

Qi Boyu said that Emperor Wanli did not go to the court but firmly controlled the court situation, and the most fundamental reason was that the officials of the court and China were inclined to each other, and this is how the party struggle came.

"Although Wei Zhongxian has read a lot, the Queen Mother is not a fool, now your Donglin Party has crushed the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, one family is dominant, controlling the court situation, Your Majesty has no power, you have to ask Ye Xianggao about everything, you can't even do things without his nod, you say, whose emperor can tolerate you people."

"We are Confucian apprentices, and we are sharing the worries of the king," Qi Boyu defended.

"Joke..."Chen Cao disagreed: "Your Majesty has to ask Ye Xianggao if you agree or not to accept a concubine, you say this is something you guys did?" ”

"You?" Qi Boyu was speechless by Chen Cao.

"Your Majesty likes carpentry, what's wrong with making a little wood? Whoever has no personal hobbies is said by a group of people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be a faint monarch and mislead the country, hey, don't you say, don't saints often say that they should respect the monarch? Why have you forgotten the teachings of the saints one by one? Chen Cao looked at Qi Boyu curiously...