Chapter 180: Everyone is their own person

"No need to cry."

Chen Cao waved his hand a little impatiently, not that he was bored, but that he didn't like to see others crying: "Uncle Zhang took good care of Ben Hou before his death, and Ben Hou was also shocked to hear that he had passed away.

Besides, when Uncle Zhang was reincarnated, Ben Hou said that if your Zhang family is in trouble in the future, you can come to Ben Hou. ”

Zhang Yingnan stood up and knelt down with a group of people from the Zhang family: "Xie Dingwu Hou Daen..."

"Get up." Chen Cao stood up and took the silver ticket from Liao Yaowen's hand: "There are three hundred taels of silver here, you go and prepare some carriages and other daily necessities, if you don't dislike it, then follow Benhou back to Nanjing, Benhou has his own place to settle you,"

Saying that, Chen Cao looked at Zhang Yingwu: "Kid, are you interested in joining the army?" ”

Zhang Yingwu bowed: "It's all up to the Hou Ye to send it." ”

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In the Baoguo Mansion, Zhu Yanrong and Chen Cao were sitting opposite each other and drinking.

"Yu Shi Zhou maintained that he suddenly attacked Wang Zhihuan in the great court, then Wang Zhihuan is the backbone of the Donglin Party, and even Zuo Guangdou was arrested, will Wei Biao still be afraid of him?

Lao Zhang was unlucky, and he was unlucky in Wang Zhiyu's career was recommended by him, and now he beat the rabbit with grass like your father-in-law back then, and the imperial history Mu Zhikui said that Zhang Wenda had embezzled a lot of money in those years when he was a minister, and asked Zhang Wenda to return the money; Hey...

Zhang Wenda really has no money, this old man knows, I asked someone in Fusi in Beizhen, his family's mansion account room is only a deposit of 6,000 taels, according to the report of Jinyiwei who came back from Shaanxi, Zhang Wenda only has 60 acres of land in his hometown in Jingyang, and he only has more than 3,000 two houses in the family of the son of the political envoy Si Zuo Senator..."

Zhu Yanrong said and took a glass of wine and drank it to quench his thirst: "No, I only sold the mansion in the city, and looked for people to borrow money everywhere, and only scraped together 50,000 taels of silver, and by the way, he also lost his son's official position, and was taken out by the Shaanxi political envoy to be the scapegoat of the people's rebellion." ”

Now the relationship between Chen Cao and Beizhen Fusi is not very good, and if he wants to get the complete news, he can only come to Zhu Yanrong, after all, this old guy is in the same boat as himself, and he also has an official position in the court, and the news is also very well-informed.

"What about Zhang Wenda's former students and the same year? Didn't the Donglin Party care? ”

Zhu Yanrong laughed: "You guy is still a eunuch, even Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others have been arrested and put in the edict of Fusi in Beizhen, who dares to save Zhang Wenda?"

Ay... By the way, you are also a eunuch, they should know the relationship between Zhang Wenda and you, why, didn't they see that you were loyal to the eunuch party and let Zhang Wenda go? ”

Chen Cao looked at Zhu Yanrong expressionlessly: "Grandpa is really making fun of me?" ”

"Hahaha..."Zhu Yanrong laughed loudly: "You are also a foreigner, in order to rectify the entire Donglin Party, Zhang Wenda must suffer, fortunately, this old man died by himself, otherwise, he may have to suffer." ”

Chen Cao figured it out as soon as he thought about it, he wanted to vigorously rectify the Donglin Party, and he couldn't let go of any of the veterans who were born in Donglin, otherwise the Eunuch Party would have no prestige, and in history, the fifth year of the Apocalypse was the most glorious year for the Eunuch Party.

"Oops... Now that the East Lin and the Eunuch Party are in the same place, it's best not to go to the fork of the Donglin Party, otherwise be careful to set yourself on fire, Wang Wenyan's case is too much to implicate, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou have died in the Imperial Prison, and now there is only one Zhou Chaorui left in the remaining celebrities, and he can't live too long. ”

Chen Cao is not interested in party fighting, as Zhu Yanrong said, what he has to do is to leave the court as soon as possible after the court, the place of right and wrong, or stay away from the center in order to live longer.

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Chen Cao knew that Wei Zhongxian wanted to see him, but he didn't expect it to be so soon...

In the courtyard, only Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun were present at the moment, and Wei Zhongxian had not yet come out when Chen Cao arrived, so he had to wait.

"Big brother..."Tian Ergeng stepped forward and grabbed Chen Cao's shoulder with an enthusiastic face: "I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?" ”

Chen Cao knew that Tian Ergeng was hypocritically with him, so he touched him with a smile: "You are better than me." ”

As he spoke, he saluted Xu Xianchun: "Lord Xu..."

Chen Cao is also a marquis, and it is already a great thing to take the initiative to salute Xu Xianchun, and now on the face of the eunuch party, Chen Cao is Wei Zhongxian's loyal little brother.

"Dingwu Hou..."Xu Xianchun also knows the etiquette, and the official name is Chen Cao.

A few people exchanged a few words, and Wei Zhongxian appeared in the middle hall.

"Meet the Governor (Father)..."

Wei Zhongxian is still the same, perhaps because he rectified the Donglin Party and controlled the government, the whole person looked energetic, and the blush on his face was faintly flickering, not at all like an old man in his fifties.

"Chen Cao..."

"Dugong..."Hearing Wei Zhongxian call himself, Chen Cao hurriedly got up and answered.

"Sit down..."Wei Zhongxian waved his hand: "Is there anything to be gained from the trip to the Wa Kingdom?" ”

Chen Cao sat down and bowed his hand to Wei Zhongxian: "This trip to the Japanese State of the First World War, I Dingwu Army won a complete victory, successfully helped Toyotomi Hideyori to gain a firm foothold in the Japanese State, and got the Toyotomi clan's ceremony, a total of 13 million taels of gold and silver, the Ryukyu Kingdom was attached, please set up the Ryukyu General to govern the Ryukyu, and sent an envoy with a letter of state, the Ryukyu was poor and weak, and was oppressed by the Japanese State for a long time before the annexation, so there was no benefit, and it was just 500,000 taels of gold and silver." ”

Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng were both a little excited, so much money, there were at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in their hands, which was much more comfortable than squeezing those poor officials in Beijing.

Wei Zhongxian's eyes lit up, and he squinted as if he was closing his eyes: "How are you going to arrange it..."

Chen Cao handed over his hand again: "The subordinates left two and a half million taels as a reward for the Dingwu army, and then prepared to hand over three million taels to the household department to block their mouths, and then gave His Majesty three million taels of internal funds, and the remaining five million taels were all escorted to the governor. ”

"Hmm..." Wei Zhongxian responded very happily, he could take more eunuchs than the emperor, so he was naturally happy: "You are also a person with a heart, but you have to be careful in the future dynasty..."

Be careful? What is the heart of the small? Now in the court, isn't it you, Wei Zhongxian, who has the final say?

"The subordinates are panicking, please clarify the doubts."

"Although we have won many backbones of the Donglin Party now, Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong, and others are still there, and Your Majesty will not let our family dominate, so now our family is on an equal footing with the Donglin Party in the court, and this emperor's heart is not simple..."

Wei Zhongxian opened his eyes: "Don't look at Your Majesty's preference for carpentry, everything is handed over to our family, but when it comes to military affairs, Your Majesty has always personally inquired about it, a few days ago, Yuan Chonghuan gave Your Majesty another policy to level Liao, Your Majesty was very happy to see it, but it involved 800,000 taels of silver and 2 million military expenses, and the household department couldn't take out the money, although Your Majesty's internal funds were sufficient last time, but it was not a way..."

Chen Cao always felt that Wei Zhongxian had something to say, so he gave his hand: "I don't know what my subordinates can do?" ”

"Hmm... It's good to do your thing well, if someone in the court attacks you, how does Your Majesty arrange it, your obedience is..."

Really...

This is to remind himself that there must be something unfavorable to him when the dynasty is in power, and Chen Cao is not good to ask too much, so he arches his hand: "My subordinates know, I don't dare to have any complaints..."

"Well, yes, a good seedling..."

After talking for a long time, Wei Zhongxian arranged some other matters, and finally let the three of them disperse after speaking.

Before leaving, Wei Zhongxian deliberately stopped Chen Cao: "Chen Cao, do you have anything else to explain?" ”

Wei Zhongxian's expression did not change at all, he still had a squinting look at the old god, Chen Cao thought about it, and then gave his hand: "The subordinates are fine." ”

"Hmm... Then there you go..."

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"Something is wrong, Zhao Xin..."

Chen Cao's right eyelid has been beating non-stop since he left Wei Zhongxian's courtyard, and judging from his experience over the years, something bad must have happened.

"Master Hou, isn't it Wei Gelding threatening you?"

Chen Cao shook his head: "It's a good thing if it's a threat, at least I know what he wants, the key is that the gelding asked me if there was anything I wanted to say before leaving." ”

Zhao Xin frowned and thought for a long time: "Master Hou, didn't we do something right and was discovered by him?" ”

"Aside from the Zhang family's affairs, there is only one thing I can think of..."

"Chongming Island?" Zhao Xin blurted out.

On Chongming Island, there are gold, silver, jewelry, and precious calligraphy and painting utensils worth nearly 50 million taels that Chen Cao brought back from the Wa Kingdom, and Wei Zhongxian has always been holding a wisdom pearl when he speaks today, Chen Cao now thinks back, and only the wealth on Chongming Island can make Wei Zhongxian disgusted with himself.

"Master Hou, if that's the case, then it's troublesome, we are still in Beijing now, and the army is in Nanjing, if there is a change at this time, we are afraid that we will not be able to get out of Beijing..."

Liao Yaowen followed from afar, walked into Chen Caobian and whispered: "Master Hou, I found a lot of eyeliner... It should be the man of the Ti Cavalry..."

"Don't look back, don't care about them..."Chen Cao whispered, and then rode forward on his own.

After entering the post station, Chen Cao asked Liao Yaowen to lead people to guard the door, and then walked into the house to think, and said after a long time: "All the way, the sailor escorted us, even if we went to Chongming Island, we were not excluded,"

Chen Cao said and walked back and forth in the house: "If the traitor sends a message from Nanjing, even if it is a fast horse, it will not be as fast as us, so this can be ruled out, and the only thing that can be said is that the traitor is following us." ”

Zhao Xin was startled, and immediately approached Chen Cao: "Master Hou, isn't the traitor in the water master?" ”

"It's very likely..."Chen Cao looked at the pedestrians walking back and forth outside the window, and the capital was more prosperous than Nanjing: "By the way, I asked you to monitor Zhao Tianlin's moves, do you have any arrangements?" ”