Chapter 182: A Late Night Visit

"Who's coming?"

In the mansion of Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the ministry, Zhao Nanxing, who was reading "Spring Dream of Red Mansions" in the study at the moment to increase his knowledge, put down this adult book that had become a banned book: "Do you still know how to count etiquette when you visit in the middle of the night?" ”

The housekeeper was outside the study, and after getting permission, he leaned in and whispered: "Master, the person who came claimed to be Mr. Jinling Nalan..."

Zhao Nanxing's body was shocked, how could he not know this person, wasn't he holding his book in his hand right now?

"Go and invite people in, and guard the mansion."

When Chen Cao walked into Zhao Nanxing's study, there were more than a dozen more candles in the room, which were now very spacious than the previous brightness.

The person who came was an important member of the famous eunuch party, and Zhao Nanxing, as the boss of the Donglin party, was naturally in a hostile state with him.

"I don't know if the Marquis of Dingwu came to my house at night, do you have something important to discuss?"

After Chen Cao sat down, he first played with the teacup, the temperature was right, and he thought that it had been poured before Chen Cao came in: "How long has Lord Zhao been an official?" ”

"It's good that Dingwu Hou still has something to say, even if you are a eunuch, the old man will not be afraid of you..."

Looking at Zhao Nanxing's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Chen Cao couldn't help but shake his head: "Lord Zhao, today I, Chen Cao, came to visit as Jinling Nalan Rongruo, and I also came to visit Lord Zhao as a scholar. ”

"Visiting the old man? Hum... You are weasels giving New Year's greetings to chickens, don't you have a good heart..."

Zhao Nanxing said and got up and looked at Chen Cao: "If Dingwu Hou is simply here to mock the old man, then it will disappoint Dingwu Hou, come and send off..."

"Don't worry..."Chen Cao didn't mean to leave, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Well, it's still Pu'er tea to my appetite...

Lord Zhao, today I, Chen Cao, have come to save you for the sake of scholars..."

"Save the old man?" Zhao Nanxing turned to look at Chen Cao, and smiled curiously: "It's strange, what does the old man need you to save?" ”

"I heard that Lord Zhao is preparing to transfer Xie Yingxiang to the governor of Shanxi, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

As soon as Chen Cao's voice fell, Zhao Nanxing immediately realized that something was wrong, but he was also a secretary of the ministry, and the heavenly officials of the Ming Dynasty naturally had the frame of heavenly officials.

I saw Zhao Nanxing slowly sit back on the main seat, and then stared at Chen Cao: "What, you eunuchs want to interfere?" ”

Chen Cao put down the teacup, looked at the old minister, and then said with a smile: "Lord Zhao, under the current situation, if the eunuch party chooses to intervene, what can you do?" ”

"You..."Zhao Nanxing couldn't refute it, since the Donglin Party was arrested with so many backbones and so many people died, the power of the Donglin Party has been greatly reduced: "Whoever is transferred to get the approval of the Holy Lord, needs the Holy Decree..."

"Divine decree?" Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "Lord Zhao is afraid that he has forgotten whose hands the celebrant is?" I'm afraid I forgot whose hands the cabinet is?

Want a holy decree? I'll write you one casually, is one enough? If it's not enough, I'll write you ten..."

Boom...

Zhao Nanxing slapped the table and scolded angrily: "Chen Cao, don't deceive people too much, the old man is not Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian." ”

"I know..."Chen Cao cocked Erlang's legs indifferently: "The scholar Wei Guangwei has already arranged for the imperial history Chen Jiuchou to impeach you on the court of tomorrow, and even the content of the excerpt has been written, it just so happens that I have a copy here, can Lord Zhao read it?" ”

Zhao Nanxing sat up straight when he heard this, and he was a little excited: "What are you going to do?" ”

"Hey..."Chen Cao took out the transcript and threw it to Zhao Nanxing: "Lord Zhao, I said, for the sake of the scholar's face, I am here to save you this time." ”

"Master, Lord Gao has arrived..."

The butler's voice sounded outside the door, and Zhao Nanxing was stunned when he heard this, Gao Panlong? Didn't you invite him?

Chen Cao smiled: "Lord Zhao, don't panic, Gao Panlong was called by me..."

When Gao Panlong entered the study, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a gloomy face: "Mengbai (Zhao Nanxing), are you going to join the eunuchs?" ”

Zhao Nanxing was embarrassed, and Chen Cao opened his mouth and said to himself: "A few days ago, Wei Dazhong and Xia Jia met and argued with Yushi Chen Jiuchou, I won't repeat what they are arguing about here, but the cause of these things is all on the two of you..."

Gao Panlong immediately understood what Chen Cao meant, sat on the side and said: "Dingwu Hou don't want to talk nonsense, Xie Yingxiang is upright, and the officialdom has an excellent reputation, even if he is excellent in Taifu Temple under the big exam, how can he not be the governor of Shanxi?" ”

Chen Cao likes to talk with these sensible people, so he said: "Let's say so, I'll repeat it again, I'm here to save you today, not to harm you, Lord Zhao, let's take a look at Song Shu first." ”

Zhao Nanxing picked up the copy from the table, opened it and looked at it, his brows immediately frowned, and then he was deflated, Gao Panlong also took the copy and looked at it, and immediately shouted: "These scum are going to put me to death." ”

"No..." Chen Cao waved his hand: "I am here today, I am here to save you, and by the way, I will give you ideas." ”

"Would you be so kind?" Gao Panlong glared angrily: "You Chen Cao is a good dog of Wei Zhongxian..."

Chen Cao was not angry, that is, he kept smiling: "I can't hide it, I have a lot of relationship with the former official secretary Zhang Wenda, he was used by Wei Zhongxian to die, and I am here to avenge him this time." ”

At the mention of Zhang Wenda, both of them calmed down, but the eunuch party was cunning, and neither of them believed Chen Cao very much.

Seeing this, Chen Cao stood up and went to the brazier to sit down and roast the fire: "How about it, as soon as this performance goes up, Lord Zhao's situation is only to resign, right?" Then the tall man who joined the name with Lord Zhao must also take the blame and resign, right? ”

Both of them have a plan in their hearts, and smart people don't need to say much.

Chen Cao rubbed his hands: "Let me tell you this, after tomorrow's dynasty, the two of you will be dismissed, and the official department and the imperial history of Zuodu will not be able to do it, do you know who will take over?"

Transferred Wang Shaohui to the imperial history of the left capital, and transferred Cui Jingrong to the left servant of the ministry to manage the affairs of the ministry, and now five of the seven members of the cabinet are eunuchs, one is the Donglin party, and one is the Chu party, and the cabinet is already in the hands of Wei Zhongxian.

"The first emperor..."Gao Panlong cried in a low voice: "If the temple emperor is still here, how can he let these people come nonsense... The gelding dog misled the country... The gelding dog misled the country..."

"Chen Cao, are you really here to save us?" Zhao Nanxing frowned and looked at him.

Chen Cao nodded: "That's natural, otherwise why did I come to Lord Zhao in the middle of the night and you deceived Lord Gao?" ”

"Are you?"

Chen Cao laughed: "I have said it, although I am a eunuch, but I am a scholar, although I Chen Cao looks down on your Donglin Party, but I am not used to the eunuch party, I Chen Cao has not forgotten the teachings of the saint." ”

"Then you are still an accomplice and cause trouble in Zhejiang?" Zhao Nanxing asked rhetorically.

Chen Cao shook his head: "It's not that I'm causing trouble in Zhejiang, it's that your Donglin Party is too self-righteous, you can see what happened to Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, what you did back then was just digging a grave for yourself in the future and burying yourself;

Now the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party are in the same situation, there are Jiannu knocking on the outside, and there are homeless people rebelling inside, I Chen Cao is for the people of the Ming Dynasty, not for your interests, and I took the risk to rescue you today, just to delay Wei Zhongxian's pace of chaos in the world as much as possible. ”

The two were shocked when they heard this, and Zhao Nanxing saw that the situation was so urgent, so he also lost his momentum as a boss of the Donglin Party, and arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "How can Dingwu Hou rescue us?" ”

"Don't hide it, I, Chen Cao, can't protect myself now." Chen Cao was not obscure at all, and directly said his secrets: "Although Wei Zhongxian hasn't touched me now, it's because I'm still useful to the saint, and the saint is still thinking about me, if you...

If you can't see the emperor, what Wei Zhongxian says is what it is..."

"Isn't that Liu Jin of the Wuzong Dynasty?" Gao Panlong said in horror.

"No, at least there was no party struggle at that time, the goals of the Chinese officials of the dynasty were the same, and more importantly, they could often see Emperor Wuzong, what about you?"

You haven't seen the Emperor for at least a month. ”

Not to mention, they really haven't seen it.

"So what the hell are we going to do?" Zhao Nanxing asked.

Chen Cao said: "Now there is only one way, while your people have not fallen asleep, hurry up and contact people, if Chen Jiuchou is in trouble tomorrow, and you can't see the emperor, you can go to the Taihedian Square to kneel, and cry loudly by the way." ”

This is the method chosen by those Wenchen and Liu Jin during the Wuzong Dynasty, at least they can save their lives.

"That makes sense..."Gao Panlong nodded repeatedly.

"What if..."

Chen Cao knew what Zhao Nanxing was going to say, so he interrupted him: "Lord Zhao, don't worry, after the Great Dynasty, Your Majesty wants to see me, and I have my own way to deal with it, but there are some things that we have to discuss carefully." ”

"It's okay..."

...

At the end of December, when hundreds of civil and military officials gathered in the renovated Taihedian Square, they did not see the Emperor of the Apocalypse on the dragon throne.

The empty throne was placed in the middle, and Wei Zhongxian was standing next to him in a python robe, replacing Zhu Youxiao and the hundred officials, and this situation had lasted for a whole month.

"Each ministry has a morning play, and there is no retreat..."

With the shouts of the eunuchs, this sentence was spread far and wide.

The quiet Taihedian Square is like a closed horn, conveying this yin and yang strange words.

"The minister's criminal department gave Sun Yuandian something to play in the matter:

In the previous month, there were envoys from Japan who said that there was an army of the Ming Dynasty appeared in Japan, and acted recklessly, and there were a large number of people, and Japan was a country where Emperor Taizu did not set up a conquest, and after investigation, it was the troops led by Chen Cao, the chief soldier of the Dingwu Army of the New Army, in Japan, and this move was detrimental to the prestige of our great tomorrow and the kingdom of the Dynasty, and I ask Your Majesty to strictly investigate and severely punish the initiators..."

Chen Cao raised his head, what does this mean?