Chapter 249: Avoiding Disaster Is Impossible

Suzhou Prefecture

Zhang Pu looked at Huang Chunyao who went and returned with a cold face, and sneered: "Brother Huang, Zhang has already expressed his attitude, and now that you are still here, don't blame Zhang for reporting to the prefect's yamen regardless of the situation back then, let's leave quickly..."

Huang Chunyao didn't feel embarrassed at all, but instead said against the guest: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, I'm just passing by today, but the purpose is not to come to lobby you." ”

Zhang Pu also relaxed when he saw this, now Chen Cao's operation in Songjiang is to erect the banner of 'Daming' and then openly rebel in Songjiang, if anyone has anything to do with it, then it will not be involved?

Moreover, Chen Cao's reputation was not good, first he was attached to the eunuch party, then he fought with the Donglin party, and finally joined the Ke family and became a slave with three surnames.

For the scholars and people of the Ming Dynasty, who attached great importance to fame, a bad reputation was equivalent to ruining their career, but Chen Cao didn't care about his reputation at all.

"Since Brother Huang is not here to be a lobbyist, how can he go and return?"

Huang Chunyao said mysteriously: "I don't know if Brother Zhang heard about King Fu's entry into Beijing?" ”

Fu Wang?

If the identity of King Fu is in the Donglin Party, it is an embarrassing situation, and although Zhang Pu has become a Fushe, he has never been the ruling party, although the Fushe has a strong voice in Jiangnan, but it cannot control the situation, everything starts to depend on the meaning of the Donglin Party, and now the Donglin Party is dominant, who will have nothing to touch the mold of the Donglin Party?

Huang Chunyao saw Zhang Pu's contemplative expression, and simply added fuel and vinegar and said, "Brother Zhang, I'm afraid I don't know who King Fu saw in Nanjing?" ”

"Ruan Dayue..."

Zhang Pu's expression froze, and his movements slowed down significantly.

Ruan Dayue was born in the Donglin Party, and his friend Ma Shiying was a 47-year-old Tongjinshi at the same time, and what made people was that Ma Shiying was sent to Nanjing as an official, and Ruan Dayue became a member of Wei Zhongxian's line because of a mistake, and since then he has become a member of the Eunuch Party, and has been made into a 'no block', after which Ruan Dayue broke with the Donglin Party.

After the Wei Zhongxian incident, Ruan Dayue was dismissed at the end of last year, and returned to his hometown in Anqing to avoid trouble, but the heart of the official was still not dead, and he went to Nanjing at the invitation of Ma Shiying, the purpose was to make peace with the Donglin Party.

Zhang Pu's teacher Zhou Yanru has been running around for the reinstatement of the official this time, and Zhang Pu, as a student, has also accepted the benefits of Ruan Dayue, not only himself, but even Ma Shiying, who is far away in Nanjing, is also running for Zhou Yanru.

Therefore, Ruan Dayue is a benefactor to Zhang Pu and them, after all, the other party is helping them, but the supporters of King Fu back then were the Donglin Party faction, but unfortunately King Fu is not the eldest son.

Ruan Dayue met King Fu in person, first of all, it absolutely could not withstand scrutiny in terms of etiquette, and then Zhang Pu was stunned and wondered, did Ruan Dayue take this opportunity to start from King Fu to help his teacher reinstate?

However, Zhang Pu immediately dispelled this idea, King Fu as a vassal king, suddenly entering Beijing is already unruly, if King Fu helps, once Zhou Yanru is reinstated, he will have a relationship with the vassal king, since Chengzu, no minister is willing to contact the vassal king, that is the way to death.

Thinking of this, Zhang Pu looked at Huang Chunyao with a smile on his face, and was shocked.

Could it be that King Fu has other ideas?

It's a pity that even he didn't know what the situation was when King Fu went north this time, so he gave his hand coldly: "Thank you Brother Huang for your kindness, Zhang has other things, it is inconvenient to stay Brother Huang for a long time, and I have a lot to bear." ”

After Zhang Pu sent Huang Chunyao away, he went straight to the mansion of Yu Xianchao, the prefect of Suzhou.

Not long after, Yang Weizhi, the governor of Susong, who was invited, arrived outside Yu Xianchao's mansion in a sedan chair.

"Chen Cao harbors evil intentions, but he doesn't know that he is not the next Wang Mang."

Zhang Pu gave Chen Cao a fixed character as soon as he came up, although he had no official position, but the authority of the Fushe in Suzhou was really not comparable to Yu Xianchao and Yang Weizhi, two high-level officials.

Yu Xianchao has been the prefect of Suzhou for four years, and in two years, the assessment of the officials will arrive, and Yang Weizhi is the governor of Su Song in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and it should be changed every three years, and now it is the third year.

This is also the consequence of the mediocrity of the magistrates of the Ming Dynasty every time they were in the final term.

Seeing that the two did not talk, Zhang Pu said again: "Chen Cao controls Songjiang Mansion, the people complain, and the court actually ignores it. ”

Yu Xianchao is just a prefect of Suzhou, he actually has no good impression of Zhang Pu in his heart, after all, he is also a Jinshi background, the Ming Dynasty pays attention to qualifications, not with a mouth, besides, even if Chen Cao rises or establishes his own domain, what does it have to do with him, he is the prefect of Suzhou, a civil official, and he is not in charge of the army, even if it is nerve-wracking, it is also a matter of Yang Weizhi, the governor of Susong.

Sure enough, Yang Weizhi also saw Yu Xianchao's thoughts, so he said: "Don't you think that Lord Yu has nothing to do with you?" ”

"Where, Xia Guan just thinks Zhang Pu is a little alarmist."

The words were ambiguous, and Zhang Pu was not in a hurry when he heard it, just waiting for Yang Weizhi to speak.

"Chen Cao's matter is not something we can do at will, after all, even the emperor didn't think of this, even if Zhang Pu's words are presented, it will be useless, maybe we will be ridiculed by the adults in the court."

Yang Weizhi's background shows that he and Chen Cao are opposites, but with the people he can command, he is indeed not Chen Cao's opponent, but fortunately, he knows it himself.

"I heard that the Duke of Wei went to Songjiang Mansion by order, but I don't know what the so-called thing is."

Yu Xianchao's cold interjection reminded Zhang Pu of what he had done today.

So he told the two of them everything that Huang Chunyao said about the blessed king, and as soon as the words fell, the whole conversation quieted down.

No one will guess at will, and when it comes to the vassal king, anyone is very cautious about cashing out.

"In my opinion, King Fu may have other thoughts."

"Zhang Pu, it's better for you to be cautious in this matter."

Yang Weizhi's expression was cold, he knew the background of King Fu, he knew everything back then, if it weren't for the fact that the power of the Donglin Party at that time could not be compared with the Zhejiang Party, Fang Congzhe would not have been able to suppress their Donglin Party.

Maybe King Fu really became the emperor.

It's just that no one dares to say such things now.

"The affairs of the DPRK and China are free to deal with the affairs of the government, and we will take care of the affairs of Suzhou Mansion," Yang Weizhi summed up the conversation: "The Fushe must not speculate about this matter, if something bad happens in the south of the Yangtze River, the consequences will not be borne by the official, in addition, you Zhang Pu is still less than the people from Songjiang to meet, so as not to end up in the truth." ”

The meaning of this remark is obviously aimed at Zhang Pu, not only Yu Xianchao, but even Yang Weizhi himself has no good impression of Zhang Pu, so he also used Huang Chunyao's matter to suppress Zhang Pu.

Zhang Pu was very angry, but he didn't dare to show it, but he scolded the two of them in his heart, and then sneered: "It's better for the two adults to be cautious, don't be taken advantage of by Chen Cao, the student has resigned..."

Yang Weizhi was not angry, he watched Zhang Pu leave, and then looked at Yu Xianchao: "Ruan Dayue wants to reinstate the official, and the official has clearly opposed it in the letter to the princes, Lord Yu, what do you think?" ”

"The lower officials respectfully obey the will of Lord Futai..."

"Chen Cao is indeed a treacherous person, if he continues to be false and wronged, this official is still worried about raising tigers."

As the old saying goes, it is not allowed to snore on the side of the couch, and the current situation is like this, Yang Weizhi's worries are not unreasonable, but now that the whole territory of Songjiang Mansion is closed, it is difficult to enter Songjiang, let alone inquire about the news.

"Lord Futai, the lower officials heard that Ruan Dayue recommended Ma Shiying to be a teacher, I don't know if this is the case?"

Yang Weizhi nodded: "This is indeed the case, Zhou Yanru's reinstatement is imminent, Ruan Dayue has made great efforts, but that guy is a capricious villain, and he must not be used again, Ma Shiying is feasible, even if he is involved with Ruan Dayue, he can't turn the storm up." ”

...

"Good..."

Outside the county town of Shanghai, cheers came and went, Li Maocai wiped the oil man on his face, and after taking a long breath, he sat down on the side of the track, letting those workers cheer and shout.

Chen Cao put down the binoculars, and then said with a smile: "This old guy really needs to be spurred, he has changed from a craftsman to an official, and he also knows how to cherish the opportunity to be an official." ”

Zhao Xin arched his hand: "Grandpa, did you go to the ribbon-cutting conference in person?" ”

Chen Cao shook his hand: "No, just let Cao Shiyun go, he is a hero, I just taught them, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Zhao Xin suddenly felt that Chen Cao was simply a saint, and he didn't want such a great achievement, but thinking about it, he could teach a group of students to make this kind of thing, which was enough to prove that there were still a lot of big goods in his belly.

In the station, which is a mile away from the city, hundreds of laborers pulled the finished steam engine out of the academy with the principle of rolling wood in the sound of neat trumpets, and then transported it to the platform, and then assisted by lever pulleys and other objects, hundreds of people worked together to finally install the core components of the steam engine on the front of the locomotive.

When the last fixing screw was tightened, the sound of the mountain and tsunami sounded again.

"Zhao Xin, I won't go, you will take some people to sit on my behalf, and when you run to Huating and then come back, you will come to the mansion and tell me how you feel."

Zhao Xin's face was excited, he had already known that this steam locomotive had replaced horsepower, and he only needed to burn charcoal at the front of the locomotive to walk, and he heard that it only took a cup of tea to travel more than thirty miles to Huating, so he would definitely have to test it.

"My subordinates will go to replace my grandfather."

Chen Cao shook his head with a sigh, these ancients probably didn't know how fast the high-speed rail was in their time, and the journey of more than 1,000 kilometers was just a day.