Ai Youzhi felt proud, this task was too simple! Why did Wang Hongyu need to win over him? He respects my master and is on the side of the Donglin Party.
Wang Hongyu was also laughing secretly in his heart. The price you want to win over me is not official position and wealth, but the struggle for fame and fortune within the Donglin Party. It fell apart and was finally divided, incorporated and transformed by me. Gulag and big sausages are waiting for you...
Both are happy and have a bright future.
While they were chatting happily, there were other eyes peering at them from a distance.
Among them is Donglin Party think tank Wang Wenyan.
"It took longer than expected. The win-over was not smooth, or they had other plans..."
All this was within Wang Hongyu's expectation, which was to make other people in the Donglin Party gradually suspicious of this.
In front of Ai Youzhi, he acted as a die-hard fellow countryman and respected Zou Yuanbiao immensely. In the eyes of the Donglin Party, at best, he was one of their own without having to win over him. But at worst, he was close to Zou Yuanbiao, not the Donglin Party.
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If others ask Ai Youzhi, what is the effect of wooing her?
However, Ai Youzhi could not fully tell the details. He could only vaguely say that Wang Hongyu was willing to cooperate with the Donglin Party. Because telling the truth was equivalent to flattering his own teacher. This was also equivalent to flattering his own teacher within the Donglin Party.
Secretly trample on other great scholars.
If some people are suspicious and suspicious, then the relationship between the three giants of the Donglin Party, and between the old Donglin and the new Donglin, will become increasingly subtle.
After waiting for two hours, Wang Hongyu and Ai Youzhi walked out of the teahouse talking and laughing. Wang Wenyan frowned more and more.
Developing military strength is the long-term plan of the Donglin Party.
However, what Wang Wenyan planned was for Donglin scholars to take control of important regional military power, and then make great achievements like Yu Qian, bringing the status of Confucian scholars to a higher peak.
There is a difference between civil and military affairs. How can a Confucian scholar associate with a martial artist?
Therefore, Ai Youzhi was talking and laughing with the people in Wuju, which was contrary to the position of Wang Wenyan and his Donglin Party.
As Wang Hongyu expected, Ai Youzhi did not recount the conversation in detail. He only gave information that Wang Hongyu was friendly to the Donglin Party, paid more attention to the situation in the southwest, and was hostile to Yao Zongwen of the Zhejiang Party. He concealed the information that he had great respect for Zou Yuanbiao.
He originally thought that this would prevent other people in the Donglin Party from overthinking, but it had the opposite effect. Most people could be fooled by him, and people like Wang Wenyan, who were smart and suspicious, were even more suspicious of what they talked about.
The seeds of suspicion have been planted. In the future, when people like Zou Yuanbiao and Ai Youzhi participate in the appointment of officials or intervene in military power, conflicts will immediately intensify, which is what Wang Hongyu expected.
The original plan was to find Xu Guangqi and then pluck the wool out of the missionary. Now he has contacted the Donglin Party first. It is estimated that many people are staring at him.
The main reason is that I don’t want Xu Guangqi to get involved in this muddy water. This late Ming scientist has made great achievements in astronomy, mathematics, calendar, agriculture and firearms in the original world line. This time Wang Hongyu is here, and it is even more important.
Let him do better, be more influential.
If he was dragged into the political quagmire by the Donglin Party, it would really be a loss to China, so he waited for a while before contacting Xu Guangqi.
Meng Biao soon received news that Yao Zongwen and Liu Tingyuan's people were watching him meet the Donglin Party members, and they were still watching after it was over.
"The road is narrow~"
Wang Hongyu had no intention of teaching these guys a lesson now. Since they are so annoying like mosquitoes, don't blame me for being rude.
Aren’t you relying on the favor of Chief Assistant Fang Congzhe and Emperor Wanli~
After being defeated by the Donglin Party, he licked Wei Zhongxian like a dog wagging its tail, and then became a member of the eunuch Party and counterattacked against the Donglin Party.
Now, the eunuchs are going to say "no" to you in advance.
Instead of looking for Xu Guangqi, I'm looking for Wei Zhongxian.
Eunuch Wei had already sensed that the situation was about to change. At this time, his contacts with the crown prince were increasing day by day, especially with Xili who was in the crown prince's womb.
Xi Li was Li Xuanshi. At this time, the future Tianqi Zhu Youxiao and Chongzhen Zhu Youjian were all raised by Xi Li, as well as the eighth princess Zhu Huiti, who was only ten years old. Even though Wei Zhongxian was blindfolded, he knew that she would be quite powerful in the future.
Of course I'm busy working for her now.
When Wang Hongyu came over, he had actually gone out to attend to matters arranged by Xi Li. However, as soon as he heard that it was him who came, he quickly returned home to receive him in person.
After all, he can make up for the delay in Xili's life.
If I miss Wang Hongyu, I feel that I will lose many important opportunities.
"Eunuch Wei, your sudden visit has brought you trouble."
"It's not a big deal. Now that the war is approaching, I sometimes feel worried about Brother Wang."
Wei Zhongxian took Wang Hongyu into the house. Those who were following him secretly had to retreat when they saw it. After all, Wei Zhongxian not only lived at the foot of the imperial city, but also had a group of powerful subordinates who were wandering around the city. They might not be able to take advantage of him in the capital.
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After Ping retired, he discussed the latest situation in detail. Now all forces are moving, and even the chief assistant Fang Congzhe is showing his favor to the prince.
Wang Hongyu thought for a while, for the entire forty-eight years of Wanli, almost no one in the chief minister could leave a good reputation except Fang Congzhe.
Zhang Juzheng had his house confiscated and whipped to death by Wanli, and Zhang Siwei died suddenly. Shen Shixing was very powerful, and was trusted by Wanli to maintain the situation, but his reputation was ruined after the incident of establishing the crown prince was leaked...
After that, Wang Xijue, Shen Yiguan, Ye Xianggao and others were all involved in this dispute, until Fang Congzhe, who could balance honesty and tact to a delicate level, became the first assistant.
Fang Congzhe and the prince took the initiative to show their goodwill. If this trend is done well, it will set the situation for the next few years.
The prince was disliked by Wanli, had almost no experience, and had no power in the court except for the Donglin Party, which was instigated but did not take action.
The first assistant, Fang Congzhe, showed his goodwill, and the prince would definitely be happy to respond. The two sides would complement each other and cooperate, and the situation would develop in a stable direction.
Everything seems to be going in the right direction...
But Wang Hongyu knew the result, and Taichang died a month later...
Whether to prevent Taichang's death is something Wang Hongyu has been thinking about for the past three months.
If Taichang stayed longer, would it be better than Donglin during the Apocalypse, when the eunuchs came to power one after another?
After all, Emperor Taichang was older and more mature than his two sons. When the court fell into internal fighting and was close to breaking up, it was possible for him to suppress the situation.
Taichang stabilized the situation, became Marquis of Dingyuan, established friendship with the Donglin Party, and then became a hero of the Ming Dynasty...
Not a bad choice, but not good enough!
Without changing the control of the imperial court by a group of scholar-bureaucrats and other literati landlords, without changing the local landlord economy of occupying land and exploiting tenant farmers, without reforming traditional Confucianism and promoting science and technology, without relying on a more powerful own team, we will remain parasitic on the existing group of people...
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If these points are not resolved, how can we really turn the situation around?