Chapter 275: Remnants of the Eunuch Party (Part 1)
Shi Dayong, who was hundreds of miles away, scolded Donglin for harming the country, not knowing the military affairs, and being ignorant of the master's care, which delayed the fighter plane and wasted the country's food and wages. The young emperor in Beijing also gritted his teeth and gave birth to several children in succession in Dongnuan Pavilion.
The weather is stuffy.
Zhou Yanru did not want to be controlled by the Donglin Party anymore. However, what Chongzhen did not expect was that Donglin's opposition was so strong that Wen Tiren, the chief minister who had always been "non-Party", could not suppress it.
On the 11th, Zhou Yanru was dismissed, and on the 12th, the emperor's imperial edict could not leave the palace. They were all blocked by various subjects and found various reasons to refute the imperial edict. Chongzhen was so angry that he flew into a rage.
There is nothing we can do about this group of people. We need the cabinet to come forward. Wen Tiren, the chief minister, has just taken office and will inevitably be left alone. He Ru Chong, Wu Zongda and other Donglin Party members simply ignore him and think of ways to fight against him. Wen Tiren has
Yan Yan, knowing clearly that this was Zhou Yanru's instigation behind his back, could only swallow his anger.
He could swallow his anger, secretly deploy and wait for the opportunity to strike back in one fell swoop, but Chongzhen couldn't wait. Among the bandits in Shanshan and Shaanxi, the bandits in the Central Plains, the bandits in Huguang, the rebels in Denglai, and the Donglu outside the pass, who could give him peace of mind as an emperor?
Already.
At present, the country is in trouble, with internal and external troubles, but his ministers are engaging in party disputes, not thinking about sharing the country's worries, but only thinking about the selfish interests of one party. Chongzhen was so angry that he got angry during the court meeting and brought down several universities of the Donglin Party.
The scholar and the Liubu Hall officials gave him a scolding. Unexpectedly, half of the courtiers knelt on the ground and started fighting with him, and some wanted to cry to death. They were all strong-willed, as if they were all loyal ministers to the emperor, which made Chongzhen angry.
I actually started laughing, then threw up my sleeves and left, never wanting to watch this group of people perform again.[
After returning to the palace, Chongzhen became more and more angry and issued a secret edict, asking Cao Huachun, the admiral and eunuch of Dongchang, to go south to Gusu.
After receiving the secret edict, Cao Huachun immediately took several stall owners from Dongchang and went south secretly, the day before the battle of Xiaoguantun.
After arriving in Suzhou, Cao Huachun did not enter the city, but lived in the West Garden outside Changmen. This West Garden was the private residence of Xu Taishi, the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple in the Jiajing Dynasty. When he returned to his hometown, he expanded the old residence into an east and west garden.
Garden. After the death of Xu Taishi, his son Xu Rong was left with nothing, and the family gradually declined. All the wealth of the family was lost within a few years. The two houses had gone through more than 40 years of ups and downs and repairs, and became dilapidated.
But for Cao Huachun, this dilapidated West Garden was exactly what he wanted. Because this West Garden was very quiet, close to Tiger Hill, easy to enter the city, and quick in land and water access, he reserved the West Garden, with a belt around it.
The Dongchang fanzi who came here was secretly on guard, but on the surface he was staying temporarily in the name of a businessman from the capital.
Just after lunch that day, Cao Huachun was sitting in the garden drinking tea. While he was sipping it carefully, one of his subordinates came flying in, presented a gold greeting card, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Factory, someone is here to pay your respects."
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"Who?" Cao Huachun was surprised. He lived in Xiyuan in an extremely secretive manner. Officials in Nanzhili and Yingtian Mansion knew about it. Even the guarding eunuch in Nanjing had not even greeted him. Why had he only been here a few days before this news came to him?
Did it leak?
When the stall owner saw the factory owner change his expression, he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, factory owner. The person who came here calls Mr. Feng an old friend, so he must not be an outsider."
"Oh? Mr. Feng's old friend? Well, order him to come in!"
Cao Huachun was immediately relieved when he heard that he was an old friend of Feng Xianggong. This Feng Xianggong was his uncle's old friend Feng Quan. When he passed by Zhuozhou on his way south, he once paid a visit.
Feng Quan was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli Dynasty. Because of his attachment to Wei Zhongxian, he was promoted to the Wenyuan Pavilion as a bachelor and the household secretary. He was also the Shaobao and the crown prince's Taibao. After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, he was found to be Wei Zhongxian's eunuch when he searched Wei Zhongxian's house. The birthday poem he wrote was servile and he really did not have the dignity of a minister, so he was punished with a stick and demoted to a commoner.
Cao Huachun met Feng Quan. Because he had lived in seclusion in the woods for many years, he didn't have to be careful with his words. During the chat, he showed a slight hint that the emperor wanted to punish the Donglin Party. Feng Quan had also been in the officialdom for a long time. He has a thorough understanding of the world and knows that something big must have happened in the court. It may be that the one-party-dominated Donglin has made the emperor feel threatened. Otherwise, the emperor would not have allowed Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the East Factory, to secretly go south to the Donglin Party's lair. Went to Nanzhili.
Therefore, although Cao Huachun did not say much to him and most of his words were just reminiscing about old times, the astute Feng Quan smelled the smell of coming out again. After Cao Huachun left, he immediately wrote a letter and sent his servant to deliver it to Nanzhili. However, the person he sent the letter to was not a member of the Donglin Party, but Ruan Dacheng, a remnant of the former Eunuch Party.
Cao Huachun took out a large red gold post, on which a few lines of small characters in true regular script were coiled with red gold silk: "Eunuch Cao, I have specially prepared a banquet for you. I am waiting for you to condescend in vain. I am very much looking forward to it. Ruan Dacheng, a student from Xiaoxiao Primary School, May the whole world be worshiped." Cao Huachun thought that Feng Quan in Zhuozhou had said that he had an old friend in Nanzhili who was not only knowledgeable but also wealthy. This person was none other than Ruan Dacheng. He couldn't help but think about it. It seemed that Feng Quan was the one who sent him here. The news about Gusu was revealed to this person.
After recalling it in her mind, Yixi remembered that Ruan Dacheng had worked as an official for several years during the Tianqi Dynasty. He seemed to be a member of the Donglin Party, but he suddenly fell out with the Donglin Party for unknown reasons and turned his focus to attack the Donglin Party. Lin Party, which triggered Wei Zhongxian's purge of the Donglin Party. When the Emperor succeeded to the throne, Ruan Dacheng was listed as a counter-insurgent because he was not the backbone of the Party and had not done anything serious or evil, so he Ranked in the sixth class, he was dismissed from office and sent home.
Since this person has an old acquaintance with Feng Quan, he must be quite young, yet he actually despises himself and calls him an insignificant student. It is really a strange and disgusting news, and it is extremely disgusting, Cao Huachun thought. But in his heart, he still thinks Greatly impressed, he raised his head and asked the waiter: "What is a banquet? If you play with those sloppy water cups, it is the turban style of poor literati, and it is not interesting!"
"Mr. Factory, the music banquet here is to listen to music and eat wine, there is no turban atmosphere. Haven't you heard of the three major classes in Jiangnan?" This stall owner is from Nanzhili, but in Beijing time After staying for a long time, I still speak in a Beijing-style tone, but if I listen carefully, I can still hear Wu Nong's soft-spoken tone.
"What are the three major classes?" Cao Huachun has been in Beijing for a long time and has never been to the south, so he doesn't know much about famous trips to the south.
"Mr. Factory, these three major classes are the Zhang Dai Class in Shaoxing, the second is the Jinling Ruan Dacheng Class, and the third is the Changzhou You Dong Class. The other sachet classes, pipa classes, and unicorn classes... can only be counted as It’s no longer a top-notch small class.”[
After hearing what he said, Cao Huachun snorted softly: "This Ruan Dacheng is so unreasonable. He thinks that we are just visiting the mountains and rivers, walking around at will, but we want to go to Jinling to watch a show?"
"The factory owner doesn't have to drive all the way to Jinling to work, Ruan Dacheng has brought his family to Suzhou." The stall owner probably took Ruan Dacheng's favor and said nice things for him.
The team has brought them to Suzhou? Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself that Ruan Dacheng was very attentive, and it was only a matter of two days. He might as well meet this eunuch remnant and see what he wanted to do.
He nodded and told the waiter: "Since you brought it, you don't have to look at it tomorrow. Go tell Ruan Dacheng and we will go and take a look at his class tonight."
"Go tonight?" The stall owner was surprised. Isn't this too soon?
"What? Ruan Dacheng is not happy?" Cao Huachun was a little unhappy.
The stall owner said hurriedly: "The factory boss is so happy to go. He, Ruan Dacheng, has been blessed for eight lifetimes. He would laugh to death. How can he not be happy? I will inform him immediately."
"Um."
Cao Huachun glanced at him and waved for him to go down. Then he took another sip of tea, and suddenly an idea struck him, and he pulled out a secret letter from his arms.
He had already read this letter, but this time it seemed that it had a different meaning.
After reading for a long time, he gently put the secret letter on the table, with a smile on his face, and said to himself: "Gao Qiqian, Gao Qiqian, you are so bold, you dare to do this to someone who is valued by the emperor."
Treat me, we think your good days are coming to an end."
Cao Huachun's temporary motion, he didn't know that eunuch Cao Huachun would come as soon as he said he would come, and he was so anxious. He thought that Cao Huachun would not come until tomorrow. So after the stage was arched, he sent the workers back to rest, but he didn't expect that Cao Huachun actually came.
He wanted to watch the play all night, so he had to gather everyone together in a hurry. Although he was in a hurry, he was very happy to be able to invite the famous people around the emperor.
Fortunately, the actors in the home class are all well-trained, and the costumes and repertoire are all ready-made. In less than one meal, everything was basically packed, and Ruan Dacheng hurriedly went to the gate to wait.
Not long after, a green woolen sedan stopped in front of the door. Cao Huachun, dressed in Confucian uniform, got out of the sedan. He saw a round-faced man with a beard, wearing a Ge robe and a Dongpo scarf coming forward to greet him, smiling.
Said: "A distinguished guest has come to the door, and the plum blossoms are shining brightly. Please come quickly!"
Cao Huachun didn't want to make any publicity, but he knew that this person must be Ruan Dacheng. Seeing that he was about forty years old, and he didn't reveal a word of his identity in his words, he couldn't help but feel satisfied, nodded slightly, and stepped into the middle hall.
When they arrived at the hall, Ruan Dacheng gave Cao Huachun a seat, bowed his head, and said: "Ruan Dacheng, a useless member of the imperial court, pays homage to Eunuch Cao, Your Majesty."
"Pingsheng, get up and speak." Cao Huachun frowned. A derelict member who had been expelled from the imperial family was supposed to be qualified to inquire about the emperor's daily life. He looked at Feng Quan's face, held back and said casually: "It seems that Ruan
Brother Shi is still under the forest, but he still has Wei Que in his heart!"
Ruan Dacheng hurriedly bowed and said: "My father-in-law is laughing at this. The student has been away from the capital for many years, and when he suddenly met my father-in-law, he couldn't help himself. He spoke indiscriminately and made absurd remarks. My father-in-law couldn't help it."
"That's it. Are you ready for the play?" Cao Huachun didn't want to say more to him. He just wanted to see what the three masters from Jiangnan had to do.