East Factory Governor

Chapter 16 Arguments ([-])

When the three scholars heard Qin Shuhuai utter such lies, their faces changed, and they lowered their heads and stopped speaking.But there is a sneer in my heart, this kid is really a stunned young man, we can talk about the government here, but he is suspected of bewitching people's hearts and slandering the court by saying this, and he might attract people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang .It's better to stay away from this kind of brainless warrior.

Qin Shuhuai saw that the few people stopped talking and felt bored, so he prepared to go back home.The wine I drank just now was a bit strong, my head was a little dizzy, and I was a little shaky when I walked. I thought it would be better to drink less alcohol in the future.

But he didn't want to get up, a tall and clean man came over and said to him, "Brother, my master invites you to go up and talk."

Qin Shuhuai was half-drunk and half-awake, glanced at the person, and said, "Who is your master?"

The man smiled lightly and said, "Brother, don't panic, my master just wants to chat with you."

Qin Shuhuai waved his hand and said, "Who is panicking? Lead the way!"

He followed the man to an exquisite private room on the second floor, and saw an old man in a brocade robe sitting inside, about sixty years old, quite dignified.

Qin Shuhuai realized that he might have met a big shot, and was half sober from the wine.

The old man smiled kindly at Qin Shuhuai and said, "Little friend Shuhuai, can I have a drink with the old man?"

Although Qin Shuhuai was drunk, he still chuckled and said, "You dare to refuse your life, kid."

The two drank a few cups, and the old man said again, "Little friend just made a plan, and it is really ingenious and enlightening. I would like to ask, who is the master of the little friend?"

Qin Shuhuai was taken aback for a moment, it turned out that the old man had been listening in.After thinking about it, if he said that he came up with it himself, I am afraid the old man would not believe it.So he said nonsense, "My teacher is Wu Yazi, but you must have never heard of it."

The old man frowned slightly and said, "Wu Yazi? I'm ashamed, I've never heard of such an old man. If it's convenient, can I introduce you?"

Qin Shuhuai shook his head and said, "The master has passed away."

The old man sighed regretfully, "It's a pity that such a great talent...Little friend Shuhuai, I don't know which school the respected master belongs to?"

Qin Shuhuai had a vague feeling that this old man was not simple, and thought that if he could attract this person's attention, it might be helpful in the future, so he had to brag about it.

Lifting his neck, he said proudly, "The master only accepted me as an apprentice, and didn't say which school we belong to. However, every solar term, the master will worship Mr. Guiguzi, presumably he is our patriarch gone."

The old man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but wonder, "Ghost Valley school? My little friend, what does the respected master usually teach you?"

Qin Shuhuai sighed, and said, "The family teacher has a long history of knowledge, astronomy and geography, current affairs and agricultural affairs, vertical and horizontal ways, and methods of conspiracy. It's a pity that the family teacher left early, and the boy only learned a little superficially."

The old man looked at Qin Shuhuai suspiciously, pondered for a while, and then said, "My little friend has only learned superficially. Just now, my little friend talked about the strategy of Liaodong, and he seemed to have a clear understanding of the truth, but in fact he only saw the leopard. He saw a spot but didn't see the whole body."

Qin Shuhuai said, "May Mr. Wen have a good opinion."

The old man said, "The troubles in Liaodong are not a local trouble, but the overall situation. What my friend said is not that the court is ignorant, and there are many helpless constraints. It cannot be resolved in a few words."

Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "What you said is very true. Liaodong is only one of the three problems that plague the Ming Dynasty."

"Oh? One of the three?" The old man took a sip of his wine and said with great interest, "Which three?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled lightly and said, "Then I have to ask the old gentleman for his name first."

The old man laughed, and said, "You rascal, you're making me want to eat."

Qin Shuhuai said solemnly, "It's not that the kid is whetting his appetite, but that the teacher taught the kid to tell the truth to some people, but not to others."

The old man smiled and said, "Respecting the teacher is really a way. Then, the old man's surname is Sun, his name is Chengzong, and his character is childish rope. I wonder if he is qualified to listen to the truth from my little friend?"

Although Qin Shuhuai was mentally prepared, he was still surprised when he heard the words.

Sun Chengzong, how could he not have heard of this thunderous name?He was the mentor of Emperor Tianqi and Yuan Chonghuan. He was the only big man who could be called a strategist and military strategist in the late Ming Dynasty.It was he who built the Guanning line of defense, which has continued the lifeline of Daming for more than [-] years.During his time in Liaodong, Liaodong was extremely peaceful, and Hou Jin didn't even have the idea of ​​​​attacking.In short, he has a vision and strategy that the current civil servants do not have.Although he also has various shortcomings, he can be regarded as one of the only sober literati left in Ming Dynasty.

All in all, Sun Chengzong has been out of office for four years since he asked to be dismissed in the fifth year of Tianqi.But in the field and in the field, he is still the brain trust that Chongzhen relies on.And according to history, after the change of Jisi, he will be used again, and the official will be the Taifu.

In short, this thigh must be hugged!
Qin Shuhuai got up immediately, made a deep salute, and said, "It turns out that it is Mr. Sun Ge. The boy just didn't recognize Mr. Ge. Meng Lang is really rude."

Sun Chengzong laughed loudly and said, "The red tape will be avoided. The old man just asks, can my little friend tell the truth?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "There is no lie in front of Mr. Ge. As I said just now, there are three problems in Ming Dynasty, not in the eunuch party, but in Liaodong, civil servants, and martial arts."

Sun Chengzong nodded slightly, thought for a while, and then smiled lightly, "Everyone knows the troubles of Liaodong, and let's not talk about the troubles of Wulin for the time being. The troubles of civil servants are new. Can you tell me a little about it?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "The so-called troubles of civil servants are that civil servants form cliques for self-interest and engage in party disputes. They believe that they are not friends of mine, and their actions must be evil. Since the Ming Dynasty, how many talented people have stepped down because of civil servants' criticism?"

As soon as the civil official group was mentioned, Qin Shuhuai began to curse endlessly.

The civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty were fundamentally the spokespersons for the interests of the petty bourgeoisie and the bureaucratic class. Throughout the entire history of China, they can be said to be the most fruitless and shameless cronies to safeguard the interests of their own group.For example, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the civil official group headed by the Donglin Party held the moral banner of "not competing for profits with the people" and resolutely resisted taxation on industry, commerce and mining, but advocated heavy taxes on agriculture to make up for the emptiness of the national treasury. .We must know that the buds of capitalism have emerged in the late Ming Dynasty, and industrial and commercial people have mastered a lot of wealth. If they give up such a high-quality tax source, how much tax should be collected from the bottom farmers to make up for it?It can be said that it was their deformed tax policy that led to continuous peasant uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty, and also led to insufficient pay for border soldiers, which indirectly helped the rise of Houjin and eventually destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

This is only one aspect.Civil officials in the late Ming Dynasty still had a soft spot for quarrels. Whether it was a hundred officials, chief assistants, or even the emperor, as long as there was a slight flaw in their actions, a large group of civil officials would attack them. Just imagine in such an environment of public opinion, who would Can bold reforms be carried out?

What is even more contemptuous is that this group of civil servants regards themselves as "clear streams" every day, not only talking about ideals but having no feasible measures to implement them, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, except for a few hard-core scholars who fought to the end, there was a lot of trouble. Some of the civil servants did the thing they ever despised most—surrendered.The most famous one is Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin Party at the end of Ming Dynasty. , He refused on the grounds that "the water is too cold", and finally knelt at the gate of the city to welcome the Qing army into the city.Even a prostitute has more integrity than him, which shows what kind of thing the so-called "Qingliu" really is.

Qin Shuhuai had already decided that if one day he took charge of Dongchang by himself, the first thing he would do was to clean up the civil servants in the court, even if he would suffer eternal infamy because of it.

After scolding fiercely, Sun Chengzong's expression was quite ugly. Only then did Qin Shuhuai remember that Sun Chengzong was also a civil servant, and he was also a great civil servant...

Quickly explained, "Well, Mr. Sun Ge, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about those civil officials who form cliques for personal gain."

Sun Chengzong smiled lightly and said, "It's okay. The old man told you to tell the truth, so you just say it."

The two talked very happily, and they reluctantly bid farewell until the restaurant closed.

Before leaving, Sun Chengzong gave Qin Shuhuai a book and said, "Little friend Shuhuai, I can't chat with you in such a hurry, why don't we see you at Liushi Library in the capital ten days later?"

Qin Shuhuai couldn't get what he wanted, so he immediately said, "Your order!"

(End of this chapter)