False eunuch in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 38

After Zhu Youjian inherited Dabao, Qian Qianyi entered the officialdom again.At this time, Qian Qianyi's prestige was even higher than Zhou Yanru's.The members of the Donglin Party pinned their hope of rehabilitating on Qian Qianyi.Qian Qianyi has a good relationship with Cao Huachun.He often goes in and out of Cao Huachun's mansion.To inquire about the news in the palace.Cao Huachun got a lot of benefits from Qian Qianyi, so he would naturally speak for Qian Qianyi.

When Cao Qing came home, he ran into Qian Qianyi coming out of his home.

"Who is this?" Qian Qianyi looked at Watson and asked strangely.

"This is my son Cao Qing. He was adopted from my second elder brother. Qing'er, this is Mr. Qian, why don't you hurry up and greet him?" Cao Huachun said.

"Hello, Mr. Qian." Cao Qing had no choice but to salute a junior.Although he knew the other party's surname was Qian, he couldn't remember who this Lord Qian was for a while.

"Okay, okay. Sure enough, I am young and promising. I still have some things to do, so I won't bother you. Let's have a good talk in the future." Qian Qianyi said.

Cao Qing turned his head to look at Qian Qianyi. After coming to the end of Ming Dynasty for so long, this person is still the most graceful person Cao Qing has seen.However, Watson always felt that this person exuded a sour smell from time to time.

"Father, who is this person?" Cao Qing asked.

"He is Master Qian Qianyi. He is a very learned person." Cao Huachun said.

"Qian Qianyi? A remnant of the Donglin Party? Could it be that he came to his father for the sake of the ordinary Donglin Party?" Cao Qing asked.

"How did you know?" Cao Huachun realized that his son was no longer the son he was familiar with.

"It doesn't matter whether this kind of person is rehabilitated or not. It is a disaster anyway." Cao Qing said.

Cao Qing's remarks naturally made it difficult for Cao Huachun to accept.

"Don't talk nonsense. How can you speak nonsense about the important affairs of the country? The adults of the Donglin Party are all very respected and insightful people. It is all because of the trap of treacherous ministers, which has led to the current undercurrents inside and outside the court." Cao Huachun said.

"Father, if you say that, I also want to share my opinion. You said that these Donglin party members are the pillars of the country. Then tell me, what have they done to the court and to the court, apart from forming a party for personal gain? What is beneficial to the common people? They form cliques in the officialdom for personal gain and exclude dissidents. In local areas, they annex land and plunder people’s wealth. Little by little, they drain Ming’s energy. They are officials, and all the people’s wealth goes into private pockets, and ten of the treasury goes into the treasury. They shouted for tax cuts, but on the other hand, they increased the exploitation of the people. Once the emperor wants to introduce some policy, they will twist behind the back to prevent the decree from going out of the imperial city. Do you think this kind of person deserves to die?" Cao Qing asked road.

Cao Huachun thought about it carefully, and it was really as Cao Qing said.But he also heard some loopholes in Cao Qing's language.

"The things you mentioned are not the problems of the Donglin Party, but the ills of the officialdom. Compared with them, the Donglin Party is considered good." Cao Huachun said.

"Those corrupt officials are not terrible, even if they are honest officials, they are very terrible. If the government order cannot leave the imperial city, it will be like changing the sky." Cao Qing said.

"The emperor's heart to eliminate thieves is already firm, how can he succeed without the support of the ministers at this time?" Cao Huachun asked.

"The ministers of the DPRK and China are also unreliable. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Only by controlling the military power can we truly stabilize the power in our hands." Cao Qing said.

"Government grows out of the barrel of a gun? Well said." Cao Huachun really admired his son now.His words are too classic.

"But now Dongchang, Xichang, and Jinyiwei are all in the hands of Jiuqiantui. How can they be their opponents in the palace?" Cao Huachun asked.

"Not in the palace, it can be placed outside the palace. Since we are familiar with the terrain in advance, the emperor can find some kind of excuse to ambush the leaders of Jinyiwei and the East and West, and then launch an attack suddenly. At that time, as long as the Once Jin Yiwei is under control, the overall situation is settled. They won't have any chance to resist," Cao Qing said.

When Cao Qing said this, Cao Huachun felt a bit chilly.

"Arrange this matter carefully, and don't reveal any flaws, otherwise your life will be in danger." Cao Huachun said.

"Qing'er knows." Cao Qing said.

In the history of Cao Huachun, he tried his best to reverse the case of Donglin Party.But even though Cao Huachun has done so many things, in the end he still set up the Donglin Party to slander him into an eunuch.Even after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, many people still believed that Cao Huachun opened the gate of Kyoto for the rebels.It can be seen from this that the Donglin Party has never regarded Cao Huachun as one of its own.They looked down on the eunuch Cao Huachun from the bottom of their hearts.

But in this life, Cao Huachun has Cao Qing as his son, what will happen in the end?

Cao Qing obtained a large amount of property by copying Cui Chengxiu's home, so Xianza naturally wanted to expand the scale of military training.But most of the money still has to be handed over to Cui Chengxiu, and let Cui Chengxiu and his wife Liu take care of Huangzhuang.Now Huangzhuang is very dilapidated.If you want to re-operate Huangzhuang, it is naturally very big.The silver required is also considerable.

Therefore, there is not much silver left for Cao Qing to train troops.Cao Qing finally gritted his teeth and determined the scale of [-].The first year of Chongzhen is coming.Daming is about to start to mess up.An uprising that swept across the entire Ming Dynasty had actually kicked off this year, but it was still brewing.In the first year of Chongzhen, all this became out of hand.

If Cao Qing wants to live happily in troubled times, he must have the power to protect himself.Chongzhen is unreliable, the eunuch party is unreliable, and Qingliu is even more unreliable.Everything can only depend on oneself.

Naturally, it is impossible for the 1 people to train on the school grounds.Instead, it was placed in the location of a new steel plant.There are a lot of barren hills there, and the barren hills are directly dug up to create a large training ground.It happens to also protect the safety of the steel plant.

Now that the things in hand are limited, Cao Qing has no way to produce an open hearth furnace at the level of 1856 at one time.However, Cao Qing had a way to realize steelmaking equipment that surpassed the level of 1856 step by step.In fact, the most important thing to attack steelmaking technology is steelmaking theory.The theory is clear, and the technology is not too difficult at all.

Not long after, the steelmaking furnace was tossed out by Cao Qing.

Yang Shiliang and Zhou Bugui, two old blacksmiths, walked around the huge open hearth furnace.

"Stop spinning, you two, you've already turned around several times. It's better to prepare well, we're going to practice steel!" Cao Qing said.

"Eunuch Cao, can this furnace really produce steel?" Yang Shiliang asked.

"Don't worry! Don't ask, you have asked many times. When the steel is trained, you won't have so many questions." Cao Qing smiled.

After all the staff arrived, Cao Qing shouted loudly, "Is everyone in place?"

"It's all here!" The crowd responded loudly.

"Everyone do what I said before. Don't make any mistakes. The success or failure this time depends on everyone! Everyone is in position!" Cao Qing said loudly.

"Yes!" The crowd took orders.

"Light it up!" Cao Qing shouted loudly.

Immediately someone ignited the wood that ignited the coal inside.The raging fire immediately burst into the steelmaking furnace.

"Open the gate! Start the water wheel!"

Cao Qing repeatedly issued orders, and someone quickly executed them immediately.

As soon as the water wheel turned, it immediately drove the fan in the steelmaking furnace to rotate violently.The flame in the furnace seemed to be sucked into the belly of a huge beast, and it rushed directly into the center of the steelmaking furnace.The temperature in the steelmaking furnace is getting higher and higher.The fire in the hearth was so hot that it was a little white.

(End of this chapter)