Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 71 Trading
"Come here (Wu Changshi's words come here). This time the old man met again, Zhang Pu contributed a lot, and he also contributed a lot. The old man will never forget."

After Wu Changshi was invited, they had a good time talking and drinking, and Zhou Yanru returned to the main story.

Wu Changshi respectfully said: "The old man is serious, meager strength is not enough."

If Wu Changshi and others did not try their best to impeach the cabinet members this time, which made Chongzhen disappointed in the cabinet, Zhou Yanru would not be so easy to become the chief assistant.

It can be said that this time Zhang Pu was outside, Wu Changshi was inside, and they worked together to successfully operate Zhou Yanru's re-election.

In addition to Zhang Pu, Wu Changshi is also a well-deserved No. [-] figure in Fushe, worthy of Zhou Yanru's win over.

Zhou Yanru smiled and said: "The old man knows it well."

Hearing this, Wu Changshi secretly rejoiced, he had been a member of the staff for many years, but he just couldn't get promoted.

Sure enough, Zhou Yanru suddenly said: "Now there is a vacancy in the Ministry of Officials among Wenxuan Lang, I think it is very suitable for me to come."

Wen Xuanlang is also one of the doctors, and the Ministry of Officials is the first of the six departments, which involves the appointment and promotion of officials at all levels, which can be described as the core of the core.

Every chief assistant takes the position of the official department in his own hands.

Now Zhou Yanru wants Wu Changshi to be a doctor of the official department, which is to regard himself as a confidant.

Wu Changshi immediately stood up and thanked him: "Student thank you Mr. for your cultivation, I will remember it in my heart and never dare to forget it."

Wu Changshi recognized Zhou Yanru as his teacher.

Zhou Yanru understood, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked worried and sighed repeatedly.

Wu Changshi asked immediately.

Zhou Yanru took out two pieces of paper.

The paper is densely filled with names.

Zhou Yanru pointed to one of them and said, "Heaven wants to kill anyone, how can I kill them all?"

Pointing to the other one, he said, "This is the person the heavens want to promote, how can I appoint them one by one."

Zhang Pu and Zhang Tianru did give Zhou Yanru two lists, one of which was the corrupt officials whom Zhou Yanru wanted to dismiss, and the other was the people whom Zhou Yanru wanted to be promoted and reused after he came to power. people.

However, Zhou Yanru manipulated these two lists. For example, when Wu Changshi saw his name in it, he just appointed a member of the household department. The household department is naturally better than the ritual department, but it is equal to adjusting himself. Seeing his hope of promotion, he immediately felt resentful.

This time I worked together with Zhang Pu to get Zhou Yanru to meet again, and I contributed a lot, and Zhang Pu was only active in the civil society, but he was active in the officialdom. In Wu Changshi's heart, he felt that his contribution was greater than that of Zhang Pu. Why did Zhang Tianru suppress himself? Could it be that he was afraid that he would threaten Zhang Pu's position in Fushe.

Zhou Yanru was extremely satisfied when he saw Wu Changshi's expression. He did a good job and didn't remove Wu Changshi's list, otherwise it would be too fake. After all, Wu Changshi is also a member of the Fushe. If Zhang Pu doesn't let him be promoted, it doesn't make sense .

In fact, Zhang Pu also asked Zhou Yanru to reuse Wu Changshi, and the official position he gave was also a doctor.

But Zhou Yanru quietly lowered his level, which was enough to make Wu Changshi dissatisfied with Zhang Pu.

Zhou Yanru sighed: "Heaven is still too anxious. You should know that governing a big country is like cooking small fish. If I really appoint officials according to this list, it will involve too much. I am afraid that I will be the chief assistant before I clear the officialdom." I can't bear to have to implicate you and other pillars of the country."

Wu Changshi nodded: "Everything is up to the old man."

Zhou Yanru nodded in satisfaction, stroked his beard lightly and laughed.

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After Ruan Dacheng, Shi Kefa, and Yang Wencong used their connections, Xu Zhongxiao's case came to a stalemate for the time being.

For the time being, no one is looking for Yang Wencong, and no one is putting pressure on him.

Xu Zhongxiao is still in the prison of the county government.

But things can't go on like this forever.

It is not that simple to judge Xu Zhongxiao.

Yang Chao and Yang Wencong's plan in the past was to assign Xu Zhongxiao to the army, and then after some operations, they would make Yang Wencong famous.

Yang Chao had planned to ask Yang Wencong to do some face-saving projects, such as resting the streets, and let him work on the front line, supervising the construction of workers every day.

At the same time, they were looking for a few gangsters to attack Yang Wencong, blame it on Xu Zhongxiao, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, and let Yang Wencong continue to work hard with his injuries.

In this way, there will be an official style that is not afraid of power and is diligent in doing things. It is not difficult to guarantee Yang Wencong's promotion after creating momentum.

But after these things happened, Yang Wencong lost his courage and gave up the follow-up plan.

Not only did Yang Wencong give up, he even rarely went out, and his family sent him back to his hometown of Guiyang.

This made Yang Chao very disappointed, these literati were too courageous, and at the same time made Yang Chao bear even greater pressure.

Yang Chao didn't know how Shi Kefa operated. Yang Chao could only hope for Shi Kefa's sense of justice.

I hope that Shi Kefa can argue with reason and put pressure on the high-level officials, preferably directly to the emperor.

But until Wang Xiao came back from Beijing, there was still no result.

When Wang Xiao came back, it was natural to have a banquet for Yang Chao and a gathering of friends.

Wang Xiao's return also made Yang Chao feel that he could finally wait for his chance to turn things around.

From Yang Chao's point of view, Wang Xiao was much more courageous than these civil servants.

Moreover, the Wang family's network is more complicated and wider than Yang Wencong's. One thing is certain, the Wang family's network can reach directly to the emperor, at least it has something to do with the eunuchs around the emperor.

Nanshi Building.

Wang Xiao never gave Yang Chao a chance to talk about business.

Wang Xiao has been talking about his affairs impassionedly.

It is said that together with Zhang Pu, he remitted money from Nanjing to Beijing through layers of business networks.

In Beijing, I followed Zhang Pu to find officials at all levels, and kept giving gifts to entrust relationships.

Obviously, it must be Wang Xiao who insisted on following Zhang Pu, and took this opportunity to connect Zhang Pu's relationship network to his own family's relationship network.Wang Xiao is very good at this kind of thing, and he is very willing to do it, and he will definitely not let it go if he has the opportunity.

Wang Xiao kept talking, and finally they succeeded in pushing Zhou Yanru to the throne of chief assistant, and then stopped talking.

Yang Chao was always in a hurry to talk about his own affairs.

He hoped that Wang Xiao could help pass through the eunuchs in the palace to expose Xu Zhongxiao's crimes of bullying and dominating the market.

"Brother Wang..."

Yang Chao just seized the opportunity.

"Brother Yang!"

Suddenly Wang Xiao interrupted Yang Chao loudly.

Then he frowned, shook his head, and sighed: "Brother Yang, stop!"

Wang Xiao took a bitter tone.

Yang Chao suddenly felt bad. It seemed that Wang Xiao already knew about his affairs and was unwilling to help him.

Yang Chao not only showed a disappointed expression.

But soon he sneered, raised his glass and poured three glasses of wine in a row.

When he was about to drink the fourth cup, Wang Xiao grabbed his wrist.

"Brother Yang, stop drinking. Listen to me."

Wang Xiao persuaded.

Yang Chao sneered: "There's nothing else to say. I just didn't expect that there are only a hundred households of Jinyiwei. No one in this world can cure him. What I didn't expect was that even you are with them. "

Wang Xiao sighed: "Brother Yang, you misunderstood, the little brother is doing it for your own good!"

Yang Chao snorted, "For my own good, just help me bring down that Jinyiwei Baihu!"

Wang Xiao shook her head: "It's easy to bring down a Jinyiwei with hundreds of households. But you have offended too many people. Don't talk about Nanjing, there is no place for you in the whole south of the Yangtze River."

Yang Chao said angrily: "So what? At worst, I'll go to Beijing. At worst, I'll hide my name."

Wang Xiao said: "Brother Yang, calm down. It's not worth it for a Jinyiwei."

Yang Chao sneered: "Then what's worth it?"

It's not a question of whether it's worth it or not. The most important reason why Yang Chao wanted to bring down Xu Zhongxiao was because Xu Zhongxiao threatened Yang Chao's family, so Yang Chao couldn't take the risk.

Wang Xiao said at this time: "Brother Yang, let's make a deal."

"trade?"

Yang Chao suddenly understood, it was still a deal, it turned out that Wang Xiao was here as a middleman.

Yang Chao couldn't help sneering.

Wang Xiao nodded and said, "Deal! Brother Yang, let go of that Jinyiwei family in exchange for a chance to get promoted."

"Deal? Promotion!"

Yang Chao's heart moved, the matter was really not simple, Wang Xiao obviously represented an unusual person.

"Tell me, who sent you here?"

Yang Chao asked straight to the point.

Wang Xiaodao: "I will not hide this from Brother Yang. It is Gu Zhaoji, Marquis of Zhenyuan. The Xu family is deeply rooted in Nanjing City. Although it is only a hereditary family of Jinyiwei, their family has a deep relationship with Jinyiwei and Xunchen. Xu Zhongxiao's grandfather once Been a thousand households. An old aunt of Xu Zhongxiao was once the concubine of Gu Zhaoji's grandfather. The Xu family and the Gu family can be regarded as in-laws."

Gu Zhaoji is a lord, and his title is a marquis, but this is not the point. At this stage of the title, whether it is an earl, a marquis, or a duke is of little significance.

The important thing is that Gu Zhaoji is a descendant of Gu Cheng, the founder of the country, and the Gu family is a first-class figure among the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why they are first-class people means that their family not only has the honor of a great aristocrat and enjoys various privileges, but also Gu Zhaoji is a person with real power.

Gu Zhaoji is now also managing the river, and is the admiral of Jiangfang. All the Jiangfang fleets along the Yangtze River are under his control, including the Xinjiangkou Water Camp where Yang Chao is.

Therefore, Gu Zhaoji is still the general boss of the water battalion, Yang Chao.

Yang Chao couldn't help sneering, he had a deep understanding of what power is.

Yang Chao thought he had also woven a network of relationships, a network of power.

But compared to the Xu family, I am nothing.

Because Yang Chao's power net, to put it bluntly, was squeezed in by himself, and he was like a feather, gently lying on this power net.

The Xu family, however, is a real link in a power net, and the power the Xu family holds in his hands is far greater than that of Yang Chao.

Yang Chao suddenly stopped being angry. Isn't this the way of the world? Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished.

With a long sigh, he asked, "What kind of official does Gu Zhaoji want to promote me?"

Letting go of Xu Zhongxiao in exchange for a chance to be promoted is the best choice at present.

The power that is really grasped in one's own hands is truly reliable.

In addition, no matter how many officials you make friends with and how deep your background is, you are no match for the real power in your hand.

Because what is equal to power can only be power.

Sometimes money can be exchanged for power, but sometimes, only power can be exchanged for power.

Seeing Yang Chao let go, Wang Xiao couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "One thousand households in a navy guard!"

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