Lu Ming

Chapter 374 Official Documents
Time: the next morning.

Location: Fuya.

A team of about 50 people is slowly coming to the governor's office in Fujian.

Two parallel knights are at the forefront.These two men wore helmets and armor, and had big horses under their crotches. They went on a rampage, traveling all the way, staying overnight and retreating.

Followed by gong players and chess players.The gong player is responsible for making noise along the way to drive away the idlers, and the chess player is responsible for holding up the signboard to tell the public which big bug is out again.

Then came the Ming Dynasty-style soldiers in brand-new red fat jackets, leather armors, and bronze helmets.Teams of dozens of people walking in uniform are too common in later generations, but they are unique in this era, so the pedestrians on the side of the road all looked sideways.

Guarded by sergeants in the middle were two identical four-wheeled carriages with dark space films on the bulletproof windows.

Later, when the carriages stopped in front of Fuyamen, guards opened the door of one of them.In the next moment, Cao Chuan (pseudo), the coastal defense general and lieutenant general of the Fujian branch of the Ming Dynasty, got off the carriage.

Vice General Cao didn't stop after getting off the car, and soon entered the side entrance of Fuya surrounded by several tall guards.

Same as in the past, after Deputy General Cao entered the door, a door greeted him and led the way.

What's different from the past is that there is a middle-aged man dressed in black straight clothes and dressed as a scribe next to the concierge: Master Bu Daxing.

Standing by the side of the road with his hands behind his back and his chest upright, Master Bu immediately spotted Vice General Cao passing by in front of him. Among them, Master Bu recognized him like a firefly.

Without squinting at Comrade Zhang Dongdong who was striding past, he naturally didn't notice an old man staring at him full of hatred.

And the old man shook his head helplessly after watching the target go away, and then he walked out of the gate of Fuya.

Although Master Bu still had some hope in his heart before coming today, when he saw the true face of "General Cao", he had to admit one thing: the picture on Cao Da's head was not this person.

This is the advantage of exquisite products.Whether it's banknotes or Cao Datou, the portraits on them are lifelike; even if Mr. Bu insists on talking, he can't bring together the faces of Zhang Dongdong and Cao Chuan, who have different faces.

However, although he has seen the domineering and domineering Cao Chuan himself surrounded by heavy soldiers, for some reason, Master Bu always has an inexplicable feeling: the portrait on those banknotes should be Cao Chuan—because in his judgment, only the opposite Cao Chuan, the leader of the thieves, is qualified and motivated to have his face printed on the banknotes.

Until sitting in the carriage parked outside the Fu Yamen, Mr. Bu, who still couldn't figure out the joint, found himself starting to have a headache.

"Master, are you going back home?" At this moment, the servants outside the car interrupted the master's thinking.

Master Bu, who has been completely disappointed in Xiong Wencan, does not intend to stay here anymore. He is going to a new battlefield: "Go back to the mansion, pack up and salute, book a boat ticket, and go to the mansion of Master Weng."

General Cao, who didn't notice the episode at all, went straight to Old Xiong's study, and Comrade Old Xiong was already standing at the door of the study with a smile on his face.

"Cao Chuan, my lord!" Seeing the old bear, Zhang Dongdong took two steps forward and bowed his hands in salute.

It is said that since everyone's life has become better and better in recent years, the relationship between Cao and the officials and businessmen in Fujian headed by Xiong Wencan has become more and more harmonious.

This is certain.In history, Zheng Zhilong only cared about eating alone after being recruited, and he couldn't come up with any business strategy to make everyone rich together.

But it is different here through the public: the strong industrial production capacity and the hunger for raw materials have led to the mobilization of idle capital in the whole of Fujian.The money buried in the ground and a large number of redundant people who would have been the source of social turmoil have now found a way out, and resources have been rationally allocated.

In this wave of development frenzy, in addition to the first batch of businessmen who got rich by eating crabs, officials from all over the world who were born with information advantages followed closely to get rich.All kinds of commercial activities such as mining, transportation, wholesale, and agency have exploded so that everyone can earn money.

As for the big officials at the top, like Lao Xiong and Cai Shanji, the chief minister, they are making money even more: the agency rights of any in-demand commodity can make the boss eat and drink.

So some happy little annoyances were born inadvertently: some time ago, at a party with a good relationship, several big brothers intentionally or unintentionally hinted at their willingness to help General Cao get a name.

Ancient literati had the habit of naming and choosing characters for their close juniors or warriors.The representative of this is Zheng Chenggong: his childhood name was "Fusong", and later his private school teacher named him "Sen", and when he went to Nanjing Guozijian for further study, his master Shui Tailiang gave him the nickname "Damu". ".

Later, Comrade Zheng Damu bestowed the surname "Zhu" and "Success" on the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Meng Longwu, and granted him the title of Uncle Zhongxiao. Because Emperor Mengyongli named Yanping King, it was called "Zheng Yanping".

In short, it is a kind of goodwill that the big brother is willing to help a rude warrior get his watch.

However, Zhang Dongdong was sitting on the bed at that time.The question of the table characters is a bit similar to the year name. How dare he let several Ming Dynasty officials choose the characters for that emperor?This kind of problem can be big or small, and it can be put on the line when the situation is right. He doesn't want to be put on his head by the gang of rebels who are staying on the island-ah, it's hard to be a puppet!

Fortunately, Zhang Dongdong was quick-witted at the time, so he hurriedly used the fact that there were elders in his family to fool him. People from later generations hardly have the concept of "table characters". The reason for not paying attention.

Then when Zhang Dongdong's urgent message was sent to the cabinet, people just remembered: it's time to give the emperor a name.

Fortunately, the voting procedure is very convenient, and the question of the wording was settled that night: after dozens of rounds of instant screening on the forum, the final winner was "Pokong", a name with deep connotations and full of strong fantasy .

It is worth noting that this word was created without the emperor's knowledge. From this, it can be seen that the democratic process within the public is still satisfactory.

So from that day on, Comrade Zhang Dongdong began to be called Biaozi when he appeared in Ming Dynasty officialdom again.

Seeing Xiong Wencan waiting at the door of the study, Zhang Dongdong went up and hurriedly bowed his hands: "Cao Chuan sees your lord."

Xiong Wencan, who was standing in front of the study door to welcome the guests, hastily stretched out his hands to help: "You and I are ministers in the same palace now, so we must not be so polite in the future!"——From the official rank, Cao Chuan, a practical general, hangs The rank of deputy general is from the third rank, and Xiong Wencan's official rank is actually not high: the right deputy governor Yushi is also from the third rank.That's why Xiong Wencan has the phrase "you and I are ministers in the same palace".

Of course, this kind of story of civil and military officials treating each other as equals will only happen in a few cases, such as now.

In the Ming Dynasty, except for the founding period, the status of generals in the future is getting worse day by day.In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the civil servants had completely suppressed Wu Bian. Usually military officials of the fifth and sixth ranks were no farts in front of the civil officials of the seventh rank.

This situation will be completely reversed in the upcoming collapse of the late Ming Dynasty.This has been the case in all dynasties: warriors rebounded in troubled times, and military leaders killed civilian officials like chickens. This is the so-called cycle of chaos.

Now Xiong Wencan is so polite to General Cao, not because he has a premonition that troubled times are coming, but that the two sides have indeed become political allies with equal status: equal rank, each has strength, and resources complement each other.

After a few words of politeness, the two of them entered the study room, and a servant brought tea later.

Then we entered the topic.Xiong Wencan picked up an official document on the table and patted it on the palm of his hand, then he said with a smile: "I invited you here today because of this official document from other places. Let's guess where this document came from?" "

Zhang Dongdong saw that Lao Xiong was very interested today, and he actually sold out, so he started to use his brains: Since it is an official document from another place, and Lao Xiong specially invited him to come here, then this official document cannot escape from the capital in the north and the people in the south. Two places in Guangzhou.

The traveler Zhang Dongdong knew that after Zheng Zhilong recruited peace in history, many official documents were sent from the capital asking him to lead his troops to the north to relieve the emperor's worries.

However, Zhang Dongdong carefully calculated the time at this time, and felt that the possibility of the official document coming from the capital was not high: it was the beginning of July, and historically Yuan Chonghuan would kill Mao Wenlong only at the end of this month.

The death of Mao Wenlong led to the complete loosening of the flanking battlefield where the Jiannu Group had been restrained, and the first entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty triggered by this will begin in October.Therefore, there should be no major incidents happening in the capital right now, and Chongzhen will not summon himself to be King Qin at this point in time.

After figuring this out, Zhang Dongdong guessed the origin of this official document based on the recently received social information bulletin about Guangdong: "Could it be an official document from Guangdong?"

"Hahaha!" Xiong Wencan laughed loudly: "Good guess! It was sent by the governor's office in Guangdong."

Having said that, Lao Xiong handed the official document to Zhang Dongdong.

Although he had never been exposed to ancient prose before, Zhang Dongdong had earnestly studied relevant knowledge since he became a puppet.Although it is almost meaningless until now, he can already understand the official documents with fixed format and standardized words and sentences.

At first glance, the content of this official document is very messy and rambling; but after Zhang Dongdong read it carefully, he understood the core meaning of it: to use his teacher to help suppress the pirate Liu Xiang.

"It seems that Lao Liu really pushed Wang Zunde into a hurry." Zhang Dongdong nodded secretly at this moment: "Then I will be promoted again."

After thinking about it, General Cao raised his head and said to Old Xiong: "I don't know what your lord thinks about this matter? Should the general go or not?"

Xiong Wencan nodded his head at this time, very satisfied with General Cao's attitude: No matter from the perspective of political experience or allies, Cao Chuan should first seek his own opinion on this matter.

Now that Cao Chuan did the right thing, he also expressed his thoughts: "In my opinion, the general should work hard."

(End of this chapter)