Lu Ming

Chapter 466
Xue Haiyuan strode up to Wen Tiren, bowed slightly, and saluted with cupped fists: "The villain sees Uncle Zong, and greets you on behalf of my general."

"Excuse me soon."

At this moment, Xue Haiyuan's identity is equivalent to that of General Cao, and he is an equal and full-fledged negotiator.So don't look at the person as a white body, but Wen Tiren must treat the other party as Cao Chuan himself.

After inviting this man dressed as a common man with a strange tone into his small study, Wen Tiren nodded to the smiling Luo Lishi who was standing aside, and the latter disappeared as soon as he knew what was interesting——Lao Luo is very busy today, he There is another family relationship to run away.

In Wen Tiren's small study room, both parties knew that time was running out and the door had already been closed and formal discussions had begun.

The first is the briefing.

After arriving at Luo Mansion this morning, the communication soldiers in the team had already contacted all parties by radio, so Xue Haiyuan had already learned the latest news before going out.

"My general met with Sun Chengzong Ma Shilong yesterday, and now the memorials for all the people and horses to report their merits are on the way."

Xue Haiyuan deliberately said the wrong time here. In fact, Cao Zongbing and Sun Chengzong's memorial is still being written, and they will start in the afternoon at the earliest.But it is also necessary to say this: he has no time to give Wen Tiren what a wireless telegraph is, so the time must be advanced in order to leave a reasonable explanation for Kuaima Baoxin.

"However, the villain has a blank document marked and stamped by the general. If Zongbo is interested, it can be done overnight."

Having said that, Xue Haiyuan took out two blank documents and a letter from his pocket.

Wen Tiren picked up the document expressionlessly, and looked at the seal and charge on it.After that, he got up and went out, calling a Qingke who was waiting outside the door, and after whispering a few words, Qingke took the order and left.

After re-entering the room, Wen Tiren remained silent, and first read the letter.

Although the contents of the letter were not very explicit, the parties could tell at a glance: it was Cao Zongbing's willingness to form an alliance with Wen Shangshu.

After reading the letter, Wen Tiren finally nodded slightly.If the signature on this letter is true, then it can already be regarded as a handle for some kind of party formation.So at this moment, Lao Wen, who was full of doubts in his heart, finally reduced some of his doubts.

"Whether this matter is true or not, how does this old man know?"

After putting down the letter, Wen Tiren finally asked his biggest question: you suddenly came here to engage in such a big matter, could it be that you are playing with me?
"It's Lai Zongbo's decision." Xue Haiyuan said with a smile: "My lord, the courier from Santunying is on the way to Lubu and is flying fast. It will probably be tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest. surprise."

"If you don't dare to take such a risk, it will be a waste of all the painstaking efforts of my general."

Hearing this, Wen Tiren got up and walked slowly in the room: he wanted to weigh the pros and cons.

The flow of the whole thing is already very clear.

If Wen Tiren is willing to take this risk, then he can imitate Cao Chuan's tone and write a brilliant essay on the blank memorial.The most important thing is that you can also put yourself in the content, you don't need to be rich and colorful, you only need to mention it lightly and it's OK.

Then this memorial will be taken by Xue Haiyuan to wait outside the city. After the messenger sent by Cao Zongbing arrives, the memorial will appear in front of the emperor.

Of course, the above are just basic operations.The real killer move was that Wen Tiren knew the frontline information in advance—since no one else knew, then Wen Shangshu could check his confession with the cross-travelers and go to the emperor to announce the good news in advance tonight or tomorrow morning.

This is a great hidden contribution.

The first person who came to tell the emperor the explosive good news would never be forgotten by Chongzhen, who had lived under the threat of northern captives since he ascended the throne, and who was almost copied from his old den not long ago.

So what if this story is fake?
It is certain that his warm body and benevolence will become the laughing stock of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and it is certain that it will affect the current fierce struggle for joining the cabinet.

Of course, compared with the huge benefits obtained after success, this risk is really not much.

It was nothing more than that Wen Tiren believed other people's rumors and ran to the emperor to put a David satellite.After all, it did not cause any harm to the court, but added some jokes to his colleagues.

In addition, according to Wen Tiren's understanding of the emperor, even if he fired an empty cannon, Chongzhen may not necessarily have any bad feelings for him-poor minister wants to win and wants to go crazy, and I have the same pity as me.

At this point, all that remains is to identify the true and the false.

After some comprehensive consideration, Wen Tiren carefully analyzed the people on Luo Lishi's line, and finally thought that the other party really had no reason to make up such a clumsy and full of flaws lie to deceive him, a minister of the Ministry of Rites.

You must know that this lie can be debunked in a day or two at most. In this short time, it is impossible to produce any key benefits to his competitors in the cabinet.

Wen Tiren, who was pacing in the room, gradually stopped: he has decided to do it!

Sitting back in the chair, staring at Xue Haiyuan who was drinking tea and filling his mouth with snacks, Wen Shangshu asked the second puzzle in his heart: "There are many dignitaries in the court, but this old man just occupies a Qingshui yamen. , not even a cabinet minister, why did your general give such a big gift?"

"It's just a word 'gambling'." Xue Haiyuan swallowed his food forcefully, and softly said after drinking tea: "Earlier, in the case of court push, my lord acted decisively, with unparalleled wit. Heart, grasp the vital point."

When Xue Haiyuan said this, he shot a "you know" look: "My general has always admired your lord. Now that you have a lot of credit, who should you give it to? My general is also happy to see that it can be used to help Lord Zong."

"emmmmm"

After listening to these meaningful words, Wen Tiren finally solved another doubt.Now he finally knows how the never-masked Cao Zongbing came to his house.

After Chongzhen came to power, he wiped out the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian.Then the 16-year-old young emperor became full of ambition and began to form his own cabinet team.

So in November of the previous year, Chongzhen decreed that he would push out cabinet ministers.

Then the young people were slapped in the face - the eunuch party fell so thoroughly that the Donglin party members took advantage of the momentum to rise overnight. The eleven cabinet candidates finally selected by the small circle were a group of Donglin party cadres headed by Qian Qianyi And the periphery, no one else has anything to do.

In this list of 11 people, not only Zhou Yanru, who was favored by Chongzhen, was not selected, but also, the nominal first official of the ministry, Wen Tiren, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, also lost his name to Sun Shan?
You must know that Confucianism is based on the word "li". Throughout the dynasties, the minister of the Ministry of Rites has been one of the most important court officials.

In the end, Wen Tiren didn't even say he joined the cabinet, but he didn't even make a list of candidates?

You must know that Wen Tiren at this time has experienced four dynasties and is a senior bureaucrat with 30 years of official career.When his grandfather was still the emperor in Chongzhen, Lao Wen had already won the Jinshi.It stands to reason that this person is definitely qualified to be on the list.

It was at about this moment that Chongzhen began to realize the complexity of the government: the nonsense of black and white is not true, and no force can be uprooted.

At this time, Wen Shangshu, who was extremely dissatisfied with the results of the meeting, also began to lose his temper.

At that time, Wen Tiren used his keen political sense to measure the emperor's psychology.He accurately grasped the pulse of the young emperor's suspicious nature and hatred of "party struggle", so he went to Shushu to impeach Qian Qianyi for "forming a party to deceive the emperor".

This trick immediately scratched Chongzhen's itch: after the young emperor saw the memorial, he immediately held a big debate between good guys and bad guys in the Wenhua Palace.

The outcome of the debate was predictable because the chief referee's ass was crooked from the start.

So at that time, even the Donglin party members who were present were mad at Wen Tiren, and even though none of the courtiers came out to speak for the surname Wen, Wen Wolong caught the emperor's heart disease, and fought against the Confucian scholars, putting on a truth to pinch the few people In the posture of a lone minister in his hand, he claimed that "all the courts belong to Qian Qianyi's party."

Then the Donglin Party was defeated.

Seeing the lonely Wen Guchen being besieged, the emperor became more and more sure that Qian Qianyi and his gang were forming a party.

The final outcome is: Comrade Shui Tailiang was dismissed on the spot and investigated, and the list of candidates who will be promoted will not be adopted at all.Since then, Wen Tiren's image in Chongzhen's heart has become tall and plump. Those who do not form parties and seek personal gain must be good courtiers.

Today, due to a series of incidents such as Hou Jin's entry into the customs, the court is empty, and the time for Wen Tiren to join the cabinet is ripe.In real history, two months later, after a fierce factional struggle with the Donglin Party, Wen Tirenhui was able to enter the cabinet as a Minister of Rites and a scholar of the Dongge University.

The few words Xue Haiyuan said just now implicitly pointed out this point: We are optimistic about your political skills in making a comeback against the Donglin Party; we are even more optimistic about your ability to "feel the pulse" of the emperor.

When Xue Haiyuan said this, he couldn't be more straightforward.

So Wen Tiren also understood.

Knowing that the other party also wanted something, Wen Shangshu finally let go of another doubt in his heart.

And at this time, it happened that the Qingke who had been sent out before also came back - this person handed a booklet to Wen Tiren outside the door.

This booklet was borrowed from the Ministry of War, and it contained the official seals of officials from Fujian and Guangdong provinces.

After comparing the seal on the booklet and the base map of the charge, Wen Tiren finally believed that these letters and blank documents were written by Zhangchao General Soldier.

The next moment, Old Shangshu Wen did not hesitate any longer, and immediately agreed to the cooperation between the two parties.

"That being the case, let me wait for the old man to make a draft first." Now that he has decided to step into this muddy water, Lao Wen immediately started to take action, planning to write out the draft of the memorial first, and then transcribe it: "You just write it down Tell this old man about these battles in detail."

"Do you dare not obey?"

"By the way, how did your Cao Zongbing 'get' so many heads? I'm afraid they mixed some things that shouldn't be there?"

"Haha, it seems that Uncle Zong still doesn't believe in my general's ability." Xue Haiyuan raised his head and smiled: "Just outside the back door of your mansion, I have two companions wrapped in gray cloth on their backs. Please trouble your housekeeper to invite you in. We see is believing."

(End of this chapter)