Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 305 A good show

Time goes back to a moment ago.

Under the dark night, hundreds of riders were galloping towards Yangzhou.

Thanks to the fact that the horseshoes of all the horses were wrapped in cotton cloth, otherwise such a huge cavalry raid at night would definitely alarm the surrounding people, and even the Yangzhou defenders.

"Woo!" While running, the first rider suddenly reined in his horse.

The hundreds of cavalry who followed behind also followed the horses under the crotch, and spread out word by word.

One of the riders came up to the first rider, cupped his hands and asked, "May I ask the Holy One, what is the purpose of you bringing your students to wait for Yin Ye to come outside the city of Yangzhou?"

Daringly, the leading rider turned out to be Chongzhen.

Within a few days, Chongzhen led hundreds of scholars to Yangzhou.

Chongzhen reined in his horse and turned around, looking at the group of scholars behind him, Fang Yizhi, Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Zhu Shunshui, Wu Yingji... there were hundreds of them.

Among these Qinwang scholars, there are Jinshi, Juren, and scholars.

But they all have a common identity, that is, they are members of Fushe or the children of Donglin Party members.

Even now that they have become sons of King Qin, they still retain their original identities.

If Chongzhen did not intervene, sooner or later Fushe and Shiziying would become one and become a suture monster. At that time, Chongzhen would have nothing to do with Donglin Party or Fushe.

Chongzhen's eyes swept across the faces of the scholars, and said in a deep voice: "Help you get rid of the clan in your heart."

Hundreds of scholars showed conflicted expressions again, sandwiched between Donglin Party and Shengshang, they were very embarrassed.

Fang Yizhi hesitated for a while, and finally persuaded: "Your Majesty, the abilities of the Donglin party members are indeed uneven, and many of them lack abilities, so it is inevitable that there will be vegetarian meals, but..."

"But what?" Chongzhen interrupted Fang Yizhi, "But everyone in the Donglin Party is a loyal and virtuous minister, right?"

Huang Zongxi said: "Your Majesty, it is impossible for all of them to be loyal and virtuous ministers, but the students think that most Donglin Party members are still loyal to the Holy Majesty, Ming Dynasty, and morality."

"Loyal to morality?" Chongzhen said with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, "Huang Zongxi, I forgot to tell you a piece of news. Your teacher, Mr. Liu Zongzhou, has retired and returned to Shanyin."

"Teacher, have you returned to your hometown in Shanyin?" Huang Zongxi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for letting me know."

"You don't have to thank me." Chongzhen said, "Do you know why Mr. Liu Zongzhou suddenly wants to resign from his old age and return to his hometown?"

"Students know a thing or two about this matter." Huang Zongxi said, "The teacher is old and didn't want to be an official. It's just that several elders called him again and again, so he came back as a last resort. It must be because of his old age."

"Wrong, not because of old age." Chongzhen said coldly, "but because several of his colleagues got him drunk, and then sent someone to carry him to the boudoir of Zhu Susu, the head of the old courtyard, in a sedan chair."

"What?" Huang Zongxi said with a sudden change of expression, "There is such a thing?"

Fang Yizhi, Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong and other scholars also looked at each other in blank dismay, which was too lowly.

Chongzhen went on to say: "When Mr. Liu Zongzhou sobered up, he found that he was lying on the same couch with Zhu Susu, under a brocade quilt. That's right, a tree plowed flowers to press the begonias, Mr. Liu Zongzhou almost died on the spot when he saw this couplet."

"Ah, this!" Huang Zongxi's face was filled with anger.

As the saying goes, a teacher for one day is a father for life. Huang Zongxi has always regarded Liu Zongzhou as his father. He never imagined that the Donglin Party members would dare to insult Liu Zongzhou like this.

Fang Yizhi muttered, "Is there a misunderstanding here?"

"Then you'd better ask Zuo Guangxian and the others." Chongzhen said, "Because the one who got Mrs. Liu Zongzhou drunk was Zuoqian Capital Censor Zuo Guangxian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and several other censors."

"Damn it!" Huang Zongxi yelled angrily, "Students and Zuo Guangxian, the old man, are inseparable!"

Hearing this, Fang Yizhi and other Qin Wang scholars who were inclined to the Donglin Party did not dare to say anything more.

After waving his hand, Chongzhen said again: "I brought you here outside the city of Yangzhou, not to tell you Huang Zongxi about Mr. Liu Zongzhou, but to show you a good show."

"A good show?" Fang Yizhi and other scholars looked at each other again.

"That's right, it's a good show." Chongzhen said solemnly, "It's a good show to kill the king!"

"Ah this?" Fang Yizhi, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and other scholars suddenly changed their expressions. A good show of killing the king?Does the Holy One mean that the Donglin Party wants to kill the king?
While thinking about it, all the scholars looked to the northeast in unison.

Because the northeast direction is the canal wharf, the "Luanjia" of the Holy Majesty stopped at the canal wharf at this time.

Before that, they didn't understand why the Holy One wanted to get a luan to go south with Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan, and why he deliberately stopped in Yangzhou and didn't go south?

But now they finally understand.

It turned out that this was actually a plan by the Holy Majesty's golden cicada to escape its shell and lure the snake out of its hole!
But Fang Yizhi and others quickly comforted themselves in their hearts, no, definitely not.

The Donglin Party definitely won't. The Donglin Party members are all loyal ministers. At most, they want to seek the joint rule of the Holy Son of Heaven and the scholar-bureaucrats. They will definitely not do such outrageous and outrageous things as killing the king.

However, the cruel reality quickly shattered the illusions of the scholars.

Almost as soon as Chongzhen's words fell, a cloud of red light burst into the northeast direction.

The red light coming from the canal wharf reflected on the faces of Fang Yizhi, Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Zhu Shunshui, Wu Yingji and other prince Qin's scholars, all of them turned pale.

Chongzhen's face was also not very good-looking, and he said sharply: "It's such a big commotion, I really underestimated them."

Chongzhen originally thought that the Donglin Party would at most plan a shipwrecking operation, and then direct another "Holy Lord fell into the water", but he didn't expect to use so much gunpowder to create a shocking explosion?

The commotion this time was so loud that many people on the navy side probably died.

Most of the twenty or so brothel prostitutes used to confuse people are dead.

Wang Chengen, Lu Jiude and Gao Qiqian probably will be fine.

Soon, Hu Guozhu flew over and reported: "My lord, the Luanjia parked at the pier of the Yangzhou Canal has just been attacked by unknown thieves. The thieves used no less than six fire boats, and the water ghost dragged an unknown number of underwater mines." Simultaneously detonated under the Royal Ship of the Holy One, and the Royal Ship of the Holy One was directly blown to pieces!"

[Note: The underwater mine is the standard weapon of the Ming Dynasty Navy]

"Ah?" The faces of Fang Yizhi, Gu Yanwu and other scholars suddenly changed.

Actually used underwater mines?This time the Donglin Party really didn't run away!

"Have you heard everything?" Chongzhen sneered, "If I was on the imperial boat, I would have been blown to pieces by underwater mines at this time. Is this the loyal minister you are talking about?"

Fang Yizhi and other scholars drooped their heads in shame.

At this time, they really couldn't even utter a word of excuse.

"Hmph, the good show in Yangzhou is over, and it's time to go to Nanjing to watch the show."

Chongzhen snorted coldly, and said again: "Let's go, follow me to Nanjing to watch a show, to see how the Donglin Party staged a good show about Lingwu ascending the throne. I have to say that these people from the Donglin Party are really good at starting party disputes." Good hand."

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned around and left.

A group of scholars followed in despair.

……

At this time in the bamboo charcoal workshop in Nanjing city.

"Master? Master!" Gao Hongtu, who was sound asleep, was shaken awake by his old wife.

"What's the matter?" Gao Hongtu sat up and asked his old wife sleepily.

The old wife said: "It seems that someone is calling the door. I don't know who it is in the middle of the night."

"I'll go out and have a look, you sleep in yours." Gao Hongtu got up in his clothes and went to the outside room.

This is a small courtyard with two entrances and two rooms. Gao Hongtu had just walked to the front yard when he saw the old servant open the gate, and then a figure squeezed in through the gate.

"Hey, who is this?"

The old servant asked anxiously, "Just squeeze in?"

"Uncle Fu is me." The man complained to the old servant.

Then he walked up to Gao Hongtu and knelt down straight on the ground, calling out to be his mentor.

"Ah Fu, close the door!" Gao Hongtu hurriedly signaled the old servant to close the door, and said to Yuan Pengnian who was kneeling on the ground, "Get up, get up and talk to the old man, get up!"

Yuan Pengnian didn't move at all, and said: "Teacher, the student just did something big!"

"Shut up, this is not a place to talk." Gao Hongtu stopped Yuan Pengnian, and said again, "Follow me to the study to talk! Fu, you stay here!"

The latter part of the sentence was addressed to the old servant.

The old servant responded and stood behind the gate.

Gao Hongtu turned straight and went back to the study, and Yuan Pengnian quickly got up and followed.

After arriving at the study, Gao Hongtu carefully closed the doors and windows, and then asked Yuan Pengnian, "What did you do?"

Yuan Pengnian's eyes showed uncontrollable excitement, and he said in a deep voice: "Men, if there is no accident, the naval guerrilla Du Hongyu should have blown up the Royal Ship of the Holy Majesty with underwater mines."

"What?" Gao Hongtu's face changed suddenly, "Yuan Pengnian, you want to kill the king!"

"Master, the student doesn't want to kill the king, but has already killed the king!" Yuan Pengnian said with a serious face, with the brilliance of a martyr on his face, "The student is even ready to pay the price for this!"

"The price?" Gao Hongtu said angrily, "What price can you pay?"

"It's nothing more than the second Zhang Chai." Yuan Pengnian said, "But if the student's life can be exchanged for the Holy Lord to rule, then he will die without regret!"

The Zhang Cha mentioned by Yuan Pengnian was the protagonist of one of the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty.

With a jujube stick, this person drove straight into Ci Qinggong where the crown prince Zhu Changluo lived, and almost killed the crown prince with the stick.

"Nonsense!" Gao Hongtu paused, "You're not Zhang Cha, and you can't be Zhang Cha. Who in the world doesn't know that you, Yuan Pengnian, are my Gao Hongtu's disciple? You are so confused!"

"Confused?" Yuan Pengnian was taken aback when he heard this.

Yuan Pengnian didn't understand what Gao Hongtu meant.

PS: Two chapters will be updated first, and Chapter 3 will be added in the afternoon or evening.

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