Daming wolf ride

Shi Dayong, who was hundreds of miles away, scolded Donglin for harming the country, ignorant of military affairs, ignorant of the master's care, delaying the fighter plane, and wasting the country's food and salaries.The young emperor in Beijing also gritted his teeth and sulked for several days in Dongnuange.

Forget it, Zhou Yanru wanted to stop being controlled by the Donglin Party, but what Chongzhen didn't expect was that Donglin's opposition was so strong that Wen Tiren, the chief assistant who had always been "non-Party", couldn't suppress it.

Zhou Yanru was dismissed on the [-]th, and on the [-]th the emperor’s imperial decree would not be able to leave the palace gates, and they would all be sealed back by the officials of various departments. They found various reasons to refute the imperial decree, and Chongzhen was furious, but There is nothing to do with this gang.Let the cabinet come forward. Wen Tiren, the chief assistant, has just taken office, so it is inevitable that he will be alone. He Ruchong, Wu Zongda and other Donglin party members simply ignore him and think of ways to fight against him.Wen Tiren was in distress, knowing that Zhou Yanru was instigating behind his back, but he could only swallow his anger.

He could swallow his anger, secretly deployed and waited for the opportunity to counterattack in one fell swoop, but Chongzhen couldn't wait, the rogues in Shanshan, the rogues in the Central Plains, the rogues in Huguang, the rebels in Denglai, and the captives outside the pass, which one made him feel at ease as the emperor? up.

At present, the country is in trouble, internal troubles and external difficulties, but his officials are engaged in party disputes, not thinking about sharing the country's worries, only thinking about the selfishness of one party, Chongzhen was so angry that he exploded during the court meeting, and several universities of the Donglin Party The scholar and the officials of the Six Departments gave him a sharp reprimand. If he didn't want to, half of the courtiers knelt on the ground and fought with him on the spot. He even laughed, and then left with his sleeves shaken, never wanting to watch these people's performances again. [

After returning to the palace, Chongzhen became more and more angry with his thoughts, and a secret edict ordered Cao Huachun, the admiral and eunuch of Dongchang, to go south to Gusu.

After obtaining the secret edict, Cao Huachun immediately took a few top fans from Dongchang to go south secretly, the day before the battle of Xiaoguantun.

After arriving in Suzhou, Cao Huachun did not enter the city, but lived in the West Garden outside Changmen.This West Garden was the private residence of Xu Taishi, the Shaoqing of Taipusi in the Jiajing Dynasty. When he returned to his hometown, he expanded the old residence into East and West Gardens.After Xu Taishi's death, his son Xu Rong sat on the mountain and his family was in decline day by day. After a few years, the family business was wiped out. After more than 40 years of wind and rain, the two houses were repaired and became dilapidated.

But for Cao Huachun, this dilapidated West Garden was exactly what he wanted, because the West Garden was very quiet, close to Tiger Hill, easy to enter the city, and the water and land passages were fast, so he wrapped up the West Garden. The Dongchang Fanzi who came was on guard in secret, but on the surface they lived temporarily in the name of businessmen from the capital.

Just after lunch that day, Cao Huachun was sitting in the garden drinking tea, and when he was sipping, one of his subordinates flew in, presented a whole gold worship card, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Chang, someone is here to pay respects." .”

"Who?" Cao Huachun was taken aback. He lived in Xiyuan in a very secret way. Officials in Nanzhili and Yingtianfu knew that he hadn't even greeted the guarding eunuch in Nanjing. Why did he only come for a few days? Did it leak?

Seeing the factory owner's face change, the head of the stall hurriedly said: "The factory owner doesn't have to worry, the person who comes here calls Mr. Feng's old friend, so he must not be an outsider."

"Oh? An old friend of Mr. Feng? Well, let him come in!"

When he heard that it was Feng Xianggong's old friend, Cao Huachun immediately felt relieved.This Feng Xianggong is his uncle's old friend Feng Quan. He visited Zhuozhou when he passed by Zhuozhou when he went south.

Feng Quan was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli. Because of his attachment to Wei Zhongxian, he became an official to Wenyuange University Bachelor and Household Minister, plus Shaobao and Prince Taibao.After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, when he copied Wei Zhongxian's home, he found the birthday poem he had written for Wei Eunuch.

When Cao Huachun met Feng Quan, because he had lived in seclusion in the forest for many years, he didn't have to be cautious in what he said, and the emperor's tone of wanting to punish the Donglin party was revealed a little during the chat.That Feng Quan is also a figure who has been experienced in the officialdom for a long time. He has a thorough understanding of the world and knows that there must be a major event in the court. It may be that the one-party dominant Donglin has already made the emperor feel threatened. Otherwise, the emperor would not let Cao Huachun, the Dongchang The admiral eunuch secretly went south to Nanzhili, the lair of the Donglin Party.

Therefore, although Cao Huachun didn't say much to him, most of his words were just reminiscing about the past, but the astute Feng Quan smelled the taste of coming out of the mountain again. After Cao Huachun left, he immediately sent a letter to his servant to send it to Zhili in the south.The person he sent the letter to was not a member of the Donglin Party, but Ruan Dacheng, a remnant of the former Eunuch Party.

Cao Huachun took out a big red gold post, on which a few lines of small characters in real regular script were coiled on red gold silk: "Eunuch Cao: around: a special banquet for music, and a little bit of condescension, waiting for condescension and neglect. I am so eagerly awaited. The little student Ruan Dacheng A hundred obeisances to Yuanhai." Cao Huachun remembered that Feng Quan in Zhuozhou had said that he had an old friend in Nanzhili who was not only knowledgeable but also wealthy, and this person was Ruan Dacheng.I can't help thinking about it, it seems that Feng Quan disclosed the news of his coming to Gusu to this person.

Recalling it in her mind, Yixi remembered that Ruan Dacheng, who had worked as an official for several years during the Tianqi Dynasty, seemed to be a member of the Donglin Party, but for some reason he suddenly fell out with the Donglin Party and turned around to attack Donglin. Lin Party, which triggered Wei Zhongxian's big purge of Donglin Party.When today's son succeeded to the throne, this Ruan Dacheng was listed in the case of rebellion. Because he was not considered the backbone of the eunuch party and had not done any treacherous things, he was listed in the sixth class, and he was dismissed from office and sent home.

Since this person is an old friend with Feng Quan, he must be quite old, but he is called a little student with contempt and self-deprecation, it is really a horrific anecdote, it is extremely disgusting, Cao Huachun thought so.But this heart is still very useful, he raised his head and asked the other head: "What is a Quyan? If you play with those funnels with Qushui flowing cups, it's the hood of a poor literati, it's not very interesting!"

"Mr. Chang, the Qu Yan here is to listen to the song while eating wine. There is no such thing as a headscarf. Haven't you heard of the Three Great Classes in Jiangnan?" After staying for a long time, the words are still Beijing movies, but if you listen carefully, you can still hear Wu Nong's soft language.

"What is the class of the three masters?" Cao Huachun has been in Beijing for a long time and has never been to the south, so he doesn't know much about the famous trips to the south.

"Mr. Factory, the three master classes are Zhang Dai's class in Shaoxing, followed by Ruan Dacheng's class in Jinling, and You Dong's class in Changzhou. Other sachet classes, pipa classes, kylin classes... can only be counted as It’s not a popular small class anymore.”[

After hearing what he said, Cao Huachun snorted softly and said, "This Ruan Dacheng is so unreasonable. He thinks that we are just traveling around and want to go to Jinling to see a play?"

"The factory owner doesn't need to work hard to drive far to Jinling, Ruan Dacheng has already brought his family to Suzhou." The man at the back probably took Ruan Dacheng's favor and spoke good words for him blindly.

The team brought to Suzhou?Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, he thought that Ruan Dacheng is careful, and it's going to happen in the past two days, he might as well meet this eunuch remnant and see what he wants to do.

He nodded and told the boss: "Since I brought it here, I don't need to read it again tomorrow, just tell Ruan Dacheng that our family will go to visit his home class tonight."

"Let's go tonight?" The guy in front was taken aback, it's too fast, isn't it?

"What? Ruan Dacheng is not happy?" Cao Huachun was a little displeased.

The man in front of him hurriedly said: "The factory master can go. Ruan Dacheng is a blessing he has cultivated in eight lifetimes. I'm afraid he will die from laughing. How can he not be happy? This subordinate will inform him immediately."

"Ah."

Cao Huachun glanced at him and waved him to go down.After that, he took another sip of tea, and suddenly he had a thought, and pulled out a secret letter from his bosom.

He had already read this letter, but this time, it looked like it had other meanings.

After reading it for a long time, he gently put the secret letter on the table, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said to himself: "Qiqian, Qianqian, you are really bold, and you dare to do this to someone who is valued by the emperor." Treat, our family sees that your good days are coming to an end."

Cao Huachun's impromptu motion, he didn't know that the eunuch Cao would come as soon as he said it, and he was very anxious. He thought Cao Huachun would come tomorrow.So after the stage was built, he put the workers back to rest. Unexpectedly, Cao Huachun wanted to watch the play overnight, so he hurriedly gathered everyone together. Although he was in a hurry, he was able to invite the famous people around the emperor, but he was very happy. I am very happy.

Fortunately, the actors in the home class were all well-trained, and the costumes and repertoires were all ready-made. It took less than a meal, and the packing was roughly complete. Ruan Dacheng hurriedly went to the gate to wait.

Not long after, a green woolen sedan chair stopped in front of the door. Cao Huachun got out of the sedan chair in a Confucian uniform, and saw a man with a round face and beard, wearing a Ge robe and a Dongpo scarf on his head, came forward and smiled. Said: "The honored guests come to the door, and the fluffy plants are shining. Please!"

Cao Huachun didn't want to make it public, he knew that this person must be Ruan Dacheng, seeing that he was about forty years old, and he didn't reveal his identity in his words, so he couldn't help but feel satisfied, nodded slightly, and walked into the central hall.

In the hall, Ruan Dacheng gave Cao Huachun the upper seat, took his head and bowed, and said, "Ruan Dacheng, the deposed member of the imperial court, pays homage to Eunuch Cao, Your Majesty's peace."

"Be flat, get up and talk." Cao Huachun frowned. A disused official who had been dismissed from his membership was supposed to be qualified to question the emperor's daily life. Looking at Feng Quan's face, he restrained himself and said casually: "It seems that Ruan Shixiong is in the forest, but he still has Wei Que in his heart!"

Ruan Dacheng hastily bowed and said: "Eunuch is laughing. The students have been away from the capital for many years, and when they met Eunuch suddenly, they couldn't help themselves for a while, and they spoke indiscriminately and outrageously. Eunuch is tolerant."

"That's all. Is the play ready?" Cao Huachun didn't want to talk to him, he just wanted to see what kind of tricks this three-master troupe, who is famous all over the south of the Yangtze River, has.