Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 803 Brand Spokesperson: Yang Lian
He Fu.

It is said that it is an autumn rain and a cold.A gust of autumn wind blew, and the yellow leaves that fell from the big willow tree in the courtyard of He Mansion fluttered with the wind.

He Liu sips a cup of fragrant tea, watching the spectacular scenery of fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind.

Zhu Xiang was behind his father, pinching his shoulders: "Father, you always sit on the fishing hook. Oh, no, Diaoyutai."

He Liu said with a smile: "We have successfully provoked the battle between Yan Guan and Zhang Jing. Now we are just sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight."

Zhu Xiang asked, "Father, who do you think will win and lose in this battle?"

He Liu said without hesitation: "The officials must be defeated, Zhang Jing must win. How can those pedantic and sour literati be the opponent of Zhang Jing, a poisonous snake?"

Zhu Xiangdao: "If the officials throw away their helmets and armor, the only ones in the court who can check and balance Zhang Jing are the old three cabinet members."

He Liu shook his head: "If the first assistant is Shen Yiguan, the cabinet may be able to fight Zhang Jing. Unfortunately, the first assistant is Zhao Zhigao, that softie. The cabinet can't check and balance Zhang Jing at all."

Zhu Xiangdao: "Father, according to what you said, isn't Zhang Jing invincible after cleaning up the officials?"

He Liu patted his daughter's fat hand: "Xiangxiang, you are wrong. When Zhang Jingquan loses his power to the court and all officials change their expressions, he will meet an opponent that he will never be able to defeat."

Zhu Xiang asked, "Who?"

He Liu replied: "Your Majesty! Water has its source, and trees have roots. Who gave Zhang Jing the power? It is nothing more than the Emperor! No matter how big a toad's mouth is, it can't swallow the sky. Waiting for the death of the officials, Zhang Jing Shattered. You, the wife of the chief soldier of Jizhou Town, should appear on the stage!"

Zhu Xiang asked, "What did Dad ask me to do?"

He Liudao: "Use your husband's family's influence in the Ming army to contact the frontier army commanders and the commanders of the five armies..."

Zhu Xiang's face changed when he heard the words: "Father, you want to remonstrate with the emperor? That's treason!"

He Liu smiled and said, "Father doesn't have the guts to be a traitor. I'll let you contact the generals to curry favor with Zhang Jing! Recognize Zhang Jing as a righteous brother and foster father! Build a shrine for him! Give him generous gifts!"

Zhu Xiang was thoughtful, and after a while she sighed: "My God, Dad. You say Zhang Jing is a poisonous snake every day. Compared with you, Zhang Jing is just a small bug in the stinky ditch. You are old The extremely poisonous snake king! What is the most taboo thing for the emperors of all dynasties? It is nothing more than making friends with important officials in the court and leading generals."

He Liu smiled: "That's right. Let's talk about Qi Jiguang, Lord Wuyi. He fought against the Japanese in the southeast and the Tatars in the north. In terms of his military exploits, no one in the Jia, Long, and Wan dynasties could match him. He was as big as land and water throughout his life. More than a hundred battles, without a single defeat. I am afraid that Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, the founding generals, do not have the same winning percentage as him. But he is good friends with Zhang Juzheng, and based on this alone, the emperor can only abandon him."

He Liu took a sip of tea, squinted his eyes and said again: "If the generals of the nine borders, the governors of the five armies, the governors of the provinces, and the commander-in-chief go to flatter Zhang Jing, the emperor can't abandon all the generals in the world! If we do, who will guard the land of the Zhu family? By then..."

Zhu Xiang continued: "At that time, Zhang Jing will cover the sky with one hand in the court, and grasp the political power with his left hand. Everyone in the army flatters him, and holds the military power with his right hand. The emperor will never tolerate him! Father, what you are doing now Everything you do is to create a Cao Cao for Daming! You are not afraid, Zhang Jing is really imitating Cao Cao and coercing the emperor to make the princes?"

He Liu shook his head: "At best, Zhang Jing can only be a fake Cao Cao. He doesn't have the ability to force the emperor to command the princes. There are two reasons. First, what Zhang Juzheng said is right, Zhang Jing is a fool at heart. He doesn't have the skills of Cao Cao." .Secondly, I let your husband’s old army send Zhang Jing’s flattery, just pretending to be attached to him to show the emperor. Military power, Zhang Jing can’t grasp it.”

Zhu Xiang said: "Father, it's back again. I still don't understand. You and Zhang Jing have made peace a long time ago. Why are you in trouble with him again this year? Do you want him to die forever?"

He Liu sighed: "I can't tell you the reason yet. With your nature, if you know the reason, you will definitely take some drastic actions and ruin my business."

The 76-year-old He Liu stood up with Zhu Xiang's support, went to the window, and watched the autumn leaves fall.

People are old, ghosts are old.How could Emperor Wanli have thought that he had put He Liu under house arrest.He Liu stays at home, but he can play tricks on the court?
Nancheng, Fulu Street.

A group of officials in official robes came to the intersection of Fulu Street.

Xu Jin, the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, shouted: "My colleagues! This is Fulu Street! There are nine out of ten coffin shops in the capital here! During the Jiajing period, two people bought coffins here. One is Zhongzhigong Yang Lian! The other is Zhongjiegong Hai Rui! Today, let us imitate Zhongzhigong and Zhongjiegong, buy a coffin here, and then carry the coffin to death to remonstrate with the emperor!"

A group of speech officials echoed: "Since ancient times, it has been a battle to the death of martial arts, and admonishment to the death of Wen! What a joy to die!"

"That's right! If we don't fight to the death, I'm afraid the emperor will violate the ancestral system and make the third son of the emperor as heir! If so, when we people go to the Western Paradise, how can we face the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty?" ?!"

"The steel knives of Jinyiwei and Dongchang can't scare us loyal and loyal ministers! Even if we drown with our own blood, we will drown Zhang Jing, that powerful official!"

In the next half an hour, a scene of dumbfounding appeared on Fulu Street.

Because Yang Lian was clean and impoverished back then, he didn't have much money in his hands.Therefore, he bought the cheapest pair of willow thin-slab coffins before submitting to impeach Yan Song.

The officials think that if you want to learn from Yang Lian, you have to learn like it!They swept all the coffin shops and only bought willow thin-slab coffins by name.

People in later generations often talk about "brand effect".This may be the earliest brand effect in China's history.And Zhong Zhigong Yang Lian became China's first brand spokesperson.

Seeing this, the bosses of the coffin shop were ready to sell, selling willow thin-slab coffins more expensive than high-grade nanmu coffins.These officials are obviously richer than Yang Lian back then.No matter how outrageous the price, they still emptied the willow veneer coffins in the entire Flow Street!

Hundreds of carriages, pulling hundreds of coffins, slowly drove out of Fulu Street.

There are two beggars, one old and one young, at the intersection.

The little beggar asked the old beggar: "Grandpa, why are these officials buying coffins like a swarm?"

The old beggar said: "Weird things happen every year, especially this year. Everyone who is an official doesn't know how much money, how much food, or how many women he has. There is endless glory and wealth. You can see how they are rushing to grab coffins." Looks like he can't wait to die."

The little beggar slapped his head: "Grandpa, I understand! These officials must have fallen into the cesspit when they went to the latrine, and their minds were fascinated by papa."

The old beggar shook his head: "It's wrong! Those who are officials are all Wenqu stars descended to the earth, who don't eat fireworks, don't shit or fart! They don't need to go to the latrine at all!"

(End of this chapter)