Idle courtiers

Chapter 292 The Dead Man
"Could it be him...he came to Baigezhuang just to meet such a small person as me, is it possible?"

"There are so many people with the same name and surname in the world. Maybe it's just a coincidence. I also think too much."

Along the way, Zhou Nan was thinking in a mess.

It didn't take long to arrive at Suyulou, a place where Zhou Nan had visited many times and was considered a regular visitor.

Although the looks of the women in the building are different, but this is the most upscale place in Baigezhuang.Whenever there are guests, only here can receive them.

It is said that it is a banquet, but there is no food or drink as expected, only two cups of tea.

A middle-aged man with a pale face was sitting alone in the room, and his sharp eyes fell on Zhou Nan's face.

Strange to say, being stared at by him, Zhou Nan felt a little swollen between his brows, feeling extremely psychologically stressed.

After he traveled to the Ming Dynasty, he experienced many things and met many important people.For example, the cabinet minister Xu Jie, Jin Yiwei Beiya Town Fusi, the prefect of Huai'an, the royal princess... It's not bragging, Zhou Zimu can talk and laugh happily in front of anyone.

Only when I saw this man named Chen Hong, I was extremely nervous.

That's right, this person is Chen Hong, the chief inspector of ceremonies and the admiral of the East Factory.

The last time Zhu Congjian led the clan to write a letter, it was Chen Hong who came to arrest the imperial envoy Shenyang.

Among the ceremonial supervisors, the palm seal eunuch ranks first, but when it comes to who has the most power, it is really Chen Hong, who is the head of the Ming Dynasty's secret service.A wink can make you disappear from the world.

Chen Hong was sitting alone in the house today. He was wearing a Taoist robe, and on his head was a bun in the style of later generations' balls, which he wore with a jade hairpin.

His face was pale, and he looked like a drunken client.

Zhou Nan suddenly thought of a sentence, "Ask you how much you can worry, just like a group of eunuchs going to brothels."

He couldn't hold back his smile and said, "I've seen Eunuch Chen."

Chen Hong couldn't help but asked in amazement: "You know our family, why are you laughing?"

Zhou Nan hurriedly said: "The last time Eunuch Chen arrested Shen Yang, the officer just happened to be reprimanded by Mr. Shen. If it wasn't for Eunuch Chen, Zhou Nan would have been in trouble that day. Seeing Eunuch Chen today, I was so happy that I didn't forget myself."

"It turns out that's the case. How can we say that you look familiar to me?" Zhou Nan's words make sense, Chen Hong's status is the second person in the interior.It was a great opportunity for a small official like him to meet him, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Our family is in charge of the East Factory. Others are scared out of their wits when they see me. Mr. Zhou is calm, neither humble nor overbearing. He is worthy of being a scholar. Watch the seat." Not humble but not humble, this Zhou Xingren is excited when he sees this father-in-law tight.Chen Hong asked Zhou Nan to sit down. Judging from his eyes, he was a greedy official fan. He was happy to see him like this, but he could use it.

Zhou Nan sat down, took a sip of tea, and cupped his hands again: "I don't know that Mr. Chen came to Baigezhuang, and the officials didn't receive him well, please forgive me. This place is a remote place, and there is no special place, so it is on the side of the construction workshop. There is a brick tower from the Tang Dynasty that you can still see. The locals didn’t know it, so they combined this tower with the small pier by the river and the fields outside the village to create three scenes. Said: the sunset of the ancient tower, the morning mist at Yedu, and the ruins Li Guyan. Today's weather is fine, father-in-law can go to the brick tower to have a look."

Chen Hong snorted, and said in a stern tone, "You think our family came to Baigezhuang just for outing?"

Zhou Nan: "Please give me your father-in-law's instructions."

Chen Hong: "You are a small pedestrian, and you are not from our family. You are not worthy of my order. Don't talk nonsense with you. There is something you can do for me."

This is very blunt, it is simply saying that Mr. Zhou is not even qualified to be my lackey, and asking you to do things is to support you, thank you!
When did Zhou Nan, as a man who could talk and laugh with the cabinet secretary, be so underestimated, he felt annoyed, and said lightly: "The lower official is just a small passerby, and he is not a servant in the palace. Zhou Nan is afraid that it is a matter in the palace. Can't do it."

Chen Hong didn't allow Zhou Nan to refuse: "You've done this, just play a trick and let people kill you by mistake. You've become very famous recently, and you're a pedestrian. Tell me, if you die Injustice, a gentleman must refuse to accept it, the news will be big, and our family can write a beautiful article."

The hairs on Zhou Nan's whole body stood on end, and he whispered: "Grandpa Chen, are you going to let the lower officials be dead soldiers? If you want to take my life, you can send factory guards to take it for you. There must be an appeal in heaven and earth." Reasonable, I think the Sanfa Division will definitely give Zhou Nan justice."

"Take you, you are not qualified enough, let's be a fourth-rank official first." Chen Hong dismissively said: "Aren't you at odds with Li Gao? Make a pretext and go to Li's house sometime to anger Li Wei and his son. You don't have to worry about the next thing. Didn't you commit suicide in his house, it doesn't matter if you do it again. "

Zhou Nan laughed angrily: "Eunuch Chen, the ants are still stealing life. Zhou Nan puts a bright future on the table and doesn't want to be sent to death by the Li family. Do you think I'm a lunatic or a fool?" He already understood that Chen Hong wanted to mess with Li Wei.

"You are neither a lunatic nor a fool. From our family's point of view, you are a smart person, and it is easy to deal with smart people. You will be rewarded if you pay, and it depends on the size of the reward. Besides, being a dead man does not necessarily mean death." .As long as you are severely beaten by Li Weifu, you can be paralyzed or incontinent, it depends on your luck."

"This is impossible." Zhou Nan was extremely angry, you are a dead eunuch who is paralyzed and incontinent.

"Jinyiwei is hereditary to thousands of households." Chen Hong said lightly.

"what……"

Chen Hong: "Promise you a hereditary Jinyiwei Qianhu, if you are alive. If you are beaten to death by Li Wei, ask your son to do it. By the way, you seem to have a son. Not bad, you have been a Jinyi Qianhu since you were a baby." , what luck."

Zhou Nan couldn't help feeling agitated. Eunuch Chen Chief Bingbi, the admiral of the East Factory, contacted Jinyi's pro-military yamen, and he was indeed capable of finding a position for himself as a hereditary thousand households in Jinyiwei. This was also a great opportunity.

Lao Zhou aspired to be an official and squeezed into the civil service system.

Civil servants were indeed glorious in the Ming Dynasty, but official positions were public instruments, but political legacy could not be passed on to descendants.

Even if you are a prime minister, if you are in the heart of the emperor, at most you can have a son do a casual job in the central government with dead wages and live on a meager salary.For example, Yan Song has a lot of power. His grandson Yan Shaoqing is also a minister of Shangbaosi.

The offspring of the ministers can only read, if they don't have this talent, they will become commoners within a few generations.The so-called gentleman's luster is cut off for five generations, which is exactly the situation.

In addition to the civil service system of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a system of honorable military officers, such as Jin Yiwei.It is a good way to do few things and be close to home, with good treatment and children and grandchildren who can take over.

Zhou Nan was very moved. Yunniang and Sister Su's family letter said that their eldest son was honest, and he probably couldn't study well.Moreover, the road to the imperial examination is too difficult. If he can find a position with a thousand households in Jinyi, he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

Naturally, I won't be a Jinyiwei. It's not bad to let children do this job.

But all the prerequisites have to be based on safety. Li Wei is so easy to deal with. If he is really sent to his door and ordered to be beaten, can he leave alive?
No, Li Wei is just a small person now, and he is nothing in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, and he is not worthy of the dignified head of the Rites and Ceremonies.

Then, the answer to the question is ready to come out, Chen Hong is targeting Yu Wangfu.

Zhou Nan didn't want to get involved in the festivals and conflicts between the big figures in the court.But it is impossible to call yourself an abandoned son or a victim.

Zhou Nan has goosebumps all over his body. Chen Hong wants to fight King Yu. This is a struggle among the core decision-makers of the imperial court.

The two forces are like two big stone millstones, and I am a small person in it, and the millstone only needs to be turned lightly, and I can be ground into fine powder.

The reason why Chen Hong chose Zhou Nan to be the dead man was because Zhou Xingren had a deep conflict with the Li family father and son, and last time he fought to the death.The Li family's revenge on Zhou Nan was motivated, capable, and reasonable.

What's more, after Zhou Nan was famous by Duan Tixue, he already had the halo of a talented man and a gentleman.It would be a big deal if he was beaten into a Transformer by Li Wei, or even killed directly.Don't forget, Zhou Nan is still a pedestrian, a reserve of rumor officials.The censors share the same hatred and must not give up.

At that time, if you use all kinds of force, Li Wei will be in big trouble.

To rectify Li Wei, Princess Li must use the power of the palace to rescue him.In this way, King Yu was also dragged into the water.

This article is made big.

"I can't wade through the muddy waters of political disputes with Grandma Chaotang."

Chen Hong was probably used to bossing him around, but he couldn't control what Zhou Nan thought, so he stood up and said, "That's it, it's easy to do, you are a smart person. Smart people will naturally do smart things, so don't make mistakes."

This is already a blatant threat. Since you know such a confidential matter, you can't get away.If you refuse, our family has a hundred ways to make you disappear from the world.

Sending Chen Hong away, Zhou Nan felt great pain: Duan Chengen, you old bastard, your reputation has reached the point of insanity, labor and management have been hurt by you this time.

It is impossible not to agree with Chen Hong on this matter. The factory guards are not like the civil service system, and they do things by hook or by crook.Even if you offend the elders of the cabinet, at worst you will not be an official.But if he offended the factory guard, he would die.

From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to hook up with Chen Hong.This guy is so annoying, from the beginning to the end, nothing but coercion is coercion, he simply treats him like a mustard.

Yes, I am a small person, but a small person also has its own dignity.

This beating is definitely not edible, what should I do?

Zhou Nan concentrated on thinking, and went through the records of Chen Hong's history in his heart.

"The eunuchs Tengxiang, Mengchong, and Chen Hongfang, who are in charge of the rites, are favored. They compete to decorate with strange skills to please the emperor. They make Aoshan lanterns and guide the emperor to drink for a long night."

"Hong You is greedy, and the cabinet ministers also made progress because of it. The scholar Gao Gong recommended Chen Hongdai, the imperial supervisor, and Baoyou was Ji Gong. After Hong Ba, Gong re-recommended Meng Chong."

According to historical records, this Chen Hong would have to be prosperous for at least many years, and he lost his power until the end of the Longqing Dynasty.Now he is popular, what a headache!

(End of this chapter)