Chapter 867: Half a Gentleman, a Fierce Woman
Jiang Qingzhi always thought that the great men of this era were very impressive, such as Zhang Juzheng and Xu Wei. If it were not for the historical foresight, the knowledge system of later generations, the experience of leading the anti-government armed forces in South America, and the bonus of a series of military books, Jiang Qingzhi felt that it would be difficult for him to make a name for himself in this era.
The probability is that you can only be a farmer.
Just not starving to death.
Through the mist of history, he vaguely saw some people and things that were inconsistent with history.
For example, Zhang Juzheng, like Tang Shunzhi in history, was disappointed with the officialdom and simply found an excuse to go home and have fun.
The difference is that Zhang Juzheng returned very quickly, while Tang Shunzhi repeatedly refused recommendations from all sides and refused to take up an official post. He stayed at home to study, think, and learn spearmanship...
Wearing a cloth robe, he is free in the world.
Such a Tang Shunzhi is extraordinary and admirable.
If there is anyone in this world who can make Jiang Qingzhi abandon his scheming and save his wife, children, relatives, and Sun Chonglou, it is Tang Shunzhi.
Compared with Tang Shunzhi's excellence, Zhang Juzheng was more like a person in the world of fame and fortune. His pride would not allow him to sink, but this so-called sinking was the ordinary life that Tang Shunzhi was content with.
Therefore, in Jiang Qingzhi's eyes, Zhang Juzheng was a subordinate. He could be used, but he had to be kept under close watch.
But Tang Shunzhi was a confidant and a good friend who could be entrusted with important matters.
Zhang Juzheng was talking to Hu Zongxian in a low voice.
"Does the Lord have any follow-up arrangements at the Ministry of Revenue?"
"My Lord wants Lu Song to be the CEO. He just needs to hand over the work to him and not interfere with the rest."
Hu Zongxian looked at Zhang Juzheng with a scrutinizing gaze, "Do you have any ideas?"
Zhang Juzheng hesitated for a moment, and Hu Zongxian said, "You don't need to hide anything in front of Master Bo. Just speak up if you have any ideas. Master Bo won't blame you. If you don't speak up, it will create a rift."
This is a veiled warning: you are someone close to Long Wilbur, similar to the close ministers around the Taoist priest, this is the treatment of a confidant. A confidant is a confidant, and those who are full of selfish thoughts are not confidants.
Zhang Juzheng nodded. "As for the Ministry of Revenue, although Lu Song is good, he can't control everything. If we can place some people there, it will be of great help to the new policy and Lord Bo."
"You said that Xu Wei also made suggestions." Hu Zongxian wanted to laugh when he thought of Xu Wei. That guy was left on duty in Zhilu by Jiang Qingzhi. At the beginning, he went to provoke Yan Shifan for no reason, but Yan Shifan was so busy that he had no time to pay attention to him.
Xu Wei was angry and went to compete with Cui Yuan. But Cui Yuan was a man of high status, a close minister of the emperor, who didn't think highly of him and ignored him.
After a few interactions, Xu Wei became a little anxious and restless. Besides, there was not much to do in Zhilu, so he said that he wanted to be an advisor to Jiang Qingzhi.
Zhang Juzheng's arrival immediately broke Xu Wei's defense... So my position was taken by this guy?
Therefore, Hu Zongxian was looking forward to the formal meeting between the two of them after they both became Jiang Qingzhi's trusted think tanks.
"Xu Wei?" Zhang Juzheng narrowed his eyes. "What did he say?"
"What Xu Wei meant was that the Ministry of Revenue is a large ministry. Although Lu Song supports the new policy, he has a different stance after all. This man looks like a Confucian general, but he is a rare half-gentleman. If the Lord makes friends with him, he can send his own people, and Lu Song will definitely find it difficult to refuse..."
"A gentleman deceives others with his own methods!" Zhang Juzheng smiled. This was similar to his suggestion, both of which were to take advantage of Lu Song's character.
"Although Master Bo is in charge of the New Deal, he also said that being either black or white is a dead end. But there must be a bottom line!" Hu Zongxian said to Zhang Juzheng seriously: "Master Bo once said that the reason why people are human beings is because they have a bottom line."
"I understand." Zhang Juzheng sighed with some regret.
Gentlemen can be exploited, but there must be a bottom line.
These are Jiang Qingzhi’s three views.
Hu Zongxian took the opportunity to ride over and whispered Zhang Juzheng's words.
“This person is a doer.”
This statement is implicit. Those who do things only have the work in their eyes and will use any means to achieve their goals.
Such a person may be a tyrant and may stab Jiang Qingzhi in the back.
"Why do you think I value him?" Jiang Qingzhi smiled. "I value his ability to get things done."
Historically, Zhang Juzheng held great power. To be honest, if the people in the Ming Dynasty had not been relatively stable at that time, Jiang Qingzhi even doubted whether this guy would learn from Cao Mengde.
"Fuck you!"
Just as I was thinking about Brother Meng De, someone in front of me yelled, "Kill this woman!" Then I heard a woman shouting, "Get out of the way!"
"The fight has started." Sun Chonglou's eyes lit up, and he wanted to rush over to watch the excitement. But when he looked back at Jiang Qingzhi's leisurely appearance, he sighed and reined in his horse, which was also eager to fight.
Outside the shop in front left, two big men are rushing towards a woman.
One on the left and one on the right, looking aggressive.
The clothes the woman wore were different from the mainstream ones, some of them were blue, and her headdress was some exotic silver, which seemed out of place in this era dominated by gold.
"Bitch, die!" The two big men pounced on her with a grim smile.
The onlookers cried out in surprise, and a woman shouted, "That woman, run away."
But the woman did not retreat but instead moved forward. She lowered her body to avoid a punch, then grabbed a big man's ankle and pulled him back hard. The big man lost his balance and fell forward involuntarily. The woman put her elbow sideways and hit the big man's face with a bang.
"Good trick!" Sun Chonglou shouted loudly.
The other big man missed his punch and was about to withdraw his punch when the woman stepped on his shoe and then punched upwards.
"Skyrocket!" said Mo Zhan.
After being punched on the chin, the big man rolled his eyes and fell with his head tilted back.
The woman put her hands on her hips, her eyes wide open, and shouted, "You dare to force buying and selling under the emperor's feet? I'll kill you and send you to jail!"
Someone onlooker said: "You are such a vicious woman. Look at those two. If your arms and legs are broken, they will definitely arrest you and take you to the government. Hurry up and pay for the medicine, otherwise... Jia Lao Er will report to the government!"
The woman pointed at the man lying at her feet and howled miserably and said, "Why is no one doing anything about these two people forcing people to buy jewelry?"
"Who saw it?" the man continued.
The woman pointed to the guy outside the store, "He saw it."
The clerk shook his head and said, "I was outside earlier, and when I came in, I saw her beating the shopkeeper."
The woman was furious. "Are people in the capital so shameless? They are talking nonsense."
The guy smiled helplessly, "You are such a fierce woman, who dares to bully you!"
"Pay the money!" "If you don't pay, you will go to jail. Do you know that? Once a woman goes to jail, someone will come... Do you know that? Yes!"
The woman shook her head, and the man simply walked out, crossing his arms. "Those people will pay to get in, and whoever they fancy will... understand?"
The woman finally understood. She took out a short knife from her bosom and cursed, "Do you think I, Hua Yan, don't dare to kill people? Who dares?"
Which woman in the capital would carry a knife when going out?
"This woman is from the country." Someone laughed.
"That's even better." The man smiled and said, "The people from the Five Cities Military Department will be here soon."
"Who is causing trouble?" As he was speaking, several soldiers from the Wucheng Bingmasi came over, pushed through the crowd and stepped forward. The man said, "Sir, this woman is beating a businessman, you see..." The man pointed at the two men lying on the ground howling in pain.
"Hmm?" Several soldiers frowned, and one of them shouted, "Put down your weapons!"
"What if I don't let you go?" The woman sneered, "I think you are all in the same group. I'm going to file a complaint with the emperor today."
"Just you?" The man laughed and said, "Jia Lao Er, did you hear that? Someone wants to file a complaint with the emperor."
The short man who came with a few soldiers sneered, "Do you think His Majesty can be seen by everyone?"
"That's what I saw!" the woman sneered.
"Drop your sword!" a soldier shouted, "Otherwise... it would be a waste of time to kill him!"
"I won't give up, so what?"
"Bow and arrow!"
A soldier took out a longbow, drew the bow and aimed the arrow at the woman.
"Drop your sword and kneel down!" the sergeant shouted, "Count to three."
"One, two, three!" the woman counted quickly.
Uh!
A group of onlookers were stunned, and one said: "This country girl doesn't know the rules, she thinks it's just a joke!"
"That year, there was a ruffian who refused to obey. He was shot after three counts. My parents went to the government office to cry and protest, but were beaten out with sticks. Was that unfair?!"
"Then my lady, I advise you to kneel down immediately."
"This is someone from the Five Cities Army. Killing them is not against the law!"
"One, two..."
The woman held the dagger tightly, her body slightly bent, looking like a leopard, ready to rush forward and kill at any time.
Just when the situation was tense, someone came in from outside and said, "Hey! Are you that guy..."
The person who squeezed in was a young man with an unusually large build.
"Why are you pushing so hard?" the crowd said in dissatisfaction, but when they saw the man's figure, especially the sword on his waist, they all quieted down.
Several soldiers were too embarrassed to sheath their swords and were about to use force, but when they saw the man coming, they were as if they had been pardoned, "It's Brother Sun!"
"This woman is under arrest!"
The person who came was Sun Chonglou. He scratched his head and said, "Young Master said that he wants you to pass through."
The woman was startled. "I...I remember you. You were the one next to the uncle. The one who killed more fiercely than me."
Sun Chonglou grinned, "I remember now, your name is Hua Yanke, right?"
"Yes." The woman said happily, "After the war, I went to look for Master Bo, but I didn't expect that Master Bo had returned to Beijing first."
"The young master has a little master and is anxious to go home."
The two men became more and more familiar with each other as they talked, and the soldiers looked at each other in surprise.
That Jia Lao Er had slipped away long ago, but not long after, a scream of "ouch, ouch" was heard, and Jiang Qingzhi's guards came back carrying this guy.
"It's just a black den!" Sun Bu Tong went there and spent two cents to find out the news.
"Greetings, sir!" Several soldiers came over tremblingly and saluted.
"Have you received the money?" Jiang Qingzhi asked casually.
Pfft!
All kneeled down instantly?
Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "Go and turn yourself in."
"Yes. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir!"
Several soldiers were so grateful that they ran away.
Jiang Qingzhi only needed to give them a glance to deal with them. Letting them surrender themselves was fair and just.
"Greetings, Master!" Hua Yan came over, bowed generously, and smiled naturally, "Are the children in Master's family fun?"
Uh!
Fun isn't the right word, right?
"It's fun." Sun Chonglou came over and said with a beaming face, "The young master can blow bubbles. Madam said what this is... milk foam. Also, the young master can laugh, and it's fun to laugh... I love making him laugh the most..."
"Is it fun to laugh?"
"Yeah! It's funny to watch without teeth."
"Just like the old man?"
"Yes!"
"Maybe I'll go take a look then?"
"Master..."
"Uh! Whatever you want!"
"I'll take you!"
"Okay!"
(End of this chapter)
