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The Storm in the Late Ming Dynasty Volume 11 Chapter 649: Plank Road is built in the Ming Dynasty but the warehouse is hidden (1)

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    "As the saying goes, don't be arrogant when you are proud. Arrogance will hurt yourself"

    Liu Mazi and Liu Jingting were talking about ancient times in the painting boat. In another painting boat not far away, Dong Xianting felt bored after hearing this. He closed the glass window hard and murmured a curse.

    "Xinkui, why are you angry?"

    The speaker¡¯s eyes were half-opened and half-closed. Although his words were slow, his tone was extremely strong.  Dong Xianting sighed: "How can I not be angry? That Cheng Zhengfu, who benefited from us, gave up his job after being scolded for a few words - how can such a person achieve such great things?"

    "It doesn't matter, the first and second issues have already been started in his name, and everyone from all parties has become experienced. The third issue is ready and just waiting to be printed. When the fourth issue comes, let's talk about it because  Cheng Xianzhen had to resign due to some kind of pressure and interference. But all colleagues at Nandu Weekend vow to fight those pressures to the endetc."

    Dong Xianting nodded repeatedly when he heard this: "Yes, yes, this is a good idea, but someone has to replace Cheng Xinzhen, right?"

    Neither Yu Guozhen nor Qian Qianyi thought that after being scolded by Guizhuang and Wei Xi together, Cheng Xiazhen would be so ashamed that she would resign as the chief writer of "Southern Weekend" and live in seclusion.  He was originally from Texas, and an important reason why he actively opposed Yu Guozhen was that his family's property in Texas was expropriated during railway construction in Texas. He was unwilling to be given cash compensation or property equity compensation, and was eventually expropriated by force.  Therefore, he could not return to Texas and could only travel far away and remain anonymous.

    This incident disrupted Dong Xianting's plan.  Fortunately, the man who came with him still had some tricks up his sleeve.

    Hou Xun.

    If Qian Qianyi is the apparent leader of the Donglin Party, then Hou Xun¡¯s influence in Donglin is definitely not inferior to Qian Qianyi¡¯s.  When Wei Zhongxian was still there, Hou Xun and his father Hou Zhipu were deposed as Donglin generals when Wei Zhongxian became arrogant.  After that, during the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was imprisoned twice and became famous.  Nothing for a while.

    Even at the end of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Hou Xun, who had just completed his father's funeral and observed mourning for a year, returned to the capital and continued to be imprisoned.  Until Li Zicheng captured the capital.  He just escaped from prison together with Zhou Yanru, but Zhou Yanru successfully escaped back to the south, but he was captured by the intruders on the way.

    He resolutely resigned from Li Zicheng's conquest. It was precisely because of this that he had a psychological advantage when facing Cheng Xinzhen: he was not a second minister.

    At the same time, he was also well versed in military strategy. He once recommended Yuan Chonghuan and repeatedly supervised battles with bandits. He was considered a capable minister and at the same time he had flexible methods. At the time, Sun Jin and Feng Yuanbiao proposed that Donglin should also "learn the secrets".  vast¡±.  They even did not hesitate to use bribery, collusion with factory guards and other means to control the government, so Zhang Pu and Wu Changshi sought to revive Zhou Yanru. When collecting shares, Feng Quan and Ruan Dacheng each offered 10,000 taels per share, and Hou Xun also raised funds.  One share was worth ten thousand taels.  Together with the additional money collected, a total of 60,000 taels were obtained. Through the path of Concubine Tian, ??Zhou Yanru was finally placed on the throne of chief minister.

    "Yu Jimin is too arrogant. Earlier, I asked Sun Mingqing to ask him when the scientific examination would be held, but he was so boastful. He said that he would no longer take the test on the Four Books and Five Classics This kid is arrogant. If he is allowed to be in charge, the world will be full of civilized people."  Hou Xun said slowly: "Mr. Xinkui, you should understand that this matter is of great importance. Although the master behind you has ulterior motives, I will not pursue this matter, as long as I can give Yu Jimin some hindrances."

    "That's what Mr. Liu Zhen said." Facing Hou Xun, Dong Xianting did not dare to show any arrogance and said respectfully.

    "I will ask my son Fang Yu to come to the Imperial College, and your people will not harm him." After a while, Hou Xun said again.

    "Why did Mr. Liu Zhen say this?"

    "As long as you understand in your heart."

    After a brief conversation, the two stopped talking. Dong Xianting understood that the other party was leaving on his own, so he asked the boat girl to pull the boat ashore. Hou Xun did not send her politely, so he left, and the boat entered the river again, quietly.  Disappearing among the numerous boats on the river.

    "This guy is careful." Dong Xianting sneered.

    On the surface, he was very respectful to Hou Xun, but in fact, he had a kind of contempt for these civil servants with a scientific background, perhaps because of his failure in the academic field.  There is another reason for this contempt: even Zhou Yanru, who became the chief minister, was not under his control at the beginning!

    It was already night, and the lights along the Qinhuai River were brightly lit. Looking at this splendid scene, the clear and graceful voices of the singing girls could be heard from the sailing tower in the distance. Dong Xianting felt that such a beautiful and moving Qinhuai River should belong to someone as powerful as him.  Talented people.

    Rather than being a mediocre person like Yu Guozhen.

    In Dong Xianting¡¯s heart, Yu Guozhen was a mediocre person.  He knows practical knowledge, but not criminal names.He didn't know that the Four Books and Five Classics didn't understand the eight-legged essay and couldn't write the pavilion style. If such people were afraid of their knowledge and let people like them take charge of things, that would be fine. But Yu Guozhen was unlucky about them.  They all have no respect and even try to cultivate a group of people to completely replace them!

    Just as Hou Xun, Sun Jin and others realized that the talents cultivated by Yu Guozhen's new education would no longer have a place for old literati in the government, Dong Xianting also understood that not only the official positions were gone, but even the official positions were gone.  If every new official starts from the grassroots level like Huaxia does now and cannot be promoted without going through actual affairs, it means that secretaries like Dong Xianting will have no livelihood in the future!

    The same is true for the servants and subordinates.  Before Yu Guozhen's state governance strategy was promulgated, those with a keen sense of smell realized that he was declaring war on the old ruling system!

    Naturally, the old forces will not sit still and wait for death.

    "However, Yu Guozhen is not completely without skills. He can train troops and command wars without fear of death. In addition, he is full of strange skills and tricks"

    Dong Xianting looked at the large mirror in the shop in front of him and laughed. This was something new brought by Yu Guozhen's uncanny skills. Nowadays, almost all shops in Jinling City have a large mirror behind the door panel of their door, which opens during the day.  Sometimes the side with the mirror faces the street, and when customers see their reflection, some of them can't help but stop, and then naturally they are greeted by the waiter to the store.

    But this time, Dong Xianting's smile quickly faded because he saw a figure in the mirror who seemed familiar.

    This person had been following him for a while. It seemed that he followed him not long after he got off the boat.  He had looked back several times before and saw that he was still there after turning two streets, so that was abnormal!

    Dong Xianting knew that Yu Guozhen had his own intelligence system.  There was a thought in his mind, and he immediately suspected that this person belonged to Yu Guozhen's intelligence investigation system.

    "Jinling affairs can be left to Hou Xun. I must leave." Dong Xianting thought to himself.

    If the other party is really Yu Guozhen's subordinate, it means that he has been targeted, and the only problem may be Cheng Xinzhen.  Dong Xianting knew very well what would happen if a person like him fell into the hands of Yu Guozhen, so he did not dare to delay for a moment. He passed through two shops in the alley, left through the back door of the shop using urine escape, and then stopped a boat along the way.  A small boat was sailing along the Qinhuai River to solicit business. After crossing the river, it summoned a carriage and ordered the driver to head towards the dock.

    When he arrived at the pier, he bought a ferry ticket from Jinling to Anping Town.  Nowadays, small steamships produced in Xinxiang have entered the Yangtze River and canals. Small steam passenger ships from Jinling to the capital depart every three days, and can carry more than 120 passengers.  Dong Xianting found an inn to stay at the pier, and boarded the ship the next day. When the ship was sailing, he saw through the glass that familiar-looking man rushing to the pier with several people, and he immediately shrank back.  Head down.

    No matter what, it cannot fall into their hands.

    In the past, even if the boat trip from Jinling to Yanzhou went smoothly, it would take about ten days.  The same cannot be said for a steamship. Not only can it sail with the wind or against the current, but even at night, it only slows down to half speed and moves forward slowly under the guidance of the dead wind light in front.  Therefore, it only took him three days to reach Anping Town.

    Since the Yellow River changed its course, Anping Town has become the intersection of the Yellow River and the Canal.  Dong Xianting got off the boat here. Because things happened in a hurry, he had not yet decided whether to go west along the Yellow River or continue north, so he temporarily stopped in Anping.

    At this time, Anping Town was very prosperous. With the convenience of water transportation, it became an important town in Yanzhou Prefecture.  Dong Xianting had dinner in the evening and walked alone by the Yellow River. Seeing the busy water and land transportation, he unknowingly came to the outside of the town.

    Just outside the town, he saw hundreds of migrant workers, carrying various tools, coming along the canal. They all looked very tired.  He felt a little strange when he saw it, so he stopped one of them and asked, "Where did you come from?"

    ¡°Dredging the Yellow River, take advantage of the winter when the water is dry, and dredge quickly, so that when the water rises next year, steam ships can go directly to Xi¡¯an along the Yellow River!¡±

    "You don't have common sense when you say that. The Yellow River doesn't reach Xi'an." A migrant worker laughed.

    "Isn't it said that there is another river that connects to the Yellow Riverthe Weishui River or something? This gentleman is a scholar at first glance. He is well-informed, so he must know it?"

    "It's the Weishui River." Dong Xianting nodded: "But if you want to ship to Xi'an next year, I'm afraid it won't be possible, right?"

    "What can't be done?"

    "Now Xi'an is still in the hands of Marshal Liu of Dashun, and on the way we have to pass through the land under the rule of Prime Minister Niu."

      The nominal Dashun still exists, with Liu Zongmin as marshal and Niu Jinxing as prime minister, but the two have split. Liu Zongmin controls southern Shaanxi and Hanzhong, while Niu Jinxing controls most of Henan and northern Huguang.

    "So what, China will be unified sooner or later." A migrant worker said.

    "Speaking of this, I heard that Dashun Marshal Liu's special envoy passed by us a few days ago, saying that he was going to Qingdaokou to discuss matters - it seemed that he was going to attack Prime Minister Niu with the Chinese army and divide the land equally between the two sides."

    " Listening to these migrant workers discussing the world's major events, many of which were vulgar and ignorant, Dong Xianting was originally very unhappy: When will it be the turn of these mud-legged people to dictate the world's major events?  But when he learned that Liu Zongmin's special envoy was here, he was stunned. When he learned that he was going to attack Niu Jinxing with the Chinese army, Dong Xianting was even more horrified and moved.

    Because his master is none other than Niu Jinxing.

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