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The fierce north wind has failed to succeed. Chapter 27: Integrity

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    With the fall of Sun Chengzong, the power of the Eunuch Party in the DPRK seems to have become unrivaled. Although the Eunuch Party is also a group of outright corrupt criminals, Huang Shi has to admit that at least the proportion of idlers among this group of corrupt criminals is lower than that of the Donglin Party.  .  The bad money-making behavior that started in the late Wanli years was brought under certain control. The imperial court also carried out more disaster relief operations in response to the widespread famine in the north. Unwilling and unwilling local governments also began to build river embankments and carry out limited water control.  Work.  Huang Shi has no doubt that if Zhu Hongwu was still sitting on the throne of the Ming Dynasty today, then the inaction of local officials for several years would definitely lead to a large number of heads.  But it is a pity that the current Emperor of Heaven is the young Emperor Tianqi. This twenty-one-year-old child is very kind to teachers, stewards, generals, and ministers, but that's all.  Tianqi is just an ordinary young man. At this time, the Ming court and local government were still as corrupt as in the early years of Tianqi. They just did some work that should have been done long ago and were less passive and sabotaged.  But this little bit of progress made Tianqi extremely happy and greatly rewarded the cabinet for these achievements. As for Eunuch Wei, who always appeared as a "loyal and diligent" in the emperor's heart, of course he got the biggest piece of cake from these achievements.  Faced with the overwhelming power formed by the cooperation between Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch cabinet, the Ming Dynasty finally aroused a craze to build a shrine to Wei Zhongxian. This is undoubtedly the political declaration of the governors of various places. Of course, it is the stupidest political declaration and the Donglin boss Zuo Guang  The famous saying "If you are not a comrade, you are an enemy" is quite similar.  Furthermore, it has been many years since the end of Ming Dynasty.  The policy pursued by Huangshi has always been to sit on the fence. Since this is Huangshi's principle of life, the Shengsi Temple must not be involved.  Due to the above two considerations, Huang Shi said tactfully: "Eunuch Wu, Ming Jianmo, has no money to give Eunuch Wei the money to build a shrine." Wu Mu was stunned when he heard this. Governors from all over the country rushed to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian first.  The materials used are naturally extremely sophisticated, whether it is the agarwood threshold.  Or the white marble railings, these are not something that can be bought with a little money.  Anyway, as far as Huangshi knows, the cost of building a shrine to Wei Zhongxian is less than 100,000 taels of silver. The current trend of comparison is getting more and more fierce. The cost of building a shrine is also constantly increasing, and there are even ancestral halls worth 300,000 taels of silver.  The annual military pay of Dongjiang Town is only 200,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to only 40,000 taels of Zuoxie in Huangshi. Embezzling tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to build a shrine may not be a problem for the governor of Liaodong.  But this is nothing short of an astronomical figure for Dongjiang Town.  "Well" After hearing this, Wu Mu pondered for a moment and finally revealed his trump card cruelly: "Eunuch Wei said that Huang Shuai, you just need to send a letter of invitation to Lisheng Temple. As soon as Eunuch Wei sees it, it will be enough."  After receiving this seal, I will open Changsheng Town for Huang Shuai and send a special person to southern Liaoning to recruit soldiers." Seeing Huang Shi silent for a long time, Wu Mu was afraid that Huang Shi was really worried that Wei Zhongxian would not appreciate him, so he lowered his voice and spoke louder.  Last sentence: "Eunuch Wei said that as soon as Huang Shuai came up to ask for the memorial to the Lisheng Temple, he would immediately approve it." Little did he know that Huang Shi was slandering him at this time: "This is really flattering!"  This began in the Northern Song Dynasty.  It is also related to the eunuchs. At that time, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty asked the eunuch Li Xian to patrol the border. The civil servants of the Northern Song Dynasty, who always prided themselves on their integrity, heard that Li Xian's feet were smelly and rushed to wash Eunuch Li's feet first. The civil servants knelt on the ground and held Li Xian's feet.  Don't forget to smell it first and then praise: "The feet of the Taiwei are so fragrant!" What Wu Mu added later made Huangshi more confirmed the significance of the shrine. In the Song Dynasty, civil servants could wash Li Xian's body for themselves.  Today, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty can cry and shout to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian.  Flattery also represents a kind of qualification. People who succeed in flattering people can naturally despise those who fail to succeed. Lishengci and flattering people are just different situations.  But essentially it's exactly the same.  Although governors from various places are vying to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian's direct descendants are naturally not just casual. Local officials who want to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian naturally have to be carefully selected. In fact, Wu Mu actually  He is telling Huang Shi: "Eunuch Wei has a special regard for you. He hopes to draw you into his direct lineage. This is an opportunity not to be missed." Although in history, Wei Zhongxian was finished in a few years without glory.  But this time and space may not necessarily mean that if Wei Zhongxian does not fall this time or falls late, then Huangshi would be unwise to reject Wei Zhongxian's kindness today and would bring a lot of trouble to himself.  There is no doubt that Wei Zhongxian is not an open-minded gentleman. Once this knot is formed, it will be difficult to break it.  On the other hand, if Huangshi asks to build a shrine to Wei Zhongxian, the benefits will definitely be great because Wei Zhongxian will not make his direct descendants look bad.  Even if Wei Zhongxian still falls according to the original history, Huangshi will not be particularly conspicuous in a sea of ??petitions.  And as long as Huangshi can achieve enough military exploits, these stains are nothing at all. Huangshi is not aNo one among his ministers can demand him with the integrity of a scholar-bureaucrat.  After considering both the pros and cons, the right decision was ready to be made. Huang Shi sighed, said sorry in his heart, and then said to Wu Mu: "Eunuch Wu, Ming Jian Mo, is still a subordinate of Dongjiang Town. If you want to ask Li Shengci, Mao Shuai should come forward."  It¡¯s the general who doesn¡¯t want others to say that the general doesn¡¯t know how to advance or retreat, and is arrogant. Please look into it.¡± Wu Mu was silent for a while and finally raised his head to confirm: ¡°What Huang Shuai means is that as long as Mao Shuai goes to the shrine first.  Will Huang Shuai follow suit? " "Yes." Huang Shi replied without hesitation and apologized to Mao Wenlong in his heart.  Powerful people all hope that the world will be full of people who are willing to flatter their feet, and he can select some of them and grant them the privilege of flattering their feet. This can best satisfy that sense of superiority.  Wei Zhongxian even gave Huang Shi permission in advance before he asked for it. This was undoubtedly a special honor in Wei Zhongxian's mind.  It's justit's just that Huang Shi once asked himself: If he came to the Song Dynasty instead of the Ming Dynasty; if he became an officer in the Western Route Army; if Li Xian generously asked Huang Shi to wash his feet at nightthen Huangshi's  What would the answer be?  There are only three kinds of people in the world: those who admire stinky feet, those who want to admire stinky feet but can't get them, and those who don't even bother to do it.  as a modern person.  Huang Shi has his own bottom line, although he will say some flattery and go against his will and make some deals.  But Huang Shi still couldn't really let go of his face and cater to Chenghuan in front of everyone in the world. And he believed that this should not only be the bottom line for a modern person, but also the bottom line for a person with integrity.  But Huang Shi was still unwilling to categorically reject Wei Zhongxian's courage and he knew he could place his hope in Mao Wenlong.  Huang Shi once read the true records of Xizong. During the years when Wei Zhongxian was extremely powerful, in the farce of governors all over the country vying to be the first to request a shrine, only Mao Wenlong remained untainted and maintained the bottom line of a person with integrity.  On May 27th, the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Changsheng Island finally formed a common opinion regarding the 18-pound large-caliber artillery. It was not bad to use it to equip water camps or fortresses. However, Changsheng Island did not have the money to repair the fortress, and there was no need to equip the water camps.  Such heavy firepower.  So in the end, Huangshi decided to keep the 18-pounder cannon for later use when attacking the city. Anyway, shooting was not very important at that time.  At this time, Huang Shi was playing with a transparent crystal in his hand and pointed it at the sun and squinted to observe the bubbles and impurities inside. After a long time, he finally nodded and said: "You did a good job." Bao Jiusun said modestly as always:  "Your Excellency, you praise your humble position without any merit." "Brother Bao, you are now the commander of the Jinzhou Guard. Don't keep claiming that you are humble and humble." Although Bao Jiusun has been responsible for production work in the rear, Huang Shi has never forgotten to reward him.  achievement.  "It's your lord. I will obey the order." "Well, that's right." Since Bao Jiusun is also a general, he naturally has to change his name. Now his record in the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of War is the dignified Jinzhou Guard Commander Bao Bowen.  Huang Shi threw the piece of glass back to Bao Bowen. He hoped that the glass coming out of the oven next time would have fewer bubbles and more impurities.  Bao Bowen took Huang Shi's order in mind and then left.  Originally, there was no way to burn glass on Changsheng Island. The frustrated Huang Shi planned to give up last month. However, when he no longer planned to keep the secret and told his subordinates what he wanted, Huang Shi was surprised to find that Ming Dynasty had already  Can produce glass.  At the beginning of this month, Huangshi¡¯s glass craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry arrived at Changsheng Island less than ten days ago.  After their transformation, the Changsheng Island kiln began to produce glass.  Although this kind of glass is far from what Huangshi needs, Changsheng Island has a large waterwheel blower that is not available anywhere else. It seems that it is only a matter of time before it can produce purer glass.  After some hard thinking, Huang Shi found that he didn't know how to produce a mirror except for the term "silver mirror reaction".  But luckily.  Huangshi didn't produce glass to make mirrors. He paid more attention to the three important military supplies that would come with the glass.  "Mechanical pocket watches, monocular telescopes. In addition, there arecans." Technicians in both mechanical pocket watches and telescopes can be obtained from the Jesuits. In order to deal with the Jesuits, Huangshi even organized a group of special forces.  This special force includes a choir and a group of people who can memorize the Bible backwards and forwards. These special forces are all loyal subordinates trained by Zhang Zaidi. They all know the heavy responsibility they shoulder.  The last time the Jesuits sent people to inspect the Changsheng Island, Zhang Zaidi first used this team of special forces to move the priests to tears. Then he let everyone swarm up and hit the priests with overwhelming stupid questions. He didn't give them too much for several days.  Check more opportunities for ordinary believers on Changsheng Island.  And some individuals were questioned by Jesuit priests."Ordinary believers" are without exception Zhang Zaidi's special forces. Their enthusiasm for the Bible makes even the Jesuit priests feel ashamed.  So Huang Shi asked the Jesuits to help search for a few watchmakers. There was no problem. Technicians who could grind telescope lenses might be relatively few, but there was no need to worry too much. Sooner or later they would be found.  After having glass, Huang Shi thought he could start trying to produce cans. Huang Shi remembered that he only needed to seal and cook it. The specific storage time was left to Bao Bowen to figure out.  Once this thing appears.  It can not only greatly reduce the logistics transportation pressure, but also enrich the troops' food and increase the scope of the troops' operations.  After Wu Mu left, Huangshi brought Jin Qiude and Zhao Manxiong to discuss the matter. Although they seemed to have some opinions on Huangshi's decision, they still obeyed the chief's will and discussed the follow-up links.  Both of them thought that there was no big problem with Huang Shi's countermeasures, but the key was Mao Wenlong and Zhao Manxiong trying to figure out what Huang Shi had just revealed to him: "Sir, that is whether Mao Shuai asked him to set up a shrine. Is he still going to do it?"  Looking for excuses?" Huang Shi replied without hesitation: "Yes." This decisive answer made Jin Qiude and Zhao Manxiong look at each other and spread their hands: "If you two have anything to say, just say it.  "My lord, I believe that our Changsheng Island will be much richer if we have Eunuch Wei in the court to support us." Jin Qiude's words are not unreasonable in terms of the civil and military affairs of Liaodong.  Yan Mingtai, who was born in the eunuch party, was the one who successfully favored Stinky Foot. In the following period, Yan Mingtai received strong support from Wei Zhongxian.  "Furthermore, my lord is currently at odds with that dog official Yuan Chonghuan. If Eunuch Wei helps to bring him down, it won't be difficult, right?" Jin Qiude paused for a moment and saw that Huang Shi was still unsure, so he added: "Yuan Gou Guan was promoted by Mr. Sun Ge.  The one who got up is from Donglin. "Huang Shi knew that Jin Qiude was right. In history, although Yuan Chonghuan wanted to praise Wei Zhongxian's bad feet, he wrote a eloquent 10,000-word memorial inscription.  He also did not forget to bring Wei Zhongxian with him when he praised Wei Zhongxian for his memorials, which are rare in the sky and unparalleled in the earth.  But Wei Zhongxian didn't appreciate this act of selling himself out, so he kicked Yuan Chonghuan away, making him a person who wanted to be admired but not available.  "I was also promoted by Mr. Sun Ge. I got my Qianzong from Wang Huazhen. So did Marshal Mao." Huang Shi retorted calmly with an unchanging expression: "I am also from Donglin, although no one in the world will take it.  The standards of a scholar-bureaucrat require me, but selling oneself is selling oneself, and as a military commander, I cannot change this essence." "Our officers and soldiers in Dongjiang Town are no more hungry and clothed than in Liao Town.  The only thing we can survive on is that the soldiers are of one mind and have the same desire. If Mao Shuai and I really go to the Lisheng Shrine, it may bring some military benefits, but once the news spreads that each spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.  I'm afraid everyone in Dongjiang Town will be dissatisfied and disdainful of us. The whole town will fall apart in a blink of an eye." Huang Shi's words made Zhao Manxiong nodded slightly: "My lord, you are right.  When I go back, I will think about it carefully and find a reason to say it. " "You should go back and think about it carefully, but I am just doing this just in case, because Mao Shuai will not let me down," Huang Shi thought.  Mao Wenlong was a person who disdained to do such things. Historically, he never wrote a single word of petition, nor did he sing a single sentence of praise for Wei Zhongxian in his memorial: "I hope that Marshal Mao will still be the Marshal Mao that I know."  Recently, there have been personnel conflicts on Changsheng Island that have upset Huang Shi. One of them is related to Li Yunrui and Yang Zhiyuan. The perpetrator is He Dingyuan.  When Huang Shi went to the capital, Yang Zhiyuan fell in love with a girl in the teaching team. She was the daughter of the late Xiong Jinglue.  In order to please Mrs. Xiong, Yang Zhiyuan decided to help her collect Xiong Jinglue's bones and help her repair the cemetery and install a stone tablet.  Li Yunrui happened to be passing by this place on the day he was finishing everything for Xiong Jinglue. When he saw Yang Zhiyuan and Miss Xiong, he came up to talk to them.  Although Yang Zhiyuan also has a dignified appearance, he is still far from being compared with Li Yunrui. The latter has thick eyebrows, big eyes, a long beard and a long beard. He usually pays attention to appearance and eloquence. He is so good that he stole Miss Xiong's heart with just a few chats.  At that time, Yang Zhiyuan was so stupid that he didn't notice anything. But since Li Yunrui dared to claim that he had been among thousands of flowers and never touched a leaf, he naturally had one or two brushes. He saw some clues from the look on Mrs. Xiong's face.  After a few days, the two of them were getting along well and were about to start talking about marriage.  ¡°That bitch is just a nymphomaniac!¡± When Huang Shi brought He Dingyuan, the main perpetrator, for questioning, the latter was still indignant and showed no guilt or self-awareness after getting into trouble.  ¡°He Youyi, I¡¯m not asking you what you think of Miss Xiong, and I think your comments are very rude to Yang Youyi!¡±   Huang Shi slapped the table and roared, finally knocking off some of He Dingyuan's arrogance. He Dingyuan lowered his head and lowered his voice by an octave: "My lord, I just have a grudge. Brother Yang is such a good person." Huang Shi sneered.  He made a sound and his tone became serious: "Brother Yang considers himself my good brother, but He Youyi, if you deliberately stir up trouble and slander your colleagues, what crime should you be guilty of?"
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