Qinhuai River

When it comes to Jiangnan and Nanjing, we have to mention the Qinhuai River! Among the ten miles of Qinhuai, I don’t know how many literati and poets have lingered here.

What is even more ridiculous is that on one side is the Jiangnan Gongyuan, the general examination hall for the southern region’s imperial examination, which is a holy place in the hearts of scholars. On the other side of a river is the gathering place for thin horses in Yangzhou and the gathering place for famous technicians on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

With such Feng Shui and such terrain, scholars in Jiangnan will naturally subconsciously devote their energy to the Qinhuai River. People's energy is limited. When they focus most of their energy on their young ladies, they naturally have no intention of handling government affairs and have no time to do anything else.

Over the years, officials in the south of the Ming Dynasty, especially those near Nanjing, spent more time in the Qinhuai River than in the imperial court.

There are large and small pleasure boats above the Qinhuai River. Each pleasure boat represents a famous prostitute. Although some pleasure boats are new, their fame has existed for hundreds of years.

On some pleasure boats, the names of famous skills are passed down from generation to generation. The first generation is called XXX, and the second generation is called this name. Among the third generation and the fourth generation, the most outstanding famous skills in each generation are called this name.

Of course, these century-old brands are also different from those young famous skills who have just entered the industry.

Generally speaking, young famous skills rely more on their personal appearance and skills to bring good impressions to their guests, which is the so-called sex service.

But the century-old brand is different. They have a long history, a very broad circle of contacts, and even have developed a certain level of business to invest in promising young people.

Some like to invest in young people who are not well-off now but are willing to calm down and study hard. When they meet decisive investors, they will even take the initiative to give money, books, and even give them to themselves when necessary.

Even if you succeed in one hundred investments and only win one Jinshi, it can add another legendary experience to the time-honored brand.

Over time, in addition to serving people with sex, time-honored brands have also added many functions such as power and money transactions, connections, and angel investment.

Today, a long-standing brand with a long history is closed to the guests. Although it was night and the business was booming, it closed directly.

And this scene was of course seen by those who are interested. The civil officials never thought that even these old brands were spies of the Jinyiwei.

Although Wang Xu gave Mo Zhai the list of Jinyiwei back then, this unilateral explanation would be a problem for whoever believes in it.

The tea leaves are the best in Longjing before the rain. When smelling the fragrance of tea, Qian Qianyi savored the tea slowly. The voices of gentry, civil servants, and nobles came to his ears.

"We must never let them come here, this Nanjing is our Nanjing!"

"Yes, Nanjing is Nanjing from Nanjing, not Nanjing from northern refugees! If those northern refugees come here, how should they arrange it?"

"Yes, although they were once Duke and Marquis, after all, they are just a group of refugees. They are just a group of people who come to compete for food with us. Why should we share our wealth with them?"

"Yes, although Nanjing is convenient for transportation and is the core of the south, there is no spare money. We are already reluctant to share it ourselves. Now, we have to add a lot of chopsticks, so don't even think about it!"

"Why, do you want to rebel? Or are you planning to assassinate the prince and let the prince fall into the water?" Duke Wei suddenly said with a cold face.

Duke of Wei was the leader of Xu Da’s lineage and the leader of Nanjing’s martial merits. He has been like this for more than 200 years. Especially after Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, Duke of Wei was the veritable leader of Nanjing.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the gentry yelling at the bottom immediately closed his mouth.

"Say, who do you want to rebel? Tell me, I will send him to the West!" At this point, Duke Wei patted his chest vigorously, and there were three maps there!

The first map is an island. The island is about twenty miles long and ten miles wide, with a total area of ​​fifty square kilometers, with fresh water on it. The climate is pleasant. Although it is not big, it is still fine to reclaim 30,000 to 40,000 acres of land if it is rectified.

This map was given to the previous generation of Duke of Wei twelve years ago by Wang Xu. After the previous generation of Duke of Wei learned about it, he began to invest his strength. After twelve years of operation, the island has been completely developed.

Even if there are 30,000 mu of land, even if there is enough supply of struvite, even if the yield per mu of land is as high as five stones, it will only be only 300,000 stones of grain a year, and even if the income of the Duke of Wei is one-tenth of the annual income.

However, this island belongs to the Duke of Wei’s Mansion!

The second map is an area about 300 miles long and 100 miles wide. This land was given as a gift to the Duke of Wei six years ago.

This is a large enough territory. Even though the Duke of Wei has devoted all its strength, it has only been cultivated less than one-tenth of the territory today.

Although it is very desolate, it is full of hope and light!

The third map was sent here recently, this is a map of Yinzhou!

If the map is not wrong, it means that Yin Prefecture is more than ten thousand miles long, and even the Ming Dynasty is much bigger!

Such a large territory is simply the foundation of kings and dominance!

Even if the Duke of Wei does not want to rebel, it can gather people and build a country here!

Thinking of the scene where he changed from Duke Wei to Duke Wei, Duke Wei's only remaining conscience was suppressed by reason. After glanced at the leeks below, Duke Wei angrily slapped the table: "Is Nanjing your Nanjing? Don't urinate and look at what you look like?"

After saying that, he left directly.

When Duke Wei even disappeared, the scene became chaotic again: "What does Duke Guo mean?"

"Does the Duke want to catch us all?"

"Is the Duke of the State trying to rebel?"

Ahem!

He couldn't bear to listen anymore, Qian Qianyi said, "Don't worry, the Duke of the State was also angry with you. Refugees from the north? You can say this? Don't forget that all the refugees from the north you mentioned are kings, princes, generals, and ministers. Before one month, they are still the existence you have to look up to."

"But now? Just one month later, you have become the northern refugees. If you treat the British Duke of Beijing and the Duke of Guo, you will naturally hurt people, and you will inevitably feel sad."

"In addition, Qian also needs to ask you a question clearly. Are you opposing Duke Zhenhai or Prince Nanshou? Or are you both opposed to both?"

"I am against Wang Xu's big pirate, and not against Prince Nanshou."

"Same for me!"

"Same for me!"

...

"Okay, I already know your thoughts, so what do you plan to do?" Qian Qianyi said seriously.

"We can say that the identity of the prince is fake. If a case of fake prince is produced, as long as the identity of the prince is suspected, then we can use this as a reason to refuse the prince's reign and lose the flag of the prince. What is Wang Xu's calculation?"

"But the prince is real. There are so many nobles, civil officials and generals around us. How can we directly say that the prince is fake? This cannot deceive the whole world!"

"It's okay. We only said that the prince's identity is doubtful, but we didn't say that he was fake! What's more, if you don't do this, will you have a better way?"

"We can stick to Nanjing City and give him a warning, so that he can know who the world is in Nanjing!"

"Yes, can he still dare to bombard Nanjing City?"

"Based on my understanding of him, he is really brave!" Qian Qianyi said slowly.

"Sixteen years ago, he dared to lead the Chu army into Beijing, and almost smacked up all the civil and military officials in the court. Before leaving, he even looted Beijing City for more than 200 years of wealth, and used the imperial edict of the late emperor to make a lot of money and population in the south."

"Over the years, he has dominated the sea and established the so-called customs. All smuggling ships, as long as they encounter them, will be destroyed by the ship. Once those who dare to smuggle secretly, once they are found out by him, pirates will come to the door soon."

"What's even more vicious is that in order to torture those big families, he not only did not want to give them any pain, but also migrated the big families to overseas deserted islands to open up land. It's so vicious that they can't die in their hometown!"

"This kind of person can do anything if he is too impatient!" Speaking of this, Qian Qianyi raised his teacup again and began to taste tea.

There was silence on the scene, but after just a moment, a smart person put forward a different view: "Times have changed. Wang Xu's idea was to take a snatch and leave. He was not the central government, so naturally he didn't have to worry about the majesty of the court."

"Over the years, Wang Xu has been the overseas Zhenhai Gong. The crackdown on smuggling is related to his direct interests. As for our losses, what does it have to do with him? Therefore, he can naturally crack down on smuggling in full swing."

"But it's different now. He wants to wield the crown prince to order his ministers. He wants to be a treacherous minister and a powerful minister. This is indispensable for our cooperation. Without us, how can he order Jiangnan? How can he obtain benefits? Only by maintaining the majesty of the court and the majesty of the central government will it be more conducive to being a treacherous minister!"

"So, if we are united, unite, stick to Nanjing, and refuse the Chu army to enter the city, even if we can't stop him in the end, we can at least give him a warning and let him know the power of our Jiangnan gentry!"

"Yes, our gentry is powerful!"

"Yes, the court will not be able to handle it if the gentry is angry!"

"Why didn't I expect before that we gentry are so powerful?"

"Without our cooperation, how could he deceive and traffic ignorant farmers from the countryside? Without the farmers and peasant women, how could he develop overseas?"

"We gentry have strength!"

At dawn at night, Qian Qianyi took a sip of the tea that was already light and had no tea flavor. After exercising his body, he returned to the mansion. He was greeted by a very attractive young woman.

"Hodongjun, you haven't slept for another night? Thank you for your hard work."

"The master has not returned yet, so I have too many people. I am preparing to ginseng tea, and the master is going to rest in the quiet room for a while."

"No, no, I'm used to it." Although I said this, Qian Qianyi took off his coat under the service of the young woman, came to the quiet room, and lay on the soft and warm blanket.

Needless to say, I knew that Hedong Jun specially warmed him for himself by smelling the familiar fragrance on the blanket. Although he was an old man and a young wife, Hedong Jun was really virtuous.

The young woman has a very famous name, her name is Liu Rushi.

"The master has to go out to work in business during the day. Even if he is already a master in the state of leaks, he still needs to take good care of himself. The details of life must not be ignored." As he said, Liu Rushi stretched out his hands and began to massage Qian Qianyi.

Enjoying the service of the beauty, Qian Qianyi talked about his previous experiences: "Hey, you don't know that Hedong Jun, it was really a gang of demons last night. Those gentry were very smart on weekdays, but once they involved their own interests, they immediately began to look short-sighted. They were so vicious that they wanted to stop Zhenhai Gong from entering Beijing."

"I'm afraid this can't be stopped, and this move is not considered loyalty and righteous! Now the Prime Minister is fighting against Li Chuang in the north, and he will fight against the Donglu in the future. It is the time when money and food are needed. Apart from Duke Zhenhai, who can raise a large amount of money and food? At this moment, they are fighting against Duke Zhenhai, wouldn't they ignore the safety of the people in the north?"

"What's more, I can't stop it! Others may not know, but our family has always cooperated with Zhenhai Gong. Zhenhai Gong only has Yizhou Island on the surface, but in fact it is a real vassal king with the sea. The Chu army under his command is no less than 100,000, and the navy army is no less than 100,000."

Moreover, they did not receive a 100,000 yuan in empty salary, and they were not weak soldiers like the imperial court that only existed on the books.

While speaking, Liu Rushi observed Qian Qianyi's reaction.

As a famous skill developed by the century-old brand in Qinhuai River back then, Liu Rushi liked reading very much. She started reading since she was a child and had read more books than most Jinshi masters.

And the new Confucian scholars bought every issue and read every issue.

It also makes it a bit funny and sad. Confucius' new Confucian scholars, in Nanjing, have the most influenced group, not local scholars, but those well-educated famous technicians on the Qinhuai River.

Therefore, Liu Rushi has now become one of the loyal supporters of the New Confucian scholars. Therefore, she made a decision quietly.

This time, if the master makes a mistake, then I will advise you!

If the master does not listen to the advice, he will prepare carefully and persuade him again in a suitable environment.

If the master still doesn’t listen to the advice, he will help the master with decent self!
To be continued...