Chapter 132 Cao Huachun arrived

Dengzhou, the two-story steel and concrete building built by United Business Company near the Shuimen in the east of the city is now a benchmark building in the city. It took nearly a year to build this building. Although it took a long time, it also cultivated a Ming Dynasty construction team.

Liu Qingguang posted heroic posts, and various maritime merchants gathered here. In less than two years, there were as many as hundreds of maritime merchants closely related to the joint business. At this meeting, many maritime merchants were not qualified to participate.

The main hall of United Store is very large, with a construction area of ​​more than 300 square meters. A group of maritime merchants gather here is undoubtedly a major event in the city and has attracted attention from all parties.

Liu Qing came late and faced more than a hundred marine merchants. He looked confident and calm, bowed and shouted: "I'm really hasty to invite you here today. It's because the matter is too urgent and I need everyone's help. Here, someone Liu said, "If you help friends of the United Business in everything, you will definitely be rewarded in the future."

"Shopkeeper Liu, I have something to say. In the past two years, we have made a lot of money by relying on the United Business Company. If you need help, just say it." The money still weighs not much, and I always rush to the front. As a shareholder of many workshops of Doctor Chen, his interests are naturally tied to Chen Xie, and at this time he stands out to help himself.

"Yes, there is something to say." More than a dozen maritime merchants expressed their opinions that these are merchants with close relationships with United Business. Representatives of other business companies are waiting and seeing what they are talking about.

Liu Qing noted the reactions of these people one by one, and smiled slightly, "It's not a big deal. Mr. Chen, the owner of the business, was worried about the king's affairs, and brought two thousand regiments to Beijing to serve the king. This is not the case. He walked too fast and didn't have much food and grass. He told Liu to ask everyone to help and take the sea to transport some food and grass to Tianjin. The food and grass are easy to handle. Isn't this the United Business Company not having a ship? So please help. Don't have too many, just one hundred boats."

Liu Qing secretly remembered in his heart that more than a dozen people who had stopped here before, and the performances of others were just watching the show. Or was the boss's statement reasonable, people are selfish and the bonds of interests cannot tie people together. These people cannot be partners, but can only be limited cooperation objects.

The eunuch Cao Huachun was ordered to leave the capital. As the eunuch who presided over the "rehabilitation" work in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Cao Huachun was deeply trusted by the emperor. This time he left the capital, he did not set up a ceremonial guard. It was not that he did not want to show off, but that the current situation was that he was making people feel uncomfortable. He brought dozens of followers and quietly left the capital in a carriage. After a while, smoke and dust rolled on the official road ahead.

The followers came to report that Qin Liangyu, the Shizhu Xuanfu Department, led his troops back to Beijing. Cao Huachun immediately ordered to give way. He then got off the carriage and sent someone to show his identity, and wanted to meet Qin Liangyu.

I heard that the eunuch Cao Huachun was waiting to see her on the roadside. Qin Liangyu was also very surprised. He quickly got out and went up to greet him. The eunuch was not a normal person, but because it was abnormal, he was more paranoid. Qin Liangyu was also afraid of offending the eunuch, so her husband was killed by the eunuch back then.

Seeing Cao Huachun's entourage standing on the side of the road and making way for the army, Qin Liangyu's senses improved a lot.

"General Qin is fighting for the country and sharing his worries for the king. Our family is polite here." Cao Huachun actually took the initiative to bow to Qin Liangyu, which made Qin Liangyu flattered. He quickly turned sideways and received a half-treat before he went forward to the court and said, "Eunuch Cao killed Qin Liangyu, and the Ma family has received the emperor's kindness. It is the duty to die for the king and father, and he dare not take credit."

"If General Qin cannot be the one, who can do it? Jiannu invaded the south, so many civil and military officials were afraid of the enemy like tigers, so only the general stood up and took the initiative to fight. So many officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all like General Qin, so why are they afraid of Jiannu?" Cao Huachun had studied in the Dawen, which was also a feature of the Ming Dynasty, allowing eunuchs to study and assist the emperor in managing the government affairs. The inner court had the power to criticize the reds, so don't look at the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty first, because they were very powerful.

"My father-in-law is a joke, my father-in-law is here to meet each other, I don't know what?" Qin Liangyu quickly changed the topic and returned to the main topic.

Cao Huachun smiled and said, "After orders, go to Chen Xie's army to Dengzhou Troupe Training Camp and ask him a few questions."

Ah... Qin Liangyu was a little stupid. Cao Huachun left Beijing to ask Chen Xie a few questions for the emperor. There was no way to report this to Chen Xie. He had to answer the questions. Chen Xie went to Xianghe. The troops consumed a lot and had to replenish supplies from Tianjin.

After the army passed, Cao Huachun didn't say anything nonsense and continued to go on the road. Qin Liangyu quickly sent Qin Yiming to lead 100 cavalry to accompany him. It was not peaceful along the way, so I dare not rest assured to bring such a few people. Cao Huachun was not polite and accepted her kindness.

The followers were all cavalrymen, light and fast horses, and they were not far from Beijing to Xianghe, which was just one day. It was dark under the city and the city gate was closed, so they had their own subordinates holding documents and calling the door. Song Yi was very cautious and hung them up with bamboo baskets. Only after reading the documents did he dare to open the city gate.

When Cao Huachun met, he asked, "Where is Chen Xie?" Song Yi said, "Ambassador Chen refused to enter the city to disturb the people. He set up camp on Sanlipo, east of the city, and he also rested in the camp." After hearing this, Cao Huachun praised, "The army does not enter the city to disturb the people, Chen Xie has the style of a famous general."

Because of the will, Song Yi had to serve him well. Fortunately, Cao Huachun didn't pay much attention to these things. He lived in a large family and rested for a night. The next morning, he brought his entourage and Bai Gan soldiers out of the city gate and rushed to Sanli slope east of the city.

Just less than a mile away, a team of soldiers rushed out of the grass beside the official road. The leader raised his hand and signaled: "Stop the person coming!"

Seeing this, Qin Yiming quickly went up to greet him, saying that the emperor sent a large eunuch to see Chen Xie. After hearing this, the officer who led the troops quickly sent someone to report the letter and replied: "There is a military camp in front of him, and he has military orders, so he dare not let it go."

Cao Huachun received the reward but smiled slightly without any expression. Soon Chen Xie came with a group of officers, and they were not riding horses, all running forward. Chen Xie shouted "one, two, one" in front of him. The boasting footsteps sounded refreshing.

"Standing at attention!" Chen Xie's voice was full of energy, and his bang was as neat as a person's movements, and his eyes lit up.

"Chen Xie has met Eunuch Cao!" Facing Cao Huachun, Chen Xie was still hesitant about how to deal with it. How to treat it is a problem, and he has no habit of kneeling down. In the end, he chose the military salute with one hand and one chest.

Cao Huachun is a man of controversy in history. For a long time, it was said that he was the one who opened the city gate to welcome Li Zicheng into the city. Later, some historians found evidence that Cao Huachun was not in the capital at that time, which was considered to be "rehabilitation". Judging from Cao Huachun's experience, after the Manchus entered Beijing in history, a literati surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and wrote a letter saying that Cao Huachun opened the city and sold the country, which also led to the later historians Meng Sen, Li Wenzhi and others agreeing with this matter.

In theory, Cao Huachun was the person in charge of rehabilitating those civil servants who were persecuted by Wei Zhongxian. Why did the literati slander him so much? After reading the historical materials, Chen Xie’s personal opinion on this is that it is very likely that during the rehabilitation process, some literati’s requirements were not met, so he was resentful and waited for the dynasty to change and slander him. Anyway, he was a eunuch, so how could he have good things?

In Chinese history, few eunuchs have good reputations, and those who write historical books are all literati. The pen is in their hands, and they can write whatever they want. It is no wonder that the history of the late Ming Dynasty was in chaos. Even Sima Qian said good things to his friends when writing about Li Ling? It can be seen that as long as he is a human being, he will have selfish thoughts.

Putting aside history, Cao Huachun, who stood three steps in front of Chen Xie, looked normal except for his beardless. As for his appearance, just like Zhu Shimao said, "Wearing this clothes is also an underground worker." In short, in terms of appearance, he is definitely a positive image.

It seemed that Cao Huachun didn't care about Chen Xie's etiquette, but instead smiled and went forward and said, "Our family is just a servant around Master Wansui. When I come here, Master Wansui has an explanation. Don't stick to common sense. Just ask a few questions and leave."

Since Cao Huachun mentioned the Emperor Long Live, Chen Xie had to act obediently to kneel down and said, "Cartoon Chen Xie, thank the emperor for his kindness. Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!" Before Chen Xie could kneel down, Cao Huachun had already stepped forward to support him. He didn't expect Chen Xie to be so strong that he could not stop him. In addition to being surprised, he had to watch Chen Xie kneel firmly in the direction of the capital.

After the ceremony, Cao Huachun reached out and helped Chen Xie up. Chen Xie took the opportunity to invite him into the camp to see. Cao Huachun walked in slowly and walked outside the camp. However, he saw two rows of soldiers standing solemnly beside the road. When he walked in, an officer said, "Salute!"

Brush! The neat movements were like a man, with a bayonet standing beside the rifle, with one hand standing in front of his chest. Walking along the road made of the guards, seeing the guards standing like pine, with a solemn face, Cao Huachun was secretly satisfied, and couldn't help but think in curiosity: Although Chen Xie's troops were trained in the regiment, they all looked rosy, which was very different from those of the yellowish-faced officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp. It can be seen that they usually eat very well, so they have such a look.

Continue to move forward, soldiers standing on both sides, Cao Huachun enjoys the feeling of being noticed wherever he goes, just like drinking 70% or 80% of wine, walking on the road like clouds and fog.

After entering the camp, I saw a big table and a camp bed inside, and couldn't help but sigh, "Sihua, you'll sleep here at night?" Chen Xie said to himself, "What do you care about this?" But he said, "Go back to my father-in-law, marching and fighting, there is not so much attention."

An officer brought a folding chair, and Chen Xie asked Cao Huachun to sit down and talk. After sitting down, Cao Huachun smiled and said, "Chen Xie, Master Long Sui asked me to ask you." Chen Xie quickly stood up and wanted to kneel down. Cao Huachun raised his hand and said, "No need to be so polite. Even if you enter the Great Inner in the future and meet Master Long Sui, you don't have to be so polite. I heard that you are a descendant of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers talked in person, and there was no saying that we would just ask questions on behalf of Master Long Sui, sit down and talk." (To be continued)
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