Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 37 In the Name of the Prince

The deeper the bondage, the more they can't do without themselves. At that time, even if they want to be loyal ministers and martyrs, they can't help themselves.

Fang Yizhi was the fourth son of the late Ming Dynasty. He was a scholar together with Hou Fangyu and was also a member of Fushe. However, he was much better than Hou Fangyu. He had already been selected as a Jinshi and had become an official like a reviewer. However, he was also a member of Fushe. Because of this, he was addicted to officialdom and couldn't extricate himself.

But it was precisely because of this official that Zhu Cihong noticed him, otherwise Fang Yizhi would at most be a guest of the prince's residence, just like most Fushe literati.

After Hou Fangyu and Wu Ciwei heard the news, they didn't go back immediately, but waited in Zhu Cihong's Prince's Mansion for a while.

Because Zhu Cilang summoned the craftsmen to make waist cards for them to show their identities.

That night, Hou Fangyu and Wu Ciwei gathered together the literati of Fushe again, gave them the badges created by Zhu Cihong's orders, and announced the good news that Zhu Cihong would pay them monthly salary.

All the people present were very happy, because it meant that they had climbed a high branch, and with Zhu Cihong's help in the future, their official careers would definitely skyrocket, and everyone would have a bright future.

But only one person was unhappy, not only unhappy, but also approached Hou Fangyu and said, "When did you go to the Prince's Mansion?"

This person is Fang Yizhi. He didn't come to the banquet yesterday, so he didn't know that Hou Fangyu and the others were going to serve the prince.

Seeing that Fang Yizhi came to ask, Hou Fangyu quickly explained to him, "Oh, Brother Fang, that's how it is."

But before Hou Fangyu explained the matter clearly, Fang Yizhi returned his waist card to Hou Fangyu's hand and said, "No matter what, I don't need this anyway, so please send it back to Brother Hou." .”

"How can this work? If you say it, it's just the water that was spilled, and you can't take it back. What's more, the waist badges are all ready, and we Fushe literati have them. How can you not?" Hou Fangyu was puzzled. Why doesn't Fang Yizhi accept such a good thing?

He didn't know that Fang Yizhi had his own reasons. Fang Yizhi felt that taking refuge in Zhu Cihong was a matter of greater risk than benefit, because he was a member of the officialdom and knew more about the political situation than Hou Fangyu and the others.

In the end, who can ascend to the throne of God actually depends not on which side has more literati, but on which side has a strong mouth, it still depends on whether there is support from the army.

As long as there is an army, even if your mouth can say the dead are alive, and the living are dead, and you put a sword on your neck, no matter how powerful you are, you will not dare to speak.

And it just so happened that Zhu Cihong seemed to have nothing in his hands except for the guards around him and Shi Kefa, the supervisor of Yangzhou.

"I don't care about it. In short, I don't want to participate in political affairs. I just want to serve as an official and benefit one party." Fang Yizhi has already made up his mind, and no matter what Hou Fangyu and the others say, they can't change his mind.

"Let me also advise you that there are no shortcuts in the world. If you rely on external forces, you will definitely be backlashed by external forces. You can do it yourself." Say more, turn around and leave.

Hou Fangyu was annoyed by his actions, and said angrily, "This damn guy, doesn't he know that this is a critical moment for the life and death of Ming Dynasty, we should stand up and help the prince to be orthodox."

Hou Fangyu looked down on Fang Yizhi's actions, and thought that he was a scholar with justice in his heart just like himself.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the officialdom, Fang Yizhi only knew how to protect himself, and became like an official. Hou Fangyu felt that he was really blind before, and he actually made friends with such a person. He secretly vowed in his heart that he would never Don't associate with Fang Yizhi either.

Wu Ciwei saw Hou Fangyu's angry look and quickly came over to comfort him and said, "Brother Hou, don't be angry with such a villain. He will be his official, but we will be loyal ministers who help the world."

"That's the truth, but Kuang Fu Tianxia is not just playing lip service. Although the prince has talents, great virtues, and the ability to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, he just suffers from lack of reputation."

"Except for those of us who self-recommended, I see that there are almost no talented people around the prince. I have an idea. I don't know if you agree or not." Hou Fangyu had a plan in his mind.

"Brother Hou, please tell me." Wu Ciwei said.

"I want to mobilize the scholars in the city to write more articles praising the prince's virtues, and then spread them among the various offices, and maybe talk about them in the streets. In this way, the name of the prince will be known all over the city and even the whole world, and then the world will have talented people. , The people must win Liang Jingcong, help the prince, and overthrow the incompetent King Fu and step down from the position of supervisor."

Hou Fangyu's long speeches are actually nothing more than to spread the reputation for Zhu Cihong, so that he can get a better reputation than King Fu, so as to get more support.

"Okay, that's a really good idea." Although Wu Ciwei said so on the lips, he actually thought more than Hou Fangyu in his heart.

Once the literati of Fushe did this, they would make a clear statement that they would stand on the side of the prince, which is completely different from the small fights that condemned Ruan Dacheng and his like before.

But this is nothing, there are always times in life when you need to make a choice, the key is that doing so will definitely get a lot of support from Zhu Cihong, because they are building momentum for Zhu Cihong and spreading his reputation.

At that time, no matter whether Zhu Cihong is willing or not, he can only support them with real money, so that he will have a chance to make a profit. Wu Ciwei usually likes to gamble, and he likes leisure and hard work, so he has long wanted to find a way to make money .

Not to mention that Zhu Cihong will definitely give them power, maybe in the future he will be able to enter and leave the cabinet just by virtue of his fame as a scholar, Wu Ciwei secretly delighted.

Hou Fangyu and Wu Ciwei decided to start the project after discussing it. They wrote several more articles to denounce Ruan Dacheng. They also named and scolded the officials who had been eunuchs during the Tianqi period and were now clinging to King Fu in order to be able to serve as officials again. After a meal.

Not only that, but the articles they wrote and printed were posted on the streets and alleys. Although the common people were basically uneducated and could not understand the articles at that time, most people could still distinguish the names of people, as well as good, bad, good, and so on. Words like evil.

And they also used Liu Jingting's relationship to make many storytellers in Jinling City say that they wrote storytelling with strong political meaning.

Originally, no one dared to do this kind of thing, and they didn't dare to say it to the storyteller, but because Zhu Cixiang was backing them, they all became bolder.

The most important thing is to have Liu Jingting as the vanguard. After talking for a few days, seeing that no one from the government came to arrest him, they boldly spoke up one by one.

(End of this chapter)