The room goes through the late Ming Dynasty, and the back door leads to North America at the beginni

Li Qingshan was waiting to chat with Song Xiance for a while, so as to find out more about the situation in the Gui tribe, when he saw a follower approaching him. He leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Chief, the military advisor has come to see you for something urgent."

Did something urgent happen not long after the meeting ended?

Li Qingshan was confused, so he hugged Song Xiance and said, "I will consider the alliance carefully. Mr. Song will rest here first and let's talk about it when I have time."

Although Song Xiance was curious about what happened, he couldn't ask more questions and could only nod "Okay".

Li Qingshan hurried back to the Juyi Hall and saw Ai Shuangshuang and others being found again.

Before Li Qingshan asked, Wang Linchen said excitedly: "Our people intercepted an official ship on the canal. Does the leader know who is on that official ship?"

"How could I have guessed this? Military advisor, please don't lie."

"This person's name is Zhou Yanru!"

Zhou Yanru?

Li Qingshan and Ai Shuangshuang looked at each other, still looking confused.

Ai Shuangshuang said: "I heard that the leader of the White Lotus Sect who launched a rebellion twenty years ago was named Xu Hongru. Could it be that Zhou Yanru is also from the White Lotus Sect?"

"What!" Wang Linchen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Zhou Yanru is a truly famous Confucian - he was the first scholar and the number one scholar in the 41st year of Wanli reign. In the second year of Chongzhen, he became the elder of the court. To the chief minister!

Eight years ago, he was dismissed from office due to party disputes and returned to his hometown. This time he took an official ship to Beijing, which was probably reactivated by the imperial court.

I sent someone to ask Zhou Yanru's servant, and then I learned that the emperor intended to make Zhou Yanru the chief minister again! "

Li Qingshan and others stared blankly after hearing this.

Because these matters of the court and officialdom were too far away from them before, listening to it now felt like listening to a book, and they didn't understand why.

Li Qingshan asked directly: "What exactly do the military advisors think?"

Wang Linchen slapped his left palm with the back of his right hand and said: "Isn't there an opportunity right in front of us to seek the imperial court's recruitment? The chief minister can at least take care of half of the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. As long as we can get Zhou Yanru to agree to recruit us, this will definitely happen. !”

After hearing this, Ai Shuangshuang stood up excitedly, "I'm going! No matter what, we must let some scholar in that week agree to recruit us!"

Li Qingshan pulled Ai Shuangshuang back, "Don't be reckless, listen to what the military advisor has to say!"

Under the gaze of several people, Wang Linchen took out his feather fan, shook it and said: "This matter is actually very simple - I have inquired about it, that Zhou Yanru is greedy for money. We only need to give him some treasures, express our feelings to him, and then send him Just send the gift to the north."

Li Qingshan grew up and the highest official he had ever seen was the magistrate of Dongping. Now he actually intercepted the "prime minister" of the current dynasty. He was extremely excited and felt that it was a great opportunity to be recruited by the imperial court.

So he clasped his fists to Wang Linchen and said, "This matter will be handled by the military advisor!"

"Don't worry, leader, Wang will live up to his trust!"

Wang Linchen received the errand and went to the public treasury of his group to select gifts.

He felt that Zhou Yanru was not only a famous Confucian, but also a member of the Donglin Party and the chief minister of the dynasty. He must not like gold and silver and other common things, so he wanted to select some elegant things from the treasure house.

But he was just a poor scholar before, with limited knowledge. He had been choosing from the treasure house for a long time, but he couldn't tell which ones were both elegant and valuable.

He simply asked people to pack up all the calligraphy and paintings, as well as inkstones, brush washers, pen holders and other items, and collected a full six boxes of "treasures", and then took him to see Zhou Yanru with heartache...

In front of the Anmin Gate of the Grand Canal.

On an official ship, Zhou Yanru carefully lifted the curtain, looked outside, then immediately lowered it and patted his chest.

He is afraid.

He would soon be the chief assistant again, and he didn't want to die on the way to take office.

It was unlucky to say the least. After receiving the imperial edict, he took an official ship and headed north. Along the way, he was busy accepting favors from local officials. He had constant banquets, singing and dancing, and unknowingly sailed into the land of the rebels. Li Qingshan's control area.

It's not that he didn't know about Yanzhou Li Qingshan's flag-raising rebellion, but he didn't expect that Li Qingshan's tribe even controlled the Anmin Gate - he originally planned to go ashore after passing two gates, and then go around to Dongpingzhou City.

Thinking that his life was at stake in the hands of the rebels, Zhou Yanru couldn't help but slap his thigh in anger.

"These Shandong civil and military officials are so incompetent! The thieves have been around for two months and they can't be exterminated, but they still let the thieves run rampant!"

As soon as he finished cursing, he hurried into the cabin and said in a panic: "Master, there are many thieves here again, I'm afraid they are going to attack us!"

"Ah, what should I do?"

Zhou Yanru was completely panicked.

He was a native of Yixing, South Zhili, and came from a family of officials. He was known as a "child prodigy" since he was a child. When he was a boy and a young man, he socialized with the Donglin Party members and became a famous official in the south of the Yangtze River.

At the age of twenty-three, he won the imperial examination, and at the age of twenty-four, he won the first prize and became the number one scholar. From then on, he rose to great heights!

At the age of forty-two, he became the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty!

If you don't count the failure in the fight with Wen Tiren's party a few years ago, his life has been extremely smooth and he has become rich and powerful.

With such a background and such experience, it is natural that he cannot withstand things.

But he was smart after all, and he gained wisdom in his haste. He pointed at his followers and said: "Take off your clothes quickly!"

I was stunned when I heard this!

He heard that Zhou Yanru had sex when he was young, and that he and his friend Feng Quan, who was a Jinshi scholar in the same year, "shared the same bed and quilt, and had sex every day." But I didn't expect that now that I'm over fifty, I'd be okay with this.

The problem is that he has an ordinary appearance and has never experienced this before. He couldn't help but shyly said: "Master, my appearance is mediocre, and I haven't taken a shower in a few days. I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Zhou Yanru was stunned for a moment, then became furious and kicked his attendant down: "What a dog wants to do! I want to change clothes with you!"

I was aggrieved and said, "I didn't tell you earlier."

"Stop grinding, hurry up!"

With that said, Zhou Yanru took off his clothes first.

He got up and took off his clothes.

The weather was still hot right now, so the two of them didn't have many clothes, and soon they were left with only a pair of big pants. When Zhou Yanru was about to put on his attendant's clothes, another attendant came running in.

When he saw the scene in the cabin, his eyes widened immediately, he turned around quickly and shouted: "Master, I didn't see anything!"

Zhou Yanru was too lazy to explain, put on his personal clothes in disgust, and then asked: "But the thieves have boarded the boat?"

The personal attendant said: "This is the traitor's military advisor. He also brought several boxes of gifts. He said he wanted to pay homage to you, sir."

"Meet me?" Zhou Yanru was stunned.

Then he thought of imitating Cao Cao and asking his followers to pretend to be him to meet with the rebel strategists.

However, the person who changed clothes with him was only in his twenties, which was far different in age from him. As long as the other person was not stupid, he would definitely know his identity.

So he had to change his clothes again with his entourage, and then someone invited Wang Linchen to board the boat.

Although Wang Linchen had become a military advisor with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was compared to a sleeping dragon and a phoenix, it was obvious that Zhou Yanru was still a little inferior. He bowed humbly and said: "Student Wang Linchen pays homage to the chief minister."

This kind of official-like meeting scene is what Zhou Yanru is good at. Although he was extremely scared, he still managed to hold it in. He gave a faint hum and asked, "Are you famous as a scholar?"

"The student passed the college examination at the age of twenty-three, but unfortunately he failed repeatedly after that."