Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 251
In the water-painted garden in Rugao, Maoxiang was depressed and unhappy. He often asked his new concubine to pour wine and drink with his friends.

"...I thought that the restoration of the Ming Dynasty and the reappearance of the imperial court would not make my talents unrecognized and be able to display some ambitions, but I didn't expect that the Crown Prince Jian Kingdom would be bewitched by a group of foreign Australian barbarians. I can't even get in, alas, people in the south of the Yangtze River are already in chaos. Great writers like Qian Muzhai and Wu Meicun, although their virtues are slightly inferior, they will not be exiled overseas. I just saw you." Mao Xiang was drunk, and started to say some dissatisfied words with his tongue out.

This Jiangnan celebrity who was once known as one of the four sons of Fushe, coupled with his romantic reputation spread far and wide, had contacts with Chen Yuanyuan, Dong Xiaowan, Gu Hengbo and many other famous prostitutes. People joke.

Although Mao Xiang has some talents, he has no talents. When he was young, he liked to talk about state affairs, as if he held a good recipe that could bring about great order in the world. However, he failed in the imperial examinations a few times, and instead lingered in the Red Chamber Chu Guan is a sensual Jiangzuo Haozi.The Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats in his era did not see the world in peril, but feasted on poison and poison, arrogance and extravagance, and Maoxiang was one of them.

After the Qing army entered the customs, Jiangnan was in turmoil. Maoxiang also followed the people who restored society to deal with Ruan Dacheng, who they considered a remnant of the eunuch party. Although the social impact was very great, it actually did not help the restoration of the country.Even when the Qing army invaded the south of the Yangtze River, when rebels resisted the Qing army in his hometown of Rugao, he hid in Zhejiang in fear.

However, Maoxiang later remembered his friends who fought against the Qing Dynasty many times, and adopted the orphans of the righteous fighters who resisted the Qing Dynasty, and never served in the Qing Dynasty for life.

After Prince Jian Guo entered the south of the Yangtze River, Mao Xiang was also very excited, thinking that he would no longer be a subjugated person after all, and even be able to display his "skills".He saw that Wan Sitong, Gu Yanwu and others had all become officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they were gradually gaining positions of authority. Mao Xiang also wanted to become a high-ranking official.Relying on his own fame, he entrusted many people as referrals, but he did not expect that Jiangnan would soon become a trend of cleanliness, and many Jiangnan gentry would be convicted and dealt with for surrendering or oppressing the people.And his recommendation has never worked, he is still a commoner.

It's not bad for An An to continue to be a happy son in Nanming, but since he met a friend, many changes have taken place.

The man he knew was Liu Chao'an, who was said to be from Huizhou and had a small fortune. Because he admired Maoxiang's calligraphy and paintings, he paid huge sums of money to buy his works many times, so he became friends with Maoxiang.Every time Liu Chao'an saw Maoxiang, he would bring a generous gift, and even gave it to Maoxiang's beautiful woman twice, so that Maoxiang could temporarily introduce this person as a confidant.

Whenever the two of them drank and talked about various things, Liu Chao'an would often praise Mao Xiang for not being a creature in the pond, and for having the talent to stabilize the country and stabilize the country. It is a pity that they were buried repeatedly.Sometimes, Liu Chao'an would also express his concern about the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, no one could tell whether the attack on the gentry would fall on him.Moreover, the new study of the New Deal violated the laws of the ancestors, and in many places, the scholars were demolished, especially the scholars.

Maoxiang originally didn't have any opinions about the Nanming court, but with Liu Chao'an, many of his negative emotions were amplified.

While urging Mao Xiang to drink, Liu Chaoan showed Mao Xiang a newspaper: "Yes, in fact, there is a big problem in the court itself! Brother Pijiang, take a look at today's newspaper, the front page The headline said that the prince was talking about the construction of Baoshan Steel Plant, and then look at the tofu-sized article on the third page. Son, what an important event, there is only such a small page to report."

Mao Xiang took the newspaper, looked at it casually, and was very angry: "The country is no longer a country! The crown prince has already usurped the throne. His Majesty is still in his prime, but he lives far away in Australia, a barbaric place. Surrounded by savages who gave up the dynasty 200 years ago. Now that the world is about to be settled, the Tartars are no longer in power, and the prince is still holding the position as a child, and he does not welcome the emperor back. This kind of behavior is really outrageous!"

Liu Chaoan started to fan the flames again, he said: "Brother Pijiang is very right, I am afraid that some treacherous ministers around the prince, especially Li Dingguo and his like, used to be muddy legs, and now they are controlling His Highness, so they can do things like killing and wounding Jiangnan gentry. It's a heinous thing! It's just a pity for the great talents in Wumei Village!"

Wumei Village is Wu Weiye, who is called the Three Great Masters of Jiangzuo together with Qian Qianyi and Gong Dingzi. These three people also have one characteristic in common, that is, they all defected to the Qing Dynasty.However, compared to Qian Gong and Qian Gong, Wu Weiye's circumstances are relatively mild, because he couldn't resist the Man Qing's recruitment and his mother's persuasion, so he had to serve Qing Dynasty.After he resigned, he was repenting and regretting his betrayal.

It is also because Wumei Village was once an official, so during Zheng Chenggong's sweep of the south of the Yangtze River last year, Wumei Village did not escape. In the end, the whole family of Wumei Village was sent on a boat to Cochin Province.

Suddenly, Mao Xiang realized something, and he clapped the case and said: "Yes, His Majesty is still there, but he is confined in Australia. As long as he can bring His Majesty back to Shanghai, no, go to Nanjing! It will definitely make things right. The Crown Prince's right is His Majesty bestowed it on him, so of course he can take it back! His Majesty has come back, and whoever dares to object to what he said is a traitor, and now His Majesty has other sons, so if the Crown Prince disobeys, His Majesty can appoint another Crown Prince!"

Liu Chao'an pretended to be shocked, and exclaimed, "Brother Pijiang, you are committing a crime. I didn't even hear these words!"

Mao Xiang was extremely eager, and grabbed Liu Chao'an's arm: "Brother Liu, I don't believe that His Majesty will be happy living in a faraway place. He definitely wants to come back and become the Great Treasure again, to rule the world!"

Liu Chao'an calmed down a little, and asked, "Brother Pijiang, do you know how risky this matter is? Now the whole court is dominated by the prince's party, even people like Zhang Qiushui have become the prince's lackeys. Brother Jiang wants to do the right thing and save the common people and the sages, but he will have to pay a heavy price."

His words, on the contrary, brought out the greatness of Mao Xiang's behavior, and did not make Mao Xiang retreat at all.

Mao Xiang couldn't hold back anymore, he said: "Brother Liu, let's buy a boat ticket, go to Australia, and rescue His Majesty back!"

Liu Chao'an said: "Don't be busy, Brother Pijiang. I am afraid that there are not a few scholars in Jiangnan who hold the same opinion as Brother Pijiang. If we can call out a group of people, it will be just like how Ruan Dacheng was changed when he jointly signed the "Liudu Anti-Riot Public Exposure" back then. Like a rat crossing the street, as long as everyone goes to Xitian Mansion together and invites the Holy Majesty, great things will surely happen!"

Mao Xiang's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and said, "That's right."

Liu Chao'an turned around, but his face was full of an expression of successful conspiracy.

(End of this chapter)