Fang Congzhe pointed at Zhu Guozhen, then pointed at himself, and smiled and said, "Brother Pinghan, you see that your beards and eyebrows are all white, and you still have some difficulty walking. Look at me, your head is as white as snow, your back is a little bowed, and you can only sleep for more than two hours a day. You wake up earlier than a chicken in the morning, and you are not spiritual during the day, so you can't think about things. An old man over the age of seventy, why do you want so much? I was born during the reign of Emperor Shizong. What a shrewd king that Emperor Shizong was. Where are you now? Mr. Xu, Mr. Gao Ge, Mr. Zhang, are all the predecessors I admired back then. Where are they now? People from the country have come out of talent. We are outdated people, so don't think too much. Thinking too much will hurt your spirit and your body..."

Zhu Guozhen was a little unwilling to accept it. He bit his lip and listened to Fang Congzhe. At the end of the time, he was a little convinced and sighed: "Looking at this point in the country, I am worried, and I am not as open-minded as the old senior."

"It's just a humble memory." Fang Congzhe asked his servant to collect the fishing rod, look at the fresh fish flapping in the bamboo-woven fish basket, and smiled: "I turned around and asked someone to put the fresh fish fillets, make some fresh tofu, winter bamboo shoots, grinds, mushrooms, and stew them in a copper pot..."

Zhu Guozhen said: "Today I'm treating us to this shabu pot? Well, since I left the capital, people in my hometown don't understand this taste, and it's really a long time since I ate it."

Fang Congzhe nodded with a smile and ordered his servants to take the fish back to make the case first.

He knew Zhu Guozhen's intention to come, and a lot of news has indeed spread to Huzhou recently.

First, Lin Danhan was captured, then Zhang Han retreated back to Xinpingbao, and then the news of Nurhaci's murder came. All the events were quite sensational events, but except for those who were once in the game, only those who were in the game knew that it was not easy and the accidents were in it, ordinary people just listened to the excitement.

Especially Huzhou has always been rich, both mulberry silk weaving industry and agriculture, forestry and fishery are quite developed. Culture and education are prosperous, and scholars are willing to pay less attention to economics and study. They are concerned about external affairs, that is, scholars are concerned about the matters that are happening in the north. Ordinary people only regard what happens in the north as storytelling.

Lin Danhan was captured, and the opponent Congzhe had a huge impact.

In fact, the battle of Sarhu was personally led by the Shenzong, but Fang Congzhe also made great efforts. At that time, he was the chief minister who had been the only one for many years and promoted Yang Hao to the throne. As a result, more than 100,000 Ming troops were ruined, and many of them were killed in the battle below the general and the deputy general were killed. This was an unprecedented defeat after the Ming Dynasty's Tumu Incident.

Although Altan Khan had two records of invading the capital during his prime, neither the Ming border army nor the Beijing camp soldiers suffered much loss. Starting from Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty's fig leaf was pulled down by Nurhaci. Wang Huazhen asked Lin Danhan for help, and later was called a joke. In fact, this matter was also acquiesced by the central government. Otherwise, where did Wang Huazhen get a lot of money and food to Lin Danhan?

It was nothing more than the center at that time, and was anxious to seek medical treatment. He thought that the Chahar people could control 400,000 Muqi during the peak, and now they could control at least 100,000 or 200,000 people. If they received help from more than 100,000 Mongolians during the war, their power would be very small.

This matter was later recognized as taking it for granted. Lin Danhan had neither responsibility nor decision, and directly used the Ming Dynasty as a sucker. Wang Huazhen became a laughing stock. But how could Fang Congzhe, who was in charge of the center at that time, feel guilty and regretless?

At that time, Lin Danhan, who seemed to be in a difficult situation and was unruly and rebellious, was also considered a major concern by the center, and this is indeed the case only in recent decades of history.

In the past forty years, more than 100,000 people have repeatedly invaded the border, and more than 100,000 people have recorded more than 100,000 people, except for a few who are Tumote, 90% of them have been committed by the Chahars and their ranks.

Lin Danhan is not targeting the Ming Dynasty now, but because both sides have a common enemy, the Mongols believe that the Jurchens are a greater threat.

Fang Congzhe stepped down from his wilderness and returned home. His most worried thing was of course the Eastern Affairs. In addition, he was the Northern Territory. The enemy of the dynasty for 200 years was not impossible to cause more noise when he took advantage of this opportunity of the weak Ming Dynasty.

It was impossible to imagine that the Huji Shang Group was trained. How could the small forces in Datong that Fang Congzhe had never seen when he was in power, and how could it rise quietly? In addition to destroying the Tumot tribe, surrendering to the Three Khan tribes in the north of the Mo, containing the five Khan tribes in Kalaqin and Neikhal tribes, as well as the Barhu Mongol tribes, and finally eliminated the most powerful Chahar tribes. Even Lin Dankhan did not escape and was directly captured, proclaiming the demise of the entire Mongolian force.

With such news, the other party Congzhe will not have much impact... From being an official in the 11th year of Wanli, after many famous officials such as Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Siweishen Shixing, from being a priest in the Hanlin as the Imperial College, then resigning from his post to returning home, to being the chief minister after Ye Xianggao's resignation, Wanli insisted on summoning him as the chief minister, and then for seven years, he experienced the negligence of Shenzong in his later years, and the embarrassment of half of the officials of the Six Ministry of the Court. These are Fang Congzhe's personal experiences. Then Guangzong suddenly died, Tianqi ascended the throne in chaos, and then the defeat in Liaodong one after another. The other party Congzhe was really powerless and didn't know what to do.

For a politician, others can guess his status and even continue to support him. Only Fang Congzhe himself knows that he neither understands the current situation of the court nor knows the overall situation of the north. He even says that he is completely ignorant before he pays attention. As the top politician, this state is unwilling to seek a return, and even the superficial attention is not willing to let people know.

"This is Huang Taichong." Zhu Guozhen pointed to a handsome young man behind him and said with a smile: "Does Senior Fang know that he is a child of the He family?"

"Son of loyal ministers and righteous men." Fang Congzhe sighed and gave a very high evaluation.

Huang Taichong was praised by his former prime minister and prime minister so much, but he still looked stubborn and had only an aggressive and sharp aura in his eyes. He seemed not satisfied with this evaluation, and it seemed that the other party Congzhe was old and unable to do so.

Huang Zongxi, whose courtesy name is Taichong, was fifteen years old and was the son of the late Donglin boss Huang Zunsu.

At present, the evaluation of Huang Zongxi was just a casual speech, and it was empty and useless comfort. When Donglin was defeated, the one who chased the persecution of the Donglin party was the Qi Party and the Zhejiang Party who had once relied on Fang Congzhe. This is called how Huang Zongxi could completely relieve himself...

"I paid homage to Mr. Fang in my late life." Huang Zongxi bowed to the end, with a comprehensive and arrogant attitude.

"I heard you are planning to join Liu Qidong's disciple?" Fang Congzhe was not concerned about the attitude of a child towards him, and the other party's coldness and arrogance was not without cause.

It was a bit strange. What did Zhu Guozhen bring to the descendants of the Donglin Party? Fang Congzhe had a good relationship with the moderate bosses in the Donglin Party. Ye Xianggao and others still admired him very much, but they were not a party. Huang Zunsu had no friendship with Fang Congzhe during his lifetime.

"The father's revenge has not been avenged yet." Huang Zongxi said: "Mr. Qidong intends to teach, but he still wants to talk about it after two years of late."

"Oh." Fang Congzhe nodded and said, "Let's go back with me."

Zhu Guozhen said: "It's better to get on the carriage, so it's faster."

Fang Congzhe was irresistible. He was not unwilling to ride a carriage, but just used walking to spend his leisure time. Fang Mansion also had a four-wheeled carriage for women in the mansion to visit relatives and when going out. As long as they rode a new carriage, those women would no longer want to ride an old two-wheeled carriage. Fang Congzhe himself had never taken a ride. At this time, he arrived at Zhu Guozhen's carriage and looked at the smooth and reflective body as a mirror, and the door handle made of brass. Fang Congzhe nodded unconsciously and said, "This car is indeed well-made, well, and very luxurious."

"What matters is the function." Zhu Guozhen is one year older than Congzhe, but his body is much stronger than Congzhe, with his waist and back straight and his voice sounds like a bell. He understood Fang Congzhe's meaning, and said bluntly: "My car can take eight people in one trip, and it is not bumpy, and the speed is also fast. Although my southerners mainly take a boat, the water journey is much slower. Now I go out to visit friends and take a car, which saves more than half of the time. The children of the clan went out to study and took a car within 200 miles. It is not hard. Although the car costs 600 taels of silver, it is still worth it."

Fang Congzhe said: "I heard that someone in Hangzhou bought more than a dozen of this car, which is specially designed to carry people and passengers?"

"Huaji has done this in the north for a long time." Zhu Guozhen said: "The prefectures and counties are connected by large trucks for guest use. They use larger cars. Each car can take twenty or thirty people. The fees are not high for each person. It can also prevent tax cards from being extorted along the way... There are many local tax cards, and those who exploit small and medium-sized businessmen and passers-by on the road, we all know these."

Fang Congzhe sat in the car seat and smiled slightly, saying, "From Qingzhou to Jinan, King De and King Lu and local officials all have tax cards. Such a short road and seven blocks are something I experienced when I was young. Fortunately, I went out for a trip as a scholar, which saved me a lot of trouble."

"We also have tax cards in Jiangnan." Zhu Guozhen said: "It's just that there are no relatives, so it's much better."

The wealth in Jiangnan was not only the benefits brought by the land of fish and rice, but also the vigorous business. The development of business also comes from the external environment. First, it is the land of fish and rice. In terms of agricultural income, it is much stronger in nature than in most places in the north. Secondly, there are hundreds of years of traditions. There are many people who study, and many who pass the imperial examinations. Many families have been a family of officials since the Southern Song Dynasty, but they are still emerging in the Ming Dynasty. A generation of successful study, their children have a good education, and one official among dozens of people can maintain the prosperity of the family. As a result, many scholarly families in Jiangnan were formed in this way. Families with officials since their grandfather and descendants have become officials from generation to generation are really ordinary and not a rare thing.

In the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, archways can be seen almost everywhere, and every street and alley may have titles such as Gelaofang and Xiangguo Lane. Because of the prosperity of culture and education, the place is rich, and the business is quite developed, it is because almost all merchants can climb to a large family, or come directly from a large family, and after being protected by the families of officials and gentry, merchants will gain more room for development. Unlike in the north, the Shanxi merchant families like Zhang Siwei are a minority, and they are really covered in blood and tears on the road to development.

Due to the prosperity of culture and education, the officials and gentry students were extremely powerful. These people even dared to kill the tax and mining prisons sent by Emperor Wanli. They were so common that those ordinary officials who came to Jiangnan should not be told that even if they were normal officials, they had to be careful of the troubles of the officials and gentry students. Hundreds of students rushed into the government office at a time. It was so common in Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the imperial court considered that Jiangnan was the core area and Nanjing was there, so he had never enfeoffed relatives in Jiangnan for more than 200 years. This is one of the reasons why Jiangnan has always flourished and maintained its vitality.
Chapter completed!