It was still very cold in February in the capital, especially at night, which was basically below zero, but Bi Maokang felt his blood boiling. After nearly half a month of discussion, the plan for the Xinjun factory was finally completed. The emperor was very happy and invited all his confidants to have a big meal. All kinds of delicacies were served. Even if he had become the Minister of State, he had never eaten a few of them. There were also tribute wine. The mellow taste was not comparable to the water and wine outside.

Although the wine is good, Bi Maokang dares not drink too much. If he loses his composure in front of the emperor, then he, the Secretary of State, will be afraid.

He returned to the mansion with a slightly drunken feeling. He was about to have a drink while he was excited, but the housekeeper came to report that the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, Mr. Qian Qian, had been waiting in the living room for a long time.

Qian Qianyi was not familiar with him before, but everyone was from Donglin Party and had met him occasionally. However, since he became the Minister of Works, Qian Qianyi suddenly became enthusiastic. He would visit the mansion from time to time and talk about poetry, calligraphy and painting with him. After a while, he became familiar with him.

Unexpectedly, Qian Qianyi came here again today, but the emperor was just a banquet. He came back for more than an hour late, which made people wait for a long time.

As the saying goes, you must have fun in your life. Don’t let the golden cup face the moon empty. Bi Maokang just feels that he is not satisfied with drinking enough. Qian Qianyi comes just right, so he can work with him to get drunk.

He immediately asked the housekeeper to prepare the banquet, but he shook his head and walked towards the living room.

When the two met, they were polite, and after the politeness, the food and drink were also put on. Bi Maokang was in high spirits and raised his glasses frequently, as if he was drunk.

Qian Qianyi was so arrogant on the surface that he was not afraid, but secretly cheated. He seemed to be even more powerful than Bi Maokang, but not much of it actually drank into his mouth. Most of the time he was sprinkled on his clothes. Anyway, he couldn't get drunk, so it was nothing to sprinkle more.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Qian Qianyi saw that Bi Maokang had almost finished drinking, so he pretended to ask inadvertently: "Mr. Bi, I heard that your Ministry of Works has moved to Wanggong Factory and has also surrounded Wanggong Factory with walls. What are you trying to do?"

This is just asking Bi Maokang's itchy spot, what else can he do? Just build a military factory.

If this military factory is built, coupled with the ability of the emperor and the gods to descend to earth, they will definitely be able to make guns and cannons that are far superior to those of bows and arrows. With these guns and cannons, the Ming Dynasty will definitely sweep the world. These are all political achievements made when he was the Minister of Works. By then, entering the cabinet is no longer a big deal, and he will definitely be famous in history. Isn’t scholars fighting to the death just for fame and fortune? He doesn’t value the word “profit” very much, but he has a special liking for this name and is famous in history. That is the highest honor of scholars.

Thinking of his compliment, he couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, it's not what we want to do, but the emperor wants to develop a new firearm. This Wang Gong Factory is the place where new firearms are developed."

Qian Qianyi heard this and continued to ask, "I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to develop a new firearm?"

Bi Maokang did not doubt that he had him and continued to say proudly: "Of course, it would cost 10,000 taels to build the wall alone. To build the new factory, it would cost at least one million taels."

Qian Qianyi pretended to be envious and said, "One million taels! The emperor is really willing to do so. Such a huge project is probably bigger than the palace when it is built."

Bi Maokang became even more proud when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Of course, this new factory is three or four miles in a radius, and it is half a royal city."

Qian Qianyi's eyes rolled and continued to say in an envious tone: "Such a big project will surely be recorded in history! Unfortunately, I have no chance to participate, otherwise I will be able to leave my name in history. Lord Bi, you are the Minister of Works, and this time you will be famous in history. Congratulations, congratulations."

Bi Maokang's eyes were so slapped by this flattery that he narrowed his eyes. On the surface, he said modestly: "I dare not take it, I dare not take it." But his heart was already full of joy.

Qian Qianyi suddenly asked again: "By the way, we Lord Xu are probably doing a lot of efforts this time, right?"

Bi Maokang was already confused and blurted out: "That's natural. Lord Xu is proficient in Western learning, and there are many factories he designed."

Qian Qianyi smiled secretly when he heard this, raised his glass and persuaded him: "Come on, drink, don't go back tonight without getting drunk."

Bi Maokang naturally came without fear. Qian Qianyi stopped asking questions and just persuaded him to drink. The two of them drank for nearly an hour. It was not until Bi Maokang had a little shaking that Qian Qianyi said goodbye.

Bi Maokang didn't know that he accidentally sold Xu Guangqi.

Qian Qianyi is not a good thing. Since Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and other leaders of the Donglin Party were killed, he has always regarded himself as the "Donglin leader". He usually likes to organize a group of Donglin Party idle people to talk big and criticize current ills. After the eunuch party stepped down, he has even gone around to win over the Donglin Party members and demonstrate his existence. He always wants to rely on the identity of "Donglin leader" to join the cabinet and become prime minister, gaining both fame and fortune.

However, he was really an embroidered pillow. He asked him to recite poems and write them right. He was talking nonstop, and he wanted him to govern the country and maintain peace. I'm sorry, you found the wrong person and he had no idea about the government affairs. Seeing that there were still some people in the Donglin Party, Sun Chengzong gave him the Left Minister of Rites. If he wanted to enter the cabinet, I'm sorry, you really didn't have this material.

Qian Qianyi repeatedly asked someone to say that he had no results, so he had to take the opportunity himself to find an opportunity. What opportunity? Naturally, it was the opportunity to pull Xu Guangqi off the horse!

The Ministry of Rites is the head of the six ministries. According to the rules, the Minister of Rites was determined to enter the cabinet. Now he is the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. As long as Xu Guangqi is brought down, he can take over the position of the Minister of Rites. At that time, he will naturally enter the cabinet to serve as the minister of the minister.

Bi Maokang was his focus because he knew that Bi Maokang and Xu Guangqi were both enthusiasts of Western learning and often came together to discuss some strange and lustful skills. This strange and lustful skills are a good breakthrough point. Scholars learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius, and most people are very disgusted with this strange and lustful skills. As long as he can catch a little handle, push Xu Guangqi to the opposite of most scholars, and then organize the censors of the Donglin Party to impeach them vigorously, Xu Guangqi had to step down.

He is not good at governing the country and ensuring peace, but he is a good player in fighting for power and altruism. He is not like Sun Chengzong and others, who is stupid and loyal minister. He is just a real villain.

It seems that the Donglin Party members recorded in historical books are moral models and examples of integrity. Suddenly, a genuine villain like Qian Qianyi appears, which seems a bit inconsistent with historical facts. In fact, the Donglin Party is not a real party, but a clique. Their main purpose is not to serve the country and the people, but to protect the interests of the Jiangnan scholar-official group.

To put it bluntly, they are bureaucratic political groups. They did everything for the benefit of the group. This seems to be a bit distorting the flavor of history. In fact, this is the truth of history. All the records about the Donglin Party in historical books have been distorted by the Donglin Party members.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, most of the Donglin Party members surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Qian Qianyi was a typical representative. After he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court appointed him as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites to take charge of the secretariat. The first thing he did was to ask for the vice president of the compilation of "History of Ming Dynasty". The president was from the Qing Dynasty, and he just had a title and supervised it. The main editorial work was chaired by Qian Qianyi. It is conceivable that the "History of Ming Dynasty" was compiled by such a person.

Therefore, the Donglin Party recorded only two types of people in the "History of Ming Dynasty", either a great hero for the country and the people, or a passerby who was unknown, with only names and no deeds. Why are there only names and no deeds? Because most of them were loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty in the first half of their lives, and then became loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty in the second half of their lives. Isn't such deeds recorded in the "History of Ming Dynasty"? Isn't it embarrassing to see!
Chapter completed!