At noon, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen came to Zhuji together.
As soon as they heard the news that Zhu Ping'an impeached Gao Botai in the morning, they wanted to find Zhu Ping'an, but today was the first day after the holiday, and there were many things to do in the government office, so they didn't find a chance to leave until almost noon. The two went to Prince Yu's Mansion first, and after hearing the news that Zhu Ping'an took two days of compensatory leave at Prince Yu's Mansion, they went to Zhu's House first. If Zhu Ping'an was not at Zhu's House, they would go to Linhuai Marquis' Mansion.
"Business is good, Zihou." Zhang Siwei joked with a smile after meeting Zhu Pingan in the backyard of Zhu's.
As soon as they entered Zhu Ji, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen were shocked by how popular Zhu Ji's business was. They had heard before that Zhu Ji's business was good, but they never expected it to be so popular and even crowded.
"Let's put business aside for now. Zihou, why did you impeach Gao Botai? Don't you know that Gao Botai is the nephew of Yan Shifan's concubine?" Wang Shizhen was anxious and interrupted Zhang Siwei, looking at Zhu Pingan with a worried look on his face and asked.
"Haha, Wensheng, you are still criticizing me. I heard that you scolded Yan Shifan in front of him at the dinner table some time ago." Zhu Ping'an laughed and patted Wang Shizhen on the shoulder.
Zhu Ping'an said the truth. It happened a week ago. On that day, Yan Shifan invited Li Panlong, Xie Zhen, Wang Shizhen, Yin Shidan and other famous poets to a banquet. Although Li Panlong, Wang Shizhen and others sneered at Yan Shifan, they were afraid of Yan Shifan because of the power of Yan Song and his son, so they did not dare to break the appointment. The banquet was fine at the beginning, but after drinking, Yan Shifan relapsed into his old behavior. He forced people to drink again and mocked an old man at the table for his small drinking capacity. Wang Shizhen couldn't stand it, so he wrote a poem to satirize Yan Shifan.
The poem says:
Going hand in hand to Heliang, seeing uncle is like seeing mother.
They both cried.
Three lines!
This poem is obviously a satire on Yan Shifan. How can two people shed tears together and shed only three lines? ! Isn't it because one of them has only one eye that two people can shed tears together and shed only three lines
Yan Shifan is a one-eyed man.
It is said that after Wang Shizhen finished writing this poem, Yan Shifan's face turned green on the spot. If Yan Shifan had not intended to use the talents of Wang Shizhen and others to win over officials from all over the world, it is estimated that Yan Shifan would not have just laughed it off.
"Ahem, to be honest, I was drunk at the time. Thinking back on it, I broke out in cold sweats down my back."
Wang Shizhen looked up and met Zhu Ping'an's gaze, then smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"You were drunk, and I had my reasons. You don't know that in broad daylight, I was practicing calligraphy in front of the canal, and Gao Botai tied me up and took me to the Shuntian prison. If I hadn't been wearing this official uniform, I would have become a thief in the Shuntian prison. As the commander of the West City Army, he was an official like this? Do you think he should be impeached? If he is not impeached, I don't know how many people will follow my mistakes. They don't have an official uniform like me... In addition, Gao Botai occupied the military farms, and hundreds of military households and civilians lost their land and became homeless... Shouldn't Gao Botai be impeached?"
Zhu Ping'an looked at Wang Shizhen, then at Zhang Siwei, explained the matter roughly, then shrugged his shoulders and asked the two of them.
"That being said, Zihou, after all, you just impeached Zhao Daying, who was promoted by Yan Song, some time ago. The Taicang Inspection Commission also ordered Yan Shifan to pay a fine of 12,000 taels of silver. Now you have impeached the nephew of Yan Shifan's concubine... You are easy to be targeted by Yan Shifan. Wensheng wrote a poem to satirize Yan Shifan, so it is not appropriate to offend Yan Shifan again, but I have never had any disputes with Yan Shifan. Zihou, you should have told me at the time, wouldn't it be much safer for me to impeach Gao Botai than for you to impeach him."
Zhang Siwei nodded first, then shook his head, thinking that Zhu Ping'an should have told him at the time that he was the one to impeach.
"I can impeach you much better than you." Wang Shizhen expressed the same sentiment.
After hearing what Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen said, Zhu Ping'an was very moved, but he put on a playful smile and said jokingly: "Haha, you wish for it. Don't even think about this good opportunity to leave your name in history."
"Get lost... Zihou, I'm telling you something serious." Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen punched Zhu Ping'an, scolding him with laughter.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Zhu Ping'an said seriously.
"Well, Zihou, it's good that you know. As for Yan Song and his son, if you are sure you can kill them with one blow, you should never do it. Otherwise, you will suffer from them instead of killing them." Zhang Siwei nodded and gave a serious warning.
"Now the emperor favors Yan Song, and the Yan Party is at its peak. We cannot compete with them. Zihou, you must understand this." Wang Shizhen said to Zhu Ping'an with a serious face.
"Yeah, I know. You too, especially you, Wensheng. Don't act rashly in the future. I have always been respectful to Yan Song and his son. I just beat the dog. You didn't beat the dog's owner..."
Zhu Ping'an nodded and gave Wang Shizhen some specific instructions.
Historically, Wang Shizhen and Yan Shifan had a deep feud, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they were irreconcilable enemies.
Of course, there are many points of grievance between them, and Zhu Ping'an is prepared to remind Wang Shizhen one by one when the time comes, especially when Wang Shizhen's father Wang Rong is the governor of Ji and Liao, he must remind Wang Shizhen and tell his father to strengthen the defense of the Panjiakou Great Wall.
Historically, Wang Rong was taken to the capital to be questioned because Altan Khan invaded the Great Wall of Panjiakou, marched straight into the city, captured four Beijing satellite cities, including Zunhua, Qian'an, Jizhou, and Yutian, and killed, burned, and looted along the way. Under the activities of Wang Shizhen and others, the officials sentenced Wang Rong to exile. However, Yan Shifan took the opportunity to attack and took advantage of the fact that Emperor Jiajing failed to make the elixir and was angry and indignant to offer slander to Emperor Jiajing: "The barbarians invaded the border, and Wang Rong had the responsibility to defend the land and had a large number of troops, but he let the barbarians march straight into the Great Wall of Panjiakou in his defense area, and captured the four barriers of Zunhua, Qian'an, Jizhou, and Yutian, and let the barbarians burn, kill, and loot... If it weren't for the efforts of the army and the people, the barbarians would have invaded the capital again. In this case, was it really Wang Rong who failed to mobilize the troops? It was obvious that he was collaborating with the enemy and treasoning the country, and he failed the trust of the emperor. The officials had a history with Wang Rong, and only sentenced Wang Rong to exile. If the emperor approved it, would the people of the world be satisfied? Would the spirits of the poor people in Zunhua, Qian'an, Jizhou, and Yutian who were burned, killed, and looted by the barbarians be satisfied? Your Majesty, if you don't kill Wang Rong, the people of the world will not be satisfied. I ask your majesty to think twice. "Emperor Jiajing was already in a bad mood, and under the slander of Yan Shifan, he directly commuted Wang Rong's sentence to death.
Of course, these can only be reminded when the time comes, and they cannot be explained by foresight. Now we can only remind Wang Shizhen to avoid making enemies with Yan Shifan.