An unremarkable foreign guest came to Yao's mansion, and the Yao family, which is a family of five heroes, has an endless stream of visitors every day, but no one would care about it. However, although the Yao family is said to be a new noble family in Tai'an City, there are few real dignitaries among the visiting nobles, not to mention Zhang Shoufu, not even the chief officials of the six ministries. He came to find someone to drink with the pot of Jian Nanchun, which shocked the concierge of Yao's mansion. Hey, it was Mr. Shehuan Wenhuan, the left servant of the province, who came to visit. He didn't have time to report to the master, so he hurriedly opened the door to greet him on his own initiative. The old man put oil on the soles of his feet, and slipped into the mansion directly from the side. Yao Baifeng, the master of Confucianism in this dynasty, hurriedly took people to look for the Tantan Weng. He never thought that he finally saw the old man in a pavilion. Inside the pavilion, a young scholar from the capital was discussing heroes with Yao Baifeng's eldest grandson on the chessboard. Onlookers of similar age who came to the mansion not to eat and drink but to gain fame formed a circle, and they were very particular about the rules of a real gentleman who watched chess without speaking. Only one old man couldn't squeeze into the crowd, so he simply stood in the pavilion On the chair, looking down at the stalemate chess game from a high position, always likes to speak out and point out blindly, if it is a good word, I can bear it, but every time I make a move, the level of the stinky chess basket can be seen at a glance, which is very annoying, so every time I make a random move Words will cause countless eyes, and the old man who is full of alcohol will never tire of it. Yao Baifeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he sat silently on the porch pillar, not disturbing Tan Tanweng's leisure and elegance, there was a young face who was very strange to Yao's mansion beside everyone, this young man also stood on the porch chair to watch the chess game The trend, Mr. Huan just glanced at it, and continued to point out the country, teaching Yao Dengying where to play. The eldest grandson of the Yao family who had been squawked for half a game smiled helplessly, and naturally he would not follow the drunk old man. After he dropped the pieces on the chessboard, he heard the old man in the high place humming and saying the word faint trick.
I don't know who was the first to discover Guozijian Zuo Jijiu sitting in the gazebo, and hurriedly saluted loudly. In this way, no one paid attention to the outcome of the chess game, and everyone hurriedly bowed respectfully, most of the scholars in the pavilion were The reason why Yao Baifeng was able to recognize Yao Baifeng was from a small family background, thanks to someone who was new to the Imperial Academy and had heard the lectures of this master of Neo Confucianism from afar. Yao Baifeng smiled, raised his arm and pointed to the old man carrying wine standing on the chair, and said with a gentle smile: "You children, what do you want me to do, didn't you see that there is still a Mr. Zuo Servant here, officer The hat is much bigger than mine. Don't you think, Tantanon?"
Huan Wen said angrily: "We've only played half of the chess, keep going, you two don't want to be eunuchs who have no subordinates."
The scholars in the pavilion were all frightened, and they were dumbfounded for a moment. I saw the young man standing beside Tan Tan Weng jumped off the chair, passed through the gap in the human wall, walked towards the chessboard, bent down and picked up a white chess piece, tapped it lightly, and said with a smile: "The end is over!" .”
Then he straightened up, turned his head and smiled at the crowd: "Come on, don't just stand there, let's pay homage to Mr. Zuo Pushe together, don't miss this great opportunity."
Huan Wen stepped down from the bench, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, I'm just a guest today, and I don't dare to bear the reputation of being a big deceitful guest. If you are sensible, don't push me into the fire pit, the old man, otherwise If it falls into the hands of the old man one day in the future, if you can walk seven or eight miles to buy wine, you will have to pay for the wine."
Yao Baifeng asked his eldest grandson to send a group of extremely honored scholars out of the gazebo. There were only three of them. Huan Wen and Yao Baifeng, the two old fellows from the Imperial College, who were both new and old, were sitting in a chess game, while the young man who had "closed his official position" stood. Behind Yao Baifeng, Huan Wen stared at the chess game and laughed, "It's really an end for you, those kids just now don't have this level of chess strength."
Yao Baifeng nodded and said: "Lord Huan, this is the Sun Yin I mentioned to you earlier, and this year's imperial examination is the best of all, he must be."
Huan Wen smiled calmly and said: "Master Zuo Jijiu, if you think about it, it will really come true for you? You always doze off, and Beiliang handed you a pillow? Is there any secret? Tell me explain?"
How could Yao Baifeng fail to hear the "murderous intent" in Tan Tanweng's words? Obviously, he couldn't trust Sun Yin, who was born in Beiliang, and frowned. Sun Yin smiled calmly: "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he knows people's hearts after a long time."
Huan Wen raised his head and asked calmly, "Oh? What do you say?"
Sun Yin replied: "After three years of not making a show, after making a blockbuster, I still hope that Mr. Huan will stay under the family of Mr. Huan."
Huan Wen said to himself: "Well, if you don't take the imperial examination for three years, it's nothing to ordinary people. Anyway, you can't get a big name if you take the exam. I heard that you are proficient in art, and you are aiming at the three yuan. It's a bit rare. Instead of going to the Guozijian near the water tower, not going to Bi Yan'er's six departments to fish for oil and water, not going to the noble Hanlin Academy to earn prestige, but running to Qingshui Yamen to save yourself a cold bench? It's interesting. Taking advantage of the fact that there are no outsiders in the gazebo, the old man borrowed Jiuyi made it clear that there was a Yan Jiexi in Beiliang, and a white-eyed wolf Jin Lanting. As the old saying goes, there are only three things. No matter what you say, you still can't believe you, Yao Baifeng is an old man, Huan Wen is very familiar with him, the old guy has only dealt with sages in the pile of old papers all his life, he doesn't understand the sinister heart, he can't recognize a few human skin ghosts , the old man is different, most of his life has been rolling in the alchemy furnace of the Supreme Lord, you boy, the old man doesn't like it, he doesn't like it very much, so the old man will not allow you to take the exam for fame for one day, you can only come to the door to do it from a small official How about it?"
Sun Yin said calmly: "It doesn't matter."
Yao Baifeng was so angry that he stopped calling Mr. Tan Tanweng or Zuo Pushe, and called them by their names, "Huan Wen! Don't bully me too much!"
Mr. Huan took a sip of his wine, squinted and said, "Why, you want to beat me? A gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands. Besides, I beat Jin Lanting, the right Jijiu, and if I fight with you Zuojijiu again, the Imperial Superintendent Where do you put your face?"
Yao Baifeng got up and said angrily: "Sun Yin, don't pay attention to this bastard old man, let's go, let this guy have his own fun."
Huan Wen smiled and said: "Okay, old Yao, don't act too much, the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, and Sun Yin is still there. Don't push yourself too hard, if it wasn't for me After decades of friendship between the two, they are too lazy to be this villain. In the end, even if this kid really got all the members and champions in one go, do you think that if the court dares to use him, Bi Yaner will use him? Become famous Too early and too prosperous is not a good thing. Zhao Youling and the others can be successful today, not because of how capable they are, but how broad-minded Bi Yaner is. You are naturally good at learning, you are Wang Xianzhi in the literary world, but As an official, you are not as good as Sun Yin, the younger generation. Although I don't like you, a proud student who intends to entrust you with the mantle, but at least I risked losing my life, and became his amulet. Even if he established his foothold in Tai'an City, the imperial court already had Jin Sanlang, it would be difficult to promote the young people from Beiliang, and Sun Yin dared to bump into Bi Yan'er's knife edge in the past few years. If you keep yelling at me, I'll take it back, and let you kill Sun Yin, how about it?"
Yao Baifeng was speechless.
Huan Wen threw the wine gourd to Zuo Jijiu, "Go, fill me with wine yourself, and I'll take it as your apology."
Yao Baifeng angrily threw the jug back and sat down again.
Huan Wen held the jug carefully, glared at it, and then sighed softly: "Three provinces and six departments, the imperial court has always intended not to have a chief official in Zhongshu Province. Menxia Province has never been successful. It is reasonable to say that Zhongshu Province should be an answering person, but now Zhongshu Province is confronted by those palace scholars and an Imperial Academy. If they can't make a sound, Menxia Province has become a poor person. That's why Bi Yan'er, who was the minister of the book, became the chief assistant of the dynasty. However, the six departments are powerful, and this is not a long-term solution. The door hinges are not broken, and the running water is not corrupt. The temple is a big house, and some pillars need to be replaced. That's it. Sun Yin, you, old man, who took the exam, have already written a question, so you can solve the question and accept it, and roughly talk about the future direction of the temple and why it is like this."
Sun Yin said with a smile: "Let's start with two of the three edicts. Lu Baijie was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, and Yuan Guo was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites. There are Zhang and Gu Lianglu in Shangshu Province. Changing to the villain Tu Chen Zhibao and then to Yangzhou Lu's Tangxi Sword Immortal, Gu Lu's heart gradually dissipated, and it was hard to be as united as before. With Guangling Dao Lu Shengxiang entering the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War is truly His Majesty the Emperor The Ministry of War, Gu Lu already has a shape but no spirit. Before the second master, Chen Zhibao, suppressed the chief treasurer, Huang E. The original Gu Lu's heart, Gu Jiantang, deliberately turned a blind eye and sent a message to the court from the border. Gu Lu's surname is no longer Gu. His Majesty the Emperor has the final say on what the surname should be in the future. Once Gu Lu is gone, only Zhang Lu, who is occupied by the Zhang Party, is left. It should have been a better scene, but Mr. Shoufu He did not act like this. In fact, in the past ten years, Shoufu has been deliberately cutting off his own branches, expelling Yuan Guo, repelling Han Lin, deliberately alienating the Hanlin Academy where he made his fortune, allowing the prime minister Yin Maochun to change the door, and finally letting the official Zhao Youling and Hu Wang Xionggui and the two tigers fought each other, and Zhang Lu made an unexpected choice, leaving the relatively weak Hubu Shangshu instead of Zhao Youling. It can be said that Zhang Dang is in the court, and he has been retreating step by step in the past few years, but it doesn’t matter , as long as Mr. Shoufu sits in Zhang Lu, no one dares to make mistakes. Shoufu was dormant in the Imperial Academy for more than ten years. Pan, the next one is probably coming to an end. The Ministry of Rites does not allow the much-anticipated Prime Minister Yin Maochun to take over. This is obviously the first step in the closing stage of the "struggle for power between the Ming emperors". Both sides have a tacit understanding. , will end the situation that the Zhongshu Province has no chief official, and become the nominal first assistant in terms of power, and will be equally divided with the current minister Zhang Julu. It's not that Wang Xionggui, the next owner of Zhang Lu, who should be the next owner of the household department, and Mr. Huan, who is in charge of the province, is a peacemaker, and the three provinces are in harmony, so that he won't consume too much national power for the party struggle. To be awarded the title of Royal Grand Master before death, and to receive a very high posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous title, lose face first but gain face again. avoid arousing suspicion."
Huan Wen nodded frequently, and said with a smile: "Then after the death of my old man Huan, who will be in charge of the sect? You, Sun Yin, don't have extravagant hopes. Before I die, I will definitely beat His Majesty secretly so that you won't get too powerful."
Sun Yin looked indifferent, and said with a smile: "Zhang Shoufu is not the only one who is capable of playing this game of chess. Now that Prime Minister Yin Maochun has surfaced, there will naturally be the next Prime Minister who is now doing the hidden form of Qianlong Zaiyuan , but who this person is and where he is, I, Sun Yin, can't guess, and probably have to wait for several years. But this person will definitely not be the disciple of Shoufu and Zuo Pushe."
Huan Wen laughed and said: "Boy, it's fine. In the next twenty or thirty years, it will probably be like this. Later, the old man will take you to Bi Yan'er's house. If you play a few games of chess with him, Bi Yan'er who is about to lose will definitely hate you. You can feel more at ease and do your duty as a servant of the sect."
Yao Baifeng's face was displeased and he snorted coldly.
Sun Yin hesitated for a moment, and asked curiously: "Old man, why did you punch that Jin Sanlang?"
Huan Wen twitched the corners of his lips, "That kid in Jin Lanting, it should be good to be a parent official for the people of Liyang, and it's more loyal to be a courtier to His Majesty, but when it comes to being a man, it's not proper. I beat him for his own good. Don’t be too self-satisfied. If you think you have me and Bi Yan’er backing him, you’ll be defiant. By the way, Lao Yao, this kid is forming a gang in the Imperial College. The silver money, will you return the money for me?"
Yao Baifeng sneered and said, "Do you think I will help you pay this money?"
Huan Wen shook the empty jug, and said helplessly, "Without money and wine, I can't live this day."
Sun Yin continued to ask: "I heard that Chen Bing, the new vassal king of Beiliang, refused to accept the imperial decree when he sent troops to the border of Youzhou?"
Huan Wen said with a smile: "The two evils are the lesser. In this way, the imperial court should know that the king of Xinliang is not a soft persimmon to provoke. If he wants to deal with Beiliang in the future, he will have to weigh it. There will not be too many tricks on the table, such as bestowing posthumous titles, but there are more secret tricks such as the water transportation of Nanliang into Liang. Speaking of conscience, Yan Jiexi is only half, and half is hypocritical, but you, Yao Baifeng, got into big trouble for being stupid. From now on, the Imperial College must be in Jin Lanting's pocket. That's okay, I don't want you to be old Yao has a half-job, and those who want to learn should retreat to study, which is better than anything else. After Liyang ruled the Spring and Autumn Period, His Majesty has been very tolerant to the scholars of the world. There has never been a literary inquisition. I don’t want to appear in your Yao at home."
Yao Baifeng said with emotion: "If you can tolerate the world, why can't you tolerate the posthumous posthumous title of a dead person?"
Huan Wen rolled his eyes and said: "Yao Baifeng, Yao Baifeng, are you stupid in reading? The king is not a human being, so he can't have emotions and desires? You can be content with it. It is a great blessing to be a courtier to have such an enlightened king."
Yao Baifeng sighed.
Huan Wen handed over the jug, "Old Yao, I beg you, bring me a jug of good wine, my belly full of old wine and bugs are rebelling against me!"
Yao Baifeng had no choice but to take the wine gourd and leave the pavilion.
Huan Wen smiled and said: "Sit down, the pedantic old scholar has finally left, you and I can say some outrageous words."
Sun Yin sat down and said softly: "There is a king of Beiliang between the former emperor and the current emperor, and between your majesty and the crown prince Zhao Zhuan, it is our turn to be the chief assistant. Thousands of elite soldiers, with Bei Mang staring at them, the imperial court would not dare to kill the Xu family, so they could only wait for Xu Xiao to die and take the posthumous title Disgusting Man, but Zhang Shoufu..."
Huan Wen glanced at the young scholar, and asked slowly: "You are so smart, does Bei Liang know?"
Sun Yin asked back: "I came to Tai'an City, not for the emperor's sake, but for the common people, does Mr. Huan believe it?"
Huan Wen stared at Sun Yin, and then sighed, "There was once a scholar named Xun Ping who had the same ambition, and died a miserable death in the end."
In the courtyard outside the pavilion, a group of spring warblers twittered, vying for the warm tree branches in the sun.
Huan Wen suddenly said: "Bei Mang went south with iron hooves. The King of Bei Liang defended the Northwest Gate for the Central Plains. The court refused to save him. Xu Fengnian died in the battle. If this is the case, Huan Wen hopes that he will be dead by then and not see this scene."
Sun Yin said flatly: "There really is a day when the government and the public will celebrate together. When I go to the grave to toast, I will definitely tell the old man."
Huan Wen scolded with a smile, "You bastard!"
Sun Yin cursed back blankly: "Old bastard!"