After talking to his uncle and knowing Lao Taishan's itinerary, Fang Yingwu felt confident and could only wait.
In addition, he suddenly thought about his marriage. If Liu Mianhua returned to Beijing, he would probably marry the Liu family's young lady... It seemed that there would be many things happening next year.
There was nothing going on at the county office today, so Fang Yingwu stood up and greeted Fang Yingshi, planning to go home to visit his two sons, whom he hadn't seen for three to five days.
Everyone in the Fang family disliked the bad atmosphere in the county government office. They were mostly traffickers, slippery-talkers, and cunning people. They were unwilling to let their two one-year-old brothers grow up in the county government office, so they kept them at home.
Since Wang Lan and Wang Yu's two-bedroom concubine had a son, she has focused most of her body and mind on him, and she has become less interested in following Fang Yingwu and living in the county government office.
Therefore, for two and a half years after taking office, Fang Dazhi County has been living alone in the inner government office. He has not taken any advantage of the public for food and clothing, and has also reduced a large number of contracted errands. Therefore, he is praised as having the style of the ancients, and everyone
I would like to praise "the breeze on both sleeves".
Just when Fang Yingwu walked to the gate of the back office, he saw a guard stopping him and reporting: "Sir! A distinguished guest from afar has arrived at the hotel and asked the lord when he will be attending the banquet."
The county magistrate Fang Da understood it very well as soon as he heard this. The so-called hotel was naturally the one that Mrs. He opened diagonally opposite the county government office. The business was said to be very prosperous and it occupied a lot of space in the neighborhood.
But later on, the hotel was borrowed by Wang Zhi as a secret base, and a group of "remnants" from the former West Factory were recruited to fill it. The magistrate of Fangda County just pretended not to know anything.
In the past two years, Wang Zhi has stayed here every time he returned to Beijing for activities. The sentence "Dignified guests from afar have arrived" just now was a code word. When Fang Yingwu heard this, he knew that Wang Zhi had sneaked back to the capital again.
So Fang Yingwu changed his itinerary, quietly left the county government office, and went around the street to the back door of the hotel. Being familiar with the road, he came to a remote and exquisite inner courtyard, and he saw Wang Zhi walking in circles in the courtyard.
Fang Yingwu then teased: "You little fox sneaked into the capital again by sneaking into the corner? You have come back so many times, but you haven't seen any effect."
Wang Zhi and Fang Yingwu entered the room and gave Fang Yingwu a rollicking look, "Who said I entered Beijing secretly this time? I came back in an honest manner."
"Huh? Why?" Fang Yingwu asked curiously.
Wang Zhi replied sullenly: "I suffered three consecutive small defeats at the border and was recalled to Beijing to be reprimanded."
Fang Yingwu praised loudly: "I really didn't expect that someone like you would suddenly understand the hidden secrets of Tao Guang! I have also read the Di newspaper. Your defeats these few times are really just right and wonderful.
It doesn’t hurt the border troops, and it doesn’t allow the thieves to take much advantage.”
Wang Zhi waved his hand in shame and said: "Go away, you are so obscure! I never thought about losing the battle, but now the morale of the army is not as good as before, so I have no choice but to do it!"
The reason why eunuch Wang no longer has the glory now is that firstly, there is no reliable general like Wei Ningbo and Wang Yue who can take charge of the battle; secondly, Wang Zhi's prestige is not as good as in the past. The major military leaders in the border town are not so obedient.
Third, after the great victory at Weininghai, the morale of the Datong officers and soldiers was arrogant and lazy, and their combat effectiveness naturally declined.
Fang Yingwu laughed and said teasingly: "You have been busy for the past two years, but you can't achieve military success, and you can't do anything in the West Factory. I really said: Reading and learning swordsmanship are useless, and drawing water from a bamboo basket is in vain. Why don't you just learn from it?
In order to be your husband, find a way to fake your death and hide your name, so that you can enter my house!"
Wang Zhi stared at Fang Yingwu with a cold face, and suddenly smiled. "Datong Mansion is short of a Qing military commander who is a fifth-grade official. How about I recommend you to be promoted to this position? Then you can help me with planning.
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Fang Yingwu was startled, "The lower officials really don't know the soldiers, and they only do bad things in the face of battle. How can they help Mr. Wang plan his strategy?"
Wang Zhi was very angry for some reason. She lowered her face and asked: "Then why did you dare to persuade me to attack Weininghai three years ago? Now you are using such poor excuses to frustrate me. It is really annoying!"
Fang Yingwu hurriedly explained: "At that time, I was just observing the sky at night, and after doing some calculations, I found out that the chief of the bandits was lost in the Weining Sea. In fact, this is very life-consuming, and I don't dare to calculate it anymore."
"A lot of nonsense..." Wang Zhi muttered a few words and then ordered: "Don't leave tonight, go and stay with Mrs. He. She complained to me that you haven't been looking for her in two months.
If you don't come again, she will find a cuckold for you to wear."
Fang Yingwu said angrily: "What do you think I am?" Then he leaned closer and asked in a low voice: "How about I change it to Miss Sun?"
Wang Zhi pinched Fang Yingwu's finger hard and said, "If you want to be beautiful, I will let you see it but not eat it, so that you will always think about it."
Fang Yingwu asked back: "I follow you in Datong all year round, where can I see you?"
Wang Zhi suddenly quieted down, pondered for a moment, and after thinking over and over again, she said: "Actually, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you or not. I will probably leave Bian Town and officially return to Beijing."
Fang Yingwu put away his smile, and his expression gradually became serious. Wang Zhi plunged into the muddy water of the capital, and the consequences were unpredictable.
Wang Zhi let out a long sigh and said sadly: "I have quietly gone to the palace to see the empress several times in the past two years. Now the empress feels that her health is far worse than before, and she is afraid that she will not have many days left..."
The empress mentioned by Wang Zhi naturally refers to the most favored concubine in the inner palace and the most intimate concubine Wan Guifei with the emperor. This empress is already over fifty years old.
No matter how bad Concubine Wan Gui is, no matter how bad her reputation is, Fang Yingwu can't criticize Wang Zhi in front of Wang Zhi. After all, Wang Zhi was raised by Concubine Wan Gui personally, and there is a close relationship between mother and child, so Fang Yingwu can only remain silent.
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Wang Zhi continued: "After Wan Tong died, the Wan family had no one to follow. The other two brothers were all rogues in the market and could not hold up the spotlight at all. The empress was worried that after her death, the Wan family would be retaliated and liquidated, so
Thinking of me again."
If Concubine Wan Gui blows the pillow wind, maybe the emperor will really re-establish the West Factory. Fang Yingwu also sighed and said: "You are so happy in the border town, why did you come back to Beijing to wade through the muddy water? Concubine Wan is already old, I'm afraid
In just a few years, you have to..."
Wang Zhi looked out the window, narrowed her eyes and said, "That's not all! Let me tell you one more thing. The empress wants to replace the prince!"
Fang Yingwu's face was expressionless, but he was desperately searching for relevant information in his mind. The battle for the crown prince in the last years of Chenghua was a relatively famous event. Fang Yingwu had some impressions when he was doing research in his previous life.
In the last years of Chenghua, in addition to the veteran character Wan Guifei, there was also a younger favorite concubine, which was Concubine Shao Chen. Unlike Concubine Wan Gui who had no sons, Concubine Shao Chen gave birth to three sons for the emperor, among which the eldest son Zhu Youqian (Jiajing in another time and space)
The emperor's father) was extremely intelligent and extremely popular with the emperor.
After there were more princes, the importance of the original only prince Zhu Youtang obviously declined, and he did not have a favored concubine to help him blow the pillow. As a result, the prince's position in the emperor's heart was also slightly alienated.
At the same time, the feud between Concubine Wan Gui and Prince Zhu Youtang has always been irreconcilable. It is rumored that Concubine Wan Gui killed the prince's biological mother, Ji.
Moreover, the prince Zhu Youtang was a correct man and could not stand the sycophants like eunuch Liang Fang. Liang Fang was worried that she would be liquidated after the prince ascended the throne.
Therefore, this force headed by Concubine Wan Guifei attempted to depose the crown prince Zhu Youtang and install Concubine Shao Chen's son Zhu Youqi as the crown prince of the East Palace.
After sorting through his thoughts, Fang Yingwu thought silently. Are those people finally starting to take action now? Regarding the crown prince's dethronement, although there are only a few entries in the history books, which does not look very eye-catching, everyone with a discerning eye knows that.
This was definitely the biggest issue in the last years of the Chenghua Dynasty, and I have been entangled with it for a long time.
If the world's hope lies in the fact that the wise prince Zhu Youtang, who is supported by gentlemen and is known as the wise prince, cannot inherit the throne. Instead, another prince who is only ten years old and surrounded by evildoers is allowed to ascend the throne. What will happen to the country?
Wang Zhi also knew that the matter was of great importance and did not urge Fang Yingwu to speak. The room was silent for a while. Finally, he couldn't help but asked: "What do you think of this matter?"
Fang Yingwu woke up and suddenly realized that nothing was a problem now. The biggest problem was that Wang Zhi wanted to get involved?
He said angrily: "Can you please stay out of this business? As a dead eunuch, don't always think about getting involved in royal affairs!"
Wang Zhi didn't dare to have her own opinion on such a fatal matter. She was worried about gains and losses and was very unsure of herself. Even if she believed in Fang Yingwu, she wouldn't dare to believe in herself. So although Fang Yingwu didn't call him a dead eunuch, Wang Zhi didn't.
Annoyed, he asked cautiously: "Are you opposed? Is it because your father is in the East Palace?"
However, it was said that after Fang Qingzhi completed the Prince's textbook "Wenhua Daxun" last year, he followed the rules and rewarded his merits. He was awarded the title of Zuo Yude of Zuochunfang, Zhanshifu, Zuochunfang, fifth rank in the Hanlin Academy.
In other words, Fang Qingzhi's official position became Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude and concurrently a member of the Hanlin Academy. His status was so special that others could honor him as "Fang Xueshi" when they saw him.
Speaking of which, Zuo Yude was an official of the East Palace, so Wang Zhi asked Fang Yingwu if he opposed the establishment of another prince "because your father was in the East Palace."
Fang Yingwu didn't know where to start, "It's more than that, you don't understand!"
According to the original historical trend, it is impossible for these clowns to succeed in deposing the crown prince. Fang Yingwu will only support the deposed crown prince after he is well fed.
Moreover, Zhu Youtang of the Eastern Palace is the eldest son of the emperor. He has not lost his virtue. On the contrary, he is praised by many "koujiao" for being very virtuous. It is a general rule to establish the elder rather than the young. As a rising star in the Qingliu of Shilin, Fang Yingwu will definitely support the current prince.
, this is necessary political correctness, otherwise just wait to be scolded to death by public opinion!
Even considering the "long-term consideration", the son of the current crown prince Zhu Youtang is the future Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, and the son of Zhu Youqi is the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong. If Fang Yingwu is still in power in a few decades, he will feel comfortable facing the easy-to-fool Emperor Zhengde.
, or are you comfortable facing the insidious and mean Emperor Jiajing?
After hearing half of Fang Yingwu's hesitant words, Wang Zhi still felt clouded and foggy, and couldn't help but lose his temper: "I just don't understand! Tell me something so that I can understand!"
It was inconvenient for Fang Yingwu to tell Wang Zhi about these future events, so he had to pretend to be a ghost and said: "I just made a calculation, and the big position in the future is still in the East Palace today!"
Wang Zhi sneered a few times: "Who just said that calculating the secrets of heaven will cost your life, and you don't dare to calculate anymore?"
"Just watch, if the East Palace becomes unstable in the next two years, there will be a series of celestial warnings!" Fang Yingwu transformed into an old magician and vowed. Even if the characters have changed, astronomy and geography will never change according to human will.
.....In the last years of Chenghua, there were several changes in the sky and the earth.
