Outside the right gate of Chang'an, Yan Song and Zhang Bangqi went home separately. When they arrived home, they found that their adopted son Zhao Wenhua was already waiting at home.
Yan Song originally planned to go home, change into casual clothes and go out, but when he arrived at Xia Mansion, he knelt down when he needed to and licked when he needed to.
But when he saw Zhao Wenhua, he remembered that he still had to wait for someone else, so Mr. Yan Ge stayed at home temporarily to talk to Zhao Wenhua.
"What brings you here?" Yan Song dismissed all the servants and only stayed in the room with Zhao Wenhua to talk.
Since the theft of manuscripts occurred a few years ago, and one of his poems in praise of saints fell into the hands of Qin Dewei, Mr. Yan Ge was also wary of his servants at home.
Zhao Wenhua said worriedly: "I just feel that the future is not very clear and I don't know where to go, so I came to ask my adoptive father for advice."
Of course, Zhao Wenhua was not just asking about himself, but the entire Strict Party forces.
Yan Song replied casually: "There is nothing to worry about, just do your best."
Zhao Wenhua felt that these words were too out of tune, so he raised his head and glanced at Yan Song. Then he found that his adoptive father seemed very relaxed, which made him confused.
Logically speaking, the adoptive father should be in a very anxious state at this time. Why does he look very comfortable and at ease? It doesn't look like he was plotted by the Qin Party and then lost his first assistant.
"What's the good news for your adoptive father?" Zhao Wenhua asked cautiously, don't think that things will turn against each other at their extremes, will you lose your mind and go crazy?
Yan Song replied: "We finally don't have to face Qin Dewei directly anymore. Isn't this a happy event?"
Zhao Wenhua was stunned. What kind of happy event is this?
Yan Song sighed: "Fighting against Qin Dewei, I worry day and night. I don't have a good meal, just for fear of omissions. Every time I fight, I am exhausted mentally and physically, and my whole body is destroyed."
Now Xia Yan needs to face all this, and I am freed and can sleep peacefully at night. Isn't it a happy event?"
Zhao Wenhua was in a daze and was speechless. He couldn't figure out for a moment whether his adoptive father was comforting himself or just being open-minded.
Yan Song continued: "Xia Yan is back, and he will definitely take power first. Many people think that we still have some strength to compete with Xia Yan.
But none of these people can see that our fight with Xia Yan is definitely a losing situation, and there is no possibility of winning at all. This is the general trend.
So I have to stay humble and try my best to please Xia Yan, so that Xia Yan will despise me, stop taking me seriously, and focus all his attention on Qin Dewei.
And Donglou did exactly the same thing to Qin Dewei, making Qin Dewei despise my Yan family and focus all his attention on Xia Yan."
Zhao Wenhua understood a little bit now and asked: "When a snipe and a clam quarrel, the fisherman will benefit? If Xia Yan and Qin Dewei start to fight, the adoptive father will be able to relax. But if someone sees it, what should he do?
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Hearing Zhao Wenhua's rhetorical question, Yan Song's face suddenly showed a bit of ferocity, and he said fiercely: "Who dares to believe that I have completely given up on this face and am kneeling down to lick Xia Yan to please Xia Yan, what else can I do?"
Besides, with the personalities of Xia Yan and Qin Dewei, even without me, they are destined to conflict!"
Zhao Wenhua clearly felt that his adoptive father seemed to have lifted a shackles and reached a new level...
Yan Song felt that he might be a little unstable again, so he waved his hand and said: "I have to go to Xia Mansion later, you go back first!"
Zhao Wenhua looked outside and advised: "It's not dark now. If my adoptive father goes out to the Xia Mansion, he is afraid that people will notice him."
The main reason is that it is not a very honorable thing to kneel down and lick Xia Yan at home, and it is not shameful enough to be found out.
Yan Song said with emotion: "What we want is for everyone to know, otherwise how can we let Xia Yan vent his anger? How can we satisfy Xia Yan's vanity?"
In Yan Song's mouth, it seems that he is talking about other people's affairs instead of himself.
At this moment, the servant suddenly reported outside the door again: "Master Fei is here. He said he couldn't come in, so he was waiting in the concierge to go out with him."
This Master Fei refers to Fei Cai, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, who made an appointment to go to Xia Mansion with Yan Song today.
Zhao Wenhua was taken aback and said with a bit of grief and anger: "Father, why are you doing this! Are you so humiliated in front of Xia Yan, and you still want others to watch your ugly behavior?"
Yan Song said calmly: "Xia Yan is a soft-boiled person who likes to cook noodles. With Fei Zhongshi watching from the side, he is too embarrassed to be so reluctant to me."
Zhao Wenhua sighed. He was sure that the "shackles" his adoptive father had released was face! His adoptive father had become completely shameless and had a selfless state of mind that he didn't care about what others thought.
As the old saying goes, a shameless person is invincible! Coupled with his adoptive father's foresight, there is still hope for a comeback in the future.
Then Yan Song went out and came to Xia Mansion with Fei Cai. Under the leadership of Fei Cai, they went all the way to Xia Yan's study.
In front of Fei Cai, Yan Song directly knelt down and apologized to Xia Yan. He said with tears, "I was really helpless back then. In order to serve the emperor, I was forced to bear the name of a female official and be courteous, and I had no choice but to join the cabinet.
It's completely out of my control.
Later, someone wanted to cause us to be at odds with each other, but I had no idea. I could only make one wrong move and it would be difficult to turn back.
After you left for a while, Mr. Xia, I once again had to bear the hope of the township party, and my independent support was frightening every step of the way. Only then did I realize how hard it was for Mr. Xia to carry the heavy burden back then!"
Xia Yan looked at Yan Song, who was about the same age as him, but was kneeling in front of him like a nephew, begging for his forgiveness, and felt like he couldn't do anything.
Especially with Fei, a fellow countryman, standing by as a witness, if he kills Yan Song, I'm afraid it will affect his reputation.
But if you forgive directly, it seems too blunt and cheap.
After Xia Yan thought for a while, he said to Yan Song: "Get up and speak first! I would like to ask, what's going on between you and Qin Dewei? Why can't you even control the cabinet?"
Although Yan Song stood up, he still replied respectfully: "Xia Gong must also understand what kind of person Qin Dewei is.
Since Duke Xia temporarily left the country, Qin Dewei has undergone some new changes. For some reason, he has colluded with the eunuch Qin Fu.
These two people are colluding inside and outside, and it is extremely difficult to deal with them, especially Qin Fu who is now the Chief of Ceremonies." Anyone who has been in the cabinet knows that a cabinet minister who can "collude" with the Chief of Ceremonies will immediately amplify his power.
Several times, it is not impossible to suppress the first assistant.
Xia Yan asked again: "Then how do you deal with Qin Dewei?"...
Although Yan Song, a loser, may not be able to spit out ivory, it would be good to listen to more experience and lessons.
Yan Song said slowly: "Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and become king slowly."
Xia Yan: "..."
Do you, Yan Song, want to do something that will cause the Nine Clan to be executed?
Yan Song quickly continued: "Xia Gong has just returned to the court, so he should focus on calming people's hearts, and don't rush to directly target Qin Dewei who is far away in Zhejiang.
Otherwise, with Qin Dewei's magnanimity, I'm afraid he will shout that the sky is clear again, and there may be ignorant people who think that Qin Hui is in the court.
It was better to wait patiently. By the time Qin Dewei defeated the Japanese pirates and returned to the dynasty, it would have reached a turning point where prosperity must decline.
At that time, I'm afraid the emperor doesn't know how to treat him, so this is your good opportunity, Mr. Xia."
Xia Yan said curiously: "You have great confidence in Qin Dewei? Do you know that Qin Dewei will definitely return to the court victorious?"
Yan Song replied: "According to the recent battle reports, after several battles and the volunteers at sea volunteering to help suppress the pirates, more than 3,000 Japanese pirates have been killed one after another.
Even if there is no success from now on, the more than 3,000 people at present can still be called a great victory." After talking about Qin Dewei for a while, Xia Yan let Yan Song leave.
At this time, Xia Yan had made up his mind. Yan Song himself could temporarily forgive him, but it was necessary for those in the Yan Party to teach him a lesson.
Otherwise, wouldn't his return as the first assistant be in vain? If there were no three fires, who would respect him as the first assistant again?
He, Xia Yan, is not a good person, and it is necessary for people in the court to realize this again.
At the same time, we can also take this opportunity to observe Yan Song again. If Yan Song cannot restrain himself and fights, it means that Yan Song is begging for forgiveness.
The explanations are all false and are meant to preserve power and plot behind the scenes.
Just when Xia Yan returned and Yan Song bowed to Xia Yan, the second letter written by Mr. Yan Ge to his son Yan Shifan was delivered to Sanjiangkou, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.
Last night, there was a beauty who was careless and careless in serving her. Uncle Yan was so angry that he slapped the beauty several times and didn't give her a penny.
Then the madam from the beauty's house came to the house to have sex with no life or death, and was brutally beaten by Uncle Yan again.
Beating people is also very tiring. When Uncle Yan was out of breath, the letter from home was delivered.
This made Uncle Yan a little surprised. His father had not written to him for more than half a year, as if he had forgotten his son, but in the past half month he had actually written twice in a row.
With Uncle Yan's cleverness, he realized before he opened the letter that the situation in the court must have changed again. After opening the letter, he saw that his father wrote in the letter: "My father lives in a high position in the temple, and has been living in poverty for many years. Now, now
It has become unsustainable, and in the end we still have to succumb to others.
Therefore, as a father, I am no longer able to protect you. My son is far away from home, so I should seek more blessings for myself. I am very pleased to hear that you have been reused in the Qin shogunate and have done a lot of good work.
From now on, my son should treat Qin Banqiao as if he were a father and a brother. This way, we can have a safe and sound plan and avoid any harm to our family!"
Wucao! After Yan Shifan read the letter, he thought he had seen a fake letter from home!
He re-identified the handwriting several times before he could confirm that this letter was probably written by his father.
Could it be that someone was holding a knife and forcing his father to write this? Yan Shifan couldn't help but fall into deep suspicion...
You can even write the words "Father and brother should do it", what happened? Could it be that my father was defeated in front of Xia Yan, and he could only try his best to protect himself?
The old bustard yelled out loud: "Qin Zhongtang has always enforced strict laws since he arrived at Ningbo Mansion. I will go to the shogunate to sue you!"
Yan Shifan was anxious after reading the family letter. Hearing this, he grabbed the old madam's hair and limped out, cursing as he walked: "You bastard, go! Go! I'll see you off."
Go to the shogunate and see if you dare to sue!"
Entering the city and arriving at the shogunate's palace, which was the original location of the Ningbo Health Office, Yan Shifan threw the old bustard outside the palace gate and went in on his own.
Outside the lobby, Yan Shifan met Chen Feng, the chief steward of the shogunate, and heard Chen Feng say: "Qin Zhongtang is receiving the Japanese envoy Ceyan Zhouliang. This is not a big deal. If you have something to do, just go in and wait."
Yan Shifan walked into the lobby and saw Qin Zhongtang meeting people in the side hall, and two Japanese waiters standing at the door of the side hall.
This Japanese envoy, Monk Ceyan Zhouliang, was also seen by Yan Shifan. This was the third time this year that he served as an envoy for the Japanese tribute group.
At this time, Ceyan Zhou Liang was bowing respectfully and presenting a large letter to Qin Zhongtang with both hands. The general next to him said: "This is the letter of credence presented by my king to the Ming Dynasty."
Qin Dewei shouted: "Monk Ceyan, are you trying to frame me? I am just a supervisor, how dare you accept this certificate of credence!"
Then Ceyan Zhou Liang handed over another gift list, his attitude was still respectful, and the general said: "It's a small gift, but I hope the middle hall will accept it."
Qin Zhongtang took the gift list, flipped it over and threw it back, "You know what I want, but it's not on the gift list!"
Ce Yan and Zhou Liang stood there in embarrassment, speechless.
Qin Zhongtang shouted loudly: "Last year you had Japanese pirates posing as tribute groups to harass the sea areas, and last year the Japanese pirates' disaster was the worst in the past ten years.
At that time, Honchudo had the intention to pay tribute again. You said that most of the Japanese pirates who caused trouble came from Nagato, Satsuma, Hizen and other places, which does not represent the majority of good people in your country.
So I ordered your country to punish the three daimyo. This is the condition for allowing you to continue the tribute trade!
But now when you come again, why is there no report at all in this regard? Are the three daimyo who connived at the Japanese pirates still at large?"
Ceyan Zhou Liang sighed and said a few words, and the general translated it and said: "I don't know something in the middle hall. The situation in our country is really complicated. The imperial decree does not leave the city. It is not easy to punish the princes.
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Qin Dewei sarcastically said: "You don't even have an explanation? I think you, the Ouchi clan, are too overwhelmed to take care of yourselves and are no longer able to hold other daimyo accountable?"
The tributes in recent years were nominally sent by the "King of Japan, Minamoto Yoshiharu", but in fact they were all led by the Ouchi clan, and Ceyan Shuliang was also selected by the Ouchi clan.
After three years of dealing with Ceyan Zhou Liang, he has become accustomed to it. Although Qin Zhongtang has never been to the Japanese country, he seems to know it well.
Then I heard Qin Zhongtang continue to say: "Since you said that if your king's decree does not go out of Nijo Castle, it will be difficult to punish the three daimyo, then I have an idea."
"Please speak in the middle hall." Ceyan Shuliang finally said a word, and he said it in Chinese himself. Qin Zhongtang said: "Then let the Daimei soldiers punish the feudal lords of Nagato, Satsuma, and Hizen on your king's behalf! Oh!
Whatever the soldiers do in these three places tomorrow, your country will not interfere!"
Ceyan Zhou Liang was stunned for a moment, and asked his general to translate: "This is definitely not something I can decide."
Qin Dewei said coldly: "If the dignitaries of your country still want to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and make a profit, they must agree to this! Within a few years, the trip will definitely take place!"
Ceyan Zhou Liang was a little scared. Qin Zhongtang was really far-sighted in doing things, one after another!
When he talked about Nagato, Satsuma, and Hizen last year, he was probably already waiting for his side to do the job half-heartedly, and then proposed today's conditions!
