Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters mountains and rivers meet
Xu Jie stayed in Sixian's residence for the night.
Xu Jie didn't know what Zhu Hao did that night. Xu Jie was supposed to go back to the Hanlin Academy to work the next morning... He was different from Zhu Hao. He would not be lazy when he had work. He was promoted to a Hanlin scholar not long after he entered the court.
He is being stared at, so he has to work hard even if he doesn't want to.
But Zhu Hao still forced him to meet Yang Shen, who was about to be sent out of the capital.
It was already the twelfth lunar month of winter and the weather was extremely cold.
When Yang Shen left the capital, not to mention dragging his family with him, even the carriage was just an empty cage, and the emperor specifically requested that he be "shackled". Yang Shen had just received thirty sticks before, although
He was a little better than others, and only received one round of beatings, but with his arrogant heart and his thin body, these thirty blows caused serious injuries to him.
Yang Shen seemed to be broken physically and mentally.
"Jingdao, Zisheng, are you here?"
Yang Shen was not surprised to see Zhu Hao, but he was still a little surprised to see Xu Jie.
But as far as he knew, Zhu Hao had always admired Xu Jie. Although he didn't know why, since Zhu Hao had already begun to rise to prominence, it wouldn't be too abrupt to promote Xu Jie by the way.
Zhu Hao said: "You are about to leave, and I don't have any gifts for you, so I said hello to the Yamen, gave them fifty taels of silver, and asked them to take care of your daily life along the way, especially... changing your dressing."
Yang Shen couldn't sit down when he was talking, but he didn't want to lie down either. He just grabbed the side of the cage and stood there reluctantly, looking a little miserable.
Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Yang Shen said: "The physical pain is nothing. I just hope that on the way south or at the destination, Yang will know what happened in the capital. Can you find a way to ask someone to bring the news to me?
I mean...if something big happens in the capital."
Zhu Hao was quite surprised by this request.
You can't even protect yourself, but you still want to know about the important affairs of your family and country?
The problem is, even if you knew what was happening in the court, would you still be able to participate in it? For you, Yang Yongxiu, your career has basically been ruined.
"I will try my best"
Zhu Hao still agreed.
Even Xu Jie couldn't help but look at Zhu Hao.
Do you agree to this kind of thing?
Even if you really want to send him a message, how do you deliver the message? After he arrives at the garrison, can you write him a letter? Aren't you afraid that the court will suspect that you have secret dealings with Yang Yongxiu, or even criticize you?
Have a rebellious intention?
Yang Shen nodded, as if satisfied, and sighed: "But I don't know what happened to Maogong and the others now, whether they are like me..."
Zhu Hao saw it.
The reason why Yang Shen hasn't fallen out with him yet is not that the other party will completely forgive him for his double-dealing, but that Yang Shen now has no information channels. In addition, he is now in bad luck and needs someone to make things right for him in the court.
thing.
It can also be seen from this that Yang Shen's character has not changed, he is still so eager for quick success.
Zhu Hao said: "If nothing else happens, they won't be held accountable for too much, but this official... will probably fail, and will most likely be sent back to his hometown."
Yang Shen shook his head and said: "Maogong and the others could have done more for the Ming Dynasty, but they cut off their official career at this time because of my involvement... Alas! It was me who harmed them."
He didn't say anything to Zhu Hao, asking him to ask the court for mercy.
Probably Yang Shen also knows that even if Zhu Hao is really able to help and plead for mercy now, he will not go. In the mind of a person with a strong utilitarianism, most others will also be the same, just like Su Xigui sees everyone as a businessman.
Before Zhu Hao could say anything this time, Xu Jie on the side said: "Scholar Yang is wrong. There is no question of who harmed whom this time. Since your colleagues have made a choice, they must be responsible for their own choices, even if they are doing it for the family."
The same goes for speaking up for the country."
Yang Shen smiled and asked, "What choice will you make, Zisheng?"
Yang Shen had always looked down on Xu Jie, so naturally he would not listen to Xu Jie's advice. He felt unhappy and just choked, making Xu Jie unable to get off the stage.
Fortunately, Xu Jie had no intention of meeting Yang Shen.
If it had been anyone else, he might have started to scold Yang Shen on the spot... Look how far you have gotten. You still have the nerve to teach others a lesson?
In the past, you were the son of the chief minister, a member of the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty, and even a bachelor's degree minister. Your status was there. We didn't dare to do anything to you, but now you are nothing.
"Brother Yongxiu, what else are you worried about in the capital?" Zhu Hao asked.
Zhu Hao knew that this time Yang Shen was assigned to the Yunnan Garrison and could not even take his wife and children with him. His step-sister, Huang E, had no choice but to return to his hometown in Xindu, Shu. Later, Yang Shen remarried in Yunnan.
She took a concubine, but the couple met in the fifth year of Jiajing and lived together for a while.
Yang Shen shook his head.
Naturally, Yang Shen would not ask Zhu Hao to ask someone to take care of his wife.
Zhu Hao and he were friends at most, and these kinds of friends were all based on interests, and there was almost no personal relationship between the two parties. Of course, Yang Shen was afraid of Zhu Hao's talent and knowledge. What if his wife was abducted?
Zhu Hao said: "If there is nothing else, let's set off early. We will meet again in the mountains and rivers, and we will see you later."
Zhu Hao originally thought that Yang Shen wanted to tell him something important, but now it seemed that Yang Shen just wanted his help in delivering some news from the capital from time to time.
Or is this Yang Shen's way of "revenge" on him?
If the two exchanged letters frequently, the emperor would definitely be suspicious of Zhu Hao. If Yang Shen deliberately said something "disrespectful" in his letters again, it would be even more detrimental to Zhu Hao.
Although Zhu Hao felt that it was a bit sinister to think this way, since Yang Shen was such a useless person, Zhu Hao had to be careful.
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Yang Shen's prison car headed for the train station.
This was specially arranged by Zhu Si.
Let Yang Shen take the train to Xishan first, and then go south by carriage from Xishan.
Zhu Si just wanted to show the power of trains in front of conservative civil servants like Yang Shen. This was also a way to show off his power.
Xu Jie looked at the direction the carriage was leaving and asked gloomily: "Can he come back now that he's gone?"
"Probably not possible."
Zhu Hao shook his head.
"well!"
Xu Jie sighed and asked again: "With his talent, even if he is not an official, he can still leave a name in history, right?"
Zhu Hao turned around and looked at Xu Jie.
In a sense, Yang Shen was a great talent, while Xu Jie was a typical politician.
The two have different ways of leaving their names in history.
Precisely because Xu Jie has the potential to develop into a top politician, he is still very accurate in judging people. Even if Yang Shen's reputation is not yet unique in an era, he is not even famous enough to be called "the number one famous person".
Although he was a talented man, Xu Jie still keenly felt that Yang Shen would be respected by history for his talent in the future.
"Let's go back."
Zhu Hao said, "I'll return to the Rites Department, what about you?"
Xu Jie sighed: "I'd better go back to Hanyuan as soon as possible. I've been out for so long, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to tell the people around me when I go back."
Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "What did you say?"
Xu Jie remained silent and did not answer.
Nowadays, the talents in the Hanlin Academy are withering. There are not many people working in the Hanlin Academy. This will make everyone in the Hanlin Academy feel like a daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law. After all, there are too many vacant positions, and the chances of promotion for the remaining people will be great.
Increased, although they may not be consistent with the mainstream public opinion on the issue of rites and will be criticized, the opportunities for official promotion brought by this are real.
What Xu Jie is thinking about now is not promotion, but fear of other people's rumors.
Zhu Hao guessed that Xu Jie was afraid that others would find out, so he ran out to see Yang Shen leave the capital.
Yang Shen left the capital as a guilty person. Except for Zhu Hao and Xu Jie, no one else was present, which actually illustrates the problem.
"Come back and join me in the palace to meet the saint," Zhu Hao said.
Xu Jie suddenly remembered something and asked, "Isn't there a morning meeting today?"
The right minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty was involved in key matters of etiquette. He should have attended the court meeting on time, but Zhu Hao took him out to see Yang Shen off as if nothing had happened?
Did Zhu Hao deliberately go against the emperor?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "When you come out to see someone off, you can treat it as saying goodbye to an old friend."
That's what he said, but Xu Jie always felt that Zhu Hao didn't answer his question directly.
You send your old friend off and don't even attend the court meeting. Are you trying to abolish official duties for personal reasons?
Zhu Hao said: "The Jing Yanri lectures after the spring of next year are short of manpower. Again, I want to mention you. Although my current strength is not enough, at last you are the one I admire most among the Jinshi in your subject.
one."
"hehe."
Xu Jie smiled bitterly.
He didn't think he was outstanding, but Zhu Hao seemed to value him very much.
He used to ignore Zhu Hao because he couldn't see the political convenience of being close to Zhu Hao. In the past, he thought that meeting Zhu Hao would be enough to give Zhu Hao face. After all, at that time
Zhu Hao is the new emperor, a man whom neither civil servants nor officials can please.
But now...
Xu Jie knew that it turned out that Zhu Hao was hiding his secrets and was the real boss.
The two of them walked towards the city gate together.
Xu Jie still didn't want to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao asked: "What do you think of trains?"
Xu Jie said: "Very good."
Still a specious answer.
Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "What would you say if you were asked to supervise the construction of the train?"
"Then... I'm not good at this. I might disappoint you, Jingdao." Of course Xu Jie would not take on some errands that he was not good at.
Zhu Hao said: "A capable person should not stay in the Hanlin Academy all the time. You should consider going outside to gain experience."
"..."
Xu Jie was a little speechless.
When you, Zhu Jingdao, were arranged to be sent out of the Hanlin Academy, everyone felt sorry for you, and you seemed to be very disappointed. Now that it is your turn to be famous, you want to exclude people from the Hanlin Academy regardless of other people's considerations?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Don't worry, no matter what errands are arranged for you, you will be retained in your position in the Hanlin Academy. Working part-time as an errand will not let down the reputation and status of the Imperial Academy, nor will it delay your service to the court. It will also make you more able to serve the imperial court."
I have some experience myself, so why not make this choice?”