As one of the most wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Siwei moved to a better residence in the capital after joining the cabinet. The location was not far away, from Hebao Lane to the north to the east side of Huichang Street.
But this location is incredible. Over a wall to the east is Taiye Pool, also known as the "Three Seas". To be more specific, it is to the west between Zhonghai and Nanhai in later generations, and the large Lingjing Hutong piece.
The reason why it is "a big piece" is because this house occupies a larger area than the bachelor's residence left by Zhang Juzheng. Gao Jingjing's two houses in the capital are not too small, but in terms of area, then Even if they were put together, they couldn't keep up with Zhang Siwei's university.
After all, the Zhang family is a wealthy salt merchant, and they always pay attention to the same style. This can actually be seen from the Cherry Spring Villa that Zhang Siwei gave to Gao Pragmatic. Moreover, the Zhang family is rich, and there is nothing to hide. What could a business as big as Changlu Saltworks be hiding? So Zhang Siwei didn’t have to be secretive like some officials who came from a poor background but made a fortune because of their official career.
This situation is somewhat similar to the Wei Guogong Mansion in Nanjing - anyway, everyone knows that my family is rich and I love someone.
Zhang Siwei had already expected that Gao Pragmatic would come to visit the day after arriving in Beijing. Although in theory, of course, the uncle should be closer than the teacher, and the king of heaven and earth should be closer to the teacher! But in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, respect for the teacher At some point, it still needs to be more obvious, not to mention that Guo Pu is the chief assistant. If Gao Pragmatic came to visit him first instead of visiting Guo Pu, Zhang Siwei would be a little embarrassed.
Since it had been anticipated, a dish of delicacies was naturally indispensable. Even if it was a family banquet, only Zhang Siwei and Gao Pragmatic could eat it, there had to be something special about it.
For example, Gao Jingshi came from afar, so in addition to the table where the two of them actually ate, there was also a "dismounted table". As the name suggests, this table is actually not for eating, and is a side table for the reception banquet. , not a top wealthy family can afford such waste.
Because if you don’t eat, you won’t eat, so you have to prepare everything. You need eight cake ingots, eight buckets of sugar, five candy mountains, five candies, five plates of sugar cakes, one plate of lychees, and one plate of round eyes. A plate of dates, a plate of walnuts, a plate of chestnuts, a elbow of pork, a elbow of mutton, a side of beef, a goose in soup, two tails of white cattails, four large steamed buns, a live sheep, a high-topped flower, a big Two branches of double flower arrangement, ten branches of elbow flower, twenty branches of fruit cover flower, ten branches of Dingsheng flower arrangement, two branches of velvet flower, and one bean wine.
In this life, Gao Pragmatic is now regarded as a top rich man, but he still doesn't like this kind of waste. However, the other party is his uncle after all, and setting up such a table is to show his face, so he can't say much. , I can only endure it.
Zhang Siwei had given up drinking because of his poor health. Gao Qingshi had a tolerance for alcohol, but he had been forced to drink too many times in his previous life, and he almost felt a little psychologically disgusted. The two of them said a few words casually, and then stopped drinking.
It is easier to talk without wine, because the things we want to talk about today are very important, and not drinking can ensure that we will not talk nonsense all of a sudden.
Of course, Zhang Siwei already knew what happened yesterday, but he was an elder, so he would not take the initiative to mention it. Therefore, after Gao Pragmatic took a few bites, he took the initiative to talk about it: "Uncle, Ling Benbing didn't come to your place yesterday.
A complaint against my nephew?"
Zhang Siwei smiled slightly: "He didn't complain, but he came to me to beg for mercy."
Although Zhang Siwei is considered a "young cabinet minister", just like the "young cadres" in his previous life, this "youngness" should be judged against his rank and status. For example, a forty-year-old senior official is certainly very young, but
If he is just a section chief, he cannot be said to be young. Zhang Siwei is actually fifty-four years old this year, so he can certainly call himself an old man.
After hearing what he said, Gao Pingshi looked genuinely surprised: "He came to you to beg for mercy? Isn't that right?"
Zhang Siwei glared at Gao Pragmatic: "What are you pretending to be? You still don't know why he is here?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "I don't know! Uncle, he shouldn't know the identities of those two people, right?"
"Humph!" Zhang Siwei looked helpless: "Of course he didn't know before, but it's not like he had no place to ask in the capital. After a few tries, can he still guess what the problem is? If nothing else,
Just tell me who donated the money to build the Buddhist temple, and how secret do you think it is?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said disapprovingly: "But because the Queen Mother believed in the lamas' theory of exorcism, she secretly sent the two princesses to this unfinished Buddhist temple to offer incense. How could such a thing be done with such a big fanfare? Since she won't do it with a big fanfare, then what?
He's probably just pretending not to know, so what does he have to worry about?"
Zhang Siwei curled his lips: "What does the Queen Mother think? How dare he, a minister in Lingyangshan (Lingyunyi named Yangshan) who has been serving as governor in the local area all year round, dare to make random guesses?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "Isn't there Mr. Shen Ge who can help him with reference?"
Shen Shixing is not only a disciple of Xinxue, but also a fellow student of Xu Jie. At the same time, his teacher is Zhang Juzheng, so he is actually the core figure of Xu and Zhang lineage. If Ling Yunyi is in trouble, he must consult Shen Shixing.
, this is the proper meaning of the title.
"Shen Yaoquan is good at dancing and speaks only a few words when meeting people. Moreover, since he joined the cabinet, he has never been willing to offend important figures of the practical school. He may not be able to distinguish clearly from Lingyangshan in detail."
Gao pragmatic said oh, thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Then you always help him analyze it?"
"Why do I want to help him analyze? He is not the same year as me, let alone my student." Zhang Siwei pointed at Gao Pragmatic and said: "But you are my nephew! Besides, you have had your own opinions since you were a child.
Very, he has offended you this time, and it seems that he has offended you quite a lot. If I don’t ask you what you mean first, will your mother tell you that I don’t take care of the younger generation? Everything will be well with the family!"
Gao Pingshi laughed loudly: "Then my nephew should thank my uncle first. I'll give him a toast with tea instead of wine."
Zhang Siwei waved his hand: "When you eat, you eat, and you drink whatever tea you want. You are young now and don't know how to take good care of yourself. When you become like me and don't know what will happen next year, you will know how powerful you are and regret it."
"Thank you for the advice, uncle." Gao pragmatic smiled, put down his tea cup, pretended to think for a while, and said solemnly: "Uncle, my nephew, I think it's better not to do this, Mr. Ling.
Already."
Zhang Siwei suddenly looked stunned.
Although he guessed that his nephew might be resentful towards Ling Yunyi, he never expected that Gao's pragmatic attitude would be so resolute, and that even though he was just a person in charge, he would actually tell Ling Yunyi, a minister of the Ministry of War, "No!"
Done"!
As one of the core members of Gao's party, Zhang Siwei was not unaware of some of Gao Pragmatic's previous "glorious deeds" and also knew that he had many plans within the inner court.
What was strange to him was that his nephew had been quite tolerant before and would not make a move until he could hold back enough to defeat the enemy with one move. But why did he not ask any questions this time and just wanted to have a powerful Minister of the Ministry of War perform the surgery?
?This is the Minister of War, not the military ministers who are used to being lackeys!
What's going on here?
Zhang Siwei even had some doubts for a moment, whether there was something inside that he hadn't figured out yet. This situation was wrong!