Zhu Di nodded: "Last time, I really didn't expect that the emperor's decree would not be followed by the monks and the common people, but everything went in the opposite direction. This is really surprising."
"Logically speaking, if the emperor is deep in the palace and does not understand the actual situation, but what about the cabinet, six ministers, and ministers? Alas... Who would have thought that not only did the edict have no effect, but it caused panic in the market.
"
Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "It seems that I have lost a lot of money."
Zhu Di: "..."
"I actually don't understand what Duke Gungun in the imperial court is thinking, but many of the ministers came from imperial examinations and have very little contact with actual affairs. This is actually understandable."
Zhu Di nodded, and the two finally reached an agreement.
Zhu Di said: "When the emperor was in the army, he still knew how to take the lead and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. Therefore, every time Jingnan's army encountered setbacks, the soldiers still followed the emperor and refused to break up. I think running an army is the same as running a country. Man.
Most of the civil servants of the dynasty are self-righteous and ignorant of the sufferings of the people. How can they be expected to rule the world? I think most of these civil servants are useless."
Zhang Anshi said: "Brother, don't be so extreme."
Zhu Di glared at him: "Why, is your family from civil servants?"
"Not really, I just think there are still talents."
Zhu Di became interested and looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile: "Then tell me which one is a talent."
"This...this..." Zhu Di asked for a while, but Zhang Anshi couldn't answer for a while.
However, in Zhang Anshi's view, what he and the old man in front of him were doing now were keyboard warriors, and they were no different from those people in the market who drank a few sips of wine and started to point out the world.
It’s just that even if you are blowing water, there must be some practical information at the end.
Fiercely, Zhang Anshi said: "There is a man named Yang Shiqi who is very talented. Such a person must be a talented person in governing the world."
Zhu Di was confused: "Who is Yang Shiqi?"
The reason why Zhang Anshi thought of Yang Shiqi was that his brother-in-law, the prince, wanted to hire someone to teach him. It seemed that the person he hired was a Hanlin lecturer named Yang Shiqi from the East Palace.
Of course... this name was also heard by later generations Zhang Anshi, at least it appeared in various novels and TV series. It is said that all the major national policies that passed through the Five Dynasties, from the early Ming Dynasty to the middle Ming Dynasty, all had his shadow.
Moreover, because this man was born into a poor family, he was well aware of the sufferings of the people.
Look... isn't this right?
Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, what are we doing with our free time!"
Zhu Di nodded, but murmured in his heart, is this guy... just talking nonsense?
After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Anshi was already a little drunk. At this time, Zhu Di seemed to be preparing to leave. He touched Zhang Anshi's back and said with emotion: "You are a good little kid. You will definitely have a bright future in the future."
Zhang Anshi said cheerfully: "Then I also wish you a bright future."
Zhu Di smiled and said, "Damn it, I'm blabbering with you here and delaying my business. Just say goodbye and get out."
"You..." Zhang Anshi gritted his teeth, glanced at the strong guards around Zhu Di, and could only smile: "Goodbye."
Although the relationship is close, the procedures still have to be followed. For example, Zhang Anshi happily got into the sack.
There is a saying that goes well, life is like sex, if you can't resist, then learn to enjoy it.
The powerful guard carried Zhang Anshi on his back and appeared in an alley shortly after, and Zhang Anshi got out.
The guard stared at Zhang Anshi and suddenly said: "Don't gossip in front of him in the future. There are some people you can't afford to offend."
Zhang Anshi dusted himself off: "I still don't know who can't offend whom!"
Pat your butt and leave directly.
The guard was left behind, messy in the wind.
…………
Zhang Anshi was on his way home, but at this time, the Zhang family was already in chaos.
Zhang Anshi slipped out, and Deng Jian came excitedly and planned to teach Zhang Anshi how to eat in the palace, but he disappeared.
And Yang Shiqi, the Hanlin lecturer, happened to come here today and prepared some homework on the Four Books and Five Classics, intending to make up for Zhang Anshi's lessons.
As a result, when people arrived... they found that the young master of the Zhang family was not even a ghost.
Yang Shiqi was sitting in the hall, but Deng Jian was very embarrassed. He said to Yang Shiqi again and again: "After a while, Mr. Zhang will come back. Please be patient and don't be impatient. Come, Mr. Yang, please have a sip of tea."
Have a sip of tea."
So, after Yang Shiqi strategically drank tea to cover up his embarrassment countless times and ran into the pit seven or eight times at the same time, Zhang Anshi came back smelling of alcohol.
Yang Shiqi's face looked very bad. Before he came, he had received the prince's instructions, so he was quite happy. After all, he was just a minister, so he was really lucky to be favored by the prince.
Of course, this is actually related to Yang Shiqi's origin.
Yang Shiqi's family was poor since he was a child. His father died early and his mother remarried. His stepfather was kind to him, but he died soon after.
So the orphans and widowers depended on each other, and he made a living by teaching people.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the court needed a large number of talents, so Yang Shiqi was able to enter the court as an official with the recommendation of a nobleman.
In other words, Yang Shiqi was not an official who passed the imperial examination. This was nothing when Emperor Taizu Gao was the emperor, but decades after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this became a huge weakness.
Yang Shiqi's official career was not good. Those Jinshi who were born in the right way looked down upon him, and he was born in a poor family. Although some people occasionally looked up to him, after all, he was not favored by real officials in the court, let alone being from the same hometown or the same year.
Therefore, in the early years of the Yongle Dynasty, he was just a transparent person.
At this time, he thought, no wonder the prince asked him to teach Mr. Zhang that good things will not happen, and he will take the blame for bad things.
Yang Shiqi and Zhang Anshi met.
When Zhang Anshi heard that Yang Shiqi was coming, he was very enthusiastic: "Come on, come on, Master Yang. I've heard about his name for a long time. Let's sit down. Have you eaten, Master Yang?"
When Yang Shiqi heard Zhang Anshi say the words "I have admired him for a long time, I have admired him for a long time, I have a helpless smile in my heart."
It's fine if others look up to you for a long time, but if you look up to me for a long time... well... you're in bad luck.
Yang Shiqi said with a serious face and a businesslike look: "Sir, let's start studying."
Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, okay, I have always liked reading."
So, a copy of "Shang Shu" was placed in front of Zhang Anshi.
Zhang Anshi was dumbfounded at first. He knew every word in it, but when combined, Zhang Anshi became blind.
The most frightening thing is that when Yang Shiqi started studying, Zhang Anshi began to doze off, feel sleepy, and his eyelids kept fighting.
Several times... when Yang Shiqi saw Zhang Anshi's dull look, he coughed desperately to remind Zhang Anshi to cheer up.
Zhang Anshi was agitated and looked around blankly. At first, he looked confused and wondered who I was and where I was.
The next moment, his eyes began to droop again.
After doing this several times, Yang Shiqi felt like he was about to collapse.
He wanted to be furious, like when he was a teacher among the people, he picked up a ruler and beat this hateful guy hard.
But he endured it, and for the sake of his own future, he warned himself that he could only swallow his anger.
"Mr. Zhang, can you understand the "Book of Zhou" I just talked about?"
Zhang Anshi: "..."
"Don't rush, take your time, I'll explain the essence of "Book of Zhou" to you."
"Okay, I think Mr. Zhang has already grasped this."
Zhang Anshi stared, blinking occasionally, looking at Yang Shiqi with a stiff expression.
Yang Shiqi took a deep breath, tried hard to maintain a professional smile, and said: "Then I will say it again. This time listen carefully. Don't be anxious. You can't be impatient. Many people are like this at first. Once they master the trick...
But things fell into place."
I repeated this consolation for several days.
In the end, Yang Shiqi wanted to cry but had no tears.
Because this guy is clueless.
You say he has a bad attitude, but he respects you quite a bit.
But if you want to say that he is well-behaved, you have talked about the Four Books and Five Classics so much, but in the end this guy is still blind.
You can't beat him or scold him, after all, he is the brother-in-law of His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness the Crown Prince seems to value this brother-in-law very highly. In the future, he will be a well-known uncle of the country and a serious relative of the emperor.
So, a few days later, when Yang Shiqi went to Zhang's house, he was probably in the mood of visiting a grave.
On several occasions when he was on the verge of collapse and breaking his defenses, he used his strong willpower to regain his sanity time and time again.