Chapter 90 The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop
Update time:2012-11-27
There was a holiday during the New Year, but the long journey from the capital to Nanjing meant that there was no time to go home. Zhang Ning spent the New Year in the capital. After the New Year, he asked a matchmaker to formally go to Yang's house to propose marriage. The two parties exchanged gifts. After Yang Shiqi agreed, Zhang Ning sent another
After giving some gifts and gifts, and after a few exchanges, the marriage contract between the two was officially concluded. This matter is no longer a secret in the officialdom of the capital. No matter how high the official is, he must marry his daughter to his wife. It is human nature.
In April, letters from the elders of the family also arrived in the capital, expressing their approval of the marriage. Of course, this was just a formality. Zhang Jiujin and others did not disagree with the marriage between his nephew and the court minister. The Ming Dynasty valued trustworthiness, and once a marriage contract was concluded, there was basically no regret.
Maybe, unless something unpredictable happens; just like Zhang Ning's last engagement, when the doctor said he was going to die, the Wang family would have reason to break the engagement.
By embracing Yang Shiqi's thigh, Zhang Ning's career would only become smoother, but soon a small incident cast a shadow over his heart.
One day, an old acquaintance came to the house. It was none other than Wang Zhen. When Wang Zhen met, he took out twenty-two votes and said he was paying off his debt.
Only then did Zhang Ning remember that he had indeed lent money to Wang Zhen. It was all at the end of the year before last. If he hadn't suddenly mentioned it, he would have completely forgotten it. And he remembered that it seemed to be twelve taels, when Wang Zhen decided to castrate himself and enter the palace.
, I looked for a loan of five taels, but because the denomination of the banknote was limited, I simply borrowed ten taels. Now that Wang Zhen has returned twenty taels, he must be doing well.
He declined and said, "We don't have much money. Brother Wang still remembers what he is doing, so forget it."
Wang Zhenque said seriously: "As the saying goes, it's not difficult to borrow something and borrow it again. Brother Ping An, please collect the banknote first and then we can talk about anything else. Originally, our family had long heard that Brother Ping An had come to Beijing, but we didn't have a chance to go out a while ago.
Palace, I just came out now, although it’s a bit late, but I can finally pay it back. If you give me an extra ten taels, I’ll treat it as interest, so don’t refuse. Otherwise, I wouldn’t dare to wear palace clothes and visit you.”
Zhang Ning saw that he was sincere, so he didn't bother to push it around and accepted it readily. He just heard that Wang Zhen called himself "our family" in a father-in-law's tone, so he looked around curiously and saw Wang Zhen.
Zhen was dressed in a gray cloth robe and dressed very low-key. He looked no different from before, except that the few sparse beards on his mouth were now completely clean. Other than that, he had not changed much. His left eye was larger and his right eye was smaller, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.
His appearance may have changed forever, but it seems to be paler than before. The food in the palace is good.
"Brother Wang has become famous now? In which yamen is he promoted?" Zhang Ning asked casually.
Wang Zhendao: "If you can't talk about a high position, just follow my godfather Wang Gonggong and you'll be fine!"
Zhang Ning thought to himself: How do I know who the prince is? Your surname is not Wang.
Wang Zhen rubbed his head and finally found a way to speak: "Your Majesty calls him Wang Gou'er."
Zhang Ning suddenly realized that Wang Gou'er knew that he was a very qualified eunuch in the palace. He seemed to be a favored eunuch during the reign of Emperor Yongle, and he was qualified to interfere in imperial cases. Wang Gou'er's name is indeed a bit indecent.
No wonder Wang Zhen is embarrassed to say his name directly.
Wang Zhen sighed: "My godfather is a noble man in our family, and he is too kind to our family. Back then, our family couldn't enter the palace because we were too old, so we had to live on the streets in the capital. If I hadn't met my godfather, I wouldn't know what happened.
It's a good idea. When my godfather heard that our family also had the surname Wang, he took him in as his son, and things got better after that."
"It will be easier if there are talents above." Zhang Ning agreed.
Wang Zhen sighed and said sternly: "By the way, there is something else I want to tell you. Our family is on duty in the palace, and Brother Ping'an is a foreign minister. It is difficult to find opportunities to meet each other on weekdays. Today I just want to tell you, so that you can
I have an idea in my mind."
"What's the matter?" Zhang Ning asked. When he saw Wang Zhen's mysterious appearance, he immediately thought that it might be something about the emperor's poor health. He occasionally heard people talking about it in private these days.
Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen shook his head and said, "Did you offend someone?"
"No!" Zhang Ning said in shock.
Wang Zhen lowered his voice and said: "This is strange, then why does Zhang He want to punish you behind your back? A few days ago, Zhang He, the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, made a leak, naming you by name and saying that there is something wrong with your origin, and you are not from Shangyuan County, Nanzhili Province.
After the Zhang family, he was adopted by the Zhang family. When we were in Nanjing, Brother Ping'an had been neighbors with our family for so many years. Our family had never heard of this. How did Zhang He know? He certainly wouldn't dare to do such a thing.
You must have put in a lot of effort to talk without any basis. Who would go to that trouble if he didn't mean to target you! He just said that Brother Ping'an was an adopted son, but he mentioned your age of birth intentionally or unintentionally in the memorial.
; Our family has calculated it privately. Brother Ping An is twenty-three years old this year. There was a big event twenty-three years ago... The capital at that time was in Nanjing. If anyone was paying attention to this matter, Brother Ping An would have spoken out.
It’s not clear!”
Zhang Ning's face changed when he heard this, and his heart thumped. Wang Zhen was not completely alarmist. Regarding his life experience, he had long realized that it might be a weakness of his, but there was really nothing he could do about it. What was the use of such a destined thing?
The only way to remedy this is to try not to let anyone know about it. Once it is discovered, it will be troublesome. The only way to clear the relationship is to find the biological parents to prove innocence. The problem is where can they find it in the world? Unless Zhang Ning’s biological parents were in the past.
The parents take the initiative to find each other, otherwise there is nothing they can do.
"How did I offend that guy?" Zhang Ning was a little hesitant to speak.
Because he had some unpleasant dealings with Zhang He last year, Zhang Ning checked this person in private. His native place was Lintong, and he had no relationship with him in the past eight lives. The only relationship was that he later became Lu Zhen's son-in-law, and they only had contact with him on some occasions.
.There was no conflict of interest and no old grudges. Zhang Ning didn’t understand why that guy wanted to go against him.
"Brother Ping'an, don't worry." Wang Zhen hurriedly advised, "This matter should not be a big problem for the time being. The emperor is not interested in this memorial at all, and the ministers have not paid much attention to it. It will probably not take long for the memorial to be left in the ceremonial supervisor.
It will sink to the bottom.”
After a while, Wang Zhen said again: "There is one more thing that my godfather asked our family to ask casually. It seems that Mr. Ping An was an errand under Hu Ying before?"
Zhang Ning thought to himself that Wang Gouer knew everything Hu Ying had done and had nothing to hide, so he nodded.
Wang Zhen said: "Before the death of the late emperor, Hu Ying was anxious to meet the emperor. Do you know if he had something urgent?"
"I really haven't heard of this," Zhang Ning said, "I was in Nanjing at the time. But I had intercepted a secret letter from the rebels before and handed it over to Hu Ying."
Wang Zhendao: "Eunuch Wang has also seen the letter, so he didn't ask about this. Later, Hu Ying sent someone out to do something. It seemed that there was some progress. By the time he wanted to see the late emperor, it was already too late."
Zhang Ning shook his head to express his ignorance. At this time, Wang Zhen leaned forward, looked around, and whispered: "Brother Ping'an has a close relationship with Hu Ying. I have a chance to ask him about it. Eunuch Wang wants to know what kind of medicine is inside." .If you help me with this, I will not sit idly by if anything happens in the future. If Zhang He wants to harm you, it will be in vain. If we find the right opportunity to say a few words in the palace, he will get out immediately."
"Oh... I'll give it a try." Zhang Ning responded casually. He thought to himself: If I collude with you, then I will become an eunuch and excommunicate myself from the civil servants. At this time, the power of eunuchs has not yet become a phenomenon, and it is not the same as in the late Ming Dynasty. There is no doubt that the reputation of the entire Ming Dynasty after the civil servants and eunuchs colluded would not be good.
He thought for a while and then said implicitly: "Brother Wang is a close minister, and I am a foreign minister... But we used to be neighbors, so I will do my best for this little thing."
The two talked for a while, and Wang Zhen was about to leave, and Zhang Ning didn't stay with him much. After seeing the people off, he looked at the banknotes on the table, and his impression of Wang Zhen slightly changed: This person is definitely not a good person. But he is not ambiguous about his grudges, just like his loyalty to Wang Gou'er revealed in his words, which seems to be very sincere; when people treat him badly, he will burn their houses, and there is no record of repaying kindness with enmity for those who treat him well.
This kind of person is actually relatively easy to get along with. The most difficult person to deal with is Zhang He. On the surface, he is polite and courteous to you, but he offends him without knowing where he is, and then stabs him in the back.
Zhang Ning hurriedly went into the house and dug out a locked box from the bottom. Inside were banknotes, used road guides and some important items, including things left behind by his biological mother when she abandoned him. He used to be his adoptive mother. He was kept in custody and handed over to Zhang Ning before his death.
The swaddling clothes and other things at that time were not preserved, and now there are only two old things left: an old piece of paper with birth date and name written on it. The handwriting is beautiful and should be from the hand of a woman. It is most likely the handwriting of the biological mother who can write this handwriting. The woman probably did not come from a poor family; there was also half a jade pendant, a small Guanyin carved from white jade, only half of it.
Judging from these two things, maybe there was something wrong with Zhang Ning's life experience in the past, and even he now has doubts about it.
A mother who can write and has jade of good quality does not look like an ordinary citizen. Since the family is not impoverished, why would they abandon a baby boy? Zhang Ning thought to himself, I am afraid it is not detrimental to his reputation, such as Having a child before marriage means you have encountered some emergency. Could it be that you are really the descendant of a certain official of the Jianwen Dynasty?
If this matter is found out, the consequences will be very serious. No matter whether it is the Yongle Dynasty, the Hongxi Dynasty or the future crown prince Zhu Zhanji, if your "political | political background" is not clean, you will be dismissed from office and let you live. The most likely thing is to be locked up again. Regardless of the crime, he would spend decades in prison... Emperor Jianwen had a son who unfortunately did not escape at that time. His name was Zhu Wengui. He was only two years old when he was caught. He has been imprisoned in Fengyang Guang'an Palace ever since. It is said that he has been guarding the mausoleum for Emperor Gao for twenty-three years; and there is no sign of being released. Even if Emperor Hongxi ascends the throne, he has no intention of releasing him. I don’t know how long he will be imprisoned. Maybe he will never know what’s going on outside at all in this life. What the world is like.
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