Xuanwu Lake is located in the northern suburbs outside Taipingmen of Nanjing City. Today in spring, there are many painted boats and small boats on the lake. Compared with the light boats on the Qinhuai River at night, naturally most of them are dignitaries or well-off people who come to enjoy the outing. There are fewer singing and dancing of beauties and concubines on the lake.
, but you can see the scene of all the ladies still holding the pipa and half covering their faces.
However, Xu Xun said that he wanted to take his newlywed wife to go boating on Xuanwu Lake. Now that he was in Xuanwu Lake, he did not have the romance of red sleeves. Instead, he had to concentrate on coping. Because right opposite him, sitting
They are the three most famous bosses in Nanjing - except for Lin Jun, who is at home with Ding You, there are three of the four gentlemen of Nanjing. For the convenience of conversation, even the servants everyone brought with them stayed outside the cabin.
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Zhang Fuhua looked at Xu Xun for a long time, and then slowly said: "Look at the strong pines in the dim dusk, and still calmly fly across the chaotic clouds. I am born with talents that will be useful, and the infinite scenery is in the dangerous peaks. Although these four lines of your poem cannot be compared with each other, they are incomparable.
It was impeccable, but now it has been widely circulated in Nanjing, and no one has broken it into pieces and analyzed it. Demao said before that if you pursue a career, he will definitely take you under his sect. I thought he was just talking, but now I see
Come on, you are really talented."
"Master Zhang, thank you." Although Zhang Fuhua just said that his talent was good, Xu Xun had no serious plans to compete with this veteran, and said with a slight smile, "It's just to clarify our ambitions. In real terms, it's better to borrow
I know that Qinglian layman is born with talents that will be useful, and I will come back after all the money I have spent. I know that nowadays people say something about me, but I actually don’t care. The pure will become pure, and the turbid will become turbid. In the past, there were three people
Cheng Hu has participated in killing people, let alone an insignificant person like me."
"If you are insignificant, everyone in this world will be insignificant."
Because of these four poems that Xu Xun used to express his ambition, and the fact that Xu Xun returned to Taiping to donate money to the Xu family to fund education, and even set up a policy of encouraging students to study with the elders of the clan, Lin Han unknowingly changed his attitude.
Its perception - after all, when Xu Xun left Nanjing, he had a pretty good reputation because of Zhang Mao's support. But after more than a year in the capital, as his career skyrocketed, all kinds of negative news continued, even in the
According to the rumors, he had become a sycophant who followed the eunuchs and led them to harm the emperor. He was a little skeptical at first. At this moment, with a smile and a joke, he asked seriously: "De Mao has already told us everything you said before.
The Emperor has made too many unexpected moves since he came to the throne. Since you are the person whom the Emperor trusts, there are some things we have to ask you."
"Lin Butang can ask questions, but as long as he can answer them, I will definitely tell you everything I know."
Lin Han was extremely satisfied with Xu Xun's candid attitude. He nodded slightly and asked, "Why did the emperor abolish the early dynasty?"
Although this was promoted by Zhu Houzhao when he came to the throne, when it was spread from the capital to Nanjing, many of its meanings were inevitably completely different from the original meaning. Therefore, Xu Xun naturally explained in detail: "When Hongwu Ye was here, everything was not done in detail.
They were all discussed in the morning court, which often took a very long time. Afterwards, officials were given food and drink, which everyone could tolerate. But gradually, the morning court became a story of hypocrisy, and the report was reduced from only eight things to only five.
But they often have to go to court before dawn. It's okay for the officials to live close by, but they live far away from the palace city, and they don't even sleep for less than two hours a night.
Moreover, the five matters announced in the early morning meeting were decided the day before. In addition, even the cabinet ministers often have a hard time seeing their beauty. Even the eunuchs and eunuchs who are responsible for etiquette have no time to leave the cabinet. In this way, all internal and external communication is controlled.
In the hands of a group of writers, if something goes wrong in the long run, the consequences will be disastrous. Thinking back to the Yongle period, and even the Hongxi and Xuande years, the Taimiao, Renmiao and Xuanmiao did not go to court every day, but often went to the Wenhua Hall to manage government affairs.
The DPRK called it a grand event.”….
Lin Han and others knew the past events of this dynasty most clearly. They knew that Xu Xun was not talking nonsense. Lin Han, Zhang Fuhua and others looked at each other, and they both looked at Zhang Mao at the same time. At this time, Zhang Mao stroked his beard.
Asked: "Na Shizhen, was this your idea for the emperor?"
"Of course not. It was because the emperor saw the late emperor going to court every day without dawn, and he used to be filial to advise him. However, the late emperor believed that the old government should not be changed lightly, so the emperor hated the early court in vain, so he took this as soon as he came to the throne.
One operation."
Xu Xun gently and skillfully shied away all his responsibilities, and put a high hat of filial piety on Zhu Houzhao. Seeing that the expressions of the three people opposite him were really peaceful, he struck while the iron was hot and said, "In fact, no matter the cabinet or the
All the officials in the ministry said privately that compared with the past when they just kowtowed before the emperor, now at least their voices can be heard by the emperor."
Although Zhu Houzhao did not go to Wenhua Hall every day to attend court, he would go to Wenhua Hall every now and then or even the next day to see his ministers. No one could distort this fact, so Lin Han and others did not think Xu Xun's words were unfounded.
After asking this question clearly, Zhang Fuhua asked straight to the point: "Then you trained the avant-garde of the imperial army directly to Xiyuan. Isn't it just to invite favors?"
"Inviting favors? I once said in front of several elders and ministers that day that training soldiers is to know the soldiers. Only after knowing the soldiers can we use the soldiers carefully. In the past, the Yingmiao trained soldiers in the inner garden, but later because of misunderstanding Wang Zhen
The defeat of Tumubao was due to improper training of troops and poor use of generals. Nowadays, the vanguard of the government army is all young troops, with only 5,000 men. It is my advice to the emperor that the soldiers should be more elite than more expensive. Even so, before
I led my army to attack the north, but I never used them, just because I knew their strength, and I also knew my own strength. I had been able to win and behead thousands of people before, even though I had made a bold strategy, but without Jingyang Boshen
Ying, without Yang Suian's reinforcements, may have no choice but to be defeated outside the Great Wall."
Xu Xun said this in one breath, and then said with a bright look in his eyes: "To be disrespectful, the emperor loves riding and shooting. At least it can strengthen his muscles and bones, which is better than wandering around in the alleys or indulging in women."
"You still know that you are being disrespectful"
Zhang Mao glared at Xu Xun angrily. Seeing that Zhang Fuhua and Lin Han didn't feel dissatisfied, he thought that he and others were talking more intensely in private, so he didn't do anything for himself. At this time, Xu Xun calmed down and took advantage of
When the three people did not raise any new questions, he said: "Nowadays, all the elders in the court, even if they have moved their homes, they are just transferred from one yamen to another. They always hold great power and their authority is getting stronger. They cannot listen.
Those who seek change and innovation, and who have different political opinions, are inevitably wary of, and even suppressed. For example, Mr. Lin, who has a good reputation and is recommended by foreign language officials, has always lived in Nanjing. The reason is very simple. The situation between the DPRK and China
It has not changed for many years. If Mr. Lin and others enter the capital, it will be like a stone that breaks the tranquility of the pond."
"Then the stone sank to the bottom, but the waves on the water gradually disappeared?"
Zhang Fuhua said something, and when Xu Xun smiled but did not answer, although he secretly lamented that the boy was cunning, there was an unspeakable spirit in his heart. He was already very old, and it would be too much for him to go to the capital to fight again, but his friend
Lin Han is a great talent, but he has been stuck in the rich place of Jiangnan without being able to develop his ambitions. He can't help but feel sorry for him. Then think about Lin Jun, who has to worry about his mother and father and stays at home. He doesn't know if he will have a chance after his comeback.
Showing his ambition, he unknowingly let out a deep sigh.
The next exchange was much easier. The three people present had only seen Zhu Houzhao once or twice from a distance before, and they couldn't help but be curious about the young emperor who had just ascended the throne. So Zhang Mao took the lead and inquired about the young emperor with great interest.
The emperor's temperament is like a human being. Xu Xun was also skillful and calm in this regard. He talked about the father-son relationship between the late Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao. Even after the Lantern Festival, Zhu Houzhao slept in his clothes in front of Emperor Hongzhi's soul in Fengxian Hall.
They all took the opportunity to talk a lot. Sure enough, Zhang Fuhua and others really valued the word filial piety, and their expressions were moved without realizing it. Lin Han even murmured a few words of emotion to himself...
After wandering on the lake for more than an hour, the boat finally reached the shore. Xu Xun, who was already suffering from back pain from sitting, was naturally the first to stand up and get off the boat. However, he stepped on the pedals and easily jumped onto the shore of the lake. A man dressed in casual clothes
The man hurried forward and after saluting, he whispered a few words to him. Lin Han and the three people who followed him off the boat immediately frowned when they saw Xu Xun, and they couldn't help exchanging glances with each other.
, and Zhang Mao walked slowly to Xu Xun after the man turned around and left quickly.
"What, what's the news?"
Xu Xun tried hard to digest the news that took at least six or seven days to reach him, and speculated on the current trends of the court, but he did not notice Zhang Mao's inquiry. After a while, when he came back to his senses, he saw that Lin Han and the others had strange expressions on their faces.
Looking at himself, he smiled bitterly and said: "The news from the capital is that Mr. Ma, the Minister of Civil Affairs, has been accused of being old and fatuous and has gone to Shuqiu."
He originally thought that his departure from Beijing must have caused Liu Jin and others to get carried away, so that big bosses like Liu Jian and Xie Qian began to take action. However, he did not expect that the first fire to be lit would be in the staff department, let alone the official department.
Ma Wensheng, who had always been stubborn, actually asked himself to become an official. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the most classic sentence in Dream of Red Mansions.
The agency was too clever in its calculations, but it cost Qingqing her life.
"What is the emperor's intention?"
The little emperor didn't have much affection for Ma Wensheng in the first place - speaking of it, this was also his fault. Ma Wensheng had made things difficult for him because of Jiao Fang's instigation. It's surprising that Zhu Houzhao had a good impression of life - plus Liu Jin was the instigator.
, this result can be imagined. After all, he forgot this point, and it is really his own fault.
Seeing that Xu Xun didn't even have the energy to answer Lin Han's question, Zhang Fuhua couldn't help but said thoughtfully: "If the vacancy of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel becomes vacant, the next step will inevitably be a court recommendation. Logically speaking, Liu Huarong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, should have the greatest hope.
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As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Xu Xun's sarcastic voice coming from next to him: "There is another piece of news for the three adults to know. If it weren't for Mr. Li Ge of the cabinet, the officials under Mr. Liu, the Minister of War, would come forward.
, everyone is gathering firewood and the flames are high, Mabu Tang will not be unable to bear it and beg to leave sadly."
ps: Yesterday I read the chapter about the eunuchs in the history of the Ming Dynasty again. I have to say that it is obvious that there are so many people in Liu Jin's eunuchs. It is really miserable for people like Kang Hai who were unjustly accused and unlucky... (To be continued. If you
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