Chapter 624 Talking in the Tavern
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"Don't understand?" A trace of bitterness appeared in Xu Jie's eyes.
"Please give me some advice!"
Xu Jie raised his finger and pointed to the sky. A trace of sudden enlightenment appeared on Zhang Juzheng's face: "You mean Your Majesty..."
Xu Jie nodded slightly. Zhang Juzheng's face changed constantly, and finally blushed and said:
"But...but...there is such a constant struggle, and the Great Ming Dynasty is becoming increasingly corrupt..."
"If Luo Xin had not appeared out of nowhere..." Xu Jie smiled bitterly and said, "To put it, the Ming Dynasty still has to thank Luo Xin. It was his emergence that brought Yan Song down, and it was his emergence that made the northern border calm for at least twenty years. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty today would not know what it looks like."
Speaking of this, Xu Jie sighed and said, "Taiyue, put away your temperament and teach King Yu well."
Xu Jie's eyes became deeper, and he lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty is old!"
Zhang Juzheng suddenly opened his eyes. He understood the meaning of Xu Jie's words. Emperor Jiajing could not live for many years, and King Yu's personality was much weaker than Emperor Jiajing. As long as King Yu ascended the throne, that was the time when Xu Jie and Gao Gong really competed.
"Gao Gong... is also King Yu's teacher!"
"It depends on you!" Xu Jie's eyes showed a look of trust and said, "He Gao Gong is King Yu's teacher, and so is me, so the influence of our two on King Yu can be offset against each other. The rest depends on how you do it, and you have a great responsibility."
Zhang Juzheng left Xu Mansion without thinking, and the coachman quickly opened the car door and asked him to get into the car. However, Zhang Juzheng waved his hand. He had the habit of thinking about things while walking, so he walked along the street with his hands on his hands, thinking about how to gain King Yu's trust and pull King Yu into his own camp.
Luo Xin came towards him at the other end of the street. At this time, Luo Xin was also walking and thinking about the matter of Emperor Jiajing asking him to be Teacher Yu. At this moment, Zhang Juzheng seemed to be tired from walking, so he looked up and wanted to get in the car, but when he saw Luo Xin at first sight, he blurted out:
"Not a tool!"
When Luo Xin heard someone calling him, he looked up and looked at him in the voice. He saw Zhang Juzheng opposite him, and smiled on his face. While walking towards Zhang Juzheng, he bowed and said:
"Brother Taiyue, this is..." Speaking of this, Luo Xin looked in the direction of Zhang Juzheng's walking, which meant that this was not the direction you went to work, nor was it the direction you returned to your home. Where are you going?
Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth and finally did not say that he was from Xu Jie, but he remembered Xu Jie's evaluation of Luo Xin. Although he knew that the grudge between Xu Jie and Luo Xin could not be resolved, he still felt close to Luo Xin in his heart, so he smiled and said:
"I'm just walking around, why don't you and I have a drink?"
"good!"
Luo Xin still respected Zhang Juzheng very much and nodded happily. The two of them looked around and walked towards a restaurant not far away.
The two went up to the second floor and ordered a private room. The wine and food came up quickly. Luo Xin picked up the wine glass and said:
"Brother Taiyue, I won't respect you."
After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Juzheng's face showed a look of depression. He showed his true nature in front of Luo Xin. On the one hand, he knew that although Luo Xin was not Xu Party, he was not Gao Party. On the other hand, he truly admired Luo Xin. Zhang Juzheng was a proud person. There were few people he could like in the entire Ming Dynasty. Even his teacher Xu Jie was disappointed. However, Luo Xin's rise made him admire him very much.
Whether it is the "Combination of Confucius and Mencius", "Hundred Psalms of Yanglin", "Yanglin Poems", or the Wuhou crossed the grassland and defended the country, these are all things that Zhang Juzheng wanted to do but did not do. How could Zhang Juzheng not admire him from the bottom of his heart? From his heart, he felt that Luo Xin was with him and was worthy of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty with him. With a few glasses of wine, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but tell Luo Xin about the depression in his heart.
"Now the Ming Dynasty is in chaos. First, he impeached Zou Yinglong as a nepotist, but then Gao Gong became even more aggressive. Even Yan Song did not do so excessively when he purged officials on such a large scale?"
Luo Xin also smiled bitterly on his face. In fact, he had a lot of opinions about Gao Gong. Gao Gong was a little too much and nodded, so he nodded and said:
"I never thought that Gao Shegong would be so big!"
"Big!" Zhang Juzheng picked up the wine glass and drank it all. With a "bang", he placed the wine glass heavily on the table, and snorted coldly:
"It's really a big deal! Those who follow me will prosper and rebel against me will perish. Incompetent people are flooding the courts, and they are all in corpses, which will make the government unable to be smooth and misleading the country and the people. It's just because the dictatorship of the emperor today..."
"Brother Taiyue is careful!"
Zhang Juzheng looked at Luo Xin with a slanted eyes and said, "What? You are afraid of the emperor if you don't have any weapons? Haha..."
Zhang Juzheng laughed madly and said, "Yes, who is not afraid of the priest now? There are no straight ministers in the Ming Dynasty, no more dare to argue with the priest in person, and no more people who have given advice. This is the sorrow of the Ming Dynasty, this is the sorrow of human beings!
Character!
What about human character?
hehe……
Now the Shilin has broken its backbone!
hehe……
The old master of the dynasty... was just a puppet who acted when he saw the emperor's eyes..."
The teacher... did not disobey any of the words he was a puppet, and he could never find his character again!
Luo Xin's eyes flashed, and then he realized that Zhang Juzheng should have gone to Xu Jie. Xu Jie saw it very thoroughly, probably completely different from Zhang Juzheng's concept, which made Zhang Juzheng extremely depressed.
"But you, the teacher has a very high evaluation of you. The teacher said... If you hadn't been born in nowhere, the Ming Dynasty would not be what it would be like now. To put a big word, the only thing that can revive the Ming Dynasty is not Qi and Taiyue'er!"
"This matter is not urgent!" Luo Xin sighed and comforted him.
"How can you not be anxious?" Zhang Juzheng said with a flushing face: "Although the disasters in the north of the Ming Dynasty are now eliminated without any means. However, after a war in the north, it is already ruined and is in ruins. There are also Southeast, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Bashu, and the people are still in chaos. The national treasury is empty and even the salaries of officials cannot be paid. What is this?
This is a sign of a country's destruction. If you don't apply severe medicine, the day of the country's destruction will not be far away."
Luo Xin remained silent. He recalled that after Zhang Juzheng took power in history, he was indeed decisive and put a strong medicine. The one-whip method reformed the Ming Dynasty was corrupt. However, it was precisely because the medicine was too fierce and too fast that it did not bring about the Ming Dynasty's revival, but the Ming Dynasty further slid into the abyss.
"Why don't you speak?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Luo Xin with drunken eyes: "Are you afraid too? I'm afraid that the priest will kill your head?"
Luo Xin looked at Zhang Juzheng silently and said in a low voice: "Brother Taiyue, I will ask you something, you must answer me with your conscience."
"ask!"
"Is it useful to the emperor's advice?"
Zhang Juzheng was stunned and sat there blankly, shook his head for a while and said, "It's useless! But..."
"No, but!" Luo Xin interrupted him and said, "We can still do something in the officialdom. If we are dismissed from office or killed, we can do nothing. For example, when Huangtai Ji was at the city, I was an official in the capital, so I can still do something. If I were a civilian, what could I do?
Death advice! Only when it is useful can it be killed. If it is useless, that is stupid!"
Zhang Juzheng was completely awakened and woke up. He looked at Luo Xin blankly for a while and sighed:
"No, I'm not as good as you!"
Speaking of this, he looked distressed and said, "The court is now chaotic, and the officials are all in a panic. Maybe the hat you and I have all put on will be taken off at any time. What are your plans?"
Luo Xin shook his head and said, "I have no plans now. Just now, Your Majesty summoned me and promoted me."
"Are you promoted?"
Zhang Juzheng looked stunned. With his wisdom, he knew Luo Xin's situation very well. Emperor Jiajing was afraid of Xu Jie's suppression, and Luo Xin was not inferior to Gao Gong's party, so how could he be promoted?
"Yeah!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "Jia Shi's Mansion, let me be the teacher of King Yu."
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out what the Jiajing Emperor was trying to get crazy, but he picked up the wine glass and said:
"Congratulations!"
Luo Xin also picked up the wine glass and touched Zhang Juzheng for a while. After drinking it, he drank it all. After putting down the wine glass, he said bitterly on his face:
"You don't have to congratulate me. You can't understand my situation. I'm a little confused? Please give me some advice from Brother Taiyue."
Zhang Juzheng thought about it carefully for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't understand!"
He glanced at Luo Xin again and said, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Look first, then talk." Luo Xin sighed and said, "Maybe it's because I'm even in the game and I'm not sure. After the New Year, I'll be out of the matter, and maybe I'll see everything clearly by that time."
"Being out of the matter?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Luo Xin and said, "Do you... want to resign?"
"Not this!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "I will be seventeen years old after the New Year, and Dai'er is fourteen years old. I want to go back to my hometown to get married."
Zhang Juzheng nodded. Although Luo Xin and Lu Rudai are both in the capital now, marriage is a major event in life and they always have to worship their ancestors. Even if Xu Jie wants to continue to suppress Luo Xin, even if Emperor Jiajing has some purpose, it is impossible not to criticize Luo Xin's marriage leave.
"What about after the marriage leave?"
"At that time, maybe I will figure it out and will naturally come back." Luo Xin said lightly.
"What if you haven't figured it out yet?" Zhang Juzheng asked.
"Then keep taking a vacation!" Luo Xin shrugged and said, "It's not difficult for me to come up with a reason not to come back. Taiyue, what are your plans? You are Xu Jie's most proud student, and I'm afraid Gao Gong may not let you go."
Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and said, "It is not a real man who seeks profit and avoids harm."
Luo Xin sighed, Zhang Juzheng had this kind of personality, so he stopped persuading each other and picked up the wine glass and said:
"Then I wish Brother Taiyue peace and safety!"
"Why does this sound so awkward!" Zhang Juzheng said to Luo Xin.
"It's so unpleasant!" Luo Xin sighed.
"Go to you!" Zhang Juzheng cursed with a smile: "I wish you a son soon!"
The two of them drank the wine glass, and Luo Xin put down the wine glass and said, "Don't you blame me for seeking profit and avoiding harm?"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said, "You are different from me, your situation is really... and I believe that your character is definitely not a person who seeks profit and avoids harm, otherwise you would not dare to lead two thousand people deep into the grassland. You just want to temporarily get rid of this vortex and quietly figure things out. When you figure it out, you will definitely come back. Even if this vortex will tear you to pieces."
The two of them drank for a while and were in a bad mood. Finally, they left the restaurant drunk. Luo Xin walked towards his mansion. When he returned to his mansion, Dieer and Chunhua saw Luo Xin's drunken look, they hurriedly complained that Lu Daqing, who was following Luo Xin, did not look down on Luo Xin, while boiling water to bathe Luo Xin, feeding Luo Xin a bowl of sober soup, and then holding Luo Xin, covering Luo Xin with a quilt, then quietly retreating.
midnight.
Luo Xin woke up from his sleep, his throat was dry, so he got up and grabbed the teapot on the table and drank it. Die'er and Chunhua in the outside heard the sound of the inner room, and hurriedly walked in in small clothes. Seeing Luo Xin drank all the teapots, Die'er hurriedly took the teapot and brewed tea for Luo Xin, while Chunhua picked up her robe and put it on Luo Xin. Luo Xin sat on the chair and waved his hands, let Chunhua go out. After a while, Die'er also brewed a pot of tea, brought a plate of snacks and placed it on the table, and then gently retreated.
I will go to Prince Yu's mansion tomorrow, and Luo Xin recalled the voice of Prince Yu in his mind.
The Jiajing Emperor recorded in history was very indifferent to King Yu. Logically speaking, King Yu's two brothers died one after another, leaving only King Yu and King Jing. King Yu was older and should have made King Yu the crown prince. However, Emperor Jiajing did not make the crown prince until his death. King Yu lived like a normal prince, living in Prince Yu's mansion outside the palace, enjoying a happy life with his wife while living in rumors.
Wushu knew that King Yu was the crown prince for granted, but Emperor Jiajing did not make King Yu the crown prince, which led to undercurrents in the court and very large speculations. There were ministers who adhered to the rules of the ancestors in the court, and there were ministers who wanted to take Li in the fire. Therefore, everything about King Yu was repeatedly studied by these people.
Prince Yu's mother was Concubine Du Kang, and Emperor Jiajing did not like her. However, Prince Jing's mother, Concubine Lu Jing, was very loved by Emperor Jiajing. This made those ministers with ulterior motives speculate whether Emperor Jiajing had the intention to make King Jing the crown prince?
This speculation is very dangerous to the stability of the country, and also very dangerous to King Yu. Since ancient times, it has been a king and a minister of one day, so it is very important to take sides. The ministers in the court will inevitably hesitate in their hearts, whom are they supporting? Under such circumstances, King Jing, who had no idea about the position of prince, couldn't help but dream of a prince.
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