Suzhou County governs the place of Suzhou, and the county government is also in the city of Suzhou. This kind of system of counties under the jurisdiction of the government has a long history, only in the Han Dynasty was the county system, the county directly administered the subordinate counties, and then the central government, the system is the most concise, and the politics are the most mellow.

Later, the system gradually evolved, and it was inevitable that the disadvantages of stacking beds and frame houses, the most basic administrative unit was still the county, and there was a government at the top, and then there was a way, and there were prefectures in some places, and the top was the provincial-level administrative unit.

At the same time, there are also administrative units such as sub-guards and sub-patrols, as well as discipline inspection bodies for officials at various levels set up by this body.

The entire bureaucratic system seems to be a finely woven administrative network, but in fact it is complex and complex, intersecting, interfering with each other, and even consuming each other, and the final result is that the administration is close to paralysis.

Besides, he was bored standing in the room, and he didn't dare to rummage through the books, let alone touch the things on the table. Although they are all his teachers, in his heart, the most recognized is Chen Musa.

"Childe eats tea. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl brought in another pot of tea, poured a cup, and handed it to him.

"Don't dare to be, my sister is self-sufficient. "Besides, I hurriedly took it.

"My lord has asked me to serve you here and listen to your orders. Yahuan grinned.

"Well, may I ask my sister's name?"

"The maid's name is Lily. ”

"Oh, it's the national flower of the Wa Kingdom. Besides, he said casually. I almost came out of Japan.

"Wa Kingdom?"

"It's a Lilliputian country, so it's called a widow. ”

"Is it the Japanese country that made trouble with the Japanese Invaders?" asked Lily, with wide eyes.

Besides, it was extremely boring, and it was even more boring to sit with a beautiful girl? Moreover, he simply used his storytelling skills to tell the lily girl about the ancient history of Japan.

At that time, the Japanese had basically been pacified by Hu Zongxian, and the remaining remnants were only harassed by the sea from time to time, and they were not in the climate.

"Is that Wa King really a descendant of Xu Hai?" asked Lily.

"Of course it's true, it can be fake. Xu Hai took three hundred boys and girls to a desert island overseas and established the Wa Kingdom, and these three hundred boys and girls are just like you and me. Their descendants were the main subjects of the Wa Kingdom, plus the wild people on the original island. ”

Besides, it is said in a vivid way, this is bullying Lily is not an archaeologist, and he blows the conch casually, not afraid of being exposed.

"You and me, their offspring ......," Lily muttered repeatedly, feeling something, and her face turned a little red.

"Well, this ......" and it was a little embarrassing, he didn't think much about it, just added some materials according to the source. The repetition of lilies involves a very deep problem.

"It's really bad that you're so young to tell people about this. Lily covered her flushed face with her hands, but looked at him through her fingers.

Besides, I'm speechless, but to use an analogy, it's too sensitive. He only talked about 300 boys and girls on a desert island, and talked about their descendants, and there was absolutely no content that was inappropriate for children.

"What are you talking about?" Lian Daning pushed open the door and strode in.

"Nothing, small talk. Besides, he said with a smile.

When Lily saw the old man coming back, he hurriedly slipped away quietly, and when he went out, he looked back a few times, and his eyes were a little complicated.

"Sit down, I have something to say to you. Lian Daning lay back in his recliner.

Besides, there was a strange feeling in my heart, it seemed that Lian Daning was about to start talking about the topic, and it was probably just a foreshadowing when he said so much.

"I went to Chen's Mansion that day, and I didn't see my master when I came and went, did the old master blame me?" asked Lian Daning with a slight smile.

"There is no blame, the old master just said that there must be a reason for what the adults do. Besides, I had to excuse Chen Musa.

"The old master is not such a broad-minded person, especially to me. Lian Daning really didn't believe it.

"It's really not, it's just that the little prince is in a hurry, and the old master is a little unhappy. "Besides, I have to tell the truth, since Lian Daning even knows about his tea tasting in Chen's Mansion, he must not be able to hide this matter.

"First, he is your senior brother, you just call him senior brother. Second, even if he is a prince in the future, he is only a prince of the country, not a prince, so you can also call him Xu Gongzi, you don't have to learn from ordinary ordinary people, and you have lowered your identity. Lian Daning said quietly.

Besides, I really didn't know how to answer, so I had to nod. He didn't call the little prince, but he really thought so in his heart. However, listening to his tone, he seems to be quite dissatisfied with the little prince, and I don't know why.

Zhongshan Wangfu is famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and most people call Guogong as Zhongshan Wang, or Wangye, and everyone in his descendants is called Xiao Wangye, which is the same as Yunnan Mu Wangfu.

However, in the Jiangnan officialdom or in the Shilin circle, everyone is proud of their status, so they refuse to be called like this, and generally call the grandfather of the country or the prince, and only call the prince of the world.

This is different from Mu Wangfu, in Yunnan, Mu Wangfu is the prince's mansion, and what comes out is the prince and prince, even the officialdom has to be recognized, although the Mu family is actually just a marquis, not even a prince.

Lian Daning Jiyan said: "I'm thinking about you, you are senior brothers, you should be equal friends, you can't fall into your own status, even if you are not a senior brother, a scholar is not three points shorter than the prince of the country, he is destined to inherit the title of the duke of the country for the rest of his life, but the scholar may be the prime minister, be a scholar, no worse than these lords." What's more, the state is in charge of our literati and saints. ”

Besides, nodding, Lian Daning's words were frank and sincere, if he didn't treat him sincerely, it would never be possible to say such words. However, despite this, after all, you can't say it clearly, otherwise it will be a slander against the court for treating the heroes badly.

"That's what happened that day, and it's a long story. Lian Daning said slowly.

The imperial court discussed how to choose the great sages of the previous dynasty to enshrine in the holy temple, and because the children of the Yangming school occupied many important positions in the imperial court, there were many people, so it was natural to unanimously elect Wang Shouren to be enshrined.

Wang Shouren was not only a master of science, but also made great contributions to the rebellion of King Ning in the Yongle Dynasty, and there was no one to compare with him afterwards. Before Emperor Jiajing ascended to the throne, he praised Wang Shouren's military exploits, and after inheriting the throne, the first thing he did was to urge the prime ministers to summon Wang Shouren to Beijing to be crowned earl, in fact, he wanted to meet this strange man.

It is said that Emperor Jiajing was very interested in Taoism, not just believing, but fanatically pursuing it. Wang Shouren also believed in Taoism, although he later changed to science, but he also had the essence of Taoism, and Emperor Jiajing and him could be described as "Taoist" friends.

Emperor Jiajing pondered about seeing Wang Shouren here, but Yang Tinghe, the prime minister of the dynasty, pretended not to hear it. Poor Emperor Jiajing, Chrysostom Yuyan didn't work at all, because Wang Shouren failed to enter Beijing, and Emperor Jiajing had to go crazy alone.

From this point of view, Emperor Jiajing naturally favored Wang Shouren. However, what he is most afraid of is that the courtiers will form a party and collude to deal with the emperor. In Yang Tinghe's body, he has suffered enough and tasted enough.

Yang Tinghe led his ministers to stubbornly resist for three years, which made Emperor Jiajing exhausted, and even angry to pick his son, to resign from the position of emperor and return to the old domain to be the prince.

In the era of Chinese emperors for nearly 2,000 years, the emperor proposed to resign, and there was no one before or since, only Emperor Jiajing was the only one, which shows that he was really forced to have no way out at that time.

Later, although he regained the monarchy, he also consumed half of his vitality, not to mention that he was as arbitrary as Taizu and Chengzu, but it was far from Xuanzong and Yingzong. For example, if the emperor said a word in the Yongle Dynasty, who would dare not do it?

As for Emperor Jiajing, he has lost the right to nominate, only the right of veto and the right of approval, which means that the list must be discussed by the cabinet, nominated and selected by the public, and finally decided by the emperor. You see, what is left for the emperor is just a face.

Not only this matter, but also many rights, Emperor Jiajing can also see and touch. In the past, the cabinet was the emperor's secretary, and the candidates were of course designated by the emperor. Now that things have changed, the current cabinet members must consult and draw up candidates, and the emperor only has the right to approve or veto.

There is also the right to convict major cases, and Emperor Jiajing can't do what he says, and the ministers only give him the last vote. Such an emperor, do you think he is so lonely!

Historical records record that Emperor Jiajing's autocratic power is because the monarch's power has been greatly weakened, and if he is no longer "autocratic", his life will be even more difficult.

Of course, Prime Minister Yang Tinghe co-opted the ministers to deal with the emperor, not to seize power, but to bring him a cage, so as not to have another master like Wuzong who is whimsical and makes trouble in the heavenly palace in the whole country. The game of monarchs and ministers in the Jiajing Dynasty has a lot of stories. Here is not a table for the time being.

It's just that Emperor Jiajing at this moment, the candidate for the enshrinement in his mind is none other than Wang Shouren, but the ministers have been elected, and he is vigilant in his heart, lest as soon as he approves it, the ministers may have to form a group, and it is unknown if there will be another Yang Tinghe in the future. So he kept dragging his feet and didn't reply, just to wait for any objections to arise before making a conclusion.

It was a coincidence that after Chen Musa found out, he naturally went to the house and quickly sent two of his two disciples to Beijing to present a letter of 10,000 words to the emperor, stating Chen Baisha's achievements and purposes in science, and inevitably criticized Wang Shouren. Wang Shouren's military merits are beyond reproach, but in theory, it is not difficult to find fault with him.

Wang Shouren even attacked Zhu Xi, why should he attack Wang Shouren?

Sure enough, Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed.

Emperor Jiajing had already calculated in his heart that the only person in the dynasty who could compete with Wang Shouren was Chen Baisha. A few years ago, he summoned Chen Musa to Beijing to confer official positions, precisely because he wanted to establish another faction to divide and disintegrate the ministers, so that they would not form a party.

However, Emperor Jiajing's idea failed to materialize, and Chen Musa was still squeezed out by those in power.

Now, after getting Chen Musa's handwriting, Emperor Jiajing was happy, so he asked people to sarcastically show the ministers. Among the ministers, they were not monolithic, and immediately after receiving the hint, someone wrote to the imperial court and proposed that Chen Baisha was also a suitable candidate for enshrinement.

Chen Musa's two disciples were not idle, visiting the six ministers of the cabinet, finding a few bosom friends, and echoing them in the court. This naturally caused the two factions to fight, and even attacked each other, Emperor Jiajing issued an edict to postpone the matter, and at the same time admonished the ministers to form a party alliance to avoid the disaster of the Tang Dynasty party dispute.

Emperor Jiajing's will was only to delay the open dispute between the two factions, and the secret struggle was still fierce. The wind of friends in the court is gradually rising, and people of insight can't help but feel chills.

On this day, Wei Guogong, the palace of the Zhongshan Palace, received two letters, one was an edict from Emperor Jiajing, ordering him to appease Chen Musa and bridge the rift between him and the literati of the Yangming School in Jiangnan. The other letter is a handwritten letter from Xu Jie, a cabinet scholar, and it is also entrusted to him to bridge from it, so as not to really cause the disaster of the Tang Dynasty's Niu Li Party dispute.

Chen Musa once worked as a pavilion in the Zhongshan Palace, and Wei Guogong was also his Dongweng, and Shilin knew the relationship between the two.

After Wei Guogong received the edict and the prime minister's warrant, he felt that this matter was not trivial, and it happened that his son was invited by Chen Musa to be a guest, and he understood that Chen Musa was going to make a fuss about his son.

This is not trivial, he should not have been with Wen Guozheng, if he was involved in the dispute between the monarch and the two parties, not only would he not get any benefits, but he would have to be cut if he didn't get the title, so he urgently ordered his family to recall his son overnight with his own handwritten letter.

This matter should not be publicized, and it cannot even appear to be his original intention, so he pushed the problem to the magistrate Lian Daning, and also conveyed the will of the emperor and Xu Daxue to him, so that he could mediate.

Lian Daning's head is as big as a fight, but he can't shirk it, after all, this is his business on the ground. What's more, he didn't want to offend the Duke of Wei, the two princes of the Xu family were the tumblers of the dynasty.

It was precisely because of the suddenness of this matter and the fact that there was no way to explain it for a while, that Lian Daning visited Chen's mansion late at night, but he came and went without seeing his master.

At that time, you can not explain, you can't explain it afterwards, Lian Daning thought about it, someone must come forward to mediate this matter, although he is still a child, he is the most suitable person.

Moreover, after listening to Lian Daning's explanation, he understood that the relationship between him and Chen Musa was delicate, and the two were defensive against each other, but they didn't want to hurt each other easily. Although the misunderstanding has formed, I hope it will not become more and more black.

However, the meaning of Emperor Jiajing's edict is clear, and the emperor hopes that the two factions will work together to benefit the living beings. Xu Jie's meaning is the same.

However, how could such a heavy responsibility that no one dares to take on fall on my head, is it really no one in the Ming Dynasty?

"This ...... The disciple couldn't do anything, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to do it, but he would ......," he said embarrassedly.

"No, only you are the most suitable, of course others can pass on the word, but the old master can only listen to it more and more annoying, it is counterproductive, you pass the word from it, the old master can still listen. Lian Daning stood up and said with a bit of agitation:

"You said to the old master, I don't dare to vouch for others, but I practice Daning, although I am a member of the Yangming School, my respect for Patriarch Baisha is no worse than that of any of his disciples, and his disciples may not have no respect for Patriarch Yangming, so the dispute between the two factions will do all kinds of harm and no benefit, and it will only give outsiders the truth. ”

Besides, hesitation, the matter is too complicated, and the outcome is unpredictable. Wei Guogong didn't want to get his hands dirty, and Lian Daning regarded it as a hot potato, could he handle it well? As long as one sentence is not right, it is possible that all of them will be messed up.

If he doesn't do it well, he won't be human, and if he does it well, it seems that he should do it. Besides, a thought flashed in my heart: Should I disobey my teacher's orders?

No way. Work.

A scholar can disobey the emperor's will, and Shilin will not only not reject you, but even praise you. If you don't obey the teacher's orders, it will be bad and you will be despised by Shilin.

The question is, he is now sandwiched between two teachers, and neither of them can be offended, what should he do?

"You just have to pass on my words to the old master, I practice Daning's admiration for the old master's moral articles like Beidou, which everyone in Jiangnan Shilin knows. In the future, as long as I practice Daning and have a place to speak, I will definitely propose that Wang and Chen, the two sages, enter the temple to accompany them. ”

Lian Daning's words have come to this point, and he has no choice but to nod his head in agreement, but he feels like a leather ball, which will be kicked by one person to the feet of another at any time. In this case, it is better to recognize only one teacher in the first place.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and there is no Ming Dynasty.

He suddenly thought of something, raised his head and said, "Teacher, if you want the disciple to be this middleman, you have to rely on the disciple for one thing. ”

"What's the matter, you say. Lian Daning's face was happy, but he looked at him suspiciously, not knowing what kind of request he would make.

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