When he arrived at the prefect's mansion, Shen Shao first commanded his master to settle Wang Zhizheng's family, and then invited Wang Zhizheng to a banquet. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At this time, an eight- or nine-year-old child grabbed Wang Zhizheng's sleeve: "Father, can you serve your father?"

Wang Zhizheng patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Liangyi, you follow your mother and two younger brothers to the backyard for dinner......

Shen Shao first looked at Liangyi and asked with a smile: "Master Hou, isn't the little young master a good choice?"

Wang Zhizheng pointed at Liangyi and smiled: "This is my righteous son Liangyi, his biological father is Hou Qi, a righteous man who died in Wei Zhongxian in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and I adopted him." ”

Shen Shaoxian nodded and smiled at Liangyi: "It's really a tiger." ”

Liangyi said without humility or arrogance: "Although the son is a child, he is also a man, that is, a man, he should follow his father." ”

Wang Zhizheng laughed and pinched Liangyi's little face: "Yes, my son knows that he is a man and should follow his father's side." ”

Shen Shaoxian said with a smile: "Although Liangyi is young, he has manly spirit!"

Liangyi said in a childish voice: "Father said that a man should help his father, worthy of the grace of his father, worthy of the lintel of his ancestors, worthy of his parents' teachings, of course, he must have manliness!"

Shen Shaoxian said in surprise: "It's really rare for an eight-year-old child to have such courage, little master, please come to the table!"

Wang Zhizheng said proudly: "Liangyi is the grandson of Hou Shangshu and the son of Hou Qi. As he spoke, he took Liangyi and sat beside him.

Shen Shaoxian smiled and said: "Hou Ye was happy to have a son and two daughters in the past year, which is really gratifying!"

Wang Zhizheng likes children, and laughed when he mentioned this topic: "Isn't it! In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, a good choice was made in the cheap house, and in the first year of Chongzhen, Qingqing gave birth to a daughter Liangmei, a concubine Yanhong gave birth to a daughter Liangyi, and Zhang Yan gave birth to a son Liangfang. Coupled with my eldest son Liangyi, he now has three sons and two daughters, and my father no longer complains about the thin heirs of Chongguo Mansion. ”

Shen Shaoxian smiled and said: "Yes, Chongguo Mansion has a door, and finally there is a successor." ”

Shen Shaoxian said to a sergeant beside him, "Huacheng, haven't you been talking about wanting to see Master Hou?"

A sturdy sergeant in his twenties walked to the side of Wang Zhizheng's chair, bowed down and said respectfully: "Transform into a Grand Commander!"

Wang Zhizheng was stunned for a while: "Transform ...... Are you Meng Huacheng?"

Meng Huacheng nodded: "Yes, Grand Commander, I am Huacheng!"

Wang Zhizheng picked up Meng Huacheng and asked, "In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, I placed you in the Praetorian Guard as a thousand-commander, why did you get to Tongcheng?"

Meng Huacheng walked back to his seat, sighed and said: "It's a long story, I followed Huang Zongxi Huang Commander in the Praetorian Guard as a thousand-commander, and then Huang Commander resigned, and the Shenji Battalion was personally led by the emperor, and I was the deputy commander. ”

Meng Huacheng said, Wang Zhizheng felt a sense of guilt, and he arched his hand at Shen Shaoxian and said, "Shaoxian, thank you for your help, so that my brother did not suffer from the pond fish." ”

Shen Shao waved his hand first: "Originally, I didn't plan to tell Master Hou about this, but Huacheng kept shouting that I wanted to see you." ”

Wang Zhizheng was silent for a moment, took a drink of the wine glass, and said with a wry smile: "Now that the Donglin Party is rising rapidly, I have entered the palace to explain to the emperor again and again, you can't move Mao Yilu, you, Huang Ge Lao and Wang Tiqian, don't rely on the Donglin Party too much, you want to maintain balance, I didn't expect to be reprimanded by the emperor." ”

Shen Shaoxian raised his glass and saluted Wang Zhizheng: "Lord Hou, the emperor is no longer the original believer, he has his opinions, his opinions, and you also have your difficulties." After that, he drank it all, and then said quietly: "It's just that Mr. Zhang Pu and Taicang Zhang Cai and other organizations have reinstated the society, and they are advertised as 'Donglin successors', and Mr. Zhang Pu is because of the grace of the emperor, and he is a student of Zhou Yanru and Zhou Ge, a university scholar, so he actively builds momentum for Donglin, and now almost all the government is from the hands of Donglin, and it is difficult to achieve a balance. ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled slightly: "Zhang Pu is also about to arrive in Tongcheng, and he can talk about it at that time." ”

Shen Shaoxian nodded: "I also heard that Zhang Pu was on his way to Tongcheng. ”

Wang Zhizheng looked at it carefully with his wine glass, thinking: "Although the situation of the court is like this, but I am just a prince of the public government, without any position, and it is difficult for the emperor to listen to my opinion, I can only do my best to protect the brothers who shared the hardships with us at the beginning." ”

Shen Shao drank three rounds first, and then he no longer hid it, he suddenly put down the wine glass and stared at Wang Zhizheng and said earnestly: "Master Hou, say a word that shouldn't be said, you shouldn't resign and retire!"

Wang Zhizheng heard Shen Shaoxian say such a thing, so he sneered: "I shouldn't retire? Haven't you heard "Lao Tzu" say: "If you don't live in success, the way of heaven is also!" If I don't resign, I'm afraid it's time to be liquidated now!"

Shen Shao waved his hand first: "I don't approve." Why did we work so hard to support King Lixin to ascend the throne as emperor, and the head of the fight with Wei Zhongxian was bloody, and in the end we actually made a wedding dress for the Donglin Party, cheapened these people, and let them turn the spearhead to liquidate us?"

Wang Zhizheng sighed and said: "Shaoxian, haven't you understood? Whether it is the Donglin Party, or the Eunuch Party, or those of us who believe in the king, are they not chess pieces that are placed by the emperor?"

Shen Shaoxian took a sip of wine in discouragement: "I just think it's unfair, and secondly, if the Donglin Party is arrogant again, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to the world." ”

Wang Zhizheng knew that Shen Shaoxian hated the Donglin Party, although he himself had cooperated with the Donglin Party, he did not have a good impression of the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party in power in the capital impeached him several times, fortunately there was a special protection of Emperor Chongzhen, otherwise he would be liquidated as the backbone of the old eunuch party.

Wang Zhizheng waved his hand: "No matter what the situation is, I am tired of the government and don't want to get involved anymore." ”

Shen Shao asked tentatively: "Master Hou, if it's just for the court, are you willing to go out of the mountain?"

Wang Zhizheng waved his hand resolutely: "I don't want to." Last year, the emperor invited me to go out of the mountain and enter the cabinet many times, but I was refused, and I was unwilling to enter the official career again. ”

Shen Shao first saw that Wang Zhizheng had no interest in his career, so he simply stopped mentioning this topic.

Wang Zhizheng stared at Shen Shaoxian and said, "Shaoxian, I know, you want me to go out of the mountain, and then check and balance with the Donglin Party, and at the same time, you can also reactivate our Laoxin Wang Party, right?"

This sentence was asked too directly, and it said what Shen Shaoxian was thinking, he couldn't help but blush slightly, and hurriedly explained: "Master Hou, I'm just thinking about it...... for Sheji."

Wang Zhizheng smiled casually: "I am not a person with a career, why should I be so cautious when talking to me, you just have such an idea, and I am not harsh, although the sage instructed not to think of merit, but if there is no fame and fortune, who in the world is willing to be an official? ”

Shen Shaoxian listened to the old leader's instructions, and hurriedly said: "What Master Hou instructed is that Shaoxian understands that he must be indifferent to Mingzhi and do a good job as the magistrate of Tongcheng." ”

Wang Zhizheng raised his wine glass and said to the two: "Huacheng, Shaoxian, the foolish brother respects you two with a glass, and I am Wang Zhizheng in mind when I work hard before and after the saddle. ”

Meng Huacheng drank the wine with red eyes and said: "Grand Commander, Lord Shen is not wrong, if it weren't for us following you, we would definitely have been purged as a eunuch party now, no matter what, Lord Shen and I must thank the Great Commander for his guidance and discipline!"