Coincidentally, on this day, the emperor wanted to rebuild Changchun Garden. It is said that the garden in the forbidden city is the largest in Changchun Garden, but it is the villa of Xu Wei in the former Ming Dynasty. When the Holy Ancestor Kangxi was in Japan, he gave the name Changchun Garden, and ordered dozens of houses to be built in the north corner of the courtyard, and gave the name of the Old Summer Palace, so that the princes could study in the garden. When Yongzheng was not waiting, he liked to drink and chant poetry in the Old Summer Palace, and after waiting for the seat, he built a lot of buildings, pavilions and pavilions, and added countless things. Near Changchun Garden, there is another Changchun Immortal Pavilion, which is slightly smaller than Changchun Garden, but the museum is strange and exquisite. Now, Emperor Qianlong wants to merge several gardens of Changchun Garden into one place, so as to become a big Old Summer Palace.

For this matter, Qianlong tried his best to disagree with the public and asked his ministers to come up. There is no need to make any compromises in this matter, and the emperor has clearly pointed out: That is, the Internal Affairs Office has to find a way to solve it no matter how much money it has, and what kind of compromises do you have to put on your subordinates? So, on the second day, almost all the subordinates unanimously said that the emperor is filial to the queen mother, benevolent and filial, heaven and earth can be learned, the time of heaven and the earth should be favorable, and the middle takes advantage of the people's hearts or something, and advocates it vigorously.

Wu Scorpion also followed the trend and praised the emperor's idea and practice of spending a lot of money to build a garden only for the royal family. After he wrote the excerpts, he checked to see if the other people's excerpts had arrived. Needless to say, he just waited to see Zhang Jixian's excerpts.

Zhang Jixian also wrote the excerpt and handed it over to him. He opened it and looked at it, almost laughing out loud again, and said in his heart, this guy is really dead, where to fight and shoot. It turned out that Zhang Jixian was still indignant, and even compared the emperor to the king of Shang who built Lutai and Qin Shi Huang who built Afang Palace. It is a sign of defeat. He wants the emperor to take the people's sufferings as the foundation, and save every penny he can. Don't squander the hard-earned money of ordinary people for your own desires.

Wu Scorpion looked at it carefully from beginning to end. Seeing that there were no unfavorable words in the middle, I put it away again. As soon as he put the fold away, he saw Zhang Jixian hurriedly break in from the outside, went straight to the front of the case, and was busy flipping through the fold. Wu Scorpion hurriedly said, "Jixian, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Jixian replied: "Lord Wu, where is the fold I just handed in?" You're not going to secretly seize it again, are you? ”

Wu Scorpion smiled and said, "What did Jixian say?" When have I seized your fold? ”

"That's what you peeked again?" Zhang Jixian asked again.

Wu Scorpion replied: "Jixian, can you say this kind of thing to your boss casually?" I've put up with you for a long time. If you want to do this again, I will really play the emperor and send you home to sell sweet potatoes. ”

Zhang Jixian hurriedly said: "Don't." I'm just joking, why should adults take it seriously? Seriously, I have to change this one more time. ”

Wu Scorpion was afraid that he would take it back and change it, so he hurriedly said: "Why are you changing it?" Besides, does the emperor want his subordinates to express their opinions? We are ministers, and whether the emperor is right or not depends on our supervision. The emperor wants to spend money to expand Changchun Garden, and I don't agree very much. It's only been a few years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, especially this year. Shandong has also suffered a locust plague, how many people are still hungry, we are in Beijing, not to mention donating food for the victims. How can you draw the blood of another man? ”

Zhang Jixian raised his head and asked Wu Scorpion: "Is the adult really such a fold?" ”

Wu Scorpion laughed and said: "Of course I want to be so upset, is it the responsibility of the ministers to avoid the emperor from making mistakes?" ”

Zhang Jixian didn't ask any more questions, flipped out his fold and said, "That's good." I'm afraid that I'm the only one who opposes the emperor's cultivation of the garden, and I quote the scriptures on the excerpts. persuade the emperor not to spend money on repairing the garden. With adults in charge, at least we can experience it together. Or the emperor will see us working together. The law does not blame the public, but accepts this heart. ”

Wu Scorpion laughed dryly twice more and walked away noncommittally. When I came back, I found that Zhang Jixian had left, and the excerpt was still on the bookcase. Wu Scorpion saw that there was no one around, so he opened it again to look at the folds. It turned out that Zhang Jixian hadn't changed much, but just modified two words.

Wu Scorpion put away his fold and said in his heart, if you want to hit the muzzle, I will give you a chance. At that time, don't blame my old Wu for being ruthless. After thinking about it, he took the excerpts of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and went to the Military Aircraft Department, just waiting for the Military Aircraft Department to hand over to the emperor for approval.

Generally, such an excerpt is not an important task of the military aircraft, nor is it an urgent express sent by the provinces, so it usually takes three or five days before the emperor approves it. Who knew that Wu Scorpion received the emperor's decree in the afternoon. Listening to the father-in-law in the palace, the emperor saw the excerpt and was furious, and he had to remove Zhang Jixian from office and go home, or persuade the prince on the side to finish the matter. Even so, the emperor still replied fiercely on Zhang Jixian's excerpt: "What do I have to do with you in cultivating my family's garden? Fined for two months, the Metropolitan Procuratorate cleaned the toilet for half a year! ”

After receiving the emperor's approval, Zhang Jixian was so angry that his beard grew, what is this? When he came back from his hometown, he was deducted for nearly half a year, and he could go to the beggars to eat in the second half of the year. He angrily went to his boss Wu Scorpion to comment, and said that in this way, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.

Wu Scorpion saw that he was excited, and after comforting him, he said that in order to dissipate his anger, it was better to invite him to Zuixian Mansion for a meal. Zhang Jixian was still angry, but when he heard that his boss had invited him to dinner, he immediately smiled and asked, "Is this serious?" Lord Wu, do you really want to invite me to dinner? ”

Wu Scorpion said: "Then there is still a fake? Speaking of which, you can be regarded as doing your duty, and I can't bear to be fined like this. Let's eat and drink today, and tomorrow I'll go up again to see if I can plead for you? ”

When Zhang Jixian heard this, he hurriedly thanked him again and again, and happily went to the Drunken Immortal Building with Wu Scorpion. When he arrived at the Zuixian Building, Zhang Jixian called the bartender and said to Wu Scorpion unceremoniously: "Since the boss has a treat today, Jixian can't stand you, I want to have a good meal, and eat all my half a year's silver back to calm my heart." ”

Wu Scorpion smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Let you eat enough today, you just have to order, no problem." ”

Zhang Jixian ordered one or twenty dishes wantonly, put a table full of them, and asked for two pots of Wulinchun, and he must drink and eat to his heart's content. The two chatted while drinking, at first it was nothing more than saying that the emperor built the Old Summer Palace, wasted treasury silver, squandered money, etc., after the three flavors of wine, Wu Scorpion was full of wine, and he talked a lot, so he began to talk openly and persuade Zhang Jixian to know the current affairs as Junjie.

Wu Scorpion said eloquently: "I said, Brother Zhang, why are you not civilized? Tell me, what is the first criterion for being an official? Of course, you have to listen to what you say, whether it's right or wrong. Some things can be said, some things can't. Speech officials like us can't say whatever we want, and we can play whoever we want. You said that you have to learn to look at the emperor's face and act, and see who the emperor is dissatisfied with recently, you can play whomever you want, and you will play one by one. Do you think that Lao Wu has been in the official way for so long, and it is for nothing to get into this position? You, learn from Lao Wu well, Lao Wu guarantees that you will be prosperous in the future. ”

Zhang Jixian smiled and said: "Lao Wu is really reasonable! But Jixian is really difficult to do. When I was taking the palace exam, the emperor once asked me, what do you think is the most important thing to do well? My answer is that the ministers think that if they can't govern the country, there will be chaos, so no matter how big or small the officials are, as long as they don't do it right, the ministers will all participate! The emperor appreciated it and specially sent his ministers to the Imperial Court. At this time, if you see the wind and rudder because of the emperor's blame, isn't that contrary to Jixian's original purpose as an official? ”

Wu Scorpion saw that Zhang Jixian couldn't move, smiled, picked up expensive dishes and ate them, drank a big pot of wine, and talked to Zhang Jixian for a long time about inconsequential gossip. After half a day, I watched the sunset and the sky darkened. The number of customers in the Drunken Immortal Building is getting more and more, and there are not many places. The bartender glanced at the two of them, and probably said in his heart, "I've been sitting for a long time, haven't you finished speaking?" Let's disperse, I have to make a place and get a guest.

Zhang Jixian ignored the bartender's hints, he was going to eat Wu Scorpion today. He didn't say checkout, Zhang Jixian lived in this store. The two of them were almost at the point of vomiting, Wu Scorpion asked for another pot of tea and drank half a cup, and suddenly, he held his stomach and said in pain: "Eh, it's not good, I have a bad stomach in my feelings, little brother Jixian, you sit for a while, and I'll go to the toilet." ”

Zhang Jixian thought that he was playing some trick again, taking the opportunity to sneak away, and grabbed him and said that he couldn't let him go. Wu Scorpion's face broke out in cold sweat, and he held back a stinky fart. Zhang Jixian was about to be smoked to death by him, covered his nose and said, "Master Wu said that if you shit, you fart." Hurry, hurry, go and get back. ”

Wu Scorpion hurriedly pulled up his pants and hurriedly withdrew. At this time, Zhang Jixian patiently drank a cup of tea and waited for him slowly. After waiting for a long time, I never saw him come out again. He didn't think well, could he really have slipped away, seeing that the bartender was busy taking care of other guests, and hurriedly slipped out of the hall. He was about to leave the hall door when he was tapped on the shoulder. Zhang Jixian was taken aback, turned his head and looked, but it was the bartender. Zhang Jixian smiled and said, "I'll go and see if my adult has fallen into the pit?" Didn't come out for half a day. Don't worry, my family has the money to settle the bill. ”

The bartender said, "The little one will go with the guest officer, lest the guest officer not know the way." ”

Zhang Jixian hurriedly said: "No, no, I'll just go by myself, I've been there for an afternoon, and I've been there many times." ”

The bartender was afraid that he would take advantage of the opportunity, but insisted on going with him. Zhang Jixian had no choice but to go to the toilet. Sure enough, there was no figure of Wu Scorpion in the toilet at all, and it was estimated that he had slipped away through the back door. At this time, Zhang Jixian was stupid again, and he didn't have a penny in his arms, so he had to say with a smile: "That's good, I'll take credit first, and I'll send it to you later." ”

The bartender quit and said, "What did the guest say?" We never take credit in our store! The guest officer ate eight taels of silver for a meal, and the small ones didn't dare to take credit. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Jixian had no choice but to let the bartender take his post and go to Jinxiulan to ask for the silver before it was settled. When leaving, Zhang Jixian said to the bartender hatefully: "Pack all the dishes on the table for me and take them away, and not a drop of vegetable soup is allowed to stay!" (To be continued......)