Chapter Fifty-Nine: Old Men Meet on the River

Although Yu Qian stopped and stopped along the way, looking at the embankment of the Yellow River and the banks of the canal, the speed along the way was not fast, and his whereabouts were leaked.

It's just that later, there were many local leaders who wanted to invite Yu Qian, but Yu Qian was troublesome, so he increased his speed, but when he arrived in Yangzhou, Yu Qian's health was not very good, and he didn't know if he was tired on the road.

After all, in modern times travel is a form of leisure, but in ancient times, travel was a life-threatening thing.

Yu Qian changed boats to prepare, crossed the Yangtze River along the canal, and went directly to Hangzhou.

But the boat was traveling on the river, and suddenly a big boat blocked the way. A few people came down from the boat. One of the young men said, "Uncle Yu, my father is invited." ”

Yu Qian looked at this young man, looked a little familiar, and said, "Your Excellency?" ”

The young man said: "In Xia Cao Rui, my father Cao Gong is stubborn. ”

Yu Qian said: "It turned out to be the son of Brother Cao. Can Brother Cao be on board? ”

Cao Rui said: "Exactly. ”

Yu Qian said: "Since Brother Cao is invited, how can I not go?" ”

So he got on the big boat.

This ship is very big, Cao Nai also greeted it, and the two smiled at each other, laughing at each other for becoming an old man.

At that time, in Hebei water conservancy, the two were allies, one worked hard in the central government, and the other worked hard in the local area, and then the project was completed, Cao Nai gave Yu Qian a little behind his back, and Yu Qian had no hope of entering the cabinet, so he could only continue to serve full-time among the local officials. And Cao Nai's attitude was resolute in opposing the battle between Zhu Qizhen and the tile spurs, and he was kicked by Zhu Qizhen to Yunnan. Since then, there has been no possibility of entering Beijing again.

Although Cao Nai is now staying in Nanjing, Cao Nai understands one thing better, that is, he has been sitting and dying in this position for the rest of his life.

And the power left behind in Nanjing has been shrinking.

Nanzhili has now become a geographical term.

Since Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, he has been planning to decompose Nanzhili, which has been largely completed.

The prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili have been divided into Anhui and Jiangsu provinces. Of course, nominally the power of the Nanjing Guards was very great, and the two provinces were still under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Guards.

But in fact, the power that has been separated has changed from direct control to indirect control. If Cao Nai wants to make a move against the two provinces, he must pass through two governors.

Therefore, Cao Nai's power was greatly restricted.

What he can really control is nothing more than Ying Tianfu.

It can even be said that Cao Nai's current power is just a large Shuntianfu prefect.

Of course, if the imperial court has something to do in Jiangnan, it will generally let Cao Nai supervise it. Cao Naicai has some things to do, whether it is Qingzhang, or supervising the transportation of grain and grass in Annan, and so on.

But the court won't always be fine.

Cao Nai's position in Nanjing was very idle.

Only then did I know that Yu Qian went south, set off from Nanjing, traveled one or two hundred miles east, intercepted Yu Qian, and met on the river.

Cao Nai led Yu Qian into the cabin, Cao Nai said: "At the Thousands of Autumns and Longevity Banquet, but from afar, you can't talk deeply, but now I have the opportunity to talk with the ancients, thinking about what I did back then, what I did was really ridiculous?" ”

What Cao Nai refers to is that he did not speak for Yu Qian at the beginning, resulting in Yu Qian being able to only go outside for the rest of his life. Cao Nai's fate was the same as Yu Qian's, and he deeply experienced this pain.

Although, in the eyes of many people, they live in eight seats, and they are all big members everywhere. But for these people with political aspirations, only Jingshi, and only Jingshi, is his dueling arena and their destination.

Cao Nai looked at the juniors, you sing it, I'll take the stage, it's strange that I feel good in my heart.

Because of this, Cao Nai deeply understood Yu Qian's pain, and this incident had become a thorn in his heart.

Yu Qian smiled lightly and said, "Looking back on your life, who can't be ridiculous?" ”

It's just that Yu Qian is different from Cao Nai.

Cao Nai has always been in the center, and even served as the first assistant, he is actually nostalgic for the power in the center, but Yu Qianke's reputation is not good, and he has risen step by step from the local officials.

Yu Qian's experience as a magistrate is much more than that of being a Beijing official.

Although he couldn't enter the cabinet at that time, he was also a little disappointed, but Yu Qian quickly adjusted, and even felt that it was actually good in the local area.

With Yu Qian's prestige and qualifications, no matter where he becomes a magistrate, he is a high-level existence. No one dares to humbly sing the same thing.

But after only one year as the first assistant in Jingshi, he had a feeling of physical and mental exhaustion.

Yu Qian is used to doing things, although he completed the Biyong meeting for Zhu Qizhen, but the twists and turns behind it and the coordination make Yu Qian very unaccustomed.

This is one of the reasons for his resignation.

Locally, Yu Qian is a man of his word, but in Jingshi, he is the emperor's deputy. These are two different experiences.

Cao Nai also smiled lightly, and in his smile, he was vaguely relieved, and said, "For many years, is it good to be in the northwest?" ”

Yu Qian said: "Okay? How are you feeling in Nanjing? ”

Cao Nai smiled lightly and said, "It's also very good, Qinhuai Fengyue, Jiangnan smoke and rain, can soften the bones of me, a northerner." Although Cao Nai said so, there was a self-deprecating mood in his tone.

Yu Qian sighed lightly and didn't say anything? It's about raising a glass. Cao Nai also raised a glass, and the two drank a glass to each other.

After this cup, the conversation between the two opened.

To tell the truth, both of them are now the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the seniority is old, it is the old minister, it is not that there are ministers who are older than the two of them, and they must have also served as ministers

Past prestigious positions.

For example, Jiang Yuan. He used to be a university scholar.

The two have the same experience, so that the two of them have a common discourse.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, two people put the wine in the wind, the river breeze welcomed into the arms, blowing the clothes and belts of the two people flying, like a fairy in a trance.

The vast river came into view, and it seemed that there was nothing else in the eyes.

Cao Nai suddenly asked, "Brother Yu, do you regret it?" ”

Yu Qian said: "What do you regret? ”

Cao Nai said: "When Yang Pu killed you, if you avoided the errand of repairing the Hebei Water Conservancy, you could be in charge of the cabinet for at least a few years." ”

The reason why Cao Nai didn't say much was that he understood.

Zhu Qizhen will not let a cabinet control power for a long time, although Zhu Qizhen is not like a change of cabinet, but since he ascended the throne, to now, more than 20 cabinet members have changed.

As for the core of the cabinet, it is also the head of the cabinet, and no one has controlled it for more than ten years, and now Yu Qian has set the lowest record, but after a year, he will quit the prime minister.

Yu Qian said: "I don't regret it, a hundred years later, who remembers how many of my Ming Shoufu are, but I remember Hebei landscapes, and Hebei landscapes also remember me." It's just to ask for benevolence and get benevolence, what kind of resentment does the husband have? ”

Yu Qian asked Cao Nai rhetorically and said, "Why do you regret it?" ”

Cao Nai pondered for a moment and said: "I don't regret it, at that time, Daming and the tile thorn started a war, and the victory or defeat was unknown, but the disaster had already happened, and the battle of Maoerzhuang was proof." ”

That being said, only he knows whether Cao Nai regrets it or not.

Cao Nai said: "Brother Yu is from Beijing, what does Your Majesty want, can you tell me one or two?" ”

Yu Qian paused slightly, and immediately thought that Cao Nai came to see him, and the plan was not as simple as simply reminiscing about the past, but really asking His Majesty's mind.

Yu Qian didn't answer directly, and asked rhetorically: "If you know that Your Majesty is so wise and martial, but in more than ten years, you have been defeated several times, and you have recovered the Northern and Western Regions, and your martial arts are still above Emperor Taizong, would you stop Your Majesty at the beginning?" ”

Cao Nai didn't know what to say for a while.

Of course not.

Cao Nai's opposition to Zhu Qizhen at the beginning, most of them were also public-minded, and he saw the crisis of the war with the tile thorns, and the battle of Maoerzhuang also proved that the crisis Cao Nai's vision was not false.

But knowing the current record of the Ming Dynasty, will it be opposed, it will definitely not.

Yu Qian said: "Brother Cao, now there are three out of sixty, right? ”

Cao Nai said: "The foolish little brother is four years old? ”

Yu Qian said: "Now I have a cold foot disease, I do it every night, I can't sleep, I get up every day, there is hair on the pillow, I want the coming year, but I don't know how much time Brother Cao thinks he still has?" ”

If it was someone else who asked this question, Cao Nai would definitely not give a good face. But it was Yu Qian who asked this question, and Cao Nai felt uncomfortable, but he didn't refute it directly.