Zhang Juzheng's short trip took five days to take back and forth. During these five days, he has been closely following the progress and results of the court meeting.

Things have developed to this point, in fact, it was also beyond his expectations. Zhao Hao and the Jiangnan Group used a tough posture to fight back against the Shanxi Gang's robbery. and with great skill, pull the situation back from the brink of getting out of control, and let things develop in their favor.

All this made Zhang Xianggong know that he could no longer stay out of the matter, and he had to give Zhao Hao and Jiangnan Group enough respect.

So after he returned to Beijing from Changping yesterday afternoon, he immediately sent someone to send an invitation to Zhao Hao. He also asked people to take a half-day leave from the cabinet, saying that they were tired from the journey and would go to work after a short rest, but in fact, it was just to talk to Zhao Hao.

Early this morning, he asked people to set up a tea table, tea ding, tea pot, teapot, teacup and other fine tea utensils in the backyard where wisteria is in full bloom. A wooden bucket hung in the air on the wisteria trellis, and the bottom of the barrel was covered with several layers of fine white sand for filtration, and the bucket contained the spring water he had brought back from Tianshou Mountain.

At the bottom of the barrel, there is a bamboo tube that comes out of the water, and the filtered mountain spring water is dripped into the kettle placed below, and the sound of dripping is very good.

Zhang Juzheng sat by the tea table, reading the book, and asked Zhang Xiaojing without a word about her experience in the winter in Jiangnan.

It's a pity that this girl's mouth is very tight, and she answers questions about scenery and customs, and her answers are colorful, and they are endless.

When it comes to 'what Zhao Hao is doing in Jiangnan', 'How do you see Jiangnan Group', and 'How do you feel about Zhao Hao'...... When she asks this kind of question, she is either vague or ignorant.

"Alas, the girl is outgoing...... Looking at his daughter's flustered little expression, Bugu's heart was dripping blood, and he knew that it was not good for his wife to promise to let her go to Jiangnan.

While the father and daughter were chatting, the housekeeper You Qi came in and reported that Zhao Gongzi was here.

Zhang Xiaojing's eyes lit up, and she was just about to get up happily to greet her, but when she saw her father's windless body, she shrunk her slender neck again, pretending to be nothing, and continued to take care of the small red clay charcoal stove.

"Yes, please." Zhang Juzheng said, hesitated in his heart, and finally let his daughter avoid it.

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Therefore, when Zhao Hao came in, he only saw Zhang Idol, wearing a home Songjiang robe, wearing a black gauze scarf, sitting behind the tea table and making tea skillfully.

I saw that his long beard was as smooth as a waterfall, his face was as handsome as jade, and his attitude was endless. Zhao Gongzi couldn't help but secretly praise, idols can definitely make their debut in the next generation. Well, if you combine it with Lin Run, it may work better.

"Sit." Zhang Juzheng greeted him with a smile, sat down at the tea table and said, "The day before yesterday, Your Majesty rewarded a new can of Jianning Gong Tea, and I specially invite you to try it." ”

Zhao Gongzi sat down with a flattered face, and watched Zhang Juzheng use a bamboo teaspoon to carefully take out a spoonful of straight and slender small tea leaves from the white porcelain teapot and put it into the 'golden wire iron thread cup' in front of him.

Zhao Hao is now an authentic rich and noble son of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally knows that this is an old product of the kiln. As for Jianning tribute tea, it comes from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, and has paid tribute to the royal family since the Song Dynasty, but at that time it was called 'Dragon and Phoenix Tea Troupe'...... The tea of the Song and Yuan dynasties was boiled and drunk, and spices were added, and even salt was added, and Shanxi people also put vinegar, which was more like milk tea in later generations...... Tea leaves are also steamed into balls of tea using molds.

In this dynasty, the method of stir-frying tea flourished, people no longer boiled tea but made tea, and tribute tea also changed from dragon group to loose tea. But what remains unchanged is that the requirements for tea are still improving, and only the tiniest buds in early spring, called 'small buds', can become tribute tea and be sent to Beijing to drink to the emperor and princes and ministers.

The buds of Jianning Gong Tea are small, tender and fragrant, and with the gimmick of Gong Tea, it is naturally hard to find, and you can't drink it with money alone.

Zhao Hao followed his grandfather and Secretary Ma and learned a lot of tea scriptures, and when he talked about it at this time, he could naturally chat with Zhang Xianggong.

"Tea and tea, there is good tea but no good water, only the tea is wasted." Zhang Juzheng lifted the boiling kettle and slowly brewed tea for Zhao Hao: "Do you know where the best water is to make tea?" ”

Zhao Haoxin said that this was not difficult for me, and Guo Banzhu's cross talk taught me, so he replied with a smile: "I heard that the water in Yuquan Mountain in western Beijing is the lightest, and the palace uses the water there to make tea." ”

"Oh, really?" Zhang Juzheng was stunned, obviously he hadn't heard of it.

Zhao Gongzi couldn't help but be embarrassed, the father of the great grandfather of the old man is still a ten-year-old child. And since he came, naturally there would be no more perfect old men. The elegant thing of weighing the water in the world can only be left to the children and grandchildren of the little fat man......

"This is not the water of Yuquan Mountain, but the mountain spring water that Bugu used to make tea for me when he inspected Tianshou Mountain. After tasting it, it was sweet and clear, I went to see the water source, only to see that the spring was flowing on the stone, and it was also exceptionally cool and clean, so I ordered someone to load a few jars and transport them back, put them in a wooden barrel to filter out the fire in the jar, and it was unprecedentedly good to make tea! ”

"Then you have to try it." Zhao Gongzi picked up the teacup with an expectant face, gently skimmed off the foam, took a sip, and praised: "It's really good tea and good water, I have never drunk such a good tea in my life." ”

Don't say it's tribute tea, even if it's 'high shattering', he will say the same......

"Go back and divide you a catty, and then give you a bucket of spring water, remember to use pine charcoal to boil water, pine charcoal is warm and slow, and the cooking can be more thorough." Zhang Juzheng glanced at Zhao Hao, and said with a casual smile: "This water has been boiled by Xiaojing for half an hour." ”

"Oh." Zhao Hao smacked his lips, feeling that there was one more sweetness in the tea.

When he didn't know how to answer, Zhang Juzheng changed his words and cut to the point: "Although this court meeting is against the original intention, I am also responsible, and I want to compensate you here." ”

Zhang Taiyue said and picked up the teacup, made a tea gesture to Zhao Hao, and sighed lightly: "It's not a secret, over the past year or so, Bugu has planned several times to restore the high and the public, but every time it has been in vain, it is inevitable that he will be a little impetuous." In any case, this incident is really ill-conceived, and it has caused you a lot of damage, and it has also made people look at the joke, sorry. ”

Although Zhang Xianggong's apology is still based on shirk, with his arrogant temper, it is very rare to be able to talk about this.

Of course, Zhao Hao chose to forgive him, and hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "It's serious, if you hadn't reminded me before, I would have been in the dark." Don't talk about teaching those old Xi'er lessons, they will definitely be put together. ”

"Haha." Zhang Juzheng showed a relaxed and regretful smile, this Xiao Zhao is not only young and talented, talented and handsome, but also extremely smart and understanding, if it is not for the eldest princess, it is the best choice for the fast son-in-law of the east bed.

But it's useless to say anything, how can Bugu's daughter be small?

He sighed meaningfully, nodded to Zhao Hao, and said, "It's really good that you can think like this." In this matter, I was really caught in the middle and was in a dilemma, and I wanted to hide out and not be offended. But who would have thought that such a result would be a person. ”

Saying that, he said angrily: "Yu Pogong is really old and confused, he doesn't have an idea for such a big matter, he prefers to let a young brother with a low eye and a low master be in charge." If I knew this, I wouldn't have waded into this troubled water. ”

Zhao Hao looked at Zhang Xianggong's long beard fluttering in the wind, and he didn't know how true or false this was true, but the two Zhang's ideas did not coincide, and it was clear from history that he had been attacked in his life.

Thinking about it this way, in fact, Zhang Juzheng and the Jin Party should not be all the way, they just have common interests in the matter of recovering the high arch. And the solid alliance between the Jin Party and the Henan Gang is estimated to make Zhang Xianggong, who originally planned to fly with him, feel very uncomfortable after the recovery of Gao Gong.

Therefore, it is still necessary to treat the Shanxi Gang and Zhang Xianggong differently.

It is enough to maintain a superficial brotherly relationship of non-aggression with the Shanxi Gang, but it is still necessary to be deeply bound to Zhang Xianggong. In this way, in the cabinet in the future, someone can speak for you!

Zhao Hao believes that with Zhang Xianggong's wisdom, he will not be unable to understand that everyone needs each other. And what he needs for himself actually exceeds what he needs for him.

Otherwise, why did Zhang Xianggong bring water back from Tianshou Mountain and invite himself to drink tea? A certain Zhao Gongzi, who feels good about himself, thought. Of course, it would be more perfect for him to let his daughter make tea here......

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Both sides have the idea of peace, and the conversation is naturally honey and oil.

Zhang Juzheng took out an envelope from the book on the side and handed it to Zhao Hao: "In order to apologize, Bugu wrote a letter to Xuan Weng and persuaded him. You brought it to Xinzheng and brought it to him, and it should be able to .asxs. ”

"Thank you." Zhao Hao took it with both hands happily and solemnly put it in his sleeve.

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much." Zhang Juzheng made another cup of tea for Zhao Hao, and said with a chuckle: "Xin Zheng Gong is a practical person, and he has a natural good impression of people like you who can do things. Besides, he's been in the wild for two years, can he not be in a hurry? Give him enough steps and he will definitely go down. ”

"Then I'll feel much more at ease." Zhao Hao took a sip of tea and smiled at Zhang Juzheng: "Actually, although I don't have a bad feeling for Xin Zheng Gong, I don't know much about it. The reason why I am willing to go to Xinzheng this time is because the situation is compelling, and secondly, because I believe in Zhang Xianggong's vision. You respect the highest minister, and you must be a capable minister. ”

"Oh?" This sycophant is so clever that even Zhang Juzheng, who is already immune, couldn't help but smile and ask: "You just believe in Bugu's vision like this?" ”

"I fully believe that because heroes know heroes, and heroes cherish heroes." Zhao Gongzi replied with a pun.

"Oh, hahaha......" Zhang Juzheng pointed at Zhao Hao and couldn't help laughing. You guy, you're really thick-skinned, and you even boasted about yourself! ”

But it didn't say you weren't worthy......

"Okay, I'll accept your favor." Zhang Juzheng patted Zhao Hao's shoulder and said: "Don't worry, Gao Xianggong counts his words, he won't agree if he can't do it, he will definitely do it." ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, isn't there still a valley in the court? Since I have made this guarantee, I will naturally not sit idly by and watch the high-ranking ministers go back on their word in the future. He gave Zhao Hao another reassurance, and said meaningfully: "We always stand together." ”

"Yes, we're always on the same page." Zhao Hao nodded heavily without hesitation. If it hadn't been for the court, he could have even shed tears of excitement.

Right now, it is already Zhao Gongzi's limit. Alas, the kung fu still can't get home......