As a wealthy family in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Siwei has changed to a better house in Beijing since he entered the cabinet, and the location has not been far away, moving from Hebao Lane to the north to the east side of Gray Factory Street.

But this location is not good, and over a wall to the east is the Taiye Pool, which is also known as the "Three Seas". To be more specific, to the west of the Zhonghai and the South China Sea in later generations, there is a large part of the Lingjing Hutong.

The reason why it is a "big piece" is because this mansion occupies a larger area than the university scholar's mansion left by Zhang Juzheng. Gao Shishi's two mansions in Jingshi City are not small, but in terms of area, they can't catch up with Zhang Siwei's university mansion when added together.

The Zhang family is a rich salt merchant in the end, and they have always paid attention to a grand style, which can actually be seen from the Cherry Spring Villa that Zhang Siwei gave to Gao Pragmatic back then. And the fact that the Zhang family is rich, there is nothing to hide, what is hidden in such a big business as Changlu Salt Farm? Therefore, Zhang Siwei does not have to be like some officials who were born poor but have a lot of money because they are officials.

This situation is somewhat similar to the Wei Mansion in Nanjing - anyway, everyone knows that my family has money and loves whoever I love.

Gao Shishi would come to visit the day after he arrived in Beijing, which Zhang Siwei had expected a long time ago. Although theoretically speaking, of course, the uncle should be closer than the teacher, and the king of heaven and earth should be the teacher! But in fact, as far as Daming is concerned, respecting the teacher still needs to be more obvious at some times, not to mention that Guo Pu is the first assistant, if Gao Pragmatic comes to visit himself first instead of visiting Guo Pu first, Zhang Siwei will be a little embarrassed.

Since it has been expected, a shy and precious meal is naturally indispensable, even if it is a family banquet, only Zhang Siwei and Gao Shishi, the two uncles and nephews, have to be particular.

For example, Gao Pragmatism came from afar, so in addition to the table where the two of them actually dined, there was also a "dismount and watch the seat", as the name suggests, that is, this table is actually not eaten, and it belongs to the side seat of the reception banquet, not a top rich family, but it can't stand such a waste.

Because if you don't eat, you won't eat, and you have to have everything ready. Eight cake ingots, eight bucket sugar, five candy mountains, five old sugar seats, five sugar cakes, a plate of lychees, a plate of round eyes, a plate of rubber dates, a plate of walnuts, a plate of chestnuts, a cubit of pork, a cubit of mutton, a side of beef, a soup goose, two tails of white fish, four big steamed buns, a live sheep, a high-top flower, two large double flower arrangements, ten elbow flowers, twenty fruit cover flowers, ten flower arrangements, two velvet flowers, and one bean wine.

Gao Pragmatic is now considered a top rich man in this life, but he still doesn't like this kind of waste, but the other party is his uncle after all, and putting such a table is a sign of face for him, so he can't say much, so he can only endure it.

Zhang Siwei has quit drinking because of his poor health, and Gao Pragmatic has a lot of alcohol, but he was forced to drink too many times in his previous life, and he was almost a little psychologically disgusted.

Without alcohol, it is convenient to talk, because the things to be discussed today are very important, and if you don't drink alcohol, you can ensure that you don't talk nonsense for a while.

Of course, Zhang Siwei already knew about yesterday's incident, but he was an elder, so naturally he would not take the initiative to mention it, so Gao Shishi took the initiative to talk about it after eating a few bites: "Uncle, Ling Benbing didn't come to you yesterday to tell his nephew, right?" ”

Zhang Siwei smiled slightly: "He, he didn't complain, but he came to the old man to beg for mercy." ”

Although Zhang Siwei is also a "young minister", just like the "young cadre" in his previous life, this "young" should be judged according to his rank and status. is like a forty-year-old high-ranking official, of course he is very young, but if he is only a section chief, he can't talk about being young. Zhang Siwei is actually fifty-four {virtual years old} this year, of course, he can call himself an old man.

Gao Pragmatic listened to his words, and looked like he was surprised: "He came to you to beg for mercy?" Not really, right? ”

Zhang Siwei glared at Gao Shishi: "What is pretending, you still don't know why he came?" ”

Gao pragmatic smiled: "I don't know! Uncle, he shouldn't know the identities of those two, right? ”

"Humph!" Zhang Siwei looked helpless: "Of course he didn't know before, but he didn't have nowhere to inquire in Jingshi, how many times a total can he still guess what the problem is?" If nothing else, let's just say who donated the Buddhist temple, how secret do you think it is? ”

Gao Shishi smiled and said disappreciatively: "However, because the queen mother believed in the lamas' doctrine of exorcism, she quietly sent the two princesses to this unfinished Buddhist temple to worship incense, how could this kind of thing be a big deal?" Since he won't make a big splash, he is probably pretending not to know, so what is he worried about? ”

Zhang Siwei pouted: "What is the idea of the Queen Mother, how dare he, a courtier who has been a governor in the local area all the year round, dare to guess casually?" ”

Gao pragmatic smiled: "Isn't there still Shen Ge Lao who can help him with reference?" ”

Shen Shixing is not only a person from the heart school, but also a fellow villager of Xu Jie, and at the same time his teacher is Zhang Juzheng, so he is actually the core figure of Xu and Zhang Yimai now, Ling Yunyi is in trouble, and he must consult with Shen Shixing, which is the proper meaning of the question.

"Shen Yaoquan is good at dancing with long sleeves, he only speaks three points when he meets people, and since he entered the cabinet, he has never been willing to face the important figures of the Shixue faction, he may not be able to distinguish between Ling Yangshan in detail and detail."

Gao pragmatic sighed, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Then you always helped him analyze?" ”

"Why did the old man help him analyze? He is not the same year as the old man, let alone a student of the old man. Zhang Siwei pointed at Gao Pragmatic and said, "And you are the nephew of the old man!" Besides, you have been very assertive since you were a child, he offended you this time, it seems that the offense is not light, if the old man doesn't ask you what you mean first, will it be time for your mother to say that the old man doesn't care about the younger generation? Home and everything is prosperous! ”

Gao Shicheng laughed: "Then the nephew has to thank the uncle first, replace the wine with tea, and toast the uncle." ”

Zhang Siwei waved his hand: "Eat, eat, what kind of tea to drink, you are young now, you don't know how to take care of your body, and in the future, like the old man, you don't know what will happen next year, you will know that it is awesome, and you will regret it." ”

"Thank you, uncle, for mentioning this." Gao Pragmatic smiled, put down the teacup, made a thoughtful look, pretended to think for a while, and said solemnly: "Uncle, Ling Gong's own soldier, nephew thought it was better not to do it." ”

Zhang Siwei was stunned for a moment.

Although he guessed that his nephew might have a grudge against Ling Yunyi, he never expected that Gao Pragmatic's attitude would be so resolute, and he was just a person, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked Ling Yunyi to "don't do it"!

As one of the cores of the Gao Party, Zhang Siwei is not unaware of some of Gao Shishi's previous "glorious deeds", and he also knows that he has a lot of layouts in the inner court.

What is strange to him is that his nephew was quite able to endure before, and he couldn't hold back enough to be able to control the enemy with one move and wouldn't make a move at all, but why didn't he even ask this time, and just wanted to take a dignified military department Shangshu to open the knife? This is the book of the military department, not the military ministers who are used to being lackeys under the door!

What's going on?

Zhang Siwei even had some doubts for a while, did he still have something inside that he hadn't figured out, this situation was not right!