August and September were the typhoon season, and Wei's father-in-law's journey to the south was not smooth, and it was not until August 13 that he arrived at Wusongkou by boat, hastily handled some affairs, and then took a boat to Ningbo in two days. After going ashore, he went straight to the mansion of Shen Xianggong, the former Yuanfu of Yinxian County and the leader of the Zhejiang Party, surrounded by his own guards.

The person who came to pick up Wei's father-in-law was Yao Zongwen, a member of the Zhejiang Party, who was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Wanli, and was awarded the household department by Shu Jishi. In April last year, his mother died of illness, so he returned to his hometown for three years.

Yao Nai Shen has always been a student, after the funeral of his mother, he traveled to the sea for the teacher, contacted the Zhejiang General Shi Dezheng and the general Shen Yourong, and also had contact with Sun Long, the weaving eunuch of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the adjustment and contact between the Zhejiang Governor Yamen and the Fujian Political Envoy was also mostly responsible for Yao Zongwen.

People say that the think tank of the Donglin Party is Huai Fu Li Sancai, the think tank of the Chu Party is Huang Yanshi, and the think tank of the Qi Party is Zhou Yongchun, so this Yao Zongwen can be said to be the think tank of the Zhejiang Party. At present, his status in the party is second only to Fang Congzhe, who went to Beijing to serve as a second assistant, and can be called the first of the elite of the younger generation of the Zhejiang Party.

Originally, Gonggong Wei didn't think much about this person, but when he entered Shen Zheng's house, he remembered that this Yao Zongwen was not the one who knocked Xiong Tingbi down.

After Xiong Tingbi became the governor of Liaodong, Congzhe, the first assistant at the time, was a little uneasy, so he asked Yao Zongwen, a member of the same party, to inspect the military horses in Liaodong, but Yao Zongwen did not know military affairs, only knew how to ask for bribes, and did not agree with Xiong Tingbi. Yao Zongwen slandered Xiong Tingbi in the court, and Tingbi was not at ease, and the court reappointed Yuan Yingtai as the Liaodong Economic Strategy.

It seems that this guy later got in touch with the second uncle and became a member of the eunuch party. However, he is not to blame, because who let the Donglin Party make them have no way out.

No matter what Yao Zongwen has been embarrassed in history, the current person is a student of Siming Xianggong Shen, and it can be said that he can represent the Zhejiang Party, and the Zhejiang Party is very important in the maritime industry, after all, the basic plate of the Zhejiang Party is Zhejiang and Fujian, so Wei Gonggong is very polite to him, and he took out a silver ticket and stuffed it into the other party's hand while talking and laughing.

Yao Zongwen excused himself, and then laughed. Speaking of which, although he is the elite of the Zhejiang Party, the economic conditions in his family are really not good. His teacher is also famous for picking the door, how can there be any reward on weekdays.

When I arrived at Shen Cheng's small garden, I saw Shen Cheng walking here with the support of his subordinates from a distance, and it looked like he had come to greet him in person.

How dare Father-in-law Wei hold it up, he hurriedly stepped forward, his face was full of humble and kind smiles, and he called out extremely cordially: "Old Xiangguo, the younger generation is late, I still hope that Old Xiangguo will forgive his sins, forgive his sins!" ”

Bowing to the ground, Shen Cheng was full of smiles, stepped forward to help Father-in-law Wei, and said in a harmonious voice: "Father-in-law Wei is the close servant of the Son of Heaven, and this kind of statement is a torment for the old man." ”

Gonggong Wei took a step back, chuckled, and said, "The old Xiangguo is a major minister of the Yuanfu, and he killed all of us. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Shen always heard him say this, laughed, took Father-in-law Wei's hand and walked back: "But seriously, Father-in-law came here too late, and the old man was scolded outside and didn't believe it." ”

This remark means that the two sides had originally agreed to join forces with the officers and men of the Jiangnan Maritime Special Zone, Zhejiang, and Fujian to attack Dongfan in June and July, and jointly open up a great maritime cause. For this reason, Shen has always given the emperor a secret revelation, and the officers and soldiers in Zhejiang and Fujian have also prepared, and the grain and grass have been properly prepared for a long time, but you have not seen the initiator for a long time, which has led to the delay of the military operation, and the involvement is so big, can there be no complaints below.

At the beginning, your Wei eunuch was angry in Dinghai, Zhoushan, and cleaned up the people who were offended in Zhejiang, if you didn't say that you took the lead in going out to make a fortune, could the four Ming ministers come forward for you to appease those people.

It's been two months now, and your father-in-law Wei is late, which is really a bit uninteresting.

"The younger generation is here to make amends to the old Xiangguo, it's really because..."

Father-in-law Wei greeted him even again, saying that he had encountered something when he returned to Beijing recently, and the emperor was in a hurry, and he couldn't take a break. Shen has always not pursued this matter, and the demon case that came out in Beijing a few days ago is very clear to his ears and eyes. I know that this guy has a lot of weight in the emperor and the concubine, and he has a lot of trouble with the Donglin Party, but the more this is the case, the happier the Siming Xianggong becomes.

Now the cabinet is Ye Xianggao of Donglin, and the Donglin party accounts for sixty percent of the court, how can he be the first assistant of Zhishi to control the government, so it is very in line with the interests of the Zhejiang Party to carry out maritime affairs under the banner of the emperor's inner court.

It doesn't matter what year it is, it is easy to speak if you have money, you have power when you have money, and you have connections when you have money!

"Come, come, sit down and talk."

After pulling Gonggong Wei to the pavilion where he often stayed, Shen always asked his subordinates to make a pot of high-quality Biluo Chunlai, and Gonggong Wei was a little thirsty, so he took the teacup to his hand, probably felt a little hot, and gently blew it with his mouth a few times before tasting it.

The tea entered the throat, and suddenly felt that the heart and lungs were clear, and I couldn't help but praise: "Good tea, this tea is fragrant and leaks directly into the heart, and when you take a sip into the throat, the younger generation will feel that the aftertaste is endless, and the old Xiangguo is a good enjoyment." ”

"The old man doesn't have any hobbies on weekdays, so he can drink a few sips of tea, and it's rare that the father-in-law knows how to taste tea at a young age, which makes the old man impressed."

Shen has always been smiling, and Yao Zongwen on the side is also smiling.

Not?

Regarding drinking tea, Father-in-law Wei has a fart taste, that is, it tastes clear and moistens the lungs, but this does not affect him and Shen in the slightest. Both sides are people who are still qualified, how can they get straight to the point like ordinary people, they have to have a preface, and slowly introduce it, which is in line with the way of big people.

If you sit down and directly show the carriage and horses, and show the intention, then there is no style, and there is no atmosphere.

The great maritime cause is not only a local cause, but a national cause, and an international cause.

Put down the teacup, a little thought, Wei Gonggong began to play, he said: "The younger generation thinks that tea can calm the mind, calm the mind, help to cultivate sentiment, remove distracting thoughts, once people are irritable, if you can drink a cup of tea, you will be clear-minded, open thinking, so although the younger generation is young, the preference for tea is the same as the old Xiangguo." "Basically, these words are transferred from the five girls, one meaning. After drinking tea, the heart is calm, and the sage is also a sage after finishing the skewers.

"Oh?"

Yao Zongwen on the side just received three thousand taels of silver tickets from Father-in-law Wei, thinking that he couldn't collect money for nothing, so it was necessary to hold a scene and coax the atmosphere, so he pretended to be interested and said: "Listening to my father-in-law say this, it seems that my father-in-law has a lot of experience in the way of drinking tea, but I don't know what my father-in-law thinks about the tea ceremony." ”

Gonggong Wei smiled and said modestly: "Hey, Lao Xiangguo is a master of the tea ceremony, how dare our family make an axe in front of Lao Xiangguo, I am afraid that I will talk nonsense and make Lao Xiangguo laugh in vain." ”

"My father-in-law is really modest, I heard that my father-in-law is the head of the small case of the government test, the article has been valued by His Majesty and the concubine, I think it is unique, and now His Majesty values the promotion of the maritime industry, I think some opinions are very comparable..... "Yao Zongwen is also a wonderful person, taking people's money and doing things for people, and a few words will make the atmosphere up.

Father-in-law Wei also wanted to show it in front of the four Ming Xianggong, not a vulgar performance of gold and silver, nor a monotonous spring picture or the like, but to show his own talent and learning side of Gonggong Wei.

So, I groaned softly, but not a word came out for a long time.

Not?

Shen has always been strange to Yao Zongwen, why did this little Wei Gonggong stop talking?

Xiao Wei's father-in-law was anxious, he really wanted to show himself, but it seemed that there was really no material in his stomach, so he didn't hold back a crooked rui after holding it for a long time.

This will inevitably be embarrassing.