Cao Wei thinks that today is as interesting as walking lanterns!

First of all, Ma Jing came to visit and said that "the water is deep and the waves are wide, it is not easy to sail, and no one can believe it except for his own family", although this statement is vague, but Cao Wei also heard what it meant.

The water is deep and the waves are wide, which is nothing more than that the officialdom in Nantong is rotten, and some officials collude to do illegal things. And "own family" undoubtedly refers to Ma Jing, who used to be an errand in the palace.

No one can believe it, this "who" is involved in a wide range of Nantong boundaries, from the political envoys and supervision envoys of Nantong to the magistrates of the county, large and small officials, dozens of people! Even some businessmen and ordinary people in Nantong were implicated.

Could it be that Nantong officialdom has been eroded to this point?

Not long after Ma Jing came, Zhu Zhiwen came to visit him, either by coincidence, or someone was staring at Ma Jing or staring at himself.

Interestingly, Zhu Zhiwen's first sentence when he saw Cao Wei was bluntly that he couldn't get too close to Ma Jing, and this tone that was close to the training of elders made Cao Wei stunned.

It stands to reason that he is the minister of the Qincha, who should be intimate with and who he is estranged from is his own business, just like what to eat for lunch, the aunt next door can't care at all, Zhu Zhiwen, as a subordinate official, is a bit rude to say this kind of thing.

Zhu Zhiwen saw that Cao Wei was a little dazed, a smile appeared on his face, and there was a bit of color in the smile, and he arched his hand and said: "My lord, Xia Guan is a person from Deqing County, Huizhou Prefecture, and he has ...... the third year of Hongzhi Township."

Cao Wei frowned, Huizhou Mansion? It seems that he has no relatives who are from Huizhou Prefecture, and as for the three-year township test of Hongzhi, he has not participated in the scientific examination, so he can't have anything to do with half a dime, what does Zhu Zhiwen mean by this......

Zhu Zhiwen saw that Cao Weiwei's face was confused, the smile on his face was stiff, he was silent for a moment, and asked, "Don't you know the origin and year of your teacher?" ”

Cao Wei shook his head blankly.

"My adult's mentor, Mei Gongbo, is also a native of Huizhou, and he is also the ......son of Hongzhi Township for three years."

Zhu Zhiwen almost gritted his teeth and said this sentence, as an academic disciple, not knowing the teacher's origin and the year of the scientific examination is simply a big rebellion, if it weren't for the blank look on Cao Wei's face that didn't seem to be fake, Zhu Zhiwen would even think that Cao Wei was playing with himself.

Cao Wei suddenly realized that he finally understood the meaning of Zhu Zhiwen's self-introduction. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty paid attention to the three sames, that is, the same year, the same township, and the same classmate! This is the biggest basis for civilian-official relations and factions.

In addition to relatives and friends, the most intimate relationship is the three sames, and as long as one of the three sames is touched, it can be regarded as a relationship.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the friends have never been broken, and in the final analysis, the officials were connected through the imperial examination. Of course, forming a party is not necessarily for personal gain, but also for political pursuits.

Zhu Zhiwen and Mei Gongbo are both from Huizhou, although they are not a county, they can barely be regarded as fellow villagers. In Cao Wei's heart, except for the same village, he is not a fellow villager, but in the eyes of the traditional civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, if they are in the same house, they are from their hometown!

As for the three-year lifting of Hongji......

Cao Wei intuitively felt that this was a very nonsense logic, if the people who took the exam in the same year and passed the exam can be regarded as a very good relationship, then wouldn't he have friends all over the world after experiencing the college entrance examination in his previous life?

But I have to say that in Daming, this logic occupies the mainstream position!

After posing for the relationship, although Zhu Zhiwen did not pose as an elder, he also straightened his waist, tilted his head at a fifteen-degree angle, and was neither arrogant nor humble. In the Ming Dynasty, sometimes official positions do not determine everything, seniority is also very important, and no one can afford the reputation of a deceitful teacher and destroying ancestors.

Cao Wei smiled and invited him to sit down, and then ordered the servants to serve tea, and did an impeccable job of etiquette for this "elder".

After some small talk, Zhu Zhiwen took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Adults must not have too close contact with Ma Jing......"

With the same words, Cao Wei smiled and said nothing, posing as if he was listening to Gao Zhi.

"Ma Jing, eunuch eunuch also!"

Zhu Zhiwen said in a deep voice: "During the Chenghua period of the previous dynasty, the eunuchs and eunuchs were the most troublesome.

Today, Hongzhi Dynasty His Majesty Shengming appointed a virtuous minister, so the court was peaceful, and there was no traitorous eunuch in charge. However, there is still an irreparable estrangement between the courtiers and the eunuchs, and the courtiers are always guarding against the eunuchs' abuse of power.

As a student of the loyal minister Mei Gong, you must not have close contact with the eunuchs, and you will be criticized by people with bad intentions in the future......"

Cao Wei nodded yes, but he didn't care in his heart, since the day Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he has been suppressing the eunuch factory guard, and the factory guard only has the responsibility of picketing, but has no right to interrogate people, so as long as Zhu Youzhu reigns for one day, the eunuchs in the palace will not be in chaos.

The reason why the courtiers have been so defensive against the eunuchs is to put it bluntly, they are cautious, if you hit me once, I will prevent you for the rest of my life, not seeking to love and kill each other, but to die to press the group of eunuchs to the ground and rub them.

However, Cao Wei knew that now the courtiers could guard against the eunuchs and eunuchs, and when the Zhengde Emperor, who did not play cards according to common sense, succeeded to the throne, it was inevitable that the eunuchs would be powerful. As the so-called emperor is unreliable, the concubine's correction is only a matter of one or two sentences.

After seeing Cao Wei nodding, Zhu Zhiwen continued: "Although my lord is favored by the emperor and has a high position, after all, he is young and vigorous, and he is not deeply involved in the world, so it is inevitable that he will not notice some things.

The old man is an elder, and he has some relationship with your teacher, and he can't bear to see a generation of junjie being invaded by filth, so he just heard that Ma Jing was visiting, so he hurried to share it with the adults, and if there is any disrespect in the words, please don't blame the adults! ”

People who well-intentioned want to pull themselves back from the edge of the "quagmire", what reason do they have to blame? Cao Wei said with a smile: "Master Zhu and his teacher have fellowship, and the teacher is like a father, so I will call Lord Zhu an uncle!"

About Ma Jing, uncle don't worry too much, I'm only in Nantong for two or three days, and I won't be involved too much with anyone.

In two days, I will go to the prefect's yamen to visit my uncle, not in an official position, but as a junior, when the gift is light, please don't blame my uncle! ”

Zhu Zhiwen nodded and smiled: "Since the adult calls the old man uncle, then the old man has the courage to call the adult a good nephew!" The virtuous nephew went to the old man's house as a guest, and the old man was only happy, how could there be any reason to blame.

The virtuous nephew ran all the way, so that the old man would not disturb the virtuous nephew, so he went back to open the door of the mansion and waited for the virtuous nephew to visit! ”

Cao Wei got up to send him off, and sent Zhu Zhiwen all the way outside the mansion, saw Zhu Zhiwen get into the carriage, and walked away slowly, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he returned to the mansion.

Nantong water evil, everything!

When he returned to the lobby, Ning Yang Xu Li had already come out from behind the curtain, and Xu Jie's smiling face that had not changed for thousands of years stood on Xu Li's side.

"Brother-in-law, Nantong is not good, let's go quickly!"

Even the coarse-minded Ning Yang can see the form of Nantong, and you can imagine how deep and evil the water in Nantong is.

Cao Wei shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to go, but I can't go, the dead eunuch who came at the beginning tripped my foot with an acquaintance, and now I can't pull my foot out, so I can't leave......"

Ning Yang scratched his head and said: "Brother-in-law, how familiar this acquaintance of yours is, if you don't have a deep friendship, don't pay attention to it, and the rivers and lakes should also divide the time and occasion, don't accidentally put yourself in!" ”

Cao Wei was silent for a long time and said, "I don't know him very well, but I know his sister very well!" His name is Xie Yufei, and like you, he also calls me brother-in-law.

I was the one who introduced him to officialdom at the beginning, and I haven't heard from him for a long time, but I didn't expect to fall into the quagmire of Nantong......"