"Stop the car."

With Qian Ning's command in the sedan chair, the sedan chair and his personal entourage stopped more than thirty zhang away from the gate of Chen Yubi's mansion. He lifted the sedan curtain and stood still outside the sedan chair, looking deeply at the mansion he was once very familiar with. At this time, it was just the beginning of the day, and it was just dark, so he didn't even eat dinner, but changed into civilian clothes at the Xianliang Temple, and came here.

On the four red lanterns under the eaves of the porch, the two big characters of "Chen Mansion" are still the same. The vicissitudes of the world, twenty years ago, when he was just a junior high school, Chen Yubi summoned himself here is still vivid, as if it happened yesterday, but today, the distance in front of him is only more than 30 zhang, but it makes him feel so far away. He decided to walk the distance on his own, and in the face of the impending flood of reproaches and unpredictable schemes, he also needed to complete the final mental preparations.

"Just wait here." As he spoke, he took the burden from his attendant and walked towards the gate alone.

"Lord Qian? Long time no see. The porter was obviously also an old man, and he laughed when he saw that it was Qian Ning. From this greeting, Channing heard a trace of long-lost cordiality, but there was also a little strangeness in this cordiality.

"Is the teacher okay?" Qian Ning also nodded to him with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay! Adults always remember you! The porter did not let Qian Ning in, but stood in the door and greeted him.

"Please take me to the old man's house!" Qian Ning was not in a hurry, and pointed inside.

The porter bowed his head and muttered for a moment, and then said to him: "It's really hard to say this to Lord Qian, in the afternoon, the Lord Qian was summoned by the emperor, and as soon as he entered Beijing, he came to Chen's Mansion first, so it is inevitable that others will gossip and disrespect the emperor." It is not appropriate for him to see you first, saying that he will wait until you meet the emperor first. ”

Qian Ning was stunned. He had completely imagined what kind of embarrassment and embarrassment he would face when he arrived at Chen's Mansion, but he never thought that Chen Yubi would not see him. An unspeakable sadness suddenly welled up in his heart, and he was silent for a while before he said sincerely to the porter: "Please go and tell your lordship, I should see him first, both in public and private." ”

The porter was obviously extremely hesitant, and after a moment, he nodded and said, "Then please wait a moment, my lord." Then he turned around and entered the house.

Due to his long-term absence from Jingshi, Qian Ning no longer knew about the situation in Jingshi. Due to the influence of his previous passive attitude of avoiding the world, Zhao Zhigao seems to be the head of the cabinet on the surface, but in fact, the power has been divided up by several people in the cabinet, not to mention that no one has the ability and energy to control the overall situation, and they are secretly fighting endlessly in the court. The people below want to be on top, the people in the cabinet want to dominate the overall situation, and the only trace of energy in the Ming Dynasty is consumed in this endless infighting.

Zhao Zhigao was reluctant to directly intervene in this, and only came out to balance when the situation was critical, which was still effective under his strong power, but in the long run, it gradually lost its effect. Chen Yubi was respectful to him on the surface, but no matter what, he couldn't resist the temptation of the position of Shoufu to him, he was an old man, and he wanted to arch up again, even if he couldn't go up, at least he could keep his descendants safe. In addition, if there is something in the DPRK and China, Chen Yubi is often in front first, and it is really impossible for Zhao Zhigao to come forward, which also leads to a situation where everyone in the DPRK and China only knows that there is a secondary assistant, but does not know that there is a first assistant. When Qian Ning arrived in Beijing, of course, he could only see Chen Yubi first, and then Chen Yubi would take him to see Zhao Zhigao.

It was naturally Chen Yubi's order not to let Qian Ning enter the mansion, and the porter could only go to Chen Yubi.

The porter stood at the door and whispered hesitantly, "Your Excellency......"

Chen Yubi walked back and forth in the room, while dictating, * wrote quickly in front of the bookcase, without even looking at it, Chen Yubi continued to dictate: "The minister can neither go up to the body to be sorrowful, nor can he go down to the people of Su to be poor. The crime of the minister can no longer be called stupid, misleading the country and the people, how can he be worthy of the responsibility of sealing the territory? If by the grace of God, the quasi-minister will go to the post of political envoy and governor of Zhejiang, and the minister will be grateful. Chancellor Channing bowed his head and bowed again. ”

After saying this, he turned to the concierge with his hands behind his back: "But Channing is here?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, it's Qian Ning who is here." The porter didn't dare to lift the tunnel.

"Didn't you say the things I taught you to say to him?" Chen Yubi's eyes showed a hint of fierceness.

“…… The slave said, but he said let me tell the lord, and I should come to see the ......lord first, both public and private," the porter said in a low voice.

Chen Yubi picked up the resignation letter written by *, and responded while reading it: "Go and tell him that it is inconvenient for him to come to Chen's Mansion tonight, regardless of official or private affairs; On business, I will talk about it tomorrow when I go to the court; Personal...... If he Qian Ning still remembers whose student he is, does he think that he will cause less trouble to his teacher? Speaking of this, he also had a trace of pain in his heart, this Qian Ning was strongly recommended by himself and Shen Shixing at the beginning, so he was put in Zhejiang. At that time, he was just the head of the ministry, but because he saw Qian Ning's article, he was shocked, and he did everything to help this talented person with great talent and strategy in his heart to ascend to the position. Sure enough, Qian Ning was a literati who knew how to repay his kindness, and he was sleek and low-key in Zhejiang, and he actually got along with those people, and Shen Shixing's departure did not affect him. Zhao Zhigao came to power, and he was still his political envoy in Zhejiang, but everyone in Zhejiang knew that with his teacher Chen Yubi in the cabinet, Zhao Zhigao covered him, and no one could easily treat him well.

In the sixteenth year of Wanli, Zhao Zhigao had just ascended to the throne, and before he could do anything, under his own recommendation, Qian Ning took up the post of governor of Zhejiang. Chen Yubi asked himself, it can be said that Qian Ning has done his best to be benevolent and righteous, but no one thought that in the matter of changing rice to mulberry, why did Qian Ning have to get along with him?

"Yes...... Can...... But if you say that, won't it hurt him too much...... "The porter is an old man who has followed Chen Yubi for many years, and he has a very good impression of Qian Ning, who has no shelf and is polite to everyone, every time he came to Chen's Mansion a few years ago, he prepared small gifts for the top and bottom of the door, which were not worth a few dollars, but he expressed his heart. So when Qian Ning begged him hard to let him see the teacher, he really couldn't bear it.

"Hurt your mother's head!" Chen Yubi's son, Chen Cai, grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it, the porter was frightened, and hurriedly ran outside: "The slave is going to talk about ......it."

Chen Yubi's son, everyone in the Chen Mansion knows that he is a demon king of the mixed world, he is almost twenty years old, he does not study or participate in the imperial examination, and he regards himself as a little bully at home all day long, and he is a standard second-generation official. His father usually scolds him, Chen Caiquan is a fart, and he is still the same after scolding. Chen Yubi's wife is weak, so she gave birth to such a son, and he is not the kind of person who has three wives and four concubines, he is still a wife until now, and he is also distressed about such a single seedling. Seeing this, he just yelled: "Get out of the way!" It's okay for you to be involved in such national events! He also knew in his heart that his son was a waste, and the reason why he wanted to arch up was all because of him!

It is impossible to let Chen Cai go on his official career, Chen Yubi just wants to ask him not to defeat the Chen family, and leave him a little more way back, otherwise how can he still work so hard when he is old? Chen Cai stiffened his neck aggrievedly and said, "Dad! That Channing is a white-eyed wolf! What did he think of himself? Don't you dare to listen to the teacher? He is a dog of our Chen family! Now that he is about to be in trouble, he ran to the door of his house to beg for help, what did he do in the first place?! ”

Chen Yubi suddenly turned to look at Chen Cai, his eyes became more and more serious, Chen Cai was frightened when he saw this, he had never seen his father have such an expression on him, and quickly knelt down obediently. Chen Yubi looked at his son for a long time, and sighed lightly in his heart, Qian Ning is not because his wings are stiff, but because he is too assertive and has his own opinions on this matter, but doesn't he know that he and the Chen family are both prosperous and loss? has been an official for so many years, why is he still as emotional as those clear streams in the court?

Chen Cai's smash, the * who was writing ran out of ink, fortunately, he was usually used to this kind of thing, neither panicked nor embarrassed, and muttered: "I have to re-polish the ink......"

"Just find someone to sharpen the ink! This is also to be asked? Chen Yubi looked at Chen Cai and snorted coldly, turned around and walked out.

Zhao Zhigao, who has always been firm and quiet, was a little restless tonight, he lay on the recliner in the middle of the study, looking straight at the beams on the roof, thinking about something. In front of him was a copy of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", and on the page he turned was the passage that the emperor said.

Luo Jinwen walked in quietly and gently covered him with a thin quilt, but he blocked it: "You say, when the emperor said this, did he hear the wind of destroying the embankment somewhere......

Luo Jinwen was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I shouldn't know." Now after so many years of arrangement, now the yamen at all levels in Zhejiang are basically our people, and the weaving bureau and the city department are all Wei Gonggong's people, and they have never consulted with the local government to do their own things, so naturally they will not leak it. Others don't know the inside story, and there is no evidence, so no one dares to hear the rumors. ”

Zhao Zhigao put his finger on the "Tao Te Ching" little by little: "But don't forget, that Zhu Yidao is also in Zhejiang......

Luo Jinwen smiled: "It's okay if you don't mention that Zhu Yidao." He offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, can he still get along with the officialdom of Zhejiang? On the surface, he is still a brocade guard, but now he is only doing things for the emperor. Things in Zhejiang are complicated, he is an outsider and a military attaché, how much can he know? The emperor asked him to patrol the border, and his subordinates felt that it was for the sake of guarding the troops in Zhejiang, after all, it was inevitable that the people would make trouble when changing rice to mulberry, and Zhejiang was in chaos, but the army could not be chaotic, and when necessary, it was necessary to carry the banner of suppressing rebellion. Let him be in the guard center in Zhejiang, and the emperor will also have some determination in his heart. ”