At this time, several sedan chairs were parked around Zhang's house, I saw Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair stop in front of the door, and then Zhang Juzheng walked down from the sedan chair, the door walked over, handed a few handfolds to Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng looked at it and didn't say anything, and entered the gate with a hand fold.

I don't think I want us to go in, I just want to take the two of them to eat first, and then come back and wait, if I leave like this, Zhang Juzheng will say that he wants to see me after a while, and I will offend people if I am not there, after all, there are still many things to rely on in the future, this has not yet left, I saw a person from Zhang's mansion, holding a hand folded and walking towards us.

The man came to us and said with a good attitude: "That is Lord Lan, we invite Lord Lan to speak in the mansion." ”

I said, "I'm just, don't you skip dinner now?" It won't affect Mr. Zhang's meal. ”

"It's okay, my family asked me to invite you into the house to talk, please let me go."

I took the burden wrapped in the gift from Lao Liu, followed the family, and entered Zhang's mansion.

The scale of Zhang's mansion is not very large, that is, the courtyard of Sanjin, when he came to the main hall, Zhang Juzheng was sitting on the Taishi chair drinking tea, and the clothes were also commonly worn, not the official uniform just now, it seemed that he had finished washing.

I hurriedly saluted and said, "Humble Lan Yunjie has seen Master Zhang. ”

Zhang Juzheng was very polite, stood up and said politely: "Don't be polite, Lord Lan, speaking of which, our fate is still very deep, from the first time I saw you, I felt that you were different, sure enough, you see how long you have been an official of the fifth grade, and the old man is still studying hard at your age." ”

I also generally heard the old man talk about Zhang Juzheng's experience, he was promoted at the age of 16, and Jiajing was 23 years old and 26 years old, so it is relatively slow compared to the five-grade official at my age.

"Lord Zhang is talented, he is a well-known prodigy in Jingzhou Mansion, how dare Xia Guan compare with Lord Zhang, Xia Guan is wrongly loved by Lord Zhang, and he is only today in front of the emperor, Lord Zhang is the mentor of Xia Guan, this is a little bit of Xia Guan's heart, please accept it."

As I spoke, I untied the burden in my hand and took out two calligraphy and paintings, handed them to Zhang Juzheng and said, "The lower officials don't know if it's genuine or fake, so I ask Master Zhang to appraise it." ”

Zhang Juzheng saw that I was carrying calligraphy and paintings, his eyes lit up, and he opened it when he took it, and said while reading: "This is the authentic handiwork of the authentic Song Huizong, the old man is the first time to see this painting here, there are a few handwriting of Song Huizong in the palace, but unfortunately the old man can only see and can't move, thank you Lord Lan, such a valuable gift the old man can't accept it." ”

I know the temper of the literati, and if I want to politely refuse it first, I show that I am high, so I said: "This is my father's collection, Lord Zhang, you also know that I am not good at this level, I can't appreciate it, rather than putting it in my place to destroy the heavenly things, it is better for you to collect it for me, it is worth the money." ”

Zhang Juzheng saw me say this, looked at the painting in his hand and said, "Okay, the old man will collect it for you temporarily, you can get it at any time if you want." ”

That being said, but if you are embarrassed to come back again for the things you have sent out, saying that you are temporarily collecting, it is just a prevarication. I handed the two boxes containing pearls to Zhang Juzheng and said, "This is a gift from my wife, please accept it." ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at it and didn't refuse, put the box aside and said, "Lord Lan, now I want to be the master of Princess Shouyang, do you have any ideas?" ”

Now that Zhang Juzheng has also received the gift, don't look at it as the first assistant, but the words are still very effective, so I directly said my thoughts: "Lord Zhang, you also know that I am from a martial arts background, this is really not suitable to be a master, and after all, Princess Shouyang is a girl, I don't feel very suitable, I want to have the opportunity to ask the adults to say a few kind words to the emperor, let me go out." ”

"Lord Lan, the old man is familiar with you, I will tell you a few words in my heart, although it is not as majestic as the outside in the palace, but there are many opportunities, just like how many levels you have been promoted in just a few years, which is not available as an official outside, the emperor treats people kindly, he will reward you for your hard work, and you have only a small punishment, I think you still stay in the palace for a while, you really want to be released, how about the old man find a way for you?"

Zhang Juzheng told me that these are indeed his own people, or he wouldn't have said that he would let him out and give me a way, and I couldn't say anything when people said so, so he said: "Then thank you Lord Zhang, I will definitely stay in the palace with peace of mind, and I will take care of Lord Zhang more in the future." ”

"I don't dare to say it, although I am in the cabinet now, but the ministry is not under my control, so the authority is not very large, as long as Xu Ge Lao retires, I can have the opportunity to go up, and I can't see Xu Ge Lao's body for long, wait for a while, when you are familiar with the palace, I can also have the ability to transfer you out."

The current first assistant is Zhang Juzheng's mentor, I know this, but I didn't expect him to look forward to Xu Gelao's resignation, and he is also a father and son in the officialdom, not to mention that he is only a nominal mentor.

"My future depends on Lord Zhang, and in the future, Lord Zhang will have a place to get a lower official, even if he says, he will not hesitate to fight the fire."

"Lan Daren is serious, you also know that in the officialdom, not one person can eat and open, you look at the current official is either the same year or a fellow villager, anyway, find some opportunities to pull together, you don't have the same year and no fellow villager, it's not easy to mix in this officialdom. In the future, if the old man has something to do with you, I want to see if they dare to touch you, why are you also the person I Zhang Juzheng promoted. ”

Only then did I understand that this Zhang Juzheng was also a gang, and when he promoted me, he regarded me as his own, and if I didn't come to visit, he would also alienate me, and if I didn't get close to him at all, and leaned on others, he would not hesitate to step on me, which is the bad habit of officialdom since ancient times.

After chatting for a while, the family came to ask Zhang Juzheng how to arrange dinner and where to eat, I quickly got up and said goodbye as soon as I saw this, Zhang Juzheng also kept me to eat together, I knew that it was a kind word, so I insisted on resigning.