Chapter 382: That's All It Takes

Shi Bin, who came out of the Zheng Mansion, had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know how to describe it. One thing is certain, and that is the gratitude to Zheng Qingzhi. and decided that after Zheng Qingzhi left, he would keep the Zheng family's wealth, but when the time came, he would have to beat his unsuccessful son.

Seeing Shi Bin come out, his face was a little complicated, and he couldn't tell what it tasted like, so Wang San naturally wanted to ask. Who knew that Shi Bin hummed a few times, but didn't say a complete sentence. This situation was something that Wang San had never expected and had never seen. Although his eldest brother is not sharp-toothed, his language function is still very strong, and he is very good at fooling people, why is it a problem today?

If things are abnormal, there must be demons, and the only thing Wang San can be sure of is that Shi Bin has been stimulated a lot in the Zheng Mansion. As for what it is, it's useless to ask in a hurry now, so it's better to wait for Shi Bin to think about it before talking.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally returned to his normal state, looking at Wang San on the side, Shi Bin smiled and said, "Let my brother worry." Just now Zheng Jae-fu gave me a lesson, and he also came up with a countermeasure, which should be not bad. ”

Jung Jae-fu? What to do? I remember that Shi Bin has always called Zheng Qingzhi 'old horseman' and 'human spirit' behind his back, or called him by his name, and now he is respectfully called Zheng Zaifu;

Before Wang San could figure it out, Shi Bin said: "Brother Xian, I have to thank Zheng Zaifu this time, if it weren't for him, I would probably be caught off guard." Maybe even the territory will be lost, and maybe even the ground will never be able to make a comeback. ”

Are the consequences so severe? Wang San felt incredible. So he immediately asked, "Big brother, where do you start with this?" We have just taken Zhengzhou, and you should not be punished so severely even if you don't pay homage to the prime minister. ”

"Of course not, but it won't be long. You know why? Shi Bin smiled bitterly, "Because Uncle Xie Fang's old puppet said in front of the emperor that I was a capable general, the Catechist Sect crowned me as the commander of the Jinghu Two Roads." Let me lead Sichuan, Jinghu Road and Kuizhou Road. As for Wu Qian, the privy envoy, because I didn't know him, he transferred troops, and he also had a lot of resentment against me. ”

After Shi Bin said this, Wang San also understood the sinister situation. If Shi Bin really controls the military and political power of the Four Routes, and Jia Rudao controls the military and political power of the two Zhejiang, the emperor will definitely not know what to eat and sleep. As long as Uncle Xie Fang provokes it again, it will not be long before it will be the end of Jia Nidao and Shi Bin Weng's son-in-law.

"Brother, we are really carried away by interests, and we only think about making achievements and expanding our power, but we forget the royal taboo." Shi Bin said dejectedly.

Of course, Wang San would not let Shi Bin be so discouraged, and immediately thought of what Shi Bin said just now, 'Zheng Qingzhi gave him a countermeasure', so he asked: "Big brother, you said that Zheng Zaifu helped you come up with a countermeasure, what is that strategy?" ”

"Actually, it's just an exchange of interests, and it's not troublesome." Shi Bin replied calmly.

An exchange of interests? Of course Wang San couldn't guess the specific content of such a simple sentence, but now that time was pressing, in order not to make the situation more sinister, Wang San immediately urged Shi Bin to say the specific content.

Understanding Wang San's thoughts, Shi Bin didn't care, and said: "He wants me to give up the real power in the local area to come to Lin'an, and he is willing to protect me as the governor and deputy privy envoy." ”

It turned out that he was a Beijing official, and he became a deputy prime minister and vice chairman of the Military Commission. This idea seems to be good, which can not only dispel the emperor's suspicions, but also grasp a part of the central power, Wang San said secretly. But even so, he, a great thinker, was very uneasy in his heart. After all, Jingnan and Sichuan are the nests of their family, and they have been in business for many years, and if they are completely lost, they will become rootless duckweed, and they will lose a lot.

"Big brother, do you think this solution is feasible?" Wang San didn't dare to express his opinion easily, and asked cautiously.

"Me? I feel that Zheng Qingzhi really wants to help me, but I feel that this method is not perfect. It's too dangerous, big brother, I don't want to be controlled by others. Shi Bin said with a frown.

Everyone agrees with this, and no one has ever wanted to be controlled by others. If you don't have your own territory, even if you are the prime minister, you will be controlled by others, and that person is the emperor. So now the best thing to do is to dispel the emperor's suspicions without losing his own territory.

"Big brother, you're right. Zheng Qingzhi really wants to help you, so you really have to do this Jingguan. As for how not to be controlled by others, we can think of some way. ”

Seeing Wang San's appearance, Shi Bin knew that he already had a way, but it didn't seem to be the best. Now that the situation is dangerous, Shi Bin has no time to waste, and immediately asked: "Tell me, what can you do to fill this loophole!" ”

"Big brother, my method is also very simple. It is to send a few hardcore brothers who will follow you first to take over your territory. Wang San said confidently.

"You mean to send Li Chao and them to take over, so that they can..." Shi Bin understood the meaning of Wang San's words, but when he spoke, he lost his voice and looked bitter.

"Big brother, you have to do this Jingguan, otherwise it will be easy to recover. And if you want to keep your territory, Li Chao must use them. The younger brother can guarantee that Li Chao is absolutely loyal to the eldest brother and will not have the slightest second heart. Even if Li Zong tempted them with high-ranking officials, they would not betray their eldest brother. Wang San said very confidently.

"Really?" Shi Bin obviously didn't believe it.

"Absolutely. If the eldest brother really became the governor and privy deputy envoy, he would be able to destroy too many people with a wave of his hand. There will only be more and more defections to you, where will they leave? ”

Anyway, there was no way, Shi Bin had to accept Wang San's opinion and said that he would do it according to the discussed method. Then came another question: what should Wu Qian do?

Although Wu Qian's official reputation is good, he did offend him this time. Although he will most likely not be embarrassed in his own affairs as a counselor and deputy privy envoy, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not stumble himself when he sponsors Li Chao and them. Therefore, this potential threat of Wu Qian must be addressed.

After experiencing so much in half a day, Shi Bin was too lazy to pull Wang San to think about the problem, but pulled Wang San to be a foodie, which can be regarded as transferring pressure through eating. In half an hour, I finished eating six Jiaxing zongzi, four bowls of Shaoxing stinky tofu, four butter cakes, three small soup dumplings, and five wheat cake cones.

As the saying goes: walk a hundred steps after a meal and live to ninety-nine. So after eating, Shi Bin and Wang San started to 'walk in 100 steps' again. Once again, I went to the antique calligraphy and painting market.

Walking around, I suddenly found a very beautiful word, cursive. Shi Bin's short-sighted eyes turned out to be an ancient poem by Meng Haoran.

"Evening Park Xunyang Wanglu Mountain"

Thousands of miles of banquets, famous mountains have not been met. Bozhou Xunyang Guo, the beginning of the incense burner peak.

Try to read the distant public biography, and forever cherish the traces of the dust. Donglin Jingshe is near, and the sun and dusk sit and listen to the clock.

The reason why I read it is not because Shi Bin understands poetry, but because he is curious. What does Guo mean, isn't it a surname? Who is Yuan Gong? It's hard to ask others, so I have to ask Wang Sanlai, who has been studying in private school for two years.

"Big brother, Guo is not a surname here, but refers to the wall of the outer city. The city is the inner city wall, and the Guo is the outer city wall. Yuan Gong refers to a famous monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. ”

Curious why Shi Bin asked this, of course Shi Bin would not tell him directly, but said, 'Test Wang San, how many drops of ink do you have in your belly'. Looking at this painting while talking, the more Shi Bin looked at it, the more interesting it became. Finally, the mystery was discovered - 'Forever Dusty'! And he couldn't stop laughing, and after spending thirty taels of silver, he immediately left the bazaar.

Seeing this, Wang San of course followed, and his intuition told him that there were good things and a better solution to the dilemma. As soon as he entered the inn where he often stayed, Shi Bin pulled Wang San into the private room and showed him the calligraphy he bought.

"Brother, do you see the subtlety?" Shi Bin said with a meaningful smile.

The subtlety? Of course, Wang San didn't think that Shi Bin was playing with him, Shi Bin's appearance must have a great mystery in it, so he looked at it seriously. It is worthy of Shi Bin's great brain, but after reading it twice, he saw the subtlety in it, and said with a smile: "What the eldest brother said is 'Taste the distant public biography, forever cherish the traces of the dust'? ”

Shi Bin nodded happily when he heard this, and smiled proudly. You know, this sentence can be understood as Meng Haoran's hope to become a wise man like Master Huiyuan, away from worldly disputes. If Shi Bin used it, he could greatly reduce the suspicion of the emperor and everyone about him.

"Wang San, what do you think I will dedicate this painting to Li Zong?"

"Big brother is great, this is indeed a very good idea. If we combine this with our previous responses, it will be flawless. Wang San smiled excitedly.

Before he finished being happy, Wang San sobered up Shi Bin with a word, "Big brother, we still have to find a way to pass Wu Qian's pass, isn't it too early to be happy?" We've got to find a way to keep him from stumbling on us in the middle. ”

This time, Shi Bin didn't think much about it, and said directly: "How about we draw a scoop according to the gourd?" ”

"Draw a scoop according to the gourd? May I ask what does this mean, big brother? Could it be that he also sent such a painting to Wu Qian? Wang San asked suspiciously.

"Of course, you can't send exactly the same words, I'm afraid the content will have to change, but it must also be a sign of humility."

I understood what Shi Bin meant, this is to use humble poetry to express his apology. Wu Qiannai is from the top of the family, and he must not look down on Shi Bin's verbal apology, and he must be as ingenious as the last time he sent "Tiger Picture on the Mountain", and it is best to show it in poetry, calligraphy and painting.

So after resting for an hour, the two went to the antique calligraphy and painting market to find treasures.

However, what made Shi Bin and Wang San very painful was the situation that they deliberately planted flowers and did not bloom, and unintentionally planted willows and willows. It was very easy to get Meng Haoran's "Evening Park Xunyang Wanglu Mountain" before, but now I have been shopping in this market for more than an hour, and when it is almost time to turn on the lights, the shops will be closed, but I still haven't found a suitable calligraphy and painting.

Suddenly, Shi Bin had an idea: Is it possible for these two people who have too little knowledge to find suitable calligraphy and painting?

Something like headless flies stumbling around? You should get help from a 'professional'.

After thinking about these things clearly, Shi Bin immediately told Wang San his thoughts, and Wang San also said yes again and again after hearing it. He said that he must find a person who is rich and rich as soon as possible to find out the poems that meet the requirements, and then come to this market to choose calligraphy and paintings.

It is easy to find this kind of university scholar who is full of wealth in Lin'an City, and Zheng Qingzhi is one. Therefore, the two immediately went to the Zheng Mansion.

It was very unexpected that Shi Bin went and returned, and this time he also brought Wang San, a big think tank. However, seeing their appearance, Zheng Qingzhi was very relieved, because he was not arrogant or impatient, and he was very stable.

"Master Zheng, there is something I want to ask you for help with." Shi Bin said very respectfully.

Yo, such a big change. Shi Bin actually called himself a junior, and replaced the personal pronoun with 'you', Zheng Qingzhi was a little dizzy by this sudden everything, and he felt incredible.

"My lord, the younger generation knows that he has changed a little. But this is absolutely from the bottom of my heart, and I can't repay you for your help, so much more than that. Shi Bin said very sincerely.

Zheng Qingzhi was quite acceptable to this statement, calmed down a little, and asked: "Lord Shi doesn't have to be like this, it's really rare that you can be so restrained." You're definitely not here just to thank you, there should be something else, let's talk about it. If there's anything I can do to help, I'm not going to refuse. ”

It's useless to play tricks in front of Zheng Qingzhi, it will not only ruin the good image that has just been established, but also make things more troublesome. So Shi Bin unabashedly went straight to the point: "Zai Fu told me before that Lord Wu was dissatisfied with me, and I naturally wanted to apologize to Lord Wu." I just thought of a solution, but I didn't have enough power. ”

"Oh, what's the solution?" Zheng Qingzhi was also interested when he heard this, and asked with a smile.

"I know that Wu Jaefu is also from a Jinshi, and he is also the first. Therefore, I think that a verbal apology is probably useless, and it is even more undesirable to send something yellow and white. Then you have to send something else. So I thought of sending a word, a word with an apology written on it. Shi Bin said with some shame.

"Hahaha..." Zheng Qingzhi laughed out loud after hearing this, and said, "Shi Bin, I heard that you gave him and Zhao Kui a picture of Gu Kaizhi's "Tiger Ascending the Mountain" last time, implying that Uncle Xie Fang must not be allowed to return to Beijing. Now you want to do it again, it's amazing! Admire, admire, even the official is very impressed. ”

Shi Bin didn't like this kind of praise very much, but he had to endure it, and after Zheng Qingzhi finished speaking, he asked, "What does Master Zheng think of this method?" Is it still feasible? ”

"It works, of course it works. It seems that you are here to know from me what poems are suitable for apologetic to him? Zheng Qingzhi asked.

The two were silent, just smiled awkwardly and nodded.

Since he wanted to help Shi Bin, Zheng Qingzhi certainly wouldn't deliberately humiliate him, and soon found a suitable poem from his full stomach - Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty "Twenty-two Rhymes for Wei Zuo Chengzhang"

Among them, 'I am very ashamed of my father-in-law, and I know the truth of my father-in-law.' Every time on the hundreds, the obscene good sentences are new. Stealing tribute to the public is happy, and it is difficult to be willing to be poor. I can be scared, but I just hesitate. 'The most suitable.

Finally found the key, Shi Bin thanked Zheng Qingzhi and left with Wang San. No longer scurrying like a headless fly, the next day I spent a quarter of an hour in the bazaar and found a painting of this content. Although I don't know the author, it is also a first-class calligraphy and painting, and I believe that Wu Qian can see it.

As if he had known that Shi Bin would come, Wu Qian's porter took them to Wu Qian's study as soon as he saw him and Wang San.

Seeing Shi Bin arrive, Wu Qian said with a cold face: "Shi Bin, do you know what you did wrong?" ”

Such an opening remark made Shi Bin very uncomfortable, he was also a feudal official, and his status was on par with Wu Qian, how could Wu Qian reprimand him like this?

Holding back a bad breath, he said, "I know." ”

"This official doesn't mind that you exceed your authority, but I care that you are so domineering, this is going to cause a big disaster!"

When Shi Bin, who was originally unhappy in his heart, heard these words, he understood that Wu Qian was reminding him, not humiliating him, and soon the evil breath was gone.

After Wu Qian finished talking, Shi Bin picked up the painting that had been prepared a long time ago and gave it to Wu Qian. Wu Qian is a literati and naturally likes good calligraphy and painting. When I appreciated it, I could see the meaning of the apology.

After reading it, Wu Qian looked at Shi Bin with some complicated eyes and said: "If you can resign some real power, I will unite Zheng Zaifu and Zhao Zaifu to protect you, as long as your conditions in the emperor are not excessive, we will support them." ”

"Thank you, my lord, Jung Jae-suk has reminded me of this. I decided to resign the Commander-in-Chief of Sichuan, Kuizhou, and Jingnan Pacification Envoys. I just want to be a Beijing official, and I also want to keep a few subordinates who have followed me for many years as the pacification envoys of these three roads, and I can't let them do it in vain. ”

This request is not excessive, Wu Qian agreed after thinking about it. and said that he would immediately discuss the specific details with Zhao Kui and Zheng Qingzhi, as long as Shi Bin went back and waited for news.

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