"My lord, please rest assured," Wang Meng said, "The lowly position has been instructed with his brothers, although he will not torture this Kang Er, but it will not make him feel better, and besides, what the Lord has explained, the lowly position has also been ordered, this Kang Er is not difficult to deal with, he is just a scoundrel who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, and the lowly position feels that there should be no problem, and when the time comes, he will say according to what we explained, and he will never say anything wrong,"

"That's fine," Zhang Fan said, "In this whole thing, this Kang Er is a key figure, if something goes wrong in him, then the rest of the matter will be difficult for us,"

"The lowly position understands," Wang Meng nodded, and said, "It's just that the lowly position is a little unclear, what are the plans of the adults to do this, if it is as the adults said before, let all the officials in the entire Sichuan officialdom crowd out the adults, this is not necessary to do it at all, we have already made the people here very unwelcome, as long as the adults don't do anything, or force them verbally, there is no need to be so troublesome now,"

"That being said," Zhang Fan shook his head and said, "However, if we do this, it will be too obvious, in case the people over there in Duanwangfu can see something, then it will be in vain for us to prepare so much, but if it is like now, it will be almost difficult for them to see what the problem is, and it will be much easier for us to act at that time,"

"I see," Wang Meng also nodded, and praised, "This method of the adult is really good," It's not that Wang Meng is a sycophant, after all, his temperament, who doesn't know, has no expression on his face all day long, and even when he speaks, he is cold, and now he says this, naturally because the method is really very good.

Originally, if Zhang Fan didn't do anything, the situation would be the same as when they first came to Sichuan, and the people in the officialdom of the entire Sichuan territory would definitely hate them very much, and they didn't want to see them, as long as Zhang Fan came here and did nothing, or went one step further and did something they hated even more, for example, put on a high posture and persecuted Zeng Xingwu and Liu Xian.

As long as this is the case, let alone squeezing out Zhang Fan at that time, it is estimated that someone will hand a piece of money to the court to impeach Zhang Fan.

But in this way, although it looks very natural, in fact, there is a big flaw, Zeng Xingwu and Liu Xian, although they have never met Zhang Fan, nor have they had any direct relationship, but in fact, this means that there will be no direct contradiction between them.

However, although they are not directly related, it does not mean that they are not related, in fact, it stands to reason that their relationship should be very good.

Let's talk about Liu Xian first, Liu Xian, as a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, has a good relationship with several other generals today, and among them, Qi Jiguang is one, and the relationship between Zhang Fan and Qi Jiguang is also very good, so if Zhang Fan and Liu Xian talk about it, they can also speak, and the relationship is also quite good.

And Zeng Xingwu is actually the same, although Zhang Fan and Zeng Shengwu do not have any direct relationship, but the relationship between Zeng Shengwu and Zhang Juzheng is very good, I have said before that when Zhang Juzheng proposed the matter of the "Examination Law", there were officials from all over the country to oppose or support, and among the people who supported, Zeng Shengwu was the first one, and the person who could do this definitely had a good relationship with Zhang Juzheng.

After Zeng Xingwu was admitted to the Jinshi, he stayed in the imperial court, that is, at that time, he made Zhang Juzheng strong, so the relationship between them was quite good, and Zeng Xingwu also understood Zhang Juzheng's thoughts, although Zhang Juzheng did not mention to him in detail about his plan to do reforms, and Zeng Xingwu naturally agreed with Zhang Juzheng's ideas.

Therefore, after Zhang Juzheng just proposed the matter of "Examination Law", Zeng Xingwu didn't even think about it after he knew about it, so he immediately played it and agreed with Zhang Juzheng's method.

And for this matter, Zhang Juzheng has mentioned it to Zhang Fan more than once, and has also mentioned Zeng Shengwu's name many times, Zhang Juzheng attaches great importance to Zeng Shengwu, not only because he was the first to agree with the "Examination Law", but also because Zeng Shengwu is talented, although he has a lot of problems, but it is undeniable that he is very talented.

Moreover, in Zhang Juzheng's view, the current Zeng Shengwu, the governor is definitely not his limit, he can still go to the next level, and when that time comes, Zhang Juzheng will definitely be busier than now, and if Zeng Shengwu can go up a day earlier, he will be able to help Zhang Juzheng more in the future.

And here, what is the relationship between Zhang Fan and Zhang Juzheng, it is the relationship between master and apprentice, don't underestimate the relationship between the teacher and the student, this is not the kind of school in later generations, nor is it the ordinary relationship in the school, this kind of master-apprentice relationship is too much implicated.

For officials, there are a lot of unusual things between teachers and students, and the master-apprentice here does not specifically refer to the problem of academic talent, although there is also such a factor, but it is not the whole of this master-apprentice relationship, and there is also the teacher's support for the student.

Although there is no money exchange between this kind of master and apprentice, it seems that the teacher uses the connections and status relationships he has accumulated in the officialdom for so many years to help his students for no reason, a stranger who is very likely to have nothing to do with him, to help such a person to take the position, this sounds good, it sounds like it is selfless, and if it is ugly, it is brainless, but the people above the officialdom are this kind of people who are qualified to accept protégés, and how can people who are mixed to such a point have no brains.

Because, the interests are mutual, for example, Zhang Juzheng is Xu Jie's protégé, Xu Jie will accept Zhang Juzheng, that is, he takes a fancy to his talent, and then Xu Jie not only knows a lot of things about Zhang Juzheng, but also hides him from Yan Song's persecution, at the same time, Xu Jie also arranged Zhang Juzheng in the imperial court, so that Zhang Juzheng is in a safe environment and will not be persecuted; He can also learn a lot of things in officialdom, which can allow him to apply what he has learned in the future.

And this effect is even more obvious, because of Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng first served in the court, and then went to the Yuwang Mansion on duty, which gave him fame in the court, and in the Yuwang Mansion, he had contact and acquaintance with the future Emperor Longqing, and as a result, Yan Song fell, Xu Jie became the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, and then Emperor Jiajing died, after Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, Zhang Juzheng was recommended by Xu Jie to enter the cabinet, and Emperor Longqing directly agreed.

Just imagine, Zhang Juzheng is the Jinshi of Jiajing for 26 years, and when he ascended the throne in Longqing, that is, Jiajing 45 years, it was only less than 20 years, Zhang Juzheng entered the cabinet as a minister, it sounds like a long time in the next 20 years, but it is really nothing if he goes from zero to the words of the extremely human minister.

And Zhang Juzheng got all this today, his teacher Xu Jie can be said to have helped a lot, it can be seen how important this master-apprentice relationship is in the court, and it is precisely because of its importance that this kind of master-apprentice relationship is almost very close.

And between Zhang Fan and Zhang Juzheng, although it cannot be said that there is no contradiction at all, Zhang Juzheng took a fancy to Zhang Fan and accepted him as a protégé; And Zhang Fan also ignored Zhang Juzheng's small problems, after all, on the whole, everything Zhang Juzheng proposed was of great benefit to the already lifeless Ming Dynasty, so between the two, it can almost be said that there is nothing to talk about.

Because of such a relationship, the relationship between Zhang Fan and Zeng Xingwu should actually be very negotiable, after all, with such a very convenient bond as Zhang Juzheng, as long as the two of them talk a little, there will definitely not be too many contradictions.

It can be seen from today's events that Zhang Fan just lowered his posture a little and explained to Zeng Xingwu well, Zeng Xingwu was no longer angry with Zhang Fan, and the two reconciled.

And if Zhang Fan didn't do this, he would continue to stalemate with Zeng Xingwu, but his result was achieved, but for others, especially now that they must know what happened in the capital, they can guess what Zhang Fan came to Sichuan to do in Shuduan Palace, and they will definitely not feel that it is normal for the two of them to be like this, in this way, Zhang Fan's side will be exposed.

It doesn't matter if it's exposed, what matters is that in this way, the Duanwang Mansion may not contact Zhang Fan at all, so what else can Zhang Fan do.

And now, with Zhang Fan's method, the reality is to reconcile with Zeng Shengwu, let the Duanwang Mansion relax their vigilance, and then through Ding Guangyou's matter, he will have a stalemate with Zeng Shengwu again, which seems very natural.

And Zhang Fan did this, hoping that through this matter, the people of Duanwangfu would automatically send it to the door, for this matter, Zhang Fan was sixty percent sure, and the people of Duanwangfu would take the initiative to come to him, after all, there was such a big thing as the emperor being assassinated in the capital, and now it is rumored that the person behind the command was done by him Duanwang Zhu Xuanqi, Zhang Fan did not believe Zhu Xuanqi at all, he was not worried at all, he definitely wanted to find some news from Zhang Fan.

Now, everything is ready, and then I hope that the probability is relatively high that it can happen, otherwise, the things that Empress Dowager Li explained to Zhang Fan are really difficult to do.