Sail to the Ming Dynasty Chapter 30 Li Fang's Words Next

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"Father-in-law, the lower officials have come to visit you.

As soon as he heard the voice, Shen Chongming walked into the back room in three steps and two steps, and as he spoke, he looked at Li Fang who was lying on the kang.

Compared with the last time they met, the current Li Fang can only be described as a dying old man, with a withered face, snow-white messy hair, and dull eyes, all indicating that he is a seriously ill old man who is about to die.

"Hehe, little plum, hurry up and make tea for Lord Shen." Li Fang said, struggling to sit up, Xiao Lizi, who had been waiting by his side, hurriedly went to help, although he knew that this was not good for Li Fang's health, but he didn't dare to persuade him.

"Father-in-law, you are lying down, and the lower official will sit in front of you." Shen Chongming hurriedly stepped forward and said, for fear that Li Fang would exert too much force.

"Ahem, it's okay, our bones can last a few days." Li Fang, who sat up, said panting, waving his hand to let the little plum who looked nervous look at him go to pour tea.

"Lord Shen, you can come to visit our family, our family is grateful." Li Fang said with a smile, but it was difficult to hide the loneliness in her eyes.

has lived for decades, although I have seen through many things in the world, but I am still a little sad to put it on myself. People are warm and cold, but not everyone can be indifferent, and Li Fang is no exception.

During these days, his condition became worse and worse, except for some little eunuchs who had received his favor, who were not too cunning, and often came to visit him, the leaders of the eunuchs in the palace did not come to the door at all, and in their eyes, he was just a useless person with no use value.

"Father-in-law is polite, you are an elder to Chongming, you have been away these days, and I hope that my father-in-law will forgive me if I can't come to visit you in time." Shen Chongming said humbly.

Li Fang smiled with relief, and the salutation became kind, "Chongming, I heard that you were also sick a few days ago, and your body and bones are good?" ”

"Thank you father-in-law for your concern, although I have a serious illness, but now I am getting better, hehe, look at your face, this disease is almost cured." Shen Chongming picked it up and said nicely, although he knew that Li Fang would not believe it, but he believed that he would be happy.

"Oh, hopefully." Li Fang nodded with a smile, and said to the little eunuch who had made the tea: "Little Lizi, my father-in-law is hungry, you go to the imperial dining room to get some snacks left over from yesterday." ”

Xiao Li Zi answered, and walked out with the little eunuch who led the way for Shen Chongming, and his father-in-law had something to tell Lord Shen.

"Chongming, we have heard about your affairs in Henan, and you have done a good job, and you have lived up to the importance that the emperor valued you." Looking at Shen Chongming, who was much more mature and stable, Li Fang said with emotion.

Shen Chongming smiled slightly, and said modestly: "My father-in-law has won the award, and Chongming has done his duty." ”

Seeing him like this, Li Fang was greatly satisfied, "Well, that's right, it's the duty of a courtier to do a good job, and it's not necessary to cheat and deceive the superiors and subordinates." After a pause, he continued: "But this matter has advantages and disadvantages for you, and you must know the stakes and disadvantages, so you must be more cautious in your actions in the future, and don't leave any tricks to be caught, understand?" ”

The meaning of it Shen Chongming fully understands that the Henan incident is only afraid that Xu Jie's heart will be more wary of himself, although he won for a while this time, but he is not sure that he will fall into his trap next time, and with his character, he will definitely try every means to beat himself to death.

"Thank you father-in-law for mentioning it, I wrote it down." Shen Chongming nodded and said, this is the benefit of being kind to others, how could a general friend say such heart-wrenching words to himself.

"Well, just write it down." Li Fang nodded, "But you can't be restrained because of this incident, so as not to lose the emperor's value for you." And there is no need to be too afraid of Xu Jie, this person is in power, and he is arrogant, and he is no longer the loyal minister who dealt with Yan Song back then. What you have to guard against is his disciple Zhang Juzheng, our family has read countless people, but this person can't see through it until now. Li Fang's eyes narrowed slightly, and she said worriedly.

Shen Chongming's pupils shrank suddenly, and he admired Li Fang more and more in his heart. According to historical records, this Zhang Juzheng was a capable minister, but in the Longqing Dynasty did not show the mountains and waters, until Wanli ascended the throne and Feng Bao defeated the then cabinet chief assistant Gao Gong in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that Zhang Juzheng is a high master, and he has been in a high position for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will act as a person, and all the major and minor affairs in the court will be decided by him at a glance, without taking into account the feelings of Emperor Wanli, and he has always regarded him as a child.

endured and endured, as the emperor, Emperor Wanli did not dare to do anything to him, until Zhang Juzheng died of illness and straightened his waist. A settlement after the autumn not only punished all Zhang Juzheng's family, but also negated most of his years of reform efforts, resulting in the original Ming Dynasty that was still thriving and thriving was beaten back to the prototype, until, decades later, King Chuang invaded the capital, and the Manchu Tartars went south to unify the Central Plains.

However, although the ending is a little tragic, it is undeniable that Zhang Juzheng's means are good, otherwise it would not have been possible to bring the Ming Dynasty back to life for nearly a hundred years.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, your words have been remembered." Having said that, Shen Chongming is still quite optimistic about Zhang Juzheng, Xu Jie's targeting himself so many times, according to the information he has, there is almost no Zhang Juzheng in it, it can be seen that he is not a selfish and self-reliant person like Xu Jie, everyone does their own thing, presumably he will not do anything to himself.

"Well, just remember." Nodding, Li Fang then said earnestly: "There are successes and failures in everything, you are still young, it doesn't matter if you really lose in the future, it will be long in the future, you can start all over again, this is the truth of bullying the old and not the young in the officialdom." But we must remember to guard against arrogance and rashness, otherwise, there will be no chance to turn the tables around. ”

Shen Chongming felt a burst of gratitude in his heart, he just came to visit him once, he never thought that Li Fang would say so much, these are all the experiences he has accumulated through a lifetime of wind and waves, and he is fortunate to hear it today, and he doesn't know how many detours he will take in the future.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Shen Chongming stood up and bowed respectfully, and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

After saying so much, Li Fang's face was full of tiredness, and she waved her hand with a smile: "No need, our family is just going to tell you, will it be useful or not, you don't have to be so polite." But there is one sentence you must keep in mind, all this you have today is given by the master, you must be loyal to serve the emperor, as long as the emperor values you and puts you in his heart, then all the conspiracies and tricks are useless to you. ”

"Yes, the kindness of the emperor and the emperor has always been in my heart, and I have never forgotten it for a moment." Shen Chongming ran the train with his mouth full, and he may always remember it in his heart.

"Well, that's fine. At this time, the emperor is about to go down to court, and our family will not keep you, if you still have a breath next time you enter the palace, if you are free, come and take a look. Li Fang said with a panting and waving his hand.

Shen Chongming nodded and arched his hand: "Yes, that Chongming retired first, father-in-law take care." ”

"Brother Shen, it took so long to come back, is it appropriate for Gonggong Li to teach you face-to-face?" Seeing Shen Chongming walking back thoughtfully, Liu Shouyou asked in a low voice.

"Well, my father-in-law said something, and my younger brother has benefited a lot, otherwise I will tell my brother again?" Shen Chongming raised his head and said with a smile, the heaviness in Fang Cai's heart gradually dissipated, whether it was Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, or even Feng Bao, whatever about them, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, let's follow.

Liu Shouyou waved his hand and said with a smile: "Forget it, Gonggong Li has already told me a few days ago, and originally asked my brother to find a chance to guide you, but it just so happened that there was time to enter the palace this day, but his old man personally instructed you." ”

As the two were talking, they saw a team of brightly armored men and horses walking in the distance, it was the majestic Han general, it seemed that Emperor Longqing was in the next dynasty.

"The emperor returns to the palace!" With Chen Hong's singing, the guards, eunuchs, Shen Chongming and Liu Shouyou around the Yangxin Palace hurriedly knelt down to take over, "Greetings to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

Emperor Longqing, who looked a little embarrassed, walked down the dragon slowly, and waved his hand at Chen Hong, this set of etiquette was too cumbersome, he was too lazy to open his mouth again, and everything was handed over to Chen Hong. "The emperor has an order, and all the ministers are exempt from courtesy!"

After taking a few steps forward, Emperor Longqing saw Liu Shouyou and Shen Chongming in flying fish suits, and Emperor Longqing, who was originally ugly, instantly stretched his brows, waved his hand and said, "Come in." ”

Xu Jie, who followed behind him, and other cabinet ministers, the six ministries and nine secretaries, also looked sideways, looking at the two of them standing side by side, the two people who were standing side by side frowned in unison, and the two great acquaintances of Jinyiwei came to see the emperor and did something.

Ignoring everyone's surprised gazes, the two kept their heads down until they all followed Emperor Longqing into the room.

"Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou have just been transferred to northern Xinjiang for a few days, and there are signs of a resurgence of the coastal pirates, is it possible that the army that consumes people's money to support them is not a decoration?" As soon as Emperor Longqing sat down, he lost his temper again.

There are not many things in the court this morning, but only the matter of the Japanese invaders has been discussed for a whole hour and no clear conclusion has been reached, and the ministers of the court and military affairs have expressed their opinions, but in the final analysis, there is only one that is the most practical, that is, to transfer Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou back to prepare for the war against the Japanese invaders, this method is also recognized by most ministers.

But Emperor Longqing was on fire in his heart, and he insisted that he didn't agree, and he was rich all over the world and prosperous, so he didn't believe that only Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou could deal with the Japanese Kou. In addition to the fire, he was also worried, since the change of the civil fort that year, the army of the entire Ming Dynasty began to collapse.

In addition to Emperor Wuzong, because he was good at martial arts, the martial arts flourished for a period of time, and the emperor returned to his original appearance, if it were not for Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and other manpower to turn the tide and exterminate the Japanese who had been suffering for many years, I am afraid that the current Ming Dynasty is even more exhausted.

But now that there are signs of the Japanese Invaders again, they have left Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou's coastal guard post and have no way to take a small group of Japanese Invaders, how can Emperor Longqing, the lord of the world, not be angry.

"Your Majesty, training is a long-term plan. However, now that there are scattered small groups of Japanese pirates along the coast again, if they are not exterminated, they are afraid that it will be a big disaster, and it is also a last resort to dispatch Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou to the south to preside over military affairs. Xu Jie bowed and said. Chapter 30 Li Fang's Words Next