The next morning, Li Zaixing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, officially handed over the excerpt of repairing the Great Wall and the city. The military officials above the palace all agreed with the proposal to repair the Great Wall, and even the household department, which has always been slamming the door, said that this year's tax and silver have increased by a large margin compared with previous years, and they should support the repair of customs and defense first, but there should be a focus on it, and it should not be flooded.

Li Zaixing said that the focus will be on repairing the Great Wall from Juyong Pass to Shanhaiguan, and the rest of the places will only be filled and reinforced. The Ministry of Household agreed.

Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong studied the cabinet and drafted opinions from the speedy vote. After Zhang Juzheng responded, he asked, and there can be a designated person in charge of each paragraph.

Li Zaixing responded: The Shanhaiguan section of the Great Wall is planned to be in charge of Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and the Juyong Pass section is to be in charge of General Zhaoyong and Sun Qilan, the deputy commander of the guard.

Hearing my name, Zhang Juzheng paused for a moment, and then stopped asking. Instead, he told Zhu Yijun that he would draft his opinion as soon as possible and submit it to the Holy Tribunal.

In the afternoon of the same day, someone from Zhang's mansion came to me and said that Shoufu had invited me to meet at the mansion. I was practicing the tiger ben style in the courtyard, and when I received a notice that I knew what Zhang Juzheng was going to say, I immediately changed my clothes, packed up my outfit, and left Wenhai Pavilion with no regrets and nine ghosts Zhengxiao, and went to the meeting with the people of Zhangfumen.

Dismounted in front of the door, followed the housekeeper all the way, and came to Zhang Juzheng's side hall again. The butler lifted the heavy curtains, and I entered the hall.

There was a strong smell of Chinese medicine in the whole side hall, and it was probably two or three flavors of tonic medicine that could be smelled. It is estimated that Zhang Juzheng followed my advice and began to focus on maintaining his body, and I felt relieved in my heart.

The most important thing for people is to help themselves. If you don't move yourself, others will be idle if they die in a hurry.

When I arrived in the hall, Asahi Shoufu was sitting around the fire, slowly pecking and drinking tea one by one. When he saw me coming in, he smiled and said, "Qilan is here!" Come and sit! ”

As he spoke, he gestured to the small chair opposite him with his eyes.

I went over to salute and sat down, Zhang Juzheng pushed an empty cup, picked up the teapot in front of me and poured me seven points, and said with a smile: "In winter, astragalus and Korean ginseng are the most nourishing for qi." ”

I smiled, picked up the cup, and sniffed it, the smell was pure; I took a sip, and it was sweet in my mouth; When the cup is held again, it is drunk in one go.

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "It's a young man in the end." When I was younger, I drank tea like you. ”

I laughed again and didn't answer.

Zhang Juzheng held the cup, blew and sipped, and said with a smile: "I heard Qi Nantang say, Li Zaixing has looked for you?" ”

I put down my glass and said, "Exactly." ”

Zhang Juzheng took another sip of tea and said with a smile: "Although this person is stubborn, he does not have the pedantry of those clear streams, and he is a real person." ”

I nodded and said, "So when I'm dating, I'm quite trying to woo me." ”

Zhang Juzheng suddenly smiled happily and asked, "I heard that he has the intention of handing over his daughter to you?" His precious daughter is interestingly tight. ”

I smiled and said, "Everyone knows this, if I don't marry her, won't I become Chen Shimei?" That's going to be hunted down! "When I said this, I never expected that the words of this pursuit would become a prophecy, of course, this is an afterword.

Zhang Juzheng laughed and said, "I'm afraid you don't have that guts!" That strange woman can drive a boat, go to sea, and fight a water battle, even if you run to the ends of the earth, she can also carry you back! ”

I smiled wryly, "How do you feel like you're stuck to a mousetrap?" ”

Zhang Juzheng laughed again, but because of the lack of breath, he laughed with gasp. After laughing for a while, Zhang Juzheng restrained his expression and said to me: "Qilana, this construction of the Great Wall is a chore, are you really willing to go?" ”

I smiled and said, "I will not resist anything that benefits the country and the people." Qilan is willing to go! ”

Zhang Juzheng sighed and said for a long time: "You look like a very person." ”

I wondered, "Like whom?" ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at me fixedly, and said slowly: "I have been looking for him for thirty years, but I haven't found him." But you have fate, and you actually ran into it! ”

I vaguely had a candidate in my heart, but I didn't make a sound, Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "You have already guessed it!" ”

I nodded, "Think about it a little." Say, he didn't sell it anymore, and asked directly: "Are you talking about Shigong?" Psychic? ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly and sighed: "He is open-minded and generous, without him and without me, he can be psychic, only the truth remains." And that he too, drifting overseas, leaving only one me, still struggling in this world. ”

I can guess that the one Zhang Juzheng said refers to Ye Gong, but he still doesn't speak.

Zhang Juzheng was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "He...... I mean, you're a master, but you taught you the trick of cold crystals? ”

I nodded and replied, "Exactly." ”

Zhang Juzheng said eagerly: "You can show it to me!" ”

I thought about it, picked up the cold crystal technique, gathered the power in my right hand, and made a move in the space between the two of them, which was the most powerful move in the tiger style, "One Tiger Buhe".

Zhang Juzheng saw my moves, his eyes flashed, and he raised his hand to greet my fist!

"Bump!" The two hands exchanged a little in the air, and then parted! I just felt a burst of heat on the back of my hand, this is the Flame Breath Technique, no, the power of Yuanyang Jue?

Zhang Juzheng looked at the layer of frost condensed on the back of his hand, and his eyes showed infinite sadness. Suddenly, he said: "You have only been around Bijia Mountain for only three months, why did Han Jingjue enter the realm so quickly?" It has reached the point of small success! ”

I replied truthfully, "Master Dudu gave me a seed, and I digested it. ”

Zhang Juzheng sighed: "He is willing to help you with his own skills!" Alas...... Qiu Sheng, why didn't you help me so much? ”

I don't know what happened to them back then, so I can only keep silent.

Zhang Juzheng looked at the fire, was stunned for a long time, and suddenly lowered his head and said softly: "Show me the frost." ”

I pulled out the frost and handed it to him with both hands.

Zhang Juzheng took the knife, stroked the blade, and said in a low voice: "This knife is one foot and one inch long, and it was built by the eldest brother Ye Zhengqing back then. Oh, it's you Ye Gong. There are three gems on the scabbard, but the three of us Jinlan brothers have set them together. Look—"

He held the scabbard of the knife, brought the handle closer to me, and let me look at it: "This blue one is the favorite of the eldest brother, and he is the descendant of the Zhiyin Sect; The red one in the middle is mine, and you know why; The white one on the edge is your master, the third of our Jinlan brothers - Wu Qiusheng. ”

At this time, we knew the full name of Shigong.

Zhang Juzheng went on to say a lot, all of which were from the past, and I listened quietly, although I don't know why he suddenly said this.

Zhang Juzheng said that in the 26th year of Jiajing, that is, in 1547, at the age of 23, he was ranked ninth in the second class and was selected as a Shujishi. Xu Jie attached great importance to the knowledge of the state and the world, and under his guidance, Zhang Juzheng worked hard to study the history of the dynasty and the country, which laid a solid foundation for his future career on the political stage.

After Xu Jiezhishi, there were only two cabinet scholars, Xia Yan and Yan Song, and the two began to be incompatible for the position of first assistant, and later, although Xia Yan won the first assistant, he was killed because of Yan Song's slander, and then Yan Song succeeded him as the first assistant of the cabinet.

As for the cabinet struggle, Zhang Juzheng has gained a very intuitive understanding through several years of cold observation. In the 28th year of Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng systematically expounded his ideas on reforming politics with "On the Neglect of Current Affairs" as one of the diseases of the imperial court's "blood and qi", and then referred to the five diseases of "bloated and paralyzed". And these did not attract the attention of Ming Shizong and Yan Song. Since then, in the Jiajing Dynasty, in addition to the routine recital, Zhang Juzheng has not performed again.

In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng took a leave of absence due to illness, left Beijing and came to his hometown Jiangling for three years. In fact, he chose to escape because he was tired of the intrigue of the cabinet and lived and died. In the past three years, he and his eldest brother Ye Zhengqing and third brother Wu Qiusheng have traveled together to play in the mountains and rivers and wander the world.

In the past three years, the three brothers visited many places of interest together, but they also met a person that the three of them could never forget, but did not want to remember.

In the autumn of the thirtieth year of Jiajing, the three brothers returned to Zhang Juzheng's hometown of Jiangling and fished in Honghu Lake. It was really a song of Honghu water, sung all over the world. In autumn, the fish in the lake are ripe, and the three brothers are fishing and cooking wine, which is really big in the sleeves, and the sun and moon are long in the pot, and they are very happy.

On this afternoon, they were fishing at the lake and talking about the historical celebrities of Gangneung. When it came to Guan Gong, the three of them were very respectful and praised Guan Gong for his loyalty and bravery, which was really a model. Unexpectedly, a female voice suddenly came from behind him, saying that the three of them were pedantic and ridiculous.

The three brothers were surprised, but when they looked back, they were two women. The one who spoke was a woman dressed in a purple Kira, followed by a maid with an umbrella.

The three of them were not convinced, and asked the woman why she said this. The woman said: "People in the world only know that Guan Gong is loyal and brave, but they don't say that he is stubborn and self-serving, and only values his name." When Kong Ming left Jing and entered Shu, he left eight words, rejecting Cao Cao in the north and Sun Quan in the east. For the sake of face, Guan Gong rejected Sun Quan's proposal and relatives, causing Wu Shu to turn against him. And because of the flooding of the Seventh Army, the eyes were higher than the top, and they were attacked by Wei and Wu on both sides, Jingzhou fell, and Jiangling, the treasury of money and grain, was lost, and the power of Shu was declining, so it could only protect itself and was no longer able to counterattack. ”

Smiling, she said again: "The Han family's four hundred years of qi, so most of it is in the hands of Guan Gong, you scholars, you only know pedantic endorsements, and never want to use your own brains to think, isn't it ridiculous?" ”

A seat, although it is not necessarily reasonable, but it cannot be said that it is wrong, and the three of them were speechless for a while. The woman left a sentence: "Half of my life has read the book in the dog's belly!" "Turn around and leave.

The three of them were ashamed and angry, and they were not convinced, so they asked the woman for a name. It turned out to be the first green building in Jiangling - the head card of Liuxian Pavilion - Su Wanqing. The three brothers of this woman have heard of it for a long time, she is a famous strange woman in Jingchu, her family has been poor since she was a child, and she sold her body to bury her father, but she did not sell her body for her art. He is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and music, and is quite familiar with history and politics, and his knowledge is extremely extraordinary.

The three brothers were very excited, so they invited Su Wanqing to go boating on the lake together, eat fish and drink, and talk about the past and the present. After a period of time, they got along with each other, and the eldest brother Ye Zhengqing and the second brother Zhang Juzheng fell in love with this romantic woman at the same time. The handful of frost in my hand was made for her by the three brothers who lost a bet to her at that time.

And the unfortunate coincidence is that Su Wanqing also fell in love with Ye Zhengqing and Zhang Juzheng at the same time.

Next, the brothers are trapped by love and compete with each other, but in this process, the third brother Wu Qiusheng has not helped each other. In the end, Ye Zhengqing and Zhang Juzheng turned against each other, and the two brothers broke up unhappily. Su Wanqing was so heartbroken that she couldn't afford to fall ill, and within three months, she died.

Ye Zhengqing and Zhang Juzheng were heartbroken after hearing this, and they couldn't swallow it, but unexpectedly, the third brother Wu Qiusheng went directly to Wudang Mountain and became a Taoist. It turned out that he was the one who loved Su Wanqing the most.

Since then, the three brothers have never seen each other. Ye Zhengqing returned to his hometown in Shandong to live in seclusion; Zhang Juzheng finally returned to politics because he discovered the disadvantages of the court in three years that "the land was uneven, the poor were unemployed, and the people were suffering from annexation", and he was hurt by his feelings; And Wu Qiusheng has no news.

Speaking of which, Zhang Juzheng, who is nearly a year old, is still in tears, his memories are both painful and regretful, and there are infinite memories. Holding Lishuang, he repeated several times "Tears from sorrow for a thousand nights, and the opposite side is wordless to draw mirror frost", but tears fell like rain.

I listened to him silently, and I felt unspeakably uncomfortable. No matter how strong a man is, he also has his own softness in his heart.

When Zhang Juzheng retracted his feelings, he looked at me and said, "Qilan, I just want to tell you two things. ”

I sat on my lap and waited for him to say.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Don't wait when you meet someone who is destined, if you miss it, you can only hate it for life." ”

I nodded, knowing that he was talking about Li Huamei.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of water and said, "Qilan, although I have to be reminded by you, I have begun to pay attention to self-cultivation. But after years of training, my vitality has been exhausted, and my foundation has been emptied. It is estimated that it will only take a year and a half to continue his life with all his might. ”

I was shocked and wanted to speak, but he stretched out his hand to stop me and continued: "You want to say, I have practiced Yuanyang Jue for so many years, why can't I change my fate?" ”

I nodded, and Zhang Juzheng continued: "Whether it's Yuanyang Jue or Hanjing Jue, all I practice is qi, but what I have consumed for many years is life!" This can't be made up! ”

I understood what he meant, but I felt something choke in my throat and couldn't speak.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "I said so much, in fact, the most important thing is to tell you a word. ”

I listened carefully.

Zhang Juzheng said: "After I die, the court will eventually change greatly. I only hope that no matter where you are in the future, you will be able to help you when the Ming Dynasty is in danger and help the building to fall! ”

Without waiting for me to speak, Zhang Juzheng smiled indifferently and said: "After all, this is the place where my life's energy is gathered, and it is also the root and soul of our Han people!" ”

After speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank it all.