Chapter 546: Pushing the Boat with the Current
"This Wang Shan, the mourning family is quite clever when they see him on weekdays, and they are a lot more relieved to him, but I didn't expect that he is such a person who doesn't know the importance of it, not only did the matter not be done for the mourning family, but now he has stabbed such a big basket," Empress Dowager Li looked hateful, "Now he is happy, such a piece of white cloth went to see the king of Hades, but it is to ask the mourning family how to face so many Qing families in the court, if there is no explanation, what is it,"
Zhang Fan looked at the Empress Dowager Li, but there was another idea in his heart, he had not been in the officialdom for a long time, but it was not short, and when Zhang Fan first entered the official career, the starting point was very high, and he encountered a lot of obstacles as soon as he came up, in short, Zhang Fan's career path is not too long, but he has seen a lot of people and things, and in the words of his previous life, once he enters the enterprise, it is high-end.
In addition, he has been the commander of the Jinyi Guard for such a long time, and he has seen countless prisoners whether they are guilty or not, so Zhang Fan's vision is also quite profound now, who reveals his true feelings in front of him, and who is pretending in front of him, he can also distinguish a rough idea at a glance.
Even old fritters such as Zhang Juzheng and Gao Yi in the DPRK want to hide their feelings in front of Zhang Fan, which is quite difficult.
But now, in the face of such a performance of the Empress Dowager Li, Zhang Fan was really confused, although it was natural for him to be a courtier, it was naturally rude to look directly at the Empress Dowager, but since just now, although Zhang Fan's head has been lowered, he has been secretly observing the Empress Dowager Li.
And since the Empress Dowager Li started just now, Zhang Fan has not missed all the actions and expressions, but no matter how Zhang Fan looks or thinks, he just can't see any flaws, is the Empress Dowager Li's mood really as shown on his face, or is it that Empress Dowager Li's acting skills have reached the point of perfection, she is not only the queen mother herself, but even her acting skills are at the level of the actress.
However, even if Zhang Fan didn't believe it, but from the analysis of this matter, he obviously felt that the latter situation was more likely, and the Empress Dowager Li must have understood something, and at this time, she just deliberately made an angry appearance that she just knew about it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Fan couldn't help but be surprised, but also a little afraid of this palace.
thinks that Empress Dowager Li is only twenty-eight years old now, a woman who is less than thirty years old, but she has the acting skills that make those old slippery heads who have been in the officialdom for decades bow down, and in Zhang Fan's opinion, there is no flaw at all.
If the current Empress Dowager Li is an old woman in her sixties, Zhang Fan can accept it, after all, the life experience and the atmosphere in the palace make people have to be like this, but now the Empress Dowager Li is only twenty-eight years old, and she has such a superb performance.
This made Zhang Fan admire the Empress Dowager Li herself, but also have a deep "admiration" for the Forbidden City.
Once, Zhang Juzheng also mentioned to him that when Empress Dowager Li was the princess, she looked like in the Yuwang Mansion, in Zhang Juzheng's words, at that time, although she also had some changes because of the special of the palace, but on the whole, it was still very ordinary, at most she was just a smart woman.
Now, she has only been in the palace for more than six years, but she has become such a far-sighted person, and her joy and anger make it impossible to draw the true or false appearance, Zhang Fan can only say that there are too many rights and wrongs in this palace, and no matter what your identity is, no matter how much power you hold in your hands, you will inevitably be assimilated by this palace.
But no one can blame this kind of thing, and no one can complain.
"The Queen Mother doesn't have to be like this, besides, if she is angry for a eunuch, it is too undeserved," Zhang Fan said comfortingly.
"Hmph, this Wang Shan," Empress Dowager Li heard Zhang Fan say this, and she was also a little more restrained, and said to the little eunuch lying on the ground, "You go down for me, and let people collect the body of Wang Shan,"
The little eunuch listened to Empress Dowager Li's words, as if she had been amnestied, nodded hurriedly and said yes, and hurried out of the house.
"The mourning family also understands in their hearts that it is not worth it to make such a fuss for a eunuch," Empress Dowager Li said to Zhang Fan with a helpless look, "But now, this Wang Shan is a hundred dead, tomorrow, no, I'm afraid it won't be tomorrow, just this afternoon, those ministers in the court will go up again to ask the mourning family for an explanation, now that Wang Shan is dead, what will the mourning family use to give them an answer,"
"The Queen Mother, in fact, in the opinion of the ministers, this matter is very simple," Zhang Fan looked very relaxed, and said to the Empress Dowager Li, "If the ministers in the court ask about this, the Queen Mother will just tell them that Wang Shan committed suicide because he delayed the major affairs of the court, and he committed suicide in fear of sin, then it will be a problem,"
"But ......" Obviously, Empress Dowager Li still didn't understand Zhang Fan's idea, or she was pretending not to understand.
"Queen Mother," Zhang Fan continued, "As long as the time comes, although those ministers will not believe it, they are more likely to make trouble for a while, but now, Wang Shan is dead, and everything will be broken, no matter whether there is anyone behind this matter or not, now that the matter has been decided, there is no need to make any more trouble, and the ministers of the court and the central government can't say anything at all about this kind of thing that has no proof of death."
"When the time comes, they will talk about this matter for a few days at most, and it will be like this, those people are measured, the reason why they are like this today is just that so many people, in addition to being angry, are impulsive, Weichen dares to say, even now, after these people go back, their mood must be a lot calmer, and they will definitely not be as excessive as they were just now,"
"Well, what the Qing family said is also reasonable," Empress Dowager Li thought about Zhang Fan's words for a while, and said, "Since this is the case, the mourning family will no longer ask about these things, this matter is really not to be done,"
"The Queen Mother doesn't have to be like this, and besides, things in the court and China are like this, but it won't be the same every time as this time," Zhang Fan also followed the words of the Empress Dowager Li and said this.
"By the way, Ge Aiqing's ......" Empress Dowager Li suddenly mentioned Ge Shouli, thought about it, and said, "Ge Aiqing won't make any more trouble,"
"Please rest assured about this," Zhang Fan hurriedly said, "Lord Ge is not a calculating person, although this time, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites can be said to be Master Ge, but it was inexplicably changed to a personal choice, I think Lord Ge must have something unfair in his heart, but Lord Ge is a veteran of the three dynasties, a loyal minister, and he has been diligent in the court for decades, and he has never fought for anything, and this time I think Lord Ge will not say anything,"
"That's what I said, but ......" Empress Dowager Li still seemed to be a little worried, "After all, this matter is so big, I heard that Ge Aiqing has been slandered by others, this is not good after all,"
"Or ......" Zhang Fan thought for a while and said, "Now that Lord Ge is the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Palace, he has a great responsibility, and now there is no vacancy in the court, what Weichen means is that the Queen Mother might as well give Lord Ge some rewards, so that he can calm down this grievance,"
"Well, this is also a solution," Empress Dowager Li thought for a while and agreed with Zhang Fan's words, "However, what is the reward, gold and silver things, not only can not calm his heart, but it is even more difficult to make people happy," Empress Dowager Li thought again.
Zhang Fan didn't speak.
"That's it," seemed to have made up her mind, and Empress Dowager Li said, "It's good to give Prince Ge Aiqing Shaobao as a show of his decades of diligence as an official,"
"It's all up to the Queen Mother," Zhang Fan naturally agreed.
"That's fine, the mourning family is also going back to the palace," Empress Dowager Li saw that the matter had been resolved, stood up and was about to leave, but she walked to the door, turned around, and said to Zhang Fan, "Zhang Qing's family, don't leave yet,"
"What does the Queen Mother command," Zhang Fan couldn't help but ask.
"......" Empress Dowager Li seemed to be a little hesitant, "Just now the mourning family and the emperor said something, at that time the mourning family didn't know what happened, but they thought that the emperor had committed public anger, so the ministers in the court chased here, but the mourning family scolded him a few words, now it seems that the emperor is not at fault, but the mourning family is not good to say anything to him anymore, the relationship between you and the emperor, the mourning family also understands, and when the emperor comes back, I want you to comfort him for the mourning family A few words,"
"The Queen Mother is sympathetic to Your Majesty's heart, Weichen understands in her heart, and Weichen should try her best to persuade Your Majesty," Zhang Fan replied, he didn't expect that Empress Dowager Li would tell him these things, it seems that although she said that after becoming the Queen Mother, she was very dignified about Zhu Yijun, but she still cared about this son very much in her heart.
"Well," nodded, Empress Dowager Li said, "The previous matter, the mourning family has also heard about it, you can relieve the siege for the emperor, it is really good, although it is said to be an offense to the holy driver, but the situation at that time was also very crisis, and the mourning family will no longer pursue anything,"
"Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager," Zhang Fan hurriedly saluted, "Weichen just did what he did, and it is a capital crime to offend the holy driver, thank you to the Empress Dowager for exempting the ministers,"
"Well, that's it," Empress Dowager Li nodded again and turned to leave.
With the shouting of the eunuch who said "The Queen Mother drove back to the palace" outside, Zhang Fan was relieved, today's matter, all the inside and out, is actually very clear, Zhang Fan can see at a glance what is going on.
But now, it is obvious that whether it is Feng Bao's practice of leaving no handle, or Empress Dowager Li's practice of obviously shielding Feng Bao, people can only look at it in their hearts.
No way, who called people powerful now,