The four of them walked into the inner hall and sat down in the main and secondary places, Jiang Yueguang ranked first regardless of age and seniority, so he naturally sat in the main seat. Li Zhi sat on the left hand side as the elder of the pavilion, Qu Shiyun sat on the right hand side, and Qian Yiai could only sit in the guest position with his back against the door.

This kind of hot pot from Guangdong is different from the popular side stove in Beijing, which is somewhat like the copper hot pot of later generations, with charcoal on both sides of the meat in the middle. However, the mandarin duck pot in Guangdong is a copper basin, and the middle is divided into Tai Chi with copper sheets. And the mandarin duck pot charcoal pot is placed under the table, and the pot is placed in the hole in the middle of the table.

After all, everyone knows that this is what the emperor likes to eat, just like Taizong liked to smoke red pandas in later generations, and red pandas were sold out of stock all over the country, and all kinds of Cantonese hot pot also appeared in Beijing.

However, the most authentic Cantonese hot pot is still this authentic, and other homes can't compare with one base.

This kind of high-end restaurant naturally does not need four adults to do it themselves, and when the four of them are seated, a servant begins to prepare dishes, and the four thin horses begin to prepare oil dishes for the four masters. The four of them are all southerners, and they are very unaccustomed to the sesame sauce seasoning in the north, and they all choose sesame oil seasoning.

Then the four thin horses began to serve the old man to eat, accompanied by the warm fragrance of warm jade, and the effect of alcohol, and after a while, the four began to take off their sanctimonious disguises and began to move on the four thin horses.

Jiang Yueguang is better, one is old, he has more than enough heart but not enough strength, and the second is that Jiang Yueguang is also a leading cadre's self-respecting identity, that is, touching the little girl's hand and talking and laughing in a low voice. The other three let go, Li Zhi hugged the little girl to kiss her, and Qu Shiyun also changed her deep appearance and plunged into the little girl's chest, and she didn't know if she drank too much or wanted to drink milk. The most embarrassing thing is that Qian bereaved his love, and he even stroked his hand back and forth in the placket of the little girl's clothes, which was really embarrassing to the saint.

The shopkeeper has already seen it, and there are more obscene officials than this. The shopkeeper laughed in a low voice: "A few adults, there is an ear room outside, if you want... "The shopkeeper means that if you want to come to a secluded place, don't be embarrassed here.

Jiang Yueguang listened to the shopkeeper's reminder before he remembered the main purpose of coming today, and immediately changed his face to look like a moral model, and said to the shopkeeper: "You go down first, we have something to say!" ”

Hearing Jiang Yueguang say this, Li Zhi and the others reluctantly let go of the little girl in their hands and listened to Jiang Yueguang with a straight posture.

Now that there is no one else in the house, the matter of pouring wine has become a full-time job for Qian Yiai, no way, he is the youngest and the youngest.

Qian Yiai stood up and poured wine for the three adults, Jiang Yueguang said in a low voice: "Elder Li Ge, I don't know what you think about the government?" ”

What do you think? Of course, he was not satisfied with Ma Mingyuan's control of the government. Today, Li Zhilai wants to form an alliance with the Donglin Party to jointly deal with the Chu Party headed by Ma Mingyuan. But the words of the alliance can't be said by Li Zhi first, after all, it is the Donglin Party that is unlucky now, if you don't take this opportunity to get more benefits, is it still human?

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Hehe, what can I think of the government?" Listen to Your Majesty's will! I, Li, am an official of the Ming Dynasty, and I have received His Majesty's money, so I naturally have to plan for Your Majesty! ”

"Isn't Elder Li Ge suppressed by Ma Mingyuan?"

"Hehe, they are all ministers in the same hall, so naturally there are unsatisfactory places, but Li has always been magnanimous, and Li is willing to succumb to the first assistant for the sake of the overall situation!"

Listening to Li Zhi's great reasoning, Jiang Yueguang secretly scolded Li Zhi's old fox in his heart.

"Elder Li Ge, as the saying goes, lips are cold and teeth are cold, the today of my Donglin Party is the tomorrow of your Guangdong Party! Now that the Chu Party in the DPRK and China is powerful, will you and I be defeated by the Chu Party one by one? ”

Li Zhi heard Jiang Yueguang only talk about the union, and there was nothing real, so Li Zhi didn't speak, and he was happy to drink and eat food on the side.

How to say your bottom line first in this kind of negotiation will come to an end, Jiang Yueguang saw that Li Zhi didn't pick up his stubble, so he had no choice but to bow his head and drink and eat, Qu Shiyun's status was too low to be different from these two, and he couldn't interject in a hurry on the side, and no one in the room spoke for a while.

At this time, Qian Yiai saw the doorway, and at this time, no one refused to express his position first, for fear of falling behind. But it's not a way to be so cold, Qian Yiai thought about it and said: "Three adults, the kid took a case in the yamen a few days ago, it's very interesting, it's okay to talk to the three adults about being happy?" ”

Qu Shiyun was also afraid of the cold scene, Qian Yiai said this in his arms, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Okay! Tell me about it! ”

"Three adults, that's it! A wealthy merchant in the capital died, leaving behind a lot of family property, and a wife and two concubines in the family went to the prefect's yamen to report the case in order to compete for the family property! The reason for the eldest wife is very simple, she gave birth to a son, and worked hard with a wealthy businessman to have this family business, those two concubines are just a play bought by a rich businessman from other places, how dare the lion open his mouth to ask for the family property? ”

Jiang Yueguang knew what Qian Yiai meant as soon as he heard it, and he was nothing more than using this incident to tell the political situation in the court.

"Zigao, what did the two concubines say?"

"Of course, the two concubines didn't let a penny, one concubine said that the rich merchant spent two hundred taels of silver to buy her, and now she is an old man, so she has to let the eldest lady compensate two hundred taels of silver! Another concubine said that the rich merchant was seriously ill in Yangzhou back then, and it was she who served in front of the bed, and she couldn't untie her clothes for a month to cure the rich merchant's illness. ”

"It's hard for a Qing official to decide family affairs, Zigao, how did you judge?"

"Hey, the three adults are familiar with the Da Ming Law, which stipulates that the eldest son inherits the family business, and if there is a concubine, you can also share some family property, but the two concubines have not given birth in recent years, so the kid awarded the family property to the eldest son according to the law, and the two concubines were pitiful, and they were swept out of the house by the eldest lady, and I heard that the lowest courtyard in the Eight Great Hutongs has recopied the old business!"

None of the three people in the room are stupid, and they all understand the meaning of Qian Yiai's words. That eldest lady is the Chu Party, who started a business with the emperor from scratch, and is naturally the oldest. And Ma Mingyuan also has the endorsement of the prince Zhu Hai, no matter what, in the end, this family property will fall into the hands of the prince. But the Guangdong Party and the Donglin Party are different, they are all halfway to the boat like the two concubines, and there is no son and a half daughter behind them as a backer, and when the emperor dies and changes the crown prince to the throne, the Guangdong Party and the Donglin Party have to roll up and get out of the way like the concubines.

At the same time, Qian Yiai also has a layer of meaning, that is, it is better to take advantage of the rich businessman's life, the two concubines join forces to kill the eldest lady, and when the rich businessman dies, the eldest son takes over the family property, then it will be too late!

Li Zhi understood the meaning of Qian Yiai, and lowered his head and thought about it, if he pretended to be big and let the alliance fail, both parties would be unlucky in the end.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi spoke first and said: "What Zigao said is very interesting, I don't know what Jiang Ge Lao means? ”

Jiang Yueguang said: "If you cooperate, you will benefit both, and if you divide it, you will lose both!" ”

"Okay, it's simple for you and me to unite, but my Cantonese party is indifferent to the people in the DPRK and China, and I don't have any right to speak locally, which is not easy to do!" Li Zhi is now starting to talk about the conditions, after all, there are only four local governors of the Donglin Party, more than a dozen political envoys of the governors, and there are also a few high-ranking officials at the provincial and ministerial level on the Zhejiang Party side. However, our Guangdong Party now has only three or two kittens, Li Zhi, one central official, and none local governors, only Chen Bangyan is the governor of Guangxi, and Zhang Jiayu is the political envoy in Henan. Your Donglin Party wants our Cantonese Party to be a thug, so you have to give a few official positions anyway!

Jiang Yueguang closed his eyes and summed up, he will be Zhishi next year, and when he leaves the central government, he will have no right to speak, and Qu Shiyun must have a cabinet elder recommendation if he wants to take over the position of his cabinet smoothly, so this benefit must be given.

"Elder Li Ge, the old man is going to be a minister next year, and His Majesty will probably take over the position of the cabinet, so that the governor of Liangjiang will have a vacant seat, if you are satisfied?"

As soon as Li Zhi heard that he would exchange a Liangjiang governor for a cabinet elder, you would be too good at planning. Li Zhi didn't answer, just smiled and bowed his head silently.

Jiang Yueguang saw that Li Zhi was not satisfied, so he had no choice but to continue: "He Tengjiao, the governor of Sichuan, will also reach the age of Zhishi next year, and the old man can operate to let your people take office!" ”

Li Zhi was a little unhappy when he heard this, Sichuan is now in ruins, and the entire province has a population of less than one million, what is such a governor going to do?

"Jiang Gelao, Sichuan is too far away, and we Cantonese people can't adapt to the local climate when we go to Sichuan, otherwise it's like this! I heard that Jiangsu has a warm climate, is it feasible for the governor of Jiangsu? ”

Qu Shiyun was about to get angry when he heard Li Zhi say this, the emperor just ordered the governor of Jiangsu to be succeeded by his disciple Zhang Tongchang, and now his ass is not hot yet, so he will give it to you Cantonese guys?

Jiang Yueguang saw that Qu Shiyun was angry, and hurriedly kicked Qu Shiyun under the table with his foot, which is important to the elder and the governor? Don't be a little unbearable and make a big plan!

"Okay, since Elder Li Ge is optimistic about these two positions, when the time is right, dozens of officials in Donglin in Beijing will definitely jointly promote the people of the Guangdong Party!"

Li Zhi heard Jiang Yueguang agree to his conditions, clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, then we will wait for the good news!" ”

At this point, the second and third largest forces in Korea and China formed a fragile alliance, an alliance entirely aimed at resisting the Chu party.

In the nineteenth century, British Prime Minister Palmerston once said, "There are no permanent friends, only eternal interests." This applies to state-to-state relations, as well as to political parties. Now the Donglin Party and the Guangdong Party have shelved the secondary contradiction in order to deal with the main contradiction of the Chu Party, but in the future, the main contradiction will be gone? Who will be the big brother who will take the lead? Jiang Yueguang didn't mention it, and Li Zhi didn't mention it either, because they knew that if the main contradiction was gone, the secondary contradiction would become the main contradiction, and at that time, the Donglin Party and the Guangdong Party would not die!