"Mr. is in the middle of the scholar's house, is a person close to and trusted by His Majesty, all over the court, all afraid of Mr.'s power, what Mr. said, why not stop here?" Hearing Zhu Yi's words, Ma Funian was surprised and asked incredulously.

"You only see the scenery in front of the teacher, but you don't see the humiliation and sadness behind the people." Zhu Yi half-squinted, looked at Ma Funian, and sighed.

Zhu Yi bent down and picked up the wine cup that he threw out and hit Ma Fonian, and landed on the side, and then came to the opposite side of Ma Fonian's food table, and sat down on the ground. He put the empty wine cup on the table, pointed with his finger, Ma Fu understood in his heart, and immediately poured the wine cup full for Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi picked up the wine cup, took a sip lightly, and then slowly began to tell Ma Funian.

"My father only served as Wu Ping's county magistrate in Qianqi, although there is no shortage of food and clothing, but it is by no means a rich and noble family. When I was a child, I didn't do my job, I only knew how to play and gamble all day long, and when I got older, I began to feel that my life should not be spent in this barren countryside, and I should not be in the company of these indiscriminate prodigals, my life should be more brilliant, I am different from them, I will not be like an ant, ordinary to live this life, I want to leave my mark! ”

"So I shut myself up at home and found my father's book to read, and when my father saw it, he asked me in amazement, 'What is the matter with you running over the wall when you are asked to read on weekdays?' I replied to my father, 'I want to get ahead, but I don't want to join the army, and most of them will die before they can make a name for themselves, so I have to choose to study.' ’”

"My father said to me, 'No matter what you want to study, if you really want to read, my father will ask your husband for you to teach you well.'" I remember that at that time, in order to invite my husband, father and mother's day, I cut down on food and clothing, after all, there were not many county orders, and my father had always been as honest as water......"

"You are also a person who studies and should know the hard work of studying." Zhu Yi looked at Ma Funian, who was sitting on the opposite side, listening carefully to what he was saying, drank all the wine in the wine cup, and then motioned to Ma Funian to help him fill it.

"I read the Five Classics, dabbled in literature and history, and even miscellaneous arts, calligraphy, and arithmetic. At that time, I was newly established and everything was new, so I came to Jiankang alone, thinking that I wanted to show my talents and learn and seek fame. ”

"I bowed to the door of the famous Confucian and Ming Shanbin, and soon met His Majesty's order to seek talent, and Mr. Ming recommended me. At that time, I was twenty years old, what a young age, in the blink of an eye, so many years, it is really nostalgic......"

"I was also lucky, at that time Mr. Ming was a doctor of the Five Classics, because of his recommendation, I was fortunate to be personally summoned by His Majesty, and asked His Majesty about the Book of Filial Piety and Zhou Yi. At that time, my performance should have been very satisfactory to His Majesty, and His Majesty praised me in public and said, 'Zhu is really different!' ’”

After that, I was assigned to the Academy of Scripture and History, where I copied the classics of scripture and history. At first, I was full of ambition and waited patiently for His Majesty to appoint me an official position, but gradually I realized that His Majesty seemed to have forgotten about me......"

"And I found that even if my Liang was established at the beginning of the new dynasty, I could control the military and political power, and those who were in high positions were still those powerful people of the previous dynasty, as well as those high-ranking families of the past dynasties, and it was almost impossible for a Han scholar like me who had no family background to get ahead."

"Just when I was about to despair, I found a person, that person was a few years younger than me, but he was able to occupy the position of the main secretary, and he, like me, was born in the Hanshi, but he played a good hand of chess, and was His Majesty's chess boy, so the chicken dog ascended to heaven."

"Sir is saying...... Chen Qingzhi? Ma Funian asked in surprise.

Zhu Yi nodded, "At that time, Chen Qingzhi seemed to me to be a wooden person, but he also inspired me - he can please His Majesty with chess skills in exchange for a future, why can't I, Zhu Yi, follow suit?" ”

"I know that Your Majesty likes the scriptures and the old Zhuang's sayings, so I specially found some works related to His Majesty in the Academy of Scripture and History to study, and then carefully wrote a few articles. I spent a hundred dollars and bribed an internal official to find a way to put these articles of mine on His Majesty's bookcase. ”

"Do you know how much a hundred dollars was for me at that time? At that time, I only ate one vegetarian meal a day, and my clothes were mended and mended, and I washed them white, and I finally saved them. It was also at that time that I deeply realized the injustice of this world......"

"Those children of the scholar clan have no ink on their chests, just by virtue of their background, they can be in a high position, with fine clothes and food, and they look down on the scholars of the poor family; And I think I am full of wealth, but I have no place to show it, so I live secretly and humiliating. Then I swore that if I had the will, I would trample all these high-ranking scholars under my feet! I want them to understand that this kind of thing is not a fart in front of me Zhu Yi! ”

"Fortunately, everything went well, and His Majesty saw my article, remembered me again, and summoned me again. After some questions and answers, it was obvious that my answers were very much in line with Your Majesty's wishes, and Your Majesty was very happy. From that day on, I really took the first step in my life! ”

"When I arrived in Zhongshu Province, I finally had the opportunity to show my strength. As long as I handle the government affairs, it is in line with His Majesty's wishes, and gradually, His Majesty will hand over more affairs to me, and his trust in me will become deeper and deeper. Within a few years, His Majesty appointed me as the secretary of the Zhongshu Tongshi and the secretary of the Honglu Temple. ”

"Everything sounds going well, doesn't it? But do you know how many twists and turns there are along the way, and how many power struggles you have for life and death......"

"Chen Qingzhi and I are both from a rare humble family in the court. Chen Qingzhi had always looked like he was indisputable with the world before, so those high-ranking scholars did not have any conflicts with him except for ridiculing him behind his back's 'chess boy master'. But being a teacher is different, being a teacher is to fight with them! Those nobles kept slandering me as much as they could in front of His Majesty, and some even wanted to put me to death as soon as possible, why? Because my success is the biggest insult to them, and the biggest irony and negation of their set of door valves! So how can they not hate me? ”

"Of course I won't let them attack me arbitrarily, I must fight back, and my counterattack must make them unforgettable, and make them afraid of me!"

"What's that waste up to? They only know how to talk about their origins in front of His Majesty, and weave some inexplicable crimes to frame me. I'm not like them, I'm someone who can really do things for Your Majesty! All the things I deal with are in line with Your Majesty's wishes, in Your Majesty's heart, I am the only person who can let him get out of government affairs, devote himself to worshipping Buddha, and study articles and classics, and is his humerus's minister, Your Majesty has become more and more inseparable from me, denying me, isn't it to deny Your Majesty? ”

"And it's too easy to grab a few real handles for that garbage. There are a few children of the scholar clan who have bullied me, bullying men and women on weekdays, and when I find an opportunity, I beat them to twenty and send them to the army. There were also a few high-ranking families who kept slandering me in front of His Majesty at that time, so I found out the real evidence of their crimes one by one, and then submitted them to His Majesty, so that His Majesty could personally issue an order to deal with them. Holding a grudge, they colluded and hired a few assassins to try to kill me. Fortunately, I had a big life and escaped, but this incident made His Majesty very angry - at the feet of the Son of Heaven, he dared to hire a murderer to assassinate the important ministers of the dynasty! The result? Raid the family and exterminate the family! ”

"Slowly, the attitude of the Manchurian government towards me began to change, from the initial contempt to the flattery. I know that they still hate me in their hearts, but now they are afraid of me, and they have to wag their tails and beg for mercy in front of me. ”

"I won! But I don't have much joy, I always have a lot of anxiety in my heart, those noble men will never give up, they are only afraid of His Majesty's favor to me now, and have to put away their minions. But Your Majesty is now in the age of the sixtieth year......"

"So when I learned that Chen Qingzhi was recruiting, I suddenly understood in my heart, no matter how powerful I was to the government and the opposition, I was only a civilian official, and the army of Daliang was in the hands of those noble families who had been generals for generations, which made me sweat coldly......"

"I also thought about recruiting soldiers, but after careful consideration, I knew that in Daliang, only Chen Qingzhi could recruit troops privately, and others would never be able to do this! If I secretly do this in private, once Your Majesty finds out, no matter how much you trust me, I am afraid that I will end up in a catastrophe! Don't take that risk. ”

"So I fell in love with Chen Qingzhi's troops, hoping to use them for me."

"Now you should understand that it is not easy to come to this day as a teacher, and I must keep this success! My position in Your Majesty's heart will not be allowed to be encroached upon by anyone! This is a guarantee for the teacher to survive. ”

"It's not easy for the sir, the student understands ......"

"It's good that you can understand, I said so much today, Weishi simply explained what he said to you, now that Chen Qingzhi has suffered this setback, he shouldn't be able to compete with Weishi, we still have to take the opportunity to win him over, don't push him to the opposite side." There is restraint and promotion, so that it can be controlled and held in the palm of the hand, so as not to get off the leash. You're still young, and you still have to learn the art of scheming. ”

"As for the Xuzhou that you are obsessed with, I asked you as a teacher, there was no Xuzhou in the Liang before, it was not the same as the country and the people, and the song and dance were peaceful?"

"I came from the Northern Wei Dynasty and went back to the Northern Wei Dynasty, this time I have no loss, and the Northern Wei Dynasty has nothing to lose, so the Northern Wei Dynasty has nothing to lose, but for the teacher, it can suppress the momentum of potential opponents, can there be anything better than this?"

"But there are still so many soldiers buried in the battlefield......"

"The value of a soldier is originally a battlefield battle, once you will succeed in ten thousand bones, if you want to achieve great things, you can't have the kindness of a woman!"

“…… The teachings of the students are remembered by the students......"

"You are my beloved apprentice, and you have always been optimistic about you as a teacher, so I gave you such an important task of joining the army in Chen Qingzhi's army, don't let you live up to your teacher!"

"Mr. is at ease, and the students will live up to Mr. Expectations."

"Well......" Zhu Yi looked at the respectful Ma Buddha Nian in front of him, a strange look appeared on his face, he picked up the wine cup, and said softly to Ma Buddha Nian, "Wencai, for the teacher today is to you in your heart, if you understand the mind of the teacher, I will send you four more words for the teacher - be cautious in words and deeds!" ”

"Come on! Together with the teacher, I drank this wine......"