Listening to Qian Qianyi's words, Zheng Sen nodded secretly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info This is not because Zheng Sen thinks that Zhou Yanru is better than Wen Tiren. These two guys are both typical of incompetent governance and infighting, in terms of governing the country, both of them are equally incompetent, and in terms of infighting, Wen Tiren may be slightly stronger. Overthrowing Wen Tiren and replacing Zhou Yanru with Zhou Yanru actually has no real benefits for the world, but there may be a lot of benefits for the Donglin Party. It's just that when Qian Qianyi faced the problem of recovering Zhou Yanru, who had an enmity with him, he could still judge that this approach was beneficial to Donglin, and he was willing to wronged himself and make compromises. This is much better than those Donglin gentlemen who feel that they are completely righteous and that others should obey them unconditionally. On the other hand, Qian Qianyi's easy compromise shows that he has a weak character, which also has a lot to be used for.

Seeing Qian Qianyi say this, Zhang Pu knew that his goal had basically been achieved, although because of the events of that year, it was impossible for Qian Qianyi to publicly stand up and support Zhou Yanru's reinstatement, but at least he would not oppose it. Then he said: "After Zhou Yixing recovers, he will naturally use more Donglin gentlemen, so that Mr. Yushan will also be able to re-establish himself in the court." ”

Regarding this, Qian Qianyi just smiled, but didn't say much about himself, just asked: "If Tianru wants to do this, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, right?" I don't know how it's going. ”

Zhang Pu replied: "A few days ago, I received Damu's generous donation, and the question of money is a bit eyebrow-raising. ...... over there in the capital"

The two were talking, and suddenly a servant came to report, saying that Zhang Zhaonan, a student of Qian Qianyi, had come from Beijing and had an urgent visit. When Qian Qianyi heard this, he asked the servant to invite Zhang Zhaonan in. Then he turned back to Zhang Pu and Zheng Sen and said, "I was just going to talk to the two of you, but I didn't want to feel like something had happened. ”

Zhang Pu said: "I don't know if there is a place that can be useful for students?" ”

As he was saying this, he saw a small man coming in almost trotting in from outside, this person came in, saw Qian Qianyi, quickly stopped, made a salute, and didn't care that Zhang Pu was still there, so he said: "Teacher, the big thing is not good, Zhang Hanru's dog thief was instructed by the traitorous minister Wen Tiren to falsely accuse the teacher of corruption and perverting the law to the court, intending to raise a big prison and harm the world's gentlemen!" Hearing that the order to arrest the gentleman was about to come down, the students heard the news and rushed over day and night. Teachers need to think of a way to do it quickly! ”

When Qian Qianyi heard this, his face changed, and he said, "Is that really the case?" Where did you get this news from? ”

Zhang Zhaonan glanced at Zhang Pu and Zheng Sen.

"Tianru and Damu are not outsiders," Qian Qianyi said. Qian Qianyi understands that since this matter is followed by Wen Tiren, then Zhang Pu and himself have a common goal at present. Zhang Pu also has a lot of ways, and there must be no harm in uniting together.

"It turned out to be Mr. Tianru." Zhang Zhaonan immediately saluted Zhang Pu, and then said, "The news came from the eunuch Bingbi, the commander of Dongchang Cao Huachun and Cao Gonggong, and it should be very reliable." ”

"It turned out to be from Eunuch Cao, so it shouldn't be wrong." Qian Qianyi nodded, and then said, "If you don't want me to live in the countryside, this traitor won't let me go." ”

In fact, Zhang Hanru's accusation of Qian Qianyi for corruption is not necessarily a false accusation. Because Emperor Taizu's consciousness of others is too high, I think that an official should naturally be a public servant who serves the people. Since they are servants, the monthly money naturally cannot be too high, so if the officials of my Ming Dynasty really only live with the court's money, they can indeed only live on the same level as the servants. It's just that as the saying goes, thousands of miles for officials are only for money. Even when Emperor Hongwu was still alive, he adopted strict anti-corruption measures, and the anti-corruption intensity may have never been seen in China's history. However, corrupt elements continue to corrupt one after another. This is actually not unusual, as long as it is profitable, as long as the profit is extremely high, even if it is a head-killing thing, there are always people rushing to do it. For example, in the later generations of the Red Rabbit Kingdom, it can be said that the drug dealers were shot mercilessly, but the drug dealers still couldn't shoot them all.

After the death of Emperor Hongwu, such a high-pressure anti-corruption campaign could not be sustained, and as a result, corruption in officialdom has become an open rule. In fact, if according to the standards of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, since his death, Hai Rui is probably the only one in the entire Ming officialdom who does not need to be skinned.

Qian Qianyi has been an official for a long time, although according to historical data, Qian Qianyi is not particularly greedy, but it has little to do with the word incorruptible, that is to say, he must have taken the money that he took as usual. The problem, however, is that even at this time, the money is "illegally gained". So if you have to investigate corruption or something, I don't think there is a civil official who can escape.

"Teacher, since ancient times, loyalty and treachery have been like ice coal. There is no reason to be able to get along. Zheng Sen hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My father and boy often said when talking about the art of war: 'If you want to hunt a fox, you must be more cunning than a fox, and if you want to catch a tiger, you must be more courageous than a tiger.'" I heard that although the eunuch Cao in Dongchang is a eunuch, he is not a traitor like Wei Eunuch. has also done a lot of good things to set things right and redress grievances. Now that he learned of Wen Tiren's treacherous scheme, he told the teacher's students that this must be that Eunuch Cao was also extremely dissatisfied with Wen Tiren's misconduct in controlling the government and framing Zhongliang. He did this, firstly, to save Zhongliang, and secondly, he did not necessarily want to use this to contact the gentlemen of the world and jointly expel Wen Tiren. The students felt that the teacher and Mr. Tianru could take this opportunity to contact Eunuch Cao and deal with Wen Tiren together. ”

"Teacher, this ...... Makes sense. Zhang Zhaonan also agreed.

"Tianru, what do you think of this?" Qian Qianyi asked.

Zhang Pu actually had dealings with Cao Huachun, and in his planning, Cao Huachun's support was originally an important part, and naturally he would not object:

"Eunuch Cao is not a traitor, and Eunuch Cao is a holy servant, and he also has the opportunity to confess to Mr. Yu Shan. The matter is urgent, and it is indeed okay to ask Eunuch Cao for help. Zhang Pu said, "In addition, a big reason why Wen Tiren, a traitor, can not fall for several years is that he pretended to be 'not a party' in front of the saint, and today he used this case to make good use of it, but it can let His Majesty see the true face of Wen Tiren's party and selfishness." Now that the matter is urgent, Mr. Yu Shan, please allow me to retire first, so that I can make some preparations. By the way, I also helped Mr. prepare some Sichuan capital to go to Beijing. ”

"Sir, when you go to Jingshi, the necessary dots are essential. As the saying goes, Hades is easy to see, but imps are difficult. Those subordinates have many extortion and bribery. Sir is a great man, don't be angry with those subordinates. You have to have some money on hand. It's just that this matter is urgent, and Mr. I'm afraid I don't have much time to raise money. The student happens to have a silver ticket of 1,000 here, and it was originally intended to be used to help Mr. Tianru, and today's teacher's affairs and Mr. Tianru's affairs are actually one thing. The teacher's affairs are more urgent, and the teacher can use the thousand taels of silver first. Mr. Tianru's money can be collected slowly. ”

Qian Qianyi was stunned for a moment, and then Zhang Pu also said: "What Da Mu said is very true, Mr. Yu Shan will accept the money first." ”

Qian Qianyi listened, smiled, and said, "In this way, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." With that, he asked the servant to take the silver ticket from Zheng Sen.

Since such a thing happened, Zhang Pu and Zheng Sen naturally couldn't stay for a long time, so the two said goodbye to Qian Qianyi, and Qian Qianyi sent them to the door. Zheng Sen looked at Qian Qianyi's eyebrows, and his gloomy expression was visible. The more I think in my heart, this person is weak, or can be used. said to Qian Qianyi: "Don't worry, teacher, Ji people have their own natural appearance." The teacher will be able to turn evil into good fortune when he dies. ”

After saying this, Zheng Sen gave Qian Qianyi a deep look.

"Where are you now?" Qian Qianyi asked.

"The kid doesn't have anything to do now, but he just goes home and reads his books." Zheng Sen replied.

"Well, the old man is also going out to find someone to prepare, and some things still have to be explained, just go to the dock with you." Qian Qianyi said.

Qian Qianyi took a servant and walked to the dock with Zheng Sen and others. There was no boat on the dock for a while, and several people stood on the dock waiting for the boat. At this time, Nanjing's commodity economy was already very developed, and there were also small shops selling all kinds of sundries on the wharf. There was also a merchant who was also waiting there with a burden.

Qian Qianyi looked around in boredom, but saw several canes tied to the merchant's burden, one of which was as red as blood, and it looked very beautiful.

Qian Qianyi walked over and asked the merchant, "Merchant, your cane is from the rooftop vine?" ”

"Sir, you really know the goods, this is the rattan cane made of authentic rooftop vine, lightweight, beautiful, very rare, and the villain is just luck, so he got such one. Sir, do you want to buy this? The merchant hurriedly said.

"Hehe......" Qian Qianyi laughed and said: "The old man is going to go on a long trip recently, but he really needs a cane to support him." Merchant, untie your cane and show it to me. ”

"Okay!" The merchant answered, quickly untied the rope, took out the red cane, and handed it to Qian Qianyi. Qian Qianyi looked at it and said, "Yes, it is indeed a rooftop staff." How much do you want for this cane? ”

The merchant heed twice, and then said: "Sir, this rattan cane is not easy to come by, and if you don't bargain, the real price is five taels of silver." ”

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "You are indeed a sincere price." He asked the servants who followed him to take out the money, took the cane in his hand, looked at it, and smiled at Zhang Pu and Zheng Sen, "In the past, Emperor Wu of Liang, the tiger and wolf were still talking about cause and effect at the bottom of the stairs, and laughing for the world." I don't want to do it today, and the old man will do the same. ”

When Zheng Sen heard this, he immediately replied, "The teacher's words are wrong. The teacher's matter, but he does not haunt with personal gains and losses, as the so-called 'not self-sorrow', which is not comparable to Emperor Wu of Liang. And Emperor Wu of Liang was trapped in Taicheng, which was the end of the road; Although the teacher has a little difficulty in front of him, he can look forward to it, and it is not comparable to Emperor Wu of Liang. ”

Qian Qianyi nodded, looked down at the rattan cane in his hand, and suddenly smiled at Zhang Pu and Zheng Sen: "Tianru, Da Mu, look at this cane, you can engrave one or two inscriptions on it." Don't know what to engrave? ”

Zhang Pu lowered his head and thought, but Zheng Sen said: "Teacher, the student has thought of two sentences, one can be self-encouraged, and the other can be self-alarmed. Noncommittal? ”

"Which two sentences? Speak up and listen. At this time, Qian Qianyi had already gotten rid of the panic when he heard the news just now, and he had regained the bearing of a famous man in Donglin.

"Use it to do, give it up and hide it, but I have a husband with you! If you don't hold on to the danger, and you don't support it, will you use the other? Zheng Sen replied.