Cao Dezhang was anxious to lean towards Li Shuo, which was known to everyone in the entire Shaanxi officialdom, and Li Shuo also knew very well, of course, this was an extremely beneficial thing for him, and Li Shuo showed goodwill to Cao Dezhang's approach. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the entire Shaanxi officialdom is divided into three major forces, the strongest party is the eunuch party force represented by Cao Dezhang, followed by the Qingliu led by Song Mingyi, but these Qingliu represent the interests of the local big landlords, and Li Shuo's biggest enemy, and the third party is the ideological and academic close to the Donglin Party, although the Donglin Party is not as strong as before, but its influence in the land of Shaanxi has not decreased at all, these people still occupy important positions in Shaanxi at this time, of course, Li Shuo also attaches great importance to them, There are also one or two precautions in my heart, but nothing can be generalized, and there will be some good officials who care about the survival of the country in any force, and there will also be some people who are corrupt and bend the law and use power for personal gain.

And Li Shuo's evaluation of Cao Dezhang is the former, are all the members of the eunuch party bad? Of course not, Cao Dezhang has done a lot in Shaanxi, proving that he is a capable person, and Li Shuo knows that the first person he needs to win over is Cao Dezhang.

Cao Dezhang's words were full of flattery, but Li Shuo didn't care, and said with a smile: "The emperor is not fake, but this official does not dare to be called a hero among the people, let alone compare with the emperor." However, it was Cao Bu's political envoy, who had quite a good achievement, which made the official very admired. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Cao Dezhang said busily.

A reception banquet was enjoyed by the guests, and Li Shuo also gained a lot, and when he returned home, it was almost late at night.

He called for the old butler who had come with him.

"Butler, if the official expects it to be good, tomorrow there will be a lot of people in front of my house, and there will be an endless stream of gift-givers, you remember, accept the greetings, and all the gifts will be returned."

"Yes, sir." The old butler said.

Li Shuo thought for a while and said: "There are not too many maids and servants in the house, you look at the dismissal, the official's salary can not support such a large family." ”

"Don't worry, master, I'll check it tonight, but this is the meaning of the government, will it cause the dislike of those officials to retreat rashly?"

Li Shuo smiled and said: "This is not something you should worry about, this is no better than the small mansion and courtyard in the capital, and in the future, I hope that the housekeeper will take care of all the affairs in the house." Although Li Shuo has become such a big official as the governor of Shaanxi, he has not changed at all, and when he speaks to his subordinates, he still abides by his duties and acts politely.

The old butler nodded, and then withdrew.

Li Shuo stood up, looked at the bright moon hanging in the air, and said in a low voice: "If you don't make a sound, it's just a blockbuster, Your Majesty, Weichen will never let you down." ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhen, who was far away in Beijing Normal University, was as happy as a child, jumping happily in the Heart Nourishing Palace, and Wang Chengen was also smiling on the side.

The reason is from Kunning Palace.

It turned out that Zhou Yufeng felt unwell in recent days, Zhu Youzhen was very scared when he knew it, and hurriedly summoned the medical hall of Tai Hospital to diagnose the queen's pulse.

"I'm going to be my father soon?" This is the fifth time Zhu Youzhen has said this sentence today.

"Congratulations to the Emperor." Wang Chengen said with a smile.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon couch and whispered, "What name do I want to give the prince?" ”

Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side, snickered, he felt that only at this time was the emperor like the previous king of letters.

Zhu Youzhen raised his head and said in a low voice: "I want to work hard to leave a powerful Ming for my crown prince." "There was a lot of determination in his eyes.

Wang Chengen was shocked, Zhu Youzhen became immature at this time, as the emperor, he couldn't say such inappropriate words, and although the queen had good news, no one knew whether she gave birth to a prince or a princess, Wang Chengen was also worried in his heart, if the queen gave birth to a princess, would it disappoint Zhu Youzhen and affect the relationship between the young couple? Of course, Wang Chengen thought about it a lot, Zhu Youzhen, who had the thoughts of the previous life, was not so patriarchal, although he very much wanted Empress Zhou to give birth to a prince to consolidate his imperial power, but even if she was a princess, although she was a little disappointed in her heart, she would never be angry with Empress Zhou.

And Zhu Youzhen's words have undoubtedly revealed his heart, he wants to make the emperor's eldest son the prince, even if the emperor's eldest son has no talent for governing the country, he must also make the emperor's eldest son the prince, not Zhu Youzhen's favoritism, but because he is the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, thinking not about the present but about the future, whether the Ming Dynasty lasts for two hundred years, or three hundred years or four hundred years, it must formulate a style, that is, the eldest son of the emperor is the prince, so that many disasters can be avoided, and the Ming Dynasty will not have top-down turmoil.

As Wang Chengen, who watched Zhu Youzhen grow up, of course he didn't want the emperor and the empress to have a bad relationship, so he poured a basin of cold water when the emperor was most excited and happy.

"Your Majesty, what if the queen gives birth to a princess?" Wang Chengen has good intentions, he is giving Zhu Youzhen a preventive shot, but he doesn't dare to expect too much.

After hearing this, Zhu Youzhen's face was stunned, he was smart and wise on weekdays, but at this juncture, he lost his sense of proportion and felt a little funny, of course he knew that Wang Chengen said this on purpose, and smiled at Wang Chengen kindly: "Whether it is a prince or a princess, I will be happy." The prince doesn't have to worry, just now I was too happy, and there was some Meng Lang. ”

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen's face and didn't look like a fake, and nodded reassuringly: "The emperor should be like this, whether it is a princess or a prince, they are all in the blood of the emperor, and they dare not be partial." ”

Seeing that Wang Chengen was still educating himself, Zhu Youzhen scolded with a smile: "Wang Chengen, am I still a child?" Should you teach a lesson to a child? ”

Wang Chengen was startled, and hurriedly knelt down: "The old slave doesn't dare." ”

"Get up, I'm joking with you."

Wang Chengen raised his head and looked at Zhu Youzhen, only to find that Zhu Youzhen was looking at him with a smile on his face and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shaanxi Chang'an Mansion, Cao Dezhang's Mansion.

Many officials gathered together, with high and low official positions, and they all carried the same identity, eunuchs, and Dai Shihui, the commander of the guard post who paid Li Shuo's attention, was also among them.

An official spoke: "Your Excellency, you have also seen this Lord Futai, what do you think of others?" ”

"Since the emperor values our Lord Futai so much, he must have something extraordinary, talk to him today, and find that he is an upright person, we have no major faults, presumably Lord Futai does not want me to have any great changes in Shaanxi, if the court liquidates us, Lord Futai will try his best to protect us in order to be able to take charge of the military and government of Shaanxi as soon as possible." Cao Dezhang is very accurate.

"That's right, these nine thousand years old died suddenly, so that those of us below can raise our hearts to our throats." After speaking, this person is also in an important position, surnamed Jiang Mingziqi, and he is the deputy envoy of the Procuratorial Department.

"I see, the nine-thousand-year-old did not die violently, but was persecuted by the emperor, our emperor is not as heroic and decisive as the previous ones, the front foot just gave the nine-thousand-year-old Danshu iron coupon, and the back foot did Cui Chengxiu's rebellion case, and then forced the death of the nine-thousand-year-old, but with this means, our emperor of the Ming Dynasty really can't find the second." The person who answered the call was Dai Shihui.

"Lord Dai is cautious, so as not to be caught by others." Cao Dezhang, who was sitting on the upper seat, spoke.

Dai Shihui nodded and said: "What the political envoy said is reasonable, we can only take refuge in one person to protect our lives, and the Lord Futai is favored by the emperor, and the emperor values it so much, what he says, the emperor will definitely think about it or two, and in the future, we will not follow Gonggong Wei, but Governor Li." ”

"Yes, yes."

"Reason, reason."

Some of these eunuch party members and officials have never seen Wei Zhongxian, of course they will not be so loyal to Wei Zhongxian, they defect to the eunuch party, just to be able to protect their own interests above the court, at this time Wei Zhongxian is dead, the eunuch party has been destroyed, if you are still obsessed, wouldn't it be incorrigibly stupid.

Cao Dezhang nodded, and said softly: "Tomorrow, Lord Futai will definitely summon officials at all levels in Chang'an Mansion, and you should show your desire to take refuge, Wei Zhongxian is down, we can't fall." ”

"Yes." Many officials stood up and said in unison.