Fang Congzhe stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "The old man has already greeted Han Xiangyun, and now he will start to prepare, and he will definitely resign before the year, and the princes of Donglin naturally believe in the old man's character, so if you have any actions, you can actually stop and don't have to do it again." ”

Wang Wenyan leaned over and was silent, his face was full of respect, but the meaning was very obvious.

"Please."

Wang Wenyan shook his head to the ground and said goodbye: "May the old man of the pavilion wander under the forest and retire for the rest of his life." ”

Fang Congzhe said with a smile: "This is inevitable!" ”

His tone was categorical, full of personality charm and strength, and Wang Wenyan was not impressed by his sincerity, and said at the moment: "That is the case, the villain is leaving." ”

After Wang Wenyan left, Zhu Dadian and Xu Dahua, the two cores of the Zhejiang Party, flashed out behind the screen, and Xu Dahua said angrily: "This damn villain, when he leaves in the end, he has to ask for a guarantee that he will not come back before leaving." ”

Zhu Dadian said lightly: "This is good, the old man is resolute, and he will not come back, the Donglin Party has Han Yi and Ye Xianggao, he has always been good friends with the old man, and he can act fairly, not as eager as those juniors, this Wang Wenyan is the mastermind of that group of people, the old man convinced him, and there will be no trouble in the future." ”

Xu Dahua said: "Is my generation being pressed by this group of villains? There is nothing to say about the elder pavilion to avoid me for the time being, but when the wind turns in the future, it is still necessary for the elder pavilion to come out and preside over the overall situation. ”

Xu Dahua is also the backbone of the remnants of the Zhejiang Party, he is not very old, and he is very famous, he is also dissatisfied with the fact that Fang Congzhe cannot preside over the overall situation, but at the same time, he also thinks that in addition to Fang Congzhe, the Zhejiang Party has no person who can be the backbone, and if the situation is turned over in the future, if the Zhejiang Party wants to make a difference, it still needs Fang Congzhe to come out as this banner.

For Xu Dahua's thoughts, Fang Congzhe and Zhu Dadian are very clear, Zhu Dadian is indispensable, his plan is to speak with actual results, of course, it is better if there is party aid, the Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party are actually intertwined, many Donglin people are born in Zhejiang, and they are naturally good at talking, Zhu Dadian thinks that there is no need for the two sides to live and die, as for Fang Congzhe, he really does not plan to make a comeback, what Xu Dahua's group thinks, it is up to him.

However, Fang Congzhe remembered something and said to Xu Dahua: "I know that you are not angry that Donglin's group of juniors found Wang An as a backer, and now I heard that you want to support that Li Jinzhong to the throne, and then use it as internal aid...... You must know that the scholars have close contacts with the inner prison and the like, and even if they succeed for a while, they will be infamous in the future, and my generation will not be like this. ”

The cabinet auxiliary ministers of the Ming Dynasty have always been non-Hanlin can not do it, and Hanlin has more errands in the inner study to tell the book, because most of the eunuchs of the ceremonial supervisor are born in the inner study, and after a few decades, Hanlin has become a cabinet minister, and the students have also become the eunuchs of the ceremonies, cooperating with each other or the students Gong Teacher is on the top, this is a shortcut to the south, and it is also an unwritten rule, the ceremonial is the power of the inner court to contain the outer court, and even decisive, but the emperor does not want to see the two sides fight all day long, and it is always a good thing to be able to establish a personal relationship.

Fang Congzhe did not take this road, he was completely rewarded for his ability and integrity, unlike his predecessors, standing on his position, and the people in the party also took the old road of colluding with internal supervision, he did not agree.

Xu Dahua got up angrily and said, "How could a lower official do such a thing? Since the elder of the cabinet misunderstood, the lower official resigned. ”

Fang Congzhe watched Xu Dahua leave, and did not say anything to stay, Zhu Dadian said: "Pavilion Elder, do you want to go down to persuade you?" ”

"Ignore him." Fang Congzhe said with a smile: "If I am useful in their eyes in the future, he will have to be annoyed, and a little bit of spirit in front of him is nothing." ”

Zhu Dadian said: "The lower officials also do not approve of collusion with the eunuchs, but it seems that the Donglin forces, the three parties are difficult to resist, and the parties jointly collude with the eunuchs to compete with them, this general trend is probably inevitable." ”

"I can also see that the situation will be extremely chaotic in the future." Fang Congzhe said: "But in the future, it is not the three parties or Donglin who will gain power, but the eunuchs they can really gain power with the help of eunuchs, whether it is Wang An or Li Jinzhong, these people call themselves gentlemen and smart people, but can't they see this?" Maybe you can see it, but it's just a sharp word, and no one can really figure it out. Moreover, if the Son of Heaven is Emperor Sejong in the future, it will be just like that, otherwise the court will inevitably be even more chaotic, and the parties only care about party disputes, and have no intention of governing the country and the country. ”

Zhu Dadian was moved and said helplessly: "The lower officials also think like the elder of the pavilion, but the great politics of the country and the dynasty are no longer up to my generation to decide!" ”

After walking to the eaves of the corridor to see off Zhu Dadian, Fang Congzhe was already very tired, but today he solved the problem of Zhishi, and there will be no counterattack and trouble after retiring, which makes him very happy. In the early decades of Sejong and Shenzong, the emperor and the ministers were divided and combined, and the secret fighting between the ministers and the henchmen did not stop, from Yan Song to fight Xia Yan, to Xia Yan was beheaded in the city with the respect of the first assistant, and then it was Xu Jie's chase Yan Song, Yan Song not only killed his son, but also ruined, and finally starved to death in his hometown with a nearly ninety old man, and then Gao Gong fought Xu Jie, Xu Jie's son was exiled, and he was disgraced, and then Zhang Juzheng chased Gao Gong, several times he wanted to kill Gao Gong, but he didn't succeed, Then there was the Wanli liquidation of Zhang Juzheng...... Even if the political struggle in the middle and late Wanli is not so tragic, there are several ministers who are still very unbearable, Fang Congzhe has always been worried that he will not make such a fuss after he becomes a minister, but fortunately, from now on, the parties are busy fighting for power and profit, and they are not too concerned about him, and because he has always left room for doing things, the Zhejiang Party and the Qi Party needless to say, there are also a few bigwigs in the Donglin Party who take great care of him, and today he was impressed by that Wang Wenyan, it seems that the pension career after returning to his hometown is not too worried.

Thinking of Wang Wenyan, Fang Congzhe felt very disgusted in his heart, he had been in the eunuch for a long time, and he had seen a lot of characters like Wang Wenyan, he waited for the housekeepers to come over, and said softly: "This person will not end well, he will inevitably die!" ”

……

"Your relative is a Shanxi businessman?"

"Yes, sir."

Xu Xiaoqi stood at the bottom, his face was respectful, if it weren't for Wang Faxiang's too deep affection for him, he would never do such a thing.

When Fang Congzhe said that he wanted to dismiss the servants who were not born in the family, and asked them what they wanted, Xu Xiaoqi told Fang Congzhe what Wang Faxiang said.

Unexpectedly, Fang Congzhe was not angry, it may be that no one had ever made such a request to Fang Congzhe.

"He Yusheng ......" Fang Congzhe's face showed a contemplative look, and he suddenly said: "Last year, I corresponded with a certain protégé in Shanxi, and he mentioned this He Yusheng. It is said that the proprietor is particularly young, in addition, the car households, mules and horses, foot walks, and dart shops are all integrated together, helping people to deliver goods and goods, and also transferring silver for people, Shanxi to Zhangjiakou, Xuanfu, and then to the military towns in the west outside the pass, now there are many merchants who rely on this trading house, and the transportation of goods is much more convenient. In the middle of this year, I deliberately drew attention to the business travel situation in various parts of Shanxi, and it was really about 30% more prosperous than before. ”

Xu Xiaoqi is also very clear about these things, Wang Faxiang has always promised him to ask him to work with Yusheng's semicolon, and he will be given a corresponding and suitable position, and his salary will not be lower than now, so Xu Xiaoqi is also very clear about the matter of He Yusheng, listening to Fang Congzhe's words, his face also showed a proud look.

"Since he is a good businessman, the business he does is also beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood, I heard that he also led his own dart master to fight bandits, and I also understand the local military and political situation, they are all passable, he is a young businessman, and it is also great to do these things. Since the quality of Lingqiu iron is not under the Fujian iron, and it can also save a little tariff for the imperial court, I will take care of the housekeeper and say hello to Li Shilang of the Ministry of Industry for you, whether it will be successful or not, I can't guarantee it. ”

Fang Congzhe said a joke that is not a joke, almost everyone now knows that he is waiting to go to work, of course, his connections and prestige are still there, this little thing should be able to be done, but if people are embarrassed and don't help him, Fang Congzhe has nothing to do.

"The villain is really grateful for the help of the master, and there is nothing to thank him, so he can only kowtow a few more."

Xu Xiaoqi knelt down and kowtowed as he spoke, and there was a sound of "bang", showing great sincerity.

Fang Congzhe laughed and said: "Don't be so anxious to thank you, help you with this, I am also for the country's great politics, and I am not too unusual, in addition, your severance reward is much less than others, besides, I will be poor in the future, so I will have to find your rich owner to fight the autumn breeze." ”

Xu Xiaoqi didn't even know what Zhang Han looked like, but of course he didn't have the words to agree at this time, seeing that Fang Congzhe didn't speak, he quietly retreated, and after going out of the door, he wiped the sweat from the corners of his forehead, and finally felt relieved in his heart.

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The goldfish alley of the Beijing division is adjacent to the mouth of the lamp market, and then not far to the north is where the ten kings' mansions of Xuanhe were located for a while, when Emperor Taizong built a large area of the palace outside the Donghua Gate of the forbidden city of the Beijing Division, the regulations are magnificent, and the area is very wide, but Emperor Taizong categorically did not expect that later the civil officials in order to save worry and trouble, from the provisions of the princes and princes for several years to the kings and finally all the kings were not allowed to make the pilgrimage, and the large area of the palace was idle and useless later, and even the pedestrians in the past were much less, However, there are not many civil officials living in Goldfish Alley...... Officials with a little strength will choose to buy a house or rent a mansion in the east or west city, only the lower-level officials whose families are really poor will settle down in the north city or even the south city, the capital is vast, from the south city to the imperial city and then enter the forbidden city to meet the court, more than ten miles away, if it is an early dynasty, you have to leave in the middle of the night, it is really miserable.

There is almost no court meeting in the Wanli period, the officials are lazy, just after noon, the officials wearing blue robes or green robes in pairs or sitting in a small sedan chair carried by two people, or riding on a horse, the sedan chair or the horse followed by the long entourage wearing green clothes, holding a bag in his hand, preparing the master not to go home directly to the visitor or to eat and drink, or to visit the bookstore, the glaze factory, Wanli years are still peaceful, all kinds of things are rich in the capital, whether it is drinking prostitutes, or buying antiques, buying books, and even their own engraving of poetry collections, essays, All kinds of literati and ink writers liked things were very developed, and even the cost of engraving books has dropped, because the Wanli Emperor called the royal printing bureau to print books in order to make money, even if it is anti-book and anti-poem, as long as the money is given, it is also printed.