"Meet Shousuke-sama."

"Father."

People got up one after another to salute, and Zhang Juzheng waved his hand: "That's it, you don't need to be so restrained in your own family, let's get up." ”

As he spoke, he personally picked up Chu Quanfu: "Yesterday, the dog was offended, don't take it to heart, sir, as for the matter of building the treasure ship, Shicai Zicheng has already analyzed it for you, and it is not bad, so you can rest assured that someone is really looking for trouble, and he will bear it for you, it is really not possible, and there is an old man!" ”

After appeasing Chu Quanfu for a few words, he said that he had something to say to Zhang You, and everyone knew the opportunity and retreated one after another, and soon, he and Zhang You were left in the courtyard.

"Sit down." Zhang Juzheng sat on the stone bench, pointed to the opposite side, signaled to Zhang You, and asked at the same time: "Your kid has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, let's talk about it, what's the matter with the old man?" ”

Zhang You was not polite to Zhang Juzheng, sat down opposite him calmly, and said directly: "There is no other big thing, that is, there are some words in your throat for you to accept the position of Taifu, and you will not vomit or be unhappy." ”

"Are you going to talk about Huo Guangzhi again?" Zhang Juzheng smiled: "Don't worry, Zicheng, after this time, the old man will go to Pinggu to rest again." After saying this, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang You: "Or, do you feel that the old man is not qualified for the position of Taifu?" ”

Listening to her disapproving tone, Zhang You hated that iron could not become steel, and said angrily: "Not only is it a Taifu, just for your credit, it will be a loss to give a Taishi." ”

Zhang Juzheng actually understood what Zhang You meant, and knew that he was also worried about himself, but he had already thought about the pros and cons when he asked himself, so he didn't take Zhang You's reminder to heart.

He didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, and said: "Forget it, your kind old man knows it, don't talk about this, let's talk about you, Your Majesty means to make you an earl, what do you think?" ”

He didn't want to talk about it, and Zhang You couldn't do anything about him, so he said casually: "What can I say?" It's not all up to you. ”

"Okay, Zicheng, don't be angry, the wood is already in the boat, if the old man resigns from the position of the master now, wouldn't he clearly tell Your Majesty that the old man doesn't trust him?"

"Alas!" Zhang You couldn't help but sigh, it's all fate, I've done my best, let's take one step at a time.

"Actually, from my heart, I don't want to be any Count of Rausch, it's one thing to be in the limelight, for example, I asked Ming Pao to publicize my gambling contract with Qi Shuai. Being an earl is another matter, I am self-aware, too young, the foundation is not stable, the higher I climb, the more people hold grudges. ”

Zhang You took the initiative to pull the topic back, Zhang Juzheng frequently raised his head while listening, he had already guessed that Zhang You could figure out this, but he still felt very relieved to hear it from his mouth in person.

"You can figure this out, the old man is very happy, but you don't need to worry too much, it's just a false name, your real power is in charge of the identity of Gewu, and you don't have entanglements with them in terms of interests, and now you have resigned as the imperial doctor, even if you are made an earl, it will not be a big deal. To tell the truth, the most criticized thing is actually your newspaper, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is competing with those civil servants for the right to guide public opinion, you are not afraid of this, are you still afraid of being an earl? ”

"What you said is also reasonable, the earl is the earl, anyway, I have to leave Beijing, no matter how jealous it is, if I can't see anyone, I will slowly forget about it."

Zhang Juzheng's long eyebrows jumped suddenly, his eyelids raised, and asked, "You want to leave Beijing?" What does Your Majesty mean? ”

Zhang You nodded, and briefly said what happened when he entered the palace yesterday.

Zhang Juzheng was able to hear it, and after he finished speaking, he was silent for a while, and then he slowly spoke: "The old man grew up watching the emperor, and he knows him best, he has lofty ambitions, and he is a person with eyes above the top. To be honest, yesterday's court meeting, you can resign from the position of imperial doctor in public, the old man is very satisfied, and intersecting with the harem is a double-edged sword, especially if you are still a foreign minister, it is a good thing for you to end the troubles early. You are young and old, thoughtful, this time to leave Beijing, the old man has nothing to worry about you, the only advice to you, no matter where you go, don't take your family. ”

The content of this sentence was very vague, but Zhang You suddenly understood what Zhang Juzheng meant and nodded.

Zhang Juzheng smiled with satisfaction, he suddenly had a feeling that talking to a smart person like Zhang You was simply a pleasure.

"Have you figured out where to go?"

"I didn't think about it," Zhang You shook his head, and then said: "I actually want to go to the south, but Your Majesty doesn't want me to be too far away, and I'm scratching my head." ”

"It's too close, it doesn't make much sense, so don't blindly think about the emperor's thoughts. The old man gave you a suggestion, go to Nanjing, which is the political and economic center of the south of the Yangtze River, if you return to Beijing by water, it will be there in a month and a half and 20 days, you go there, just open the shipyard. ”

Zhang You actually thought of Nanjing, and now he heard Zhang Juzheng also suggest himself, so he nodded and said, "Okay, just listen to you, I'll talk to Your Majesty when I have time, and see what he means." ”

Zhang Juzheng stood up, stretched his muscles against the rising sun, suddenly sighed, turned back to look at Zhang You, and said with emotion: "It's good to be young, if only there were more young people like you in our Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhang You's heart moved, and he smiled slightly: "What kind of emotion did the good adult make?" ”

"What else could it be? The empire is eventful, the maladministration is full of malpractices, and the old man has spent nine years, but he still can't see much improvement, and the old man is in a hurry. ”

"It can't be that Lord Zeng said something, right?" Zhang You asked.

Zhang Juzheng nodded, not surprised that Zhang You could guess this, and said: "If you want money, the Xuanfu side repaired the Great Wall, before the old man left Beijing, he allocated 300,000 taels of silver to them, this is less than two months, the Great Wall has not been repaired much, so I came to ask for silver again." ”

"Those who are engaged in engineering, layer by layer, really use it to repair the Great Wall, it would be good to have 100,000 taels left. You have been up and down for so many years, and the people and flies and dogs below are tired, what is there that you don't know? ”

"The old man naturally knows that he can't imagine that you know so much at such a young age. The old man was not angry about this matter, it was the magistrate of Zhangjiakou who was greedy for ink and silver, not to mention the silver, and actually levied heavy taxes on the merchants in the name of building a pass, which made the people's resentment boiling. ”

"That magistrate isn't your person, is he?" Zhang You joked.

Zhang Juzheng glared at him: "Nonsense, if it is the old man's person, he dares to be so arrogant?" Aren't you smart, guess? ”

Zhang You was interested, and smiled: "Just guess, it's not difficult to guess, the Manchu Communist Party inside and outside the court is so powerful, it can make you too jealous, except for Feng Bao and Feng Gonggong, it is estimated that there are no two more, right?" ”

"You're a fox, aren't you?" Zhang Juzheng scolded with a smile: "Okay, I won't tell you, the old man has to go to see Feng Bao, by the way, Ruoxuan is the deputy editor-in-chief, the old man has already said that his second brother, you tell her, you can go to your newspaper at any time." ”

After saying this, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly walked to the door.