Qu Zixi prepared to set off to meet the emperor, only bringing his personal entourage, leaving all the subordinates of Yushitai in the city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Everyone saw them off, and Nan Zhijin was among them, calmly and without any panic.

Qu Zixi was impulsive, and really wanted to order Nan Zhijin to be tied up and taken to see the emperor together, but he held back, called Nan Zhijin aside alone, and said in a low voice: "Don't you understand how big a crime this is?" ”

Nan Zhijin arched his hand, "You can't have both fish and bear's paws, and it is a greater sin to let the emperor go further and further down the wrong path and see the Great Chu court fall apart." In the past few years, he has been observing what Master Qu has done, and believes that Lord Qu will be a virtuous man through the ages. As Prime Minister, you not only need the trust of Your Majesty, but also the support and cooperation of your colleagues. Please go on your way and tell your Majesty all the truth, and your Majesty will no longer have any doubts about your Majesty. ”

"All the truth? The Ministry of War acquiesced to Yan Kang's removal of General Lou Chuan, and you secretly interfered in the government's politics, and these truths must also be revealed? ”

Nan Zhijin smiled and said, "Who can stop the adults?" It doesn't matter if you are humble, but it is just another crime on top of the capital crime, and as for the military department, you believe that the adults have their own choice, and it is the most correct choice. ”

Exposing the military department means collecting a lot of evidence and offending a large number of colleagues, for Qu Zixi, the gains outweigh the losses, and even the emperor is not beneficial, but will sabotage the emperor's various plans.

Huang Pugong is likely to never come back, he has no foundation in the court, and if he disappears, he will disappear, and there is no point in digging out the truth again.

For Qu Zixi, this is the "most correct" choice.

Qu Zixi disliked Nan Zhijin, he read the book of sages hard, and was appreciated by Mingjun with his ability, but in the end, his fate seemed to be manipulated by a small official.

At the same time, he also admired Nan Zhijin, and he was ashamed in his heart.

"Your Majesty's mind is not so easy to guess, and the person who will take over as prime minister is probably not me."

"It's a good thing, I've guessed it right for so long."

Qu Zixi sneered and turned to leave.

Nan Zhijin watched Qu Zixi leave, completed the rest of the paperwork with a few colleagues, and then returned to his room, and asked the servant to go outside to buy a pot of wine, three or four side dishes, pour himself a drink, put pen, ink, paper and inkstone in a convenient place, and write a letter after a few drinks, long or short, all with a wave.

The servant came in and reported: "Zhang Shilang of the military department is here." ”

"Yes, please."

Zhang Qing, the waiter of the military department, entered the room, smiled, looked at the wine and paper on the table, and said with a smile: "Brother Nan is good Yaxing, do you match wine with text, or match wine with text?" ”

Nan Zhijin got up to greet each other, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and when the servant withdrew, the smile on Zhang Qing's face disappeared: "Your Majesty refuses to enter the city and summons Qu Yushi in advance, what does this mean?" ”

"It's the same as refusing to enter the capital."

When the emperor toured the west, he expelled Zhao Ruosu, and after returning to Beijing, he was also reluctant to enter the city, and had a "confrontation" with the ministers.

Zhang Qing sighed slightly, "Your Majesty still refuses to believe the minister after all." ”

"Don't blame Your Majesty, this is human nature, if you want to win back Your Majesty's trust, you can only rely on Qu Yushi."

"Qu Yushi...... Is it reliable? Zhang Qing was still a little unsure.

"If you just look at people, who in the world is reliable?"

Zhang Qing laughed, "Qu Yushi is worried about the country and the people, if he wants to make a career, he must rely on the entire imperial court." ”

"Master Zhang, wait a moment." Nan Zhijin remembered something, walked back to the table, and picked up a pen to write.

Zhang Qing's official position was much higher than Nan Zhijin's, but at this time, he sat on the side and waited patiently.

Nan Zhijin finished writing the letter, folded them one by one, a total of seven, put them into the letter, wrote the name of the recipient, got up and handed it directly to Zhang Qing, "There is Lord Lao Zhang to transfer it." ”

"What is this?"

"Some personal matters that need to be taken care of."

The letter was not sealed, Zhang Qing looked at Nan Zhijin, and after getting tacit approval, he took out the letter and swept it one by one, it was indeed a private matter: to repay someone a certain amount of silver, to ask someone for a certain amount of debts, to tell someone that the promised things could not be done, and to make demands on his wife and children......

Zhang Qing sighed again, put away the letter, and said, "We will do our best to never harm Brother Nan's family." ”

"No, Your Majesty is careful, don't let him see the flaws, and Your Majesty is merciful by nature and will never condemn innocent people."

"Brother Nan has become a benevolent, please rest assured, when the limelight passes, Brother Nan's family will be taken care of, Brother Nan's grandchildren are all studying, I heard that the eldest grandson Nan Guanmei is quite famous."

"I'm still young, I can't see anything." Nan Zhijin smiled, but didn't say anything, neither praised the eldest grandson, nor opened his mouth to entrust him, but said: "The son of the former Prime Minister Lord Shen should participate in the big test in the year after tomorrow, please remember this matter, Lord Shen will not forget." ”

Zhang Qing shook his head, "This Lord Shen, he couldn't hold his breath when he was the imperial historian in the past, and it is still like this now, as long as his son has some talent, why worry about not being able to get ahead?" As an official in the same dynasty, will everyone deliberately make it bad? The imperial court has its own rules, everyone can abide by them, so why bother asking clearly? ”

After Shen Mingzhi heard that Nan Zhijin had offended the emperor, he sent people to Beijing to inquire around, which made some ministers unhappy.

As long as he doesn't overdo it, the urgency is understandable. How is Yan Guoxiang's side? ”

Zhang Qing's expression was slightly dark, "He doesn't know yet, and he thinks he can get away with it." Alas, this Yan Kang is also too anxious, let Huang Pugong fail miserably once, and lose His Majesty's trust, it's okay, why do you have to kill them all? Attracting His Majesty's attention, he was still counting on covering it up with intrigues. I think he was so used to being powerful in the East China Sea that he forgot to follow the rules. ”

Zhang Qing shook his head, disappointed in Yan Kang.

Nan Zhijin stared at Zhang Qing and said, "Is Prime Minister Yan willing to flee to the sea and never return to his homeland?" ”

"What? He didn't know anything about our plans, and I didn't say a word, so I don't know what he thought. ”

"Master Zhang has been friends with Yan Guoxiang for many years, and he is familiar with him, so you can guess it."

Zhang Qing pondered for a long time, "The whole Yan family is in the East China Sea Kingdom, and they have taken root for a long time, and they can't leave. ”

"I see." Nan Zhijin nodded.

Zhang Qing understood what Nan Zhijin meant, he showed sympathy just now, Nan Zhijin was reminding him not to leak the secret in advance, Yan Kang had no possibility of saving, and leaking the secret would only cause trouble.

Zhang Qing finally felt relieved in his heart, got up and bowed deeply, "Brother Nan, let's go." ”

Nan Zhijin is a small official, and he usually behaves respectfully in front of any adult, but today he calmly accepted the bow of the military department and muttered: "I hope Your Majesty can really be satisfied with the next prime minister." ”

Zhang Qing asked, "To what extent should we support Qu Yushi?" ”

"It's good to do your job, Lord Zhang just said that there are some rules that can only be followed, not explicitly, Lord Qu will understand." Nan Zhijin paused, "I don't understand it now, but I will understand it in the future, he is a smart person." ”

Zhang Qing bowed again, said goodbye and left.

Nan Zhijin returned to the chair, there was no letter to write, continued to drink cold wine and eat leftover food, not bitter at all, suddenly laughed, remembered his grandson, and said to himself: "The Nan family will come out." ”

The two officials in the city were at ease, but Qu Zixi, who was walking on the road, could not calm down, and suffered from gains and losses in his heart: according to Nan Zhijin's plan, he would become part of the "rules" of the imperial court, and he would have a worry-free future, but he would lose his independence and freedom, especially in his heart; If you tell the emperor all the truth, the court will be in chaos, and even if you become the prime minister, it will be difficult to do great things.

When he was in Guozijian, Qu Zixi watched the affairs of the DPRK and China coldly, and always felt that it was pedantic and ridiculous.

What he couldn't figure out was that it was the entire imperial court that was wrong? Is it some minister? Or the emperor?

On the morning of the third day of the holy decree, Qu Zixi rushed to the hunting camp, and from a distance, the camp was surrounded by mountains and rivers, no different from an ordinary military camp, until he got closer, he could see many distinctive flags, and the people in the camp were the supreme emperor.

Qu Zixi began to be inspected from ten miles away, and then he had to be checked every two or three miles, and at the gate of the camp, there were officials who came out and recognized the right patrol before he was allowed to enter the camp.

Today's emperors like to do their own thing, and the so-called patrol to govern the country is more like a young man's fantasy, and it is difficult to see the actual effect. Qu Zixi found that he was gradually accepting the ideas instilled by Nan Zhijin, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly gathered his mind and waited for the emperor's summons.

Han Ruzi went to the naval camp again in the morning, listened to the battle plan formulated by the generals, asked some questions, and finally praised it, and returned to the camp of the guards before noon.

The navy was not commanded by a general, the warships and equipment were insufficient, and they did not particularly trust the newcomer Chen Huan and other generals, so they were reluctant to go to sea, and they were relieved to see that the emperor was really just "talking on paper".

Han Ruzi took a short nap after dinner, and summoned Qu Zixi, who was already waiting in the camp, leaving only Jin Chunzhong alone.

Qu Zixi entered the account and reported the situation normally first.

Hearing that Huang Pugong was not dead, but actually surrendered to the pirates, Han Ruzi was very surprised, took the letter and read it several times, "This is really written by Huang Pugong?" ”

"I can't confirm it, this is a copy, and the original is still in the Prime Minister's Mansion, even if it is really Huang Pugong's handwriting, it doesn't mean anything." Qu Zixi began to tell about Huang Pugong's frame-up, and finally said: "There are witnesses and physical evidence in this matter, and Yan Kang wants to blame others, but he shows his feet. ”

Han Ruzi glanced at Jin Chunzhong and said to Qu Zixi: "Lord Qu has done a good job. ”

Qu Zixi went on to talk about Wang Pingyang, who did some research on his own and found that Wang Pingyang not only misbehaved, but also accepted a large amount of money - a lot of gold and silver cloth that was allegedly used to entertain the emperor, but was not used for frugality.

Han Ruzi snorted, her mother believed in family affection too much, and she didn't see Wang Pingyang's nature of greed for money and profit.

"Lord Qu has lived up to my trust, and this trip has been very rewarding."

"It's not a secret, these are not the credit of the ministers."

"Oh? Does anyone help? ”

"The minister has not been able to make progress, and it is Nan Zhijin under his command who has found out these things."

"Nan Zhijin." Han Ruzi suddenly became vigilant, "He is still doing what he used to do, figuring out my thoughts?" ”

"Yes, he still wants to pull the minister into the water." Qu Zixi took a deep breath, so far, everything he said was within Nan Zhijin's plan, and he still hadn't made a decision on how much to talk about next. (To be continued.) )