Gu Xiancheng has been very entangled in the past few days, and the reason is for an article.

Zhang You made a big fuss in Anle Hall, bravely arrested the real murderer of the child's disappearance case, the eunuch Zhang Cheng, and rescued the child with the help of the wise and brave prodigy Geng Mingyuan, and Geng Mingyuan's great grace given by the Son of Heaven himself was even more envious of countless people - Mingyuan Mingyuan, the Son of Heaven promised him that he was bright and ambitious, will the future of this prodigy be bad in the future?

But in fact, Gu Xiancheng's entanglement has little to do with these things, he is just hesitant whether he should publish the article sent by Wei Yunzhen, the imperial history of the capital, entitled "The Story of the Rescue of the Missing Children by Wei Yunzhen", which records in detail the detailed process of Zhang You leading troops to surround the Confucian Temple, distinguish the prisoners, and kill the murderer Kong Daozhen remotely.

The only inappropriate thing is that the process of confronting Zhang You and the prisoners and persuading them is described in great detail, and there is even a direct quote from Zhang You's original words:

"Don't be ashamed, it's not shameful at all, because Lord Yang Shen's perspective is righteousness, so he can fight to the death without frowning. You are not, you are only for the sake of the face of the reader, so you bow your head in the face of death. This is not shameful, it can only show that face is actually not worth anything at all, I believe that if the national justice really requires you to die, everyone present will definitely not retreat like now! ”

At first glance, this was Zhang You's disguised affirmation of the anger of the prisoners, and after it was published, it would only make the world's scholars more willing to accept Zhang You, but Gu Xiancheng saw through the hidden dangers, if it really wanted to spread out and be used by people with intentions, Zhang You would soon fall into a crisis, and he was almost certain that Wei Yunzhen must have found a lot of "people with hearts" a long time ago.

In good conscience, Gu Xiancheng felt that Zhang You was still very good to him, not only let him be the editor-in-chief of the "Ming Pao", which has already had a huge impact, but also treated him very well materially, but the remuneration proposed by the other party was too tempting: "As long as the article is published in the newspaper, no matter the outcome, you will be promoted to serve as the editor of the Ministry of Literature." ”

As mentioned above, the Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, and the Department of Literature and Anthology is the head of the departments under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials, and is in charge of the grade of the civil service, and the listing, examination, selection, promotion, and handling of monthly elections (equivalent to recruitment), and Lang Zhong is the chief official (equivalent to the director).

This explanation does not seem to be able to highlight the huge temptation of this position in the Wenxuan Shilang, so to speak, in fact, the current official department is equivalent to the human resources manager of later generations, and its greatest power lies in: Wenxuan and merit, that is, the recruitment of officials (Wenxuan Qing officials below the fifth grade) and performance appraisal (Jingcha, Daji). No one dares to provoke the officials of these two divisions, whether they are promoted or dismissed, developed or bankrupt, that is a matter of one sentence. In view of this, most of the officials and servants of the Ming Dynasty were succeeded by Lang Zhong of the Wen Xuan Division and the Examination Gong Division.

Gu Xiancheng's current position is the head of the six products of the household department, and he has no real power, which is also the reason why he "took refuge" in Zhang You, but now Zhang You doesn't seem to consider his political ambitions, and only wants him to be a good newspaper editor-in-chief, which inevitably makes him feel a little disappointed.

Once he served as the official of the Ministry of Officials, it was different, and then he was the squire (deputy minister), even if he didn't enter, this position alone would be enough for him to realize his ambitions.

Do you want to betray Zhang You or not?

Think about the people who died in the hands of Zhang You, Zhang Whale, Zhang Cheng, You Qi, which one is not the person who was once the man of the hour?

He is indeed a little timid, because he knows his master too well, under his gentle appearance, what is hidden is actually a cold-blooded soul who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, he has a high IQ and penetrates people's hearts, like an old fox who has been cultivating for many years, countless people have planted in his hands, he is just a small six-grade master, pinching himself to death, I am afraid it is easier than pinching an ant to death.

This kind of realization made him extremely depressed, but deep down in his heart, there was always an unwilling voice shouting loudly: "Why let others control your fate? Why don't you find a way to control your own destiny? ”

A trivial matter finally made him make up his mind, the prince of the country priest Jiuxin begged for a concubine, the woman lived in an alley with them, and had a good relationship with his wife.

This is nothing, a talented and beautiful woman, a woman from a small family, it is naturally a blessing to be accepted by the dignified four-grade wine lord, Gu Xiancheng is familiar with both sides, and both sides went to drink the wedding wine and gave a gift.

The incident happened at night, but Mrs. Gu still didn't feel sleepy, she talked about Gu Xiancheng, and inevitably talked about Yang Qiyuan's head, and said in a particularly envious tone, "Look at people, they are only three years older than you, but they have already put on a scarlet robe, and it won't take a few years, I'm afraid that I will be promoted a few more steps and become a senior official in the ministry......"

Yang Qiyuan was born in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing of Ming Shizong (1547), not only three years older than Gu Xiancheng, but also three years earlier than the Jinshi, is the Jinshi of the Ding Chouke in the fifth year of Wanli, just thirty-four years old this year, but he is already a high-ranking official of the fourth grade.

Gu Xiancheng and Yang Qiyuan have a good relationship, Mrs. Gu likes to compare him with Gu Xiancheng on weekdays, it was okay before, he really admired Yang Qiyuan, but in the past few days, he was struggling with whether to betray Zhang You, he was already upset, and naturally he would not be happy when he heard this, so he couldn't help but scold two sentences, but his wife had a pungent personality, and she was also a master who did not spare her shortcomings. He almost lost his breath after falling, and when he got up, he went out with his clothes in his arms.

The Midyear Festival has passed, and the night wind has already chilled, and after calming down, he suddenly figured out that if a man has no ability, he can't even look down on his wife.

With this realization, he simply didn't go back to the house, packed up, rode directly to the newspaper office, and spent most of the night in his editor-in-chief's office, and opened his eyes as soon as it was dawn.

As the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, it is naturally easy to publish an article, but he has a ghost in his heart, knowing that Zhang Jialin and Shen Wan'er, who are usually in charge of affairs, are smart people, and they can see through the danger hidden in the article if they don't do it well, so he planned to add the article directly without going through the two of them, but after calling the person in charge, he changed his mind, which is simply three hundred taels of silver here.

So he waved away the person in charge again, and waited restlessly for Shen Wan'er and Zhang Jialin to come to the newspaper.

Shen Wan'er arrived first, and when she saw that he was actually at the newspaper office, she was a little surprised, and he hurriedly explained a little embarrassed: "Don't mention it, I quarreled with your sister-in-law last night, so I just came to the newspaper office to spend the night, just arrange tonight's newspaper, and by the way, relieve some pressure for you...... Oh, this is a good article I picked, you have seen it......"

Just as the person in charge passed by, Shen Wan'er took the article and forwarded it to him with a smile: "Am I not at ease with Lord Gu's vision?" I'm sorry for my sister-in-law and you...... Take it down and typeset, I'll have a few words with the editor-in-chief. ”

The person in charge left with a smile, and Gu Xiancheng's heart finally relaxed: Now it's done, even if it is investigated in the future, there will be an excuse.