One by two people carried the small sedan chair tremblingly and stopped at the door of Gu Xiancheng's house in Ming Shifang, the sedan bar was pressed down, Wei Yunzhen got off the sedan chair with his waist down, and waited for the sedan chair man to come forward and call the door.

Shaoqing opened the door, the little guy looked around, knew Wei Yunzhen's respect, hurriedly entered the courtesy, and soon Gu Xiancheng personally greeted him.

"See Lord Wei."

"Excuse me, guess you didn't go to the yamen, just dropped by, and came to see you."

Neither of them wore official robes, bowed to each other, and entered the gate with their arms.

Gu Xiancheng's house is not big, it is a courtyard with two entrances, the living room is located in the main room of the first entrance, politely entering, inviting Wei Yunzhen to sit on the main seat, Gu Xiancheng ordered someone to make tea and pour water, and then sat with him.

"After the article was published, the response was good, my brother has made a lot of credit this time, Mr. specially praised you this morning."

After a few words of greeting, Wei Yunzhen took the initiative to get to the point.

"It's just a gesture, and it shouldn't be praised by Lord Shousuke." Gu Xiancheng's mood at the moment was very complicated, he regretted a little, he shouldn't have betrayed Zhang You, but he couldn't refuse the temptation of this position in the Ministry of Officials.

If you could do it all over again, would you still make such a choice? For all this time, he has been asking himself this question, but unfortunately he can't give himself a satisfactory answer.

"This is a little meaning, the matter in the Wenxuan Shilang, after Yan Butang has sorted out the affairs of the ministry, he will handle it for you immediately." Wei Yunzhen took out a silver ticket from his arms and pushed it down the coffee table to Gu Xiancheng's hand.

Gu Xiancheng glanced at it, and was immediately taken aback by the huge amount, a full five thousand taels of Daimyo silver number dragon pattern silver ticket, and he redeemed it when he saw the ticket, and Tong Su was not bullied.

It's too much, and I can buy a thousand acres of paddy fields when I go back to my hometown. His wife took a fancy to a gold hairpin in Fengxiang Pavilion, asking for fifty taels, and he didn't agree to nagging him for many days, if he had this five thousand taels of silver tickets, he still had to look at his wife's cold face? - Zhang You treats him well, with a high salary of fifty taels of silver per month, but compared to Lord Shoufu, it is much inferior.

"I can't do it, it's just a gesture, but I can't ......" Gu Xiancheng endured the pain and pushed the silver ticket back, but was held down by Wei Yunzhen: "Mr. rewards and punishments are clear, this is the reward you deserve, if you don't accept it, I won't be able to pay it back." ”

"This ......"

Wei Yunzhen's expression softened, and he persuaded with a smile: "Put it away, one Ming Weibo can be exchanged for five thousand taels of silver, but it's actually cheap." ”

"Ming Weibo shouldn't be affected much, right?" Gu Xiancheng couldn't help but ask, the silver ticket was pushed back, and he didn't insist anymore, but he didn't put it away immediately, and let it lie on the coffee table.

"Blatantly rehabilitating the rebels, what do you say? If you were the emperor, what would you do? ”

"I ......"

"The capital crime may be avoided, but the living crime must be avoided, at least the knighthood must be removed."

Gu Xiancheng was speechless, only smiled.

Wei Yunzhen got up to say goodbye, and patted Gu Xiancheng on the shoulder when he went out: "Those who know the times are Junjie, do a good job, Mr. will not treat you badly." ”

Gu Xiancheng hurriedly bowed: "Accept the good words of the lord, but there will be a dispatch in the future, although the command is lowly." ”

"I don't have to use your ...... To give you a reminder, it's best to admit the omission to Zhang You as soon as possible, that person is soft-hearted, and he will definitely not blame you, what Mr. means, the position of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, can you not lose it, it is better not to lose it, do you understand? ”

This is to let me be a spy, Gu Xiancheng bowed his hand: "I understand the humble position, and I will live up to the high expectations of Lord Shoufu." ”

Wei Yunzhen smiled with satisfaction, got into the sedan chair and left.

Gu Xiancheng's bowed waist finally straightened up, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, and one misstep turned into a thousand years of hatred, and he couldn't get off the thief ship this time.

turned around, walked into the gate with heavy steps, and suddenly remembered the silver ticket of five thousand taels, and he suddenly figured it out: Anyway, it's not a wicked person but a wicked person, the eldest husband is born in the world, if he even looks down on his wife, it's not interesting to live, this time I really can't live Zhang You, it's a big deal to find a way to make up for it in the future.

Thinking of this, he quickly walked into the living room to get the silver ticket, prepared a sedan chair to go out, and went straight to Fengxiang Pavilion.

Three days later, seven officials including Wei Yunzhen, Jiangxi Provincial Imperial Historian Li Zhi, Shandong Provincial Imperial Historian Jiang Dongzhi, and Yunnan Provincial Imperial Historian Yang Keli wrote a letter to impeach Ming Weibo Zhang You for "pampering and arrogant, slandering Emperor Sejong, and openly justifying the name of the criminal minister Yang Shen".

"The emperor was furious, and ordered Tian Yi, the governor of Dongchang, to quickly mention Zhang You back to Beijing, and after the interrogation was clear, he read that his confession attitude was good, and the emperor was angry, and ordered to take the title of knighthood, and he was fined for one year, and he still received the position of the head of the Gewu Institute to see the after-effects."

The government and the opposition shook, there was an uproar inside and outside, there were sympathizers, there were those who celebrated with their foreheads, and there were those who were indifferent, and they were like boulders falling into the water, causing boundless ripples.

The vast majority of them hold a point of view, Zhang You, who rises like a comet, is too arrogant, and this punishment is afraid that it is the beginning of losing power, and the saints will wither in the future, and the emperor and queen will be evil.

In a word, the former hot Ming Weibo is finished, and if you want to repeat the glory of the past, I am afraid it will be difficult.

Of course, this is the opinion of ordinary people, after this incident, Zhang Siwei took the initiative to stop those subordinates who wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, everyone was not convinced, he said: Don't forget who his father-in-law is, he will be speechless, and dare not make noise.

That night, Gu Xiancheng took the initiative to find Zhang Siwei's mansion, thinking that he would have to wait for a long time, but after not wanting to pass through, he was quickly led into the back house.

There are not many people in the study, in addition to Zhang Siwei, there are also Yan Qing, the new secretary of the ministry, and Wei Yunzhen, the imperial history of the capital, Gu Xian Chengdu knows, one by one, there is no need to elaborate.

"When you sit down, uncle, there are no outsiders, no need to be formal." Zhang Siwei said with a smile, his attitude was very kind, Gu Xiancheng was flattered, and sat down with his head diagonally, and said in fear: "Lord Yuanfu can just call the humble name ......"

The ancients called the word not the name, in order to show respect, it was generally called so between peers, the elders often called the younger generations by their names, and the younger generations called the younger generations by their names, and the orthodox Confucian disciples attached great importance to these etiquettes, that is, Zhang You's kind of people who despise the etiquette and law to call it indiscriminately.

Of course, the elder (superior) is not the name that cannot be called the younger (subordinate), at this time, it is often a cordial meaning, Gu Xiancheng is not ignorant, but he is just modest.

So Zhang Siwei didn't answer his words, but interrupted him: "You rarely go to the old man's door on weekdays, ...... today?" ”

Wei Yunzhen interjected with a smile: "No need to ask, it must be here to pay a visit to Mr. Xie, right?" ”

Gu Xiancheng came to the door for the first time, so naturally it was impossible to be empty-handed, and when he heard this, he said: "Someone from my hometown has sent a few baskets of hairy crabs from Taihu Lake, and I will send two baskets for Lord Yuanfu to try them...... In addition, there is another thing I want to know back to Lord Taifu, Zhang You sent Li Zhen, a famous man from Jiangnan, to serve as the editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao", and now he is only the deputy editor-in-chief. ”

Wei Yunzhen exclaimed: "Oh? Why? Didn't you take the initiative to ...... to him, as I said?"

"Having said that, the humble official specially went to Miyun to tell him about the article and remind him to pay attention to it...... This matter was too sudden, and the lowly position was terrified, so he came to ask Gensuke-sama for advice. ”