"But ......," Wang Faxiang said with a smile: "There is one thing, it won't be in the way of telling you, anyway, at most the news will come tomorrow." ”

"What?" Liu Ji knew that it must be good news, but Wang Faxiang's appearance of selling Guan Zi really made his teeth itch.

"Big win." Wang Faxiang grabbed his six-in-one hat and said with a smile: "I still have important things, you can't tell others about the shopkeeper, but we are indeed a big victory, Li Zhuang killed hundreds of northern captives, beheaded a lot, Ma Zongbing's main barracks and family members also rushed over, the northern captives besieging Xinpingbao have been beaten away, and Ma Zongbing must have a lot of beheadings...... Okay, I've got to get busy, so let's not talk about it. ”

"Haha, haha, hahaha."

Outside the door of the shopkeeper's room, there were a lot of people coming and going, and everyone saw Liu Ji laughing in the shopkeeper's room without any image.

……

Wang Faxiang went out, and there were several figures in green cloth robes looming around the corner of the street following him, these are all members of the internal guard flag team of the Military Intelligence Bureau, they are responsible for protecting Wang Faxiang's personal safety, and they are only responsible for internal security, not external.

Wang Faxiang got into a carriage, and the men either walked or rode mules and donkeys, and so they followed all the way.

The roads and environment of Jingshi are very poor, and it is not as good as Xinpingbao to say that it is ugly, not to mention compared with the cities of Jiangnan Water Town. If the place is big, the palace is magnificent, the Yamen temple buildings are many, and the prosperity of commerce, the population is large, the prosperity of culture and education, Jingshi must be the first in the Ming Dynasty, but this does not mean that the design of Jingshi is perfect, in addition to those avenues, other roads because the shops occupy the road becomes very narrow, the road is uneven, the ditch on both sides is an open ditch, there are animal carcasses and garbage in it, in such a summer when a swarm of flies are flying on it, emitting bursts of foul smell, and the end of each street is a huge dung heap and garbage heap, It just stinks.

In such a street, even if you sit in the carriage of Yusheng, you can never talk about enjoyment, fortunately, the carriage and horse quickly walked to the hour Yongfang, here and the outside world is completely different, there are patrols of the Terracotta Division back and forth, everywhere are the doors of the mansion with deep walls, there is a lot less garbage, the road is relatively clean, the people who come and go are wearing various colors of silk shirts and robes, or riding horses or sitting in a sedan chair, obviously the people who come and go are either rich or expensive.

It was nearly noon, and the fragrance wafted from the mansions, which made people feel appetizing.

The number of beggars on the street corner is not large, Wang Faxiang knows that the beggars in the capital have a group leader, and the begging in the prescribed area is specified, and those who can beg in this kind of place where the princes and officials gather are the top of the beggars.

Li Guobin was waiting outside a courtyard, he was also sitting in the carriage, the window was open, he was lying on the side of the window and looking out, as soon as he saw Wang Faxiang getting out of the car, he immediately ran over.

"Good guy," Li Guobin smiled, "You can be counted as here." ”

"I don't know the exact news, what's the use of coming?" Wang Faxiang was very tired when he was bored with Liu Ji just now, but now he looks very calm.

"Is there any news?"

"Hmm." Wang Faxiang nodded and smiled, and said: "The news is in hand, the archers of the Inspection Division have won a big battle, beheading more than 700 levels, and there are many prisoners. ”

"Great!" Li Guobin clapped his hands violently and said in a low voice: "Fuck it, this official shelf is bigger than the sky, Lao Tzu spent a lot of money to ask Lord Liu to introduce him, how many times he came to the door, and he also gave him the honor gold, he didn't even look at Lao Tzu with a straight eye." This time, he asked for something, and he said that it was a fool's dream for us to defeat the Beiyu by ourselves, and I wanted to see what his face was now. ”

"This person is a figure in the Donglin Party, and you don't have to be arrogant for a while."

Li Guobin said depressedly: "Can I be so colorless? ”

Wang Faxiang smiled and said, "I know your Lao Li, but it's just a white order." Although Liu Guojin is the imperial history, Yao Zongwen is also the imperial history, and he is also a member of the Donglin Party, but they can be bought with silver, and we can deal with the backbone of the Donglin Party, and we also rely on them, but the person in front of him is not able to smash it with silver, which must be remembered. ”

Li Guobin nodded, knowing that he had been dried in the past few days and had a grievance, maybe he would really bring out some traces in a while, Wang Faxiang seemed to have really come out of experience, and this was better than his old broker.

The two of them handed over the post to ask to see each other, and they often came to run around these days, and the porter was also familiar with them, so he took the door bag of two taels of silver, and went to report with a smile.

"Two, I'm sorry." Menzi came back after a while, and said apologetically: "Master, he is discussing things with your guests, if the two of you have nothing important, come back next time, if there is something, you need to wait for a while." ”

Li Guobin felt another burst of light in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "The two of us do have important matters, if the lord of your mansion is not available, we will wait." ”

"Alright, please wait in the living room."

Menzi brought the two of them in through the side door, detoured to the instrument gate, passed through a courtyard paved with bluestone slabs, the yard was not well cared for, there were many cracked stone bricks, and a lot of weeds grew in the corners, there were no flowers and trees planted in the courtyard, and there was no big fish tank that the people of Beijing like to raise fish, and the whole yard was very empty and lonely.

Entering the living room, the door told the two to wait, there are no valuable furnishings in the hall, the tables and chairs are also a little shabby, there are very few people waiting in this house, Li Guobin and Wang Faxiang sat for a long time, and only then did an old servant come over and pour two cups of tea for the two.

Li Guobin took a sip of tea, spit out the tea foam, and said in a low voice: "Look, this Qing official looks like a clean official, I don't believe that he doesn't know that the door bag is going to be accepted, and he himself doesn't accept ice and charcoal?" Although the price of living in the capital is expensive, there is no need to make such a appearance, right? This tea is high crushed, and only those who drive camels in Beijing drink this thing. ”

Wang Faxiang couldn't help but smile and shake his head, he didn't think so.

If the Jingshi is really as clear as water, not to mention the small courtyard house with three entrances, even if it is a courtyard, these officials can't afford to live in it.

This official should be a five-grade, considered a middle-level, the position is to lead the direct subordinate Tuntian, a year's worth of money is converted into silver, but it is more than forty taels in hand, plus dozens of stone rice, and a number of farts are not top of the treasure banknote, if you really receive such a salary to live in the capital, it is difficult to support yourself, not to mention such a mansion and these servants in front of you.

"This is what people eat, and it may be that the family already has wealth." Wang Faxiang smiled and defended the official.

"Anyway, my Ming Qing official, if there really is, there is only one Hai Rui."

"This is also true, it is difficult for a clean official, this is too low." Wang Faxiang was very emotional.

He has an annual income of four or five hundred taels, the scholar has no ice charcoal respect, plus the title of Shangshu or the title of palace protection, when the dynasty is a product, a year of Yulu is only two hundred and thirty or forty taels, the emperor accidentally gave something is a few silk or fine summer cloth, there was once an emperor once gave the scholar fifty taels of silver each, this is the emperor's greatest reward to the scholar, the reason is that the emperor wants to bribe the scholar.

"Silence...... Wang Faxiang suddenly waved his hand and said to Li Guobin: "There is movement over there." ”

Because there are only three entrances in the courtyard, the first entry is the hall where they sit, the living room is the east hall, the movement is the west, it is estimated that it is the master's study, and then it is the master's bedroom and partial compartment, and the last entry into the back house should be a place like a kitchen thatched room, and it is estimated that in such a place, this kind of small courtyard is unlikely to have a garden.

"Zuo Zhizhi, I have always treated you as a fellow believer, I don't want you to be so cowardly, now Wei Zhongxian is pressing step by step, and the celebrant has been installed by him Many people, if we still sit idly by, and wait for him to master the inner court, how can we allow my generation of righteous people to stay in the court? You must know that raising tigers is a problem, which is what it is talking about! ”

The person who spoke was full of anger, although he could hear it very clearly from several rooms, Wang Faxiang and Li Guobin could imagine the appearance of the speaker being angry.

Wang Faxiang said: "It must be Yang Dahong who speaks. ”

Li Guobin said: "Except for him, who dares to talk to Zuo Fuqiu like this?" ”

The two of them are all "numbers", the literati have been named since childhood, they are taken by their relatives, they take the word when they grow up in college, they are given by the teacher, and they take the number after they become famous in adulthood, but they are their own names, and the general relationship is to be commensurate with the number, only the teacher and friends are commensurate with the words, as for the name, only the elder can be called.

It was really Yang Lian who spoke, his eyes were as if he was about to breathe fire, and he looked at Zuo Guangdou, that is, the owner of the mansion where Li Guobin and Wang Faxiang visited.

"Brother Wenru." Zuo Guangdou said: "At present, Wang An is still the palm print of Si Li, he and my generation are still like-minded, what you said, will it happen for a while and a half." ”

"Prevention is the most important thing." Yang Lian snorted coldly and said, "If Wang An is overturned by Wei Zhongxian, then you will know that what I am saying now is true." ”

"So how do we do that?"

Zuo Guangdou finally surrendered, Yang Lian, in terms of honesty is still above him, almost catching up with Hai Rui's level, the Donglin Party prides itself on being clear, in fact, everyone is buying land in Jiangnan and other hometowns, and they will also use their power to give back to the family, after all, they are cultivated by the family, except for Hai Rui, few people can break away from the family.

Yang Lian's honesty and integrity is a good thing, such a person always dares to speak out, because he has no scruples, so Yang Lian is a good knife of the Donglin Party, and it is particularly easy to use.

In the matter of seizing the palace back then, Yang Lian was also the most outstanding one, daring to fight, and the eunuchs of the inner court were still full of admiration when they mentioned Yang Dahong, and they were both respectful and afraid of him.

As far as civil officials are concerned, Yang Lian's image in the inner court should be similar to that of a villain, which makes the eunuchs deeply jealous, which is also an outlier.

But the disadvantage is that Yang Lian is too rigid, some things can obviously wait and see, or not in a hurry to stand in line to take a stand, or can take a detour, but Yang Lian does not have such a statement here, for him, when he encounters difficulties, he has to rush, and he has to rush up when he hits his head.