After "bathing", putting on a Confucian shirt, and tying his hair in a bun under the service of Master Li, Zheng Zhizhi felt refreshed.

Men's fatigue seems to be dissipated only by women.

Sitting on the desk in the study, Xiaochan brought a cup of light tea without adding anything, Zheng Zhi drank it all, seemed to feel a little thirsty, and told Xiaochan to pour another glass.

When Xiaochan came in with another cup of tea, she said, "Official, just now the little guy came to report, and a person named Zhou Duwen came to visit outside the door." ”

Zheng Xianggong returned triumphantly, and Zhou Duwen was well-informed.

"Come in, please." Zheng Zhi picked up the tea and drank it again, obviously after "bathing", he was really a little thirsty.

Xiaochan got out of the study, and the little guy at the gate of the small courtyard was still waiting, so she immediately rushed to invite Zhou Duwen at the door.

"Brother Zheng, I heard that you have made a new contribution and captured the thief leader Fang Ladu, congratulations!" Zhou Duwen was not polite, bowed, and said to Zheng Zhi with a smile.

"Congratulations? The official family was promoted to one level and was named a doctor. Zheng Zhi expressed his dissatisfaction at this time, suppressed a Song Jiangdu and promoted him to three levels in a row, and gave him a four-state economic envoy. This time, Fang La, who exterminated the two Zhejiangs in the south of the Yangtze River, was actually promoted to a higher level, how could Zheng Zhi feel comfortable in his heart.

When Zhou Duwen heard this, his brows furrowed, obviously surprised in his heart, and asked: "Why is the official family so stingy, could it be that Brother Zheng has done something bad to the official family?" ”

"The official family is not evil, but they have evil the king." Zheng Zhi said lightly, Zheng Zhi is also very supportive of Tong Guan's revenge on Wang Hao, Zheng Zhi is not a scholar, and he also believes in the current world newspaper in his heart. What ten years is not too late, in Zheng Zhi's opinion, it is an excuse to be forced to be helpless, and if you have the ability to retaliate, where can you bear it.

"Shangshu Wang servant shot? How did you give him evil? This is really troublesome. Zhou Duwen heard Zheng Zhi's words, and couldn't help but be a little worried, Wang Huang is now the head of civil officials, the most powerful person in the court, Zhou Duwen hurriedly thought in his heart, that is, to think of a way for Zheng Zhi, and then said: "Brother Zheng, you have the help of Taiwei Tong to talk to Wang Servant about Xiang, so you should be able to solve a problem or two." ”

Zhou Duwen is naturally unaware of these filthy and unscrupulous things in the power center of the imperial court recently. Even Zhou Bangyan, who recites poetry every day, doesn't know much.

Zheng Zhi smiled when he heard this: "Brother Zhou, don't worry, Taiwei Tong will go out later, just to help me talk about it." ”

Zheng Zhi naturally couldn't explain Zhou Duwen one by one, so he said so, and knew that Zhou Duwen was worried about himself. Naturally, this is also to reassure Zhou Duwen.

When Zhou Duwen heard this, he was really relieved, and replied: "This is very good, Wang Servant naturally has to look at the face of Captain Tong, and he will not embarrass you again in the future." ”

People outside the political circle always think of politics and officialdom as simple. I think that many things are just a matter of face or a word. It seems to be like this from the outside, but in fact, the inner entanglement is so simple.

"It's all a small thing, it's just a good thing, don't worry. Brother Zhou is here, but there is another party tonight? Zheng Zhi said that at this time, the mood is also relaxed, and it is natural to go out to play.

"Haha... Brother Zheng is really wise, there is really a party tonight, or in the Alum Tower, it is really time for Brother Zheng to come back. Today's gathering was not invited by me, does Brother Zheng remember Xu Shida? Zhou Duwen asked.

"Xu Shida? The name is a bit impressive... Zheng Zhi also couldn't remember it, after all, it was just a one-sided relationship. Even if you go to the northwest, you have never intersected. The last time Zheng Zhi returned to the northwest from Tokyo, he led his troops to Cangzhou soon, and the name Xu Shida never appeared in Zheng Zhi's ears again.

"I don't think Brother Zheng remembers very much, when Brother Zheng came to Tokyo for the second time, wasn't there a new science and technology scholar who couldn't get along with you, and was provoked by you to say a few words, and this person recommended himself to serve in Lingzhou City in the northwest? This person is Xu Shida, does Brother Zheng remember it? Zheng Zhi couldn't remember these things, but Zhou Duwen remembered them clearly.

"Oh... Remember, Xu Shida is him, this person can serve in the Northwest Frontier for a few years, which can be regarded as a bit of magnanimity. I'll go with Brother Zhou for a while tonight. Zheng Zhi listened to the reminder, and naturally remembered this person, at this time, in Zheng Zhi's opinion, this Xu Shida can do what he says, which is not bad.

Master Li had just packed up Zheng Zhi's clothes after bathing at this time, so he told Xiaochan to wash his clothes, and walked in with a cup of tea, and when he heard the name Xu Shida, he couldn't help frowning.

put the tea on the coffee table next to Zhou Duwen, and said, "Zhou Gongzi, please eat tea." ”

Zhou Duwen was a little flattered, and hurriedly returned the salute, and replied: "Thank you, everyone, Li... Thank you, sister-in-law. ”

Zhou Duwen was a little confused in his title, so he corrected it in time. Master Li also returned the gift.

Zhou Duwen replied to Zheng Zhi again: "This is the person who came to my house today to pay a visit, dressed in a prefect's official uniform, and his spirit is tight. ”

What Zhou Duwen said is also human nature, Lingzhou in the northwest was originally near the capital of Western Xia, and it was an extremely barren and bitter cold place, and being a prefect there was much worse than the prefect of Qinfeng, Qinzhou, and Weizhou. But the prefect is the prefect, and there is also this prefect's official uniform, and the only thing Xu Shida can do is this official uniform, how can he not show off.

Zheng Zhi didn't think much about it when he heard this, but said: "Lingzhou City is not bad, when I entered Lingzhou, Lingzhou was not small, and there were tens of thousands of residents in the city, and now there are no party members in Lingzhou City, and there are still 20,000 or 30,000 Han people." It's just that the wind and sand there are too big, the desert is not far away, and life is quite difficult, Xu Shida can be an official in Lingzhou for a few years, but he is a little tenacious. ”

Lingzhou is Wuzhong City, Ningxia, and not far to the west is the Kuliqi Desert. Historically, there have been Rongrong, Xiongnu, and Dangxiang people living here, and later it was also the sphere of influence of the Mongols.

Now in Lingzhou, the party members have been captured by Zheng Zhi's method of attacking people, and there are no nomads in the surrounding grasslands, only 20,000 or 30,000 Han people in Lingzhou City plus the soldiers stationed there.

"Brother Zheng reminded me, I originally remembered that Lingzhou City was led by Brother Zheng to fight down, and now this Xu Shida can go there to serve as the prefect, or thanks to Brother Zheng's blessing. It made this Xu Shida lucky. Zhou Duwen said with a smile, Zhou Duwen, who grew up in Tokyo, actually couldn't really imagine what a frontier city like Lingzhou would look like.

It is said that the desert is lonely and the sun sets on the long river, and the literati's words are always romantic. The writing feels a little romantic, but the real desolation is only the magnificence in the text.

Master Li heard a few words from the two of them, and was already sure that the two were talking about that Xu Shida, and wanted to speak, but he knew that men and women were not easy to interject when they spoke, so they looked like they wanted to speak and stopped. This is the case in this day and age, and women are not qualified to interject when men are talking.

However, Zheng Zhi didn't care about this, and when he saw Master Li's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he asked, "Master has something to say?" ”

Only then did Master Li speak: "Official, the slave family also met Xu Shida at this gate today, and this person spoke disrespectfully and made the slave family angry. ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he frowned and asked, "What did he say?" ”

Master Li didn't want to talk about these things, but he heard that Zheng Zhi's voice still had a little praise for this Xu Shida, and he thought that Xu Shida was disrespectful, and he couldn't help but find it difficult to balance in his heart. His own officials praised him behind his back, and Xu Shida made insulting remarks to his face, compared with the two, even Master Li couldn't bear it.

He said... The slave family... It's a pity to marry at the butcher's door. Master Li didn't want to say this, and there was another reason, that is, this sentence was too rude to say it in front of Zheng Zhi, but Master Li couldn't bear it in his heart, so he repeated it. But he still omitted a word, Xu Shida said "marrying at the butcher's door", and the word "down" was unconsciously omitted by Master Li, and Master Li never had the feeling of "marrying" in his heart.

Zheng Zhi didn't know what this sentence meant, his face changed slightly, but he didn't say anything more.

Master Li saw Zheng Zhi's face, thinking that he might have said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly turned around and picked up the teacup that Zhou Duwen had drunk from the desk and put it on the tray, and went to take the teacup in front of Zheng Zhi as well, and turned around and went out.

As soon as Master Li went out, Zhou Duwen was furious, and said in his mouth: "How can this be reasonable, a gentleman is cautious, how can he insult others behind his back like this, I Zhou Duwen will never know Xu Shida again in this life, and I will not go to Alum Tower tonight." I don't go to the alum tower, just look at today's Tokyo scholars, who still goes to support him. ”

Zhou Duwen obviously wanted to use his own methods to embarrass this Xu Shida, and also to make Zheng Zhi angry. The words are also true, if Tokyo Zhou Duwen doesn't go to the scene, these famous scholars in Bianliang will really not have many people go back. This is also the influence of Zhou Duwen in Tokyo.

Young literati naturally have a circle of young literati, and this circle is still relatively united and innocent. Once you win, everything will slowly change, and you will have to take care of your teachers, factions, and political interests.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhi waved his hand and said, "Go, why don't you go, tonight is the right opportunity, so I'll go and meet him for a while." ”

Zhou Duwen was stunned when he heard this, and then he also figured it out, and said: "Yes, I will go to meet him, give him a little color to see, and if he becomes an official, he will not be a person, and let him lose face in public." ”

Zheng Zhi got up and walked out of the door, followed by Zhou Duwen.

When I went out, I met Master Li not far from the door, and I was quite apprehensive in my heart, and when I saw Zheng Zhi coming out, my eyes were also a little flickering.

Zheng Zhi saw Master Li's appearance, and said, "Master, you should have told me about this matter earlier, and you are still hiding and doing something after receiving the bird's anger." ”

When Master Li heard this, he realized that he had not said the wrong thing, and he had said the right thing, and his heart immediately calmed down, and he did not have any burden. only said: "The slave didn't want to add trouble to the officials, but he listened to the officials and praised this person, so he said this, don't be angry." ”

Zheng Zhi didn't dwell on this issue, but said: "Master, I went out with Brother Zhou, come back tonight, don't wait longer, go to bed first when you are sleepy." ”

After speaking, Zheng Zhi took Zhou Duwen out of the house.