Xuanwu Lake is located in the northern suburbs outside the Taiping Gate of Nanjing City, now this spring, there are many boats on the lake, compared to the lantern boat at night on the Qinhuai River, naturally most of them are dignitaries or wealthy people come to enjoy the play, the singing and dancing of the beautiful lady on the lake is less, but you can see the scene of everyone holding the pipa and half covering their faces.

However, Xu Xun said that he was going to take the newlywed Yan'er's wife to go boating on Xuanwu Lake, and now he is in Xuanwu Lake, but he does not have the romance of red sleeves and fragrance, but has to deal with it mentally. Because right opposite him, sitting were the three most famous bigwigs in Nanjing City-in addition to Lin Jun, who was at home, the four gentlemen of Nandu reached three. For the convenience of conversation, even the servants brought by everyone were outside the cabin.

Zhang Fuhua looked at Xu Xun for a long time, and then said slowly: "The twilight is vast and pine, and the chaotic clouds are still calm. I am born to be useful, and the infinite scenery is at the dangerous peak. Although these four lines of your poems are not infallible in battle, they are now widely circulated in Nanjing, and almost no one has broken them for analysis. De Ji said before that if you go to work, you will definitely accept you under the door, I thought he was just talking, but now it seems that you are really talented. ”

"Lord Zhang has won the prize." Although Zhang Fuhua just said that he had a good talent, Xu Xun had no intention of being with this old qualification, and said with a slight smile, "It's just that with this Mingzhi, really speaking, I still borrowed the natural talent of the Qinglian monk, and I will be useful, and I will come back when my daughter is gone." I know, as I say today, I have everything, but I don't really care. The clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, in the past, there were three people who became tigers and participated in murder, not to mention that I am such an insignificant person. ”

"If you are insignificant, everyone in the world will be insignificant."

Because Xu Xun borrowed these four lines of poetry from Mingzhi, coupled with Xu Xun's donation to the Xu family in Taipingli, and the fact that he and the elders of the clan made a charter to persuade them to study, Lin Han unconsciously reversed his perception of him After all, when Xu Xun went out of Nanjing, because of Zhang's strong support, it turned out to have a pretty good reputation. But once he went to the capital for more than a year, as people soared, all kinds of negative news continued, and even in the rumors, he became a lucky person who tended to follow the eunuch and bring the bad emperor, and he was a little suspicious. At this moment, he smiled and quipped, and asked with a straight face: "What you said before, you have already told me and others, since the emperor ascended the throne, there have been too many unexpected moves, you are a trusted person of the emperor, and we have to ask you some things." ”

"Although Lin Butang asks as long as he can answer it, I will definitely know everything and say everything."

Lin Han was extremely satisfied with Xu Xun's frank attitude, and the leader asked slightly: "What is going on with the emperor's abolition of the early dynasty?" ”

Although this was implemented by Zhu Houzhao at the beginning of his reign, from the capital to Nanjing, many meanings were inevitably completely different from the original meaning, so Xu Xun naturally explained carefully: "When Hong Wuye, everything was decided by the court in the morning, so it often took a long time. But gradually, the early dynasty became a false response, the story was reduced from only eight things to only five things, but often before dawn to go to the court, the hundred officials lived close to the palace, lived far away from the palace, and even slept less than two hours a night.

Moreover, the five things played by the early dynasty were decided the day before, in addition, even the cabinet elders, it is often difficult to see the face of the sky, and even the celebrant and eunuch can't wait for the cabinet, so the internal and external communication is all in the hands of a group of writers and writers, and in the long run, if there is a case, the consequences are unimaginable. Thinking about the Yongle period, and even the Hongxi Xuande period, the Taimiao Renmiao Xuanmiao Temple is not a day by day, but often in the Wenhua Hall to govern the government, and the court calls it a prestige. "..., Lin Han and the others are the most aware of the old things of this dynasty, knowing that Xu Xun is not a mouthful, at the moment Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua glanced at each other, and the two of them looked at Zhang Wei at the same time. At this time, Zhang Wei brushed his beard and asked, "That Shizhen, is this matter your idea for the emperor?" ”

"Naturally not, it was the emperor who saw that the first emperor did not go to the court every day, and he once persuaded him with filial piety, but the first emperor thought that the old government could not be reformed lightly, so the emperor hated the vain early dynasty, so he took this as soon as he took the throne."

Xu Xun gently and skillfully pushed his responsibilities away, and put a filial high hat on Zhu Houzhao, seeing that the three opposite were really gentle, he struck while the iron was hot and said, "In fact, whether it is the cabinet or the officials of the ministry, they all say in private, compared to the past when they just kowtowed to the court, now at least the emperor can hear their voices."

Although Zhu Houzhao does not go to the court in the Wenhua Hall every day, he must go to the Wenhua Hall to see the courtiers every other day, and no one can distort this fact, so Lin Han and the others do not think that Xu Xun's words are false. After asking this question clearly, Zhang Shihua asked directly: "Then you trained the avant-garde of the government army directly to Xiyuan, isn't it to invite pets?" ”

"Pets? On the other day, I once said in front of several cabinet elders and ministers that the purpose of military training is to know the soldiers, and only after knowing the soldiers can we use the troops prudently. In the past, Yingmiao trained troops in the inner garden, and then defeated Tumuhe because of mistaken belief in Wang Zhen, but it was because the training was illegal, and the generals were unpopular. Nowadays, the avant-garde of the government army is a young army, and there are only 5,000 people so far. Even so, I led the army to attack the north before, and I didn't use them, just because I knew their catties and knew my catties. I was able to win and behead thousands of people before, although I set a bold strategy, but if there was no Jingyang Bo Shenying and no Yang Di'an reinforcements, I might have to be defeated and killed. ”

Xu Xun said this in one breath, and then said with a glint in his eyes: "To say a big disrespectful word, the emperor loves to ride and shoot, at least he can strengthen his muscles and bones, it is better than lingering on the trail, or indulging in women!" ”

"You still know how disrespectful you are!"

Zhang Wei glared at Xu Xun angrily, seeing that Zhang Shihua and Lin Han didn't think they were angry, thinking that they and the others were talking more fiercely in private, so they didn't think much of themselves. At this time, Xu Xun settled down, and while the three of them did not raise new questions, he opened his mouth and said: "Now the bosses of the DPRK and China, even if they have moved their nests, they are just transferred from this yamen to that yamen, and they are always in power, and their authority is increasing, and they can't listen to the words of seeking change and innovation, and they can't help but be afraid of and even suppress those who have different political views. For example, Lord Lin and others who are well-known in foreign officials have always lived in Nanjing, the reason is very simple, the pattern between the DPRK and China has not changed for many years, and if Lord Lin and others enter Beijing, it will be like a stone that breaks the peace of the pool. ”

"And then the stone sank to the bottom, but the waves on the water gradually faded away?"

Zhang Fuhua said a word, seeing Xu Xun smiling and not answering, although he secretly sighed that the kid was slippery...... "But there is an indescribable mood in his heart." He is already a handful of years old, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to fight in the capital again, but his friend Lin Han has a great talent but has always been nested in the rich place of Jiangnan and cannot show his ambition, he can't help but feel sorry for him. Thinking about Lin Jun, who was worried about his mother and father at home, he didn't know if he had a chance to show his ambitions after his comeback, and he sighed deeply unconsciously.

The rest of the conversation was much easier. The three people present had only seen Zhu Houzhao from a distance before, and they couldn't help but be curious about this little emperor who had just ascended to the throne, so Zhang Wei nodded and inquired with interest about the temperament of this young genius. And Xu Xun is also skillful and calm in this regard, talking about the father-son relationship between the late Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao, and even after the Lantern Festival, Zhu Houzhao slept in front of the spirit of Emperor Hongzhi in the Fengxian Palace. Sure enough, Zhang Shihua and the others really attached great importance to this word of filial piety, and they moved unconsciously, and Lin Han even muttered a few words of emotion. ..., after turning around on the lake for more than an hour, the painting boat came to the shore. Xu Xun, who was already sitting with some back pain, was naturally the first to get up and get off the boat. However, as he easily stepped onto the shore of the lake, a man dressed in civilian clothes hurried forward, and after saluting, he whispered a few words to him. Lin Han and the three of them, who disembarked closely, saw that Xu Xun frowned tightly in an instant, and couldn't help but exchange glances with each other, and Zhang Wei walked slowly to Xu Xun after the man turned around and left quickly.

"What, what's the news?"

Xu Xun tried hard to digest the news that took at least six or seven days to reach him, speculating about the current movements of the imperial court, but he didn't notice Zhang Wei's inquiry. After a while, when he came back to his senses, he saw Lin Jing and the others looking at him with different expressions, so he smiled bitterly and said: "The news from the capital, Master Shangshu Ma of the Ministry of Officials has been impeached by others, and he has already begged for it. ”

He thought that his departure from Beijing must be carried away by Liu Jin and others, and even Liu Jian and Xie Qian, these bigwigs started to act, but he didn't expect that the first fire to burn was actually in the ministry, and he didn't expect that Ma Wensheng, who had always been stubborn, would invite himself! At this moment, he remembered the most classic sentence in the Dream of Red Mansions.

The agency was too clever to calculate and mistook Qingqing's life!

"What is the emperor's intention?"

The little emperor didn't have much of a good impression of Ma Wensheng - speaking of which, this was also his fault, when Ma Wensheng was instigated by Jiao Fang, it was strange that Zhu Houzhao had a good impression of life, plus Liu Jin provoked it, this result can be imagined. After a thousand calculations, he forgot about this one, and he really did it himself!

Zhang Fuhua saw that Xu Xun didn't even have the energy to answer Lin Han's question, and couldn't help but say thoughtfully: "If there is a vacancy in the secretary of the ministry, it will inevitably be pushed by the court next, and it stands to reason that Liu Huarong, the secretary of the military department, should be the most hopeful."

As soon as the words fell, he heard Xu Xun's sneering voice next to him: "There is also news to teach the three adults to know, if it weren't for the cabinet Li Ge Lao, those officials under the Ministry of War Shangshu Liu came out, and everyone collected firewood and the flame was high, and Ma Butang would not be unable to bear it and beg to go." ”

ps: Yesterday I read the chapter of the Ming Shi Eunuch Party again, and I have to say that it is obvious that there are so many people in Liu Jin's eunuch party, and it ......is really miserable to be unlucky like Kang Hai. ）