Chapter 805: Speculation and Favors
Wang Fulin chuckled in his heart, and when he saw Zhang Juzheng looking at him, he was stunned and said, "Does uncle know that I am here?" ”
Zhang Juzheng smiled, tapped the handrail with his fingers, and said lightly: "Since it is your uncle's letter, you go and fetch it and read it to me." ”
Although everything had been calculated a long time ago, but really at this juncture, Wang Fulin still went out to the door with some hesitation, and after opening the door and receiving the letter from Zhang Sixiu's hand, he didn't seem to see the expression of this second son Zhang who obviously became extremely wonderful after hearing what he had just said, and then he closed the door and turned back, glanced at Zhang Juzheng, and then resigned himself to the desk to cut the envelope with a paper cutter and took out the letterhead. After only glancing at it, he smiled bitterly in the face of the expected content, "Shousuke-sama, I still don't read it." I know that the Tao is not the same. ”
As soon as Zhang Juzheng heard this, he knew that Wang Daokun's letter definitely didn't write anything to make him happy, so he immediately shouted angrily: "Read! ”
Sure enough, when Wang Fulin finished reading the letter dryly, Zhang Juzheng heard Wang Daokun persuade him to go home immediately for the funeral, after taking care of the funeral, and burying his father, if possible, he should complete the funeral with full filial piety.
"It's just Song Confucian's pedantic words, how can it be enshrined as a golden rule? Although I am not in charge of the Golden Revolution, but now the new policy is in full swing, which is tantamount to a big war, and as soon as I retreat, I will collapse like a mountain! Keep saying that I really don't understand? It's not that he doesn't know that after a series of defeats during the Jiajing period, coupled with the anti-Japanese war in the southeast, how many shortcomings have accumulated in the government and the opposition, and how much foundation does the treasury have? ”
As soon as Wang Fulin heard this, he knew that he had written directly to advise him like this, and Wang Daokun estimated that he was still the first, so Zhang Juzheng was just angry, and he had not risen to the point of hatred. Therefore, he whispered, "Lord Shousuke, please put your anger aside for the time being......"
"You're trying to keep me from taking this letter to heart?"
Seeing that Zhang Juzheng's tone was obviously a little cold, Wang Fulin smiled bitterly: "No, if there is one, there will be two, I am afraid that my uncle's private persuasion will not be successful, so I will have to move seriously." Although he is a celebrity and a gentleman, he has also sharpened his stubbornness and arrogance on the battlefield, and now it is just a private message, I am afraid that he has prepared a private message on the one hand, but he has also prepared a recital on the other. Will Shousuke-sama allow me to go back and persuade him? ”
Zhang Juzheng thought about Wang Daokun's temperament, and gasped, secretly thinking that it might really be so. However, he didn't feel very safe about Wang Fulin's desire to take over this matter: "I heard that you haven't stepped into Wang's house for half a step in the past few months, and now you think you can persuade him?" ”
"If you can persuade him, of course it's best, but if he can't persuade him, he must insist on going his own way......" Wang Fulin paused, and then said seriously, "Then, I have to use my interests to persuade him to return home." In fact, since the death of Tan Gong, his uncle and his colleagues for many years have not been in good spirits, and it is best for him to return to his hometown for two years to recuperate, and then go out of the mountain when the time is right. ”
As for what is the right time, Zhang Juzheng can certainly understand. Wang Daokun turned against Wang Fu Lin after the court push, and he could also see that Wang Daokun's spirit was indeed much worse, but it was not to the point of returning home. But Wang Fulin said this, but it undoubtedly shows that he is really going to part ways with Wang Daokun.
You must know that Zhang Siwei reported Wang Chonggu at the beginning, and Zhang Juzheng had already moved his heart to take Wang Chonggu from the position of secretary of the Ministry of War, so this time Wang Fulin impeached four people in one go, and Kedao Qun rose up to attack Wang Chonggu, for him, it can be said that it is effortless to take down Wang Chonggu. And Wang Fulin also impeached Lu Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei, which undoubtedly pushed these two pavilion elders in the cabinet to the forefront like him. Although those two things may be trivial compared to the love grabbing, small mistakes are also mistakes!
Even if he knew that Wang Fulin's actions from front to back might be speculation, but as the first assistant, he appreciated such speculation that was completely beneficial to himself. Because what he wants is a strong follower!
What's more, Wang Fulin is still willing to cut off a backer who is a squire in the military department?
Thinking about the party in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, it is now all over the government and the opposition, but people like Wang Shizhen and Wang Daokun have always been more superficial in words and things, but they are not good at doing things, Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath, and then looked at Wang Fulin and said: "Okay, if you want to go, don't be driven out by your uncle again!" ”
"Uncle will always know in the future, I am thinking about him." Wang Fulin bowed, then took the letter in his hand and said, "How about I return this letter to my uncle?" Shousuke-sama doesn't want to answer the book and reason with him, right? ”
"Take it away, take it away!"
"Shousuke-sama is not afraid that this is not what is written in my uncle's letter, I just opened all my mouths?"
Zhang Juzheng was so crying and laughing by Wang Fulin's smiling rhetorical question, that he reprimanded angrily: "Although you are different from your uncle, you haven't forgotten to give your uncle a good job in Zhejiang, which is one of the best county order positions after staying in Liangjing, is it possible that you will deliberately wear small shoes for your uncle behind your back?" If I really don't know people well, how can I be this first assistant? Come on, and if I hear you boasting outside that you're seeing me right now, don't blame me for being rude! ”
"I won't make it difficult for Shoufu to be a man." Wang Fulin smiled and sleeved the letterhead, and then bowed his hand and said, "Then the lower official will retire." ”
Only then did you know that you claimed to be a subordinate official?
Zhang Juzheng watched Wang Fulin open the curtain and go out, and a low voice came from outside, obviously Zhang Sixiu was talking to him. He has always disciplined his sons very strictly, except for the same year and colleagues who have a good relationship, others don't want to see his sons at all, the reason why Wang Fulin indulges his friendship with his brothers is not only because of Wang Fulin and Zhang Jingxiu's chance encounter, but also because he has always behaved freely with them, without the slightest cramped and uneasy relationship with the prince of Xiangfu, cautious, or high-minded. Socializing with such a friend who has read books, traveled the world, been an official, and has a gap in his chest is very beneficial to Zhang Jingxiu.
I don't know how long it took before he heard Zhang Sixiu's voice outside the curtain again: "Father, just now when Shiqing left, he mentioned another thing, can I come in?" ”
"What did this kid say?" Zhang Juzheng came in angrily, and saw Zhang Sixiu flash into the door, but he wanted to say something and stopped, he suddenly sank his face, "What news did he say again?" ”
He said that when it came to his father's love, the villain only dared to sneak around his back, and dared not speak out, because these people cherish their future and life, and they are better than the Gangchang who talks about others when they criticize others. This is not the case with Qingliu gentlemen, for them, the most important thing is to have a flawless reputation, so there will probably be so many people who will come out to fight. Once the emperor or his father can't help it when he is provoked, he will become famous all over the world. ”
Zhang Juzheng's face darkened suddenly. What does it mean to be stimulated? Wang Fulin is so sure, someone will definitely write a letter to stop the love? He patted the armrest in distraught, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the expression on Zhang Sixiu's face, and immediately asked, "Why, do you think he is not alarmist?" ”
"Yes, actually, when I was in the Hanlin Academy, I noticed a little clue, some young Hanlin were very dismissive of the matter of seizing love."
It's not the official of the science and Taoism, but the people of the Hanlin Academy who want to jump out?
Zhang Juzheng only felt shocked and angry, but when he asked Zhang Sixiu, Zhang Sixiu said that he only heard a scale and a half claw, because as soon as others saw him, they immediately avoided the conversation.
"Good, good, good! Wang Shiqing is reasonable, even if I had never used the court staff against Liu Tai at the beginning, now I have to deal with a group of Qingliu gentlemen who regard their names as their lives, wouldn't using the court staff fulfill them? You give me a good look in the Hanlin Courtyard tomorrow, who is so ignorant of expediency and flexibility, hum, there are so many guards who lack soldiers in this world, I see who has hard bones! ”
Although Wang Fulin had been in Zhang's Mansion for less than two quarters of an hour, and he was still worried when he came out, almost all of the people who had been able to enter the door in the past few days were high-ranking officials like Yin Zhengmao and Li Youzi, and he was the only one among low-grade officials who had entered this door, even Zhang Sixiu was inferior to him in the same year. Therefore, when he came out, many officials came up to ask for warmth, all of them asked Zhang Juzheng if he was in good health and in good spirits, and some people simply regarded him as a mourner, sighing and mourning and so on. Wang Fulin, who was about to vomit when he heard it, was about to leave quickly, but heard a commotion.
He looked sideways, but saw that a small sedan chair carried by two people was struggling to shuttle from the carriage and pedestrians, the sedan curtain was a green cloth, at first glance it looked white, and the place where he passed was because of the need for people to give way, and the complaints of poverty and sourness were endless. As for the guys around him, they didn't mean to give way to people at all.
Wang Fulin didn't want to look down on people, at this time people didn't leave, he simply retreated a few steps to the side, and saw that seven or eight people were busy following, so he finally gave way for the sedan chair to stop, and he couldn't help frowning. Seeing that after the sedan pole of the green cloth sedan chair was put down, a fifty miles away from it, and it seemed that the old man who was a few years older than Zhang Juzheng was not wearing an official uniform indicating the grade, but a blue silk straight jacket, but he had his own bearing in the simplicity, he couldn't help but look at it twice, but he didn't expect the other party to look at him too.
Looking at each other, he only heard the old man sigh softly, and suddenly had some doubts. He has always been very confident in his memory, and he is sure that he has never met each other, and he has never even fought in person. Seeing that the person paused slightly, he walked directly towards him, and he separated the chattering people wrapped around him with a little toughness, and also came to the old man.
"But the Imperial Palace, the Guangdong Dao Master, the Imperial Shi Wang?"
"Exactly. Forgive me, my lord is ......"
Seeing that Wang Fulin didn't care about his simple clothes, and he came here in a small green cloth sedan chair carried by two people, and he actually called the old man when he exited, the old man couldn't help but smile slightly, and then said: "The old man Nanjing Zuo Du Yushi Wang Shaofang." ”
If it was just Wang Shaofang's three words, Wang Fulin would definitely have a headache. Shao Fang he knows and is dead, but who is Wang Shaofang? But if you add the head of Zuo Du Yushi, if he doesn't know who the other party is, then he will really stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a few months in vain! Most of the titles of the right and the right deputy are governors, but the right and right of the right are the governors of various places, but the right of the imperial history of Nanjing has just been promoted to the imperial history of the left capital because of his merits, and he is in charge of the affairs of the Nanjing Metropolitan Inspectorate, because Zhang Juzheng, who was promoted to the right imperial history, has not yet taken office! And this Zuo Du Yushi is known as the most trusted henchman of Zhang Juzheng in history, Wang Seal and Wang Shaofang!
"It turned out to be the royal ministry, and the lower officials were rude." Although the other party is in charge of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and is not his top boss now, Wang Fulin knows that Chen Zan is old, and Wang Zhentian knows whether he will become the top boss in the future, and the other party's attitude towards him at this moment is obviously very good. ”
"I just came back to Beijing, so I'll have a look." Wang Zhen glanced at the big gauze hat alley that was still full of people, and said thoughtfully, "Is Lord Shoufu seeing a guest?" ”
Those officials on the side did not expect that the poor old man they had just looked down on was actually the Wang Seal of the Imperial History of Nanjing, a high-ranking official of the fourth rank of the Eight Classics -- and although this kind of high-ranking official of the fourth rank seemed to be lower than that of the political envoy according to the inspection envoy, it was a sequence of two capitals, which was completely different from the sequence of magistrates -- and they were all a little apprehensive for a while. Hearing Wang Zhan ask such a thing they wanted to know the most, the people who were about to disperse couldn't help but prick up their ears.
"I came here to see Zhang Ergongzi. According to the second son, Lord Shoufu has moved into the study since the day of the funeral, and he has not eaten for the first three days, and he has eaten less these days, let alone seen outsiders. These words were naturally said to the other officials, and seeing that everyone was disappointed, Wang Fulin said to Wang Zhen, "Since Wang Buyuan has just come to the capital, how about seeing Zhang Ergongzi first?" ”
Seeing that Wang Fulin winked at himself, Wang Zhen was thoughtful and immediately smiled and said yes. After all, he has been a foreign official all the year round, even if he has occasional correspondence with Zhang Juzheng, he is not confident that the concierge of Zhang's mansion will definitely know him and will let himself in. Therefore, seeing that Wang Fulin went to explain to the concierge very properly, and the other party quickly reported that he turned back and led him into the door, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Fulin again, and saw that he arched his hand and got on the horse and left, and then stepped into the gate of Zhangfu.
When he saw Zhang Sixiu, and heard Zhang Sixiu's polite Wang Minyuan, Wang Zhan put away his thoughts, and asked to retreat first. Immediately after, he said in a deep voice: "I have been in Beijing for a few days, and I took the opportunity to go around, although I heard that the emperor was edicting to seize love, but the undercurrent in the court is surging, it seems that someone is secretly agitating the clear stream, I am afraid that there will be a change." You are now the editor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so you must tell Lord Shoufu about this matter. After I report on my work, I can't delay much in Beijing, and I have to go back to Nanjing immediately, because Lord Shoufu is in mourning clothes, I am afraid that it will be too late to see Lord Shoufu again. ”
Wang Fulin mentioned this just now, and now Wang Seal is almost the same as Wang Fulin, and Zhang Sixiu was surprised when he ascended. However, seeing that Wang Zhan nodded slightly, he was about to leave immediately, thinking that Zhang Juzheng was sad these days, but he still wanted to seek love and couldn't go back to his hometown to mourn, he suddenly stopped Wang Zhan by a ghost.
"Would you like to see your father?"
PS: The second update (to be continued.) )