When Wang Fulin left the cabinet and went out of the meeting, he happened to pass by the little official who went to report Tan Lun's death to Zhang Juzheng. Although he felt that the man was in a hurry, something big should have happened, but he was only a seven-rank sesame official in this palace, so it was naturally impossible to stop the other party to ask. And Zhang Juzheng said that it was for him to be fake, but he thought about it that he was still a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he couldn't help but say a word to his boss in charge of such a big matter, and after leaving the palace, he turned back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and went to see Chen Zan again.

He originally told Zhang Juzheng what happened before, and finally found out about Zhang Juzheng's approval of the fake, so he waited for the old man's reply, and waited for a long time.

Chen Zhan, who is in his early seventies, can be regarded as the oldest person among the high-ranking officials in the court, but if it is about seniority, those who are interested will notice a meaningful factor. Because this Zuodu Yushi is also a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing! That is to say, Zhang Juzheng, Yin Zhengmao, Chen Zhan, Wang Daokun, Ling Yunyi, Liu Yingjie, these high-ranking officials who are either in the center or in the local governors, are all in the same year as Jiajing Ding Weike. Therefore, this is also the biggest reason why the rumored upright and honest old man Chen Zongxian has a bit of a thunderous attitude towards Wang Fulin.

Of course, compared with the advantage of the rest of the people who were all in their early twenties, Chen Zan was a late bloomer, and he only won the top three in the same jinshi at the age of forty-two, and his ranking is still in the bottom. Of course, the interesting thing about that session is more than that, Liu Yingjie is ranked ninth from the bottom, Yin Zhengmao is ranked twelfth from the bottom, and Chen Zhan's twenty-fifth from the bottom is nothing in comparison. But if you count the pace of promotion, Chen Zhan, who only released county orders at the beginning, is definitely not slow. And although he is not good at arguing, he never talks about any friendship with people. It seems that oil and salt do not enter. But it's not just a stubborn old man.

"You go to Guangdong. Traveling back and forth for tens of thousands of miles, it is natural for the first assistant to be allowed to take leave. However, there are a total of seven people in Canton Road, and now one person is patrolling, and you will take leave, if the time is too long, it will delay the business, and you will be given 20 days off, and 20 days later. You came back to work on time. Speaking of this, Chen Zan added, "Chen Zuo, who submitted the first assistant, you can also copy another copy for me for archiving." ”

Wang Fulin originally just thought that if Chen Zan really waited until Zhang Juzheng instructed him to learn about the fake, it would inevitably leave the impression that he was holding the first assistant to suppress people, so he came to see the old man, and he was prepared that if Chen Zan was not allowed, he would do his best to grind and soak it, who would have thought that Chen Zan would be so happy to approve it! After a moment's pause. He immediately hurriedly agreed, and then asked with a slight hesitation: "Where ......is the Guangdong Dao Governor Yu Shi Qian Shi Yu?"

Previously, Wang Fulin was called by Zhang Juzheng from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This naturally also alarmed Chen Zan - after all, the old man only woke up to the rules before, he should wait for Zhang Juzheng, who represents the Son of Heaven, to meet Wang Fulin before meeting Wang Fulin - So, I learned that Wang Fulin went to see Qian Ruyi, the head of Guangdong Province, and was suddenly called over when he arrived at the door. ”

Although Qian Ruyi said that he was a senior person in charge of the imperial history, and he also had jurisdiction over the newly returned patrol, he did it too obviously. Since he has been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a long time, and it is time for him to be released, it is time to see if there is a vacancy in Guangdong's sub-patrol road and give him a sub-patrol road, which is almost in line with his political achievements.

Early in the morning, I went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then I went to the palace again, and when I came back, I went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the hungry Wang Fulin saw that he had missed lunch, so he simply found a small restaurant to fill his stomach, and then returned to Wang's Mansion. However, as soon as he dismounted at the door, he saw a gust of wind rushing over, and said in a low voice: "Little official, before the champion heard that you were back, he brought Shen Gongzi to look for you, but I didn't expect that it happened to coincide with the Tan Mansion to report the funeral, the old man, the second master and the fourth master were worried that the Tan Mansion would be the eldest son, and the funeral would be difficult, so they went to the Tan Mansion together, and the Champion Yuan Gong took Shen Gongzi back, and then went to the mourning after the costume." ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Wang Fulin stunned, he hurriedly took the person in half-supported and half-stunned, and then personally served Wang Fulin to change into plain clothes - Wang Fulin had rushed back to the capital by land from Huizhou day and night, and the cage was still on the waterway canal, so this dress was left by Wang Daoguan in his early years, and he naturally couldn't take care of it so much now. When he took Wang Fulin out again, he saw the little official lowering his eyelids and half-squinting his eyes, but he still couldn't hide the sparkle in his eyes.

Two days ago, Wang Fulin had just come here, at that time Tan Lun said that he was terminally ill, but he still cheered up and talked to himself, and now again, two white lanterns symbolizing the funeral have been hung in front of Tan's house, and most of the servants have tied white filial piety belts around their waists. At this time, at a glance, Tan Mansion looked no different from usual, only because of this sudden funeral. Not long after, someone took Wang Fulin to a small flower hall.

"Brother Zili's wife, that is, your mother has passed away a long time ago, and now the concubines around you have also been dismissed, and your two younger brothers are still on the way over, as the eldest son, you will cry next, thank and condolence guests, and your wife is not in Jingshi, but I am afraid that you can't take care of the affairs of this family at all. In this way, I will let Zhong Jia stay at the Tan family to help you take care of the funeral chores, so that you can have less snacks. ”

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Fulin saw that Wang Daokun was giving people ideas, and Tan Xian was standing there in a daze, and he didn't know if he had listened to what he had just said. He was a step late, and he wanted to ask why he didn't let Wang Daoguan, the new jinshi, stay, but then he thought that Wang Daoguan and the new jinshi had many entertainments such as the grace banquet, and nine times out of ten he would go to the pavilion election to try his luck, so he changed his words and said: "Uncle, Lord Shoufu and Chen Zongxian just approved me for 20 days of leave, and Da Sima had a love for me to give me words and swords before his death, so I will also stay to help Brother Tan a little." ”

As for Zhang Juzheng's confession, just send a letter back and ask Chen Bingchang to make a draft!

His father left after seeing Wang Fulin for two days, and Tan Xian initially felt that if he hadn't accepted Wang Fulin in the first place, his father might not have passed away so soon. But now the obituary is the first time it is issued. The Wang family all came at once. He came to his senses at this moment. I can't help but feel a little grateful.

Yesterday, Tan Lun let himself send the private letter to Zhang Juzheng after he was rarely sober, and pointed out to himself that Ling Yunyi, Zhang Xueyan and others are all people that Zhang Juzheng values a lot, and he is strongly recommended when he is dying, and people will always remember it well in the future, and there will be some incense for the three Tan Xian brothers. As for Zhang Juzheng, he may remember to take care of the descendants of the Tan family more because of this.

And all this, isn't it because of Wang Fulin's idea?

Thus. Thinking that Tan Lun didn't let people send a letter to his hometown until he was really ill, asking his two younger brothers to bring his daughter-in-law over, and his own wife was also taking care of his son in his hometown, and he would also go to Beijing this time, he made up his mind, wiped his eyes, and said solemnly: "Then I will bother Uncle Zhongyan and Brother Shiqing!" ”

For Wang Fulin to inexplicably have twenty days off, although Wang Daokun felt strange, he couldn't care about it at the moment. Considering that Wang Dao, who has experienced a funeral, will come forward. With Wang Fulin's helper, the Tan family's funeral should be smoother. But knowing that Tan Lun's concubines were all dismissed without leaving a place, and now there is no one in the inner house, many servants and girls have a scandal of being lazy and slippery, or running away with things, it will inevitably hurt Tan Lun's reputation, so he turned back after leaving the Tan family, and reminded Tan Xian to pick the most reliable old adult servant among the servants, and take charge of the cards in the inner house.

Since he helped in the Tan family, bathing small burials, large burials, covering coffins, setting up funeral beds, etc., Wang Fulin naturally participated one by one. But he experienced the funeral of the ancients for the first time in his life, and most of the time he was purely a helping character, but it was better than Tan Xian, who was full of grief. Just thinking that Tan Lunguan was so big, but he didn't have any relatives and clansmen to follow him to Jingshi, and only one eldest son was by his side to take care of him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Legend has it that although Tan Lun is not more greedy than Hu Zongxian, he is not penniless, but he stayed in the Tan Mansion for two days, but found that the Tan family's father and son are all people who don't have much money. In the past, Tan Mansion was in charge of all the money exchanges, and all of them were in charge of the housekeeper, and Tan Xian, who was a son, didn't even know how much silver he still had at home!

Fortunately, the old housekeeper of the Tan family is not a slippery person who relies on the momentum of the main family to make a big loan shark outside, talk about favors, and get acquainted with people everywhere, but he is a lot older, and he can't talk about taking care of it. When Wang Fulin got the account book, he saw that there were more than 1,100 taels of silver in the account of the deceased military department, and many of them had not been recovered, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and after asking, he knew that Tan Lun's fortune was just a little bit, there were many favors, and the servants and maids spent a lot, if it weren't for the late Mrs. Tan who had opened a fat powder shop in Jingshi that was not in good condition, this funeral would not have been able to be done at all!

Fortunately, Shoucai Tan Lun had already prepared, and there was no need to look for it temporarily, and the others would be handled by Wang Dao, so Wang Fulin simply sat in the account room on his behalf, and was in charge of the settlement of the current bank. When the third day officially began to receive foreign guests to mourn, the first to come was Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the dynasty. Hearing the news, Wang Fulin, who was still planning to make a deal in person in the tent, was stunned for a moment, but did not go out. After all, Wang Dao will be responsible for the things that are ushered in outside, and there is no need for him to be in the limelight. Therefore, he casually ticked a mark on the account book, and said to a little servant who had come to listen to the reply: "Please come over the old butler." ”

Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun have a very good personal relationship, and they have been here many times before, but now they are revisiting the old place, but the old friends are forever separated, and he can't help but feel sad in his heart. Seeing that it was Wang Daohui who came out to greet him, although he knew that Wang Daokun had asked his cousin to help with Wang Fulin here, he still felt a little disappreciative of Tan Lun in his heart. Even if the children and grandchildren are not successful, and a few more people are left in the capital, how can they be overstretched when they are doing future affairs now? Thinking so in his heart, when he entered all the way, he had to ask Wang Daohui about the funeral arrangements, and when he heard that everything was still in order, he looked around and asked again.

"Wang Shiqing heard that he also helped again?"

Wang Daohui hesitated for a moment, until he found that Zhang Juzheng's face was a little bad, and he said in a low voice: "It's in the tent." Da Sima didn't care much about things outside his body when he was alive, so he didn't have much money left in his account......"

When the ministers of this dynasty were mourning, there were many people who had nothing left to mourn, Zhang Juzheng did not expect that Tan Lun, the governor of the governor, had served several terms, and he would fall into such a situation, so he was stunned. He also prepared a rich ritual here, and immediately said to You Qi, who was following behind him, without looking back: "You Qi, you go to the tent and personally hand over the ritual to Wang Shiqing." ”

Hearing Zhang Juzheng's order, You Qi didn't dare to slack off, and immediately agreed to leave in a hurry. As soon as he left, Zhang Juzheng followed Wang Daohui all the way to the mourning hall, and after worshipping incense, he couldn't help but caress the coffin in a daze. In the face of this scene, Wang Daohui did not dare to urge or persuade, but Tan Xian cried and worshipped, so he had no idea. Even if Wang Daohui intersects with literati and scholars on weekdays, three or two sentences can make people feel like a spring breeze, but at this time, he is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he regrets that he listened to Wang Fulin's nest in the tent and did not show up, so that now he doesn't even have an idea.

In the tent, when Wang Fulin, who was explaining two expenses to the old housekeeper of Tan Mansion, saw that someone came in as soon as the curtain moved, he immediately looked up and looked out, only to find that it was a middle-aged man in plain clothes. At first glance, it seems to be an entourage, but only looking at it, he inadvertently revealed a bit of condescending atmosphere, it was actually You Qi who took Shen Maoxue and Shen Yourong's uncle and nephew to visit Zhang's Mansion at the beginning!

Before he could speak, the old butler, who also turned around, was stunned for a moment, and immediately shouted with a smile: "How did You Seventh Master come here?" ”

What Wang Fulin thought in his heart was that when the enemies saw each other, they were very red-eyed! Last time, he didn't know the enemy in person, but this time he had already heard about the old things from Zhang Feng, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, and then stayed in Nanjing for three more days, and sent someone to Meng Fang's mansion to inquire, and basically completely determined that You Qi did stay during the township test four years ago. For this reason, he had to travel day and night for the rest of the time, and he almost didn't run away!

And when You Qi saw Wang Fulin, he also muttered in his heart. After he stirred up the storm in the first year of Wanli in the first year of the Nanjing Township test, he went to Jiangling Mansion to send a letter to the old lady of the Zhang family, and heard the old lady mention Wang Fulin a few words, after returning to Beijing, Wang Fulin has been named on the gold list, but he has never sent an official, and even went to Liaodong to go around, he has nothing to do with it, after meeting once, he is naturally almost going to forget about this person.

But Wang Fulin had no official position, and he didn't stop when he returned to his hometown in Huizhou, and when he went to Guangdong to be a patrol of the imperial history, he simply drove away the two political envoys. The old things he did in Nanjing back then were inevitably recalled again. Will such a guy who can cause trouble and is not afraid of things know that he was almost counted by himself when he took the township test?

"It turned out that You Qiye came in person."

You Qi quietly glanced at Wang Fulin a few times, but he didn't expect the other party to greet him like the old housekeeper. He paid little attention to the old butler. When Tan Lun was alive, he looked at the face of the military department Shangshu, took care of the Tan family's property and several businesses, so that the old housekeeper could maintain the Tan family's food expenses, and now that Tan Lun is dead, there will always be people who go to tea and cool, how can he be happy to fake his relationship with a subordinate again, and lose his identity for no reason!

He immediately snorted and said, "How dare you be called so by Wang Shiyu?" Just ask me to swim seven. Lord Shoufu asked me to personally send the ceremony to the tent, and asked Wang Shiyu to accept it. ”

PS: Writing about the imperial examination rankings of these famous ministers that year, in fact, I just want to say, don't look down on the top three and the same jinshi, how many people have come out of the top three, Yang Ting and I remember that they seem to be the top three. Also, the top three jinshi have not yet been reduced to the point of being a county prince...... The second is to ask for a double monthly pass, thank you all (to be continued.) )