"Lord Xia, don't be angry, I just had a bad attitude, I apologize to you..." Peng Yue quickly caught up with Xia Yan, although it was only a short distance, but because Peng Yue ran too fast, he was a little out of breath. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But when he walked in front of Xia Yan, Peng Yue regretted it a little. After all, I just quarreled with Xia Yan for a few words, and it didn't seem good to talk to Xia Yan about this matter at this moment, I blamed myself for being emotional just now, and I didn't think about it carefully, but I saw Yan Song just now, and I knew that he had returned to Jingshi, and I couldn't suppress the thoughts in my heart, since the matter had come to this point, I just said everything I wanted to say.

"No need..."Xia Yan turned around, glanced at Peng Yue, and then took his gaze back, "What else do you have to do?" ”

Peng Yue saw that Xia Yan's mood seemed to be a little relaxed, and he felt that it might be okay to say this now, but if he said it later, it might cause a big disaster, so he took two steps to Xia Yan's side and lowered his voice a little, "I heard that you transferred Yan Song back from Nanjing two days ago, and also suggested that the emperor give him the position of secretary of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"This is true, but Zhongzhong has made outstanding achievements in Jinling, whether it is character or official character... It's all exemplary, it's a matter of time before it is reused, even if I don't suggest it to the emperor, the emperor will reuse him..."Xia Yan said this, his eyes were also a little relieved, but when he saw Peng Yue in a blink of an eye, he turned his head again.

"Lord Xia... You said Yan Song... It's just reasonable to say that his political achievements are reasonable, but his official character, character... I really don't dare to compliment him, you know when he was the prince of the country and the priest of wine..."

"What do you mean by this, is it possible that if I promote one or two good officials, it will also make you feel uncomfortable?" Xia Yan put his hands behind his back, showing a look of disdain, "Yes, but sometimes... But this person is humble and polite, diligent in political affairs, and a malleable talent, don't you deny that? ”

"Lord Xia, this person is treacherous and loyal, seems to be humble, but in fact he is treacherous..."Peng Yue said this, the more he spoke, the more anxious he became, and the words became more and more heavy, "And this person has always been good at flattery, and constantly greets the saints, now you may not be able to see it, but you have to believe me, this person is capricious and corrupt, although there are not too many bad deeds now, but if you are promoted to him, you will eventually be harmed by him..."

"Zi Rui's words are serious, right?" Xia Yan frowned, and his heart was also a little unhappy, "But although it is said on weekdays... I'm not too assertive, but I don't agree with flattery, and you say that you are only corrupt, hehe... As far as I know, the house of the Weizhong family is not as luxurious as your mansion, and as for you saying that I will be harmed by the house... Then let me see..."

"Lord Xia, why don't you believe me?" Peng Yue looked anxious, he could see Xia Yan's tone, his expression was full of mockery, but he was not reconciled, "You also know that I didn't have a holiday with Yan Song, if... If I'm not sure about this, how can I talk nonsense here? ”

"I don't know if you're talking nonsense, it's just that you had a holiday with Weizhong..." In order to eliminate the emperor's suspicion, cut off his arm, and transferred Weizhong to Jinling, the idea is yours, right? At the time, I thought you were planning for me, but now I want to come... I don't know if Zirui is afraid that there is a mustard in the center..."

"Lord Xia..."Peng Yueyan was also a little weak when he said this, because when he made this suggestion to Xia Yan at that time, he was indeed not thinking about Xia Yan, but had the intention of taking the opportunity to suppress Yan Song, "Lord Xia, you believe me, I definitely didn't have a holiday with him, but I was real... I really think this person is treacherous and cunning, and he can't be reused..."

"It turns out that Zi Rui saw it before, it's really far-sighted..."Xia Yan's tone at this time was full of ridicule and disdain, "But I don't agree with your opinion, as for Weizhong, I will still try my best to promote him, could it be that Zi Rui feels that his status is threatened?" ”

"I didn't mean it!" Peng Yue hurriedly explained, "Lord Xia, I have been in the imperial court for all these years, how can I ever covet power and wealth, and how can I feel threatened because of your reuse of Yan Song?" The minister I suggested to you to appoint before, that he was not virtuous and loyal, how could he have selfish intentions? ”

Peng Yue knew that it should be his refusal of Xia Yan's family affair that hurt Xia Yan's heart, so Xia Yan wanted to find another henchman, and among everyone, he picked Yan Song, who was good at flattery and had a friendship with him, so he was transferred back from Nanjing, and he was given such a big position in the court.

"It's so selfless..."Xia Yan sneered, "You said you have no selfishness, but among those people who were promoted by me, which one remembers that it wasn't your Peng Yue's kindness?" ”

"Lord Xia..."Peng Yue was angry and shocked at this time, he didn't expect Xia Yan to be angry about this matter.

"In short, I will still promote and appoint, and then I am optimistic about which official, and I don't need you to point fingers here!"

"Lord Xia, you really don't want to listen to me?" Peng Yue suddenly found that it was so difficult to change one thing, and he wanted to suppress Yan Song and "strangle" this future traitor in the "cradle", was it so difficult?

I remember that I suggested that Xia Yan transfer Yan Song to Nanjing, so that he would never touch the real power of the imperial court. But now Xia Yan was too optimistic about him, and because he felt guilty before, he actually transferred him back at this time, and suggested that Zhu Houxi suddenly promote him to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Thinking that in history, Xia Yan continued to promote and appoint Yan Song, so that Yan Song climbed to a high position, so that Yan Song would have the opportunity to trouble the court in the future.

It seems that everything has a reason, and even if it wants to change something, it will still follow the original trajectory in another way. Just like Yan Song was better disguised at this time, he won Zhu Houxi's love and Xia Yan's trust, plus Yan Song has always been good at flattery, sloppy and patter, and has a fellow villager friendship with Xia Yan, it is indeed difficult for him to bring him down. Just like Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the post of prime minister at the beginning of the founding of the country, he wanted to strengthen the imperial power. However, now, the power of the cabinet scholars is no less than that of the original prime minister. Sometimes we try our best to change something, but in the end we find that it is all in vain, maybe this is the truth, some things are inevitable and we can't change them at all.

"I should have never heard what you said today, and you should not speak ill of me in the future!" Xia Yan glanced at Peng Yue and said loudly.

"Okay, then I hope what I said today is wrong, and I hope that Lord Xia will not regret it in the future!" Peng Yue was already full of anger at this time, and he began to regret why he chose this moment to tell Xia Yan about this matter.

"Master Peng, since you brought up this matter today, then I also want to advise you..."Xia Yan glared at Peng Yue fiercely at this time, and his words became unpolite, "You have run to Guo Xun's mansion several times these days, right?" ”

"I... Lord Xia, I ran to Guo Xun's mansion because of business, not what you think..."Although Peng Yue didn't quite know why Xia Yan brought up this matter, he vaguely guessed a little.

"Don't you know the relationship between me and Guo Xun, you ran to Guo Xun's mansion at this moment, do you really think I can't guess what the reason is?" When Xia Yan said this, his nose fluttered a little.

"Lord Xia, you really misunderstood..."Peng Yue knew that Xia Yan and Guo Xun had always been at odds in the court, and he was running to Guo Xun's mansion in this situation, Xia Yan must have thought that he had secretly made friends with Guo Xun, but he ran to Guo Xun's mansion, and he really had no selfish intentions in this regard, but now Guo Xun is in charge of the forbidden army, because of some things in the arsenal, he had to run to Guo Xun's mansion, "Lord Xia, I also know that Guo Xun is arrogant and arrogant, and he usually fishes and abuses the people, I naturally look down on him as a person... I ran to his house because of something in the armory..."

"Forget it, why did you run to his mansion, I naturally have no way to verify..."Xia Yan said this, his eyes became cold, "I just hope you can distinguish right from wrong, since you know Guo Xun... What kind of goods you are, you should know what to do and what not to do..."

"Lord Xia, I just ran to his house a few times, this... There shouldn't be anything wrong with this, even if it's Yan Song, it's impossible for me to be unrelated to him all the time, and those who are on the tip of the needle with him all day long will definitely be amiable on the surface. ”

"Good... You Master Peng are the best at being a person..."Xia Yan said with a sneer, "Then you can continue your restraint strategy, I will definitely not mix with people like Guo Xun!" ”

"Lord Xia, now that Guo Xun is powerful, I hope you can avoid his edge and don't do anything too radical..."Although Peng Yue is also angry now, when he heard Xia Yan say this, he couldn't help but persuade him, "Lord Xia, Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chen Cang, you won't understand this truth, right?" You really don't need to be so incompatible with Guo Xun, you can..."

"Hmph, I don't care about that!" Xia Yan turned his body abruptly, "I, Xia Yan, am bright and upright, I know what to do, why not to behave, to have a relationship with such a villain, I really can't do it, you Lord Peng is willing to fall, I can't care about it, you just stay in Guo Xun's majestic Wuding Marquis Mansion!" ”

"Okay, then I would like to congratulate Lord Xia on his undiminished grace and great minister!" Peng Yue shouted loudly behind Xia Yan, he didn't expect Xia Yan to have such an attitude, he really rushed to a mess.

"Humph!" Xia Yan didn't look back, and walked straight forward.

Notes: 1. Guo Xun: The sixth grandson of Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, the founding minister of the early Ming Dynasty, he inherited the title of Marquis of Wuding in the third year of Zhengde, but this person's moral character was corrupt and the people were abused. (But the power of the Guo family is too great, from Guo Ying, the three generations of descendants and the royal family have married, and they are one of the few surviving founding ministers and relatives) Because in the Great Rites Discussion, Guo Xun is also on Zhang Zhang's side and clearly supports Zhu Houxi, so he is favored and more powerful, which can be described as a family of nobles who lean towards the government and the opposition, and Wiffomore (of course, this is a later story, Guo Xun's power will develop after this, readers can watch quietly, of course, my description will not be very detailed, after all, Guo Xun is only a supporting role in me)

2. Yan Song: I want to explain here that Yan Song was indeed not a bad person in the early days. He entered the government during the Zhengde period, and refused to return to the court to be an official because of Qian Ning, Jiang Bin and others, and he was also more filial (when Yan Song's mother died in the history books, Yan Song almost cried to death), Yang Tinghe also appreciated him, so it was not an exaggeration for Xia Yan to take a fancy to him. In general, during the Zhengde years, he was still relatively upright. During the Jiajing period, he began to slap horses, flatter or something, but he didn't do anything wrong (officialdom is indeed very changeable, just take an example, Xie Jin, if you are interested, you can go to Baidu to see how this guy became "bad"). Of course, he is not very clean at this time, and when the prince of the country is the chief priest of wine, he likes to collect some black money, but it is "harmless", after all, there are relatively few people in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty who do not accept black money (Ming history records that Xia Yan is very honest, and some Qing Dynasty people write things that say that Xia Yan also accepts gifts or something, and Baidu also says that Xia Yan has been the head of the cabinet for many years, and his family is well-off), in short, he is definitely not a traitor now. As for how it turned bad later, let's expand the narrative little by little (of course, in my way of writing, it is impossible to be too detailed, it is impossible to dig too thoroughly, after all, I am not a student of psychology)