The Great Biography of Shangshu. Brief Explanation": 'The doctor is seventy and is old, old in the township, the doctor is the father's teacher, and the scholar is the young master. Therefore, since the Qin and Han dynasties, 'Zhishi' has been fixed as an official's retirement system, and seventy years old has also become the legal retirement age.

But in any case, he was not twenty-five or sixteen years old, so he asked Zhishi, seeing the silent and serious appearance, Emperor Jiajing was amused, and scolded with a smile: "Don't make fun of Qiao here, what's the matter, feel wronged?" ”

"I don't dare." Shen Mo shook his head and said: "The minister is really ashamed, the minister still has many deficiencies, it is indeed useless, it seems that His Majesty recalled me, it is really too wise." ”

"Really?" Emperor Jiajing smiled and said, "Originally, I ...... you The recall is because Fang Yu is too old to bear the heavy responsibilities of the household department, he recommended me several times, hoping to take you for two years, and then you will take over his ......class" said and sighed: "I also had this plan, but now that I hear you, I am a little hesitant." ”

Hearing Jiajing's words, Shen Mo couldn't help but blood gushing up, and his heartbeat couldn't help but accelerate, but he calmed down again in an instant...... Seeing that the rampant arrogance of the Yan Party has become incomprehensible, it has reached the point where those who follow it prosper and those who rebel perish. At this time, it is good to be a local official, but after entering the capital, if you stand in the court, you will inevitably face the problem of standing in line, do you say that you want to take refuge in the Yan Party, or rely on the Xu Party? This question requires little thought...... Voting for the Yan Party can naturally ensure peace for a while, not to mention the Hubu Shilang, even the Hubu Shangshu has also done it, but the ministers who have been in power for five hundred years, and those who have not been liquidated after their deaths do not seem to have been born yet, so Shen Mo is sure that as soon as Yan Song returns to the West, it will be the end of the Yan Party.

So in the long run, it's better to follow Mr. Xu obediently and pretend to be a grandson in a low-key manner...... Xu Ge Lao has used his performance for 20 years to prove that he has the forbearance of a turtle and the vitality of a cockroach, and he can completely survive under the silver power of the Yan Party. Silent even felt that this Teacher Xu was sitting firmly in Diaoyutai...... Now all the possible competitors to succeed Yan Song have been eliminated by Yan Dang, and he has become the only possible replacement.

Therefore, Shen Mo felt that when the dawn was dawn and liberation, even if he did not have his own share in the reward of meritorious deeds, he would have the status of teacher and student, and he would definitely be much better at that time. Of course, if it weren't for Yan Ge Lao's longevity that gave him hope, he wouldn't have taken such a negative response...... Knowing how to slow down in the torrent is the real maturity.

After making up his mind, he kowtowed silently and said: "To be valued by His Majesty and Fang Butang, the minister is grateful, but the minister feels from the bottom of his heart that he is still too frizzy, too shallow, too naïve, not enough to take on such a big responsibility......"

"Oh......" Emperor Jiajing saw that he didn't seem to be a fake, which was really strange...... He hasn't seen anyone resign from a high-ranking official in the ministry and give up, could it be that this kid has a bad brain? He said honestly: "What the courtiers have done, I still know in my heart, you opened a port in Suzhou, you started from scratch, and you are still in such a sinister environment, but you can complete the tasks of the imperial court every year." Even in the 39th year of Jiajing, the taxes released to the capital by the two capitals and 13 provinces are not as much as those of you in one city, although you never say it, but I can also think that you can achieve this achievement, you don't know how much suffering you have endured, how much hardship you have suffered...... I know all of this! ”

The silent tears came down, and this time there was no need to pretend at all, because Emperor Jiajing poked him in the heart...... What is the saying? Long live understanding.

Seeing him crying, Emperor Jiajing was also a little emotional, and said: "Han Feizi said that reward and punishment are the two handles of the monarch, the reward should be generous and trustworthy, and the punishment should be strict, which is what the emperor must do." As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves and said, "I said a long time ago that if you return to the dynasty after completing the five-year task, I will reward you heavily!" ”

Silent but not very moved, he remembered his surname too well in his life, and clearly remembered Jiajing's original words back then, 'If you can complete all the tasks of the five years, I will ensure the wealth of your life.' 'Now it's shrunk so much, I don't know if Jiajing is forgetful, or is it deliberate?

"Today, I see that you don't wear a scarlet robe and a blue robe, aren't you complaining? Rest assured, I won't let you eat this Qu, the right waiter of the three products is a reward for you! Jiajing finished spitting, flicked his wide sleeves and said, "You don't have to excuse yourself!" ”

Emperor Jiajing waited for a while, but did not wait for the expected enthusiastic response, he was a little puzzled, lowered his head to look at the silence, and saw that he was possessed there, as if he was making a difficult choice.

Emperor Jiajing was not in a hurry, leaning on the Sumeru seat, looking at this strange little guy playfully, waiting for his response.

The hall was silent for a long time, and then a silent, slow but firm voice said: "The minister has a reluctant request, and I dare to ask Your Majesty to agree." ”

"Say ......," Emperor Jiajing said lightly.

"I beg you to exchange all your credit for a person's life." Shen Mo slowly raised his head and looked at Jiajing's face.

Emperor Jiajing looked at his silent eyes, and his voice gradually drifted away: "Who?" ”

Shen Mo took a deep breath and said word by word: "Wang Shizhen's father." ”

Jiajing's pupils dilated, and his brows tightened: "You want to intercede for Wang Chen?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Mo nodded calmly.

"Why?" Jiajing's gaze became stern, and the gentle drizzle turned into a cold wind.

As if he couldn't stand such coercion, his silent voice was a little nervous, but he still barely calmed down: "Don't dare to hide your majesty, when Weichen was studying, the teacher taught me to repay my kindness." ”

"Thanksgiving?" Jiajing's gaze became playful: "Is Wang Shizhen kind to you, or is it his father?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's Wang Shizhen." Shen Mo said softly: "Back then, Weichen's teacher was convicted, and it was Wang Shizhen who helped me make peace, so that the teacher could be pardoned smoothly." ”

He had already said this very implicitly, but Emperor Jiajing still heard a lot of information, and his brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "Wang Shizhen, a little mung bean official, what ability does he have to make peace, who can make peace with, and who can stop my pardon?" His suspicion rose, and questions burst out like a cannon.

Shen Mo only replied: "The minister's master is called Shen Lian......"

As soon as he heard this name, Jiajing suddenly had no problem, his face changed several times, and his expression was finally speechless: "You are not afraid of ending up like Wang Shizhen, and there will be no other fool to intercede for you at that time?" ”

"That's all in the future," Shen Moqiang laughed and said, "Weichen only knows that if you don't say it, you won't be able to get over today." ”

"Idiot!" Emperor Jiajing didn't expect him to answer like this, two words popped out from between his teeth, and some hatred pointed at his head and said, "You are acting rashly!" Childish, stupid, and disappointing! It's really like the official robe on your body, the more you live, the more you go back! ”

Shen Mo just possessed himself, didn't say a word, and let the emperor scold a dog's blood, until Jiajing was tired of scolding, he raised his head and whispered: "So, Your Majesty agreed?" ”

"Uh......" Jiajing couldn't help but laugh when he saw his wooden appearance, and reached out to find something to throw him, but there was only a topaz Ruyi, so he picked it up and wanted to throw it hard, but when he saw his innocent face, he couldn't help but let go of his hand, and threw it in an arc.

Silently stretched out his hands to catch it without thinking, and said in his mouth: "Oh, don't break it, otherwise Weichen will die." ”

Jiajing was completely amused by him, and scolded with a smile: "The three-grade waiter is gone, so I'll give you a wish." "He is a pun, one is to reward you with jade Ruyi, and the other is to make your wishes as desired.

Shen Mo naturally understood it, and he held the wishful thanksgiving and said: "Wechen Xie Your Majesty is magnanimous, Wechen Xie Your Majesty rewards, Wechen ......"

"Alright, alright, don't talk all that nonsense." Jiajing waved his hand and said, "Let's die and dine with me." "Sometimes there is really no reason to fall in love with this thing, just like Xu Ge has the heart to be close to Shen Mo, but he is always awkward, but Emperor Jiajing likes Shen Mo very much, and feels that his words and deeds are all pleasing to the eye, if others have already been kicked out, how can he stay to eat.

Holding the jade Ruyi given by the emperor, he silently followed the emperor to eat a royal meal, and during the banquet, he sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty is really too simple, how many years have passed, it is still the same vegetarian seat." He didn't know that if the emperor ate such a vegetarian diet for three months, he could bankrupt a wealthy eunuch.

Although Jiajing was not born in the palace, he was also a noble man since he was a child, and he had no concept of money at all...... In his consciousness, I ate vegetarian food and wore cloth clothes, which was very simple, but he never thought that the money he spent on cultivation every year was more than the previous five generations of emperors combined.

"Zhuge Liang said, thrift is to cultivate virtue." Jiajing Wu said arrogantly: "What's more, the country is not peaceful, and there are too many places to spend, so I, the patriarch, naturally have to be thrifty." ”

Shen Mo was deeply moved and said: "After Weichen went back, he also followed His Majesty's example and strived to be frugal. ”

"Some things are good in themselves, but it's not good to do them deliberately." Jiajing shook his head and educated him: "I heard that your father-in-law is a wealthy businessman, and your wife is an only daughter, if you are still doing poorly, then in the eyes of others, it is contrived." ”

"Although Shengming has no fault with Your Majesty," Shen Mo said with a surprised face, "But Weichen still doesn't understand, how can you even know about this little thing?" The reason why he makes Jiajing feel comfortable is actually very simple, he comes from an era when there was no emperor, so in Shen Mo's view, the emperor is also a person, so he has never been afraid of him, and he has always spoken to Jiajing in the way of people, which no one can do.

"I am the Son of Heaven, and all the people know everything." Emperor Jiajing is also a human being, and if he is a human being, he needs someone to speak, and he was overjoyed by the silent and strange sycophants, and he also joked: "Even your Su Xue girl, I know it." ”

Shen Mo was really shocked at this time, and said creepyly: "Ah......"

"Ahh Jiajing finally opened the mystery and said: "It's all your fellow villager who told me, or I wouldn't be interested in knowing." ”

"It turned out to be Xu Wei's big mouth." Shen Mo suddenly said: "Why didn't I think of it? "It's strange if I didn't expect it, when he went south, he said to Xu Wei, the business I am going to do is too easy to provoke criticism, I am naturally not afraid of the emperor, and I am most afraid that the emperor will forget me, then it will be a bitter old man, so you have to help, often mention me in front of the emperor, so that I can't mix my face and ears.

Xu Wei naturally complied, and when he accompanied Jiajing, he talked about the anecdotes of silence every once in a while, intentionally or unintentionally, what was the battle of wits with Shanyin County when he was a child, and the fight for wine and white union when he grew up, etc., and then added oil and vinegar, and after his skillful artistic processing, the emperor listened very happily, as if watching Shen Mo grow up, so he was indeed different from ordinary ministers.

But there are too few popular stories, and later, Xu Wei could only make up silent peachy news, such as the painting screen girl, Miss Lu, Su Xue, etc., all of which were flavorful cooking...... Fortunately, at that time, the relationship between men and women was never a weapon to pull leading cadres off the horse.

But Jiajing just said that, and didn't mean anything else, after the meal, he told Shen Mo to do a good job even if he was in the Economic Bureau, and let him get out.

Watching him carefully carry the jade Ruyi out, a smile hung on the corner of Emperor Jiajing's mouth.

"Master, it's time to serve Dan." The old eunuch Li Fang came over with a tray and said softly.

Jiajing nodded, stretched out his slender fingers, twisted up a bright red pill the size of a pigeon's egg, and sent it to his mouth with water. I don't know what those Taoist priests eat, but they can't study small pills until now, and the harmful Long Live Lord takes this kind of big pill all year round, and his throat and eyes are thick.

Jiajing picked up a towel to wipe his hands, sat on the futon, and put on a posture but did not settle down immediately, but said to Li Fang: "You evaluate this silence." ”

Li Fang gently put down the tray, and used silver tweezers to clip a few pieces of slender and neat sandalwood, and filled them in the incense burner. Don't underestimate these few times, you can't practice it in a few decades.

While moving steadily, he laughed softly: "This silent is not very old, but Tai Chi is amazing, and he is definitely a character." ”

"Oh?" Jiajing smiled faintly: "Your godson said the same thing?" ”

"Huang Jin threw himself to the ground with the five bodies that he admired," Li Fang said with a smile: "It is said that Lord Shen's methods are superb, turning clouds and rain, imaginative, and exhaustive, and have reached the point of being close to the demon." ”

"That's a really high rating." Jiajing smiled: "Then what do you think he thinks?" What the hell is behind such a noble request? ”

"The old slave dared to guess," Li Fang said: "First, Lord Xiao Shen consciously rose too fast, and he was afraid of falling too badly, so he wanted to be steady and slow; Second, he may not be willing to come out to do things when Yan Ge Lao is in power, for fear of being stigmatized by the Yan Party, and would rather lie dormant for a few years, waiting for the opportunity and moving at the right time. ”

Jiajing slowly bowed his head and said: "Sure enough, ginger is old and spicy, and his little ginger's mind still can't hide from your old ginger." ”

Li Fang thought about it for a while, and replied with a straight face: "Lord Shen is still sincere in interceding for the Wang family's father and son, and now in this year, it is really rare to be able to do this. This sentence is worth 500,000 taels of silver, and it has been paid.

Jiajing nodded slowly and said: "Yes, I was very surprised, I didn't expect that at such a time, he still adhered to principles, which is really rare." ”

"But he's asking for his own trouble." Li Fang said with a smile: "His bitterness is still to come, Yan Ge Lao knows it, and he will definitely not take a break, although Xu Ge Lao said that he is his teacher, but the two actually have a very weak relationship, and Xu Ge Lao is that kind of temper, whether he protects him or not, I really don't know who can help him when the time comes." ”

Jiajing glanced at him when he heard this, and Li Fang's heart was furious, but fortunately, Jiajing didn't believe that the chief manager in the big house would have anything to do with the silence in the south all the year round, and said that it was a little good, so he smiled lightly: "You are blind, he is my baby, if the court has no silver, it will have to rely on him to get it, and the future will ...... My son also has to rely on him to escort him, how can he be broken. As he spoke, he pointed to the place where the jade ruyi was originally placed and said, "I gave him that thing, see who dares to touch a single hair of his hair?" ”

"Topaz Ruyi......" Li Fang snorted lightly, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty can play big now, His Royal Highness King Jing has begged for an unknown number of times, and you didn't give it to him, but now you have rewarded a courtier, what does this make them think?" And what will be done? ”

"I also want to know," Jiajing slowly closed his eyes and said, "I want to use this Ruyi to test how deep and muddy this pool of water is, so that all those ghosts and ghosts will pop out and see their true faces." ”

Li Fang sighed in his heart, he has been serving Jiajing for decades, but he has never really figured out this smart and suspicious emperor, whenever he feels that he almost understands, Jiajing will immediately give him a 'surprise', so that the old man can only sigh secretly and say: "I'm old, I'm old, I can't keep up with the train of thought, I still don't want to." ’

Seeing that the emperor had already settled, he quietly got up and withdrew from the retreat, so as not to disturb Daojun's cultivation.

(To be continued)