Although he was hated by the Son of Heaven and his authority was greatly reduced, Zhang Tong was a famous minister who had been in the country for many years after all, and the court had his own ears and eyes. I also have a great understanding of the meeting at the Summer Palace today. He invited Zhao Guanhou to come, but also to probe his tone and touch the roots of this person.

This errand is nominally dominated by Prince Li Shiduo and ****** Yikuang. But among the two princes, the former is a weak and unassertive person, and when he saw Li Lianying, he had to kneel against each other, and he had nothing to do except be obedient. Although the latter is also a talented man in the flag and can write and paint, he doesn't know anything about Western France, and in fact, both of them are nominal and can't do things.

Han Rong and Shangshu Jingxin of the Ministry of War participated in the reception as representatives of the imperial court's soldiers, and they did not know much about the reception specifications. The real work actually depends on Zhang Qiaoye and Zhang Tong.

Zhang Yinheng is regarded as Zhang Tong's hand-to-hand hand, so he has today's status, but that day he remembered that as long as Zhang Tong was in the general office of the national affairs yamen, he would not have a bright day, but after the defeat of Goryeo, he fought back, stabbed him in the back, and finally expelled Zhang Tong from the affairs yamen.

Now, after the Son of Heaven became in power, Zhang Yinheng is the main one in foreign affairs, and he is regarded as an expert in foreign affairs. As for Yu Zhangtong, there are many dissatisfactions, and the role played by Zhang Yinheng is also quite disgraceful. Therefore, the relationship between the two is extremely bad.

Although Zhang Tong attended, he didn't want to take care of things, so he let Zhang Yinheng toss, and he didn't have a plan to see a good show and dismantle the stage again. And Zhang Yinheng also planned to protect himself, and he didn't dare to make mistakes, preferring that he would not be credited with his own merits, and not let Zhang Tong have a chance to rise again. It's just like that. As soon as Zhao Guanhou came, there was finally a person who could work, and it was very important which side this person would fall towards.

"The old man is just an idle old man now, he can't do anything, he can't give anything, he can be regarded as a useless waste. But anyway, I have been up and down in the sea for decades, and I have seen a lot of things, and maybe there is a little old experience to show off. Guanhou, you are still young, but you are just a doll, even if you understand foreign dialect and understand foreign etiquette, it is difficult to bear such a heavy burden. When encountering something, don't rush too forward, otherwise, there will be a strong enemy in front and no reinforcements in the back, and there will be no place to die. ”

He took out the style of doing foreign affairs at the beginning, regarded everyone as his juniors, and often took out the power of his elders. It's just that his age and qualifications are here, even his grandson is older than Zhao Guanhou, and he is already very face-saving to call him a voice doll. After all, that Huguang Zhang Xiangshuai, one of the four admonitions of the dignified Hanlin, in his eyes, is also a scholar who has been well-dressed for decades and has seen a scholar. It can be seen that in the eyes of this old man, I am afraid that few people can be valued by him.

"What the handsome man taught is that you can only learn at this point, and you can't mention it in front of your old man. I don't dare to act arbitrarily and ruin the great politics of the court, but someone has to do it, and the errand is sent down, but it can't be pushed away, and it can't be pushed. ”

"That's a good thing, Zhang Qiaoye will definitely not spare you, I think I will wait until tomorrow, and I will send the errand down. From now on, the embassy, the yamen, some of you are busy. However, you don't have to take foreigners too seriously, the left and right are a group of foreigners. The court gives them face, which is the way of hospitality, but if they are regarded as higher than the master, it will be self-light. The proportions in this are very important. But if you want to learn the Western rites, you can teach them, which is a good thing, and don't let them think that we don't understand the etiquette of the Taixi, so that they will think about fooling us. ”

Although Zhang Tong is old, he is full of spirit, and he talks eloquently, and he is full of seniors instructing juniors. Zhang Tong's calculation is to let Zhao Guanhou serve as this grabber. It is up to him to snatch the credit, and it is best to get a good impression in front of the Son of Heaven and gain the Holy Grace.

After all, the emperor is young, and a young courtier like Zhao Guanhou is more likely to gain a sense of identity than an old minister like Zhang Qiaoye. If he can rise to the top, he will speak for himself, gradually reverse his impression, and finally help him make a comeback.

His so-called face-to-face theory is not groundless, but the so-called face-to-face is not really a blessing or misfortune, but whether the face-to-face can make a difference in the officialdom and whether it is worth cultivating himself. After talking with Zhao Guanhou, he was quite satisfied, if this person was born decades earlier, how could Zhang Yinhengfei and Huang Tengda?

Now that he has the heart of cultivation, his attitude is also very easy-going, "People say that I Zhang is only a family, this is nonsense." Don't I need to use people for relatives, but also for people? Quantity is useful, empty words, and lies. Who is talented and who is not, which is one or two sentences, can be clearly distinguished. Therefore, the standard for employing people is one, whoever can make himself feel at ease must use whom. When you run an errand this time, your subordinates must also employ people, remember, you must use what you can rest assured of, and don't use those so-called talented and capable people. In particular, don't use those that are good for words, but have no real ideas. ”

Yang Cuiyu said on the side: "Godfather, what your old man said, but that 'Mo slaughtering sheep' in Mishi Hutong?" ”

As soon as she said this, Zhang Tong's old face couldn't help but show a smile, and pointed at Zhao Guanhou and said: "You are a narrow-minded ghost, but you are talking about a ruffian, and you are really right about your background." When my teacher Wen Zhenggong went to Tianjin to do a teaching plan, I learned the style of Tianjin gangsters, and decades have passed, and the gangsters in Tianjin have also produced such a character as you. ”

Zhao Guanhou did not regard his background as cheap, and said with a smile: "Zhongtang has won the award, are you a gangster, but you are just a group of poor buddies who can't eat and refuse to endure hardship." Everyone sells bones and cuts meat just to eat a bite of food and find a way to live. That Mo Zaiyang heard that he was Zhang Qiaoye's fellow villager, but the handsome man also knew him? ”

"Kang Changsu compares himself to a saint, such a delusional person, the old man is not interested in knowing. It's just that they can't talk about it in the capital, and I don't think I can do it if I don't know. Before, they strengthened the society, and the private club and the plant were privately owned, so they were seized by the imperial court. As a result, he did not repent, changed his name again, and became a protector of the country, but it was still a miasma of trouble, and he didn't know what to do. On the streets of the capital, stopping passers-by and crying, shouting that China will perish, is this a word? is called Baoguo, but it is actually a chaotic country, and there is a saying that China is not Baojin, such a person, if he is an official, he should be cut! ”

Zhang Tong held a group practice back then, suppressed the peace, and suppressed the twister, which was on the battlefield and killed people, although he was old, but once he was powerful, he still had a murderous aura. The hand made a downward slashing gesture, and then drank the wine in front of him.

"Zhang Qiaoye attaches great importance to that Mo slaughtered sheep, I heard that he was raised in front of the emperor, you have to keep a snack, don't let him arrange the people of the Baohui Association to the reception. Those who have no heart and no liver must not embark on a career and harm my national affairs. This big gold should be changed, but it can't be changed as they say. There must be external insults in civil strife, but these fools don't understand this truth. I just want to be in a hurry, but I don't think that if I do it like this, the entire foundation will be gone. ”

The speculation that the two talked about, Zhang Shaoquan also has experience in handling foreign affairs, and pointed out the details and some key points one by one, Zhao Guanhou couldn't help but nod and write it down. He is good at foreign languages, but he is not good at state hospitality, these places, Zhang Tong's words to him, it is really a valuable experience that can not be changed, and it can also be regarded as his mentor.

By the time they were separated, it had already passed the second watch, and Zhang Tong naturally didn't have to care about the curfew, and was helped by his subordinates to get in the car and leave. Yang Cuiyu was sent by Zhao Guanhou to the bottom of Shaanxi Lane, and when the carriage shook, Yang Cuiyu held her forehead with one hand and said, "I'm so dizzy." Immediately, he threw himself into Zhao Guanhou's arms.

The beauty was hugging, exhaling like an orchid, and there was no third person in the carriage, but Zhao Guanhou was also shaken in his heart. I had to find the conversation and asked: "Miss Cuiyu, Hefei Xianggong is your godfather?" Why haven't I heard you talk about it? ”

"Cuiyu is a hard-working person, what she does is this livelihood, if she doesn't have a backer, where can she keep herself, how to clean up her children? Or before the Goryeo War, the Prime Minister of Hefei came to the hall, and occasionally saw me singing, he felt that my music could still be in his ears, and he had an eye for the old man, so he thought I was a goddaughter. Actually, it's just a joke, people are in the middle hall, can I really look at it, but shout godfather? But later, something happened to his old man, and the people were warm and cold, and the situation was hot and cold, and it was a common thing to be red and white. Many of my protégés have looked for other backers, but I can't do without a conscience. The godfather really began to treat my goddaughter as a relative, and when he was invited to some banquets, he also called me. First, he wants to find a good match for me, and secondly, he also wants to tell everyone that his old man will take care of me, and he will not dare to persecute me too much. ”

Anyway, Zhang Tong is still an influential minister/Everything has to talk about a cost, for a woman, and really offend this kind of old minister, except for the clan Jueluzhong, such as Chengzhen, most people will not do it. Yang Cuiyu can be at ease in the capital, and with the help of Zhang Tong, it is really not small.

She said to Zhao Guanhou again: "Godfather rarely talks so much to people, and after eating wine for so long, it seems that he values you very much." Although he is old and now has lost the authority he had at the beginning, it is not difficult to pave some roads for you. You have to remember his words well, you can't use that Kang Zuyi, not even his friends. At the beginning, Kang Zuyi ran a strong society, and his godfather wanted to donate 2,000 gold oceans to the past to make a good fate. As a result, they actually said that the godfather was a traitor, and resolutely refused to accept the money, but scolded the godfather, and since then the two have grudges. Kang Zuyi and Zhang Yinheng are kind again, and they don't want to tolerate it twice, you must not commit this taboo. ”

Between the two talking, the carriage has arrived outside the alley of Shaanxi, although this place is late at night, but it is still very lively, the car outside the door is full of horses, the sound of silk and bamboo pipe music, drilling through the car wall, straight to the ears of the two. Zhao Guanhou wanted to lift the curtain, but Yang Cuiyu held his hand tightly

"Don't move...... Please, don't move. I don't want to...... Didn't want to go back so early. Because as soon as I go back, I have to pretend to be smiling, to welcome the send-off, to entertain those great nobles, great benefactors. Here, I can be myself, but when I enter it, I am the big girl in charge, and I have to make food and drink for the whole class, and I am not me. I know that my status is low, I can't afford to be a little engong, and I don't dare to have any delusions, I just want to be like this, and I'm very happy. If...... I mean, if Xiao Engong doesn't dislike it, he can come here and sit more, Cuiyu wants to talk to you. ”

In the dark, Yang Cuiyu seemed to have mustered up her courage, kissed Zhao Guanhou lightly on the face, and then stepped back, "I'm sorry, Jade Meng Lang." Xiao Engong now has ten grids, and where can he put the next little jade. It's just that I want Xiao Engong to know that Jade is not a daughter who is greedy for wealth, and I don't want this thought to be buried. Today, with the help of wine, I went crazy, but don't take it to heart. You have a lot to do, maybe you have to get up early tomorrow, I'll let you go back first, just sit here by yourself. ”

As she was talking, suddenly Zhao Guanhou's powerful arm stretched out and gently wrapped around her slender waist, and then, the man's hot breath sprayed onto her face.

"Jade girl, I'm not a person made of stone, why don't I understand your mind? It's just that I don't understand, I'm just a petty official, I don't have much money, and I have a family, how can I be qualified, compared to those clans? If the jade girl wants to marry, I think it will not be a problem for a rich businessman or even an official eunuch. I can't rank up this bit of identity, so I don't dare to think about it......"

"They...... They're too old. Yang Cuiyu said softly: "Cuiyu doesn't want to lie to you, I must have considered the people that Xiao Engong said, after all, I don't want to be trapped in Fengchen for the rest of my life." But the people you're talking about are not suitable. Most of the people who are willing to marry me as concubines are old and rotten in their seventies and eighties, and they have no real name, so what good is it? I'm also a human being, and I don't want to be a living widow. As for the young sons, there are quite a few who are handsome and golden, but a few of them really take me to heart. Most of them just made me an outer room, or they were uncertain and greedy for fame, and after three or two years, my reputation was gone, and Fanghua was gone, just like countless old concubines who had fallen out of favor in the mansion, they were either sent to do rough work or locked up in a black house, and no one cared about them. On that day, it would be better to be here. Xiao Engong, I don't want your power and wealth, I only remember that Ling Zun was the benefactor who saved us, and I also remember that you are a good man with affection and righteousness. ”

Her hand gently touched the armor cover on Zhao Guanhou's hand, "You can cut off your own fingers for your woman, and the men inside, all they think about is my body, they can spend money for me, but they absolutely refuse to work hard for me." I don't want to compare with your main room, let alone compare with Gege, I just ask that you can treat me as a person, don't throw me away when you get tired of playing, or send me out of the house in a few years, and don't take me to a banquet to give away, I will be satisfied. Cuiyu has learned to play cards, but she is not very interested in gambling, but this one, she is willing to bet on her whole life to bet that you are not the Hu Shunguan. ”

What she is talking about is the red-capped businessman who helped Zuo Ji Gao with his military salary, first bearing Ruxiang, and then his beloved concubine Ah Qiao, and for his own business, he sent the two to Shangguan. Zhao Guanhou smiled, "When I talk about business, I may not be able to reach one of the ten Hu Shunguan, but if you want me to send my own woman, even if it is the king of heaven, it is not a dream!" Jade, I want you. ”

As soon as the words fell, with a strong hand, Yang Cuiyu hugged Yang Cuiyu tightly into his arms, Yang Cuiyu was stunned for a moment, and then hugged Zhao Guanhou instead, and tears of happiness flowed down her cheeks.

It is an extremely cumbersome and complicated matter for the girl to stay in charge, and it is naturally impossible to handle it like this. Although the two did not go to the fairyland together, they also made a white-headed alliance, Yang Cuiyu stayed in the car until the third watch before getting out of the car, and reluctantly said when leaving: "Cuiyu swears to the sky, unless it is the crown marquis, she will never let the second man comb the cage." When it comes to staying guests, you must come, we got married according to the rules, and I can be regarded as repaying my mother. Then I will marry you and make you small. ”

Zhao Guanhou touched the rouge on his mouth, reminiscing about the **** of the beauty, but he thought in his heart: This jade is the best arrangement, even if she marries into the family, Hanzhi will not embarrass her, or be too sad.

After all, each other should be mentally prepared for the matter of taking concubines, starting with her, or not. On Zhang Tong's side, I didn't expect this old man to be a cautious eye, for the sake of the original vendetta, he hated Kang Changsu, if the people who defended the country wanted to share the credit, this wicked person had to do it himself.

If you want to meet the source left and right, I am afraid that in the end, you can only end up empty, after all, you have to choose a side to stand, make a stand, and then do things. (To be continued.) )