On the left and right of a very ordinary lacquered table, there were two old men in rich clothes, the old man on the left hand side had white hair and a rich face, and a pair of fleshy hands were rotating the lid of the teacup. The old man on the right hand side has gray hair and black hair under his chin, and his clothes are not as luxurious as the old man on the left hand side, which looks a little rustic.

There was a pot of steaming boiling water on the table, and two teacups that might not be expensive were steaming hot.

One of these two people is Wang Shu, the official secretary who controls the promotion of thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and the other is Li Dongyang, a newly promoted cabinet scholar who has risen rapidly in the court.

Any one who stomped his feet on the court was the master who could make the Ming Dynasty tremble, but today they gathered together.

"Lord Wang came to find a contemptible person this time, I don't know what to say?" Li Dongyang on the right hand side was the first to ask.

He could guess some of Wang Shu's intentions, but he couldn't completely know. Mingren doesn't say dark words, he thinks it's more appropriate to get straight to the point.

Wang Shu was a little caught off guard by Li Dongyang's sudden question, and took the hot tea to his mouth and blew a few breaths without drinking any tea, and finally covered up his embarrassed expression, before he put down the teacup and said, "The elder and Your Majesty have hidden the old man so hard!" Unexpectedly, after years of planning, it turned out to be a scam in the end. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all deceived, and even Liu Ji, the old fox, did not find any clues. ”

Li Dongyang smiled lightly: "Lord Wang can touch the old man or not, in fact, I only found out halfway." At the beginning, it was the plan of His Majesty and the Marquis of Dingbian, hiding it from everyone. I am a troubled person, and I feel that Zhang Ru's authority is too high, so I persuade His Majesty to return the management of the Wenxuan to the imperial court.

At first, His Majesty did not approve of it, but talked about him left and right.

Maybe I'm annoyed by me, or maybe Your Majesty's body is not enough to support so many mundane things, so I have this opportunity to know this great secret. ”

Wang Shu kept a straight face, he was unhappy with some of Zhu Youzhang's performances.

Although he was just a courtier, and Zhu Youzhu was the emperor, he was still unhappy about Zhu Youzhang's choice.

If he was still in the position of the head of the household department in Nanjing, Wang Shu, who was not reused, would not have so much resentment. But he is now the official of the Ming Dynasty, so he is unhappy that the emperor chose Li Dongyang instead of him.

According to his official position, he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at that time, and Li Dongyang was just a waiter who had just won the love.

According to his qualifications, he is an old minister in the court, and although Li Dongyang is not young, he is a young man among the courtiers.

According to the intimacy, his grandson has a good relationship with Zhang Ru, and Zhang Ru will discuss many things with Wang Zhou. And Li Dongyang has been away from the court for three years, and there are only a handful of intersections with Zhang Ru.

It's normal for him to have such thoughts.

Seeing that Wang Shu was a little unhappy, Li Dongyang explained: "You really can't blame Your Majesty for this, let alone Dingbian Hou, who is far away in Fuzhou. At that time, because of the existence of Wang Zhou, Lord Wang could not echo Liu Ji and his party in the court at all. And the upright character of adults is not suitable for such a thing.

Liu Ji is very cunning, and without 100% certainty, he will not accept any official who is not his own person into his group.

The boss has an upright personality, and if he shows his feet, he will make Dingbianhou's plan go to waste.

How big Dingbianhou's heart is, I don't think I need to say that the boss knows it very well! ”

Hearing him say this, Wang Shu also felt that he was too cautious, and said with a smile: "What Elder Ge said is extremely true, I didn't expect this kid Wenxuan to think so comprehensively. ”

Li Dongyang said: "It can only be said that it is the right time!" If I hadn't been bothered by eating radishes, Your Majesty wouldn't have told me the secret because of his annoyance. Maybe it's not that I'm too worried, and in the end, the only people who know this secret will be His Majesty and Dingbian Hou.

I have been an official all my life, I have read books all my life, there are so many kings in the history books, to be honest, it is the first time I have seen a king like His Majesty today.

He didn't have any suspicions about Zhang Wenxuan at all, and even told me, a teacher, that if he was going to blame Zhang Wenxuan, he would have to ask me, the teacher, to pay attention in advance.

Don't hide it from Lord Wang, when I heard this, I was really a little confused.

What kind of feelings can make an emperor say such a thing to a courtier who has no fault in it? What's more, I'm also from the East Palace, so I can barely be regarded as a dragon.

That night, I talked deeply with His Majesty for three hours, and His Majesty was tirelessly talking about the past for three hours. He knows exactly how many scars Zhang Wenxuan has on his body, and His Majesty can clearly explain every little thing.

After some in-depth discussion, I knew that if the current saint wanted to blame Zhang Wenxuan for trumped-up charges, unless Zhang Wenxuan was angry and mobilized troops to kill all the courtiers.

All the courtiers in the East Palace are not as good as one Zhang Wenxuan! ”

Wang Shu felt the same way, and he naturally couldn't say anything bad about Emperor Zhu Youzhang. He is an upright courtier, but it does not mean that he is a courtier who does not know the importance of it.

Fan Tong and his ilk could scold Zhu Youzhu for having no conscience when Zhang Ru was forced to leave Fuzhou, and he couldn't be so childish as a minister.

Of course, this also has something to do with Wang Shu's feelings for Zhang Ru and Zhu Youjiao.

At that time, Zhu Youzhu was still the prince, and Zhang Ru had already followed Zhu Youzhang, and even Wang Zhou said that when Zhu Youzhu was in Anle Hall, Zhang Ru had already saved Zhu Youzhang's life.

has been together for decades, from ignorant children to two men who are nearly thirty years old, the two have experienced a lot of ups and downs together, and it is not absurd to have this kind of inseparable emotion with sword words.

It is true that Zhu Youzhu is the emperor, but Zhu Youzhu is also a very gentle emperor.

As a courtier, Zhang Ru also helped the emperor many times, he did the murderous things, he did the bad guys, and the good guys let Zhu Youzhu do it.

The tacit understanding between the two is not at all something that ordinary brothers can have.

"I've been chatting with you so much that I've almost forgotten where I came today." Wang Shu slapped his forehead suddenly, stopped his thoughts, and said with a straight face: "Although Liu Ji has already subdued the law, my heart has not calmed down at all these days, and I always feel that there are people behind me." Wang Zhou was injured, Wen Xuan refused to see me, Ge Lao had a good relationship with him, and he was an insider, so he asked Ge Lao to mediate. ”

Li Dongyang frowned and said: "This matter is indeed a bit unusual, there are many officials who have been arrested, but no one chooses to bite." It stands to reason that Liu Jidu has already been ambushed, and the more they bite their comrades, the more they can reduce their responsibility, which is indeed very abnormal. ”