Zhang Yuan accompanied the scholar Guo Shu from the gate of the Hanlin Academy, there were a few attendants, editors and doctors of the Five Classics, since the Ministry of Rites and the head of the Hanlin Academy Liu Chuxian died unexpectedly, the Hanlin Academy was acted by Guo Shu, Zhang Yuan is to Guo Bachelor suggested to Guo Bachelor to ask the six department officials, the governors of the provinces to teach the actual government affairs and people's livelihood for the Ji Shi - Guo Shu said: "Nowadays, there are many vacancies of officials in Beijing, and the officials often wear multiple positions, and they are busy with official business, where is the time to give lectures. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "There are only two classes arranged every month, and one class is only half an hour, how can I get this time." ”

Guo Shu is a loyal elder, but he is also a person who does nothing, thinking about problems only in difficult places, and said: "Where can the Hanlin Academy invite the officials and governors of the six departments to teach. "Since the Hanlin Academy moved out of the Wenyuan Pavilion in the Wumen Gate in the seventh year of orthodoxy, it has been separated from the cabinet, and its status has greatly declined, and it can only be regarded as a place of cultivation, and it has lost the power of the emperor's advisor.

Zhang Yuan said: "Of course, this matter must be submitted to the cabinet first, and then issued by the Sixth Science and Technology Administration. ”

Guo Shu pondered for a moment and said: "The revised draft is a piece of stamp, I will sign and seal it, and send it to the cabinet to see how the saint will approve it." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, the student will hand over the chapter to Master Guo tomorrow." ”

The Ming Dynasty cabinet of the yamen officials, the vote to deal with the opinions to be handed over to the celebrant for approval, the six departments of the rotation of the matter in each of the Huangji Gate to receive the emperor's approval of the yamen inscriptions, after the review is correct, in the five days to send to the Yamen to carry out the implementation, this is the general procedure of political decision-making in the Ming Dynasty - the power of the cabinet is to the emperor before the approval of the Chinese and foreign chapters to formulate the handling opinions, and the emperor's approval of the red has the right to refute, If it is considered that the cabinet vote is proposed and approved by the emperor, the emperor can be re-approved and asked for the emperor's re-approval, which makes the matter almost have the same power as the cabinet, and the veto is the most important power - of course, the veto power cannot be arbitrarily used in the matter, and specific and fair opinions must be put forward. will be spurned by others, but there are two sides to everything, many decisions are pros and cons, if you grasp the disadvantages in the matter and give full play to them, then the cabinet decree will be difficult to implement, which is why the cabinet auxiliary ministers still have to bend the reason for the seven products to be in the matter - the Hanlin Academy and his party walked on the head of the Yuhe Bridge, and Zhou Yanru, the attendant, suddenly arched his hand and said: "Lord Yao is here to appreciate the fall of the Yuhe River?" ”

Zhang Yuan has been talking to Bachelor Guo, didn't pay attention to the bridge, then raised his eyes to see, Yao Zongwen was standing on the side of the bridge railing, he had seen Yao Zongwen a few times before, but he had never spoken, the townsman was the opposite, this Yao Zongwen was in his fifties, he was also born in Shujishi, and his appearance was somewhat similar to his cousin Yao Fu, with raised cheekbones, thin cheeks, slender neck, and sharp eyes, and he was not a good person at first glance - Yao Zongwen arched his hand to Zhou Yanru, nodded and smiled, and said to Guo Shu: "Bachelor Guo, the lower official wants to sue." When he said this, his eyes glanced at Zhang Yuan quickly, and he said in his heart: "Zhang Yuan boy, the words of the Hanlin Academy are here, I want to refute your face on the spot, you are overbearing, I was shocked that my car hit and injured people but fled, how can there be a fault of the royal majesty's laxity, although this matter can't do anything to you, but it can also make you lose face in front of these word forest officials, I see how you still have hope." ”

Guo Shuqi said: "What do you want to complain about, Lord Yao is joking." ”

Zhang Yuan saw Mu Zhenzhen and Wuling standing nearby, and thought that Yao Zongwen was going to take advantage of the fact that Mu Jingyan was startling his car to make trouble, so he sneered in his heart, laughed loudly, and said: "Of course Lord Yao is joking, come on, Lord Yao, you are my hometown senior, and I have something to ask you for advice below." He enthusiastically stepped forward and grabbed Yao Zongwen's arm, and without saying anything, he dragged him to the side and stayed away from Guo Shu and the others.

Yao Zongwen was about to struggle, but Zhang Yuan was young and strong, he couldn't break free, and said angrily: "Who is joking with you, let me go!" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled at the bridgehead Guo Shu, Zhou Yanru and others, and whispered to Yao Zongwen: "Lord Yao, let's have a good talk, we are both Zhejiang Party, it is better to be harmonious, don't let outsiders see jokes." ”

Yao Zongwen listened to Zhang Yuan's tone as if he was soft, and sneered: "Who told you about the Zhejiang Party, where is the Zhejiang Party, there is no other party in this court except for the Donglin Party." When he said this, his voice was also lowered, it is taboo for courtiers to form a party, although everyone knows it, but on the surface they refuse to say it clearly, and whoever wants to say who is forming a party is categorically slanderous and must be denied.

Zhang Yuan let go of Yao Zongwen's arm, and said with a smile: "Lord Yao has taught me a lesson, I am young and ignorant, and I lost my words, and I ask Lord Yao to teach me more." ”

Yao Zongwen rolled his eyes and squinted at Zhang Yuan, and said in his heart: "This kid is very arrogant, now he is showing weakness like this, and he must have tricks, how can I be afraid of your tricks." He said loudly: "Your house slave escaped after hurting people in the city, did you let it go?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled undiminishedly, and said: "Although I have some festivals with Lord Yao's cousin Yao Fu, I still have a lot of respect for Lord Yao, Lord Yao is the head of the officials, for the country and the family, and he is very different from his brother Yao Fu who harmed the township, but it is not right for Lord Yao to accuse me of arson and murder——"

Yao Zongwen's cousin Yao Fu was sentenced to be confiscated as the military Xuanfu because of the fish and meat township and hired murderers to injure people the year before last, at that time, there was a royal history to impeach Yao Zongwen by means of this matter, Yao Zongwen Shangshu defended himself that he had left his hometown for many years, and he had no contact with his brothers in the same clan, and the clansmen did not have a reason to connect with him, at that time Fang Congzhe had served as a second assistant to protect Yao Zongwen, Yao Zongwen was not punished in any way, but Yao Fu's impact on Yao Zongwen was still very bad, so that he did not dare to impeach others wantonly for a long time, and now he is relieved, listening to Zhang Yuan mention Yao Fu, furious: "Hugh is full of rhetoric, my people have been punished for their lawlessness, but what can you say about arson and murder? ”

Zhang Yuan said to Guo Shu and the others: "Bachelor Guo, you guys go first, and the students have to talk about their hometown with Yao seniors." ”

Of course, Guo Shu and a few people knew about Yao Zongwen and Zhang Yuan's festival, and they didn't want to cause trouble, so they arched their hands, got into the car and got on the sedan chair and left, only a group of domestic slaves and servants were left at the bridge, Mu Zhenzhen, Wang Dazhui and Yao Zongwen's two healthy servants were a few feet away and watched the master talking, this is the rule, the old men are talking, how can the servants get too close - Yao Zongwen sneered: "Do you think that if you take them away, I won't be able to deal with you, you must know that the student and the woman who were injured by your slave are witnesses, You slave will not escape the sin of lawlessness. ”

Zhang Yuan smiled at the corner of his mouth, walked slowly to the bank of the river, and said without looking back: "It was your carriage that hit and injured people." ”

Yao Zongwen said angrily: "It was your evil slave who deliberately injured my horse, causing the horse to be frightened, so that he hit and injured people." ”

Zhang Yuan watched the sunset fall from the Chengtian Gate, and the flickering golden light in the Jade River disappeared in an instant, and said: "After all, it was your horse that hit and injured someone, Lao Yao, who can't figure out this matter, don't bother that god, think of some other poisonous tricks to frame me." ”

Yao Zongwen was extremely angry, Zhang Yuan called him Lao Yao, this is treating him as a slave, and said angrily: "You dare to insult the imperial court officials!" ”

Zhang Yuan turned around, looked at Yao Zongwen sarcastically, then looked at the jade river under his feet, and said: "Is this also an insult, even if I insult you, what do you want to do to impeach me?" ”

Yao Zongwen stared at Zhang Yuan, and his tone was cold: "I will, unless you don't make the slightest mistake like a saint, but you are obviously not a saint, you are lustful and wealthy, otherwise you will not accept Qin Huai's name as a concubine, and you will not take a stake in the bookstore, the mirror workshop and the cloth village, you form associations to discuss politics and gather people to make trouble, and there are countless places for you to be blamed——"

Zhang Yuan was very angry, the road to save the country was already very difficult, but there were such vicious dogs barking in the way, he was going to go to the recital tomorrow to invite the officials of the six departments and the governors of the provinces to give lectures for the Shujishi, as the official of the department, Yao Zongwen could always find a reason to refute his recital, could it not even be carried out such a little thing, it was really sad and indignant!

Zhang Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he nodded: "You know my affairs very well, but I want to tell you that what I do is not something that an ant like you can understand-"

Yao Zongwen was not as angry as before, and sneered: "I am a bird, you are a bird, and the bird's ambition is right?" ”

"The Bird's Nest Knows the Ambition of the Bird" is what Chen Sheng said at the end of Qin, and Yao Zongwen's intentions were extremely vicious.

The Bodhisattva is compassionate, King Kong is angry eyes, Zhang Yuan is anger rises from his heart, evil is born to the side of the guts, and suddenly turned his head to look east, revealing a surprised expression - Yao Zongwen was not affected, just stared at Zhang Yuan coldly, thinking about how to write a harshly worded piece to impeach Zhang Yuan, but the servants at the bridgehead who were concerned about the dispute between Zhang Yuan and Yao Zongwen couldn't help but turn their heads to look at East Chang'an Street, thinking that something had happened there, Zhang Yuan seized this brief moment, flashed to Yao Zongwen, grabbed Yao Zongwen's arm, and retreated backwards at the same time, shouted at the same time: "Lord Yao, what are you doing here, what are you pushing me so hard!" ”

Yao Zongwen was taken aback, he was old and frail, where could he compare to Zhang Yuan's strength, he was dragged and stumbled, without Zhang Yuan against him, he would have to fall, at this time he didn't understand what Zhang Yuan wanted to do, and shouted angrily: "You-you-let go of me!" ”

Zhang Yuan shouted: "You let go first." ”

In the eyes of others, because of Zhang Yuan's preconceived words, it was difficult to distinguish eagerly, and he really thought that Yao Zongwen pushed Zhang Yuan, and Mu Zhenzhen's long skirt was stretched, and he had already rushed over, shouting: "Stop!" ”

"Plop", Yao Zongwen went down the river, Zhang Yuan fell to the ground, Mu Zhenzhen stepped forward to help Zhang Yuan, and asked repeatedly: "Young Master, how are you?" She looked anxious, she didn't expect Yao Zongwen to do it, and this official master was so rude.

Yao Zongwen's two healthy servants were shocked and ran over shouting: "Master, master." ”

The car was noisy, and there was a carriage coming over on West Chang'an Street, presumably it was also an official who had retired and returned home, Zhang Yuan shook Mu Zhenzhen's hand, glanced at her, and shouted: "It's important to save people." "Turned around and jumped off the Jade River to save people - this Jade River is an artificially trimmed river, about five feet deep, although Yao Zongwen grew up in Shaoxing Water Town, but he didn't know the surname of the water, suddenly fell into the water, suddenly stunned, fluttering indiscriminately, shouting for help and poured a few mouthfuls of water, Zhang Yuan went down the river and dragged him to fill a few more mouthfuls, then grabbed Yao Zongwen's waist and swam to the shore, the two Yao servants on the shore hurriedly dragged their Yao master up, Zhang Yuan also grabbed Mu Zhenzhen's hand and went ashore, but heard a person exclaimed: "Jiezi, why did you fall into the water!" ”

When Zhang Yuan turned his head to look, it was his brother-in-law Shang Zhou Zuo, as well as the cousin of the Imperial Procuratorate, Zhang Wenda, who was the right imperial historian of the Imperial Palace, hurriedly saluted and said: "I was going back from the Hanlin Academy, but this Lord Yao intercepted me, saying that I had a servant who startled him in the car a few days ago, I was inexplicable, and the more Lord Yao said, the more angry he became, saying that his cousin Yao Fuchong Junxuanfu was framed by me, and he pushed me violently, and accidentally fell into the water, or I rescued him, so many people in the bridge can testify, these two are still the servants of Lord Yao, they are all seen with their own eyes. ”

Zhang Wenda shook his head again and again: "What kind of system is this, what kind of system is this!" ”

Shang Zhouzuo said: "It's good that people are rescued, hurry up and ask someone from Tai Hospital to come and treat Yao-meson, are you okay?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I'm fine. ”

That Yao Zongwen was supported by two healthy servants, his feet trembled and he couldn't stand, "uh-uh" spit out water, and he heard Zhang Yuan and Zhang Wenda talking in his ears, but he couldn't argue, so he rolled his eyes and gasped in anger.

At this time, there were officials from Taichang Temple and Tongzheng Department who came over and asked, I heard that it was Yao Zongwen and Zhang Yuan, the champion of the new section, who had a conflict, these Beijing officials all knew the old grudges between Yao Zongwen and Zhang Yuan, and now there was such a thing that harmed the dignity of the officials, Zhang Yuan was young and well-educated, did not miss the old grudges, and bravely rescued Yao Zongwen who fell into the water, which can be described as repaying grievances with virtue, which is commendable!

Yao Zongwen relieved himself and hissed to Zhang Wenda: "Zhang Butang, it's Zhang Yuan's boy, who pushed me into the water, my lords, don't listen to his bloody mouth." ”

Zhang Yuan was dressed in a six-grade civil official civilian clothes [***], standing on the side with a calm expression, and did not argue with Yao Zongwen, Ren Yao Zongwen said, he just shook his head slightly.

Yao Zongwen said breathlessly: "Zhang Butang, ladies and gentlemen, Zhang Yuan insulted and slandered me, and even pushed me down the river to kill me, the crime is extremely evil, cough cough cough-", and spit out a mouthful of water.

Zhang Wenda frowned and said: "Yao is going to do something, let's take care of my body first, don't talk about this." ”

Yao Zongwen hurriedly said: "It is indeed Zhang Yuan who pushed me down the river, and there are many witnesses at the bridgehead. ”

Wu Ling said angrily: "Obviously, you want to push my young master down the river, but you can't harm others but yourself, my young master saved you, but you will take revenge, and you will beat a rake——"

Zhang Yuan stopped Wu Ling from going down and said to Zhang Wenda: "Lord Ministry, you can ask these two servants of Lord Yao and see what they say." ”

The two servants who were holding Yao Zongwen on the left and right looked at each other, and then said, "Villain, villain didn't see clearly. ”

Yao Zongwen was furious, shook the necks of the two servants desperately, and shouted: "Idiot, how could you not see clearly, it is clear that Zhang Yuan pushed me down the river!" ”

Zhang Wenda looked at Yao Zongwen's angry appearance, "hummed", but said to Zhang Yuan and Yan Yuese: "Zhang Xiushu hurry up and go back to change clothes, although the weather is hot now, we must also prevent cold and illness." ”

Zhang Yuan bowed to Zhang Wenda and the officials present, and said to Yao Zongwen: "Lord Yao, it is my own fault to let my brother Yao reinstate the military Xuanfu, how can I be blamed - Lord Yao is about to live, don't be blinded by old grievances and make such a gaffe." After that, he and his brother-in-law Shang Zhou Zuo took a carriage back to the East Fourth Archway.

(To be continued)