In March, the murder and burial case of Dong's father and son, the official surnamed Cheng of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division followed the commander to investigate the case on the bank of the Paozi River, and then knew Zhang Yuan, and then Zhang Yuan appointed the champion, hairpin and flower quarry, entered the Hanlin Academy as a revision officer, and was elected as the speaker of the East Palace, circling between the parties, although there are many praises, there are also a lot of criticisms, Cheng Yuanmu has repeatedly heard rumors about Zhang Yuan, last month's Guozijian debate, Dongcheng Terracotta Division is responsible for vigilance, Cheng Yuanmu saw Zhang Yuan again, Zhang Yuan also nodded to him, Zhang Yuan has an advantage that as long as he knows him, no matter how humble the other party's status is, Zhang Yuan will say hello or nod when he meets him, and he will never be proud of his wealth and wealth, so Cheng Yuanmu has a good impression of Zhang Yuan-

Zhang Yuan said: "Cheng Yanmu, this is my eldest brother Zhang Zongzi, who is now a Shujishi. ”

Cheng Yan looked at Zhang Dai and said, "Long admiration, long admiration." "The Shanyin Zhang family has one subject and three jinshi, and two have entered Hanlin, which is indeed a long-term admiration.

Zhang Yuan said again: "One of the two women over there is my concubine, surnamed Wang, and the other is my eldest brother's concubine, surnamed Li-"

Cheng Yan looked at the wooden gate, two stunning beauties standing side by side, although they were winter clothes, they could not hide their enchanting figures, and couldn't help but praise secretly: "The Zhang brothers are not shallow, they are really talented and beautiful." Retracting his gaze, he didn't dare to look more, and arched his hand: "Zhang Xiu, please speak." Of course, Zhang Yuan introduced him to Zhang's daughters for a reason.

I only heard Zhang Yuan continue: "The two of them came out of the back garden and wanted to play on the ice bed in this lake, but they met these scoundrels and prodigals who made teasing words, my eldest brother rushed to reason with them, but they asked my eldest brother to apologize to them, I came to ask them, this man-", pointed to Fang Shihong who was kneeling on the ground, "This person first claimed to be an official of Shang Baosi. Later, I felt that Shang Baoji was not enough to intimidate us and others. He claimed to be the son of the old Fang Ge—"

Fang Shihong's left eye was covered by the blood flowing from the corner of his forehead, and he opened his right eye and shouted, "My father is Fang Zhonghan!" ”

Zhang Yuan deliberately pretended to be confused: "Zhonghan? ”

Fang Shihong was forced to kneel in public, so ashamed that he wanted to go crazy. said loudly: "Fang Zhonghan is Fang Congzhe, a dog thief surnamed Zhang, no matter what official you are." Our Shihong and you will never die. ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said: "Cheng Yan, you see, how can anyone who is a son call his father's name, this is definitely a fake, these evil young men with evil servants go around to swagger and deceive, ruining the reputation of the old Fang Ge, stealing that it is related to the party dispute, it should be someone who wants to deliberately damage the reputation of the old Fang Ge, since I have encountered it, of course I can't ignore it." Cheng Yanmu, you first take someone to escort them all to the prison of the Soldiers and Horses, and I will personally go to the door to explain on the side of the old Fang Ge. How to deal with it depends on the instructions of the elder Fang Ge. ”

Cheng Yan looked at Fang Shihong, who was disheveled, half bloodstained, gritting his teeth, and talking nonsense. It doesn't seem to be the son of the first assistant of the dignified family, and he knows that Zhang Xiu's case is like a god. The Dong family's burial case and the Jurchen traitor case of Weitai Restaurant the day before yesterday were all revealed by Zhang Yuan, if you don't believe Zhang Xiu, can you believe this filthy guy who knelt on the ground, and immediately ordered his subordinates to escort this group of men and women back to the yamen for interrogation.

Zhang Yuan told Cheng Yimu loudly again: "Those Qinglou women were deceived by this scoundrel and evil young man, don't embarrass them after bringing them back to the yamen and asking questions, let them go back early." When he said this, he nodded to Wu Lingchun, who was standing on the side.

Cheng Yan bowed and said, "I understand my humble duties." Immediately, he and the messenger escorted Fang Shihong and his three friends, five helpers, twelve domestic servants, and four prostitutes back to the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses, that Fang Shihong was still shouting, threatening the escort of his errand officer, it was really humiliating, and he was beaten on the leg again, grief and grievance, indescribable.

After Fang Shihong and his entourage were escorted away, the bank of the Baozi River was restored to tranquility, the winter sun shone on the ice in the afternoon, the reflection was dazzling, and more than a dozen people dragging the ice bed stood aside in a daze.

Zhang Dai smiled and said in Zhang Yuan's ear: "Jiezi, you are not small, and Fang Congzhe's son dares to fight." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Those who don't know are not guilty, this is in front of our house, not that I ran to Fang's house to provoke." He turned back to Wang Wei and Li Ko'er and said, "Let's call Ran, Xiaolan, Xiaohui and Sister-in-law Liu to play with the ice bed." ”

Shang Ran and the others had already heard about the dispute in the back garden, and they had been waiting in the gate for a long time, and then they came out to ask, Zhang Yuan said: "It's nothing, you just sit on the ice bed and play - Uncle Yao, prepare the car, I want to go to Dashi Yongfang." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Jie Zi, I will go with you to see Elder Fangge." ”

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Dashi Yongfang is on the west side of the Qianbu Corridor, it is the gathering area of the powerful in Beijing, the courtyard house of the first auxiliary Fang Congzhe is located in the middle of Dashi Yongfang, and it is also rationed by the Ministry of Industry, which is more than twice as large as Zhang Yuan's residence in the old alley of Li Ge, this courtyard house has been some years, the earliest is Yan Shifan's house, after the fall of Yan's family, the real estate was confiscated, Yan Shifan's mansion is divided into two, in addition to Fang Congzhe's courtyard, another courtyard is now owned by Zheng Guotai, the brother of Zheng Guifei, Zheng Guotai's son Zheng Yangxing visited Zhang Yuan that day and said that he wanted to send a house in Dashi Yongfang to Zhang Yuan, which is what he refers to, if Zhang Yuan accepts it, then he and Fang Congzhe are neighbors.

In the afternoon of this day, there were two guests visiting Fang Congzhe's house, namely Shao Fuzhong in the Ministry of Rites and Wang Dazhi in the Ministry of Literature and Selected Divisions of the Ministry of Officials, Shao Fuzhong is the Zhejiang Party, Wang Dazhi is the Chu Party, and although Fang Congzhe's ancestral home is Huzhou, Zhejiang, but since the ancestors of the ancestors followed Chengzu Zhu Di to Beijing, has been living in Daxing County, after Fang Congzhe served as the first assistant, he still relied on Shuntian's connections and his own protégés, and among the protégés, Qi Dang Qi poetry and teaching was the most powerful, so Fang Congzhe was inclined to Qi Party, and because Zhejiang, Chu, Qi, and Xuanzhu parties jointly dealt with Donglin, Therefore, Fang Congzhe's relationship with Shao Fuzhong and Wang Dazhi, Zhejiang and Chu officials, was not bad, but in the May attack case, the three parties had different opinions, and there were signs of division.

Fang Congzhe straightened his subchin hair with one hand, took a sip of tea with the other, put down the teacup, and said to Shao Fuzhong: "Zhang Yuan really said clearly that he wants to envoy to North Korea?" ”

Shao Fuzhong said: "Exactly." ”

Fang Congzhe said: "This is strange, Zhang Yuan took the opportunity of the big debate to promote his so-called Western studies, why did he go to North Korea!" ”

Shao Fuzhong said: "The lower officials also don't know what they mean, so they want to consult the elder first." ”

Fang Congzhe pondered for a moment, and said in his heart: "Next year is the year of Jingcha, and the party struggle will inevitably be fierce, Zhang Yuan will let him go if he wants to go to North Korea, and he will end up quiet." But will Wu Daonan and Yang Lian let him go? He said: "Let's handle it according to the ancestral system and conventions." ”

Shao Fu was loyal to the gods. said: "The lower official understands, then the lower official will leave first." Shao Fuzhong knew that Wang Dazhi was going to discuss with Fang Congzhe about the matter of Jingcha next year, although Jingcha was presided over by the Ministry of Officials. But without the cooperation of the ministers, it will be difficult to carry it out.

After Shao Fuzhong left, Wang Dazhi said: "Pavilion Elder." Zheng Shangshu asked the lower officials to ask the elder of the pavilion, and when will Ding Sijingcha start next year? ”

Fang Congzhe said: "This still has to be decided by the emperor, I suggest tomorrow that the emperor issue an edict as soon as possible to determine the period of Jingcha, officials below the fifth grade will start to inspect from the twenty-eighth day of the first month, and the fourth grade or more will start from the second day of the second month of February, does Wang Langzhong think it is appropriate?" ”

Naturally, the sooner the year of the six-year Jingcha is carried out, the better, otherwise everyone in Beijing will not be at ease, and all kinds of contradictions and conflicts will become more and more intense. Only by eliminating those who should be eliminated and promoting those who should be promoted can the situation of the DPRK be quickly stabilized, and the three parties of Zhejiang, Qi, and Chu now have the upper hand. The remnants of the Donglin Party will be swept away in Ding Sijingcha.

Wang Dazhi said: "Zheng Shangshu also thinks that Jingcha should be sooner rather than later-"

Fangfu's doorman came to report. A guest came to visit and presented two copies of the name thorn. Fang Congzhe looked at it, raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise: "What happened to Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai's brothers?" ”

Wang Dazhi also felt strange, Zhang Yuan and Fang Congzhe's discord is a well-known thing, Zhang Yuan's reason is that the last big debate and Fang Congzhe almost turned their faces, but Zhang Yuan is involved in a lot of forces, although Fang Congzhe is the first assistant, but he is helpless Zhang Yuanhe, and Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan are new science and technology scholars, who have served for less than three years, and are not among the Beijing inspection evaluations next year, that is to say, even if Ding Si Jingcha can demote all the Donglin Yu Party out of the capital, but Zhang Yuan and his officials cannot be dethroned. Want to reconcile with Fang Congzhe now?

"Elder Ge, then the lower official will go back to Zheng Shangshu to report his life." Wang Dazhi got up and took his leave.

Fang Congzhe enveloped Wang Dazhi, showed intimacy, and said: "I still have something to discuss with Wang Langzhong, Wang Langzhong will sit in the small hall of the adjacent room for a while, and wait for me to see what the Zhang brothers have to do." ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan came in, saluted Fang Congzhe, sat down with the guest and host, and the servant served tea. ”

Zhang Dai is elder brother, Zhang Dai spoke, Zhang Dai said: "Fang Ge Lao, someone in Beijing deliberately ruined the reputation of the Ge Lao, and was bumped into by my two brothers, and he has been sent to the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses. ”

Fang Congzhe's heart tightened, at this extraordinary period when Jingcha was approaching, the Donglin Party knew that it would be defeated, although it was advertised as high on weekdays, it must be unscrupulous to fight back at this time, and it was very possible to try to ruin his reputation, but the Zhang brothers were obviously pro-Donglin, how could they be so kind, there was fraud in it, and they smiled slightly: "Then thank you, the flow pill stops at Ou Xuan, the rumors stop at the wise, and the small people want to stir up public opinion, it is in vain." ”

Zhang Yuan also smiled slightly, thinking: "Fang Ge is very determined, very good, you can see the change of face soon." He said: "Elder Fang Ge, this is not an ordinary gossip, but someone is pretending to be your relative and doing mischief, which has a very evil impact——"

Fang Congzhe's face changed slightly, and he sat up straight and said, "Pretending to be my relative, what's going on?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Fang Ge Lao Rongyu, the original thing is like this, in the afternoon of the next day, I took my family to the back door of my eldest brother's apartment on the bank of the Paozi River to sit on the ice bed and play, but met a group of evil young people, light words, I and the eldest brother stepped forward to reason with them, the leader arrogantly claimed to be the son of the old Fang Ge, but to force the two of us to apologize to them, I and the eldest brother knew that the old Fang Ge was famous and famous, and disciplined the family very strictly, the old Fang Ge was the head and auxiliary for several years, and he had never sought personal interests for his family, how could there be such a bullying son, especially ridiculous, The evil young man who claimed to be the son of the old Fang Pavilion actually called the old man by his name, so he categorically did not believe that he was the son of the old Fang Ge, and ordered someone to take down this group of swaggers and deceitful people, and handed them over to the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division to deal with, and specially came to know the old Fang Ge. ”

Fang Congzhe's face had completely changed, and his hands trembled.

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