Yang Lian learned that Zhang Yuan had dealings with Qi Shijiao, the leader of the Qi Party, and was greatly dissatisfied, Qi Shijiao was the hardest working among the three parties to attack Donglin, and the song of Qi Shijiao three years ago compared the Donglin Party to a demagogic cult, the wording was extremely harsh and even vicious, and the Donglin veteran who had been removed from office [***] Xing hated Qi Shijiao like bones, and compared Qi Shijiao, Zhao Xingbang, Guan Yingzhen, and Wu Liangsi to the four murderers of Yao Shun, [***] Xing firmly believed that evil does not suppress good, don't look at the three parties now control the government, suppress Donglin, and be prominent for a while, As long as the crown prince ascends the throne, the Donglin party will make a comeback, at that time, the people are in the Ying Dynasty, where does Qi Shijiao have a foothold in the court, they will be chased, [***] Xing expressed this meaning in his letters to Gao Panlong and Yang Lian, so out of consideration for Zhang Yuan, Yang Lian felt the need to remind his protégé, Yang Lian valued Zhang Yuan very much, and did not want to see Zhang Yuan go astray - at dusk on the ninth day of August, Zhang Yuan went out of the gate of the Hanlin Academy, but saw Ruan Dacheng waiting for him, Ruan Dacheng is currently a pedestrian department, The pedestrian department is in charge of passing the decree, canonization and other things, where the edict is issued, the canonization of the clan, the Quartet, the recruitment of talents, as well as rewards, condolences, relief, military affairs, sacrifices, these are the responsibilities of the pedestrian department, that is to say, often have to travel, the first two months Ruan Dacheng also went to Luoyang Fu Wangfu Mansion with Wei Dazhong to reward the prince of Fu Wang with Wei Dazhong, Wei Dazhong also stayed in Beijing as a pedestrian after the jinshi, Ruan and Wei both are disciples of Gao Panlong - Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Brother Ji has come back from Luoyang, and the road is hard. ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "Ling Shi Yang set up a banquet in the apartment during the matter, let me invite you to the banquet, my official position is a pedestrian, that is, an errand." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Brother Ji is ordered to travel in the mountains and rivers, and my brother is really envious." He also said: "Master Yang is to invite Brother Ruan to a banquet, and my brother will accompany him." ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "I am also a guest, Yang invited my fellow villager Zuo Guangdou, the current Zhongshu She, has Jie Zi heard of Zuo Guangdou Zuo Gong's person?" ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Zuo Zhongyi Gong, like thunder, is called Yang Zuo with my teacher Yang Lian, and he is an iron-clad figure among the Donglin Party, and he is finally going to appear." said: "I have heard the name of Mr. Zuo, a fellow villager of Jizhi, can we meet today, great." He instructed Mu Zhenzhen and a few people to go back first, and he and Ruan Dacheng talked and laughed and came to the Huitong Pavilion, Yang Lian still lives in the Huitong Pavilion.

Zuo Guangdou is in his forties, white-faced and short-bearded, his demeanor and tone are milder than Yang Lian, and Zhang Yuan greets, very polite, refusing to let Zhang Yuan perform the junior ceremony, Zuo Guangdou's position as a scholar is equivalent to the secretary of the cabinet auxiliary ministers, in charge of writing edicts, edicts, and the office is in the cabinet room and the edict room, adjacent to the cabinet room, can be confidential, but there is no real power, Zuo Guangdou The era of ups and downs has not yet come - a pine square table, a few dishes, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Ruan Dacheng, Zhang Yuan four people sit separately, drink yellow essence wine, Eat Honghu wild duck, these two wild ducks were sent by Yang Lian's Hubei fellow villagers, salted, with a unique flavor, drank two glasses of wine, ate a few pieces of salted duck meat, Yang Lian asked Zhang Yuandao: "Jiezi, I heard that you have a lot of dealings with Qi Shijiao and Wang Dazhi?" ”

As soon as Zhang Yuan heard this, he understood the intention of Teacher Yang to invite him to drink today, and replied: "Master Yang, there are two kinds of people who have contacts with students in Beijing, one is Teacher Yang, Sun Shuzi and other wise men, as well as my Senior Brother Xu and friends of the Han Society, this kind of is both righteous and personal friends, and the other is Qi Shijiao, Xiong Mingyu, Wang Dazhi, etc., purely for official business. ”

Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou glanced at each other, and Zuo Guangdou smiled and said: "Zhang Xiu can be described as a small knock and a big sound, and he is worthy of being a great talent who can write ten thousand words. ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, the student is afraid that Master Yang will misunderstand, so he explained." ”

Yang Lian didn't smile, and said: "The Tao is not the same, how can you discuss state affairs with Qi Shijiao and others, how can there be a good result!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Master Yang, students think that as long as it is for the national affairs, then there is a common way, last year's Shandong disaster relief, Qi Shijiao and others also appealed from many parties, this is the move to benefit the people and benefit the country." ”

Yang Lian said: "Shandong is the hometown of Qi Shijiao, if the hometown is indifferent to the disaster, then how can there be a person with a heart!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Qi Shijiao also went to Shudun to invite the crown prince to come out of the cabinet to give lectures. ”

Yang Lian said: "It was the Qi Party's plan to plan a way back, and when he saw that the foundation of the East Palace had been consolidated, he saw that the wind made the rudder." ”

Zhang Yuan felt that he couldn't go on, Yang Lian was too prejudiced against Qi Shijiao, which was simply a different heart for non-my race.

Yang Lian saw that Zhang Yuan's brows were slightly furrowed and he didn't speak, so he slowed down his tone and said: "Jiezi, I understand very much that you are eager to serve the country, but you are the champion of the "Spring and Autumn" scripture, don't you know the importance of 'don't be suspicious, know right from wrong', and you interact with people like Qi Shijiao, isn't it self-defiling and reputation?" ”

Can't be vague anymore, Zhang Yuan said lightly: "Is Qingyu really that important?" Fushun Qinghe Fort fifty-three soldiers and civilians were killed by Jiannu, this is the beginning of the old slave rebellion, its importance is far more important than any party dispute, if not vigilant, there will be a big disaster, the son said, 'to repay grievances directly', Qi Shijiao and I have no grudges, even if there are grudges, as long as I am willing to contribute to the country, I will release the suspicions, willing to deal. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and Ruan Dacheng, who were at the same table, all looked surprised, and no one spoke for a while.

Of course, Zhang Yuan didn't want to contradict Yang Lian, so he changed the topic slightly: "Master Yang, the student passed by Wuxi in the winter of the year before last, and went to Donglin Academy to visit Mr. Jingyi and Nangao, and listened to the teachings. ”

Yang Lian said disapprerovingly: "The old slave of Jianzhou relies on the remote and desolate cold, my Ming will not easily move troops, and it is just arrogant, how dare you provoke and attack my Daming, this time I crossed the border to kill people, and the slave chief was not afraid of my Ming national prestige, and the murderer was executed under Fushun City?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Master Yang has never been to Liaohai, and he doesn't know the urgency of Liaohai. ”

Yang Lian sneered: "Then have you ever been to Liaobian?" ”

Zhang Yuan said quietly: "The students are not just drinking tea and talking in the Hanlin Academy, the students have read all the newspapers since the beginning of Wanli, Nurhachi is from the twelfth year of Wanli to start the army to unify the Jurchen tribes, from the twelfth year of Wanli to the present, a total of sixty-nine newspapers have mentioned the name of Nurhachi, and in the past ten years, it has accounted for fifty-one, it can be seen that Nurhachi has increasingly made the Ming generals who guarded Liao feel threatened, Nurhachi from the destruction of Nikan Wailan, Wanli fifteen years to destroy the Altai Department, Sixteen years to destroy the king's armor, twenty-one years in the Gul Mountain defeat of Yehe, Ula nine coalition army, twenty-seven years to destroy the Hada department, thirty-two years to destroy the Hui department, now Haixi Jurchen four only Yehe department, the slave chieftain basically unified the Jurchen tribes, under the command of no less than 50,000 soldiers, the Khitan people once said, 'Jurchen is not more than 10,000, full of 10,000 invincible', Genghis Khan also invaded the Central Plains south after unifying the Mongolian tribes, Yang Shi still thinks that the slave chieftain is not enough to worry? ”

Zhang Yuan is well-read and strong, speaking with the data of the Di newspaper, the arguments are surging, where can Yang Lian argue with Zhang Yuan, Zuo Guangdou said: "Zhang Xiu is really a person who has a heart for state affairs, which is admirable, but now the government is bad, and the border is not repaired, isn't it the reason why the evil is being annihilated." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "The government [***] is not a matter of the past few years, the Donglin people were in charge of the government in the past few years, and it was not very good, this cannot be attributed to which person, which party, the emperor's inaction, the gentry are indulging in pleasure, the border generals are greedy for money, and the strong occupy the land and bully the weak, which is almost a mess." Of course, he couldn't say that in front of Yang and Zuo, he just said: "I'm also an expedient measure." ”

"Expedient." Yang Lian was dissatisfied: "Expedient measures often encourage the arrogance of the evil generation. ”

Zhang Yuan just ate duck with his head bored, and after he was full, he said goodbye, and Ruan Dacheng accompanied Zhang Yuan away.

After Zhang and Ruan left, Zuo Guangdou smiled at Yang Lian: "Brother Wenru, you, the champion protégé, are very assertive, and you are not a foolish and loyal monarch. ”

Yang Lian shook his head and said: "Zhang Yuan is eager to make contributions, and the truth and evil are unknown, which really worries me." ”

Zuo Guangdou reminded: "Brother Wen Ru has not forgotten his Zhejiang Party background. ”

Yang Lian said: "Brother Gong doesn't have to worry, although Zhang Yuan is a little anxious for quick success, but he is upright, and he has always ruled the "Spring and Autumn Period" without annihilation, I believe in him, and he and Liu Tingyuan and Yao Zongwen are already mortal enemies, where can they still be attributed to the Zhejiang Party." ”

…… Through a discussion with Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, Zhang Yuan knows that his future road is difficult, the Ming Dynasty and the opposition are basically intoxicated with the illusory power of the old empire, and he must be awakened by Nurhachi, many things he is powerless, and now what he can do is to study the eldest grandson of the pope, because the third emperor Sun Zhu died young, the crown prince and the eldest grandson have not been out of the cabinet for many years, and on the thirteenth, the East Palace decreed the resumption of lectures, when it was Sun Chengzong who spoke for the emperor's eldest grandson, and the fourteenth was Zhang Yuan's turn - Ming said that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, The original pale blue sky has become dark blue, the sky is high and the clouds are light, there is the fragrance of osmanthus in the wind, enter from the Donghua Gate of the palace city, along the right bank of the imperial river to the Wenhua Gate, begonia flowers, hosta flowers are in full bloom, Zhang Yuan saw that there were waiters picking flowers on the riverside, he couldn't help but be a little strange, and Gao Qiqian introduced with him: "Mr. Zhang, the Mid-Autumn Festival in the palace to enjoy the flowers and the moon, some concubines will send the waiters to pick and cut begonia flowers and hosta flowers with Longquan vases and send them there. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and asked, "His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun is okay these days?" ”

Gao Qiqian said: "The eldest brother and the third brother have a deep brotherly relationship, very sad, these two are better, Mr. Zhang will wait and then enlighten and comfort the brother, the brother respects Mr. Zhang the most." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um" and asked again: "How is your godfather's relationship with the guest mother recently?" ”

Gao Qiqian said: "The relationship between the godfather and the guest mother is good, but the godfather has not succeeded in trying to eat with the guest grandmother, and that Wei Shaojian is now very dissatisfied with the godfather." ”

(To be continued)