86_86695After being an official and achieving a certain degree, the judgment of things is no longer simply done with good and bad rights and wrongs. Whether in ancient times or in modern times, when judging specific things, political characters give priority to political interests.

Let's take Zhang Yan, the same governor of Jingzhou Mansion, as an example. After he learned about the specific investigation results of the fire in Zhangfu, he sat on the official hat chair without saying a word. The Jingzhou Mansion magistrate standing in front of him didn't know what to do, so he could only stand there honestly, waiting for Shangfeng to speak.

For Zhang Yan, the fire in Zhang Tianlu's mansion was very suspicious. However, he didn't expect that this fire would have anything to do with Wang Shuhui in Zhijiang County. If you ask Zhang Yan where Zhijiang County is and what is going on with King Zhijiang, he may not even have a concept in his head.

For this strange fire, Zhang Yan's first thought was the means of political enemies. You must know that the main form of Chinese politics in the last years of the Ming Dynasty was party strife. From the twenty-second year of Wanli to the complete demise of the Ming Dynasty, party struggle was the basic content of the Ming Dynasty's political life. Therefore, Zhang Yan, who was in the officialdom, of course, his first reaction was that Zhang Tianlu's ashes were a cruel blow from the Zhang family's political opponents.

The Zhang family in Chizhou Mansion, Nanzhili, was actually very small in the political territory of the Ming Dynasty. Even with the addition of Zhang Wenda, who is serving as the secretary of the ministry, there are only four children in the Zhang family. Zhang Wenda is in the center, and Zhang Yan is the second-in-command in the locality. The other two children of the Zhang family, one is appointed to the county, and the other is in the yamen of the Ministry of War. Except for Zhang Wenda, the other officialdom of the Zhang family can be said to be insignificant.

Although Zhang Yan was in the place, he was still quite concerned about the situation in the upper echelons of the imperial court. As far as he knows, at present, the DPRK and China are in the limelight when the Donglin Party is in the limelight. Donglin Party cadres Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, ** Xing, Gao Panlong, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli and others hold important positions in the DPRK. Zhejiang Party leader Fang Congzhe was seized of the position of first assistant to the cabinet, and Liu Yixiu, who had an ambiguous faction, took over the position of first assistant to the cabinet. But everyone knows that Liu Yixiao is just a transitional figure temporarily launched by the Donglin Party.

Judging from the current situation, although Zhang Wenda was also born in the Donglin Party, he also occupies a high position as a celestial official in the Ministry of Officials. However, whether it is his background or qualifications, he is not a relatively top-notch person in the Donglin Party. There are people in the Donglin Party who have higher status and more seniority than Zhang Wenda. You must know that in addition to the contradictions between political parties, the struggle for interests within the parties is also quite tragic.

In Zhang Yan's view, this major case in Jingzhou's Zhang Mansion is not impossible, and it is a means for Zhang Wenda to be a political enemy within the Donglin Party.

In addition to the Donglin Party, Zhang Yan also suspected that this incident was committed by the Zhejiang Party, which was already in a state of complete defeat in the struggle of the central government. You must know that the total defeat of the Zhejiang Party, especially the resignation of the cabinet chief assistant Fang Congzhe. Zhang Wenda has played a big role in this.

In addition to the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party, the Chu Party, the Xuan Party, and the Kun Party, which are at the bottom of the DPRK and China, as well as the rising internal supervision forces, are all likely to attack Zhang Wenda and thus carry out a flank attack on the Donglin Party. And Zhang Tianlu is the only heir of Zhang Wenda, who has no children. It is not difficult to imagine that Zhang Tianlu's death is more or less an important blow to Zhang Wenda.

Zhang Yan's eyes were half-closed, and although his body seemed to be very relaxed sitting in the official hat chair, his brain was running rapidly. Who killed Zhang Tianlu in the end, this question needs to be carefully pondered.

Zhang Yan is searching the world for enemies. Zhang Hong, the prefect of Jingzhou Mansion, had just heard about the fire. At this time, he was painting in the study. His master was next to him, whispering the information he had gathered from the palace.

Zhang Hong is a well-known shopkeeper in Jingzhou officialdom. Although his official reputation is good, he has a nickname of "closed door". However, his master Qiu Xikui knew that the proprietor of his family was not called "closed-door" because he resolutely refused to accept people who had a relationship with him, as rumored in Jingzhou Mansion. Zhang Hong, the leader of Jingzhou Mansion, is actually very tired of official business and is dedicated to Danqing.

Qiu Xikui knew that even he was hired by Zhang Hong as a master, not because he had any achievements in the name of money and food. It's because he is a member of the Wumen School of painting, Qiu Ying's grandson. I am in the area of Nanzhili, and I have some appreciation for everyone's fame. This was valued by Zhang Hong, who was also a member of the Wumen School of painting, and was brought to Jingzhou to take office.

But Qiu Xikui also knows that if anyone sees the old master in front of him, whose sleeves and placket are stained with ink, as a poor and sour man who doesn't understand affairs, then you will really lose your eyes. In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, how could a simple, poor and sour person who was devoted to Danqing's pen and ink be a four-grade Huangtang.

Qiu Xikui didn't make a sound after introducing the information he had, and quietly waited for Zhang Hong to put it away. I have to say that in the eyes of a Fang family like Qiu Xikui, Zhang Hong's painting skills are already perfect. Seeing Zhang Hong put away his pen, he immediately gave full play to his true qualities as a connoisseur and said to Zhang Hong, "Taishou's paintings are really sharp. The ink is moist, the mountains are stacked, and the autumn ravines are deep. It has the ancient meaning of the Yuanren. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Hong shook his head lightly and replied to Qiu Xikui, "Zimo (Qiu Xikui's character Zimo) don't cover it up for me. After decades of entry, my craft has actually reached a bottleneck. If you want to go further, you must have a big breakthrough and a big epiphany. ”

After saying this, Zhang Hong washed his hands in the copper basin held by the maid next to him, wiped his hands with a good Songjiang new cloth, and sat on the chair next to him with Qiu Xikui to drink tea. You must know that painting, especially the creation of Chinese painting, consumes not only physical but also mental power. After a painting, Zhang Hong was also very tired.

I drank two sips of tea and ate two pieces of dim sum to restore my body. Zhang Hong said to Qiu Xikui, "What did Zimo just mention about the fire in Zhangfu, what did the yamen say. ”

As soon as he heard Zhang Hong ask this, Qiu Xikui immediately entered the work mode, and he said to Zhang Hong, "Back to the proprietor, the current statement in the yamen is that Zhang Tianlu was targeted by the local strongman to lead the door to destroy the door. Recently, he has become a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials through his father, and he has been searching up and down Huguang. This shaft doesn't know how to converge, and everyone knows it. Only then was the strongman exterminated, and the looted property was also plundered. ”

When Zhang Hong heard this, his face showed obvious disapproval. He said to Qiu Xikui, "Zimo, what do you think. ”

Qiu Xikui, who is in his twenties, is actually not as good as Zhang Hong in practice. Hearing this, he quickly thought about it. After thinking for a while, he said to Zhang Hong in a hesitant manner, "In the boy's shallow opinion, I'm afraid this is the aftermath of the party struggle." ”

Listening to Qiu Xikui's words, Zhang Hong laughed softly. After a while, he said to Qiu Xikui, "Zimo's insight is already extraordinary. Your opinion is comparable to Zhang Tongzhi's ability. ”

"What about the proprietor's opinion?" Qiu Xikui was young after all, he immediately asked Zhang Hong's opinion, and there was a bit of disapproval in his tone.

Zhang Hong smiled and said to Qiu Xikui, "Zimo is also from a Jinshi, but he is reluctant to go out because of the endless party disputes in the current dynasty. However, you are still young, and you are somewhat influenced by the Donglin Party people in the Jiangnan area. The old man told you that there are thousands of things in this world, but not all of them are related to party disputes. ”

When Qiu Xikui heard this, he was a little reluctant in his heart. He, the master, is actually not a serious master, and he usually doesn't care about the specific things of money, food, and punishment. However, Qiu Xikui, as a scholar, as a young jinshi, if you let him not pay attention to current affairs, it is completely impossible. Although he doesn't like party disputes, he is still very keen on talking about politics.

Qiu Xikui said to Zhang Hong, "Heweng (Zhang Hong's name Hejian), you said that there are thousands of things in the world, and they are not necessarily related to party disputes. For this, the kid is deeply convinced. However, in the boy's view, although everything in the world is not necessarily related to party disputes, as long as it involves important government affairs and court officials, I am afraid that they are all related to party disputes. The burning of Zhang's mansion, the top ten, must be related to the party dispute. Those who can resort to such cruel methods are either the Zhejiang Party or the Chu Party. In this world, the bad thing is in the party struggle. For the sake of party struggle, those meat eaters in the DPRK and China will absolutely do everything. ”

When Zhang Hong heard that Qiu Xikui no longer called himself the proprietor, he knew that Qiu Xikui, a young man, had committed the mistake of empty talk. Although Zhang Hong didn't like business, he started from the Qipin County Order in Xia County, and sat step by step to the position of the prefect of Sipin Huangtang. has been an official for more than 20 years, but he knows too well. Most of the big things that happen in this place are dirty disputes between local gate lords and foreign forces.

According to Zhang Hong's political experience over the past several decades, the smaller the place, the simpler and cruder the means of interest struggle. When he was a county official, he saw with his own eyes that in order to pay less taxes, a small local landlord dared to collude with mountain bandits and robbers to intercept and kill the officials of the imperial court. He also knew that in order to compete for water between two villages in the countryside, people from one place could die at every turn.

For a young man like Qiu Xikui, who has been studying since he was a child, has been taking the scientific examination since he grew up, and has never done any practice, how does he know how cruel and fierce the local struggle is.

Zhang Hong's painting has entered a bottleneck during this time, and he also has the heart to talk to young people about the way of politics. He said to Qiu Xikui, "The old man doesn't tell you those vain truths. In less than ten days, just look at who will go to the property of the Zhang family in Jingzhou, and you will know who set the fire of the Zhang family in Jingzhou. ”

Sure enough, on the fourth day, as the master of the Jingzhou prefect, Qiu Xikui met the fourth steward of the Zhijiang Palace, Zhu Weiyan's fourth uncle Liu Huaiji. He came to take over the property of the Zhang family in Jingzhou.

looked at Liu Huaiji, who was smiling and talking elegantly, and then looked at the IOU in his hand that still had a bit of fireworks. Qiu Xikui's heart was full of chills