――In just two cups of tea, so many thoughts turned in Zhou Yanru's mind. And the consequence of these miscellaneous thoughts in his mind is that he is more and more determined to "tear" a little with Lao Qian, but he must not break his face. Judging from the carriage incident, Short Hair's attitude towards him is just a head worse than Lao Qian, but compared to other people in the court, he still has a very advantage, and this premise must not be forgotten!

So after a little ridicule of the other party, Zhou Yanru did not continue to dwell on this aspect, but went directly to the topic - a topic he has been thinking about since he walked out of the palace gate.

"Brother Mu Zhai wants to follow Zhang Jiangling's call?"

A gentle and clever sentence, coupled with Zhou Yanru's simple and casual playing with the purple sand teacup in his hand, seemed to be just a casual topic out of boredom, but Qian Qianyi, who had always been a light and breezy person, heard this sentence, but his face changed suddenly, and he didn't even notice that the teacup in his hand was tilted and half a cup of water was splashed on his sleeve.

- Gangneung Zhang Juzheng! The most successful and powerful minister since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It is also the only civil servant in the history of the Ming Empire who can really act as a courtier but act as the emperor. Emperor Wanli can be regarded as a scheming and skillful generation, but he didn't dare to collide with Zhang Juzheng when he was still alive, so he could only wait for his death to take revenge on his family. But he did not dare to openly condemn and raid his house, but let the army surround his mansion and starve the people inside to death - the dignified emperor actually did such a despicable thing, which shows how much pressure Zhang Juzheng put on the emperor during his lifetime.

But even so, the most in the world can only be said to be Zhang Jiangling's domineering, but no one dares to say that he is a rebellious minister and thief. Without the solid foundation he laid in the past ten years, it is impossible for the Ming Empire to have the strength to support the "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli" behind, and it is impossible for an emperor to stay in the harem for more than ten years without going to court and the country is not chaotic, which everyone in the world knows. Even the official had to admit it - so as soon as Wanli died, the imperial court rehabilitated Zhang Juzheng in the second year of the Apocalypse, and his merits during his lifetime and glory after his death were posthumously awarded.

For this senior who has really stood at the pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural for Qian Qianyi, who is still proud in the court at the moment, to envy and admire, but at this moment, Zhou Yanru directly asked him if he wanted to become the second Zhang Juzheng, which scared Lao Qian - can he still answer Yes, I want to grab your position?

I was stunned for a moment. Qian Qianyi laughed dryly:

"Zhang Taiyue's talent and achievements have always been admired by students. His anthologies, book explanations, and many times have been read. Its articles are concise and inspiring, which is enough to establish cowardice and stubbornness, and make people read it strongly. ”

- Lao Qian was also quick to react, and immediately shifted from deeds to comments and texts, which is his forte. It's a pity that Zhou Yanru came prepared. Of course, it was impossible for him to be led astray so easily, and he didn't have much to do with Qian Qianyi, so he just smiled to himself:

"The outside is strong, the internal power is handed over to the eunuch, and as the leader of the Donglin Party, the head of Shilin, the literary name is all over the world, and the disciple is half of the south of the Yangtze River...... Brother Mu Zhai. In all fairness, even if it was Zhang Jiangling. It may not have the advantage you have now. ”

This is too heartbreaking, Qian Qianyi couldn't be perfunctory, so he had to keep a straight face and look at the other party with a straight face:

"Jade Rope, you can't talk nonsense!"

At this time, Zhou Yanru became chic, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Qian Qianyi. As if he were the master of the carriage:

"Brother Mu Zhai, by the seniors! If I had bad intentions, I wouldn't have said these things to my face—whether it was to sow discord or be suspicious. More than one person has mentioned it in front of me lately. Brother Mu Zhai thinks that no one will say anything in front of the Son of Heaven? ”

Qian Qianyi's face was red and blue for a while, and the teacup in his hand was picked up and put down several times, and finally reluctantly said:

"The old man is loyal, and he just wants to contribute more to the court, how can he be such a worried and fearful person!"

Although his mouth was tough, his face showed a bit of dejection after all, and Zhou Yanru smiled faintly - it felt good to master the rhythm of the conversation.

"Actually, before this negotiation, I really had some doubts in my heart - compare my heart to my heart, Brother Mu Zhai, if you were in my position, would you have no guilt in your heart?"

Qian Qianyi's lips moved, but he didn't say anything - that's right, even he felt that he did have the strength to threaten Zhou Yanru, and it was natural for the latter to be jealous of him.

But since Zhou Yanru dared to talk to him so openly, of course, he had already made a calculation, and he would not tear his face seriously. So after having a slight upper hand in the conversation, he immediately softened his voice again:

"It's just that this negotiation with Qiong Zhenren has taught me a lot of things-that little brother Lin's words, when I think about it, it really makes a lot of sense. If we spend too much energy on testing and suspicion of each other, we will inevitably lose sight of business...... Therefore, my brother is not too presumptuous, and simply uses the method in the negotiation: let's openly announce the discussion once, whether it is appropriate or not, my brother thinks of it anyway and says, if my brother does not want to, there is no need to respond. Let's just talk about what can be discussed, how about it? ”

Qian Qianyi paused for a moment, and today he dared to make that suggestion in front of the Son of Heaven, which was to some extent a betrayal of the civil class. Naturally, the corresponding rhetoric has been prepared for the response to the cross-examination from fellow civil officials.

So just now he was dashing in the carriage, drinking tea and setting up music, just to wait for Zhou Yanru to accuse him: "How can you take the initiative to ask the emperor to send eunuchs!" And he replied calmly: "Even if we don't say that the emperor will definitely send it, instead of sending an unfamiliar one, it is better to have a better relationship." ”…… And so on and so forth.

However, he didn't expect Zhou Zhuangyuan to follow his routine at all, and he pulled the topic to the other side when he opened his mouth, which he didn't expect in advance, one step after another, and the topic after that was naturally mastered by the other party, and he could only deal with it passively.

But at this time, seeing that Zhou Yanru actually came up with Lin Hanlong's little trick, Qian Qianyi also laughed - use the short-haired method to fool me? Okay, let's see who's the better at it.

So after Qian Qianyi was stunned for a moment, he immediately showed eight white teeth:

"Okay, then let's follow this rule!"

…………

The sound of the car was sparkling, and the four-wheeled carriage of Qian Ge's hometown was moving leisurely on the street, and if there was a turtle behind the slow speed, it was estimated that he would not be able to help but honk his horn to overtake, but who would dare - next to the carriage was the honor guard of the Shoufu Zhou monk and the Qian family! Even if they sit down on the street and set up a table of mahjong, others can only wait for them to finish playing four laps.

In the carriage, Zhou Yanru and Qian Qianyi were also smiling and laughing, obviously talking very happily. Qian Ge Lao's small purple sand teapot has been empty several times, but such trivial matters don't have to be worried about Ge Lao, knocking on the wall of the board and someone will immediately send the boiling tea, and the coachman of the Qian family also took out the ability to hang the whole car, the frame is light and stable, and a full cup of tea is placed on the table of the carriage, and it is not leaking!

However, the conversation between the two in the carriage was not so leaky, after Zhou Yanru took the lead in putting down his body and expressing his desire to talk to Qian Qianyi about "open and honest announcement", the latter no matter what he thought in his heart, he had to put on a cooperative attitude on his face and take some "real things" out.

"......'There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests'...... Hmph, sure enough, it's something that only those people can say. Utilitarian vulgarity! Plain and simple! But it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people......"

After hearing this so-called description of "state-to-state relations" from Lao Qian, Zhou Yanru, like Qian Qianyi, did not think that this sentence could only be used between the two countries. And Qionghai Town's many behaviors that have been confusing them seem to have a breakthrough.

"They really seem to be doing things according to this rule...... No wonder the imperial court asked them for money and boats, and they all easily agreed to come down, just because ......"

"They can get more from Daming!"

Qian Qianyi smiled slightly bitterly and nodded at Zhou Yanru:

"So the jade rope doesn't have to worry about the old man following Zhang Taiyue's example - the Zhuqi of Qiongzhen is definitely not Qi Nantang, Li Yincheng is comparable, and the old man can't move them. No matter what they do, they can only do it on their own, and outsiders can't do it at all. ”

Zhou Yanru didn't seem to be worried about Qian Qianyi's threat at all, but frowned when he heard this:

"In this way, Brother Mu Zhai's influence on them is not as great as the outside world legend? This is troublesome, the court originally thought that relying on the fame and kindness of Brother Mu Zhai, it could still restrain them somewhat...... But if these people only care about profit......"

"Not exactly."

Of course, Qian Qianyi will not admit that he can't entrap Qionghai Town, that is the foundation of his position in the court. To alleviate Zhou Yanru's doubts is one thing, but you must not smash your own signboard!

"When the old man was in Hainan, he met with most of the people. I always felt that their attitude towards the old man was very strange, and it seemed that they were divided into two completely different factions: some people, well, most of them were young men, and they seemed to be very contemptuous of the old man. I always say something strange like 'the water is too cold' and 'the scalp is itchy' for some reason, and one or two people just say that, but those people say the same...... Jade Rope, have you ever heard of the rumors that the old man has this regard? ”

"The water is too cold? Itchy scalp? ”

Zhou Yanru pondered carefully, and then shook his head:

"No, isn't it some kind of hidden word?"

Qian Qianyi also shook his head:

"I don't know, but I also sent someone back to my hometown to inquire, and even the envoy of Wei Luo secretly visited the street, but I never heard of it...... If there is a chance in the future, I will ask the people of Qiongzhen in person: there are some secret secrets that even the old man himself does not know, but it is actually widely circulated among them. (To be continued.) )