Just as Bi Ziyan was discussing his daughter's future with his wife at home, in the mansion of another high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he was also talking to someone about the future - of course, he was also taking the short-haired path. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Haha, Qitian, with your help this time, my way will not be alone!"

Qian Qianyi said with a smile while holding the pot and pouring wine for the other party, while the person opposite also stood up and saluted solemnly:

"The disciple was confused for a while, failed to follow in the teacher's footsteps, and in hindsight, he often regretted it. Today, I can listen to the teachings of my teacher, and my disciples have no regrets. ”

The person who can let Qian Shangshu, who is now in high demand, set up a small banquet to receive him, and personally hold a pot to persuade wine, is obviously not an ordinary junior. In fact, the one sitting opposite him at this time, although he nominally respects him Qian Qianyi as a teacher, and always regards himself as a disciple, but in fact, in terms of age, fame, and previous status in the court, the relationship between the two is closer to a political ally that supports each other, rather than a simple master-apprentice relationship.

- Qu Shiyun, the word Qitian, also known as Jiaxuan, a frequent acquaintance in Jiangsu, he is only eight years younger than Qian Qianyi, and he had contacts in the countryside in his early years, so there is a saying of apprenticeship.

The time when the two stepped into officialdom was even closer - Qian Qianyi was a jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli, while Qu Shiyun was only two terms worse than him, and in the 44th year of Wanli, he was also admitted to the jinshi and became a member of the ruling class of the Ming Empire.

Speaking of which, these two can be regarded as young people: Qian Qianyi is twenty-eight years old, and Qu Shiyun is twenty-six years old! There is not much difference in age, and they are both acquaintances, so their personalities and ambitions are naturally very close, otherwise they would not be about master and apprentice. According to later generations, it is the same three views...... In this way, it is both a township party and a master and apprentice, and there is no doubt that it is a natural community in the officialdom, and it is natural for each other to be Austrian aid.

In the early years of Chongzhen, the emperor wanted to elect cabinet ministers, and Qian Qianyi had the highest voice, where did this "voice" come from? Of course, it can't be the old money who recommends himself. In fact, it was led by Qu Shiyun in the household department at the time, and led a group of Donglin colleagues to advocate for it, creating a momentum!

Of course, with the fall of Lao Qian, Qu Shiyun, as a hardcore, was undoubtedly unlucky, and he was cut off all his official positions and went back to his hometown to eat old rice. In history, he, like Qian Qianyi, spent 17 years in Chongzhen, and only returned to politics in the Southern Ming Dynasty, trying his best to save the Han family. It's a pity that Nanming's political situation ...... Later generations know that it has profoundly interpreted what it means to "not be the worst, only worse", and it may not be helpful to change Long Aotian to power. Qu Shiyun was full of blood, and in the end he could only squander it in vain and be martyred for the Ming Dynasty.

However, in this time and space, due to the chaotic entry of the Qiong Navy, Qian Qianyi stayed at home for a few years and then took advantage of the merit of Zhao'an, came to a salted fish and turned over, and returned to Beijing in high spirits. Why didn't Qu Shiyun keep up? But it was because of the disagreement between their master and apprentice on this matter - when Qian Qianyi got the news and decided to devote himself to it, in fact, the first thing that came to mind was Qu Shiyun, and he came to the door in the hope that he could accompany him to Qiongzhou Island - he didn't know the bottom of his heart at that time, and many of his own people were more at ease by his side after all.

However, Qu Shiyun is not as "flexible" as Lao Qian, and the plot of traditional scholars is heavier. The perception of the southern bandits was no different from that of other people at that time, not only did they not want to go, but they also tried their best to persuade Qian Qianyi not to go - those people were anti-thieves! Teacher, you have a clear name in your life, how can you get mixed up with a group of thieves!

The master and apprentice failed to negotiate with each other, and in the end, Lao Qian had to go on the road alone. But his adventure was successful, and it paid off very handsomely, so what about Qu Shiyun?

If you change to a thick-skinned and utilitarian one, write a letter to apologize, or simply pretend that nothing has happened, it is not difficult to re-paste it to mix up the future. But Qu Shiyun is not such a person - people who read books have a good face, and most of them have stubborn personalities, and Qu Shiyun is even more so. Historically, he served as the secretary of the Southern Ming Dynasty's military department, and Zhang Tongchang, the grandson of Zhang Juzheng, guarded Guilin to the death, was captured by Kong Youde, and was repeatedly persuaded to surrender but was rejected, and finally calmly took justice. With such a character, how can he ask for an official with a straight face? Not even the teacher with whom you have the closest relationship!

So although during that time, everyone in the township said that the Qian family had risen, the Qu family had celebrated since the crown, and even the servants at home had prepared luggage for the master to go to Beijing to recover, but Qu Shiyun did not move, and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai - a full year and a half! Instead, Qian Qianyi was so anxious that he died.

-- Qian Qianyi suddenly got a high position, his foundation was not stable, and the weakness of no one in the entrainment was very obvious. Although he is known as the leader of Donglin and has a lot of prestige among the younger generation of scholars, there are not many talents who can really undertake actual government affairs in the short term. The ones recommended before: Zhao Yi and Zhao Fengxiang are determined to be in the military industry, and his emotional intelligence is too low and his mouth is too smelly, so he offends people at every turn, so let him be a technician to make do. But because of Sun Yuanhua's example, Qian Qianyi really didn't dare to recommend him as an official. Another protégé, Sun Hao Sun Taichu, was full of spirit at first, but since he was shocked by the Qiong Navy in the first battle of Dengzhou Mansion, he has become depressed, and even declined the recommendation of the division, and now he is only spending time in the Ministry of War, and I don't know if he is depressed from now on, or can he really calm down and exercise at the grassroots level, so as to soar into the sky in the future?

After doing the math, those who are really recommended by Qian Qianyi and can gain a firm foothold in the short hair are now a Luzon Tongzhi, Shi Kefa and Shi Xianzhi. This one has a great future - the merit of getting the "Great General" from the hands of Shorthair alone is enough to justify his promotion to the position of prefect of Luzon. And as the relationship between Qionghai Town and the imperial court became more and more intimate, it was only to stop hostilities before, then to help fight the war, and now it is necessary to give money to the ship...... It is difficult to say where it will come if it goes on step by step, but there is no doubt that the status of Qian Qianyi and the people recommended by his disciples will definitely rise.

It's a pity that there are too few such talents! Lao Qian is now proud of being an official, the only thing that makes him feel a headache is that there are too few people in his own faction, and now what can make him wake up in the middle of the night and carefully calculate is most likely that there is a good position here or there, and if the old man makes a move, he will be able to take it - but unfortunately no one fills it! If it weren't for this, when Emperor Chongzhen cleaned up the empire's financial system some time ago and cleaned up countless fat shortages, Qian Qianyi's faction would not have sat next to him and could only stare dryly.

Under such circumstances, it is really a waste of talent to let a hardcore brother like Qu Shiyun stay in the countryside of Changshu to watch the stars. What's more, there was no contradiction between the two, just different views on the same thing, Qu Shiyun didn't want to take risks by himself, and it was indeed out of concern, Qian Qianyi didn't have any knots in his heart, and still regarded him as a confidant.

Therefore, when Qian Qianyi returned to Beijing from Hainan Island for the first time, he asked people to send a letter back to Changshu, asking Qu Shiyun to come out to help him, but he only got a reply: Qu Shiyun sincerely admitted his mistake to the teacher in the letter, saying that he had made a mistake in judgment and wrote a bunch of apologies. But as for the topic of Qian Qianyi asking him to go out of the mountain to help, he avoided talking about it.

Qian Qianyi is a smart person, and he figured out the reason at a glance - he was careless for a while, and the triumphant emotional expression in that letter was too obvious, and the tone of asking Qu Shiyun to hurry up to help run errands was too casual, which stimulated the self-esteem of his hardcore supporter!

What can I do? - No way, literati care more about face than women, Qian Qianyi himself is also a literati, and he is also the top category among them, of course he deeply understands this. It can only take time to slowly recover.

…… He wrote three or four letters back and forth, and as Qian Qianyi's official status improved, the tone in the letter became more and more gentle and sincere. The timing should also be considered, and it cannot be said that the previous letter was sent out, and the subsequent series of life-threatening reminders were immediately followed. I'll have to wait a few months before I can continue...... In other places of the Ming Dynasty, including Changshu, a topic lasts for a month, and even the year, there will be a following, which is normal. If you rush it, it will be considered undignified and informal. Qian Qianyi had made this mistake before, and now he had to be patient and slowly complete this full set of water grinding skills.

It was not easy to do all the tricks between cultural people, and a year and a half has passed -- this is also due to the fact that Qu Shiyun and Lao Qian are dead friends, hardcore, and they know each other well, and there are no contradictions and misunderstandings in the middle, but they go through the form according to the "tradition" so-so, which is basically time-saving.

Then Qu Shiyun finally packed his luggage and went to Beijing, he is only forty-four years old this year, and he is in the prime of life and the most capable, it must be false to say that he does not want to be an official. And Qian Qianyi also attaches great importance to him, otherwise he would not have spent so much effort trying to win him over. Now that the two have met again, one is eager to seek talents, the other is even the wisdom of the teacher, plus the two Qian family staff who accompany the guests: Chen Zaizhu and Qian Yangxian have long been familiar with Qu Shiyun, and there is a harmonious atmosphere in the small flower hall.

While he was drunk, he couldn't help but talk about Qu Shiyun's whereabouts -- the location had been reserved for him a long time ago: Tongzhi of Dongning Prefecture in Taiwan, although it was a newly attached land, but under the management of Shorthair, it was said that the wealth was no less than that of the big port in the south of the Yangtze River, at least the amount of money and grain reported was about the same. And there is no prefect in that place, and he used to be the number one person in the real fight, holding real power, and he definitely belongs to the top and the shortage. The officials don't know how many lawsuits have been fought for this, if it weren't for Qian Dashangshu's reservation a long time ago, and it was on the territory of short-haired, the court was not good at casually stuffing people over, how could it be kept until now! (To be continued.) )