Chapter 25: Is That So?
When the actors on the stage saw that the prefect had a guest arrived, they all stopped and stood there in a daze, not knowing whether to retreat or continue singing. Zhang Yi smiled: "Go on, change to a more festive one, and sing "Journey to the West". β
The actors on the stage hurriedly retreated to paint their faces and change their makeup, and after a while, Sun Wukong jumped on the stage, and the gongs and drums sounded sonorously again.
This play is a miscellaneous drama that existed in the Yuan Dynasty, and the layout and character descriptions are still too rough, but the details of the story are similar to the "Journey to the West" that Ye Xiaotian has heard.
Zhang Yi watched the play for a while, and then said to Ye Xiaotian with a smile: "Two days ago, a person named Xu Boyi passed by Tongren Mansion and came to visit me. β
Ye Xiaotian said: "Ah! It's him, he's the new county governor of Huxian. It is said that the relationship with Tian Fu is very close, and you are also a member of the Tian family, since you are passing by Tongren, it is also a proper meaning for him to visit his teacher. β
Zhang Yi smiled and said: "Yes, I can ignore him, but the Tian family can't help but give face, so I met him." When I asked him about the current imperial examination, he also specifically mentioned you, hehe, I think he seems to have a bit of a holiday with you. β
Ye Xiaotian said: "The student does have some holidays with Xu Boyi. β
Ye Xiaotian told him how he had a grudge with Xu Boyi when he was in Huxian, and said: "He was originally a very decent scholar, but he was swept away by me, how could he not hate it in his heart, so after meeting me in Guiyang, he repeatedly tried to design and harm me." β
Ye Xiaotian turned to Zhang Yi and said with a smile: "Presumably, Xu Boyi doesn't know about my relationship with my teacher, so he dares to slander me unscrupulously in front of my teacher, right?" β
Zhang Yi looked at Sun Wukong on the stage turning his head, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and said with a smile: "Some people say that the person who knows you best." is often the one who wants to calculate you, this is really true, Xu Boyi is very clear about you. β
Ye Xiaotian said: "Oh? β
Zhang Yi said: "He knows very well that you are a talent in my personal recording, so not only did he not slander you in front of me, but praised you a lot." But...... He said it sincerely and reluctantly, can't I still see it? β
Ye Xiaotian was a little surprised when he heard this, not only surprised that Xu Boyi had learned so much about him, but also surprised by Zhang Yi's shrewdness.
Zhang Yi's body is obese, this naturally can't be faked, but who stipulates that people who are fat like this must even stuff their brains with fat? He is vassally elegant. The poems he made are bullshit, and he still thinks he is clever, which is true, but he is not a fool.
Zhang Yi frowned and said, "This person is too scheming, and he has a heavy desire for power, I don't like him very much." Alas! The Tian family was greatly injured by Emperor Taizu's calculations, and they have been thinking about recovering the glory of their ancestors all these years. I see that under the pity of the evil queen, she is a little unscrupulous. β
Ye Xiaotian said sympatheticly: "The students also think so, Xu Boyi is a mother with milk, and there is no discipline at all." Today he can take refuge in the Tian family. In the future, as long as someone promises him more benefits, he can also betray the Tian family. β
Zhang Yi tapped lightly on the armrest with his fat fingers, and said with a smile: "Not bad!" The mercy of the evil queen asked him to go to Huxian, which should be a test for him. Test whether this person is of great use, and if available, will do his best to cultivate him. So, this is your last chance to deal with it! β
Ye Xiaotian humbly begged for advice: "What does the teacher mean? β
Zhang Yi said: "I'm afraid the festival between you can't be solved." And once he has the full support of the Tian family, how can you still fight him? Now that it is a test for him by the Tian family, he will not interfere too much, you might as well do your best, as long as he falls, it will be useless, and the Tian family will naturally abandon him. β
Although Ye Xiaotian called "teacher" one by one, he didn't believe that just because Zhang Yi named him as a showman, what a deep master-apprentice friendship was really established between the two. Zhang Yi is also a member of the Tian family, but he plans for him wholeheartedly, hoping that he will bring down a person who the Tian family wants to reuse?
Ye Xiaotian said tentatively: "The student is going to Huxian County, it is Ren Dianshi, Xu Boyi is the student's top boss, it is difficult to fight!" Another one, don't hide it from the teacher, when Xiaotian was in Guiyang, he once met a woman, and when the two fell in love, he knew that she was the eldest lady of the Xia family in Hongfeng Lake.
The student and Xu Boyi fought, although it was because of a personal grudge between the two, would the Tian family mistakenly think that the student was standing up for the Xia family? The Tian family's power is much greater than that of the Xia family, and if the Tian family intervenes because of this, then the students will have no chance of winning. β
Zhang Fatzi said with a smile: "I said, this is a test of Xu Boyi by the Tian family, a test of his ability, since it is for such a purpose, the Tian family will not interfere." You don't have to worry about the Tian family coming forward to carry it for Xu Boyi. β
Ye Xiaotian said half-jokingly: "If that's the case, the students will be relieved." It's just that, in the eyes of outsiders, the student is a member of the Xia family, but the teacher is a member of the Tian family, and the teacher supports the disciple so much, you will not be mistaken by the Tian family for taking refuge in the Xia family, which will cause you inconvenience, right? β
Zhang Fatzi suddenly laughed, shook his fat hand and said: "No, no, there are hundreds of toasts in Guizhou, each with its own territory, each with its own power, it has been such a pattern for thousands of years, and it has been unbreakable."
My Tongren Mansion is surrounded by forces loyal to the Tian family, I want to take refuge in the Xia family, don't say that these Tian forces around me don't agree, even many of my subordinates won't agree. For thousands of years, the toasts within our Tian family have been married and fused with each other, and the relationship has long been intertwined, and it can't be cut with a knife, unless I'm crazy, the Tian family won't believe that I will betray. β
Zhang Fatzi picked up the tea, took a sip with a smile, and said: "The toasts have to fight with each other, that is, to compete for who is stronger and has a higher ranking, and there will be no big moves between each other." Oh! At this point, I mean those big toasts, after all, the tree is a big wind, and you can't act rashly. As for the little toasts, this is not the case, such as the two toasts in Huling......"
Zhang Fatzi took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, shook his head and sighed: "Since the post road was opened, Huxian has become the north gate of our Guizhou, but there are two hereditary little toasts there, so no big toast has never had the idea of being there, why do you think it is?"
Because, no matter how young he is, he is also a toast. The pattern of Guizhou has remained unchanged for thousands of years, because a very stable relationship has long been formed between large and small toasts, just like the stage in front of us......"
Zhang Fatzi pointed to the stage and said: "The four beams and eight pillars are the Four Heavenly Kings, the Eight King Kongs, and other large and small toasts are the cornerstones below.
So...... No toast dares to break the rules. Who broke the rules. Who is the public enemy of the toasts. But the imperial court is different, the behemoth of the imperial court, since the time of Emperor Taizu, has always wanted to demolish our stage and build a small pavilion for the emperor and his family to watch the scenery here.
The two Tusi fought because of the land dispute, but the court took advantage of the situation, deposed the two Tusi, and set up a county to send officials, what would happen if the court succeeded? That's the equivalent of taking two bricks under this stage. Another wedge was scored!
If this wedge is left there properly, it can serve as the two bricks before it rots, but there is still a strong man of the imperial court standing on the edge of the stage. He kept smashing the wedge with a sledgehammer, and he wanted to use the wedge to pry the stage down. So, the toasts have set their sights on here, however...... Who pulled out that wedge? Build two more bricks on it, but it's not very reusable, you know? β
Ye Xiaotian understood. The imperial court has always wanted to change the political landscape in Guizhou and bring it under its direct control. There are certainly such and such problems between more than 100 toasts of all sizes in Guizhou, but they compete internally, only fighting for who is stronger, higher ranking, and more influential, and fighting for more resources for their families.
But no one has the strength to eliminate other Tusi, even if they have this strength, they don't dare to act rashly, setting off the "Warring States Era" in Guizhou, swallowing the big and the small, fighting each other until the only king is decided.
Because there is an even more powerful force in their heads, and that is the imperial court. For thousands of years, despite the change of dynasties in the Central Plains, there has always been a strong centralized power. For thousands of years, there are many outstanding people among the Tusi in Guizhou, who are interested in eliminating all the Tusi, but I am the only one, but because of the lion of the imperial court watching on the side, the power pattern here has never changed.
Now that the imperial court has accelerated its penetration into Guizhou, all the Tusi are feeling the crisis. They were both competitors and partners, both wanting to take the enclave into their own hands and working together to push out the hands of the imperial court.
Therefore, before no one can control Huxian, they will rush to get started, but once someone does it first, they will change from competitors to supporters of this person, and they will do their best to defend him, so that the imperial court will not have any more opportunities.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaotian nodded slowly and said, "The student understands, thank you for your advice." β
Zhang Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's good to understand, so, go to Huxian, you do it well and boldly, Huxian is the north gate of Guizhou, and it is the front door of my Tongren, Xu Boyi I don't like this person, I prefer to be guarded by you there." β
Ye Xiaotian stood up and slammed it to the ground.
Zhang Yi said: "You go, go and talk to Li Zhongyin first, hehe, the old man robbed his proud protΓ©gΓ©, this old guy doesn't say it, he must be very resentful in his heart, the old man will go over in a while." β
Ye Xiaotian said respectfully: "Yes! The student quits. β
A little girl came next to her, leading Ye Xiaotian to the living room, Zhang Yi turned to the stage and watched the play with relish. After a while, a woman wearing a light head and a white dress with an extremely graceful figure walked out from behind the stage.
Zhang Da Fat Man pulled out his body hard, sat down in frustration, and was about to ask someone to pull him out of the chair, when the woman with a shallow head had already chuckled and said, "Uncle Zhang, you just sit down, in front of your niece, what are you polite about." β
As the woman spoke, she walked over with Nana, and a maid stepped forward, wiped the chair that Ye Xiaotian had just sat on with a handkerchief, and then turned to the back of the chair to stand still, and the woman sat down.
Zhang Yi was shy with a big belly like a mountain, and said to the woman: "Miaowen, Xu Boyi is the person you want to use, why did you ask me to encourage Ye Xiaotian to fight with Xu Boyi?" It won't be ...... He's the one you really want to use, right? β
The woman raised her head slightly, revealing a pointy, white and delicate jaw, and chuckled, "How is that possible?" Ye Xiaotian is about to become the Xia family's Chenglong son-in-law, it is impossible for me to use it, I just want to use him to try to see if Xu Boyi is a piece of manufacturable material, if it is not good to build, forget it. β
Zhang Yi said: "Touchstone? If he tried to find out that Xu Boyi was just a piece of scrap iron, but he mastered Huxian, it would not be a matter of stealing chickens, but a handful of rice. β
Tian Miaowen was wearing a light dew, and she couldn't see her face clearly, but the drapes on the shallow dew fluctuated gently, making people clearly feel that an extremely charming smile was showing on her face.
She smiled at Zhang Yiwan, turned her head to look at the stage, and said lightly: "What does it matter?" As long as it's not in the hands of the imperial court. β
Zhang Fatzi touched his fat three-layer chin, and said in his heart: "Is this really the case?" So what are you doing here, hey! This girl is no longer a little girl who wraps her arms around someone's neck, twists like a twist, and pesters her fat uncle to ask for candy, she has grown up......"
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I have to go on a business trip for a few days in two days.,I opened the skylight for the fear of not updating the time.,You have to save up a little in advance.,So this week's rest day is placed in the next two days.,Two days after tomorrow.,Two days after tomorrow.,I hope you know! (To be continued......)