When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he smiled and said, "Yan Jun, you, three sentences are inseparable from silver after all." Fortunately, it is you and I who are masters and apprentices, and it is okay to talk about one or two, otherwise it will be rumored, and your reputation will plummet. ”

Yan Hong also smiled and said: "Teacher, the student doesn't have a reputation, what are you afraid of?" Besides, before the students were imprisoned, they were originally responsible for handling some business, so what was so unusual about the money. Let them go, what does it have to do with me! ”

Zhang Juzheng said again: "I heard that before you entered the prison, you just handled the Andingmen murder case to clear the grievances of Feng Xiaoxian, a prisoner of Guozi Prison. Then you see, how is this Feng Xiaoxian? ”

Yan Hong pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Feng is a sincere gentleman, generous and benevolent, and a good person who is not one in ten thousand. ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly: "Then what if he is an official, what official position do you give him?" ”

"Brother Feng is an official, it is difficult to become an atmosphere, and it can be said that it is unbearable." Yan Hong replied simply.

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "Why did Yan Jun say this? Filial piety is benevolent and a sincere gentleman, you also admit it, why do you say that he can't be an official? ”

Yan Hong thought for a while and said: "As an official, benevolence is important, but it does not mean that if you are benevolent, you will definitely be a good official. What is more important for officials is talent. When you are an official and hold the power of the state, you have to face a large number of people and some lawbreakers, and you have to have the means to deal with it, otherwise you will harm others and yourself. Although Xiaoxian has a good character, he is too honest and easy to be fooled, and his father-in-law deceived him. He is too gracious and would rather put his life into it than tell the truth. If such a person is an official, he will inevitably be deceived by his subordinates, or deceived by traitors. He is soft-hearted, and it is inevitable that the taxes that should be levied will not be collected at that time, and the criminals who should be dealt with will not be able to do it, and most of them will bend the law for personal gain as soon as the other party says that there is an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child below, so I say that filial piety is the first official, and it will not be of great use in the end. ”

At that time, the atmosphere of officialdom still paid attention to virtue first, not only in virtue, but also in virtue. Discussing the merits of being an official is often a discussion about the morality of the person, and the level of governance is not taken seriously. Yan Hong's point of view can be said to be deviant, but it is somewhat consistent with Zhang Juzheng's standard for using officials.

Zhang Juzheng said again: "Then if you want to give him an official, what position do you appoint him?" ”

Yan Hong thought about it again. He is not familiar with the official system of the Ming Dynasty, but a position he has seen before crossing seems to be quite suitable for this old man. So he said: "Students talk nonsense, and teachers don't laugh." In my opinion, Mo Ruo set up a yamen to receive people from all over the world to redress their grievances. That Brother Feng is soft-hearted, patient, and good-tempered, and is suitable for listening to these people. He was not angry, but had a pleasant face, and the people were naturally satisfied with his reception. And Brother Feng is also thoughtful, recording the grievances of the people one by one and reporting them to the peak, he must have done a good job in this work. ”

Zhang Juzheng listened to it, nodded secretly, and said: This son's heart is compatible with me. Although the language is vulgar, it is quite insightful. If he can really ponder it, he will be an arm in the court. It's a pity that he didn't want to take the right path of the imperial examination, and his achievements were limited after all. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little regretful.

After Yan Hong finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng said: "Yan Jun, you and I are masters and apprentices, you don't have to hide anything." However, when it comes to officialdom in the future, some words are still hidden in the heart and should not be spoken. Regardless of this, I have called you to-day, and I have yet to tell you something. You are in a thousand households in brocade clothes, and you are busy with health affairs, so you can't miss your business because of Guozijian's homework. Therefore, yesterday, Gao Xianjiu discussed with me that there is a practice of studying according to relatives in the country, and from tomorrow, you don't need to come to the country. A good student at home studies and takes care of health affairs, and when it is time to take the exam, he will come to the prison to take the exam. ”

When Yan Hong heard this, he knew that Gao Gong finally couldn't help but bombard him and leave, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, he really didn't expect to be able to get out of the sea of suffering in two days. He got cheap and good, and the conversation with Zhang Juzheng in the past two days was very speculative, and he couldn't help but add:

"Teacher, I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as the teacher said, right? Although there are students who study according to their relatives, they are all students who are not in Beijing. The students of the prison in Beijing remember that they should still be in prison as usual. Could it be that I have only been here for two days, and I have made Mr. Gao unhappy? ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he couldn't help it, he laughed a few times, then returned to his serious face, and pointed: "Do you still have the face to say?" On the first day, I went to bed and dreamed of spring, handed in a white scroll, and today I handed in a ghost drawing talisman. Not to mention, every day at noon, there are pretty maids delivering food, fighting in the carriage, and the sound of prostitution shocks the servants outside the gate of the national prison. What kind of system does it become in broad daylight? If you stay any longer, I'm afraid that the face of the Guozijian will make you lose your face. The high sacrificial wine has discussed with me, and quickly send you away, so as not to be angry with you. ”

Yan Hong understood when he heard it, and his heart was embarrassed, he couldn't imagine that the sound insulation effect of this ancient carriage was not so good. At the moment, he didn't dare to tell that I was just playing foreplay, and if I really told Mr. Zhang what was going on, I was afraid that it would be even worse. He had to nod his head and smile.

Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng is unique. He and Gao Gong are actually not based on the ancient law and do their own thing. The attitude of being an official is not only about morality but not about others. But the two are different. Gao Gong self-discipline is stricter, although the employment of people is eclectic, but it is inevitable to look at people to morality, and there is an instinctive emphasis on order. In this way, Yan Hong's nonsense behavior certainly made him unhappy.

Zhang Juzheng is even more chic. His own father, Zhang Wenming, is an arrogant talent in Jiangling City, and Zhang Juzheng's tolerance for ** scoundrels is much stronger than Gao Gong. For him, it doesn't matter if Yan Hong does any bad things, the key is what kind of good things he can do.

Yan Hong's nonsense in Guozijian, in Zhang Juzheng's opinion, is his true nature, what is so strange? It was what Yan Hong expressed in his two conversations that made Zhang Juzheng quite interested. Although these two talks, Yan Hong was more pragmatic than pragmatic. But considering that he is old and weak, he has not been in a real position, if he wants to be pragmatic, it is equivalent to letting the old sow go up the tree, which is neither possible nor necessary.

Speaking of which, it is not difficult to cultivate this practical ability. As long as you work in the local area for a few years, or enter the actual institution in the capital for a period of time, you will naturally be familiar with government affairs. For example, in Hongwu and Yongle, the Guozi prisoners, who were very popular at that time, also had to go through the affairs of various ministries first; Today's imperial examination jinshi also needs six departments to observe politics, which is all an exercise of practical ability. With Yan Hong's mind, it can be said that it is quite easy to make up for the shortcomings in this regard.

And the most important thing is that Yan Hong's thoughts on officialdom, government affairs and employment are secretly in line with Zhang Juzheng. This shows that Yan Hong has become a rare and valuable talent. For such a talent, Zhang Juzheng naturally will not delve into his life style. Seeing Yan Hong nodding and smiling, Zhang Juzheng didn't say much, waved his hand and drove him out.

From this day on, after Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Yan Hong was so happy that he would no longer go to Guozijian to find his own guilt. He either stayed at home, or went to the Jinyi Wei Yamen to chat with the old man Mu who had returned to work after his leave. Or just find a government office to go in, soak for a long time, and the days will be free.

And Wang Ting and the other four general flags, who worked together with Yan Hong to capture Zheng Guoqi, can be regarded as carrying guns together, especially the risk of being attacked by the clear stream of the DPRK and China. With this level of friendship, the relationship between each other is closer.

Yan Hong's body is an arrogant and domineering evil boy, and the imposter after possession has no sense of condescension and inferiority, and he likes to drink and chat with these four people when he has nothing to do, and he is happy and unrestrained.

This time, these four general flags, the matter of being able to talk to the eldest grandson of the three generations of the Yan family has become common sense in Weili. As the saying goes, although Yan Hong is not very old, he is a super potential stock of Jinyiwei. As a result, the prestige of the four general flags rose, and many brothers of the same rank and lower ranks began to give them gifts and favors. is his direct superior, and he has to be polite when he sees them.

At home, the relationship between Yan Hong and Hu Wanniang is gradually getting better than in the past. Perhaps it was the night before Guozijian went to school, and the husband and wife blended together, so that Hu Wanniang finally tasted the joy of being a woman. Although Yan Hong expressed his refusal to read many times, Hu Wanniang was still melancholy and even angry, but after a long time, Wanniang could only accept her fate.

And after Yan Hong listened to Shen'er say the thoughts of the late mother, although he did not want to study hard because of this, he no longer deliberately said those words to anger the late mother. In this way, the husband and wife hid their deepest contradictions with each other and maintained a superficial harmony. Every night, as usual, it is upside down, clouds and rain. After more than a month, the late mother's cheeks gradually became more rosy. When getting along with Yan Hong, although he still has some temperament occasionally, most of the time he has begun to become gentle.

There were more words between the husband and wife, and the late mother knew that her husband would never be able to study, so she only told him about trivial things at home, the accounts he managed, etc., which was also a family feeling. And Yan Hong occasionally took out the poems written by Feng Xiaoxian, or the little ancient texts he remembered in his previous life language class, to make up two sentences. As for the maid pendant, as soon as she returned home, she changed her rules, and she was even more polite to Yan Hong than in the past, presumably because she was afraid that the young lady would see the clues. As for throwing himself into his arms like when the country was delivering food, it is naturally even more impossible.

In this quiet life, Yan Hong thought that he and Sun Yuerong had been separated for half a year, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. He also thought about whether to ask someone to bring a letter or a message? But looking around, I couldn't find half a suitable person. Although there are many members of the Yan Mansion, who dares to hide from the master and help the young master send a love letter to a female thief? As for the four general banners of Jinyiwei, although the relationship is good, it is not easy to find them for such a personal affair of children. Especially now that Feihu Village is still a bandit, it is even more impossible to trust people.