Chapter 17 True and False Princess Seventeen
Because his hands were angry at home, the neighbors pointed fingers at Liu Wait, so Liu Wait decided to go out for a walk. The first is to avoid everyone's strange eyes, and the second is to increase knowledge and broaden one's horizons. I didn't expect to go out to know that so many people who read are all talented, and there are so many people in the world who have broken their wives and broken up because they have offended people who should not be offended. Liu Cheng finally began to "wake up", no matter how good his knowledge is, it is not as good as a good background, an upright scholar is not an opponent of an insidious villain, and the descendants of a wealthy family can also bully the so-called protégé of the Son of Heaven. Liu Cheng doesn't want to be a scholar who only has fame and nothing, and he doesn't want to be a petty official who only has a clear name and no benefits. Liu Zhi not only wants to be an official but also a big official, a big official who can control the life and death of others, and a big official who makes his life nourishing. To do this, you must first have a big backer. Liu inquired, and now the imperial court is nominally in charge of Emperor Jiajing, but in fact, Emperor Jiajing doesn't care about anything, and the person in charge is Yan Song, who was the first assistant to the cabinet at the time. Liu Cheng decided to go to Yan Song's mansion to seek refuge in Yan Song, but he couldn't even enter the gate of Yan Song's house, because there were many people like Liu Cheng who asked to take refuge in Yan Song every day, and Yan Song would not easily take in useless people. The other party told Liu Zhi that if he didn't have the ability and ability, he wouldn't be able to enter the Yan Mansion, and not everyone would be able to eat this bowl of rice.
Although Liu Zhi has no money and no background, Liu Zhi has brains and talents. Now I don't even want face, of course it's a ruthless character who doesn't want to die. He learned that Yan Song had a few people who didn't deal with him, and they were against Yan Song everywhere, making Yan Song very passive in some things. Liu Cheng hired people to follow these people and expose their scandals, and even if there were no scandals, Liu Dai would make up some scandals and put them on these people's heads. Soon after, Liu Cheng's fame gradually spread in the capital, and Yan Song also sent his son Yan Shifan to receive Liu Cheng. When Liu met Yan Shifan, his first sentence was to openly and honestly explain his attitude and role. Liu Cheng wants to be a dog of the Yan family, a vicious dog who sees who bites whom, and only listens to the orders of the Yan family's father and son. Yan Shifan's background and origin of Liu Zhi had already inquired clearly, and when he heard Liu Dai's words, he immediately realized that this was a talent that could be used. Yan Shifan himself liked this direct-speaking Liu Zhi very much, and besides, Liu Zhi not only had fame and knowledge, but also spoke directly and sharply, and was a vanguard against political enemies. Yan Shifan agreed to take Liu Cheng in, but he needed Liu Cheng to give the Yan family, especially Yan Shifan, a letter of nomination, Liu Cheng immediately understood Yan Shifan's meaning and kowtowed to Mr. Yan Shifan. In ancient times, the relationship between teachers and students was only one level lower than the righteousness of father and son, and as a student, you can never betray your master, otherwise you will be disloyal and unfilial. However, Yan Shifan was reluctant to be Liu Zhi's teacher, saying that the relationship between master and apprentice was not as deep as that of father and son. Liu Dai immediately understood what Yan Shifan meant, and Liu Bei saluted Yan Shifan again and called Yan Shifan his father, he was Yan Song's godgrandson.
With the good backer of the Yan family's father and son, Liu Zhi's status as a jinshi was immediately restored, and Xuezheng, who was originally very cold to Liu Zhi, was also respectful to Liu Zhi. This was the first time Liu Zhi felt the benefits of power. Everyone learned that Liu Zhi was shaking again, and immediately came to slap Liu Zhi again. Liu Cheng's father and brothers began to praise Liu Zhi again, and the searchers also offered Liu Zhi as an ancestor. Even the squire came, saying that the lard had said those bastard words, how could the marriage be easily ruined, and his daughter was still Liu Zhi. At this time, Liu Zhi had changed, he did not directly turn his face with the squire, but still continued to marry. However, he said that his father had already set a marriage for himself, and the squire's daughter had to be a concubine when she entered the door. The squire thought that Liu Zhi was talking about his biological father, so he promised to discuss it with Liu Cheng's father. When Liu Cheng said that this father was Yan Shifan, that is, the son of Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, the squire finally knew that he had offended someone he could not afford to offend. Not to mention that he gave his daughter to Liu Cheng as a concubine, he gave his daughter to Liu Cheng as a maid, as long as Liu Cheng did not pursue his own behavior, he was willing.
After seeing the true faces of these people, Liu still accepted the gifts, and did not let go of all the benefits. After the squire sent his daughter over, Liu Cheng sold everything he couldn't take away, and was ready to never come. The next day, without informing anyone, he left his hometown with the white woman. After returning to the capital, Liu Cheng used the i-frame to remember his skills, as well as the backers of the Yan family, and immediately entered the officialdom. Yan Shifan originally arranged for Liu to go to the local area to become a county official, and wanted to train Liu to become his backbone in the future. However, Liu Cheng did not want to leave the capital, and hoped to enter the Imperial History Yamen. Yan Shifan couldn't figure out this idea, and Yan Song felt that this godgrandson was not wrong after knowing it. The Yushi Yamen has always been the territory controlled by Yan Song's opponents, and almost no one of Yan Song's people can enter it. The Imperial Historian is not of high rank but has a lot of power, and he can hear about it, and he can also openly criticize the words and deeds of all officials, including cabinet ministers. But it is not easy to do imperial history, the first needs to be innocent, the second needs to have no local officials, the third needs to not have a relationship with civil and military officials, and the fourth needs to be outstanding. Therefore, Yan Song's people generally do not meet this standard, and Yan Song's people can't enter the Yushi Yamen. But Liu Zhi is different, he has no experience as an official, has anyone in his family ever been an official, and the so-called godfather has no physical evidence, Liu Cheng's literary talent is even admired by Yan Song. This kind of person who entered the Yushi Yamen not only has a future for himself, but can also help Yan Song divide the opposition forces within the Yushi Yamen.
After Liu Zhi became the Imperial History Yamen Patrol Street, many people couldn't understand Liu Zhi. Although the imperial history of street patrol is also the imperial history, its functions and status cannot be compared with the real imperial history. Liu Zhi first because of his lack of qualifications, secondly because Yan Song's political enemies deliberately arranged it this way, and thirdly because the patrol of the street imperial history can handle the case independently, and there is no need to report to the chief of the imperial history yamen every day. Liu Zhi relied on his own skills and backstage to immediately establish his prestige in his own territory. Then, with his own merits, he simply squeezed out an elderly imperial history and became an official imperial history. On the first day of his tenure as the imperial historian, he expressed his views with great fanfare, and used his scathing tone to force a minister to resign voluntarily. This minister is an important member of the hostile forces against Yan Song, and the minister's resignation made Yan Song very happy, and Liu Cheng also became a good son and grandson in the eyes of Yan Song's father and son.
Liu Zhi became the weapon of Yan Song's father and son against the enemy, and Liu Zhi was also very willing to become Yan Song's tool. Soon after, everyone knew that there was an additional imperial history in the DPRK who could speak well and even reverse black and white, and he was a tool used by Yan Song to deal with political opponents. Yan Song's people let him, the enemy is afraid of him, the guilty people beware of him, and the upright people are also worried that his mad dog will bite people. For a while, fame, status, money, and power were all right away, and Liu Cheng finally lived the life of his dreams.
However, the good times did not last long, and soon after, Yan Shifan fornicated with the Japanese and betrayed the information to the Japanese invaders, resulting in the unfavorable situation on the front line. Gradually, Yan Shifan's crimes such as withholding tribute, ** harem, buying and selling officials, and embezzling the treasury were exposed. After Yan Shifan was captured by Jinyiwei, he was beheaded by order of Emperor Jiajing soon after. This is a signal, a signal that everyone knows, that Emperor Jiajing is going to make a move against Yan Song. In the past, Yan Song's cronies began to plan for themselves, and some people who were not closely related to Yan Song began to change their courts, and even Liu Cheng thought about the future. But Liu Zhi is Yan Song's person, this mark is too obvious, and no one is willing to accept Liu Cheng's refuge.
Five months after Yan Shifan was beheaded, Liu Zhi, the former legend of the Imperial History Yamen, was also confiscated by Jinyiwei. Soon after, Liu Cheng's charges were confirmed, framing Zhongliang, framing ministers, assisting Yan Shifan in co-opting and threatening officials, embezzling the state treasury, and buying and selling officials. Liu was sentenced to be executed, his family property was confiscated, and his family and relatives of the three ethnic groups sat together. For a time, many innocent people were implicated by Liu Cheng and became victims of this incident.