If Li Wenyu does not agree to accept Tang Yan as his righteous son, then he will not even be able to overcome the current difficulty, and there will be no future. If the three major colleges lose this competition, although Li Wenyu will not be immediately refrigerated, he will also have to stay in Guangxi Eunuch Academy for a lifetime, and there is no hope of moving forward in his life, let alone taking charge of the East Factory.

Li Wenyu immediately put away all his smiles and said, "Why didn't Wang Gong bring up this condition earlier, he had to bring it up tonight, tomorrow we will leave for the Nanhai Dojo." ”

Wang Hong smiled and said, "Didn't I rush desperately to appear in front of you tonight?"

Fools will not believe Wang Hong's words, the reason why they proposed this deal tonight was completely premeditated, that is, they wanted to force Li Wenyu into a corner.

I'm going to leave tomorrow to participate in the big competition, and it's impossible to find a replacement. Li Wenyu can only pinch his nose and agree, or destroy his future.

Therefore, Li Wenyu completely fell into a life-and-death decision.

Either lose this big competition, and the position of the governor of Dongchang is completely hopeless. Either give up Du Yan completely and instead cultivate Tang Yan.

If it was a purely smart person, he would definitely agree without hesitation. Because at the moment, Tang Yan is much better than Du Yan, and he is truly famous all over the world. And Du Bian is almost completely a person who has just come out of the novice village, and he doesn't know how much effort it will take to cultivate in the future, and it may be ruined by mistakes at any time.

And with Tang Yan as his son, Li Wenyu's future will be more smooth, the two complement each other, and he can provide Li Wenyu with a huge boost now. And Du Bian doesn't know when he will be able to help Li Wenyu, at least for a few years, he will need Li Wenyu's protection.

Promising to train Du Chang means that Li Wenyu will pay purely in the next few years.

Wang Hong said: "Wen Yu, this decision is easy to make, why do you need to think about it for so long?"

For others, the decision is easy and requires no hesitation.

However, Li Wenyu raised his head and said bluntly: "I'm sorry, I don't agree." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Hong showed a completely incredulous gaze and hissed: "Wen Yu, are you crazy? Do you know what your refusal means?"

Li Wenyu said: "It means that I will lose this big competition, and I have no hope of becoming the owner of the East Factory." ”

"Then you still ......," Wang Hong said.

Li Wenyu said: "I said a long time ago, I have a hard neck and can't lower my head. ”

"How unwise are you to be so stubborn?" Wang said, "Politics is all about compromise and dealing. ”

"There are some things that cannot be compromised and cannot be traded. Li Wenyu said: "If I compromise today, then even if I sit in the position of the governor of Dongchang in the future, will I have to compromise with the civilian clique? Will I also have to compromise with the military general clique? Will I have to trade with others to harm the interests of the empire?"

Wang Hong stared at Li Wenyu blankly for a while, and then showed a shrill smile: "You are a eunuch, not a scholar who sells fame and reputation, backbone is redundant for the eunuch party, the thing below is gone, what's the use of backbone?"

"The thing below is castrated and cornered, but if the backbone is castrated again, then it is not worthy of being a human being, without the backbone, we can only be domestic slaves and minions for the rest of our lives, and cannot become a powerful force in the empire. Li Wenyu raised the teacup and said, "Don't speculate, please!"

Without saying a word, he actually served tea directly to the guests.

"Okay, good ......" Wang Hong laughed and said: "I will completely repeat these words to the above, I am waiting for you to guard the mausoleum, and be a companion with lonely souls and wild ghosts for the rest of your life." ”

Li Wenyu closed his eyes directly, disdainful of communicating with him.

After Wang Hong left, Li Wenyu let go of all his toughness, let out a long sigh, and leaned back in his chair tiredly, his eyebrows full of vicissitudes.

After a while, Li Wei walked in and looked at Li Wenyu speechless.

"Why can't those people understand? If the eunuch party does not have a backbone and backbone, it will always be looked down upon by others. Li Wenyu said: "We are a group of poor people who have been castrated, and if we want to be treated with dignity and respect, we need to pay a greater price. ”

Li Wei said: "Not everyone is as ambitious and dedicated to the public as the mountain chief. ”

Sometimes Li Wenyu is really disappointed in the eunuch party, too feminine, too rootless.

Li Wenyu said with a smile: "Didn't Du Bian, that kid want to participate in the competition of the three universities? ”

Li Wei said: "Are you like this...... Gave up?"

Li Wenyu said: "Time is also, life is also! I can't blame anyone for making my own decisions." ”

Li Wei said: "Du Bian is a genius, but he is still too immature and needs your protection. ”

Li Wenyu said: "At least I am still in office for half a year, and I can do my best to train him and let him enter the East Factory." After that, I asked him to worship Li Yutang as his godfather, and the strength of our family will do our best to support Li Yutang to take the position. ”

Li Yutang, Yunnan Imperial Horse Division Wanhu, subordinate to the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the capital.

Dongchang was the largest force of the eunuchs, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor was the second largest force. It's just that the imperial horse eunuch is in charge of tens of thousands of forbidden troops, and in fact, he is completely subordinate to the emperor, and the great eunuch in charge does not have complete military power.

Li Yutang and Li Wenyu belong to the same faction, and they worship the same godfather. This person is also dedicated to the public, but he is narrow-minded, and after failing to compete with Li Wenyu, he actually left the East Factory in a bad mood and turned around and went to the Imperial Horse Division.

If Li Wenyu is defeated, then the faction can only choose to support Li Yutang. It's just that this person's personality is flawed, and I'm afraid that he can't compete with Zhang Ruozhu and others in Yangzhou.

Li Wei said with a smile: "Du Chang, that kid doesn't know where the blessing came from, let the mountain chief hurt him like this." ”

Li Wenyu said: "You can't imagine how eager I am to seek talent, how much I hope that the eunuch party can have a radiant leader who can save the empire from the toppling. In the past few years, the war in the north has been lost, and in the civil war in the south, we have not been able to send a decent army to help the king of Annam put down the rebellion. The Duke of Zhennan even had to let his righteous sons and daughters rob to raise military salaries. The Korean kingdom is in turmoil, and the Dongying forces are invading Korea every day, just waiting for a day when they will officially land and take away the entire Korean Peninsula. ”

When Li Wenyu said that he was angry, he slammed the cup on the ground and said: "And what about us? Whether it is the civilian clique or the military clique, we know about the party struggle every day, and we know how to dig the corners of the empire. Our eunuchs are no better, and we only think about using power for personal gain every day. I, the Heavenly Empire, the Great Ning Empire, why did I fall to this. ”

He didn't know much about Li Wei of the civilian group, but he knew too well about the northern border army. The generals are desperately trying to make money to train their own private armies, and the imperial army often can't even get half of the salary, and they have to make cattle and horses for their superiors.

Not only that, because of the rise of martial arts, these military general groups have almost completely monopolized the military's upward path, and have formed a huge interest group, which even the emperor can't help.

Venting is the most useless!

After smashing the cup, Li Wenyu squatted down again, picked up the pieces of the cup bit by bit, and put them in the wooden trash can.

"A good cup, a penny and a silver, just let me fall. Li Wenyu laughed at himself, then raised his head and said: "You go to see if Du Bian has come back? If you don't come back, go to his house and tell him to come to the academy early tomorrow morning, and go to the South China Sea to participate in the competition of the three universities." ”

"Yes. Li Wei said.

Li Wenyu really asked Du Yan to meet the scene to experience it, and he had actually given up in his heart for this big competition, and even waited for the reprimand from the capital.

If nothing else, after losing the big competition, his position of Dongchang Wanhu will be deposed, leaving a powerless and powerless position as the head of the academy.

But he, Li Wenyu, will never regret it!

His waist was stiff and he couldn't bend down, and his neck was stiff and he couldn't lower his head.

......

At night, Li Wei knocked on the door of the house, which startled Du Bian.

"Teacher Li, what's wrong?what's wrong?" Du Bian hurriedly asked, seeing Li Wei visiting in the middle of the night, he immediately thought that it could be Li Wenyu's accident.

At this time, the nurse was still embroidering clothes under the candlelight, and when she saw Li Wei, she immediately got up and said, "Master Li is here, please come in and sit down, and I will make you a pot of tea." ”

Li Wei said: "Madam, don't be polite, I have something to do with Du Chang." ”

The nurse hesitated and asked, "Is my son causing you trouble?"

Li Wei said: "What you don't have is a good thing." ”

At this moment, the nurse was finally relieved.

"Du Chang, we said outside. Li Wei said.

The two of them walked on the quiet street, the atmosphere was a little solemn, and they said for a while: "Du Bian, you prepare a little, and tomorrow you will go to the Nanhai Dojo with the mountain chief to participate in the competition of the three universities." ”

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Note: The godfather broke the cup, ask for a few recommendation votes for the godfather to exchange for a gold cup!