After a while, Wan An entered the dining room.

The two greeted each other: "Father-in-law Huaien." ”

"Shousuke, please take a seat."

Wynne pointed at Chang Feng: "This is my newly acquired godgrandson, Chang Feng." used to be a Han general in the East Palace. Shousuke should have seen it. ”

Wan An nodded: "I've seen it." I've long thought he was dignified and extraordinary. It's not something in the pool. ”

After speaking, Wan An took a gift slip from his sleeve and handed it to Huai En with both hands.

Wynne shirked: "What's so embarrassing about this? ”

Wan An smiled: "Father-in-law Huaien has returned to Beijing. Naturally, I should have sent a generous congratulations. ”

Chang Feng glanced at the gift list from the side. Xindao: Good guy, Wan An made an extraordinary shot. The first line reads, "I would like to have a thousand taels of silver." It seems that Wan An came to beg the godmaster to help him keep the hat of the first assistant.

The three of them sat down, and they staggered their plans.

Huai En suddenly changed his words and pointed at Chang Feng: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a new generation replaces the old ones." ”

"Shousuke, we're all old people. Old age and frailty, lack of energy. ”

"It's time to move the newcomers."

Wynn is hinting at Wan An: You should resign quickly! Isn't it nice to be decent for yourself.

Those who have achieved great things in ancient and modern times take finding a substitute as the first priority, such as Emperor Hongzhi.

Take shamelessness as the second priority, such as Liu Ji.

Pretending to be confused is the third priority, such as Wan'an.

Wan An is a master of pretending to be confused.

He pretended not to understand the meaning of Huai'en's words, and began to talk nonsense again: "Ah, the waves of the Yangtze River, this flood is a big deal. Ah, it's not that we don't cure the water. ”

"What's that, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, you know. Water control has always been a conscience account, and my father-in-law must understand it. Right. ”

Wynne frowned. Directly the poor dagger sees: "Shoufu." I went to talk to the elder Liu Yu in the evening. He wanted to resign and return to his hometown. ”

Huai'en's implication: Liu Jue is gone, you don't want to occupy the pit in the cabinet and don't shit.

Wan An continued to pretend to be confused: "Ah. The friendship of colleagues is better than brotherhood. I've been working with Liu for so many years, right? When he returns to his hometown, I have to send him off in the city, right? ”

"The farewell poems of the ancients are well written. What a long pavilion, green willows, sunset, turbid wine. Ah, Grandpa Wynn is also a person who understands poetry. It is extremely rare among internal officials......"

Wynne couldn't laugh or cry. He lost his patience: "Shousuke is seventy this year, right?" The people of the old age. Isn't it beautiful to return to the roots and tease your grandchildren? ”

Wan An vowed to pretend to be confused to the end: "Yes, yes, yes." My eldest grandson is fifteen years old and can eat a roast duck in one meal. As you know, I'm very poor. ”

"But no matter how poor you are, you have to buy a roast duck for your grandson every day." As the saying goes, no matter how bitter you are, you can't be bitter about the child, right? ”

"Roast duck, it's better to take the fragrance in the east of the city. It has a different flavor from Nanjing plate duck. ”

"My father-in-law is in Nanjing, he should have tasted duck, right? Isn't it delicious in the world, huh? ”

Wan An was a bunch of nonsense, which made Wynne's head three times bigger.

Wynne said, "I'm not strong enough to drink. Shousuke, I'll go back to the bedroom to rest first, and you can take care of yourself. Chang Feng carried me back to the bedroom. ”

This is tantamount to the host's family issuing an eviction order.

Wan An got up: "Ah, then I'll leave first." ”

After Wan An left, Wynne scolded angrily: "What is it? Full of farts. He is also worthy of being the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Chang Feng added a glass of wine to Huaien: "Grandpa, dissipate your anger." ”

Wynne asked Chang Feng, "Do you know what Jinyiwei is?" ”

Chang Feng said: "Please also ask Grandpa to teach." ”

Wynne explained: "The brocade guard is the dagger in the emperor's sleeve. It is necessary to remove people like Wan An for the emperor. ”

"Wan An is cautious. Although the corpse is vegetarian, it has no conspicuous handle. It is difficult for the emperor to get rid of his officials in the open. ”

"This requires the dagger in the sleeve of the brocade guard."

Chang Feng said: "You mean, let me plant him dirty?" Just like when the concubine party was doing tricks in the letter box of Caifu? ”

Wynne shook his head slightly: "No." After all, it's Shousuke. To move him, you need the emperor's nod. ”

"I'll persuade him again tomorrow. I hope he knows what is wrong and takes the initiative to resign. ”

"Look at Liu Jue. I said to him at the end of the day, 'The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves'. People directly wrote their resignation in the cabinet duty room. ”

"Eldest grandson, grandpa will teach you one more sentence - whether you are a person or an official, you need to know how to advance and retreat."

The next day, Chang Feng came to Jinyiwei.

Beizhen Fu envoy Sun Luan said: "Brother Chang." You did a good job of confiscating the property of Wanfu. ”

"I'll give you one more errand today. Shang Ming was demoted to Xiaoling Sixiang and was going to leave Beijing in three days. You went to confiscate his wealth today. ”

After speaking, Sun Luan handed the driving sticker to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng followed Xu Fatzi and others to Shang Ming's outer house.

A year ago, Shangfu, which was like a city, is now a crowd. Only the wrestlers of the Jinyi Guard were on guard on the perimeter.

The beautiful front and interior minister Shang Ming, with a cape scattered on the steps outside the hall.

Chang Feng came to Shang Ming: "Father-in-law Shang." Pick up the North Division's driving post, today I want to confiscate your family wealth. ”

Shang Ming raised his head: "If I tell you that not a single tael of my family wealth is placed in the outer house, do you believe it?" ”

Chang Feng was stunned: "It doesn't matter whether you believe or not. You should know what I'm good at. ”

Shang Ming said: "Don't bother with it. Let's go, come out of town with me. I will lead you to rob my house. ”

Chang Feng is not afraid of what Shang Ming is doing. He is now just an ordinary old eunuch in his sixties, a toothless tiger. Horizontally and vertically, he couldn't escape from the palm of Jinyiwei's hand.

Chang Feng said: "That's good." I'll prepare a horse for Grandpa Shang. ”

Everyone went out of the city, and Shang Ming led them to the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in Wanping County, northwest of Beijing.

At the foot of Xiangshan, there are hundreds of spacious tiled houses. In front of the tiled house there is also a marble carved statue of Confucius.

Chang Feng was puzzled: "Last summer, when I brought my sister here to play, I didn't see these houses. ”

Shang Ming made a silent gesture: "Listen." ”

The sound of children reading aloud could be heard from the big tiled houses.

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun and stars......"

"Or for the Liaodong hat, clear the ice and snow. Or for the teacher's table, the ghosts and gods cry heroically......"

"The philosopher's day is far away, and the punishment is in the dream. The wind eaves exhibition books read, and the ancient road shines on the color......"

Chang Feng said: "It's Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness". Father-in-law Shang, did you hide your family wealth in these schools? ”

Shang Ming explained: "Since the first month of this year, Wan Guifei died of illness. I know it's gone. He used all his family wealth to build a school of righteousness and an orphanage for the elderly. ”

"Such a large-scale righteous study. I built three in Wanping and four in Daxing. ”

"In the whole Zhili, all children who can't afford to go to school can go to Yixue to study. There is no tuition fee, and it is also responsible for food, clothing, housing, pen, ink, paper and inkstone. ”

"In addition, I have built six orphanage homes for the elderly, which shelter widows and lonely elderly care."

Chang Feng said: "You donated all your family wealth?" ”

Shang Ming nodded: "That's right." Chang Feng, don't you think this world is a world of robbing the poor and helping the rich? ”

"The poor get poorer and the rich get richer. I was born poor, otherwise I wouldn't have cut my chicken neck and entered the palace as a middle-aged man who is neither male nor female. ”

"I know the suffering of the poor!"

"I have been in power for more than ten years, and I have indeed coveted power, and I have also framed political opponents and loyalty."

"But I can pat my chest and say that I am not greedy for a penny! All the national money is the oil of the poor! ”

"I kidnapped the rich men and made them spit out their money. It's just to rob the rich and help the poor. ”

"In the study of my mansion, there is a general ledger. In the past ten years, I have extorted more than 80,000 taels of silver from more than 500 wealthy families in the capital by kidnapping tickets and extortion. ”

"There are detailed expenditure accounts on it. More than 80,000 taels have been spent on helping the elderly and the poor and building a school of righteousness. ”

Chang Feng didn't see deception in Shang Ming's eyes, only sincerity.

For a while, Chang Feng couldn't tell whether Shang Ming was a good person or a bad person.

Perhaps, it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad people.

Shang Ming said again: "I only hope that those children in Yixue will study hard." Don't be like me when you grow up. ”

Chang Feng asked, "What kind of person do you want them to be?" ”

A line of tears slipped through the corners of Shang Ming's eyes: "Be people like Wen Tianxiang, Yue Fei, and Yu Qian." ”

Chang Feng was silent.