Taking advantage of today's heavy snowfall, after retiring from the dynasty, Yao Xian came to Zhang's mansion early and found Zhang Juzheng, who was dealing with state affairs there. As usual, Yao Prophet sat on a chair and drank to himself.

A glass of liquor dispels the chill of the snowy day, and Yao Xian lies comfortably on the rocking chair, with a fox skin warm under him.

"Lao Zhang, come and have a drink, today Your Majesty finally said that he had a day off, and he was still dealing with state affairs, so he was not tired. ”

"Not tired. ”

The answer was crisp and neat, so that Yao Xian, who thought that Zhang Juzheng would not pay attention to him, was overjoyed, turned the rocking chair, sat next to Zhang Juzheng, ignored the folds on the table, changed his posture, and continued to lie down.

"A few days ago, His Majesty's hand named Wang Yi as a homecoming marquis, but many people who don't look down on you have come to the old man's house with a greeting post, and want the old man to say a few good words to you. ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at an excerpt from Jiannan Province, which asked the imperial court if he could reduce the tax by half. Zhang Juzheng thought about it for a while, this year's flooding in Jiannan Road is indeed not a good harvest, and it is the opportunity of His Majesty's birthday, so he simply let His Majesty make a decision first.

Write what happened in Jiannandao with a black pen on the fold, and Zhang Juzheng put the fold aside.

"The grass on the wall, when the time comes to liquidate, these people will die the worst. ”

Yao Xian drank all the wine in the wine glass, very happy, "Hmph, the old man directly blasted them out, some villains are just standing on the same court, the old man is ashamed." ”

Zhang Juzheng glanced at his old friend with a resentful look, but he didn't care, "It doesn't have to be like this." ”

Yao Xian poured himself a glass of wine again, not talking about this topic, "Do you know that Liu Qian went to Meridian Lane a few days ago?"

Zhang Juzheng took the next notebook, lowered his head and said, "I know, it's just that His Majesty instructed him to take out his own money to repair the princess's mansion." ”

Yao Xian nodded, "This old boy is really a chicken thief, in the name of his grandson studying with that returning hometown in Meridian Lane, he directly donated three million taels of silver to the prince of Yan Wang, who is also a Jinyi guard, which is really a big deal." ”

"After all, our Lord Liu is the money bag of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not a matter to take three million taels of silver. ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly, he couldn't hear the meaning of Yao Xian's words, where did a household secretary get three million taels of silver, even if the old man was also the commander of the Nine Gates, it was impossible to have so much silver.

Therefore, it is rumored that Liu Qian is the most corrupt official in the world in the Ming Dynasty, which is not groundless. Zhang Juzheng knew this matter very well, he even knew how much bribes Liu Qian had received, and the specific accounts had been sent to his desk by a doctor who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he didn't say a word, and sent them directly to the imperial study.

But His Majesty just called Liu Qian and returned the account book

It was given to him, no punishment, no raids, nothing. On the contrary, the Imperial Doctor was degraded to the border by His Majesty on the charge of false accusation, and ate the soil of the border plug. After that, Liu Qian's prestige reached its peak, but the old man still made a sedan chair every day to go to the house, and when he returned home, he closed the door and refused visitors.

Since then, Zhang Juzheng has somewhat known the significance of Liu Qian to His Majesty, so he will not stay on this issue for long, and turn a blind eye to those who send money to Shangshu Mansion.

"Your Majesty wants to repair the Princess's Mansion, and there is no money, of course you have to find Lord Liu. ”

"It's really extravagant, three million taels of silver to build a princess's mansion, hum. ”

Zhang Juzheng stretched his waist, put down the brush in his hand, and finally finished dealing with state affairs, "You can only say this to me." ”

Yao Xian rolled his eyes, he was not stupid, he said this outside, he was disgusted to live a long life.

"What do you think about the entry of the three princes into Beijing? ”

Zhang Juzheng slowly walked to the window, holding a glass of wine that Yao Xian had poured a long time ago, "I? Of course I'm standing and watching." ”

"Che, you know that's not what I meant. ”

Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, the heavy snow outside the window showed no sign of stopping, and the snowflakes fell on the old man, who was almost old, and the old man slowly spoke, "The prince is old and should inherit the unification, but the prince is kind-hearted, and the family power of the mother concubine is not enough, so it has fallen into success, and it is more than enough to keep it, Your Majesty should not consider it, but until the end, it cannot be completely denied." ”

After drinking the wine in the cup in one gulp, holding the empty wine glass, the old man spoke again, "His Royal Highness King Zhao has been implicated by Empress Xia, but over the years, he has been obscure, and his temperament is similar to His Majesty, so it is inevitable. ”

Yao Prophet said: "His Royal Highness King Zhao is the grandson of his teacher, in terms of seniority, you explain his uncle, you don't do something for him." ”

Zhang Juzheng was stunned when he heard this, his expression was reminiscing, and he muttered: "My teacher's grandson, when do you need me to do something." ”

This time, it was Prophet Yao's turn to speak, "Now that the crown prince has come out of the court, it is His Royal Highness the Acting King who has the highest voice, and the prestige in the army is also extremely high. ”

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and disagreed with Yao Xianxian's statement, "Prosperity must decline, which is not necessarily a good thing." ”

"As for the Fourth Prince who was imprisoned in the Sect's Mansion?"

"Be careful!"

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly interrupted Prophet Yao's words, the fourth prince was a taboo in the Ming Dynasty after Yang Guifei entered the palace, and no one was allowed to mention it.

Yao Xian's whole body was spread out on the rocking chair, as if he had lost the momentum of his whole body, "What a poor person, poor person." ”

Zhang Juzheng's expression was as usual, ignoring the prophet Yao who was lying there and talking nonsense, and continued to look at the heavy snow outside the window.

When Yao Xian saw Zhang Juzheng's appearance, he was no longer bored with himself, look

Looking at the heavy snow outside the window, he muttered: "If you want snow in the evening, you can drink a glass of nothing." ”

Then Yao Xian raised the wine glass in his hand, "I can drink a lot of fucking glasses, hahaha." ”

In the wind and snow, a cavalry slowly drove towards Chang'an City.

In the center of the cavalry, there was a man in a python robe sitting quietly, and in the incense burner in front of him, white smoke rose, and the man was the king of Zhao, Li Zhong.

There was a young man beside King Zhao, but he was only in his second or third year, leaning on the carriage with his head in one hand, holding a book in the other, and watching silently.

"Mr. Sima, stop reading books, come and talk to this king. ”

Sima Hui smiled slightly, and glanced at King Zhao beside him, "Lord Wang, you said a word to me thirty miles ago. ”

Li Zhong now regrets a little, why did he sit in the carriage, stay with this scholar, ride a horse outside, and travel the world is not very good.

Sima Hui, who was once rated by Zhang Juzheng as the only champion in the early years of Jiahe, ignored Li Zhong's petty emotions and concentrated on reading good books.

Li Zhong looked at Sima Hui's appearance, so he had to sigh slightly and stop talking.

Everything he can have now is the plan of this seemingly very inconspicuous scholar, and the simplest example is the cavalry that followed him outside and was named the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry by his father himself.

Acting King Li Xiaoyun rode a horse and stopped at the east gate outside Chang'an City, looked at this Chang'an City that he was very familiar with, and slowly sighed a hot breath.

Li Xiaoyun rode to a carriage behind him, knocked on the wall, inside the carriage, a handsome-looking man lifted the curtain, Li Xiaoyun smiled: "Mr. Zhao, we have arrived." ”

Zhao Ming glanced at the city gate casually and said with a smile: "Haven't you arrived at the Daiwang Mansion yet, let's talk about it when we get home first." ”

Li Xiaoyun laughed, this time when he returned to Beijing, his biggest reliance was the carriage, a teacher who was personally recommended by his mother.

Li Xiaoyun grabbed the horse's belly with his legs, rushed out of the team in an instant, and entered Chang'an City first.

In the East Palace, the crown prince Li Wu was sitting by the stove and talking to his mother who he hadn't seen for a long time, and his son was playing in the hall carefree in the company of the crown princess.

Then, a little eunuch came and knelt on the ground, "His Royal Highness the Prince, King Zhao and His Royal Highness the Acting King have all entered Beijing." ”

When the prince heard this, he nodded, waved his hand at the comer, the little eunuch retreated with interest, and the princess saw this, hugged her son, and led the surrounding attendants to retreat, only Concubine Ming and His Royal Highness the Prince in the main hall.

"Prince, what are you going to do?"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled slightly, played with the teacup in his hand, and said unhurriedly: "If I don't die for a day, they can only be vassal kings after all." ”

In the main hall, the prince raised his head suddenly, like an evil dragon.