Zhang Shize received a rare compliment from his grandfather, and he was immediately overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears.
Zhang Zhiji nodded and said: "What my father said is that the reason why Your Majesty asked them to return to Zunhua immediately after finishing the work should indeed be caused by this incident, because I really can't think of any other reason.
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Zhang Shize asked: "Why is this? Yang Fan doesn't seem to be a lustful person. He doesn't know if taking Lin Yueru as his concubine will make His Majesty think too much."
"You look at the problem, it's still superficial." Zhang Weixian said.
"There are no fools in this world, there are only trade-offs between interests. If you don't understand, it's because you don't know what's going on behind the scenes. What does Lin Yueru do in the eunuch party and what is his position."
Zhang Zhiji thought for a while and said: "I heard that Wei Wei trusted this adopted daughter very much, and she almost became half of his family. I understand, Yang Fan is interested in Wei Wei's resources. No wonder there is a rift between him and His Majesty
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Zhang Weixian said: "This is why I value this son."
"At that time, their cooperation had just begun, and he made the choice of cutting. Why is this?" Zhang Weixian asked.
Zhang Shize and Zhang Zhiji both fell into deep thought.
At that time, Yang Fan didn't even have a serious official position. He was just a sergeant in the East Factory, not a high-ranking official. He had thousands of people and was still training in a group, and he was still the lowest level archer in the group training.
At this time, he had the opportunity to hug the emperor's lap and fainted happily. Most people were so complacent. How could Yang Fan take the risk of offending the emperor and casting a shadow on his career to pick someone who was hostile to the emperor?
A powerful and important woman.
Is it worth it? I can’t understand it. Even though it has been two years since this happened, I still can’t understand why he chose this way.
Zhang Weixian said: "This is what makes people different. There were only three reasons why he did this in the first place. The first was that he was lustful and couldn't control his crotch. But now, look, is he such a person?"
Zhang Shize asked: "Grandpa, what's the second reason?"
"The second reason is that he is an extremely independent person. He believes that seeking for others is better than seeking for yourself. To make iron, you have to be strong yourself. He will not rely on the emperor for his own safety. He believes that only when his own strength is strong, can he
To survive in this world, he would rather have a rift in his relationship with the emperor to get this resource. Because the benefits are too great, he thinks the loss is worth it."
Zhang Zhiji said with emotion: "How old is he to be able to make such a choice? This person is definitely not a creature in the pool."
Although Zhang Shize was very shocked, he continued to ask: "What is the third reason?"
"Have you read Mencius? What did Mencius say when he met Queen Liang Xiang when she came out?" Zhang Weixian asked.
Zhang Shize is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. Children from noble families like them have received the most rigorous and formal Confucian education since childhood.
"What I remember saying is that you are not like a human being." Zhang Shize said thoughtfully.
Zhang Zhiji nodded, and that was indeed the sentence. Mencius went to see King Xiang of Liang, and when he came out, he said to people: (King Xiang of Liang) does not look like a king from a distance, and when you get closer, you can't see anything useful.
A place where people are in awe.
The meaning of this sentence is that because of certain things, the minister has seen the depth of the Lord and thinks that this person is not worthy of assistance. Or that he cannot be helped, so there is no need to waste time and energy on him.
Zhang Shize said: "Could it be that both he and Your Majesty have opinions about each other, but they have not made their opinions public? Your Majesty suspects that he is secretly accumulating strength for evil purposes. He thinks that Your Majesty is not a monarch worthy of his assistance, and wants to defend himself with troops. Then His Majesty
Why do you keep using him, giving him a title, and promoting him?"
Zhang Zhiji said: "Whether they can cooperate mainly depends on whether each other is useful to the other, rather than their opinions. His Majesty intends to use him to balance Donglin. And there are many imminent crises, and only using him can solve certain problems. For example, finance
The problem must be solved by disarmament and eliminating redundant officials. We even have to solve the problem of supporting the grand master with food and salary."
Zhang Shize understood, and he said gloomily: "I always feel that Yang Fan has done enough for His Majesty. But apart from giving him an empty title, Your Majesty basically didn't give Yang Fan anything. Yang Fan's things are all his own.
Earn it back."
"Those people in Donglin are very popular and have not made much contribution. They have been promoted and made a lot of money, and they have left Yang Fan behind in countless places. It is said that Yang Fan has his own ideas and is not of the same mind as His Majesty. But who in this court can agree with him?
Your Majesty, you are of the same mind. Everyone is thinking about their own interests."
Zhang Shize said with some excitement: "Father and son, three generations of emperors, the dragon throne under their butts was fought for by my grandfather. But your majesty, I had just trained six thousand Rumi gunmen, and my military power was taken away."
, gave it to Zhou Yuji."
"And this time, in Guihua City, His Majesty sent that gelding Gao Qiqian to monitor me, and also supported the Jiang family to divide the power of my Zhang family. These are all aimed at my British government."
Zhang Zhiji turned pale with shock and angrily shouted: "You traitor, shut up and kneel down!"
Zhang Shize knelt down indignantly, thinking to himself that despite His Majesty's mean, unkind, suspicious, and face-saving character, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Yang Fan's approach. It's just that Yang Fan was smarter and more sinister than him, and he saw through it in advance.
That's all.
Zhang Weixian shook his hand indifferently and said: "Ji Ji, don't be so nervous. Why are you trying to scare the child? The spies from Dongchang and Jinyiwei can't get close to this place. Today we are the three of us, let's chat casually and give the child a raise."
Increase your knowledge. Don’t be so arrogant.”
Zhang Weixian looked at Zhang Shize and said: "Why do you think we can't ban the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty? Emperor Taizu was such a stern man. He couldn't stop killing people. He continued to kill people one after another. Even Taizu lamented in his later years that corrupt officials could not be killed. Corrupt officials could not be killed.
Don’t be afraid of death, like a moth flying to a flame.”
Zhang Shize said: "That's because the imperial court does not have an independent system for supervising officials that is only responsible to the emperor. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is controlled by the cabinet and cannot really play a role. At the time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigated the corruption of old Yan Ge.
Is this the first assistant?"
Zhang Weixian said: "It is remarkable that you can have this knowledge at the age of twenty. But this is not the fundamental reason."
Zhang Shize asked: "Grandpa, tell me what the root cause is."
"The Book of Rites - Liyun Chapter" says: This world originally belonged to the people of the world, and the wealth they produced should belong to each. But starting from Yu the Great, the monarchs turned the world into their own family. He is like this
The behavior is just to rob by force. As for the civil servants, in their view, since you can rob, we can steal secretly. It is originally a matter of fifty steps and a hundred steps. But when you become the emperor, you
You have to rely on your big fists to say that we are corrupt. It is really unreasonable. What kind of behavior is this? This is eating alone."
