In the East Palace, Zhu Zhanji still had to consider the impact after all. After the quarrel, he only lived in Wang Xian's house for half a month before moving back. However, the gap between father and son was not so easy to eliminate. Over the past few months, he
The total number of words I spoke to Zhu Gaochi did not exceed a few dozen, and they were all polite greetings.
Seeing the estrangement between father and son deepening day by day, the Crown Princess, Zhu Zhanjuan and others were anxious in their hearts. They thought of countless ways to make peace, but both fathers and sons were stubborn and neither of them would let go. The stalemate has remained like this until now.
On this day, Wang Xian followed the order of the Crown Princess and came to persuade the grandson... In fact, Wang Xian had given up persuading him long ago, because he had already understood that half of the dispute between father and son was due to diametrically opposed ideas, and the other half
This was mixed with the grudges between him and the emperor for three generations... To put it bluntly, Zhu Zhanji looked down on the prince, and the prince was also very dissatisfied because his son was too devoted to the emperor and lacked respect for him.
In Zhu Zhanji's view, his father was able to become the prince only because he gave birth to a good son like him, and he was able to sit firmly as the prince, and it was even more because he had such a good son. Moreover, all his thoughts were devoted to serving the emperor's grandfather and currying favor with Zhu Di.
In terms of happiness, how can you understand your father's sadness?
Zhu Zhanji refused to give in first. Shouldn't he let the prince, a father, apologize first? There was no way to persuade him, so Wang Xian came over. In fact, he was trying to sell dog meat on sheep's head. What he wanted to talk to Zhu Zhanji was
Another thing.
"I heard that Dongchang is going on a recruiting spree, why are you hanging out here?" Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes at his future brother-in-law... The only thing that made him happy this winter was that he was being molested by himself.
Yin Ling finally softened and agreed to go to the temple fair with him tomorrow.
"That's why I came to you." Wang Xian sighed and said, "You have to persuade the emperor to give up this idea."
"Why?" Zhu Zhanji looked at Wang Xian with a serious expression on his face.
"Your Majesty is raising a tiger for trouble, which will eventually kill the Ming Dynasty!" Wang Xian said solemnly: "Throughout the dynasties, eunuchs' monopolization of power has never produced good results."
After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji smiled disapprovingly and said, "It's a bit early to say this. Dongchang has never done anything. How can you dare to say that this is a bad move?"
Wang Xian listened and sighed in his heart. It was indeed too early to say this now... This is like pointing at a baby and saying that this guy will definitely be a murderer in the future. No matter how effective this prophecy is in the future, at this moment, it will
No one will believe it.
"I know that the rise of Dongchang has made you feel stressed." When Zhu Zhanji saw that Wang Xian was silent, he thought that he was being talked into. He patted Wang Xian on the shoulder and comforted him: "But don't worry, I'm here.
No one can ride on your head."
"You are wrong," Wang Xian shook off Zhu Zhanji's hand and said with a dark face, "Do you think I am playing my own tricks?"
"Of course not." Zhu Zhanji smiled, but it was obviously a bit perfunctory.
"To tell you the truth, not only Dongchang, but also the Jinyiwei are harmful to this country!" Wang Xian said sternly: "The imperial court has the Censor of Science and Technology, the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment, and the local inspection department to conduct patrols.
The Tao, as well as the prefecture and county yamen, this complete set of judicial institutions from top to bottom, are used to maintain the rule of the imperial court! Why do we need Dongchang Jinyiwei again?!"
"Because," Zhu Zhanji thought to himself, "Is there any need to ask? Of course my grandpa Huang doesn't trust them. Of course, he couldn't say this out loud. He smiled bitterly and said, "You know..."
"I don't understand!" Wang Xian categorically shook his head and said, "I know that if the king and his ministers are suspicious, the country will be destroyed soon!"
"You're going too far." Zhu Zhanji frowned. Although the two of them had always talked openly, such naked words still made him feel unhappy.
"It's far away, so let's go back to Dongchang." Wang Xian took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "You don't care about this matter, right?"
"I really can't control it." Zhu Zhanji smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said: "To tell you the truth, this is my grandpa's idea, and I can't change it. I can't afford to offend Zhao Ying, the admiral of Dongchang.
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"Okay." Wang Xian knew Zhu Zhanji very well. As long as it hindered his interests, don't expect to be able to let go, so he smiled and said: "Pretend I didn't say anything."
How could Zhu Zhanji not feel the disappointment of his good friend? He sighed apologetically: "Brother, I really can't help...".
When Wang Xian returned to the Yamen, Erhei and others came up to him and asked, "Sir, how are you doing?"
Wang Xian shook his head and sighed: "If you can't talk to me, grandson, we have to think of something else."
"Don't think about it yet, someone is waiting for you in front." Erhei said.
"Who?" Wang Xian was unhappy and prepared to send him away directly if there were others waiting.
"Your teacher, Wei Yuan, Minister Wei." Erhei smiled bitterly and said, "I can't just dismiss him casually."
"Hey..." Wang Xian sighed depressedly, asked someone to change his clothes, and went to the front to meet Wei Yuan...
"Oh, my Teacher Wei, what kind of wind has brought you here?!" When Wang Xian reached the front, his face was full of spring breeze, and there was no trace of the frustration he had just now.
"I'm here to do something, and I want to chat with you." Wei Yuan has just been promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and has many cases with Jin Yiwei... To put it bluntly, the reason why he was promoted from Hanlin editor to minister in just a few years
To a large extent, it was because of his teacher-student relationship with Wang Xian that the civil servants wanted to use him to suppress Wang Xian...
"That's good," Wang Xian said with a smile, "Quickly change my teacher's Dahongpao," he said with a smile to Wei Yuan, "A serious Dahongpao, even the prince can't drink it."
"It seems that I have come to the right place." Wei Yuan looked at his noble disciple with a smile, and could still vaguely recall the green-shirted young official who served under his hall back then. In just six or seven years, he was not in the mainstream back then.
A junior official has become a first-level official! He, a teacher who thought he was rising quickly, is far behind.
However, Wei Yuan was still very happy. After all, his students were prosperous, and as a teacher, his face was also bright.
When Da Hongpao came up, Wang Xian personally poured tea for Wei Yuan, twirling the Yixing purple clay cup as thin as a cicada's wing, and smelling the alluring aroma of tea. Wei Shilang half-closed his eyes in intoxication and said, "It's really a masterpiece."
"I drink almost the same," Wang Xian said with a smile: "If the teacher likes it, just take it all."
"Haha," Wei Yuan said happily: "How embarrassing is this."
"Teacher is so polite," Wang Xian said with a smile, "You should respect your teacher."
"Then you deserve it." Wei Yuan laughed and chatted with Wang Xian for a few words, then changed the subject and said, "I wonder what Zhongde thinks of Dong Jishi Factory?"
"Haha..." Wang Xian's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "What else can I say? If there is one more person snatching rice from the pot, it will be difficult in the future."
"What else?" Wei Yuan said calmly.
"Not yet." Wang Xian smiled and shook his head.
"Zhongde just didn't say anything on purpose." Wei Yuanruo glanced at Wang Xian thoughtfully, "Do you think it's hard to comment on your colleagues?"
"What do you think, teacher?" Wang Xian asked noncommittally.
"I think Dongchang is the bane of the world!" Wei Yuan said solemnly: "If it is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will definitely evolve into a situation of eunuchs interfering in politics and the country's subjugation in the future!"
"Yeah." Wei Yuan's words were exactly the same as what he said to Zhu Zhanji just now, but he seemed to be a different person, still nodding his head noncommittally.
"Zhongde!" Seeing him like this, Wei Yuan became furious and said, "You must save the world from this scourge!"
"Hey," Wang Xian said with a bitter smile: "No one can change the emperor's mind. Besides, with my current status, saying this may only have the opposite effect."
"You must have a way." Wei Yuan looked at him with confidence: "There is nothing in this world that you can't do."
"Teacher thinks too highly of me," Wang Xian said helplessly, "It really can't be done."
No matter Wei Yuan talked about breaking the sky, Wang Xian insisted that there was nothing he could do, and put on a posture of not cooperating until he was beaten to death. Finally, Teacher Wei lost his temper and left with a dark face... But that's it, he hasn't forgotten it yet.
Then he took on his big red robe.
"That's great." Seeing Wei Shilang holding the tea can, getting on the sedan and leaving, Erhei shook his head and sighed, "I thought he would stop asking for our tea when he got angry."
"Wouldn't that make things worse," Wang Xian said with a smile, "I, the teacher, am not that kind of fool."
While they were talking, everyone entered the room. After sitting down, Shuai Hui said with a smile: "It seems that Dongchang is not a bad thing. At least the civil servants no longer regard us as their number one opponent." Wang Xian Group and the Civil Service Group have already had many conflicts.
The signs of peace were not that Wang Xian took the initiative to provoke the civil servants, but that the civil servants always regarded them as imaginary enemies and were never willing to cooperate sincerely. They took advantage of opportunities and set traps, which made Jin Yiwei and others very disgusted.
In their view, Wang Xian's rejection of the civil servant's request was perfectly justified and very satisfying.
"No," Wang Xian, however, shook his head decisively and said, "Dongchang is a bad thing and we cannot allow them to grow!"
"Then why didn't you agree to it?" Shuai Hui asked puzzledly.
"You are stupid!" Erhei narrowed his one eye and sneered: "They are clearly using you as a weapon. Even if we... have to deal with Dongchang, it is our own business and we are not under their orders."
"Oh." Shuai Hui nodded, looked at Wang Xiandao: "Is that true, sir?"
"Yes." Although what Er Hei said was not completely correct, Wang Xian did not need to explain too much. In his position today, the less he said, the better.
"But," Yan Qing frowned slightly and said, "What should we do? As your Excellency said, Dongchang was born to monitor the Jinyiwei. Our situation is really inconvenient to do anything."
"In fact, it's not difficult," Wang Xian said calmly: "The emperor is currently very suspicious. As long as someone gives a few words of advice, the situation will be greatly improved... Although we can't kill Dongchang, we can at least put a halter on them!"