The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Serving as a soldier, as a general, even if the position of a general is as big as Li Chengliang, but he still has to look at other people's faces and act, and even offer and accept bribes. This kind of thing is really not common. A small number, and even for Zhang Fan, he has seen too many such things.

Not to mention the current Li Chengliang, even if he is a well-known person like Qi Jiguang, but in fact, Qi Jiguang is very good at "studying" about this kind of thing. When the Emperor Longqing Zhu Zaihou was still in power, Qi Jiguang didn't know how many such things he had done, and at that time, Qi Jiguang not only bribed Zhang Juzheng alone, he even didn't let go of the emperor.

Back then, Zhu Zaihou was extremely lustful. Even though the situation in the palace was not something that outsiders could know at will, some things about Zhu Zaihou were inevitably passed on to the outside through various channels, and Qi Jiguang was naturally invested. The good thing is that Zhu Zaihou paid tribute to some so-called super "elixir" that can strengthen the yang and nourish the kidney. This matter is obvious to all in the court, and it is not a secret. He didn't feel any embarrassment when he mentioned this matter in front of him. After all, this kind of thing was completely a very normal thing at the time, even if it was said to be a trend, it was not an exaggeration at all. Those people in the book are nothing but veterans of the three dynasties, and they are still very serious people. They have all done this kind of thing, even people like Xu Jie and Ge Shouli, even if it is not to achieve some ulterior secret, but this kind of It's not like they haven't done anything.

All in all, this kind of thing is too normal, there is nothing surprising, and even now, Zhu Zaihou has passed away, and now his son is on the throne, still young Zhu Yijun is very young; in fact, it is the Empress Dowager Li who is in power. Even now that the "Testing Method" proposed by Zhang Juzheng has been implemented in the court, the atmosphere has changed quite a bit. The atmosphere of corruption and bribery There has been a great restraint, but nowadays, such things as gift giving are still common.

Of course, even if it hasn’t disappeared, it has undergone many changes. After all, precious things are too conspicuous, and it is really easy to be caught. Therefore, even gifts have changed their appearance now. Of course, the science of gift-giving has been born since the class division evolved in this society many years ago, and it has been continuously developed. It has long been formed as a science, but this science , whether it is passed down for thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years later, there will still be new developments.

Of course, no matter who wants to use this trick, one must remember that the latest method is not the best, but it depends on the person, and the method that is most suitable for the other party is the best.

But now, Zhang Fan naturally wouldn't study these things. What he was really interested in was knowing what method Li Chengliang planned to use to bribe himself.

It should be said that Li Chengliang will definitely do this, but Zhang Fan is indeed more interested in what method to use.

One thing, even if Zhang Fan is arrogant, he must be very clear in his heart that he actually doesn't need anything.

In terms of his status, even if he can't be an extremely human minister and truly become an existence under that one person and above ten thousand people, Zhang Fan's current status is enough for him, and it can even be said that , Zhang Fan is very satisfied with his current status, even if he is really asked to go to Zhang Juzheng's position, I'm afraid Zhang Fan is still unwilling.

First of all, there are so many things that Zhang Juzheng needs to consider in his current official position. Of course, Zhang Fan has ambitions in his heart. If he really stands in that position, he can naturally use it better. It is just to consider that the national affairs are so simple. Indeed, it is a bit too arrogant to say that the national affairs are simple, but the fact is that Zhang Juzheng today, compared with the troubles of the national affairs, those small problems that cannot be clearly understood, On the contrary, it is the most troublesome.

This is just one point, and there is a second point, that is, if he really reaches that position, the complexity of interpersonal relationships is not what Zhang Fan wants to deal with today, even if Zhang Fan can handle it, but Zhang Fan now Fan also doesn't want to go into that muddy water. Every decision you make will make a group of people follow you, but at the same time, it will also make a group of people regard you as an enemy. At this time, if you are not sure about one , that could lead to catastrophe.

So for Zhang Fan, instead of suffering in that position, it is better to be like this now. Although what he is doing now is indeed not as much as he can do there, but fortunately, it is entirely up to Zhang Fan himself to decide. He can do what he wants to do.

Of course, this is just what Zhang Fan thinks, but to be honest, since he is going to a high place, it is naturally impossible to need the help of someone with a lower status than Li Chengliang. Of course, if Li Chengliang said that he will Standing completely on Zhang Fan's side was indeed a help to Zhang Fan, but Zhang Fan didn't think Li Chengliang would say that.

The reason is very simple, because Zhang Fan's current identity is the commander of Jinyiwei, the person in charge of Jinyiwei, and Li Chengliang is a general, the general of Liaodong, but before Li Chengliang was the general, he was an official appointed by the court, and Since he is an official, he must not get too close to Jin Yiwei. On this point, no matter how approachable Zhang Fan is, and no matter how much Jin Yiwei has changed under Zhang Fan's leadership, none of these can change Zhang Fan. Everything is the foundation of Jinyiwei.

Therefore, if Li Chengliang really wanted to have nothing to do in the future, he absolutely couldn't have too much involvement with Zhang Fan.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan suddenly didn't want to continue thinking about it. It didn't mean that the question of how Li Chengliang would bribe him was difficult, but on the contrary, there was nothing difficult about this question. After all, the options in front of Li Chengliang There are not too many. If Zhang Fan thinks about it, there are only a few possibilities. If he thinks about Li Chengliang's situation now, Zhang Fan can immediately think of it.

But because of this, Zhang Fan didn't want to think about it anymore. First, maintaining a sense of mystery now is indeed in line with Zhang Fan's rather boring mind. Second, although Zhang Fan didn't think about Li Chengliang's will How to do it, but he has figured it out, no matter what Li Chengliang intends to do, it will not cause any harm to himself. Now that he has understood these points, Zhang Fan will naturally not have any worries.

In short, Zhang Fan planned not to think about anything now, and waited for Li Chengliang to give him a "surprise" when he went to the banquet at night.

The night fell quickly, and Zhang Fan and the others returned to Guangning early in the morning, but although nothing dangerous happened along the way except for the incident on the bank of the Liao River, Even so, Zhang Fan and the others were exhausted all the way from Sudian to Guangning.

Zhang Fan didn't know how Li Chengliang made the arrangements, but Zhang Fan was really tired, so after he explained some things to Wang Degui and figured out how to deal with Li Chengliang, the time was running out. Zhang Fan didn't even eat lunch, and just lay down to rest. By the time Wang Meng woke him up, it was already Xu time.

And it was at this time that Li Chengliang sent someone to invite Zhang Fan over.

When Zhang Fan arrived at Li Chengliang's mansion, he got out of the car and took a look, only to realize that the place is really not small. When he came to Guangning before, Li Chengliang was not there, and his son Li Rusong received him. He also didn't flatter Zhang Fan, so Zhang Fan didn't come here. Now that he came, he found that Li Chengliang's mansion was really not small.

Li Chengliang, as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, has guarded Guangning for a long time, so Li Chengliang's mansion, even if he doesn't collect money, can really live in such a big place. Stable, and even the land price in this city is not expensive, as long as Li Chengliang uses his own status, he can easily buy it, and it doesn't cost much money.

Zhang Fan was not a discipline inspection commission sent by the capital to investigate corruption, so he didn't care at all about the size of the house Li Chengliang lived in.

After all, this is Li Chengliang's mansion, the mansion of Liaodong General Soldier. Although it is not small, there is no need to worry about any outsiders getting in here, so Wang Meng is very relieved to let Zhang Fan go to see Li Chengliang alone, and he also Just wait in the outer courtyard.

And when Zhang Fan was guided by the servants of Li's mansion to the hall where the food and drinks had been prepared, he found that Li Chengliang had been waiting there a long time ago, but this scene was different from what Zhang Fan thought, Li Chengliang was the only one here. People are not what Zhang Fan thought before, and his son Li Rusong was present.

When Zhang Fan saw that Li Chengliang was alone, he was indeed a little surprised, but he understood in a blink of an eye.

Although Li Rusong is Li Chengliang's son, the two are very similar in many ways, but there is a decisive difference, that is, Li Rusong is too young, and he doesn't know many things in the officialdom , generally speaking, Li Rusong was too upright.

As for what Li Chengliang wanted to say to Zhang Fan now, Li Rusong would probably not agree to it, so Li Chengliang tried to get rid of him.

Of course, it may not be appropriate for Li Chengliang to do this. After all, since Li Rusong has already entered this circle, it would be better for him to adapt earlier, but Li Chengliang did not do this. Today's affairs are very important to him, so he must do this to ensure that nothing bad will happen.

But this kind of thing is irrelevant to Zhang Fan, it's all good, or if Li Rusong is not around, Zhang Fan will feel more relaxed,