The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Such a sudden sentence from Zhang Fan immediately made Li Chengliang stunned on the spot. Indeed, no matter what, at this time Zhang Fan suddenly said that he would not charge money. , This time is not enough to get angry, after all, this is only a moment of effort, the speed is naturally not so fast, but if you wait longer, it may not be necessarily so.

Naturally, Zhang Fan would not let that kind of thing happen. He was just right, and when Li Chengliang was about to ask a question, he said, "General Li, please don't misunderstand. receive,"

Hearing what Zhang Fan said, although Li Chengliang was still surprised, his face calmed down. Since Zhang Fan said that, he obviously had his reasons, so Li Chengliang decided to listen to what Zhang Fan had to say. .

"It's not that I'm not short of money. Money is really a good thing. No matter how much I have, I won't feel like burning my hands." Zhang Fan smiled and said, "Although it is true that I am not short of money, but to have this kind of It's a good thing, if you want to change someone, you won't refuse, but I really can't accept General Li's money.

"What General Li said to me before, even if the general hasn't said what he wants to ask me to do, I understand it in my heart. I also know that the general is not popular in the court, so I told the ministers in the court The concern between us is not good, but this matter, and now that the general has said such a thing to me, I also know what the general means.

"To be honest, I also understand my weight in the court, but even so, the general will not be able to accomplish anything by relying on me alone. The general's real purpose is to let me go back and have peace with the queen mother." Your Majesty should say a few good words.

"If that's the case, please rest assured, General, even if I don't take the money, I will tell the queen mother what I said after I go back, but naturally there will be no exaggeration in the words, what should I say? Whatever it is, of course, I will not say anything that is not good for the general, "

Zhang Fan's words immediately made Li Chengliang quiet. To be honest, he gave Zhang Fan the banknote before, which is actually what he meant. It is a good thing if someone does this kind of thing, but if it is too much, it will be a bad thing instead, and as Zhang Fan said, you can say some good things, but you don’t say those things. Bad words, that's enough.

It's just that, according to Li Chengliang's original thinking, it may take some "price" to say these words, but what Li Chengliang didn't expect was that Zhang Fan had already agreed to help him without needing him to spend money. It's something that he can't understand.

"In this case, I would like to thank Mr. Zhang." Since Zhang Fan did not accept money, it is naturally impossible for this situation to be stuffed a second time. Li Chengliang collected the bank notes, "It's just..." Obviously Even though Zhang Fan had already said that he would help him say something nice in front of Queen Mother Li, although Li Chengliang had achieved what he wanted, Zhang Fan's attitude made him feel even more confused.

After all, this kind of thing, although it seems that it is not very eye-catching, but in today's court, who is willing to help people say such things for no reason, besides Well, that's the queen mother, if something goes wrong, the person who speaks for you will have to be in trouble with you.

All in all, if there is really no interest involved in this kind of thing, this kind of relationship, it is obviously very difficult to ask others to help you.

But Zhang Fan is very good, he agreed without even accepting the money, no wonder Li Chengliang was a little confused about this, after all, he had never encountered such a thing before, and he had never even heard of it of.

"In this case, I will thank Mr. Zhang first." Li Chengliang couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only say, "However, since this is the case, I don't know if Mr. Zhang has anything I can do to help. "It is natural for Li Chengliang to think this way. After all, the other party agreed to help him with this matter without asking for anything. He would naturally think that Zhang Fan also needs his help. Li Chengliang would think so, not at all. That's right.

"I don't have anything to ask for the general's help," Zhang Fan replied unexpectedly.

At this moment, Li Chengliang was really stunned. If Zhang Fan didn't charge money, but asked him to help with the affairs, Li Chengliang could understand this, but if Zhang Fan not only didn't charge any benefits, but also asked him to help with the affairs. Li Chengliang couldn't figure out why he did such a thing without his help. After all, Zhang Fan had no obligation to do him such a favor. Zhang Fan's answer now is, Make him very puzzled.

"No, I can't say that," Zhang Fan suddenly changed the subject, "I also have something that I want General Li to help me with."

"Master Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it," Li Chengliang's expression became much better when he heard Zhang Fan say this, "As long as I, Li, can do it, it's no problem."

"General Li can naturally do this, or in other words, only General Li can do this in the world," Zhang Fan said with a smile, "But General Li, don't get me wrong. Rather than doing me a favor, it is more appropriate to say that it is helping General Li himself, "

"This..." Once again, Li Chengliang was puzzled again. He couldn't understand Zhang Fan's words at all. Why did Zhang Fan say that, "Please forgive me for not understanding, Master Zhang. Said to help myself,"

"Let's put it this way, just right, Mr. Ling is not here now, and it's just me and General Li, these things are easier to say," Zhang Fan didn't intend to hide it, and there is nothing to hide about this matter, " When I was in the capital, I had already heard a lot about the general, especially this time when I came to the general, before I came here, I asked someone to find a file about the general and asked a lot of questions People who know about the general have inquired about a lot of things, if I make the general feel uncomfortable, I hope the general can understand, "

"It's nothing." Li Chengliang didn't just say polite words, he really didn't care, "Since Mr. Zhang is going to Liaodong, and I, as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and the upcoming war, Mr. Zhang wants to know more about it." it's not a big deal,"

"General Li is very generous," Zhang Fan praised him, and continued, "But when I was looking at General Li's past, I found a problem. I have to say something here. After all, I am the commander of Jinyiwei and I am in charge of , The information obtained is naturally more than that of ordinary yamen.

"Among these news, when I read some about General Li, to be honest, it is not a good thing for General Li. Among other things, there is one item, it is said that General Li's daily living expenses, that is really true. Not frugal, it can even be called extravagance, I don’t know General Li, that’s right, "

What Zhang Fan said was straightforward enough, and normally he wouldn't say that, but now that the two of them have already said that, it's meaningless to cover up like that.

And Li Chengliang is worthy of being a general who has been fighting for many years. Even if Zhang Fan said that about him in front of him, he was not angry, and he nodded and admitted readily: "Master Zhang is right. Regarding this point, I am not angry." I don't want to quibble.

"Of course, if I were to talk about this kind of thing myself, I wouldn't be like this, but maybe in the eyes of others, this is indeed a luxury,"

"It seems that General Li has self-knowledge, which is a good thing," Zhang Fan said, "but has General Li thought about a problem, the general's extravagance is not a day or two, and I know it well." , but a few years ago, Gao Gong made an investigation into the annexation of fertile land, and I remember it was also affected here, and now, my teacher, Mr. Zhang, who is now the down payment of the cabinet, also implemented the "Examination Method" in the court, although it said This "Examination of the Law" does not test the school's corruption and perversion of the law, but it also has an impact, but why did General Li survive these two incidents and remain unscathed, and still sit in the position of the chief soldier?"

"This..." This time, Li Chengliang didn't know what to say.

"Actually, the reason is very simple," Zhang Fan said, "It's not that those people deliberately pretended not to see, what's more, the general also said before that he was not well received in the court. Needless to say, the general knew that those people would never let go of this opportunity, and they didn't care about the impact.

"The one who really saved General Li was General Li himself. The situation in Liaodong has always been unstable, and in recent years, Wang Gao has been in constant chaos. It can be said that there is no day to stop here, and it is precisely Because there are generals sitting here, things will not cause trouble. After all, this place is not far from the capital. would agree,"

"This..." Once again, Li Chengliang had nothing to say. In fact, he didn't know that what Zhang Fan said was the truth, and the facts were exactly the same. He had so many enemies in the court, but After going through these things, he still sat in this seat safe and sound, obviously because he was more effective here than when he went down.

But if this is the case, wouldn't Li Chengliang have a seat that cannot be overthrown? Dare to do things.

Li Chengliang naturally understood what Zhang Fan said.

But at the same time, Li Chengliang himself felt a crisis, so even though everything looks good now, he still needs help.