marquis of jingan

Chapter 498

On the night of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, in Shen's mansion, the two brothers and sisters lit a stove and a small stove for cooking wine, talking while cooking wine.

Seeing that the wine was already warm, Shen Yi picked up the jug and poured a glass for Zhang Jian, and said softly, "Senior brother, if His Majesty really wants to use the Zhuhe faction again, then there will be no anti-Japanese army, let alone that day... "

There will be no conflict with the Queen Mother.

However, Shen Yi did not say this sentence.

It's not a good habit to expose people's shortcomings behind their backs, and it's even less a good habit to expose the shortcomings of the Tian family behind their backs, because if you are not careful, you may be slapped hard by the empire's iron fist.

Zhang Jian took a sip of the hot wine, then shook his head: "That's what I said, but first Cui Yu got up, and then Yang Fanyin official, all signs show His Majesty's attitude. It's back to the Yang family's side."

"It's just a servant of the Ministry of Industry."

Shen Yi said softly: "He is still the right servant, and he is the bottom of all the servants in the six departments. It is nothing more than a face-saving, and it is not practical."

He toasted Zhang Jian and said with a smile, "Brother, we just need to do what we should do."

Zhang Jian shook his head slightly, and sighed: "Zi Heng, you still think a little shallowly. According to the current situation, if the Northern Expedition is hopeful for us people, this meal will naturally be the meal for the Yang family, but if there is no hope for the Northern Expedition in the future , or repeated defeats, then this meal is not a decapitated meal."

"The peace faction in the imperial court will become stronger again."

The profession of emperor is a very special profession.

After working in this profession for a long time, as long as he is a qualified emperor, his own personality will gradually fade, and he will become an existence similar to a balancing machine.

This machine doesn't have much personal emotion to speak of.

For example, Chen Guo's Northern Expedition.

If it is about personal emotions, then of course His Majesty is definitely on the side of Shen Yi, Ganquan Academy, or the "Eagle Faction", but as the emperor, he cannot act according to his own will .

The main task of the emperor is to balance the forces of all aspects of the court.

The most fundamental function of balancing power is to maintain the continued existence and operation of the imperial court.

If one day the imperial court encounters a situation that is related to existence or not, as long as it is beneficial to survival, the emperor will definitely abandon Shen Yi and the entire hawk faction without hesitation, and reuse the dove faction.

That's what Zhang Jian said, this meal of decapitation is not a meal of decapitation.

Shen Yi nodded in agreement.

He offered a toast to Zhang Jian, and said with a smile, "Senior brother's words are out of character, so I will toast to you."

After the two brothers had a drink, Shen Yi looked at Zhang Jian and continued, "It is precisely because what my senior brother said is true that I will work harder to do things for the court. As long as our affairs are done well, then this meal will be his meal." Yang family's decapitated meal."

When Zhang Jian heard this, the expression on his face was a little gloomy.

"To put it bluntly, it's Ziheng who is doing things for the court and His Majesty alone."

"As a prime minister of Taichang Temple, what can I do for the court?"

"Brother, you don't need to do anything now."

Shen Yi squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Brother An Anxin is in Jiankang, doing his job well, and getting promoted step by step in the future. For the academy and the Zhang family, that is the best thing."

"My little brother is on an errand, to put it bluntly, he's just doing nothing."

"Victory is happy, but defeat is also happy."

Shen Yi's face was calm, and he said softly: "Little brother has not done his job well, and it will be very difficult to get promoted in the future, but the road on my side is broken, and there is another brother."

"Academy always has hope."

Zhang Jian let out a mouthful of alcohol, reached out to lift the wine pot, and filled it for Shen Yi.

"Forget it, let's not talk."

"Let's have a drink brother."

After drinking a glass of wine, Young Master Zhang looked at Shen Yi with a sincere expression: "I hope you and my brother can be like Master Zhao and Master Lu, best friends for life!"

Shen Yi smiled.

"I hope that the senior brother will enter the Zhongshu Province as soon as possible to pay homage to the prime minister, so that the younger brother can go back to Jiangdu to teach as soon as possible."

Zhang Jian laughed.

"Maybe in the future, Ziheng will go to Zhongshu to pay homage to the prime minister, brother Yu, I will go to Jiangdu to teach!"

The two looked at each other with smiles in each other's eyes.

………………

While the two brothers in Shen's mansion were drinking, Yang's mansion, which was not too far away from Shen's house, was also brightly lit.

Mr. Yang set up a big table in his back house, and invited more than a dozen people he knew well, to celebrate his promotion to the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Among them, Chen Yu and Chen Fengde, the current members of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, were also invited to be present, but Chen Yuanwai kept a relatively low profile on the wine table, basically only drinking and not talking.

Mr. Yang was very happy today, his face flushed red from drinking, he was drinking loudly with a group of friends, listening to the flattery of the people around him, his face flushed with excitement, and he said loudly: "The incident happened in a hurry today. , This meal is a bit simple, tomorrow, tomorrow we will go to Yaoyue Tower, Yang will set up a banquet for three tables, get a few jars of 30-year-old wine, everyone get together, have a good drink!"

Today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, which is the last day for the imperial court to work.

Tomorrow's New Year's Eve will be a [-]-day annual holiday. During this period, all government offices will be closed for "shutdown", and the court will not resume until His Majesty opens the court in Deqing Palace after the Shangyuan Festival. run.

Therefore, today and tomorrow, these officials present can drink freely without going to work.

More than a dozen people responded loudly, and the sound of laughter was endless.

After making noise for quite a while, an old figure walked in. The old man glanced at everyone present, then looked at his son, and said with a little anger in his voice, "Have you had enough trouble?"

With a word from the old man, everyone present fell silent.

In the end, Mr. Yang smiled awkwardly, stood in front of the old man, lowered his head and said, "Father, isn't this son promoted to an official position, brothers are happy..."

"Are you promoted?"

Yang Xiangguo asked bluntly.

Yang Fan lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "Father, my son is a fourth-rank dismissal official and promoted to a third-rank real-time servant, why isn't he promoted?"

"It's not just a promotion, it's an exceptional promotion."

"This kind of thing must be publicized. The bigger the noise, the better."

Mr. Yang lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "It's best to tell everyone in Jiankang, so that this official will not be promoted in vain."

Mr. Yang is not a fool either.

He also knew that this promotion was a bit weird, but he was also taking advantage of it, and happened to use this promotion to revive the confidence of Yang Xiang's family.

Old man Yang glanced at his son, snorted, and didn't continue talking.

Then he looked at Chen Yu, his face softened a little.

"Fonde, come with Teacher Wei."

Chen Yu got up quickly, came to the side of the old teacher, and then left the noisy scene with Yang Xiangguo.

The master and apprentice were walking in the back garden of the Yang family, when a gust of cold winter wind hit, making old man Yang tighten his clothes.

Chen Yu quickly walked to the old man's side, bowed his head and said, "Teacher, it's cold outside, let's go inside."

"As you get older, you can only be clear-headed when it's cold."

The old man looked at Chen Yu and asked, "What does Feng De think about Fan'er's promotion to the Minister of Industry?"

"It's a crisis."

Member Chen lowered his head slightly, and continued: "But for the mentor and the senior brother, it may not be an opportunity."

The old Xiangguo asked a question.

"what chance?"

Chen Yu looked up at the old man, then bowed his head silently.

"Another chance to hold the pivot."

(End of this chapter)