Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 589 Fatty Zhao's Enlightenment
Zhang Jing and Zhang Siwei seemed to think that the courtiers didn't scold Zhang Juzheng hard enough.

The two had a tacit understanding.They thought of one person at the same time: Zhao Yongxian, the former seven-rank reviewer of the Imperial Academy!

Zhao Yongxian was once a student of Zhang Juzheng.In the fifth year of Wanli, because he opposed Zhang Juzheng's seizure of love, he and his brother Wu Zhongxing went up together and joined his teacher.

Emperor Wanli was furious when he saw these two excerpts.Zhao Yongxian and Wu Zhongxing were ordered to be court staff.The emaciated Wu Zhongxing was rode to death on the spot.Because Zhao Yongxian was born fat, his body was quite heavy, so he saved his life.Although his life was saved, his leg was crippled.

Zhao Yongxian's wife used to collect the buttocks of her husband who fell to the ground when he was hit by the court stick, made bacon, and hung them in the living room to show the world that her husband was loyal and unyielding, and would not bow to those in power.This incident was also passed down as a good story.

Zhang Jing and Zhang Siwei were sitting opposite each other in the cabinet duty room.

Zhang Jing took a sip of his tea and said, "People scolding Zhang Juzheng doesn't carry enough weight! If Zhang Juzheng's former students all come forward and expose their teacher's sinisterness to the world, then it will be full of weight!"

Zhang Siwei clapped his hands: "Wonderful! Eunuch Zhang's method is very clever! Zhao Yongxian is at home now. We let him reinstate, why shouldn't he be grateful to us? He himself has a grudge against Zhang Juzheng. At that time, we will let him go Zhezi scolded Zhang Juzheng, and he will gladly agree."

Zhang Jing said: "Well, the two of us will go to the Zhao Mansion in person and explain the matter clearly to Zhao Yongxian!"

Zhang Siwei said with a smile: "A chief minister of the cabinet, a supervisor of ceremonies, personally went to the mansion of a grassroots man who is idle at home... Heh, we are enough to give Zhao Yongxian face!"

An hour later, the two came to the Zhao residence.

On the beams of Zhao's living room, there are several pieces of bacon hanging.

Zhang Siwei asked Zhao Yongxian: "Are these pieces of bacon made from the minced meat from Brother Xian's buttocks picked up by Mrs. Xian in the fifth year of Wanli?"

Zhao Yongxian nodded: "Exactly."

Zhang Jing hurriedly put a high hat on Zhao Yongxian: "Hey! These few pieces of bacon are enough to show Brother Zhao's noble character! He is not afraid of power and rape!"

Zhao Yongxian said neither humble nor overbearing: "Eunuch Zhang is too famous."

Zhang Siwei said: "Brother Yongxian, the power traitor Zhang Juzheng has lost power now. The whole court is liquidating all the crimes he committed during his lifetime. It's time for you to come out and serve the court! I plan to promote you to be a doctor of the Ministry of Officials. what do you think?"

The doctor of the kaogong division of the Ministry of officials is one of the four big vacancies in Beijing officials.The price offered by the two cards to Zhao Yongxian is not low.

Zhao Yongxian said loudly: "Students have been in the cold for ten years, nothing more than to get an official position, to serve the emperor's kindness, and to benefit the people. Zhang Shoufu asked me to enter the imperial court and do things for the people. How can I shirk?"

Zhang Siwei said: "Okay! Brother Yongxian is really a national scholar! By the way, there is something I want to entrust to you!"

Er Zhang offered such a high price to Zhao Yongxian, naturally there were conditions.

Zhao Yongxian said: "Excuse me, Chief Assistant, what's the matter?"

Zhang Siwei said: "In the morning three days later, I will suggest to the emperor to open Zhang Juzheng's coffin and flog his corpse, so as to destroy his bones and ashes. At that time, I hope you can second the proposal!"

A sly smile flashed across Zhao Yongxian's face: "Okay, it's all up to the Chief Assistant."

Zhang Jing said from the side: "Brother Zhao, we are now our own people. Don't worry, with the help of the chief assistant of the cabinet and the seal of the chief inspector, your official position will definitely rise...how do you say that?" ?”

Zhang Siwei answered: "A rising tide lifts all boats."

Zhang Jing said: "Yes, yes, a rising tide lifts all boats! Every step of the way! The future is boundless! Well, brother Zhao, let's go back first."

Three hours later, night fell.He Liu came to Zhao Mansion.

Zhao Yongxian is drinking a bowl of broth in his living room.

He Liudao: "Lord Zhao, in the fifth year of Wanli, Donghua Gate will be parted, so don't come here without any problems."

Zhao Yongxian looked at He Liu: "Are you He Liuye from Jinyiwei?"

He Liu nodded: "Master Zhao has a good memory. That year, our Jinyiwei was the one who punished you. Later, the emperor decreed that it was changed to Dongchang. I brought the brothers of Jinyiwei to maintain order."

Zhao Yongxian stood up, moved one of his disabled legs, walked up to He Liu, and cupped his hands: "Master Liu, please sit down. Come here and serve tea to Master Liu."

He Liu cut to the chase and said, "I heard that Zhang Shoufu from the cabinet and Eunuch Zhang from the Supervisor of Ceremonies came to see Mr. Zhao at noon today?"

Zhao Yongxian nodded: "The Sixth Master is indeed the person who has been in charge of Jinyiwei for more than 20 years. The news is well-informed. They have looked for me and asked me to return to the officialdom."

He Liudao: "Oh? I don't know what official position they plan to let you take?"

Zhao Yongxian replied: "They asked me to take the post of doctor of the examination department of the Ministry of Officials."

He Liu chuckled lightly: "Heh, doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Examination Department? There are four big vacancies in Beijing, the doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Examination Department, the doctor of the Department of Literature Selection of the Ministry of Officials, the doctor of the Military Library Department of the Ministry of War, and the doctor of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. Zhang Shoufu and Zhang Father-in-law, you really value Mr. Zhao very much."

Zhao Yongxian said bluntly: "If you want a high position, you must ask for something. They asked me to do something. Such a shrewd person as Mr. Liu, he should be able to guess what it is?"

He Liudao: "If you guessed right, they asked you to throw stones at Mr. Zhang, right?"

Zhao Yongxian nodded: "That's right. Zhang Shoufu said that in the morning three days later, he would suggest to the emperor to open the coffin and flog the corpse of the former master, so as to shatter the bones and ashes. He hopes that I can second the proposal."

He Liu stood up, walked in front of Zhao Yongxian, and said with a serious face: "In the world, everyone can scold Mr. Zhang. Only you can't scold! Because you are his student!"

Zhao Yongxian said with a smile: "The sixth master underestimated me, Zhao Yongxian too! Do you think I will betray my teacher and say things against my will in the court?"

He Liudao: "That's not what I mean. It's just that profit comes first, and no one can hold it. The position of the doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is really too tempting. I'm afraid of Mr. Zhao..."

Zhao Yongxian waved his hand and interrupted He Liu's words.He said: "I have been unemployed at home for five years. This person likes to think about things as soon as he is free. I have been thinking about whether it was right or wrong for Mr. Zhang to seize love. Right or wrong. Two years ago, I finally figured it out."

He Liudao: "Master Zhao, please enlighten me, who is right and who is wrong?"

Zhao Yongxian said: "Of course Mr. Zhang was right and I was wrong! At that time, if Mr. Zhang really returned to his hometown to defend the system, countless ghosts and monsters would jump out immediately and attack the hard-won New Deal! The New Deal will be in vain! If so, How come the world is peaceful now, the country is prosperous and the people are strong? Wu Zhongxing and I are so stupid. We were taken advantage of by others and jumped out to become a teacher of our own! Oh, I regret it, I regret it!"

(End of this chapter)