Idle courtiers

Chapter 332

Zhou Nan went to Zou Yinglong's house, and the two of them were not very polite.

He said directly: "Yunqing, you have misunderstood the old man. Enxiang has always been careful in doing things, and he doesn't like to go out of the way, so as not to lose room for turning around in the future. Yan Donglou is back, the weak man among the courtiers A lot of fear. Coupled with the change in His Majesty's attitude, Xu Xiang also has concerns."

"Yan Fenyi has been the chief assistant for more than ten years, and the government and the public are his eyes and ears, and it is impossible for him to say some things to you. However, his heart of strictness has not wavered in the slightest."

After consoling him for a long time, Zou Yinglong finally felt better, and said: "The master of heaven and earth, my master is more important than a mountain. Naturally, I dare not complain at all. It's just that my mentor is too cowardly in his actions. Even if he wants to give in now , Can you still retreat? Yan Donglou is such a cunning person, how could he hide the loss of the master from him?"

Zhou Nan smiled wryly: "Yun Qing, you and I know Enxiang's temperament, how difficult it is to make him make up his mind. In fact, we don't need to report everything when we do things. When it is critical, we will do it ourselves first."

The meaning of this statement is very blatant, Lao Xu just doesn't take care of him, you and I just leave him and do it alone, and give him a raw and cooked rice.

Also, after all, Xu Jie is the second assistant of the cabinet, and he will be the first assistant to overthrow Yan Song in the future.

The first and auxiliary ministers must have their own dignity, and they must not be dirty.

So, the dirty work below is for you and me to do.

Zou Yinglong's expression changed: "Does Zimu have any ideas?"

Zhou Nan: "The biggest problem with Prime Minister En is that he counts defeat before he wins. He thinks about what to do if he fails without doing anything. The reason why the strict party has not been liquidated until now is because there are no serious charges. .”

Zou Yinglong was stunned: "Isn't the crime of privately raising military salaries and embezzling ink worth 10 taels too hard?"

"Not enough." Zhou Nan: "I haven't thought of a solution yet, let me think about it for two days."

At this time, a porter of Zou Yinglong came to report: "My lord, there is a master Xu and Mr. Xu asking to see him."

Zou Yinglong: "Master Xu and Mr. Xu."

The concierge: "The people who came didn't say anything, they only said that the old man knew it after reading the greeting post."

Zou Yinglong unfolded the famous thorn, and looked shocked: "Please... no, open the middle door, Zimu and I will meet in person."

Zhou Nan was curious: "What kind of guest is here, why do you even have to greet me?"

Zou Yinglong handed the famous assassin to Zhou Nan and said, "If you guessed correctly, these two people came here for Zimu, but they just asked me to be a lobbyist to be Lu Zhonglian. Since you are here today, I will leave it to you." Take care of yourself."

He laughed again and said, "It's Xu Qian, Chief Secretary of the Fujian Chief Envoy, and his nephew Xu Yangda, who must have participated in the early August autumn for Mr. Xu. Zimu, Zimu, what should I say about you? The loyalty of you young scholars is understandable, and you can't gamble with fame! Absurd, absurd!"

Zhou Nan looked at the famous assassin and smiled: "Does Yunqing have a relationship with Xu Buzheng?"

Zou Yinglong: "It does have some origins. When I was a pedestrian in the Pedestrian Department, I had contact with him for a while, and we got along well. Zimu, fame has nothing to do with life and death for a scholar, but it is higher than life and death. You are bad. If Xu Yangda's fame and fame have been obtained, then he has formed a deep hatred with him."

"The Xu family is a rich family in Changping, and it comes from the Xu family in Suizhou. Suizhou has a prosperous culture, and it will be very detrimental to your future career if you lead the vines to drive the branches and leaves. Even if Xu Buzheng came to the door, you might as well sell favors. "

People in the officialdom are more particular about their speech. If Zou Yinglong and Xu Qian have an average relationship, Zhou Nan's question would at best answer "It's just a few faces." You can do whatever you want.

But he said, "It's okay to get along with each other." The meaning of this sentence is that it is not only possible, but there are many deals underneath, and Zhou Nan must give you this face.

In addition, he also reminded Zhou Nan that Xu's family is full of officials and has ties to Suizhou scholars.If you become a senior official of a certain level in the future, if these people make trouble for you, you will be in trouble.

Zhou Nan asked clearly about this joint, and said generously: "Yunqing, this is just a joke among scholars, how it can be taken seriously is up to you."

Zou Yinglong: "That's good. In a few days, the teacher and his old man will give lectures in the mansion. The Xinxue disciples and learned scholars in the capital will be there. You and Xu Yangda can ride together to attend."

Zhou Nan: "I would like to obey Yunqing's order."

While talking, the two arrived at the gate, but saw two people standing there.

One of them was naturally Xu Yangda, with scars on his face, and his eyes were full of anger and humiliation when he looked at Zhou Nan.

The other person was in his early forties, with a dark, thin face and sharp edges and corners. He was obviously a strong person.If the guess is correct, this person is Xu Qian, the feudal chief minister.

Zou Yinglong hastily led Zhou Nan forward, bowing to him long and wide: "So it's Xu Fantai."

Xu Qian lifted him up, frowned and shouted: "Yunqing, when I was the magistrate in Guizhou, you happened to come to the area under my jurisdiction to announce the decree. At that time, bandits were rampant, and you and I joined forces to suppress bandits. Everyone It's a fateful friendship, if you meet today, don't come to the officialdom."

Zou Yinglong: "That's right. You and I were teenagers back then. It was a great joy in life to ride a horse. Uncle Ping was right, I was born."

After all, the two joined hands and laughed.

Seeing how intimate the two are, Zhou Nan thought to himself, he never thought that the relationship between Xu and Zou could be so close. The two had fought together before.
Unlike Zou Yinglong, who was gentle and courteous, Xu Qian seemed quite forthright, like a military officer.

After the two laughed, Xu Qian looked at Zhou Nan with a smile, his eyes were full of admiration, and said: "This Zhou Zimu, who hates the west wind so much and keeps blowing his eyebrows, is really a good-looking talent."

Zhou Nan hurriedly said, "I've seen Fantai."

Now that Xu Qian had come to the door in person, the dignified chief executive kept his posture so low, which made him feel secretly refreshed.

Zou Yinglong: "Uncle Ping, the weather is hot. This capital city is different from your Fujian Province with beautiful mountains and clear waters. It is very windy and sandy. Please go into the humble house and tell me. Maybe I will let my stupid brother eat ashes outside."

Xu Qian continued to laugh heartily: "I am going to enter Yunqing's house to make a living, and I will have a place to stay in Beijing in the future."

Soon, the four of them entered the yard, went to the study to sit down as guests and hosts, and exchanged greetings with each other.

It turned out that in addition to reporting on work, Xu Qian had another task when he came to Beijing this time, which was to reconcile accounts.He has served in Fujian for three years, and his term of office has expired. Whether he is re-elected or transferred to another place in the future, he will have to give an account of the accounts at hand to the court.After all, the southeast front line has been making accounts for so many years, and every year, millions of taels of military supplies are exchanged, which is extremely complicated.

The military supplies needed for the Fujian front line need to be sent to the Fujian chief envoy first, and then uniformly distributed to the major combat troops on the front line.

Although the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty was the civil affairs chief of a province in name, his power was completely deprived by the governor, which was useless.However, Fujian is quite special because it is the front line.At the beginning, in order to concentrate its strength to do great things, the imperial court asked Hu Zongxian to take the title of governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and concurrently the governor of Fujian.

In order to restrain Hu Ruzhen, the emperor deliberately strengthened the powers of Fujian's chief envoy, and the same situation also happened with the Shandong chief envoy who was responsible for the supply of military supplies in Liaodong.

Fujian is responsible for all military supplies, dealing with money and food all day long, and the chief executive appoints a technical official.

Zhou Nan is also very curious about that place, such as the national hero Qi Jiguang, and another great hero Yu Dayou.These two people were called Yu Long Qi Hu later, and they were famous generals of the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties, so they kept asking about the situation in the army.

Xu Qian answered patiently one by one, which gave Zhou Nan enough face and also made Zhou Xingren feel good.

Xu Yangda didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, he just looked at Zhou Nan angrily.

After chatting for a few words, we quickly got to the point.

Xu Qian laughed again iconically, and said to Zou Yinglong: "Yun Qing, you also know that I am also a scholar, and I got 26th in the imperial examination, but unfortunately I didn't pass the exam. Officer. It’s been more than 20 years since I’ve been here. Don’t look at me when I was in Guizhou, I wiped out bandits, and I fought against Japanese pirates in Fujian. Suing a job in Beijing will inevitably lead to an old-fashioned poetry and wine collection. When you ask the literary circles in Beijing today, you will hear the names of two people. One is the daughter of Xu Ge's hometown, and the other is Zhou Zimu. Everyone says, These two are Li Yi'an and Wen Bacha in this life."

"Seeing Zimu today, he is indeed a good-looking talent, a dragon and a phoenix among people!"

"Especially the sentence about how much hate the west wind blows, it's written in my heart. I suddenly feel curious, what kind of water and soil can nourish such a romantic person; what famous teacher can train him?" Such a disciple. After this visit, I found out that Zhou Zimu was originally Xu Xiang's disciple, and you belonged to the same sect as Yunqing. And Yunqing and I have a fateful friendship, do you think this is a coincidence?"

Zou Yinglong also smiled and said: "It is indeed fate!"

When Xu Qian said this, he looked at Zhou Nan with piercing eyes, and said kindly: "Zimu, since you and Yun Qing are from the same family, and he and I are brothers, let's call you little brother! Haha, I heard that You have some misunderstandings with Yangda, if he offends something, please be magnanimous and don't take it to heart."

Hearing his uncle call Zhou Nan a little brother, so forget it, wouldn't he be shorter than the generation surnamed Zhou?Xu Yangda's eyes burst into flames, but he didn't dare to attack in front of Xu Qian.

Yes, since he lost the bet, he has no face to participate in this year's Qiu Wei.

But how important the matter of fame and fame is, everyone in the Xu family was furious, and dealt with him twice with family law, beating Mr. Xu to death.

There was no other way, the Xu family had no choice but to entrust all the students in Miyun to plead with Zhou Nan.

I thought that my Xu family could be regarded as a family of officials and eunuchs. You, Zhou Nan, a small scholar and a popular person, have to weigh the consequences no matter what.

But I don't want to, Zhou Nan doesn't give me any face.

(End of this chapter)