Idle courtiers

Chapter 437 A Wonderful Method

Yuan Wei is a good-tempered person.

In fact, at his age and body, it is impossible not to have a good temper.

He was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing. He has been an official for 25 years, and he is now in his 50s. Because he was born in a poor family, he has always been in poor health.The reason why he was elected to the cabinet last year was mainly because the cabinet left two assistant ministers at once, and there was a severe shortage of staff.Coupled with the turmoil in the court, it is necessary for a veteran like him to keep calm.

He also knows that he is actually a transitional figure, with the shrewd and capable Xu Jie in front, and the aggressive rising stars such as Li Chunfang, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng in the back, he probably will leave in a few years.

Born as a Hanlin scholar, and an extremely talented official, Lao Yuan has already achieved the highest achievement of a literati, and he has no attachment to power and position.

Therefore, on weekdays, when in contact with people, it is always gentle and drizzle, blindly licorice, full of hometown wishes, hello, hello, hello, everyone.

But this good old man was extremely dissatisfied with Xu Jie and Zhou Nan's father and grandson. Old Xu covered the sky in the cabinet and only regarded him as a display, which greatly hurt Yuan Wei's self-esteem.As for Zhou Nan, thinking of the conflict between the two of them when they served the emperor that day, he felt angry.

Hearing the concierge's report, Yuan Wei immediately understood that Zhou Nan was acting as a lobbyist for Xu Jie's involvement in the Kong Ming case.

He wondered, what does the Kongming case have to do with the old man, and how can I help Xu Cifu?This kind of thing is too sensitive, it is better to ignore it.

In addition, he was extremely disgusted with Zhou Nan, so he smiled lightly and said to the concierge: "Go and tell Zhou Nan that the old man has already gone to sleep. If it is an official business, it will be submitted tomorrow. If it is a private matter, the ministers of the cabinet have no private matters."

He asked the concierge to go out and send Zhou Nan away.

After a while, the concierge came back and reported: "Yuan Xiang, Zhou Nan said that he came to Shuntian Mansion to educate Duan Chengen and was impeached by the imperial censor. It is very important. Please be sure to meet him."

Yuan Wei wondered that Zhou Nan did not come to do his own work on behalf of Xu Jie, which was strange.He was having a headache because of Duan Chengen's affairs, his heart moved, and he thought for a while: "Alright, let him come in."

In the middle of the night, it was not convenient for Mr. Yuan Ge to meet Zhou Nan in the inner house, so he was helped by a servant to the main room outside.

The fog was getting bigger, the white air was billowing in the cold, and it was impossible to see things.

After a while, Zhou Nan entered the main room, bowed his hands together and said, "Your Majesty has seen Yuan Xiang."

Yuan Wei lacked energy and was in a bad mood, so he just wanted to rest earlier.No nonsense: "What is the relationship between you and Duan Chengen, and why are you here?"

Zhou Nan looked around, but saw that Yuan Wei's house was very shabby, the tables and tables in the main room were all peeled off, revealing the wooden texture inside.Lao Yuan didn't wear an official uniform, but only a Taoist robe, which was washed white.

His family's house is not big, so he only enters three times.

It can be seen that this Yuan Wei is also a clean and clean person, and he also has a reputation of incorruptibility among scholars.

Zhou Nan: "Xiaguan was originally a student of Shuntian Mansion. He took part in an additional test before this year's autumn, and it was Duan Ti who accepted me. Speaking of which, Xiaguan also has a teacher-student relationship with him."

Yuan Wei: "Oh, that's how it is."

Zhou Nan: "I heard that Ke Dao is impeaching Prime Minister Yuan."

This question was rude, Yuan Wei raised his brows.He is a cultivated person, pretending to be indifferent, and said casually: "It is also the duty of the person to clean the way of science. The clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. The old man is open and frank, and he is not afraid of people's words."

You still pretend, no one in this capital knows that you, Yuan Wei, have been messed up by the officials, Zhou Nan secretly smiled.He said: "Although you don't need to care about the opinions of the officials, but letting them talk nonsense will damage the reputation of the boss. The so-called three people can make a tiger, and one mouth can make money. It is also extremely disgusting."

Yuan Wei said solemnly: "I open my mouth to Guang Guang, and let others speak, even if I say something wrong, it doesn't matter, it's just nonsense, Lord Zhou be careful."

"Yes, yes, what Elder Ge said is true. You have to let people speak. But freedom is limited. If it comes from a public heart, even if the speech officer misunderstands Yuan Xiang, the elder Ge has a lot of people, so you can laugh it off. However, If someone has other intentions, in order to gain personal fame, blindly messing around, or even making something out of nothing, but ruining the court's ethos. In this way, if something happens to the country in the future, everyone just wants to gain fame for themselves and pick others' faults, and they don't have to bear any responsibility. Responsibility, doesn’t it make the hearts of those who do practical things cold, and it is not a blessing for the country.” Zhou Nan said frankly: “In the current cabinet, Xu Cifu has something wrong now, and only Li Ge and Yuan Ge are left. Qingliu’s impeachment this time Boss, do you want the cabinet to be left out of government? The lower officials are deeply contemptuous of those villains who only know how to frame up and tell stories, and they are not worthy of a gentleman like Boss who is dedicated to the public."

These words reached Yuan Wei's heart, he sighed in a low voice: "The world slanders me and slanders me, let him go, this old man only knows how to do things honestly, to repay your father's kindness."

Zhou Nan couldn't detect the change of Yuan Wei's mind, and said: "Yes, it is the virtue of a gentleman to know kindness and repay it. Duan Tixue is very kind to his subordinates. He was impeached by the officials this time. Zhou Nan only needs to help He overcame the difficulties. Today, I will beg in Yuan Xiang’s mansion, and ask the boss to make decisions for him, and ask Yuan Xiang to take a look at this thing.” As he spoke, he took out a booklet and a piece of paper full of paper from his arms hand it over.

Yuan Wei took it and saw that it was a yellow book of household registration in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture and a contract.

It doesn't matter if you don't read the household registration yellow book, you can't see it.That paper contract was a conversion document.It said that Yu in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture was willing to adopt the fetus in the womb of his divorced wife, Shi, to Duan as his son, so as to continue the family's incense.

Below is the signature of Li Bao and Duan Chengen's autograph.

Zhou Nan explained: "This Yu was originally the son of Xu Cifu's family. Later, he got out of slavery and settled in Daxing County. He has a yellow scale of household registration as a certificate."

Yuan Wei was confused: "What's going on, and what does it have to do with Lord Duan?"

Zhou Nan said: "So that my lord knows, this Yu is the ex-husband of Duan Tixue's daughter-in-law. Last year, she was taken home by Mrs. Mistress, and was later divorced. Mistress brought her pregnancy back to Duan's house. The child she and Yu were carrying I want to adopt Duan Tixue as my grandson."

"Is this true?" Yuan Wei was greatly moved after hearing what he said.

Zhou Nan: "It's absolutely true."

Yuan Wei felt ecstasy in his heart, the reason why he is in such a mess now, and he may be even more in the future, is not because the officials took the opportunity to mention scholars and the daughter-in-law was inexplicably pregnant, and then impeached him on his head in a roundabout manner/
If it is done, Duan Tixue will inevitably be in big trouble, even he will be scolded bloody.

Now the cabinet is in turmoil, and the court situation is very turbulent.There are faint signs of a big storm brewing, and if one is not careful, he will also collapse. ,

As an old man in the officialdom, he really understands that many things may not seem big when they first happen, but no one is sure what will develop into the situation when someone pushes the flames/
Now that the child in the womb of Duan Chengen's daughter-in-law can explain the origin clearly, the judges have no reason to ask Duan to learn from him and find their own bad luck.

The beginning of this matter was simply killed in the bud by Zhou Nan.

Wonderful, very wonderful!
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