The reason is very simple. Feng Congwu's house is quite large, it is a three-entry yard. The most important thing is the location of this house, an absolute prime location.

If you build such a big house in such a location, let’s not talk about how much it costs. This is a place that ordinary people cannot buy. If you want to live here, your neighbors may not agree.

If Feng Congwu was able to live here, his status would naturally be quite high. Otherwise, with him a fifth-rank official, he would be impossible to live here in a place like Beijing, and even if he had money, he would not be qualified to live here.

Therefore, Zhang Yu's words are obviously a satirical mockery of Feng Congwu's superficial advocacy of simplicity, but secretly there are various enjoyments.

In fact, this has become a very familiar routine in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, and everyone basically does this.

Just like this is the reason why Emperor Wanli hated Zhang Juzheng back then. Zhang Juzheng taught Emperor Wanli that you should be frugal, and the country is difficult, so you should be simple; you should not light too many lamps in the palace, and you should not be frugal in the palace, and you should be frugal in food and clothing.

If Zhang Juzheng can lead by example, then he is indeed a good teacher.

But the fact is just the opposite. His life was very luxurious. He accepted bribes and went out to sit in a sedan chair carried by forty-eight people. The sedan chair was like a moving little house with everything inside.

Every time Zhang Juzheng goes out, he always calls and hangs in front of him and lives in eight seats. What do you think about Emperor Wanli?

You deprived me of my power, and you didn't let me spend money. You are doing my power, and you are still spending my money?

If I hadn't been able to beat you, I would have killed you long ago!

This situation has become more and more intense over time. At this time, basically these officials live simple on the surface and luxurious on the private side.

Especially some Donglin Party officials from Jiangnan, when they were in the capital, they shouted, "Your Majesty, you should be frugal, but your life is not frugal at all."

They have gifts every year, including ice cereals in summer and carbon cereals in winter; if you have nothing to do, someone will come over to find a piece of calligraphy and rush to send money to the money. Even if you don’t do anything, you will have a large amount of income every year.

What's more, although they seem very honest on the surface, in their hometown, relying on their power, they really make money in all kinds of things, doing business, opening shops, lending usury, acquiring land, and doing everything.

Because of the escort of these high officials, local authorities dare not take care of them.

They appear to be honest and not greedy, but in fact they send a lot of money to their families every year. A typical example is Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet during the Jiajing period.

Who would have thought that such a famous minister would have more money than the treacherous minister Yan Song?

Now that Zhang Yu said this, it is obviously a reversal of mocking Feng Congwu.

The reason is very simple. The young man has not entered the officialdom and has not been influenced and baptized by such a trend. He still has a patriotic heart, so he can't stand it. In addition, there is a hint of cramping in his personality, so Zhang Yucai said this.

Song Yingsheng glared at him and said, "It is not a gentleman to discuss right and wrong behind the scenes. If you want to know, you can ask him directly after Lord Feng comes."

Zhang Yu glanced at Song Yingsheng and sighed helplessly.

How did you become friends with them?

You know, this is the first time I met Feng Congwu, and I didn’t talk about anything. Let’s ask Feng Congwu how your house came from?

Do you believe Feng Congwu directly asked someone to beat you out?

"Let you wait for a long time." At this time, Feng Congwu walked in, with a smile on his face and a gentle tone.

At the same time, he bowed to Song Yingsheng and the other two, without any airs.

Song Yingsheng and the other two quickly stood up from the chair and bowed to the ground.

You should know that Feng Congwu is an old senior, and the respect they should have must be given. Therefore, Song Yingsheng and the other two have no shortcomings in the etiquette.

"No gifts, no gifts. Sit, sit." Feng Congwu said with a smile, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to Song Yingsheng and the other two.

After sitting down, neither side spoke first, but looked at each other.

Especially Feng Congwu was looking at the three people in front of him carefully. In fact, he had sent someone to inquire about the three of them.

These three people are very famous in the circle now, especially Song Yingxing’s arguments about Wei Dazhong.

Now that these three people came to the door, Feng Congwu was somewhat happy, because this reflected his status.

However, Feng Congwu had no idea what the three of them had to look for him.

Song Yingsheng and the other two were also looking at Feng Congwu.

Feng Congwu is in his fifties and has no evil appearance on his face. He looks elegant. No matter what, he is an old handsome guy, he looks nothing wrong with him, and he is quite kind in dealing with people and things.

"I was just writing a question book, so it's hard to interrupt it. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Feng Congwu explained his lateness and immediately said, "I hope you don't take it a fuss."

"I dare not." Song Yingsheng and the other two responded quickly.

At this time, Zhang Yu said, "I dare to ask Mr. Feng, is it about the matter of Xunzi replacing Mencius in the court?"

No one expected that Zhang Yu would ask this question so directly, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.

Feng Congwu's smile slowly calmed down because this question was not a very easy answer, and it was not a question that Zhang Yu and the others should ask.

After looking at Zhang Yu, Feng Congwu nodded and said, "Yes. As the saying goes, everything is impossible to tell others. I have nothing to hide if I want to advise Your Majesty. What I wrote about is this matter. No one in the court will oppose it, which will make Your Majesty think everyone agrees. They do nothing, but I cannot ignore it."

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "But I think it's inappropriate."

Feng Congwu glanced at Zhang Yu and said calmly: "If you have any mistakes, you need to report; if your Majesty is wrong, you need to give a direct advice. What's wrong with this?"

When he said this, Feng Congwu's expression was already a little unhappy. Obviously, he had already begun to doubt the three of them and asked this question directly.

If Zhang Yu cannot give him a satisfactory reply, he will definitely have to raise his hand to see him off.

"Because I think this method is useless except to anger Your Majesty." Zhang Yu said with a smile: "I will ask another inappropriate thing. Is the words very intense in the sir's question book?"

"It is impossible to be deafening without being intense." Feng Congwu said.

However, Zhang Yu was able to guess this, which made Feng Congwu look at him with some admiration.

Feng Congwu then asked, "Is there anything inappropriate? Even if you anger Your Majesty, we as ministers should advise you. How can we retreat because we are afraid of angering Your Majesty?"

"If you are the minister, please advise Your Majesty. But sir, you must understand that this is useless to do anything." Zhang Yu continued: "What should we do to anger Your Majesty? Or do we hope Your Majesty can take back your life? Or do we hope that Your Majesty can correct the situation?"

"Only after you have figured out your purpose, you can continue to do things. If you want to anger Your Majesty and want to directly invite your reputation, there is naturally no problem in doing so. Even the more intense your Majesty is angry, the more you can achieve your goal; it is best to be beaten by Your Majesty with a court stick, or be directly put into the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei, so that you can have a full reputation."

Hearing Zhang Yu's words, Feng Congwu looked calm and did not speak.
Chapter completed!