Chapter 794 Flaws and Hearts
"Eunuch Zhang."
Even though he deliberately stayed at night just to wait for someone who might come to see him, Wang Fulin never expected that the person who came was Zhang Hong, the eunuch of Silijian!
"Wang Shiyu, I know that this matter is embarrassing you today." Zhang Hong smiled slightly, walked forward calmly with his hands behind his back, and then said, "Don't worry, there is no one else in the yards of Guangdong Road and Fujian Road. I have arranged everything outside, so I will not expect someone to break in and disturb us. You don't have to be polite, sit down, let's talk slowly."
Although he was a little worried about how Zhang Hong's arrangement could be hidden from Feng Bao, Wang Fulin knew that no matter how much he was worried, he simply threw this concern aside. When Zhang Hong sat down in the first guest seat, the boss would sit down directly in his previous seat without hesitation, and then he said straight to the point: "Eunuch Zhang has only met me once, but this time he suddenly sent someone to entrust such a big deal. I forgive me for saying a pretentious word. Eunuch Zhang is not afraid that I will panic for a moment, do something wrong, and say the wrong thing?"
"Wang Shiyu, who can make Wang Chonggu, a first-rank rival, suffer a loss in silence?" Zhang Hong didn't notice that Wang Fulin tightened his shoulders and said with a smile, "If it weren't for the fact that you killed the slave before, I'm afraid someone would have pointed his finger at the Prime Minister and Eunuch Feng. So, in fact, it was because of your use of this move that others were afraid of being afraid of You Qi's death and jumping up and down, causing trouble. This storm has just become invisible. Even Eunuch Feng, who didn't say it before, also praised you in his heart."
I'm not a three-year-old child, so I don't need to wear such a high hat!
Wang Fulin thought so in his heart. Of course, it was impossible to be so direct in his mouth: "Eunuch Zhang praised me. It's a pity that I am just an ordinary person with ordinary abilities, and to be honest, I don't know how to persuade the Prime Minister. After I went to the Zhang Mansion, I was provoked by me because I was the one who made the case for purging Kou Zhi, and the Prime Minister scolded me. I didn't even have the chance to speak, and I'm afraid I'll disappoint Eunuch Zhang."
"Oh? So, I don't know about the fact that the Chief Auxiliary wrote a letter to tell her illness for ten days?"
Seeing Zhang Hong staring at his eyes, if he had a slight abnormal reaction, the eunuch Silijian, who would notice that Wang Fulin tried his best to keep his brain clear and control his entire reaction through his brain. He suddenly bounced off the chair and said in an incredible tone: "No wonder, Doctor Zhu's expression was so ugly at that time. It turned out that it was because the Prime Minister's illness was indeed not bad... When the Prime Minister said he was going to take the disease, I thought it was just a talk."
Zhang Hong muttered to himself while muttering, and then sat down again, his face dumbfounded. He couldn't help but make a quick judgment in his heart. Wang Fulin just said directly that Zhang Juzheng had just scolded him and had no chance to speak. When he said that Zhang Juzheng was ill, the other party reacted like this. It was obvious that he was unwilling to take credit. From this perspective, it seemed that he did not underestimate Wang Fulin. Zhang Juzheng should have favored him because Wang Fulin had created two incidents of cleaning up the Kedao, but such a young man did have a certain influence on the premier.
He originally thought that he was indeed a bit ill and seeking medical treatment this time... But he really had to do this. Who would have thought that Feng Bao would suddenly use this trick to use Empress Dowager Li to rub the people from the Qing Palace to the end. Even Zhang Cheng, who belonged to his own, did not hesitate to throw him to the most troublesome place like the Genggufang. He found that Empress Dowager Li was actually making a big fuss. Not only did she blame Emperor Wanli, but she also asked Zhang Juzheng to come in and draft a self-criticize edict. Feng Bao started to persuade him again, but Empress Dowager Li was as determined as if he had eaten a weight and could not persuade him at all!
Now, even Feng Bao knew that he had done too much, so he simply left his hands and left it alone. If not, how could he have set his mind on Wang Fulin, who was the last student in the future, if he didn't go to see Zhang Juzheng in person?
"Eunuch Zhang. No matter what, the Prime Minister's illness, what you asked someone to tell me before will always be put aside. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor are mother and son. As long as you think about it carefully, you will not be stubborn. Today, I will keep my mouth shut."
"Zhang Feng said before that you are a young hero and have a great reputation in the Southeast. I am a little skeptical, but now I believe it." Zhang Hong stood up with a smile, but said meaningfully, "Whether You Qi or Meng Fang or a mere native chicken and dog, you just think you are an insignificant person and really underestimate the hero. In any case, when you arrive at the Zhang Mansion, the Chief Aunt will be sick for ten days. Our family will still remember this contribution to you. When you have the chance in the future, you will mention it to the emperor."
Wang Fulin even wanted to die. He didn't want to take credit because he was an emperor like Zhu Yijun, so how could he have a person with a heart of the emperor? This master was just a typical example of throwing it away after using it! So he blurted out without thinking: "Eunuch Zhang, don't say that! You can't accept the reward without merit, and you won't do it. I already knew that the Prime Minister's scolding was wrong. At that time, you shouldn't be complacent in Wenhua Palace because of the emperor's inquiry. This matter is ultimately a small matter. What are you talking about? "
Zhang Hong narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that he was worthy of testing again. Wang Fulin was indeed quite tactful. However, what he said to mention to the emperor was originally just a polite word, but Wang Fulin came out with such a righteous and strict manner, and he felt that it was just right. Therefore, he did not say anything more, just nodded and turned away. But when he arrived at the door, he suddenly said without looking back: "Wang Shiyu, what official do you want to be in the future?"
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Hong suddenly asked this, Wang Fulin was a little surprised, but then he coughed dryly: "I am a vulgar person with a low ambition. I am satisfied with being able to governors and governors of one side."
He is indeed a very pragmatic person! Zhang Hong made another judgment on Wang Fulin in his heart, and then he blew up the curtain on his own.
After the eunuch of Silijian Bingbi left for a long time, Wang Fulin came up to the door and looked at the man in black who was quietly retreating from the yard through the gap of the bamboo curtain. He secretly sighed that no wonder when eunuchs wrote about the rules of the internal minister in the late Ming Dynasty, he once said that the eunuch of Silijian was equivalent to the chief minister of the cabinet, and the eunuch of Silijian ranked second in the second place was equivalent to the secondary assistant. Zhang Hong, a large group of old eunuchs, was really difficult to deal with. If he didn't just reveal those flaws, he seemed to be slippery and unlucky. Then he would be causing trouble for himself.
After all, it was Zhang Feng who revealed the role of You Qi in the Nanzhili provincial examination that year. It aroused his hostility, but he did not expect to attack You Qi so quickly at that time. If it weren't for the news that Manager Xu brought back from Jiangling Mansion, he wouldn't mind waiting for a year or two. But now You Qi is dead, and Zhang Hong knows some of his own reality from Zhang Feng. In addition, You Qi did die because he couldn't deal with him and caused too many things to do. Zhang Hong would inevitably pay more attention to him, and this time he came to him was one of the subsequent reactions.
So, in order to eliminate the imminent crisis, he took the lead and directly took a series of tricks to kill You Qi. It seemed that he did not reveal much flaw, but in the end he still made himself more eye-catching!
And it is eye-catching that in the capital, where the powerful and spies gather everywhere, is the biggest flaw. Because from then on, many of his methods could no longer be used, unless he could set up his own spies in the Jinyiwei and the East Factory. But is this possible? He is just a small censor. Uncle Wang Daokun is just a mere minister of the Ministry of War!
But, by the way, the little emperor is really unlucky this time, right?
At night, in the east warm room of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yijun was sitting cross-legged on the bed, not sleeping at all, and did not even move the food on the table next to him. None of the two eunuchs who were newly transferred to serve him knew the personality of the little emperor. Even though they were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, they did not dare to persuade him, and they did not dare to go to the west warm room to complain to Empress Dowager Li, who was already sleeping. However, everyone knew that if the emperor did not eat or drink like this, they would not be able to hide it from the Empress Dowager Li sooner or later, so someone had already quietly gone to the Silijian to ask Zhang Hong for help. It was Zhang Hong rather than Feng Bao. That was because anyone in the palace knew that Eunuch Zhang was the most loyal person to Emperor Wanli.
Just as these two eunuchs who bent down and controlled their backs were looking forward to the stars and the moon. When their hair turned white, there was finally a movement from the outside.
When he saw the man who was lifting the curtain in, a young eunuch was immediately overjoyed and was about to come forward, he found someone pulling his sleeve. Seeing Emperor Wanli on the bed tilted his head high, he swallowed the sound of Eunuch Zhang that reached his mouth. It was not until Zhang Hong came to the bed that he woke up as if he was dreaming and followed his obviously more alert and alert companion and quietly left the room.
"The emperor is still angry with Empress Ci Sheng?" Zhang Hong leaned into the ground in front of the bed, bent one leg and half kneeled down. Seeing the question, Zhu Yijun didn't say anything, and he said softly, "I don't know that the emperor was wronged this time, but Eunuch Feng was still blocked by Empress Ci Sheng's words. The old slave only advised him for a few words and had to shut up. However, there was no overnight revenge between the mother and son, and the emperor should understand that the empress dowager was so strict, and it was for the sake of the emperor's good. Otherwise, King Lu was younger than the emperor, but Empress Ci Sheng took care of him?"
When he talked about his younger brother, Zhu Yijun's face struggled. He naturally knew that his mother had lived in the Qianqing Palace for the past few years, but he left Lu Wang Zhu Yili in the Cining Palace and asked his nanny to take him. Lu Wang just came here every day to pay tribute, so that he could meet more often. However, Empress Dowager Li's approach of placing from head to toe made him extremely uncomfortable. What's more, this time someone was talking nonsense behind his back, which made him take the blame. How could he bear it? He bit his lip hard and said hatefully: "If I were to catch the informant, I would have to cut him into pieces and tear him into pieces!"
"Don't worry, the empress dowager can't forgive the man who is gossiping. The empress dowager was just a moment of anger. After thinking about it, how could he tolerate such ulterior motives? Maybe he will die now..."
Compared to Feng Bao, who also treated the emperor from head to toe, Zhang Hong, who was older, was always softer. After a long time of persuasion, Emperor Wanli was relieved and finally he was willing to eat. But the food on the table had already been cold. Fortunately, the food box he brought was covered with charcoal and hot. He had to ask someone to take out the food from it, but Zhu Yijun, who hadn't eaten much all night, drank a bowl of porridge, and then served the rest, but they were all small and exquisite snacks, which were not large. Even so, he still suppressed the little emperor's hand when Zhu Yijun ate the third piece.
"It's late, please be more modest."
Zhu Yijun struggled for a while, but finally withdrew his hand angrily: "Then let me listen to Zhang's partner."
However, when the two eunuchs took away all the things and then left the room, he grabbed Zhang Hong's sleeve and whispered: "Parent Zhang, since his mother should have noticed that someone was deliberately throwing dirty water on me, so she couldn't transfer people back? Forget about the others, but Zhang Cheng and Zhang Jing..."
"Your Majesty, you have been to the first night of Genggu Room. What do you think of Empress Ci Sheng?" Zhang Hong said temptingly, "After these few days, they will suffer a little, so that they can plead slowly." As he said this, he was a little surprised. The little emperor did not ask about the guilty edict that Empress Li asked Zhang Juzheng to draft on his behalf. This time he was very calm! But the next moment, he heard Zhu Yijun cough lightly.
"Mr. Zhang...How is he sick?"
Sure enough, he couldn't help it! Seeing that Zhu Yijun's face was obviously an anxious person, not a concern, Zhang Hong couldn't help but sigh, and then said softly: "The Chief Supervisor took his leave for ten days due to illness. I'm afraid the cabinet affairs will be handed over to the Chief Supervisor."
Zhang Juzheng... took sick leave? This should be considered a tactful statement that he would not draft any self-criticism, right? Although Zhang Juzheng also criticized him with righteous words after entering the Qianqing Palace at that time, Zhu Yijun was still feeling resentful at this moment, but when he thought that Zhang Juzheng had not agreed to draft something that would definitely make him lose face, he decided to let this matter go generously.
However, he and Lu Diaoyang were not familiar with Zhang Juzheng's strength, and with Feng Bao's relationship, the civil and military officials in the court were just names for him. Perhaps he could not have seen Wang Fulin's verbal battle twice. Therefore, he immediately asked: "When was that? Why did the mother never mention it? Haven't you seen Lu Diaoyang?"
"The second assistant is not the first assistant, so why can we easily enter the Qianqing Palace?" Zhang Hong of course knew what the little emperor was most worried about, and immediately said with a smile, "The Queen Mother would not mention the Emperor's affairs to the second assistant. As for how the emperor coaxed the Queen Mother in the past ten days, isn't that easy?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly realized and felt relieved. At this time, he showed a little bit of imperial majesty and said seriously: "Since Mr. Zhang is sick, please go back to visit him on my behalf. The Imperial Hospital will send more doctors to give you some good medicine." However, when he thought that if Zhang Juzheng recovered quickly and returned to the cabinet in less than ten days, he might not be able to change his mind. He immediately added, "Please take a good rest at home. At least, you have to use all these ten days off... Ahem, in short, please give Zhang a request."
However, he suddenly thought that at that time, Empress Dowager Li summoned Zhang Juzheng and became furious about the matter of suppressing Kou Zhi. Zhang Juzheng defended Wang Fulin and criticized him more severely. His face suddenly became gloomy again. He was silent for a while after his lips were tightly pursed, and then he said, "My mother has given me instructions, what should I do if the four scrolls of Ping Kou Zhi I had to come before?"
Zhang Hong is such a smart person. He knew that Zhu Yijun was in a grudge at the first time. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Feng Bao and had complaints about Zhang Juzheng's abuse of power, he had a good impression of Wang Fulin. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, "Emperor, the Empress Dowager is only in a moment. Now that he has not said anything, he will naturally deal with those books casually. After the Prime Minister fell ill and was sent out of the palace, he was said to have called Wang Fulin to his house and scolded him, saying that he was making idle books for the emperor, and almost asked Wang Fulin to write a letter to apologize himself. The scolding was so loud that many people in the Zhang family heard it. The old slave heard that Wang Fulin was very embarrassed when he left."
Seeing Zhu Yijun's face relaxed, Zhang Hong could only sigh in his heart. Even if Wang Fulin didn't take the initiative to stop him, how could he say in front of Zhu Yijun that Wang Fulin advised Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant who just complained about illness at home? This is not asking for merit, but harming people. With the nature of this little emperor, he must be hated! After all, Empress Dowager Cisheng and Zhang Juzheng had to be restrained and not guided by the little emperor. Sooner or later, if this continues, it will be overcorrected!
ps: The first update, I also support changing Huangshan back to Huizhou (to be continued.)
Chapter completed!