Can you live forever

Chapter 139

After giving Linghu a name, he didn't stay in the mountain temple for long.

They went down the mountain together with those young masters and ladies. They insisted on expressing their gratitude and invited Zhang Zhixiang to be their guest. When they returned to Shitang Town in the evening, there were hundreds of people gathered at the entrance of the town. It seemed that they were going to go up the mountain to rescue .

The adults of all families were there, and they were delighted to see the children come back, but also doubtful.

After knowing that it was Zhang Zhixiang who saved everyone, they all expressed their gratitude and regarded him as the honored guest.

Although Shitang Town is only a town, there are 6 to [-] paper-making workers alone. The population of the entire town is more than [-], which is larger than the population of some counties.

The Fei family of Qianshan is the most prominent family.

Since Fei Hong was deposed as the chief assistant in the sixth year of Jiajing, the two brothers of the Fei family have retired, and Fei Maoxian, Fei Hong's son, also moved from Hanlin to Nanjing as an official.

After he became an official, Fei Hong naturally stayed in Nanjing, but his younger brother Fei Cai returned to Qianshan.

Fei Cai is the one whose wife is Princess Ning's sister. However, during the suppression of King Ning's rebellion, brothers Fei Hong and Fei Cai wrote to Wang Yangming to help Wang Yangming "make suggestions". (When I first wrote about Fei Hong, I made a mistake. Fei Cai did not marry Ning Wang’s sister, but his wife and Ning Wang’s wife are sisters.)
Because of the contribution of "making suggestions", the Fei family was spared from the influence of King Ning's rebellion.

According to the history books, Jiajing had only been on the throne for ten days, and he couldn't wait to issue an order to use Fei Hong and Fei Cai. In fact, it was not true. They were sent to the capital by Yang Tinghe.

Therefore, after Jiajing came to power, Fei Hong was forced to retire.

After all, Fei Cai is the core figure of the Fei family. Because his daughter was kidnapped, he came out to take charge of the overall situation. It was impossible for him to hand over the money. So he gathered guards from various families, nearly 800 people, and prepared to kill Gaoyang Mountain.

Even if the gangsters are given gifts, they have to fight.

Otherwise, there will be two things in one thing, and Shitang Town will not be peaceful.

It's just that he didn't expect that his daughter would come back before he sent troops. Seeing his daughter's excited and spring-like appearance, Fei Cai came to Zhang Zhixiang with doubts in his heart.

At first glance, he felt that Zhang Zhixiang looked familiar.

Waiting for the daughter to introduce shyly: "Father, this is Zhang Anping, Mr. Zhang. It was Mr. Zhang who saved us just now. You should be kind and thank Mr. Zhang."

"You can't repay your life-saving grace, my daughter..."

Miss Fei's family was about to say something, but Fei Cai raised his hand to stop him. He looked at Zhang Zhixiang and said, "Mr. Zhang is from Longhu Mountain?"

"Yes."

"Old man Fei Cai, I have admired you for a long time."

I checked my eyes, it was someone I knew. Zhang Zhixiang didn't know Fei Cai, but he could tell that Fei Cai recognized him. Fei's family entertained Zhang Zhixiang and the others with a feast, but the atmosphere was slightly different.

Because, in his capacity as Fei Cai, he actually accompanied him the whole time.

The others were confused and could only suppress their curiosity temporarily. After the banquet, Fei Cai invited Zhang Zhixiang to drink tea.

There was no maid, so Fei Cai poured tea himself, handed over the tea, and said, "I have heard about the Master's name for a long time, but it's a pity that I didn't see the Master at the time. Now that we meet, I should thank the Master for saving my little girl's life."

"In the sixth year of Jiajing, are you in the capital?"

"Yes, he was the editor of the Imperial Academy at that time, and Fei Hong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was my elder brother."

"Fei Hong... I remember that when he left Beijing, Fei Hong had already retired. You Yanshan Fei family belonged to Yang Tinghe's faction, right?"

"In the sixth year of Jiajing, Yang Tinghe was demoted to a commoner, and Nanjing was decided by my elder brother."

"I see."

Both of them got straight to the point, and there was nothing to hide. Ever since Zhang Zhixiang won Yang Tinghe's fight, he has the qualification to talk to them on an equal footing. As the master of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Zhixiang is also on good terms with the Wang family. There are many things that can be understood if one wants to know them. .

A little bit of intrigue and trickery, but fell behind.

and.

Without getting straight to the point, Fei Cai also had some things to ask. After clarifying his identity, Fei Cai asked: "The national teacher is going east this time, instead of going north to the capital?"

"Well, I plan to visit Zhoushan."

"Zhoushan? So that's the case, the national teacher came down the mountain, it seems that he intends to help the Wang family defeat the Xu family first?"

Zhang Zhixiang drank his tea and didn't answer.

But Fei Cai didn't know what he was thinking. After pondering for a while, he said, "Is the national teacher interested in listening to what happened in the court these years?"

Zhang Zhixiang paused slightly, then continued to drink tea without refusing.

A gleam of light flashed in Fei Cai's eyes, he understood that Zhang Zhixiang hadn't paid attention to outside affairs these years, and Jiajing was calm, so he didn't tell Zhang Zhixiang about these things.

Fei Cai took a sip of tea and said, "In April of the 14th year of Jiajing, Zhang Fujing suffered a serious illness and retired from the position of chief assistant. Now he is nursing in Wenzhou Zhenyi Academy."

"In June, Jiajing asked Xia Yan how Fei Hong was doing, and Xia Yan replied that he was still in good health, so Jiajing let me enter Beijing from my elder brother and join the cabinet again."

"In October, my elder brother also suffered from a serious illness and almost died."

"I can only drag my body and die and return to Nanjing."

A gleam of light flashed in Zhang Zhixiang's eyes, and he keenly caught the shadow of swords and swords in these few words. He asked in a deep voice: "You poisoned and controlled Zhang Cong. In order to save Zhang Cong, Your Majesty lured Fei Hong into Beijing, and will He poisoned him so that the two sides could exchange hostages?"

Fei Cai nodded and said, "It's almost like this."

"but."

"Brother Cong doesn't intend to compromise. If you know the current situation of the cabinet, you can understand that there are only Li Shi and Xia Yan in the cabinet now."

"Li Shi is a good gentleman. He has the position of chief assistant, but he can't help Jiajing."

"The capital's court hall, after eight years, has returned to our hands."

"Nowadays, Xia Yan has the final say in the court."

Speaking of this, Fei Cai paused for a while, glanced at Zhang Zhixiang's reaction, and then continued: "Yang Tinghe's rebellion and entry into "Confessions" made Jiajing gain momentum for a while, but it will not last long after all."

"No matter how he divides them, the scholar-officials are not on the same side as the emperor after all."

"Zhang Fujing is not in the court, and if the few people the emperor can rely on die, even if he wants to promote new people, he will not have enough ability and qualifications. My brother and I have worked hard for eight years, moistening everything silently, and finally regained the court."

"In the past two years, Jiajing has been unable to support itself, and it has been dwarfed by comparison."

"Jiajing won the conquest of Jianzhou in 14 years, but since then, his progress in controlling the Nine Sides has stopped. In the past two years, it can be said that not only has there been no progress, but it has regressed."

"In a few years, we will be able to cut off all of Jiajing's henchmen."

"And then... he deserves to die too."

After Fei Cai finished speaking, he drank tea slowly, and Zhang Zhixiang held the teacup and said in a concentrated voice: "You told me this, do you want me to change course and go to the capital to help His Majesty instead of intervening in the war between the Xu family and the Wang family? "

Fei Cai smiled and said, "You can judge for yourself."

Although Zhang Zhixiang performed very well in Nanjing, he even beat Yang Tinghe in strategy, but after all, the officialdom is not just about strategy, it has a whole set of rules, and it is accompanied by the entire imperial examination system.

Zhang Zhixiang went to court, but he just danced in shackles, and he couldn't help Jiajing too much.

Instead, let him go to Zhoushan, the trouble may be big.

Ten years ago, this kid was able to drive divine weapons like the Dengwen Drum even before he practiced. He had already accumulated a high level of cultivation. Now that he is out of customs, he should not be underestimated.

More importantly, there are not so many rules on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)