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Chapter 13 At least two opponents at the same time in every strategy

Why did Zheng Sen suddenly slip away on his own initiative? This matter had to start two days ago.

After Zhang Xuezeng was pressured by Zhu Dadian, he naturally notified the Shen family immediately, and asked Shen Shuren to prepare to leave for Nanjing to be interrogated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

As for Shen Shuren, he took a semi-secret measure for this news, that is, he only revealed it to those close to him.

Zheng Sen was sent to Suzhou by his family, and it took only half a month before and after, but the relationship with Shen Shuren was already getting on well.

Zheng Sen is only 15 years old now, and he is still at the age of vigor and determination, and he is still a little impulsive in doing things.He saw that Shen, Gu, and Zhang were all people with eclectic knowledge and open-minded knowledge of civil and military strategies, so he got along well with them.

The day before he left, Shen Shuren quietly invited Zhang Huangyan, Gu Yanwu, and Zheng Sen to have a drink together, as a practice for himself.

Zhang Huangyan and Gu Yanwu were naturally a little indignant about his transfer.

They felt that the case couldn't be clearer. Shen Shuren was simply letting his servants defend themselves. He was not at fault at all. He just asked the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice to review the files and materials directly.
However, Shen Shuren was very generous: "The elder brothers thought about me, and Shen understood it, but the state is governed by the state law, so this visit is not considered a detention, but just an interrogation.

It's probably just that this case is too typical and the plot is relatively novel. The Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice wants to sort it out so that it can be taught to other places, and nothing will happen. "

Gu Yanwu was amazed when he heard the words: "Brother Shen Xian is really open-minded, so I won't say much, it's all in the wine, I hope my brother will have a smooth journey, and it will not affect his career in the future."

When everyone drank their glasses, Shen Shuren immediately put on a guilty expression, and took the opportunity to apologize to Zheng Sen:

"Shen has a clear conscience about this matter, but I am sorry to brother Zheng Xian. A gentleman should promise a thousand gold, but Shen has broken his promise in the end. Brother Yu proposes a glass to you. If you are willing to forgive brother Yu, I will drink this cup to the full."

Zheng Sen couldn't help being surprised: "Brother Shen, why did you say that? Why can't you feel sorry for me when you go to Nanjing?"

Shen Shuren's acting skills are just right, showing a surprised expression:
"What? Don't you know about the arrangement at my virtuous brother's house? My fourth uncle came to my house several times to beg me to pretend to be sick and not go to Nanjing. Now I can't help but break my promise. I'm not sorry. you."

Shen Shuren's guess was right, Zheng Zhilong really didn't thoroughly analyze the convoluted reasons for his worries with the young Zheng Sen.

It is estimated that at most Zheng Sen knew that his family did not want him to go to Nanjing, but he never knew how much his family paid for this situation and how much they valued it.

Zheng Sen was astonished, and hurriedly asked, and Shen Shuren followed suit, explaining what the Zheng family said and his follow-up reasoning.

After Zheng Sen listened, his heart felt a little like his faith had collapsed.The image of his father in his mind is not as "loyal" as he originally thought.

"...It turns out that my father has always been suspicious of the court? He is afraid that the court will let me wait to study in Nanjing, and he wants to take me as a hostage? Our Zheng family has divided our duties since Zhao'an, why should we be so suspicious? It's because of us Like Zhang Xianzhong, the family was ordered to be safe by Xiong Wencan?

If the imperial court really meant this, but I said that the illness would not go away, wouldn't it make the Zheng family more suspicious?No, I am a mere boy, personal safety is no big deal, if because of me, my father and the court have a rift, wouldn't I be a disloyal and unfilial person! "

After all, he was young, thinking of these bloody stools, he felt that as long as he acted righteously, how could the court attack a 15-year-old boy?That's too cheap.

It's not surprising that he would think so.

The main reason is that his father Zheng Zhilong knew Chongzhen's temper of "not rubbing sand in his eyes", so he couldn't use common sense to understand it.

And Zheng Sen still doesn't know how suspicious Chongzhen is, and at the age of 15, he is not yet old enough to be exposed to political struggles in the court.

Shen Shuren has been watching secretly by the side, taking advantage of Zheng Sen's doubts about his life, so he pretends to be "for Zheng Sen's sake":
"Your brother is worthy of being a loyal, filial and righteous person! But don't misunderstand your father and uncle, they have no intention of openly defying the court. I guess I just hoped that the Shen family would be the first bird, so that your family can follow the crowd Harmonious mud, the law does not blame the public.

It's a pity that my father offended Zhu Dadian, the governor of the water transport, because of his proposal to change the water transport to the sea.

Shen Shuren speaks very measuredly. He knows that since ancient times, he has been close to each other. If he directly says that the other party's father and uncle have sinister intentions, Zheng Sen will definitely resist instinctively.

However, he mainly praised Zheng Zhilong's plot as "excusable", which actually increased the credibility of this rhetoric.

Finally, Zhu Dadian's "accidental force majeure" was added to make the Zheng family feel ashamed to blame the Shen family for not cooperating.

Everything is so in line with the personality of the Shen family and his son.

Zheng Sen thought about the time for the banquet, and finally, with the strength of the wine, he was impulsive: "Brother Shen, I will not cooperate with the fourth uncle to pretend to be sick. This is the end of the matter. If our Zheng family is to be a coward again , That is to pour dirty water on your own head!
Isn't it just to study in Nanjing!I'm on the same boat as you, so I'll sneak over first, and I'll report to the Imperial College in Nanjing by myself!When the deal is done, even if my father and fourth uncle want to stop it, it will be too late. "

Shen Shuren pretended to be shocked, with Zhuge Liang's expression after reciting "Tongque Terrace Ode" in front of Zhou Yu: "My brother, think twice! It's all due to Shen's slip of the tongue, so don't hurt the relationship between father and son."

Zheng Sen persuaded him more and more, and sighed: "My father was born in a humble family, and he seldom read the books of sages. As a son of man, I saw that my father did not serve the emperor properly, so I should make up for it.

Brother Shen, it's not that I don't have a boat to take, I'm just afraid that if I take my own boat, I will be sent back.That's why I want to borrow your Shen family's boat to avoid people's eyes and ears. This little favor is nothing to you, right? "

Only then did Shen Shuren make a small show of himself: "Although my Shen family is not as tenth as yours, there are still hundreds of seagoing ships. Such a trivial matter as taking a boat is nothing."

Zheng Sen: "Then it's settled. When you set sail for Nanjing tomorrow night, I will secretly come to meet you. But I will leave a letter for my fourth uncle to explain the reason, so that he will stop thinking about resisting." The court, so as not to cause more trouble, he will understand.

By the time he reads this letter, we have already gone far away, the vast river, where can they find it?And I will explain that all of this is done on my own, and I think it's best for the family, and they won't blame your Shen family. "

Shen Shuren also put on a heroic look of being agitated:

"What are you talking about! I didn't want to take you with me just now, just because I was afraid of hurting your father and son's relationship, and I was afraid of being blamed! Although my Shen family is poor, I can still bear this bit of grievance! It's a deal like that Already!"

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This is how Zheng Sen was half-induced and half-abducted by Shen Shuren, and subtly deceived to Nanjing.

Zheng Hongkui didn't find out that his nephew was gone until the morning after Zheng Sen set off on a boat, and he took one or two confidantes and ran away secretly, so he couldn't catch up.

The waterway from Suzhou to Nanjing took five or six days to travel upstream along the Yangtze River.

It was the end of June when Shen Shuren set sail, and the day he went ashore was the third day of July.

Shen Shuren deliberately didn't dock at the crowded pier, lest the Zheng family send servants on fast horses to intercept them by land.

During the few days along the way, they lived a happy life. Zhang Huangyan and Gu Yanwu also had to take part in the provincial examination, and it was fine to come early or late. This time they happened to be on the same boat.

Everyone drank and chatted together every day, talking about political history, so happy.

In particular, Zhang Huangyan was capable of both civil and military skills, and he was not very free. He felt that the amount of exercise on the boat was too little, so he set up a few temporary targets on the deck of the boat, and shot arrows every day as a exercise.

The Shen family's Captain Dasha is about eight feet long, excluding the bow and stern cabins, the middle deck is only five or six feet long, so it is not difficult to shoot a fixed target.In order to prevent accidents, the metal arrows are knocked out, and only the wooden poles are used to shoot the haystack.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has reached a crisis of life and death, there is also an additional test for horse riding and archery in the Wenju exam, but it does not affect the success of the exam, which can be regarded as an extra bonus.

Zhang Huangyan was very satisfied with this year's new policy, he shot up, and occasionally called Shen Shuren and Zheng Sen to exercise and compete together.Only Gu Yanwu, who has no strength to restrain a chicken, will not participate in this kind of activity.

Shen Shuren was also good at sports in his previous life. He used to go to those specialized sports venues for horseback riding and archery, so it is not very unfamiliar to take a bow and arrow.

It's just that the bows and arrows of later generations all have professional arrow mounts and sights, but the bows of the Ming Dynasty were bare. It took him several days to get used to this traditional bow.

Zheng Sen was born in a martial arts family, so archery is not a problem, but he is still too young and lacks strength, so he can only use a soft bow and light arrows.After a few days of sparring, Zheng Sen also admired Zhang Huangyan and Shen Shuren more and more.Unexpectedly, among these Suzhou literati, such practical talents who are skilled in archery can be selected.

After arriving in Nanjing, Zhang Huangyan and Gu Yanwu did not need to be imprisoned. They came to take the exam. They went to the Qinhuai River on their own, and first looked for fellow villagers to continue their cultural exchanges and inquire about the news of the township exam.

Zheng Sen went directly to the Imperial College, certified himself, and waited for the Imperial College to apply for his student status.

Wu Weiye, the new secretary of the Guozijian, had already been greeted by Mr. Yang Ge in advance. Knowing this, he naturally didn't shirk it, and helped with the formalities as quickly as possible.

Because Zheng Sen came to Nanjing two or three years earlier than in history, he should have worshiped Qian Qianyi as his teacher, but in this life he worshiped Wu Weiye by mistake.

After Shen Shuren disembarked, he couldn't go through the naturalization procedures immediately, he had to deal with the interrogation by the Nanjing Criminal Department first.

After the review by the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice was over and his innocence was thoroughly confirmed, it took another seven or eight days, and it dragged on to mid-July in a blink of an eye.

After the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice completely closed the case, Shen Shuren took all the materials and went to the Imperial College to meet Wu Weiye.

Wu Weiye looked at his resume and the previous invitation letter, and felt a little guilty in his heart.

"Looking at Shen Shuren's resume, I'm afraid his knowledge was not solid when he was in Suzhou. Although Mr. Yang Ge took care of him and let him go to prison, the situation has changed now. After all, he has been involved in a lawsuit. I don't know if Mr. Yang Ge knows about this latest The situation? If you know about it, will Mr. Yang Ge still ask for it to be done as usual?"

After Wu Weiye closed the materials, he considered his wording, and expressed his thoughts to Shen Shuren in as euphemistic a way as possible.

That attitude is similar to that of future generations of civil servants asking someone to issue a "certificate of no criminal record".

With such insight, Shen Shuren could understand Wu Weiye's subtext in just a few words.

In fact, he also had a record of this, and he wished that Wu Weiye would do the same.

Therefore, Shen Shuren politely gave Wu Weiye a step down: "Students can understand the difficulties of the head of the mountain. How about this? Why don't you write a letter euphemistically about your concerns, so that students can take the opportunity to go to Hefei to meet Yang Yang?" Court old.

After all, time has changed. At that time, Mr. Yang Ge thought that the student was just a pure and innocent child, so he recommended me to be imprisoned. Now the situation has changed. What if Mr. Yang doesn't want to have anything to do with the student?

The student originally had other errands and wanted to report to Mr. Yang Ge, but he was too embarrassed to come because the matter was too small.With Wu Shanzhang's letter, students have more confidence in asking to see Mr. Yang Ge. "

Wu Weiye stroked his goatee a few times, thinking that this would be a good idea.Anyway, he was only responsible for writing a letter. As for whether Shen Shuren could ask to see Yang Sichang after he took the letter, it was none of his business.

And he showed a humble attitude of asking for instructions on everything, after all, he was careful and never made a big mistake.

"You are prudent in doing things. Well, I will write a book and ask for instructions."

After receiving the letter of introduction, Shen Shuren was very satisfied, and went straight from Nanjing overnight to Hefei County, the capital of Luzhou, and the residence of Yang Sichang, the governor of the six provinces.

He overfulfilled Yang Sichang's task this time, and also overcame so many extra difficulties that Yang Sichang didn't expect at the beginning.

If you do such a beautiful job, if you don't take the opportunity to report to the boss in front of the boss, show your face in the PPT and ask for a big favor, wouldn't it be a waste!

Originally, he was afraid that Yang Sichang would think he was acting frivolous, but with Wu Weiye's request, everything was so justified.

It can only be said that Shen Shuren is too capable of doing things, he has both ways, and inadvertently took advantage of Wu Weiye and Yang Sichang at the same time.

(End of this chapter)