General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 130 Wang Yuanmei

"You just beat me to death! I want to play too!"

Ning Jue, who was lying on the ground, raised his head with difficulty, only to see that Huang Jin had already left.

"How is this going?"

"Eunuch Huang said that you can't help but make an exception to pay the bill."

"Can you fucking pay the debt?! The clan is not a minister outside the territory. If you want to change the law of the country, you must first change the patriarchal clan..." Ning Jue was dragged up by two Tiwei, and followed Zhang Zuo and walked towards Dongchang.

Those few words that Ning Jue yelled while holding the court stick quickly spread from the court.

Among the crowd watching from a distance, there was a Hanlin flicking his sleeves lightly, and then went straight to the East Palace, looking for Zhang Juzheng.

"Uncle, you know."

Originally Zhang Juzheng heard that Ning Jue was being investigated by Tingzhang, but when Zhang Juzheng saw the person in front of him clearly.

The expression is a little complicated.

"Yuanmei, is it Brother Ning's business?"

"Ke was fine at the end. He was vomiting after only one blow. He was billed. If he said yes, he would fight another day."

Hearing what Wang Shizhen said, Zhang Juzheng's heart calmed down a little.

"Yuanmei is here because of Brother Ning?"

Wang Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng and Ning Jue are Jinshi of the same discipline.

Back then when Wang Shizhen won the examination, he was in the limelight for a while, even if Zhang Juzheng wanted to make friends, he couldn't get in the queue. As for now, Zhang Juzheng felt terrified when he saw Wang Shizhen.

The reason why Wang Shizhen is able to stand out in the limelight is because Wang Shizhen is from a famous family, and Wang Shizhen's famous family is even more reliable than that of Xie's family.

The Xie family has been depressed for more than a hundred years since the fall of the Song Dynasty, and there were actually breaks in the middle.

The Wang family is not the case, its ancestor has been in the Yuan Dynasty for more than forty years, and the genealogy is clearly passed down from generation to generation. It is the serious Langya Wang family, the one who shared the world with the Sima family after Wang Dao.

It was only because his family moved to Taicang because of his official career that he gradually became estranged from the Tao and Xie families in Zhejiang.

His father, his uncle, his ancestor, and his uncle's grandfather were all great officials in the frontier. Every time he saw Wang Shizhen, Zhang Juzheng felt that the Ming Dynasty reform was imminent.

Wang Shizhen cupped his hands for a while, and then said: "Yes, I don't know how the uncle plans to rescue him?"

Zhang Juzheng frowned.

"Zhang is stupid and has no countermeasures. It would be better if Jinyiwei takes people. For the people in Dongchang, if the crown prince intervenes too much, the crown prince may be disadvantaged. Now we can only see brother Ning first, and then make other plans."

Dongchang is the eagle dog of the emperor, and Zhu Zaiyu is sensitive to his identity at the beginning of power, so he can't have too many conflicts with Jiajing, lest there will be criticism, so Zhang Juzheng stopped Zhu Zaiyu who was about to go to Dongchang to be an important person.

Wang Shizhen pulled Zhang Juzheng up, and said: "Uncle, how can you be so confused! You and I are both mentors and disciples. If you don't go to your mentor for such things, who else should you look for?!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Shizhen took Zhang Juzheng and walked towards Xu's house outside the palace.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up when he heard the words.

"That's right, why did I forget my mentor, it was Zhang Menglang."

When Ning Jue returned Xu Jie's mansion, Zhang Juzheng and Ning Jue didn't have a close relationship, and the stories Zhang Juzheng heard were all Xu Jie's deliberately "decent" versions.

Zhang Juzheng didn't understand the grievances between the two of them. It was just that Zhang Juzheng had an argument with Xu Jie during the court meeting before that, and that's why he never came to the door.

It's just that it's all there.

Zhang Juzheng couldn't care less, he followed Wang Shizhen to Xu's house.

But Xu Jie, who was supposed to be on duty in Wuyi Hall, was already waiting at home.

See Zhang Juzheng and Wang Shizhen come to the door together.

Xu Jie couldn't help showing a little surprise on his face.

"Uncle is here?"

"The student is not talented. I ask my teacher to forgive me for the matter of the court discussion a year ago. The student was in a hurry at the time..."

Seeing Zhang Juzheng, the creases on Xu Jie's face almost burst into laughter.

"Uncle came just in time, it's good to be here, what happened years ago...? I'm old, I can't remember so many things."

The events of years ago passed away after Xu Jie's beating and haha.

After finishing speaking, Xu Jie ordered to the maidservant in the distance: "Go and fetch the Dahongpao from my mother tree."

Wang Shizhen smiled when he heard the words, and when he was about to speak, Xu Jie interrupted: "Uncle Da is a rare visitor, so Yuan Mei has to make noise with this old man."

"Unexpectedly, today I was honored by my uncle. I have been waiting for almost three months for that big red robe."

After Wang Shizhen finished speaking sourly, Xu Jie couldn't help pointing at Wang Shizhen and said with a smile: "Your little thought is almost written on your face, and I have already informed the porter. As soon as you come to the door, first send me this The good tea is hidden because I am afraid that you, Wang Yuanmei, will do something wrong."

"Master, shall we do it?"

The master and the apprentice seemed to be joking, but Xu Jie actually reminded Zhang Juzheng to visit frequently in the future.

Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting at the side heard the words, hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "The student is impolite, teacher, please don't bother me, this... how can the student speak."

The maid brought two cups of tea, but Xu Jie waved his hand inadvertently.

"You and I are masters and apprentices. If you have tea, you should eat tea, and if you talk about things, you should talk about things. You juniors, if you can come to me when you encounter something, it means that you have me in your heart, and I am happy from the bottom of your heart."

"Well, what's the matter?"

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment, then turned his mind, and then said: "Teacher, the student will speak directly."

"It's... Brother Ning's matter. Brother Ning got into trouble because of his words."

As soon as the voice fell, the hall fell into silence.

After a long time, Xu Jie looked at Wang Shizhen and asked, "Is Yuan Mei here for this?"

"Yes, what Ke Zhong said is straight to the point, and the students also think so! Teacher, we can't sit idly by!"

Then Wang Shizhen told the whole story of Ning Jue's discussion.

"The land tax of the two provinces can't support half of the Lumi. If things go on like this, even if I exhaust my land tax from the Ming Dynasty, I won't be able to support the clan. The clan that endangers the country and the vassal that harms the people, what Ke Zhong said is right!"

Looking at the passionate Wang Shizhen, Xu Jie couldn't help but frown.

In the end, Xu Jie seemed to have made up his mind and slapped the coffee table with a "bang!", even the tea cups on the coffee table trembled.

"Yuanmei, Uncle, please rest assured."

"Ke Zhong is also my student, I don't care, so could it be possible to count on Yan Song to take care of him?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at Xu Jie overjoyed.

"Master has a rescue plan?"

Before Xu Jie could open his mouth, Wang Shizhen said first, "Uncle, what are you talking about? My teacher has already entered the cabinet, so I have a plan to rescue him."

Xu Jie looked at Zhang Juzheng and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, I will do my best in your affairs, but this matter is quite involved, you have to take various measures to overcome it."

"It's natural, we all eat the royal salary, we should do our best!"

Even Xu Jie expressed his opinion, Zhang Juzheng and Wang Shizhen were naturally generous.

Just when Zhang Juzheng got up to leave, Xu Jie sat on the spot with an uncertain expression and said, "Uncle, do you want to leave after using up my old bones?"

Wang Shizhen was startled when he heard the words: "Men..."

Zhang Juzheng repeatedly said "I dare not." Just as he was about to bow down and salute.

Xu Jie stepped forward to support Zhang Juzheng.

"Okay, old man, I know that things are heavy in the East Palace."

After finishing speaking, Xu Jie winked at the maid in the distance.

The maid immediately came over with an exquisite wooden box, and inside the box was a piece of white jade pendant, and carved on the jade pendant were a group of deer eating wild apples.

Wang Shizhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Yupei.

"Teacher, you scared the uncle so much, I thought you were angry."

After finishing speaking, Wang Shizhen took off an identical jade pendant from his waist.

"Uncle, put it away, we have a staff in this department."

Xu Jie's complexion changed, and he patted the jade pendant in Zhang Juzheng's hand with a smile.

"Before you were busy, I wanted to find a day to send it to you, but now that you are here, the old man saves time."

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said: "It's the student who was rude, how can we wait for the teacher to speak up about such things, this... the teacher really makes the students feel ashamed."

"Okay, go get some more of the Dahongpao and give it to Shu Da."

"Men, I don't want you to be so partial!"

Zhang Juzheng also hurriedly said: "Teacher, it's really out of etiquette for the student to even drink and take, please invite teacher..."

Xu Jie glanced at Wang Shizhen contemptuously.

"How many meals have you come to my house, boy? How many times has uncle come? Don't worry about Yuanmei, uncle, just take it."

Then Xu Jie stuffed the bag of tea to Zhang Juzheng.

"Given by the elders, I dare not resign, but the students are disrespectful."

This incident caused Zhang Juzheng to be in chaos, and he naturally became close to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie patted Zhang Juzheng's shoulder with a smile.

"Okay, since the uncle has general affairs, the old man will not keep you."

"Men, I'm fine, you don't want to keep me..."

Xu Jie waved his hand with a smile.

"Tell the back cook that tonight we can eat two fried radishes, and Yuanmei and I will have a good drink."

Then Wang Shizhen smiled and said: "Teacher, look, I'm not good at leaving. If I leave, it looks like I'm here for dinner. Let's eat carrots tonight. I have to prove myself." .”

"Prove that you are not picky eaters?"

The three masters and apprentices laughed a few times, and then Wang Shizhen cupped hands with Zhang Juzheng and said, "Uncle, I can't go anymore."

"Zhang said goodbye."

"Teacher, the student is leaving, and I will come to the door some other day."

Zhang Juzheng bowed solemnly before getting up and leaving.

After leaving Xu's house, Zhang Juzheng went straight to Dongchang, wanting to tell Ning Jue the good news.

When Zhang Juzheng arrived at Dongchang, he saw Ning Jue with a pale face.

"Brother Ning, didn't you just hit with a stick? How did it look like this?"

Ning Jue waved his hands with a bitter face and said, "It's hard to explain in one word, let's talk about it in detail later."

"Uncle, what are you holding here?"

"Oh, this tea is our benefactor..." Before Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Ning Jue couldn't help but vomited out with a "vomit~!" when he heard the word "tea".

Zhang Juzheng supported Ning Jue with the wooden bucket and said repeatedly: "Brother Ning, that's our master, why does he look like this when it comes to master?"

(End of this chapter)