Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 104 Playing games with Xia Yan

After coming out of Yan Song's office, Wang Daoqiu went to Xia Laogou's office to ask for a meeting.Arriving at the door of Xia Laogou's office, Wang Daoqiu revealed his identity to Xia Laogou's "secretary" and asked him to pass the news on his behalf.

After hearing Wang Daoqiu's self-report, he knew that the person in front of him was the mortal enemy of his "boss".Xia Laogou's "secretary" immediately looked at Wang Daoqiu with the eyes of a long-lost relative.Then he pulled Wang Daoqiu aside, and said to Wang Daoqiu in a low voice: "Zhuangyuan Lang, my lord doesn't like Zhuangyuan Lang, so don't make trouble for yourself, let's go!"

"Thank you for your kindness, senior. To be honest, I actually don't want to enter your house and see his stinky face. However, my current job is to be the Cabinet Secretary. I believe that I don't need to say more, senior also knows about officialdom. Due to official etiquette, it is not okay for me, a newly appointed minister in charge of the cabinet, not to listen to the teachings of several cabinet bachelors after taking office. To be honest, if your master does not like me, I am also annoyed by him. But I don’t want him to take advantage of this and impeach me because of this trivial matter.”

Wang Daoqiu talked about his difficulties. He was also in the officialdom. Xia Yan's secretary also felt the same about Wang Daoqiu's difficulties.So he said: "That's right, he will retaliate for his harshness. It's true that his character is not very good. It's better not to let him catch the mistake! Okay, No. [-] Scholar, I will report it to you. You can wait here!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Yan's "secretary" turned around and left with a look of misfortune on his face, as if he was waiting to see the big devil.Seeing the unlucky look on this "secretary's" face, Wang Daoqiu found it quite funny, so he stopped the "secretary" and asked, "I wonder how I should call this senior?"

"Uh, in front of Zhuangyuan Lang, the seniors dare not be. I, Tan Lun and Tan Zili, are from Yihuang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing."

Tan Lun, this is also a celebrity! In "The Ming Dynasty 1566", Tan Lun is the troublemaker in Qingliu and Prince Yu's palace in Zhejiang.His task is to mess up all the policies of the Yan Party in Zhejiang, so as to help Qingliu discredit the Yan Party and make the Party bear those political responsibilities.

Of course, this is the role arrangement in the movie and drama. In real history, Tan Lun was a military civilian official.When he was the magistrate of Taizhou, he organized rural warriors to resist Japanese pirates and achieved remarkable results.It's just that Qi Jiguang, who was in Taizhou at the time, had a stronger record, so his shine was overshadowed.

Later, Tan Lun was transferred to the north and served as governor of Jiliao. During his tenure, he built the northeastern defense line and promoted Li Chengliang, who later became the number one fierce man in Liaodong.This ensured that the Ming army would absolutely subjugate the Mongols and Jurchens in the Northeast during this period.Because he did so well in the Northeast, he was later promoted to Minister of War.

Such a future military commander-type civil servant, the person in charge of the daily work of the Ming Dynasty's army, now looked like a coward, which made Wang Daoqiu's jaw drop.So he suppressed his voice and asked in a low voice: "Senior, don't blame me for being abrupt? I saw the look on your face when you mentioned Xia Yan. It seems that you don't like Xia Yan and don't want to work for Xia Gongjin!"

"Hey, Number One Scholar, look at what you asked. Aren't you entertaining me? As for your relationship with Xia Yan, don't you know who Xia Yan is? As for Xia Yan's arrogance, Apart from himself, who else did he regard as a human being? When he was the first assistant, even the other great bachelors, in his eyes, were no different from his disciples. When he talked to the other great bachelors , his tone was always commanding. This was true for several other great bachelors, let alone us subordinate officials. That really did not please him at all. He would hit and scold him, and also punish him in various ways. There are many ways.”

"So when my colleagues heard that Xia Yan would be assigned to be on duty here, they all felt as if they were mourning for their heirs and tried every means to come. I was unlucky. In the 23rd year of Jiajing, when I was a Jinshi and returned home in glory, Xia Yan happened to be at home. And my Fuzhou Prefecture is right next to their Guangxin Prefecture, so out of respect for the former chief minister, I bought a gift to visit him while he was resting at home. The result was good, he suddenly became summer Yan remembered me, and after he came back, he assigned me to work for him. Zhuangyuanlang, to tell you the truth, every time I think about what happened that day, I want to beat myself up. I was fine at the time and went to visit him. Why, aren't you asking for trouble for yourself? Now that I'm fine, I'm scolded every day and don't dare to talk back, and my life is worse than that of a dog. But I can't let go of these ten years of hard work and hard-earned fame. It's hard!"

As he spoke, Tan Lun had a look of despair on his face. This Xia Yan was so domineering that he couldn't afford to offend or hide from him.You should be an official under such a person, unless he is completely annoying you and doesn't want you to be with him anymore.Otherwise, if you dare to report to outsiders or apply for sick leave to go home, then just wait for his revenge!
Thinking about how many more years this old dog Xia would bring harm to him, Tan Lun was heartbroken, but he really couldn't bear to part with this official uniform.Hey, I hope this old dog Xia will die soon!

Thinking of this, Tan Lun's face became even worse.Seeing Tan Lun like this, Wang Daoqiu resisted the urge to reveal the secret to him, and cupped his hands at him: "Although I know that senior doesn't want to see that person, this junior..."

"No way, no way. Anyway, I'm used to being scolded by him. One more time and one less time no way. The number one scholar will wait here for a while. I'll be back soon."

"It's work."

At Wang Daoqiu's request, Tan Lun entered Xia Yan's office as if he was going to the execution ground.Seeing Tan Lun's desperate look when he entered Xia Yan's office, Wang Daoqiu sighed sincerely: Xia Yan, your relationship with your "secretary" is like this, who will die if you don't?No wonder it is recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty that when you were sentenced to death, no one in the civil or military court wrote a letter to plead for you.After being an official for 30 years, including serving as chief assistant twice, and in the end I didn't even have a single friend, you, Xia Yan, can be considered the No. 1 in the past and present.

Shaking his head and despising Xia Laogou's behavior, Wang Daoqiu waited at the door for Tan Lun to come out.But not long after, Wang Daoqiu didn't wait for Tan Lun to come out, but instead waited for a violent storm in Xia Yan's office.Xia Yan did it on purpose. He scolded Tan Lun very loudly. Wang Daoqiu knew that Xia Yan was scolding him.Xia Yan's loud voice quickly attracted a large number of people who gathered to listen.When Wang Daoqiu saw so many cabinet workers gathered, he considered the pros and cons in his mind and decided to slap Xia Yan in the face in public today.

Having made up his mind, Wang Daoqiu pushed Xia Yan's office away in full view of everyone, and shouted inside: "Old dog Xia, if you are a man, come out and bite me. Take your subordinates to vent your anger, What kind of skill do you have?"

"What, little thief, what do you call me?"

When he heard Wang Daoqiu standing at the door and calling him "Xia Laogou" so loudly, Xia Yan was so angry that he rushed out of the office with a roar and attacked Wang Daoqiu.

Seeing Xia Laogou rushing out, Wang Daoqiu deliberately took a dozen steps back and led Xia Laogou into the middle of the hall.

Xia Yan was so angry that he fell into Wang Daoqiu's trap without noticing. He rushed directly from his office to the hall and stood in the center of the cabinet officials.

Seeing that Xia Laogou had been tricked, Wang Daoqiu was not afraid. Anyway, Xia Laogou was in his 60s this year. He was once the first assistant and now the second assistant.And I am only eighteen years old this year, and I just passed the imperial examination and was awarded an official title more than a month ago.There was such a huge difference in identity between the two, and Xia Laogou was so disregarding his identity that he had such a fierce conflict with a newcomer to the officialdom in public.Then what will the Ming Dynasty officialdom think? Xia Laogou, what about the cultivation you have gained from decades of being in the officialdom?And your dignified cabinet deputy is going to quarrel with a newcomer to the officialdom. Are you, the deputy minister, and a newcomer to the officialdom equal?

There are official rules in officialdom, and both parties pay attention to equality of status in the dialogue.But at this time, Xia Yan, a junior minister in the cabinet, rushed out of his office and openly clashed with a newcomer in the officialdom in public. This in itself was ridiculous.

Therefore, if Wang Daoqiu had an open conflict with Xia Yan, his second assistant, he would be held accountable by the court afterwards.But after this incident, his reputation in the Ming Dynasty official circles was probably no longer dared to be offended.

Anyway, he always took advantage, so in the face of Xia Yan's rage, Wang Dao Qiu Si was not afraid.In a voice not weaker than Xia Laogou, he questioned Xia Yan: "Old dog, you don't like me, just come at me for anything, why make things difficult for this senior? This senior, he just accepts me. Just go in and report on my behalf. Old dog Xia, you crazy dog, you bite people indiscriminately!"

"You little thief, you, you, you dare to insult the cabinet university student as a mad dog to his face, aren't you afraid of the king's law?"

"Hahahaha, king's law? Xia Laogou, you still know that I have king's law in Ming Dynasty! Xia Laogou, God is watching what you do. Ask yourself, just for those unscrupulous things you have done, even if you have grown a hundred heads , is it enough to cut?"

"Little thief, you bullied me too much. I will fight with you."

Xia Yan was annoyed that Wang Daoqiu insulted him so publicly, but having seen Wang Daoqiu's fighting skills, he estimated that with his 60-year-old reaction ability, he couldn't quarrel with Wang Daoqiu.So Xia Yan, who knew he couldn't quarrel with Wang Daoqiu, went straight to it. He thought of a young man like Wang Daoqiu, so he was embarrassed to beat him, an old man in his 60s, right?
Xia Yan's idea was undoubtedly correct in the Ming Dynasty.But the problem is Wang Daoqiu's soul. He comes from the 21st century!As for the young people in the 21st century, how many of them will have a favorable impression of the elderly?
So Xia Yan got started like this, and then he was in tragedy. He is over 60 years old and has been in an office for another 30 years. Moreover, Ming officials are very particular about appearance and appearance, and they do not practice it like later generations.Therefore, at such a young age, one can only imagine how much energy he has when he has been a government cadre for 30 years.

So as soon as Xia Yan got started, Wang Daoqiu took control of Xia Yan's body almost like a hawk catching a chicken.Then Wang Daoqiu took advantage of his absolute strength and led Xia Yan to perform performance art in front of the crowd.One moment, Xia Yan's "jet" plane was taxiing on the runway, and the next moment, Xia Yan's "big roc spread its wings"...

Wang Daoqiu had too many tricks and his movements were very funny. The melon-eaters were all amused. They all laughed "haha". It was like watching a sideshow on the street. For a moment, they forgot about the performers. He is the second assistant in the cabinet. Should he be rescued?

(End of this chapter)