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Chapter 199 Wei Yan's Big Birthday

(PS: The [-]-word chapter has been updated, and I am eligible to ask for a monthly ticket for a reward.)
"It's time for the banquet, my lords, please take your seats! My lords, it's time for lunch, please take a seat, the table will be served soon." Amidst the yelling of dozens of young eunuchs, nearly a thousand civil and military officials and royal family dignitaries Stepping into the courtyard of the Wei Mansion, they talked and laughed, looking for familiar officials to sit together.Young Master Zhang, who had already been sitting with the three ministers, was soon surrounded by many young officials, military officials and foreign officials, forming a huge circle with Young Master Zhang as the center. There were actually quite a few eunuchs, big and small, who had inherited a lot of Wei Zhongxian's influence.

"Zhang Guogong, Guozhang, let's sit there too." Zhu Chunchen found that there were two empty tables not far from Young Master Zhang, so he hurriedly greeted Zhang Weixian, wanting to sit across from Young Master Zhang who was the only one present who was more pleasing to the eye.But Zhang Weixian pulled Zhu Chunchen, and said in a low voice: "It's best not to, we have to keep a distance from Zhang Haogu, and don't make things difficult for him."

"Hey, I really forgot this." Reminded by Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen remembered the faction difference between himself and Young Master Zhang, laughed and stopped in his tracks.But at this moment, Feng Quan smiled slyly and stood next to the position where Zhu Chunchen started to stare, followed by Lu Wanling and his wife, Yuan Chongyu and the eight major locust merchants in Zhangjiakou. Feng Quan nodded, and the group sat down unceremoniously. When they arrived at the two tables less than twenty steps away from Young Master Zhang, Feng Quan's party members headed by Men Kexin and Cao Qincheng also sat around Feng Quan, sitting next to Young Master Zhang's faction, talking and laughing unscrupulously He showed a posture of intentionally disgusting Young Master Zhang.Over there, Cui Chengxiu saw that the momentum was not right, so she hurriedly led her faction to hide far away, sat in the distance to watch the excitement, while smiling, she wished that Young Master Zhang and Feng Quan would fight on the spot.

When all the officials were basically seated, Wei Zhongxian came out of the hall with a smile on his face and Jiangnan eunuch Li Shi, and first invited Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen, and Zhang Guoji to the chief, second and third seats with great affection, and then he himself sat on the chairman , Li Shi sat next to him, Wei Zhongxian waved again and said: "Chengxiu, and Elder Master, you two also sit down." In the past, he sat with Wei Zhongxian.As a result, there was only one seat left for Wei Zhongxian's chief executive. Many officials noticed this situation and turned their eyes to Feng Quan and Young Master Zhang to observe who was the most favored among them.

To everyone's surprise, after Wei Zhongxian looked at Young Master Zhang and Feng Quan, he turned his attention to Li Yongzhen, the supervisor of rituals, and beckoned Li Yongzhen to the head table to sit beside him.Seeing this scene, Feng Quan's old face turned pale with jealousy. Although Young Master Zhang didn't care about the so-called honor of being at the same table with Wei Zhongxian, he was secretly alert, suspecting that Wei Zhongxian had deliberately sent out a signal to tell everyone that he was eunuchs. The status is still not as good as Cui Chengxiu and Li Yongzhen, the two eunuchs.On the contrary, several locust merchants in Zhangjiakou were not worthy of Feng Quan, Wang Dayu said in a low voice: "We joined hands and sent 10,000+ taels of silver, but you didn't even get a seat at the first table for Mr. Feng Ge? "

"It's all worth the money! Cui Chengxiu and Li Yongzhen were the first to follow Nine Thousand Years Old, can I compare with them?" Feng Quan whispered angrily, and gloatingly pouted towards Young Master Zhang, He sneered and said, "There are people who are worse than you. With 10,000+ Tatar heads, you still haven't got a place?" Secretly happy, there was a cold light in Yuan Chongyu's eyes, he lifted the jug and glass and stood up.

"Brother Tanhua, I have admired your name for a long time." Yuan Chongyu walked up to Young Master Zhang, and said with a half smile: "My surname is Yuan, and my name is Chongyu. Liaodong Yuan Element is my elder brother. My elder brother often says to my younger brother, Among the previous officials in Liaodong, the only person he can see is Brother Tanhua. I only hate that I have no luck working with you, and my younger brother also admires it very much. Today, I take this opportunity to respect Brother Tanhua. Brother Tanhualang, do you appreciate it? "Speaking, Yuan Chongyu arrogantly raised his wine glass to Young Master Zhang, with a provocative attitude.

Young Master Zhang pressed Man Gui, who was about to stand up with clenched fists, looked at Yuan Chongyu and asked, "I'm sorry, who is your brother? What's his name? I'm really sorry, there are too many officials of the seventh and eighth rank, I I can’t remember. Also, you seem to be older than me, so why would an elder call a younger brother a brother? ——If you call him an uncle, it would make sense.”

"That's right, that's right. Brother Zhang is right. There are no younger brothers in this world. There are quite a few younger uncles." Man Gui and Xiao Chuan, who were at the same table with Young Master Zhang, laughed. .Song Jin said in a strange manner: "Liaodong Yuan Element? Our family has never heard of this name. My lords and father-in-laws, have you heard of it?"

"No—." The civil and military officials of Young Master Zhang's party and the eunuchs of each division drew their voices together, and agreed with a sinister smile.Yuan Chongyu's dark face over there suddenly turned pale with anger, and then turned a little blue. He gave Young Master Zhang a vicious look, turned his head and left, and Young Master Zhang shouted: "Wait a minute, brother Chongyu, I often hear people say, Brother Chongyu, you have good financial management skills. In just a few years of business, you have jumped from a poor family to a salt merchant in Guangdong. Not to mention the cash and floating wealth, the house and land alone are equivalent to the income of a Liaodong soldier for more than 500 years. How did brother Chongyu earn so much money, can you give me some pointers, so that we poor Beijing officials can also benefit from it?"

Yuan Chongyu's face, which was already livid with anger, began to turn black again. He gritted his teeth with his back to Young Master Zhang for a long time, and rushed back to sit next to Feng Quan, leaving Young Master Zhang and his group sneering on the spot.Feng Quan looked at Yuan Chongyu, and said in a low voice: "Have you run into trouble? I told you a long time ago that Zhang Haogu is a little mad dog. He poisons himself as soon as he opens his mouth. Why do you want to humiliate yourself if you have nothing to do?" Speaking of this, Feng Quan There was a hint of ferocity on his face, and he laughed softly: "But don't worry, after lunch, it's time for us to watch a good show."

The highlight of the birthday banquet was the dinner, and the lunch was for everyone to fill their stomachs. After the lunch was over in a hurry, Wei Zhongxian had to sit back in the hall to accept the worship of the officials.At this time, Feng Quan winked, and the servants of the Wei family, who had already received the congratulations from Young Master Zhang before lunch, stood up and sang loudly: "Jimen governor Zhang Haogujin: one mutton fat jade cabbage, one hundred South Sea pearls Zero and eight pieces, a pair of Shoulian, I wish the nine-thousand-year-old Mount Tai will not grow old and flourish, and the sea of ​​blessings will last forever."

"One suet jade cabbage? One hundred and eight South Sea pearls? Mr. Zhang is really generous!" Many poor Beijing officials exclaimed, but these people knew that Young Master Zhang was born in a rich family, and his family was rich. He also didn't question that Young Master Zhang's money came from unknown sources.Wei Zhongxian also showed some smiles on his old face, and nodded to Young Master Zhang, who was saluting respectfully, to show his appreciation.Young Master Zhang was wondering why the ceremonial officer had just reported the gift now, but a familiar snorted voice sounded next to him, "Suet fat jade cabbage, South China Sea pearls, they are really generous. When I went to my house to celebrate my birthday last time, why did you do it like that?" Are you stingy, and dismissed my uncle with a pair of muskets?"

"Qing Yun?" Young Master Zhang's heart warmed up, he straightened up and turned his head to look, Mei Qing Yun's elegant and pretty figure like orchid appeared in front of his eyes.Seeing Mei Qingyun's familiar pretty face, and thinking of Mei Qingyun's infatuation for him, Young Master Zhang's heart beat wildly. He wanted to say hello to Mei Qingyun, but he couldn't make a sound when he opened his mouth. Staring at Mei Qingyun's smiling face like a flower, she remained motionless.Mei Qingyun, who was always blushing and talking proactively, was even more shy when young master Zhang looked at her. She turned away her flushed face and hummed, "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen it before?"

"I've seen it, but I haven't seen it enough..." Young Master Zhang, who has always been glib, wanted to make a joke, but considering that there were too many people around him, he finally swallowed his words and asked with a smile: Here? Why didn't I see you just now?"

"I've been here a long time ago, and I've been watching a show with Mrs. Feng Sheng in the back garden. I'm just out for a walk now, and I'll go back to the back garden later." Mei Qingyun snorted coldly, but her pretty face blushed again involuntarily. Just now—in the back garden just now, Wei Zhongxian, who also knew the relationship between Mei Qingyun and Young Master Zhang, was very hospitable and made fun of Mei Qingyun with Young Master Zhang.Young Master Zhang chuckled dryly and said, "You go, I'm going to pay my respects to my godmother in a while."

"I still want to go shopping again, why? Are you in a hurry to drive me away?" Mei Qingyun's cold snort was full of murderous intent.Young Master Zhang was startled, and just as he was about to explain that he didn't mean it, Wei Zhongxian's confidant eunuch Li Qinmeng shouted, "There is an order to hang Zhang Haogu's birthday couplet in the lobby, For guests to watch——!"

"The couplet you sent?" Mei Qingyun's attention was diverted, and she asked curiously: "What words are on the couplet? Let me listen to it and see how much literary talent you, a new researcher, have."

"Go and see for yourself, and you'll know." Young Master Zhang deliberately kept things secret.Mei Qingyun twitched her lips, and hummed: "Go and see for yourself, and I can also take a look to see if your calligraphy has improved." Said, Mei Qingyun turned her head and left, Young Master Zhang waved away Yu Huang, Bo Jue, and Man Gui, who were giggling nearby, quickly followed Mei Qingyun again.

Following Mei Qingyun into the lobby, two servants of the Wei Mansion had already hung the couplets on the nails that had already been set, and slowly put down the couplets on the golden lacquer scrolls.Mei Qingyun huddled in the crowd, and read along the words of the couplet that were gradually revealed: "Wei Gong Shengde will be a thousand years old, and Cao Wu Hongfu will be ten thousand years old—shou is as good as the sky..."

After reading this in a low voice, Mei Qingyun, who was quite talented, couldn't read any more, her pretty face became whiter than paper, and she murmured in a low voice: "Nine thousand years plus one thousand years, isn't that... ..." The civil and military officials next to him were all stunned, staring at the couplet in disbelief, and even more inconceivably at Young Master Zhang, all of them were so nervous that their faces turned blue and their mouths turned pale. They really didn't know whether Master Zhang had gone crazy .Young Master Zhang was also tongue-tied, staring at the couplet, exclaiming in his heart: "No, no! The couplet I gave to the old eunuch Wei is not this one? How did it become this one? Who did it? Ghost, could it be Song Xiance, he wants to force me against me?"

The bustling hall suddenly became silent, so quiet that even the breathing of each other could be heard clearly, after a long time, Wei Zhongxian's voice rang out, "What is written on the couplet? Why is no one reading it? "—Forgot to remind, Wei Zhongxian is an illiterate illiterate.

It was still silent, all civil and military officials were ashen, and many people even broke out in cold sweat.Wei Zhongxian was even more surprised, pointing at Young Master Zhang and shouted: "Monkey boy, read the couplet you presented to our family."

"Return to my dear father, the birthday couplet that I entered." Young Master Zhang bit the bullet and replied: "The first couplet is: Yi Yin was assisted by the government in the past; the second couplet is: Wei Shengzuo Daming at present; the horizontal comment: Derby Zhougong——Baby means that Yi Yin You and Duke Zhou are both virtuous officials from ancient times, and throughout the ages, only your own father can compare with their virtues."

"That's right, you have filial piety." Wei Zhongxian applauded—even though he was illiterate, he had heard the stories of Yi Yin and Duke Zhou.When all the civil and military officials present saw Wei Zhongxian applauding happily, an idiom involuntarily flashed in their minds—pointing at a deer as a horse!Nine Thousand Years is using Zhang Haogu to test us, to see if we support him, and to see who is against him! ——Otherwise, even if Zhang Haogu took the wrong medicine and went crazy, he wouldn't dare to scold Jiuqian in front of so many people!

After thinking about this, the eunuch officials headed by Li Zhenji and Cui Chengxiu hurriedly applauded together and shouted, "Okay, what a Derby Duke of Zhou!" Even Wei Zhongxian's son-in-law Yang Liuqi thought it was probably a show staged by his father-in-law and Young Master Zhang. Pointing out that a deer is a horse, in order to test the officials, so they applauded and joined the applauding team.

"Okay, good words! Good calligraphy!" The civil and military officials of the neutral faction also applauded-they didn't want to get involved in this mess.

"Good! Well written!" The Royalist Party and Donglin Party officials, headed by Zhang Weixian and Zhu Chunchen, also applauded together, and added in admiration, "What courage! Just relying on the old eunuch Wei to openly accept this birthday couplet, the future will be His crime of attempting to usurp the court is iron proof!"

"Isn't that right? Why are everyone applauding?" Feng Quan, who was now directing the whole incident this time, was dumbfounded. He still couldn't figure out why no one dared to stand up and expose Young Master Zhang. lie? !Out of hatred for Young Master Zhang, Feng Quan took a step forward. Just as he missed the real content of the couplet, Wei Zhongxian's cold eyes were fixed on his face. Feng Quan shivered in fright, and quickly shrank back .I couldn't help but feel even more puzzled, "It's strange, with the cunning of the old eunuch Wei, it's impossible not to see that so many people are lying, why don't they pursue it?"

"Old Ancestor, great joy, great joy! The emperor sent someone to bless you!" The little eunuch rushing outside the hall yelled and broke the embarrassing scene in the hall. The civil and military officials also hurriedly dispersed as if they had been pardoned. In the blink of an eye, the hall that was so crowded just now that a needle could not be inserted was completely gone, leaving only young master Zhang and Mei Qing covered in cold sweat. Yun was in a daze in the hall.

"Master Dog, are you crazy?" With no one else around, Mei Qingyun rushed to Young Master Zhang, took Master Zhang's hand and exclaimed in a low voice, "How dare you call Nine Thousand Years old Cao Cao, who wants to usurp the throne?" ? You are tired of living, if Jiuqiantui knows the real content, why not kill you?"

"It's not me, no matter how stupid I am, I would never give this pair of couplets!" Young Master Zhang's teeth were chattering, and he said with a mournful face, "The birthday couplets I gave are really Derby Duke Zhou."

"Then how did it become like this?" Mei Qingyun asked nervously.Young Master Zhang's expression was even more mournful, and he replied: "I don't know, what is the problem?" Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang rushed up, took off the couplet and hid it away.

"So many people have seen it, what's the use of hiding the couplet now?" Mei Qingyun was so angry that she wanted to slap Young Master Zhang.Young Master Zhang was in a hurry to hide the couplet, while weeping and said: "But if I don't hide it quickly, what else can I do? If someone tells my father the content of the couplet, I will really die!"

"Then run quickly." Mei Qingyun grabbed Young Master Zhang's arm and said nervously: "Taking advantage of the chaos of the crowd, you should sneak home quickly and bring your family with you. Run as far away as possible." .”

"Running is useless." Unknowingly, Zhang Weixian had appeared behind Young Master Zhang and Mei Qingyun, and said solemnly to Young Master Zhang in a low voice: "Zhang Haogu, the old man really believed today, you really are a deep A loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty who has made great mistakes! Are you ready?"

"Preparing for what?" Young Master Zhang was so nervous that he forgot to think.Zhang Weixian frowned, and said in a low voice: "Of course it is your slave-slaughter army. The Nine Gates of the capital and the three major battalions of the capital are in the hands of Zhu Guogong and Zhang Guozhang. You can open the city gate at any time and let your army go." Enter the city and join forces to kill Wei Xie!"

"A coup d'état? I wasn't ready!" Young Master Zhang screamed inwardly, his little face turned pale with fright.Zhang Weixian went on to say: "In order to prove our sincerity of cooperation, I will now officially promise Qingyun to you as my wife. From now on, our British government will share weal and woe with you, and advance and retreat together!"

"Uncle——." Mei Qingyun's heart was full of joy, and she let out a coquettish shy voice.Over there, Young Master Zhang was thinking nervously, "Perform a coup now? Am I ready? I only have some young officials and middle-level and lower-level officials in my hands. If I stage a coup now, how many people will follow me? And The Fusi of Nanbei Town is in the hands of Tian Ergeng and Cui Yingyuan, how sure can I carry out a coup?"

"Hurry up, Wei Yan will be back soon!" Zhang Weixian urged in a low voice, but Young Master Zhang, who always likes to make decisions before acting, was extremely hesitant, and he was really not sure whether to attack the old eunuch Wei at this time.At this time, Wei Zhongxian's voice suddenly came from outside the hall, "Zhang Guogong, monkey boy, what are you talking about?" While speaking, Wei Zhongxian was already holding the word "Fushou" bestowed by Mingxi's clan, leading a large group of eunuch officials to smile walked in.

"Talk...chat." Even though Young Master Zhang is usually very alert, he can't turn his head at this moment, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "Go back to my father, just now Zhang Guogong has agreed to the child's marriage proposal, and agreed to take his adopted daughter Mei The girl is betrothed to a child."

"Really?" Wei Zhongxian exclaimed in surprise, hurriedly came up and pressed Young Master Zhang's head, and scolded with a smile: "Monkey boy, no wonder you were abnormal just now, so you were so nervous because you were holding back such a thought? Why, why not?" Don’t kowtow to your father-in-law? Hahahaha, today is really double happiness, our family’s [-]th birthday, our son is engaged, double happiness!”

"Father-in-law, please be respected by my son-in-law!" Young Master Zhang bit the bullet and knelt down to Zhang Weixian.Over there, Zhang Weixian had no choice but to help Young Master Zhang, "Son-in-law, please, Qingyun's parents passed away early, and the old man brought her up and treated her like his own daughter. From now on, the old man will entrust her to you, you Be nice to her."

"Yes." Wei Zhongxian echoed with a big smile, patted Young Master Zhang on the head and said, "Zhang Guogong, don't worry, our family also likes this little girl Qing Yun, and if this monkey dares to treat her badly in the future, our family will also treat her badly." I can't spare her!"

"Congratulations to nine thousand years old, congratulations to Tan Hualang, double blessings, double blessings." Amidst the congratulations of countless civil and military officials, the dizzy Young Master Zhang and Mei Qingyun finally became a couple.And Wei Zhongxian also changed his indifferent attitude towards Young Master Zhang in the past few days, and specially ordered Young Master Zhang and Mei Qingyun to stay with him all the time, and to accept the continuous congratulations and blessings from civil and military officials; Wei Zhongxian's old friend over there was very hospitable Hearing the news, he came here to have fun, and gave gifts to Young Master Zhang and Mei Qingyun on the spot as congratulations.In this way, no one mentioned the sudden disappearance of Young Master Zhang's birthday couplet. At the same time, Young Master Zhang's plan to sneak out of the city to prepare for a coup was completely broken. Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen and others were secretly anxious, but they were helpless.

Time passed quickly, and at the main banquet in the evening, Young Master Zhang finally sat on the chief seat with the shy Mei Qingyun, and Wei Zhongxian was obviously in a good mood, and kept exchanging glasses with civil and military officials at the wine table , and soon got very drunk.Finally, when it was completely dark and the banquet was over, the distraught Young Master Zhang hurriedly bid farewell to Wei Zhongxian, saying that he was going back to report his good news to his parents.Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian, who was already drinking so much that his tongue was spinning, bulged his eyes and shouted: "What's the hurry? You forgot, you monkey boy. You have to go to the back hall in a while, with your sister, brother-in-law, and Liangqing." And Ying Xing, let's kowtow to our family to celebrate our birthday!"

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Reluctantly waiting for a long time, Wei Zhongxian finally had enough to drink, and led Young Master Zhang, Wei Liangqing, Yang Liuqi and others into the back hall to accept birthday celebrations from his daughter, son-in-law, nephew, nephew and adopted son.After arriving at the back hall, Young Master Zhang managed to calm down, kowtowed respectfully to Yang Liuqi and the others to congratulate him, but Wei Zhongxian pointed at Young Master Zhang with great interest and said, "Monkey boy, stay here, our family has something to say. Tell you alone. Everyone else, get out of our house."

Yang Liuqi, his wife, Wei Liangqing and others led the order to go out. When Wei Zhongxian and Young Master Zhang were the only two left in the room, Wei Zhongxian first asked Young Master Zhang to bring him a cup of tea. Asked: "Monkey boy, where did you hide today's birthday couplet?"

Young Master Zhang's face turned pale again, and he almost wanted to rush up and strangle Wei Zhongxian to death, killing him to silence him.Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian said again: "Don't be afraid, our family has already sent someone to investigate. It was Feng Quan who bribed the servant in our house to change your couplet. That servant has also been put into a sack and thrown away. Went to the Jinshui River."

"Dear Mingjian." Young Master Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, knelt down in front of Wei Zhongxian with a plop, tremblingly took out the couplet from his arms, and held it in front of Wei Zhongxian with both hands.Wei Zhongxian took the couplet, opened it up and looked it up and down, and suddenly said: "Monkey boy, in fact, our family hopes so much, you really give this couplet to our family! Of course, you can't give it in front of so many people."

"Old Wei really has the intention of usurping!" Young Master Zhang was shocked again.Wei Zhongxian went on to say: "However, Feng Quan's couplet also indirectly helped our family to test the attitude of hundreds of officials - when hundreds of officials saw such a couplet, none of them dared to say anything, let alone One who dared to sneak out to inform the emperor! It seems that they are still afraid that our family will join forces with your monkey son and son to kill them. Haha, the current emperor was raised by our family. When he was in power, As long as our family maintains the current status, if he is gone, hum..."

Young Master Zhang still didn't dare to speak, Wei Zhongxian didn't ask Young Master Zhang's opinion, he rolled up the couplet and put it away, and asked Young Master Zhang slowly: "Monkey boy, you want to be the governor of Xuan Da, this is something our family I knew it a long time ago, but why our family didn't let you be the governor of Xuanda, do you know the reason?"

"My child doesn't know." Young Master Zhang shook his head blankly.Wei Zhongxian beckoned, asked Young Master Zhang to kneel in front of his knees, lovingly stroked Young Master Zhang's hair, and said slowly: "Monkey boy, you didn't tell the truth to your father—you are suspicious, our family belongs to the Zhangjiakou gang The backstage of the traitor merchants, our family is afraid that you will attack them and cut off our family's financial resources, so we don't let you go to Xuanda to be the governor? Right?"

Young Master Zhang hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, expressing that he really had the same thoughts.Wei Zhongxian smiled, patted Young Master Zhang on the head lovingly, and said with a kind smile: "Yes, our family likes you to tell the truth. Now our family can tell you clearly that our family is not their backstage, they are for our family. I have sent money, but it was sent to our family through other people-if our family knew that they communicated with Jiannu and sold the food, salt and cloth that Jiannu was in short supply to Liaodong, our family would have stripped their money. skin!"

"Father, did you know their details recently?" Eldest Young Master Zhang asked suspiciously.Wei Zhongxian nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, on October [-], you and Ma Shiying mentioned the Zhangjiakou Border Market by the Jinshui Bridge, and the next day, you asked Liu Ruozai to mention the Zhangjiakou Border Market in the Qianqing Palace. Yes, there must be something wrong with Zhangjiakou! So our family dispatched elite experts from Dongchang that day, and rushed to Zhangjiakou overnight to investigate the situation. As a result, our family was very angry. The grain, salt, cloth, tea and salt smuggled out of Zhangjiakou unexpectedly Eighty percent of them fell into the hands of Jiannu, and turned into supplies for Jiannu to attack our Daming!"

"Father, why don't you allow the children to take care of them?" Young Master Zhang asked in surprise.

To the surprise of Young Master Zhang, Wei Zhongxian not only did not answer immediately, but there were faint tears in the eyes of mung bean, which was white and black. After a long time, Wei Zhongxian choked up and said: "Because you are the most beloved relative My son is also our family's hope, our family loves our own son, how can we have the heart to let you go to Xuanda University?"

Young Master Zhang became more and more confused, while Wei Zhongxian wiped away the cloudy old tears that flowed from his eyes, stroked Young Master Zhang's head, and said slowly: "Monkey boy, you are very smart, but you are still too tender. We know that, You want to go to Xuanda because you want to do some practical things for our family and the court—but have you ever thought about what kind of situation you will face after you go to Xuanda? Xuanda will fully implement Tan Ding next year This is an errand that offends scholars all over the world, and it is also an errand that attracts insults from scholars all over the world. Our family can let Ma Shiying be scolded, and the governor of Liaodong can be scolded, but we can't bear to let our own son suffer. scold!"

If Young Master Zhang was struck by lightning, Wei Zhongxian wiped away his tears and said with a choked voice: "Monkey boy, this is the first reason. The second reason, as you have said, is that there is not enough food to appease the hungry people, and the Shaanxi bandits are chaotic." No one can calm down, now our family puts you in Xuanda, let you directly fight against the rebels, but now our family can't provide enough food and money, let you put down the rebellion, let you appease the hungry people, If you step into this quagmire, how can you keep your reputation as the undefeated god of war? So our family decided to let you go to Fujian and Zhejiang first, let you expand your army and train, accumulate strength, and wait until our family has accumulated enough for you. I will send you back to the north, so that you can put down the rebellion and achieve an eternal reputation."

"Father..." Young Master Zhang also shed tears.Wei Zhongxian patted Young Master Zhang, and said with a sob: "The third reason is that your illustrious achievements have attracted the envy and hatred of countless people. Cui Chengxiu used to have a good relationship with you, but now he has teamed up with Feng Quan to deal with you." , if our family puts you in Xuanda again and asks you to cut off their money, and hundreds of officials’ money, won’t you become their public enemy? When our family is alive, we can still protect you openly and secretly , but our family is already sixty today. If our family suddenly leaves one day, who else can protect you? Keep you? The momentum of our family's suppression of you these days is to share the pressure for you, and Our family told you to stay with Ma Shiying less, because we were afraid that others would think that you two young people who are the most beloved by our family have joined together and are going to take the old man's place, so our family has to warn you."

"Father—!" Young Master Zhang hugged Wei Zhongxian's legs, lay down on Wei Zhongxian's lap and cried loudly.Young Master Zhang is really touched now. Ever since he met Wei Zhongxian, Young Master Zhang has looked down on this dead monster from the bottom of his heart. He flattered and flattered him in every possible way, not for his own benefit. He risked his life to play with Zhu Youjian because of his deep-rooted mud. I have no choice but to protect myself, and I have even betrayed Wei Zhongxian many times behind my back, but Young Master Zhang only found out today that Wei Zhongxian really loves him as his own son...

"Dad, my son was wrong, I was wrong, my son should not have misunderstood my dear father, I just found out today, my dear father, you have been loving my dear..." Young Master Zhang burst into tears, and Wei Zhongxian's Dahongji was wet with tears. robe.

Wei Zhongxian also burst into tears, stroking Young Master Zhang's hair, and said with a tearful smile: "Our family is a useless person, son-in-law, nephew, and nephew are all rich and poor. All along, the biggest wish is to have a worthy son who is in danger in our family. At that time, among so many godsons in our family, only you stood up and carried it in the coffin to fight with the emperor's younger brother! At that time, our family scolded you, but we were crying in our hearts, because our family knew that you This up-and-coming son is even more filial than his own son...! Our family also knows that after a hundred years, among the dozen or so godsons, you may be the only one who will sincerely wear sackcloth and filial piety for our family and provide for our family. In the end, take care of our family's useless sons-in-law and nephews... Therefore, our family must treat you as our own son."

Young Master Zhang cried even more, for the first time he felt that he was really sorry for Wei Zhongxian, for this dead old eunuch who regarded him as his own son.Wei Zhongxian patted Young Master Zhang on the head again and asked: "Monkey boy, we've finished talking about our family, you can choose, do you want to go to Fujian and Zhejiang, or continue to want to go to Xuanda?"

"Father, for you, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and for the sake of the millions of Ming people in the world, I still have to go to Xuanda!" Young Master Zhang cried, "I'm not afraid of being scolded, I must go and promote it for my father." Becoming a mother! The boy is not afraid of being hated by others. We must get rid of the eight profiteers who harmed our Daming country and our own father! The boy doesn't care about the invincible reputation. Take a step into Gyeonggi!"

"Our family already knows that you monkey bastard is still so stubborn!" Wei Zhongxian was also very moved, and patted Young Master Zhang's scalp again, and said lovingly: "You go, our family will recommend you to the emperor tomorrow, let you go Xuanda will be the governor, and Ma Shiying will be promoted to be the governor of Xuanda, the governor of Xuanfu and Datong, whoever you want to use, as long as they listen to you. Our family has already arranged for you. , you, the governor, concentrate on defending against the enemy, and give full power to Ma Shiying, and you can support him behind the scenes. In this way, Ma Shiying will become your shield. When necessary, our family can kill Ma Shiying , vent your anger on the scholars and officials and gentry all over the world, and you don’t have to be scolded, and you don’t have to worry about being accounted for in the future.” Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian’s mung bean eyes flashed coldly, and he gritted his teeth and said: “As for the Zhangjiakou gang Profiteers, you can do whatever you want! If anyone dares to protect them, our family will let them be buried with those profiteers!"

"Father—!" Young Master Zhang cried from the bottom of his heart, hugged Wei Zhongxian's legs again, and cried loudly.Wei Zhongxian burst into tears, stroked Young Master Zhang's hair, and whispered softly, "Son, our own son..."

(End of this chapter)