my brother-in-law is the prince

Zhang Anshi didn't get too entangled with Yang Shiqi.

Instead, he continued: "What does Jie Gong... mean? In this report... I can't understand him."

Yang Shiqi smiled and said: "Mr. Xie went to Qufu this time. According to the report, he first went to pay homage to the most holy teacher. In the Confucian Temple in Qufu, he read the sacrificial oracle together with Yan Shenggong. This sacrificial oration is really generous. Xie Gong’s articles are still so exquisite that it makes people cry while reading.”

As Yang Shiqi said, he continued to glance at the memorial, and then said: "When Mr. Xie returned to Daming, it is understandable that he went to worship Confucius first. First, he sacrificed to the Temple of Confucius to show his heart, and then he went to Beijing to worship the Son of Heaven. In the past, it's just that Yan Shenggong entertained him with such kindness, accompanied him all the way, and made him so affectionate, but the minister did not expect..."

Zhang Anshi's face darkened, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Yang, could it be that... this kid... wants to win over scholars?"

Yang Shiqi shook his head: "This is not necessarily the case. Those who have always done great things must first occupy the status of righteousness. Who is the most holy teacher? He is a figure who shines in all dynasties. Xie Gong's visit... is quite...retro mean."

"Retro?" Zhang Anshi looked suspicious.

Yang Shiqi smiled and said: "Your Highness has also read a lot of classics and history on weekdays. Don't you know that the first thing to do in the past dynasties is to restore the system? The reform and the New Deal are the same thing, but you have to change it. How should we change it? If it is said to get rid of all the old customs, the old customs have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is really difficult to get rid of them completely. Unless you are a wise and brave saint, you will never do it."

Yang Shiqi paused, and continued: "Since we are not saints who are hard to come by in a thousand years, then... if we want to change the system again, we have to go back to the past, that is, to overthrow the current customs in the name of going back to the past, and learn from the classics of the saints. , looking for the current ills, and proposing to restore the old system...Your Highness, do you know about Wang Mang's reform? Wang Mang's reform is in the name of restoring ancient times, and it is also under the banner of Confucius, but Your Highness...What does Wang Mang's reform have to do with Confucius? What about the relationship?"

"Therefore, the more you want to reform, the more you need to restore the past. It doesn't matter whether it is retro or not. As long as you are knowledgeable enough and can find evidence to support yourself from classics and history, you can do justice."

Zhang Anshi said: "Hang the sheep's head of the sage Confucius, and sell dog meat? This...I can do it too."

Yang Shiqi smiled and said: "I can't say that, because... Sheep's head... No, it is the most holy teacher, what the old man pursues, in fact, no one can tell for the future generations. Although the disciples of the future generations have produced many All the theories are far-fetched, to understand the knowledge of the sage Confucius, to practice their own ideas, but the sage has long since died, he can not speak, just because the sage can not speak, so everyone can represent the most holy teacher, Everyone is also the most holy teacher, everyone can speak on behalf of the most holy teacher, and everyone can use the most holy teacher to eradicate dissidents, or restore the system."

Zhang Anshi sighed, and said: "If the saint climbs out of the coffin and looks at these guys with his sheep's head... he must..."

Yang Shiqi's face suddenly changed, and he said immediately with black lines all over his head: "Your Highness, don't say it, don't say it, it's not good to say it."

Zhang Anshi curled his lips indifferently and said: "What are you afraid of, this king walks upright and sits upright."

Yang Shiqi said: "Xiegong's move is a way to break the situation, especially this Yanshenggong, who accompanied him along the way, was extremely thoughtful, and recited sacrificial rites with him. The rumors are about to be broken, and there are quite a few people who collected evidence for him, and now they are speechless."

"It's just that this Yan Shenggong... is so earnest and flattering. People didn't expect it. Xie Gong's first move from Yan Shenggong's mansion was really unexpected. Only... how did Xie Gong know?" Why is the Yansheng Society so submissive?"

Yan Shenggong is the descendant of Kong Shengren. To a certain extent, they represent Kong Shengren. After all, the ancients were the most particular about blood relationship.

Although the current Yan Shenggong's bloodline is somewhat doubtful.

But at least this Duke Yan Sheng was canonized by the imperial court, at least officially, he is absolutely reliable in blood.

Yang Shiqi couldn't understand why Yan Shenggong was so thoughtful and enthusiastic.

You know, at least in the minds of scholars, Xie Jin's reputation is not good now. If Yang Shiqi was Yan Shenggong, he would try his best to avoid Xie Jin so as not to cause trouble.

Yang Shiqi said with emotion: "Even the ministers can't understand Jiegong's method. He has the ability to control Yanshenggong, which is really extraordinary."

Zhang Anshi said: "Is there a possibility that this Yan Shenggong... originally belonged to the grass, and the wind blows on both sides, whoever comes, they will help him?"

Yang Shiqi: "..."

Obviously, Yang Shiqi couldn't continue with these words.

To Yang Shiqi, Duke Yansheng is quite sacred, no matter how he put it, he is also the blood of the most holy master. He dare not think of these things that Zhang Anshi said indiscriminately.

Zhang Anshi did not continue to embarrass Yang Shiqi, and then smiled and said: "This Xie Jin can really make a fuss. The king is now looking forward to what will happen after Xie Jin enters the court. Back then, why didn't I Do you know that this guy is a talent?"

Yang Shiqi smiled and said: "The so-called his candied fruit and my arsenic, when Mr. Xie and His Highness were at odds, he was arsenic in His Highness's eyes. Now this Duke...may share his nostrils with His Highness. Naturally, it's just like that. Sweet like candied fruit."

Zhang Anshi laughed loudly and said: "This gentleman is also like me, generally resourceful."

……

The mansion newspaper the next day immediately caused an uproar.

All of a sudden, people talked about it.

The Hanlins of the Hanlin Academy were suddenly depressed.

The academics who originally took the meaning out of context in "The Great Completion of Documents", and wanted to use it to criticize, suddenly found that there seemed to be no way to get Xie Jin out of context.

After all... You can no longer expel this guy from the ranks of scholars and call him a gentle scum.

It's really hard to say who will be the gentle scum at that time.

Everyone complained about Yan Shenggong in their hearts, but they couldn't say it out of their mouths.

You can't, as a scholar, satirize the descendants of saints, right?

at the same time.

In Jishui County.

But someone has already started to get busy.

They haunted Jishui County, and seemed to be researching and searching for something.

There are even people... directly from Jishui County, please enter the capital.

In the calm, there seems to be a kind of power surging under the tide.

But at this time, no one said anything, as if all of this had never happened.

In this dignified atmosphere, it lasted until the end of the year.

The early spring of the 22nd year of Yongle came very early.

In the drizzle, Qiu Song came.

The vast fleet of voyages to the West is about to set sail again.

In addition to the huge fleet sailing to the west, the [-] sailors, countless guards, doctors, and craftsmen, there are also the model battalion that is about to go out.

These days, the [-] elites who have been carefully selected are practicing water battles and landing operations every day, without sleep or rest.

And now, they are about to set off with the fleet sailing to the west.

Qiu Song showed no expression.

He always seemed to be indifferent.

After so many years of experience, although he is no longer a newborn calf, he still looks like he doesn't care about anything.

Zhang Anshi was obviously still worried, and earnestly told him: "Don't mess around outside, and don't lose face to your elder brother. And...bring more money with you, and don't be reluctant when you go out. When you go outside, you must be defensive, Don't let anyone fool you, you trust him..."

Faced with Zhang Shi'an's chatter, Qiu Song didn't get impatient, and just kept nodding his head and said, "Got it, got it."

Zhang Anshi was still worried, so he said again: "If you can't win, run away, we are not afraid of shame! When we come back, we will fight back in a few years, and then we will be a good man again. The sea is not land, everything must be listened to by Eunuch Zheng Acting. And... and... If you really encounter a big storm, I'm talking about... that kind of monstrous waves, you must remember to get on the life raft. If you get on the life raft and encounter sharks, remember to remember, directly Give yourself a knife."

Qiu Song took it seriously and said: "I know this. Sharks will go crazy when they smell blood, shed blood, this is called survival with broken arms."

Zhang Anshi patted his head, but said with compassion: "No, giving yourself a knife can make your death a little easier, so that you don't have to suffer."

Qiu Song: "..."

In the end, Qiu Song, who was calm in everything, had to be silenced by his most admired elder brother.

Looking at Qiu Song's complex expression, Zhang Anshi hid his face, almost shed tears, and said with reluctance: "Good fourth brother, I don't know how sad and worried I should be for you to leave. , I don’t know when we will meet again, big brother... I can’t bear to part with big brother.”

Qiu Song finally put away his expression just now, and comforted him: "Brother, why is he like a woman like this? I know it all, brother, don't cry, wait until I go straight to Dragon City, no, go straight to Venice City, and I will come back. Will return safely."

Under Zhang Anshi's reluctant gaze, Qiu Song walked away majesticly.

Zhang Anshi couldn't help sighing, his eyes were a little red, and he could only laugh at himself amidst the overwhelming emotion: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, it's the same in ancient and modern times..."

"Your Highness."

At this moment, Chen Li hurried over, looking a little anxious.

It can be seen that Zhang Anshi's appearance is hesitant, and he hesitates to leave the palace.

Zhang Anshi waved his hand at him, beckoning him to come closer, and said, "What's the matter?"

Only now did Chen Li say: "Duke Xie has come to Beijing, and he went to Honglu Temple to make an appointment. The Secretary of General Administration has reported to His Majesty. I'm afraid His Majesty will summon him soon."

Zhang Anshi frowned: "This guy, after staying in Shandong for so long, turned around and suddenly rushed to Beijing like this, it's even more incomprehensible."

Chen Lidao: "Jinyiwei found out that many people from Jishui have entered Beijing..."

"Huh?" Zhang Anshi glanced at Chen Li, with a sharp light in his eyes, and said, "So some people can't bear their temper?"

Chen Lidao: "I'm afraid...the next...should be..."

Before Chen Li finished speaking, Zhang Anshi waved his hands and said, "Wait and see."

Chen Li said: "Here."

Zhang Anshi was in a complicated mood, but soon, an eunuch came and summoned Zhang Anshi to the palace for an audience.

Obviously, Zhu Di intends to call all the officials himself, and then see Jin.

After all, this person entered the cabinet and became the prime minister, and this meeting still needs some sense of ceremony.

Zhang Anshi didn't dare to delay, and set off immediately.

When they arrived at the Meridian Gate, all the officials had arrived, and the prince Zhu Gaochi saw Zhang Anshi's car arriving, waiting for Zhang Anshi to come.

Zhu Gaochi looked around at the ministers, only understated, and said in a low voice: "Is there any news?"

"I heard..." Zhang Anshi said: "There are already many crimes against Luo Zhi, I'm afraid... I can't bear it anymore."

In Zhu Gaochi's gentle eyes, a trace of awe-inspiring flashed across.

This is not to eagerly defend Xie Jin, although at this time, it is indeed extremely beneficial to the prince Zhang Anshi to prove that Xie Jin is capable of governing the world.

But Zhu Gaochi has long been estranged from Jin, but he doesn't have much interest in Xie Jin personally.

What he hates are precisely those high-profile ministers who are too high-profile. At this time, for the sake of their own future, they have reached the point where they do not hesitate to fabricate charges.

Zhu Gaochi frowned and said, "Xie Jin...what's going on over there?"

Zhang Anshi said truthfully: "He has only brought a servant with him. After arriving in Qufu to offer sacrifices to the Confucian Temple, he stayed for a few days and then came to Beijing..."

"It seems...he didn't have much preparation for this." Zhu Gaochi sighed immediately: "I've just entered Beijing, I'm afraid I'm going to have to be killed. I don't know what crime Luo has been charged... Fortunately, as long as Royal father can be the guarantor, so I think... at least there won't be too many disputes."

But Zhang Anshi shook his head and said, "Brother-in-law, that's hard to say. Since these people are sharpening their knives, they must have been prepared. Since they are going to be ready to attack, they must kill with one blow."

"Will Emperor Father believe it?" Zhu Gaochi folded his hands behind his back, frowning slightly, showing a bit of worry.

"Believe it or not, it's one thing. But what if Luo Zhi's crime is too great... so that His Majesty can't refuse it at all? For example..." Zhang Anshi lowered his voice, and continued: "For example... Taizu Emperor Gao..."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Gaochi's face suddenly turned cold.

He understood what Zhang Anshi meant, so he said, "Let's talk after entering the palace."

Zhang Anshi nodded.

Hundreds of officials filed into the palace.

Zhu Di has already been promoted.

Liu Guanzuo, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, reported: "Your Majesty, Shi Xiejin, the Chief of Zhao Wangfu, has an audience."

Zhu Di said, "Xuan."

Xie Jin was still wearing Chang Shi's make-up clothes. At this time, he entered the hall step by step, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone looked at the talented man in front of them with complicated eyes.

Once upon a time, Xie Jin was the admiration of countless people. People praised his talent and learning, and even more respected his character. How many people regarded him as their role model.

But now, after going to sea, this person who has been gradually forgotten by people, and even if he is remembered by people, has begun to be interspersed with bad memories, now he appears with a new look.

That talented Jiangnan scholar has long since disappeared, and what has been replaced looks like a capable old official.

He walked into the hall with steady steps, his expression was a little dignified, his gestures were no longer as free and easy as before, but he carried a kind of cautiousness that officials usually have.

It seems that the years have smoothed his water chestnut. The former Xie Jin has long been killed by this solemn man today. There seems to be another kind of soul in the same body.

Many people have memories of the past in their eyes.

At the same time, there was a little more guard against Xie Jin in those pairs of eyes.

There are many more, Xie Jin's disciples and old officials, now they have gradually become important ministers in the temple. They used to look up to Xie Jin, but now their eyes are full of indifference.

There was a strange silence in the hall.

There are only slight steps of Xie Jin broken steps.

Xie Jin walked to the palace and saluted Zhu Di: "I have seen Your Majesty, long live my emperor."

Xie Jin hadn't practiced this kind of etiquette for some time, so that his behavior was a bit unfamiliar.

Zhu Di only looked at Xie Jin calmly, and then said, "How is King Zhao?"

"His Royal Highness Zhao Wang is well." Xie Jin said: "His Royal Highness also entrusts his ministers to ask His Majesty how well."

Zhu Di asked again: "How is the situation in Java?"

Xie Jin said: "Internal and external troubles."

Zhu Di frowned: "Where is the worry, where is the trouble?"

Xie Jin said calmly and authentically: "The worries are hanging overseas alone, worrying about immigrants, looking around, having no relatives, overcoming thorns and thorns, the suffering is unspeakable."

Zhu Di sighed, and said: "It's hard to start a business, I don't know, it's just for the sake of the ancestral temple and the well-being of my Ming Dynasty, and I have to do this, hey..."

Zhu Di sighed, as the son of heaven, he thought he had made the right choice, but as a father, or in other words, as a person of flesh and blood, he naturally knew that on the big ships far away from the land of Middle-earth, he was about to leave How many white bones.

Zhu Di is getting old, and he doesn't have much time to sigh with emotion. When he was in high spirits, he once regarded the dead bones as unworldly achievements.

Now, as I get older, I can't help but feel a lot of melancholy about the parting of life and death.

But this feeling was quickly replaced by Zhu Di's deep eyes. He is the emperor, and he only needs to weigh the pros and cons. Personal likes and dislikes should not exist.

Zhu Di said: "I want to regard Xie Qing as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, can Xie Qing fulfill his duties?"

As soon as these words fell, among the hundred officials, some people immediately exchanged glances, and some people were already ready to move.

It seems that someone has already prepared, just waiting for this moment.

So at this moment, someone wants to leave the class.

But I heard Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty is the father of the emperor, and the father of the emperor has a life. I should do my best before I die. It's just... I have a performance, please hear it."

No one expected that Xie Jin had just accepted the appointment, and unexpectedly... had something to play.

Zhu Di said: "What's the start?"

Xie Jindao: "I want to uncover the Shandong fraud case. This matter is of great importance and involves a lot. I beg your Majesty...to make decisions for the soldiers and civilians of Shandong...!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the originally peaceful hall.

The impeachment has not yet started, but Xie Jin's side actually blew the horn directly.

After seeing what Jin said, he immediately bowed down and said solemnly: "The incident is extraordinary, and I ask your majesty to forgive me for lying!"