Jingshi, wicker alley, Wang An's residence.

As a eunuch in the court, a prince attendant and a eunuch in charge of the East Palace, Wang An's identity is enough to deserve the title of "Da Jue".

can be Da Jue, and he can buy a house outside the palace, which is also the default rule in the palace. The palm print eunuch Chen Ju's house was given by the emperor himself.

Wang An's house is not big, located in the southernmost part of the alley, there are a few pine trees planted in the yard, all of them are old, I heard that they were planted during the Hongzhi period, and they must have been counted for hundreds of years.

There was nothing to do in the East Palace today, and Wang An, the eunuch who was in the court, had nothing to approve of red, so he said goodbye to the master and went back to the house.

The house invited two women from Beijing to clean up, and Wang Damin, the nephew Wang Damin brought by Wang An from his hometown, led his wife and children to the uncle as housekeepers, which was refreshing inside and out.

Not long after Wang An returned to the house, a young man came to visit.

Wang Damin knew that this young man was the newly acquired retainer of the clan uncle, and he treated him very well and valued him very much.

These days, this young man has been running outside for the clan uncle, although he doesn't know what to do, but the clan uncle has instructed him to invite in as soon as the young man comes, so Wang Damin didn't dare to slack off, and invited him in with a smile.

This young man is Wang Wenyan, who defected to Wang An a few days ago, with Wang An's help, he just donated money to become a prisoner, and when he deals with people in the court in the future, he is finally not cloth.

When Wang Wenyan dealt with those officials in the past, although people looked at Wang An in front of him and treated him politely, he knew that he had no fame, even if he had the ability, he would not be able to enter the eyes of those people.

And the former jailer's identity is even more incomprehensible, saying that the cloth-clothed civilians are fine, but as soon as they say that they were once prison officials, those Qingliu will not be able to avoid it.

Wang Wenyan has real skills, when he heard from a friend that Wang An likes to play chess, he deliberately went to learn. He himself is very smart, and after learning for a long time, he was able to meet opponents with Wang An's chess, so that every time Wang An returned to his private house, he always called Wang Wenyan to kill a few games.

Wang Wenyan is good at figuring out people's hearts, knowing that Wang An, as the prince's attendant, must be dissatisfied with Zheng Guifei, so inadvertently, he said to Wang An that Zheng Guifei is a virtuous woman, because of the pampering and arrogance, if the prince ascends the throne in the future, she must be careful of her, because she will never give up.

When it came to Wang Anxin's eyes, the most feared person in the East Palace was Concubine Zheng Guifei. Although the young master is now the crown prince, it is not stable, as long as Concubine Zheng Guifei is in one day, and King Fu is not in the domain for one day, who dares to guarantee that things will not change.

Therefore, whether it is Wang An or the master, they are not only afraid of the concubine, but also always on guard.

Wang Wenyan can break through the mystery in one sentence, which makes Wang An very satisfied.

Today, Wang Wenyan came mainly to report to Wang An the results of his dealings with those Donglin newcomers in the past few days.

"How is Yang Lian?" Wang An is most concerned about Yang Lian, the "world's first honest official" he helped to get into Beijing.

Wang Wenyan thought for a while and said: "Prince, this Yang Lian is really a talented person in the world, and he is dedicated to the country regardless of interests. He emphasized that he would be a loyal minister in the future.

Wang An understood what he meant, nodded slightly, and asked Zuo Guangdou, who has been in the limelight recently.

"Zuo Yushi has the style of ancient Houji, not afraid of the powerful and traitorous, and is a person who dares to act and dare to act, Wenyan thinks that this person can also be a minister in the future." This evaluation is a few points higher than Yang Lian.

Wang An nodded slowly, didn't say anything, but took the chessboard over, and smiled at Wang Wenyan: "Let's not talk about anything else, and accompany our family to kill a few games, these days in the East Palace, our family is very itchy." ”

Wang Wenyan laughed: "The prince has an order, and Wenyan dares to disobey the order." ”

At the moment, the two of them set aside the chess pieces, played chess until late at night, won and lost each other, and overall Wang An won one or two more games, which made Wang An feel very good, and asked Wang Damin to put down the wine and food, and he wanted to drink a pot with Wang Wenyan.

Wang Wenyan couldn't ask for it, and during the banquet, Wang An somehow chatted with him about the previous dynasty.

"During the Zhengde period, there was an imperial historian named Jiang Qin in Nanjing, who exposed the traitor Liu Jin and was beaten with 30 rods. Just three days after he was released from prison, he went to the court to impeach Liu Jin again, and received another 30 canes, beating his legs to a bloody blur. Jiang Qin replied loudly that if he doesn't die for a day, he will fulfill his responsibilities as an official one day! ”

Speaking of this, Wang An looked admiring, "In prison, Jiang Qin borrowed pen and ink from the jailer several times, continued to participate in the impeachment of Liu Jin, and was later punished with 30 rods, and finally died in prison. Master Jiang wrote well, our family still remembers a few sentences, and I will tell you, "The minister and the thief are incompatible, Your Majesty will not kill this thief, you should kill the minister first; So that the minister was able to swim underground with the loyal minister of the Shang Dynasty, and the minister really did not want to live with this thief! ”

After speaking, he sighed and said with emotion: "Listen to Wenyan, what a good thing this loyal minister said!" … Throughout the ages, there have been many loyal ministers who are not afraid of death, but today's emperor regards the officials as crows and scolds them for speaking ominously. ”

Wang An felt it, Wang Wenyan knew why he felt this way, so he said: "I heard that there is also a person in this dynasty who is not afraid of death, called Zou Yuanbiao. Shoufu Zhang Juzheng's father died and did not go to the funeral, all those who were impeached were beaten by the court staff, and there were Zhao and Ai in front of them, and the two adults had just finished receiving the rod, and Lord Zou went to the gate of the meeting to surrender, and the eunuch on duty asked him, Lord Zou wanted to follow in the footsteps of Zhao Ai, right? Mr. Zou replied, "Exactly!" As a result, he was beaten the next day, and I heard that he had broken his bones, and he still has a disability in his leg.

"It does. Wenyan, you don't know, there is also an engineering department for Lord Wang Dewan in the matter, which is also a hard bone. His burden is really big, saying that the emperor doesn't ask about the life and death of Li Min, and the fish and meat have been eaten up to such a point, why should the people lose to the king? The emperor was furious and almost killed the king with a rod. ”

Wang Wenyan knows all these things, because these two people are both members of the Donglin Party.

"Wen Yan thinks that if the country wants to be governed in the future, it must be governed by Donglin sages."

Wang Wenyan expressed his opinion. He is very confident in his judgment, at the moment the court Donglin is powerful, but there are three parties to obstruct it, but it doesn't matter, as long as the master ascends the throne, with the relationship between the Donglin Party and the East Palace, what will be the scene above the court in the future, you can think of it.

And he Wang Wenyan, as long as he firmly hugs Wang An's thighs, befriends with the Donglin Party, and even becomes the liaison between the Donggong and the Donglin Party, then the glory and wealth will be just around the corner.

"Our family thinks the same way, otherwise, we wouldn't have asked you to go and move around with Yang Zuo and them more." Wang An put down his wine glass, thought of a tricky and troublesome matter, and felt that Wang Wenyan might be able to give him an idea.

"After Wang Cairen's death, the eldest grandson of the emperor has always been taken care of by the crown princess. But recently, Xi Li kept telling the master that he would hand over the emperor's eldest grandson to her to raise, and asked her to be a distant relative to be the eldest grandson's companion. The crown princess is unwilling, Xi Li is making a lot of trouble, and the master is in a dilemma, so he wants our family to decide. Wenyan, you say, how should we do this? ”

"Prince, what's so hard about this?" Wang Wenyan didn't even think about it, "The crown princess is the main concubine, and she will also be the main palace in the future." No matter how much Xi Li is favored by the master, he can only be a concubine. The eldest grandson of the emperor is like a young master, does the prince still want to fight for the country in the future? ”

"Oh..."

Wang An was stunned, and even scolded himself for being confused, how could he hesitate to make such a big deal. If the eldest grandson of the emperor is handed over to Xi Li to raise, if the crown princess gives birth in the future, it will not be a big trouble. At that time, will it be a long or a successor?

"Wenyan's words woke me up, our family will go to tell the master tomorrow that the emperor's eldest grandson must not be handed over to Xi Li." Wang An made up his mind.

Wang Wenyan was very happy when he saw that his opinion was adopted by Wang An, got up and poured a full wine for Wang An, and said: "Prince, I heard that the military mutiny at the gate was closed, and Your Majesty sent a young man to go?" ”

Wang An nodded and said, "Yes, our family heard Gonggong Chen talk about it, saying that it was a small case leader of the government test." ”

"The head of the case?"

Wang Wenyan was stunned, this small case is a talent and fame in the sky, why did the emperor send such a person? For such a big matter, not to mention sending important ministers, it is good to send the inner court to the court, how can you call a small case leader.

Wang An saw that Wang Wenyan was puzzled, and said lightly: "The head of that little case was sponsored by the concubine." ”

Wang Wenyan faintly understood, it seems that most of the heads of this small case have something to do with the Zheng family, and the concubine said that the emperor asked him to go, which can be regarded as paving the way for the Zheng family in disguise.

"But speaking of which, this little case leader is also quite bold, after all, Guan Chang is extremely dangerous, and ordinary people don't have the guts." Wang An was very realistic, and did not despise him because the head of the small case was the Zheng family.

"That's just as well."

Wang Wenyan agreed with Wang An's words, but he was a little disappointed in his heart, Guan Chang is dangerous, but wealth is sought in danger, and it is a great achievement to do it well. It's a pity that this kind of thing can't fall on him.

"You run under my door, and I can't treat you badly." Wang An picked up the wine glass and glanced at Wang Wenyan, "I want to say hello to Gonggong Chen, and how about calling you any of the scholars?" ”

"Huh?"

Wang Wenyan was stunned at first, and then burst into ecstasy.

Zhongshu Sheren, who was originally the lowest official under the provincial junior high school, from the seventh grade. However, since Taizu abolished the prime minister, this scholar has become an idle job. said that he was an official, but he was not; Said that it is not an official, it is also. But in any case, to be a scholar in the middle school, at least on the surface, is an official.

With an official body, it's good to do anything.

"The prince's great grace, the words are unforgettable!"

Wang Wenyan was so excited that he immediately knelt down for Wang An, Wang An hurriedly got up and helped him up, and said: "You are only a prisoner now, and our family just wants to get you a serious official position, and it is not easy to do." Let's take it step by step, and in the future, there will always be your wealth. After a pause, Wang An said earnestly: "Wenyan, do you know that our family has mentioned it to you, master." ”