It was already dark, and the shops on both sides of Fung Lok Fong Street were lit with lanterns, and they were all red. Deng Huaisu and Yu Jingshan stood in front of the window facing the street, the red light reflected on Yu Jingshan's fat face, and the red light became more and more refreshed.

Yu Jingshan knew that he was looking forward to Jiang Anyi's appearance, this time it was Deng Huaisu who was the east for Jiang Anyi, Yu Jingshan felt that Brother Deng was too anxious, Jiang Anyi had only been in Beijing for a few days, and he had not even settled his duties, so how could he be in the mood to care about other things. But Deng Huaisu didn't think so, he knew that Jiang Anyi lived in the Zhiyuan Courtyard of Guanglu Temple before the Hajj, and Fang Linbin had met Jiang Anyi many times, although he didn't know what they were talking about, but since Fang Linbin intended to compete with him for the position of party leader, he would inevitably make some moves.

Deng Huaisu asked himself that he had known Jiang Anyi for a long time, and that he had helped Jiang Anyi when he was in difficulty, so he should have more advantages than Fang Linbin. However, Fang Linbin's official position is higher, and he has helped Jiang Anyi more than himself in the DPRK, and if the time drags on for a long time, the situation will be unfavorable to him, so Deng Huaisu decided to release his goodwill as soon as possible.

"It's been a quarter of an hour, and this Lord Jiang hasn't come yet, it seems that the official shelf is also bigger." Next to the two of them is Dong Haoming, a member of the Criminal Department, who was promoted from the county order of Qingquan County, Bazhou in the sixteenth year of Fengle, this person is the Jinshi of Fengle for six years, and he is Jiang Anyi's senior brother. Jiang Anyi is the best man in Zechang Academy, which is both enviable and jealous, and Dong Haoming quietly provokes in front of the two important figures of the Zechang Party.

"An Yi is not that kind of person, it is estimated that something has been delayed." Deng Huaisu said.

Yu Jingshan also said: "Eighty percent is in trouble, and his eldest brother Li Shicheng didn't come either." ”

While speaking, Jiang Anyi was already seen on the street riding on a horse, and Deng Huaisu smiled: "Here, Brother Yu, as the proprietor, you and I will go downstairs to greet you." ”

Seeing a group of people waiting in front of the restaurant, Jiang Anyi jumped off the horse five feet away, stepped forward quickly and saluted everyone: "I'm sorry, long live summoning Jiang into the palace, it's too late, forgive your sins." ”

Deng Huaisu stepped forward to take Jiang Anyi's hand and said with a smile: "Anyi is a busy man, and he can't be idle on his days." Zechang's classmates in Beijing are all here to pick up the wind for you, don't stand in front of the door, please inside. Some of his classmates Anyi have not yet met, and they will serve as officials in the DPRK and China in the future, so let's take care of each other. ”

The stars greeted Jiang Anyi on the second floor like the moon, Fang Linbin, Wei Huaichao and others stood on the stairs on the second floor to greet each other, and it was inevitable that there would be a cold noise when they met. On the second floor, three private seats were opened, and five tables were installed, and Jiang Anyi naturally sat on the table in the middle.

After some concessions, Fang Linbin sat in the middle of the table, Jiang Anyi and Deng Huaisu sat beside him respectively, Jiang Anyi was beside Wei Huaichao, and Deng Huaisu was next to Yu Jingshan. The table is full of scheming guests, and only one person is a confidant. Lin Yizhen sat at the bottom of Jiang Anyi, smiling and bowing his head to Jiang Anyi.

Although the letters continued, they had not seen each other for three years, Jiang An Yiqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at Lin Yizhen. Lin Yizhen is two years older than Jiang Anyi, one in Chinese New Year's Eve this year, with a short beard on his square face, smiling gently, as warm as jade. Jiang Anyi sighed in his heart, how good it would be if Yan'er could marry Brother Lin, his friend and his relatives are happy in the world, and now Brother Lin has been in the back of the treasury, married to Liu, a son and a daughter, has a smooth career, and a harmonious family, he should be blessed.

Fang Linbin first said: "Today, I, Zechang people, gathered together to catch the wind for Anyi, and everyone toasted and congratulated. ”

In response, Jiang Anyi got up and thanked him, and everyone drank together.

Deng Huaisu was a little uncomfortable, but as the proprietor, he let Fang Linbin take the lead, and then he had to raise a glass to salute him.

"The original four pillars of Fang Gong, Wei Gong, Deng Gong and Yu Gong in Beijing (the mountain chief Deng Haonan served as the assassin of Leizhou in the third year of Jianwu), and now Jiang Daren has returned to the capital from Huazhou to take up his post, and my Zechang party members are getting stronger and stronger, and they should lift their spirits, eliminate the accumulated shortcomings, and do something to repay the king's kindness."

A young man stood up from the second table on the right and exclaimed. When Jiang Anyi introduced everyone just now, he remembered with his heart, no matter whether Jiang Anyi wanted to or not, he couldn't change the fact that he was born in Zechang Academy, and he would inevitably have to deal with these classmates in Beijing in the future, and he would first have to remember their names. Jiang Anyi was ready to ask Tian Shoulou to write down the temperament and temperament of the Zechang party in detail when he was free, so as to facilitate future dealings.

This young man is a jinshi in the first year of Jianwu, Renzhou Xu Kai, who is the chief of the eight products in the secretary province, and it is when he is young and full of spirit. He is a person from the past, Jiang Anyi understands Xu Kai's thoughts about rising, but listening to his words, Fang Linbin and Wei Huaichao are ranked before Deng Huaisu, and they should be from the Fang faction.

Xu Kai's words caused a response, everyone was emotional, and there was a noise in the restaurant. Deng Huaisu motioned to Yu Jingshan, Yu Jingshan stood up and said with a smile: "Fellow students, be quiet, and listen to what the old man says." ”

Yu Jingshan has been in Beijing for many years, and he has made a generous move, as long as Zechang people come to ask for help, they will donate generously, especially during the examination period, Yu Jingshan will vacate his Ruyi Inn in Shengpingfang after the fifteenth day of the first month, and specially receive the test children of Zechang Academy who came to participate in the examination, which makes Yu Jingshan have the reputation of "righteous father" in the Ze Party.

Everyone in the restaurant quieted down, Yu Jingshan nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Master Zeng Yun is a gentleman and not a party, I am equal to my classmates who respond with the same voice and seek the same breath, and work together to serve the court, not for the purpose of forming a party for personal gain, I hope everyone will keep this in mind." The Son of Heaven has said many times that the Ze Party and the Zhang Party are both court officials, and they must not be different from each other because of their different backgrounds, otherwise the disaster will not follow. ”

Yu Jingshan's cold water was poured in time, everyone calmed down, Jiang Anyi also nodded again and again, if it was really as Yu Jingshan said, there would be a lot less disputes in the court. However, to put it nicely, no one will be soft when the party is fighting against differences, and the large and small interest groups in the court have formed a socialist party that is either overt or covert, and where there are interests, there is party strife.

Jiang Anyi heard Deng Shanchang talk about the origin of the grievances between the two academies, and the dispute between Zechang Academy and Zhangyi Academy should be counted from the time of the Great Wei Dynasty. Zhangyi Academy was founded in the Yanhe period of the Great Wei Dynasty, located in Pingzhou, south of the Huanyang River, more than 320 years ago; Zechang Academy was built in the Xing'an period of the Great Wei Dynasty, located in Renzhou, south of the Yuanhua River, more than 270 years ago.

Before the construction of Zechang Academy, Zhangyi Academy was regarded as a sacred place for scholars, and the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty would go to Zhangyi Academy to worship the statue of his master. Two hundred and eighty years ago, the great Confucian king Yufei went to Zhangyi Academy to discuss learning, which caused Shilin to shake, and the Son of Heaven sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to preside over the ceremony.

In the last battle, in order to maintain the prestige of the Chevalier in the forest, Zhangyi Academy secretly bought the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who presided over the theory, and Wang Yufei was defeated. Wang Yufei, who felt deeply unfair, returned to his hometown of Funing County, Renzhou, and sighed that "the style of study is declining, the morale is getting worse, and the people's hearts are not ancient".

Since its founding, Zechang Academy has formed a feud with Zhangyi Academy, and this feud was even more intense during the death of Wei. Zheng Dynasty Wei and stand, was the Great Wei Dynasty as the leader of the Shilin Zhangyi Academy soon subdued, the academy people have changed the court to enter the court as officials, and the south of the Zechang Academy is very heroic, the then mountain chief Liu Wenhuai "loyal and righteous" for the country to die, a large number of academy people would rather die than surrender, or sacrifice for the country, or hide in the mountains and forests, or die overseas. Zheng Taizu received the heart of the Jiangnan scholars, and the plaque commended the academy as the "Southern Wei style bone", and sent people to Zechang Academy to worship, and buried Liu Wenhuai in the scenery.

The two academies have had such a period of history, naturally there will be no harmony, and the court is constantly fighting openly and secretly, which makes Zheng Taizu very headache, and finally Zheng Taizu has an idea, so that the two academies have a debate every ten years, and they have vented their energy to the debate, which has been held 16 times so far.

Polemics have won and lost each other, and the contradictions between them have not been resolved, but have become more and more intense, from polemics to imperial examinations, from officials to political opinions, the two courts have fought each other everywhere, so that Emperor Zheng of all dynasties has a headache. The seventh Emperor Zheng Hui deliberately suppressed the power of the academy, and appointed many officials from the academy as imperial historians and Guozijian, and vigorously supported the official and academic Guozijian, forming a situation headed by Guozijian and "North Zhangyi, Nanzechang" and repetitive, and the scruples between each other gradually calmed down the increasingly fierce competition between the academy.

Yu Jingshan noticed Jiang Anyi nodding, secretly happy in his heart, and continued: "What Director Xu said also has some truth, Anyi's return to Beijing to serve as my Zechang people's status in the eyes of the Son of Heaven will inevitably improve, and the reason why Anyi is late today is that he was summoned by the Son of Heaven to play the right role." ”

There are more than 40 people present, except for the great court, there are very few opportunities to see the Son of Heaven, and only a few can be summoned by the Son of Heaven, let alone play it alone, and the eyes of the people on the table on both sides are hot, and they can't wait to replace each other.

Yu Jingshan struck while the iron was hot and gave Jiang Anyi a sycophant, and said: "Fengle nine years of Anyi Sanyuan and the first made my academy famous, so far more than ten years, as long as it comes to the imperial examination and the first, Zhangyi Academy will be speechless, really happy, the old man suggests that you pay tribute to Jiang Anyi, the hero of the academy, a cup." ”

Jiang Anyi didn't know much about this matter, and he had inadvertently become a banner against Zhangyi Academy, no wonder those officials from Zhangyi Academy always had prejudices against him. The imprint on his body could not be washed off, Jiang Anyi had to raise a glass and drink with everyone, and the wine was bitter and difficult to swallow.

Fang Linbin got up and greeted: "Anyi, you are not familiar with everyone when you first come to the capital, the old man led you to toast, get to know your classmates, I have produced a lot of talents in Zechang over the years, they have admired Anyi for a long time, go, the old man will lead you forward." ”

Deng Huaisu was depressed in his heart, the whole reception banquet was controlled by Fang Linbin, and he was not good at saying anything, so he had to stand up and smile: "What Fang Gong said is good, I will also accompany An Yi to toast." ”

His eyes touched Fang Linbin, and he smiled casually, it seemed that the purpose of winning over Jiang Anyi at the reception banquet was about to fail. Deng Huaisu thought to himself, it's hard to say anything with so many people, as long as he passes this heart to Jiang Anyi, he will achieve his goal, and wait for two days to take the time to invite Jiang Anyi to meet alone, and then show his attitude and strive for him to support him to become the leader of the Zechang party. Lin Yi is really Jiang Anyi's friend, and asking him to help him will definitely impress Jiang Anyi.

Deng Huaisu didn't know that Fang Linbin, who led Jiang Anyi to talk and laugh everywhere, had the same idea as him, and what surprised neither of them was that Jiang Anyi made up his mind to leave Beijing early tomorrow morning.

An empty rejoicing.