After the banquet was set up, Shen Shixing and Pan Jitao pushed each other. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Shen Shixing sat on the main seat, Pan Jitao sat on the first chair on the left, and Lin Yanchao sat on the prime minister.

Then Shen Shixing waved his hand, and the maids and subordinates who served all bowed and then retreated, and there were only six people left in the back hall.

As for Lin Yanchao sitting down, he didn't dare to sit down, but leaned forward, so that he could get up at any time. Then Lin Yanchao glanced at the dishes on the table, all of which were authentic Wuxi dishes.

The dishes are not necessarily extravagant, mostly home-cooked dishes, and the plating is not more than ten, it looks like a casual feast, but Wuxi cuisine is good at making fresh water, and several of the fish are not produced in this season, and it must have taken a lot of effort for Shen Shixing's kitchen to cook this table of dishes.

As for the dishes, Lin Yanchao knew how good the Wuxi chefs were in the Shen Shi Xingfu, but Lin Yanchao didn't taste it every time. On such an occasion with the presence of bigwigs, what you eat and drink is generally not delicious, and the focus of the banquet is not on eating and drinking.

Not only Lin Yanchao, but also the other three juniors below him, who are generally cautious in their words and deeds.

And Shen Shixing, after Pan Jitao lifted the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, several people moved the chopsticks. Shen Shixing has the bearing of the prime minister, and his diet on weekdays is also fine, so he is slow and reasonable, and Lin Yanchao and others are even more restrained.

The only one on the table is Pan Jitao, who is informal, and really lets go of eating and drinking.

Pan Ji was very drunk a lot, drinking three glasses in a row, Lin Yanchao sat next to him, and he was also very attentive to add wine and hand him towels.

Seeing that Lin Yanchao was low, Pan Ji took it for granted, and said instead: "Recently, there is a cheating theory, but it was written by the champion Gong? “

Lin Yanchao was overjoyed when he heard this, this Pan Ji is also in charge of the river, not only governing the river, but also governing the river, and the river and the river are not separated. When it comes to the study of Hecao's government affairs in the entire imperial court, he says that no one dares to call him the first!

Lin Yanchao was in the mood of some elementary school students handing in their homework to the teacher at this moment, and said respectfully: "It's a clumsy work, and the shortcomings should be corrected by the production station." “

Pan Jitao didn't answer immediately after hearing this, but after chewing a chopstick and fish meat, he said: "The champion official document is so good, almost like Su Zizhan reincarnated, but well, the article is written, it doesn't hurt to show it to some readers, if it is shown to the Fang family, I am afraid it will cause people to laugh." “

Lin Yanchao listened to it for a while, your sister, I am sorry for taking you as an idol, you are slapping me in the face. What does Pan Jitao mean by this, the science monk looks down on me as a liberal arts monk. said that my article is very well written, brilliant, and can infect and inspire (fool) people, but in the eyes of an insider like him, it is not worth mentioning.

Lin Yanchao listened to Pan Jitao's words, and his face suddenly darkened. changed to someone else, Lin Yanchao sprayed back on the spot at this moment, but the other party was a second-class official, not to mention that Shen Shixing invited him to accompany the guest, and he couldn't save Shen Shixing's face.

However, Lin Yanchao couldn't swallow this breath, and was about to shake his face and leave the table. Shen Shixing patted Pan Jitao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Shi Liang, Shi Liang, you are still like this, you don't show mercy when you speak, and I don't know how you became a second-grade master." “

Pan Jitao laughed when he heard this.

Shen Shixing said to Lin Yanchao: "Pan Zhitai is the Fang family who governs the river, saying that your article has shortcomings, then there are really them, you need to adopt them with an open mind, make up for the shortcomings, and ask Pan Zhengtai for advice in the future." “

was interrupted by Shen Shixing, Lin Yanchao's anger also subsided, and after calming down, he thought about it. Lin Yanchao said in his heart, too, he just took a boat ride and wrote a disadvantage theory on what he saw and heard on the road.

What's more, in the seven-point realism, in terms of the depth and breadth of knowledge, it is naturally not comparable to Pan Jitao, the governor of the river who has governed the river for more than ten years, and he is the real expert.

Besides, the other party met him for the first time, there was no need to spray himself, in terms of his insight in governing rivers and rivers, he said that his article had shortcomings, and that was indeed the real shortcomings.

Lin Yanchao has been in the officialdom for a while, he was born in Hanlin, and he walks in the cabinet, many people flatter him on weekdays, and he is used to hearing the words of the sedan chair among his colleagues, even if he has something wrong to do, others will not point it out directly.

Now that I am being blamed, my mentality collapses, which seems to be a bit glassy. Shen Shixing reminded that finding the reason in yourself is the king.

Lin Yanchao thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized that he was insufficient, and when he thought that Fang Cai had just thrown off his face and left the table, he couldn't help but sigh that he was still too young. Lin Yanchao immediately realized his mistake and changed his current situation: "What the system said is that the lower officials will change the article another day, and then come to the door to ask the station for advice." “

Pan Jitao saw that Lin Yanchao's face was still full of dark clouds, and after Shen Shixing's words, he immediately calmed down, and nodded, saying in his heart that this person can be three yuan and first, and he really has something extraordinary.

Pan Jitao said lightly: "Zhuangyuanlang is serious, let's talk about it when I have time in the future!" “

Shen Shixing saw it on the side, smiled, and nodded to Lin Yanchao, signaling that he had done the right thing.

At the table below, Pan Jitao continued to chat, talking about his business of governing the river.

Since Dayu ruled the water, river politics has always been the top priority of the Chinese Dynasty.

Since ancient times, there have been clouds, the Yellow River is Ning, and the world is peaceful.

The river administration of the Yuan Dynasty was a mess, the orders of the Chang Dynasty were changed every day, the officials were corrupt, and the civil service was abused, and finally there was the Red Turban Army uprising of "Mo Dao Shiren has one eye and provokes the Yellow River to rebel against the world".

Then the Ming Dynasty, which destroyed the Yuan Dynasty through the uprising, did not love the Yellow River at all.

The river plague has been once every 30 years since ancient times, but in the Ming Dynasty, it became once or twice a year, and in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, the Yellow River broke more than 300 times. The reason why the river is frequent is related to Cao Yun, although the Yuan Dynasty also set the capital in Beijing, but the Yuan Dynasty Cao Yun mainly took sea transportation.

But what about the Ming Dynasty? The Son of Heaven guards the country, and only relies on the southeast tax to support Youyan's strong soldiers.

So the Yellow River runs from west to east, the Cao Yun runs through the north and south, and the Yellow River canals are intertwined.

To know that the diversion of the Yellow River is a common thing, look at the historical record of the diversion of the lower reaches of the Yellow River in the Ming Dynasty, just like a fan with dozens of fan bones, so whenever the Yellow River bursts, the Cao Yun will be cut off.

Therefore, the imperial court concluded that Huang Baocao must be cured.

But seeing that Pan Jitao and Shen Shixing began to 'brag' about his achievements in governing the Yellow River: "In the fifth year of Longqing, the Yellow River was decided to the north, more than 1,000 troops died, and the boats were damaged, and the court was shaken. Later, Zhang Jiangling said that he wanted to open the river, and I said that it would not work to abandon the old river and open a new river, but that the gap in the old river should be blocked, the old course of the Yellow River should be restored, and the Huai River should be led into the river. As a result, Zhang Jiangling not only did not listen, but accused me of pointing out the capsizing of the boat, and used this as an excuse to impeach me and dismiss me, and the court ordered me to stay idle. I think you are Zhang Jiangling, gentlemen are different together, you are so narrow-minded as the first assistant. ”

Listening to Pan Jitao accusing Zhang Juzheng and saying bad things about him, Lin Yanchao felt very happy in his heart, and almost applauded Pan Jitao. However, Pan Ji tamed the bull, and even Zhang Juzheng dared to contradict it, and he was ordered to dismiss him.

So I lived at home for a few years, in the winter of the fifth year of Wanli, I went back to my hometown in Wucheng, and Zhang Jiangling wrote a letter to me, guess what he said to me in the letter, haha, he said that he Zhang Jiangling knew that he was wrong, and I had to govern the river. In the letter, he said that the things on the river in the past, he was contemptuous and only knew the justice, and every time he commented on the sages of the sea with Dazai, he did not take the public as the head. Zhang Jiangling asked me to go out of the mountain in a humble letter in a letter, I thought how could I cheap him, come as soon as he was called, and leave as soon as he was called. I simply ignored him and said at home that I couldn't get sick. Zhang Jiangling wrote several letters in a row, and I saw that he was very sincere, and I thought that everyone was also for the sake of the country, so he agreed to go out of the mountain. However, if he agreed to me to take care of the river, I would take on the burden, and Zhang Jiangling would agree. ”

Lin Yanchao thought after hearing this, Zhang Juzheng knew that he could change his mistakes. However, Pan Jitao was also full of ridicule for Zhang Juzheng, and he was still unhappy about being dismissed by Zhang Juzheng, and took the opportunity to hack him in front of others.

At this time, Shen Shixing spoke: "Shi Liang, with the right capital of the imperial history, the Ministry of Industry and the head of the river Cao, I am a scholar of Dongge University. At that time, I remember very clearly, the people of the court still had a lot of complaints about Brother Shi Liang's appointment as the governor of the river. However, Shi Liang still insisted on his own opinion, and discussed six articles to build the Gaojiayan Dam. If it weren't for your persistence, there would be no such success. ”

Pan Jitao swallowed a glass of wine and said proudly: "Yes, I only used one year to build an earthen embankment, which is 102,268 zhang and one foot and one inch long. It was built over a stone embankment, and it was 3,374 zhang and 9 feet long. Plugged through large and small breaches, a total of 139 places. The number of husbands used was only 8,000, and the cost was 560,000 taels of silver, and the household department originally gave 800,000 taels, and I saved a full 240,000 taels of silver. After repairing the river, the sand brush river is deep, and the people and hundreds of officials say that they have been seen for 20 years. Zhang Jiangling said after inspecting the river work, he told me that this century-old plan depends on the judgment of the public, and the merit of the public is not under Yu. Haha, he compared me to Dayu, happy, happy! ”

Speaking of Zhang Juzheng bowing to him, Pan Jitao was even more interested, and he drank nine lamps in a row, and he was even more energetic.

Lin Yanchao was at the banquet, seeing that although Pan Jitao was boasting from beginning to end, this was indeed his political achievement, and there was no trace of falsehood. is also because Pan Jitao has made such great achievements, even people like Zhang Juzheng, in order to ask Pan Jitao to come out of the mountain, have to ask him three times, let him work, and pat him on the back, how majestic.

After Pan Jitao repaired the Yellow River to the like an iron bucket, the imperial court let Pan Jitao enter the Beijing Xuxiu River to pass by. After listening to Pan Jitao's report, both the little emperor and Zhang Juzheng were very satisfied, and then with Pan Jitao's work in governing the river, he was promoted from the waiter of the Ministry of Industry to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, ranking as a second-class member.

At this moment, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but admire Pan Jitao.

Shen Shixing said on the side: "But Shi Liang, Yuan Weng has the grace of knowing you after all." ”

Pan Jitao said with a smile: "On river politics, no one in the world is on my right, he Zhang Jiangling doesn't invite me to govern the river, who else can I invite?" He wants me to be grateful for his kindness? Dream! Ha ha! ”

Everyone at the table was laughing.

After speaking, Pan Jitao continued to drink, and everyone took turns to salute him, and Pan Jitao was drunk all the time.

Seeing that Pan Jitao was too drunk, Shen Shixing immediately said: "Yanchao, you will send me a production table." ”

Lin Yanchao said that it was a sound, and together with Xu Taishi, Dong Sicheng, and Zhu Guozuo, Pan Jitao was sent to the official sedan chair.

After a few people finished sending it, they returned to the back hall and resumed their lives with Shen Shixing.

But seeing Shen Shixing sitting on the couch with his feet on his feet, he saw a few people entering the room and drinking tea and asked, "Pan Zhengtai was sent away?" ”

Several people said yes together.

Shen Shixing suddenly asked Lin Yanchao: "Yanchao, what do you think of Pan Zhitai?" ”

Shen Shixing asked, Dong Sicheng, Xu Taishi, and Zhu Guozuo all looked over, and Pan Jitao swept Lin Yanchao's face, but they wanted to see how Lin Yanchao answered?

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said, "Crazy man." ”

Dong Sicheng, Xu Taishi, and Zhu Guozuo all smiled and said in their hearts, Lin Yanchao is also quite resentful, Pan Jitao said a word about him, and he has always remembered it in his heart.

Shen Shixing smiled slightly and asked, "Yanchao, what is a madman?" ”

Lin Yanchao said again: "The saint has clouds, and he must not be in the middle of the line and go with it, he will also be crazy, Zhu Zi has clouds, and the crazy person has extremely high ambitions and does not hide it." From the perspective of students, Pan Zhengtai is called a madman. ”

After listening to Lin Yanchao's explanation, the three of them all showed abrupt expressions.

Xu Taishi said: "What Zong Hai said is yes, the Bank of China and even Deye, how many people in the world can there be such as our teacher?" Therefore, he retreated and sought it, and a madman like Pan Zhengtai could also be a gentleman. ”

Xu Taishi's words were obviously a sycophant to shoot Shen Shi in public, but the posture of the shot was also very good, and several people said together: "What Brother Xu said is extremely true." ”

Shen Shixing smiled slightly: "Pan Zhitai is not a madman, Pan Zhitai used to handle so much money and food when he was the imperial history of the river, and when he was idle, he still needed to borrow a plate to go home." This time, the first assistant invited him to go out of the mountain, and the imperial court gave him 800,000 taels for the river control work. Pan Zhengtai did not take a penny, and had a balance of 240,000 taels, which minister could match him. ”

"Today, I let you see Pan Zhitai, and I don't expect you to wait for the future, even if you can't make a hundred achievements like Pan Gong, you need to learn one or two ways to be a minister from him."

Several people listened to it with a teachable look: "The words of the teacher, keep them in mind." ”

Shen Shixing nodded and said, "Okay, Yanchao, you stay, and a few of you will retreat first." ”

Xu Taishi said yes and saluted.

Only Lin Yanchao and Shen Shixing were left in the hall.

Shen Shixing motioned for Lin Yanchao to sit on the circle chair, but Lin Yanchao didn't sit but just sat there.

Shen Shixing asked with a smile, "Why doesn't Yanchao sit?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Teacher, the disciple lost his temper at the table today, which almost made it difficult for you to do, and the disciple felt guilty in his heart. ”

Shen Shixing laughed when he heard this: "When you first entered the officialdom, it is natural for you to be happy and angry. Don't take it to heart, if you have been an official for a long time, you will naturally become sophisticated. Sit down! ”

Lin Yanchao listened, and then he was relieved: "Thank you, teacher." ”

So I sat down.

Shen Shixing asked, "Listen to Shen Wu, do you have something important to look for me today?" ”

Lin Yanchao said in his heart, this is the right thing he came to Shen Shixing today. (To be continued.) )