Chapter Fifty-Eight: Go and Stay with Me
I saw Zhu Youxiao frowning and said, "Cao Dazhong, forget it, I came here this time to ask Yang Feng for advice, it's not good for you to say this!" β
"Uh...... Be! Cao Dazhong didn't dare to be angry with his master even if he was dissatisfied, so he could only bow his head and retreat to the side.
After Zhu Youxiao finished talking about Cao Dazhong, he walked up to Yang Feng again and asked with a hint of pleading, "Yang Feng, are you really unwilling to tell me?" I really want to know. β
Faced with Zhu Youxiao's question, Yang Feng did not answer, it was not that he was proud, but that he was thinking about something.
In fact, as early as when he confronted those brocade-robed men just now, Yang Feng sensed that something was wrong, because the attitude of these people was really a little abnormal. If ordinary people were surrounded by a group of sergeants with steel knives and a large group of soldiers, no matter who he was, I am afraid that he would have been scared a long time ago, but these men in brocade robes were not only not afraid, but instead pulled out a scimitar that knew that the workmanship was good and ready to resist, and looking at their fierce appearance, they were definitely not those miscellaneous soldiers who only knew how to bully the common people, if this did not show that there was a problem with these people Yang Feng would have been in vain for so many years.
"Hey...... I...... I'm talking to you, don't you hear? He didn't get a response from Yang Feng twice in a row, and Zhu Youxiao was a little angry even if he was generous.
"Oh...... I heard that. Yang Feng, who came back to his senses, carefully glanced at the handsome young man in front of him again, and then looked at Cao Dazhong, who was standing behind him with a trace of panic on his face that could not be concealed, and slowly thought of one thing in his heart.
"Shhh...... No, could it be that Lao Tzu is so lucky? β
Thinking of this, Yang Feng couldn't help but gasp, and looked at Zhu Youzhen's gaze with a hint of shock.
"Lord Yang, let's take a step to speak!"
Seeing Yang Feng's face change several times in an instant, Cao Dazhong secretly said that it was not good at first glance, and hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Yang Feng's arm, and led him towards a secluded place not far away. When they walked to a secluded place, Cao Dazhong asked solemnly, "Lord Yang, you must have seen something, right?" β
"Seen some." Yang Feng nodded: "Lord Cao, please tell Yang the truth, whether that young man is the current emperor." β
Cao Dazhong's face was sad: "Since you can see it, then our family doesn't have to hide it from you, that one is the current saint." You also know that today's saint is most fond of carpenters and some strange and ingenious skills, since the last time he got the music box you offered, he can't put it down, even sleep has to be placed next to the bed, but a few days ago I don't know what happened that the music box seems to be broken, Your Majesty is so anxious that he doesn't know how to eat. Originally, Gonggong Wei planned to recruit you into the capital to repair the music box for His Majesty, but His Majesty couldn't wait, so he came to Nanjing in person from the capital with his guards. β
"Is that okay?" Yang Feng's eyes widened in disbelief: "If Your Majesty is not in the capital, how can you go to court early?" Are all the princes of the Manchu Dynasty stupid? β
Cao Dazhong smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty has been on the throne for five years, and there are very few times in the early dynasties, and the general government is that the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhu Zhu, will submit it to the celebrant after passing it, and then give it to His Majesty after the Duke of Wei has passed it, and this has been the case for several years, so even if Your Majesty is not in the capital for ten days and half a month, no one will pay attention to it, and at this time, there are nine thousand years old, and who dares to eat a leopard." β
"Hey......" Yang Feng shook his head helplessly and was silent, the routine in this is too deep, and it is not something that he can care about as a small five-grade thousand-household. Thinking of this, he asked Cao Dazhong very simply: "Father-in-law Cao, what does this official need to do, just say it directly." β
Cao Dazhong looked at Yang Feng with great appreciation, it was convenient to talk to smart people, and he said in a low voice: "Later, your Majesty will answer truthfully no matter what you ask, if he wants you to repair the music box, you will repair it to him, and if he wants to see the material of the waterwheel, you will show him, as long as you can serve Your Majesty comfortably, it will be a great achievement." There is one more thing we forgot to tell you, the word "acting" has been removed before your official position, and the official document appointing you as a thousand households will be sent down in a few days, and from now on you will be the Ming martial arts officer, but I don't know if this is good or bad for you. β
Yang Feng naturally knows what Cao Dazhong means, in the history of more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty, the concept of civil and military superiority has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, with the acquiescence of the emperors of the past dynasties, the civil officials used various means to suppress the military attachΓ©, whether it was spiritual or material, so that a second-grade general could not be stiff when he saw a fourth-grade garrison, and even Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the generation who beat the Japanese to the ground, had to use the words "lackeys under the door" as the beginning and self-proclaimed when writing a letter to Zhang Juzheng, which is so sad.
Facing Cao Dazhong's regretful expression, Yang Feng didn't speak, but just smiled faintly. It's not too much to deal with Cao Dazhong, a guy who came out of the palace, to leave twelve hearts, don't look at Cao Dazhong's words so good now, but at the beginning, Yang Feng knew that in this era of civil official governance, he was not even a talented person who wanted to squeeze into the civil official system It was simply a fool's dream, let alone get a five-grade thousand-household position.
If you change to a civil official, even if you study hard for ten years, after the title of the gold list, if you want to get a five-grade official position without ten or eight years of hard work, you can't even think about it, which is also contrary to his plan to make a fortune.
He quietly diverted the topic and said, "Thank you Gonggong Cao for your support, Xia Guan is just a returned citizen from overseas, and he can't afford to be praised by his father-in-law, let's invite His Majesty to Qianhu to rest for a night, and then talk about him." β
"Yes...... right," Cao Dazhong hurriedly said: "Let's serve Your Majesty first." β
After the two of them finished discussing, Yang Feng turned around and walked among the crowd and said loudly: "Okay, it's all a misunderstanding, everyone put away their weapons."
Then Yang Feng walked up to Zhu Youxiao and said with a smile: "This son, you have offended a lot of talents, if you don't dislike it, please move to the Qianhu Institute and drink a few glasses of thin wine, you will tell you one by one about the things you want to inquire about, I don't know what you think?" β
"Oh?"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao swept his gaze on Cao Dazhong's face thoughtfully, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, "Okay! Let's go and settle down in your thousand houses. β
"Your Majesty...... Son...... Never. When the brocade-robed man at the head heard this, he immediately hurried to stop it without thinking.
"Hmm!"
Zhu Youzhen glared at him very unhappily, "Tian Ergeng, are you trying to stop me?" β
"Don't dare! Can't! Tian Ergeng was frightened into a cold sweat, and quickly lowered his head and retreated.